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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-5-24, Page 2CU RRENT 'TOPICS Making of the 400,000,000 inhabitants of thine and of the wonderful resources el the country, Napoleon sale a SL He- lena, "When China is moved it will change the face of the globe," Well, China is moved with a vengeance for past bad treatment, axial some will have cense to regret that sleeping dogs were not allowed to lie, 'When the Japanese came along and knocked the Chinese arrny sky high the natives began to think it was time to set their military house in order, ancl they were conlirmed in this opinion when the European princes appropriated slices of their country and extorted enormous indemnities* At last the worm turned. . "Several times when stationed at Hongkong I went on leave to important places in China and particularly noticed things military," writes a correspondent. "The first time I went was four and a half years ago, and the armies of the different provinces were in a transition slate. I saw soldiers who had no other weapons save their spears end gingalls, and in little better clothes than rags, and on the other hand.' saw some with Mauser rifles and even with waterproof coats which, when a sprinkle of rain fell, they put on over smart uniforms. But of course it was the war between 'Japan and Russian that note only awoke China but made her sit up and look about her. Since the beginning of that War there has been a Chinese military renaissance. Just after it began I went kr a tour in China and noticed how busy the military hive was. At Canton I saw the guard oi the viceroy with higle band and all complete, and cer- tainly the band did not appear in be or- ganized in order to follow the injunc- tion of an old military writer: 'Spread in the camp of the enemy voluptuous musical airs so as to soften his heart.' hen the guards of honor who reedy - the the viceroy at Hankow during a visit I paid to that place presented arms to his excellency they did not do se kneeling as used to be the case, but M the most approved European style. Having good introductions to the author- ities at Ichang, I was shown over the barracks, beginning with the school, for all these up to date soldiers must learn to read and write. On the walls of the school there were maps, and also por- traits of some of the world's great men. There were also cards upon which were shown every decoration and uniform of the Japanese army. Pains seem to have been taken to teach the soldiers that Ja- pan is the only important country in the world. The barrack rooms were small, but not crowded, and the men's arms and accouterments were in good order. The men looked well fed and seemed to take great interest in physical drill. The officers have given up the flowing silk garments, horseshoe cuffs, and amber necklaces and are dressed In more western fashion." Cbina has recently started an army council for organizing an imperial army. Its president is Yuan Shill Kai, the most honest and the cleverest man in China, and nearly all its members have visited Europe or Japan. It is said that there are at present ten divisions, or 120,000 men, in the new army properly equip- ped and trained by fofelaners It is hoped that within the next ten years the numbers will mount up to half a mil- lion. Enlistment is voluntary, and for three years with the colors, after which the soldier passes into the •first and second reserve. Recruits are carefully ehosen after a period of probation. They must be between 20 and 25 years of age, few feet five inches tall, and able to lift a 'weight of 150 pounds, No opium smoker is accepted, nor any one tht0 cannot get recommended by the head man of the village. :there are now two or three colleges for educating officers in China, and pro- vision has been made for sending a htlY1- 'direct students each year to military schools in Japan. A college, too, has teen established for training medical officers. This will probably make the Chinese soldier light better, for What he used to dread more than death was be- ing left to die of his woundssand that no one would make rituaF offerings to a corpse abandoned on the battlefield. A Chinaman as a rule is active, sober, end docile, and what he learns he never forgets. He can live upon -nothing and has little or no objection to dying. These are the qualities of a good soldier. If Chinese soldiers have on many oc- caisions fought so badly that the army came to be considered a negligible quan- tity, this is simply because they were badly fed and badly led. But It is not true that they have always fought badly. M Tientsin six years ago they were not wore in numbers than its defenders, end yet they nearly took the city. And the admirable way in which Chinese gunners then worked their guns sur- prised every one. So well concealed was cne gun that did much mischief that it eculd not be located for three days. Eventually it was found in the inner rcom of a house, firing through an outer room, a compound, and the gate leach. Mg to the street. That a handful of foreigners were able to defend the lega- tions at Peking is often adduced. to show the worthlessness of Chinese sol- diers. Their attack, however, was half hearted. The empress dowager, al- though willing to have the Europeans put an end to, had not the courage to her hatred. First she aveUld and than etc would not, se orders and counter orders were given to the troops. The thirty foreign military officers whe lately saw by invitation the first rnaitoctivres of the new Chinese army Were astonished. They came to mock and they mumbled if not to pray at least to Nnfem tlat what had been accom- plished dertn$ ttat last four years came POSSIBILITIES OF 01JR WILL Man's Will Power Is the Greatest Of All Forces If any man willeilL-John vii. 17. It was the custom of Jesus of Nazareth to place tremendous emphasis on the will. His first question. was: "What wilt thou ?" and his last word was: "Be it done unto thee even as thou wilt." We are in ,danger to -day of overlook- ing the power of the individual will. We are just now fascinated by aggrega- tions, consolidations and federations. The individual becomes less and less, the corporation and the union become more and more. We explain life by reference to heredity, a complex of forces in the blood, or to environment, a. com- plex of forces known as society. We use these words until they take the snap out of us and we sink down, feel- ing that we are the victims of forces which cannot be controlled, vier° pup- pets manipulated by powers which are irresistible. How frequently we talk about our dispositions and our circum- stances, our nature and our fate, and how seldom we think about the possi- bilities of our will. In this day, when much is said of great world powers, it is well to remind ourselves that the greatest of all these powers is that of the human will. It is a memorable day when the little child says for the first time, "I WILL" OR "I WILL NOT." The mother's heart is awed by it. The child has always felt and sometimes thought, but now his personality for the first time stands erect and registers it- self in a decision. A new will has been introduced into the home and the home will never be quite the same again. It will be better or wonse. The danger and glory of home life' lies in the play and interplay of free and independent wills. The world is changed by the action of human wills. What is a great man but a human will incarnate? The leaders and conquerors and redeemers of his- tory have all been men of gigantic tenacity of will. They made certain choices, decided that definite things should come Lo pass, and the stream of history was thereupon turned into a new channel. We are amazed at the prodigioUs lone of radium; an ounce of it is °tile, science says, to lift 10,000 tons of water a mile, But what is the force of radium compared with the power of the soul? Has not John Wesley lifted a kingdom, and Martin Luther half a continent, and is not Jesus of Nazareth lifting the world? What great men have done they have done through their wills, and whatever we shall accomplish must Row from the decisive acts of our own soul. WE CREATE OUR OWN WORLD* We choose our food, our books and companions, We do more than this; we choose our thoughts and our feel- ings, our memories and our hopes. By deciding the kind of thought we will entertain and the sort of feelings we will feel and cherish, we determine our disposition and character and the whole tone and tendency of our life. We may nurse morbid feelings or starve them. We may brood over dark memories or banish them; we may enthrone Christian forms of thought and motion, or we may strangle these and hand the king- dom over to moods which are sombre and to ideals which are pagan. No mat- ter what our innate tendencies may be, we can curb them if we will, and no matter how turbulent and adverse our circumstances, we can conquer them by the forthputting of the energies- of the soul. A man has nat learned how to live until he can say: "I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul." To bring the human will into har- mony with Supreme will is the task as- signed us all. Freedom and joy beceme ours in proportion as our will becomes at one with the divine will throughout the circle of eur life. Looking into the face of Jesus we say: "Our olzills are ours we know not h Our wills are ours to make them thine." -Charles E. Jefferson. ************* HOME. Z * • SELECTED RECIPES. Deviled Toast.- Cut six slices of bread and remove the crusts. Mix together on a plate one tablespoon of butter, one teaspoon of made mustard, a piece ..1 cayenne and one teaspoon of Worces- tershire sauce. Toast the bread on both sides, spread with the hot mixture and serve at once. Deviled lobster is one of the things that can be made with canned lobster. Half of a can of lobster will be needed for this savory. Melt one ounce of butter in a pan, add one tablespoon of chutney and one tablespoon of made mustard. Have a few rounds of bread fried in hot fat and keep them hot. Heat the mixture ih the pan, add the lobster chopped finely and a few soft white bread crumbs. Stir till boiling, then place on the hot bread and garnish with cut lemon and parsley. Canned salmon or the remains of canned tongue maye be used in the same manner. Deviled Sardines. - Scrape and wipe, then roll each sardine in a mixture Of n11342ff...1, 1,1,Urcestershire sauce, anchovy sauce and a little melted butter, and lay each.on a slice of toast in a hot oven for five minutes. Serve immediately. Grilled Sardines. - Scrape them free horn skin arid -oil and wipe them with a clean cloth. -Roll the sardines in melt- ed butter; 'sprinkirng with 'Cayenne and salt. Cover them with some finely chopped parsley and chopped mush- rooms. Wrap each sardine in oiled paper and put in the oven till hot. Serve vary hot on slices of West. In making orange dumplings mix to- gether three cupfuls of grated bread - crumbs, one-half cupful of melted but- ter, two-thirds of a cupful of sugar, a pinch of salt, a heaping tablespoonful of flcur and the grated rind of a large orange. Moisten with yolks and whites cf three eggs the yolks and whites cf three eggs well beaten, and the juice of the orange strained. Stir well, and pour the mixture into small buttered cups; set them in a steamer and steam for forty-five minutes. Serve will) whip- ped cream faintly sweetened. Strawberry Puffs. - Put one cup of *water, one-half cup of butter, one- quarter cup of sugar, one-half level tea- spoon of salt in a saucepan, and when. the mixture bOils, add one cup of sifted fleur, beating vigoronsly al Mlle time. When a 'smooth paste is made, turn it into a bowl and set away to cool. Then add three unbeaten eggs, one at a time, and beat bard after ench addition, and continue until the batter is smooth and soft. Drop the ba Iter in spoonfuls en a lightly buttered pan. leaving an inch or 80 between the puffs, end bake thir- ty minutes in a rather quick oven. Coo), split and fill with thick cream beaten, sweetened and mixed with a few mashed strawberries. Celery Sandwiches - Chop the tender Teirt of eelery quite fine. Have some herd boiled tggs ready. mash them (both yolks rind whites) with a fork; take equal parts of eggs and celery, mix to- gether and moisten with mayonnaise, or melted butter to which hos been ad- ded a little prepared mustard and a spoonful or two of vinegar. Spread up- on thin slirels of either white or brown breed. nrrind for sandwinhes should t e at least one clay old. Grated cheese pre- pared as above makes a delielons grind - College cheese is also good. A little powdered sage end onion juice helps the flavor et the latter. -- AMATEUR PAPERTN(I, tack a Anrina elesninAt is rot a pleasant one under any circumstances, but when the house is made fresh and neat with new paper, paint or carpets, the housekeeper feels repaid for her trouble. Few things are more discour- aging than to go through the process of cleaning when soiled walls and dingy paint mar the effect of the Work. With a little planning and 'ingenuity one can freshen up a room for summer at sur- prisingly little cost. The heavy carpets which have done service all winter may he replaced by cheap white straw mat- ting and a few bright rag 'rugs; dainty muslin curtains are alwaysl, available, and they add greatly to the, summer zoom. The paints may be renewed for a trine, and if the paper hanging is done at home it costs also but little. It is not advisable for a woman to undertake to paper unless the ceilings are very low as in the case in some old-fashioned houses; but under her careful supervis- ion an experienced person may do the work quite satisfactorily. The most im- portant point, and the one which the amateur generally fails, is in the making of the paste; if it is lumpy and not of the proper consistency, the paper will crack and curl off. To make a good paste proceed exactly as it preparing flour starch for clothes, only have it very tbin. Powdered borax in the proportion of a teaspoonful to a quart of flour, will not only cause the paper to adhere more closely. to the wall, Mit is also an excel- lent diiinfectant, and very healthful. If one is troubled with bed -bugs, paper- ing is a most advantageous time to ef- ketually slay them; add carbolic acid in liberal quantities to the paste; it is their 'most deadly foe. and will rid the house of them when other means fail. Let the paste cool before using it; have ready a long board or table cn which to spread the paper, a pair of shears, some clean while cloths and a whitewash brush for applying the paste. Match several strips of paper at a time,. and take them as they come; spread the' r este on as rapidly as possible with the brush, being very careful to moisten the edges well. Begin at the top and press the paper gently downward against the wall with a clean cloth. If it is not properly .adjusted at first it may be loos- ened, but it is best to handle it as little as possible. Hang the goods out of doors, right right side out; for three hours at night, and in the 'morning, when the moisture has disappeared, it will look as .well us if a tailor had sponged it. When one discovers an old ink cr rust spot on: any garment, squeeze the juice of half a lemon upon it, rubbing it well in. Cover this thickly with salt and lay out this part of the goods in the brilliant sunlight. If the spots are very old, two Or three alempts may be necessary before one attains any suc- cess. The brown stains made by iodine an materials may be removed by soaking them in cold water for half an hour and then covering thickly with soda. Hay sprinkled with a little chloride af lime, ]eft for an hour in a elosed room, will remove the unpleasant smell of new paint. When there are „eolored blouses to be ironed, never uselt very hot iron, as it injures the colors, making them look chill and faded. When ironing a silk blouse, put a piece of cheesecloth over the silk. This prevents the silk from getting that shining look, that, comes front the contact of a very warm iron placed directly 4in it,. When staining a floor remember,0 to brush With the grain, and riot across it. Tea, stains cart be removed from linen by rubbing them with pure glycerine, To make celery crisp, let it frind tiov- ered with cold salt, water for about an holuirlobelfionrpeielniesi8nngt sesriall*Cocili from noon rta onions will on i rely el istippenP from tho hands by -holding them in tbe smoke o hurnine brown miner. An improved method of bleaching el nionds is to souk them Overnight in cold Water, instead of lee usual way of plac- ing thein in boiling water. A delieious Jlavoy can be given to black coffee by rubbing a lump of stop oh the rind of e lemon, In the case 01 tea an Orange 'nay take the plaee of elate lemon. The smell of cooking may be removed py pouring a few drops of oil of lawn der into a basin in boiling water and carrying this round the kitchen, ant opening the window. The spurs Of a spring chicken should not be more than a quarter of an inch in length, as long spurs indicate an old bird. lf the skin is difficult, this is on other sign of old age. Potatoes can be baked on the top o the stove, if the oven is required for other purposes. Place the potatoes on an asbestos mat, cover with a fairly deep pan, and turn them over from time to time, and thew will be bea.uti- fUlly cooked in about an hour's time of there is a hot fire. To test the freshness of eggs, make a solution of brine in the proportion ,1 an, ounce of salt to a quart of water, and place this in a pie dish or any dish that has a smooth, level bottom. Fresh eggs will sink at once to the bottom, stale ones will float about, while those that are unfit to eat will rise to the top, To clean chamois skin, rub well with wet soap, and put to soak for a couple a/ hours in a weak solution of soda and water. Then wash out in soapy water, rubbing well the more soiled parts, rinse several times in moderately warm 'Water; do not wring, just 'squeeze' and shake out, and hang up to dry, stretch- ing occasionally into original shape as the skin grows drier. MILLIONAIRES ARE FEW INTERESTING LIST IN THE INCOME TAX RETURNS. Nineteen Pay Taxes on Incomes Over £500,000 -Where Bulk of Tax Comes From. To the average novelist, especially the lady novelist, of the olcl three -volume order, dukes and earls come very cheap- ly; almost as cheaply, in fact, as to W. S. Gilbert, who sang of "Dukes at three a penny." The average novelist, too, often at- taches an income of £50,000 a year to one or more of the titled personages figuring in his or her Pages. Which says a great deal for the novelist's powers of imagination, as according to a Parlia- tary return just issued there are only 19 persons in Great Britain (not Ireland) whose incomes are assessed at over £50,000 a year. So that millionaires are not so very plentiful after all. The total annual income of these very fortunate 19 people is £1,968,442. In the same class are 113 firms with a gross assessed income of £12,321,466, 794 public companies with an income ca £145,220,365, and 45 municipal corpora- tions and other local authorities with a total income of 47,544,887. So that there is no real reason for panic among the income-tax collectors. Coming to those comparatively poor people with incomes of 410,000 to 450,- 000 the report says there are 219. They have an aggregate income of 44,122,532. Then there are 43e unfortunate people who only earn anything between £5,000 and £10,000 annually, and their income only totals £3,028.829. PRIVATE INCOME EARNINGS. Here is the complete list of private incomes assessed under "Schedule D" ;- Persons. £50,000 and over • 19 410,000 to £50,000 45,000 to £10,000 £4.000 to $5,000 £3,000 to £4,000 ........ 551 £2,000 to £3,000 . 41,000 to £2,000 6,044 £900 to £1,000 2,600 £800 to 4900 2,041 4700 to £800 4,019 £600 to 4700 4,778 £500 to £600 8,562 £400 to 4500 17,802 1300 to £400 34,281 4200 to 1300 .. 96,659 £100 to £200 140,154 The total of the assessed incornes is £123,592,622. The figures are striking. Most people, for instance, If asked how many other people earned incomes of 41,000 or more would certainly guess a good many more than 6,000. PAYERS OF INCOME TAX. Perhaps the most interesting list in the return is the following. It Shows very clearly where the income tax for Great Britain conies from., Salary. Persons. Not exceeding £160, but not exempt 137,913 £160 to 4200 68,717 £200 lo £300 ...... 77,248 4300 to £400 29,635 £400 to £500 h., . . ... 16,589 7,857 4,498 3,610 1,644 3,139 219 433 290 4500 to 4600 . . ... 4600 to 4700 A700 to £300 4800 'to 4000 £900 to £1,000 41,000 to £2,000 42,000 to 43,000 £3,000 to £4,000 44.000 to £5,000 £5,000 and love 90 • Ireland has another grievance, No one is able to confess grudgingly to the income-tax colleetor that he possesses an income of 450,000 or over. But there are six happy people with assessed in- comes from business of over 410,000, and three with incomes between 45,000 and 410,000. 4 NATION OF BEEF EATERS. The world's greatest anfmal food pro. dueer is the ox, including, of course, the female of his species. It is imposaible, to get at exact figures for the whole world, btit 11 is generally believed to he about 15,000,000 ions a year, and of this more than half Is beef. Great Britain eats between 4015. and 5015, of beef a year, out of a total of. perhaps, 12011). of various kinds of meat and poultry per head. 4,213 537 170 113 THE SUNDAY SC1100 INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY 27, Lesson IN. Feeding the Five Thousand. Golders Text : John 6, 32. LESSON WORD STUDIES. Note. -The text ref the Revised Version is used as a basis for these Word Studies. We note that in point of time the events of this lesson follow immediately upon those of the last lesson. The mir- acle of the feeding of the five thousand is one of the very few events of our Lord's life, apart front those of Passion Week, recorded by all four evangelists, A careful comparison of the four ac- counts reveals many interesting differ- ences of detail in the narrative, reveal- ing in turn difference of view -point on the part of the several narrators, each emphasizing those details which made the deepest impression on his mind, and omitting others which had either slipped from his Memory or whin to him seemed of less importance. The narra- tive in Mark is the longest account, of the four. Verse 30. The apostles - The word "apostle" means, literally, one sent with orders. Of the many disciples who be- lieved on and followed Jesus, twelve had Scan chosen to be his especial represene tatives. To these he gave the special name, . apostles (Luke 6. 12-16). The names of the twelve are given -in the ,reference in Luke just .quoted and also in Matthew 10. 2-4. They are: Simon Peter; Andrew, James the brother of John, John, Philip, Bartholomew (per- haps the same as Nathanael), Thomas, Matthew the publican (Levi), James the son of Alpheus, Jude (Lebbceus, Thad - douse Simon Zelotea and Judas Isear- iot. Gather themselves together unto Jesus Upon their return from the special mission on which they had. been sent shortly before Nark 6. 7-13). 31. Come ye and rest awhile -The necessity for tha-rest is pointed out in the next clause, but in Ivlatthew's nar- rative (Matt. 14. 13) we are given a hint as to another and deeperreason which Jesus had far desiring to be talone with his disciples at this time. This reason was the profound grief which he felt at the death al John the Baptist, the news of which had just been brought to him. 32. Desert place -By this 'expression we are to understand not a barren waste of sand, but simply an uninhabited re- gion. The place to which Jews went with his disciples was the seclusion of a mountain side, back from the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. 33. Outwent them -Got there first. The distance by land around the north- western shore of the lalee was not much farther than the more direct way by boat, and possibly not so far as the boat journey by the path which -the small sailing craft was actually 'cin - polled to take to reach its destination. 34. He came forth -With this narra- tive alone before us it would appear that Jesus proceeded to teach the assembling multitude immediately upon leaving the boat; but John's account (John 6°. 3-5) makes it plain that Jesus first withdrew with- his disciples "into the mountain" and afterwards "lifting up his eyes and seeing that a great multitude cometh unto him," Sad compassion on them and, leaving- his retreat came unto them and taught them. As sheep not having a shepherd -The figure is a peculiarly strong one. Sheep are not driven, but, follow a shepherd who goes before them. They thus be- come accustomed to looking to a shep- terd for guidance and never learn to find their own way. Left without a shepherd they wander about aimlessly and stray 'farther and farther from the fold. 35. The day was now far spent --It was still the same day on which Jesus had Grossed 'the lake and had retired with his disciples to the mountain -side retreat. We need not, therefore, think of his discourse to the multitude on this occasion as' having been necessarily an unusually long one. 37. Two hundred shillings -The coin actually referred to was the denarius; of which the English shilling is more nearly an equivalent in value than any other. English or American coin. The actual value of the denarius was be- tween sixteen and seventeen cents, but its purchasing power was in the thne rI Christ much greater. The sum was, moreover, quite beyond the means of 'the apostles, so that the question seems to have been intended to imply the -impos- sibility of making provision for so large a multitude. - N. Fve loaves and two fishes -About enough for one hungry person under ordinary circumstances. 39. By companies -Lit., "In par- terres," a terrn -used for flower beds of many colors, and suggested probably by the colored robes and turbans of the assembled groups. This, with the refer- ence to the green grass in the next phrase, reveals a peculiarity of Mark's narrative, which was rich in coloring as well as concise. Green grass -A positive proof of the fact 'that the place was not. a desert in our corinlionly accepted sense of the orm. The mention of tha. fact, that the grass was green also gives us n hint as to the season of the year at which the -miracle was performed, since in Pales- tine the grass is only green for a short period after the winter rains. lolnic nOreover, explicilly points Out that it vas at the lime of "the pee.sover, the feast of the Jews" (John 6.4). 40. In renics, by hundreds and by fifties -"Two long rows of one hundred, and a .shorter one of fifty persons. The fourth side remained-rtfter the manner of the table of the ancients --empty and open" (Germ eh), 41a Fie blessed -The offering of a )ricf prayer before eating was custom- ory, as woe also the biaaking of .the :tread. 43. Tlrokeri pieces -Those left hi the iands of jesus niid the disciples. Twelve basiceifillS-The basket refer - lo was tbri ordinery,bag carried by trnvellors in the Orient. 44. Five thouSand men -The arrange- ment Of the seating made possible au accurate count. Matthew, in Ins ac- count, points out that, this number did not include the women wad children present. QUEER LOTS AT AUCTION. A Church, a Panorama and Gigantic Carpet Under Hammer. There were three very strange auc- tioneers' sales in London recently- aa incongrucals mixture, They are relica of Earl's Court, bankrupt stock frorn. Olympia, and a church. In each case the "lots" are far too big to handle, and 'Will not really come "under the auction- eer's hammer," The bidders will have to bring their imagination into play. The most interesting of the three sales i3. the one at Earl's Court. Pleasure seekers will no longer be able to em- bark on H. M. S. Python for a "voyage round the Mediterranean." The vast canvas, over a mile long which enabled Londoners, on the payment of it mere sixpence, to imagine themselves many hundred miles from Charing Cross, is to be sold. The panoama cost over $25,000 - to paint. Letters concerning the panorama caime from ail over the country, and several bids came from America. The miniature railway, too -the de- light of countless thousands of children -is to change hands. Distorting mirrors, too, are included in the sale, but it is not expected thait there will be a big run on these for private houses. The sale, in fact, is quite a showman's sale, and Earl's Court is clearing out its old stock, amongst it being a model of the Roman Forum. The most interesting lot to be dold at Olympia is the huge 5,000 square yard carpet which covered the arena. To give an idea of its immensity, the carpet islarger than the regulation football fl -old, and when rolled up is loftier than a house. The _third queer sale is somewhat pa- thetic. St. Michael's Church, Burleigh street, in which daily service has been held for 100 years, comes under the un- impassioned hammer of the auction- eer. There is expected to be a brisk - bidding for this strange "lot." 3 SERVIA'S THRONE SHAKES IF KING, ABNEGATES CROWN PRINCE WILL NOT SUCCEED HIM. Great Britain Refuses to .Discuss. Diplomatic Matters -With Servia. Sir Gilbert Parker asked in the House of Commons the other day if England were ready to resume diplomatic rela- tions with Servia, and if so, what would the conditions of such resumption be. a Sir Edward Grey replied that the - question of thee renewal of diplomatia- relations with Servea cannot be discuss- ed between the two Governments se long as the regicides hold Oficial posi- tion. In the event of diplomatic rela dons being renewed,- and these officials; eing withdrawn from their position,, and this country agreeing to send a rep- resentative to Belgrade, it, should ne: understood that the officers in question. would not be reinstated. REGICIDES OPPOSED. Events are moving rapidly to a crisis.. in Belgrade, and serious politicians are discussing how long King Peter will be to occupy the throne. He is. now absolutely without personal influ- ence in Slate politics, and wavers be- te een his support of the men who mur- dered King Alexander and Queen Drags and his duty to remove them from the - high offices in the army 'which they con-. tinue to hold. If the Ring abdicates, it may be tak- en almost for granted that the 'Crown Prince will not succeed him. Prince, Waldemar, of Denmark, is being men- tioned as a suitable occupant of the. throne. At present the regiddes have the up- per hand, but the revolt against them in. the press and throughout the army 14 growing stronger -a fact that they be -- gin to realize. ' They are indeed being driven to the most desperate methods by the violence- ct the press. Captain Novakovitch, thee editor of the Fatherland, and the edi- tor of Justice, have received notices. that THEY WILL BE ASSASSINATED. Sabre the meeting of the Parliament,. owing to their hostility to the regicide, regime. Some journalists have already been. stabbed by "robbers," and others have - been sent to prison or expelled rrOM the country. 1 have received an an- onymous note from a "well-wisher,', suggesting that my personal safety might be consulted by a more favorable attitude towards the murderers of thee late King and Queen, says a correspon- dent. At the next meeting of Parliament the Cabinet will ibe obliged either to throw 16. its lot with the regicides and resort to government by force, or to withdraw and leave the issue to be decided by the country. Either alternative is fraught with danger for the dynasty. FIRE ITS OWN EXTINGUISHER. A. curious outbreak of fire occurred late at night recently in the bar of the, aarenee Gardens Hotel, Scarborough, n England. The heat of the flames melte it leaden water -pipe, and the result wei that when the water gushed out it co , pletely extinguished the lire, It was not till some hours later that the manager, attracted by the smell of burnt wood, discovered the outbreak. ' WHAT TO EAT. Bread and butter is the food for mus- cular work, according to Dr. E, F. Wil- loughby. The perfect diet for thoee who are neither faddists nor teetotalers is 8oz. of cooked meat, 24az. of bread, 8oz. of potatoes, 2oz. of cheese, 207, of bacon, 1.oz, of butler, half a pint of milk, end one pint, of beer per diem, Green foods are'deeirtible addiliOnS any chet,