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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-5-29, Page 3Favorite Recipes. Date Cake. --;One cup sugar, one large teaspoon butter. Cream sug- ar and 'butter, then sift two cups flour, one teaspoon baking soda, one teaspoon cloves, and one tea- spoon cinnamon together three times, and add to sugar and but- ter with one cup sour milk. Then add twenty walnuts and one-half pound dates chopped tine to the above mixture and beat for about eine minute and bake in loaf pan in slow ovelr for about forty minutes. This cake is better when it is three days old. Beef Loaf.—Take two pounds chopped beef, add a small piece of suet and small onions chopped, one tablespoon flour, and one pint to- matoes. Mix all together well and form into loaf, leaving out juice of tomatoes to pour over top. Sea- son with pepper and salt and add p touch of red popper. Bake or steam. It is delicious. Nut Loaf.—Ono and one-half cups flour, one-half cup brown sugar, three cups flour, three teaspoons baking powder., one-half teaspoon soda, three-quarters teaspoon salt, one-half cup chopped walnut meats. Bake in medium oven three-quar- ters of an hour and let stand, after mixing, one-half hour before bak- ing: Mock Mayonnaise Salad Blessing. —Two teaspoons salt, one-half tablespoon •mustard, three table- spoons sugar, two teaspoons flour, four egg yolks or two whole eggs, five tablespoons butter, three-quar- ters cup thin cream, one-quarter cup vinegar. Mix dry ingredients thoroughly, add eggs, well beaten. Heat Bream and butter and add to egg mixture. slowly. Cook over hot water (double boiler preferred) un- til thick, stirring constantly. Add vinegar slowly. Strain and let cool. Parker House Rolls.=Scald one pint of sweet milk and water to- gether, add quarter cup of butter and lard mixed to scalded milk. When cool enough add one yeast cake dissolved in one-quarter cup of water, two tablespoons sugar, beaten white of ane egg, flour enough foo mix soft sponge. Let rise, then mix in hard loaf es for bread. When light put on knead- ing board, roll out to about one - 'half inch thick, cut with biscuit cut- ter. Spread each ,biscuit with melt- ed butter, fold over half, and place in pan close together. Let rise to twice their thickness. Heat oven five minutes before baking. Dumplings.—Two eggs well beat- en, add one-half pint of milk, one •tablesboonful melted butter, two cupfuls flour, two teaspoonfuls bak- ing powder, and a pinch of salt. These should be about as stili as biscuits and _sometimes :squire inose than two cupfuls of flour. Do not roll them, but pat them down and cut them the sante as small baking powder biscuits. Steam twenty to thirty minutes, having the water•, boiling hard. These are delicious served with stewed chick- en And plenty gravy. Snob' Pudding.—White part—One pint of water, one-half cup of sugar, three tablespoons of cornstarch; a pinch of salt, one-half teaspoon of vanilla. Stir cornstarch and sugar out in a little cold water then add the rest of the water. Cook, When done add the well beaten whites of three eggs and put into molds to cool. Yellow part—Cook together one pint of milk, ono -half cup of sugar, and -the yolks of three eggs. Beat together until it boils. When done, remove from the stove and add a few drops of vanilla. When wanted pour this custard over the white part. This will serve six per - eons. Cheesecloth to the Kitchen. Small cheesecloth .bags are . fre- quently the moans of saving much time in the kitchen and may be kept on hand in different sizes for different uses. Made five or six inches square, with stout tapes rem in the tops, they are- useful for holding toma- toes when they are plunged for a moment into boiling water to loosen the skin. Scalded fingers and to- matoes bruised front contact with fork or spoon while they are in the water are thus avoided. In a smaller size cheesecloth bags can•!b.e used to cover the heads of • asparagus 'while they are cooking. Protected in this way the heads are not easily crushed or broken. Large cheeseolobh bags can bt kept on hand for 'jelly making in the: summer, Jelly ;bags can bo used more than once if they are boiled in water to which. soda or borax 4s added until they aro clean. They Can be bleached almost whits again :if they are boiled with' washing soda, but ff they are clean the color of the jelly which they strained will in no wise lesson their usefulness. Soup vegetables can be put in cheesecloth, bags and when the soup is done the vegetables eau be lifted hem it and ,.hopped to serve in the eteek as vegetable soup, If they 1 pre. stroked. vote with the soup meat and hones they are generally so cooked to pieces and so hidden among the bones that it is impos- sible to get thein out in present- able shape. Very small bags can be filled with seasoning mixture of herbs—pars- ley, thyro, Tay and other kitchen savories—au used to season nroth, soup and other meat and vegetable dishes, Wide mouthed bags with ling tapes,'wideh can be tied about the outer edge of bowls ex- saucepans, aro useful, for straining custards, jellies made with golatme, sauces and other liquids which must ho etrained to make them smooth, These bags should be made of coarse, wide meshed cheesecloth. ' Cheesecloth bags in the laundry can be used for holding doilies, small pieces of neckwear and other small articles which are ea"sily lost when they are hung separately on the line. FARMERS MUST TILL LAND. -Otte of the Questions of the Near Future in Ireland. Compulsory tillage will be one of the questions in the near future in Ireland. In most foreign countries those who are entrusted with the care of the land are compelled to till a certain portion of it. But, in Ireland,' although there have been several land aots, no such condi- tion of proprietorship has yet been introduced., The result is that in every locality large farmers, graz- iers and storekeepers have pur- chased large tracts of land and are keeping them as grazing farms and, as a consequence,are employing only one herd, where twenty or thirty farm laborers could be pro- fitably employed. This is nothing more or less than perpetuating grazierdom in its worst form, and those who live by the land, as well as those who have no direct inter- est in it, are going to set steadily to work to alter this 'state of things directly Home Rule is given to Ire- land. James Haverly, of Galway, a prominent agitator on this topic, says: 'At the present time we have to import such glasses of agricultural produce as hay, straw, oats and meat, while our land is allowed to grow furze and moss for want of being acquainted with the plow. There is also another very impor- tant `thing to .be considered in con- nection with this subject of compul- sory . tillage. • The chief topic for discussion for Irishmen at present is to change our system of exporting store cattle and substituting a dead meat trade. Does anyone ever con- sider where we are going to get our fodder from to fatten our cattle unless we compel• those .who have land to cultivate it? "If we must import our fodder, it would not pay to fatten our cattle, and all our talk about bringing about a change in our cattle trade is' useless unless wee first take up the question of compulsory tillage. An Irish farmer with ten or twenty acres should be made to till one acre out of four. Farmers with from twenty to fifty acres should till one acre in five and so on, in proportion to the size of the farm. PAMPERED POLICEMEN. Warm Food and Tea Are Provided - Glasgow Bobbies. The London Daily Mirror says "The policeman's lot in Glasgow should certainly not be an unhappy ,one. He is, in fact, almost Pamp- ered. For Glasgow has just begun to provide her policemen with warm food and tea while they are on night duty by means of electric heaters, ' or 'hot plates.' These heaters are placed in a number of telephone and signalling boxes at various points in the city, gener- ally at the junction of several beats, for policemen. "Tho 'hot plata' meote with the approval of the constables, ,for by, the former supper system men had, to walk considerable distances to obtain hot food and drinks. Now policemen will be able to make their tea for thomsolves. Twenty minutes is allowed for supper. • "Each box is fitted up with a telephone in direct communication with the nearest police office. A red light eau also be made to glow mese the box when switched on from the Superintendent's 'signal ling office. This red light means that telephone communication is required with the firsie constable who sees the, signal. The hot plate an which the food, is electrically warmed cannot be loft in circuit even if the policeman &nits to tarn off the switch. The total number ofsignalling boxes to .be employed in the Glasgow area is sixty-nine. "Another luxury for the Glas- gow' polies is an electric lantern instead of the hob okd bull's-eye," In the United Kingdom, whore there are no fewer than 616,000 wo- men dressinakere, there are more women workere in proportion to population than in any other 00011 - try in the world. Next to erkshieo, Lincolnshire is the largest county in England; whilst Lancashire caai alaini a big- ger: Population than any other county, TILE NEW PEACE PALACE AT TIIE HAGUE. This building at Tho Hague, under construction since 1907, will be opened this year. All future international peace conferences will be held there. THE RAISER IS TREMBLING OLD PROPHESIES MAKE THE EMPEROR UNEASY. Soothesayers Say 1913 Will Sco Germany's Downfall, and Rise of France. It has long been known that the present year has been regarded by astrologers and mystics of various kinds as one in which events of su- preme importance to the world are to take place. The Throne, under the heading "The Astral Year, 1913," prints an interesting article on this superstition. It says that March 21, the Vernal Equinox, ac- cording to the Astral soothsayers, saw 'the .birth of a New World." Some remarkable predictions have been made in regard to this year from March 21 to the same period in 1914. Mme. de Thebes, the French soothsayer, declared same time ago by her reading of the stars that this was the year when France would rise supreme. "France," she said, "is marked out for a glor- ious role. Once more the tri -color will float over victory on victory. From March 21, 1913, to March 20, 1914, the true Astral year, France will have entered into a new era, and will enjoy great hours of -fever- ish enthusiasm and joy -no more disappointments, no more pessim- ism, and anaemia. Mars, the war god, will act upon us, together with the moon; 1913 that is the end of the tunnel,, from which we can see the new sun-bathed landscape, the year of the resurrection of. French energy." ° Mme. do Thebes predicted disas- ter to Germany. "Germany," she said, "has terror of the year 1913. She Must Stake 73er A11. "The war will be fatal to her. She knows it. She fears ib." She went on to say that after the war neither Hohenzollern nor Prussia would rule—"The days of the Eine Parerare numbered, and after him all will be changed in Germany. I said the days of his reign. I did not ,say the days of his life." Mme. de Thebes does not stand alone. Zaciiel, who claims to base his predictions on correct astrolog- ical readings, has declared that be- fore the year has far advanced a sensation will be created in the world because of some astounding reverses suffered by German arms. Another famous French soothsay- er, Mlle. Couesdon, of the Rue de Paradis, who foretold with extra- ordinary precision the dreadful fire at the Charite Bazaar and the Mar- tinique earthquake, has clothed a similar prediction inrhymed verso : Translated roughly) this reads :—' I see on the other side A nation armed Which is ready to come But which cannot enter. It would like to settle here; I see the spreading eagles; The amts -are shining; I s•eo this nation moving And war declared. England is forced Into the war you behold, The fleet is well armed, • The sea will be troubled, Ships will be sunk, England to Provoke War.. Tho French papers, curiously enough, interpret the verse. of this pythoness as meaning, that the ex- pecbed war will bo provoked by England. But England is hardly a nation armed,' nor is it within the realms of possibility that it is goingto try and improve itself on the soil of France. The words "aigles deployeos" may be, a double allusion to 'aeroplanes, but it sig-. gesbe rather the German eagles. The same prophetess declared. that "the. Turks will be chased snit of Europe and Constantinople will. beeoui9 Ci11'.istian," t is said that the Kaiser is not by any means disposed to septic - ism in regard to' astrological pro- dietions, A German paper admits that the .Emperor is su eratitious, and refers to it predtotman 'width dates /rant the thirteenth century., It was uttered by Herman the Monk, and deals almost exclusively with the Hohenzollern family in these words "He shall have a pros- perous life and enjoy more than he ever dared to hope: for wonderful things are about to be accomp]ish- ed and the Prince himself will nob be able to divine the astonishing growth of the new power." Ancient Oracles Foretold It. This ancient oracle paints, how - ere, a sinister picture in regard to the thirteenth generation. The pre- sent Emperor represents that num- ber, and here is the Latin verse, which, it is said, gives the Emper- or spasms of anxiety. Tandem sceptre gerit Qui stemmatis ultimus erit. "At length the sceptre is in the hand of him whd will bo the last of the royal line." This is, curiously, enough, corro- borated by another German predic- tion, known as that of Mayence, in which the war of 187Q w;as foretold, as well as the cession to Germany of Alsace-Lorraine. But there is one prediction referred to again in both German and French newspap- ers more astonishing than these. It is that of the famous sorceress whom William I. consulted in the little village of Fienberg. It 'xvas she who foretold correctly the events of his life and ended by pro- phesying the end of the German, Empire in 1913. A. HINT ABOUT SUGAR. Should Be Used By All in Need of Nourishment. , The' late Sir Henry Thom,peon, one of the greatest authorities an diet, wrote:—"It is scarcely suffr- oiently known that sugar is a very valuable feed where much muscular exorcise is taken and much bodily labor performed. Especially in adults who are becoming exhausted with labor sugar may be tale -en largely, with, the effect of rapidly affording a fresh supply of power." By far the best sugar in the world is grape -sugar. That is the kind which nourishes .and sustains the body; is easily digested, and in every way beneficial. This invalu- able substance is found in the cur- rant. In fact; currants are 'nearly all grape -sugar, and that is why they are se good for the health. Those who .cad an open-airlife should make a point of eating plen- ty of currants. Whether raw or cooked is 'immaterial, but, as Sir Henry 'Thompson unmistakably in- dicated, sugar is a provider of pow- er, ancb should bo used by all in need of nourishment. Common sense dictates the use of the best and most palatable forms of sugar, which is undoubtedly the Durrant. The Christmas pudding, mince pie, Eccles cake and many other deli- cacies owe their perfect flavor to th.e presence of eusrante• - Grains of Gold. Courage is one of the world's great words. It has moulded the past with its deed, and it carries time future in its dream.-Edwmn Markham. If our plans are not for time, but for -eternity, our knowledge, and therefore our 1ovo of God—to each other -will progress forever.— Chari a. Kingsley. ,It is eurions to note the old sea - margins of human thought] Each subsiding century reveals somo now mystery; we build where nnonsters used . to hide themselves,—Lang- feilow. Thers are words and looks and little oblservanees, thongbhtfulnese, watohlu•l littbe attentions, which speak of dove, which make it meati- fest, and there is scarce a family that might not be richer in heart - wealth for more of therm.—Harriet Beceoher Stowe., „ The oolnlnon idea is, the more labor the legs genius; ie other wards, the greater the labor the wore,o'the ,art, The truth is exact- ly. the opposite, Genius alone is capable of that ideal of perfection wlrioh causes the intense ,toil of the true artist,—F, B. Money -Coutts, • EMPIRE'S RICHEST FARMERS WHEAT GROWN WITHO CT RAIN IN SOUTH AFRICA. Expert Tells Mott' .the Insect fest Is Dealt With in Novel Manner. And the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. . In the. wilderness shall water break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground obeli become e, pool and the thirsty lands springs of water. —Isaiah, chapter 35, Isaiah',s many prophecies con- cerning the ferbility of the desert places of the earth are shaving some measure of fultldment in South Africa, according to Dr. Macdon- ald, of the Union Departmrent of Agriculture, who is best known as the enthusiastic exponent and pia - neer of the dry -farming movement, which has revolutionized agricul- ture in that •country. In a recant. interview, Dr. Mac- donald ,said "Before the Government uitarted experimental dry land stations it was widely believed; that farming was only possible „beside Ile water - furrow. This meant a few irrigated patches of land axed the rest of the country a desert. But we have ohangod all that, In each of the four provinces and- in Rhodesia thousands of acres of dry land, once considered valueless, are now be- ing ploughed up and planted and are yielding expellant crops. Crow Rainless Wheat. "America has grown wheat on an 8 -inch rainfall, Australia has griown wheat on a 5 -inch rainfsJJ, but we in South Africa have grown a rainless wheat. That 'is to say that during the past season at Lichtenberg, which is in the dry zone of tho Transvaal, we have grown a wheat without a single deep of rain falling upon it from seed time until harvest. This is the Durum wheat, Apulia, which we, originally .introduced from the dry belt of Italy. Ou,r success has been duo to the use of what we term 'moisture -saving follows.' The great problem of South African agriculture is not the problem of fertility. It is the problem of the conservation al moisture. We have now solved that problenm, and made possible the immediate set- tlement of our dry or arid lands. "Again, by systematic dipping and fencing, cattle disease is now well under' control. Poison for Locusts. "But, perhaps bite most drama, tiesuccess in the campaign against insect pests is to he seen in the con- quest of the locust by means of arsenical sprays. The flight of every, swarm of locusts is registered and telegraphed to the headquar- ters of the Union Department of Agriculture at Pretoria, and when the young locusts emerge,, the veldt is ringed 'by poisoned grass, over which they cannot pass. A short time ago the Government of Peru sent as expert to the Transvaal to study our methods of locust de- struction, but the only beousb which the entomologist could show him was to be found in the museum. Empire's Richest Farmers. "Few people seem to be aware of the feat that the, richest farmers in the British Empire are the os- Crich farmers of Cape Colony. Or; take the provinop of Natal. It has developed large and profitable in- dustries in sugar cane, wattles, and tea. Bat theise are small in com- parison to its future as a dairying country, where milelh cows can re- main outside all 'the year round, be- ing grazed on the rich natural pas- tures of a well -watered region, supplemented by &ldea& maize, su- gar.eano and lucerne. With tame rise of fruit fanning and dairying we may look for the coming of the small holder." iF LONDON TO BE WELL LIGHTED World's Metropolis Will Savo 30 Per Cent on the Bill. London, England, is soon to rank as ono of the best lighted cities in the -world. An English exchange says : Some streets will be lighted by gas and others by electricity. The electric lights which have 'been in use during the experimental work in Oheapsido are each of 3,000 candle-power, while in Cannon street the high-pressure gas lamps have each 2,000 candle power. When the whole scheme is com- plete and the lamps on the side- walks have given way to centrally- hung lamps, the inhabitants of Lon- don may congratulate themselves to the fact; that tleeirp is one ;,f the best lighted other in the world, and the coat will represent a saving of nearly 30 per cent, on tho lighting bill, The difference between an art, a, prolossion and a trade is that a man iso n0xuly always able to make a living at a trade. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JUNE I. Lesson IX. Joseph '.Geeta Il e Brethren. Gen., Chap. 44. Golden Text, James 5, 10. Joseph's brethren upon leaving Egypt the second time have their money again returned to them, Jos- eph's cup being at the same time placed in Benjamin's sack. Thus does Joseph plan a final test of the sincerity of his brothers. This test constitutes the subject of our pre- sent lessen passage. Verse 4. Were gone out of the city—Taking Benjamin with them. Rewarded evil for good—At- tempted to steal when you had re- eeived the most, liberal of treat- ment,. 5. Whereby he indeed divineth— There were many methods of di- vination among the ancients, such as watching the flight of birds, ex- amining the entrails and vital or- gans of animals slain for -sacrifice, and the method of iydromaney, here alluded to. This latter method consisted of pouring water into a gobletorother vessel 'and of then throwing into the vessel pieces of gold or precious stono4, During the process the movementi of the water and the figures which these move- ments caused to appear 'therein were carefully studied and permit- ted to suggest the unknown and the future. Similar means of di- vination are still practiced in Egypt and elsewhere. 8. How then should we steal ?— Their reasoning in itself is convin- cing. Their faith in their ability to demonstrate their innocence leads them to a rash unconscious pro- nouncement of the judgment of death upon Benjamin, whose life they were most anxious to protect. 9. Let him die—Their willingness to stake their lives on their inte- grity was the strongest evidence in its favor. Bondmen—Slaves. 10. He with whom it is found shall be my bondman—The steward accepts less than they offer, asking only that the ong found guilty be surrendered, not? to suffer the pen- alty of death,• but to remain in ser- vivitude in Joseph's house. In fix- ing these terms 'the steward was obviously under instructions from his master. 11. Hosted—blade haste. Took down—From the backs of the pack -animals to the ground. 12. And he searched -The stew- ard who had overtaken them and challenged their honesty. The eldest—Reuben. The youngest—Benjamin. 13. Rent their clothes -But said nothing. , Their silence and their actions were more eloquent than words. Returned to the city—From whence they had just come, and, where they immediately afterward find Joseph still at home. 14. Fell before him on the ground -Still mute with disappointment and humiliation. 15. What deed is this 7—Joseph addresses them with affected indig- nation. He reproaches them, 'how- ever, not for their dishonesty and ingratitude, but for their folly in imagining they could escape detec- tion. Such a man as I—A man of my rank and power, and initiated in all the wisdom of Egypt, including its mystical and sacerdotal rites. The implication is that it was utter folly on their part to attempt to rob or receive such It one as he. 16. what shall we say?—The facts in the case seem to allow no ground or excuse. . The iniquity of thy servants—The iniquity which the speaker had in mind was not that of the discovered theft, as Joseph might be expected to infer,' but the greater. wrong Bono to Joseph and their tither years before, ;and which had rested heavily upon their consciences all the years. We are my lord's bonchnen—Ser- vitnde seemed more preferable to them than the necessity of facing their aged father without Benja- min, for whose safety they had be- come surety. 17. Get you, up in peace unto your father --Joseph presses home his advantage, and in order to bring them to a• full realization of their position, insists that he will retain only Benjamin. In the succeeding verses there follows Judah's speech of interces- sion, as romarkablo for its pathos, beauty, and persuasive eloquence as for its frankness and generosity. The remaining verses of the chap- ter are part of the assigned lesson, Probably the'hardost thing ,for a girl to.do when she is being kissed by a, young man' is to make him be- hove that it is her first experience, Lag year 872,1300 births and 456,- 032 deaths were registered in Eng- ]and and Wales; but, although the natural increase of population was t 1 1> therefore 415,818, the birth rata was the. .lowest ever yet reeordod. FROM MERRY OLD ENGLAND NEWS BY NAIL AUDIT JOON BULL AND 1115 VEOPLE. Occurrences in Tho Land Thai Reigns Supremo in the Cavi. , meroiai World. London, it is said, has reached the point at wixioh no more taxi- cabs can profitably be placed on the otreets. Sir Thomas Lipton is maid to have over hirci desk in his office this motto ' by himself, "There is no fun like work!' lb is stated eita,t General Sir John French will reeeire the field-enser- shays bake, vacant by the death of Lewd •Wolsley. Motor omnibuses, in which. a gas- olene engine operates a dynamo to provide the motive power, are proving ,successful in London and Liverpool. Mr. McKenna stated an the 9th inst, that in 1912 there were 3,315 coal mines in the United Kingdom. In 2,104 of these pit ponies were employed. The British Empire produces of wheat, 788,700,000 bushels; of wins, 6,500,000 gallons; of tea, 455,600,000 pounds, and of cotton, 1,279,618,000 pounds. The Lancet states that the habit of self -drugging is increasing in nearly all parts of the civilized world, and is probably most pro- nounced in the United States. The past winter has been the worst on record for loss of life in connection with the fishing industry of Hull, no fewer than 60 lives hav- ing been lost principally off Iceland. A dispensary.in the East End of London, which has been erected as a memorial to Ding Edward VII., was opened on the 5th inst., by Princess Louise (Duchess of Ar- gyll). • The weight of personal baggage allowed free of charge on English railways for each ordinary first- class passenger is 150 pounds, And for each ordinary third-class pas- senger 100 pounds, Mrs. Hensley Hanson, wife of the Dean of Durham, expressos the view that, except from the point of view of cha.rity, bazaars are use- less, and people who purchase at them waste their money. It is officially announced that the Scott fund amounts to £55,760 ($278,800). A definite announce - meat of the. Government's proposal regarding the administration of the. fund is expected shortly. The death has occurred at Bos- ton, Lines., at the age of 78, of Mr. Albert 'Harold; Caswood, a member of the Alpine Club, who in 1876 made an aseentdof the Mataterhorn without the aid of guided. He was accompanied on the climb by two others. Sir Wm. Lever hale purchased the Hindertan estate, Cheshire, which comprises about 150 acres. The es- tate. state is on the 'borders of the Storr- ton estate, near Birkenhead, which Sir William bought from the execu- tors of the late Sir T. Brocklebank for £125,000. Vessels to the number of 563, ag- gregating 2,063,094 tons gross, states Lloyd's Register of Shipping, were under construction in the shipyards of the United Kingdoms at the close of the quarter ended the 31st March. These figures do not include warships. To ,the increased demand fox doc- tors' services through the operation of tho Insurance Act is ascribed a remarkable dearth of ships' sur- geons now experienced. And this in spits of the fact that the rates of pay now current—£15 per month for ou geons' and £12 for assistants —are just 50 per Bent. higher than the scales in operation six months ago. Lord Rosebc-ry, speaking at the annual dinner of the London Press Club on the 12th insst., said he be- lieved in the power, petentialiby end responsibility of the British Press, which was the best and cleanest in the world, Upon the issues of peace and war the Press had a paramount influence, andhe prayed that when each issues oc- curred not a word would be said which might; involve the country, in the innumerable catastrophies of was. MONKS END LINKS IN FLAMES Buddhists Set Fire to Temple and Mareh luto Burning Mass. The Tokio Asahishimun, of Ja- pan, gives details of the suicide of ten Buddhist monks at Taihoku in Formosa, The Monks, who had long been suffo.ring from religious man- ia and ag eneral detestation of the world, set hire to the Sekisanrya Tomple, to which they aero attach- ed. Whoa the whole building was well alight they recited prayers and them marched in pretax:gen into the p idst ef the #lame r`From their superstition," says the paper, "that by lthis death the wbtfld bai'''ls' tiir1k rr' ;blx bis, e suffered theVaialvos" to be thus burned to death, not suffering the least agony and appearing most satisfied with the death eolith they had of otetn."