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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1903-8-13, Page 2About that TESTED RECIPRS, APriceft Stniftle,--Beet the old $ of 4 eggs to a stiff froth with 2 tablespoores granulated. sugar. Add 2 cups stewed apricots witiumt juice. and bene u a MOderate Oven' belt an hour. teere immedieeely Witli eoit restard =tide a the 4 yoles of the egge. cook two minutes. Wenn. anti can Lyddite i$ really the 14f11.name ients, together. cover them. with cold vinegar, add a few naeturtiutin seeds and bits of Imre-es-radish, and put away in storm jar, MULBERRY AVAYS. The inalberry ia freit sufnelently nu delicioes te Make it mb, better knoWn than it is., ana When canned. preserved, or made into jelly Adds very ploasingly to the variety of' fruits stored On• winter, The fol- lowntg ripen aro deliglitint Waya ot usiug negleeted fruit. Canned Mulberries Allow 1-3 lb. :A -BAlitall011.3:BTJSINE -GREAT MRS. =AT DYNAe Xi= WORIORRS RUN, • leviela Arsenal gas Been. the Seene ef Malay .7-m4)10*h:ilia and Fixes. The Awful disaster which recently oceurred Woolwielt Arsenal iaringe to Mind other ra.tastrophes of a, sim- ilar charaeter widen nave wriang tbe heart of the netion. Thee° bave, un - • of modern times took place some years e.go 911 the London Regeot's Canal. On the berge then lying near the North Bridge Gate. Regent's Park,. WaS stored nO less than Ave tons of gunpowder. It Nva to 1.44vo beaa ased 1.9r bler5t4eg ete vast mineral resources, hidden LIVES IN A GLASS Tious. The Bright Idea of a Nevada Pio- neee, Tonopah, Neveela„ aside from being f med th NVoi ver 0 a eianet ot purposes, but at, n.ve o'clock one atui,. otaraaisa elee occupies the I/1°1144g tliQ 171191° e4raC' °I(Pl°cled" Maga° distinetien Of numeneriug The shock; wee felt thirty miles among ita inhebitants a man who is away, and it seems almoat increelinle aare to Rea in a ghteu nouse and that only the lives of the men on throw unlimited quentities of stones board the barge at the time were at the same time witliceet suffering sacrificed, any of the serkem inconveniences l,9 sugar to each pound, of auelberries .tortainateln, beep, mw; TiwasuaDESTROYEP• popularly supposed to surroond sueh ebut. aa lyd- But the damage wrought by the en assepiation, and plece in alters itt preseervitigIclite is a comperatively new Weepy, explosion 'nes indeed „terrible, its Not a tree grows within sixty men), and very uaturally building materiel and, feel brings MI sorts of fancy prices, the commonest kind of handier eelling for $65 per thousand feet while inferior grades of scrub cedar command le22 cord, Conse- quent upon this condition. various subt-erfuges are 'Worked to in tbe ar- chitecteral uuelie-up of Tonopale it being nothing rincOMMOn to encoun- ter Pin or seven different styles with- in a clew range of observation, mad in meet instances it appeara as if the ireagination mu.st have run riot ilt tbe picturesquenese of design. There are houses maile of straw, cpf burlap saclee trimmed with blue jean oVer- RUA; of tin from Ovcogellou caps; Lyclelite IS so Called brranS4 It Was The Grapd Jenctioo Canal COMe (:of (Ire goecte ond nrenher Um- y fit tested at. Lydia a little place ipenei was declared guilty of great ben; of Mod, SUMO. tents, Keat• Wbelro luanY of 94r nOldlere are' neglimicei end held responsible ler fact, almost every eort of contriv-ii trained every o-eer to become xuarm.'the douvege„ It cost them nearly Arm) is resorted to an a. realteshifte Men. $390.000 to settle the thousanenocio for plaee Of habitation; but it has Woolwich Arsenal, as znight be ex- elaime which were made egainet reenaitted for William P. Peck, a Min- peeted by reason of the highly denge them, in the employ of the Tonopen creme work executed there, has been Z;litting Coo to deriSe a way of the eceue of many dieaetere eintilar g not enly in a class by itself, s kettle. Let stand for two hours, .eree it has not been itespoesible ler then bring very slowly to a boil; 'mow of these terrible accidents, effect& extended over a square zone; miles et the great Nevada mining houses in tile vicinity were blowit Green. Grape Pie.—Stemeand exit I imn ediately. for melinite, and le an explosive of down' 4°4 wila4°Nys taallaiel'.able green gr -apes i5 hatveS. Ito gm.7,,Nst •pivsers-eo Multareirs : Cook 2 Paaateeta awful power. waitwere shattered. Among others,. the , the fruit. spruntle over 1 cult • urinnilsielsoc,ftt.0 ex'rltralecat lawleiseoftou teiguast. ere te: it . SOldissaneraeo .ie ine,sn9 az2, his nveiewtelySwihrneteelmad, eaTad.zreer nutvuiebeerceeotet Ihiit will be seedless. Fill a nice crust mulberries in, a very little water i vented ay M. Terpea. a noaaoh cheualliou of the fatuous artist- Mr. ---- with Heger and a bit of eh -amnion Cover with a to crust god bake in a bat einee When done you will have ftwirory pie that will went Italie tbe plaee of apple. Freit Benapes.—Sift 1 table- speoa ?ream tartar end one-nalf tee,- epooa sode (or are beapieg -tea- tglo94, ba„-ing peerder) with 1 pint Cour. Rub into teens atm table- sroon lard. Mix with street milk. To 1 qt. juice add 5 lbs. granulated Ids priceless art treasures being de - sugar; place over the are, and boil stroycd, The pity ef the whole ea. - and same Add a lbs. mulberries, fornirttwn resp4.,ctIng layeutiou to tiett was aroused, and considerably benstand aside over night to cool. I ;foreign countries, and the pair were ver $80,000 was subscribed hY the Io the morning the snrinir sheald Iseeteneen to imprisonment, exile 134/411° towards rePairIng the daittaP gently for another 15 minutes, bee tented. if net. hen it again very and itttes. sustained by the sufferers. alleged that be and a Captain fa the French Army bad been supplying in - ug careful oot to ,bree,le the berries and whert cold seal. Multerry Jelly: Cook the mulbere Ridding a little salt, and rut int° ries until soft itt a very little water. mean equarer. In each square put tben strainthrough vett7 rine SieVe. Add eta eritiel quantity of rhubarb hike, end allow 1 lb, sugar e'oeh pint of the reined jUieee, rt7Q- .ceett as for otter jelUe3. Come inesh or mimed frent, pinch the earners tegother, end place with pinelitol comers 4lowe In a bating pon. Haim, twine a syrup made by 'militia together 1 ere) eegar, 1 pt. water, 1 tablespoon butter; pour tide in tbe pan around the "dnittp- lings and bate. Green Pea Sotip.---Cooli three cup- fuls of peas la salted water amtil perfeetly tender, and rib through a soup -strainer, leeving only the Slane behind; to tile pelp Olneinw athi one euigta of etovia One teaepoenful each salt and stigar. one lialf aeltespoort- neve Premier at Tasmania. the ful of pepper and one teaspoonful 4)1' , lion. 'W. It. Frowning., is only forty - twin aud has been succesetvely a togy worker in a dour -mill, n, warehouse- men, a, school -teacher, and a barris- ter. 3fr, Joeeph Chamberlain is mot. aa 00/POIRIVII*1+7•MR•4109NRII0 /1rA,S ONAL 1'0/Z=1W ZfOteS ef ateVetet wheut ai0141 WelleYenown People. rd. Iteterts is o. .clever ebese- but dislikes ttU card -games. Weed. may be Called hie fave recreation. es flottr made rerrectly smooth in one half cupful of milli; voon five Initia- tes. add tree ettpitil of creaut bronglit Vet tel a scald. aed verve. One apoonfid of whipped •cream. to Mal serving is a littieg tinith to tbis mare naucious soup. ploluer 1,1,4, Si? Okteta averred. devoted only to -Peel' tear he Undo bv sithrtituting l'areh4S; Ix' la exceetliegly fond of in 1888 the petent Wria bought by Messrs. .Arinstrong. of hastelek, mut sold by them to the British Govern- ment, LYDDITE, SO-CALLM). The cause the disaster was roe Aber curious, It was found that the. exPlosiori had been brought about by the ignition of vapor from benzoline by .a fire or light in the eablie of the "Tilbury.'" to the lamentable occurrence on June velty is concerned, but ful- 1 explosion which took Plane in the endu as that offered arty of factory in 1883. tide oc- the more Imposing edifices that the town Was literally bom- adorn the swell pertions of Tonopah. d by the exploding projectiles. Ile bee Constructed of empty beer ately, with little damage, and loss of but, two lives. Rut the alarm caused ameng the inhabitant* of the town. was very great, as can well be imagined. Severef terrible fires have devastae Selitibert e wonderful match. Yet in ted tbe historic Arsenal, 18th. One of the most eurioue Was GEN= OF. WAR, as oinfortable and certainly onueeted With the Entry of the OeVinall Army Into Peels. A Gomm officer is quoted in the Lonilon Outlook QS telling this story battle3 a grouse eolgod foot tho of a reminiticence comiected with the Iciaaa with ceilings eight feet high. triumphal entry of the German speztaccie, Four ta una were :I (1711g.' 411arninoclidiatC:Inanetfaelc:fiyi:Irvvrintalcirnedlrao,satlal "yt e. ea t t tbt 01 4'Vasdrd. into Paris. It was a magnificent) Ahead, and the band was playing moments as ho could 4iporo fepea ide KIER OUR El TRACE WN GARIN= WINISTRIO ereEeo,E (93T4elp.” Qq_ ,ela That gave Sometime gad Widespread Effects, intetual dissensions in tho BritiA Cabinet ha.ve been, on the Avtrole compeeatively rare in England say London, Answere. The cenfusion affairs of State, and the peril ceusing permausot pinny trouble; are of themselves quite suffiCient eetiee Minitters to be wory of et Mg hastily when a debatable (wet tuna arites—quite apart nom tb afacit ery,),,,plitortartbfololiosacle.art)iireseawditla-441 assured bigh social position. Rut, still, theee quarrels do occur. end perhaps one of the most drama. tie was the one whicb occurred in Lord Salisbury's Administraticra 41 1886, when Loral Randolph Church. ill electrified tbe world by laiadenie reSigniag tbe Chancellorship of the Inenheluer end leader of the liblese of Commons. Wien ItA.NDOLPIT'S SiritPRINE. itt explanation of ibis step. Lord Raudolph pleaded, that he "sacrificed onet.be altar of thrift and economy" ween, against bis advice. the Cahn -get supported Mr. W. H. Smith and Lord Georgie Hamilton in presenting '14'ery bigh prevautiorte estlinates for the army anti the nave. but there apneare little reason tee doubt teat the stop was talien itt consequence of the feet that Toped Saheb:ley anarply reprimanded. bis lientenaut fur wine indiffereet elies he bad thought fit to This incident, of conree, throw the eotentry into uproar. but thofugh Dettetrtiolial. it bail ilierie Of tbe far - revolting coneeemences that the quar- rela whieh Oecurred between Mr. relir:silidbeegalort--E tlw 1..woolects I act oternxatinirt lloatdreeand .several other Ministers and Mr. Glinietoue, in 18145. As everyone hnows. the bone at conteaticn was the lint Ileum Rule bill; and eon the Occaelon of a meet- ing whieh was called shortly atter I I milk for the etoelz and eream. to 5v.Q. tirs, rabbit -warren. A,t tbe beginning of , and beating of drunin bn heard Quo , hence tee prineiree ,e, ,nt!wore'll going a loogway element of ex"' tlie quaterel it was found that no which vest... the tbienening shouie e. g 0.4 b., 1.• - , favoriteiioyar is _taro tthiceauttylleetrta'ezeattlit teeorittifory :rolownasd. przte- keser wand aaaca wade hi5 atom- penso centered in the eupply of mud less than GI untit teem otatench Lib - Mane of one teaepoonfal of flour tied "I 'AM S and 1 iclien over the dre,„ pathos -i that was employed as a mortar be- coals or nearl a third of the wbote two of better rubbed together to a, vetectha;t3ti i14,ileinatilltifttschuntrrace7dedltttliiseg•duyti evotr... $0101.1%000. .020 in.wolurthlosf7demaigen was war. - --- v 4-- '-- tween tho bottles coin I 1 • th Libe I371 d 1) lied ' 't pr s ne e ra party, le re e agattie Mani) giepilaS cotenderatil,V 4R theO lets. teethed of freezing. Po not use too, The late Cardinal Vaughan wive tine LT of htehl)05b3uildtireigsti4wos dentroyed, ,priatieers. all 'n'oblemen. Were on BUILT WITH All.T. their chief and stipported Mr. Chamberlain. Lord Ilartington now =moth mete. Military Aeaderov whie.lit le rill It 1"°11°f1 to bill° a" 141g14 ItIter edlik'% Apple Ive Cream,--Surre.F.5 in ice , aka for a button...hole of white tio- .. fon und a Oernlan VietniT Whell four Fremelt in Censilierry, Three pints of ,helped to melee Cluiecli history. theft) OW found it frring-Pee fuol O 'ed the northern and western en- edetningtfl;:eaortrbuttifilree$ theatilitlirw ofVfksgffiolrbt airoelk411Meori• °41!:fii a Aalam was their woe* to Paris under ceecorneovierirjtnheueurpsaulelt much sett or the ire cream will be ' eldest nntenlloer of 000 of the most ra- They stopped at a deserted wineel, and (Men in this arrengentent con- a a ,,,,,,e,„ meal was alma ea • hard. nut cearte in texture and icy ',raerlroble fatuities which boxes ever Mop near a Owned hamlet. end I siderablo artietie taste was displan- ''''''-- ---- "---- ' *- iie other maleontents in the quer- aalt Is enough for a large pailful of There were nine brothers and three to 93 trio division for the secoMY ennead ice --or a gallon freteer i, sisters. and with DUO exception they reading. CONSEQURNO13S OF QUARIIELS. Pack created ice in layers with .ectelt forfeited all claim to the salt, par:Ling it in lirudy but znak- 1 wealtbo family estates and entered This Cabinet quarrel had far - 11 moist with cold water. Ice ; the service of the Roman Catholic reaching consequences indeed. It ereaM should remain peened for at 1 Chuneh. His tlireo sisters became as the foundation upon which the leaft two boom after it is frozen. nuns, present great, and powerful Liberal- li Ilitioniet party was built, and to It It is better if parked for four or Mr. Choate. the 'United States Am - even six beers after it has been bassador to Grea.t ilritain, lins the is duo the fact that Mr. Chamber - thorough -ler freeen. Xeeli it well reputatitm of being the cleverest, ilnaeint. le at preeent the most power - covered with cradled ice under thiek wittiest, and most successful .Aeueri- layer& of neWSpanerS so that the eau lawyer. Ha is a singularly ful Minister in a Conservatito Cub- ing. A. grated apple is a palatable4 i youthful man for his seventy -ono Considering tbat. as Las been state air cennot reach it while it is reet- years. and ean Still handle 11, pair of ed. definite brewehes in the Cabinet 414411tWu 1° u• Ptalu °ream' ila"irillff 1 boNingegloves with claniagleg effeet. axe comparatively rare, It is some - It sotoewbat like cocoamit. Mole a ,eeo is a great saairespearian scholar what curimis to find an instance of custard of a cup of granulated and a al, a uteri quarrelling with his Chiefs in Eiger, tee yolks of lour MRS Oa il 4. a -ii of rare culture and con- no less than tluee ailministrations. two ceps of milk. Stir the znilk 1 ;°/,1"srant,ei°0hiutzg,difttlisn'nd ne eildqado en_ Such, an instance, hemmer, is times. He has sufficient bottles on band for another room, and it is his Intention to utilize them. an his lei- sure in building an addition to bis premises. W41.1 inemOrN` the tiereallit cam confeased a,WSa age lar duties at the mine. Water that tlarougle the Ware ot tram te was tiles 4F°1hug l''"f40 a hureli rosee 1 roeerv at Iliglibury ts 8409.900. Several exploelone have taken place there in addition to these ho- locausts, and many valuablo lives 4 ham, and grew quite cheerful oVer I posureS bein coin wised of bottles of have been lost. Bpi:unite bee been the cameo 01 many terrible explo- sions. In fact. we owe the laVentiOn itself to ono of these catitetrophes. Prior to 1868 Mr, Alfred Nobel was. MO prosPect of 8oPPer- A PrIned,light green hue, while tholes of the was 8rensing the Pan, and Oa ah- south and east aro Waxiest black. tans were standing by, laugbing, though they would havo brained him al- The combination lends a very pleas- ant effect to the outside. rho M- ired he made three steps toward the sido walls aro plastered with lime. comparatively &peaking. in a, nuniln door. which is spread to a. depth sailleient oty of business as a. manufacturer Suddenly there was a sound from to cover the protruding bot -lo necks of nitro-glyeerine; but in this year without, as if some one, walking about ono inch, thus obliterating an his factory Was blown to pieces by leintirehr, was kicking a tin can rough features and making a omooth an explosion of this highly suseep- along hDforo lilln• surface. tiblo concoction. "a °beer Plekeg up a tureell and Ur. Peck lived all last wieder in SMOKE:LESS POWDER. took it to the door, It sbowed a his peculiar abed° With, iii$ wife and . broad strip of road spread nith This awful incident. wbich Notate bare been sufficient to have convinced puddles and lashed, by rain. °lit- two children' a glr1 7 awl a bQY c't most men that tIley bad better seelt fields and pastures new, only incited Are. Nobel to further experlinent, and he discovered that by lifting nitro- glycerine with powdered charcoal it became to a great extent, safe to handle, although none of its tre- mendouS explosive power was lost. The result ot this discOvery was dynamite, out of which, together side that circle was the darkness of 3 Years, and satYs that whila the water in ninny residences of Tonopah the pit filled with tbe hissing of the reached the freezing point quite of- storin. The sound of the can drew nearer. Then out of the dark mid teat We relent' found their glass across tlie torcblight strip of road haase exceedingly comfortable et all passed a group of specters, company pasees in review. First came two women, one young, tbe oilier very old. Ettcla carried a bundle on ber back. Tliey were of the poorest order of tenantry, and their faces were blank with deep despair. After tbani came a raan in wooden Shoes leading a goat. Be-ind blin was a 'very old man, lead- ing a child, The and was cryieg end dragging along a tin ran teed to The ritajority of the great nateical string vomposeis bad appetites on an And SO ever after, wben the on- equality with their talents. It as looking officer thought of war's mag- told of Ilan:idol that when lie dined niffeent parades, he heard the Sound fl over the fire until it isivere• Iia liti. t found in Loed Carnarvon's career. not until le boils, t ten add •'tne ' " tertains a number of prejudices of a This brilliant statesman resigned the rreant and tato off the Stove and i superstitious character. lle bas an princely position of Lord Lieutenant lea it ao0a haat adore putting tao, especial aversion against Fridays of Ireland in Air. Olailssone's ill-fated create in law llama um a cup or and the number thirteen. This pe- 18S5 Government. in consequence of culiarity of the Prince is well known. text grated apple and freeze the , his not being able to agree with his reaat i 1 fee t lite his Ministers. lint on the oc- , . lender on the principle of Irish goy - apple Should not be allowed to stood . °a°1°n °t the "°°14 °P°ifillg of th° ernment. of llourgas. the Minister of . with a smokeless gunpowder which in the custard, but the eream should ! barb" Ho also resigned the Colonel See - Public, Works found himself confront- he also invented, Alfred Nobel made be frozen at once. Only a. finely rotaryehip in 1878, after Lord Bett- ed by the necessity of referring in n. fortune of $10,000,000. a greater conslleld bad once refuted to areept his speech to the consecration of the part of which he left, on his death, it; and in 1867 he found hinitelf un - railway from Jamboli to Bourgas on for the institution of what are now able to ngree tvith Lord Derby—in May lit (old style), 1890 --exactly tbe famous Nobel prizes. These aro 'whose Cabinet he also leild the iva thirteen years ago. Ile was seized live in ntunber. and are awarded an- portant position co Colonial Secre- with a brilliant idea, and spoke as nually, and each is of the value of tary—on the Reform bill, follows: "Twelve years and twelve about $4.0,000. Last year one of OPPOSITION, TOO. these substantial awards was won alone at a restaurant he always Quarrels in political life are not. by an Englishman—enajor Ross—for of the wretched child's pathetic toy. took the precaution to order the his discovery of the fact that 3na- meafor l threte Once on askingof course, confined to tne Cabinet or , "Is lariat fever is caused and spread bv .11••=1.111111 APPETITES OF FAMOUS N. navored, tart apple should be used for this purport+. om••••••••• ursTs TO BousEKBETEns. When boots creak rub the sides of tbe soles with tweet oil before re- turning there. to ever boottnaker. raonths ago your Royal night:less When stewing fruit add the sugarecondesceuded to dig the first sod," after the fruit, is cooked, and stiro etc. it in gently with the handle of the Dr. ITartzell, the American Method - spoon. let Bishop of Africa, is an energetic Remove old paint by wetting it divine. Ilt) has just lett the States with naphtha. If one application is , for a tour of Africa. which. will coo - not enougn. repeat till the paint is er an area of 30.000 miles. A diseolved. handSome, stalwart man. with iron - Fly Catc'hers may be made as fol- grey hair and kind, intelligent face. elows Boil linseed oil with a little the bishop is a most determined resin until it forms a viscid, stringy person. Ite has travelled extensive - paste when cold. Spread on a ly in Central Africa, and has found - thick string by means of a brush. ed mission stations among tribes In giving milk to children always use either glass or china vessels, not metallic cups of any sort. The greatest cleanliness must be observed in their management, rinsing all us- ed glasses, etc., first in. cold and then in m warwater. To remove 'stains from flannel is always rather difficult. Yolks of eggs and gl,yeerine, in equal parts, applied to the stained parts and al- lowed to soak for half an hour be- fore tbe garraent is washed, is the only reliable remedy I can advise. Filling the Jelly G-Iassesi-nalien the fruit juice is ready, take the kettle to the sink, skim thoroughly and strain into the glasses. Let them cool uncovered that the steam may not collect in drops of water on. top of the jelly. The top moisture ie what causes jelly to mold. :When cold, cover with melted paraffin and put on the tin covers and label. CtTCUMBER InELISI1ES. Stewed Cucumbers : Pare ripe cu- cumbers and cut 'them into quarters. Scrape off the seeds and cut the quarters into two or three pieces. Pour over enough good brown gravy to cover, and let them skimmer gent- ly for half an hour. Then arrange 'the pieces of cucumber on nicely browned squares of toast and pour the sauce over. The sauce sbould lie seasoned to taste. * , Cucumber Chowcb.ow : Pare enough firm, ripe cucumbers to make 3 qts, when chopped. Do not remove the seeds. Add le qts. chopped white onions, measured after 'they are chopped. Sprinkle I pt. salt with the chopped vegetables, and put to drain in a coarse nauslin bag for 2e hours. The next airy turn the -.drained vegetables int, a large howl and add 2 oz. whiteormstard seed, 1 red pepper and 2 green peppers chop - Handel Always Ordered Enough for Three People. de Ginter ratty o" nt a reetaurant, mon oi sir wiiiiam Harcourt and the party in power. The retegna- - JAPANESE QUARANTINE. or a tavern, as it WAS then called, feetual means for dealing with these the 'withdrawal of Lord Rosebery mosquitoes, and for instituting ef where he was little known, he got poisonous pests. the reply, "As soon ns the corn- i from leading positions in the coun- Dynamite has been lamely utilized pony comes," and astonished the i ells of his Majesty's Opposition will by desperate individuals, who, tak- ing advantage of its peculiar powers, have endeavored by its means to make the world ring with their griev- ances. But perhape the meanest end most terrible use to which it which have had no real communica.- has ever been put was by a man tion with the outside world. Laid named Thomas. This individual up with fever at intereals,rBishoP consigned a cask of this terrible ma - Hartzell did. inost of his travelling terial to be conveyed by the North - around the outskirts of his diocese German Llotiel steamer "Mosel" to a mounted on an oat. On this strange foreigneport. With it he sent a steed be presents a figure 'more pie- cleckwork machine, which would, in tureSque than episcopal, his largo eight days, give the cask a powerful green umbrella giving a finishing masa explode the dynamite, and touch to the picture. wreck the ship. But from scene Some good stories are told.. about cause the dynaxaite exploded in the Count Ilaeseler, the present dock, and eighty persens were killed "Moltke" of the German array, who and about two hundred injured. has just been, celebrating the fiftieth After this awful result of his fiend- anniversaey of his entry into the ish plan Thomas committed suicide, army. One morning early, before in- confessingbeforehe did so that his specting some regiments on the ma - object hadbother goods of his on een t o obtain the paltry noeuvreing ground, Count Haeseler went into the regimental canteen and sum for which asked for twopennyworth of bread (he same ship wereinsured. ' sa.usage, such. as is supplied to the pISosuhai Subsequent to this—in 1884—an ex- on took place at another of ordinary soldier. The man in Nobel's factories, and ten. lives were charge thought he would do himself lost. - a good turn by handing' the General CRIMINAL GUNCOTTON. *ury. Later in the morning, when an extra , large piece of 'either lux - The highly explosive and exceeding - halt Was called, the General order- ly powerful material known as gun.- ed the soldiers to produce the ra- cotton; from the -fact 'that .it is made tions supplied by the canteen for of purified' ccttea stne.Ped in a 'nix - twopence. Naturally thoee shown ture ofnitric and sulphuric acid, were not of such satisfactory di - has been responsible for many ca- mensions as had been sold to the lamaties. When. it wile first intro - °Mee Ile said, quietly, "Take your duced to.England, a trial of its cap - rations back to the canteen and tell abilities was made at the manufac- Here M----- that Count Haeseiee tory of Messrs. Prentice, at Stow - commands him to give each of you market. Tho result was a terrible as large a portion as he had him - explosion, involving the loss of self for the same money. lley two- twenty-four liven, among the killed pence Is not worth more than being MesIrs• 4. E. and W. R. yours." Prentke. • Besides these, sixty other persone were badly injured, and near - my soh you are ly the whole town was destroyed. gazotted and are now Prepared to But it came out at the inquir3'' el - join your regiment and fleet for the terwa.rds that sulphuric acid had glory of our country. Do you thine been added to the guncotton after it you have the necessary qualifica- had passed the tests required by 'Honer Young Officer—"Well Government, and mom's. Prentice had suffered as a result of their own lamentable foolishness. One on the most terrific explosions should think so. I am the champ- , ped fine, and 1 tablespoon ground ion long-chstance runner of our black pepper. Mix all the ingted- elub." Equals, if Not Surpasses, Western Countries. The alert enterprise of japan has long teen the admiration of the world. •In its quarantine regula- tions it equals, if not surpasses, WeStern countries. A *writer, in the Medical Record says that the Japan- ese quarantine rules axe earist, for the Chinese and Korean pestilence centers are only two or three days' distance by steamer, and Japan has much conamerce with the mainland. On entering a Japanese harbor a steamer is met by a boatload of quaaantine doctors. Their launch is equipped with microscopes and ap- paratus for making bacteriological e.xaminations. Each of the doeteirs is able to speak at least one foreign tongue, so that English; French, German, Russian and Chinese, indeed people of all nations, can be exam- ined in their own language. All the passengers and 'the mem- bers of the crew are lined up on deck called by name and checked off on the list Mile this is going on the physicians pass along the line, feel every man's pulse, make him put out his tongile, and if he shows signs of illness, they produce thermometers and take his temperature. ' t is Nothing escapes the doctors. I -useless to try the old trick of send- ing a man round 'the `deck-hi:rase to be'counted twice, for every man not present must be accounted for and examined wherever be is on duty while the count on deck is going on. Men who have symptoms of illness are set aside and examined. The doctors show profitiency in the lat- est methods of diagnois. So carefully are e qu' tharantine re- gulations observed that the crew is inspected even on a vessel going from one Japanese port to another. waiter by seating bireself, with the reinaek, "Den pring up de timer. I'm de company.' The appetite of Haydn was yet more voracious. • Ile delighted in dining alone, turn always finiehed the meal ordered for five persons. A former Duke of Norfolk also found a dinner of five "portions" within the scope of his appetite. Lurallus reserved. all his sumptuous feasts for when he was quite alone, and it was oh one of these occasions that be upbraided his cook for serving him a dinner that only cost about £100, and ga.ve him a list of the dishes he should prepare "when Lu - miles 'dined with Lucullus." Brillat-Savarin immortalizes the Cure 'de Erequier, and tells us that gt a single sitting this reverend gen- tleman would eat as much food as wourd serve a working man for ten days. Brillat-Savarin once saw him demolish. in. threequarters of an hour "a quart of soup, a plate of bouilli, a large leg of inutton, a superb hail, a copious salaici, a .pound or two of cheese, ca prodi- gious quantity of bread, a bottle of , wine, another of water, and a Cup of coffee.'' modern epicure, the Vicomte de Vieil Castel, on a wager that he .oneld- consume 500 -francs wOrth bf feed and wine within two -hours, won the money in one hour and forty minutes, in which time he 'swellowe'cl twentyu :for dozen -oysters, a beef -steak, a pheasant staffe;d with truffles, a salrai of ortolans, a dish of asparagus, another of young peas, a pineapple, a dish of straw- berries, and five bottles of wine, ending with coffee and liqueurs. Mr. Noodle—"Cle+ ver? Why, sho has brains enough tor two, Miss Cut- ting." Miss Cutting—"Bas he? Then she is just the girl you ought to marry, Mr. Noodle." , have never met," he said, "more than two really lovely wo- men." "Ahl" she said, looking up innocently into his face, "who was " the other? "What was that noise, Katie?" shouted the lady from her boudoir. "Oh, mum, it was only the :baby, crawling under the 'piano, and he hit himself, mum," replied the girl. "Dear little boy! Did he hurt him- self, Katie?" "No, mum; sure, it was tha soft pedal he bit, mem." • be fresh in the naiads of all. But it is sainewhat quaint to bring back to memory Mr. Glanstone's resignation as leader of the Oppositien in 1875. As a resole of much internal dis- sension Mr, Gladstone decided to take 'this step; and, in the course of kis explanatien, he said that he con- eidered that at the age of* sixty-five and after forty-two years of labori- ous Work, he thougbt he was en- titled to spend the closing years of his lite in retirement. 'When one reflects that it was fully! ten years after this that he fought the most arduous battle of his very. stormy life, and that he continuett. to be in active service for nineteen., years after, the extent to which' private inclination has to yield to: nablic needs becomes apparent. UNPREJUDICED REAIA.RICS. The woman who boasts of the. good society she has move.d in there- by acknowledges that she was not in her proper sellere. The toad was not made for music and does not try. to ,,sing. Some people axe net so wise. We baVe noticed that tbe man who tells what :he could have done with the other *fellow's chances, 'never makes much of his own changes. Sorrows -are sure to Come in. this world, but Man is not bowel to be Overcome by them. '"ICeep a stiff upper lip" is a good rule, het in many cases the advice,. "keep your Hp," is equally appro- priate. Some men are so well pleased with theres•elves that they do not seem to think of trying to please others. The man who looks well in a pica twee is not always an ornament to society. - If body and mind partake of the character of the feed we eat, seine felleavs whom we know must have been brought up on a diet of saw. &1st. It sometimes happens that disap. pointment In love saves the victiw from greater disappointment in mar liege.