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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1910-6-9, Page 3tie Hints for Busy Housekeepers. !Recipes and Other Valuable information of Particniar interest to Women Polka A WEDDING ;CAKE, Tho tvedchng cake of today is the same rich, indigestible compound dint prevailed n•s far back as our groat granilntothers' days. liven to -day the bride prefers to have a bandin the mixing • of her 'cake, though it is baked at the baker's. Here is an excellent rule that tan be relied upon. The fruit should be prepared the day before' ri eking •Cho, cake. Cream together one pound of enst lted butter and a pound of augar. Sift together a pound pastry flour and a teaspoon- ful each cloves, cinnamon, mace, and nutmeg, and a saltspoonful of salt and set near the fire, where the flour will be thoroughi'y dry. Foi the fruit have ready four 1''ounds of seeded raisins; quarter- ed and dredged with flour, three. pelmet •01- currants or their equi- valent in dates, figs or prunes soak- ed and slightly cooked, then chop- ped, a pound of citron shaved as fine as possible, one-half pound of wound almonds end a half pound each' of candied lemon and orange peels shredded. • For the moisture have measured out one cupful of confeetiooner's molasees, two-thirds of a cupful rich fruit syrup from preserved at:'awberries, peaches, plums, or cherries, and the grated rind send joiee of one lemon and one orange. Having creamed the butter and sugar and twelve unbeaten eggs, cine at a time, using the.hands to beat them in instead of a spoon, tvben well blended acid part pf the liquid, then part of the flour mix- ture. When all have ben used beat in a half teaspoonful of soda dis staved in a little warm water and then mix in all the fruit excepting the citron. When thoroughly blended put a kali inch layer of the batter in a can that has been lined with sev- eral thicknesses of paper, taking care that the paper comes well above the edge of the tin. Cover with a ,uniform layer of the citron shavings, then another layer of bat- ter and citron, having the last lay- er of the dough. Cover closely and set away over night..1n the morn- ing bake five hours in a steady,. moderate oven, protecting the top of the cake with paper till suffici- ently risen or steamed. then bake. When partially cooled ice with the white of one egg beaten stiff with confectioner's sugar. When this is cooled and hard apply the clecura- five icing. When the cake is to be distribut- ed only among the bridal party put in a plain gold ring, a silver then- , bet and a copper cent, each wrap- ped in paraffin paper, also tiny sil- ver skates, miniature motor cars or stick pins, one for each member of the party. At the larger and more formal weddings small boxes containing -wedding cake are piled on a small table near the front door and handed out as each guest departs. These individual boxes are ob- long or square, either three and a• half inches long or two inches square. They are covered with pure white kid or egg shell paper. The cake is cut to fit the box and' is wrapped in a square of paraffin paper, then in tissue paper. On the top of each box are small in teitwined initials of the bride and getoom in either • gold, silver, or white. The boxes are tied with white satin ribbon about a quar- ter If an inch in width. weiclt may be slightly blued with a bluing that comes ie the form of a, booklet from which leaves are torn bo be dissolved in the water, `If desirable a bit of starob may be added to this water also. To dry, stretch carefully over a clean pil- low, Fasten the waist at the belt air and the pillow. Stuff the full- ness in front and also the sleeves with white tissue paper, smoothing the material out carefully. A. piece of stiff paper the width and length of the collar should be faeetened in• side of it, .with the lace stretched ever it. The cuffs may be treated in the same way. If the waist is then placed in an open window it will dry quickly and have every appearance of having been careful- iy ironed. To Wash Fine Lace Wash by shaking the lace in hot soap suds lather, then rinse and dry, Put three lumps of loaf sugar into a half pint of hot water. When ells - Cooking of Rico. To two cupfuls solved dip the lace in and hang up of boiling water in the upper part dripping. When dry draw outwith of double boiler add one-half tea- fingers -and clap between the hands. Elderberry Wine—Pick one quart of the blossoms from the stems, one gallon of cold wale,-, three pounds of sugar, juice of one lemon, one tablespoonful of yeast. Put water and, sugar on stove, let it simmer, swain and let it stand till Luke- -warm, then pour over blossoms. When cold put in lemon juice and yeast, let•it stand five days in a warm place, then strain and bet - tie. Ib is as pretty locking a wine as champagne is flee. BREAKFAST HELPS. spoonful salt and one-half cupful el" rico (washed). Cook directly over the fire for one minute. Place pan in lower part yf boiler, half tilled with boiling water, and cook DRINK RECIPES. Toast Water.—Brown nicely, but do not burn the slices of bread, and pour upon thein sufficient boiling water to coyer. Let them steep un- til cold, keeping bowl of dish con- taining the toast closely covered. Strain off the water and sweeten to taste, putting a piece of ice into it as drank. Slipeery Elm Tea.—Pour boiling water over the bark, first breaking it into bits, eovcr the pitcher eon- staining ,it and let it stand until cold, Adel lemon juice if desired and sweeten to taste. Flaxseed Lemonade. --Pour on four tableapoonfuls of whole flax- seed, one quart of boiling water and add the juice of two lemons. Tet it steep for three hunts, keep- . iu.g it closely covered. Sweeten to taste:_ 'Excellent for colds. Baked Milk,—Pitt the s 'c in a jar, covering the opening with white pare{• and bake in modern • Steen until thick as cream. May be taken by the most delicate stom- , liarley'1•Vater.-Put ttvo minces of 4, • pearl barley •into half n pint of boiling water and he: it simmer 0 few minutes, drain off and add two (Warts of :boiling water with. a few .. figs and.stoned raisins, cut fine. Boil slowly until reduced to about (.ne-ha•]f a,nel strain, sweeten to taste, ending tato juice of a lemon and uteaneg if desired. A weak solution of isinglass Can be used with good effect for stif- fening lace, which should never be starched. Washday Hint.—When one uses a shout one-half an hour, or until the wire clothesline it is often difficult success with a Jew was: slender 10- rin•, has absorbed all tke water. Do to wipe the lice clean enough so deed In this respect the story is not stir while cooking. The grains that no black streaks are left on • in marked contrast teethe one im- will be,lirrge flaky, separate; and tl.e clothing.. The following plan mediately following, which we have is most excellent: Take.ni old mus- .. unbroken, already studied. The multitudes Strawberries and Cereal.—Take lin sheet, tear lengthwise in strips had but to range themselves before a dish of toasted corm flakes, put about eightenches wide, pin these him to find endless campaeeion, Fm..sh strawberries or fresh rasp - plenty of int intervals along the line, then while this girl can get relief only Lerries over top, with bane up the washing, and there cream and sugarmake a most .pal- will bo no dirty streaks loft on the wtable breakfast, dish. clothing when dry. Oatmeal with Dates.—Add a Crepe Waists.—Wash waist in tablespoonful of seeded and chop -lukewarm water. Boil soap to a Fed dates to each dish.of well cook- 1e)Iy, add a .little borax to water. ed oatmeal and serve with sugar Do not boil waist, as boiling shrinks crepe. To rinsing water al 1.1 cream. • __ a.ld half teacupful of boiled starch: RHUBARB. �'] t ' ad tod d Rhubarb and Orange Marmalade. —One quart rhubarb cut in small. pieces, four, oranges peeled and cut line, six cupfuls of sugar. Take orange peel and run through ,meat grinder. Make a syrup of the su- gar and some water until it threads. Pitt ingredients in and stunner .for an hour. Put in jelly glasses and seal with paraffin. Rhubarb Pudding.—In a buttered baking dish put two cupfuls. of sliced rhubarb. Over this put one cupful of light brown sugar and. one-half cupful of boiling water. Make a stiff batter of two cupfuls.,ery throughout the empire and has of flour, two teaspoonfuls' of bak- ing prohibited henceforth the 'purchase answered" b raisinthe alarms of I powder; two tablespoonfuls o£ and sale of human beins under the lost sheep ofthehouse off fashion r t now for them to be to residences Cutter, two tablespoonfuls of gra- any pretext. The reform, however, Israel. Her second appeal "hec artm fire depends upon mteAi- nuleted sugar, and half a cupful of is not altogether complete, as by answered" by contrasting the chil- His Honor—"Some ladies I had .t g p A cola water. Pour over the rhubarb the resort t certain forms of slay- then with the dos. Her .final a before last week light complained 1 blaze and self-control. up If the and bake twenty minutes in a hot ery will t 11' be tolerated. In' apeal "he answered".bypraisingthat their skirts were so tight that' blaze is just starting throw water they could not walk in them, while or the burning material, TIE S. S. LESSON IN`1 JU' ATIONAL LESSON, JUNE 124 Lesson XI, The Canaanilish Wo- man, Matt, 15. 21-28, Golden Text, Matt. 15, 28. Verse 21,—Went out thence — From Capernaum. The feet that he withdrew in the face of danger has been criticized as cowardly. 33ut his work was far from "finish- ed;" and he was unwilling be ex - it added lharehwess, But, two things seem to soften this harsh- ness. One is omitted by Matthew, but seeorded by Mark, "Let the Children first be filled," implying that later there will be bread for all. Then, this word "dugs" ala used here by Jesus is not the severe opprobrious epithet so eoniartonly flung about the East ("Dog of an infidel"), 'but the softer, domesti- cated diminutive, "doggies." Sol - stitute "household pets" for "dogs," and, the answer really be- comes tslmast a bit of pleasantry. IN CASE OF DREAD FIR RATS IT NAY HAPPEN AND HOW TQ M) WHEN IT DOES Extinguishing' a Starting Fire—Re Sure to Keep all Door's Closed. Attics and Closets are the breed- ing 'places of many fires. An attic 27. But she said ---In bis use el is generally the asylum for all sorts the word "doggies" elle sees at of Inflammable material, and as it once a reason why he should an- Lever is preperly ventilated it be - suer her request. She tweets the conies a fire incubator when the position of a family dog, aeknow- summer sun strikes the roof, pose himself needlessly to the mer- ledging the current distinetfen be- Among the odds and ends that dey'ous onslaughts of the rulhug tt+een Jew and heathen. But sueh make up the contents of the aver - class. animals belong to the household, age attic are old varnished furni- revious 22. A Canaanitish woman The at:d, without depriving for chit- turn, dry as tinder, rags, many of he himself on his latest p people of Phoenicia, at thistimea siren of anything that belongs to them greasy arid ripe for spontane 1 expedition had .killed off the musk. MUSK OXEN SAVED LIVE CON]IIANI)Elfb I?I')AItY�s f3'f'Qiir' Oki IIUN'E POR 1`l1ESKI MEAT. Herd Was bound on Nang; lslan4'y Wbielt Saved 1906 Party From Starvaaiou. The' latest instalment of Peary'e story of hes journey to the Pole deals with; the hunting, Ly means" of which the party's steak of pro- visions for the Winter was very materially helped out. At first the game was' so scarce that he was a good deal worried: Ohly a few .hare and foxes were secured, and he, began to fear that Roman province of Syria, were de- scendants of the Canaanites, the sinful and idolatrous race - which the Israelites had set out to exter- them (her masters), he may throw cos combustion, painting oils, 11- ex, upon which ;Arctic explorers have largely depended for fresh meat. But he had better luck when with three Eskimos he made a week's trip to explore Clemens Markham Inlet. "On the next march." he writes even in Hampton's, "we had gone only on me—,She eel reason for Floorsweepings under furniturececme six or seven miles when, Have mercy up had turned the Master's s re s n rounding a point on the eastern gently realized that her chance of refusing her into a reason for help: or in a closet are liable to take fire inz; her. sy,entaneously Cir from a flying shore of the inlet, Gob -too -yeti black 13e it done—''He joyfully allows match head. Sawdust used in 1 at the same moment saw dots on corner ifleft in a c r worsted ar u- sit ee in floors I tobe to himself g eeping ment." Attention is called to the where there is ne current of air to A DISTANT HILLSIDE. comparison of his praise of the faith curry oft the heart it generates, is "Oomingmuksue 1" said Oob-loo of heathen woman and a heathen very likely to become hot enough yah excitedly, and 1 nodded to man in the first Gospel, with his to ignite itself. hili well pleased. manifestation of his 112asaiaship to "To the experienced hunter with DANGEROUS PREPARATION. her the crumbs of hie bounty. 28. Woman, great is thy faith -- Mark attributes the coneossion of sninate upon entering the preens- Jesus to her wit. She had bath. cd land. To the Jews, therefore, With doglike pertinacity she had theywere abhorrent as more than surpassedeen the children in ordinarily unclean, trust. And, with ready wit,- she able to take fire when'the sun beats on the roof; broken toys and old elrthes, the pockets of which may contain matches. Attics and gar- rets often have it temperature of 1:0 degrees Fahrenheit, which is the ignition point for matches. afte4' the persistent clamor of - an a Samaritan woman and. an extern - agonized mother. The difference is municated man in the fourth Gos- between the dogs of heathenism and pee (4. 26; 9. 37). „ the children of Israel, and serves to teach the disciples that the chit- LAWSUIT Q1'Ell. MILLINERY. dren have a prior claim and must first be filled. Thou son of David—Twice we have had this phrase (Matt. 9. 27; 12. 23),but both times from the lips of Jews. People from this dis- one or two dogs seeing musk oxen A preparation advertised for 1 should be the same as securing sweeping carpets is composed of them. There may be traveling over sawdust, sand and a mineral oil to the roughest kind of rough country, git.' it color, together with tincture with wind in the face and cold in Ettgltsit Judge Poses as Critic of of benzine to give it odor, accord- the blood, but the end should .al ing to Good Housekeeping. Fires ways be the trophies of hides, horns Women's Styles. have frequently started spontane and juicy meat. ion wars is ready dry spread There is nothing new in dress- ously from heaps of this material. "For myself I never associate the a shoot on table, Stuff waist with makers having trouble collecting Greasy overalls kept in a tight idea of sport with musk oxen—too tissue paper, sleeves first, then those that thran - their bills, but in Old London just wardrobe have been known to ig- often in the years gone by the sight- trict were emeng g mte fog of those black forme has meant buttonand fill Putthere'd f that tame with collar. Leave on table tl W •t L el County Court instairway, as if on a form, ed Jesus at the Sea of Galilee now is an epidemic o paper in very evenly, also do the k 3 8). It would be easy.for sort. One tvas a case tried before The most dangerous closet is that' to me the difference between death �(lkiar , under a because inflam- avd life. In 1899 in Independertoe• to dry in a hot place. Your waist will. look like new if trimmed with. laee. Press lace on a thick pad on wsong side. I'RE]DOM IN CHINA. Imperial Decree will Emancipate Millions of Slaves. The Chinese Government by im- perial rescript has abolished slaw - bar, therefore, to hear of both the on n royal descent and miraculous moble r aterhals may hide thele and Ba•v the finding pow - ere of Jesus. , Daughter . , vexed with a de- mon—See Word Studies for March 13 23. ere answered—Matthew's ac re of a herd of m • which a• lady sued a firm ofdress- makers for the value of a costume if a fire starts in it the best avenue oxen saved the lives of my entire_ +which she alleged had not been of escape from upper stories is cut party. On my way back from 87 made in accordance with her in- off- degrees 6 minutes in 1906 if I had struetione. Furnace ashes in the cellar have not found musk oxen on Nares The judge requested a lady to , in them so much fine coal and lit- Land the bones of my party would._...aa cunni is worked out in more drama :'dein the: costume, and this having tee that they are liable to spon- now be a waste up there in the great taneous combustion if an open win- whit been done, called the plaintifr on tic foam than Mark's. There ate four appeals, each offset by see' eo the bench and made a critical! den permits The fine get al from the the signifie0ant black dotsainithe dis- answered," To the woman's first examination of the costume. The plaintiff said that the skirt was de -I winter's supply may ignite if wet: Mance we headed for a a•an her; re appeal, appealhe answered not a word. eidedly too tight. 1 Playing with fire and matches by were five close together The of the disciples "bei The solicitor—"I think it is the: children is a prolific source of fires a little way off. When we got with- in less than a mile two of THE DOGS WERE LOOSED.. They were wild with excitement, for tthey also heal seen the black dots and knew what they-meantt„et.-, and as soon as the traces were un fastened they were off—straight as the flight of a bee. a next luted out! "We followed at our leisure, heathen h Jeeves of her dress were; �.; broom than dashed on at knowing that when the arrived the t .th a ` once. A small fire may be smoth- herd would be rounded up ready A le mask OX i on h I tigb't." One's ability to extinguish a oven. PINEAPPLE. report made to the State Depart- her and granting what she asked. oneof them went so far as to sayl ment it is stated that the retainers Mark mentions only two of the an- that she could not sit down in - . NOT ON. THE BLAZE. (Laughter,) of Manchu princes are not eman- peals, and, further, seems to imply acre' Pineapple Brown Betty: Fill a .cleated, but it is forbidden to call baking dish with alternate layers them slaves. They have long en - of buttered bread crumbs, sprink- joyed educational and other privi- led with sugar, and grated pine- 1 although still bound totheir apple, letting the top layer be breaderumbs with an extra spread- ing of butter. Cover with a plate and bake in a slow oven about one- half hour," adding a little water if is seems +0 dry out. Remove, the plate and brown on top. ' Pineapple Sauce.—One pineapple and one bunch of rhubarb cut in Perpetual slaves. Under this th- ane pieces, two and one-half cups script the immemorial practice of sugar and one cup water. Cook Like preserves. Serve cold. CARE OF FURS. Avoiding Moths,—Take four full sized sheets of a printed newspaper stw around three sides on the sew- ing machine with a lung stitch, making a double bag. Place with- in :thoroughly brushed and aired furs. Turn a deep fold of the paper at the top, sew with machine, and catch at top with two large safety pins by which to suspend bag from hooks. Care must be taken to have the bag perfectly tight an( un- broken. Caring for Furs —After thor- oughly cleaning and airing 'place furs in the smallest box that Will Lold them without crowding. The box should be lined with a piece of printed newspaper and a piece should be put over them and ticked in at sides and ends. Seal tbo box sec utely by gumming two inch strips of newspaper to the boli• and cover where they meet. Print- ers' ink is one of the best of moth preventives. — llefore Petting Away. Before putting away for the summer furs stead(' be thoroughly brushed and aired in the bright sunlight. It possible store them in a well light- rd room. In nine eases out of ten the meth that destroys a fur was put away with it in the form of an egg and hatched under the favor- able conditions of warmth and. darkness, THE LAUNDRY. Lingerie Waist Hine—How to launder lingerie waists without ironing. There are many tithes, when travelling, that ono woeld like to 'wash out lingerie blouses if facilities for ironing were possible. :Che following method may be em- l:l, yed, with most satisfactory re- sults; Wash the waist in a good 'ods of white soap: Rinse well in hot water and then in Cold water, One bucket of water will do more good if thrown on by handfuls or that the encounter took place in The plaintiff pa ea en ouse, Dial e Send her away—They wanted him too short. egos. a Cuff our The defendant's solicitor — "I eied with a rug or blanket, or 'foci our Thies. sung hereditary masters. miss her. This is evident when, in am instructed that they are the when he sees the dogs will make The household slaves of the Man -beaten out •with a wet broom. his answer,he shows why he can- r• for the nearest cliff and ge't his to do what she asked and then dis- thus are also not emancipated, but not do as she asks. But. though fashionable cut, your tHthink If you cannot put out the fire in g their status under the law is im- His Honor—. "I don't think theya minute then give an alarm at Laek a ainst it, but a herd of Cham they did not wane her to be per- ,are sight." once. Do not leave a door open will round up in the middle of a pioved. They are to be regarded .emptorily gotten rid of, their ren LTltimatdJudgment was Even in when you run out to give an alarm. plain, with tails together and as hired servants, but their service son for wishing her request grant- favor of the plaintiff. g If the doors and windows are closed heads toward the enemy ; then the. when ad fire starts you may be able buil leader of the herd will take his SMALLEST HUMAN RACE. to get the firemen there in time to place outside the round -up and' put it out while it is in only one 'charge the dogs. When the sea nd rs shot another takes his Dime, and so on. "A few minutes later I stood again, as I had stood on previous expeditions, with that bunch of shaggy black forms, gleaming eyes and painted horns before me—only this time it did not mean lift or -.,,r" death. "Yet as I raised my rifle again I fent clutching at my heart that ter- rible sensation of my aim; again in my bones I felt that . GNAWING HUNGER of the past, that savage lust for red, warn dripping meat—the feel - jug that the wolf has when he pulls dawn his quarry. He who has ever been really hungry, either in the Arctic or elsewhere, will know what I mean. Sometimes the mem. Cry of it rushes over the in unex, petted places. ' I have felt 'it teeter a hearty dinner, in the streets of 8"et great city when a lean -faced beg-: Holding gar has beld out his hand for alms. a wet towel or anything made of "I pulled the trigger and the wool, or even a coat collar over the bull leader of the herd fell on his mouth greatly lessens the danger 1 -munches. 1 hall found the a*ulue - of injury to the lungs or death from able spot under the carbolic acid gas in the smoke. If a man is in a burning building with no fire escape and the stair below is burning or the hall filled with smoke, he should shut the brought herd with door and transom to keep out the one shot. h t gases. Then he should throw open tl+e window to get cool air and to lest the firemen and neighbors see where he is, so that they may bring a ladder to the window, is due for an unlimited term of eel (she crieth after us), is tlior- years, so that they are in reality oughly selfish. selling Childron in China in times of famine is abolished, although they may be bound for a specified term, but never beyond the age of twenty-five. Tho reseript is said to be a com- promise measure, but it will even- tually give freedom to millions of human beings, and is declared to mark a distinct advance in civiliz- ation. QU'EEN'S GEMS "PASTE." (teen Never Wore. Cullman Dta- 'nontl Lost She Lose It. The Tower orf London is undergo- ing extensive alterations. The crown jewels, notwithstanding ru- mors to the contrary, repose in a dungeon under the old foundations of Wakefield Tower, near the Dark - stone stairway, which leads to the secret chamber whore prisoners were left to die in the middle ages. The Bank of England, however, shelters the famous Callinan dia- monds, which the Queen supposed'y wears on great occasions. The fact is' the Queen has never worn tate jewel. The great diamond whiich rested on her corsage at the last State opening of Parliabie.it was a perfect model of the real stone made in Amsterdam. The Queen declines to wear the real one for fear of losing it. ' When the Wakefield Tower is again opened to visitors the model of 'the Cullinane will once mere gleam on its velvet cushion. ''he queen's favorite gems • are ame- thysts and pearls. DRIVEN TO DRINK. Bad cooking is blamed by Or. re- eorlk, rector of a Manchester, (Eng- land) college for the fact that many men take to drink. He says it is more important to teach girls hots to cook than how to play the piano nicely.; Many men are gradually lel towards drink by bad cooking and want of variety in their bood- stuffs. , 24. Sent . . unto the lost sheep —While the disciples cared not for The inhabitants of the Andaman the woman but only for themselves, Islands are the smallest race of this reply of Jesus veils a genuine, known human beings—that is, talc - but pent-up, compassion for the en on an average. The height of a woman, He must net in accord- full-grown Andaman islander set- ante with the mission given him of dem exceeds three and a hall feet, the Father. Already he had charg- and few weigh over sixty-five eel them to remember 'that the stray pounds. They are said to be mar-• sheep of Israel had prior rights ,velously swift of foot, as well as (Matt. 10. 6), and now he must in- being possessed with extraorclin- silt that for' the present a broader ary endurance. The few travel work is impossible. If, through the Iews, the kingdom is to be tirade accessible to all men, then the work must not be choked at its source by neglect of the Jews. 25.—But she came—Matthew im- plies that the first encounter took place while Jesus and his disciples were on the way. As Mark omits the first two appeals, his confining the woman's efforts to the house indicates that at this point in Mat- thew's narrative we are to think of the company as coming 'to their lodging and the woman, undaunt- ed by the first rebuff, following. Worshiped him—Perhaps Mat- thew (who uses this word repeated- ly) does not mean here anything more than that special reverence which one would pay to a kingly person preparatory to asking an unusual favor. In Mark and Luke it is a rare word, but common enough in John, who seems to use. it always of the worship of a divine Person. Lord, help rue—She,cloes not re- peat her aorrow, for he knows al- ready. This is the persistency of faith,. Chrysostont (A. I). 375) says beautifully: "Ib was a piteous ,spectacle, to see a woman crying with so much feeling, and that wo- man a teethes, and praying for a daughter, and that daughter in such evil case." 26. He answered ---This is not merely a refusal but a stern refus- al. '14, refer to the well-known Jewish distinction between them- selves as children a.ncl those nf,dlf- tering eeligion as dogs, wasu'•to re- peat his formed' reason and to give lore who visit the islands avoid contact with the dwarfs as far as possible, partially en account of their extreme filthiness, but prin- cipally 'because of their warlike disposition and their handiness with poisoned spears. • *A REGIMENT'S BULLDOG. The men of the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles ab Dover are jubilant be- muss their brindle bulldog pet, Billie, who had fallen into disgrace •rough biting a boy, has been re- instated in the regiment; for the edict had gond forth that Billie shuulc1 be banished from the regi- nent. When it is mentioned -that Billie was presented to the regiment in South Africa,, went through the whole of the Boer war, and had we,' medals' bestowed• upon him, the affection which the men of the Roy- al Irish Rifles have for him will bo readily understood. MONEY IN LINING. An eecenitrie old man. died at Rencorn, England, 'tate other day. He had worked at the Runcorn decks for 50 years, lived alone, and had always appeared in poor cir- cumstances. On his death -bed, however, he asked that kis work- ins; waistcoat should bo given to Itis brother. On examination, it' was found that a hundred sovere- igns had boon sewn'in t'l,e. lining. Is Pat, the black eye Mike—"Oh, > v' 'ave t•e 1 ' Pltwat's the meteor?" Petr---"Oi paid einem a grudge eitterday, an' bhot's the relate he :gave sire," • 7 c th room. The fire soon consumes all the oxygen in a closed room and may die out if it gets no fresh air. After the firemen are called work at getting out the things you want most to save. Don't throw tb , clock from the window and then carry out your clothing, as some persons have done. If awakened in the night by the smell of fire don't dress. Wrap yourself in a blanket or quilt from th + bed and get out the quickest way you can. Shut the doors you pass through. After calling help look in and see where and WHAT IS THE DANGER. I1 the 'fire is on the first floor it is very dangerous to go above, be- cause heat and smoke ascend. One can often get out through a hall filled with smoke by going on hands and knees when one Would fall choking if one ran. Tho smoke is thickest at the ceiling. the shoulder, where. one should always shoot a musk ox. To aim at the head is a waste of ammunition, As the bull went down out friun the herd came a cow, and I also rougrt own wi r Tho others, a second cow and two yearlings, were the work of a few minutes," The four-year-old descendant f a line ot Baptist ministers e found on tiptoe struggling to i ,,-• melee her kitten in the rain water barrel. The kitten wise equally frantic in her effor is to eyelet im- mersion, and et last, by dint of kicking, clawing and wriggling, managed to free hereollf from her small mistress. As the tip of the Mtn, tail disappeared over the Wall 44 TO PURIFY WATER. In eases where it is impossible to 'obtain a filter, water may be purified by adding to it powdered a.ltsm in the proportion of one tab- iespoonfnl to four gallons of waiter, .Stir quickly and allow it to stand. .Al'' that is impure will then sink to the bottom, and 'thepure water iii„ disappointed missionary c;jacn- on the to may ibe eared off for Is • eel, ''lion non': be a Lttpbist I use p y P Theo :go and lee a Preebyterianl"•