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The Brussels Post, 1915-5-13, Page 7useivifeY &riier WAys to Use Strawberries. Strawberries :arrr the fleet of all summer fnuibs-the -heralds of the goad tdrines whist follow in their wake. Virgil placed straw'ber'ries in the same rank :with flowers be- cause of their fragrance, and who couldn't tell to look at the little red berry 'with its pretty green hull that; it contained the elements of endless delectable desserts? The 'fruit is at its beat when served :without washing and the sugar must not be allowed to re- main on the Iberries too long before serving, for ib extracts the juice and desltroys the frritmness. It is a good;paan to heap the berries light- ly on individual plates and to pass the sugar .as abbey are served, S'tratviberry batter :cups are a de- lightful variation of the strawberry and are made thes ; Stir one pint of sugar into a quart of bruised ber- ries. Make a 'batter of ane and one-half armfuls of flour .6earefully sifted with half a teaspoonful of ealb and 'one heaping teaspoonful :f baking powder), two well beaten eggs, one ottp of milk and one tablespoonful of butter. Pour into well buttered moulds a little of the batter, add a. layer of 'the berries; and continue to alternate the lay- ers until the cups or anoulds are three-gaiarter•s fnlil. Steam or bake forty minutes. Serve with the fol- lowing 'sauee c Crean together one 'cup sugar, oneshalf scup butter, add the 'whipped white of one egg and one cup of mashed :berries. Place on ice two or three hours before us- ing. Novelties are always welcome on the tea table and .strunvlberry fin- gers ]oo'k so tempting and dainty. To 'mace them, beat four eggs light - le, told the (beaten eggs unto thecr weight of sugar and flour, add a pinch of salt and a few drops of al- mond flavoring. Beat the mixture ten minutes and .spread thinly on a buttered shallow ,pant. Bake in a quick oven ' and 'when delicately brown remove and allots bo cool. Cub the cake in half, vread sliced sweetened strawberries on top and saver with ,the remaining half of cake Shelain:to narrow strips, sim- ulating fingeis;- rrin'kle generously with powdered sugar and serve. Old fashioned strawberry short- cake is a treat not to be mentioned in the •same breath avith the end- Iess impostere masquerading every- where as the genuine article. Here ie a recipe guaranteed to. result in the strawberry 'short,cake that mo- ther used 'to make : :Stir a generous teaspoonful of baking ,powder into a cup of floor and sift. Work in all tote butter the flour will take up and then enough sweet milk to make a very soft dough.. Roll out on the moulding board, handling as little as possible until about one inch thick. Bake in a 'brisk oven and when baked remove and splib the cake in halves. Butter the steaming aides generously, 61.l with bruised berries sweetened with powdered sugar. The ,small, sweet berries are :the ibest to use. Serve immediately. There ie a French recipe for strawberry pie which is excellent end well worth +trying. Line a pie tin :with alight rich puff paste, Hull three pints of largo, no/t too ripe berries, roll them in 'fresh butter and powdered sugar. Lay a rim of paste one bhird of an inch 'bhilek and one inch wide around the edge of the pie tin and make the edges ad- here to the paste lining. Pile the prepared strantaberriee into the centre, arranging in dome .foam. Cover with another thin layer of puff paste; press gently with the thumb at edge. Baste the surface with white `of an egg and sprinkle with granulated sugar. Bake in a moderate oven half an hour with- out allowing the surface to brown. The buff paste anuet be very thin so as to thoroughly bake before the berries become too hot, A trifle tor which our English couskie are rightly famous is made of strawberries. Ib ie prepared as follows : Make •a custard of one quart df anillc, put over 'the fire with a top of sugar, bring to the boiling point and stir in the :beaten yolks of four elggs. Stir constantly for a moment and remove :from the fire, Dip half a dozen ladyfingers in cream and arrange thein in te glass dish, Pour over them a layer of strawberries alightly sweetened. Arrange another layer of the lady- fingers and another gayer of 'the barites. .Pour the 'custard over all. Beat the whites of the eggs until stiff and stir Mho tthetu four'table- spo,ontfu1e of :powdered auger ; color with a, 'libtlo,juice of ,the berries, Pile the meringue roughly •over the top and ornament with a circle of large, ,firm, sweet berries. The in- gredients o:f''the trifle snust:be very cold when ,put bogebhee, and it is a good :glen to keep the dish on ice until reaidy, to serve. Light deitcio:us strawberry Miffs are made thus; With the tips -of:the fingers rub into a ,pian of ,flour that has been :direct a heaping tables eponnful of .'Butter.Adri a .pinoh of salt anti one and one-quarter tea- epooafuls of baking powder. Then stir in enough sweet milk to nuke a soft dough. Roll the dough out to half an inch in thidkness and cut into squares. In 'the centre of melt put four or five berries. Feld the dough over to oover the fruit and roll lightly between the,hands until, a round 'ball is formed. Put the bal'1 •ern a'plabe and put the plate in a•.gteamer bo took fifteen minutes, When conked remove and serve im- mediately with strawberry sauce shade as follows: Beat half a ,enpful of :butter until it is:soft and creamy, Then OR in gradually a heaping cttieful of powdered sugar. Beat in one at a time six or seven mashed strawberries. Placa on ice. :Strawberry mousse is ,attractive and dainty as well as delicious, Mash well one quart of strawber- ries and one ;pint of granulated su- gar. Let this stand two or three hours and in the meantime soak a quarter of a padka,ge of gelatine in hall a cup of cold water. Put the crushed 'berries through a ooaree sieve, Pour one-third of a cup of boiling :water over 'the soaked .gela- tine and :when it is thoroughly dis- solved stir into the crushed fruit. Place the bowl containing the mix- ture in ice 'water and stiruntil it begins bo thicken, Add three quarts of whipped and drained meant Fold the creaan in gently. Place in a ,packed freezer, using more salt than usual, cover .and bury deeply. It will require about four 'hours to harden. Strawberry sandwiches may be of- fered at the tea table. Mash the !berries slightly, adding a little orange juice and plenty of ,powder- ed eager. Butter Chin dices of bread and spread with the straw- berries, For those who like to bottle up the summer goodies the recipe for strawberry juice will be interest- ing. Wash and hull red berries, add an equal amount of sugar and let aband for several hours, then pllaae on stove and simmer for fif- teen minutes,' Strain through a wet cheese cloth and pour into sterilized bottles. When cold seal. The juice is eaaeel:lent for sauces, punch and ices. It serves as a re- freshing drink ie diluted with wa- ter. Strawberry fool is a summer day dessert. Put two pounds of ripe straevlberries into a pan with four ounces of castor sugar. Cover closely and let sinraner for ten min- utes, stirring occasionally to pre- vent burning. Put the fruit through a sieve and viten nearly cold add enough custard to 'make it thick. Add s gill of cream, Stand on ice. Hints for the Home. Every lrousekee;per should pos- sess a wooden spoon for stirring all fruits or soups containing any acid, To sharpen s'oissors take a bottle and cub with the scissors as if you had to out the nedk off the bottle. This is effective.. The best liniment for rheumatism is anade by mixing one part of turps and two of olive oil. It is also good for neuralgia. To dean a mincer after using grind state crusts of bread through it. The bread *enacts all •tlte fat, grease and skin from the small teeth.. In •conversation never interrupt any one who is speaking; it embar- rasses the ,speaker, and spoils .all interest in the information about to be conveyed. When making milk puddings use half suilk and half ,water for mixing 'them, This is more economical, and the padding will tasbe almost as well as if made 'with all milk. When steaming potatoes ,put a dloth over them 'before putting the lid on. They will take much less time to took, and be much more mealy than when done in the ordin- ary way. Nickel silver is best net cleaned with plate -powders. Damp a. piece of flannel in cloudy ammonia, and rub well on to the nickel silver, then polish with a chamois leather, I'f your gas manttee are smoky and so dull that the ,light is dimmed you can easily clean them. :Simply eprenicle a pinch of salt over the :mantle and light the gas. Tare light will 'burn then. blear, If, when you,•buy a new clothes- line, you Put it in a lame sa.ucopan of cold water and bring it to boil, let it boil for ten minutes, and then cool down, it will last twice as lung as usual. Here is a trick learned from an old umbrella repairer. Instead •.1 glueing on the handle (which is not Lasting) :try winding a thread aroundthe 'stick; and then screw on the handle. To take tea, stains from white silk stretch the stained part over a ba- sin and pour a little boiling water over it, Spread a little borax on the etain and rub gently with a wooden ,spoon. Repeat until the stain disappears. To pretreat the iron from snaking Aftermath of the Battle of Veuve Chapelle. The British losses in, the battle of Neuve Chapelle, one of the h widest fights of the present war, were eppaallling. Whole regiments were wiped out 'and thousanicls were badly wo•uncled. Here are some of the British injured arriving in England at one of the south coast ports, awaiting transportation to the hospitals. when ironing starched things rub it over with .a little wax. Take any odd piece of candle you may have and tie them up in a square of white cotton rag. If the iron is quidkly rubbed over with this there will be no danger of sticking, and the wax. wild help to give the linen, a good gloss, Web !boots or shoes which have been sworn in wet weather and are thoroughly soaked should be care- fully dried, to .prevent the leather from hardening or cracking. On removing shoes wipe off all the wet or mud with a soft cloth, and while still wet rub with paraffin oil., us- ing the woolly side of a flannel,, and then polish off with soft flannel. When partly dry rub them again with paraffin, 'and put them in a. warm .place. FACING THE FLY PROBLEM. Simple Methods/of Exterminating the Pests. Among those griefs of spring and summer there certainly are none worse than our annual fly, erop, and we certainly should not neglect the •simplemeasures necessary to protect us against this pest and the dangers which accompany Foremost among those is the prompt removal of the accumula- tion of horse manure and of all barnyard filth as well. Nothing equals those substances as fly Mete haters and not only should our yards be weld cleaned up before the warm weather definitely sets in, bub we should arrange for its prompt removal during the entire fly sea - San. When circumstances make this impossible, provision :must be made to .collect the manure in fly -proof receptacles o•r ba'have on hand such fly repellents as kerosene emulsion, to be sprinkled daily upon the pile. The latter, however, are only poor makeshifts, nob to be oompared in efficiency to the prompt removal of the manure. First .and foremost among our fly fighting measures is on absolutely clean yard. Second in importance is the pro- vision of suitable sereens to our dwellings, milk ,houses and other places frequented by our little black enemies. Of peculiar interest in the pre- vention of fly -born diseases is the proper construction 'and protection of privy vaults, and carne must be taken that human excrements are at no time acaessi•bde to flies. The closing or• screening of privy and cesspools is here sufficient, while the occasional use of such substances as ornd:e carbolic acid and the chloride of lime will aid in repelling the unwelcome 'end dis- gusting visitors when it is .not pos- sible to provide for an adequate construction. Th.e liberal use of sticky fly pa- per within do•oes andel fly traps on windows, garbage owns, etc„ wilt likewise help to bring the desired results. On our movie or less isolated farms, all these measures will con- tribute eon sidlerandy in rendering life more comfortable and will like- wise aid in the prevention of dis- eases like typhoid, but when we eome to face the problem in closeiy built communities, a certain degree o:f co-operation is almost indispens- able, Civilization depends upon co-op- eration and' common efforts in nearly all things, and there is no reason why the fly pest cannot be eradicated by similar attempts, Theme is etufiaient evidence to Show that they ere thoroughly worth while and the measures ne- oaesary ane an simple es to be in reach cf practically every house.; hold. It is simply a, question of organi- zation, and when we consider how nLndry other good things are being accompli Shed by intel:ligcn.t co- operation, there seem to be no reason why the fly .problem cannot be dealt with in the same manner. ;Since the 'war began nearly 30,- 000 officers have leen appointed to the British Army. THE SUNDAY SCHDR STUDY IN'I'E11NATIONAL LESSON. MAY 10. Lesson VII, David Spares Saul. -- 1 Sant. 20. Golden Text: Luke O. 27. • I. David in Soul's Camp (Verses 5, 6). Verse 6. Ahimelech the Hittite - He is -not mentioned elsewhere. Uriah was aieo'a Hittite. The Hit- tites were the deseenciants of Heti.. For references to the Hittites, see Gen. 23, 2; 26. 34; Josh. 3, 10; 1 Kings 10, 29; 2 Kings 7. 8, Our chief information concerning the Hittites monies from Assyrian. and Babylonian inseriptiens. They are also mentioned in the Egyptian hieroglyphics, ABishai the son of Zerui.alt, bro- ther to Joab-Abishai and Joab were David's nephews, sons of his sister. They were famous as war- riors (see 2 Sam. 23, 18; 3. 30; 2. 18; 10, 14; 18. 2. 5, 12; 21. 17; 1 Ohron. 18. 12; also 2 Sam. 16. 0; 1 Kings 1. 7; 2. 28-34). I'1. Saul in David's Power (Verses 7-12), 7. Came to the people -That is to Saul's- army, His spear stuck in the ground - See lesson for May 2, verse 9. 8. Hath delivered up -See 1 Sam. 24. 18. 10. Jebovabb wild smite him The king's person was inviolate. He teas in ..ehovah's hands. David knew Saul ought to meet a violent death, but he dared not lay ''tis hands on bite (Compare N'abal'•s sudden death, 1 Sam, 25, 38, with Saul's death, 1 Saan. 31. 3-6). 11. Cruse -A small cup or jar, 12. A deep sleep from J'ehovah- A sleep carped "supernaturally." (See Gen. 2. 21; 15. 12). III. Taunting the Bodyguard of Sall/ (Verses 13-16). 13. Stood on the top of the moun- tain afar off; a great space being between them -David was taking no chances. He trusted Saul no more now than on the former occa- sions. 14. That criest to the king -Ab- ner recognizes David and upbraids hint for his effrontery to speak even to the army of Saul. "Who are you but en outcast, daring to call cat bhe name of Sant!" 15. AM not thou' a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel1- David returns Abner•'s insult with biting irony. "There is no one, to be sure, who cam even approach yuu in valor. Yet to what extent dict you protect your king?" (See 2 Sana, 2, 8; 3. 31-34, 38). Thy lord the king -David still recognized Saul: as diord and Icing. 16. Worthy to die -In Hebrew the .phrase is: "Ye are sons of dearth;" that is, practically dead, se fair as any protection they could render the king, hj An Melt of ltaiu, When the Weather Bureau re- ports that an inch of rain hes fall- en, it nne,aus that the amount of water that descended From the sky in that particular shower would have covered the surrounding terri- tory to a depth of one inch, if none o! groi,ut hatnd,d run off or snaked into the It means that on one acre of groued enough water to 61.1 more than ,six hundred barrels, of forty- five ga,llens each, has fallen. That quantity of wetter weighs .nr•nre thee 11.0 tons, If the rainstorm covered ane tlttuisand acres, which weuld be a very small shower indeed 118,000 tons of water would fall from 'the clouds. 1Lainsbnrms fragntent17 toyer whole states, ,and often two or three, or five inches of w'at'er falls in one storm. In that vasa: the weight of wales: that falls .to the earth is :simply enormous, A single widespread and heavy storm might result in a hundred biIdion tants of rain, Our Debt to the Engineer. A recent issue of the General Electric Review calls attention to the extent to which the engineer has transformed our civilization. Consider, for exaanple, the war- ship of a hundred years ago, and, compare it with the latest modern euperdreadnatrght. The finest of the old ships depended on the wind for her motive power, and if be- calmed was of little more use than a log floating on the surface of the waters. Her armament consisted of oast -iron muzzle loading guns that were laboriously handled by manual tabor, and there was noth- ing in her from stem. to stern that resembled a anachine except the pumps, made of hollow tree trtunks, and the capstand that raised the anchor•. The modern superdaead 'naught, on the other hand, has en- gines that normally develop 00,000 horse power ,and .hat, if ruauor is corned, can at a pinch develop 100,000 horse power, Her normal speed, independent of wind and weather, of twenty-five knots an hour, can if necessary be increased to almost thirty knots. Her bat- teries of fifteen -inch guns can hurl TO MEASURE WATER FLOW, A New Applaratus Gives Very Are curate Ilceulrn6;y, Tho nunrbea' of pounds of steam per• hour iitrwin,g pasta given point. in •a pipe of a given diameter, or the number of gallons of writeror feet of gas per minute :ham always been a snore or less dilileult shatter to 'determine 'aeeurately, Until the recent invention of a meter fur this purpose the' problem wag one which minvoathlvedematics, the use of oonsideseble The new ,apparatus •eontdsts of a plug which can be screwed into a pipe at any convenient point and when ea atbacbed a tube extends Frain the phag across the diameter of the pipe. At equal distances along the tube are small holes open- ing towers] the direction in which the .contents of the pipe is flawing, while :at a right angle to these is another similar set of holes, The first of these is known es the lead- ing set, the second as the trailing set, Supposing the eontents of the pipe to be water, the action of the flow meter is as follows; The ef- feet of the water in passing the leading set is to develop .a pressure in the tu•he equal to the static pres- sure of the liquid, plus the pres- sure due to velocity head, while in the trailing set it develops a pres- sure equal to the static minus the velocity head, These two pressures are eondncted through seitabis pipes to the meter where they en- ter .cylinders containing mercury. The mercury cylinders in turn eon - trod the movement of a finely pivot- ed balance so that as the mercury rimes in one oyIinder• and falls in tale other due to the variation of pres- sure the balance carries a record- ing band whielt indicates the flow on the dial and at the same time by means of a pen makes a continu- ous record on a,moving paper chert revolving with a drum, The drum revolves by means of an eight-day clock to whi'dh it is attached. The meter is capable of adjust- ment to varying temperatures of the water or other contents of the pipe and is said to give most ae- ourate readings extending over a period of twenty-four hours' time, for which the retarding •attaalarnent is designed. 3 "Really, :that prevenb, 'People that live in glass houses shouldn't projectiles that weigh nearly a ton throw stones,' is a remarkably sen - for almost twenty miles. Her tor- Bible one, isn't it?" "Possibly; but it seems to' have had more effect in keeping people out of glass irauses than in stopping them throwing stones." pedes tubes can fire torpedoes twenty-one inches in diameter. Her every vital part is protected with solid steel, fotu•been inches thick. War Time Opportunities Periodical Payments Otter Safe Solution Problem. Modern banking facilities have wrought big changes in the meth- ods of investing money. Whereas, formerly it was only possible for the owner of large lump elms of money to purchase bonds or deben- tures, now the way is open to the modest savings' depositor to be- come a bond owner in a compara- tively short time. Maly security houses will accept part payment for a bond, carrying the cede:ma's for n period of time until he oar himself pay the, balance of the pur- chase money. While yet other bond houses which have special facilities for carrying on this class of busi- ness, accept deposits similar to a savings bank and sell their clients bounds on the =nstahnent plan. By this means it is possible for a thrifty person to be an out and out bondholder before his earnings have much more then reached the half century nark ; and in addition to the feet that his money is earn- ing i.ig interest, there will be oval the advantages of :e. safe, easily - convertible investment. This latter method is wirat is known as the periodioal payment plan, or the savings .investment system. flow the. Plan Operates. The periodical payment or sav- ings investment system is operated along similar lines to a savings bank, except that the depositor - investor undertakes to deposit cer- tain definite sums at regular stated intervals ---usually monthly or quarterly. The n'eoessity of this is apparent, as instalments must be regular where the purchase of a commodity is contemned. A pass book is usually issued showing the remount deposited and same with- drawn from time to time fur the pnrcrhase of securities. Under one plan the deposits are left until one (hundred dollars has nocumulated, the band banker al- lowing font per cent,, intoreat on all balanoes, When the even stipu- lated ha.s been readied, the deposi- tor is notified, anti asked whist se- curity In wishes to btry, Venally a wide range of standard bonds and debentures :are offerers kith, thcitgh bond 'houses naturally prefer that; their own underwritings be pur- phased, When the client has made his selection delivery of the bond is made and thenceforth ire receives the increasers rate of intermit, on lis money, Under his contract he con- tinues his deposits at regular inter - vale until- 'he has onotbes hundred o the Investment dollars, when he makes another purchase in the sante way. Under the other alternative plan the depositor becomes a bund -own- er at a still earlier date. After a oertain stun has been deposited, may 1 forty dollars, the depositor iris the Privilege of selecting his security land becoming a genuine bond - 1 owner. Tito bondhonse sells him I the security, loaning hint the hal-1 t once of the purchase money on the I collateral of the bond itself. On this loan the investment pays in- terest, whielt is usually, however, fully covered by the portion of the bond interest payable on this lat- ter sum. Thus, if the balance loan- ed the investor is sixty dollars and the interest charged hien six per cent. and the bond is also a six per cent. security, the interest charge is fully met. The advantage, more- over, of this plan, is that the de- positor -investor will be drawing big interest in his deposit, probably six per cent., this being the balance accruing to him after he has paid the interest on the loan out of the bond interest, Ltvestor Fully Secured. The time was when banking hearses desired chiefly the wealthy man's large account, and small de- posits were not so very acceptable, but this AVMs quite a while ago and conditions ase now entirely differ- ent. But selling of bonds on the insbalunent plan is still somewhat of an innovation, though some faiths have been doing it for several years, Some reliable Canadian bond houses specialize in this very kind of investment end have spe- cial facilities for economically handling this class of business. Certainly it 15 is rare opportunity which is offered the emelt investor. Sones of tem dollars por month and upwards are received on deposit at a reasonable rate of interest; and just as soon as a few payments have accumulated, the depositor is gleen ay; opportunity to invest his money in securities which will yield him :twice ordinary hank intem'eet. And that, too, without in any way impairing his capital ; for the usual form of contract provides for its terminal= at any time the deposi- tor desired, when he will receive hie full cash •balaamce without de- duction, and whatever securities he bas purchased, 11 the latter have hem carefully selected, there nhniiId be no trouble in easily con - vetting them into sash. Prominent People When Prince A:llbert, •went io td10 back of the stooge at Drury Irtvnethe other afternoon to see the ellectrio lift working he was only .earowing haw 'a 'Love of engimering runs in the Royal Family, Hie brother, Prince Henry, when in Aberdeen, went on to the footboard of the ex- pr'ess drawing the Royal train to examine the works, Students of physiognomy will be interested ter notice utile remarkable semblance in :beth features :and ex- pression of Ohs kion, Neil Primrose, the new Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to his :sister-, Lady Crewe. They are alike as two peas. In both the Jewish cash of counters ante, inherited from their another, whu avis a Reeletehild heiress, pre- dominates, $very body is delighted to see Lord Lansdowne beck in harness again. The leader in the Upper Chamber of ohs Unionist Patty is a remarkably hard worker, end when the Lords' business is at an end he spends hours in that roam of his to the right of the cloak- room. When I saw hint the other day I was impressed by the influ- ence of his recent illness, for he looked much thinner. Be main- tains, .however, his alert manner, and one forgets that this year he cele'bra'ted his seventieth birthday. There is nu inure ,delightful or in- formative writer on the :progress of the war than Lord Sydenham, who was formerly Secretary to the Com- mittee of Imperial Defence. He married the widow of Captain Ar- thur Il,eynold:s, and their devotion to one another is snail droit when, ever his Lordship visits the House of Lords --and he is mast regular 'n his attendance -she always acooan- panies him. Together they arrive, together they leave, suggesting in their constant oompamivns]np an old-world idyll. Lord Sandhurst, .the Lord Cham- berlain, ,might be described as the peer who never miles. Bbs habit- ual expression is severe and gloomy. Yet when he :was Govern- or of Bombay he had the reputation of being most winning in his wan- ner. I pub it down to our climate, which is enough to make any man serious. The peer who is rarely without a smile on his face is Vis- euunt Gladstone, whopositively beams with the joy of life ; and hie happy countenance is the best mire fur the (blues. Well.deserved tribute has beep paid to .the assistance .tendered to Mr. Lloyd George by his fanner eoi- league in the Cabinet, Lord Bead- ing, in adjusting our minces to meet the abnormal conditions creat- ed by the war. Nowadays the Lord Chief Justice spends most of his time at ,the Treasury, where he is in his element. When he was prac- tising at the Bar he used to get all the difficult financial cases, became of his marvellous facility for follow- ing figures. He could grasp intri- cate mathematical :ealoulations than would have left another LC. be- wildered. When the House of Lords is sitting I frequently see him there but he only attends to call cit the Lord Chancellor in his privamte rucm. Lord Kitchener has a horror of anything savoring cif a demonstre- Son, To a•t'oid the public, he al- ways enters the House of Lords by the entranoe nearest Aibin'gd'on Street, and leaves by the same way his waiting closed -in motor car whizzing him off to the War Office. The result is that never once since he has been Secretary for War liars he used the room immediately lead- ing to the 'chamber where the peers hang up their coats. His clothes peg, with his name over it, is next to that of Lord Grenfell, who, when Lord Halberts was alive, used to share it with him, but now that "Bobs" is dead he has it to himself. Odd Effemts of Wounds. According to a recent cable item from London an application of X- rays in St. Bartholomew's Hospi- tal r eveal ed at bullet .embedded id the muscular part of a soldier's heart. The radiographer who lo- cated the bullet could hardly be- lieve what lie saw, for tlhe soldier was ant by any means dsadt nor in n. sinking 'condition, After les lied been struck he had walked a mile and a half from the battlefield to ::.;t ambulance. The bullet ryas not re- moved anal the span lived. "This ease is remarkable and yet not remarkable, :,old a aumgeon in discussing it. "The heart being a vital organ, we take it for greeted that under nu condition should human being survive when the heart is perforated, In rno.,t tarso the human hoimg doe; not survive, and the 'world has long taken it for granted that it is impossible to sur- vive, andee r•nga.rdsany rm,•it•ante of survival as a most remarkable on•s: "Yet, oat the other hand, the cases of survival from wounds of this heart, :are numerous; anougfi to take •the edge off the, remarkable qualifieaation. Surgeon's could bull you of is sufficient number of levee w•atas ds that have not proved fatal to 'make you uhirrk a ppnrture "af that organ not much tr•t+e's ib:•.t a ballet et'a knife thrcugl true int.s- tines,"