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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1898-1-14, Page 3;LUZ. 14, NELSON fiD INVASION, rfIE INVADER MUST BE STOPPED AT THE SHORE, Plans Tina Were Mingo to nivet and teeeit remoter' - gee Leona For Tn. any 101.111111 greet Them. The re:Bowing artielts on nut possible taw:mien of Great Britain to taken from the London Dolly Mali: That; Nelson and Wellington, rind all other thoughtf al fiebling, men, always made up WPM minds Ma war sbould at all have tele l leept at moms di8. tame frein our own shores Le a fact that shottld not need proof. At the present Gene, however, there 1.4 11 euri- ens etort of vagueness; In the acceptance et the postulate. The expo:Maitre of large sums on 18100(1 fortifientions, na less than the of ten-saggested projeet of turning London mb 00 enormome ritad.cd pre- pared for a siege, leads to 0 ead hypothesis, "We canna prevent an aftelnY from landing in force - this is the) precise phew% in ata.ny a menet mouth -"therefore, Ivo mud prepare for a eampaign on shore." No doubt there is a seeret plan for •esieting the Meader near the tenet -yet, not only the embodied idea we have quoted, but other circumstances won to suggest doubts of its simmer. The theory upon whieh the teutamn matmeavres for two successive 000- 00115. near the roast, seem to have leen breed, ,is, that an enemy has land- ed in force, and captured consider- able towns, the consequence being elua 'AN INLAND CAMPAIGN has to be carried on, with somewhat problematical results. The public perceives only that the defending, force fig,htin,g a retreating battle; what mig,la happen In the wake oE the fight is not imagined at all. Of course, the hypothesis of actual calamity- for such the capture of Folkestone or Meting:A would certain- ly be -is only an excuse for carrying out auturuxt manoeuvres, where useful instrutaion is obtained, as well by troops am by commanders. Nevertheless, the fietion is eomewhat disagreeable, and it, would be regret- table le dentate ehoult1 be lead to think of the conquest of a coast tawu by a marauding enemy as 0 trifle, The reality. evieuld be stern- a -suety tepallieg, and, the consequ.ent (10.1110 'widespread, and perbape fatal in results. It is very true, we have no Napol- eon threatening us, as in 1801 and 1805; and the Governments of Europe do not seem; to have any plans of com- bination against US. But eeveral Great Powers have armaxaentsof prodigious limensions; and, 11' IS EleSENTIAL TO PREPARE In peace tin -re a,gainst the results of foreigu revolution and cataclysms caused by the dash of vital luterests. En the year 1801, whether in reality or only In pretenee, the great Napoleon menaced this country with Invasion, and the Government thought it Lula dent to allay, plume apprehensions by entrusting our defenee, to Nelson, who immediately coneeived the same idea as did the: Duke. of Wellington 18 1847 -namely, that if invasion were really Intended, London would be the ob- jective, (lad that the enemy would try to lend, at points on the coast within the easiest math of this eapi- tal. The Thames, and the "flats" near the mouth of thet river, were, of course, the first: things to be look- ed after; but like Wellington, 1n1847, Nelson, in 1801, comeived that many planes op the emtst ot Kept and Es- sex, would have to be carefully loolc- ed after, Nelson's plans are; explained in Cap- tain ltalian's reeenttwork, and can be easily referred to. He expeetea that Eoulonge would be the Centre of the western attack, but that another at- tack, viz., on. the Thames flats and the mast of Essex, would be, made from ports on the Netherlands, Flushing, Os- tend, tind also from Dunkirk. His de- sign WilS to eataeic THE PB,EPA.RED FLOTILLAS. if possible, be their porta or on their leaviag them, 11 er en Mute to our toasts, by ere English flail% et sim- ilar kind, assisted hy gun -boats, eta. Sea -Volunteer. - called Sea- geneibles at that time - were to man the flair boats and fast rowing 'boats. 'What concerns us 000811 111 this ale is the idea -whieh dominatee 1110 plans; note thie passage in his in- etructione to tlia several captains un- der lem-"Nelsen's Despatehts," vol. iv, 1801. "I am eanfident," saYe ihat "If ()Ur mo- toring men do: their duty, that either the 01101111' 11,111 give over the folly of the measure, or, if they persist: in it, that (101 0338 Frenchman will he allow- ed to set on Beitish soil: It; is there - &re necessary that all good men ehould 001310 forward on this momentous 080(8' 3100 to oppoee the meanly, and moro partioularly the Sca-Pencibles, Who hieve voluntarily enrolled themselves to defend their weary afloat, -which Is the true piece where we Ought to be defended, in ardor that the horrors at war may not xecteli the peacettil abode Of our families." Like the Duke of Wellington, Nelson, knOwing \vital; ems really meant by in- vesion, seents to paraphrase the great soldieg's Mem asservation-"By( --I they Must net: be allowed to land!" "Whatever plass be adopted," says Nemen, in the revenorinde to the Ade Miralty, quoted by Captain Mahan, "tho moment the enmity tomb, our (mesa he they where they mey, they are to ba attacked by artery mart afleat or on shore; this MUST 1391 UNDERSTOOD, Never fear the restatl" Am opinion was scene Hine ago pot fore/art by (1100 weater of thoee remarke that the VeLlentetere not otely 08 the cued of Streex, Nene and Essex, but eh% threes et London an i other places, narelet find reereat 1011 FF1141 11183111,11033 in :denying proper:atolls for defente of plates euggested hy the Duke of \' (I welletmetva letter. 11 doeti ton appear, Move ear, that Um Volum teere home As yet; altogether an- eePted tho notion that elm only pima where tlit,y have any chetuee, of having nny equal fighting, or of winning any laurels: , la en (be sea shore. And yet that sea shore 1,4 their poet of honor -for inland campaigns are out of the (Memnon and would Le the direst of misforturtes lo tide nation. Perhaps it will Ire neettrisery to eonsider Sir J oin) Colontles proposItiou-nateely, the creation of "Sea-leenciblee," under the title "Iloyal Marine Artillery Volun- teers." Sir ;John's proposiLion probab- ly included eolonial defence. With that matter 'Wu bave here no temeern, 'Phe duties of this new defenenve fore weetld, of course, be somewlutt amphild- meg. They would. take the place 01 1130 "Sea-leeneiblee," of Nelson's they- a 1,0111', by the way, whiele did not answer the call with the promptitude oxpa1- od Illem-init probably the :substi- tute proposed, would he better organiz- ed, and thus every point dangerouely near the Inetropolie would be seeure from sudden surprise. And let us be snre ot this. "The invader," if ever he appeared, would come like a. 11131(1 11.1 the night-proleb- ly after the manner anticipated by Wellington. The employment of what we should teal railway artillery would meeure many important pointe, end sav1 us 11.001 the eitpinisive and rather clef ri- me/ita1 construction or forts. alms would telly beought up when actu- ally Wanted. No doubt these very valu- able new forme would know all the various points where, an enemy might attempt a landing, and what would have to be clone at a moment's not- ice, 'The rest of the Volunteers' ar- riving pell-xnell, when the alarm is giv- en, would be more reade, than they are now for the species of letterman surprise which invasion would perforce resemble. The threat of Invasion would crectte the sarne pante as oe- eurred ln thee clays oE Elizabeth, and oleo in WM and 1805. Eta, with O Properly planned' rest defence, in- land fortifications would be unneees- anfY, and all leers for the safety of London iclle. Some brilliant object lessons in river defence were recently 'carried cent in the Thames district by the highly seientific and distinguished general in command. It seems probable that the gen:wane views are identicel with those of Wellington and. Nelson- especially in the matter0 of obstinately disputing an enemy's attempt to land. And this idea is, no doubt, in the minds of every generel and admiral in the Britten) ser- vice. MOST VALUABLE GEM. " To the question, Whieh is tbe most vaulable precious stone?' nine people out of every ten, at least, will, with- out the slightest hesitation, reply 'The diamond.'" said u dealer In gems, "But the value of a good-sized diamond can- not approach that of a ruby of the cor- rect color and siii1ar dimensitins. "The worth of small rubies -stones that are of less den a carat -is, if any- thing, rather less than that of dia- monds of a like description: hub the rare occurrence of laege specimens of that; dark carmine tint which is look- ed upon ae the sin qua non 01 a ported ruby causes these gems to inerease in O far greater proportion than in the case of diamoruls, Rubies weighing more than four carats are so exception- al that when a perfect one of five car- ats is brought to the' market it lent command ten times as high a sum as O diamond of the same weight, while rubies of six carats, without crack or flaw, and of II% proper color, would, in all prolebility, bring as high &pries as 45,000 per twat, or 15 times as much as a diamond of like size and faultless- ness. " All over the East rubies are re- garded with the greatest possible fav- or, and so it hits been. from the earl- iest; times of which we have any rece ord. The finest specimens are found in Barmen, and. from time immemorial it has been a law of that country that all rubiee of above a certain size are the property of the King, whoever may have been fortuntite enough to find them. It is thought to this day there are concealed in Buernali among the treasures whir% th,e British Invasion calmed to be hidden away rubies of for greater size and value than any which have ug to now been seen either in lair- ope or tine country." CDRIOSI'CY OF MONKEYS. "- Mee Who Was Inquisitive in nestled to Iltome-lieoweil 010. Curiosity seems to be the great fail- ure, or virtue, 01 monkeys. A. story is .told oE an, Englishman who had a South Alriewn monkey which had traveled With hien meant" the world. When his bachelor days were over he took his 700048 wife to a lovely oltbmanor home In the south of England, and, ,English-, manlike, kept several barrels ot good. "hame-brewed" alo bn the cellar. On returning Irma) &areal on Sunday morning, he notiodi that the cellar / door 10/15 open, and started on a Lour ot Iinvestigation. As he went; clown the steps Jenny, the monkey, rushed up, and he found that sho had see all the spigate ru,nning. The door had been inadvertently left open, and Jenny, doubtless, went prying into the 00011 - lighted, plane. Turning one spigot on ! produced such a rushing etretat that I the tried the others 11100, much to the wasbe of the liquor. It nme, be Lulled that when the .11Inglis13eatin's first seen appeared aad monopolized ettention , Jenny got suth a fit et jealousy that 1 she was at 011.110 Writ, to the sooluded , but more congenial. society to be Sound , in the Monkey hotse oE the Leaden Zoologleal Gardens. 1 UNAVOIDABLE, DISLAY. l 1 Itat three-querters of a(1 hottr since r ordered that turtle soup, totapped the gUest at tbe restaurant. , Yes, sah, said 1,11.0 1481108 With rtn oh- semtiotie linty, *1(11 (14* (Male clone nutke his 'same, sale an' tley had to 0111108 Mill 'lint a wile, sah. , THE BRUSSELS PO$T, a FA 13 Itle I 1 frel 1711i.s 15 often claitsed mining !he "ill- nOttaell of modern life," east pren.aely it rattily le of ruore common *18111'-' 1011.08 now (ban it met ill Ire early yeare of elir century, whoa reelwaye and eleamehips arid telegrapbs were riot, far it Le the rireh 10111.1 Lhe ttorry of life, whieh the% things typify and aid, that predispose powerfully to the clieea,se. The term Bright' dietease is loosely applied to any cheerio, 0(1. 01.00 wile disease of the kidneys, but Wo usually mean, when speaking of it, a very slow hardening and sbrinking of the kidnap:, whereby these organs are rendered int,apable of performing their 181101 1001 f unction, The kidneys aro two in number, and Ile One on eatet side of the spinal col- umn, extending from above the level at the Iteet rib downward for four or rive inehee. Their office is Le sepertete some of the waste materials from the blood, and Lo provide for their remove I a! from the body dissolved in water. : The substances so got rid of axe, InallY of them, exceedingly posionOUS, audit ; in to their retention in the syetem, that most of the dan,ger of kidney di- I 08 0330 is due. The symptoms of Brighter disease in its early atages are very Wight, and such as they are, are often mistaken. for the elves of simple indigestion; ista lima more frequently symptoms of indigestion, slight rheumat10 pains in the 101115 and other minor ills are regarded by nervous people OA indi- cative d kidney disease. Almost BV- eryhody suffers at times from more or less backache, headache, dizziness, indigestion, perhaps blurring of the eyes, and even a little swelling of the feet toward evening, hut very few such persons have trey trouble with the kidneys. A ream who suffers persistently from these symptoms would be wise to con- sult a phydeian but he tvould be very foothill to make his own diagnosis from insufficient data, and then worry himeett into ea illness. Even a physi- cian mould make a positive diagnosis of Briglat's disease with ,at a thorough chemical and aticroseopical examina- tion. The treatment of Bright's disease be- , longs entirely to a physician. The anal- I ady Is 0 serious one, and any attempt of the patient lumselE to treat It with patent medicines or decoctions of his 00011 18 littlo less than• 1 HOT POMENTATIONS. In ca.e.e of illness, espedelly evbere there are severe pains hot :Lamenta- tions are very valuable in relieving distress, and everybody should know , how to give them. Fold a, flannel cloth in several thicknesses, ley it in the centre of a towel, put ilia hot wa- ter and wring by twisting the towel. This saves the hands, Fold the wet flan- nel in a dry flannel cloth of one or two thicknesses, before applying to the patient. It takes a moment or two for the heat Lo penetrate the dry flan- nel, and. there the sken is allowed the opporLunity lo =wire ability to with- stand the heat, arid a higher degree of heat can he borne than it the moist flannel is 13rought direotly in con- tent with the skin. '111e dry flannel also helps xetain the heat. Sometimes a hot applitetion is need- ed when there is no hot water at hand. Then, while the water is heating, fold. Mr, fold in a newspaper and lay on top of the stove, in a few minutes it will he as hot as the patient can bear. Dot fomentation:4 will relieve most of the local pains for which liniments and lotions are preseribed, and phy- , sicians say they aid the system more ' effectually in restoring the injured. pares to a sound condition. ,Especially is this true if followed by massage. SECRET Olf LONGEVITY, Sir a'ames Sawyer, a well-known, physician of Birmingham, has been con- fiding to an audience in that town the secret of longevity. Keep the follow- ing nineteen nommandments aml Sir Jams sees 130 reason why you should, not live to be 100: 1. Bight hours' sleet,. 2. Sleep on your right aide. 3. Keep yourbedroont window open all right. 4. Have a, enat to your bedroom door. 5. Do not have your bedstead against the wall. 0. No cola tab in the morning, but , a bath at the temperature of the body,' 7. Exerelee botore breakfast:. 8. Eat little meat end 000 that it is well cooked.. 9. For edults, Drink no milk. 0. Bat plenty of fet, to feed, the cells which destroy diseased germs. 11, Avoitl intoxitsants, which de- stroy those cells. 12. Daily exercise in the open air. 13, Allow no pet animals in your living rOontS, They are apt to earry about ihsease geons, 11. Line in the country if you cert. 15. Watch the tbree I)e-drinking -water, clamp and draine. 10. neve change of oecupation, 17. Take frequent and ehort holi- days. 18. Limit your ambition; and, 10. Keep your temper. I1OW TO BE BEAUTIFUL: Discoloured. teeth are an eyesore to evereame. It they her:ate very bad, you should use the following lotion: Two ounces ot linable°, of gtullam bark, one ounce of pure glyeerine, five deops Of pure cerbolie mad, tele drops of oil of winter green, two drops of oil of cinnamon, ten drops ot essence of coch- ineal, twelve 011.0065 of water. A/Bewail 0.04 add a Marepoonful to al a tumb- ler of water, to 0161(1 the teeth and rim% out, the mouth. Where the teeth gro-tv elose together end where particles of Moe mese Wage betweell them a silk dental floes shotaa be rug between them,. whieh ill per- form all the duty required 01110 Toothache, should rieVer be suffered f rout 1.1 the Le, th arcs preperly 1(1 after, hut if thore should be. any 311(10 try ono half.eitiasi of casette', of pepier- (Milt, sweet nitre one one rti r ounce, latelanute. :me -quarter draehm. This must. he put on wall the firmer. ‘N here the enamel IA thin there Is no bet ter powder to use, fee Lender teete then very finely powdered orris root. 1114150 tlri:'411iiiiAl'i"klliTlift11%., 'Ter etirt- (trete' to be of any Utie as e100.111301., W INTER, W RI tS le LES. "Are you In pole, my Bale man?" asked the kine old gentleman. "N.." answered the Loy. "The penes in nee." fied-"The 311011 1010 dia./411'3 get, vexed at a lad dinner Is no man al. all," "Of mune note he is an angel." Bertha -PIM -les Spiteuris mays she has renateined mingle from theme, le3110- ' Yes; but she didaq; say 011050 cheiee." Visitor -"Pet says be's desi•ineled from some uf the greatest houses In Ireland." Mike-"Mushal $o he did, many a toime-on a ladder!" - Her Leek. -Jenkins --"I weirder hew 11 happerei that Mies Kidd alwaye out when I call?" aenes-"Ohl jud her luck I guess." More Danger, -"Doctors say now that deadly gerree conm boom with our peerages tram the laundry." "Great, Scott! na1,421 WO got to quit wearing clean teethes?" Attorney-"Bnve you formed or ex- pressed any opinion concerning this eitee?" Venireman -"All I've said aleub it is, I'd like to make $9, 0 day settle' on the jury." "ittIrs. Deftly has resigned the pre- sidency ot the Kertunie Club." "Why did she do that?" "She. received Christ.. man presents of twenty-three hand - 110(016(1 pin -trays." "The el 0-faebened father believed in the co-operation of patent and, tea. ther." "Yes;' when I was whipped at school nay father always whipped me agoia IN en 1 gob home." Once a Year. -"The Edgerton child- ren have a good time Christmas." "In what way?" "Well, their father is a dreier, and their mother lets them eat everything they want." Willis-"Peaker's salary was douh- . lett e short time ago, so I hear." Wale • lEtee-"Yes, It was; eat a got him In lots of trouble." Willis-eIlow's that?" Wallace -Mises ife found 11 1(1.11,." Dlieutuleretooa.-Lewyer, for defence -"Now, Pets tell the jury all you knoev about those chickens." Pete -"I don't reckon 511.111 1108S. If I did that 1,1 go to jail silo'." Mrs. Skinner, talking about the stook market -"I tell you what, Mr. Starlearder, there's nothing like lea- ther." Mr. Starlearder, vainly sawing -"011. yes, there is -this steak for in - simnel" Who Ca.n Deny Ila -P013, well," said tap gas men, "there are tricks in all trades," "Yes," replied the sleight-of- hand erten, "but you and T. know that there cm more Woks in some trades than in others." "Do you keep stationery here?" ask- ed 5, youug woMan of a salesman in a general sheep." "Not much," replied the run.Ftitteno,lr LIMA hi.sohansdtento- Vtt riis coal we have to bustle alleftYt Lo keep warm." "Now," said Mr. Grogan, as he read the headlines, "how could there he a 'double murder?' Oh, I see," he contin- ued after reading a liCele. "Sure I t'ought tt meant, the mita WaS twice." A prudent man had his portrait painted rocently. Iiis friends complain- ed to him that it was mach too old. "That's after what 5 ordereci," said he, "'ft will slime the expense of another ene ten years from now." The speaker lima done with telling of the -wrongs of woman, and hae sunk back into her sod. "She makes a Moun- tain out of a molehill," wheperea the personly, person in the front pew, "Yes, and sueh a botch, tool" rejoined the other. "i hope," dad the 'girl's father, "that you expect to stme•ound ray daughter with all the luxuries to Which she has beenoaceustatned." "Oh, yes," was the grvoernipia.natsp4isea.gre",,11;%tLyewtortlistiliA just as leave come right hero to live Ls not" Dinks-"My dear boy, how did you manage to cut your face like that?" Jinks -"Well, you see, 1 ('an't stand a barbei"s chatter, sol hired a dumb one to come in end shave nee every nmene Mg," Binka-"And he didn't know hew to shave, eh?" Jinks -"Oh, yea. he could shave all right, hut ha persisted in talking to me on his filigree all tbe While." DE NATURAL. Following is a bit of social philoso. phy from a small "Ono reason why 80 11011.1.7 girls and boys, men and women, too, are unintereating-com- mon-is 1300(1888 3(601.17 everybody. tries so head lo be like somebody else rath- er than to be content to remain him- self or herself in life. ln neattre you don't ein en obit tree posing as a wil- low, er a black cluele as a yellow leg, or a horse as a onw, or a lily so a MSS, or a lam tte 0 peony, or a dog as e cat. Be netural and you'll be all right. Many a girl, without theslight- est 1010111 for utusie, is ruining e rdano who should be making bonnets or breed, many 0boy is studying for a learned profession whom:, peeper sphere 38 rn the Machine ehog or the mill; many e Man is splitting Up Leharchee 11.110 0(148111 to be doing good eervice in' 80810 inetti- tUtion of learnng, tending or on eome farm farming. and many a women Is trying to be in vain, a leader of go - (tidy, when 5110 could be a 111.0 lel house- wife in her own borne, Of the human floweret how few emeeesfully bloom 1" - HIGHEST POINT FOR, HE Al,Til. Tbe higheet point to which a man can :wenn& wahout health teeing se- theratly :dented is 10,850 feet. About the Mine THE NEW Y EAR, One song for thee, Now Year 1 One unite/1101 prayer Teanh l313 -.-.(1l! ether teaching far abcrve- To hicle deck hale beneath the wimp of love; To slay all hatred -strife, A nd him 1 he la rgor life To /driet thee weande that bleed, To lift the fallen, lead the As only love VIM %l - To live for all mankind. Teeeli na, New year, ta bo Free men among, (Ito free, Our only master Duty; with so fiod Savo ene-our Alaker-monarcha of Llw so 1! Telch uswith all its tight, Its day, Ile night, Its grief, its gloom, Its heart-brale trentulnue, its beauty and its bloom-, God made the world for us I HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT. Housekeepere everywhere resent what, (.hey deem interferente with their persona1 affaire; thew let -ray Irritation when the mama:tin side of the question is presented to tlem. Nothing is so clutracteristio of women( 55 IL 0100s 00 their inability to assume an imper- sonal a Li audit towards any su b lord O- der discussion. They are prone to work from ilay to day and seldom phut for results to be reached years after a Prokiet has been 001 on foot. This means that heforet any improvement, in household affairs cau come the atti- tude of mind with which they are ap- proadied must undergo a radical change., both MEM and women must reecremze the analogy between domes - tie service teed other forms of labor; and must work, not for more eompet- met cooks and parlor maids in their in - 3111.1,180 -1 households; not; for any speci- fic, change for the letter to -morrow, hut for improveme,nt in the system for tbiltoeria.benefit of suhsequent genera.. A CIULD'S CONFIDENCE, A writer says that a mother should never find it necessary to gain her child's confidence; it is her God-given right from the moment of its birth. If, from Its first tenacious moment, a cbild is aware of one person who is O sure refuge in all distress and. dan- ger, a sympathizer in a11 grid or trou- ble, that persen well have tto 'need to ingot's) how to gain the child's confi- dence. If, however, the mother has not so placed herself before the :hill', and wishee to reerieve so fax as may be her terrible mistake, let her listen to its unreserved chatter and enemirage it te talle until she gains the Mee to its inner nature. ene 513ou1d. never al- low herself to appear shocked at any revelation that may be matte- bhe should remember that a child has few qualities or tattles which it does not inherit from its parents, and, although they ratty have overcome the eartieu- ar one which seems to be shocking, it may possibly be a part ot the father's or mother's original nature. Above all do not annke the mistake ot onet mother whoill I know. Her little girl ran home from school to tell her Luther a secret that had been whispered to her. The mother answered: "Are you not ashamed to eome to me with sach story? If you hear such stuff again, I keep it to yourself, for I evill c01.1e131- LS' whin 9011 if yell ever talk to 1110 like thet again." This was several years ego; do you wonder that the mother knows nothing of her daughter's in- ner. 11.10 to -day? Another bit of good advice is given in the following by another correspond- ent: Convince the child that yen are i.Ls truest friend. To do this you must take an interest in wbetever interests hien. You must sympathize with him in his troubles and rejoim in his pleas- ures. You should. never treat a child's griefs lightly. Show him the same con- sideration youwould show an adult un- der similar circumstances. Never de- ceive him..• 51 1110 medicine is bitter, say so, but explain it ia necessary tor him Lo take it in order to make the sick Loly well. It qu.estions are asked which cannot be answered now, sinmly say that you will explain when the prop- er tines comes, A mother who begins in this way will gain the love and con- fidence of her child and keep both to the end of time, eaki,." 'rive writer preanded to glilf that ohe lied Leen halteig o11 a al'anir for a Mau who do laved that the con- nection of the old fa 411toted sponge Mike Was ono of the lost ark. Slid then omit on to 1.5ive le.r revipe: three eggs one cup each, of anger and Dour, orm, and a halt clips of boiling tkaler, One teaspoiinful Of, baking 51011 1(111' and bale a lemon. ALVA 11.'r ler nays: The mom, if he hod but, known 1*113 Mit, for tills is not sponge mike 11,1 all. ft /napes ralroad ((1111 is a, recipe nth:oilmen abcut twenty y care ago..Nutbing which eentaine either Itswell or liquid is, properly speaking, pponge rake; that is Oonipinied 111 tho orthodox Mellen of eggsflour, sugar an(1 flavor abate. The Single pure rule ie for ten eggs, their weight in sugar, and half their weighe in flour. T1(1'* 111 a treeleleseincs altar . the fol- lowing reeipe simplifiem le 213 equally relialdo mei Mentally thly Mates the quantity, while it forme one of the eassiest of all takes to bake. Peat five egg yolks till very light and then. adding one cup of granUbdod sugar, temeinue leating until the 11110 t.uro ie of the very paled straw oriole Stir In little by little, wed very light- ly ono elm of sifted flour and five egg-whites stiff and dry. Add ono in- bleepoenful of lemon jukes and lurke. This, and thin only, deserves the 11( 10, / and 11 19 a good one, of old fashioned sponge cake. --- A Cup of Cliocolatee-th prOps ring ehocolates a paste should first be made, IThe proportion In making choeolate is 0130 square of choeolate to one tahle- spoonful of hot water. This is stirred emouth in the doable boiler, chafing dish, or whatever utensil is used for making it, and then ths malk Or milk and water added. The propertion of half water to the eltecolate makee it more digestible. Allow (MA OUP or one-half pint of liquid to the square of chocolate. The water is first add- ed to the paste and well cooked. There is not the oiliness to the elmeolate, and. it is much more delleate if the milk 133 001: rooked atter Laing policed. in, but merely allowed to become thor- oughly hot. No scum arises on the chocolate when the, paste is first made. The paste is convenie.ut. It can Le Made and kept on hand, peeked in a small thino vessel, for tem or three ' days, and need when desired ahe chocolate shoul1 be, well beaten with an egg beater, the dish being plueed 00 tbe leek ef the range, if convenient, • • nourishment the. white er the yolk and white of an egg well beaten, Mil be stirred into the chard:eta, IRON HORSE IN SOOPli AFRICA, Groat Stride, In Railway nialiSinit.the 51011. 'Wears. Rtalwity aetivity in South Acre% is of comparatively modern origin, but in the course of a few short years it has been pushed on with almost feverish haste, so that at the present time the iron horse has tietually entered Dui- ! awayo, and there is eerious talk of ex- ; tending the system to the onee mys- ' terients Zambesi. Although we finally ' sueceeded the Dutch as rulers in the ' Cape Colony in 1806, it wae not until 185e that the fient railway ;Vas com- menced, and extensions went on slowly till the discovery of diamonds in Gri- qualand West gave an Impetus to trade and tra.ffie in South Africa. Even then the raiilway baited, for years at a sleepy town on the edge of the sil- ent Karroo known as Beaufort West, 1 and theme the journey had to be made to Kimberley, according to the means or tastes of the passenger, by post cart, with driver's reckless of ilie and limb; the lumbertng stage coach or "penults schooner" drawn by vicious mules or Slumberous OXen, I Them are many prosperous city men -toed even millionaires -still in the prime of Life who well reruember tha(1 awfu1 journey across tho veldt frt.= Beaufort West -the glaring heat by day, this cold by night, the lurching veliedes, the whirling sand as it came aelown, the breeze, the scancy provis- ions, the miserable "outspans," and at 16,st the sounds of distant dynamiLe ex- plosions which bespeke the nearness of the eity of dus1 and diamonds. The military operations in Bechuanaland_ i led to the continuation of the lino, with ! the active assistance of the home gm, ernment, right up to Kimberley. Meantime the agricultural distriete of the Cape Colony had. teen opened up, thanks mainly to the pressure which the farmers brought to bear utt the goverument of the day, and in ISM) the gala discoveriee In the Transvaal , led to another spurt; in railway build- ing. Some of the short liners ea the ear% pass through very teaueiful 0000- ee13', such ag those winch tun. through the pine-elatt slopes of Wynberg, and away in the other clireetion to Sea Point -the Brighton of the cape -but for graneleur fete in the wont. ten (tome Imre with the .railway which climbs the banner range et the Hex RIVAr M011 1110i1111. 7110 lino agenda hy won- derful curves and zigazags, giving the clPfleriteltig's tea'Slow,fe-ftligutlhe x‘el,(6.1".,:'singoffartMehe 1 and vineyards at the fertile, valley, Capped with anow, the surrounding ruountran peaks, some of them 0,000 feet high, present, a granci appear:011re fInd engineering skill has pierced through perpendicular rocks by Manna of cuttings matt tunnels. The history of railway exteratio,n in South Afriea to essureilly a, romances of real life, KITCHEN. LORE, It is injustice Lo the housekeeper for all the men who enter the farmer's kitehen to track an unnecessary, amount or mud into the house; and there should be clean, hard walks across the yard. Cheap qualities of ground cloves c.ontaln ground coal, charcoal, roasted coecauut shells, olive stones, Corn, and various butte of seeds, Pure gromid dove is almost never found. Let the housekeeper remember that it does aot rendre anything hut the cheapest and simpleet pot to make the best noffee Met ever 11110 Mad% but it requires care is selecting the coffee and in ('(31 1107 the water. Al, etularressment of kitchen sma pliers is almost, its bad as a steretia. Manufacturers are rontinually Intro - during cooking neensile which flatter tion to their deacendents. aeap has n is not her own blundering or the due plenty ttf the. cook, but the want of the panty 'of lee cook, bra the want of the nroper tools that has made her coffee flavorless, her poetry et. failure, or her sy 1 labab a liquid, It is posedhle. that our granchuothere understood how to preserve 11110 gilt on the pretty thili11 width they have handed 1)00011 in emit exeellt,nt condi- tion to their. desemidents. Soap has a di:411.4,mm effort men the gold, as well 05 thiN C010t0 ill f1310 0111110. The militant with is dangerous lot' chine, and it Mould lee drained 111 wetulett oe paper bowl or a soft piere of Turkish timeline:nen le pine - ed in the (leaner before the ehina is put in, lemetiontel Sponge Cieke,-A celltlrliolo te hotteekceping journal 110.4 heeled "Old fashioned sponge tt=ttt-t-t--.-tttt. • MANNER Ote EXPRESSION, The seeret of eloquence, met the ors air:rival person, is not; helf so emelt trt whet is said as in the way it is said. Cornet vouchsafed the man with the sorubby ehin whiskers. A. verbal pro- ititi‘e to pay is nowhere abiligaide written one. THE FAIR AND THE BRAVE. So, atter they had fought for her she married elle man who got thrashed. did she? Yes; elle reasoned that (3 man who would fight a. limn who could thrash him meat to brayer then a Man wive fought e man he could thrash. ilissAGE Br WA TER JETS, SAID TO 13E AWAY AHEM,/ MAS- SAGE 13Y RANDS. T11e3 Smooth Awl4 al? Aches And L'It" 0310 Wholly Conies kril With age - retiree* et the Tank t8che1'1.1)4'.c0' Of Mc OperatiOn. 17(1.101. tho very infant in- vention ter reliaving pain. iilipOrt0 11 is away ateeel or massage by 10 xmci. bemuse, IL is possible to get frau a single tank of watet (hut weld not. 118 obtained were half is dozen Wrong men to labor with all their skill. Hospitals are using the system., tuni gymiperiume and T'utkittli baths are 0000 to take it up. The bulk isn't much to Ioolc at -from tbe outside. It looks not unlike the tlemeande ol 5ee1.10118 of pipe you tree stuttered over leifth avenue as far 110 the eye ran reach. The Fifth avenue pipes are larger and more eaasightly, but if their size 1401111 reduced and, they 13,0010 ))/08401 On end they would show a reeemblanets to the hydraulic tank. A force pump ia opertaed by a steaan engine in the cellar. It is this steam pose'er which stands in the way of the natroduction of the systeno at present into private homes. On the Wall are the appliitnee,s for filling and emPteing the Lank. 'Phis work. by the way, can be done al, a minute's notice. There Is one lever which turns on the hot water and anether vt-letsh controls the supply of cold water, and the revolving water in the tank can thus be fixed. at any desired temperaure, illefore the water ie turned au you may leek into the Lab and see the lit - Lie holes or perforations in the sides. These are not great in diametee, bat they form a powerful combivation when they get down to business. Now the water is turned wee 13, 1.8 regulated at a temperature of 105 degrees. You. may put lu your hand and feel that it is warm and. pleasant. 11.1n comes the water to the top of the tub and you think that it is about to 11(304 eve): the skies and onto the floor. Dut it isn't. ft stops where it is. ;Again, you put in your hand. You have bared your terra to the shoulder. You let your arm sink into the warm water and with your free hand you hold 'ea plane the elate weich le to prevent the water: fruu splashing when the jets begin to glee you aetion. FROM ZERO TO CONTENTMENT. You do not feel anything. No? And thou you giant*, at• the wall anti the franc:11er on it. The hand is quiet and pointing to zero. Softly, however, it creeps up to the point. indicating a five pound pressure. Simultaneously you note that there is a gentle disturbance in the tank. Something has taken hold of yeur hand and 19 stroking it tend- erly and gratefully. It is not on one side of your hand and arm. .1.1. 18 on every side an.1 at 1,111 503101 time. It is 315111 a thousaad cats were purring coa- tentedly and. Belting your arm with their velvety tongues. The feeling of contentment increases. You see by the dial that the pressure has risen to ten pounds No wontan of high degree ever applied the rebbit's foot Lo her delicate cheek with more deft gentleness than these little fairies are exhibitin,g in their noiseless massage. The warra water in the Lank is reed- ing constantly and there is never any overflow. On its bankward journey It passes the arm and rubs gently against the flesb egetaing a current which strikes directly acrose the path of the jets and slightly deflects them Then you feel as 1( 1,130 softest; hooded maid- en in all the world were passing their tunooth IllIgerti back and forth over your erne and caressing you with a care that was dretien producing. The needle on the indicator points to fifteen and thM 30 twenty, and, you. may send it up as high as you wish within the limit of fifty pounds. There is no danger that the powerful jets will become unmanageable, They are mailer perfect control. The warm standing water through the volume of whiter they are compelled to force their tvay before they reath your arm is the protecting influence which prevents the jets fro18 doing you the injuee, which they would surely do you if them 11(18 110 water bleuket intervening. If they were left lone they would atm* your lend With a feroeity that would speedily result in a choice collection of bruises, ahrasions and possibly breaks. Surgeons are using the hydraulic massage for the benefit of patients who are troubled with rheumatism, for bruises, Creatures and broketn bonee. _ CATS AS CARRIERS. The earrier pigeon has a rival. For long it has been known that rats are hones -loving beasts and tvill di* to plates rather than people. Wonder- ful stories gre tad of rats which have been tied up hi meal -bags, carried 20 naiios from home, turned loose in the middle of the ,night, and been baok in their old quarters before morning. Ile- cently it has been proposed to make a reel use of this hewing propensity!of cats and. experiments have teen tried in Belgittra. Tbirty-seven oats were taken in hags nearly 30 miles out into the country to them unfamiliar. The animals were liberated, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, turd two got borne agein la lass than five hours, and all the rest: by next morning. In time of war thoro is little doubt that meth a. "cat post" might be most useful, The day resouree of the opposing forme woul(1 be to start a special magas of terriers! Alle/tRATION 17015 CULTURD. MI:dress-Mary, you didn't hall detst the front room. 5 WWI In there just now, a110. I could write my 1104110 on the mantelpiece. Domestie-Ale mern, what a thing1,6 do be to Mtge an eddica,tionl IN CLOVER,. Rev, Dr, Priturose-)fou say if you hart a geoct sni1 of elethee you weal& be able to melte a living/ Weary Ragglee-Yes, sir. Don aey wudn't chase nue away freee de free lateeh, v