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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1914-9-17, Page 3Hints for the Home 1J ll'nys to Serve 1'cacches, Pure Peach Ice ('ream.—Pare 12 ripe peaches and remove stones, Place 1 pint of orcaiu w•nd 11/4 'cape of grenulaiied sugar in ae double boiler; stir until the sugar dis- solves and the cream •scalds, but do net boll. Cdni]:1; end when per- fectly cold pour the sugar and cream into the oan, pack anti freeze. Press tie peaches through a fine colander •and add to the fro- zen mixture, leaving •bhe dasher in the eu•n. Adjust the' h'anclle and turn very slowly until the mixture is thoroughly frozen. Remove the dasher and pour'aeeording to the general directions. i tarnish it will net, tern s1A peek't in dry flour. 1)o not throw beet tope ewer, they ere an excellent .substitute for spinach, • Ruh the butter paddles with salt if yon have any trouble making butter bells, Lennon •enol orange rinds may be dried, grated and bottled to be readyfor use. Windows are most easily washed with a cloth first and ,than rubbed with •a ohoineis. Put oreann: and bread crumbs into hamburg steak and it will be de- lightfully juicy, Use old catalogues for pads for the kitchen table or cupboard or to try the flat-ieons on. Heat the knife or dip it into hob water and, dry before cutting fresh bread or cake. • ed To take ink spots out of •oo'1oA metsriele cover with tallow before sending to the laundry. Before peeling onions let them stand in water, then peel, and the eyeis will not smart eo tiredly. To keep thread or silk from knot- ting as you sew try 'soaping it with a bit of pure white soap. To freshen a refrigerator thoroughly and paint with enamel, giving two coats. Sponge black silk with Blear cof- fee to freshen it, and iron on the wrong side when partly dry. To take castor oil easily put orange juice in a glass first, then the oil, then more •orange juice. To wash light-colored silk gloves euocessfully put these on ,the hinds.; fasten at the wast. Scatter grated white potato• ever the carpets if you wish to clean them and freshen their eolors. Pour boiling ater•eh over ink or iodine spots and they will Dome out in two or three hours. Shrink woollen dernia,g yarn in the steam of a tem kettle before mending the stockings with it. Mend the boys' trousers on the sewing machine amd the patch will not pull out es if done by hand. Shoes that are net in use should not be allowed to get dusty, as this eats into them and spoils the kid. Use' a bicycle pump to clean such paras of the •sewing machine .as you cannot reach with a cloth. There is no economy in buying small. pieces of ice. Know the size of your ice box and buy,e, piece to fill it. Acidfruits should never be pre- pared with is steel knife. The best preparing tools are nickel or silver knives. Do not elean shoes too often. Sometimes they only require rub- bing up. Do, this with a pad made of old velvet. A strong solution of borax and hot water poured clown the sinks and drains will rid them.of any of- fensive odor. Peach Pudding.—Cover the bot- tom of a baking dish with stale cadre crumbs, eut, not rolled. Spread over the ,peaches which have been chopped fine and sweetened with granulated sugar. Then add an- other lawyer of the stale cake crumbs and repeat [the 'alternate layers until the dish is 1011; with the last layer of cake. Bake Until brown, about 20 or 30 minutes. Draw to the edge of the oven and spread over the top an meringue made from, the well-bewten whites of two eggs, two tablespoonfuls of su- gar and two juice of half a lemon. Color a golden brown and serve hot, with cream or liquid, eeuee. Baked Peach Pudding. — Mix a biscuit dough from one quart of flour, two .teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two-thirds of s, cup of milk, at dash of salt and two tablespoon- fuls of butter. Handle as lightly as possible and roll out until it is less than half .an inch in 'thickness. Lay this en e shallow baking pan and stick it full of peach halves from which the. stones have been re- a»oved. In the holes thus left stick bits of butter, e clash of flour and plenty of sugar. Bake quickly and serve hot, with cream. Peach Ro11.Pare and mut up fine half a dozen peaches and sweeteu them liberally. Mix together one pint of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one half teaspoonful of salt and one small tablespoonful of butter. Mix with sweet milk un- til it can be handled just comfort- ably. Roll out, spread it with the sliced peaches and: roll it Tip, pinch- ing the ends to give it a long, nar- mw shape. Lay this in a deep bak- e in.g- dish, sift flour over it lightly, dust with pulverized sugar and add a Few bits of butter and a cup of boiling water. Cover with a lid and hake for 30 minutes. Remove the lid .and brown kr five minutes. Serve hob from the pudding dish. The water, flour, sugar and butter, with the peach juice, will have formed ell the sande necessary. elean white INTERNATIONAL LESSON, SE'Th;11BL1t 20. minds, and yet ellen attention, called to the relaitionehiia between" such a duty end the duty of loving God, they see the close ibe:eying of the two, and ,they realize through this picturesque description . their ;privile•ges and dbligutions in a new light, 41, Depart from me, ye cursed —The eureed are not the cursed of the Father, as the blessed are blessed of the Father. The Father curses 00 one, And the everlast-. ing fire is not ,prepared ,fur them particularly, lent is prepared for eh; devil and his .wngele. The faaob that ,they are remanded to the place which was to be the abode of the Evil One and his close asso- ciates makes the judgment upon the cursed all the more severe, particularly as they ibring- this upon themselves. 42-45. In these verses the nega- tive of the /acts Bet•forth in verses 35-39 is presented, 46, Eternal punishment , eternal life—The word "punis mertut comes from the Greek verb meaning to prune, to cut down, and then has a derived meaning to correct, to punish, the thought be- ing of the tree that is not uproot- ed, but is cut back so as 110 give it a chnuce at another and better growth. 'The word "eternal" comes from the Greek word mean- ing "age -long" ; hence, those who merited the condemnation of [the Son of Man are to be cut back, pruned, and be 'subjected to this treatment for a long period, so that if there was any worth in them, they would have a chance to bud out and develop afresh. How- ever, this judgment is not - to be taken as referring bo the future life., as though those who have al- ready passed into the beyond still have a (period of probation. The force of the teaching that man's attitude toward •Gocl is to be dis- covered in his attitude toward his fellowmen. Ilf he loves them to the extent of being ready to minister unto them irrespective of how bum- ble they are, he loves God.• And as the •rig'hbeous. in this parable did nob know the Lord ineereuoh as they had never seen him, and yet by ministering unto their fellow men had aninrstered unto him, so may he svho has no powers to dis- cern the actual being of God re- veal vital •relationship to him in every act of loving kindness. Lesson XI). 'The Ttxlgm ens of Nate 1ions. 61tt. 25. 31-49. (I olden Text, Matt. 25.45., Verse, 31. His glory—The Son of man is pictured as eanifng :in all. his glory and as sitting ,upon ,the throne of We glory, and he has a following of holy angels. This is an Oriental imagery—tiro pomp and the magnificence as he enters into his awn, accompanied by his faithful and enthusiastic retainers, As he sweeps into the presence his subjedts he is naturally thought el as ascending his throne; Which is the emblem of his title and power. None 'but he could sit up - an his throne, and the very fact that he was King lent glory to the throne. 32. And before him shall be ga- thered all the nations—The func- tion of judge is not ascribed to the Messiath in the Jewish literature written before the time of 'Christ ris This is a new conceptionthe Messiah, although Jesus himself has repeatedly said ,that he came net into bhe world to judge the world, (but to save ib. His judg- ment, rather, is seeking the eon - sciences of :those who go before him in sisc[h a way that they begin to examine and judge [themselves. The 'Christ leads [his followers in- evitably to the point of self-exam- ination, and in this self-examina- tion they begin to judge them- selves. [So the Messiah as a Judge of man is to be understood only in the indirect sense. This indirect judgment, %because self-inflicted, is the most severe. The sheep and the goats, al- though herding together, separ- ated one [fsoan 'the other naturally. And so do good. and evil people na- turally fall into separate groups of their own kind, "A man is known by the company lie keeps" has no surer proof than in this na- tural separation of the sheep and the goats. 33. The sheep on his right hand the goats on the left indicates the natural place where those preferred .and those accused would stand, the sight being the place of honor. 34, Come, ye blessed of my Father—These who are blessed are sintgled out with a definite adjec- tive—ye blessed—and they are the biassed 'because they [belong to the Twbher ; andther point et natural association of the good with God. The kingclwm prepared for you front the 'foundation of the world-- Notice orld—Notice from the very beginning, from eternity, a kingdom has been prepared for diose who are good. 35. Hungry . . . thirsty . . a sbianger—These .are three expres- sive [serine to show extreme need, Many a man goes hungry and finds no. one to give him meat; or fam- ishes ,with thirst, and ie a land Where at drink of water is some- times priceless, finds none to give him drink. He enay he .a stranger among those who are rat of histhe kindred and may sleep inhe streets as we read of now and then in the Old Tedtament, the com- panion of the dogs and other ani- mals, no one inviting him to shel- ter, 36. Naked , .. sick .... in pris- on -Three more exceedingly ex- pressive degrees of need. Narked means ill -clothed. It was more dif- ficult properly to clothe an ill- clothed man than it was to give him creat, or drink, or shelter. The si'ek are frequeavtly abandoned, or ignored, especially if the sick are poor or strange. It took a partic- ular ameount of love in Palestine to lead one to visit the strange sink man. The prison is indicative of a loathsome, foul, ill-sanelling dun- geon. A man may ha righteous and wrongfully cast into prison, but the very fact that he is there carries a 'stigma with it, He is to be Shunned rather than sought out. 37-39. When saw we thee '— The righteous are exceedingly surpiris- ed when they are themselves prais- ed, ler they had absolutely no re- collection of seeing the Lord 'be- fore e in feet, they knew that they had not seen him. For had they seen hie, they would have recog- nized hien, they would have bowed before linen, .they would have fallen it his feet in awe and revsrenee. The ve.ry thought theft they could haye seen shire .hungry, or thirsty, ora stranger, 'or naked, or sick,. ox in prison, was inconeeivable to them, and to be told ,'thel they had ministered onto him when .he 'was in dire meed caused their amaze- ment to exceed all limits, 10. Inasmuch as yo did it unto one of these my lbrethren, even these 'least, ye did it elite ens — These words are the climax bring- ing joy to the ones who are prais- ed, but they are also an ill omen, bringing fear to the ones who are still ignored. To 0011011 as a serv- ice to the Christ the giving of the piece• of bread, or a eu,li of water, or the .right, hand el friendship to anyone whom they might have found in sue streets or out in the open country, was foreign 'to Uhodr Peach ',Tapioca. -Wash a cup of the fine granuiate•cl tapioca in cold water, rinsing several times. Place in a bowl: with three caps of cold water and .allow this to- stand for 30 minutes-. Then cook in a clots - hie holler until the tapioca is clear and transparent, Pare pipe peach- es, cut thein in halves and remove the stones. When the tapioca as clear pour it over the ;peaches, ' t - ranged in a braking dash, Cover t dish tightly and bake in a moderate oven until the preaches are tender. Then remove the cover and brown the surface slightly. Serve very cool with whipped cream, slightly sweetened. Bice Creani with Peaches.—This is •a nourishing as well es a. tempting dessert. To make, soak a cupful of rice over night in water and drain in the morning. Cook it in the morning in a quart of milk, see- soned with half 'a teeepoonffu1 of salt, in a double b•oiier until it is tender. Dissolve s tablespoonful of gelatine in cold water and haat it over hot wiater until it is 'clear. Strain into the hot rice. Add a -tea- cupful toe sugar. Allow the mixture to cool and add a tea:cnp of cream, whipped stiff. Pour the 'whole Leto a mold. When ready to serve, turn out of the mold fend encircle the creamed rice with peaches sliced and sugared, or you can •stew the peaches with just enough Neater to make a rich syrup and serve these ice cold around the creamed rice. Peach llellia.—I or this popular dish select large, firm peaches that are very rape and full of flavor. Pane them, cut them in pelf, and take out the stones• Simmer therm gently in enough 'waiter to cover theme, •adding a 'cupfn1 of sugar to every quart of water. Add two or three drawleed• peach stones to. the water es they anre,'cooking to give added flavor. When they :aro ten- der, chill thein. Cut circle:s bean• half-inch line of sponge cake, and When the peaches are eo'ld& lay hail a ,peach on each ,alive of cake with the hollow left by the sbo:ne upward, Fill the tholloev with a big table- spoonful of vaayiila ice cream, with a m'arasehlmo cherry top. 'An e. -See illg Suggestions. A little, turpentine in waren water is the beset thing to oloan windows If you wick to store silver so taint SENSITIVE PLANTS Many of Thew Close Regularly at Night. The irritability of various plants, and the nightly folding of many, has occupied the attention of botan- ists from [blue time of Linnaeus to the present day. . Plants possess three kinds of irritability, all dis- tinct, to wit, such as depend on atmospheric pressure, epontanee•us Motions, and such eontraotdons as are •caused by the touch of other bodies. The common wood -sorrel shows two of these influe:noes. On the approach- of rain it closes up, and at night;. even before as well as after rain, the leaves close. And they are said to shrink together' at a blow with a stick. The seed ves- sel also partakes of the general sen- sibility of ;the plant, and when even slightly pressed opens at right, jerk- ing out the seeds. Many of the leaves of our common plants, per- ticularly those that are pinnate in form, close regularly at night, as well es before. rain, Clover, peas, vetches and mountain ash are readi- ly •af£ected by moisture in the at- mosphere or th.e coming on of night. The sleep of plants is not confined to the folding of the leaves, As: night approaches many after their position, Sometimes the leaves fold over the petals, but 'many close quite up. The daisies receive their name from their opening only to the morning light. Flowers of th.e rayed form, like the marigold, 'are pecu- liarly so affected. Even the corn- field shows its sensitiveness, and droops'down its ripening blades to await the morning. There are flow- ers which close over at moon, when the sun is shining 'full upon them, like the Goat's Beard of the field. There is 'hardly any native plant which Shows- any great ;degree 'of spontaneous movement. except the Oseillatories, weeds of fresh and salt water, whose threadlike foams twist about like worms, and -move to a considerable die once from the spot 1r' which they are laid, .8 YOVi'w BRITISH M,*IItALS.- But Most of Them are•Veta'rens in Naval Service. A glance at the British fleet coax - menders shows that, comparatively speaking, this is the day .of young admirals. Tlhere are hardly any offi- cers flying their 'lags in the fleet who canbeealled veterens'in point of age, though the tern may be used in regard to their service, for the majority have lied over 40 years in the navy, In the First Fleet the oldest officer, .Vice -Admiral Sir' Douglas Gamble, is 57, and the youngest, .hear -Admiral Sir David Beatty, 43, The average age is about 52 years. Sir John Jellicoe, who as com- nm:ander-in-chief of the Rome Fleet is in supreme eon -mend in the North Seo„ was 54 in December, and hags been inthe navy singe 1872, He is a gunnery specialist, winning the B80 prize for gunnery when at col- lege .as a lieutenant in 1883. Twice he has seen war service, first in the Egyptian war of 1882, and, second- ly, in China in 1900, when he was wounded in Sir -Edward Seymour's expedition to relieve the Pekin Le- gation, of which expedition he was Chief Staff Officer. He has been Third Sea Lord and Second Sea Lord, which latter post the has just left. Afloat, he has been reaa.r-ad- mira,l commanding that fleet, and vice -admiral commanding the sec- ond division of the Home fleet. Re'ar-Admiral C. E. Madden, chief of the staff to Sir John Jelli- coe,' is a brother-in-law of that offi- cer. Enteing the navy in 1875, It was Josh Billings who said he had "seen some :awful bad throat diseases completely cured in three days by simply joining a, temper• andel so0ioty, She -"How did you •get yvour stolen valeta bank •so quickly 2 Ito —"Tho poor idiot of a thief took it to e pawnshop, where they eb Owe recognize(1 it as mine." WITY GE113I .NY PLUNGED. Reasons. Wliy She Went Into the Present War. Why did Germany think the pre- sent so favorable a moment) We believe that some feeling seized her as to the magnificence of ,the oppor- tunity offered by the existing state of Europe. She thought the situa- tion was going to develop favorably in the future, and that she, in fact, was now on the crest of the wave. What an.ade her think this? In' the first place—and we believe that this has 'a11 along played en enormously importaaitpart—there Was the opening of the Kiel Canal A month ago that ea'nal was finished The next oonsiderration, w•as the belief th'a't England was on "the verge of civil war, and therefore that her. neutrality was .almost certainly as- sured. Again, there was •bhe belief, encouraged by the diseiosure:sin the French Senate, that Trance was at that moment very badly prepared for war. Dasbly, there was the very potent impression that Russia was every day getting stronger, and thee, if Germany waited another three. years 'the advantagesjust named might be obliterated by vast in- creases in the Russieneareoiaments, and especially in the development of her strategic railways: To put the thing in 'another ways, we 'believe that the real cause of the war was Meet Germany was seized by one Of those impulses which are promptedby the thought of "urea or never," impulses wh±:eh - are the most fre- quent -causes of was.—Landon Spec- tator. Re ar-Admiral Madden., 0hief of Staff to Admiral. Jeilicoe of the British Navy. 114)W LONG 'WI.(d.L. WAR i h $T3 Major -Gen,' Turner Says It Cannot Last iljtuy Mpn Jls. How long will the war last1 How many men will be engaged before the end of this month1 What will the war cost daily:? are questions that were asked of Major-General Sir Alfred Tamper, late.Inspe0tar- General, when the 'mobilization was complete. "Great Britain has 165,000 men in the first line," said General Turner, "with 148,000 in reserve; while, with the territorials, her total strength will be easily 800,000 men. This ex- cludes 78,000 white troops in India and Earl I(iteheper's latest cell for half a million, "France has an active army of 300,000 men, the total with the sec- ond line being 1,000,000 men. Rus- sia. has 1,500,000 in the first line, and when her reserves are mobi- lized, about August 25, ehe will have 111150 ROSE AS O'RE MAN. el Wonittn's Experience in Belgians and Curk. A. lady who has just returned from Furope ,tells an intereti;og glory of what the outbreak of war was like in Belgium and in Ireland'. S110 had gone from Brussels to uA plratean in e , 'aSAdl the eveirfng }vas spthentvioinrtypleasanibly, roar talk intruding but little upon nor- mal oonversation, "I thought Of- terwerds that maybe I had heard a lot of bells ringing im the might, bu:t when f -got up 1n the perming the hien of the house was gone, and his two sons, and most of the mem of the place, end all the good horses, There was only one brokers^" down old horse [to get ere bask to° Brussels.1D Then followed a +hasby journey to Cork, to saygood-bye to friends be- fore retching the .Celtic. ",Ail the trains were filled already wrath sol- 4,500,000 men availsabie. Biers and reserve -nen 1Aastensng to "Servia can. turn. oust mart than the parts to talcs ship. The oars 200,000 splendid fighting mien, not— withstanding her terrible losses in could stand in them. So• speedily the Late wars. "Belgium has available more than 250,000 men, including the reserves. "Germany has 850,000 men in the first line, of whom only 150,000 are on the Russian frontier. With the second line she can mobilize more than 3,000,000 men. "Austria has a standing army of 240,000 men,,anc1 can mobilize more than 1,000,000, but Austria has the most heterogeneous 'force in the world, and it is.doubtful whether the. Slays in Austria can be depend- ed upon. "I don't suppose anybody on .earth can answer the question as to the probable daily •cost of the war to each individual power. Cur South African war cost $1,250,000,- 000, although it was estimated that it would only cost $75,000,000. it depends upon the management, the waste, and an enormous variety of circumstances. In South Africa, waste was res responsible for the huge ultimate total. "If the Boer war cost England above $1,500,000 a day, Sundays in; 'eluded, as it did, what will this war cost England, Trance, Germany, Austria, Russia, Belgium, .and Ber- rie? Already the loss to Belgium is nearly $300,000,000 beeause of the destruction of her bridges, rail- ways, and the stoppage of all her commerce. Germany's loss, I should say, alieady is $1,250,000, and it will go on increasing 'at an enormous rate. "The pay of the English soldiers is much more than any other na- tion, because the army is a volun- tary one, :and privates receive one shilling and twopence daily. France is payingthe wife of each volunteer 11 fraises daily, with half a bent added for each dependent child un- der 10. Belgium paystn highest daily wage to its soldiers. English territorials, while they are in the ranks receive the same pay. the ring; but it mocked him so as volunteers, :and now that they sharply that he drew it off leis finger have been called upon will receivein a passion and threw it:aw•ey,' n'a full army pay. from that "The duration of the present war is very difficult to judge, but it seems .to me that with the forth- eoming pressure of the enormous Russian armies on Germany it can- not possibly last many months. I hould be sorry to see the noble German people crushed and humili- ated, but for this they have to thank their ruler, who invoked God to his wasisbanoe, and claims th.e df - vine right of kings. The only good th•at'any 0816 can hope for from this terrible war is that it will make war a [thing of the past. .1• '"T11L 11�,RShf1 LAISE.' Roused the French Soldier Into Rear -Admiral Madden also served in the Egyptian war and specialized do gunnery. Promoted to flag rank in April, 1911, while serving a term of two years as Fourth Sea Lord, he has since flown his flag in the First Battle Squadron and Third' and Second Cruiser Squadrons. The Battle Squadrons. Vice -Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly comupau•ds the First Battle Squad- ron, flying his flag in the new battle- ship Marlborough. He is 56 years of age, and has been in the navy since 1870. A torpedo speeialiet, he obtained the £80 prize for this branch at Greenwich College in 1884. On two occasions he has seen war service, in Ashanti in 1873-4, and during the Egyptian war of 1882 ; he was also employed against Congo pirates in 1875.. As oomano- dors of Home Fleet destroyers he, did' much to promote the efficiency. of the flotillas, and was afterwards placed in command of the Warr Col- lege from 1908 to 1911. Vice -Admiral Sir George Warren - der has the distinction of e:ommand ing our most powerful battle squad- ron, the second, for its eight ships are all armed with 13.5 -inch guns." He joined the navy in 1873, and was 54 years of age 0:0 July 31. Twice he has seen fighting an lend, ini the Zulu war of 1870 mud the China 1505 of 1900, in the latter of which he was flag captain to the rear-�,clanirai• of the China Squad- ron. 'As a eomwiodo:re and rear -ad- miral he ear-ad-miral'he was comnvander-in-ohlef in the East Indies in 1907-9, and aster two years in the Second Cruiser Squadron in 1910-12 he was appoint- ed to his present command on De - ember 18, 1912,- his flag flying in the King George V. Vies -Admiral E. E. Bradford in the Third Battle Squadron has charge of our principal pre -Dread noaught battleshiips, in one of which, the King Edward VII., This flag fliers, He is •a gunnery epeeual- ist, like Sir George" Wa'rrender, than whom he is one year older. En�teni-g the service in 1872 he was in the Egyptian war of 1882, In 1890 an essay from lois pert on the marl - time elefeinoe of the United King- dom and its trade in 'a war with a naval Power was placed second in the competaition, for the 'United Service Institution's goldmediel, Vacs-Admi:r•a'l Sir Douglass Gam- ble, with hie flag it the Dread- nought, is in commend" of the .Fourth Battle Squadron, 1Ie was 57 years of age dm November last, a,nd has been an the navy.' nee 1870. British Sea Power. British sea -power •exists for one purpose and for one purpose only. It is eupparied in order that it may win the command of the 'sea. By commanding the sera British com- merce will be protested, communi- cation between - the different [see - tions of the Empire 1ce,pt open, and invasion of any Bitntish iberrito•ry prsve:uted. None Of these •ends can' be achieved, unless the British peo- ples aro do at ,position Ito win com- mand of'the sea. This is a candn- tion which does not exist during peace; it has toe be, won after war has broken out—in ether words, af- ter an enemy, or ooaubination 'of eneanies, has declared its intention to deny the sea to ns and our kith and kin, end thus snake lbs will prevail against ns, Onee Britain had lost the eaminl0nel of liar ocean communications she• shall be help- less and hopeless, On Guard.. Merchant (to new boy)—Has the bookkeeper told you whet bo do in the afternoon Youth Yss, sir, I'm to Wako, wee the snoveanent •effected that re- eervists from many of the places about Cork could get no trains, but marched in over night, with nothing to eat. Cork' itself was a hive, of reservists, In one little alley in the heart of the city the postman deliv- ered netuies to a hundred and forty of them. These old soldier's, all of whom have served their time in, the army, were the backbone of the Irish National volunteers all over the south of Ireland. It was they who showed the young men how to organize and drill. Well, whenever' the reserve men were out to go to a ship, volunteers marched with ahem to cheer them on their way. In some of the little towns in South Cork the men seemred all to be gone. At one station there were two little boys about twelve or thir- teen. I asked them if they weren't afraid the Gerw,ans would land and take 'them, "Ah, no, urtslam," said one of them, "Sure they'll never get in it." And he added, "If you'd like to send me anything from America, ma'am. send me 'a rifle," a• A WONDERFUL RING. Pricked a Prince's Finger Whenever He Did Wrong. There is .a story of a •certain prince, who. lrad'.0 wonderful ring which ,pricked his finger whenever he scan doing anything wrong, It was given him to help him -always to keep upright and good;and he was told that so long as he wo•rs it he would prosper. At first he set great store by this ring; but in time he began to be vexed at being so often checked by its pricking, and so often stopped from doing what he wished, One day. he had set bis, heart upon something that• liewas • well aware was wrong, 'and he space ab'oiut to do in spite of the warning If nobody bad too anudh then him up when 1 see you corning, everybody migliit have enough Deeds of Daring. The French; "Masseiliai'se" may be called the lyrical voice of the. great Revolution. Its. influence was as great as it wee extensive. By it timid, barefooted youths were con- verted into determined soldiers, who, after freeing [their eountry frown lull fears of foreign oppression, indulged in the dreams[ which Napo- leon nearly realized, vie., that of conquering Europe. The strains of "The M5rseilleise" are 0 combina- tion of the bold, the defiant, the overwhelming, with the pathetic, the mournful, the oompass1ouetely tender ; nos¢ deploring 'acute suffer- ing, now rising with resistless 'er dor, now heard as sr' anthem of triumph, now as adinge of terror. The author of the words .was a poor lieutenant in the French Revo— lutionary' Army named 'toilet de Lisle. He intended his •effusion to. rouse hist countrymen to resist the threatened outback upon France freso the German frontier. Has song 'wee consegn-eptly first named "The Song of the Army of the Rhine," A rather improbable story is !told• of his hav- ing written this song in the hoose of the Mayor of Stra•sbui'g. The Trude, however, though attributed to the Soldier author of the words, is Mended upon, an old German air whirl. was set to French words and sung in oris in 1782, - —`-'p'--- ~As to 7enes. "Jonas puts his watch ender his pillow nights." "I notice lie likes to sleep over- time," moment he fell inte e ways and misfortunes, and comae sb last to a very sad end. Now phis is only a pleasant story, but it is meant to help us be under- stand ,a great truth. We have an. of us soonething like ili,e prince's wonderful ring, which checks ua when we do wrong, end crakes us uneasy. Any one of fes knows quite web that if we say a thing that is not true, or do a thing we know we ought not to do, .and that We are afraid of being found octit: to have dims, we feel something within us that nn[alce,s us uneasy, and seemslto whisper to us that we are guilty. Thisis sonseien'ce. Coniseience is ' like the wonderful ring. Naval Expenditure. Twenty-five years ago England spent $65,000,000 au year on its navy ;' to -day it spends $231,000,000. The German naval budget has grown from 812,000,000 to $114,000,0011 in the same time; the French from $40,000,000 to $93,000,000; the, United States from $23,000,000 to $144,000,000. The war will no doubt $•te points to sectio. scene so'ntisos ive'd p naval architecture, If. as some au- thorities believe, the dreadnought is an overrated and comparatively inefficient fighting > the veva] expenditures- need not be s0. excessive in the future, for it is dreadnoughts that, are frightfully expensive, things to build and main- tain. W'ar iirisoners Mations. The following scale of daily ra- tions for pra;eoners of war :has been approved by the British military neat thorities:Ours, lb. bread or a ]b. biscuit °•' lb..fresh mneat or 1 lb. .a (noaninal) preserved meat; 3 eze, cheese, 6l 0101. tea, fi lb. Imo, 3 ers'. sugar, ' oz. telt; 1-20 0z, tnuntaird, 1.36 oz. pepper, ru lb. faeaali vegetar- blee, or in lieu 2 oze. peas or beans or dried potaitoes; tobeoeo, oe8 a week far smokers. Grocer—"Did ro er---"Did that watermelon T sold you do the whole family 1" Custoriter- Very neerly, The doc- tor is WIT calling." The1,arson's Privilege,,--'tloetot "Do you talk in ;your sleep 4 Pee tient—'No; I talk in other peo- ple's; I'm a clergyeime."