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OIdef ashioned Gdhgerbread.
There was probably one original
method of making this delectable,
sweet, dank !bread, or plain cake—
whichever you nay call it, Bub
there have been devised so many
variations on the one original me-
thod that it ie admotstiosb in ob-
scurity.
The Old-heihioned Find. — Here
is an old enmity receipt for ginger -
breed that has been tried and nob
found wanting by several genera-
tions: One half cupful of sugar,
one half mold molasses, one hall
cupful of eweeb milk, one half tea -
e oonftil of soda dissolved in one
+tablespoonlful water, one table-
spoonful of butter or lard, melted
slightly, one teaspoonful of ground
ginger, one teaspoonful of ground
sugar, one teaspoonful of cinna-
mon, one hall teaspoonful of bek-
ing powder, 1% cupfuls of flour,
one beaten egg. Sifb the dry in-
gredients together into a bowl. Add
molasses, milk and shortening.
Beat well. Then add the egg. Bake
slowly in a loaf, in a fiat pan or in
small patty -cake pans,
With More Eggs.—Here is a re-
celpt for a sponge gingerbread that
uses more eggs in comparison to
the other ingredients: One cupful
of sugar, one cupful of molasses,
one cupful of milk, three cupfuls of
flour, two tablespoonfuls of baking
powder, one half teaspoonful' of
salt, three well !beaten eggs,
Called Molasses Cake.—This
another family receipt, tlliat goes
under the name of molasses cake.
It is richer !than either of the other
recipes given : One half cupful of
butter, one half cupful of sugar,
Iweebeaben eggs, two cupfuls of
flour, one half teaspoonful each of
cinnamon, allspice and cloves, one
(half cupful o£ milk, one cupful of
molasses, one teaspoonful of soda,
one half cupful of boiling water.
Cream the !butter and eugar and
add the eggs and molasses. Sift
the spices and flour together and
add, alternately with the milk.
Then dissolve the socia in ,the +boil-
ing water and add last,
Without Eggs.—There are some
very good receipts for ginger bread
without eggs, and here is one : One
cupful molasses, one cupful of su-
gar, one half cupful of butter or
herd, one cupful of boiling water,
one full terspoonfal of soda, one
teaspoonful of ginger, one half tea-
epoonfitl of cinnamon, four cupfuls
. of flour. Dissolve the soda in a
tablespoonful od the belling water
and add to the molasses. Then add.
the shortening, melted, :the rest of
the boiling water and the flour,
mixed with the spices. Beat until
smooth and bake,
Ginger Sponge Cake. — Some-
times brown sugar is used in gin-
gerbread, as it is in this receipt:
Two eupfule of brown sugar; four
e,gga, one +pint of 'flour, 1% tea-
spoonfuls baking powder, one tea-
spoonful of extract of lemon, one
teaspoonful of ginger, ground or
extract, `two thirds cupful of cold
water. Beat 'the eggs and then add
the sugar and !beat for ten arrinntes.
Then add, alternately, the water
and .the flour, with the spices, Add
Me extract and mix until smooth.
Bake for about half an hour.
Brown Sugar !Molasses. — The
foregoing receipt) used brown su-
gar, but no molasses. This receipt)
calls for both 'these ingredients.
One cupful of butter, one cupful of
brown sugar, ane cnpfal of milli,
one half cupful of molasses, 1%
pints of flour, 1% teaspoons of bak-
ing powder, ane ,beeten egg. Creani
the sugar and butter, then addthe
egg, and 'ere.am again, next adcl
the molasses and the flour, sifeed
wibh the 'baking powder'. Mix well
and bake ,slowly for 35 or 40 min-
utes,
With Sour .Crehan: —This is call-
ed oldtime gingeremead:in the fam-
ily where it is made, As it calls
for .flour eggs and a eupfu'1 of sour
.cream, it is ,hardly a hereetime re-
coip't, But it is a reliable receipt
for good times, ab any rate. One
cupful of dank brown sugar, one
quarter capful of !batter, one caup-
fttl of sour cream., one cupful mo-
lasses, one ,tseeles,00ufu•l eacIh of
.coda and ginger, 'four egg yolks,
three cupfuls of flour. 'Cream the
bitter and sugar and ,then add the
egg yolks and cream again. .ldd
the ginger and the molassee and
mix well, Dissolve the socia in. a
tablespoonful of boiling +water and
• add to the sour dream, Then add
the cream and the .dots to the Bake
!ratter, Bale in a long cake.
Are You Housecleaning?
:First 6f allbe thorough. And
secondly, don't Make a Milli of
the process and, •a' slave of yourself.
Take your house-cleaning easily
,and cello, Rest) (between rooms., If
you finish that appalling More r'oont
at .e o'clook next Tuesday be hen-'
Bible and rest during ;the remainder
oe the day. Don"t begin the hall,
bedrooan aaicl lose alI polo and tete-,
per by 0 o'cloolr. Take things stone-
to ue cif to 'con-
ly.duct
You wive. tY. ors
y
ran o£
work o t.n
duct the we, c of the horn
dcient, dignified manner,
Begin this :year ree threw away
the absolutely needless curtains
and garments that are crowding
the More room. There le a slogan
in Inst 'homes that nothing must
be discarded. "It will come in good
some day," says.bhe average wo-
man. Why not make the curtains,
the all suits, the old linen come in
good now 1 Give them to any of the
organized societies for nicling the
poor, It is criminal to hold !back
drat which is unusued in ;your home
and whech tan help a less fortunate
one. Think that quem,
And now that you !!lave cleared
out the unnecessary things, inves-
tigate the paints, shelves and fix-
tures of the +hoame. A woman with
a eon of fresh paint, a brush and
the house-cleaning spirit, can do
wonders. Make white paint whiter,
give a glossy coat to the water -
stained window -sills, reeolor the
shelves, After soap and water
there is nothing so rejuvenating as
fresh paint,
Things Werth Knowing.
Obstinaabe whitewash stains may
be removed with a few drops of 'hot
vinegar.
Rub alcohol stains off wood im-
mediately with a, e'loth clipped in
vaseline.
Borax 'will take off the leather
stains made by shoes on light-color-
ed sboekings.
Instead. of boiling !beetroots roast
them- in the oven. The flavor will 'be
much improved.
Id bacon is soaked in water for a
few minutes before frying it will,
prevent the fat from running.
A good way to use old underwear
is to out them in souares and sew
together and make a batting for
quilt or light -weight comfort. This
is fine, and saves the price of bat-
ting.
After u•se, all pudding cloths and
jelly 'bags •should be washed in very
bob water, and when they have been
well rinsed, hung up to dry where
they are exposed to a good draft.
Before using tea, spread it on a
sheet of paper and pta.ce in a warm
—nob but—oven for 'ten or fifteen
minutes. It will greatly .improve
the flavor and it will also go much
further.
Great saving can be effeoted in
the use of metal polish of it mixed
with paraffin oil. A tin of polish
and about four egg curpfuls of the
oil shaken together will last for
months, besides 'being much cleaner
to use.
Few eat, enough vegetable's and
fruits. Lazy livers are on the in-
crease. Diabetes, Bright's disease,
rheumatism and . kindred troubles
caused by dietetic errors ,are ' get-
ting to be common diseases.
Women as a rule eat too much
starch mixed with sugar and cook-
ed butter. Men eat too much meat,
and almost everybody eats too
ly se,asonecl food and more than the
stomach can assimilate.
A quantity of. anything . incduoes
prodigality. Try it yourself and
see, bubsome staple things can be
bought in bulk much cheaper and
better, and do nab deteriorate with
keeping.
G ER ill Ale ]"S SPY POSTEIIs,
flit Up in France Two or Three
elontlrs Before the Elio'.
GENERAL 1,01118 BOTJI:+,
Ile 1st Making the Inion of South
Africa a Reality.
The decielon of General Louie
Botha, Premier of United South
Africa, to take oumnmend of the
South African forces, following the
resignation of General Revers, who
still cherislhes antagcnissn to the
British, ,anel who would not fight the
Germans in Africa, rounds out the
career of a remarkable man who has
always been loyal to his flag--layal
bo Bribaiao 41+s well .as loyal to the
Baer Republic,
General Botha was born at Grey -
town, Natal, in 1803, and when the
Boer war broke out he enlisted acs a
privabe in Kruger's Barmy. He rose
to be commander-in-chief of the
Boer forme end won historic viebor-
fes at Colonso and other plums,
When in 1910 Great Britain, in ac-
cordance with its wise policy of al-
lowing self -governor enb 'to; every
colony ,aid dominion in es full mea-
sure ea pos!sibio, formed the Union
of South Africa, with the Boers be-
ing given absolute freedom of ac-
tion, Botha was elected the first
Premier. He has been Premier
ever since, and Ms position has been
a very difficult one. But in every
crisis which has arisen he has by
strength, wisdom and tolerance
safeguarded the interests of both
British and Boers. He has watched
the interests of his fellow -country-
men, but be has recognized that
British dauninion in South Africa
was a fact to be accepted, and his
generous nature has recognized
that self-government under British
ideals must be the happiest condi-
tion :which the Boers could live ten-
der.
In 1912 Premier Botha was con-
fronted by an inevitable crisis—a
political clash between t:he parties
who hacl a ,few years before met in
a terrible clash of .arms. General
Hertzog, the Minister of Justice,
and the leader of the Dutch irre-
concilibles, :started a bitter cam:
paign :against the. British. Among
other things, he objected strenuous-
ly to the pert South Africa played
in helping to maintain the Imperial
navy. The Union was then grant-
ing $400,000 yearly for that purpose
and the Unionists demanded as in-
crease.
Botha and H•ertmog finally had an
angry quarrel. Botha :appealed to
his Cabinet, p•r.aotdoaldp all of whom
suppoate'd him, ,and he then resign-
ed and was asked by Lord Glad=
Late last May the. adv-erti•sing,%
boards . in n+ortizern :mei eastern
France began to be decorated with
brilliantly colored. po!sbers of
"Bouillon Cubes," which purported
to be a new German preparation
for making beef tea. No one had
.awry euspieeon that tube posters wase
nob exactly what they pretended to
be. until, alter war had been declar-
ed, :and ;tire German troops had be-
gun to overrun Beigivan. •
Then in the fighting round! Char-
leroi, the rrenclt captured a Ger-
Man
elm!an officer, in -whose pocket they
found a code book +t'ivat peeved that
the Bouillon Cubes posters+ were
really cleverly designed means of
giving +morel) military inforinattion
M +am invacling army . Nearly every
posher differed from the others un
aroma detail • al aoloeiug or in the
words it, bore, For example, the
"3 Teller 10 Pfennig" on aposter
meant) "mµuskceb batteries or e•n-
t+nenelurmnts e, mile and a half south
of this road," "0 Teller 20 .Peen -
nig" meant "roads and bridges
maned abort here." Other words
gave informmbioai. about the none
bei of •hons,es else could, be seized,
here poesibilblay of gaetbing food sup-
plies, or d!he oondu,tvon of the road's
rand byways in the neighborhood,
The French, soldiers were at onto
sat to txornk to tear down every such
poster they saw. So 'tdey have nob
been of its much valueto the in-
vknders as !they eavpeated ehe-m. to be,
It is an imlterestang .fact elute the
+advertising space for the pastors
was d akcen, and paid for lit the
spring, and the con!trlacts were to
run for a year. Tthab tt*tars 'WO Or
three months before' wuur vas de-
clut,read, +and more then a, miontlt be-
fore the !assassination of Prince
Franz Ferdsmaand,
• Correct.
Papa (concealing something in Ms
hand)—Willie, can you tell sus what
it, is'with heads on ;ine side and
lambs on the other/ •
Willie (triumphantly) --- Oh, I
know ! Ib's a rooster on a !fence
"I Bear the captain is in: hard
Mole, He married •a girl and she
item -thin.- Ye .° he
ran away o s,.
Look her +for a mete, but she was a
skipper,"
4, r; General Rothia. e_,h„r
stone, the Governor-General, to
form another Cabinet. This he did,
with Herbzog left out, and he has
been Prime Minister ever since.
Personally General. Botha is a
very brave and very shrewd man,
whose vbseon is wide enough to per -
(give the ,shot b -comings of the large
number of Boers ,W110 haus nob en-
joyed the benefits of edatcationaind
whose views are narrow ,aaud bigot-
ed; When he went to King George's
coronation he was persuaded to
wear knee breeches .and the other
regalia. prescribed for a levee,
Later he was made .am: honorary
general in the British Army, For
these things •ho was abased. by 'many
of the men_ 'whom he formerly Jed
with such great; courage end ,skill in
the South , African war, Ansi in
taking bas present stand he wile be
Nether abused by many of the older
generation of Beers. Beb these old
prejudices die, ,incl when they are
preedeail,ly obliterated, as far as it
is hntmenby possible to obliterate
euc!h thiings, the ebief areclit for
bringing peace and prosperity to 'a
happily united well -governed South
/Ulnae, will' belong to Gen•eral
Louis Rothe,
When Botha suet Sir Wilfrn cl
Laurier at the couonetion ,a vver•m
1r'iendls+hip is !said to have sup
p
wle
beten them, and "Sia^leas
Wilfrid la s
often hadecasion to make refer-
ence to his admiration for Betimes
•s
generous +and expansive natnie, ,l .s
e.et rags and leis etr�ength of purpo e
in stanching by hes most generous
oanviotioaua, des,pitc the facb that in
doing so ho incut'rcd the disple-
ettre of many of his oampwtriets.
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in which the suffering is -dine by
other' people,
THE SUNDAY' ECHO 1. STUDY'
IN'J'l:ltNA:TIOleet I,LSSON,
UUI'0B1ai ?J,
Lesson IV. Jesus and .!atlas ---!!lett,
20. 14-25, 97-50; 27. 340, Golden
Text, '.!lull. 26. 24.
Verse 47. Lo, Judas, one of the
twelve --It was well known that Ju -
dee 'was one of the twelve. But
even 'to- the hardened bystander it
was a shock to think of him as one
of the disciples of. Jesus and also
as Jesus's !betrayer. }fence the
designation of Judas as "one of .the
twelve" is not to describe or single
hien out. It is an exckamation of sur-
prise when he is found not with the
other eleven and Jews, but in a
turbulent crowd moving upon Jesus
and the eleven..
A great multitude with swords
and staves—•The indefiniteness of
the words ",great multitude"
f
leaves the imagination free to com-
pute the size of the crowd. That
it wee not small in number is else-;
"staves and swords" also is an in-
definite terve, It would suggest
that the crowd was nob composed
of regular soldiery and was hetero-
geneously armed. That they came
tram the chief priests and elders of
the people would indicate that the
temple policy bad been drawn into
service. This would not be a large
body in number and would natur-
ally draw a rabble waith it es it pro-
ceeded out into the night wayerom
the city. Curiosity is always the
concomitant of crime.
48. He that 'betrayed him—Judas
elsewhere is so designated (Matt.
10. 4 and other passages). The stig-
ma stuck to him.
Gave them a sign — Some sign
would be necessary in the dards, and
especially .because the officers of
thte chief priests and .scribes could
not be expected to know Jesus.
Whomsoever I shall kiss—Lan-
guage fails one to describe the per-
fidy of Judas's act. But to con-
ceive as its means of .fulfillment
the loving approach of a' -kiss stupi-
fies one.
49. And straightway he came —
He would have the •act over with
immediately. If he hesitated, the
influence of Jesus would control
him. Under his control he could
not !betray him.
Hail, Rabbi—At the last Judas
cannot approach Jesus informally
as his wont was. He comes with a
fornial greetingand designates him
in a professional way. The kiss of
affection under this, approach was
very thinly disguised.
50. Jesus said onto him, Friend—
Jesus matches formality with for-
mality and calls Judas "Friend."
Do that for which thou art come
—The meaning is, "You 'have done
that which you planned to do. I
understand the :meaning of the
'Ides." The Mester saw quickly
the •parade and pretense of effeo-
tion.
3. Then Juclas—That' is, after
Jesus was led away to Pilate. As
soon as Judas saw this he felt the
doom of Jesus was complete.
''ho : --betrayed„ hire—Again„ the
Stigma.
Repented himself, and brought
back the thirty pieces of silver —
He repented to the ful'lesb extent:
he +brou,ght back the silver, But
bbs silver no longer had aughb to
do with the 'betrayal. What was
done could not be undone, The re-
pentance was genouine, even apart
from •the restoration of the money.
4. Betrayed -This word can al-
ways be rendered by "delivered
up," The betrayal included the
,delivery..
What is that bo us 1 see thou to
it—The priests could not wash
away the guilt of Judas. Had they
been able to, they would not have
been concerned with doing so, Let
Judas stand the full brunt of his
act. That was their thoughb. Ansi
they doubtless gloated over his dis
coanbtere as much as they did over
their good fortune when he tante
to thein to say he would deliver
Jesus in their hands.
5, Cast clown the pieces of sliver
—He could not hold them, They
were Bearing his flesh,
Into the sanetuar'y—The unclean
money was even to defile the tem-
ple, for ib was thrown into the very
holy of holies.
Abel departed; and he went away
and hanged himself--,FTe is still
pursued by the furies. "As an evil
spirit which ran hither and thither
in the earth seeking rest and find-
ing none, so Judas was hurried by
the lash of remorse 'until be is
found hanging on. a tree. ,1t is step -
posed that the sbrang1ed himself,
the rope having ;broken... But see
A' 4G.'9
1'. 18.
0. And the chief priests took the
pieces of silver, and .said, It is not
lawful to put ,thein into the trees -
mg, since it is the prim of blood ----
The word for "treasury" is eor-
banes and means the ''exceed
treasury." . The exclusion of
"blood maneY'e from this treasury
was en applttabion of the law
'against iharlotry (see Dont. 23. Is),
How true is it !drat Jesus was
counted -with harlots and siimers.
7, Bought : the ,potter's field
to
bery strangels in—Strange that
this money should be so associated
with death and !burial. Strangers
doubtless meant the Jews #rota
other lands dying in Jerusalem at.
passover Mime.
9, 10. Then was fulfilled that
Which was spoken through Jere-
miah the I uophet--The words ,ef the
text which r£ol'low are not ficin
Jeremiah, but from Zechariah
(chapter 11, verses 12, 13), The er-
ror is due to the „fact, dnilbtless,
that similar texts from Jeremiah
(18. 2, 3 and 32. 0.15) :were in the
writer's mind. The force of the
parallel is not in the close similar-
rty of the incidents connected with
the prophet on the ane Band alit
Jesus on the other, abut in the very
low value set upon e prophet in
either case, Prophetical insight
and activity •cannot be estimated.
They run beyond all power of cal-
culation, The travesty in the be-
trayal of Jesus becomes accentuat-
ed when the low price set upon his
head is considered.
NEW P111E FOOD LAW.
Farmers Will Be Greatly BeueJttted
By It.
Tannery 1st, 1915, will be the date
when the Amended Law Bill, num-
ber 99, passed by the House of Com-
mons on :the 010 May, 1914, will go
into effect, forbidding the use of
the word "maple" on any product
that is not, absolutely pure sap of
the maple tree. The following is a
eapy of the n.ew Law :—
"29A. No person shall manufac-
"ture for sale, keep for sale,. or.
"offer or expose for sale, as maple
"sugar any sugar which is not pure
"maple sugar, nor as maple syrup
"any syrup which is not pure maple
"syrup, and any maple sugar or.
"maple syrup which is net up to the
"standard prescribed by the Sixth
"Schedule to this Act, or, if such
"standard is ohanged by the Gov-
ernor in -Council, to such standard
"as the Governor -in -Council may
"from time to time prescribe, shall
"be deemed to be adulterated with-
"in the meaning of this Act."
"2. The word 'Maple' shell not
"be used either alone or in eombi-
"nation with any other word or
"words en the !urgel ear other mark,
"illustra-tion or device on a package
"containing any article of food or
"on any ;article of food itself which
"is or which resembles maple su-
gar or maple syrup; and no pack-
age containing any article of food
"or any article of food itself which
"is not pure maple sugar or pure
"maple syrup, shall be labelled or
"marked in such a manner as is
"likely to make persons believe it
"is maple sugar or maple syrup
"which. is not pure maple sugar or
"pure maple syrup, and an article
"of food labelled or marked in vio-
lation of this sub -section shall be
"deemed to be adulterated within
"the meaning of this Act,"
The above legislation will prove
of great behefit to alt maple syrup
and sugar makers end will effec-
tively stimulate the industry. In-
cidentally it will keep the Govern-
ment busy in following up their
good and wise enactment. The
grocery* trade throughout the Do-
minion will have to be circularized,
putting them on their guard against
having the adulterated article on
their shelves. Tnspeotors will, also
h; •aeadod•';r_lertee..numbers to
thoroughly safeguard the inteafe.ios'
of the purchasing public, who will
of course expect to get the pure
maple syrup that they are paying
for. With ,all the protective ma-
chinery at oommaatd the Govern-
ment should be able to thoroughly
cope with the newly -created situa-
tion. Afber all, Itis new 'act, to be
effective., simply •affoeds another in-
stance of the tenth of the oft -quoted
maxian : "Eternal vigilance is the
price of safety."
ANTICIPATING A PATRIOT.
How Affairs Aro Conducted in Eng-
land During a War Crisis. •
An amusing story that illustrates
the peremptory way in which affairs
are conducted durung a war crisis
ooanes from. England to the New
'York Telegram,
A geniblemen who lives ab Sontdi-
atnpton and who owns a speedy
power boat wrote •bo the 'commander
at Ports:mouth, offering his boat for
the service of his eaxuntry. In re-
ply, he wa,s considerably surprised
to receive this letter:
"Your offer of power boat to His
Majesty's government is received
and :has been noted. It will not• be,
noeossaay for you tomake a Formal
transfer, as the email is already ie
use by His Majesty's naval forces.
Difficulty hats been experienced in
getting --cane one who undbershaaudta
running iter properly, and you
could render your country eervaee
by retuning and operating her for
His Majesty's navy."
And the man eves,so meth pleased
ee the tvlay Anis craft had been corn-
mendeereci; that he voluntee:red,.
and is noes' an assistant •ionpin+ee.r,
ferryingemeral officers about an the
croup he used to ower -.-and enjoying
1't,
Happiness depends ,half oil what
we do and half an .what we don't.
Father (impressively) .•-. "Sup-
pose I should be taken away sud-
denly, what would become of you,
my bay2 Irreverent Sen—"I'd
cd
stay here, The question is, What
would 'become of you l"
"TURI Miff" IS TERRI IC
yr IS TUE i)1LtfOLIES'1' E L1
SIVE KNOWN.
0-
1lrveutor lleeeived Liltte Aid From
Freneh Gorernutcnt• al
First.
Reports have come from the Irene
Meting that the French are firing a
new explosive of each deadly char-
aet•cv that whole battalions of Ger•
man infantry are found dead in
their trenches "standing boot up-
right, and shill holding their rifles
in firing ;attitude," as through sud-
denly petrified?
The London Express publishes the
fallowing frau a writer for whose
right to speak with authority the
editor vouches:
•
Most Terrific Ever Known.
"The new explosive invented two
years ago by M. Turpin, the "par-
ent" inventor of melinite and of
lyddite—which is merely so named
from the feet that the first experi-
ments were -wade mt Lydde, in
Kent, in presence of the French in-
ventor—is undoubtedly the most
terrific and th'e most widely death -
dealing high-power explosive ever
known. So lethal an its effect is the
new shell• on exploeione, !thaut should
its use become widespread whole
armies, indeed entire nations,
would be completely exterminated
in the course of a few weeks,
Nursed Grievance.
M. Turpin is not only a remark-
able man, he is also a man who for
many long pears nursed a serious
grievance, but who considered that
he had been deeply wi'ongedin con-
nection with the discovery of bis
previous inventions, melinite and
lyddite. It is said that ire became
resentful and suspicious, and that
he resolved to set to work and dis-
cover some new explosive that
would completely throw into the
shade previous discoveries of which
he was the author', but which had
been "immei
proved" by eal teclh-
nicians.
Far ,years M. Turpin. in his quiet
house in the little town of Pon-
taise, some twenty miles from Paris,
had been silently 'working away at
Itis new discovery, ,and eat a corn-
paratively recent period he had the
satisfaction of seeing the French
Government make him the ' aamende
honorable." This modified •liim
considerable, .and he offered' his new
discovery to his country, but his old
dislike of War Office methods and
War Office teclrnichians persisted.
and this somewhat hindered the ne-
gete ation s :
Lost Appetite.
"M. Turpin, however, was used
to War Office procrastination, and
he therefore had a special gun
made 'on his. own.' He had it .maade
in parte in different factories, and
therm parts were put together else-
where under lois personal supervi-
sion. So, too, with the shells. In a
small factory cause to Pontoise he
per'soumally filled ,thein, and then, in
the presence of a dozen carefully
selected and invited officials; he ear-
ried out +soau,e of hie $1st private
experiments on is deserted part, "f
the Atlantic coast,
"The merest chance enabled .me
to witness one of theme early trials
of his new explosive, and I confess
that, although I was ravenously
hungry half an horn' before, 1 re-
turned to my inn without an appe-
tite for dinner."'
Ile, Caught It.
While terms of peace were being
discussed at the elose of !the. Boer
War, there were several interviews
between Lord Kiteheruer and Gen-
eral Botha, before a working basis
for a treaty was ,agreed upon, says
Pearson's Weekly. There was still
a good deal el' skirmishing going on,
and at the end of one interview
General .Botha 'got up with, lbhe re -
meek, "Well, I'm afraid I tarsal be
off."
"There's aro hurry," replied Lord
Iiibcrhener, ple+asaant r ; "you have-
n't got to catch a train, you
know."
General Botha laughed
"Perhaps not," the a•nawered,
"bub I meet, go now."
Bidding Lord Kitchener good-bye,
he :hurr&ed off. The .next morning
came the news of is. successful Boer
raid on a Beitiali au'anored+bruin cat
the. Delagoa.
lino,
`Ah !" Lord Tei,tcdtc.ner enur-
onenrbed, when the news wts brought
liim, "So General Botha did
to
Catch 11i 6 til a,Vn .
Charity begins at home, which
may explain why the average man
is so good to .himself;
Aman tous g
ld hi daughter that if
she learned to cook he would give
hel a gtu•.prise. She learned the
art,1
and he sur' prised bee by dis-
charging the servant girl. •
"If only 1 had wings," sighed the
poet, "Yon wouldn't keep them:
long," remarked a• friend;. "Your i' goes goat's 'trill. ;miles' gtuud
wife would soon bemating there mvff butter r
It doest y,
r
£ it tactra after •
to makea
,
t
hat,, elle goat."
t. at.
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THE CAPITAL OF SERVIA
91E1.1) At; A PRIZE OF WA
FOR (I+IN'Tl?BII+)S.
'coo of One .Devastating Cnntlla
After Another for a Thous
sand Years,'
1f tlte.spirite of the soldier's slain
in Belgrade, the capital of. Service
could
clueing the lastthousand years a el
be reincarnated such an armed host
would be represented as leas nab
been seen since Xerxes, set out from
Sardis to •conquer• the civilized
world, says The New York Herald.
For site the first fortifications
were made on the promontory at the
eontiuenee of the Save .and the
Danube, near the sibe of the present
city, by the Celts inthe third ten-
tury B.C., it has been the scene of
ons devastating conflict afber ens
other. The reported' occupation by
Austrian troops marks the fourth
time in comparatively recent history'
that the Hapsburgs have taken it.
The Celts gave to Belgrade the
name of Singidunum, ,and as such it
was known until the seventh ocn-
bury A.D. The Romans 'took it from
the Celts and replaced their fort by
strong fortifications, as is evidenced
by bricks recently dug up bearing
the inscription "Legeo IV. Flavaa
Felix." For the forllowong two cen-
turies it •changed masters often,
ea:ah change being marked by
slaughter, as Buns, Seermatiens,_
Goble; and Gepids followed each
other into possession before the Ern -
payer Justinian brought it ones
more under Roman rule.
Political Bone of Contention.
Toward :the end of the eighth cen-
tury the Franks of Charlemagne be-
sieged and took it, and the follow-
ing century it fell into ;the hands of
Bulgarians. In the eleventh cen-
bury the Byzantine Emperor Basil ,
Il. reconquered it for the Greek
Empire. The Hungarians fought
over it dor the first time in 1124,
when Xing Stephen wrested it from
the Greeks, and since that time it
has been a political bone of conten-
tion among Greeks, Bulgarians,
Hungarians and Austrians.
A survey of the map of Servia,
and a study of contiguous' territory
explains ,the reason for the recur-
ring conflict. Belgrade was consid-
ered to be the key to Hungary, and
its possession gave command of the
traffic between the upper and lower
Danube.
The Servian kings first gained its
possession in •the fourteenth cen-
tury, end after 27 years the Servian
prince, Giorg Brankoviteh, ceded it
to the Hungarians, Ito possession
by Christian nations incensed the
Turk, and twice during the fifteenth
century the city was assailed by the
followers of the Sultan, Each time
they were beaten back, and in the
last siege, that of 142e, the monk,
John Capristan. and the fermis
John ' Hunya<ly, rose to fame
through the vigor ut the 'lefeeee
conducted by them,
Tui'hs Gained Poest':niimt,
In the middle of the next ;cen•tury
the Turks under Sultan Sulelnum
took it from the Hungarians. aald
it retrained a Turkish.poeseeeion un,
til the_,'snalrians captured it in 1085.
Two yease- at"r the Turks recap-
tured the city and li'olrt +until 1717,
when, by a most Ierilliaut droll i.�..
Prince Eugene of Savoy refeek it
for the Austrians, who held it: until
1739.
Then the Turks gained its posses-
sion, only to lase it tin y,,are later
when the Auserime under Gen.
Laudon, :carried it by aeaau,'.t a tt
held •the citadel for four years, (1ie
hundred and seven o•etu's ago the
Sert-i+ans, having gained their inde-
pendence, became masters -of Bel'•
grade, but were forced to abandon
it to the Turks eie years later, lin•
til 1802 the Tut'kss kept troops ie
the garrison'thers, tui the Servians
were practdcally their own rulers..
The dual government + c ea:•i+ p^d
much friction and in ,Tune. ere 3,
the Turkish cumtuan.der hauiharel_,l
the 'Servian quarter of the ''ty. As •
a consequence 8.1 the .r-.: Cult, form
years later diplomatic pres,uro wet:
brought to bear aid the '1'nrki li
garrison was w•it?ulravi ,r, Tlre,r 111•
Lel; the tn„derrr B,1hc'tn vvri .•, din•,
ing whielr B -!gra,'.' tt 1, Mite ae
Of 111nehr armame'a", ,•i, r . and i1'ru'ut-
tened sieges,
1)niehe II in sOti 111,.
In 'a alt'1' to date. e - e glee' { t , end
acres which t1r,
lute been .shut off liy lirgi, mel ertic-
nleuts, tubal i4 pre+ nrntt(;ij; tit=,�
largeait wln011,111 In th-• tt,i'lai bi,:
been lately' sat np at llar'lii,g'ee,
lTnll'autd. It ie fifty fez 1 in ,11i'111rc
tri', is :moan ted 011 ti !•t+•el le ger,
and has steed. sail?, Senn, e•re is
agar, ineer'nal ere:Meetio n a ugin't•®
o'ere t•epimoong tee weesien ti`nldl••
milts of I1apllaa,d but lately the
keel w:incbv.ili is lr.c'ine meg, meal
sr ore en1ploye<i, tspe»iatle• for
pumping.:
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