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The Brussels Post, 1908-1-9, Page 6CURRENT TOMS. Tee IOWdeclaration nem a feed ex - Pert le that Meat. is far and Away. the best of foods. Take yew meat as you like it is hia advice. Ali 'clads are digeetible,:even fried fresh porlc. Tbe armetincement would be eemforting If there was not sueta conflict of authori- ties. Some of them say at no Meat should be eaten at all. Others 'will alrow meat it you cheev'eaeh bile ttaelY- two nines. Still others include meet and other foodstuffs it) their prolabitions, a•nd we know of at least one who con - demes meat and fish and eggs, and tea and toffee and spirituous liquors, and limits his devotees lo milk, cheese, gralle, nuts and fruits, He says that his pees- eelation Will give health and strength, both mental and physical, and that it will prevent various unpleasant diseases with which the lltee Ls afflicted, He proves his ease both by ilia record of his experiments and by a convincing appeal to the well-known fact that the pre-Adamite man was frugiverous. The mention of that remote personage is at least a reminder that ba lived with. out food experts, anyway, and thali he thus esoaped many bewilderment:3. The men of this generation are cicala errough , and they try hard to follow orders, but the experbs mix them all up. Take a person who has been living on dry chopped teed in the hive that he eves -pursuing a meritorious course that would °Miele him'toa halo, hard mus- cles and a. strong stairwell, then give him this meat bulletin, and %that le lee 1.0 think? There is too much competi- tion among the experts. They had bet- ter form a trust compromise on their theories aria give us a mixed diet instead of befuddling our brains. And perhaps we will take the mixed diet, whatever they may do, and chew as we please. "France will peri.sh for lack of wood!" they said to Louis X113. Not if energy and skill can prevent IL In no country in the world is forestry work carried on with greater intelligence and force. Al the present a total surface of 7,429,873 acres is under the direct control of the forestry service. The work Is slow; it will probably require 200 year; to bring it to its maximum effeetiveness. BuL the time is foreeeen when the existing dam- aged forests win be replanted to the point of proper proportion to insure the preservation of the water supply and to furnish the timber and weed needed. Where absolutely bald mountains leave been replanted stagaising local results aro now visible. There are now many artificially planted forests in the Males - Alps, where conditions have so improved 1.1 the "poorest department in France" that a state of general prosperity pre- vails. The touring club of Frame, with headquarters in Parts, coinposed largely of Incycllets and aulomobilists, applied itself a few years ago to tbe work of im- proving the highways. It Le impossible to visit any city or village in France where there is not a branch organize - tiara Part of their programme of work Is to create public opinion favorable le the preservation of the forests of the country, to take steps necessary for a revision of the forestry laws of France, and le secure the enforcement of all ex- isting laws foe the preservation of for- ests. CONGO'S "10HANNESBURGS." Towns in Midst of Immensely Rich Cop- per Country. Mr, G. 13. Beak, late acting British Vice -Consul for the Congo Free State, has rearmed to Eugland after a 5,000 - mile journey across Africa, from Ba- tana, at the mouth of the Congo River, to Mombasa, British ferret Africa. The journey was made at lila instance of the Foreign Ono, Mr, Beak collecting de- tails of the life and ouster/is of the ma tives of the dietriets through which he passed. The Katanga district, at the south of the Congo Free State and immediately meth o/ British Central Aniea, was Mr. Beak's particular objective. Ile traversed this region for over 1,400 miles, and re- peals What it Is intensely rich in copper ltlineS, which niqi at present undeveloped for want of railway communleation. "When thee is established," said Mr, Beak, "Kambove and Bueve, the two calef towns of the district, are confidently ex- pected to develop Into seeond Johannes - burgs." The climate is good and there is plenty oE shooting and fishing. Tsetse fly and sleeping eickness are the drawbncics. "I poseed through a whole district so affected near the Lunlaba River. One curious effect of tine Illness is to drive the patient mild, and I had a very •nar- now escape at the bands of one ot the natives NV110 W�0 in a state of frenzy. "At Baudoninville, on tha western glare of Lake Tanganyika, there is a beautiful new cathedral, f1rortted by the French Peree Blanes. It is really a eptendid building. Everything except, the stained-glass windows had been made locally; these were brought from :Eur- ope. I crossed the lakeen n 11111 nelive Sailing barque and entered German ter - Mary at Karma; "I found no difficulty in gelling through tha country on 1110 score of lenguage. That most, generally spoken through equatorIal Africa ts niswehill, which the redselonariee are trying In eidealleh as the lingua franee, of the continent. I know,thie, tangling° well. Nearly every disteict has Mi; own language, .not writ- ten; but telswahill will carry anyone throrigh equatorial Africa, It Ina n liter - aline of ifs Gan" Money is the grease Pallet thee tentetla tiny 6, bad actor look geed, 4-444444+++++ +4 +44+ H4 A • $ Private Parrott's Prisoners ++++++f+++++++++44++++ The Smiley halted al the end of hie beat and glanced stealthily over tile shoulder, • BOW lain was a. little iron gate. covered by an urchway of masonry, Matti led info lite colonel's garden. Ile evidently meet:a to see some- one at the• gate, for he Impatiently banged the buteal his rilleiseveral tines en the hard pavement. Again he glanced ovee his shoulder. This time he was rewarded; someone wus coming at last. It was a woman -a young woman -wearing a white amen and a tiny white cap. Ile stepped nimbly back to the gate. "You hay come, dear!" said ho af- fectionately, play( tal y touching her clreele through the bars as she stooped to push a smell parcel through to him. She threw her head back and feigned displeasure when the gale inVett few inches, on it hinges. "There!" she exclahned. "Just look at that! The gate has bin left open!" "So much 'the better, my dear, ire observed, tts he cautiously looked about hini before entertag. "1 niver did care TIlliell for main' trom behin' a gate; Ms ko aggravalina"-flinging it to with a snap. "The gatel" she panted, "You've shut the gate, an' we can't open it without a key, and"-lookIng at him tragically -"master has it in his poeketl" The sentry looked nervously around. The garden was surrounded by a high brick wail which. was too high for him to tackle. "What'll we do?" he anxiously ire - mitred. "I'll 'ave 10 Lry an' get ye through the Ousel" she whispered trt frighten - et tones. "Stew the parce1 under yer jacket an' teller me rotue these hushes!" He obediently folkwed her down the path till they came to a sharp turning, in the angle of vvlitch were several large gooseberry -bashes. Here his guide sud- denly stopped, and turning a panic- stricken face io his, hurriedly whisper- ed in las ear that the Master was com- ing. "Who? The colonel?" he gasped, 'Yes! Dive under the bushes.i' she implored. "I couldn't!" he. groaned, "My legs are to long! Hide you, tin' Ill spin ffni a yarn!" The cotoners footsteps could now Be heard quite audibly on the path. "Hider he entreated. She stooped, aria parting the bushes with her hands, was soon lost to view. The sentry shogIcieved Ms rifle, and was walking briskly kiwards the gate, when the colonel's voice broke the stillness and brought him to a sudden -11a11. "Wbo are you?" demanded the col- onel sharply, "The sentry, sir." "Arid what the dickens are you doing rny garden?" "I heard a most unusual noise a few minutes ago, sir, an' I '1st Popped in to see what was the matter." "No doubt," responded the e,alonee drily, "But I am intereated In this noise you have heard. What did it re- semble?" - "Now, when I conic la think of it," said the sentry, disconcerted, "1 am oertain it must a' bin cats, sir," "Then it will be a serious matter tor you," observed the oolenet warninglta "tt you have loft your post for such a trifling cause, Wales your name?" "Private Parrott, sir." "How did you get into the garden?" "The gate was open, sir," "Ah!" said the colonel. "Weil, Pri- vate Parrott" -after a few moments' reflection -"perhaps there may have been something more dangerous in the noise you heard than cats, I think It would be advisable to have a good look round the garden, lest -there should be burglars concealed in some of 'these bushes," The sentry turned pate. "We'll commence here -pointing to the cluster wider whictt the female fig- ure had darted. "Fix your bayonet on your rillo and run it through ine bushes!" Private Parrot slowty withdrew hts' bayonet and preesed it on to the muz- zle of hie rifle, then began. hesitatingly to turn the slender branches. "Push 11111" roared tbe colonel. "You look as though you were aeraid damaging your bayoaett Here, lend it to me a Jeanine!" "I beg your pardon, sir," said Pri- vate Parrott apologetically, "hut, bein' a sentry, 1 cannot give up me ,arms to anyone." The colonel was nettled. He had giv- en one of the few orders that a soltiler must on no account obey, "Well, well," sald he, pulling out his pipe-cnse, "I'll fire a few revolvershole into these bushes, and if any burglars &re concealed therein— What's that?" He had been interrupted by a cry - an extended "0.o-ohl" Then the bushes shook violently, there was a swati of skirls, and la the grey gloom of the winter's evening both men appeared startled nt seeing to clerk figure, with here and thane fleshes of white, sud- denly emerge from the meth, as it were, and rush Innen-stoner in the direction of the back entrance et the colonel's quarters. "I wonder what that wits, sir?" Pei. vote Parrott hazarded, with feigned as- thnishment. ieelle plate is Inteeted with thieves," spoke the coleinet decisively. "f must make a thorough. ectreh. Follow .me to the foot of the garden!" At the foot of the garden theee eves summer.house, beside whiell the col- ionel halted, "Now," Seat in to the Pantry, "to. Main here until I come beck, and you 'see Pinyon) about -tie ariatter W110 it may be -make ben a mistime." • Private Perrote neighed softly ea lihneelf 50 he ,Watelied the ealeners fig- ure dteeppear In thaelarkness. ole In:Chuckled. unnnkS Ws burglar's! I wonder what 'he'd say d he knew?" Then, breaking 'into a peal of laughter, he exclaimed: "Can't she run, though- StieS a good 'un, Ls Mary! 'Now, 1 thinit 111 eat me Sup- ped" Just as he was on the point of open. Mg Otto parcel 4 voice, setraidieg from somewhere above lets head, called "Marya-Maryl" ni 4 hoarse whisper, Ile glanced quickly up in the direetlon et the sound, and saw a gimes bee peering above the garden well. • Like a flash it dawned -upon him that the face beloaged to a rival, and, dart- ing In to the shadow of I he summer- house, lie, in an aseurned voice, an- swered back. "Yee, dear, I'm here!" he evhispered up. "1 thought ye wus niver comin!" "Here's a not, fur ye, ducktel" retitled the voice nem the wall. "Come nearer, an' I'll drole it downl" "Why not mule down with ft yer- self, um dear!" asked Private Parrott, clemurely. "Iverything's as safe as could be -not j soul about -ani I should so much like to see yer dear face a little einem to mine!" There- was a scraping of the wall, a thud, and a minute Wee another figure 81004 11180 a silhouette in the garden. "Where are ye, dariLre?" the other, asked. ti Imre, dear," responded Parrott. speaking 10 hi natural tone, "an' You're my prisoner, Private Debbs. March info the summer-housel" "But -but--" spluttered the new- comer. "Who are you? An' what's the ineanin' o' thls?" "I'm the sentry," replied Private Par - ran cooitly, "an' I've orders from the colonel to make ivery man 1 see in this garden a prisoner. Como, In yo gal" -poinliag be the summer -house. Private Dobbs drew a packet of cig- arettes from his pocket and held it out temptingly to his custodian. "No good!" seed Private Parrott de- teaminedly, "Ye can't bribe mei Hop in!" Private Dobbs scrawled fiercely, but, seeing no way of escape, slunk with a defected air info the gloomy recesses of the summer -house. A. few minutes liner another head ap- peared above the wall. It belonged le Private White. "afary!" called the latest arrival. "Mary, are ye there?" "Yds, Blanco dear," whispered Fri, vale Parrett, "en' I've bin waitin for ye ever so long. Come over the wall and sea me." Then followed another scraping of the wall, another thud, and a moment later Private Puma was the happy possessor of another prisoner. And thus it went on, one following the either in quick succession, until the sunemer-house was tolerably wellefilled. Then the colonel returned. "Well, sentry," saki he, "have you caught any burglars?" "nye caught no burglars, sir," Ile re- spondecli, with a chuckle, "but I've caught a few lovers." "You must be mad!" roered the col- enel, looking lam up and down. 'Half the reghnentes gone Mad afier yeur 000k, sir. They thought 1 wus her, an' they come over the wall to - to court me, sir." "Private Parrot decoyed us down, sir?" sp•oke a voice from the summer- house. "He did, sir!" corroborated a chorus of voices from the same quarter. "What are you men doing here?" thundered the colon.el„ stepping over the doorway. "Come out at once till I see your' They straggled out one after the other, and "fell in" on the garden path. "What brought you men here7" de- manded the colonel, sternly, as he sur- veyed ihe row of drooping heads. "Private Parrot decoyed us down, sir!" reiterated half a dozen of the Men in chorous. "They'd no -busines on the wall, sir," chimed in Private Parrott. "What brought you to my wall?" ask- ed the colonel, with a savage glare. "Private Parrot ast us to keep waton, sir, while ho spoke a few words to your 000k in the garden!" said ,Private Dobbs, with brazen effrontery. "tee promised us some pie, sir, if we looked cut an' give etn the tip when anybody was comire. We saw the ordly otricer, findine the gate locked, we climbed. the wall to warn em-" "Off to the gutted -room, the lot et your roared the -Warne "I'll make you all prisoners -you, Private parecat, for leaving your post without permis- sion!" "I heard an unusual noise, sirl" pro - Mated Privet° - Parrott earnestly. "You oan explain in the. -morning,' Ilia colonel remarked quietly. "Quick - mania" For the remainder of the week and during the flrst two days of the follow- ing week both Private Parrott and his cationdam prisoner's had ample oppor- lupines for exchanging Views en wo- men's infidelity he general, and Mary's -the cook's -In particular, And when at length they wive permitted -to swag- ger once more out of the barrack gate, they wera off in search of other Marys, es she ter whom they bad dared and suffered so much had, at the colonel's, mood, packed up end gone.-Lontion' Answers. RELICS IN GRAVES. seeusalem petters report •tliat on the opening of the graves at Pergarnee a number of rare relics were brought, le eght. In one grave lay a golden To - eery. In two other tombs two wreaths were found, repreeenting made gold imantione of oak leaves. A wolf% head of gold was discovered, .0e well as various farming uicusils, swords and other weapons. The anti- quities were sent, to the Museum ot Constantinople. fluelemer-"I must say, waiter, this is tire first Mine 'ye twee bad a- really tender islookhere," Waiter (aghast). - "0o411 graciouzt I must have given you the propylaea steak!" ----a Some. humnn bores imitele the rues - quite -they keep on buzzing around 00. 111 they are handed 0. hot One. CURES FOR THE CURSE SOME SIMPLE METIIDDS OF TREAT- ING ALCOHOLISM‘ Remedies which May be Procurea and Used Ily Anyone at a Trifling Cost May be Employed. . One of the greatest problems before the world is how best to oust the demon of alcohol and uproot the stating hold it has mica so many mita:I:able victims, sttys a writer In Pearson's Weekly. The chemical constituents of the deadly drug consist of carbon, 2 parts; hydrogen, 6 parts; and oxygen, 1 part, Not nmeh with varying success. Foremost among kterrdh Yasitliel, is therei?, Iota a ds of- eu es lave been treed, these Is the very suceesstui lefortnyl cure, which cenststs of the administration of a secret preparation. The whole chemi- cal ouelli for this remedy Is obtainable at a very low cost, and 11 is claimed by reeponsible pensons that a large number 01 cures hum been effected by it. Among ethers me the cures dependent for their success upon hypodermic injections of atecpine-a vegetable alkaloidextracted from the deadly nightshade -thrice daily for a month. In addition to tbis treat- ment, doses of a powerful tonic are ad- ministered every iltvo hours in order to brace up the nerves and 1,04e up the villaeed system generally. FROM LIKING TO LOATHING. It is within the writer's knowledge, Iran cases which have come under his personal observation, that the most hare denea toper will, after the third or fourth day of this treatment, turn from whisky and aindred drinks with a shudder and vrelent loathing. It may be mentioned that drink is eiot probibited in' this cure. Indeed, patients may imbibe a bottle or more of whisky or any other intoxicant o day should they desire IL. They, how- ever, voluntarily relinquish it after the time stated. A coarse of treatment under this sys- tem costs from 8125, inclusive of board and lodging at the nursing homes where such cases are treated. Thera aro, how- ever, -establishments where the poorer classes of hoar sexes may undergo the cure for about 850, inclusive. Under this treatment many lasting cures have been amcmplished. Very simple remedies, which may be procured and used by anyone at a trifling post, may be employed. One of the writer's friends -a brilliant Oxford scholar -was rapid ty going to the dogs by the quick drink route. THE SUBTLETY OF SWEETS. The craving hail got beyond his con- trol, but he would have given his right arm to be able- to drop it, se he said in his remorseful and lucid periods. I had a long. and earnest talk with him, and told Min I could cure him it he would promise to take a secret specific of mine whenever he felt attracted to hls favorite poisonlie faithfully promised, so I gave him a cardbeard box Mled with a dainty and extremely palatable confec- tion wrapped in oiled paper, and I told hlin to eat one of these whenever the craving for drink was upon him. At the end of a. month he told me he had not towered alcohol, and vowed ho never would again, as all taste and de- sire, for Meiling drink had left him. And my secret remedy? Irregularly-shaped pleoes of a welaknown toffee, which may be purchased at any sweetshop for a few pence. The secret lies in the fact that a drinker wilt rarely eat sweet things, and a sweet -eating 11100 is rarely a drinker. Twice have I spoiled in the making chronic drunkards by inducing them to eat an apple every morning in their bed. - mons, ancl another half-aozen through the day whenever they felt inclined to visit the saloon for what they termed liveaer." Apart from the highly val- uable medicinal properties of atellies, They have a distinct effect in subduing the craving for alcohol. The malic acid contained In thein has a tonic influettee on the brain, it purities the blood, and tones up the system gen- erally. That e-xcessive snicking is an in- centive to drinking cannot be denied. Those who flnd themselvea becoming slaves to alcoholic beverages would do well to moderate their smoking propen- sities. Drink's greatest enemy Is athletics. A low elate of health is the cause of much eacessive drinking. When a run gees in heartily for any kind of pliysiem exer- cise -such as cricket. running, football, or cycling -and talces a pride in its par- ferraance, he is fortifying himself surely and strongly against becoming a victim of drink, COLD WATER CURES. A course of cold sea -water baths regu- larly every morning, followed by a brisk rubbing, braces up the nervous system, and is a capital hisurance against a de- sire to gel, boosted up by Spirituous liquors, Sea -salt can bo obtained in Mb. boxes from ane grocer or chemist for a arnall suna-sefiletera for a, dozen good baths. There is a secret in this. A man who has deterznined to take a oold bath every morning -will take care not to get drunk overnight. Any hath -room alien. dant at any big hotel will tell you that - these who have beett "making a night of it" invariably funk the cold water next morning. Every greengrocer stocks a valuable but simple drink remedy whieh is now In season, and that is a eucculent Span- ish onMn. This aromatic vegetable, whieh should be eaten at the rate of two average -sized onions a day, has many valuable properties. 11 la extremely soothing, and fills that aching void so 'earthly familiar to slaves of alcohol. A man who hes eaten a large raw Onion, with without bread and cheese, will have ne keen desire for whisky or bpallTdiSTE QUESTION 00' IIELAP' It is an unfortunate fact that, many patients who have successfully ander- gime a drink cure have perlodical m- imeses. Ateelninent &Coe, Who has had many dIpsomaniaes irahis care, slates ; "Ono need neVee despair, no long ea the patient's conildence and desire for cure !mains unabated. As long as relapses oceur with -diminished frequency and in- tensity, one is juinifled In helping foe ul- tinned stveceea. The argurnenta 01 cm- moneeense apply In dealing with chronic drualcenness. It is 0 dLsetiso, and, es with either diectisee, relative ernatite Melees do not refuse to treet 0pAlleat O Wend or thIrd (kw rhennuale. fever, tad so WO eheuld be emeriti not tici give up a &Pante alcohelic ease be. ganee ce a relapee." BUILDING BATTLESHIPS ROW THEY Do MINOS AT 1715 ADMIRALTY. There me n Greet Many 'entails Before the Actual Work of Construe. lion Begins. On half a dozen or more occasions during the year the announcement ap- peals in the newspapers that artother great battleship or trulser has been added to the giant strength of the Brit1311 Navy. But beyond, possibly, 80010 meagre details, moro often than Iniute otinocreirlioethn g ctiam() tal the creative side of our naval admlnis- nipoithbliee ileuvrmesevds trillion: lint side which transforms a tow apparently unmeaning linos Oil paper into a steel -clad monster of many thousands of tons in weight, and car- ewhig sufficient guns to decimate a Slate or to change the lastoey of the world, says Pearapres Weekly, • PRELIMINARY POINTS. The writer has been privileged le leant something of the manner in wilier' the Navy gains its ships, and the re - suit is interesting to a degree, Atter Parliament has decided upon the con- struction promainnie lo be undertaken during the current year, the Construc- tion Staff ca once gets to work. Sir PhlLlp Watis is the present head of the Construction Staff, and it is duo to his genius that such marvels of cionstru0tion as the Dreadnought and the Indomitable have been evolved. Suppose the Government has decided to build two flret-class baLtleships and three cruisers. The Construction. Staff at once proceeds to consider the gen- eral scheme for the,se vessels - what speed they shall steam at, what weight end class of guns ehey shall carry, what their coal capacity and engine power shall be, and a thousand -and - one other details that must be settled before the first line of their design is set on paper. The staff Is guided En amen measure by a knowledge of- the work that these ships will be required le perform when they' are launched, and since it takes a little over twelve neenths le build and equip a man-onwar Teem start to finish, 11 10 obvious that the ships must be the very "last word" in naval construction at the time when their keels are laid d•own. They must maintain this advantage when they are launched; otherwise we should Wye the vessels actually onsolete before their first commission -a thing, by tlie way, that has happened more than once, in the past, • CONCERNING THE GUNS. When these essential details have been finally settled, the heads of the engineering branch and the Director of Naval Ordnance are Wien Into con- sultation. These departments keep pace with the development respectively et engines and guns, and they advise U5011 tho patterns le be employed. Par - limner watch is kept, upon the new ves. eels building for the navies of the great Continental Powers. When at length the plans are suffici- ently advanced to enable the work of actual construclion to begin, the next :question to be considered is whether the ship shall be 13111 10 a Government dockyard or by one of th.e great private firms of shipbuilders on the Admiralty list. Generally speaking, the Mat of an entirely new type of vessel, such as the Dreadnought, is built III a Government yard so that it may be under the most careful scrutiny of the naval authorities throughout every stage. In the ease rt o vessel built in a. Government yard, the work of supervising its construe - Lion and seeing that the speeifloations laid down are adhered le 10 taken over by the department- ef the Director of Worka, which has its headquarters in Northumberland Avenue, London, and 811 engineeeran-charge of the vessel is appointed. Ho .is responsible. Mr seeing Vial plans for every part ot the vessel are. peoperly prepared la atrict accordance with the general plans handed to him, and which ara on nb mount allowed to pass out of las possessions. He has also to see that each MI of work is pro- perly done, and that the materials used are of the exact quality specified far. Seeerng the vast amount of work en- tailed in building a battleship or a crui- leer dad Abe largo number of woienneu employed upon it, the position of en- gineetain-charge is by no means an enviable one, and, it is with a great sigh of relief that he aces the vessel at last slide frotn its "cradle" into the sea LEAKAGE IMPOSSIBLE, Ono very important point in the building of .shLpLs for the Navy 'is that am subordinate °Metal is ever allowed ta see the complete plans or to have mere than a small portion of them in his hands. The regulattons regarding the divulging of information concern- ing even the meat teivial details respect- ing the 'Construction of the vessel er ils general design have recently been made very much more stringent [Imp was formerly lite ease. Thus it, collies about that no workman employed upon a ship in any capacity could possibly sell the plans to any other Power. • 11 0107 safely be added thee there is Th.1 secret so jealously guarded by MB !country as the designs forships of Lvar, while It is equally eMain ltd there Is nothing anninattetured that is more carenilly wanhecl end clicked tbrough every stage of Ms construe. tion than is a Tiritish warehip, To thee, prebably, Ls due the fact the the "life" of a Vessel in the -British. NinVy ia oneiderably lover 11100 lint of any other navy In the world, while the en- inual bill fer repairs end refitting is op- prealably less, Eleener-"Whet inn 1 Fo ao when they NMI sty they lave Me?" Pheelre -"Marry the man eon feel the letlet pity for, dear," STRANGE SUPERSTITION ROMODIES AND MOANS OF WARDING OM INSEAM The Habits 01 Animals Enter Lare1y ihto These Remarkable Rends. "Pet superstitions and delusions can les found in every household. When there is a ease of sickness in the Wise and some domestic animal dies yeti will find that some think the patient will surely recover. Tlie most persist- ent superstitions In the world DM those that tilt0 based upon the habits of ent- reats," says 0, I. Dudley Morgan, "If ono is wain -1g at night and., EL spieler. web bruelie,s the face it is .supposed 10 mean thut p ghost Is Mllowing, but in daytime it teas that a stranger is can- ing. The neigh of a horse is a portent et. death which will come from the quarter which hts heacl is pointing when be neighs. "The heir of a dog, the skin of a •snake and the pelt of a blink cal HIT 1)011.(3Vaa tAl posseas medicinal guanine, while the handling of a toad is 5aid to give warts. Germans are full of super- stition, A whiM spider crawling to- ward one, the howling of a dog, the sight of a snuke all foretell death. The killing of a total or ti113 1I81W1115 of a hen foretells rale, If the eat tyliStws its face a means that visitor.; are coming. It a hee stings kill it and the wouriet will net swell, The block tooth of a hog and the blood of a black hen have curative powers. "In a certain district in Germany ihe touch of a corpse's hand te still regard. ed as curative ot many local Me, aces grewsome is the remedy foy hernia still applied IN THE MARSH COUNTRY. On the night of St. John the Inplises day, June 24, a patient must, he dragged theough the split of a cleft t1511 Three men Teeming the first mune of John must perform the operation and it must be conducted in dead silence. For erysipelas a flre Ls lighted rind a pinch of ashes from a is Mitred on the skin, to (ho accompaniment et a say- ing bo the effect that the melee and the sore went over the Red Sea together, the ash. came back but the sore never again. "Recently in Georgeknen e policeman was bitten by a supposed poleonous snake and the old remedy of killing chickens, cutting them open end ap- plying thcm lo the bilo until the chick- ens were cold and did not aim black was tailed. Twenty-six chickens were used on the policeman in extracting the poison: This remedy for crepes ls used to -day in other places than Georgetown: 'On going to rose put your slippers under the bed und turn the soles upward.' "In the wards of Garfleld Floeptlal last fall there was a patient who inaisted 00 keeping several apples under' his bed to help the dropsy. The things that people will carry within their poelcets, wear around their necks or bodies or put on their fingers me le- gion. Have a white potato in each pocket of your trousers and you wiu mean, be troubled with rheumatism or it you stater with cough and cold ex- change (he potato tor A LUMP OF CAMPHOR. Ne doubt there are some of us who how have a horse chesMut in our pock- ets or are wearing a nickel ring. Ser. oral years ago the writer was induced by an intelligent and considerate friend to wear a auirreeg for ob.stinate boils. "In no other western European coun- try is superstition so mevalenb as in .Austria-Hungary. Quite reeently the chamberlain's Mace changed the num- ber of box 13 in the Imperial opera House and the Imperiel Coma Theatre because the public objected to sitting in a Mx -bearing this. unlucky number. But this superslition reaches its height in medicine, ,Speaking of the health -exhibition, Dr. elethrich Grun declared that in many inStances supe1's1ate/1 and especially tome superstition, wee an absolute mennce 10 puha° health. In Auetrian hospitals oree finds no etoele ov pavilion thirteen, tee wind thirteen or staircase thirteen. 'very few patients will •consent to be °Tea ated on on filo 13111, And in that re- spect Friday, Me, is considered lust as unluolcy." ROBBERS KILLED BY WOMAN. litinina Enacted at Night in Quiet Rue- dian Village. Tee jeieff (Russia) papers describe a horrible drama which has just occurred hi the district of Sosniee. Late ono (ven- ing 11 etrango man' and woman knocked et the dem of 0 farmhouse oecupied by a land -owner end his wife. They asked 1)1' shelter for the night, owing te the candition ol the evernen, which prevented heti walking eily airtime They warp. made W01001110 EtEld MATO 811,1W11 (Wary .1110 farmer egreed to drive the male visitor to the neighboring vil- lage, in order to bring the doctor. They wcee, herdly era of enrshot of the farm before the ;avenger slopped the eart, and, presentiug a. revolver at the Meincies head, demanded his money and 11111 valuables. 'rhe farmer biled le es- cape, but wai; shin, dead hy lIa assail- ant, In the meantime a shriller ecene, but with different rosolta, woe being enacted at the farmhouse. The pretended sick woman tinned tb lo he a 111011 111 dis. mese, end, Mewing a rCV011701., firdbred ittil»Ce'S wife le hand over au the 'money need jewellery ei the houee. In affected horror she opened a 01101E, atid, while the robber on his knoes, 50- gaged fe ranseelting it, 6110 seized •min nee, end eveophig silently' le within striking diennee, dealt a e,reshing blow, Mitch tamest seVered the • brigand's, bend from his shoulders, Serra 11111111148 later the secend 'rob- ber meta lotocked ta the door ef the hover. The fermenee wire opened it, and, ne the man praised her, felled him lo the peonna with • a Meweeell swing Of the axe, killing tarn Instantly,. 4itiele11-1-1-1-letataktaiekaelegelle Fashion Hints. leeteleereketalei"1-14441"1"1"k44 SEWING IIINTS. 1..nextp1111501e plaeshow whether a sl Is .)cluie111251t111251 41t1t 5055)5 1)11 tli:ehoee o scan sho,uld run clowa in winos sieeightaine from the lap M tie? lew flidatPfigillere %us, )teuffiiiisct bonfkl\gitirdd foariagaivreir The anams on (moll side et the pluck. et should run in a egret& eweeptng Inc nom the wriest to the lower Op ef the skirt at the back. If they run 161i)i\vaaprditpeuiTa'snheir'isa \g'er ivenwthi'dee'liteliri.elglie.raoem the back, !every clay one sees ,111 the streets skivLs Ithat have, !hie fault, the result of incorrect Mang at ate waist. Una The tweet litenstirfl corresponding witit theo tilliepuriee.eaetire lois been too 'urge foe i Instead of taking in more ut Llie dart .seaws, or the top of the gOl•C; EXE11118, 11 h11, 1100/1 1.111'1101 111 111 1110 pleat at earl side of tha placket, drawing We seams baelcwara at the waist line. There elicited neve.e be any interim'. enee with these pleats at ale back dos - Mg, They should be entafully marked them the pattern and pasted to position ,Lefore :Mang. It 'they twist, or draw 14 eny way, tlm rerrect effeot a01, the cen. ere back will be lose The fold edges of the plerne should in stitched down a few inches, and be. low this setteuld hang in good line close te each other to the botioin of the eidat, km:at:neatly concealing the seem at 1110 eenne back, A commee mistake is lin use of a ,piettem with hip measure tno smile This results fn a ("framing apart of the pleats in the balk from the walst down. I3in,ding with a buts &rip of a light- weight material is the Usual Motlind finishing skirt seams. The imporitem cif pressing aliould always be benne mtnetlitienlber that over Very round h one ov the other edge of lire sea Erma the hip le the waist will :,,,43n^ 111/103 Went to need to be tuned 11 the othoe in order k, -sake It hang pr piney. Celine the, seam edge where t fullness 6001119 to be remared, (how th gathering. (Mead to hold the seam Itis .same length as that le which it i.; 130 joined, then wet end shrink th gathered edge with a hot il'011. Til1S lie an operation thee needs c but et, is most attisfectory when perly done, giving a 111 over the that cannot, be acquired in ant, way. For a plain seven or eine gored s simple lapped seams make a goad prod finish, and they may lap either anal the bent or back. They are healed in lire usual ,sea fashion, then Lath raw edges ere tur ed in the enure &mann, showing the outside a lappea effect of one 501- 050t' the other, and stitched from the outside about three-eixteentas of an inch Isom the fold edge. eiethen the basting is removed tile limped edge is loft free from the stitehing line. The length of a skir1 is beet merited- wah. chalk by a second person while 'Ito wearer of the skirt eteinds on a redact platform. A patented marking device, a foot measure, a yardstick or 110 even length of cardixaard may be used as ft MCOSIlre 110 marking at, the desired. Manatee ken the floor. PARIS STYLES. Street shoos Bre one ealat upon whieh the Parisienne greats the ipaInt to hue Comedian sister, but shei comes back to her native land for her nar- row, highateeled amnia and those dainty, lightweight shoes that aho aunts a.: Foci important a part of her "grail& totiattee To Canadians arriving foe the fleet prim in Pavia nothing- scans so ugly as the present fashion 111811050, Tlie hong; Ilet toes 8055 ill vogue -a revival at the Louis days -appear at first most dreadfully awkward, but, it is curious in what a Mae NyliLle, one .grows be think them a necessery edjuncll grace -when they am not tarried Lo then eximilic stage. While Canadtht may eat care M copy the -form of shoes, French aloes of the "et mut filnese et thengs" on this sub- ject 8.1'0 very waren while as well as interesting. A French woman chooses her shoes Lor heti various amens, trim, 5811110118105 her gloves or hat. With her long skirt tailor gown elle wears lap -heeled, ,pat- ent leather, polead teed, buttoned Mures lie winter and in eming very bigh- kennel low shone. With her sI 10151001) toilette she make% a great point of tieing exquisitely ;Mod. A wale range is open t.) her selection hem, Freach women me so careen about keeping then ankles in Mini that 10807 of them scorn the idea of wear. tig elippers or low sheas in the day- time. The are mil. to eelern h pair of high ligImhly Insheined, suede eheee to mulch 015011 gown, ie they can afford IL A era- ISPICIrOry way or getting aitound the matter at inuoh less expense, however, be that of patent nether floats with agate or pale may suede leaps, \Leach are equally mipropriate vl11l (Win c)l- ored gown and extremely taking, too, Evening Altman. are, •ef mum, er never -erecting interest Just et preeent sallin Is to the 'foto, but pale shatleill suedes, and a tisisue hall gold or mile:r- and halt cater are beth. very much In taSilkort• The tiniest aert of jeweled buckM 00 clasp 'Is the (nay adornment. of 1110 evening alipper of the moment. As thts met eppeae ne long and 1181, row es remade, nothiag in the wee latairniete may Interfere with 11 That siteeldngs meet match all alloi or sltppera is a eon -evident !feet mat a -days, * _ elon.est, poverLy macs es 111511 'bIb eorne peeple ae dishenest wealth do Willi some etheta