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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1910-7-14, Page 3f41 Hints for Busy Housekeepers. Recipes and Other Valuable Internistlee el Particular interest to Women Folks. UNUSUAL RECIPES. Boil thorn about twenty minutes, Cauliflower and Beans, -One eau- then throw thorn into a colander, wa- llflower, one pint of butter beans, til twice is all out, And also take and press with a potato masher un- eme pint of white sauce,, grated cheese to taste. Soak the beans the gores of the pineapple and run over night, boil until perfectly ten- them through a meat grinder, and. Oder in just water enough to cover, the juice that you get from them Lot the water boil away toward the Fut in the other ingredients, To errd of the cooking; and .salt to one quart of juice add one pound of rhubarb; which has been sl taste. Put the cauliflower in a sliced little boiling water and boil gent- the same as for pies (but do not uy for about twenty minutes, thou skimtliem), do not mix the rhubarb break into small sprigs. Mix' the .with the jinn until you have boiled beans and cauliflower gently to -it five minutes, Add equal parts gether so as not to mash them, turn or sugar and boil until it thickens, them into a .buttered earthenware You will find this delicious jelly, baking dish, pour over the pint of white sauce, add a generous layer PIES• of grated cheese, and put into. the Strawberry Pie. -Line a deep pie t even to brown. Just before taking tin with a rich biscuit dough' one - from the oven add a teaspoonful of hall inch thick and bake; then tarragon vinegar. spread whilo hot with butter and Comet Salad. -Soak one-half box fill heaping full with ripe whole of gelatin in one-half cupful of cold strawberries, well sugared. Whip water for five minutes; add one-half to a froth the whites of three .eggs cupful of mild vinegar, the juice of and spread on top. Put in oven '"^ •.- -r^.s one pint of boiling keg enough to brown. This can half cupful of sugar, be served on the table and is at spoonful of salt. Strain tractive and delicious. egfnning to set add-ons Crumb Pie. -Make a crust as for nely shredded cabbage; lemon pie. Then one cup molasses, of celery cut in small ane -quarter teaspoon soda, one one-fourth can of sweet pint boiling water. Filling -Three' es finely out, Turn into a cups flour, two tablespoonfuls su- hill. Serve on lettuce gar, one cup butter. Mix all mayonnaise dressing or smooth, fill tins with enolases, then and serve in eases made put the filling into molasses, reen peppers, or the mix- „MOTe shaped in uloids lined WEATHER DRINKS. tos. This is a delicious Orangeade -Use two glasses anent to cold sliced chick- which can be fitted together, or if aece 89 si ble use a regular shaker. k r . Chaps.-Oneglass peanut Squeeze into one glass the juice' of inch of salt and a halt a lemon, the juice of half an prika soften .to a creamy orange, one teaspoonful of sugar, y by adding a little milk; tie white of an egg. Then shako, by fitting the two glasses air tight together, until the egg foams, and lastly add some cracked ice and enough water to fill the glass. This dunk is very strengthening. Fruit Frappe -Take equal pasts of the juices of pineapple, orange, lemon and cherries. Add' enough sugar to taste and serve with crack- ed ice. This is delicious on a warm afternoon served with sweet wafers aiways more satisfactory. Theseof some sort. chops make an excellent substitute Currant Jelly Punch. -Whip half ler meat at a quarter the cost, as a tumblerful of currant jelly to a the peanut butter can be bought freshly ground ab the tea and coffee stores for 10 cents a glass. Serve on 'a hot platter, garnished with chopped parsley and you will find them delicious. DESSERTS. °, buts, dash o, consists,,: out twelve shoes of bread, spread six of them with a thick layer of the creamed peanut butter, cover with the remaining bread as if for sandwiches; beat one egg, add two tablespoonfuls milk and a little salt; dip the bread in the egg, roll in bread orumbs and brown in deep fat, using a frying basket, or, if you haven't the basket, a pancake grid- dle can be used, though deep fat is Pineapple Fritters. -Make a bat- ter with one egg, beaten separate- ly. To the yolk add one-half cup of milk, pinch of salt and enough flour to make a stiff batter, the bea- ten white and one-half teaspoon of. baking powder. Open a can of the best sliced pineapple. Out each slice of pineapple in two, dip in the batter, and fry in hot lard. Drain sprinkle with powdered sugar, and serve. Fresh fruit is much nicer if obtainable than the canned. Pineapple souffle. -Melt two ounces of butter in a stew pan, put in three ounces of fine flour, mix with half pint of milk, boil until it thickens; have ready three ounces 'of pineapple cut small, the same quantity of sugar; put with the cooked mixture, adcl one by one the yolks of three eggs, then the whites beaten to a still froth; make _,,,ereauoowith one cup of pineapple juice, half cupful of cut pineapple. Cook the pudding three-quarters of au hour. Pineapple Cream. -Select one ripe pineapple, pare, remove the "ey ee " grate, add sugar (pound for pound, or a little loss, but it must be sweet, as freezing destroys some of the effects of the sugar). Allow one pint of cream to each pint' of pulp and sugar, and freeze. Bo sure and have all the ingredi- eets icy cold before combining them. Pineapple Log. Cabin. -Select a huge ripe pineapple; pare, eye and cut into slices about a fourth of an. inch, thick. Cut these across into halt inch strips. Sprinkle thickly with sugar and set in a cold place until ,time to serve. Tlren careful- ly drain off the syrup and arrange the strips, six deep,in log cabin fashion on small china plates. Sprinkle each strip with powdered sugar and freshly grated cocoanut. Fill the center with fine ripe red raspberries and pour over them the syrup which has been drained from the pineapple. PINEAPPLE, Pineapple and' Rhubarb Jelly.-, The pineapple mason is here and every geed hour tivife is always fig- uringhoiv she stein get the best,re. sults, and to aceomplish this with pineapples, and to make the work .ae easy as possible, pool your pine- :a;'7ale, if so desired, rather thick. Ireland of throwing the peeling away, put them in a kettle to boil with about tivo quarts of water to one doeen of pineapple peel, Ile .0erof01 that ye,- do not burn -them. froth, gradually adding half a, pint if boiling water. Add the juice of a lemon and a half eup of sugar, pour a cup of cold water slowly in- to the whole. The drink is more wholesome Without ice than with it, but half a pint of finely shaved ice, added as served, is liked by most people. SOME FAMOUS UGLY MEN PLAINNESS NO BAR TO SUC• CESS AS WOOERS. The Ugliest Men Rave Been Fame ous "Lady Killers" in Days Gone By. "No woman worthy of the name," wrote one of the loveliest ladies in London 'society recently, "really canes a brass farthing whether the man she honors with her hand is handsome or ugly so long as he. possesses the manlyqualities of brains, physical strength, honor tied so on which make powerful ap- peal to our sex." And certainly history support this rather • unconventional view, says Tit -Bits, for many of the plainest men of whom we have any record have not only won pretty and well developed brides but have been able to pick and chooseamong the fair- est, to the confusion of their more well favored rivals. Was there ever a plainer wooer, we wonder, than John Wilkes, the famous champion of popular liber- ties and one of the most dissolute roues of his day? So ugly was Wilkes that THE VERY CHILDREN ran away shrieking at sight of him in the streets, and yet such was the spell he :oast over women that "ladies of beauty and fashion vied that of woodland, though every rod with each other for his notice, while of the land is under the highest til - men of handsome exterior and all lase, courtly graces looked enviously and "Grey church towers, Hamlets, Eph, 2. 20, Christ is called the' impotently en," mansions, homesteads, cottages, i :'corner stone" ; but, the central Give me a quarter of an.hour s showing themselves everywhere, fill idea about him here is that Inc is start " ire used to boast, "anti I' the landscape with human interest. to be the Builder, and is, there- ivrll win any lady's hand against Cure to be the directing agency in the handsomest man in England," And .he could have done it too. There were few beauties, However fair or highly placed, whose hands couldnot leave, been his for the ask- oomponsating gs'ace of speech or manner. Conscious of his unetirac- tivaness he shunned ladies' sgciety se he might have shunned the plague, And what was the rosulti The ladies, the most lovely, and aristocratic in the land, simply mobbed the "UGLY LAWYER," and were as proud to win a smile from him as an offer of a coronet from any other man. When any one asked. "Where is Brougham?' the invariable answer was, "Whore the ladies are thiok- est," And, sure enough, there he was; and the more he repelled his fair persecutors, the more they clustered round him. Another famous "lady killer" was Jean Paul Marat, one ofthe leading and most infamous figures in the. French Revolution. 'Beyond any question," wrote a contempor- ary, "M. Marat is the ugliest man it the whole of France -and ' not merely ugly but positively repul- sive in person, habits and man- ners." And yet in his early, years he was beyond rivalry the most popular physician in Paris. His consulting rooms were crowded daily by the loveliest women in the French ca- pital, pushing and jostling to get a word with or perhaps win a smile from him. That he turned a. deaf ear and cold shoulder to thein al- lurements only stimulated their ardor, until their attentions became HO embarrassing, that at one time he seriously meditated flight. Even when he contracted a loath- some skin disease while hiding in the sewers of Paris; he was devoted- ly nursed by one of the loveliest; of his many admirers, whom he "mar- ried one fine day in the presence of the aur." If possible a still` more repulsive to man was Potemkin, the former pri- vate soldier who enslaved the fancy of Catherine the Great and by her favor was made virtually Czar of Russia. DREADFUL AND REPULSIVE, was the description of him by one who knew him. "He has an un- wieldy figure and knookknees, is swarthy of skin, coarse in feature and has lost one eye. He often. passes whole days in his room half dressed, uncombed, unwashed, bit- ing his nails and scratching Isis un- tidy head." And yet, says Dur- and, "the Empress is quite crazy over him, as is proved by her pas- sionate letters, in which she ad- dresses him as `my lord,' 'my king,' 'my inestimable treasure.''" But perhaps the most remarkable cf all these cases of woman's infat- uation for ugly men was that of W. Hamilton, a Sootohman,' of a cen- tury and a half ago. Hamilton was not only preternaturally ugly but he was terribly deformed. "His legs," we are told, "were drawn un to his ears, his arms were twist- ed backward, and almost every member was out of joint." In spite of these terrible physical drawbacks Hamilton easily out- stripped all the gallants in his die- -ilia in the favor of the ladies. "He might have married any of them for, the asking -indeed, it is said sever- al of them actually asked him," soya a chronicler. "But heremain- ed prool against all their wiles un- til after his eightieth birthday, and then he married a girl of 20, him- self being carried to the altar on men's shoulders." RURAL ENGLAND. "An Ancient Land and a Land of Lovely Ron,es." "The characteristic beauty of England, the beauty ire which she lase no rival is of a land of which mention is fittingly made after a description of her rural society and life. It is the beauty of a land which -combines the highest culti- vation with sylvan greenness, of an ancient land and a land of lovely homes. The eastern countries are flat and tame. But elsewhere the country is rolling, and from every rising ground the eye ranges over a landscape of extraordinary finish. The. finish, which is the product of immense wealth, laid out on a. ,mall area, is perhaps more strik- ing than anything else to the stran- ger who comes froma raw land of promise. Trees being left in the' that work, hedgerows as well as in the parks, thou arb Peter, and upon this and pleasure grounds and in the; rock 1 will build rn y church -End - copses, which serve as covers for Aces controversy has arisen over this game the general appearance is saying. Which is meant, that the ruck is Peter, or Jesus, or the confession of Peter, or the other disciples as well as Peter? In THE S. S, LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JULY 17, Lesson III, Peter's Confession, Matt. 16, 18.28. Golden Text, Matt. 16. 10. Verse 13. The parts of Caesarea Philippi -It was a lovely district, whose scenery, from its richness and variety, has been eompared to the Italian Tivoli. Here, about a grove dedicated by early Greek set- tlers to the worship of Pan, had grown up a heathen colony, and Herod the Groat had built a tem- ple of white . marble in honor of his patron Augustus. As the place inc-eased into a city Philip the tet- rarch had adorned it and givenit a name suggesting his own power and that of Caesar Augustus: Who do men say? -The question may be regarded either as prepara- tory to the more incisive one to follow, or as a request for =infor- mation from those who, through closer intercourse with the people, would knowtheir views. Note that it is the people's and not the rulers' opinion which Jesus desires to know. Ever since he began his public: career men had been discuss - 19. The keys of the kingdom of haven -Authority to adroit into the ehureh, or to reject, whereso- ever they will es the vicars of Christ on earth, Whatsoever thou shalt bind ----No reference to the forgiveness of sins. The words, in the original, describe Peter's authority as a teacher. They may be assumed also to apply to the other apostles, The Jewish rabbis were authorized to permit oertein things as lawful and to teach certain things as orthodox. So, whatever the apostles should sanction in the faith and: morals of the church would receive the in- doi sement of heaven, Their con- demnation of any practice or belief would also meet with divine ap- proval. There is no intimation, however, that what is once sane - tic ped• in the church is sanctioned forever, however changed condi- tions may be. We must be careful not to read into these verses any of the false doctrines of priesteraft. 20. Then -The wordis emphatic. Having expressed his joy at their confession, and outlined the part they were to play in the church he was to build, he charged them that they should tell no man that he was the Christ, for he understood what false conceptions of the functions of the Messiah prevailed, and how easy it would be for the people to misinterpret his claims, 21. From that time -Even the dis- ing his deeds and his teachings. castes had only a alight appreoia- The Son of man -Mark and Luke -tin of what was involved in his emit this touch, which carries so Messiaship. Although he had giv- much of our Lord's consciousness of en intimations of the fact before his humiliation and glory. The (Matt. 9. 15;, 12. 40; John 2. 19; 3. marginal reading, "that I, the Son 14), they seem to have had little of man, am," involves'o', asset._ idea that, as Messiah, he must go tion drat he who speaks ial he son unto Jerusalem, and suffer, and be of man, an assertion which could killed. mean nothing else to Jewish ears 22. Peter took him -The chief than a claim to Messiaship. apostle began to exercise his fresh - once. iprerogatives at o betsowed 14, Others, Jeremiah Thou li' Y g disesteemed during his life, he came There to be regarded as one of the noblest and ardent is a mixture of officiousness dent affection in the way he of the prophets. . There seems to begins to rebuke the Master for his have been a belief that he was, to astonishing disclosure of his par- retarn to the earth. pose -to din at Jerusalem. 15 Who say ye ?-The last word is 23. Get thee behind me, Satan- emphatic. Could it be possible that One of the fathers ingeniously tried they who had lived in such inti- to prove that what was meant was maty with him shared these chance that Peter had been trying to "lead and uncertain guesses of the crowd ? has Leader," and that he must Te- lt was a crucial question, since the sumo his position as a follower be - answer would indicate how deeply hind Christ. But the "Satan" the training of the,past months had nems to make that idea impossible. really taken hold of them. In the suggestion of Peter Jesus 16. Peter answered-Unquestion- saw the return of the subtle tempts- ably he was pre-eminent among the tion of the wilderness, to gain his apostles, their spokesman. Mat.. dominion over men in some other thew not only places him first in way than by the way of the cross. the list (Matt. 10. 2), as all do, but 24-26. Three things are necessary calls him -first. Already he had to those who would follow in the. acepted the Messiaship of Jesus train of Christ, the three things (.iohhn 1. 41), and more recently had that made him a Saviour to the given practical utterance to his be -world: (1) Self -denial -to renounce. lief (John 6. 69). But however wile's own pleasure for the well - tentative these former convictions, being of others and the will of the there is now nothing but the hcarti- Father ; (2) cross -bearing -to make est full allegiance. the saving of one's life secondary 10. Thou art the. Christ -To a to the fulfillment of one's mission; Jew this could mean nothing less (3) obedience -loyal acknowledg- than the One in whom were fulfilled mont of the supreme authority of al] the expectations of the pro- Christ in everything. There is no pliets, all the eager longings of other way to come after Christ, or men, all the purposes of God for to save one's life. the redemption of men. Under the circumstances, it was an extremely significant confession. Jesus had certainly done nothing to encour- agr, the prevailing conceptions of Messiaship. On the other hand, He had opposed them. As a result, even the Baptist had cherished a doubt. But now, in spite of all that seemed to contradict the Lord's Messiship aecording to Jewish. ideals, this declaration from the disciples comes forth clear and de- cisive. 17, -Blessed art thou -This is the only case of the Master's calling an individual blessed." It is a kind of cry of exultation, as if he were relieved, by the answer of a great lead of anxiety. The use of the ori- ginal name, Simon, adds solemnity, especially as it is coupled with the other naive, John, meaning "grace of the Lord." The former Simon had truly become a child of divine grace; for his confession surely came not from any human instruc- tion but directly from the Father in heaven. 18. I also say unto thee -He too, as well as the Father, has so revela- tion to make to Peter. It has to do nut with himself but with the fu- ture of his own work, and the rela- tioe which Peter is to sustain to There is many a more picturesque, there is no lovelier land than old England, anti a great body of es- sentially English poetry - from Cowper to Tennyson -attests at mem the unique character and the tug, and in the very early.'20s he potency of the charm. The sweet- wen for his wife one of the loveli- est season is spring when the land - eat: heiresses of thetime, a lady scapo is most intouselygreen, whon v,ho refused more than one coi•oiset the. May moon is in bloom in. all the to be his bride. hedges and the :air is full of its ""Beauty' and the Beast' they lregeeeee, when the meadows arel Hades as a stronghold with mighty call us," Wilkes once- said to a full of cowslips, the banks of prim• gates, the idea conveyed is, that friend, "acrd really 1 cannot find roses' and violets, the woods of the, death, with all its grim powers{ fault with the description. wild hyacinth. Then you feel the can never be a match for the uherch :Broughton, the great Lord Chan- jryous spirit that breathes through whew, Builder is elitist, still whose. eellor, was n. Hurn of almost renal- certain idyllic passages of Shakes- membership eonsists of living souls, • Y U1 l' 11l lit solitary . ' ugliness, t l a lent � t•hom tlr 'ret is .?'ober. Y pears.--Gul.livi;i Stnitli of v a h all thnt has to do with the framing of the building. The gates of Hades -A proverbial ' expression for the nether world, where the spirits of the dead are said to await the general resurrec- tion. It corresponds to the Sheol of the Old Testament (Isa. 38. 10). Shall not prevail against • it - 1Ceeping.in mind the metaphor of 27. For -Introducing a reason for the exhortation to a life of self-de- nial. Compare the words of Matt. 10. 33. If we deny him, and not self, in this life, then, when Inc shall tomo in the glory of his Fa- preaches yon • do what he tells you they. he will deny us. 23. The Son of man coming in his k.ngdom-At the time Matthew wrote the common belief was that those who were •then alive would live until the return of Christ. This Wray accoun for the difference in the earlier form' of this statement in Marie 9. 1: "The kingdom of God come with power." At any event some of ihom did live to see not duly the transfiguration, brit also paddle, plank or branch of a tree the destruction of Jerusalem, and in'the middle when thrown to you; bought in a shop by which automo- the pentecostal baptism, all of an oar or paddle with the blade biles pass frequently. deposited 3,- which were a coming of the king-� fiat on the water will keep you up 650,000 microbes to this mere spoon-, dam in power. ful of water. With a second and DONT'S FOR SWIMMERS AND ALSO FOR THOSE WR0 CANNOT SWIM, List of Preeantfens Giveii by Mem- berS of Royal Life Saving Society, Here are'a list of very sensible do ‘'to for swimmers and also for those who don't swim by T. W. S!,effield, Honorary member of the Royal Life' Saving .Society, of Re - mina. They have been published before, but the dangers they warn against are again to the fore. Mr. Sheffield would have them posted up at every bathing plane or sum- mer resort: FOR SWIMMERS. Don't bathe in unfrequented or secluded parts. Don't swim away from shore, al- ways along the shore. Don't bathe alone if subject to giddiness or faintness. Don't swim against the stream if ye u come across weeds. Don't bathe shortly after dining; wait at least two hours. Don't swim near ' dams, water- falls, or where reeds are growing. Don't dive into the water without first ascertaining the depth. Don't swim without` protecting your ears. if subject to ear trou- ble. Don't sit' in a boat or stand about undressed after being in the water. Don't swim too far out in the sea or lake unattended by a boat or an expert swimmer. Don't swim.without company if a ycu have a weak heart, rt, and only after consulting a doctor. Don't swim far after a hard day's work, or over-exertion after other forms of exercise. Don't dive out of or try to get int a boat from the side; dive from the stern and get in from the stern, but only then from a boat with a broad beam. Don't take fright if you fall into the water with your clothes on ; re- member, clothes float, and assist ycu to float. Make for the shore, swimming with the tide or stream, Don't swim without some recog- nized signal to give your fellow - swimmers, if subjected to cramps, such as lifting one arm out, shout- ing for help. Don't abuse this; leave the water as soon as possible. Don't take fright if seized with cramp; keep.cool; turn on the back and endeavor to rub the place af- fected. If the leg is drawn up with pain, swim slowly with the arms enly. All swimmers should prac- tice this. FOR NON -SWIMMERS. Don't throw the hands or arms cut of the water. When canoeing take a life belt if you are not an expert. Don't go beyond the depth of your hips if you cont swim. Don't plunge or struggle when yo't find yourself in deep water. Don't grasp any person who ap- DOCTOR'S OCEAN PRACTIOij. Fut' •Otic Trip, Tsaveliiug Pby0101411 Got $6,000. A few year's ago .here carne back' from Europe an Anirioan physician who has become such a great trays eller that an aoquaintanoo once asked him how he could.menago to cross the ocean 80 much awl still keep sop his practise. "To tell the truth, 1 practise as I go," he replied. "I have a small regular inoerne, enough to keep mn. going in a Bohemian way, and not only does my travelling not cost me cent, but I make good money 01 it "You see there are many persona who are afraid of a long trip. If they can afford it they decide to take along with them a doctor who may knew them and their constitu- tion. T have a pretty large ac- ganintanoe pore, and in England, and the chances aro that when I gest bitten with the travel bug, which happens at least twice a year, there is generally somebody to wire me. that he wants a 'trip and wants pre to go with him. I have crossed the Atlantic as many as five times in one year. "You see I have picked up several languages. I speak French and German fairly well, and can hand out a little Spanish and Italian when. occasion requires. Does my, plan pay well? I think so. I made e trip once from New York to Europe and all over it, thence to' Egypt and Palestine, and to India, China, Japan and across Siberia, had every expense paid and got 1,- 000 guineas, which is over $5,000, for the trip. On another trip of four months I made $1,000 clear."' AN ANCIENT MORTGAAGE. 1 s From Cleo atra s Time -Now laic P in British Museum. Of all the numerous Egyptian papyri dating from the Greece - Roman period and preserved in the British Museum, none can be said to be of greater interest than those throwing light on the social condi- tion" and manners and customs oft the period. Many of these docu- ments are mortgages, bills of sale and marriage contracts, Of the first named class a very interest - ;leg one, dated in the twentieth year of Cleopatra and Ptolemy, has recently been published by Dr. Nathaniel Reich. It appears that a shepherd, named Menthu and his mother, Ta-usir, finding them- selves in difficulties, mortgaged their field to a woman named Ete, far the sum of 600 pieces of silver, which they promised to repay . in eight months' time with interest. In case of failure of this condition they are willing to forfeit the field without further trouble or obliga- tion. After giving the measure- ments of the land and, particulars or its boundaries, the document is attested by Hero-se-esi, scribe of Usir-ur, alias Amenhotep. MYRIAD MICROBES IN FRUIT. Should' be Kept Covered and Wash- ed Before Eating. Don't attempt to get into a boat French scientists have been put- .r coming to your rescue; catch hold of the stern until assisted to get in. If you follow out these directions when in distress in the water you will help yourself and others com- ing to your assistance. Tread water by keeping the legs moving up and down, as in walk- ing upstairs. Hold an oar or canoe ting the microbe test to small frui£s acid on the streets and in the shops of Pari. Gooseberries, bought in a respectable shop, when washed, left only 78,000 microbes in one - one -sixth of a cubic inch of water; the same berries bought from a street barrow populated -the water iu which they were washed to the extent of 851,000 microbes' tee the same quantity of water; and grapes. if you don't struggle. Take in long breaths through the mouth and in- hale through the nostrils; this makes the body more buoyant and keeps you warm. LARGEST 'WEAVING LOOM. Germany beasts that it has the largest weaving loom in the world. An engineering firm of Chemnitz, Saxony, the centre of the textile industry, has just completed for a firm at Rodewisch, in the same �v- A MODERN SOLOMON. An old gentleman, some time neighborhood, a huge crank loom ago, had occasion to engage a gard- 7' feet long and 60 feat wicl•e. Itl crier. One morning he had two ap- stands 10 feet high and weighs 86� plicants for the position -one was tens. The shuttle is of correspond a very decent looking titan, while i ig proportions and travels to and the miler• was much less prepossess- ing in las appearance and 'manner. After a moment's hesitation the old gentleman chose the latter ap- plicant. `A friend who was present evinced a good deal of surprise at the se- lection, and asked: "Has that man worked for you before?" "No," roplied'tint old gentleman, "tie a matter of fact, I never saw fro fifteen times a minute. This machine is capable of turning out seamless discs of felt such as are used in paper mills up to 223 feet circumference. ----, '- GAMESTERS IN ROME. Particulars have come to light of a remarkable raid made on a gam- ing room connected with one of the either of them before until to clay." principal hotels in 3tome. A few "Then why diel you choose the nights ago half -a -dozen policemen shorter man? The other had a much entered the room while roulette was tefaa" in progress and seized hal all the mon- "Facer!"n!exclaimed tiro old man ty on the tables -about . $1,000. in disgust; "let ire tell you. some - 'They also took the pocket -books of g thing - 11 e' players, but made no arrthing-when you choose a gardener Not until sumo time afterwards choose hini by his breeches. If they did' the roulette over, discover are 'patched on the knees you want p y him; if they are patched on the seat that they had been the victims of an audacious robbery, the "pollee - men" beim; a band of thieves in disguise. A man never realizes how small a $0 bill is until he breaks Pretty girls can break hearts' al- most as fast as homely girls can mend them, you don't want him" PRINCIPLE. "B'ore's a copper for you, my geed nian," 'Tanks, mem, but I cannot 'ac- cept c-cc•pt, it. I have registered me oath ttl die a p005 (man, mem," third washing the number of unseen ones was reduced to a few thou- sand, so the savants think that all fruit should be washed before be- ing eaten, and that dealers should keep their berries covered with muslin. ONLY FAIR. Two Irishmen were ono day working on a farm. Just about dinnertime they were called to dine er a large basin of broth. The farmer's wife only had one spoon ti spare, so she gave Pat a fork. Poor Pat was getting nothing, while Mike was very busy. When thee basin was about a third empty, Pat said: "Arrah, now, Mike, you dig a bit and I'll shovel.," WOULD TAKE A CHANCE. "Sir, I wish to make your daugh- . ter my wife?" The old man hesitated, "Hadn't you batter see her mother first?" he asked, gently, after thinking a moment. "I have seen her mother, and it does not make any differencel" ex- claimed the youth, with the ardor of hoitest love. . • 4r - WORSE WORSE YET. Nocld--"Mourn for nee, old man ; 1 married a Woman with absolutely MI sense of humor." Todd -"That's nothing to my cross," • Node? --"What's that?' 'lord -"My wife has one."