HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-5-8, Page 3Some Rhubarb Recipes..
After the heavy diet o£ winter,
rhubarb offers an agreeable zest to
the appetite, while the almost in.
numerable methods of preparing it
give plenty of change to avoid
sameness. Unless the rhubarb, or
pie -plant, is very young and ten-
der, it is .better to pour boiling
water over it after it is ready for
cooking, letting it stand a few min-
utes, then draining it off and ad-
ding fresh water for cooking.
Jellied Rhubarb—Cut fine one
pound of rhubarb, put in a granite
dish with one cupful of sugar, the
grated rind of a lemon and a small
piece of ginger root; cover, and
bake until tender. Adel one-half
ounce of gelatin softened in cold
water, and stir over hot water till
thoroughly dissolved; then add one
tablespoonful of lemon juice, and
pour into a fancy mold which has
been dipped in cold water. Keep
in refrigerator until time to serve,
then turn out on a glass dish, fill
the centre with -whipped cream, and
put small mounds of it around the
elly.
Rhubarb Pudding—Wash red rhu-
barb, and cut into inch pieces with-
out peeling; to three pints add
three cupfuls of sugar mixed with
half a grated nutmeg. Line a well -
buttered dish with breadcrurnbe,
cover with a layer of rhubarb, and
add sugar and butter; repeat the
layers till the dish is filled, having,
erumbs last; cover, and bake slow-
ly. Slices of bread nray be substi-
tuted for the crumbs,
Stewed Rhubarb—Peel, cut in
short lengths, and stew in a small
quantity of water until tender, ad-
ding sugar to taste while still hot.
If little orange peel is first boiled
in the water, it will give the sauce
a pleasant flavor. Be A.veruge Age.
Rhubarb Souffle --Put the rhu-
barb, cut fine, into a double boiler
with plenty of segue to sweeten,
and steam till tender ; then press
through a sieve. To three cupfuls
of sauce add the well -beaten yolks
of three eggs, then fold in lightly
the stiffly beaten whites, and bake
in a well -buttered dish until it be -
gine to crack open on top.
]rhubarb Sponge—Out about a
dozen stalks of reel rhubarb into
small pieces, and stew with about
half a pounci of crushed loaf sugar.
Line a small pudding dish with slic-
es of sponge cake, and fill with al-
ternate layers of rhubarb and cake;
put on a covet and small weight
and set aside till cold. Turn out
on to the serving plate, spread
thickly with a meringue of the
whites of two eggs and two table-
spoonfuls of sugar beaten stiff ; and
place in the oven to set the me-
ringue.
Rhubarb Puffs—Cream one cup-
ful of sugar and two tablespoonfuls
of butter, and two well -beaten eggs,
one-fourth cupful of milk, one tea-
spoonful of baking powder, and and not a few men—whose health is
flour to make a thick batter; then being sapped by the habits of idle
stir in one cupful of finely chopped
rhubarb; half fill Wel buttered nese and gossip, these people are
;lisp as if scalloping any other vege-,
table, first a layer of bread orunihs'
and then a layer of cucumbers, and
su on till the dish is tilled, Between
the layers flavor with grated union
and lemon, a little butter, paprika,
celery salt, salt and pepper, Bake
an hour,
Fur stuffed cucumbers, peel and
split as mauy good sized cucumbers
as 'delved. Serape out the pull> and
fill with a mixture of chicken stock
and crumbs flavored to taste, Bake
in a baking dish in a half inch of;
chicken stock. They should be
baked till tender and basted often
with the stock on the bottom of the
dish. The remaining stuck when the
cucumbers are done should be thick-
ened with a teaspoonful of corn-
starch and served as a gravy with
the vegetables.
To make devilled cucumbers be-
gin' by peeling and slicing them as
when preparing raw cucumbers,
Place them in ice water for an hour
and then drain them, Dip them in
flour seasoned with salt, celery
salt, pepper or any desired season-
ing and fry ie butter and serve with
the following sauce; To a cup of
stewed, strained tomatoes add one-
half teaspoonful of salt, one tea-
spoonful of sugar, grated lemon
skin, the juice of half a lemon and
a tablespoonful of olive oil.. Cook
this till well mixed and serve hot.
Cucumbers on toast area delici-
ous dish, The vegetables should be
cut in half-inch slices and stewed
in water till tender, but not broken.
Meanwhile boil a cupful of cream
with a tablespoonful of butter,. salt
and pepper to taste. Drain the cu-
cumbers, heat them in the cream
sauce and serve on toast.
To make cucumber catsup, take
three large cucumbers, peel and
grate them. Add a tablespoonful
of salt and eleven teaspoonfuls of
black pepper. Add a handful of
horseradish, one large grated on-
ion and a pint of strong vinegar.
Bottle and cork loosely.
THE BIBLICAL 70 TEARS:
Doctor Declares 100 Years Should
Dr. Frank Ellsworth Allard, pro-
fessor of physical economics at the
Boston University Medical School,
believes that 100 years should be
the average life of man. The old
Biblical passage anent the life of
man being three -score years and
ten is put into our head at Sunday
School, said Dr. Allard, and we
later accept it as a matter of
course. It is unfortunate that we.
have the limit of life in mind; we
ought to live to be 100. All disease
is a process of disintegration.
"I believe that every disease of
every name and nature begins prim-
arily in the breaking of some of
nature's laws. To my way of think-
ing we must look to sanitation for
the solution of our health problems,
"Insurance statistics show that
among ineured lives of men between
the ages of 45 and 55'the death rate
is greater than ever before, They
would live longer and acoornplish
more if they ate less, drank less and
indulged in daily periods of rest and
recreation.
There are thousands of women -
cups, and steam for half an hour.
Serve with pudding sauce,
Rhubarb Pie—Having lined a
plate with paste, put in a large
'cupful of rhubarb cut'in':small piec-
es,; beat together one-half cupful
-of sugar and one egg, and pour over
the top; sprinkle over a pinch of
salt, and cover with a top crust.
Raisins make an agreeable addi-
tion.
With Cucumbers.
Fur the housewife who is not fa-
miliar with the possibilities of cook-
ing, cucumbers a real culinary treat
is in store. So different is the fla-
vor of these much maligned vege-
tables when they are properly
cooked from their flavor when raw
that they really afford an answer
to the oft expressed wish for some-
thing -new under the sun in the
line of vegetables. One of the most
delicious ways of transforming the
raw fruit to a digestible and flav-
orsome dish is in the form of tim-
bales,
To make- these timbales you will
need cooked cucumber pulp, which
may be procured by putting cucum-
bers which have beenpreviously
peeled and boiled through a meat
chopper. Use a cup of this pulp to
one-half cup of bread crumbs and
one-half cup_ of thick cream sauce,
Add a tablespoonful of lemon juice,.
the beaten yolks of two eggs and
a little onion juice. When these
ingredients hive been well mixed
fold' in the beaten whites of the
two eggs. Bake in timbale moulds
in hot water and serve •Ilot.
For an appetizing vegetable to
' serve with the meat course split
good size eueunibei's lengthwise,
leaving the skins .on. Then scoop
out the, middle pulp, leeving a
strong shell. Chop the pulp, add,
beaten eggs --one egg is enough for
six cucumbers—a cupful of bread
crumbs and seasoning to taste. bill
the shells, rounding the filling off
at the top, and bake in a moderato
oven•. for three-quarters of an hour.
10 make scalloped oumumbers,
,peel and shoe six,encurnbers, Then
,arrange them in at buttered baking
lazy, mentally•and physically, and
their viewpoint on life is purely .per-
sonal and usually petty. Laziness
gives rise to eluggish livers and un-
healthy habitsof introspection,
which in turn breeds neurasthenia
and imaginary ills, that become real
so ,far as the sufferings of the pa-
tients are concerned.
"Intemperance in the use of alco-
holic 'stimulants is perhaps the
greatest curse of our age, The
whole problem of drunkenness
should be dealt with as a. mental
affliction, a weakening of the will.
"The . old-line .practitioner . is
bound to pass. The family doctor
as we know him to -day is doomed to
extinction: His place:. will be taken
by the physioian who will fulfill the
real meaning of the word, which is
`teacher.' "
19
No One Isolates Pussy.
Unfortunately when a house is
isolated with •scarlet fever, no one
ever thinks of isolating the cat. It
isallowed to come and go just as
it likes, and, despite every ordinary
precaution, the disease' spreads. As
has been said, a cat's fur is an ex-
cellent breeding ground for mic-
robes, and there is Tittle doubt but
that 'the cat is to blame for the way
an epidemic starts in many cases.
Children' think nothing of picking
np a cat and fondling it, and it is
ten chances to one that the animal
has been• wandering in all sorts of
germ -laden places:
rhe Engineer in Egypt.
The Aesouan dam and other irri•
gation works in Egypt have cost
about $58,000,000; but, the increase
in the value of the land in middle
and ].ower Egypt and, the Faynm
provinces has been from $955,000,-
000 to $2,440,000,000. Tho total rent
of ,this land has risen from $92,000,-'
000 to $190,000,000, This is what
the engineer has done for Egypt in
:less than two decades,
There fxn't much danger of the
divorce' courts if - common sense
dwells in the house.
EASTBORNE'S WONDERFUL OLD LADY.
Mrs. Pierce, of Tower street, Eastborne, England, was born
minus arms, and yet she can clo -almost anything with her feet. She
cooks the dinner, cleans the house, and in fact fulfills almost all the
duties of a housewife. This unique woman- wears her wedding ring
on her left foot. When she was married she was, asked if she would
prefer to sit down for the bridegroom to place the ring on her. toe,
but she refused, and lifting her foot to the level of her husband's
waist with the greatest ease, the performance was successfully carried
out. She is seen writing a letter.
SCIENTIFIC ROAD BDIIDiNG
EUROPEAN HIGITWAYS ARE TO
BE STUDIED.
An Endeavor Will he Made to
Banish Antiquated Methods
Now in Use.
Professor Lang of the Depart-
ment of Engineering at the Uni-
versity -of Toronto, has just left
Canada on en extended tour of
Europe and the British Isles, where
he will study roads and collect data
on road construction and road
maintenance. This trip is the logi-
cal outcome of the establishment at
the University -of a course in high-
way Engineering. It had long been
felt that a greater knowledge of the
scientific principles of road con-
struction was needed, and that be-
fore the Province could launch
forth on any extended scheme of
highway improvement, it would be
necessary to develop a oorps of
highway engineers competent to
deal with the technical side of the
problem.
Roads Have Been Neglected.
Up until very recently Ontario
has done little towards the con-
struction of permanent roads. Tre-
mendous progress has . been made
in other- branches of Communica-
tion. Steam and electric railroads
have been extended, lake transpor-
tation has developed and telephone
and telegraph facilities have been
multiplied, Roads, however, have
been neglected. Only since the
passing of the Highway Improve-
ment "Act in 1901 has definite pro-
gress been made; nor was the de-
lay to lack of money, for the Prov-
ince has been mixing expenditures
on its roads for decades. The fault
has been lack of proper methods in
the initial construction of the roads,
and lack of proper administration
when constructed, ];t is the first of
these :evils 'that the movement for.
scientific road .00nstructionpropos-
es to correct,
The coturse in highway engineer-
ing established this year is extend-
ed as as an optional course to fourth
Year students of civil engineering
proper. In it the following sub-
jects ,'are taught: Hydraulics,
strength of material, machinery,
bridge design, masonry and con-
crete work, geology, chemistry,
structure of earthcrust, labora-
tory methods and interpretation of
reports.
Energy and Initiative Wanted.
It will be sonic time before the.
'smaller rnunieipalities of the. Prov-
ince will. feel disposed to employ
a]certifie.d engineer to direct their
road building activities: In a great
many municipalities ' the present
expenditure on roads would not
warrant it and possibly never will.
Furthermo.re, it takes not only
skill but energy and initiative to
inaugurate improvement, and a di-
ploma from a university is no guar-
antee that the holder is an execu-
tive.
No one will deny that the muni-
cipalities - of the Province need
good roads, and a comparison be-
tween the benefits reooived from
small annual expenditures on tem-
porary improvements and the bene-
fit from payments on a sinking
'fend that would immediately pro -
mire good roads, inevitably leads
to the eonetusion that as aeon as
the people realize the small differ-
ence in expenditure as compared
with the great difference in results,
bad roads will have to go.
It will be the people themselves
who build the roads in future as it
has been in the past. The differ-
ence will be this, that the new roads
will be built to stay built. Scien-
tific principles will be applied and
no money will be spent until it can
be spent intelligently. In the, work
of providing for the intelligent ex-
penditure of funds the expert high-
ways engineer plays a very neces-
sary part. No community can af-
ford to make mistakes with its road
building; there are too many roads
to build and they cost too much for
that. The employment of an en-
gineer in an advisary capacity will
ensure modern methods and tech-
nical correctness. To get work
done a municipality should employ
a capable and energetic executive.
Ability and energy usually cost
something, but are invariably a
good investment. A municipality
can afford to pay well for a good
road superintendent who will push
the work through, It cannot af-
ford, however, and this point can
be emphasized again, to have the
work
Pushed Along Wrong Lines.
Those responsible for road build-
ing in any community should not
hesitate to go to a properly accre-
dited engineer when in doubt, for
only with roads built right in the
first place can satisfaction be ex-
pected subsequently.
In his investigation in Europe
Professor Lang will study not only
methods of construction, but plans
of administration as well, and on
his return will bring back a fund
of information .that should prove
of .great value to the Province as
highway development proceeds.
Undoubtedly the great road build-
ing successes of the. future will be
achieved through the co-operation
of those who on the ane hand have
made a world-wide study of the
problem with those who • on the
other have had long practical ex-
perience in particular localities,
China's Liquid 'Thoroughfare.
The rivers flowing through Can-
ton, China, have upon their waters
practically a separate city, com-
posed of about 330,000 spoils, living
.on sampans and house -boats. 'These
floating homes are moored together
in such a way that streets and
sqares are formed, through which
the tradesmen ply their wares,
Kitchen boats move along the liquid
thoroughfares, barbers and doctors
paddle about ringing bells, There
are fish boats, clothing boats, vege-
table boats, and even floating biers
to convey the dead to 'earthly
graves. There aro floating hotels,
floating restaurants, floating demise
halls, and even floating leper boats,
from which emerge pa'thetio figures
.-who hold out trays for alms.
—a.
Wool Sorter's Disease.
Anthrax is a disease from which
sheep suffer.. Human beings patch
it from infected hides or wool, and
for that reason it 'becomes known
as "wool-sorter'a disease," It is
extremely dangerous, giving rise to
a form, of blood poisoning. Woolly
toy animals made from natural
Wool are not always safe to give a
child on thttt account.
Conjurer—Will someone in the
audience lend me Ave dollars,
please? Voice (far back) ---Ab what
per cent, l
GIVING THE GA3t1 .AWAY.
Betrayers and Betrayed In the
Banti iresti 'World.
A steel wurks' foreman, who was
under notice to leave, was seen go-
ing towards a furnace with a book
containing the results of a large
number of important. experimente
in metal rnixirag, and to throw
something into he launder of the
furnace. Since the bunk was miss-
ing after he left, -it was inferred
that he had burned it out of spite,
and rui' this he was prosecuted and
convicted. But the furnace "busi-
ness" was only a "blind," Actual-
ly he took the book home, and sub-
sequently sold it to a rival firm,
says London Answers,
Despicable as such conduct is, it
is very common in the industrial
world nowadays,
Of patterns alone hundreds are
stolen every week. As Nottingham
manufacturers have recently com-
plained, many produced at their
cost are sold by their employees to
American rivals.
Through similar treachery, pirat-
ing machines is by no means rare.
The secrets of one such invention
were learned in daring fashion,
Owing to an "accident," a machine
belonging to a West of England
firm would not work, and it was
necessary to send to its makers for
a fitter, who duly came. Cue day,
again by "accident," he was locked
in the place during the dinner -hour,
and daring that time entered the
room •where a second machine,
made by a different maker, but es-
sential to the process, was kept.
Here he ,sketched and measured up
the machine. As a result bis em-
ployers put on the market in less
than three months a close imitation
of that "secret" treasure,
So frequent are such incidents
that much of the time of some pri-
vate detectives and solicitors'
clerks is now spent in trade espion-
a,ge, Not long ago an inquiry
agent, who :specializes in this work,
was sent to the Midlands to get by
hook or crook the details of a cer-
tain process. On arriving in the
town he obtained a situation, took
lodgings with a man who was actu-
ally working the process, and in
less than a fortnight was his credi-
tor for $10, money lent. Slowly,
but surely the landlord became
hopelessly entangled in the web.
When his position was desperate
the detective put a $100 note in
front of him, and asked him point-
blank for the information he want-
ed, whereupon he succumbed in-
stantly.
Another' inquiry argent had a re-
markable experience. He was en-
gaged on behalf of a certain firm
to get oopies of plans, and was sue -
easeful in his mission. Six months
after he was given a similar job,
only this time the firm he had been
the means of despoiling wanted hini
to "nobble" somebody in the ser-
vice of his former clients!
This was turning the tables with
a vengeance. He undertook the
task, however, and, as he was
known to some of the heads of the
firm he. was now working against,
proceeded very cautiously, with the
result that he succeeded, as he
thought, without arousing the
least suspicion against himself, But
he knew at the eleventh hour that
this was a delusion.
Between his hotel and the post -
office an envelope, containing a
copy of the information he had
bought, and addressed to himself
at his private residence in London,
disappeared from his coat pocket;
then, in returning, he was bumped
into by a "drunken" man, and, on
his expostulating, given a -blow that
sent him flying. Finally, on get-
ting back to his hotel, he found that
his bag had .been ripped open.
Without waiting for further devel-
opments, he caught the night mail
to London,
t1.
:A Giant 'telescope.
The largest telscope in South
-
America is to be set up at Cordova,
Argentina, by the Government of
that republic. The telescope, which
will be constructed in Cambridge,
Mass„ is expected to extend the re-
searches in the southern heavens
begun many years ago at Cape
Town by Sir John Harshen. The
refractor will have an object glass
of 610 millimeters or 24 inches.
q•
Well -Cared -For.
Sammy's school attendance had
been perfect until one bright June
day, when ho failed to appear, The
t
nexmorning.. he was in.:his accus-
tomed plane. -
"Saminy, you didn't come to.
school yesterday."
"No, ma'am; sirens was in town,
and pa and ma and Aunt' Sadie and
Uncle Toni arid 'Cousin Bob all went,
to take me,"
Young Man --I should like to ask
your advice, bir, as to whether you
think your daughter would make a
suitable wife, Lawyer --No, X don't.
think she would, Five dollars,
please 1
This is the votive which the alis -
tress of the house, returning h„nne,
after a brief abseece found posted
upon the ,front door by the English
maid r "Wrap. Do not wring. This
belle is out of ltorder."-
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
INTERNATIONAL • LESSON,
MAY 11.
Lesson Y1. --Joseph made Ruler of
Egypt, Gen.. 41. 1.455. Golden
text, 1 Pet. 5. 5.
Verses 1 to 24, which immediately
precede our lesson passage, tell of
Pharaoh's dream and of lila chief
butler's recollection of the Hebrew
prisoner who, fully two years be-
fore, had correctly interpreted a
dreani for him. As soon as Phar-
aoh hears,of Joseph and his reputed
ability to interpret dreams, he
summons him from prison and re-
lates to him the dreams the mean-
ing of which the wise men of
Egypt had not been able to dis-
coer,
Verse 25. The dream of Pharaoh
is vone
—Mather, the dreams of
Pharaoh are one in their signifi-
cance. The reason for the two -fold
vision is explained in verse 32.
What God is about to do he hath
declared unto Pharaoh—In these
words lies the message which the
writer of the 'narrative meant to
convey to the reader. Not all
dreams have significance in rela-
tion to future events in the dream-
er's life; yet the deeper intuitions
of the soul, by means of which it
reaches out into the mysteries of its
environment and forward into the
shrouded horizon of the future, are
real and of such a nature as to per-
mit their being brought to consci-
ousness when the mind is at rest
from the crowding interests of its
waking hours. Such intuitions may
not seldom be veiled in the form of
dreams, the meaning of which at
the time is not clear.
26. Seven good kine — "Fat -
fleshed and well -favored" (v. 18).
Are seven years—Represent sev-
en years.
27. Seven lean and ill-favored --
Starved
Starved and lean -fleshed, such as
had never been seen "in all the land
of Egypt for badness" (v. 19).
Blasted with the east wind —
Blowing from the desert wastes of
the Sinaitic peninsula.
28. What God is about to do he
hath showed unto Pharaoh—"Sev-
eral instances known from the in-
scriptions of the Pharaohs entering
upon important undertakings in
consequence of intimations con-
veyed to them in dreams. A vision
of the god Ptah, for instance, ap-
pearing in a dream, encouraged
Merenptah (the Pharaoh, probably,
of the Exodus) to attack the Liby-
ans, by whom Egypt had been in-
vaded,"—Driver.
30. Famine , plenty—The fer-
tility of lower Egypt is wholly de-
pendent upon the annual overflow
of the Nile, caused by the heavy
snowfall and rain in the mountains
near its head waters. A failure of
the rainfall in these regions would
mean drought in the river valley.
The description of the years of
bountiful harvests and of the suc-
ceeding years of drought - and fam-
ine is most vivid and realistic
throughout.
32, The dream was doubled —
Theee were two dreams in succes-
sion, but with like significance.
This is interpreted as emphasizing
the fact that the events predicted
will surely and shortly come to
pass.
33. A man discreet and wise —
Equal to the national emergency.
Joseph goes on to suggest practical
methods for providing against the
seven years of famine by storing in
advance the surplus yield of the
land in convenient centers for sub-
sequent distribution during the
long period of drought which is to
follow. The suggestion includes
the appointment of a special na-
tional official, with a sufficiently
large corps of assistants in different
parts of the country, to see that the
work is promptly and properly
executed.
35, Under the hand of Pharaoh...-.
All this is to be accomplished by a
royal edict and under the immedi-
ate authority of the king.
30. For a store --For a supply of
provisions to the land against the
seven years of famine.
That the land perish ret—That it
be not ruined by the starvation of
its inhabitants. •
37. Good in the eyes of Pharaoh
---Commending itself to the judg-
ment of his servants, or court ad-
visers.
38. A man in whom the spirit of
God is—This in the estimation of
Joseph wasan essential prerequi-
site to wise and timely. action,
39. There is none so discreet and.
wise as thou --The mart who, under
divine inspiration, conceives the
plan is, in the estimation of Phar-
aoh, the proper person to carry
that plan into effect,
40. Thou shalt be over my house—
charge of the affairs at court
and at the royal palace, as well as
in the country at large,
British Investments Abroad.
Great Britain's investare have
more than $16,000,.000,000 in foreign
countries and the British colonies,
The total ntay be $19,000,000,000 or
more, and of that vast sum half is
in North America -
FROM FIR'S GREEN ISLE
NEWS BY MAIL FROM 111E.
LAND'S SHORES. •
happenings in the Emerald Isle o1
Interest to Irish..
wen:
The death has occurred o£ Wm.
Coughlan, an East Cork centenari-
an, at the age of 104 years,
Mrs. Mary Fallon, The Mail, Sli-
go, has resigned her position as ma-
ternity nurse for the district after
many years' service.
While on the roof of a factory
in Dublin .with the intention of
stealing lead, John. Cooney fell.
through and was killed,
Daniel Bourke, of Cork, aged 20,
was fatally injured by falling off
the seat of a calf van while on hie
way to Killeagh Fair.
Miss ,Sarah Ivory, one of the old-
est, and most esteemed residents in
Kildare, has just died in Castleder-
mot at the age of 71 years.
Lurgan Town Council has applied
to the Board of Works for a loan ol:
£10,000, repayable in 00 years, for
the erection of 54 artisans dwell-
ings.
The burial has taken placo in
Loughbrickland church -yard of
Mr.David Fulton, Tanickey cowl-
,a
oon
ty, . Armagh, at the age of eighty
y ars,
The Board of Managers of the
Sligo Infirmary have appointed
Miss Gordon of the Sligo County
Hospital to the position of matron
of the infirmary.
A French sailing vessel, the "Al-
erte," bound from Spain to Ire-
land with salt, arrived at Fault,
Co. Kerry, with her sails all blown
away and her boats lost.
While the suction gas plant was
being cleaned at the Wexford En-
gineering Co.'s Works a serious ex-
plosion took place, and one man
had a narrow escape.
At the meeting of Limerick Coun-
ty Council the Assistant Secretary
reported that there was to date a
net credit balance of £78,244 13s.
Ed, on the several accounts.
An explosion of gas took place in
the Derry Arms Hotel, Carnlough,
and a young man named McMullan
sustained very severe injuries about
the face and shoulders.
At a meeting of the Executive
Committee for the prevention of in-
fantile mortality at Dublin, it was
decided to make an appeal for
funds during Punchestown week.
The Dalkey Urban Council held a
special meeting for the purpose of
striking the urban rate, which was
raised 7c1. a £ at Ss. There was a
reduction of id. in the par rate.
A house, the property of Thomas
Murphy, St. Aiclan's Walk, Gorey,
has been burned to the ground
through the chimney taking fire
when dinner was being cooked.
ROME'S AGE IS 2,663 YEARS.
Anniversary of Its Founding 750
Years Before Christ.
The City of Rome has just com-
pleted the celebration of tho two
thousand six hundred and sixty-
third anniversary of its foundation.
This places the birth of the city in
the year 750 B. C. -
It was Marcus Terenzius Varrone
who first advanced the theory,
founded upon patient research, that
the corneratone of the city that in
after years came to be known as the
Mistress of .the World, was laid at
the end of the third year of the
sixth Olympiad, in other words, 50
years before the birth of Christ.
Ancient Romans used to celebrate
the city's anniversary by fetes in
honor of the Goddess Pale, protec-
tress of shepherds. Those obser-
vances were supposed to have been
originated by Romulus himself.
Then later came the "Lodi Secn-
lares," or Feast of the Century,
held at the beginning of each now
Century, In 1900 King Humbert
and Queen Margherita took part in.
these observances,
It is an interesting fact that while
Rome has been a city for all these
2,663 years, on one, occasion she was
utterly bereft of inhabitants. This
was early in the middle ages. The
barbarians were expected. Word
was sent otit that, insomuch as no
defense could be made, everybody,
men, women and children, should
move up the river, Not a soul was
left within the city limits for more
than twenty-four hours', -
Under P
Au estus the population
8
r>f }tome' numbered nearly six mil-
lions, Then it went down . to the.
minimum limit.of 13,000, in the mid-
dle ages, to rise slowly again until
it is now 540,000. This is an in-
crease of about 15,000 yearly for the
last ten years.
The supposition of most people
that the word Roma copes from
Romulus is erroneous, ltorneltis
comes from Roma. The original
colony was called Roma, from Ru -
mon, river, meaning "The town of
the river," and its head, or leador,.
Kirrivl°111 lster„s, "Th So tjni .ntaofb tbo town
ct actor u1l
einitilus did exist; though • Remus
is still to bo accounted for,
A fool woman tries to drive is man
with •a club, A wise one lends lahn
bya Bair.
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