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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1915-7-22, Page 3usewifeY c'anter. Seasonable Dishes. Codfish Cutlets—Prepare shredded" codfish as for codfish balls, shape in flat cutlets, dip in egg and crumbs, ¢¢ and fry in deep at. ry. Date Jelly -Stew dates until tender, •`• remove tho stones, put in a mold and Z ; Pour over them liquid lemon jelly Chill "And serve with whipped cream. ' Halibut Rabbit—Sprinkle two slices of fresh halibut with salt and pepper and melted butter, and • broil until brown on both 'sides. Pour overit hot welsh rabbit. Eggplant -Peel eggplant, cut in slices and lay in well salted water for an hour, Wipe dry. Dip in flour or meal and fry on both sides, Allow 15 .minutes for cooking., Tho .slices can be egged and crumbed before frying and are nicer than when they are merely floured. Waffles—Put two cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful baking powder and half teaspoonful salt into a mixing bowl. .Add three eggs and butter the size of an egg.After you have sift- ed the flour make in small cakes and bake slowly on a 'griddle. Brown Well on one side and then on the other." Chicken, Southern Style—Clean and soak chicken in cold water. Cut in halves. i. Dredge in flour and lay in pan groupedwell with cooking butter. -While the chicken is cooking make some Corr& fritters, using canned corn. Season with salt and pepper and cover with` flour, enough to hold the corn together. Fry. in tbe same pan with chicken. Put in thin strips of bacon; this will give a delicious flavor to' the meat. will give chicken on in- dividual melt plates, allowing half chicken to a person. Garnish the plate with a fritter and a slice of. bacon. Spinach—Pick a peck of spinach carefully and let it stand in cold wa- ter for an hour or two. Put in boiling salted water and let boil until tender. Take up In a colander that it may drain perfectly. Put in a hot dish with a piece of butter the size of an egg. Add half teaspoonful salt and a little vinegar. Stir well. Chop the spinach fine and add the drefsing. You can add a small cupful of cream if you like. Cucumbers in Brown Gravy—Pre- pare half a dozen itfedium size cucumbers. Cut in thick slices and put in ice water. Let stand half hour and drain. Simmer in unseasoned beef stock until tender. Scoop $rut the cu- cumbers and lay in a vegetable dish. Cook one tablespoonful flour in a tablespoonful butter. Add the stock. and stir until thick and smooth. Sea- son with salt and pour the sauce over the cucumbers. Useful Hints. A roast of veal will be greatly im- proved if it is larded; this prevents it being dry and tasteless when cook- ed. The secret of making popovers that really "pop" is to have the pans sizzling hot when the batteris poured into them. One who has noted it carefully says that the meat from a seven -pound fowl will make a quart, cut up, for salad. To brighten brass curtain rings which have become dull, soak them in paraffin oil for twenty-four hours. Then polish with a chamois leather. In place of a tape loop at the end of a kitchen towel work a large eye- let hole. This will be found strong- er and more lasting, as it cannot come off like the loop, The best iron stand is a brick. It is a non-conductor of heat,and far preferable " on that account to the most elaborate open stand. I Ink stains can be removed from oak furniture by rubbing a little spirits of wine into them, allowing it to remain on for a little time, and then polishing. Gingerbread ismade doubly good by the addition of a few spoonfuls of grated chocolate before baking. This makes it richer and does not affect the flavor. Soap is very apt to turn white paint yellow. For cleaning, use warm Water to which a little kerosene has been added; this will remove most persistent stains. If, before putting the loaf of gra- ham bread into tho oven, you dip a spoon in water and pat the top of the bread with it, the bread will not have a hard and ragged crust. Reduce labor by simplifying duties, not by shirking them. Furnish houses with objects of beauty, but let them be few in number. Curtail the elaboration of meals without de- creasing either perfection of service or food value. It ought to be niore generally known that wheat flour Is probably the best possible article to throw over a fire caused by the spilling or igniting of kerosene oil, Flour is nearly 'always within convenient reach. • Perspiration stains may be removed from the arms of white .woolen or silk dresses by sponging with warm Water, to which 'ammonia has boon added, and then with clear water.. Finally, press the sponged parts be- fore they arc quite dry, If the opening on the porch where a drop semen is needed is very wide it is often more practical to use two narrow omens, rather than one full size—more practical because they are not so heavy to draw up and down, When the bottom crust of a loaf is so ovorbaked as to be uneatable r move the hard part of it, out into. thin narrow strips, and those throw into SOK) a moment or; so before serving, However brown they are really a palatable addition. GERMANY AND HER. HATREDS.' The Italians Out of Favor Now, Es- pecially Among the Bavarians. Germany today has so many hat- reds to cater for, so many enemies to damn, that she is no longer equal to the task, and there are many signs •that would tend to indicate a more sober spirit is taking the place of the "Gott strafe" fever, says the London Times. German public opinion is at the presort moment the most inarticu- late in Europe, the people have never been permitted to think politically, and international politics are for the great majority a closed book. But each day reveals more outspoken criti- cism of Germany's foreign policy, and the man in the street is faintly be- ginningto realize that there must be a wide gulf between German "right" and that of other peoples. I must be acknowledged that there seems to be a well-defined cleavage in the sentiment and opinion of the Ger- man people on the Italian question. The Prussians in general feel that this new war is no concern of theirs. InBerlin I heard it said in January that by her geographical position, if not for ulterior motives, Italy was. destined sooner or later to break away from her former allies; and, though the public is fed withall manner of arguments, from those of the Imperial Chancellor down to these: of the va- riety artist, to prove Italian "Maehi- avellianitm" and disloyalty, it has had little effect in arousing enthusiasm of interest. On the other hand, in Bavaria there appears to be marked enthusiasm for this new war. It must be remembered that the Bavarians claim an overlord - ship at Least over the public opinion of Tyrol. It is the Bavarians who in the past have stoutly vindicated the rights of the German party in this Austrian province, and it is from Munich that the Germanizing efforts in the Trentino were directed. In fact, I found many who advocated the advisability, nay, who even spoke with conviction of the necessity of Bavaria's acquiring the northern,por- ion of Tyrol in case Italy should se- cure the southern part, "the Tren- tino," in return for neutrality. Now that there is war the Bavarians would appear to have thrown themselves wholeheartedly into the struggle and made the conflict their own. In fact, the "easy-going" Bavarian seems to have retained more belligerent ardor, more of a war -like spirit, than other members of the empire. It is beyond question that Bavarian losses have been very great. The smaller towns and villages are swept clean of men capable of bearing arms. I saw few- er men in Bavaria than in any other section of the country, yet I found there it more war -like enthusiasm than elsewhere. That Italy's attitude has been a important contributory cause cannot l e doubted. Needles :Old as Civilization, Needles 'Were no doubt coatempora neons with'the very beginning of clvi- zatlon, as tlt y were necessary for the fashioning o•. even the rudest skin garments. Ia;ttle* earliest form they were 'probably' only strong •thorns or eplinitars• of wood, bone or stone, for puncturing holes through whtels to draw the thread. The next step was to make an eye 1n the splinter, that it might carry the thread at the same time that It pierce& the side, and some very finely finished and polished needles have been found in prehistoric remains. Bronze needles have been found in Egypblau tombs that meet have been made several thousand years before the Christian eta, and similar impie- ments are known to have been in use by She Chinese, Hindus, Chaldeans, Assyrians and ether anoient nations at very early pentode in their history. The steel needle is believed to have been first made in Europe as early as the fourteenth couture, Pius are also of very ancient manu- facture. anufacture. They were made at first of ivory,- bone or wood splints, but bronze pias are found in Egyptian tombs, and also those of silver and gold, The ancient Romans had metal pins, also, and so had other nations. They were made with ornamented heads, end from one to eight •inches long. The small -pin as we know 1t was a more modern 'invention. ..',l 4i Slowest of Living Creatures, Of' all living creatures the turtle its among the slowest lit- m ts. ovement and 'esieroied of brain power, Yet at wellknnwn Amoi'ican naturalist has succeeded in training three of timed creatures' to do ' a number of little tricks, He places them, ono above the other, "011 spools. If a pleco of cab- bage or other green etuf1 1s held out in trent hot them they will make a com• plate circuit, all inoviug • in unieou, n thee n iceepi iC tt e i ba an a said not tumb- ling off. The bigger turtle will also ring a bell, Tine it grasper In one of its forefeet, jerks off the ground,and then gives a shake. .A Fairyland Dress Design Child's dress of white batiste with here and there a small embroidered figure. The dress is long -waisted with ` two small ruffles forming the skirt. A sash, which is brought around from each side, is tied in the back. The sleeves, which are short and slightly puffed, are trimmed with small messaline cuffs. A small turn- over collar is of the same material as the cuffs. Very narrow rows of Irish lace used as a trimming corn- piete the costume. Designed by Fairyland of Paris. The Greatest Cake Ever Built. Housewives, how would you Like to bake a cake of the 'following dimen- sions and ingredients: Eighteen yards long, eight yards broad and more than one-half yard thick, containing thirty- six bushels of flour, 200 gallons of milk, one .ton of butter, a huge quan- tity of yeast and 5,000 eggs? Such a cake, probably the largest ever made, was served in June, 1730, by Frederick William I., King of Prus- sia, to his army following a huge re- past. The 30,000 soldiers, already glutted, could not eat the entire cake, and remnants of it were distributed among the inhabitants of neighboring towns and villages. The Cat and Bag Joke Though many people frequently use the expression, "Let the cat out of the bag," its origin IS not generally known. It is said to have once been a favorite trick among country folk in England to substitute a cat for one of the young pigs when the latter were taken in bags to market. These bags in old phraseology, were known as pokes, If any greenhorn was foolish enough to buy "a pig in a poke"—that Is, to purchase the animal without see- ing it—the trick was successful, but if he. opened the sack to satisfy him- self concerning the value of his desir- ed purchase pussy would be sure to jump out. The "cat was let out of the bag" and the trick was disclosed. A Pretty Episode of War. Pierre Loti, the French author, gives in L'Illustration a picturesque' account of his experiences in "going to the front." The Boston Tran- script has a translation of the arti- cle. This incident is taken from it: "There were also villagers who journeyed with he soldiers along this crowded highway. I remember one very pretty peasant woman who, in the midst of the English commissary wagons, was dragging, by means of a cord, a little wagon that contained two sleeping babies. She was toiling, for the ascent was steep at that point. A handsome Scotch sergeant, who was smoking a cigarette, seated the while with his legs hanging from the near- est wagon, said to her in the sign langur,ge, 'Paso me your end of the cord.' She understood, and accepted with a gentle, confused smile. "The Seotsman wound the frail cable about his left arm, keeping his right hand free for smoking; and it was lie who guided' the two babes of France, whose little carriage the truck dragged like a feather." HOUR. PAN IE R, , � The fastest mabhine devised for making pies is operatd by a foreman and six assistants and will turn out 1,800 pies \an hour, says World's Work. The ltiachine is provided with eighteen revolving pie holders, which 'clove around an oblong table or plats forte; two crust rollers, one for the lower and the other for the upper crust; it set of four automatic moist- ening brushes, and a pie-trirnming wheel. The six operators of the etas chine place the crusts, 1111 the pies and remove them front the table when the operation of moistening and trimming has been autotnatieaIly completed, WILY CAST OF LIVING tel HIGHER.. The Cheapest Foods Are as Valuable as the Dearest,, People who imagine that food to getting dearer might well ponder a recent editorial, in the British Medical SournaI, in which it is pointed out that what most people are Paying higher prices for is absolutely un- necessary and that much of it is sheer waste, This being true of England, "what would he say if he were 'familiar with conditipns in this country??" asks the Literary Digest: "The very '•cheapest foods, wisely ehoeen, have all the physiological value of the dearest," says the edi- torial. "The cheapest Canadian cheese is fie nutritive as Stilton .or Roquefort, the herring is as nourish- ing as salmon, the flank or shin of beef as sirloin, margarine as butter, starch as arrowroot, cabbage as as- paragus. Moreover, by good cooking cheap food can be made as tasty and appetizing as the dearest, and no less good a stimulant of the digestive juices." The British Medical Journal extols as a "magnificent basis of diet" the oatmeal and milk with green stuff from the kale yard that used to be the food of the Scots, and mentions as "a most tasty, nutritious and ex- cellent meal" the old-fashioned Scotch "white pudding," which was made of oatmeal and dripping, flavor- ed with herbs and onion, stuffed into a sausage 'skiff. The editorial denounces white bread —that is, bread made from bleached flour. "Flour," it says, "is bleached wholesale to make it white. The bleaching .enables low grades of flour to be sold as white and enhances the profits of the miller, It is of no value; if anything, it tends to deteri- orate the flour. Economically it is a wholly unsound proceeding." As for canned foods it says: "In the • canning of foodstuffs heating to 120 degrees destroys the vitamins. "The pig," it continues, "flourishes and waxes fat on the contents of the waste pail. Children could flourish no less well on the discarded materi- al." Villages Grow About Trades. A peculiar form of Russian life is the occurrence of villages devoted to a particular branch of trade. Each village, each district, each province has some special occupation. Thus one province is noted for the manu- facture of axes, in another the inha- bitants are all engaged in cutting wood for fuel, in another they are all market gardeners and fruit growers. In some parts of the empire the people all live in villages or towns, there being no solitary dwellings. Among the people of wealth and the nobility there is, of course, much leis- ure time and much of it is spent in card playing, attending balls and ban- quets. Card playing seems to be the most fashionable amusement. As in many of the countries of Europe, much of the buying and sell- ing is done at fairs where the people for miles around assemble to buy and to sell in the order of the day. These occasions relieve the monotony of the life of the lower classes. Not many years ago the peasants were all serfs. Though they were not slaves, they belonged to the land on which they lived. They could only be sold as the land exchanged proprietors. Since the emperor gave them their freedom a laborer gets 40 cents a day for his work, and a mechanic 80 cents. They pay from 8 to 12 cents a pound for beef and other articles in proportion. Cabbage soup with black bread gen- erally enerally mad of rye and a limited am- ount of meat constitutes the principal food of the lower classes. IN BLISSFUL IGNORANCE. Tristan da Cunha Has Not Yet Heard of the War. Incredible though it may sound, there still are places which have not yet heard a syllable about the war. Tristan da Cunha, the lonely South Atlantic island, says the secretary to the British postmaster general, has not received a mail since the out- break of war. Tristan da Cunha is entirely dependent on chance com- munications from the Cape, 4,500 1 miles away. Sometimes it is a year or more without its people hearing from the outside world. It is a Eris tush possession, and its people, num- bering about eighty, all Church of England, are mainly descendants of shipwrecked sailors. They are of 1 mixed origin—English, Scotch, Irish, American, Dutch, Italian, Asiatic h and negro. There isnot one "enemy alien." Another place that has pro- bably not yet heard of the war is Yquitos, in eastern Peru,.•Yquites has perhaps the most romantic' mail ser- vice in the world. Its letters are taken by. British mail steamer up the Amazon to Mimeos, and thence right across South America up the mighty river in a river steamer. It is only a few hundred miles from Lima, the P ciflc capital of Perubut the a wall P , of the Andes is en almost ilnpassabie barrier. The "quick" route, there- fore, from Yquitos to Lima is all the thousands of miles down the Amazon and across the Atlantic and then Liverpool,". v+ No fewer than 210 soldiers belong. Ing to tho Loahee district have laid down their lives for King and Ent- alre ACROSS THE BORDER WHAT IS GING ON OVER IN THE STATES. Latest Happenings in Big. Republic Condensed for Busy Readers, limeoepaths will build a million dollar hospital and school in Kansas City. In the past ten years American railroads distributed $11,000,000,000 wages, Pre -breakfast parties are an inno- vation among society circles of Pasa- dena, Cal. Two puppy dogs were sent by par - eel post from 11fiddlburg, Pe., to Lewistown. • New York city June marriages Showed a decrease of 516 licenses over last year, Two convicts of Leavenworth, Kan., escaped by climbing an 800 -foot air - shaft at a coal mine. Rev, John Fryer Mesick, D.D., the oldest college graduate in the U.S., died at York, Pa., aged 102. The Rockefellr Institute says hu- man carriers can spread pneumonia by disseminating germs. Because she was slow in her studies, Irma Chesser, aged 17, committed suicide at Shelbyville, Ind.. Mildred Meister, 18, domestic, of Orono, Me., has just awakened from a sleep of 84. hours and will recovers Theodore Barnes, 5 -year-old Chi- grows out of transgression on ago boy, died after swallowing kero- 'mans part, sena, probably from suffocation. With thy Servants—Solomon wants Frank Walkawicy, of Bartlesville, for himself and the house of David Ok., is suing two men for $200 for the same promise which Jehovah forcibly removing a flowing mous- made to all Israel. He assumes that tache. the promise in general will have a Hit in the eye by a golf ball, Dr. fulfillment in particular. He is Max I. Stein, of Philadelphia, was doubtless familiar with the expecte- rendered unconscious and may lose an tion expressed in 2 Sam. 7. 12 and 1 Kings 2, 4, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL From Erin's Green Isle ' INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JULY 25, Lesson IV.—Solomon Dedieates the Temple. .l Kings 8. 1.03 Golden Text: Ise, 56. 7. Solomon's Prayer (Verses 22-30). Verse 22. Solomon stood before the altar—In 2 Chron• 6, 12.42 we find another version of Solomon's prayer, Verse 13 of chapter 6 says that Solo- mon had constructed "a brazen scaf- fold," or platform, before the altar, about five feet above the level of the floor, upon which he knelt when he prayed in public. Although in verse 22 (of to -day's lesson) we read that "Solomon stood before the altar," in verse 54 (of chapter 8)' we learn that Solomon was in a kneeling posture during the- prayer, that "he arose from before tbe altar of Jehovah, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward Maven." As he threw himself more and more into the passlon of his prayer, he na- turally went from standing to'kneel- ing. 28. Who keepest covenant and loving -kindness with thy servants, that walk before .thee with al their heart—God always, in the mind of the Hebrew, kept covenant and show- ed lovingkindness; the seeming viola- tion of the rule of the divine charac- -Every passenger steamer going25 There shall not fail thea through the Panama canal must bman—See 1 Kings 2. 4. equipped for wireless for 100 miles ! 26. Let xxhy word, I pray thee, be radius. verified—All of Jehovah's promises to Every blue-blooded cow in the U,S, David, but particularly the one con - that produces milk to be certified will, cerning the building of the temple. In be taxed $2 for a publicity campaign i Psa, 132, 8, 14, David speaks of the for purity. lark in the sanctuaryas the resting The expenses of the U.S. Govern -i Place of God on earth. ment have grown 54 per cent. from 1 27. Will God in very deed dwell on ithe earth?—This question has always $4,8 to,1913; the net public debt wast come to the mind of man. The intel- $4,850,461,000. i James d' Amerva Kerr, of Brook - the cannot visualize the presence of lyn, was caught between two autgs,lthe Almighty upon the earth. But and the force ruptured his heart ,lthe heart sees him everywhere. causing death. "Whither shall I go from thy spirit?" An ironworker of Harrison, N.J• (Psa. 139. 7-16) ; Heaven is my Joseph Bich, buried under two tons: throne, the earth is my footstool" of steel, directed his rescue and Camey (Ira. GG. i). See also Jer.•23, 24; out unhuurt. Acts 7.49. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee—These NEW WORK OF SPIES. words indicate the widest conceivable ' i compass of heaven. The same Overrun Italy as. Calamity Howlers thought is found in Deut. 10. 14. God With War Reports. is not a local or finite deity. He is the God of all lands, all people, and A leading Italian police official, who h alt times. has been engaged in repressing es-) 28. Yet have thou respect—The pionage, has made the following state- Hebrew reads, "Yet thou wilt have meAlt nations at war with German )respect." Solomon does not doubt Y the answer to his prayer. have had to realize that their coun- 29. Toward the place whereof thou tries are covered with a network of hast said—In' Deuteronomy thtre are spies, No country has been so open many indications"that God would to st,cli attentions as Italy, which for choose a place where his name should so many- generations has been over- be (Dent. 12. 5, 11, 18; 14. 23; 16. 20; run by travellers of every description 16. 2, etc.). The choice of Jerusalem. seems to have been especially re- vealed to David (Psa. 78. 68; 132, 13; also 1 Chron. 22. 1.) Shall pray toward this place?— That is, toward the temple. Only the priests were allowed to enter the native are entirely uninteresting, but i temple. All other worshipers had to which may have their strategical worship "toward" the temple, Hence value. j in foreign lands the devout Hebrew "Even since the war broke out! turned his face toward Jerusalem travellers of German or Austrian na-1 (Dan. 6. 10; Jonah 2. 4; Psa. 5. 7; tionality have been caught photo -1 28. 2; 138. 2.) graphing railway lines and fortifica- tions, and one was shot at Augusta, Sicily, by a sentinel the other night Just a Jokelet. as he was engaged in' laying dyne During the lessons one afternoon mite cartridges under an important in a public school a thunderstorm bridge. arose, and, seeking to lessen the "Another more insidious form of fright of the children, the teacher injury is the mysterious starting, all began an entertaining discourse on over the kingdom, of depressing and the wonder of the elements. discouraging reports regarding the "Jimmy," said she, finally turning i war and is prospects and the lis- to a bright little youngster, "can you semination of war news always more tell me what lightning is?" or less unfavorable to Italy. Women "Yes, ma'am," was the ready re - who have relations at the front aro joinder of little Jimmy, "lightning is told that the Government is hiding streaks of electricity." their losses from them, that the num- "That's right," smiled the teacher, ber of men killed from their particu- encouragingly. '"Now tell me why it ar district is enormous." is that lightning never strikes twice in the same place." Thackerny's Appetite, "Because," answered Jimnty, quite easily, after it hits once the same Starving Belgium would have a ape- place ain't there any more." Bial appeal for Thackeray since it was at Antwerp that the novelist, who Too much to Ask. oved his food as well as any man, Mabel—I don't know whether to enjoyed one of the best dinners of marry Jack or simply be a sinter to is life, says a writer in the London him. Is he every way eligible? Chronicle. It consisted, he wrote, "of green -pea soup, boiled salmon, mussels,,orimpled skate, roast meat patties, melon, carp stewed with mushrooms and cantons, roast turkey, cauliflower, fillets by venison, stewed calf's ear, roast veal, roast lamb, stewed cherries, Gruyere cheese, and about t renty-four Oakes oil different kinds. Except Ave, :thhrton and fourteen, I ate all, with th ft rolls of bread s�e2eo re. of os0 oatooetQhTaatt la, ck- 'elo eci at Antwerp to mamain hIs six -foot -three of bulk remind the reader" of the dreadful disillusion of Qibariotto Bronte when she came -to London and sat opposite her literary Ilia Choice. "0, haskilled friend, ill i• •"Whiskey,m r n lion at dinner. A i. filiackeraf Yi y , she cried in shoolcod surprise as she more men than bullets." watched him eat. She had never "That may be, sir; but, bejabers, imagined a hero who ate potatoes lay I'd rather be full of whiskey" than the score. and nationality. The lower classes have a rooted conviction that all travellers do odd things, and there- fore it causes no surprise when tour- ists spend days in sketching land- scapes and architecture which to the Edith—O, yes, as a husband, but imagine having such a boob for a brother! Sunini- er - Plaits. "Planted your vacation yet'!" "Well, we've located a neighbor who'll take care of the canary, an - ether to loots after the dog, a third td keep the garden watered, and cede,during our absence, some one A�lli o into the house two or three og to h h s wii times a Week and air it, and now all we have to do is to decide where we are going and when." NEWS . BY MAIL FRAM IRE- LAND'S SHORES, Happenings in the Emerald, Isle of Interest to Irish- men. The Marquis and Marchioness of Aberdeen and Tomah' paid a visit to Dublin Castle Hospital, Recruiting in Belfast •last week WAS very biislr. The number who enlisted was well up to 1,000, Admiralty notices to inarixi•ors pounce that abstractions have been pieced in Queenstown Harbor, Newtownards licensed Houses have been ordered to olose their promisee each evening at 60'olook, A. man named Joseph Murphy, a farmer, was arrested in ,Solrull, Dannelly Cork, for Iniering recruiting posters, At Belfast Patrick McOann, a labor - or at the docks, was remanded in cus- tody, charged witif using seditious language. A man named Samuel Orr, employ. ed by Howden &Charles, Belfast, was crushed to death between a crane and a van. The profit accruing from the work - House farm at Castlederg was stated by the dlerk to be for the last, two hedf years over 6220, A recruiting meeting was held in the square at Balbriggan under the auspices of the City and County of Dublin Recruiting. Committee. As a result of the recruiting meet- ing held recently in Kingstown, over a dozen recruits left recently for differ- ent Irle'h regiments. Captain 11, 11. B. Cunningham, Royal Army Medical Corps, the well- known Belfast surgeon, has been wounded at the Dardanelles. The death has occurred at Limerick of Mr, C. Ross, manager for the Clyde Shipping Company for Limerick, for more than a quarter of a century. The British Colliery steamer Fun gent, 3,300 tons, was torpedoed by a German submarine just off the Bias lest Islands. The captain and first mate were killed. The casualties amongst Portadown soldiers since the outbreak of the war amount to 116 -killed 18, died of wounds 4, wounded 85, prisoners of war 6, and missing 3. Notion have been served by the military authorities to the effect that licensed premises, in Belfast are . to close at 9,30, the hours to be from 10 a.m, 0111 9,30 p.m, At a meeting of Coleraine Urban Council it was decided that the price • of gas be decreased from 80 cents to 90 cents for lighting purposes,, owing to the high pride of coal, In Ring's County last year there were 600 acres under wheat, while this year, according to` the report of the Agricultural Committee, there are 2,000 acres under the acme crop. The total value of the pig industry in Ireland increased from 134,435,00D in 1906 to 640,730,000 in 1914. Bacon curing is carried on by about fifty firms, employing approximately 3,000 hands. At a conference of the Irish licensed trade at the Mansion Nouse, Dublin, a resolution was passed calling upon the trade to organize in view of the at- tacks being made an it. An interesting ceremony took place at the military camp, Newtondeds, when the fife and drum band of the 12th Battalion, Royal Irish, Rifles, were made the recipients of the new instru- ments. PRIDE OF ITALIANS. The Marching Powers of the Bersagli- eri Light Infantry. "Only those who have seen the Ber- saglieri, the very flower of the army of Italy, on parade or their annual maneuvers can realize the great mili- tary strength that lies in this force," according to the Manchester Guardian. "The name literally means 'marks- men,' but those who compose he force are considerably more than this, and it would be difficult to select any other corps in a European army that compares with them. The Alpine . troops of the French army are proba- bly the nearest approach. "It is no uncommon thing to find men serving in this magnificent body of light infantry who represent the third and even fourth generation of their family who have carried the short rifle and worn the familiar dark green `smasher' hat with its proud cockade. "The chief pride of the Bersaglieri is their marching powers• During the war between Russia and Japan tbe distances covered by the infantry of the Latter power were regarded as almost incredible, and it was asserted in several quarters that no European troops could vie with them in powers of endurance. The Italian light infan- try accepted the implied challenge and speedily showed that not only could they cover the same amount of ground with comparative ease but that they could go one better and yet finish fresh, "They gave rather a curious ex- planation of their powers—that when the Hien are marching they are sup- plied with a large amount of ordinary loaf sugar, which sustains them bet- ter than anything else could do, and at the same time does no need a halt to be called for them to consume it, "The Bersaglieri is for the most . part composed of men of much better; social standing than the reek and file of the Railer: army, and they olein, with considerable justice descent front. the famous army of, soma 70,000 mon that, uncle}`� Char, 09 ,Albert, cgnfro et+�y,• eco the erEied might • of Austria • n 1848, and formed the backbone of th ftaiian Arm t theCr' e r is im a six year Armyy later. Here it attracted genoral ads miration from its excellence of organa' ieatiou, equipment and discipline," 7