HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1912-10-24, Page 2DAINTx DISHES.
Caramel Pie.- Jne cup of sou
creast, one cup of sugar, half a ou
of chopped .viteins, a pinch 4f
socia, Put over the fire and cook
until the mixture is dark, Make
a paste of a tablespoonful of flonr
with a little cold water and stir in-
to the caramel. Cook until it thick-
ens. Flavor with vanilla. Bake
with top and bottom crusts,
Caiivos .Brains with Scrambled
Eggs. -Wash the brains carefully
and boil in salted water for twenty
minutes, Plunge into cold water.
With a silver fork tear apart into
small pieces, Put one onion with a
tablespoonful of butter in a hot fry -
leg pan ; when sizzling add the
brains, and four well beaten eggs.
Scramble all together. Flavor with
mushroom catsup, season and serve
very hot on rounds 4f buttered
toast.
Salt Pork with Cream Gravy.-
f3lice the pork thin, put it into a
frying pan, and cover with sweet
milk. Set it upon the stove and
bring slowly to the boil, and the
pork ie freshened. Drain off the
milk into a saucepan and keep hot
while you fry the pork to a nice
brown. Take up the meat and keep
]rot in the open oven while you
stake the gravy. Stir flour into the
fat in the pan until you have a
smooth paste. Then add gradually
the milk in the saucepan in which
the pork was heated. Boil up once
and pour over the meat, You could
not tell this from fresh pork,
Macaroni Croquettes, Cheese
Sauce. -For the croquettes take
enough cold boiled macaroni to
make two cupfuls when cut into
small pieces. Add to this one tea-
spoonful of lemon juice, one-half
teaspoonful of onion juice, a little
oelery salt and seasoning to taste.
Mix with one cupful of white sauce
made of two tablespoonfuls of but-
ter, two tablespoonfuls of flour,
seasoning and one cup of boiling
milk. Let the mixture cool. Form
in cone-shaped croquettes, roll in
egg and breadcrumbs and fry in
deep fat till a very light brown.
Stick a small spray of parsley in
the top of each croquette. Cheese
Sauce -To one cupful of white
sauce add one-half cup of grated
cheese and one heaping tablespoon -1
fol of chopped walnut meats,
Honey Cake. -Throe cups of flour
sifted twice with -two teaspoonfuls
of baking p, rider, one-half of a
cup of white sugar, and the same
of milk; one-fourth of a cup of but-
ter, one egg, and a cupful of
strained honey. Rub and beat the
butter and sugar to a cream, stir,
and beat into this the milk and
beaten egg. Do this gradually,
whipping light as you proceed. Now
add the honey in like manner and
when you have a light, smooth bat-
ter, work in the flour with a wood-
en spoon. There should be Sour
enough to enable you to make the
ingredients into a soft dough, suf-
ficiently consistent to be rolled into
a sheet a little over a quarter of
• an inch thick. Cut into shapes with
your biscuit cutter and bake for
eighteen minutes. Beep the pan
covered with thick paper for the
first half of the time. The cakes
should be light and puffy,
• Genuine Sauerkraut. -Select fine
cabbage. and take out the hearts
which are not required for the
saurekraut. Put all the outside
leaves through a cabbage cutter.
When they are minced fine put a
layer of them about four inches
thick into a stone jar, or barrel, or
keg, and sprinkle salt and white
sugar ever it. Now pound with a
wooden mallet or pestle until you
have a compact mass. Put over
this a second layer of cabbage,
salt, and sugar, and pound this
flat. Proceed in this order until
all the materials are used up.
Pound hard to 'firm' all. Salt and
sugar to your liking. It is not well
to make it very salt. Do not add fi
water in making. If you pound o
long enough there will be enough
liquid to cover the cabbage. Set
in a corner of the kitchen, cover
the barrel or crock with a cloth,
then with a board, and lay a heavy
'weight upon the top of all. If dur-
ing the winter the liquid settles
down and leaves the cabbage ex-
posed, pound all down with the po-
tato beetle. In this way you may
keep the sauerkraut nicely until
June.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,
Soap scraps put int little bag
can be used for dishwashing,
Mustard will not get dry if it is
mixed with milk instead of water.
Exoelient for cleaning braes is the
water in which potatoes are boiled.
:Rub the top of the marble -topped
washstand with turpentine; itwill
keep it in perfect order,
Stains can be removed from a
net collar by rubbing it gently
With a cloth dipped in ammonia.
Ribbons and silk can be sponged
with a mixture of equal parts of
elecho] and highly rectified benzine, se
The flavor of creamed potato
will be very pleasing if a few pie
of chopped green peppers are
i ded
ar.Dmp salt will take off the d
colorations on cups and sauce
caused by tea and careless washin
If white hid gloves are rubb
gently with breadcrumbs after ea
wearing they will keep clean mus
longer.
r If dream is whipped in a pitch
P instead of in a bowl it will w
more quickly and there is no was
in spattering.
Equal parts of linseed oil an
eider vinegar mixed thoroughly to
gether wakes an excellent dreesin
for linoleum.
If a little ginger (about one-thi
of a teaspoonful) is used when mak
ing doughnuts, they will keep fres
longer,
Always lay a damp cloth over
skirt before pressing it, so tha
the iron will net touch the meteri
al and make it shiny.
Put a piece of bread though th
meat chopper after chopping mea
or raisins. You will find no di
oulty in washing it clean.
Mark the children's clothing wit
different colors. By this metho
much three can be saved when sort
ing and putting away.
Beds should never be made u
immediately after they are vacat
ed. It is not hygenio; beds ohould
be aired at least two hours.
The odor from boiling cabbage or
cauliflower can be lessened by- a
piece of bread put into a muslin
bag and dropped into the pot.
A spo ge should occasionally be
washed in wager water with a little
tartaric acid' or soda; afterward
rinse it in clean warm water.
To Wash a White Wool ,Sweater -
Wash in lukewarm suds until it is
clean. Then rinse in clear water.
Squeeze out the water; spread the
sweater upon a clean Turkish towel
and roll the two up tightly to-
gether. When the towel is wet
through, exchange for a dry one
and roll up in this as before. Re-
peat until the garment is dry.. It
will look like new.
SEAWEEDS AS FOOD.
In Some Localities They Are Popu-
lar Medicines.
Seaweeds having been. suggested
as a. possible aouree of future
wealth, especially for food pro-
ducts. Perrot and Gatin, two
Freuoh oceanograpiere, give some
facts concerning present uses. In
Europe they are collected for their
alkalies and iodine, far which they
are chiefly valued. In some locali-
ties they are popular medicines,
one kind being employed as a ver-
mifuge in Corsica, and others, on
account atheir iodine, being given
in gditre and scrofula. In Brittany,
where some of the poorer inhabi-
tants have employed seaweed ars
food, about twenty tons in a year
has been collected of the variety
known as Iceland enoss, In the
north of France a little seaweed is
gathered by the peasants as man-
ure. To the Asiatics these plants
have been more important, and in
Japan edible seaweed is not only
the source of a number of food pre-
parations, but is even extensively
cultivated to give a sufficient sup-
ply. Gelatines and glue are among
the products. These gelatines are
not very nutritious as food, and it
is supposed that. their polarity
may be as an aid to the digestion
of the great quantities of fish end
rice eaten by the Japanese.
DRIED EGG INDUSTRY.
China Exports Large Quantities,
Especially to Germany.
Dried eggs in various forms have
a considerable sale in. Germany, be-
ing shipped into that country from
German China. Eggs arrive at the
Chinese factory packed in old kero-
sene oil boxes, and aro earefully
examined by electric light, Those
that extend the test and are pro-
nouneed fresh are passed on to
Chinese boys, who separate the
yolks from the whites,
By means of a. suction pump the
yolk passes throthrougha large pipe
into a vacuum, where it is dried in
fteen seconds. It is then passed
n to a receptacle, where it falls in
he form of flakes. These again are
gassed through a machine and come
ut in the form of powder ready for
shipment. This can be kept indefi-
nitely in. a dry, cool place.
The whites of the eggs are put in
small glass hottomed trays and
placed on shelves in a room at a
temperature of 40 or 50 degrees cen-
tigrade, The driedsheetsare bro-
ken into small pieces, crystalized or
powdered for. expert.
TAKEN ALL THE.WATER.
In the early days of Johannes-
burg water was often very scarce.
A lady, who was staying ata hotel
there, one morning saw a bath -tub
half -full of water standing outside
her door, and, thinking it was in-
tended for her use, took possession
of it. Later, however, some one
came to fetch the tub, and was ex-
tremely angry to find it gond. Then
the.lacly learned to her dismay that
she had taken all the water in the
hotel, and that it was required for
cooking. "It would not have mat -
tend so much.;" said the angry
rvaut, had you not used soap 1"
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THE SUNDAY SC11031. STUDY
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
OCTOBER 27.
Lesson IV. -Wanderings in Deea-
polis, .]lark 7. 31 to 8. 10. Gol-
den text, 3lark 7. 37.
7. 31-37.
Verse 31. Through Sidon unto
the sea -Jesus and his disciples
passed out of the district about
Tyre, going northward into that
]about Sidon, Then, turning east
ward and southward, they made a
detour which finally brought them
into the region of Decapolis south
east of the Lake of Galilee. It is
quite probable that from Sidon they
traveled for some distance on the
Damascus road, which leads east-
ward over the hills and across the
Lenotes River.
32. They bring unto him - The
reception accorded Jesus by the in-
habitants of Deeapolis on this oc-
casion was quite different from that
of his last visit to the eastern shore
of the lake, when, because of the
excitement resulting from the heal-
ing of the demoniac, they urged
him to depart quickly from their
borders (Mark 5. 17).
An impediment in his speeeh-
The man was not only deaf, but
partially dumb, a condition which
may have resulted from his deaf -
Hess.
Lay his hand upon him -Simply
another way of requesting Jesus
to heal him. There are many in-
stances in the Bible of healing
through prayer accompanied by
laying on of hands.
33. Took him aside -This was for
a two -fold purpose -first, as the
man could not hear or epeak intel-
ligently, it was necessary for Jesus
to secure his attention that he
might know what was being -done
for him; secondly, there were un-
usual reasons for desiring secrecy.
The object of the tour was retire-
ment and special fellowship with
the disciples.
Put his fingers into his ears -Ra-
ther, thrust them in, as a sign to
the man that Jesus intended to heal
him so that he could exercise faith
and thereby have a personal part in
this healing.
He spat A second sign designed
to arouse the man's faith. It vas
thought that spittle possessed me-
dical virtue, and magical incanta-
tions often accompanied its use. In
this instance, however, it was simp-
ly the medium through which Jesus
imparted healing.
34. Looking up to heaven, he
sighed -Better, he groaned, The
look heavenward was to inform hon
of the source of power which would
effect his healing.
Ephphatha - The actual Greek
word which Jesus spoke to the
man, the opening of whose organs
would make him sensitive to sound
and recover his speech.
35, Bond of his tongue -The deaf-
ness, or whatever obstructed his
.speech. Once the difficulty was re-
moved, be could speak rightly.
36. The more a great deal they
published it -The object of the ad-
monition to secrecy was to prevent
such publicity as would arouse his
enemiee and compel him to prolong
his retirement, Nevertheless their
excitement knew no bounds, so
that the. news was scattered broad-
cast. It is an example of how ex-
ultation and real lessen the sense
of the more important duty of
obedience,
37. Beyond measure astoniehed-
Literally, they were struck out of
their senses.
8. 1-10.
Verse 1, Again a great multitude
-This carries with it the inference,
that there was a second occasion.
when Jest's fed the multitude, In-
asmuch as the feeding of the four
thousand is recorded by Matthew
and Mark only, and the feeding of
the five thousand is recorded in all
the Gospels, some have thought
that there was only ono such occur-
rence concerning which Matthew
and_Mu'k give te'o accounts. How-
ever, a correct understanding of
Jesus's motive in performing mir,
aclee, which was first of all to facet
human need, easily makes waw for
two similar miracles whish grew
out of the need of the multitude in
the desert places on two distinct
occasions. A careful reading of
the two narratives' reveals a num•
ber of points of difference '.:etween
them. '(Compare Mark 6. 30-44.)
2, Continue with me now three
days -A sufficiently long time to es -
haute their supply of food.
4, Whence shall one be able to
fill these -This in general is ae
same sort of question which the dis-
ciples .asked on the former occa-
sion, and is proof of their stupidity
and forgetfulness. The emphasis in
the first instance is on the amount
necessary to supply sufficient quan-
tity of food, while here it is on the
incredibility of being able to se-
eure a sufficient quantity in the
desert region,
0. Sit down on the ground -The
highly picturesque details of the
narrative. of the feeding of the five
thousand aro lacking here. (Com-
pare Mark 6. 39).
8, Seven baskets -On the former
occasion ,there were twelve. The
basket was a sort ef tramper,,
plaited of reed or rope, such as was
used to lower Paul 'clown through
the wall" at Damascus (Acta 9.
95),
9. About four thousand -Matthew
(15. 38) adds, "Besides women and
children." (Compare Matt, 14. 21).
10. Dalmanutlta-As this place is
not mentioned elsewhere, its loca-
tion is uncertain. Probably it was
a small village near Magdala, on
the west shore of the lake, in the
southern part of the plain of Gen-
nesaret.
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DANGER OF EPSOM SALTS.
Poisoning Through Absorption Into
the Blood.
Epsom Baits has always been
looked upon ass one of the most
harmless of medicines, and one that
can be taken if necessary in huge
quantities. It Domes as a shock,
therefore, to hear that it may some-
times act as a deadly poison.
Its toxic effect is known es mag-
nesium poisoning, Dr. Boos, of the
Massachusetts General Hospital,
has made special investigation into
the subject, and has had under his
care et various times ten patients
suffering from the affection. From
his observations of these patients
and experiments on animals he con-
cludes that it is when the salts are
absorbed into the blood that they
become injurious. In the case of
a healthy person this docs not hap-
pen, but if the dose is repeated too
'frequently and in too concentrated
a farm or in eases of mechanical ob-
struction of the bowel, there is dan-
ger ef the medicine being absorbed
into, the blood stream.
The virulence of Epsom salts
when once it has found its way into
the blood may be gathered from the
fact that a dog will die if it fraotion
of a grain of lip.som salts be injected
into its veins.
Of the ten eases seen by Dr, Boos
six died. He recommends that
where .such poisoning is suspected
large quantities of f 1norm.al" salt
solution should be injected into the
veins, or lime salts should be given
in very diluted solution hypoder-
mically.
OITR FURRY FRIENDS.
The season for furs is approach-
ing, and for some time past the an-
nual Siberian slaughter 'has been
going on in order that the require-
ments of Dame Fashion may he
properly met. Despite the advance
made by Canada in the fur indus-
try, Siberia still takes first place.
Siberia grey squirrels provide a
particularly profitable branch of
the industry; nearly five million of.
these sportive creatures being
killed in the woods of Siberia last
year. The money value of the ex-
ported squirrel furs was nearly
$2,500,000. Toll was also taken of
a million white hares -fascinating
little animals whose skins, when
dressed, very much resemble the
rare white fox. Incidentally, there
were also killed for the favorites
of fashion. some two hundred thou-
sand ermine, nearly as many skunk,
and over sixteen thonsand grey
wolves. Sables arc becoming more
scarce in Siberia, and last season
only some twelve thousand were
le%llecl, hringing the fur traders ru
return of about $500,.000.
NEWS FROM SUNSET COAST
WJIAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE
ARE DOING.
Progress of the Great West Told
In a Pew Pointed
At Yale the hopes are reviving
for a mining boom.
Tho Government is building side-
walks in New Denver.
In Rupe, Lee Boo was fined $50
for having opium in his possession.
Steamboats are now carrying
freight from Seattle to Skagway for
$2 a ton.
About 700 carloads of potatoes
will be shipped from Armstrong this
season.
In one week three carloads of
ripe tomatoes were shipped from
Creston last month.
A grizzly bear weighing 900
pounds was recenly shot about 20
miles south of Coleman.
John F. Mercer, of Helena,
Mont., has become interested in a
gypsum claim at Granite Creek.
It is estimated that during the
past two years, the ice at the Bitter
creek glacier has melted 400 feet.
�. B. Burgess, of San Francisco,
is planning to build a large sash
and door factory at Port Alberni.
Pat Burns, the cattle king, has
subscribed 500 to help build a mon-
ument to General Wolfe at Green-
wich.
A large crop of potatoes were
grown this summer at Port Good
Hope, eight miles north of the Arc-
tic Circle,
Holden & Kelly have let a con-
tract to build a cold storage and
ice -making plant at Penticton for
$12,000.
The Royal Alexandra Hotel, now
building at Edmonton, will be six
storeys high, contain 200 rooms and
Dost $350,000.
On a farm near Ohilliwack, E. A.
Dunville and his men recently put
over 47 tons of hay through a hay
press in ten hours.
This summer 800 tons of fruit
have been 'shipped from Summer -
land. In August, 33,500 boxes of
fruit were shipped from that town.
The first regular passenger ser-
vice in British Columbia of the Oa•
nadian Northern railway will be-
gin in November between Port
Mann and Hope.
The famous Yukon steamer, Tyr-
rell, has been dismantled at Daw-
son. This boat had the only steel
hull on the Yukon, but was too
deep for running on the upper
river.
Up the Skeena river a townsite
of 1,800 lots has been laid out at
Lakeside lake. Hot springs have
bean diseoyered at that point, and
a large sanitarium will be erected.
F. G. Farquier sold, five years
ago, 1,600 acres of land on ••Arrow
Lake, nearly opposite Edgewood
for $1.25 and acre. Some of this
land is now being sold for $300 an
acre, which shows the rapid rise of
land value in the west.
Dupoan Ross has finished his con-
tract on the long tunnel for the G,
T. P., six miles east of New Hazle-
ton. At the long tunnel he also had
a contract foe• several miles of grad-
ing. The six miles of work, in-
cluding the tunnel, cost $1,000,000.
The tunnel is the longest on the
line, and some of the cuts the hard-
est. Ross is moving his outfit to
Bulkley summit, where has has a
new contract.
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DIIINTfIiNII IN ALGERIA.
An Algerian regiment will empty
as many as athousand pitchers of
wino without losing half a thimble-
ful of liquor. It is a. system which
permits a general use of one vessel
for drinking purposes in an abso-
lutely cleanly way, It dispenses
with cups or glasses, a great eon-
venience when troops are on active
service, A large pitcher with a
spout to it, filled with wind, is pass-
ed from hand to hand. Emelt soldier
lifts the pitcher high over his head
and tilte it until the wine pours in
a steady stream into his open
mouth below, When the wine
splashes inside the dninkor'a gm.
ach for abotit a minute the "soldier
next him, takes ,passeasion of the
pitcher and ropetis the perfor-
mance, Net it drop is wasted
RISE. IN FUR PRICES.
Cat Skin's Can Be Worked Into
Imitation of Any ]find of Fur.
Society women of London, Eng-
land, who cannot spend magnifi-
cently are loudly oomplaiuing of
the soaring cost of fees, and Il y
derive little comfort from learning
that the increased price of seal
skins is duo to greaior restrictions
on hunting in American waters,
Eighteen years ago a seal jacket
cost $200, but at the, preaont limo
they cannot buy one, in London un-
der $700.
This rapid rise in the cost of all
kinds of furs has greatly speeded
up the trade in imii, d tee, and inci-
dentally called into existence a new
business to supply the dement].
Some wideawake furriea•s having
discovered that catskine could be
worked into a• tolerably perfect imi-
tation •af any kind of fur, there in-
stantly arose the profession of cat -
snatcher -a lucrative one, as a
gond skin now fetches a dollar,
Consequently the possessors of
prized felines are Iiting in daily
fear that their pets will be abduct-
ed, and special watch has to be set
over them lest they stray into the
hands of the thieves who ride
around the suburbs on bicycles
with baskets attached for carrying
their prey.
No fashionable woman, however
hard -up for cash, week] knowingly
wear catskin furs, but the skins are
so well made up to look like the
real thing, thee the glib -tongued
furrier who offers her a bargain can
mostly foist her off with the imita-
tion goods. As it is estimated that
the oat population of London is
750,000, it will be a long time be-
fore this source of. supply is ex-
hausted,
IILANY SUB11ARINE ACCIDENTS
Over 200 Lives Sacrificed by Navies
of Worid.
It is estimated that about 200
lives of all the navies of the world
have paid for the development of
the submarine during the last
twelve or thirteen years. Collis-
ion, as in the case of the Vende-
miaire, the failure of the machin-
ery, the generation of explosive or now.
poisonous gases and the inrush of
the sea through opened ports or
broken hulls tell the story of the
tragedies. Compared with the
number of men actually enlisted in
that branch of naval service the
number of casulties is not so large,
but each accident has always at-
tracted particular attention be-
cause of the horrible form of death
usually inflicted, asphyxiation ,
the bottom of the sea, sometim
within fifty or sixty feet of safety,
but as far from rescue in reality as
if the tiny craft were on the bot-
tom of the mid-Atlantic.
France has been the heaviest suf-
ferer from thesubmarine casual-
ties, but Russia, England, Italy,
Japan and the United States have
had their accidents also, most of
which were attended with a loss of
life or injuries to crew.
FROM 'ilERRY QLD ENGLAND
NEWS 111' MABs ABOUT JOIN
BULL AND 1118 PEOPLE.
Ocenrreiroes In The Land That
Reigns Supremo in the COM*
menial World.
The Earl of Eldon presented 188
bottles of port wine to the Maryle-
bone Infirmary.
One man was killed and four bur-
ied by a fall of a roof at the Vivian
Colliery, Monmouthshire.
One man was killed and another
injured by an explosion which oc-
curred on H.M.S. Southampton,
The Japanese Embassy, together
with its offices, has been removed
to 10 Grosvenor Square, London
W.
Land Furness has resigned the
chairmanship of Palmer's Ship-
building to Iron Oompany, Limited,
Jarrow.
The Woodcock Hayes farm house,
near Tiverton, Devon, nearly 400
years old, has been destroyed by
fire.
M'r, T. C. Jarvis, assistant town
clerk of Hammersmith, is resigning,
after serving upwards of 31 years.
The Lady Mayoress of London
will shortly open a new shelter fax
Loeb, strayed and unwanted cats at
Settle Road, Plaistow.
Miss Joyce Brown, a young Aus-
tralian violinist, made a brilliant
seeress at the Queen's Hall Prome-
nade Concert, London,
Dr. G, K. Fortescue, the keeper
of printed books at the British Mu-
seum, retires under the age limit at
'the end of this month,
It is proliosed to construct a new
motor road sixty feet wide between
Thornton Heath Pend and Purley
at a Dost of $;277,465.
Lieut. -Colonel C. It, Burn, Hen -
entry Colonel and County of Lon-
don Yeomanry, has been appointed
as aide-de-camp to the King.
The death has occurred at Folke-
stone of Sir Francis Outram, an
old mutiny hero, aged 76, on the
anniversary of the Relief of Luck -
A lady motorist named Mist Man -
der, was fined £1 and costs at Brax-
ton for driving a motor oar at a
speed dangerous to the public.
Mr. Henry Whitson, of South
Park Drive, Seven Kings, was fie
tally injured when his motorcycle
ran into a ditoh at Shenfieid, Essex.
Mr, Clement IvIaokrow, of Grove
Hill, South Woodford, was killed
at on the level crossing of the G. E.
Railway near Canningtown Sta-
tion.
A man named Carter was commit-
ted for trial at Dorchester, for re-
fusing to go to the help of a police-
man when palled upon in the King's
COCAINE A. HARMFUL DRUG.
Provides the Shortest Cut to the
Hospital for Insane. ,
"The most harmful of all habit-
forming drugs is oecaine," writes
Charles B. Towns, In the Century.
"Nothing so quickly deteriorates
its victims or provides so short a
cut to the insane asylum. It differs
from opium in two important res-
pects. A man does net acquire a
habit from cocaine in the sense that
it is virtually impossible for him to
leave it off without medical treat-
ment. He can do so, although he
rarely does. On withdrawal he ex-
periences only an intense and hor-
rible depression, together with a
physical languor which results in a
sleepiness that cannot be shaken
off. Opium withdrawal, on the
other hand, results in sleeplessness
and extreme nervous and physical
disorder, In faction, too, cocaine
is exactly the opposite to opium, for
cocaine is an extreme sthnulant.
Its stimulus wears off quickly and
leaves a corresponding depression,
but it confers half an hour of capa-
bility of intense effort. That is why
bicycle riders, prize fighters and
racehorses are often doctored, or
"loped with cocaine,
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POINTED PARAGRi.P1fS,
Be good -and your wife may be.
happy.
Street car conductors are not ae,.
eessarily fond of. jam,
Perhaps girls kiss each other
merely to keep in practice,
A man dislikes faint praise al-
most as much as he hates obese,
An ounce of intuition may be
worth more than a pound of tuition,
There's it good deal of human na-
turo in woman's inhumanity to wo-
man,
A woman's idea of at mode] hus-
band• is one who lets leis lvife do es
rho p,
Theleasesreason some women know so
much about raining children is be -
cense, they haeon'.t any.
It takes 15 genuine diplomat to
got into trouble and back out again
without getting a single Spot on hie
reputation, '
name.
John Wilson was sentenced at
Bromley (Kent) to six months hard
labor for stealing nine altar vases
from the Church of St, Michael's,
Beckenham,
The Great Northern Railway Ca.
has begun the work of extending its
line from Cuffloy to Hertford and
Stevenage. The work will be finish-
ed in three years.
.14
CZAR OF RUSSIA'S WEALTH.
lIe Is One of the Wealthiest Men
In the World.
One of the few hard-working offi-
cials in the Russian Empire has just
died, This was Count Hendnikoff,
•master of ceremonies at the Rus-
sian Court and the Czar's financial
adviser. As the Czar is one of the
wealthiest men in th•e world, it is
en immense task to supervise all
the sources of his income,
The Czar's income is estimated
at $37,500,000 a year, and is made
up of the civil het and revenues
from various industrial undertak-
ings, crown lands and private es-
tates. The civil list amounts to
about $8,000,000, Of this the Czar
spends $1,000,000 on an annual sub •
sidy to the theatres and academies;
8260,000 is granted to the Czarina
and the • Dowager Empress as pin
money; $500,000 gees to the Grand
Dukes and Grand Duehossos; $20,-
000 is put away yensly for each
daughter and 850,000 for rho heir to
the throne until they are of age.
The rest the Czar keeps for himself,
and it is well known that he spends
only a small part of this and saves
the rest,
The Clzer's personal savings, ac-
cordin to -a rt
1906, then amounted to $45,000,000.n
Now they probably amnnnt to $60,-
000,000, The greater part of this
money is deposited in various
hanks, particularly in the frank of
England. Some of it is invested in
sugar refineries and other under-
takings as wet] as in land. The
enormous private estates in Siberia
and Turkestan cover an area, as
large as Germany and inelu•de ?ionto
of the Helmet one, gold; silver,
platinum and so forth, in the world,
But the mines are worked in a
wasteful waw. and the Czar's in-
00a11e from this source only amotntts
to $7,500,000. The, crown lands.,
which cover an area the size of Ire-
land, are else badly managed arid
yield a revenue of only $20,000,000,
of
' which0,000,800 goes to the