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Seasonable Dishes.
Struined Apple Sitiwe. — Wash,
quarter and core tart green .app1'es,
rewiring any blemish .. they may
have; hist do not pare diem. Place
in -covered. kettle avid pour on just
eie6agh water bo. cook tender wish -
out burning. As soon as soft run
through a fruit press or collandeT.
Season to taste with s'ug'ar and a
lititle oinnanon or Matmeg. This
is'economical as well as labor sav-
ing.
Oven Steamed A.pples. — Wash
and cure evenly sized tart apples
and full the cavities with soft brown
sugar. Set in •a pudding dish, add.
enough water to just cover bottom
of pan, cover -tightly and steam un-
til tender, According to kind of ap-
ples -this may take from half an
hour upward. This conserves the
bulk of the apples better than bak-
ing. Excellent if placed in fireless
for one or two hours.
Bread and Apple Pudding.—Wash
end core apples, then run through
food chopper. Spread thin slices
a:f stale bread with butter and
sprinkle sugar and -cinnamon over,
Place a thick layer of the apples in
a shallow pan, sprinkle sugar over,
then place the prepared bread on
top. Bake in moderate heat until
apples are tender and bread nicely
toasted. Serve with a little lemon
bard sauce.
Lemon (lard Sauee.—Cream two
tablespoonfuls of 'butter until soft,
add one tablespoonful of lemon
juice and a little nutmeg, then beat
in enough sifted confection sugar
to make a light, fluffy mass, Let
harden a little before serving,
Homemade Sugar Cookies.—But-
ter, one cup ; sugar, one •and one-
half cups; waiter, one-half cup, less
the juice of one lemon; eggs, two;
baking powder, two teaspoonfuls;
rind of leucon (grated' flour.
Squeeze the lemon juice into a cup
and put in sufficient water to make
the cup hall full. Cream the but-
ter and sugar, add the beaten eggs,
mix well, add the water and other
ingredients. Mix with flour as eat
as can be rolled, sprinkle with
sugar, cut and bake it} quick oven.
A raisin, nut or cherry may be put
in the centre of each cooky.
Steamed Rice. — Rice, one-half
cup ; boiling water, one cusp ; milk,
one -cup ; raisins, one cup ; salt, one-
half teaspoon. Utensils—Double
boiler, measuring eup, teaspoon.
Wash the rice in several waters;
have the water [boiling in the
double ;boiler directly over the fire;
add the rice slowly and boil rapid-
ly for five minutes; cover and
place in the double boiler kettle
over hot waterand steam slowly,
adding the hot milk as the water is
absotybed ; remove the cover the last
ten minutes, allowing steam to es-
cape and -mixing the Raisins care-
fully with the rice. so as not to
break the grains.
Peach Betty.—Skin, stone and
slice ripe peaches, pick stale bread
into tiny shreds, then pack layers
of fruit and bread in a pudding
dish, sprinkling sugar over the
fruit and dotting:the bread spariug-
ly with butter. The bottom layer
should be fruit, the top bread. Over
the top spread a little melted but-
ter with sugar. Bake until fruit
is tender and top nicely [browned,
Creamed :Tomatoes on Toast. —
Saute sliced .and skinned tomatoes
in a little butter until tender, but
not browned. 'Season with a little
sugar, salt and paprika, then grad-
ually pour on enough milk to make
a thin cream gravy. Pour hot over
slices of toaet that hai'e crust re-
moved.
Rules for the Buyer.
To cut down expenses without
cutting down the comforts of home,.
to encompass the need, to save
without losing, is worthy of intense
study, Certain simple rules under-
lie all seece.saful attempts at do-
mestic economy:
1, Have .an allowance and keep
within it.
2. Eliminate the unnecessary.
3. (Substitute the inexpensive.
4. 'Utilize the by-product.
5. Buy -carefully.
A erne economist is not only a
good saver, but a good buyer, Here
again certain -simple rules blaze the
!way
1. By careful investigation deter-
mine the best place for general
(trading.
2. Do ,your own 'marketing.
3. Watch the .scales,
4. :Consider quality—the cheapest
in price is not always (the cheapest
in value.
5. Bay staples, as flour, potatoes,
ate., by .the 'barrel.
6, Do not btty in quantity when a
foroed using ;must follow tiie pur-
;chase,
7. 73uy the smallest possible
amount of perishable goods.
8. Take advantage of food sales
when quality is guaranteed,
9. Buy country produce directly
from the farmer. Company :buying
has its disadvantages.,
10, Pay Dash. This is the key,
stone of .the arch. Without tine the
Wu -Marro has au stability, the in-
dividual no economic independence,
Useful dinIS,
Always cut but bread with a hob
knife,
Raw, lean beef will relieve a bee
sting.
To remove 'machine oil, use cold
water and soap.
Sour cream is delicious mixed
with Gnashed potatoes, of if added
to purees of vegetables.
,Allways bottle up -(the syrup from
.•.pickled peaches or .pears to add
eo your mince meat.
To exterminate moths a cloth
wrung out in strong_ turpentine and
put among 'woollen goods will kill
the insects,
To clean marble -topped wash-
stands add a little turpentine to
some lukewarm water, and apply it
with a cloth. Polish it with a soft
duster,
Tripe is considered one of the
'best [things for an invalid, owing
to its nutritious and easily -digested
qualities. 01 .course it must be
thoroughly end slowly boiled for
several hours, unless 'bought ready
dressed or blanched.
11 a elotlh is wetted - in vinegar
and wrung out as (Iry as possible
and wrapned around cheese and
then the whole put in a largo paper
bag the thecae will retain the
moisture :and freshness of a new -
cut cheese, and will not mould.
If bright saucepans and leebbles
have to be used over a smoky fire
smear a little grease over the bright
part and it will prevent the smoke
from blackening the metal. If
washed after use in hot water the
pan will be as bright as ever.
When measuring for a new stair
carpet allow for the upright and
flat part of an extra stair; and in
laying fold the extra piece under at
the 'bottom. The carpet can, at in-
tervals, be moved up the stairs a
few inches at a time, and by -this
means the wear will be equally
spread over the carpet, and its life
-considerably lengthened.
3
GERMANY TO BE BEATEN.
Japanese General Makes a Sirenge
Prophecy.
In a Turin paper an Italian mili-
tary correspondent zeocuds a very
curious prophecy made in his hear-
ing by General Nogi at the time of
the siege of Port Arthur. Said the
General :—"I believe that the world
will witness two great wars, equally
terrible. T1te first, which will have
all Europe for its battleground, will
settle the Franco-German question
and the Anglo -German rivalry.
France and Germany will meet in
this last decisive conflict in the Bel-
gian plains, probably near Water-
loo, the only spot which will permit
of the evolutions of the immense
armies which will face each other.
At the present time the French and
German frontiers are too strongly
fortified for either people to force
its way through. I have little doubt
as to the result of this war. France
will beat Germany on land, and
Britain will crush Germany on sea.
This war will be the last in Europe
for many a, day, pertheps for ever.
The German States will emerge
from this war so exhausted .and so
terrified that they will have no
other object than to form some
sorb of condition ,that may in the
future obviate the recurrence of any
such catastrophe. I have predicted
two wares. That is the first. The
second will set Japan against the
United States in the Pacific Ocean,
and it will be Japan that will win."
M. Ceparrie the fantods aeronaut,
recalled a curious prophecy coning
from the Selogne, and already cur-
rent in 1793. It runs tutus :—"When
men fly dike birds ten great kings
will go to. war against each other.
The universe will be under aims.
The women will bring in the har-
vest. They- will begin the vintage,
but ,the men will complete it," This
latter proplueoy is comforting, for
eh vintage- in Eurrope, is complete
before .the end of October. Its ful-
filment thus involves the end of hos-
tilities in less than three months.
Wastage of War.
It hassometimes been urged that
we avere building more ships than
we really required considering our
superiority to other nations, says
London Answers. However,,these
critics failed to take into auccourt.
the wastage of war; Japan, who
took the greatest care of her fleet,
musing it in revery way possible,
lost two oat of six battleships. We
will take three years, 1804-1806,
which. include those previous to and
after Ts'mfalgas'--years• favorable to
use. Three ships• of the line were
lost .(not captured) in the first years
while five frigates, or smaller ves-
sols, were captured by the enemy,
fifteen waeeked, and one burnt—a,
total aloes of twenty-four. .Against
this awn be ,put six frigates which
we captured.
Any man can stand pat when it
corues to patting himself on the
back.
Casey,—"Do yea always shmoke
alter yer dinner, Maike2" O'Brien
--"Oi filo. Shure me dinner don't
taste roight when 01 ate it oniess
01 have, a smoke. afterwards."
ENGL.'S 11 SOl,l)MERS, Fltl:'I°l'11(I FOR ACTION.
Awaiting Orders on the Woolwich C'ouiimoit and Eagerly Reading to ht 6, w qr 7 ... 11 .,..MF&0....20
THE SUNDAY SCHUR STUDY
INTEIDIATIONAL LESSON,
Lesson I. Christ Anointed for
Burial. Mark 14. 1-11. Golden
Text, Mark 14.8.
Verse 1. The feast of the pass -
over and the unleavened bread —
This feast would [bringthe multi-
tude to Jerusalem. In all proba-
bility Jesus would also come. The
chief priests and the scribes practi-
cally could count on this. The
feast began with the passover pro-
per and continued with seven days'
eating of unleavened ibread. Al-
though `Matthew mentions only the
passover, Luke explains the feast
of unleavened bread by saying,
"which is called rbhe passover."
The three Gospels are in accord as
to the time—namely, ,this feast --
when the Jews began platting
against Jesus.
,Soug+ht,.haw they might take 1-'•n
with subtlety—There was no ques-
tion in the minds of :the leaders
that Jesus would have to be taken
with subtlety. But even to do this
was a problem. In fact, from the
beginning Jesus had been a pro-
blem for them. How they eould
devise means that would remain
hidden taxed their cunning natures
to the extreme.
2. Not during the feast . . . tu-
mult of the people—The chief
priests and scribes 'were keen
enough to know that no violent
hands could the laid an Jesus, if the
people were gathered in masses,
without raising a disturbance. They
could, not take upon themselves the
responsibility of violating the sanc-
tity of the feast by causing an up-
roar. They would plan without
consoienoe to seize and kill Jesus,
but 'they stopped at' the thought of
disturbing a religious festival! How
they scrupled to keep clean the
outside of the cup!
3. The house of Simon, the leper,
at ancat—,AAnot'her instance
that Jesus rwas not a regarder of
persons. In ,truth, he himself was
an outcast.
.Alabaster cruse of ointment —
The cruse ay.as valuable in itself ;
filled with pure nerd, ib was very
:costly.
5. Might have been sold — The
money value is about the only
value the selfish man can see.
Above three hundred shillings —
The Greek word' for shilling indi-
cates a coin worth in English
money about 8 pence or in our
money 17 cents. "Above three
hundred shillings" means, there-
fore, "more than $51," not includ-
ing the alabaster cruse.
Given to the poor--fAhe thoughts
of the selfish turn quickly to .`the
poor" (that indetfinable quantity)
when a reason is sought for oppo-
sition to a generous act from which
'the opposers would not directly
benefit. 'Such thoughtfulness of
"the poor" may well be scrutiniz-
ed.
6. Let her alone --The murmuring
must have been loud and threaten-
ing to cause Jesus to make such a
command.
Why trouble ye her 1 She hath
wrought; e good work on Inc --.Es
cannot understand their obtuse-
ness. 'Why could they not see the
nabttt'e and significance of her
deed 1 They were accustomed to
the burial rites. They knew what
such an anointing .might suggest.
Jests seemed eo think that they
ought, with him in mind, to draw
the .conclusion, Via heart was
heavy with premonition. He had
enbosorne+.l himself, to thein. Surely
it ryas not unreasonable for him to
assume they would now see with
his eyes the vents of every pass-.
ing hour.
7. For ,ye have .the poor always
with you -14 repress>nte the neural
OCTOBER 4.
connective in the Greek language
to point a reason. There was no
need for Jesus to use an unusual
connective. Opportunity to give
to the poor was the ordinary chance
of daily life. Jesus assumes this
fact. But his quiet assumption
carries a further meaning: "You
have the poor always with you. Are
you ministering unto them? Are
you, after all, really concerned
about -the poor? Or, is your con-
cern for the poor only an excuse
for blaming the act of this wo-
man?" Furthermore, Jesus clearly
shows that for him who really
wants to serve his fellows there is
always abundant opportunity. Af-
fection bestowed upon him there,
fore could not .be wasted. For such
affection had in it a universal dy-
namic. It would spend• and be
spent on others, on all whom it
could reach.
8. What she could—Love is not
counted for its ,quantity, but for
its quality. To do what one can
indicates the quality of love. The
quantity may be small—that is, the
actual results reached may nob be
significant—but if all of the heart
is in the deed, the sum total of the
consequences is inestimable.
9. Wheresoever the gospel shall
be preached To dissociate the act
of this woman from the gospel
message would be impossible. The
heart of Jesus's message was .love,
and love filled the heart of this wo-
man. No stronger emphasis could
be placed upon the enduring na-
ture of his teaching ,than to link it
inseparably with an unselfish act.
The act of this woman was an il-
lustration of the "eup of cold wa-
ter" of a former lesson. For, the
cup of cold water represented the
completeness of love .and service.
So in the alabaster cruse of oint-
ment the parable of the cup of cold
water finds its aetu•al'ization. Be-
cause love is immortal Jesus's gos-
pel endures.. Whatever else fails,
love remains. Over all strife and
confusion and despair love reigns
supreme. So the gospel 'stands. It
has never been solved, but it is the
solution of the unsolvable.
10. He that was one of the
twelve—The Greek has it "the one
of the twelve," as if to emphasize
that Judas was the only .one of the
twelve who could do such a thing.
Unto the chief priests—Judas
knew where to go to accomplish
his end. The priests were not so
fartuuabe. They would never have
dreamed that a traitor could be
found .among Jesus's disciples.
They, the priests, did nob know
where Its go. They would have
thought last -af all of going to the
inner circle.
• 11. When they heard it—They
could not believetheir ears at.first.
Ib took them a little while aceually
to hear what Judas was saying.
Such good fortune was to them un-
thinkable. When they finally com-
prehended the meaning of Judas's
words, of course they were glad.
• Promised to give him money —
They did not pay him on lite spot.
They did. not trust this disciple,
The heart that could coueeive to
deliver for money so true is -taster
aright decline to deliver him once
the money was paid. in such event
time chief prdests would have had
no recourse, For to take action
against Judas would have been to
disclose their own designs, So they
only "promised" to give Judas
money.
,And he sought how he :might con-
veniently deliver him The chief
priests and the scribes knew that
they could not take Jesus openly.
at the feast because of the; people,
They dare not outrage the amstinet-
ive sense of justice which they knew
"the people". ipossessed. So also
Judas had to move warily, He had
to seek a chance to .delivee Jesus
conveniently. This meant deliber-
ation. Judas's act, therefore, was
t'ile result of told and continued
calculation. As a master of grand
strategy height snap out a decisive
campaign, so India set to work to
entrap Jesus, A Bible mind can en egg."
reach great cunning when it has
left the line of straight dealing.
REWARDS FOR VALOR.
Victoria Cross the Youngest of Such
Decorations.
All the Great Powers of Europe
have some reward for e,onspiouoes
valor and bravery on the field of
battle, and although the plain
bronze Victoria Cross—of which
many will doubtless be won during
the present campaigns the young
est of such decorations, only dating
back to the Crimean War in 1856,
it is the most valued possession in
many a home in England to -day.
The Austrian Cross, on the other
band, is the oldest.
A similar reward in Germany is
the Iron Cross, instituted by the
Emperor Frederick William III. of
Prussia in the year 1813. Russia
gives as a decoration to its heroic
soldiers the Cross of St. George,
which was founded by the famous
Empress Catharine II. in the year
1769, and, while the Victoria Cross
is of bronze and ,the Iron Cross, as
its name implies, of iron (which is
edged with silver), the Russian Or-
der is of gold with av beautiful me-
dallion of St. George killing the
dragon. In Austria, again,- the
cross of gold, and it was instituted
in the year 1757 by the Empress
Marie Theresa soon after her ac-
cession to the 'throne. It bears the
same inscription as the British Vic-
toria Cross, ours .having in Eng-
lisb "For Valour," and theirs in
Latin the word, "Fortitudini,"
The Order of the Legion of Hon-
or, which is the reward in France,
was instituted by the great Napol-
eon, and lie decreed that every- sol-
dier who was decorated with that
honor should have the additional
distinction of being entitled to re-
ceive a military salute from officers,
non-comsnissioned officers and pri-
vate soldiers.
SUMMARY PUNISHMENT.
Interesting Incident of the French
Mobilization. -
At times of overwhelming tra-
gedy, when en every hand are to be
found scenes of patriotism, self-
sacrifice and dauntless bravery,
when whole nations are stirred by
great calamity, the fervor of public
sentiment sometimes gives rise to
incongruously •comical situations.
Such an' incident ocourred in Paris
during the French mabidization.
On August 3rd, .a Captain who was
carrying his equipment, stopped ,a
Iroise cab en a crowded street, and
asked the driver to take (him to :the
Eastern Railway terminus. The
cab stopped, and the cabman, who
was in ill humor, stared sullenly at
the captain, and ,shook his head.
"Bub it is urgent!" cried the
captain, "I am late 1 I must get
there immediately!"
Again the driver discourteously
shook his head, •
A group of bystanders witnessed
the. cabman's refusal, They spoke
to one another in an undertone.
Suddenly they rushed forward,
picked up the captain bodily,
thrust Sista, eqn ipment and all, into
the cab, and elamrued :the door.
Some one pulled the driver from his
seat. A mu from bbs crowd leaped
up and *aught the reins, In almost
no time the captain was rattling
away to the Eastern Railway Ter-
minus, As he looked back, he saw
the crowd ehesrfully rolling the sur-
ly eabmen in the street.
Rechaufi'e.
"Waiter, this pudding is quite
cold."
"Impossible, sir l .This is the
fifth time it has been 'yarned sines
morning."
want:a piece of !meat without
any ,hone, fat or grisllc," said mho
bride en her first trip to W'idge't.
"Yes, aisa'am," replied the bntch-
er. "I would suggest that yon take
SI'NDAV SINS.
Old -Time Punishments an the ,Eng•
Usti Stetuto Book.
There are many strong`faets about
the law of which nearly everybody
is ignorant, although every per"soia
is supposed to know them, for ignor-
ance of the law is no defence, It
may safely be said (bat:thtfro is nab
a lawyer wlro is aware of pll the
laws cm 'tis Statute Book,
A great manyane still in ex
ieteeee for the simple season that,
although others have taken their
pleae,'bheyhave not :been eepealed,
Fortunately," says the London Tele-'
graph, the ignorance concerning any
of them rso great that; for all prae-
tieal purposes they are ,dead. Every
day these laws ;aro set at defiance
with impunity,
It is the cane,• for ineaance, that
the vest maj.ority of holiday-makers
defy ,the law of the land. They have
no right to bathe in the -sea, and,
moreover, have no right on the
beaches or sands,
Still, if the law which decides this
were invoked it avauld be a sad day
for our great seaside resorts, which
live' by breaking it. There is an Act
in existence which makes it illegal
for any person to enter the sea.
There is another law which de-
clares'that artificial light is illegal.
Every second during the 24 hours
this law is defied throughout the
country.
Still another declares the' all
trading in the streets is illegal.
There is one notorious Sunday tra-
der who has been found guilty and
fined under a similar act.
Many of these quaint old, laws are
opposed to each other. For in-
stance, there is one by which the in-
habitants of most towns have no
right of theroaghfare far their own
streets. There is still another which
decides that by custom the same
persons possess this right.
There is still another law which
prohibits any individual from own-
ing a •carriage or similar vehicle.
By it, no person can own a horse
and cart, and, presumably, a mo-
tor car.
By another :law no person has a
right to buy or sell coal, .and,
moreover, even to use it. Not only
was it the case at one time that to
buy coal was .a crime, but this par-
ticular lawBras never been repealed,
There is an Get, passed before the
Reformation, which makes it illegal
for any person to play any game or
even indulge in any form of locomo-
tion. Here, again, the motorist is
affected, the cyclist, and innumer-
able others. -
Ib is .against the law to go any-
where an the Sabbath, except to
"walk reverently to :and from
church."
i1 great portion of what now
takes place on Sundays is prohibit-
ed, including music in church, ,and
the singing of all except a few
hymns reserved for particular occa-
sions.
Every person who 1ails to attend
church en the Sabbath, according
to law, is liable to a fine of twelve -
penes. "Exercising in 'worldly la-
bor or business" renders the indi-
vidual liable to' a. fine of five shil-
lings, .and awe hours ie the stocks.
There is even an Act of George
IV. which renders ib illegal to whis-
tle on Sunday. In fact, there are
so many Acts dealing with the Sab-
bath that practically every person
is .liable to some foram of punishment
as a result of Sunday actions.
"Save for the :attire of wanton," it
is a breach of the law to wear red
in any form, except in the ease of.
soldiers. Hence many hunting men
defy the law of the land,
F11b'TS OF ARMS IN CRIMEA.
Some Terrible Bai:tles in That Great
War.
For desperate fighting the Crimea
yields an impressive record. The
French and British so many times
foes, found themselves allied in an
attack upon Russian territory, The
foe was worthy of 'their ,steel, for
several closely -Contested battles
had to he fought, the hostilities
1 -lading up to that tremendous fight
—Inlcermann. This. fight was so
keen and so terrible that ib was the
last occasion on which the Russians
ventured to meet the British in open
combat. As one authority says:—
"The Russians lost in this great
battle no fewer than 10,729 killed,
wounded and prisoners." But In-
keemann, so bit- as British annals
are concerned, at any rate, will not
remain the most noted fight in the
Crimea. In popular opinion the
struggle in the Balaclava Valleys
will
ble, ever
ryraemsaitin sae tact
matzo
totriale
astounding charge of the tight Bei-
Bade took place, In the whole his-
tory of fighting there is scarcely is a
episode that, for sheer courage,
equals it. Originating in a mistaken
oommencl%, it avis carried 'through
with a supreme determination and
recklese coinage ''fiat, so long as
military annals survive; will never
be forgotten, •
Grogan (the s'rourfh)s—"1 don't
l:file tostientran it, Mrs. :Conley, [but
yattr husband owed me -tin- dollars
whin he died." The Widow--
"Shure, it's nide 10 have Something
to reymintber him :by,"
FRO* ME RY:0LO ENRIANII
NEWS or MAIL AJIOUT JOHN
BULL AND HIS PEOPLE.
Occurrences in the Laid Thtr4 -
Reigns Supremo in the, Com
aierelal World.
Nearly a "dozen. - British"prinos
aro serving in the forces of the Ean-
pire,
It is announced that three of Mr, -
Asquibh's own personal ceawante
have enlisted.
Between 6,000 and 7,000 of the
Germans now in England are Ijeser-
visbs of serving age.
The late. Mr. Joseph L. Petit,
Handsworth, Staffs., steel pen man
ufacturer,' left £192,041. - -
Queen Mary has inaugurated a
fund to provide employment for wo-
men who have been thrown out of
work by the war.
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham,
Lieutenant-Colonel Martineau, hies
resigned office, having volunteered
for foreign service,
Not amine has been laid by Great
Britain anywhere during :the pre-
sent war, according to informationof the British Embassy.
At a meeting of the council of the
South Wales Miners' Federation it
was reported that over 7,000 miuere
were idle in the coalfields,
Germany must be beaten down if
Europe is to have freedom once
more, Peace must be dictated to
her in .the palace of the Kaiser,—
London, Globe.
All recruiting retards were cosh-
pletely broken in London on the
31st ult., when over 4,000 men were
accepted—a figure far in excess of
the previous record.
The origin of the present war,
says the Bishop of Carlisle, lies in
the wickedness of the insatiable Gin-
bition, ruthless militarism, and
contempt of international treaties. -
Seven +thousand families in Bir-
mingham have applied for relief. All
but 15 per cent. have their bread-
winners at the front, the others be-
ing without .employment through the war,
Colonel Greig. C'.B., M.P.. who
relinquished the command of the
London Scottish four years ago on
entering Parliament, will command
the 2nd Battalion which is now be-
ing raised.
Instructions have been given by
the Postmaster -General that in fu-
ture no charge is to be raised by
the Post -Office on unpaid letters re-
ceived by relatives from British
troops serving abroacl .
Statistics published on the 8th
inst. show that German ships to a
value of about $25,000,000 either
have been captured or sunk by the'
British, while British ships valued
at $5,000,000 are looked up in Ger-
man ,ports.
The Duke of Roxebtu•ghe has gone
all with his regiment, "the Blues"
(Royal Horse Guards), and: the
Duchess is in London taking a keen
interest in the hospital equipping
and relief work. She has been a
generous contributor also..
The King and Queen, who on the
lst Inst, visited the wounded offi-
cers at the King Edward. VII.
Home for Officers in Grosvenor
Place, London, on the 2nd inst:,
paid a visit of an hour's duration
to the few wounded officers being
accomniadated at the Royal Military `
Hospital, Millbank.
Information has been: received by
a British officer' from his son -et., he •
front, who states that the enemy, '
an coming across wounded British
soldiers, proceeded to stab them
through the righthand with: his
bayonet avttlt a view to rendering,
the right hand useless for holding
a rifle again, -
The War Office has notified :that
war prisoners' delly rations will. be;
Bread, 1t/ fibs., or biscuit -1 ib.;
fresh or frozen meat, 8 azs., or pre-
served meat half ration; fresh vege-
tables, 8 ors.; 'butter or margarine,
1 oz. ; condensed milk, 1 -20th of 1
lb. tin.; tea, ;j oz., or coffee, 1 oz.;
sugar, 2 ozs. ; salt, % oz.
There is a movement in Yorkshire
to replace Germany in the manu-
facture of Christmas cards. Leeds
possesses a far-famed color printing
business, and preparationsare in
progress ,to place an the market Bri-
tisk-made cards to rival in choa[p-
ness and quality those formerly pro-
duoezl in
Germany..
The following is froth G. W. Ste°•
Yeti's description ration of Lord Kitch-
ener, written :mere 'halt 16 years
years ago :—"Ice' has in age but the
the ppime of life, no body but xcne
to :carry his mind no face but
to keep his brainy behind one
d$�s
preoisfon is to inhumanly unerrineei
the Is more like a =chine than a,
man." •'
Hitherto therehave. ,
, v•e. been no
strap -Hangers in English motor'
'buses, Leery passenger' has (by -
law) had a seat. But this Gotten -
merit has appropriated so many of
these vehicles for •eaanpaign prix-
poses'frit they aampanies'• are
lou :ua
eT able to a000ramelatet11ees ,`.
g e,•.;:
tnaffie. So :the law (has boon nu*
ponied, and pGaren :err ';aro :note'
p g
pisperrinsidrasbbede. (tetnpornrily) to deal