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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1904-11-17, Page 6entoeae6<E4cveeeE4P+e,e4.44e4441E41 „ Always }make starch with soapy eeee- We'' water, which will give a bettor gloss to the linen and pr0veet the irons from sticking. qgl•' When washing silk aidd a table - ,T .spoonfu} of methylated spirit to 1'f+ etuli gallon of rinsing water, and 20, About the Q -y oil rise ,ti the silk will look, bright and new, o••oa <ll+u Il Tho best way to clean bamboo fur- niture is to wash it well in waren ,, venter containing a gill of salt to ��l9h9?93�� 33 3> eaclh quart, This will preserve T. SELECTED RECIPES 1 the color, Libby Anderson hung the dishcloth Silk stockings, colored or black, Y lel ht Up t l Graham Gems. -Two cups gran should never be waslnod with soap. on its aecustoued nail, n Liam Bova, one cup of white hour, Wenn bilin wafer should be used and there surveying it. cit wasplain one tablespoonful of sugar, one tea- the stockings should bo squeezed, from the way she looked, that elle spoonful of soda dissolved in hot not wrtmg, and dried in the atiafle, had determined to speak. water, one plat or two cups of sour 1 (After leashing tiles wipe diem over "'Ms," she asked of the woman who milk, a. little salt. It should be stiff with parailin, and they will keep was sitting before the little round enough to drop from a spoon. I3a1(o longer clean than if washed with stove, "twat were those papers Have soap anis water. Milk will rarely prove indigesti- ble if it is sipped slowly. When CWL)11owed hastily it forms a solid mass in the stomach, thus causing indigestion: An easy way to clean larn'p chime 01+"arn. nays is to hold therm for a moment She knew her en thor too Well to in the steam from the boiling kettle, Press further. rub dry with a clean cloth, and '•i just couldn't understand Dave polisli with a soft newspaper. coming hero this time of year," she Nearly all the corns, bunions in- ventured; "and I thought he acted cur'cation of nails, ete., which are queer." Peculiar to civilization, being un The old woman was folding her knitting. "I'm going to bed, and you.'d batter come along, too," was her re- ply. A week went by, and although Libby loud twice forgotten to feed the chickens, and had several times lot the kettle burn dry, she was be- ginning to feel more settled in her mind, She dict up the work one morning, and went to town. Her first call was at the solicitor, j1, etedeetni tefel,44, ..r a.4efedeninkt+ ( "You can jest write Dave, and saY Libby, the his mother don't want to leave the place. Dave won't Have nothin' fur - ' 111ar to Say," She looked elf at the meadowland iw as if it were all settled. Libby U1 oved would )lave to tell liar. n"Ma," slie said, "it's no use to write to Dave." t.1 "Why not?" silo demanded, in a +++++•N+++++++'l±l++ 'V " 'Half -frightened, half-eggressive velee. "Ile's sold the place, ma!" "What's that yQa say? Something about. Have selling my place? Are you gone crazy, Libby?" "You know you deeded it to lihn, ata. It was his after you did. that, And lie's sold it, and we'll have to move out." Bearing no answer, she turned around, and it was then she coveted Dave's gift of saying things smooth- ly. Tho old woman was e•oucheh low in her elude, nod her face was quivering, and looked sunken and grey. "I didn't think he'd do that," she faltered. "Never mind, ma," Libby said awkwardly. "Poor lea!" It was the nearest to a caress that had passed between them since Libby was a little girl. Nothing more was said until after ma had gone to bed. Libby supposed She was asleep, when she called quaveringly to her. "Libby," she saki, "you mustn't be tliiwkin' Bard of Dave. IIe must have thought it for the best." Libby was used to caring for. ma, and she needed care now. "Yes, ma," slia answered; "I'm sore he must," It was not until the morning of tho fourth day that the silence be- tween them was broken. Libby got up to take down the clock, when she heard a strange noise behind her, and turning, silo saw that ma's head was clown low in her Bands, and she was rocking passionately buck and forward, and crying as though her old heart had broken. She put down the clock, and again half an hour, Corn dread. -Two cups of corn- meal, one cup of flour, one table- spoonful of sugar, one largo spoon of sdlorteneng melted in pan the bread is to be baked h1, two cups of sour milk and one teaspoonful of soda. Bake half an hour iu good ' otven. Meat Croquettes. -Put tho meat through a cutter. Any kind will do. Put your onion through with the meat; mince a bunch of parsley and season with a little red pepper and Salt. If they are not well seasoned known pedal troubles in savage or they are not good. For a quart of barbarian life, aro traceable to high meat take a half cup of milk, put it heels. on the stove, thicken with corn- Wien you buy now table linen be starch incl mix with the meat. When sure and erase the lead pencil poke cool, form either into cone-sliape or marks that may be on it before it into round cakes. Dip Into bread is laundered. These marks ere herd ertunbs, then an egg; have deep boil• to remove after the cloth has been Ing fat, as for doughnuts. Boil until wet, brown. A wire sieve is good for It is not generally known that frying. If these are made right they wringing out a cloth in hot water are splendid, and wiping the furniture before put - Dainty Cream Biscuit. -These bis- cuits are liked for luncheon or for serving with a cup of tea instead of the little crackers which are becom- ing tiresome. Sift two cups of flour measures after sifting with four level teaspoons of baking powder and a saltspoon of salt. Aux with one-half plaint eat a great many raisins, "It's not fair," sire cried out, sup of sweet cream, and one well- and drink much whey every morn- "when I've stayed bore and worked-;slie wished for a little of Dave's silk - beaten egg. Make up into tiny rolls lag, or do both, it's not fair!" And, for the first 1111005 of speech. But she did not or cakes, handling as little as pas- The great secret of keeping our time in many yens, she was crying- :Hoge it, illi the best she could do sable, and bake in a quick oven. The clothes in good order is to menti or passiou0tely crying. was to pull ma's chair out from the cutter should not be lager round patch diem at once, when they re It was a feeling of outraged jus- barren room into the sunshine of the than a silver dollar, quire it, and it is a most important tico that made her speak, for she porch. The hills, she thought, would Piquant Sauce for Cod --A table- detail that a garment should be was just a woman -the daughter of still look like }ionic. Spoon of rue mixed with 11 MPS repaired with material similar in pa. Ma dirt not get up at all next daY• their columllS by chains of stunts, water, a fete drops of cochineal, es- kind, quality and color to that "Ma," she said, "do you think Po Perhaps slie was ill, or perhaps itjwlio advance nlon5 the uresis of the sane of anchovy to taste, a nip of which it is made, would like to think of your assigning ewes only that 5110 clad not. want to ground mace and cayenne, together n nn g lePP P 1 go out in the sitting -root and see elevatione.conditions, may bo slow, but it is Movement antler such makes a fine .,auce for those who In- I dulge in the piquant. This sauce I g est e g sure, if mixed with a pan of preserved lob- 3' sten, put into a mold and steamed, whites of wo gg perfectly g t t ] d WHY Sl?INKS LEFT. makes a nice dish, or if mixed with It was dark old the road was un- sold earl minced and warmed and then 11 d 1 ' it "d 't t l You'll i certain, so, when my Mersa balked at spread on toast, it is also good. Tho t t 5 something be the .middle of the road, sauce ought to be as thick as good A a g I dismounted t,ncl proceeded to i11- eream, to be right. y 1 A vestigate. At thio first glance 1 took Apple Snowballs }'are some large, d pa tare objemt to bo n wcnlau, but as I tart apples and remove the cores. untangled Une sheet in which the body Take as many squares of muslin as g them 1 g was wrapped, a weak, masculine you have apples, spread each cloth t cn c o th voice whined: - with syrup made of sugar and water, y y, g d Don't hit a plan when he's clown," sprinkle thickly with raw rice, and "Ilene, et press with the hand to make the rico 1' L' 1 1 d g up," said .1, sliaicfng adhere to the cloth. Now put an hhn, thinking it was simply a case of drunk, apple on each cloth, fill the cavity g h g g t t t 1 1Te sat up and glanced around of each apple wit}} rice and syrup, g ]l nervously. tie the cloth firefly 010011(1 the ap- g B ]tttl "Has the wideer gone?" lie wills - withand boil one liom'. Serve cold d with cream and sugar. p;m Pored. Imperial Cream. -Scald one quart `There was no one dere when I or - Y, d u11 7 f rived," I answered. "What Is the of cream or rich milk in a double trouble?" boiler with the thin yellow peel of a p p 1 g 1 t Ll i •'I w?r. playing a joke on the aid- lemon. Stir in a cup of granulated i 11ev f I d der, ie sect, 'bout two years ago sugar and when dissolved remove p I Olo Bill Spinks turned up his toes, fromcold. the fire and stir until nearly t 1 Leastwise he never came back after, cold. Put the strained juice of three 1 h fu L4 leavin' home ono day; an' yore's his lemons into 8 glass dish and when I thio cream is cold put it into a pitch- `` 'cause a rofusin' for gkt t110cl light juice, 1 I i y' 'cause she's afraid that he might er and 1)001' 5111.0 the lemon 1 1 still sharing, hold them e'tl e m 73e s teen a good dial ani r,ec 1 t come bade agm, nein' how that she holding the pitcher as high as pose 1 y is not sure whether 'he is dead or Bible and moving it about to mix the not. An' this yore wielder has got cream thoroughly through the lemon li i f h 1 t fifteen acres an' a clawg. So 1 jes juice. thought diet I would play a joke on Burnt Cream. -Put a pint of cream the w1ddar, an' make her believe that in a doulloa boiler and scale} with 11i11 wiz dead all right enough, an' half a lemon peel and a stick 1)f cin- 1 t b T things d then she'd bo Teddy Ler get spliced, niton. Beat the yolks of fou' eggs with one and 0118-110.11 ounce of gran- nn' I would be the happy Man. Plated sugar, Strain the hot cretin L i 1 s y y "Wel, I put on this yere sheet over this, stirring until it is well 1'ttl and waited for the wilder ter conte y along; reel, when she dict, I stepped 1)101)01ed, then pour book into t}ie p d most., f s a a out in the road al' commenced double boilernand stir and cook until succession of ambassadors -Sir Iran - ds it thickens to a smooth cream, then gr . remove from the fire and stir until cls Bel do s successor will be the sixth just go i h aid ta] it " y " o bee y -e -e?' she chat- ' 1f Lh t for ll ie world 1 kr tercet. nearly cold; turn into a pwd'vding dish l 1 " I'm ear ole man,' says I, in a and when entirely cold strew the top 1 h llI hollow volae. with ernsihed loaf sugar 0.11d brown a q \ dead 1 "'1Iuulpll! 010 Bin Spinas?' Says deem caramel either using n. snlan,ain Sir Clare ford took his place, Sir don't went to move to town tIo we 1' 1 t ]' d the. Clare dor for the purpose or placing it in Clare stayed at the embassy four Libby?" 1 1 T " Tin the critter,' says I, the lower oven of a gas stove. years and n half, And was succeeded "Not if we can Whelp it," slio re- Alhambra sae fell on me files a ton or A]eatine Cream. --Soak a pia.k an cunceter by Sir Philip (afterwards Lord) Cur- Plied. of gelatine in hall a pmt of water bricks, or Oran a }lower lie. Lord Currie, who, like his suc- "])Hue's luxe ntcay fl'on the Placa 1 1 Come back, lieu ye?' she ,yelled, Havered with rose g s censor, was appointed straight from so long that he don't sco jus(: how as she swatted 1111. 'Can't stay teeter. Bent the yolks of lour eggs the foreign of ice, was obliged to re- 'tgs, ' ata explained, Libby and where they plentecl ye, wherever thet ureal very iolln Scald sub et of sign on account of ill -health, and 18 ine, wouldn't feel et (10010 210 place may bel' en or rich milk in ado double boil -months ago Sly Francis Revile took else. er, add half a cu of sugar and the "Ill 11, five seconi1' I wuz a licked P g e .the pest Se note relinquishes. In "it's too bad you, feel that way," I 11 man, and the wielder wee seethe' on gelatine dissolved over hot water; then ,call n he went nn persuasively, "for Dave me, d f put in his pocket as I came in?" "Solve things he was sllowin' me," "Ata," site asked quiveringly, "you didn't sign anything, dict you'?" "I didn't sign your name to any- thing," And the needles clashed ting an furniture cream, will result in a very high polish., that will not and there she heard the worst. 51 Mager mark, had assigned their Home to Dave. To stop bleeding at the nose wash She did not make any fess; she was the temples, nose and neck with vine- too old-fashioned for hysterics. gar. Or snuff up the nose vinegar It was not until the olel place came d water. To prevent this co1n- in ,sigif(. that She. broke down. TACTICS CF TIIE DAPS. Russian View of the Enemy's Art of War. Yes, wo were greatly mistaken When we called the "liltlo Japs." says the Russkoye Sloe. Wo have n Vel' 1' h 1 seen o bele a had 'Lo deal veli s It sltillul opponents, They liavo includ- ed in their tactics all modern me- 'Olathe, 10 'Blois, strictly adapting them to their own national peculiarities, Foe instance, knowing the weakness of their cavalry, they never allow it to go out unsuppurteil. There is al- ways infantry behind it, and our cavalry often ruins against it, not expecting its presence. The Japanese reconnoissance 1s or - Meted thus: A compact force of '111c - men marches, sustained by screen, anti patrols move about live verses ahead. At 0 distance of three veslS the scouts are preceded by a nu01130r of Chinese. These last come to the Russian lines, examine the camp, and make signals to the Japanese con- cerning tho whereabouts of the cav- alry patrols. As the country is mountainous they advance at the rate of seven vnests a day, introncil- di g and fortifying every step they take. '.Their path is an uninterrupt- ed row of fortifications. Knowing the excitable, impressionable temper of their soldkee, they never pursue the enemy before settling down in good order upon the position occu- pied, because daring a pursuit troops often become disarranged. Jualging by their operations One Could imagine they arra the most phlegmatic and methodical people in the world - so strong b their military education and their knowledge of the art of war. They very reasonably avoid the bayonet. Their leading ranks run away to the right and left, opening tbo front for the fire of the succeed- ing lines, Running round these to the rear, they- again form their rareee thus taking the place of reserves. If the troops uncovered are unable to stop our attack by fire they re- pent the manoeuvre. 1y310t self- control, what discipline aro enquired in order to do this, and what a con- sciousness of strength! When they are on the march it is all but itu- possil.lc for them to meet with any surprises. In addition to the men detached for guard, they seirrounf I akin n ermint drops, pound the place to Dave, when I've stayed and sift Mee ounces of the best and here and kept it up the best I could finest whit sugar -that which is for twenty years? used for icing -beat it with the The old woman put clown her knit- " t eggs till tin . smooth; then add sixty drops of the "La, now, Libby," she said, not oil of peppermint; beat itwell, an unkindly, on ace on, drop011 white paper and dry a a never wan for nothin'!" distance from the re. Broken china may be mended by brushingthe edges with white lead, such as painters use; press the pieces together and tie tem in pace, h 1 ac them two or three days until thoroughly dry. The dish can the blustoril month of March, that be broken as easily anywhere else as a11• was made clear. It was early in at the old break. the afternoon when ilyhy looked The feet of children 81100111 receive from the window andsaw a than corrin in at the hi ❑ o. "That friend of Dave's from the city is comm tea," she said, "Gracious!" exclaimed Mrs. Ander- son, "and such a dayus 'Cis!" The stronger warmed his hands, and disbursed a number of pleasantries. "Wel], Mrs. Anderson," lie said fin- ally, "your sort wants me to make a little proposition to you. Mrs. Anderson looked pleasantly expectant. and restores the color. They should "Dave's always makin' p}•oposi- bo well shaken the whole time; then, tions," she chuckled. either the sun or before a Are till they aro about 0(1 this winter -afraid you quite dry, The curling is best clone were not just comfortable out lieto - eit er with a stiffpiece o whale- e- you two, all alone," how unlike home it looked. But the next dayshe did not get up either, and Hien Libby went to town for the doctor. Ile said tho excitement 1a weakened lier, and did not seem very certain she would ever get up again. That night Libby wrote a letter to Dave, asking him again to let his mother die on the old place. week ssed and an answer had not come, and still 1110 had not left her bed. Tho peeking was all done, it was the let of May, 0nci she was just wait- ing -she. di not know for what. Her whole soulrose rip against moving ma from the olid place now, when her days were so surely num- bered; end so she sent a telegram to Dave,tellin lihn his mother was 1/1, and askin • leave to stay a e longer. There came a reply from his partner, saying that Dave was awa ell would notbe home or two weekS. Tlfat night the old woman raised herself and sobbedoutthe truth. "It's Dave that's Millin' me! It's to think Dave sokl the place, and turned me out to die!" And then the way opened before Libby, and she saw her path. The clisin11crited child wrote 0. let- ter that night and to it elle signed her brother's none. Out In the world they might ]iavo applied to it Libby stood there Ioolcin(1 at her. "I think you don't realize what you've done," she said: Aird turned t the bedroom to take off her t Mtge, It was not -until the nett month, , the most careful attention, for neg- lect at that thne may lay the foun- dation for many future ills. Since the feet of a child are in process of development the twines and liga- ments aro soft and pliable, and will conform to e, bad as well as to a properly shaped shoe. Ostrich tips can freshened by Bolding them in the steam from a boilingkettle for a few minutes; this freshens diem, absorbs the dust bone or a silver knife. BRITISH EMBASSIES. Great Britain Changes Thein the Principal Courts. Of late ears the British. embassy at Rome has seen a somewhat rapid n- us t ce ' a ain'te le i Dave! -always some new idea g1 his head. .Bet you just tell him, r. Murray, not to be bothering. Wo at "Dave's always thinkin' of his an ugly word, but Libby was only mother's comfort," she asserted; old caring for inn. She was a long time looked triumphantly over to Libby. about it, for it was ]lard to pout "Well," lie resumer, turning ,acs thin in Dave's round bold hand, to the older woman, "it worries end it was Bard to say them in his Dave to thins of your being ant hero ilk way. alone now that you're. getting along The doctor said next morning that in years, so be's rented 11. nice little it was a matter of but a few clays at lace in town, an he feels sure itr n w„ }mush worse. would be better all round if you'd "It Ain't that I'in, gain' to die," she said when Libby came in and found her crying; "but I was think - in' of slave. I keep thincin and thinkin' of kiln when lie was a little boy, and Bow lie used to ram about the )lace, and low pretty ie line to look; once then, .est as I begun to take a little comfort in ienemborin' s0m0 of the 5111(0 ; things he said, I have Lo think of what he has sone, and it does seem like ]ie tlnigllt have waited 5111—" But the words were too bitter to ho spoken, and, With a herd', scraping sound in hal• throat, she turned her face to the wall. Libby put lien hand to something in her pocket, and thought of as night's work with thankfulness. About eleven o'clock she entered the room with the sheets of a letter in her hand. "Ala," she said tremulously, "here's a letter just come from have," "1 knew it'd come -I renew it!" And tho old voice filled the room with its triumphant ring. , Then there. crept into her face an anxious look. "Whet hove he say'?" "He's sorry about selling the ]glace, in 13 years. At the beginning of 8011 Lord Vivian succeeded the Marquis of Dulderin, but in less than two veal's Lord Vivian was t e0. and contrast to these "short terms" may W0.11 So sure you'd like the idea that during which Sir AugustusPaget he's gone ahead Court. '}luring the years in which make ng therm" Ile turned to Libby. "Note 50011 do you think you could move? By the I st of .Ai'ay?" "T euepoS0 so," 5ho answered, in a, dull voice, IT, April came, ttnd for the fiftieth Limo (11,' old woman watched the white give weer to the green on the inn. IIe really tliotlght ,you'd 1!ko it tills fiat. cu'trocl In end out around batter fn t0tvn. But lie's fixed it up her old house. for us to stay, lie says you'll 110801' As long as slip could. I.illby lot her have to leave the place," have her dream, Her heart was not "1 lomen.od i1-1 1sn0wcd it well hard towards aha now. Ma had not on0)15111 You don't know Davo like enderstald, And Libby was glad she I do, haat read mo the letter." could have those few coning hays bo- She did read it, tin*d the old Wo - tore she Was torn from the old lean llstenei1 with tears --'glad tears home, now -felling over ghee withered cheeks, "You can just unpack our things," slie cried, when it was finished, "end got this place straightened out, The idea of yens paalein up, anti thiel' wo was goin' to )nave to town! Nice mess you've made of it! Jot as if Dave would Bear of us leavin` the place, T a1weys knoWcd yatt'd never 'preri0tcid Dave." Before morning broke ma Wes deakl. HAPPY, 1)000,,1150 she had „beck her old Milli in Dave -tete 1)152111, beauti- ful faith of the mother in the son. Aird Libby -the homeless anis unloved mid the beaten 05(118 s. stir a new bo instanced the ] B years (tRBr 1888) tl' 1 L last "'You, 1611,' said she, 'caller's thet from to cools 1:111 a1)B Then 101)1011, h ' }tea I 011(1 made all ai•- iront tar. fire and pour into a plain ! clolta' and a-111?' Chet T give yo to loprescntad England at the Italian ran50n1cnts enol Inn afraid those 1 L d tl buy bacon with?' oblong moil 101c1 set on ice to hard- 1111 ht be 0 !hila trouble about 1m- 1 le stili turn out• and cut into 13 F" "'I ain't got 110 della' and airnlfj a.1 . 'When I i it says 'Don't yo lie ter nlr, Bill,' says slie, 'or 1'11 swat ye agile! When ye left home ye had a dollar and 0-Ii011 Vhet I lied given yo ter buy bacon with. Now ye hand over that dollar and a'. roll or somet11111' is 5win0 ter happen!' "An' I had Ler give it to her to save my life, An then she told me tor got back inter the grave trot I: lied conte Mum, ars if slie over caatglit me 'Lewin' ter halt her tight thet she would 1,10 010 inter knots an' Aeng"'fna ter the daWgsl "But I've found out one thing, I know wily Ole 13111 Spin1s left, an' why 110 ain't neve' coinin' back 051111" slimes avcl arrange on 0 shallow glass,so many changes have been witnessed dish and place half a canned peach or' at. the Itonre embassy there have apricot on torr of each slice, pour been het two ambassadors to France ever it a little of the fruit syrup, -Lord lhulfcrin, who welt from Rome and then mask the whole with whip- to Paris, 8)111 Sir Edmund Manson, pod cream and serve very cold, olio becalm ambassador In 1800. liir Ginger Crcamlr Thit three cups of Edreend has Seen tela extremes of rich milk, er Wert mills men part feeling between the two nations, tor create in adouble boiler; add two he had his share both in the I"hsi,o- osnces of powdered sugar, one ounce da crisis and in the establisliment of of dissolved gelatine, „el the well- entente coveli0l0. G('oaL Britain, it beatenental of six eggs. Stir over is intereslilnf to note, maintains but y eight 'eltbassies--at Paris, Vienna, conthe fire 3', e 0. smooth0(0 m the 1tr)110, Merlin, lite b'otersburg, (,'oh - ere r ten :y, fan remove from the 1(1a11t'1110010, Madrid and Washington. Coh- ere and stir in flee ouncas pf pr0. served ginger chopped fine and throe At the collet of the Mikado the Brit - illi representative has only the.. +sole Brit- -tablespoon/els of the ginger syrup. 1nt0 a baagn nag set. ice of Envoy 1'.xtectordinar;y and Minister Pout' en to cool. As it chills bent with an egg, Pleni po tent in Probably the le - whip for about twenty minutes avid 1ae211 n at Tokio will be raised to the "Alm" she. began one morning, "I rank of an embassy befo'o long, The }funic :f will have to be Packing up {lien pour into a glass dish or into two lost legations thus "promoted"lihis tve0k." a mould dernrat0d with candied ellen- We" Madrid and Waslliugtoi, In "Peeking en what?" r'drs unci Pineapple. Serve with the clijrlonlatic hierarchy the import- "Why, don't you retember, 010 Whipped trcalu, 1188FU1, 111N'1'-1, "1`o keep milk from holding over put 0 teaspoon in it when it rises, A little (salt placed in the reser- voir 01 n lamp Will /nano the flame steady anis clear, Widenwindow cords do not Pun smoothly rub them with a small 8uentity ofsoft seep -that side next ..2ie vullsYr ince of Pares is emphasize(]' by the We're going to town the :(.st of fact i!hnL sly 1 tit cre incl Viomvl ATay?" are accredited milres1eirs plenip0tenti- '+01i, in, Libby-, I've give that up my es tve11 ns aln,bes5ad0rS, and it long ego! I'm going to isle on the 010110 lins two seorcla90s of 0lantbn553, one being commercial attache, ily ailblSSldare, )1111!slers plenipotenti- ary and miniete15 resident (creat Biilain is r0p1'esented at IIB difforent courts-notreek1>ning Ahyeslnin, 'There's no use to argue tui' me, Where Clic, 0nv0y Is styled agent ar11d 1, bay Anderson: T ain't gain.'1' coudul-gonoralr "ilmt evast. about Dave?", old place. "Da you icthoW, Me, the arrange - nods, hove ail boon macre. I'm re raid wr.'11 have to go." `the turned to her croee1y. IribbY-'•Was happy ton, fee silo had finished Well her W0111, of caring for which carries its your]; In a pouch, Anus, just 111(0 the lialgarooa - NOT ALWAYS CONCERT. Sribblor-"T/1 my OAlden, a 1110.1 who writes an illegible hand does. it because lie thinks people alb willing to plezzle over it. In other worms, be Is re mass of conceit." Scribbler -"Not always, Sometimes a man writes. illegibly not because ]io is conceited, but because he is mod- CSt." "Modost? W1iat about?" "About MS :Melling," P11010 is a spsec1011 of Nol'wogil,n }rat BOMBS EATEN EVERY DAY JACKS OF ALL TRAM EXPLOSIVES YOU FIND IN 101TR P0013, Dangerous Sweets Which Parisian Confectioners --Sell to the Public. Much stir has recently been cre- ated in the newspape'S by the state- ment that, In fu'tnro, confectioners the riggingas easily as main, of leis w111 not be allowed to sell the po- gallant Inds 111 blue, But since those Happy " Britannia" days he has played a pt'n0liea.1 part. in nearly every calling and (rade i1) the 1';m - GREAT MEN WB0 IIAV117 CLAI14MS TO FRANCE. His Majesty }ling Edward Is the Most Versatile Eng- lishman, King Edward is a sailor 11y train. and can splice tt rope or climb pular sweelnleats known as elevcoleto liquors without a license, ns they contain alcohol. This is true ('01ce'ninq most of pore. '.(110 King has Muted one thorn, but 1t is only a part of the h110(11cd gallons of 13001', and been a train driver. He has sold goods from a flower stall, and run a print- ing liaclhWe, In one day he made twelve pats of better, sailed his own yacht, experimented with a new Title, and delivered an address while it of enornnou5 strcngtli, the nature showing Ms remarkably intimate of which 15 masked by the casting of!knowledge o nxtchluoay. More are a few 0f his Majesty's trades and truth with regard 1.0 the Parisian confect 10118 known as "Angels' (ears," These ere, it is regrettable to say, largely sought after by a cer- tain 5,101-1011 al fanhionapilo society, and they ore fi11ce1 with n 000150 spir- awcetstarff by which it is surrounded. So volatile is tills spirit that if one of the sweets is held, by means of a parr of sugar -tongs, in 1,11e flame of n. lighted enndle for a few sec - 011d15, it exploees with a loud re- pot, just 11110 11. 111leature 1)01111). One silly young girl had her mouth bad- ly blistered the other week through holding one of these liquors between her teeth for sonic time, in play, 11e - fore biting it. The licit of her breath evaporated the s2irlt, stud the sweet blew 1153. Epicures Say that there is only one way of properly enjoying a meal of skate, and that is to hang it until the 11s1i begins to turn block. This is a dangerors dish, however, for when the skate begirds to decompose in this luny va•fpus conlp0und gases of ammonia aro generated, of a HIGHILY EXPLOSIVE NATURE., A piece of skate in this "gamey" condition has been placed in a, closed glass vessel, through which an elec- tric wire loosed. After the gas had been allowed to accumulate for a short time, the current was swit0lr ed on, with the result that the glass vessel was blown to the other side of the table upon which the experi- ment was being conducted. It Is easy, therefore, to imagine the highly explsivo nature of the human body after a beanLy feed of skate. "It is difficult to imagine," says Pro- fessor Wotncy IIOdmes, "what would I and an enthusiastic agriculturist. linemen to a person who Bail ,iest Sir Thomas Lipton is another cele - partaken of such a meal, and then accidentally cane into inen'ediate con- tact with a live electric wire." attainments, .(n which at some time or ether ho has taken active and practical interest ', etching, engrav- ing, ship -building, book -binding, mo- toring,, boring, mining, hunting, act- ing, weaving, spinning, pottery, and engine -driving; - A/t.ogether, the King has over two hundred accom- plishments, besides being our least popular soldier and sailor, and Bri- tain's greatest +diplomat. MILLIONAIRE AND PACI(3ILI. Next to the King, no mal, per- haps, bas a larger number of call - 11155 than Mr. Carnegie, whose list totals something dike ono hundred and forty. Mr. Carnegie has been a1 errand boy, and he has also spent many weary months at the drudgery of clerking, He has been a stoker, a builder, and has worked at every branch of steel -making, Tram -ca• building is another of his attainments, and he has run a meat - peeking m0chjnc. Besides all this, he may be described accurately as a house -agent, stockbroker, milliner, librarian, builder, and scores of other millings. "Lord Roberts -clothier and cloth - worker." The combination looks odd, yet it is quite correct. As a matter of fact, the great soldier is a tradesman a hundred times over. He is a skilled eland at a weaving machine, 11x5 00111'08Sed to a weak- ness for fretwork, is an able miter, brity of 111any attainments, It is a puzzle to fin11 out a calling m which he is not thoroughly versed. Fruit - In these days of chemical manures., growers, coffee -planter, gardener, utcherwe often consume a lot of explosive j bailie , grocer, a dlcsnilor-he isliex- when we eat a cabbage. Ground, the nature of willed} legaires it to he fere pert at them all, and a host of tilieed with nitrate of potash, yields some of this up to the plea in the course of growth, and so it reaches the interior of tlfe body. In fact, a 1111111 who has cleaned his teeth with charcoal, taken sulphur tablets for his 0001111eeion, and Hien eaten a chemically -fed cabbage, has simply• set, up a gunpowder factory inside himself on a small scale. There is no Canso for alarm though, as h0 is NOT LIKELY TO "GO OFF." Many people have nmnufaCtureci nitro-glycerine, that most deadly of has owned a world-wide reputation explosives, • within themselves with- as a1 author, 011(1 is flumeu5 as a race out ]snowing it. 'A tablespoonful of - horse owner. He can also claim to glycerine is an 0bnost universal re- be a cloth -worker, a goldsmith, alt needy for 0 sore throat, and if a engineer, a Vander, and a baker. bottle of lemonade is drunk shortly afterwards, all tlto component ma- terials of nitro-glycerine arc present in most cases, .for a good deal of the cheap, so-called bottled lemonade is acidulated with nitric acid, and not, as the manufacturers would have us believe, the juice of flesh lemons. Renee, when the glycerine and the nitric acid meet within the confines of "Little Mary," the operation is complete,. and the thirsty individual is a bomb for the tlm0 being; though, of course, he is not aware of the fact, which, perhaps, is as tvefl. Over -ripe fruit, improperly tinned lobster and salmon, bread made with inferior yeast, nod eveli the bloater and kipper beyond of the masses, ell contain explosives; yet tons of them aro eaten with relish every day of the weak by hundreds of thousands of people. other's, HE WAS "A SMART CRAP.'. The leading jam -maker is Lord Rosebev. Ire has always displayed a keen interest 111 the industry, has been honored by the Makers' trade association, and has actually made jam, The noble lord adds to this a large number of other accomplish- ments. For instance, lie has lent a hand at hay harvesting, on which occasion he mingled freely with the old-fashioned rustic crowd, and mer- rily drank from the cider flask, He ROW T}IE RUSSIANS FAIL. • Bad Generalship Accounts for Their Lack of Success. An Englishman lately rammed from Manelrul•la statestliat the iitussiens had some 220,000 111011 and the Ja- panese 180,000 at the battle of Liao Yang. P11e Buselans also had over a liuntirecl gene more than the J alranese, The credit of the Japanese for turn- ing the Russians out of the powerful semi-permanent works at Liao Yang is therefore very great, and 210 51( - 1)0180 need be telt at G011015l Revoke's loilu)•a to turn General ;5oun'opatkin's flank successfully. The repented dofeo1Y sustained by the 310581an5 are entirely due, at any rate latterly, to bac) generelehip. The met aro dogged and Hghe wen. The regimental o111001s are fair, but the generals and their stairs ore, quite innllpnt. Tco1io 1 airetcway is working magnificent- ly. Men aur stores are being passed along smoothly to the :front, A minimum of •twehvo trains 011 &ell sec- tions either Way is rein ylaily. On some sections this 11un11)01' Is ex- ceeded. This it a very good perform- 0nfar a 5.1,1]1'0 lino, Locallc0y 3o 1M2(neiillo a the 165580118 can got ample enneplies of food for //radically cely number of leen they may wish to keep there. But a 1 agy 01'iny without compe- tent generals is useless, and so fat' the Russian plan of campaign has consisted in sending bodies of troolps in all directions Without any co-or- dination of purpose, with the result that they were defeated ]n doto11. '1110 Koreans N0 not 3;018 their alatlfns, but uene 1sli-gine Wetted of �liraad. Another distinguished baker and "jack-of-all-trades" is Mr, Winston Churchill. This brilliant young poli- tician has stood before the huge ovens, and dono the work of a baker with keel delight, at the opening of some new factories. "flow long have you had tha' now hand yonder? 11e seems a smart young chap at the loom!" This remark of one of the largest cotton -spinners is a standing joke at Oldham. He had entered his fac- tory after some days' absence, and corning into his spinning-roolu, dis- eoye•ed his 10100lan leaning over a stranger °gaged in cotton -spinning, THE "YOUNG CIIAP" happened to be Mr. Churchill, who has always taken a keen, practical interest in the industries of the North. Ile, too, is a, authohr; mice among other things, a plumber, ac- tor, fireman,and florist. Mr. Chamberlain next takes a 1)10- mirteit place among versatile Eng- lishmen, Many of his pursuits aro well known; but 1t will bo news to most people that the hon. gentle- man is a goldsmith, cordwainer, sea- man, and biscuit baker. One trade --that of undertaking -+is seriously left alone by celebrities, yet it claims at least two eminent mien among its followers., St. Lubbock, as Lord Avobury is popularly called, is a favored 3110111- ber of nearly every shop trade. Grocer, baker, tailor, draper, he is an expert in each trade, added to w111611 11e has a host of academic dis- tinctions and Mikes, Poultry f03101115 has its reprasenta- t,ive in General Buller, who is also a stationer, a pilot, a inesou, and a member of forty -Dight other tracks, 1Tr, Balfour has fifty-four callings, and Sir Frederick Troves, the King's surgeon, follows him with fifty -000. -London Answers, LAZIEST MAN ON RECORD. Snlithr''13roien is the laziest man 011,'ecod', )ones, -"plow so?" Sinitli-"When 1118 wife oSks 111111 to oaten her flower bec1 he throws. a beeket of water on lits Newfoundland dog and then has him stand in tie middle of tike flower , bed tied Shako himself," "Woman orlorwo'lcucl? Padget Think of the men!" "Alli, bat ,you know the old saying, 'Womou.s teazle. is solver date.' " "I ]snow it, 0)81 that's the sensor she oughtn't to complain. A man has to do iris wort 01' lose his job." "If you dare to Rise lie 1154)1!n, I Will call papa!" "1 thought yarn said your father Was abeam?" ',lie • 11 I�1