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Exeter Advocate, 1912-8-29, Page 3NOTES AND COMMENTS. Because of the declining birth rate in France much atteution is being given in that country to the: preservation of health by public measures. Professor Chantemesse, inspector general of hygiene, asserts that aquarter of a, million lives are needlessly lost every year in Prance mak,through inattention to the elemen- tary laws of hygiene, . Deputy Joseph Reinach blames absinthe for the trebling of suicides in the last fifty years, the doubling of the num- ber of cases of insanity in the last, thirty years and the death of 150,- 000 persons from tuberculosis each year. Professor Chantemesse would give greater powers in hygienic mat- ters to the central government and would strengthenthe laws requir- ing physicians to report eases of in- fectious diseases. He shows that Franco hasa death rate of 20,5 to 91 per 1,000 of population, while Sweden and Denmark have death rates of only 14 to 15 per 1,000. To induce the French people to increase their birth rate seems be- yond the power of French: states- men, but they may be able to deal more effectively with the problem of preserving the living. Longe- vity, however, is largely a result of individual habits. A campaign of education in health seems to be needed in Prance. One of the difficult and important l tasks before the new Chinese gov- ernment is to suppress the produc- tion and use of opium that leas been caused by the disorder of the revo- lutionary ,period. The present con- dition of the opium traffic is full of trouble also for the Britishgovern- merit of India, Under suecessive agreements 'be- tween the British and Chinese gov- ernments the importation of opitun from India to China was lessened gradually each year and the Chi- nese government suppressed the home production by a like amount, the latest agreement, made in May, 1911, providing for abolition of all trade in the drug by 1918. In con- sequence Indian merchants have ac- cumulated a large stock of opium in China, the value of which has been lessened by the large native production due to the revolution. Now the Indian merchants are urg- ing the Indian government to pro- hibit at once further exportations to China, so that they may dispose profitably of their stores, Britain is committed to the policy of abolishing the opium traffic as soon as possible, but India taxes the opium exported to China and the government has figured on an in- come of some $17,000,000 this year from that source. The prospects of the new Chinese government be- .. rang able to suppress native produc- tion soon are not bright, so there • is anew tangle over a traffic which unquestionably, on moral grounds, should be abolished. BADLY HAD! It isn't easy living up to a repu- tation of being a wit, but Jimkins did his best. Meeting a friend the other morn- ing, he said suddenly "I say, ;pld fellow, have you heard about that young lady who poured a jug of water into her fiance's straw hat i" "No," replied his friend, getting ready to hear an excellent little anecdote. "Neither have I," said Jimkins, as he hs�gan to walk quickly away. "It hasn't leaked out yet." FACT AND FANCY. Don't retail scandal. Don't wholesale it, either. The latest thing in surgery is a steam -saw removing diseased por- tions of the liver. Let the 1912 bride remember that there are times when currant jelly snakes a stronger, appeal to a man than current 'gossip. Thunder often kills oysters. Some after-dinner speakers are like the moon—the fuller, the brighter. Perspiration angers bees to the stinging. point. If you slake a spectacle of our- self, you are bound to be seen through. It's up to many reformers to re- form: their theories. Anyway, the man who builds castles in the Lord, is his own land- SALADS FOR NOT DAYS. The appetite jaded, by heat may be tempted by salads only when those salads are seasonable. Heavy meat concoctions and most of the fish mixtures are not suitable for hot weather,. The ideal summer salad has til requisites ---it must be light, a tizing in appearance and icy French dressing is more season. than mayonnaise, also move d title, and fruits and vegetables preferable to nuts, fish or meats is hard to get headed lettuce in s mer, but if the young, tender lea of the garden lettuce are eris being put in a cloth en the they are improved. Salad being beth cooling nourishing, may be eaten at lunch, and dinner. To prepare easily have Iettuce always crisp in the refrigerator and also hav pint bottle filled with a thick Fre dressing, This should be well sh en before. using and any left in th salad' bowl may be strained poured back. It is economical to use left -o vegetables and treit froni,.:diinner the previous clay. Particularly n is one made of tomatoes cut eighths, asparagus, shredded gre: peppers, thinly sliced eueumber, calve of Neufchatel cheese and a 1 eral +supply of Chili sauce. This well marinated with French dee Eng flavored with onion or Chopp onion may be mixed through t salad, Serve on a bed of lettuce This salad may be mixed wi string beans, peas or small li beano. Cream cheese is goo through the mixture, and it nothi else ie convenient grate Americ cheese thickly over it, A rather heavier salad is made from hand -boiled eggs cut length- wise. Remove yolks and rub to a paste with aneliovies. Refill and put a slice of anchovy on each sec- tion, Serve on hearts of lettuce. Another nice mixture for a plain lettuce salad are squares of cream cheese sprinkled thickly with cavi- are. Place these in the centre of the lettuce and surround with a border, of crisp bacon broken very fine. Cover with French. dressing seasoned with chutney, Green peppers aro invaluable for a summer salacl, Served whole, they are delicious when failed with cold boiled corn, mixed with a highly seasoned mayonaise. A spoonful f the dressing should be put on top of each cup Another good filling is cold slaw and shredded peppers well mingled. A pretty salad is made by arranging a bed of tender green lettuce leaves, or young na- sturtium leaves, and on it putting a row of shredded green peppers, another row of cheese balls and an outer border ef shredded pimentos. The canned ones may be used. Cover with a thick French dressing. If onions are liked, small pearl on- ions can be sprinkled over the cheese balls. A delicious.fruit salad is a round of tender pineapple placed on a let- tuce leaf. On top of the pineapple dot berries in season, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries or cur rants, and in the centre of the ber ries have a round of cream cheese Border the fruit mixture with may onnaise and put a little in the cen tre of the cheese. Black cherries served-coldmake a delicious salad with mayonnaise dressing, They may be stuffed with an English walnut or cream cheese if the big variety is used. .Apricots stuffed with cream cheese mixture or with plain cream cheese make a nice salad. As this fruit is rather tasteless, a drop or two of 1Vorcestershire may be mixed in the dressing. see ppe- oo1d, ai ble ges- are ,It um - Yes sped ice and both it ing ea neh ak- e and ver of ice in en a ib- is 55- ed he th ma d ng ea GOOD RECIPES. Puff Pastry. -Rub half a cupful of butter into four cupfuls of hour beat up the yolk of one egg, with a few,drops of lemon juice and a little cold water, add them gradually to the flour, making it into a firm Pasto. Put a cupful pful and a half of butter into a basin of cold water,. wash and squeeze it, then flatten out.into a cake. Roll out the paste into a long strip, lay the butter on one end of it, wet the edge slight- ly and fold the paste over. Press out with a rolling pin and roll out lengthwise, have the paste so that the two open edges are parallel with yourself after folding it in three. Roll from you and never from side to side, using gentle pres- sure. Then fold in three. Pitt the paste away to cool for 20 minutes. Now arrange the paste with the open ends in front and, roll out again lengthwise, and fold in three. as before. Repeat for the third and fourth time, and put to, cool for another 20 minutes. Now give the fifth, sixth and seventh rolling's, s, and again cool for 20 minutes The paste is now ready for the final rolling out. Frosting a Cake.—Poi1 one and one-half cupfuls of sugar and gee cupful of water8 f. 1 till it forms €i sof, ball wheal tried in cold water, tltien :. pour on to the stiffly beaten whites A BOUQUET FROM, A MIDGET.. Queen. Mary receives a bouquet from Anita (Lady Little) after which the Queen shakes hands with the little lady. Miss Anita is thirty years of age and is said to be the smallest lady in theorld. The scene is "Shakespeare's England" at Earl's Court. w of two eggs, pouring in a steady stream andvery slowly, adding, while beating, cine teaspoonful of vanilla extract and one teaspoonful of lemon extract, beat until thick. Spread. on ,cold cake. It is an er- ror• to think that a. palette knife is the best instrument for icing a cake, A good sized table knife is much better on account of the greater stiffness of the blade. Jelly Rolls.—Beat up four eggs with one cupful of sugar for 20 min- utes, Remove the beater and sift in two cupfuls of flour and one tea -- spoonful of baking powder, add four tablespoonfuls of milk and one teaspoonful of leinon extract. A be carefully and pour into a large flat buttered and floured cake tin and. bake in a hot oven for 12 minutes. Turn out on to a sugared paper, spread quickly over with hot -melted jelly and roll up at once, A Vanilla Pudding.—One and a half heaping tablespoonfuls of pow- dered d gelatine, ne two' u ft ts al. f milk, o half a cupful of sugar, ane cupful of whipped cream, three eggs and i one and a half teaspoonfuls of va- s nilla extract. Put the gelatine in- a to a saucepan, add the milk and s sugar, then dissolve. Beat up the S eggs, then add the milk, stirring all n the time, return to the pan, and c stir over a slow fire till it. thickens. Strain into a basin, add the vanil- t la act, an when Cool fold a' the tviiipped ereana, Pour into wet mold, and when solid serve wi any kindof stewed fruit, rOU WASFf FR•UI`p. an investigator, having by careful, experiments r of bacteria to be found 4 e'. 0 s 8551 the u on ma t fruit, tried different me thodas of washing .it without injuria the flavor. Be washed grapes, ata pies and pearsthat had been ex posed to street deist, each time ex amining the wash water for th. numberof bacteria present, While the first wash water yield ed large numbers, the second con mined only a few, and the third negligible number, A basin o water was used for the purpose, th reit being moved about in it '.hen running water was used, fir ii:nutes' time was allowed, Fruit vith a firm, smooth skin should be rubbed before washing with a clean loth to start the dirt. The cleaning of delicate berriess a difficult matter. Suchfruit hould be purchased with care to void all that are too soft or which how sand or other visible dirt. trawberries, because they grow so ear the ground, should not be pur- hased after a rain, which will spat- ter them with muddy drops. Only= rk8 should be served raw ; ziiore doubt- ful speeimens should be. cooked, By immersing them in water a few at a time and handling carefully, such fruity may be washed without much loss of flavor. Dried figs and .dates are very commonly eaten without cooking, or even washing, and yet they have been exposed ,for an unknown length ef time to the contagion brought by dust, flies and dirty hands. Tn how many houses aro oranges washed before they are brought to the table, or the lemon before it is sliced for the tea, or lemonade, or before the skin is grated for flay- tiring f Yet the skin is often very dirty, Shelled nuts purchased in market should always be washed and scald- ed before they are used, as they are commonly exposed to duet, TIE TRADE IN LEECHES Nothing to What It Used .t`o Be-- Paris the Source of Supply. Forty years ago there were in Paris alone ten wholesale dealers in leeches, each of whom sold between 300,000 and 400,000 leeches monthly for which they received on an aver age about $50 a thousand. Today there is only one deale in the capital and he: gets from 6 7 francs (51.20 to $1.40) a hundred Elis name is Leya and he handle about 10,000 per month, says th Medical Brief, his best market be Mg the United States. He ha a}ometirnes half a million in stock.. Ia former times the Paris poo. law administration purchased 80, 000 francs ($10;000) worth a year This was in the thirties and forties of the nineteenth century; the ad- ministration now finds itself arnpl3. supplied with $40 worth annually. The great breeding ground for French leeches was the marshes round Bordeaux. A poor peasant amed Beehade was the creator of industry. Re rented a trach, ar sb land for about $n0 and this,. hen properly -stocked with leeches, game worth $4,900„ sbade collected the leeches li; louring all they worn out horses lac. " d get hold of and driving them the marshes five or six times a month, especially in April, May, .Tune. October and November. Be- chade's business flourished, and when he died he. WAS worth a million. francs. After a while the French leech. trade was ruined not only on ac- count of the great decline in the de- mand, but on account of the acres sibility of other sources of supply brought about 'by the improved facilities of transport, fast trains bringing them in a short time from Turkey, Bohemia and 'Dalmatia and to a more 'limited extent from Al- geria and Russia. lIIIJS.iilt0UlMS. I O CINTERNATIONAL LESSON, ,5)r PT. 1.. Lesson Jl ...Tire death of john thet Baptist, Mark 6.14-20. Golden Text, Rev. 2. 10. Terse 14, King -A title given by' courtesy. His real title was tete +arch, that is, a ruler of 040 fourth part of a country, ,llis name. -,-,The name .af Jesus, whose miracles badattracted widoi attention. These powers—The reported mir-I aeles, ef Je.aiis. 15, Elijah was a traditional be- lief, founded on Mal. 4. 5, that, Elias or Elijah would reappear as, the forerunner of the Messiah, prophet—One et unusual prom -t inenee, such as the more distingu- ished . ished Old Testaent prophet's, The emphasis here is upon the idea that Jesus: possessed the spirit and pear. er which. characterized the ancient: ,' prophets rather than upon the thought of identifying him with any particular .one, r' 10. To]anz, whom T beheaded to Many tbesories, were •advanc d as to . Jesus's identity, hut this ene triose; s' readily appealed to Herod's +.,trick-,. e' en conscience. Even so 'ivicked a roan as he could not.escape the cum-, s f punotions of a guilty conscience d it was natural for him, with POW' ,tats caiiseionsness of guilt resting nipon his mind, to behold in any and 1 every pure and holy man and work- miracles the re-embetlit tent. same John whom he caused eheaded, ci prison—A dungeon attached Castle Maehaerus, one of palae:es on the east coast cad Sea, known as the tress," Here the bail., . e<l wria held, f n c ELIGI he freshest •and cleanest berries N IS A flCESS1TY And the Instrument by Means of Which Men Come to the Fullness of Complete Manhood Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. -Mathew v. 48. Men were made in the image. of God, and their Creator expects them to be like Him in richness, spiritually and health of character. We cannot be perfect in the sense of being sinless, but it is possible for men to become godlike in breadth of sympathy toward their fellows and in the spirit of their daily service. To approach this per- fection is to approach' godlikeness. In our modern American life the necessity for a deep, reasonable, normal religious experience is growing more evident every day. The enormous burdens under which men live, commerically and social- ly; the subtle and persistent forms of temptation; the vast new ques- tions raised by scientific discover- ies; THE FITNDAMTNTAL CHANGES wrought in our social relationships by industrial 'progress—these all place a burden upon the individual, while at the same time they open before him enlarged possibilities. We need the soothing inspiration of unchangeable realities. As a great astronomer has said, a study of the stars is a good cure for nervous Vous div - orders. There is no escape from the effects of,our daily toil, except in the exalted region of religious con terupiaa,tion. Religion is another name for health -mental, moral and physical; Tt is like an adequate foundation aesfh, our lofty modern buildings. yes a sense f .,,ecurity, calms ' pair _� ,rc�ents to the ima- gination a full field for its powers. Peace, like the gentle dew from heaven, rests upon the soul; and thus baptized into the mystery of his godlike relationships, one sus- tains the shocks of daily life un- moved and undismayed. The greatest discvery ef the twentieth century will be the re- discovery of Christ. The message for the new age is a message of simple, universal, vital, spiritual truth. Men to -day, in the fever and an- guish of their , desperate struggle for • e ' xr stence in this world, require A SPIRITUAL MESSAGE which is true, not only for the in- tellect but for the heart; which meets the hunger of the whole man; which is capable of reoonciling his warring powers and relating al the worlds of his being into • -a harmoni- ous system. Such a truth must be alive and personal. It must be large enough to throw light upon the re- lationships of time and eternity. It must .flash its light into the dark mysteries of the grave. It must al- leviate and purge the ravages of sin. It must satisfy the cravings of the reason. It i rn mi st .react upon the nervous organism, producing health. It must assist in those re- adjustments so necessary to our so- cial well being. I believe that Chris- tianity, in the person of its Foun- der, presents to the world this truth; and the man- who opens all the doors of his nature to its in- coming will be able e to understand; even if not yet he has attained the mighty meaning ofthe text :--"Be ve perfect."Rev. Dr, Charles A. Eaton. brother Phidip's daughter of ,iris- n of Herod the ores .a niece of a o5 1ie;r busbauds, h'h.filip was 1 ,'s half brother alio had ea lived ta7 lied di , but •Jewi,li..law By Dr. J. B. Dandeno, M. A., Bow - ma mall 0 lDeaths occur in this country every year owing to the fact that many people who use rnushroorns as table food are unable re) airs tinguish with certainty the poise in. sus from the others. Cool, damp weather is favorable to the growth of such fungi, consequently they ere usually most abundant in the fall These fungi, so-called mushrooms or toadstools, or whatever else, may be roughly, in view of their use as food, classed into three groups— (1) Those which aro edible and good, (2) these which are poisonous, (3) those which are indifferent, nei- ther poisonous or good, The chief things to be kept in mind are the characters of the pois- onous forms. These all, practically all, belong to one genus and have three points of distinction which may easily be recognized by every- one. They have white "gills," ie., they are white under the cap (not pink, black or brown). They have a ring round the stalk. This is nearly g.lways apparent. They have a sort of cup of flaky material round' the base of the stalk. At times this is not easily distinguished. These three characters distinguish the genus Amanita or Death's Cup. No amateur should meddle with the white -gilled fungi, though h of b many hose forms are -among the best. None of the pink, black or brown - gilled forms is deadly. Few of the ellow-gilled fungi are good. Avoid hem. Avoid all the white -gilled and yel- ow-gilled mushrooms.. Avoid all old or spoiled specimens of any ind. The pink, black or brown -gilled re safe,though the pink is the ost delicious. Puff -balls are not poisonous. Morels are all good. Ilydnums are all good. A few points of this shar�acter may ten be made of service t Tt0 i easing in the papers. It is all. ght to have them stowed away in. eientific books and monographs, it it is through the papers that it aches the people. t y t k a m of S b re ' Many a man's best friends are those who know him least. Probably more men would kiss their wives if it was forbidden. Some people act foolish and then get sore because, others notice it, Anti las been div quiet life las 15, Not Bawl vorcced his :first avi£e forbade a man in crying his bra filer's wife under any circtiarstanees; (Lev, 20. 21). 19. Set herself—With a vengefu; and hateful spirit. 20, Herod feared Jahn---A'ard lieairted: and corrupt as he was, o recognized the justice oto, John'srebuke and admired the amoral courage with which it wast administered. A righteous man—john's convinc- i Ing words were supported by the' fearless and Godly life which heti lived,. ICept him safe --From the venge- ance ncc a e T f Herodias. d' o las. 14 Ia ttlieav says t was because he .feared the mul- itude (14. 5). llueh perplexed—It was a conflict! waged within a weak main who wished to obey the trill -xi, but who i was forst in the meshes .,` in. Heard him glndly. Ile was fascin-i a ted by the words of John, though e had no power to profit by theenz, 21. A convenient day—Herodias! waited an opportunity for venge-i ince, His lords—Military officers who. onducted the affairs of govern - neat. 22. The daughter of Herodias her - elf came in and danced—An sl- eet unprecedented thing for wo- len of rank or even respectability. he dances were usually performed y hired dancers. She pleased Herod—Better it;, at is, the dancing. 23. Sware—Swore, took an oath. ompare Esth. 5. 3. Half of my kingdom—As Herod as a vassal of Rome, it was not his offer. His rash vow is the direct sult of sensual fascination and e excitement produced by the inc at the banquet. Wrapped in e delusion of these ,con1bined oils, the judgment of the states an and rii11r yield l to eteckle,e offers, the import of which could fully realized only when sobri-, y and gravity returned. 25. Straightway with haste—Both women knew that nothing but the king's oath would cause him to do a thing really contrary to his de- sire. The king's word once given, they seized their opportunity with haste. 27. Straightway—The king, at last entrapped, hastened to fulfil his reckless pledge. 29. In a `tomb—Probably near Machaerus. Matthew (14. 12)adds "and "they `vent and : l " Y to d Jesus. FISH THAT TAKE' COLD. Fish - are not equipped to combat t h c a. s n T1 b th C w to re til w th ev m pr be rapist rha(ngoS 121 • ; mperatuie lye_ cause the ZeritTe atufii f t.hi *aster ei in the ocean, lakes and rivers be-, neath the surface rema,ins virtually, .. stable, Some fish, such as carp and l trout, when taken from warm wa,- ter and placed in water several de- grees cold take cold. The cold at (tacks the skin and the fins andvar- ious portions of the skin present a cracked, ridgelike appearances If returned to warm water the fi • �h usually recover, but [sometimes = the disease which seems is be a sort of eczema, eats into the muscles cf, iha fish and proves mortal.