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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1914-1-29, Page 3log hold Dainty Dishes for .leinohoon. Ietnch'eon dishes freemenbly evolve Prem left -overs of previa -ea dinners in a most unexpected !esltnall, Again we buy and cook for the one racial with the defined purlu,so of .having enough for two, leer hone luncheons the house- keeper has a freer hand then for either steals. Breakfast lusts become :simple and rather stereotyped, whiles dinner is the formal meal of the steyy, L nohroxi is the time- for sur- prises, for experiments, if you have learned to appreciate that they make half the fun of house -keeping. ]"or the woman with modest puree now in tho time to see that the frag- menta are gathered together, and by alight additions and as little la- bor tic possible, made appetizing and nutritious. The -meted living will be much in- creastxl, if munch ,additional meats u d fraifte are bought for luncheon. But if the left -avers from other [nettle are rearranged mid ekil]fully combined with the cereal Mode, which, are always relatively inex- paswe ¢a, the he:t,lzfl and strength Uf the members of the family will not sailer- ' The ail'er- The ltounewife will .find it an ]n- -t rest ng genie to see how many clsan,gea-stheoau bring a .bout on rice, noaa'eroni and bread crumbs, but Owes 'tootle fal yet despised foods musk: be garalshed zed flavored to be ap- pativi'raat1, anti here is room for ell the iregenaley of a bright woman.. Bits of emit aced vegetables left favour other 'dishes .are useful in this way. Haeleo a ere sppreteateel if eare- fully prepared, Oar most elaborate entreat, Oren eroquattea and sal- ads, are whet souse hae well called glorified hath. These oompeeed dishes are cap- able of almost remits variety by reason of different forms and sea-. sonlanga. Meat rue; be the main in- eredient, but le that cage with the dia31 should be served ries, potatoes or breed, Often ib is preferable to combine the sterelry food with the meat. Siam carefully estimated dietar- ies usually caul for at least"twioe as levee of oarb„bed.rate as of protein, it appears that there is a good rea- son batik of the conlanon habit of tiring twice acs murk potato or rice or orurnh ser of fish or meat in our many ltaahes and scalloped dishes. Menet, fish or vegetables for hasha:a, croquettes or salads should have all nnedible portions removed and be divided in pieces of uniform' size or be chopped. Tf chopped or pot through a grinder when warm, meat is likaed,T to be pasty. Often the lad bits of corned beef or of a boiled ham may be put -through the hood chopper with about; ouc-fourth fat, heated with very little water, seasoned highly and packed in jelly tumblers or caps. The fat. after heating, will form a layer on top and fill all crevices between the par- tieleea of meat. This will keep a long time in the refrigerator, like any potted meet. Thus, if we have enough kr two ooreed beef haahee or ham omelets, it is not necessary to servo them on sucdteoding days. '1'•o- the l,aok.ef proper moistening 'end aeaaonieg is due much of the •popular distaste for hashes. San - gage or bacon fat are excellent in hashea forellavor and iichnesa,, but' too much mast not be weed. 'ureter`, stook or milk should be added, ra- ther than fat, to .keep a hash Teem being too dry. Salt, pepper, ofj course, with celery salt and curry powder,give good Thovor, and the 1 s a odd bits of fresh celery or anion, of Umtata and red or green peppers aro deefrable additions. Breed with reheated meats is quite aft desirable as potato or rice. If 'there are same fonall bak- ing powder bifovite, cut them across, spread with butter and witern quickly in the oven. Put to- gether again with creamed oysters or chicken between. Why not an oyster' or chicken shortcake in- stead of always serving the'ereamed meats on toast? Little raised rolls may have the soft centres removed then filled with deemed onusbr'ooms or aspar- agus; or even onions. This would be about the same thing as the seal-, loped onion suggested for Monday's dinner, bub in another form. No .,scrap of bread need ba lost. ]rut we must not allow it to be t.'o obtrul3ive in soallopecl meat or in puddings. • Moeat crumbs are. nob as essential as ,Pine noolts would have us tfliiilr. The dry ones will absorb more settee or juice of the tomato or whatever is used as the liquid. 1Vhole-wheat bread is as saes - factory as white for . many dishes, The city bits should be put In 'a mo deralo oven acs they aocurnulabe, When there are enough to make ie 'worth (while they should be pet through the meat *hopper and then Sifted, ;find the ftne erninbs reserved for elope and croquettes. 'Tie ,e0ar5e crumbs tyre then ready for stllffintr a piers of meet or ler the scallop, A safeneerh 1 rule is to take about equal parts of crumbs, liquid or sauce and meat or vegetables. In this case the liquid ie wade -lel d with the tomato, so half uta mesh. crumb as toinalo is a leer proper - Lieu. For eaeh cup of eruinbt, soat'o,ned with salt end pepper, inset two ta- blespt:o3ls or wee ounce of fat, and stir the crumbs -inter it until each absorbs a portion of the fat, Butter is generally used, but chicken or beef fat is quite as acceptable, Even sausnge fat is not out of place in some caned, and brings with ib a good flavor of herbs. For any sea•1lopetl dish the pre- paration will be more rapid and the appearance more appeliz_ng if the crumbs are buttered in this way before combining with the meat ox vegetable, instead of putting bits of butter on top, Alternate layers of crumbs and meat or vegetable are then put in a large dish or incliviclual rame- kins. Usually three layers of crumbs and two of meet, fish or vegetables are enough. If the ma- terial is already cooked the time required should be only enough to heat the whole thoroughly, Household flints. A little grated cocoanut added to the cream of tomato soup is a con- ceit liked by many, especially if the soup is seasoned with a bit or curry. A ample way of repairing a rent in an umbrella is -to use a piece of ordinary adhesive plaster. if the plaster is not {deck, it may be eas- ily colored. After shampooing blonde hair, !half the juice of a lemon, squeezed in the last ringing waber will cause the hair to dry more quickly and with less snarls. Sew matting with raffia and pre- ; vent uneight]y stitohes of thread. Raffia is very strong and .may be bought to match almost any kind of matting, I When next creaming oarrots,•add half a teaepoon,fttl of oniou juice I and a dash of grated nutmeg to the white sauce. Add the boiled dice carrots and serve. Nails used in bathrooms and kit- chens, on which damp cloths and towels may be hung, should be painted with enamel, eo that they do not leave rusty marks, There is a veru important poen% in regard to making soallops. That is, after the scallop is made and cut out, go all over it again with a tiny buttonhole stitch. Instead of throwing away the un- sealed envelopes that bring circu- lars, cut oft toe gummed strips and save them. They will serve a hun- dred household uses. Fill a bottle with hot water, piece the splinter over the mouth, press tightly, the suction will loosen it, and it will bo an easy mat- ter to remove it. If half a bottle of olives has been used, and you wish to keep the rest, add a pinch of salt to the brine, pour a teaspoonful of oliva oil in the liquid and replace the eerie A delicious filling for layer cake is made by mixing a pound of fine- ly minced shelled almonds with whites of two eggs, a cupful of oon- feetioner's sugar and a teaspoonful of vanilla. TRICKS RUSSIAi OFFICER. German Aviator Escapes Duty Pay- ments by Use of Ingenuity. A German military airman has played an amazing trick on the Russian Oustoms authorities, He landed by mistake on the Rus- sian side of trio frontier and was reooivod by a ooinmandant of the frontier guards,• who ordered him to dismantle. his aeroplane 80 that it alight be carried to the nearest Customs station, more than thirty miles away, for the duty payable on it to be reokoned. The airman re- plied that he was too inexpert a mechanic to take his machine to pieties, but that he would fly to the Customs station with the Russian of3ioer, The officer accepted,, but when the aeroplane came to earth after a flight above the elouds he found that he was not in Russia, but in Germany. The pilot had returned to his own country, taking hie cap- tor with him. d' NEW DIPHTHERIA CURTI. Physieian 'Declares Fungus in Throat Will Destroy Gerais. Dr, L. L. Ten Broeck of Minnea- polis in a recent issue of the Medi - dal ' Record, gives 310 .account of a new method of treating diphtheria. I'le relates his 'experiences in im- planting in the throats of patients. suffering from it a fungus which Multiplies rapidly and destroys the germs resptesible for the disease. The fungus is said to be harmless attd to do its 'work rapidly, It is called the eehlya muscaria and is described AA a thallephytic fungus. "Achlyre muscaria,” says Doctor L'en Broeck, "possesses the power of destroying bacilli diphtheria in culture and in the throat. It is applicable in all stages of .the dis- 8830, and rooms to give speediest results in. the earliest eases•,'> True 0 Klitg! "Economy is smith," but it's the kind of wealth that few people eft joy., A new picture of the Mexican rebel,. General Poncho Villa. TN; SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON INTERNATIONAL Li:SISSON, FEBRUARY 1. Lessen V. The Unfriendly Neighbor Luke 11. 1-13. Golden Text, Luke 11. 9. Verse 1. As ho was praying—The passage suggests that the disciples were so much impressed with the pratyer of Jesus that they asked to be taught hew to pray, The name of their spokesman in this instance 13 a not given, John also taught his disciples— Of the form taught by Jahn the Baptist nothing 7s known.'' 2. Father—Note" the difference between the opening of this prayer and that se Old Testament prayers. In the Old -Testament God is .sel- dom spoken ofas a Father, and never except in reference to the nation (Deet. 32. 6; Jer. 3. 3,• 4, 19; 31. 9), not to the individual. In this prayer no reference is made to the God of Israel and no special fav- ors are asked for anyone. Jesus taught us the value of the individu- al man in the sight of God. He is the Father of all, and an earnest desire to commune with him is the only condition of approach. Hallowed -Recognized as holy; revered. Kingdom—'The Greek noun is ab- stract, not concrete. A better ren- dering is "dominion." The peti- tion asks that God's reign may be extended from heaven over this world and that his laws may pre- vail. • 3. Give us—The tense of this verb indicates continued action, mean- ing continually give us. lea.ily — Tho • word translated "daily" appears hero first in Greek literature and rte origin and exact meeting are unknown. The best traiieletlon seems to he "for . the coining day," Thus, repeated•:: in the morning; it would refer to .the present day, and ih the evening to the next day. 4. Forgive us our sine; for wd •ourselves also forgive every one. that is indebted^ to us -,Luke avolds making -Out' forgiving and God's parallel. We forgive debts; God forgives sins. In Matthew; how• ever, the word "debts" is need in bath clauses. The worcl "trees - passes" does not occur in the pray- er as given by either Matthew or Luke, but Matthew uses it in the .sentences immediately following the prayer : "For if ye forgive mon their treseasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. Taut. if ye forgive not men their tres- passes," neither will your Father forgive your trespasses," And bring us not into tempts tion --Matthew adds to this peti- tion, "but:' deliver us from the evil one," showing that the temptations referred to are the entioemenes of Satan. When Saint James exhorts us to "count it all joy" when wo fall into manifold temptations, he refers to suel1 external ,trials .its. pover ty, perseou tion, &o. This parable aid that of the un- just judge (Luke 18. 1-8) teach the same lesson, d deet is, that man ought always to pray and.,. not to grow impatient . or discouraged whorl the answer is long ;relayed, They imply that the fulfillment of spiritual desires meet be waited for,, and that good will conte to them that wait upon the Lord. 5. And he said unto them., Which of you shall litre a friend—Note the directness. of the teaching of Jesus, At midnight—4e oi'dor too avoid tete heat, it was customary for peo- ple in the East to teevol at night. Lend --,A different word /role teat ref lending money on intorest, It re- fers to a friendly .tot, 7, Trouble me not •---The ,closer neighbor does not object to lending the loaves, but does not wish to be disturbed. • 8. Because of his importunity — The man is selfish enough to object to being wakened at night by his neighbor who is in used, but re- sponds because of continued urg- ing. 9„i'r . . , seek . , keock---The eerbs are present imperative and mean cen time° wskieg, seeking, knocking. Jeans taught that men should always make known their wishes to the heavenly Father and wait patiently for the answer to their prayers; yet he taught lie by his own life that far more import- ant than urging our requeebe should be the desire to bring cur wills in- to accord with that of the lather. Jesus never sought to bring pres- sure upon God, He never ]legged favors of God. There was nu sel- fishneas, net heathenish frenzy meal- fested in his prayers, The nighta spent alone in prayer were dotrbt- leas largely given to self-examina- tion and bo ineditation upon tate purposes of God, but it was his chief desire to place himself in line with these purposes: "If it be pos- sible let this cup pass from Ise : nevertheless nut as T will, but as thou wile” 11, 12—Bread, dried fish, and Hard-boiled eggs are common food among the peasants of Palestine. Give Hand out to him. The word used in the last clauae of verse 13 in a different word of richer mean- ing. (Compare James 1. 6.) 'Stone—'Many stones commonly seen would resemble the ordinary fiat loaf. (Compare the temptation in the wilderness, Luke 4. 3.) Scorpion—The connection be- tween a loaf and a stone, a fish and a serpent, is suggested by a resem- blance ; 841 also 'rho scorpion when it is curled and its legs folded may r.eaemble .an egg., The thought is that in answer to prayer Gori gives nothing nselees or harmful. 13. Geed gifts •— Matthew says "good things," The Holy Spirit—The supreme ob- ject of desire for all disciples.. WHY WOMAN ILLS LAST WORD. Professor 'Explains Reason for Her Talking Longer Than ]Kan. The reason why a woman nsualiy has "the last word" is seientifeoal- ly explained is the Exoelsior by Prof, Ohassaigne of France,, "Wo- men are able," the writer says, "to talk far a longer ;time than men, and with loss fatigue, because of the peculiar formation of their res- jliratery system. Women's lungs cover a wider surface titan those of roan. On the other hand, her wind- pipe and larynx are much smaller. By way of illustration, let ua take two vessels; one wide and the other narrow -necked., and we shall find that liquid passes much mere rapidly through the former than through the latter. "In other words, a man exhausts his supply of vocal energy at mice, while woman is able to utilize. it for a sustained effort." 'a 31 1iMilling. Teacher : "I -tow would you. mine - Orate 'The wind hlew• rho live -dol- lar bill around i,lre-minti0' 1'" Tommy Smite "I would ink a dash after the ileo -dollar bill " Our L,on don Lotter 101 Dreadnoughts Built, The navlt, of the c,,rld have built 101 battleship of the der aln.ugh, type ,.see- the Arlo h •.acv leas ,rd the e a.,m nu ndiloup lu 1u 1t , 11 1 e 1,tt .+fns of the er rtxul y 11 r ••,1 the rsu•en, rum 11,,,, ai'..117.141:.,.;71:..11,'11:t111:: uu'ser T e uai 1 It that thetl eine ,f .the 194 - e 11 ll'.ral 1, h u•n;,; t build n, (431 1 ishiv! 1 :i1a! they Iter 1t lute been reported th t the X01 !I , - +t•7 Mors heavily armed rill be- the f ,.Von dating 03, nett no..,•un of lir .. h 1(11vlll (31'.aigui053 rhe. 3,'.iidStg of 101 dreadnoughts in olyllt 7 '1, means that an ev�•1'a,re of mote til".,, a ftre of Off ,e mammoth rh-es a mot th h' fatal eau' 431,-4 '131,• largest M11I rit,lit. II y' -Ie wild. 1 1 'al, ghee PIP Ve,l ebb, !d' I 110 dread[ ugh[ type :were put ufoal, (11'l a eats the foor •nntt,lt["u7 slaps of tau' British prograntlne er 7909.10 at'4d the 1WO Doaunioti batik, 4-/.11'11 ,1%, built hY .0,, 51,1,1 and N,^.v Z !lard. shiTphe oPag131er4 s Uthwnre lno(11,ty- nghtfoalllt LYoc British f 4to be launched, the [dr1' 4'ftal• ten,f hoeing th,r- tnun.v 22 OW United Stni,s 10 France 7, Italy h• 1 u 11 e and I,tl,•,,, i eu li Metria and 111.,x41 3 aae31, Spain end Ai:0111101( 3 each, old iwk,y at4 Chile 1 each. In 1911.Britain pef,ife.eva 131)414ty f our of the •world's n .1y th.tee rlrrednettghta atony, while uow it hon thirty-four is let. Tower of Doom Being Bared, The impending demolition of ,tame old house,, in Ahingilnn Street well reveal one of the few remains of the un lent Palace of Westm nstel', which at present ;s umelt- ed by ugly bricks and mortar. There i4 an old tower ,ituat,d betwee•t }Veelminnter Abbey and the hensrs of parliannut, which Is believed by some authorities to have been built by William Rufus, and by others to have beandesigm- 141 by ,thhot Lillingt.on in the clays of Whatever ver las "risme the old tower 14.4)1 served ,t variety ofpurposes. and has at one time or another breen a molal t4' pris- on, a strung room for the regll4s of England, a wardrobe 'for fling Henry VI11, and a depository for. public records. ords. At. present its vaults contain the imperial standards of weights and measures. The building is of three floors, each con- taining two roams, and at done angle is Rn octagonal turret with stairs from the bass. meat floor to the real. The walls, orig- inally of stone, are [htok, hat their race from an antiquarian standpoint has been lust through tinTtortug with modern brie,k Radium Cancer Cure Only a trope. Five surgeons of the l(lddlee x be pital take Issue with Dr. LasterusDarlow ter' hie etatoinnut that there 31113' 'e large number of cures of veneer at the ham• nilet1 where he le a dfreeter of the de• pertinent of cancer research. In ,t letter to the Times the five physicians; headed by Sir Alfred Could wrath -lent of the (dial. Cal nervice of the Royal un4`.aty of Medi- cine and senior surgeon of tete hospital, say that Dr. Lasarus•Barlow's a,Mortiou "tyre Jeanie without any cotetnuulcat.ion with those responsible for the tteatlnent of patients and does not correspond to our experience." T1,ev e:ty that in the course et the year 1913. 319 patients were treated, 167•of wllopr died 31141 sixty -serge discharged at their own 10queet. 1t.t the end of the year there were eighty -ave canner patients left in the hospital. in the year 1913 the .nun12er of patients treated. was 361. Of these 198 41al, sovautyflvo were disoltargod. at their own request. and eighty-eight remained. ]Radium ie being peed v11y 119 in the treatment of persons suffering fr4inl eem- em;" the physicians odd, 'and the rscnits. they have beenmosttstrikingb f and some many eases gave ries to hope. are not snob tie 1,)nstif a the for statement 113(t in radium therr." Clyde Shipping Makes a Record. The Olyde .shipbuilding returns for the year have now been made up, and, as anticipated, rho figures 814 -the largest recorded -for any ehipbuilding centre, In the world. The total is 767,010 tans, which exceeds blot year's total -the largest then recorded -4)y' more than _120,000 tone The vessels launched included the Ca- nard line steamship Aquitaine -of 50,000 tone, and ,several battle ships. cr11444(9 and deett overs. Messrs. Russel 31 0o., of Port Glasgow, 1aunahxt the largest amount of tonnage, with 86.000. Messrs. John Brown te Co„ Clydebank, come next. with 83,000. 2aree •a. Brown and the Fairfield Company, Govan, each turned out machinery exceeding 100.- 000 horse. Power. Sons of Peers Coming of Ago. Though the hely,, to peerages who 10111 come of ago title, year wilt not be unite so nutnelone as In 1913, the number will still run comfortably into double figures. Aluolig t.heni In the Muanufs of `ritoltneld. the Duke of Portland's heir. There w11l be brave doings at Welbeck when he comes of age in March. Ile fe :fust one da younger them Lord 13urgheruh. This voting tutu, whose late mother Wes 0 ale• ter of Mi111oent Duchees of Sutherland. Is a cadet in the 1(11144')) arn2Y. Another very- notable coaling of age in 1914 will he gest of Vlsooulet Cranborne.: It heredity counts for touch in his ease he ought to go bite Parliament and do' well there, for he is a grandson Of Lord Salisbury and the nephew of Lot•d. Anvil and Lord Robert Cecil. The event will be fittingly celebrated at Rattleld next ate tumn, . Tl1e. oldest eons of the follosving user's will also reach theirmajority1n 1914: Lord Alingtou, Lord Cheylesntor0, Lord Colobrook, Lor,: Ferrer, Lord (9osehen, Lord' R. Audries, Lord St., ()owed, Lord Sempill, Lord Southesk. Lord bfedsgar anti Lord Whlllttgdon. ` In 1914 two of the ladies who were Reese. Alexandra's bridesmaids will eele- hrate their golden weddings. One of these ie Lady Thorlow, a halt ,islet' of Lord Elgin, the peer 4110 took Mlle himself an- other wife the other' day.. She is tate mother of several children, but her eb dost son was refiled at Jagorisfotttein. The othr .is Leib* Mileage, -Whobelongs to the -Baro fatally, of which Lord Listowel is the head. she has nine children living. Won't Destroy the Seal, It is satiefaotory 't,0 learn that the old. Mayoral city seal after all. is Ma Ole be broken 11p, bet will be preserved for its great historical interest, It hears the oarliedt known retm•elenta• tion of the city's coat of arms, and so desirous fs rho court of Aldermen for its Perfect preaen'vatlen that on its with. drswal it was not even defaced by tete customary method of rutting a groove across it. It 1Y1149 simply "dumaeketi' 1134 the ceremonious tap with a n1un11 ham- mer. 14,, int,ttstinp' history atlneh113'to the old oily seal. It boars the Image of tie. Thomas n Becket. and St Paul, end when Renee. VITT, ordered the deth'netton of all inutges and pictures of the former throughout lhd realm the 00111 Man 1.4.41 of the e ty of London, which bore hie e'fi3gy, woe dcvtroyed. But the AlaYorel weal was by error described in oal4`•101 records as depleting 9t. Peter instead of ,tit, 'rhoma.o tori it IA �tn this torturtat.e lmistalte that it nodoubt Owes it presel48Iion. La11/ion, Jan. 13,' 1914. The Menson, "I don't understand electricity. I can't seem to get it into ,lay head," "Well, aiI, you know, bone is net et condeeto7•.,' "That young doctor makes .an immense number of calls on hire. Oglesby, Its she very sick?" 'ego; she is very pretty." "New) Johnny," raid the neither of the young hostess to the little boy guest, ".l want you to fool perfectly et ..Monte.' "Il'm 1 growled Johnny. "1 don't want to feel at -home, 1 want to have a good time, 3RITAIN TO BOOM i11014 APPI.tR.1NCE OP A SLUMP 1y NO1' REAIe, :ilanufaetlu'el:4 of Coritiga1f,d bolo Are 1'110 bre 10 FiIj Orders, During the past esnlple „' weeks Bri•tisll trade and t'utntnprce re- turns of lust year hale beee :Ilea- oughly reviewed, and, 131 retl•'1- spect, it c•an be setut snore fully even than it is felt at this time, that 1103 has helm added 1.4 the sequence of three er four y'ettl•, 0 prosperous, ries harming, uncle', writes a 1,on'i.,'I 9:,rre:•pendelli.. ' 10 truly be s:nuew llul. early in the year t t forceast the probabilities of. 11414. lei( tetrrftlt invents tntinns in the last frit` days go tee sliest that, in the opillilin of the big men and eonoerne 11114 specular at least prove equally gaud. The shipping blueness is one of 111e most valuable indices as i" the •condition of trade, anal the head .e one of the greatest sill/43;11g con- cerns in the world said ; "Patting aside unforeseen labor troubles and strikes, the year 191.1 premises to be even better than last sear. There may be the tip- paarana'e of a dump at 111e element, 1 but it is nut real. The very small men ("anplain. but the big concerti( are c, 'fitlent as to the future. 'lixciudrng labor troubles, in dealing with which South alrlcal has just given the world an excel- lent example, I look for as good or 100011 a better year than 1913.- 11-0011 ellS 91:1.11-ooilens mud 'lett Plate. Two great industries in which. 1110 year 1913 showed some slacking up, have, thanks to the American I tariff reductions, token 011 an up ward novernent. These are the woollen and tie plate industries. The cenalition of the latter was par- ticularly bad in 1913 until the pas- sage of 111e new American tariff hill, but Lo -day the tin plate factor- ies arc working overtime in order 00 accommodate .American orders. All other industries elech were on the upgrade in 1913 are still boom- ing, and here, as with the ship- pers, there seems to be every eon - Hence that 1914 will equal or sur- pass 1913. Ono of the biggest. manufacturers of eorrugatesi iron in England says it is almost impossible to cope with the orders winch are pouring in from Australia, the Far East and other parts of the world. The eel- lieries are extraurdinerily busy. The Cotten mills of Manchester are beaming. These mills had Ulla (Om plaint in 1913, namely, the shortage of raw material. which prevented them from adequately handling the 1101211 0 11 5 increase in business. The l 0 railr0a15 are handling sttcli an cn01111lus torment of freight that the axnrlmcnl complaint of shippers of all sorts of commodities isthe clilT'iculty of getting them delivered. The automobile iredustr;v, which is a truer index of prosperity in Eng- land than in America, was never so flourishing as to -slay, Oil a Trade Itette x. Oil is now - en important staple commodity and a valuable trade in- dex. One of the directors of the r 1 ae uum 0Companyrl said the other, day "Business in England was ne ver in such a prosperous state, and there is every indication that the trade of 1911 will exceed in volute that of 7.913, Our business is eat - tiredly It barometer of the .trade: The mare wheels go around in fac- tories, mills and (eines and on rail- roads the more oil is needed, and a general decrease of business means a decrease in the oil busi- ness in particular. We have never been eo busy in our lives." To -Day's Task. We often say to ourselves, "I would gladly do my duty if I knew what it ie." Doubtless there are cases in which it is. hard 10 (tecide, but a remark of Goethe on the sub jest is well wort•lt remembering. t ".How ran we know ourselves? ;Ne- ver by refieetion, lint by action. 1)o your duty, and you will find out the sort of man 0'011 are, 'But what is 1072 ditty?' 1'i'hat to -clay asks of you." 1)e not 80nsieler too far, too clerple*, tee 0011011 ly. 1)o the plain, r task,and do it atn present sen - t well, It is amazing how pleasant you feel when it i$ donee -and it is not oholly unpleasant even in the doing. The fashionable woman has her boot tops the eeme color 8;3 her cog- t1.1lne' Pcttdaltt'0 aro to be used to weight the corners of ca]]ars or ,the ends of neckties, It is said the graceful low .coif- fures aro to be changed for high and mereiles9 methods of itaar- dressing, Straws show the way the ivied blows, but sta'a.ws in a till (tin tumbler ehow thiel) 133,' 311e none,)' goes. BENEFITS O11' GARLIC SOUP. tieoret of Long: Life Is Felted by Grotttian Seleutiet, Do you want to live m hundred years? Dr, M, Gundrunr, Royal Health Comonissioner of Croatia, has dissevered - the secret of long life. He trays eat plenty of "tsclles- i'hilakova" and "teltesehnakova tecorba;" The doctor quickly ex< plains that written in his language these articles look even worse then they emelt, and that is saying to great deal, for they are "garlio" and "garlic soup." The -physician is tt specialist in f<x'd values, and ham Inade the etudy of foods and their effect upon long life bis life's work. As a result of this study, he now announces he is convinced that garlic is the awn. - pion long -life preservative and felled. The Croatian takes direct issue -with Prof. Metchnikoff that the long life of the Bulgarians, of whom more pass the century mark than any other people, . is due to eating the "yoghurt" or "four clabber milk." lefetehnikoff has used this as ane of his strongest supports for his contention :hat•`.ryoghur-t" will tend to promote health and long life as nothing else .will, and has, turned thousands to eating thick, sour milk. obis Croatian specialist dive -bee the assertion that the :Bulgarians eat much "yoghurt," But they do eat garlic, and it is to this that he attributes their long life. ".,s a matter of fact," he says, "the population of Bulgaria eats or drinks 'very little `kiselo mli- jeko,' as sour milk is known there. But they eat great quantities of "garlic—three times daily. `Tsehes- chnakova tschorba,' or garlic soup, is the favorite dish, It is prepared with grated garlic, cold water, vin- egar and paprika, or.pepper, "The Bulgarians are strictly or- thedux. They have many and long periods of fasting, during which products of animals may not d be eaten. These fasts are rigidly kept, and during that time garlic and garlic soup is their principal dish. "As a result of my five years' investigation in Bulgaria I have come to the firm conclusion that the remarkable, health and long life of the Bulgarians are due to nothing else than to their eating of so much garlic." - The Croatian specialist attributes the beneficial results of garlio to the antiseptic effects upon the intes- tine] tracts and promotion of di- gestion. g• USE OF WIRELESS GROWING. 272,0(30 Messages Handled In Can- ada in 1913. The extent to which wireleaa tele- graphy under Government control is being utilized by the people of Canada is eho•tvn by the statistics covering the operation and mainte- nance of the coast station service, contained in the annual'rsport of the Naval Service Department. A total of 272,087 messages, contain- ing 4,275,759 words,' were handled during the year by the coast station ,services, against 198,250 messages • and 2,839,465 words,. during the pre- ceding year. This is an increase of 75,887 messages and 1,438,314 words over 1012, an interesting showing in view of the {iovernment' s -action in providing for the erection' of new stations in Canada, which will carry business at ocnsiderably lower rates, Even as it is, the existence of the present Government servioe and the contract with the Marconi Company, covering the stations it operates,. has saved Canadians thousands every year'- The growth of public patronage of wireless in Canada is shown by the fact that at its inception in 1909-10 the total number of messages handled was only 84,077; and of words, 1,222,- 74a. In 1911, 119,668 messages were sent, and in 1912, 196,250, which W11,0 almost doubled, as indicated by the 1913 figures of 272,087 mes- sages handled. The West Coast service, which is operated directly by the Government, handled in 1913 about two million words', and the. East Coast about a million and a, half, tile, Great Lakes service mak- ing up the remainder,. • There are new forty wireless sta- tions in -.Canada, additions having been made during the year. With the improvement of tris Montreal stal.tiotl, ib will be possible nest spring to ,establish through com- munication from Montreal to the (mean, During 'the past tee yeara more than 290,000 persons are said to have been killed in India by snake - bits; whilst tigers, leopards, and wolves have accounted for another 14,000 deaths. Revenue derived last year froni The sale of intoxicants in Groat Britain (1 )91111i_yd,tt-cs hoto'ly e4. a- 000,1)00; Whilst "the trade" afford 04 something like 600,000 pooelo means of aubslatenee. "O11," said Tears. LGt ped, "yon men arc 4111 alike, :llefore marriage you are for ever retying cofn1311< revil s, but after mtlrriegc----" "W8 aro fin. ` over paying bills quite' right, my deal;."