The Brussels Post, 1915-10-28, Page 3sewife
T,
eorAer
s' Tasty Dishes.
Cheese Salad. -Mix two cream
cheeses with one 'Cup walnut meet.
Moisten with cream; shape into balls.
Chill Marinate two heads of lettuce
and arrange in nests. Then place five
balls in each nest and sprinkle with
finely chopped and dried parsley.
Serve French dressing with this
lad
A hinged shelf is a great comfort
to the housekeeper 'n the kitchen.
Do not wash colored clothes in very
hot water . or leave them wet very
long.
There is. nothing better to put in
with earth for flower pots than wood
ashes,
If you are fond of birds make little
]tomes for them in your lawn 'and
Potato Balls.—Add to one pint hot gat en•
points of economy in clothing
potatoes one-eighth teaspoon celery are careful buying, mending and
salt, one teaspoon chopped parsley,. laundering,
Gravies served with all -meats will
serve in place of butter on bread and
potatoes.
Buttering bread or .cracker on:
which cheese is to be toasted im-
proves the flavor.
Stale biscuits can be freshened if
• spareribs evenly. Season with salt placed in n. moderately hot oven for -a
and pepper. Pare and'slice about few minutes.
six sour apples. •'Season with sugar Even the old chicken will roast
and clansmen. Put prepared apples well if it is stuffed and then parboiled
between spareribs, tie together and before roasting.
bake for one hour. Another way The washing should be brought in
of•baking spareribs: Trim neatly, rub as soon as dry, as clothes whip to
with salt and pepper, crack ribs over pieces or rot in the sun.
se as to form a pouch, and into this The addition of a little sugar to
put dressing as foe duck or goose; the water in which turnips are cook
skewer oe tie; bake in moderate oven, ed will improve the flavor.
basting frequently and turning, so It is a great mistake to fill the
that both sides brown evenly, and ,dishes on the invalids tray too full.
serve with brown gravy. Also, do not crowd the tray.
Sauerbraten. -Put solid piece of Putting a coat of varnish on'the
beef weighing, say, five pounds, in linoleum yearly will make it last for
earthen jar and• cover' well with sola- years and look bright and new.
tion made of one cup water, some pop- If white potatoes are inclined to
pereorns, mace, cloves, thyme and turn black with cooking, try adding
one bayleaf to each quart of vinegar. a few drops of vinegar to the water.
Turn meat every day for three or four A little syrup added to the baked
days. Salt well on both sides after beans will improve their flavor. Adel
taking from liquid and saute in bacon it when they have finished baking.
drippings until well. browned on both It is more economical to cook po-
sides. Then add one pint boiling wa tatoes in their skins. They can be
ter acid rind of one lemon' and cook pared. with much less waste after
slowly, closely covered, for three or boiling than before.
four ]tours, taking care not to let Throw your orange peel into the
burn. Remove meat; thicken gravy evater jug instead of into the fire, and
with flour, adding more of liquid in it will ;parfums the water as well as
which it was pickled, if gravy is not soften it.
sour enough, and serve. Brittle finger nails indicate a lack
Crown Roast or Rack of Mutton.- of oil; eat more olive oil and butter,
Prepare the loin as for French chops and rub vaseline every night on the
and arrange like a crown, rolling the trails.
loin backward. Tie securely. Cover It is best to give linens a long
each chop bone with thin strip of salt soaking before washing. If this
method is followed, stains will wash
out easily.
Hard cheese is more digestible if
grated. Certain people can eat cheese
prepared in this 'way who cannot di -
salt, pepper and butter to taste and
enough hot mills to make of consist-
ency to 'shape. Form into smooth
round balls, bake in hot buttered pan,
or saute in butter or fry in deep fat.
Or they may be sauted in sausage
fat, which gives an appetizing flavor,
Stuffed Spareribs. — Match two
pork to prevent burning. Place on
rack in dripping pan with a bowl in
' centre of the crown -to' preserve its
shape, Dredge with flour, sprinkle
with salt and pepper, basting fre-
quently and allowing nine minutes to When toasting in the front of a
the pound for roasting. Serve on hot hot fire push the handle of your fork
platter with potato balls around the ;
edge and a motind of green peas in -;through a piece of .cardboard, which
side of the crown. Place paper frills will shield your hand from the heat.
on the chop bones and parsley around After boiling salt beef leave five
the base. I or three carrots in the liquor until
cold. These will absorb the salt, and
the liquor can be used for soup.
Veal ought always to be thorough-
ly cooked. If it is well cooked it is
t a dangerous article of diet. Only
when it is eaten underdone is it in-
digestible.
The best and only way to get finish-
ed with the many household duties is
to sweep the doorstep and pavement
first, and then work quietly away in-
side and talk to no one.
Vegetables Instead of 11leat.
Salads are capable of infinite var-
iety, so when fish and cheese fail
vegetables which approach animal
foods in nutrition may be served, and
either the oil in the dressing or the
fat in the cream or melted butter of
a boiled dressing be depended upon to
supply the necessary oil. Try a corn
salad. A pound of this vegetable con-
tains as mucin protein es is found in
half a pound of lamb chops or half a
'dozen eggs. Cool freshly boiled cern,
else some rice (dried in the oven un-
til the 'grains separate), salt slight-
ly and mix them in equal quantities;
foul in,some stiff mayonnaise and
serve vey cold in lettuce cups. Beans,
peas andlentils, which are all so rich
in protein, are -very desirable for
salads in place of meat. Cover two
cups of cold baked beans with French
• dressing and let stand a half hour;
drain, sprinkle with half a teaspoonful
of onion juice, mix with cream dress-
ing, arrange on lettuce leaves and displaces. Suppose we arrange a
garnish with parsley and hard -cook- pair of scales so that one of its arms
ed eggs. Lentils combined with
onions, peppers and parsley, and serv- can be introduced under the bell ofan air pump, and place upon each 62
ed on cress with French dressing; its arms a weight, say one pound,
mala a hearty and tasty salad. both weights made of the same size.
A fruit salad has the 'added ad- They will exactly balance each other.
vantage of being very Itoalthful, for If we exaast the air from under the
nearly all fruits hold acids and sal• ts bell, producing a vacuum, we remove
In solution which are cooling to the 'the upward push, and the arm of the
blood,• and there are so many fruits balance that is in the vacuum des -
available that none needs .to become sends. It, theon the contrary, we com-
ity
Pears, as a salad possibil-
ity once tried, will appear often this press air under the bell we make
way; Peel largo pears; halve them, the displueed air weigh more, and
remove the cores and drop them into consequently thists upward push l ice
cold water in which is a tablespoonful creased and arm of the balance
of vinegar to keep thein white, ii']11
the care cavity with either grated
cheese or cream cheese bale ante serve
.e
NOT QUITE SUCH A JOKE.
One Pound of Feathers Outweighs
One Pound of Lead.
The old joke, "Which is heavier, a
pound of lead or a pound of feath-
ers'?" is not quite such a joke as it
seems at first glance.
Archimedes taught us the truth
that a body immersed in a liquid or
gas receives an upward push equal to
the weight of the liquid or the gas it
ANY PEERS LOST
I THE GREAT WAR,
•
DOUSE OF LARDS IS A HOUSE
OF MOURNING.
Many Peers With Army are Missing,
and Their Fate la
Unknown.
The House of Lords is described as
a house of mourning. '0f its 040 odd
members, there are but few who have
not suffered bereavement through the
terrible conflict which has now been
raging seer more than a year. Great
Britain's peerage has been hard hit
by the war.
But the peers of the realm have
not been content with giving., their
sons to the country' for the defence
of its flag. More than 400 of them
are to -day enrolled for service to the
State other than that of a legislative
character. Those who are too old
for duty at the front in France and
on the Gallipoli peninsula find means
to render' themselves useful in other
ways.
Long as the roster of the dead per-
taining to the peerage in the present
war, the list of the missing is still
larger—aye, and sadder. For where-
as the word "killed" means that the
officer or soldier in question has had
his remains reverently cared for and
interred with religious rites, mostly in
consecrated ground, by his comrades,
the word"missing" leaves the bereav-
ed relative's in doubt as to those dear
to them have been left to linger badly
wounded or have been killed.
Among the peers- who have come
under the head of "missing" in the
present war is the fifth Earl of Erne,
who until the outbreak of hostilities
was a favorite equerry of King George
and a lieutenant -colonel of the Royal
Horse Guards. 'He was last seen at
Wytschaete, in Belgium, on the even-
ing of the 1st of November. He went
out from the British lines to bring in
some men who had apparently become
separated from the main body. He
did this against the advice of a fellow
officer of the name of Captain Bowiby
who feared treachery. Lord Erne, 6
feet 4 in. in height, and a very strik-
ing -looking and handsome man, strode
up to the soldiers who were arrayed.
in English uniforms. Captain Bowl -
by, through his glasses, saw them
closing around- Lord Erne, and wait-
ed in vain for his return, in the end
being compelled to assume that the
men had been Germans.
Other Missing Peers.
Another missing Earl is Lord Ad=
nesley, who left England on Novem-
ber 6 last by aeroplane, bound for the
British lines in Belgium and France,
and who has never been heard of
since.
Still another instance of "missing"
is that of Lord Willingdon's eldest son
and heir, the Hon. Gerard Freeman
Thomas, lieutenant of the Coldstream
Guards, who has vanished without
leaving either trace or clue, ever since
the battle of the Aisne in France on
December 14 last. IIis father, whd is
the Governor of Bombay, and his
grandfather, old Lord Brassey, of
whom he was a particular favorite,
have spent large sums of money in
endeavoring to obtain some informa-
tion as to his fate, but without avail.
Lord Congleton, who lost his life in
the battle of the Marne, as an officer
of the Grenadier Guards, was head
of the house of Parnell, to which the
late Charles Stewart Parnell, the cele-
brated Irish Nationalist leader, be-
longed. Lord Congleton had made
all his arrangements to accompany
Sir Ernest Shackleton on his expedi-
tion to the South Pole. But on the
outbreak of the war ha cancelled his
plans and joined his regiment for ser-
vice against the Germans in France.
Another peer to give his life for his
country has been Lord De Freyne,
who fell at Ypres in the battle as a
captain of the South •',Vales Border=
ers' Regiment, after a most romantic
career.
First to Fall.
ascends.
It is manifest that the greater
amount of air displaced the greater
will be the upward push, Suppose
The first British peer to fall in ac-
tion in the present war was young
Lord Hawarden, who was not in any
way connected with the Gladstone
family, as might have been inferred
from his title.
Gen. Lord Longford, fifth earl of
his line, was killed at the head of his
brigade in the operations against the
Turks on the Peninsula of Gallipoli.
Few houses of the peerage have
suffered more in connection with the
on lettuce with French dressing, Pus
war than that of Grenfell, which is
now we balance a pound of lead on represented. by several members in
pea egg Anna may be used instead of one arm and a pound of feathers on the Upper Rouse of Parliament. Thus, The landlords of Paris in need of walking in Route one day when a
pears, with lemon mice substituted the other.. Theywill of course ex- Lord Desborough, the famous athlete,' money, unable to collect rent pending, friend saw him and hailed him loudly
;for vinegar in the dressing. A pretty actly equal eac, other in ordinary has lost both of his older sons. the lifting of the moratorium as ap- by name. Immediately he was sur -
salad: can he made from watermelon air, for theywere both ,weighed in One of the saddest cases of bereave -;plied to routs, met recently to discuss rounded by a curious crowd who
or cantaloupe by scooping out with a
ordinary air.. ,Now, let us put the moot has been that of i,ord Lincoln. the possibility of borrowing money cheered him vociferously. Marconi
large spoon pieces from the ripest whole apparatus,, including` both i shire, better known antler his former with recent receipts as collateral se looked everywhere for a way of es -
parts, draining, chilling and serving weights under an air primp. The name of.Lord Carrington, now in his amity. The president of their assn- cape, but could find none. At last,
it lettuce cups with French dressing, n her displaces fax more seven' -second year. It was not un station told them frankly that they to his great joy, he beheld what he
.pound of: feathers y Y
When mayonnaise is used with fruits, air than the pound of lead, aadrQ„wo til he had been married for close up- must abandon all hope of making any thought to be an empty carriage pass-
leave out the mustard and pepper, oxharist the air we shall find that the on twenty years that his. hopes and ouch loans, for in the present_,state ing slowly by, and he made a bolt for
pet in a little sugar • and use lemon upward push being removed by the pruyera for a son to inherit his title] of the question no one wouldlend it and jumped inside. His astonish -
instead of vinegar always, In no exhaustion of the air; the pound of and estates were finally grunted. The' money on any claim for rent. ment may be imagined when he .dis-
tvas c rse ose a is teem covered that the carriage was occu-
pied by - a lady, but it was too late to
withdraw, and as. the lady was too
frightened by the sudden advent of
her strange visitor to expostulate, site
allowed him to remain until they were
free of the crowd. h was Only when
the crowd hit heir let fee behind
that site realized the identity of ],ler
unexpected eompanion.
9067
Smart Winter Styles the Young Girl
Will Admire.
Misses' Norfolk suits are always
becoming to young girls. A suit of
this type, Ladies' Home Journal Pat-
tern No. 9067, may be made with a
deep yoke from which extend applied
box -plaits trimmed with pockets and
belt. Skirt cuts in four gores, box -
plaits inset in each seam. Pattern
cuts in sizes 14, 10, 18 and 20 years,
requiring in size 18, 8 yards 36 -inch
material. For a young girl a filbcic
like Ladies' Home Journal Pattern
No. 9081 would be attractive. It con-
sists of a smock which slips on over
the head, and a three-piece circular
skirt. May be made with. straight or
scalloped edge. Pattern cut in sizes
14, 16, 18 and 20 years, size 18 re-
quiring 7% yards 30 -inch material.
Semi -princess dresses are generally
becoming to young girls. Frock No.
9083 has a panel back and front, held
in at each side by a half belt. The
small turn -over collar completes the
neck. Skirt is in six gores. Pattern
i cuts in sizes 14, 16, 18 and. 20 years;
size 18 requiring 5% yards 36 -inch
material. •
Patterns, 15 cents each, can be
obtained at your local Ladies' Home
!Journal dealer or from the Home
Pattern Company, 183-A George
;Street, Toronto, Ontario.
younger brother, Lord John Caven-
dish, major in the First Life Guards,
while the Duke of Abercorn, has
lost his brother, Lord John Hamilton,
captain in the Irish Guards and de-
puty master of the King's household.
The Marquis of Northampton is in
mourning for his only brother and Louise of Orleans to Prince Philip of
heir, Lord Spencer Compton of the Bourbon -Sicily, will probably bring
Royal Horse Guards, and old Lord a very quiet wedding. Both the youth-
Ruthven, who has two other sons at fill bride and bridegroom are related
the front, is grieving over the death
of his favorite boy, Captain Christian
Horne Ruthven, of the Black Watch.
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LADY MACI(WORTIL
Conducts Father's Business Affairs
During Absence in America.
Lady Mackworth, the only child and
the business partner of David Alfred
Thomas,. the "Welsh coal king," is
• A ROYAL ENGAGEMENT
•
Princess of Orleans to Wed Prince
Philip of Sicily.
The first royal engagement since
the war began, that of Princess Marie
to practically every royal house in
Europe, and few of their relatives
could, therefore, accept invitations to
meet one another.
The wedding will probably take
place near London, as the bride's fa-
ther, the Duke of Vendome, has a
country place at Wimbledon, where
his family has been living since they
fled from Belgium. The Duchess of
Vendome is the sister of King Albert
taking charge of her own and her fa- and she inherited a great estate in
ther's great financial interests during Brussels from. her father, the Duke of
Mr. Thomas's absence in the United Flanders, and was in the habit of
States and Canada to buy munitions spending the greater part of the.year
of war for Great Britain. At Cam- in Brussels.
brian Buildings in Cardiff, the offices The bridegroom's eldest brother,
of the Cambrian 'Coal. Combine, which Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Calabre, is
practically control the whole Welsh married to Princess Marie of Bavaria
coal field, Lady Mackworth occupies and lives principally upon his estate
her father's office, receives and an- near Munich. One of his sisters is
ewers all letters addressed to hint, I the wife of the Archduke Peter Fee -
and helps to make the momentous de- dinand of Austria. A second sister is
eisions in relation to the miners
which are just now affecting Great
Britain's war plans.
All of the demands of the striking
Welsh miners come to Lady Mack -
worth for consideration, and Mr. an officer in the Spanish army, and
Lloyd George, in attempting concilia- makes his home in Madrid. The
tion with the miners, can accomplish bride is a niece of Princess Carl of
little without Lady Mackworth's co -Hohenzollern, her mother being the
operation. sister of Princess Carl, and through
A year and a half ago she was a her father sheds related to the King
rabid suffrage', advocating the break- of Bavaria and his numerous family.
ing of windows and getting herself
arrested for setting fire to a public
letter box, preferring to go to prison
rather than pay the fine. With her
father Lady Maelcworth embarked
from the United States on the last
voyage of tate' Lusitania, having a
thrilling experience in the rescue.
the wife of Prince John of Saxony,
the King's brother. Another brother
married Princess Louise, the sister of
the Duke of Orleans, and ex -Queen
Amelie of Portugal. He himself is
PARIS RENTS UNPAID.
Landlords Are Unable to Collect
$134,000,000 Due Them.
N
MARCONI'S MODESTY.
Was the Hero of an Embarrassingn.
Situatio
Signor Marconi, whose hatred of
publicity is proverbial, has invented
an apparatus that will enable anyone
to see through a wall two feet thick.
His extreme modesty was once the
cause of his being the hero of an em-
barrassing incident, •He was out
- case should a boiled acid dressing be
used with fruit salad.
Household Hints.
y
It is not too earl to beg plan
tlan-
nhtg for -Christmas giving.
feathers descends and the pound of son was a singularly attractive and It 1• 1 d t th meeting
g
lead ascends, proving that the seem- winsome lad, who bore the title of that only 33 per cent of the total
ing paradox that a pound of feathers Viscount Wendover, IIo went to the ;amount clue for rentals since July 31,
weighs more than a pound of lead is front early in the war' as a 19 -year-old 1914, had been paid, and that 670, -
no joke but a scientific fact subaltern of the Royal ;Hm•se Guards; 000,000 .francs ($124,000,000) 'remain -
Therefore it may scientifically be and was killed at the battle of Mons, cd duo at the end of the quarter of
A casserole dish is an excellent ves- saubb that of two substances having The Duke of Wellington has lost April 15 -July 15 this year.
1 in which to bake bean, the same weight and not the sane his second son lord Richard Welles-
se beans, ,
Waehin . enact should not be mod volume that .having the larger vol- ley, captain in tire, Grenadier Guards,' Milton was blind when he wrote
g
on china, it will take off the gilt, ume is really the heavier. and the Duke of Devonshire, his "Paradise Lost":
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
OCTOBER 31,
Lesson V.—The Boy Joash Crowned
King, 2 Kings 11.1.20. Golden
Text; Prov. 14. 11,
I. Jehoiada, the Priest, Pleijges the
Soldiers to Fealty (Verses 4-8).
Verse 4. Fetched the eaptaine over
hundreds—The usual sub -division (see
Lieut.1. 15; Exod. 18. 21, 25; and es-
pecially 1 Sam. 8. 12; 22. 7; 2 Sam.
18. 1).
Of the Carites and of the gifard—
'This word 15 used only here and in
verse 19 and in 2 Sam. 20. 23. In 2
Sam. the reading is "Cherethites,"
The marginal reading here is "execu-
tioners." The Caritas were a particu-
lar sort of military bodyguard.
5. He commanded them--Jehoiada
wanted, first, to protect the young
prince's life and, secondly, to guard
the palace. Athaliah would have at-
tempted to take the life of Joash had
she known he was alive; and the
troops Of Athaliah might attack the
king's party. Hence the particularity
of the priest's orders.
6. At the gate Sur --The gate of
the foundation (see 2 Chiron, 23. 5).
At the gate behind the guard --The
guard here means the swift runners
who were kept very near the royal
palace. If they were favorable to
Athaliah, in this case, it was very
necessary to have a special company
of men at hand to keep them in check.
8. He that cometh within the ranks
—See 2 Chron. 23. 7.
II. Joash Is Crowned King
(Verses 9-12).
0. Did according to all that Jehoia-
From Erin's Green Isle
NEWS 13Y MAIL FROM IRELAND'S
GREEN SHORES.
Ilappenfnge
In the Emerald fele of
Interest to Ml True Irish"
men,
One cent an hour is paid to women
workers in the linen factories of Bel-
fast ,
A strike of workmen at Kingston
Gas Works has now been settled and
the men Have resumed worlc.
The death has occurred of Mr, John
Gilbert, a well-known Cork citizen,
and a man of great renown.
At Ballinasloo, a thirteen -year -Old
boy named Johnston lost his left eye
through playing with a sentry's rifle.
At a large recruiting rally held in
Dublin it was stated that more effec-
tive measures will have to be taken,
Private T. Killen; ist Battalion
Somerset Light Infantry of Belfast,
has been awarded the Distinguished
Conduct Medal.
The Ministry of Munitions .an-
nounces that it has decided to under-
take the making of munitions on a
large scale in Ireland.
A serious accident occurred at
Derry Quay when Harry Williamson
was instantly killed by being buried
beneath a large crate of glass.
The death has occurred of the Earl
of Kilmorey at the age of 73 years.
He was prominent in sports, theatri-
cals and Ulster politics.
In consequence of their refusal to
accept a piece work scale of payment,
a number of shirtcuttors in Coleraine
have gone out on strike.
Ati Belfast a blaze of mysterious
origin did $200,000 damage to sheds
containing large stores of Govern-
ment supplies. Spies are suspected.
Owing to the recent heavy rains
t —Jehoiada 'the Owenmore River, county Sligo,
da the priest commanded
was "the prime mover," and so care- has overflowed its banks and hundreds
of acres have been rendered useless.
II.M. the King has been pleased to
approve of the appointment of the
Marquis of Londonderry to be His
10. The spears and shields that had Majesty's. Lieutenant for County
fully had he prepared the movements
that both the priestly and military
guards carried the plan into success-
ful execution without any confusion.
been king David's—Those David took
in war from his enemies. This was
the custom of using captured war
implements (see 1 Sam, 21. 9; 2 Sam.
8. 7).
12. The king's son—He was so de-
signated to indicate that he was the
rightful heir.
Gave him the testimony—A part of
the law of Moses (see Exod. 16. 34;
25. 16, 21). This was in token of his
authority (see Deut. 17. 18, 19).
Clapped their hands—See Psa. 47.
1; 98. S.
1•
IN THE ISLE OF MAN.
The Laws There Are Quite Favorable
to Females.
With a Constitutional Government
of its own, and to a certain extent in-
dependent of the Imperial Parliament,
the Isle of Man, to which a thousand
enemy aliens are to be sent every
week to be interned, holds a unique
position in the United Kingdom.
The island has a code of laws en-
tirely its own, its legislative body be-
ing styled the Court of Tynwald—for
it is on Tynwald Hill, near St. John's,
in the centre of the island, that new
Acts are proclaimed once a year—
end the House of twenty-four Keys,
or representatives. A Bill is separate-
ly considered by both the House of
Keys and the Court of Tynwald,
which consists of the Lieutenant -
Governor and Council, but it does not
become law until it is promulgated in
the English and Manx languages on
Tynwald Hill.
Women were granted the suffrage
years ago, and every female, widow
or spinster, in the Isle of Man, whe-
ther she be owner, occupier, or lodger,
has a vote in the House of Keys' elec-
tions. Another interesting point in
regard to women is that every widow
enjoys half her husband's personal
estate, and has a life interest in his
real estate, which she cannot be de-
prived of by any spiteful will. Fur-
thermore, her written consent must
be obtained to all transfers and deeds
affecting her late husband's property.
Down to the middle of the six-
teenth century the Isle of Man was
almost exempt from taxation, and
consequently was looked upon as a
cheap place of residence, while its
laws were available for the protection
of English debtors. All this, however,
has long since ceased.
It is a fact not generally known
that at one time the Isle of Man was
at the disposal of the kings of. Eng-
land, and from time to time the island
was granted to various Royal favor-
ites until 1406, when it was grantedare now bathed in cheap cologne and
in perpetuity on the sole condition � their clothing is sprinkled with the
that the heirs and successors would , same highly odoriferous perfume. It
at the King's coronation provide "a has been found very efficacious, espe-
cast of falcons." cially when the soldier is first attack -
Ultimately the island came into the , ed by the vermin.
possession of the second Duke of i In regard to the recent circular .of
Athol', who had married a daughter the German imperial board of health:
of the seventh Earl of Derby, and it i advocating the use of a preparation,
was from the Athol' family that the; containing sabadilla vinegar in ex.
British Crown purchased it in 1829. terminating the typhus vermin, An-
The Government paid the Duke of I drew Balfour of the Wellcome Bureat
Atholl 3850,000 and an annuity of . of Scientific Research, London; mils
$10,000' far the sovereignty of the is -'attention to some statistics front
land, the nuke, however, still retain- i Venezuela on the exports front, that.
ing certain manorial rights, Church 1 country of Sabadilla,
patronage, etc,, Ultimately the Gov- Tn 1913 258' tons of sabadilla seed;
ornmsnt took over the island alto- ,were shipped from La Guaira to Clcr•
gethee, the imiinet paid having many, the shipments in former year:,
annou rated in the agregate to $2,500,- !averaging something over 100 tom
000. , Is annually.
uotvn.
Mr. R. A. MacFarland, headmaster
of Campbell College, Belfast, has
been appointed to a temporary com-
mission as captain in the Territorial
Force.
Sir Baden-Powell, accompanied by
Lady Baden-Powell, visited Belfast
and were the guests of Sir Robert
and the Lady Kennedy at Cultra
Manor.
The Senate of Queen's University,
Belfast, has decided to make it com-
pulsory on all male students to at-
tend classes for military training dur-
ing the war.
It is announced that the status of
the Castlebar jail has been reduced to
that of a minor prison, and that in
future it, will only be used for com-
mittal cases.
Mr. Justice Dodd, in opening the
Assizes for Dublin, said the iudges at
the various Assizes in Ireland had
stated that about 30,000 men have
joined the forces.
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INDIAN BOY WIZARD.
His Brain Contains Nothing
Mathematics.
It is reported from India that a
mathematical genius has been discov-
ered there. He is about fifteen years
of age, is wholly illiterate, looks sim-
ple, ,almost witless, and is very shy.
His brain is a mathematical machine,
and seems to contain nothing but
mathematics. Any question you may
ask him that relates to figures he an-
swers with astonishing rapidity.
One of his feats was the division
of a line of sixteen figures by another
line of six. In another case he was
asked the cube of a large number,
taken from a table of such calcula-
tions in a book. One numeral in his
answer differed from that in the book.
The examiner showed him the book,
but he insisted that he was right; the
sum was worked out on paper, and it
proved that the book was wrong and
that the boy's computation was cor-
rect. Physically, the boy is abnor-
mal. He has too many fingers and
toes, and is probably defective in
other ways.
PERFUMERY TO KILL TYPHUS,
But
Soldiers Are Now Bathed in Cheap
Cologne.
Cheap, highly scented perfumery
has been found to be the greatest
enemy of the typhus insect. Instead
of being washed with soap and water
and having their clothes sterilized,
soldiers infected with typhus insect