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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1912-2-22, Page 311 5.Ehl SLP SELECTED RECIPES, Cream Pie, -Stir together three tablespoonfuls of .sugar and one scant tablespoonflrl of flour, Add the white of one egg well beaten, 'and one pint of cream, with a few raisins, 33ake like a custard pie, Stirabout -Mix one egg, one -cupful of maple sugar, -not maple eyru'p--one cupful of sour cream, one even teaspoonful of soda, one- fourth teaspoonful each of cinna- anon, nutmeg and salt, and two scant cupfuls of flour. Bake in a shallow pan and serve warm, Almond Cake. -Mix one and one - halt cupfuls of sugar and one-half cupful of butter. Add one-half cup- ful of milk, two cupfuls of flour sifted with one teaspoonful of bak- ing -powder, the whites of six eggs and one-half cupful of almonds, 'chopped fine. Frost, and put split almonds on top. Herring Balls (Danish recipe. - Soak two salt herrings in water for four hours, then soak in milk for one hour, after removing all akin and bones. Chop fine, and mix with an equal quantity of mash- ed potato, and to this add the same amount of finely chopped veal er .beef (cooked). Shape this com- pound into small balls or cones, dip in egg and finely rolled dry bread - crumbs, and fry in deep fat. Baked Brown Bread, -Use two cupfuls of sour milk, one-half cup- ful of molasses, two teaspoonfuls of soda, one teaspoonful of salt, two cupfuls of Graham or rye flour, one- half capful of corn -meal and one half cupful of flour. Stir the milk and molasses together, add the socia. dissolved in a little hot water, then the different kinds of meal, and stir rrtil the mixture is Free from lumps. Bake in a moderato oven one horn', Cheese Custard. -Heat ono pint of sweet milk in a double boiler. Beat one egg thoroughly, and add to it one-half teaspoonful of salt and one-fourth teaspoonful of black pepper, Beat into this the milk. Have ready one-fourth pound of domestic cheese chopped or one ten - cent jar of Imperial cheese. Stir the cheese into the custard and pour into either a well -buttered baking -dish or into individual cups or ramekins well -buttered, and bake slowly about twenty minutes; or, if desired, it may be steamed. Serve with hot buttered toast. Care should be taken to cock the aus- tard only enough to set it so that it will not whey, and milk and eggs in combination should always be cooked slowly, at a comparatively low temperature. Pieanti, er Spanish Potatoes with Rice. -Fry ono small onion chop- ped. fine, and one fresh tomato cut fine, or two tablespoonfuls of panned tomatoes in a pan with a piece of lard the size of an egg; add one coffeespoonful of salt and one-fourth caffeespoonftil of Cay- enne pepper and let the mixture fry for five minutes, .Add one and one-half pints of milk, two slices of soaked bread, one-half of a ten - cent cake of cream cheese cut up, and twelve potatoes which have previously been boiled in the skin, but from which the skin has been removed. Boil the mixture for eight or ten minutes; serve it on a platter and sprinkle over it two hard-boiled eggs finely chopped, and parsley, also chopped. Servo with this hot rice which has had salt and butter in the water; in which it was boiled, and which has been pressed into a mold before be- ing turned into a dish. Ham Pie, -A Southern receipt for this economical and delicious dish has been handed down in one fam- ily for several generations. To one quart of boding water add about one-half pound of boiled ham -or the meat from a ham bono-cut in- to small pieces. Let this boil while preparing biscuit dough. Roll out thin a piece of dough about the size of a pie crust, cut it into small pieces, and drop them into the bail- ing broth -sone at a time, so that they will not stick together. Line a well -greased two -quart saucepan with strips of dough, put in a layer of ham, a seasoning of butter, pep- per and salt, add dumplings, more seasoning, and then another layer of ham. Over this break one egg for each person in the family; cover loosely with a top crust having an ope?,ing in the center to allow the steam to escape. Bake in a moder-s ate oven until a light brown, and .dredge with butter. • ECONOMY IN THE KITCHEN. One of the most serious prob- leets with which the ordinary house- wife is confronted during the win- ter is the question of the best moans for the economical disposalof the left -over vegetables. In the sum- mer inontirs, when green vegetables are plentiful, there are scores of uses to o which the small scraps left frorn dinner may bo put, but when the foods to be disposed of include such things as squash, turnip, on- ions cabbage, celery, radishes, etc,, ilea on- ions, often feels like abendene ing the task as a hopeless one. In spite of this feelifig, however, there are ways and means by which these apparently worthless left -overs may be utilized to advantage, Thus, on oxoellent method of dis- posing of the left -over squash is to acid two well -beaten eggs and about a tablespoonful of flour to each pint of the cold vegetable. Blend the ingredients thoroughly, shape the mixture into square cakes; cover with egg and crumbs, and fry brown in deep fat. laic(' cabbage is another delicacy that cannot be enjoyed until the cabbage has firstbeen bodealsaalt some of the cooked oabbe a ins03"4. from dinner, therefore, it lead, self gracefully to this• moth,.,.., '4 treatment. To prepare it, eiefi shine slices of fat bacon into strips, and put them in the frying pan. When they have commenced to cook, and the bottom of the pan is well greas- ed, add the cabbage and fry until thoroughly heated. Season with salt •and pepper to taste. To prepare left -over onions de- lectably, boil some rice in a little salted water, and when done, drain, but reserve the liquor. Butter a baking dish and arrange the rice and cold onions in alternate lay- ers, cutting the onions into small pieces, 11 desired, Make a sauce by adding milk, butter and salt to the rice water, and, if necessary, thicken with a little flour. Pour this into the baking dish, saturat- ing the rice and onions thoroughly; cover the top with buttered bread crumbs, and bake until brown. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Never leave the flatirons standing on the stove after you have finished ironing, After they have been left to heat and cool time and again they lose their "temper" and will not hold heat. Ammonia rubbed on beds and mattresses will keep them clean and free from bugs. A weak tole - bion of turpentine poured down the water pipes once a week v'ill drive the water bugs away. Spots in light dresses may gener- ally be removed by laying on them a paste made of fuller's earth and eau do cologne. Let it dry, and then brush it off. A second appli- cation may be necessary. To make sweetbread salad, mix and boil until tender one pair sweetbreads. Add three stalks of celery chopped fine, one-half cup of English walnuts chopped fine. Pour over mayonnaise dressing, To clean a comb, grasp a whisk broom firmly in right hand near broom end, comb in left hand; brush between tenth of comb vigor- ously. You will have a perfectly clean comb in a few seconds. To revive withered flowers, put the stems into boiling water, and by the time the water is cold, the flowers will have revived. Then cut afresh the ends. of the stems and keep them in fresh cold water. Old brooms make fine brushes, for sinks and are nice for cleaning bed springs and mattresses. Gut off big handle, cut even at both ends; tie in two places with strong cord. One broom makes three brushes. Keep a little package of absorb- ent eaten in one of the sideboard drawers. If oil, milk or cream is spilled on a woollen dress. or clath a bit of the cotton instantaueaualy applied will remove all traces of the stains. - If overworked homemakers whose nerves are "worn to frazzle edge". would acquire the habit of sitting or lying absolutely still, relaxed and motionless, fax five or ton mist - etas twice a day, they would soon see improvement. To make flaky pie -a rust, use one and one-half cups flour, two-thirds cep lard, ,nix with as little cold water as possible, roll out, then spread lard on, and roll again ; re- peat tho process several times. You can use it for tart crusts or patties, baked in pans. When making the round perfor- atisns for eyelet embroidery hold a piece of white soap underneath the cloth, allowing the stiletto to pass into it, When ib is withdrawn it gives a slight stiffness to -the ma- terial which ensures even and per- fect embroidery. To ventilate a room having dou- ble windows that do .not open bore a 'lumber of holes in the lower edge of the outer window frame and fit the holes with cork stoppers, The inner windows may then be raised and the corks taken out to admit fresh air. Clothespins will keep the window from rattling if they be split m tied and one piece used as a: wedge for each frame, If they are painted white and fitted with a screw eye in each head they may bo hung on a hook' by the window and be always ready for service. CATS SCRATCH TABLE LEG. A table has been in the posses- sion of a' Dulwich family for over eighty years, anti daring this time the variouscats they have pose ssed 1 have scratched ono leg, and one leg only, till et last they so were ed 'ib away that it became useless and had to be teplacod with e new leg, The old leg is still in existence and 1 kept as a euffosit3. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, F1']BR1'AltY 2a. lesson VIII. ---The 'baptism and enptaticn of Jesus, Mark 1. 943, Matt. 4.141. Golden TLtt, Meta 2. 18. MARIC 1, 9-13. ▪ neo 9. In those days -While • n was still baptizing in the 'Wilderness, preaching repentance and announcing the early advent of the Messiah. In Luke's account we are told that Jesus was at this time "about thirty years of age" (3, 23), which was the age appoint- ed by law for the inauguration of Levites into their office (Num. 4. 43. 47). Nazareth - Compare note on verse 23, Text Studies for Febru- ary 4. The importance of Nazar- eth in the early life of Jesus was threefold: (1) It was a secluded vil- lage, separated by a range of hills from the main high road of traffic, and thus afforded opportunity for a more quiet and reflective life than would have been passible either in Jerusalem or Capernaum. (2) At the same time the outlook from this range of hills above Nazareth afforded a most wonderful and highly educative panoramic view, including the main road of inter- national trade with its continual procession of Jerusalem pilgrims, Egyptian and Midianite "caravans, Roman legions, and princes' retin- ues. Well might the diversified ele- ments mingling in snob a scene in- spire within the mind of a thought- ful and especially gifted youth, whose :heart was open to the best and highest influences that come from simple outdoor life and rev- erent religious training in the home, a vision of the transitoniness of earthly splendor and an apprecia- tion of the higher values of life. Nor could a life philosophy or vis- ion of opportunity thus obtained be cramped within the narrow bound- aries imposed by national prejuclic- es and traditions. (3) Situated in Galilee, the village life of Nazar- eth was under the influence of the simple synagogue term of worship rather than that of the temple, with its greater emphasis on for- mal ritual. In the Jordan -The place of bap- tism is net positively known. The fourth Gospel speaks of John as baptizing in "Bethabara (or Beth- any) beyond Jordan" ; and again "in Aenon, near to Salim" (1. 28; 3. 23). The location of these places is, however, uncertain. 10. Straightway -The word is characteristic of the author's vivid style. He saw -That is, Jesus, although the Baptist also was a witness of the heavenly manifestation (John 1. 32). , The Spirit as a dove descending upon him Compare Luke's word- ing, "the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a clove; upon him" (3. 29). 11. A voice came out of the heav- ens -For two similar instances of a voice speaking from heaven, com- pare Mark 9. 7 and John 12. 28. 12, The wilderness -An unin- habited region, not a barren de- sert. 13. Forty days --Perhaps a "round number" (compare Exod. 34. 28; 1 Kings 19. 8; Acts 1. 3),. The temptation is here represented as continuing through the entire period, an -A Hebrew word meaning adversary. Compare 1 Chron, 91. 1; Psa, 109. 6; Matt. 16. 23. In the sense here used as the adver- sary of mankind its Greek equiva- lent is diabolos, meaning devil, the word used by both Matthew and Luke. MATTHEW 4. 1-11. Verse 3.. Command that these stones become bread -The first temptation is prompted by physical appetite, the suggestion being to make use of powers granted for a higher purpose in allying the crav- ings of hunger. 4. It is written -In Deut, 8. 3, Israel had boon forty years in the wilderness; but God had provided for all the needs of the people, "that -he might make thee know that man doth nob live by bread only, but by everything that pro- ceecloth out of the mouth of. Jeho- vah cloth man live.. 6. The devil taketh him -A liter- al interpretation of this account of the temptations of Josus would re= quire ns to think' of both Jesus and the devil actually leaving the soli- tude of tho wilderness, rind to, gallon going to Jerusalem, many miles distant, and then back to the high monntain-top, or vice versa, if we follow Luke, who places the see and anti third temptations in re- verse order from Matthew, The journey would occupy some time, sossibly a full day, unless we sup- pose Jesus to have been transport - instantaneously in some mIracn- lous manner into the holy city and to the ri'inaele of the temple. To inseam Jcsirs, fatigiled and all but to oxl'austed, making that long joti ney slowly, and in eampan;y with Satan, is to reeognizc the improba- bility and incongruity of the situa- tion implied, To imagine the trans- portation to have been'instantane- ous and miraculous becomes equally incongruous as soon as we inquire whose miraculous power it was that was exercised. For either we must think of Jesus as exereising his di- vine power to accompany and ac- commodate Satan, or we must im- agine Satan performing the mir- acle involved and taking Jesus with him by force, 6. It is written -The reference is to Psalm 91. 11, 12, 7, Again it is written --In Deut. 8. 16, 8. Showoth him all the lcingdoms of the world, and the glory of them -The vision which Jesus had of the glory of earthly kingdoms must, of course, have been purely mental, and this is the argument usually brought forward in support of the view that the whole series of temp- tations transpired in the realm of mind or spirit only. The cogency of the argument is evident. The realism of the narrative, however, adds vividness to the whole and brings us into vital touch with the awful mental struggle which trans- pired in that lonely Judaean wild- erness. 9. If thou wilt . , . worship me - Acknowledge my lordship over the kingdoms of this world. 10. Get thee hence, Satan -The climax of the temptation has come, A point has been reached where Jesus must either surrender or rise in the power of his manhood and drive the tempter from him. 11. Leaveth him -Luke adds, "for a season," indicating that we are not to imagine the subsequent earthly life of Jesus as entirely exempt from further temptation. Indeed, the writer to the Hebrews, tells us definitely that Jesus was "in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin" (Heb. 4. 15). SCOTCH MARRY EARLY. ("MetalRecords Show Many Girls Wed Before Sixteen. That early marriages take place frequently in Scotland is proved by the annual report of the regis- trar -general, recently issued. Here are some of the most notable cas- es: One girl of 14 married a man twice her age; six married at the age of 15; fifty-four at the age of 16, is three cases the bridegroom being a widower ; 326 at the age of 17; ten girls of 18 married widowers. Of the boys who entered matrimony, there were: One aged 16 married a girl of 15; one of 10 married a girl of 16; one aged 16 married a wo- man of 21; twenty boys married at the age of 17. In contrast to these youthful partners, there were recorded the weddings of a widower of 86 years of age, and two others of 78 re- marrying, and eight others of over '70. Most of the latter married widows. Since the introduction of regis- tration, over half a century ago, irregular , marriages in Scotland have greatly increased. Of the 30,- 108 marriages recorded in the year under review, 2,015 (or G,69 per cent.) were irregular, the majority of them taking place in Glasgow and Edinburgh, HEREDITY AS RE SEES 1T. Biologist Says Sons do not Inherit Cliarncteristies of Fathers. Sons do not inherit personal traits and characteristics of their fathers, according to statements made by Dr. Johannsen, of the Uni- versity of Copenhagen in an address on "Inheritance," in Huntington Hall, of the Institute of Techno- logy, Boston. That Toni has inherited his fa- ther's bad habit of smoking, or that Harry has inherited his mother's sweet disposition are entire mis- conceptions, according to the Den- mark biologist, "That is only tra- dition," he said. `'It has absolute- ly nothing to do with inheritance. Inheritance is not the transmission of personal characteristics, but merely the existence of the same constitutional characters in par- ents and • offspring," ,1 SPUN COTTON LONG AGO. Lancashire's proud record of three hunched years in the cotton trade is far behind India's. Cotton was manufactured to perfection in India more than three thousand years ago. Thus Mr. Thomas El- lison, in his Cotton Trade of Groat Britain," micas: "Fabrics as fine as. any that ear be. burned but, at the' ppresent day by the most perfect machindry in Lancashiro were pro- dnced by the nimble fingers of Hin- doo spinners and the primitive deems of fiindao weavers, se thou- sand years before the invasion of Britain by the Romans." When Britons, in fact, were suffering, from their skins, Indians were "luxuriating in garments of a tex- ture so fine as to have earned the poetic description' of 'woven wind.' " What Lancashire makes .day, India made the day before yesterday 1---Lonclo>r Chronicle: SIR, FRANCIS 1IOfWOOD., Read of the Biggest Business in the British Empire. When Winston Churchill went to the British Admiralty to take charge of "the King's retiree" thlre were misgivings among the "'.Cite Barnacles" of that depart- ment, for Winston has established a reputation for clearing out inelfi- cients, With the establishment of a "business war beard" the mis- givings have been fully justified, and already the, modern spirt of alertness is invading the sleepy abode where for years dignity and "good form" have been more ad- mired than vigorous capacity. In Rene -Admiral David Beatty, Wiestoin Churchill Iran a private secretary whose record has been phenomenally rapid. The Admiral has ability away beyond the aver- age, but he would he the last to deny that the ,social eminence of his beautiful wife, a daughter of the late Marshal Field, ,has aided Ms meteoric advancement. After Admiral Beatty, chief in- terest centers'in the choice of Sir Francis Hopwood as additional Civil Lord -the "buyer and busi- ness manager" of the Admiralty. The description gives only a faint idea of the responsibilities that will fall upon him. His selection as the man to rum. the butsiness side of Bri- tain's first line of defence, once more proves Winston C'hurchill's> keenness to put the right man in the right place. As the Admiralty spends upwards of $100,000,000 a ,year, Sir Francis Hopwood thus becomes the working head of the biggest business in the British Em- pire, His vast experience of af- fairs has been gained at the Board of Trade. Ho drat became their authority on railroads and traffic matters. Having successfully con- ducted various missfans to Amer- ica, where he added to his know- ledge the art of effective, hustle, Sir Francis was transferred to the colonial office and became advisor on the short-lived constitutions for the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies. He attended King George on his visit to Canada, and the Duke of Connaught when he went to South Africa to inaugurate the Union Parliament. The British public has the utmost confidence in the new business head of the navy, a refreshing departure from the old-time, type of perma- nent official, whose strength was often found in social qualifications rather than in efficiency. in his de- pertment, e' ATLANTIC FLYERS. British Aviation Expert Says They Will be Silent Aeroplanes. "People are afraid of aeronau- tics, but when the aeroplane is fiy- ing frequently from town to town silence will become imperative." So says Mervyn O'Gorman, super- intendent of the army aeroplane factory at Farnborough, England, who hap turned out the new British "Mimi" "silent" aeroplane that the experts have been demanding. "As a matter of fact," he •says, "silence is very easy to obtain, This machine shows a little step in advance. "As far as I know, this, is the first absolutely silent aeroplane; it is silent to this extent, that when the wind is blowing strongly from it towards you you cannot hear it. "A military aviattor who was present ab our trials remarked that there was other machines with which he was acquainted which it would not have been cafe to have gone up in, in the wind that was blowing. I see, no reason why every aeroplane which does not employ a rotary engine should not be silent••. It is a very simple matter. The reason why it has. been put in the background hitherto is because other matters have required more attention, but everyone knew that the moment for silence would soon arrive -at all events en a large class of engines. "There is a certain loss of power in silencing, but there is no dipf- oulty about it beyond just a careful study of the engine proposition. Silence. will become very important when the, confidence that will conic as rcop as the 'cheddars' have left aeronautics has arrived, "Yon can imagine, for example., that it might be worth a man's while, instead of taking a special train, to be, carried along what might be called the postal route between Dover and Liverpool. He comes from. the Continent and wants to go to America, and on such a route es that silence would before long become compulsory, "The extent to which the wee - them delays or controls the doings ,of an aviator ,depends largely on two things --one, the speed of his machine; the greater the speed the less is he affected by the r4lative fluctuations in the speed of the wind. Tho other thing is that his. means of control of bis balance shall be very powerful in response to a small effort en his part, and by staking that :small • effort, he slie,li obtain a largo result." An old bachelor will stay out till 2 man. if ho wants to, but he misses the fun of trying to sneak upstairs with Iris shoes off. • MARKE'T'ING IN .FINLAND, Scenes returner to English Life Many Years Ago. Finland grows modern with the rest of .the world, but the people still cling to some, wf the old cue - toms -the old market -stars, for in- stance, and the market -places, such as were familiar to English life one or two hundred years ago. There is no chance there for the middleman to make a profit on either side of the transfer from the producer to the consumer. Moreover, the market- place furnishes madly little scenes which illuminate national character and national life. One of these is given by Paul Weinman in his book, "A Summer Tear in Fin- land." The market is a veritable delight to the eye of the visitor, it is so ridiculously primitive and old-fash- ioned, There are lines upon lines of quaint booths and n,ws of spring less two -wheeled market -carts, with patient little Finnish horses stand- ing as motionless as if they had been made of the same gingerbread that a smiling market -woman offer- ed bo me as I wended my way through their midst. The market was too tempting --I forgot all about state archives and picture -galleries. Some. lilies -of. - the -valley, plucked that morning from a forest glade, hung their heads wearily, even when in contact with big, cool cabbages, Dainty ladies picked up their skirts as they threaded their way here,, there and everywhere, inspecting minutely the goods on the various stalls, always followed by a red-cheeked hand- maiden, bearing a huge Old -World wicker basket, from which a very varied assortment of edibles peeped out. At that market you can buy every- thing -meat, poultry, fruit, vege- tables, milk, butter, flowers, even to the bumble wild lilies, The bum of voices is something astonishing. There are apparently no fixed prices, and e tragedy of: renuncia- tion may be observed in the surren- der of a handful of vegetables to a customer who has bargained too hard. One especial bunch of carrots caught my attention. They appear- ed to me to be very ordinary car- rots, but their owner, •an o1c1` man,. bent nearly double. with his years, lifted them tenderly from the cor- ner of his cart. The would-be pur- chaser was an elderly woman with sharp, greedy eyes. I could see from the first that it, would go badly with that old man, The scenethat took place between them was tragic- 'Every emotion of which a human countenance is capa- ble was portrayed in turn upon both faces -polite inquiry, astonishment, contempt, ineredulity, wounded pride, determination, hesitation, avarice; finishing up at last with triumph on the one side and resig- nation on the other, as the bunch of carrots was carried off by the wo- man. H SCIfOOLBOTS FIGHT DUEL. German Youths Use Firearms to Settle Dispute. Once again the morbid reading indulged in by German schoolboys and youths, and the peculiar • ideas of honor and the duel. held in Ger- many, have resulted in a "•school boy duel," in which one of the com- batants received injuries which will probably cost him his Iife, A boy of seventeen years was found a few days since in a small weed near Detmuld, in an uncon- scious condition, with a. bullet wound in the right breast. He was taken to the local hospital, where Iris chances of recovery ate regard- ed as small. It seems that the hal, a scholar in the 1)ctreold higher grade school, quarrelled with a schoolmate of his own age over a girl, even younger than themselves, and for whose fa- vors bath were aspirants. Driven to extremes of jealousy by the knowledge that each was :sharing the girl's affections with the other, the two youthful Romeos mutually de- cided on an "affair," in which one should seek the only possible es- cape from his passion in death, while the victor remained in undis- puted possession of the field. This programme was duly car- ries out. The boys, by some, means, -obtained possession' of fire- arms, and repaired to the w=ood, without seeoncls. or ether witnesses. At the first exchange of shots one of the combatants fell wounded, while the victor callously. walked off without even troubling to send help to his fallen opponent. HIS WAY, Fair Guest -'`But if you ignore all social rank and procedenco,l'ow do von manage, for instance, in ar- ranging guests for dinner 1" ]'roniiiient Leader of Socialist coAtivia;ty-"Let the hungriest go in firs$," "How clear thehorizon is i" re, ]narked a young lady. "Yes," agreed ;me humorous companion ; "I've just swapt ii with any, 03,0.4J 8110 -"You married me bi3npiy be- eattee I had money l" : He. -"Na i I 'Married .van because I didn't have money P' WAYS OF ODIC !AERIE TlOW S AV.AGala EXTEND GREET. INGS '1'O STfIA Gj;ll•S. Young and Tender Slave Is 1laudod Out as Food by the Apinal '!h'tbe. Returned missionaries, explorers and those who travel in out-of-the- way regions of the globe, keep con- stantly bringing back tales of :the strange ways much of mankind still have with their guests. With the Apingi tribe of Arica, just below the equator, the essence of hospitality is to include among the presents of food ,handed over to the visitor a fat slave, "He as young and tender," the donor says, inis.tcuig that no one can fail to ap- prove of this gift, so much better than the fowls, etc., that have been: thrown in. "Kill him: for your evening meal." On the other hand, the Navajo Indian considers the finest tribute he can pay is to have his wife shampoo the head of the., passing travelers with smote, the root of a plant grown in Merica and .✓ some parts of the Southwest, that is a very good substitute for soap. The Papuans of New Guinea 'ic 4he Pacific have an even more novel way of showing great frindship for the stranger. Water signifies peace and satisfaction with them, so when a boat approaches bearing people of whom they approve at first sight they ,sprinkle water on their hands and dance wildly and gayly in the shallow water around the boat. THE AVERAGE TRAVELER would much rattler not become friends with a Tierra del Fuegian, for the people of that nationality know of no better way of -express- ing liking and showing honor than by hugging the stranger. As these savages of the tip -end of, South America are very nearly the dirtiest on record, and as their bodies are covered with grease, clay anal ver- min, such hugging is most offensive. It is not to be avoided though; if any native of ]nigh rank takes a strong liking to his visitor. Thereis a Siberian tribe that makes a practice of eating a guest whom it much admires or whose vir- tues it greatly desires to emulate, in order, so the story goes, that his virtues might abide -"in their midst." The tourist, however, is, generally speaking, safe in the Rus- sianized country. . If he visits the Tenuktchi close to Bering Straits and gets into one of their big tents' he will find a family almost com- pletely nude. The women will not mind at all. If he passes muster they will honor him and make him feed at home by putting strings of glass beads in their hair that has been copiously covered with grease. Thee, of course., having been shown , this courtesy, he must stay ie. the smoky, stifling atmosphere and sup ON HOT BROILED REINDEER. The visitor to an Abyssinian vil- lage must first sit under a tree and let himself be observed. Then some important individual will step for --;.- ward and give him the freedom of his house. The Aahangos• meet the traveler with dishes of red paint, and the man who does not paint himself at once is definitely queered in that village. The Zunis of Note Mexico and Arizona offer their guests a cocktail. It is made of mesquite beans pounded in an earthen. jar, parched corn and floe, and it is reported to be a very su- perior appetizer. The black Bakotas of Zambesi roll on their backs and deal themselves resounding slaps on their naked 'i'' skins, If the rolling is prolonged and the .slaps and the attendant yelling very loud the guest is high in favor. Some New Zealared res squat on the greens] and weep. The Nubians wait anxiously for a y the core- ing o mring visitor and are eager bo enter - taint. A jai. of fresh water is alwaps ready in each House of the tribe for the stranger and no one, else, The I1afiirs assure each white visitor that he ranks a's a chief and make . good in the was they entenbain thin: An extraordinary custom prevails among one South Sea, nation. It allows as a great favor its super- annuated men and women to invite as their guests for a final feast those who will make a mea] of them when they are killed. This is a noveltyin the way of banquets, q,. HEALTH NOTES: To Cool a Bed. -Try slipping • a folded newspaper under the -back to absorb the persiration. When:' one paper becomes saturated re- plete it with another cool and dry. Emergency Bax. -Take a good sized paper box and put it where you will find it. Then every wash- day wash and iron all your old pycces' o ]inert ii� cotton --table f tt l- ic' ` Tian yk rc�'e£a sTtoe s t e Ltrr3,, Sl e , lr r P low eases, oto., ---and put in this hex,• jheer :ye tease fes �e ° abandtgoyotYtv..1kno lusIoro to fend it. 1New Zealand is the farthest ebnb to which a letter - p t can b a dispatched from Great Britain,, and thirty-nine days are occupied in its tiansnrie- aicn.