The Brussels Post, 1910-3-10, Page 6a•
for Busy Housekeepers.
s
wider Recipes And Other Valuable Information
eee, , al Ptertfeeler bitterest to Women Polk,.
fere CAKE: teems on the hot board all around
ic•-•Prepare together the .Sidi, and garnish with parsley
"t `'"eclasses, two, of anal slices of lemon, and serve at
t wherei, Bola milk, one once, With it serve in a gravy
en'autt r one cupful of boat a, sauce made as follows: Melt
i ruts j"eggs, five and a, a talelespoonful of butter, add a
bl of Beier: Beat all tablespoonful of fluor. When thor,
a dripping pan with oughly mixed add a large cupful of
and put in the milk. Pierre on fire and stir until
v sugar over the thick as cream• Then season with
oo ' bake in a Pepper, salt, a:few drops of lepton
c client and juice, and a dash of curry powder.
Oyster ' Pies.—Line small, deep
gether one pia tins with rich biscuit dough,.
esesugar with cover bottom with a light sprink-
„ t,,,c-faf butter. ling of flour. Fill pans with raw
as the tee, then add one oysters, liquor included, season
_� ns , last of all stir 11 with pepper and salt clot with
be a!
h ti of two eggs beaten
c w gg
louneetwo teaspoonfuls of
t .see. Bake slowly
tW.-Put a tablespoonful
butter in a stewpan and
a teaspoonful of flour;
hen put in a teacupful of
Beat ane egg, and add to
aonful each of mustard,
t, and a hall teaspoonful
Beat all together and
e boiling vinegar. 13011
Peer over sliced; : or
,1, . bage.
to
tw
atogether o.
�e.--Be t to
agar, ane -half cupful of
tree eggs. Add two
flour, one teaspoon
owder, ap,ll
i firm batter.
d and bake in a
Frost.
ry 'Cake.—Beat to a
cupful of sugar with
pful of -butter; add one -
al sour milk, one oupful
;harries, one teaspoonful
spice to taste, and flour
make a stiff batter. Bake
lined tins in moderate
about one hour.
Fruit Cake. --Cream well
rl of butter with two cup
sugar. Then add one cup-
, twd and one-half cup-
ur,'`whites of four eggs
. V even tea -
id
two ,
''af baking powder, one-
,
P
id of figs, one-half pound'
1, one-half cupful of al-
lishcd, one-fourth pound
feuqoneteasp0onP
•In purchasing a turkey ascertain
that the legs are farm altd emooth,
the wtttlea a bright color and the
claws yellow andsupple. A young
turkey takes about an hour and a
half to roast, a little longer to
steam or boil, and a large bird
should be front two and a half to
three hours in cooking.
When giving baby medicine or a
drink of water hold the wrist firm=
ly and the baby will never' strangle
or choke, '
To revive a crying firo scatter on
the embers a spoonful or two of
granulatedsugar,
When robbers look old, apply a
coating of patent-leatlrer shoe pul-
ieh and they will be like new.
Hominy given long cooking and
served as a vegetable with butter
is one of the standbys of Norte
Carolina tables, being used in place
of potato. The cereal is cooked -in
a double boiler for an hour or two.
To cut hard jelly squares, use a
perfectly. clean pair f scissors dip-
ped' in cold water, Thus one can
cut small pieces more easily than
bui,butter, and add a :few :sprigs of with a knife. Carefully clean and
parsley and one or two nice stalks dry the scissors before putting then
of celery cut in small pieces. awaySprinkle a light covering of flour, A kettle -holder to which is at'taeh-
over the mixture in pans in order ed about a yard of tape is very use -
to slightly thicken oyster liquor. fttl when one is working in the kitCover with upper crust, in which then. Tia the tape.to your waist -one or two holes have been cup, to belt, and then the kettle -holder
allow steam to escape. Bake in will be ready to hand whenever you
gniek oven twenty minutes, or un want to take anything hot' from the
• crust is a nice golden brown. stove.
Pie tins about the size ofa saucer
and rather deep are best. This is
• •o.ld Maryland• recipe and is a
delicious way. of preparing oysters.
extract. t .-efenel tzk-
in the flour and mix
adding to the other in -
also flour fruit well be-
• ,.' Bake in a, slow oven
rs. One-half cupful of
e added if Iiked.
it' gr Cake.—One-fourth
tter, one and one-half
r (light brown prefer -o s, two rounding cup-
s.!((ipaaaured before sift-
flul cold water, two tea-
aking powder, three or
poonfuls of burned sugar
Ise cpn mon straight tun-
e a •ith instead of cup.
nutter; nd sugar together,
t1: the 's, and beat well;
beer, bit d syrup, and last -
!ch s been well sifted
,•,, Bake in lay-
,
.:-e.:im' sugar syrtil7eis
g any quantity
-ated sugar in 4
.reeatove and stirring
al a nice brown, then
ater and cook•- to
o is can or any eon-
•aele you have on.
frosting, use one
,upfuls light brown
fates of three eggs,
sr -add three tea-
sed syrup to the
til a little drop -
will "ball. Stir
th the beaten
remainder to
. Beat until
t
'TWO DESSERTS.
California Cookies.—Two and
two-thirds cupfuls of flour, three
level teaspoonfuls of baking pow-
der, one-fourth teaspoonful of salt,
one-third cupful of butter, one-
third cupful of lard, one cupful of
brown sugar, one-half cupful of
chopped figs, one-fourth cupful
chopped walnuts, four eggs, one-
fourth cupful milk. Sift together
flour, baking powder, and salt., when boiled. iVTatb. 0. 30 ; 14. 31 ; 1G. 8, tory eten
Cream sugar and shortening, add Encourage children to eat bread this word was upon the lips of
yolks of eggs, milk, fruit, and nuts, made of whole meal ground, not of. Jesus. Even after many other
mixing thoroughly. Stir in half the bolted. so that the bran which con- miracles, Jesus had to chide his
flour, add the stiffly beaten whites, tains the minute quantities of lime disciples: "Are ye. even yet with -
and finally the remaining flour. is present. ' out understanding?"
Drop by teaspoonfuls two inches Pudding cloths should never. be Rebuked the winds and the sea
nthem
in
'Dake isoak
and.
tins
ed tm
rsoap;,
t on buttewith
rd
apart washed words
wa.
Iaddressing = to them
the
—b
•adae
3 6
o •hob"Befifteen minutes i win in very
t oven fi then
r
ae t
oder 1 Ovate g
a m 1
oraccount, B
until brown. Enough for sixty-five water; then dry in L•he open air if found in Mark's accou
cookies. possible before using a;am ; dip muzzled," as if speaking to mad ;this point on the eastern stere do
together in water wring ti bt beasts. A striking proof that the mountains come at all near the
Date Pudding.—Creamg them in boil g , g Jesus considered himself Sovereign
one cupful each of brown sugar and ly and flour well. beach, and here "the incline is such
sea; add .the yolks of two eggs, two of the physical world. that one rushing down would be
rolled shredded wheat biscuits, two-• There was a great caltn—blot the precipitated at once by the impe
thirds cupful of milk, one and one- ordinary gradual subsidence, marls- tus into the water," '
half cupfuls of chopped dates, two- NEVER OPENING FLOWERS.ed by the long, rolling swell, but The whole herd . . , perished ---
thirds
thirds cupful of raisins, one and a sudden abatement of the disturb -Are not two `nen of more value
cupfuls of flour sifted with Illustration From the Violet—Their once. than two thousand swine? The de-
one-half p
two level teaspoonfuls of baking Quality of Fertility. 27. The then—No wonder those in mons would spare the swine and
powder and a pinch of soda, and The never opening flower, or, as the other boats marveled, when destroy the men. Not so Christ.
lastlythe stiffly beaten whites of botanists call it, cleistngarny, is even the bosom friends of Jesus 33. They that fed them fled —
dl The sloe and
r y P Partly because of dread, partly be -
and one-half
els of beets,
pickle, two
two and one-
s, four or six
egar, white
in water
can well, re -
01. D y i n
e s, C t t in
1eleci ap les,
ri05.. 3fi' x all
egar, s• ugrtr,
mule 0r , , plat -
ale' ;shopped
that lent is
iced fish as
eve rt
cl said
i1 will
r muse
kb' or
is mir-
e
t re bone
"tit the
place,
lit and
=e' and
0 belce
fot'le,
Coffee stains, even when the cof-
fee has been mixed with cream or plateaus.
milk, may be'. removed by rubbing He was asleep -the days in Ca -
the spots with pure glyceeite. Rinse pornaum had been strenuous ones.
afterward in lukewarm water, and Jesus lay dowu in the stern of the
press on the wrong side of the fab- boat, with a rough headrest (Mark
ria (either silk or wool may be so 4. 38) for his single comfort.
treated) with a warm iron.
IRE Si S. LESSON
onitNATJoN tL LESSON,
MARCH ]3.
T,esoon XI. Two mighty Works.
Matt. 8. 23-34. Golden Text,
Matt. 8, 27.
Verse 23, Be was entered into
a boat --Literally, ``the boat." Be-
neuso of the multitude, Jesus had
asked for a boat, "to wait on him"
(Mark, 3. 9), and subsequently it
is referred to as the boat, as if the
one placed at his disposal (Mark 4.,
30; 0. 32).
His disciples followed him—The
boat must, therefore, have been
of fairly large dimensions, although
001 as large as the `.'vessel" (Acts
27. 41) in which Paul suffered ship-
wreck. Mark says ,(4. 36): "Other
boats were with him;" as if they
were loath to part with him, typifies:- A hundred-yeaas.aecnt not
24. There arose a great tempest enough in which to •produce,thd'
—A. common occurrence, inevitab- marvelous developments and mighty
ly connected With the situation of CONQUESTS OF STEAM.
the lake. The storms were sudden
and violent, due to the fact that The insatiable spirit in man .al-
the lake lay so low in its bill -en -
There
him but a moment for retro -
circled valley, Through the deep epect. Tltore are :greater things
gorges of the watercourses, which yet,to bo done. After the conquest
converged at the head. of the lake; of the earth 000108 the conquest of
the winds were sucked down with tiro- air. Beyond the world aro the
terrifle vi.olenee from the tuassive stars and beyond the stars there
is infinite space- The body of man
has reached its limit. We can by
el add a cu-
bit
thought scarcely a c c
bit to our stature or a decade to
WOBST TllINB WE CAT
110
The Bad Habit of Brooding Over Our
Own ',Weaknesses,
There is a spr:„it in man. -Job our span of life. But tlio spirit itt
xxsii. 8, man knows nob limitation. T8 has
Man was created like the other life that is eternal and possibilities
animals from the dust of the earth, that are infinite,
bet there was a difference, God The living spirit trevele in the
breathed into him a living divine direction of greed:et power. It
spirit. The body came possessed multiplies itself by laying hold up
-
with an immortal soul. It is this on the forces of nature, It drags
spirit in man that directs him and energy from secret places and sets
drives him on, It will nob •stiffer' it to work. It seeks also to -tinder-
hire to rest contented. It demands stand psychic and moral forces and
always more struggles, greater sac- bend them to its imperious will,
rificas, completer victories. Each The spirit in man travels in the
step gained becomes the basis for direction of completed knowledge,
a new advance'. Three cent -Lyles It must know all things, et sots
are a little time in which to'"ere- mar` to searching our facts of every
ate a modern city and the spiced- kind.. It hovers the explorer, the
id material civilization which it 'inventor and the thinker. Nothing
is upimpo.rtant,• if- it is" ..,
In cleaning bric-a-brac, especial- `✓8. Save, Lord; we perish A
it is a cod titan to col inspired, as the next verse.
ly chinapieces,g shows, by fear rather than faith.
use an old shaving brush. Still, there was something in Jesus
Half a lemon dinned in salt will which inspired 10 the disciples lupe,
IP? found invaluable For cleaning ac only a forlorn d ova and their cry
REAL AND TRUE. •
The spirit in mau travels in the
direction of a more perfect righte-
ousness. It strives ceaselessly for
a better government. a jester social
system, the abolition 'of poverty
and war, a life of happiness.
Progress is the law of life. Wo
can neither go backward nor stanch
still The spirit does not end un-
til the dissolution of the body, un-
til the dawning of an eternal day,
when we awake in His Likeness.
Thomas Reed Bridges, D,D.',
30, Many swine—Mark, whose
fuller. account must be compared.
with this, says there were two thou-
sand. They were 'feeding; afar off'
on the mountains above Khersa.
31. The demons besought him —
brass and copper utensils. They feared their doom was at
of lemnn 'bice to a unconsciously pays tribute to the!hazid, and that he was to ,consign
A teaspoonful J wundet'sul influence he had gained them to the abyss of hell Luke 8.
quart of water will make rice very over them.y
white and keep the grains separate eG Ye o£ little faith—Note,in 31) Asa compromise they entreat-
• eel. •him to send them into the herd
of swine.
32. Go—More forcibly, "Away
with you."
Went into the swine—See note
above on demon -possession (2).
Rushed down the steep into the
sea—What made Khersa easy of
identification as the scene of the
miracle was the fact that at only
two eggs. Steam two hours, dry off
in the oven, and serve with hard
or wine sauce. Will serve six per -
SODS.
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
Sprinkle granulated sugar on
top of jellies to prevent mold.
Add a pinch of salt to starch. It
will keep the irons from sticking.
Dry salt and a brush will take
dust off from velvet, plush and
heavy embroidery that cannot be
washed. out the opening of the flower, and
E your ruge curl up at the edges, hence without the agency of insects.
they can be made to lie flat by Such never opening flowers occur
dampening the curled edges and in a large number of plants, some -
pressing with a hot iron. times along with blossoms of the
Nearly all metal teapots will ear ordinary sort and sometimes with -
rode or rust slightly when put one them. It is a disputed point,
well illustrated by the case of the
common sweet violet. Tho familiar; the outward appearance," said
purple., sweet scented blossom, Chrysostom, "showed man, the sea
which to most people is the violet and calm declared him God."
flower, Hardly ever produces any 28. To the other side -The east-
seed. But altogether unseen b3 orn shore, opposite Capornauni.
violet produces a Sec verse 18 of the chapter.
meet people, the voet
number of minute, scentless and Country of the Gadarepes —This
colorless flowers which never open, cannot have been the neighborhood
ease the. Botanical Gazette.of Gadara, which lay several miles
These arc self -fertilized and pro- southeast of the lake; for then the
duce abundant seed. The word serine must have been compelled
cleistogamous expresses the fact to race over mountain, river, and
that fertilization takes place with- plain a long distance before reaeh-
iug the Sea of Galilee. The best
suggestion is that popular usage
gave the name of the chief town to
all the east -shore country, Modern
Khersa has been accurately identi-
fied as the. scene of the city (verse
34) near which the miracle took
away for a time. A woman who however, whether there is any plant Place. Trace a line directly across.
travois says she preserves such ar whieh in all circumstances will pro- from Tiberias, and somewhat to the
tides by filling them with flour. It duce nothing but cleistogamous north stand the ruins of Khersa,
is dry and will not admit the least ]l close to the seashore.
moi sture,
Boiled salad dressing will not
curdle, but will be smooth and light
if stirred frequently while cooking
in a double boiler, with a, revolving
egg. beater.
• To beat bread sponge quickly use ewes they are superior and in
a large size egg beater. It does others they are the only seeds'pro-
the same work as a machine and is (tuned by the plant. Mr. Hill's
quickly cleaned, will also save work studies relate to a species of lina1ia
in mixing cake batter. (L, canacicnsis).'
A common crock makes a tine
baking dish for young chicken, as
it keeps the meat juicy.
To make cabbage crisp shred and
drop into a bowl of iced water an
hour before using.
TO be sure of smooth dressing add ones. The tallest plants have larger
a tablespoon of enrnstarch to baant- open flowers, with only a few elcis-
ewers' Two possessed with demons—The
There are nevertheless a number belief of the Gospels about demon -
which normally produce nothing ossession includes these points:
else.. As regards fertility, the seeds P
produced by the cleistoganinus flow -
of
There is a kingdom of demons
P of which Satan is the head; (2) they
ern are never inferior to those of it' • incorporeal and generally in-
tlta ordinary blossoms. in some
•
visible; (3) they are the cause of
mental and physical disease; (4)
more than one can take possession
of a man at the same time; (5)
Christ cast them out in his own
name ; (G) be never treated those
Fie has found that the amount of possessed as wilful sinners; (7)
clesstogamy varies with the height e saw in every case a result of sin•
of the planta. The shortest bear Those pgsseeeeel are, some deaf and
o listngantic. Havers only, and opetil dumb, some blind, some savage,
a little taller have a few small opepi some abnormally strong, some giv-
flowers in addition to the closed en to convulsions, raving, or foam-
ing at the mouth, All these are
signs of epilepsy. (See Hasting's
en ingredients. Beat all well d togamre-
cook in double boiler,
A. bowl 01 rtuiek lime left in aq,-----
damp cupboard will absorb the
EATING 5 \Aitis''S FLESH.
moisture. _
Every coffee pot should occasion Ansfrltl an tali- d'otint llislt of
shy be washed out with a solutionSna,kets as Luxury.
of soda and boiling Nater. rites snake
• Always kccp cheese well covered Many African t 'conn toh
in a cheese dish. If wrapped in a flesh among the delicacies, and Sohn
r vinegar moistened cloth 1e will keep Ward says that with the Australis
r beatttifully moist, and retain its an natives a dish of snakes is a
fisvor longs` much -esteemed luxury. Many
When Cursing the sick never per- kinds of birds eat snakes. Pigs aro
mit, any one to sit on the bed, or particularly fond of them,, as also
allow it to be jostled itt any way. are spine deer ; but in the old days
Also avoid any persistent noise, it was understood that deer only
Snell a•s dripping crater, creaking ate snakes in summer, for which
Earnittu•e me doors,
A little healing lotion, which
sheald be kept in the house for
rv#;ry eruor•gency,: is tide; One
dinettes of b0ra1ie acid, two minces
ill wee of t'oaa ivt.terr When a child al)ows
•'011, ft City) little Skiff irritation it eon; b
lied wit'h spledid eesalt,
Dictionary of Christ and the Gos-
pels; article, "Demon").
Coming . , out of the tombs—
i\ the ins of I ber'sa are re
TIGER iS L1 HIS BATH,
A. Hunter's Exper'ienee fn the Te-
rtian Jungle.
An interesting account of a Eiger-
irunt is given by ono wlio had a
wide experience in hunting this
most dangerous of beasts, Mounted
upon elephants, the waiter and his
coinPanions lead baert basting ilio
jungle without meking a find, until,
es they were about to give up the
search, a sudden disti:Thee-lee
among the elephants appeared to
betoken a tiger near at hand, C91v-
ing directions to the others as to
the order of marching their ele-
phants, the writer ordered his ma-
hout to turn into the thick feathery
foliage to the left in seareh cif a
pool of water whieh he remember-
ed to be there.
There was a slight descent to a
long but narrow hollow about fifty
or sixty, yards wide. This was
filled with clear water for an un-
known length.
I was just about to make a ree
mark, when, instead of speaking,
T gentle?. e e eedetiie•,nahe"rtrt by the
head as T leaned over the howdah,
and by this signal stopped the ele-
phant.
There was a remarkable sight.
About one hundred and twenty
yards distant on my left the head
and neck of a large tiger, clean
and beautiful, reposed above the
surface of the water, while the body
was cooling, concealed from view.
Here was our friend enjoying his
quiet bath, while we had been
pounding away up and down the
ho had left.
jungles which
"`Fire at him," whispered the
mahout, "or you will lose him! Ho
will see us and bo off."
"Hold your tongue!" I answer-
ed "He can't see us, for the sun
is at our back and is shining in his
eyes. • See how green they are."
At this moment the tiger quietly
rose from his bath, and sat up en
end, like a clog, I never saw such
a sight. His, head was beautiful,
and the eyes shone like two green
electric lights as the, sun's rays re-
flected from' them but his huge
body was dripping with muddy
Water, as he had been reclining
upon the alluvial bottom.
For. quite a minute the tiger sat
up .in the same. position. At last,
as if satisfied that he was in safety
and seclusion, he once more lay
neck
with onlythe head and
dawn witl
exposed above the surface.
"Back the elephant gently, but
do not turn round," I whispered.
Immediately the olcpaant backed
TIM WISE IIiIS'L'It]SS.
Note Method of Wonsan Who' Beeps
Her Servants.
She doesn:t nag.
System, is her strong point,
She has regular duties.and sticks
to them.
She knows her' own mind and does
not distract with changing orders.
She never'loses her temper -or
permits it to be lost by her subor-
dinates.
She expects to be obeyed in her.
own home, but does not give lin-
possible commands.
She keeps the children within
t s i them
bo mels and clog not permit
p
to impose upon the workers in the
household.
She rimless her maids comfortable.
Their bedrooms. bathrooms, and
cause of their excitement that made
them want to tell the news. These
madmen lead been the "talk of the
town, and had foiled every attempt.
to restrain ,them.
34. They besought him that he
on of
would depart—The destructs
so many swine would be a •great
commercial loss, and, perhaps, they,
feared more. In that .ease they
would seem to care mare for their
possessions than for the presence
of Jesus. Perhaps, however, they
were moved by feelings of reveren-
tial awe,
3
"BLUE SIGN" HOTELS.
Look for Blue Signs in Germany if
You Want Quiet.
kitchen are as attractive as she can :through the feathery tamarisk with -
make them.
She provides, if possible, a special
sitting room with a writing desk,
work -table, easy chairs, and a shelf
of interesting books.
She does not refuse permission to
have callers outside of working
hours, and is willing to give extra
days off when occasion warrants.
She takes a friendly interest in
the affairs of her maids, but never
degenerates into a regulator or
pryer into those affairs. .
In return she expects good work
Little blue signboards, bearing
recondite devices, are appearing
sporadically over the doorways of
hotels in various parts of Germany.
These are outward badges of the
spiritual rectitude of the ;oarlike -
lax hotel proprietors, men who at
the bidding of a new society have
called clown quietude to be the pre-
siding genius over their establish-
ments. Therefore, nerve -racked
travellers should make for those'
blue signs and enter the portals
which they adorn ; but the youthful
an,.l the- giddy aged, who love
bustle, clatter and music, will go
elsewhere. The new Teutonic Anti-
Noise Society's special aim is to
enlist'hosts who will agree to pro-
vide shutters to all bedrooms, so
OW they may be darkened at. will,.
a sitting room whore silence broods
over the scene, doors which auto-
maticalls close without, banging or
creaking; silent dining room ser•
vice, an alarm system by whieh a;
,i ear n - sin le hest will be ,srirol awake mains of ancient tombs carved nut g guest ailin ui ever oilier•
of the face of the mountain. Chris- tried withoute g L y
tianity had not yet come to found sh eking rpight cit the, sonic ilaor,
asylums for such unfortunates, and
and to banish the 008:0 to ori anti x
they were allowed to roam like entirely apart frons the main
beasts. Burial places were their building. So f01' so gond. 13ut
favorite haunts. These two ha.d, 'Croultle will assuredly arise river
black -
terrorized the vicinity, so that no the solemn promise to keep a black-
user could pass by that way. list for cuirculation among the
29, A reasonable explanation of Knights of Silence, a list which
their recognition of Josue, curl of will bear the frames rand dcsorip-
his ;4Lessiaship anti eonseg00nt right tions of. 1101501)5 cursed with eau-
to be their final Judge, is this ; :Lit 10, s" laug
tecnu«mpers10,0or5anrey otheronantfaultshs, likelyevil
to jar: the nerves of susceptible pea-
pl.e; such nbjeetionables to he rig-
orously tinned from the doors.
It's little use talking to it man
about 'his •sons when the sotto is
boiled
on!) the slightest sound, and, we
found ourselves outside the jungle.
We could breathe freely.
"Go on now,, quite gently, till I
press your head; then turn to the
right, descending through the tam-
arisk till I again touch your tur-
ban."
I counted the elephant a -paces
as she moved softly parallel with
the jungle, .until l felt sure of my
distance. A slight pressure upon
the mahout's head, and the ele-
phant turned to the right. The
faithfully done and a willingness on waving plumes of the dark -green
the part of her maid to help in an ! tamarisk divided as we gently
emergency, moved forward, and in another opo -
Above ,all, she knows the value of
judicious :praise and kindly encour-
agement.
reason their venison was at that Capornaum, with the crowds ,they
time poisonous, a sagacious fiction had heard Jests preach anil beheld
which it was doubtless well to make h;s wonder-working. But, they had
widely known in times when there net yielderl to hint, a.nrl new, to
weer ahuncialit Iemfts•ticfl to drier their diseased minds, he appears 1,0
stealing anti regulations oncoming have eorne as the Messia-Judge to
closed seasons would have been ekeeuto .ent eaneo before the theel
tze gt d tlr ' dt'ffietw nr 41104504t t' ' ie blfore the last judgment.
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FOOD AND MAN..
The pessimistic views ;expressed
by Sir W. Crookes in 1898 concern-
ing an impending dearth of the
wheat supply of the world have
often since been the subject of com-
ment, 'and at the recent meeting of all was door. The trg2r's eyes were
the British Association they were lien green glass- The'elephant for
again mentioned by 1VIaj: P. tF• a moment stood like stone. I
Ctagi:e in his address t the Sub- touched the trigger.
Section of Agriculture. He was Thereepee was no response to the
more hopeful than Sir W. Crookes, loud report of six drains of pow
ling he pointed out ilia necessity of der from the "five, seven, seven"
developing the grain lands of the
world, and expressed the view that rine, no splash in the unbroken sur -
the most important -thing was nut fns: ef•tbe warm. The ti •ger'8 head
to bring the inert to the food; that
to bring the food to the men, but `va•' still there, but in a different
att'"am''
one-half below, the face, and only one cheek. and one
is to the land capable of producing en lar o eve still, glittering like an
it; The 1,600,000,000 persons con- emerald above,
stituting the present population of. Upon examination, it proved that
globe are concentrated in car- there was no holo whatever in rho
row regions, and large parts of the tiger: The bullet having entcretl
earth, capable of groat agricultural
development, are left relativelyc rtastzil, broken the neck, and
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ma-, the,
along the body, the animal con
barren, The beet solution of the'sectrtently had, moved,
problem of food supply would be This tiger, when laid cut straight,
to find a way to incluse the ssui'plus
but without being frilled to iucrea,se
its length, measured cxawbly nine
feet, ,and eight inches from nose to
tail.
racist we stopped. There was the
tiger in the same position, exactly
facing me, but now about seventy- '
fivepavesdistant.
"Keen the elephant quite
steady," I whispered; and sitting
deem upon the howdah seat, I took
a rest with the rifle upon the front
bar of the gun -rack. A piece of
tamarisk kept waving in the wind
just in front of the rifle, beyond
ivy reach. The mahout leaned for- -
ward and gently bent it down. Now /,
population •to ±11112hie and develop
the lands now negloceed.
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PROSPERITY OF 13.ELGIUM.
Belgium is, perhaps, the intent
piesparvt)0 i-tt:o in l?usopt) as well
•as the most thickly settled, The
late king's reign was at Icast
marked by an enormous advance in
wealth and social reform. Oneof
the eottetry's special advantages is
that its international neutralism
permits it to '• dispense with a, navy,
while the Belgian army is main-
tained an a. vole' mall and roar•
pensive basis,
Some man think they are exist.
biting faith iii . Providence when
they buy a horse on his speciftcee
teens,
Two officials of the Austrian Gov
einment fought a duel et Vienna,
on Saturday, re wbieh aim of thole
nal trilled.
ONLY PRA CPTSING.
A gunner belonging to the Royal
Artillery was coeetantly chocked'
fur carelessness when on sentry in
not paying proper compliments to
his.. superior o8icers. Geo day,
however., he intended to do lois
duty, and commenced le this rnazl-
ner1
A young sshalt'eru war pasting
lits post. The sentry abruptly halo•
ed, shouldered, and gays i.he "pre-
emie"
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Tisp young officer was well lile:ts•rtl
but nevertheless rematked ;
"Snritre'', Tym not 1.ttltled to tine
cotmpliment.
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the teary, "but I thought, . yen
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