HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1912-10-17, Page 6CHOICE RECIPES.
Apple Cake: --Ono cup of tart ap-
ple sauce; one stip of granulated
Bug-ar ; half a cup of butter ; a cup
of seeded raisins; two cups of float,
a teaspoonful of soda, and the same
of ground cinnamon and et claves;
one egg. Stir the soda into the ap-
ple sauce, then piwceed in the usual
order with the rest of the ingredi-
ents;'
Mock Oyster Soup.-Sorape a
bunch of salsify, cut in one -inch
pieces and boil till tender. Drain.
Sa1d one quart of milk, add a pinch
kin and bones and mince as fine as
powder before strewing over the
egg mixture. Bake, covered, until
the mixture is hissing hot. Serve
lemon and heated crackers with
it.
NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS.
If silver le to be stored away for
some time, pack it with dry flour;
it will remain untarnished.
To be absolutely eure that a car-
bolic solution will not burn, use one
part aeid'to {Werth' parts water.
Before sealing fish you should dip
them in boiling water for a mo-
ment; they will scale much more
easily.
If the tips of shoe laees pull off.,
twist the ends of the string and dip
into glue. They are as goad as
when new.
When the cream is too thin to
whip, add the unbeaten white of
sof mace, season and thicken with an egg. You will have no trouble
one tablespoonful of butter and one whipping the eream,
tablespoonful of flour rubbed to- When filling the gem pans with
gether. Add the salsify, and just batter, leave one of the cups emp-
beftpee serving add the yolk of one ty and fill it with water. The gems
egg, which has been well beaten and 'will brown nicely without burning.
blended with a little bot milk. In heating the oven the draughts
Meek • Oream Pie, -Line a pie should be closed when the coal is
plate with rich_orust and bake. Fill well started. In a word, to save
with a mixture made of the follow- fuel plan ahead and then watch
ing ingredients: One cupful of draughts.
milk, one of sugar, two tablespoon- Rust can be removed from steel
fins of cornstarch, yolks of two eggs by covering it with a lump of fresh
and vanilla to flavor. Cook until lime and polish .in the ordinary
thick, then fill the cruet with the way,
cream. Cover with a meringue For a croaking doer rub the edg-
made of the whites of two eggs and es with soap and then, with the ad -
two tablespoonfuls of sugar, and dition of a few drope of oil on the
lace in the oven until a light binges, the nuisance will be reme-
prowit• i-' died.
Cranberries can be kept fresh in -
ounces
Sponge.na Soak 1ld definitelyif put in a jar and filled
ounces Heatf gelatin ina little cold u with cold water. Place a lid
milk. two cups of milk in a p
double boiler, add to this 2)3. on lightly and change the water
ounces of melted chocolate and five I every day or two.
tablespoonfuls of granulated sugar. ! Colored stockings should be wash -
When hot pour over the gelatin and ed in a suds of warm water and
stir until dissolved. When cool add soap. Rinse thoroughly and wring
one cup of thick cream, one-half very dry, then hang them in the
cupful ofcrushed almonds and one shade to dry.
- teaspoonful of vanilla. Let it get A bruise should be bathed im-
coid, but before it sets whip lightly mediately and freely with very hot
and pour into a 'wet mold. water. The congestion will then
Never Fail Cake (no creaming of be relieved and no ugly discolora-
butter and sugar is required in mix -1 tion will follow.
ing this cake) -One and three-quar-j Window shades that have been
ters of a cup of flour; two level tea-' cracked can be renovated in the
spoonfuls of baking powder; one; following way: Lay the shades flat
cup of granulated sugar. Sift to -1 on the floor and paint them with the
gether into a mixing bowl the dry ordinary oil paint.
ingredients. Break two eggs into ; When a sponge has become sour
a cup and fill to the brim with sweet' rub a fresh lemon into it and then
milk. Pour upon the flour, etc., in; rinse it several times in lukewarm
the bowl, and beat in three table- clean as when new.
spoonfuls of melted butter. Do not If the sadiron becomeswrough and
stirntheuntil all the ingredients are sticky tie a piece of wax in a cloth
In long.This Then beat hard and and rub the iron over it. After -
cake.This will make a two layer
cake. '•�ward scour them on a paper or
Caramel Tapioca Pudding -Soak thick cloth covered with coarse
a cupful of tapioca in two cupfuls! salt.
Silver should never be allowed to
of milk over theehi In the el of
stand over night without washing.
put it into inner vessel of a g g•
double boiler -with two more cupfuls If it is not possible to do the dish
of milk and simmer until it is clear es take time to wash the silver in
and tender.Beat in the yolks of warm water, wipe it dry and put
three eggs, sweeten to taste; add it away,
a half cupful of brandy or wine, i There is no better disinfectant
and pour into pudding dish to get than sunshine. Let it flood the
cold. Caramel Sauce for the above rooms which are occupied, let it
-Brown a small cupful of sugar in shine into your bread boxes and
a pan over the fire. When it is butter jars; the sunshine makes
melted and dark add a cupful of them sweet.
boiling water and boil down to al Hoarseness can be relieved by
thick syrup. Then add the whites 1 mixing one teaspoonful of glycerin
of three eggs beaten to a standing to the well -beaten white of an egg,
froth and pour over the pudding. the juice of one lemon and enough
apple and Nut Dumplings - sugar to make it palatable.
Pare and cut into thin slices ripe, Taking cold can sometimes be
tart apples. Have ready a good prevented by breathing deeply
pastry as for pie. Roll out and cut when chilly. The body will soon be-
into rounds rather larger than for came much warmer because deep
cookies. In the exact centre of each breathing sets the bleed circulating
lay four slices of apple, sugar gen- more rapidly.
erously, and upon the top arrange A very handy apron to wear while
a tablespoonful of chopped nuts- making beds has two largo pockets,
pecans or walnuts or blanched al- into which you can slip things to
monds--sugar them and lay a sec- carry downstairs or from room to
and round of pastry on these. Pinch room. An apron like this will save
the edges together and stamp with) many steps.
the handle of a spoon or a "jigging If before putting down a carpet
iron," if you have it, to prevent the floor is scrubbed with hot water
the escape of juice, and bake to a made very salty, and if after the
nice brown. When half done they n carpet is laid it is sprinkled with
should be washed over quickly and salt once a week before sweeping,
without taking them from the oven moths will disappear.
-with white of egg beaten light s'--
with a little sugar. This makes a
beautiful crust. Eat hot with hard
or liquid sauce.
water. ; it will become as sweet and
WITH EGGS.
Creamed Eggs. -Boil half a doz-
en eggs very hard and when they
are done drop at once into ice cold
water tc prevent the yolks from
blackening. Leave them there nu-
til they are dead cold, Meanwhile
make a good drawn butter, using
milk instead of water, and adding
a little finely minced parsley. Peel
the shell carefully from the eggs
and cut them into quarters. .Ar-
range them in deep dish or in nap-
ples, pour the sauce over them, and
set them (covered) in the oven for
five minutes to heat the eggs. Serve
hot.
Scalloped Eggs -Prepare as
above and strew over the surface
of the dish or the nappies when
filled' fine bread crumbs, Dot with
butter and pepper and salt at dks-
eretion.
Scallops of Eggs and wish - Boil'
the eggs hard and let them cool.;
Make a nice drawn butter, end
when you havo chopped the cold
eggs quite small, mix with the
settee. Turn into bake dish or nap-
piee, filling these three-quarters 000 torso -power to the square info,
full. Cover with any cold fish you reaches the earth an a elear day, sin
may have left ever, Remove all the the form of radiant heat.
KAFFIRS BUYING BICYCLES.
A taste for European clothes,
cheap furniture, European food, bi-
cycles, tin trunks, etc., is reported
to he developing among the colored
native population of South Africa,
according to the official trade re-
port, The commissioner estimates
that :£0,351,000 is the value of the
native population to overseas ex-
porters of goods. Hitherto trade
with the natives -known. as "Kaffhr
truck" trade ---has comprised chief-
ly cheap goods, such as heads, cot-
ton blankets,brass, copper and
steel wire and cheap cutlery. The
natives are now earning better
wages and this is developing their
teeth.
SOLAR ENERGY.
One of the important problems of
the future is to find a practical
method of using part of the radiant
energy that reaches the earth from
the sun, The supply of coal and
mineral oil will some day be ex-
hausted, but long before that time,
probably, man will have learned
how to harness the sun's rays,, Ac-
cording to the'eaieulations, of Sir
J. J. Thomson, fully '7,000 horse-
power to the acre, or about 4,500, -
THREE HAJL'S FROM PARIS
These are styles that. are quite prominent on the streets of the French capital. They display a
variety of tastes, but all conform to the idea of the close -fitting, bonnet -like type that looks to becomet
popular this fall and whiter.
THE SJJM SEJL STJJ1
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
OCTOBER 20.
Lesson III. -]Mission to the Gen-
tiles, Mark 7. 24-30; Matt. 8.
5.13. Golden Text, John 0. 37.
MARK 7. 24-30.
Verse 24. From thence he arose -
Up to this time Jesus had limited
his work almost whollyGalilee.
alil .
to
Now he leaves Galilee for an ex-
Jesus's ministry and has no chron-
ological connection with the first
Part of the lesson. Capernaum
was an important city on the north-
west shore of Lake Galilee.
A centurion -An of cerin the Ro-
man army who commanded 1 rem
fifty to one hundred men or ono
hundredth part of a legion. He
was probably in the employ of Her-
od Antipas. Although very likely
nob a proselyte, he favored the
Jewish religion sufficiently to have
built a synagogue at Capernaum
(Luke 7. 5).
6. Servant -Or, boy. Probably a
favorite slave.
Notthou shouldest
8. worth
• that
come under my roof -The centur-
cursion into the Gentile country ion did not forget that he was a
lying to the north, where he may Gentile and knew that the Jews re -
as defiled
be temporarily free from the rising andled defilingae ntile those whoeontered it
tide of hostility which his miracles q
and teaching provoked among the Compare John 18.28
scribes and Pharisees, and where.-He9. I also am a man under author -
he may retire for a season with the ty believes that aB he himself
twelve.
The borders of Tyre and Sidon -
It is probable that Jesus did not
merely approach the boundary be-
tween Galilee and the Gentile coun-
try, as the ward "borders" might
suggest, but that he penetrated the
region about the two cities. Com-
pare verse 31.
Would havo no man know it -
This attempt at secrecy shows that
it was the purpose of Jesus not to
pursue his work here. He desired
to confine his ministry largely to
the Jews.
25. Straightway -The incident oc-
curred immediately after his arriv-
al. His fame had preceded him, so
that even temporary retirement was
impossible.
Had an unclean spirit -Was pos-
sessed by a demon. This phrase is
frequently employed in ,the Gos-
pels with reference to persons who
were affected with nervous disor-
ders. Primitive people have ever
been unable to distinguish clearly
between the natural and spiritual,
and have commonly attributed phy-
sical ailments which tl:ay did not
understand to mysterious evil
spirits.
Fell down at his feet -Prostrated
herself, assuming an attitude of
reverence and obeisance.
26. A Greek. Although technical-
ly meaning a member of the Greek
race, the term was used by the
Jews, because of the wide diffusion
of the Greek race and language, of
Gentiles generally.
A Syrophoenioian by race - The
woman was a Phoenician and a na-
tive of the Roman province of
Syria as distinguished from the
Ube -Phoenicians who inhabited the
Carthaginian district in north Afri-
ca. Matthew (15. 22) states that
she was "a Canaanitish woman,"
which is not inconsistent, as the
Phoenicians were of Canaanite de-
scent.
27. Let the children first he filled
-Jesus intimates that while his
ministry has bean largely confined
to the Jews, the Gentiles will even-
tually receive the benefits of the
gospel. Compare Rom, 1. 16; 2. 10.
Cast it to the dogs -While the
Jews are distinguished as children,
the Gentiles are referred to as
dogs, The term fittingly describes
the contempt in which the Jews
held the Gentiles, The Oriental
street lag was despicable beyond
description., Judging from the fig-
ure upon which the conversation
hinges, the species referred to was
the house dog. -
28. Yea, Lord; even the doge
under the table cat of the chil-
dren's crumbs -The faith of the
woman, combined with her intelli-
gence, and her persistent attitude,
urged on by her pressing need,
helped her to overcome the rebuff
of Jesus. It is as though she said,
"It is true, Lord, that the meal is
for the children, but the clogs• also
have a place in the household and
are in their turn also fed." She
was pressing her claim for what
she believed rightfully belonged to
her.
29. Far this saying -Jesus could
not deny her appeal when confront-
ed with such implicit confidence
and treat.
MATTHEW 8. 5-13.
Verse 5. Entered into Capernaum
-This incident as reported by
Matthew occnrred'dnrieg the first
Galilean period at the beginning of
is but an under officer of a great
7nilitary power, yet secures" obedi-
ence from those in his command, so
Jesus, who has supreme authority
over the natural and spiritual
world, has but to speak and his
command is executed.
11. Many shall come from the
east and the west -Many not of the
stock of Israel shall by faith enter
into the kingdom of God.
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob -
Patriarchs and founders of the He-
brew race, also described as the
spiritual founders of the kingdom
of heaven, which is here prefigured
by a feast.
12. Sons of the kingdom -Mem-
bers of the Jewish race.
Outer darkness -That outside the
brilliantly illuminated bant;uet
hall and representing moral and
spiritual night, -
Weeping and the gnashing of
teeth -Expressing anger and disap-
pointment because of what they
have lost.
•
ROYAL CHASTISEMENT.
Empress Maria Theresa Dia Not
Remember Joseph Haydn.
An amusing incident of the
healthy boyhood of the great com-
poser, Joseph Haydn, is given by
Mary Maxwell Moffat in her bio-
graphy of the Austrian Empress,
Maria Theresa.
When von Reuther became choir-
master of St. Stephen's Cathedral
he had Joseph Haydn • among his
pupils.
During a visit to the Hungarian
Prince Esterhazy, au 1773, Maria
Theresa took occasion to say a word
of praise, to Haydn, who had com-
posed th emusic of the opera given
in her honor, and heel conducted
the performance. She expressed
the conviction that ebe had seen him
before, although she coukd not re-
member the occasion.
"The last time your Majesty was•
pleased to take notice of me," saicl
Haydn, "you ordered me a good
thrashing."
"That does not sound like me,"
rejoined the empress. "How did it
happen?"
Then Haydn told of a Whitsuntide
when, with other pupils of von
Reeder, he had been brought to
Shonbrunn to sing in the chapel.
Between the services the boys took
to clambering over the scaffolding
of the new wings of the palace, The
empress caught ,right of them., and
sent word forbidding the dangerous
apart. Birt the attraction of the
scaffolding was irresistible; on the
following clay the boys were again
risking their necks. When Maria
Therese expostulated with von
Reutter, his surmise that the ring-
leader was "that young scamp, Jo-
seph Haydn," led her to, suggest
that the rod be used to improve his
memory.
THE SWIFTEST BIRD.
Though the petrol is swift, the
frigate bird is Inc swifter. Seamen
generally believed that the frigate
birch can start at daybreak with the
trade winds from the coast of Af-
rica, and roost the same night upon
the American shore. Whether this
is a fact has not been conelneively
determined, but it is certain that
this bird' is the swiftest of winged
creatures, and is able to fly, under:
fsworable eanditions, 200 miles an
hour. Its appcaranee near land is:
thought to portend a hurricane.
FIGHTING A. LION.
A Hunter's Terrible Experience in
South Africa.
If anyone is eager for adventure,
hunting liens in their native jun-
gles will offer him abundant opper
tunity. Maj. J. Stevenson Hamil-
ton, in the pages of his recent book,
"Animal Lite in Africa," gives an
account of a terrible experience
that one of his fellow rangers of the
Transvaal Game Reserve had with
a lion,
In August, 1903, he was returning
from a month's patrol of the Oli-
fants River, and had arrived within
i He
he Sabi. wdays'
t o
march of t
bad pushed hsh on ahead
of his n
atives
P
and pack -donkeys in order to reach
the nearest police picket before
nightfall. However, the distance
was greater than he thought, and
darkness found him se
till seine thre l
males from his destination, riding
along a path by the side of a reed -
bordered stream, accompanied only
by his big dog, Bull.
As he rode through the dry bed
of the creek, where the path crossed
it in one of its windings, he saw ,
something move out of the reeds
and melt away into the darkness
ahead. A few yards farther on, the
dog rushed forward, barking, and
again an indistinct form moved
away. Supposing this to be a buck
of some kind, the ranger rode on
without taking any special notice of
the incident; but a few minutes
afterwards he euddenly eaw the
shape again, this time apparently
approaching. • long laudatory inscription, "To the
He had scarcely time to reflect memory of the worthy Maud
that this was au odd performance Heath." The other, on the crest of
for a reed -buck, when he became the hill, opposite the beginning of
conscious that it was no antelope, the causeway, is a stone column and
but a lion in the act of crouching far statue of Maud =herself, in quaint
peasant dress, with her market -bas-
ket by her side, Moreover, she
really is remembered by mora than
students and antiquarians; her
name is known and honored by
every man, woman and .child
throughout the countryside.
MAUD ,'HEATH'S CAUSEWAY.
Built By a WIse and Excellent Mar
kat -Woman,
One. of the really interesting
thiuge fur the traveller in England
to see is Maud Heath's Causeway,
the gift of a public-spirited widow
to two English towns four hundred
and fifty years ago, Maud Heath of
Langley Burrill, Wiltshire, was a
thrifty and industrious market -wo-
man, whose trade; necessitated fre-
quent trips to Chippenham, the
nearest market -town, a noted agri-
cultural centre since the days of
Bing Alfred. --
There was a good highway, but it
rau 'through low meadow -land, and
in spring, when .the waters of the
Avon were. in flood, it was often
overflowed for two mike or so of the
way. People were sometimes
drowned in trying to s,eaoh the mar-
ket -place, and the danger, loss and
inconvenience wore great.
Maud Heath, with her hard-
earned money, built a causeway,
running beside the road part of the
distance, departing from it to cut
across fields in others; a stone -em-
banked footway, rising later upon
fine, high, sturdy arches of stone.
It was a work built to endure; but
the wise market -woman, at her
death, bequeathed a fund for its
repair and maintenance; which has
been se faithfully adminhstered that
not only is the causeway still sound
and serviceable, bet there has been
a surplus from which to construct
a new iron ba-idge across the river
as well.
The causeway, besides its contin-
uing utility to the country folk, af-
fords a charming pleasure -walk to
the visitor. I as a mile and three-
quarters
uar r long,andbegins 1 Lang-
leyq to B b g n g
ley Burrill, where a modest atone
let in beside a gate bears the in-
scription :
From this Wick Hill begins the
praise
Of Maud Heath's gift to these
highways.
Where it ends, in -the suburbs of
the market -town, another stone de-
clares:
Hither extended Maud Heath's
gift,
For where I stand is Chippenham
01ift.
Two other memorials preserve
the remembrance of the wise and
excellent market-weanan. One,
erected near the new bridge, in
1689, is a sun -dial, dedicated with a
a spring. Pulling his horse sharp
to the right jtsst as the lion rushed,
he caused the ]atter partially to
miss his mark; but his claws tore
down the horse's quarters, and the
frightened animal, making a terri-
fied leap forward, shot its rider
over its right shoulder straight into
the jaws of a second lion, which
had been coming up from behind.
Horse, man and rifle all went in
INTERESTING FACTS.
different dlireebiane. The horse Culled For Our Readers From
made off at full speed, followed by
the first lion., which in turn was
pursued by the dog. The man never
touched the ground at all, as the
lion seemed to catch him in mid-air
The first thing he realized was that
it was trotting off with him down
the path. He was held firmly by the
All
Parts of the World.
The precise weight of an ounce
was fixed by Henry III.
The greatest depth of the sea yet
discovered is 32,089 fleet,
Children are not allowed to deal
with a pawnbroker in London.
right shoulder, and, lying on his The boot and shoe trade ranks
back, his face was on a level with ninth among the American indus-
the brute's neck, while his legs tries.
were dragging along under its The number of uncharted rocks
belly,
It was a desperate predicament,
and as soon as he was able to col-
lect his thoughts a little, he began
to wonder whether he would be kill-
ed outright or tortured filet. He world, and her slums are the most
saw no hope of escape,The pain diagracefnl.
he describes as acute, which is con- A movement is on foot to elimi-
trary to the experienee of Living- nate the adelt+eration evil of the silk
stone and others. However, being trade by weighing.
a very cool-headed man and full of
grit, he presently began to cast
about for some method of saving
himself. - A piece of eampller burned over a
The mind works quickly in such candle is an Indian method of driv-
caehs, and suddenly he remembered ing away winged pests.
his sheath -knife, un ordinary six- Among the poorer classes the
inch blade, whi.eh was enrticdl in an deaths from measlee are very great
open leather case at the back of his in proportion to those of other con -
belt. Reaching underneath himself -tenons diseases.
with his left hand, he discovered The list of unknown insects is in -
that the knife had not been lost, creased annually by the addition of
so, pulling it out, he bent all his a .bout eight thousand epeoimena,
energy on holding it tight,and The cross was formerly a part of
awaited a favorable opportunity. all signatures, made as an evidence
Fortune favors the brave, and of the snbsariber's faith, and not of
the ranger's chance ea
me when inability to write, as it is now.
lien, after going with him about A census of the world's telephone
one hundred and fifty yards, laid instruments showy tI10 total to be
himthe purpdownose eiartiethr er a, stroll frac, foitsr 67 per cent. are in the 'United
about 12;463,000, of which more than
of shifting.
grip or of commencing operations States; 'Europe, 26 per eent. ;. Can-
upon him, Feeling very carefully ea, ti shade over 2?4 pe.r cent:, and
behind the left shoulder, for what, all adlhier oot,ntriov a trifle marc
he judged to be a vital spot, he than 4 per cent, Telephone plants
struck a couple of back -handed represent a total investment of $1, -
blows with all his force, using, of 729.000,000• and the number e5
course, his left hand. It turned omyearly phon•, ,'rinneetions is esti-
that each of these strokes reached mated at 22,000.000,000.
B11LL IN DENTIST'S OFFTCT,
A bullock, which was being driv-
en along Rutland Street. Leicester,
with some hazy idea of the power of England, the other day, bolted up a
the human voice, shouting out narrow stair, anti, • reaching the
every abusive word that lose to his first floor, it charged into a dentist's
tongue. The tension was relieved o. crating room and broke the, aner-
a•ting chafe and the furthitire• Two
policemen and a number •of other
m,en got the bullock back into the
street.
and shoals discovered last year
amounted to 442.
There are twelve thousand miles
of paved streets within London's
police area.
London is the richest city in the
The French police do not make
use of handcuffs, but a chain with
a crossbar on each end.
the heart.
For what seemed hours, but was,
no doubt, only a few seconds, man
and beast stood facing each other,
the 1etter silent. and the former,
by the lion tanning anti walking
slowly away to a spot some thirty
yards distant. where, after a few
groans, it expired.
NEWS FROM
4l'IIAT THE WESTII
ARE DOING.
Propose of .the Great West To
In a Few Pointed
Baled dray de $14 a ton in Chilli,-
week,
Sweet cider in Enderby Belle for
40 cents a gallon.
Nelson, 13.0., ie to have a new
fire hall, costing $20,000.
No rain fell at Fort Fraeor during
the month of Auguet.
There are 221 pupils attending
the public schools in Coleman.
Three million feet of lumber a
month are being shipped frown En-
derby,
Paescnger trains are now running
to `ito Janne Cache three times• a
week.
in two months 227 car loads of
produce have been shipped from
Armsi;rong,
Creston, B.C., shipped a car a
day of fruit and tomatoes during
the picking Beason.
Apples grown in. the Xaslo, B.C.,
district this year aro of exception-
ally fine quality.
Often in British Columbia Indian
girls only 10 years old can make $3
a clay picking haps.
Oats seven foot thigh were grown
this season on ranches up the Elk
River, British Columbia.
The G.T.P. will cross the Fraser
River four times between Tete
Janne Cache and Fort George.
This has been a good season in
the Atlin in camP One. placer pro-
perty
o-
Perty cleaned up $85,000 this sum-
mer.
Nanaimo held its moat sncceesful
exhibition this year. In three days
the attendance totalled 4,500.
The production of gold in I{lon-
dike this year will be worth $5,-
000.000. This is an increase of a
million over last year.
So far this year the building per-
mits at Oak Bay, Victoria, have to-
talled $842.053, as against $88.549
for last year.
A medicinal hot springs has been
diecovered at Lekelse Lake, near
Prince Rupert, B.C., and a sanitar-
ium will be built there.
A resident of Nelson picked a cro-
cus on the 21st of September. He
didn't know whether
it was the last
of the 1912 crop or the first of the
1013.
Picking hone by machinery hes
been abandoned at Agassiz and
Sardis. The hop output is large
this year and Indians are principal-
ly employed to pick it.
William H. Vaaix, a native of
England and 71 years of age, was
burned to death in his cabin at
Greenwood. He, was a veteran of
the Crimea and had also fraught in
the American civil war.
While Mr. and Mrs. Waldermere
Cook, residents of Vancouver, were
away, a tree blew, down at their
tent, in which they, were living tem-
porarily, and killed their baby boy,
four weeks odd,
Cambia Bridge, a name intimate-
ly connected with the history of
Vancouver, was changed to Con -
might Bridge in honor of the visit
of the Duke of Connaught. The
Duchess of Connaught re -christen-
ed the bridge.
'Work will soon begin on the new
Odcl Fellows' block to be built in Vic-
toria. Ii: will have a henquetting
hall capable of seating 400 persons,
and a hall room where R00 can trip
the light fantestic. The building
will be heated by oil fuel.
Indian Agent Deaeev. of Maesett,
B.C., says the pay -roll of the Mae -
sett Indians engaged at the Wallace
Fisheries, Nadal) Harbor, B.C.,
will amount to $80,000 fer the sea-
son, and ab the B.C. fisheries at
Slridegate would go over that sum.
DRINK BLL OF $813,988,145. -
Britain Spends $500,000,000, More
In Dainlc Than on Navy.
F•igurea just compiled for twelve
months show that the drink expen-
diture of Great Britain aggregates
$813,986,145, while the total cost of
the navy, including new oonstrtic-
tion, is only $309,796,888. These
figures chow that the drinking habit
costs 004,189,260'a year more than
the cost of all the navy,
During the year $092,629,940 was
expended by the United Kingdom,
United States, Japan, ,France, Rus-
sia, Germany, Italy, and Austria-
Hungary for the upkeep of their
navies and new , constructions,
which is only $178,64.2,795 more than
was expended in drink by the Bei-
tish people.
SCENE OF FIRST MIRACLE,
Prof, Lucien Gautier of Geneva,
Switzerland, declares that the res
eently excavated reins near Tiberia
compriao, among other buildings,
the synagogue mentioned in St.,
Luke's Gospel (vii, 1-10). The
Jars and walls, wins have boon
discovered lying together in confu-
sion, could be easily reconstructed,
says Prof, Gautier, to form the syn-
agogue built by the Centurion and
in which the Redeemer avorked his
first miracle, the Basting out of dov--
ifs (Mark i., 21-28),
In Germanythereis a plat under
consideration nor � ivin the doctors
one day's robin seven,
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