The Brussels Post, 1914-11-26, Page 3flints for the Home
With the Citron,
Sinter' st Preserveil Citron, -TThe,
situlile.:t:aid must wholesome citron
paresri c : tatoege perhnpe. n.'t'Ow
one which )411 keep the lettgese, is
made ,i to:lows 1. Cut the melon
qu rete, rs, cut out the seedy
part, and then cut •Lha and into
mice egiiare or oblong pieces. four
double Lhc amuunL of boiling water
over these pieces that IL will take
to civ: r them unless the quantity
is large, and then water to cover
may ha suflieient, and boi! gently
until the melon becomes clear. The
water is almost sure to buil away a
airlf, and it is bitter to have enough
left for •the sirup, Make ,a sirup of
this water and as many pints of su-
gar as here are pints cif the cooked
melon. It will du no 'harm. if there
is as much of the water as there is
sugar, but less is.commonly used.
The sirup must be cooked up and
carefully skimmed, as a dark scumn
clisfigures this preserve. When. the
sirup is ready put in the melon and
simmer for fifty minutes. Seal like
any preserve,
Other hllethods of iliukint,.--Many
people eat up the citron, sprinkle
it lightly. with salt, cover it with
water, and let it stand over eight.
They .then drain off this water and-
let
ndlet it suck in clear water, then cnoac
it in water only 'until its is trans-
parent. Finally e sirup is made,
highly sea sled with lemon or -gin-
ger root, er both, :and the citron
cooked in that.- But Miss Beslie in
her day said "steeping sweeTmeets
in brine is now obsolete. Yet she
used alum to stiffen. the melon, as
most people •to -day, although our
pure food laws do not allow manu-
facturers to use it, and no one will
use it who cares more for health
than for a handsome preserve. 71t
is handsome enough without the
alum. In conking -the melon, which
has been soaked in brine, there is a
time when it puffs up, and it is
probably at' this point when the
professional makers would do some-
thing to keep ib puffed, but it quick-
ly collapses, unless given. special
treatment. The rather coarse can-
died nitron uf commerce is usually
in quarters, and when it is to be
candied at home it need be cut no
smaller, although the large pieces
are harder to manage.
Preparing Citron for Cake.—
Jennie June in her recipe for pre-
served citron uses alum, but in her
recipe with the above title she omits
it. In beth eases she uses soda,
which is unusual. Her recipe reads:
"Boil the citron in soda:water un-
til it is clear ur .tender, have ready
a nice sirup of sugar, put in the
citron, and boil until the sugar has
struck - through it ; take it out on
plates to dry slowly, sprinkle pul-
verized sear on both sides, two
or three: times until it is dried
enough. Then pack - in wooden'
boxes, with sugar between the lay-
ers,
('neon Cake. --- The old citron
calces are too expensive for us, since
a pound of butter and from six to
ten eggs were used, The pound
cakes had at least a half -pound of
batter, and generally a pound. But
we can use eitr: n in any simple cake
recipe., flouring it, and if with rai-
sins and currants, when a cup each
of these ie used, have but a• half -cup
of the finely --chopped citron. In
the pound of oake long thin strips
of the nitron, have been considered
attractive.- A. three -egg Bake--
Three fourths• cup of sifted sugar,
half a cup of butter or margarine,
and three. clips of Sour and a cup
of mills or two., cups of Sour and a
half cup of milk, make a not too ex-
pensive foundation for a fruit cake.
It is all right to beet- the whites and
yolks of the egg separately, but to
add the whites before the fruit, yet
a method much fodhrwel 'tu-defy is
to rub :the fionr•and buLtev together
a•n•cl then stir the fruit into this to
save flouring it, alien the egg and
liquid, and finally the flour a little
at a, time,
Old-fashioned Wedding Cakes.
Fruit for this should be prepared
au :ech'anec as follows: Six cups of
currants, washed, driedand picked,
Three eul}s of ,sultana •raisins, three
cups of citron cut in fine strips, one
half cup of candied lemon peel, two
()ups. of almonels blanched and cut
in shreds. In au vyarrn bony' mit four
cups of butter and four :cups' of an -
gar, granu'la:ted or confeetioner's;
beat these together until vary light,
Break ten eggs into .another bawl,
do not beet them.
Cover a wai+Ler with a big sliest
of paper; sift Sour pints offlour
over this, need the fruit and the fol-
lowing el» cress; two teaspoons +eaa
of nutmeg, meet and oinna:mon, one
tablespoon each of ,cloves and all-
spice. Ntix these :together and•:.stand
aside ready for use, leave ready in
little pitcher ono hale pint of best
brandy. 5al,oct 'a' deep cake tie
t n
and grease with butter, lino it in-
side with white paper and on the
outside and bottnmtt with Mee or five
thicknesses of very thick wrapping
palmy which you muse tie on, Have,
your oven :bol and the fire banked
so it will nob been out quickly, Now
'beet the butter and sugar once
mere, add the eggs two a •time,
n.oi •, d ,ggs t a ,
beating the mixture acbbar each addi-
tion , Whsn the eggs are all -need,
•
lure in the flour and fruit with
branch, anix thoroughly, punt into
the ptee:trrd enhe tin sever with
several' thicknw'ees of •bruwe ],aper
and bake eight hours, keeping the
even steads' and clear,
Kmiec frcnn the urvep end tall+,w
it In st'tnd on tie sheet until quite
coke Ice with .a thiu oust of w'It1Le
icing tip and sides, and stand in u
ewe a yen to dry, thee give it a.
second e" at of thiol is ung and erne,
mole according to Sauey. An icing
nese' it ; hila r t +'rile, a few <1mons it1
curd water and confectioner's sugar,
is the best for the thick icing,
• res• ftil llints.
lfotalum water will take eer,enmss
out of chilblains.
To cut hard -bulled e. pc hi even
sliCOS when making sale ds, d:p your
knife in water before using.
Clean brass or cepp.r with t'lt
and vinegar, then rub with olive
oil, and it won't tarnish for a long
time.
A way to cools tough meats:
Saute to keep the juices, and then:
stew until tender, and icrve with
thick gravy,
Gold lame or embror•clmry mat ba
cleaned by brushing free of •clust and
then rubbing powdered alum well
into it,
Spanish salad is composed of
small pickled onions, drained and
coated with mayonnaise sauce,
placed inside .a border of slices of,
tomatoes,
As soon es rain drops fall on a
garment, brush the geode the way
of the nap with a silk handkerchief
or soft brush, and no marks will
remain.
:Baked potatoes are delicious. if a
shoe of bacon is put inside, Make
a hole in the potato with an apple- Pifiemayn. David Lloyd, of theKings RorieRifle Corps, now lying
badly wounded in a Provincial hospital, was one of :the gallant band
Who crossed :the Aisne single file over a plank bridge under teen c fire,
in cider to drive the Germane from a ridge while the engin•sers were
building a pontoon bridge, "I don't want to pretend," ho said, "that
I liked oroasfng that bridge with bullets' about as 'thick as hail all
around, and shells bursting everywhere, but we gob across somehow,
though a lot of chaps fell into the water,"—D•riewn by Frank Gillett
from a :sketch by Rifleman David Lloyd of the King's Royal Rifles.
Crossing the River by a Plank I3rlcige render lIeaxy Fire.
corer, roll a piece orf bacon and
place in the hole.
Combs will soon warp if washed
with soap and Trot ''ate±, Ib is best
to put a little ammonia in luke-
warm water and scrub the 'comb
with a nail brush,.
To .make the beaten egg in which
you dip croquettes go further, eso
hot water, beating all the while.
The proportion is -three :tablespoon-
fuls o.f water to one egg.
When you aro cooking a thicken
try the wing to find out if it is
properly clone. If :the fork finds
the wing tender, you can be surae
of the •entire chicken being well
cooked.
When washing cream wool or cot-
ton goods, try 'rutting in :the water
a few onion skins which haye been
boiled in the last rinsing water.
You will be insured a clear, bright
cream oolor.
When you find fruit stains on
tablecloth or napkins, wet with a
little camphor. If :this is done be -
fere the stain leas been, wet with
water ib will entirely disappear,
LIVING' LIRE RABBITS.
Life in the Trenches on the Battle
Line.
The following extract from the
letter of an officer gives a vivid de-
scription of life in the trenches:—
Ten days ago we carne into the
trenches, and for ten days we have
stayed there. Ten days! Aero-
planes watching us, and shells fly-
ing overhead by day; alarms and
rifle fire by flight, We live the life
of a rabbit—digging ourselves deep-
er and sleeper into the earth, till
we are completely sheltered from
above, coming out now and then,
when things are quiet, to cook and
eat, making any moves that may
be necessary under cover of dark-
ness. Ammunition, food, and
drinking water are brought in by
night; the ,wounded are sent away
to the hospital. We do not wast ;
we do not change our clothes; we
sleep at odd intervals whenever we
can get the chance, and daily we'
get more accustomed to our lot. It
is rather an odd existence. .Little
holes (lug beneath the parapet, just
big enoughto, sit in, :our homes,
with :straw and perhaps a sack or
two for warmth, The cold is in-
tense at night, and driers good
ladies who have made its woollen
caps and coinfortees have earned
our thanks; •tlso we are getting
used to it. The• coldest moments
are those when there is an alarm
of a night adroit, and we spring
from oler eieep to stand shivering
behind the parapet peering overthe
wall to see our enemies, and firing
at the flashes of their rules.
Tasting With the Nose.
Sir Ray Lancaster, the eminent
man of ,science, .esseris :that the fla-
ver of fopd 'and drink , does not
come to us through the sense of
taste, That sense, he says, oar only
furnish sensations that correspond
to the chemical composition ':of the
substances presented to it. '.11hese
seneetioes, white almost infinite in
their shadings, :ai:^e few in- number,
'We can distinguish by tnsto only
sweetness, bitter:Mmes sourness and
„Itnees eltheen •h tete various in-
tensities
, g
tensities"of these sensations are in-
numerable. The, eistinotive flavor
of va t:ion•s foods is not the result of
chemical action, e,nd. is not 'per-
ceived by .the taste nerves. :biayors
v iti ea
excite the ()Rectory terve sLd,
and are transmitted by it to the
brain, 1 person whose souse of
smell is impaired is unable to de -
Met :the ftavor of the food he eats,
although` he bas the taste :sensation
that it :stimulwbes, This is an of
t tib t ` sflut ez
." n the :effect n o r e 'u
al,aatriho op t e .a� i
often este apparently en 'the taste,
but, really, on the sense of smell,
GERMAN ARMY FROM INSIDE
DESCRIBED 73Y OFTICE1I WHO
SERVED WITH IT.
This Par -Reaching Military System
Must Soon Pass
Away.
There appears .among -other hooks
brought out by the war in Turope
"The German Army From With-
in," bearing no other clue to its
atiehorehip'khan the statement that
ib is by a British officer who has
served in that army. The waiter
tells of his 'cadetship in au German
military school and of .subsequent
service in the Prussian -cavalry. It
is to be eemennberecl that these are
pictures of :the ,army in peace ; not
in the :fervor rend excitement of
war.
The duel, however, has largely
gone out in 'tile German military
practice.
Increase of wealth and demand
for luxury have hacl their effects,
bringing commissions in the army
to men who would not have had tele
ed to know pretty well as much as
his superiors of military matters
and teclmicalities. Fiore are a few
of the scraps of knowledge that
are crammed into him:
``He must know the history of the
Prussian royal ;family. He must
know something of the history of
the last war -18'70-1571. He roust
know the stations of al1 the army
corps of the German army. Of his
own army corps, he must know au
the garrisons, divisions, and brig-
ades, with the names of the genet: -
ale corrvinancling them.
What Recruits Learn.
"He must learn rte recognize at
once the clietinotivebadges of rank.
He must be able to take a carbine
eo Meese sand put it together again.
He must knew all the intricate de-
tails that go to make the perfect
scout—perfect, I should add, in
theory—and., in a word, he must
know anything and everything per -
kilning 'to soldiering."
Iib is our author's .experience that
an English recruit learns his lesson
in half the time .taken by a Ger-
man. As to the men who do the
tete:eine :
"Efficiency, efficiency. always ef-
ficiency has been its motto. Whe-
ther it is a motto by which to guide
slin'htest thence thirty or forty , the lives of millions and the destrn-
veers ago. In fact, the class from ' its of an empire will :be shown -with -
which these men come clic' not then
exist.
"I refer to . the manufacturing
class, which. forms the real progres-
sive class of Germany, Even under
in the next few months.
"Prussian:i:sm must go, and with
it that gorgeous monster, the Ger-
man army,
"This monster is 50 enormous
the stricteslb diseiphne, the sons of that ,the mind can hardly •conceive
these men must retain something of it es a whole. None bait a German
the paa•ental nations of philoeophy. mind,. cold, ordered, 'clear, and piti-
and conduct, and their brother of-" less, could have planned it, :built
facers, in some regiments, are sharp- it, and have kept a firm grasp on
ly on :the lookout for any expresatoe every- hairspring and lever of it.
of this t cit, remembering duet they Militarism .as it is now known,
them:selves spring from e .steels will perish, he believes, tfor the
which has inherited titles of mobil- good as much of G:ei'many as of
uty--and little else --for counibless
generations.
"'The pay of tate eominon soldier
in Germany is a trifle hardly worth
mentioning, I believe it is, gr.o.ss, a
matter of three cents a day, and 1
fancy :there are some cleducltions
made ;from that,
Germain Training.
"However, :the peia'ciple is that
the Gesmtin serves his Fatherland
Inc'. love of service, nob from any
sortie' motives 'of gain or personal
oonefor e. It, is for :this 'than he en-
dures the brutality of his sergeants,.
the arrogance of his officers, and
the kindly p:akronage of his great
master." •
The •recruit does not have a harp
nv time getting into the German
army. :[I,e rmeebs neither cheerful
officers nor friendly, !helpful' wales, ,
"The first steps of actual train-
7.ho p
ing, however, are by'no means so
harsh as those !through which 1 was
put 1n the British 'cavalry • many.
years ago. 'There the sough -riding
staff took the .greatest .pleasure iu
choosing the ronghe� e horse they
could find, and on this I was :turn-
ed loose in the riding :sctihool, with
e ibeeawaxc:d saddle and no• „he
imps,
",
f-
eimttt af-
ford
hat
Tha Garman
ford trettnmeiit ,of that' kind until
they havo their recruit well hs
hand. ;Thu easiest horse of the
squadron is •chosen,
"His work begins) at 5 o'clock in
wo g
bila Morning, usu:ally with an hour's
g
instruction to thee ettlite. The pri-
Vete in the German army ;is expect -
peoples opposing' her in war,
,1.
RA ND EEIFLECTIONS.
But many a fair woman is un-
fair,
Laugh less at your neighbor'e
troubles'and male) at your own.
Marriage hies caused many a
sweet young thing to ferment.
When a" nan loses :his heart, 'his.
Bead :Tis to do doable work.
It doeen't• pay to be ileo polite to
get all that's conning .to you.
There .age men who ca'n't even
tell the truth without oxaggeraein:g.
What they don't) want May make
some people ,happier than what.
they estate., •
When, our. best friend tells ,you
your.
that black eye tlo
ltow.he,tregi , eye,
you behevo'him:?
Some people love pease to each
an extent that they would be will-
ing to fight Inc it,'
It isn't enough for the healthy.
man to ohoose his toed usefully,
Ilse also chews it carefully:
Faith is layer is :a wonderful
p y
thing, :but the average man prays
for twice as :much as he cypeets to
Sat,
tie
Doctor's Wife --Row did you find
the patient Ude morning, James?
Doctor -'-Ib looks to mo as ie si'te's
in,for a serious illness, but 1 don't
want to be too saugeine:
Mrs. Iliraf Offen---•"Your recent-
auendeticns ase Whet poor, I most
aizvy1,' ill;aid "4Ve.il, .mum, yes
r
' hitt'
weren't rCCOnnn7l nY'lud vary highly
to me, a,ybbar 1"
14,10) .1111 A'11111/.
Curious; 1,lprfle'uco o1 Preach Cale
tivtt 1)eying the neeteeelen,
On February 240, 15348, when
Paris w'as disturbed by mobs, a
Captain Prebois was sent by the
government with meters to be do
that were defending the threatened Lesson Iia• ilirimt ermined. 14l.11rk.
TUE SUNDAY SCiO3I STUDY
IN'I'l'.'IINA'1'IONAL LESSON,
-NO V'el(1BED- 291,
livered to the leaders of the :troops _.
points in various parts of the city',
It was a dangerous undertaking,
for the bitterness of the people
a:gaf, ,i5 the guwernment was an-
rr remuve� rerun. tine; r u
1a. 211 Luke 23, 313.43. Gold.
en Text, Ise. 53. 4.
Verse 23. They offered hire wine
Mingled' with,myrrh; but he re -
i
NOTE. S OF SCIENCE
Bellows :tn, be worn on 113 users;,
:feet to provide the suction feetuxes.
1 new vacuum cleaner.
Separate shaft.'.drive for. each
wheel fcalures a now motor era*
uf large oapaeity and power,
Wireless stations ,along the 13a1'
tie heti are use.' by Russia to trans
1alt weather reports to Petrog'tir'ad.
The back cif a new hair brush can
be
use.
Before starting out, saes Novel- cowed it not. --The wine was drug- by "md :iby}i ermig• water thxonglt
Schatz +''a tarn.. re urs wa ge Jesus � lt,'
warped to take ithe greatest sate 1f to etupefy hen, ,and he war, serene„ A r7Ply nrillc rep iratux fire hunse
•
he valued his life ; tut he took the enough to refuse. He would die, ho]l tiro parts tin sJcim milk, tv'hieh
warnings lightly, and said, If you so far as lie'was ahem, in full pa,s is drawn nil: at the b� haat, ibY gray
fellows knew' my black horse as well session of his faculties. It was C113-
as,
rus- ity
I kn w him you wouldn't worry tonsary to give a stupifyieg clri;ilc
len C p I' b ' s d Jesus knew the purpuve nes
ab a to those about to he crucified,
about -me. That burse has carried
me through thiek and thin." And 24, They . . , part his garments
with a farewell wave of his hand he among them, carting lute upon
was off, them—The executioners were prsvi-
The black .horse of which the gal lege(' to take the garments, and
bent ebiec n was s., proud was in `,umetimes other personal belong -
deed a beautiful animal. iv, duct a ings, of the executed as a sort uf.
well -shaped, erect head, a deep reeuulp:ence fur their .sc rv'ice•s,
chest, and slender, well -:formed ee, And it was the third hour—
lege. But there was sontethingvery Nine o'clock in the morning of our
time. In John 19. 14 we read that
extraordinary about his tail. it
'was long and busby, but it never
moved or twitched, except with the
movement of the animal's body.
Close observation showed oleo that
it had a slightly reddish hue, al-
though the difference in color was
not great enough to be noticed un-
der ordinary conditions.
When Prebois arrived in the dis-
turbed section of the city. he fear-
lessly delivered his messages. He
met with no resistance from the
crowds in the streets until he
reached the Place Vendome, one of
the principal squares in the heart
aI the city. Here a great crowd of
revolutionists had ,gathered, and
as the officer rode though the
square, some one seized the 'bridle
and cried,in a fierce voice,
"Hold! What message are you
carrying?"
The captain refused, to answer.
"Put a :bullet through him and get
that message !" bawled out the man
in a commanding voice. He was evi-
dently a leader of the snob.
At this point, the captain deter-
mined that quick action alone
would save lam. from violence at
the hands of the crowd. Quick as
a flash, he wheeled his horse, •and
dashed off. Several bullets flew
after him, but they went wild—and
then suddenly ceased altogether.
He looked round, anti saw the mob.
crowding round one of their num-
ber, who held something in his,
hand. And then his eyes :fell on the
back of his horse, .and his heart
sank in dismay.
It seems that, as he whirled :his
horse about, several men tseized
hold of the animal. Brut the power-'
fel creature threw them all except
one, a lad of fourteen, who had
seized the horse's tail. That tail
was the object of interest that had
caused the shooting to stop—for it
had come off. There stood the boy,
In the middle of the road, with his
feet spread apart and an expression
of grim determnination on .his face,
as he tightly clutched the Seeing
creature's tail. The mob'. saw the
humor of the situation, and burst
into a roar of laughter.
The explanation came out later.
It seems that Captain Prebois's
horse, while perfect) in every other
particular, did nob have a very good
tail, and an his :master had heed an
artificial one wade for him. No
doubt that artificial tail, and that
alone, saved Captain Prebois's life.
T1I0i .11 ills FOR 'CITE DAY.
it w'as "about the sixth hour." The
liuur was called the third until the.
"sixth" nae sounded. .On careful
reading the accounts essentially
agree.
28. And the superscription—It
was customary to put a signabove
the crucified to indicate who or
what he was. The Jews would: ne-
ver have had Jesus indicated as,
their king. But so had they ac-
cused him to Pilate :and so he was
described on the oress. To see the
"King of the Jews" Banged must
have given occasion for coarse jolt-
ing among the Romans. Pilate, it
will be remembered, was interceded
with to change the superscription,
so as to indicate that Jesus called
himself King of the Jews.
29. And they that passed by
railed—A large crowd, mostly Jews,
of course, would be attracted to
Golgotha,,and many were there who
took this opportunity of letting the
levity of their natures have full
play. But we may well believe that
many, even some who had not been
drawn to him in his lifetime, look-
ed en with serious •and solemn as-
pect, and perhaps were struck with
awe and astonishment, on the one
hand, that so innocent a man could
bare been wantonly hurried to the
cross, .and with surprise and ad-
miration on the other that he could
bear the ignominy and pain ea
nobly,
30. Save thyself, and come down
from the cross—Hs could not save
himself because he would ewe the
souls of others. What was thrown
at him as a taunt seas his real glori-
fication.
31. In like manner also the chief
priests , . with the scribes—The
priests ,led in the unhallowedmerri-
men't. They stood .around and saw
to it thee, when the mocking, and
raillery began to lag, 'new m,atertal
for jesting was brought forth,
32. They that were .rucified with
him reproaches' li'"n--This seems
hard. It as, :surely difficult to com-
prehe:nd. We reed in the other
Gospels that one was repentant and
rebuked the other for his blas-
peemy.
34. And at the ninth hour Jesus
cried—He had Heli' been hanging on
the •cross in :t?u; ;most eexcruerating
pain for six hours, Elui, EIoa, 'sins
sabaehtha.ni. The words occur in
Psa, 22, 1. Eli and Eloi are two
forms of the ward God, one of
which Jesus naturally would use.
Why hast thou forsaken mei—
Prob.ably in the sense, "Why dost
thou withhold thy help?"
35. And some of them :that stood
by, when they heard it, that is,
F,l•oi,
Eloi, perhaps did not hear
There is in man a higher than a clfstfncti
love of happiness. We can do with- 3> or they turned the ward
out happiness- and find instead luta Ellen,' making is pun on God's
thereof blessedness. --Carlyle.
The most gladsome thing in the
whole world is that few
name, and changed it ante Elijah.
30. And one ran, a friendly per -
of us fall son in disregard of the mockers,
very low, the .saddest that with and filling a sponge full of vinegar,
such ora abilities we seldom rise puaea, or sour wine, put it on a
M, Barrie. rehe homan ldiers won't'
haveed, dueTls .artiBcles tosoassist in mois-
Life is shorrt� Let us not throw
any el it away in useless resent_ toning the lips awl mouths of the,
orient. .ID is best rot to be angry, poor alying criminals as they gasped
It is noxi best do be. quickly recon- ant their lives. Let us sec whether
oiled.—Samuel Johnson, Elijah cometh ko take hint down
People dao not go' to church ats a This ryas anoek�ery, Ne sane persalt
matter of .:course as bevy used to, among Jesus's enemies et the cross
nor are they as willing as their would seriously have expected such
ferebeaas to identify themselves a• thing.
with the church and nuke it the 37. Uttered a laud vaiee—The
centre, of their life,—Rev. 11. J. physical exerted and asserted i:tsedf'
Campbell. • at the moment of dissolution.
It is not everee that kills man ; it Could any of those who :etood by
is worry. Work is healthy ; you'
could hardly put snore upon a man
than he vain bear, ''Worry is rust
upon :the blade, It is not the revo-
lution that destroys the machinery;
it is the friction.—Beecher.
The finest thing in the world is
one -se iu beantifal' oharacter,
and one .sol. the most wonderful.
things about character and the ele-
ments of the mind is that the more
they are expended. upon ethers .the
more, the giver beconles.,enriched.—
Sir Henry Jones,',•
A Spider`s; Web.
The epider is :cc well supplied
l
With the silky `thread with which ib
makes its web. thee an ex.per]mnent;ee
thee drew citie orf tame body of a
single ypecim11n 3,480 yards of the
thread --a, length bud: little short of
two miles. A. fabric: woven of'spi-
der's thread is more glossy than
thee from the silkwoenn s prc'dute
•and is of is more beautiful golden
color.
Aecording to _a Paris doctor.
yeast, :diluted with lukewarm :buil-
ed water, is a remarkably effective
remedy fur 'burns.
'01 Br•iti:sir invention is a mirror
marked with feet and ineiies to en-
able persons to measure their own
height by facing it.
An electrical automatic record-
ing target for indoor rifle shooting
has been invented by an English- ,
man.
An easily manipulated lever holds
the lit' un a new .cooking utensil so
tight that its contents are 'boiled
under steam pressure.
Pra,speeting fur petraleum in
Venezuela is being carried on with
encuuraging success by one Ameri-
can and two English companies.
More than 90 per cent.' of the al-
cohol and alcoholic drinks that are
made in the Philippines are derived
from the sap of palm trees.
Fos fumigating books in public li-
braries these has been invented an
air tight case in which they can be
subjected to sulphur flames.
Electric traction has penetrated
into :Sumatra, where a large coal
company uses electric locomotives
to haul the products of its minas.
For experimental purposes there
has been built an agricultural'teat-
tion engine that has Wheels twelve
feet in diameter with eightaan-insis
treads; will
The Union of !South Africa
,build an irrigation dam in the
Transvaal •That will impound more
than 5,000,000,000 cubic feet of wa-
ter.
The handle of a new wire carpet
beater is raised several inches from
the main shaft to save its user's
hand from contact with a :carpet.
A steamship wreck in Scotland
was traced to the battery in a sail-
or's pocket electric lamp, which •
was said to have affected the com-
pass.
To enable visitors to get a closer
view of the whirlpool Of Niagara
Falls a passenger -carrying cable
way will be 'built across the river,
A ,process has been discovered iu
Japan by which silkworms may be
cultured ten times a year. instead
of twice. as usual, ,and 'better silk
produced.
WORLD'S BUSIEST DEPOT.
The Embankment Station, London,
''olds This Record.
During the twenty-four hovers no
fewer than 2,139 trains ` pass
through the Embankment Station,
London, and each one .stops there..
That is absolutely a worlel's receed.
Orn the district railway section
alone as many as forty-four trains
an hour are run on a single set of
rails, When it is :bonne in mind that
every train eluws down to enter the
station, steps brief period, and
takes a few seexrmds to get tip epeed
again, repeating •the Benue process
less than hall a mile further nn, it
will be realized net only that the
service must be run with :eloekeenk
regularity, but that such a volume
of traffic could not be handled at
all if the elimination of the serenade
heti not been elevated into an cart.
This London underground service
ie., in fact, .almost the only one, if
not the only orie, in the world
whose tine -table is baser' not on
minutes but en ,seconds.
KITCIII.NER'S NEW ARJLY.
Among the 1,000,000 Are 200,000
Old Soldiers.
The bulk :of Lord Kitchener's new
army' of 1,000,000 men now corning
ever 'have` forgotten this cry of y, into being, will not, according to
sus as his tired and :tortured body an expert military view, be ready
gave tip the ghost? for service in the field until next
•1}pcoratcd.
'Chat do You mean, Refferty, •, by
spring, but owing to the Superior
class of men who have responded
to 'the call their training is pro •
-
gressiimg rapidly, Among thein, ac-
c,urding, ao authority:tivc cis ole:s,
innm avife gave yu th, d' diem's arc: nearly 200,000 nit' eoidiers
eorsayatigonyo, of the ,iron crooss askeed vvlio have. server in the Braii:slt regi -
Mr, Dolan, "You're talki7 eng fool- lar arms' fur eriods ranging from,
islt."
"I'm not. She hitme over the
eyebrow wed a pair oftongs•„
Students ,at William Penn high
selice l 'fee girls in Philadelphia, will
bo given a ooursn in a:alosma.naiti:p
andwill spendeand the aftr0
ons
auc
Saturdays in department :stores for
which they will mxiceive $15 per week,
Mrs. Meekly--Oue neighbor's son
is always) thrasltin boy. Whatg my
shall I clo about lel Lawyer ---
Teeth hint 'sow Le fight. Ten dol-
lars, please,
lve and seven to tw,e y -ears t d these fern: an admirable etiffenieg for
the new ,recruits from civil life, ,
whom they assist in training. 'To.
this mst: be added many men who
have served short periods in the
volunteer forces of the militia.
All wea•cl y anen Among the
recruits have been rapidly ntevv
weeded
one during the ,stiff :training, end
most of the men are developing in-
to fins shots, while their excellent
physical condition will make thein
a valuable addition to the vast
allied army which will be in t:he field
in •o recommence he
next spring t L cagn.
paign against Germany,