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The Brussels Post, 1916-1-13, Page 3usew,fesi eomer THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JANUARY 16. Lesson III. -Peter's Sermon at Petite- Selected Recipes.I Beat until very light; then add gradu cost, Ads 2, 14-47. Golden into bleb have sifted in the second sifting, the bak Custard Sauce, -Two cups milk, ally the flour i o w. you two egg yolks two Text: Acts 2, 21. tad beate ing powder. Mix thoroughly and beat Verso 22. Peter has been expound- vanilla flavoring. Add beaten egg vigorously: Then add the whites of ing the significance of what these boils and sago; n wean let come to the eggs, beaten to a stiff froth. Now People have beard by appealing to boil. Add flavoring when custard is taken from fire. ,divide the batter into two parts and Joel, who in his turn had developed Vermicelli Bean Soup. -Use brothput a teaspoonful of peach extract older aspirations that "all Jehovah's leftinto one and a 'teaspoonful of fruit people might be prophets." It is clean in over from beans,mitwo onions. coloring into the other. Mix well and that the "tongues" form the smallest onions 'fine and vermicuntil elnicelyli, b minced drop by spoonfuls into a buttered cake part'of. the Spirit's gift for Peter add brothband rseason to ta to Let pan, first a spoonful of the white, then that they were speaking God's nes- come to boil, add vermicelli and cook a spoonful of the pink, until the bat-' sage is what • matters. Ye men of ten minutes. ter is all used up. Bake from 45 min- Israel -The name of religious privi- Hungarian Goulash. - Cut two utes to an hour in a moderate oven. lege (compare John 1, 47). Approved Pearl Cake: Use e'a pound of but- ... unto you -The miracles were his d d steak intoh squares, A Peep Into the Future. "Papa, what did you do during the great war?" -London Opinion. poen s rope s ea k ins ter, 1 pound of sugar, 1 pint of milk, credentials, since none could do the children might seem to be a direct re- ORIGINAL THOMAS ATICINS. Brown in two tablespoons butter, with 1 teaspoonful of soda,1 signs' unless God were with him one minced onion. Cover with hot 4 sponse to the savage cry of Matt. 27. water, add one chopped green pepper pound of flour, 1/2 grated nutmeg and (John 3. a). Three .features are de- 25. anti sliced carrots. Season and cook a teaspoonful of vanilla extract. Beat scribed with emphasis: the power 41. They then having received his slow- for one hour. When done the butter and the sugar to a cream. called forth, the astonishment pro -word (margin) -The whole congrega- y beat the eggs, whites end yolks sepa- duced, the inner significance. tion is represented as persuaded, and thicken with paste made of two table- rate- and add theyolks to the mix - spoons 23. Delivered up -Compare John 19. Cheese and Pear Salad One and FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTES OF INTEREST FROM HER BANKS AND BRAES. What Is Going On in the highlands and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. Edinburgh street car fares are be - Ina increased 50 per cont. In Argyllshire 0,935 eggs were col- lected for the National Egg Fund, Many of the school children assisted. It is now so dark at Dunbar of a by the collision, "is the only place m England where I've had a decent meal." Pte had a cheery face, and we pin- ned at each other, and on the instant he invited me to have tea with him. eluding one captain and two lieuten- It seemed that his scheme for:getting ants, is 50. a real square Teed was to have a Burntisland has just experienced a a meal on each of the three floors, terrific gale, accompanied by heavy one after the other, without any How the British Soldier Caine By the falls of sleet and snow. Much damage pause; the ham and eggs we shared to was done. orchestral accompaniment in the Nickname. Damage estimated at about 220,000 crowded basement was but the cope - That the name Thomas Atkins, the was caused by fire in the premises of stone, the climax, to his evening meal. • ar word for the Br!tish private R. & H. Turnbull, Strathallan Ham "You, sir," he said, "are only the second Imperial officer who has spo- ken to me since I landed, I saluted a A CANADIAN SOLDIR nal g'2: &id c �' ieneialil' iii He was, I imagine, a genuinely re- presentative son of the Maple, and my Short tete-a-tete with him was a val- uable, though very highly compressed, education, writes V. E. in the Glas- gow Herald. I encountered him in one of those enormous eating estab- lishments In London, where you may meet anybody; we bumped together at a corner of the marble staircase. "This," he said to the world in gen- eral, as if shaken into self-expression night that the authorities are serioue- ly thinking of whitewashing the lamp- posts. .The number of Alloa men killed since the beginning of the war, in - a mass movement brings into their Poput Curia Works,Bridge-of-Allan. soldier originated ' the signature nature to gg spoons of flour and water. ture. Then beat till ver light. Add g ) P so pec oen official a in ie g 9 11 Men without the law (mar in - fellowship some three thousand In a specimen official model for keeping The Aberdeen trawler Forth put Acts 4, 4 we hear of five thousand , •intoport with an unusual catch in the ono -half cups grated soldiers accounts is tolerably certain,major this morning, and he asked me of boiling water, and then add the the Passion story it is insisted that more, and Acts 0. 7 complete • the plc- shape of a torpedo. It was about 13 sea halves .caroled pears, mayonnaise milk and beat carefully.Add the flourresponsibilityP says a contributor to the Cornhill Phow I was enjoying my visit to the ® and lettuce, Arrange; pears' for in- the Jews had the efor tore of a marvellous ex ansion. Magazine The difficulty into identify £set in length and was without a nose. Old Country. I would follow that man dividual service in nests of lettuce gradually, beating' vigorously. Then the murder of their Messiah, Not leaves, till hollows with grated cheese' that was the articular rndrvrdual. By tai the anywhere -just anyw ere. American cheese the soda, dissolved in a tablespoonful Compare John: 18. 35. Ali through _e add the spices and essence and lastly guiltless he knew by p Owingto the scarcity of houses in anywhere." toa , GERMANY SICK OF WAR. best case so far made out is that for the Greenock district, the Admiralty I tried to explain the tradition of a the white of the eggs, beaten a Romans instinct for law that hishas arranged for the erection i hut pearsad top with mayonnaise. a When fresh stiff froth. Bake for an hour in a - a gunner in the Royal Artillery, gthe British Army in the matter of so - are used, theymust be ver ripe. sentence was an outrage on justice: dwellings at Battery Park for torpedo tial. intercourse between the commis y moderate oven Horror of More Fighting Is Uutstand- In the old days when George III. Feature in Berlin. was king, life in the ranks of the Bri-' workers. sioned and the non-eommissioned tiah arm was very hard, and the men Mr, W. A. Craigie, a Dundee men ranks. "Well, it's not like that with 1 t I fifteen res The first intimate comparison of saw little pay. William Cobbett and a former student of the Urnv x us. Our ofiieera are just Jimmy and Beef Salad. -Cut cold cooked -beets Sweet oil will remove finger prints loved cannot pass into nothingness, Germany as she is to -day -subdued served •eight years •in the ranks, and ,city of St. Andrew's, has been na n Charlie off parade -but we'd follow into one-fourth loch slices crosswise, from varnished furniture. since Gods love is almighty: This and longing for peace -with the Ger- pointed Professor of Anglo -Sero them to hell. I saluted a General this and slices into cubes. Mix with boil- Paint can be removed from glass applies to all who can say, "My God,' many of a. year ago• -rampant and he himself speaks of the difficulty he the Universityof Oxford. I, ed dressing.Take off outside leaves by usingboilinghot vinegar. and supremely therefore to theexperienced in saving even a half- morning, and he asked me how I of small sound cabbage, cut into Try uffin powdered borax up Anointed One. Pangs -From the war-mad-ise given by Mr. Horace penny that he proposed to spend on Brigadier -General Lord the n is one lilted the Old Country. He was the g , g Green, an American correspondent, a red herring - add to his scanty of the latest arrivals at Endsleigh first Imperial officer who spoke to me, quarters, then into thin slicing, using the nostrils for catarrhal cold in the Greek Psa. 18. 4. Peter probably used who is now revisiting Germany after' breakfast. Alas! the halfpenny was Palace Hospitals for officers. He has and you're -" the much more forcible Hebrew a ear's abse a been invalided twice from the Galli "snares." In this case, sprinkle them with lemon juice and a tiny bit of sugar, cover : Home Hints andet s ant sen mina 24. Not possible -The essence of the great venttue of Psa. 16 was in the poet's dimly seeing that God's be - sharp knife, and soak in cold water head. until crisp. Dry between towels and Bent whalebones can be straighten - moisten with boiled dressing. Head ed by soaking them in boiling seater, 29. Peter shows that the Psalmist- cabbage in salad dish and surround then ironing them straight. whom he assumes to have-been'David, with prepared beets. An ink spot may be taken out of like all his contemporaries -was not Boiled Salad Dressing. -To one cup white linen by wetting with lemon delivered from the common lot of sour cream add one egg, slightly beat- juice and placing over it a hot iron. I men. Now to the Jewish mind there en, and one-fourth cup vinegar. Mix To clean mirrors, use a little me- , was a complete solidarity between an - thoroughly two teaspoons each of thylated spirits and polish with old cestor and descendant; almost till the salt and sugar, one teaspobn mustard, silk handkerchief or clean chamois. I very end of the Old Testament per - and one-eighth teaspoon pepper. Add Warm socks for boots and shoes 1 nod the only immortality a man ex - to fir ;t mixture and cook in double can be made from old felt hats, and, I pected was in his children and chil- boiler, stirring constantly, until mix -1 carefully cut, one can make a good dren's children. The deliverance from ture thickens. Strain and chill. ! sole for house shoes. -Sheol, therefore, which David expect - Flemish Carrots: -Parboil carrots When cane -bottomed chairs become ed for himself, must have been re - and drain thoroughly. If large, cut "slack," sponge both sides of the , served for "great David's greater ,Germany will win'; to -day the cry is into halves or quarters. Place in cane with soapsuds in which a hand- I Son." This argument is cogent for I everywhere, 'How long will this thing saucepan with one tablespoon butter, ful of salt has been dissolved, and Jews 'of Peter's day; forr us, of last?"' one teaspoon sugar and enough water stand chairs in the open air. The Boats. course, Peter's own testimony -that Mr. Green, describing his discus - to make necessary sauce. 'Add salt will be as good as new. of one who comes after Jesus Christ- tions with German passengers in the and pepper to taste and a little minced After washing overalls, shirts, etc., eounts for much more than David's, train by which he travelled from the parsley. Let simmer about fifteen that have become very soiled, soak even if we were sure that David minutes,or until done, shaking occa- them for an hour in weak cold water Dutch frontier to Berlin, says: sionally- Beat yolks otwo eggs with starch; wring out and dry. The next wrote Psa. 1G. We.can see, however, "They discussed various subjects, two tablespoons cream and stir into time you wash them the dirt will come a permanent argument for immortal- and occasionally, but rather quietly, carrots as you take them from' fire to out easily. low in the Psalmists conviction that the war, Last year, under similar serve, ,p love is mightier than death: it is ex- circumstances, a carload of German Almond Cornstarch Pudding.-Oneactly the argument by which Jesus travellers would have filled the air TELLS OF NAVAL BATTLE. confuted the Sadducees. The Patri- y stolen. Even as late as the nine- Mr, Green, in a message sent by teenth century, the time when our Poli Peninsula. mail from Berlin, says that horror of hero flourished,soldiers' account were Clydebank Town Council have more fighting is Berlin's outstanding. anything but well kept. Many of the adopted a recommendation to the Fire feature, "with the rank and file thor- I men could not read and were de - six Lighting Committee to employ oughly sick and tired of the war." men for their just dues on the six women to light the street lamps He is greatly impressed by the re- honesty of their pay sergeant. Sud- until the end of the war. markable change which has occurred denly there arose a born accountant The enrolment figures for the Uni- among Germans . since his previous versify of Edinburgh this session visit early in the war. "The question of the duration of the war," he states, "is the one I have most frequently heard discussed dur- ing the past fortnight. It is on every- body's lips. A year ago the slogan was Petri - Pint rich mink, one-half cup sugar, -- arch David -"The darling of the songs two tablespoons cornstarch, whites of Tiger's Captain Gives Details of Fight of Israel" (2 Sam. 23) was always to two eggs, almond flavoring. Add su- With the Bluecher• posterity the "father" of his country. gar to milk and put on to cook in Captain Felly, commander of the 30. He would set one -The word little the boiler. Mix cornstarchdwith milk, Tiger,in a statement to then London "one" is not in the Greek,and is mis- stirecold milk andoadd to hot - correspondent of the Amsterdam leading; it is a line of Davidic kings fore takingg until it cooks well. Justalmond Telegraaf, who has visited the British that was predicted in 2 Sam. 7. 12 fore from fire and Fleet, says of his great ship's part in (compare 16). But the very failure flavoring. Fold in carefully into stiffly the North Sea battle of January 24: of that line combined with other pro- moldsbeatenwhites of eggs, pour wet "The Germans said that we broke and set away to cool. • Chicken and Veal Pie. -Put giblets, oil' the fight on January 24. But there including neck, tips of wings, giz- I was cher hadthe ing paidre tog t.the other 'The zards, hearts, livers and left -over t toll, pieces from bones of cooked fowls, ;ships made off. Of course, we were into saucepan with one pint cold wa-Lnot such fools as to be lured into the ter, one slice onion, one small diced German mine -fields. My ship was carrot, and one level teaspoon salt. , doing splendidly when we saw the Simmer until the liquid is much re- 1 Bluecher keel over and go down. And duced, strain and set aside. Cut one- all my 1,300 officers and crew were half pound veal into small cubes and sorry- that the battle was so soon cook slowly until well done and light over." It lasted an hour. brown. Cut giblets into small pieces, IThere must have been great ex - add veal, and also a little salt pork, citement on board?" I asked Captain cut into shreds, and chicken liquid, Pelly. "Oh, no," he said. "No one of Jehovah doeth valiantly" (Psa. 118. thicken slightly with flour paste.' got excited. In a moment like that 16) in this the mightiest of - God's Cover with rich pie or puff paste and one needs complete self-possession, deeds. Note how close all this is to bake in steady oven one and one-half But the whole ship's company glowed hours. with the ardor of battle, and I can tell you thet we put ourshoulders to Cake Recipes. the wheel from the moment the enemy ared. The latter turned tawhen The following isa very nice, light th y caught sight of our flyingnl squad tea for a light tea or luncheon dish, ran. and is delicious if properly made. "Our hundred stokers worked below Required: b5 cup of hour, 1 cup of like troopers to got more speed out Indian mea], 3i pound of butter, lir of the Tiger. We were doing 29 knots pound of sugar, 8 eggs, a grated nut - at least, although the ship was only meg, a teaspoonful of cinnamonand built to. do 28. We only stoke oil, and • a half glassful of sherry wine and we used up a good mouthful. Our brandy, mixed. Stir the butter and 13.5's worlkedlike fun. The firing be - sugar to a cream and add the well-; an at 15 miles and, we never got beaten yolks of the eggs, Beat tin nearer than eight miles to the enemy, very light, then add the meal and whose guns did not carry so far as the flour; well blended. Boat until ours. In addition, we were faster, light, Add the spices and liquor and and we gave them the whole broadside finally the whites of the eggs, beaten i , to a stiff froth. Beat'thoroughly, but in a minute. "That's all right," I said, disregard- ing the rapid promotion of his ac- quaintance, "but you Canadians are all social equals -it wouldn't do in our army." "That's so. I gave up a job worth 610 a day in your money to join the army, and I'm going to win the V.C. if I can. That's my intention. I've in the person ofa gunner in the Royal show a decrease of 480 tom aced with Regiment of Artillery who was named p no one but her poor mother to leave, last year and as decrease of 1,189 tom- and I told I meant to win aR.C. pared with two years ago. and an object of awe to the pay ser-gA tragic affair occurred in Barlin- eants. Even some of the officers at hie Prison, Glasgow, when two pri- "Look here,"" he said, "yesterday fust greeted him with suspicion, soners ,quarrelled and- fell. One of 1 morning I saw the name of a friend Gunner Atkins was, however, a de- them was killed by the knife used. in cent fellow. Ile had proved himself their work penetrating a vital part, a man of physical courage in the. The question of providing education for from 800 to 1 000 scholars in the Thomas Atkins. He soon became an object of admiration to his comrades if it can be done." We spoke of the casualty lists. of mine in the list. I had my lunch in a place where there were flags- little flags of all the countries -round the table. I put the Canadian flag at field, and he soon earned the respect Milton district when Dundas Vale and half-mast, and when the young lady of his officers for his moral courage. Stow Practicing schools are closed is I came to put it right I said, 'No, miss, He started a book in which he entered causing anxiety to the Glasgow School please leave it so for to -day. It's the and balanced his accounts monthly, ! Board. I only flag in the whole wide world and so is believed to have originated The report of the medical officerlthat will fly at half-mast for my poor the idea of the soldier's pocket ledger, for Maxwelltovn, Dr. Maxwell Ross,,friend." or, as it was called at first in the states that 37 cases of infectious dis-At that moment our waitress came Royal Artillery and afterward in the . eases were notified in the burgh Last t to remove the plates,once smilingbe- with vitriolic argument about such army generally, a "Tonuny Atkins." year. The death rate for the year neath their burden of ham and eggs. subjects as the rights of Germany,'There is little doubt that the pocketlwas 14.06 and tate birth rate 20.287. "Miss," said he, "are you engaged gledger was generally known by that In Kilsyth the delivery- of assess- to a Canadian? All the young ladies the treachery of England, and that name in the regiment; and it is equal- the Fatherland was united to a man ly true that there was then serving in i meat notices issued by the Town in this place seem to be." and would fight till England's back ' Council has been undertaken by ladies, "Not I," she laughed, was broken. A year ago such groups the Royal Artillery a gunner of the who have agreed to hand over the "Then, will you marry nee?" ho were bustling, brstling, and full of name of Thomas Atkins, whose meth-� money usually paid for the work to asked; but she didn't take him seri- . hate. To -day they are resigned, kind od of keeping his accounts was hon- the funds of the local Red Cross Work ously, and so that romance never and tolerant. ored by almost general adoption in petty. blossomed. the service. A sensation has been created in the1 "This is the first square meal I've A HAT STORE. Edinburgh printing industry by the 1 had since I came over," he said, "and announcement that the employes of you're only the second Imperial offs Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., number- cer who's spoken to me." Mr. Honer Croy's Adventure in ing about 500, one of the biggest "D'you like England?" I asked. Honolulu. printing establishments in the city, "Yes, I do -but not the English. In his eagerness to see a whale dur- have been all given notice. You're Canadian, aren't you? No? ing the voyage between Honolulu and Sorry can't help it" the island of Hawaii, Mr. Homer Croy, BRITISH HOME GUARDS. "Why, don't you like them?" - "Too slow. Look here, if I opened a store and you opened one next door I'd make my fortune while you • thought about making a dollar -but, mind you, I wouldn't make it out of Englishmen -I'd have to bring people over from Canada." We parted extremely good friends, with the hope of a future meeting be- yond the Rhine, the V.C. for him and all the luck in the world for me. We shook hands solemnly and warmly - in spite of the feet that he had no use for Englishmen. "Since then I have listened to phetic inspirations to develop the crowds in the restaurants, streets, hope of an individual Messiah and to and the barracks at Spandauhof, and heighten indefinitely the conception of I have talked to many individuals. his person and work. They discuss the war. They iio long - 32. Of whom (margin) -As in 1. 8. er argue, quarrel and rave. To -day Peter speaks for a "cloud of witness- Germany is like a feverish patient to es," every one of whom can say,"I whom a leech has been applied -a have seen the Lord risen." This wit- war •maniac whose blood has been nest of what they had seen and heard drained. was the one supreme purpose for 'which the twelve were called. LIFE STRUGGLE OF THE TREES. 33. The opening phrase is identical with that in 5. 31; the margin is quite wrong in both cases. "The right hand But Some of Them Live One Thousand Years. An interesting light is thrown on the longevity of the trees that grow the Johannine doctrine (compare es- along the timber line of the Rocky John 16. 7). It is also very Mountains by Mr. Enos A. Mills in close to the Pauline teaching in Eph. his recently published "Rocky Moun- e• lightly, and turn into a buttered tin. Bakke in a moderate oven for an hour and a half. Luncheon cake is good, and can be "The Bluecher was terribly knocked about, and gave the Tiger her last shot, which with two other shots did us little harm. Look, here a shell made in three-quarters of an hour. struck our wooden deck, came to an Use 4 cups of sugar, 3 cups of flour, iron beam which changed its diredtion, • 1/2 cup of milk, 1 teaspoonful of balk- and it flew over the deck again and ing powder, and a teaspoon of peach overboard. No man was hurt by it. extract. Beat the sugar and eggs "Do you see that new piece of steel to a cream, then add the milk. Then on the turret? There another enemy Add the flour gradually, into which Projectile made a hole. And if you You will have sifted the balking pow- examine carefully the side of the ship • der. Add a teaspoonful of peach or you will find just above the water -line any other extract and bake for En of a dent in the thick steel hide of the an hoar. Motley cake is so called because the ingredients are :so varied, It is very good, indeed, and easier to make than come of the recipes given before. Re- quired: 1 Med of sugar, 1/2 pound of butter, 8 dups flour, 12 eggs, a tea- spoonful eaoh of baking powder, peach extract and fruit coloring. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, then add the well -beaten yolks of the eggs. J. Tiger. Here, in the armored observa- tion tower, an enemy shell drove in throtigh the opening without asking mission.. "Do you see this new steel plate as a souvenir of the enemy's shot? And now I have shown you all the damage that our ship suffered." He Who meets with no misfortunes cannot enjoy life to its fullest value. 4. 81f, The coincidence of these very independent reporters has strong evidential value. • 34, David did not ascend, because tain Wonderland." He says: A few timber -line trees live a thous- and years, but half this time is a ripe old age for most of the timber -line "no one hath ascended into -heaven" veterans. The age of these trees can - (John 3. 13), an admitted truth. He not be judged by their size or by saith himself -As in Mark 12. 34, the their general appearance. There may argument is based on the then un- be centuries of difference in the ages questioned authorship of Pea. 110. of two arm -in -arm trees of similar The psalm represents Jehovah as promising the Davidic king unlimited victory, and the vicegerency of God size, I examined two trees that were growing within a few yards of each other in the shelter of a mag. One upon earth. We have only to say of was fourteen feet high and sixteen it to -day that in Jesus Christ it was inches in diameter, and had 337 an- nual rings. The other was seven feet high and five inches in diameter, and had lived 492 years. One day, by the sunny and shelter- ed side of a boulder, I found a tiny seed bearer at an altitude of 11,800 feet. How splendidly unconscious it was of its size and its utterly wild surroundings! This brave pine bore a dainty cone, yet a drinking glass would have completely housed both the tree and its fruit.. fulfilled far beyond its author's dreams. 35. Made him . Christ -For it was a title he won by death, to use after death. In his earthly ministry he made this still future dignity a secret, only gradually apprehended by his disciples, forbidden to the multi- tudes, and confessed only at his trial, when it precipitated the condemna- tion. 38. The "baptism of repentance unto remission of sins,' the prepara- tion preached by John, leads, as in the Baptist's message, to the characteris- tic baptism of Christ "in Holy Spirit," Iii the name -In all these New Testa- meet phrases the actual pronouncing of the holy name Is implied; its asso- ciations produced a powerful impres- sion on men's minds. 39. The great words of Ise. 57, 19 were among the most often re {tlled prophecies in Christian circles Tem- pera Eph. 2. 13,'17), There is here. also au appeal to Joel 2. 82. The gragious words to you ... and to your Plants Bloom When Fed Tet. A nese discovery in horticulture claims to make potted plants bloom as they never did before if they aro given an invigorating cup of tea once a day, Lewis Shaw, Jr., the inventor, says: "Twice a day, morning and evening, I give my geranium a drink of cold tea, from one-fourth to one- half cup per plant. While at first this was only an experiment, I was surprised to find how rapidly the plants bloomed and how many of the buds took bloom at once," who tells about his adventure in Tra- vel, leaned too far over the rail, and First Ridiculed by Londoners, They lost his hat. After arriving at the island he climbed into a taxicab and told the driver to take him .to a hat store exempt from active service working "Do you understand?" he asked. "A in London's financial district, showed hat store." themselves a well-trained and physic - "Yes, for sure, all right," the Ja- ally fit body of troops at the recent panese chauffeur answered. inspection by Lord Kitchener. . They went bumping up the street, When the civilian troops received swung wildly round a corner, and permission from the War Office to or - finally at the far side of the town ganize they encountered ridicule in drew up to the curbing. In the win- many quarters, but they bought their dov of the store was a bedstead on own uniforms and went to work with which hung the sign, "This week a will. Every afternoon squads drill - cheap:' ed in the courts and buildings and in "What do you mean by taking me the public perks, and on Saturday to a furniture store?" Mr. Croy de- afternoons and Sundays the men maaded• either went to the country to practice "Dis Hata store," replied the Ja- trench digging or harden themselves panese driver, and he pointed to the with marching. name of the proprietor, "K. Hata." 'Volunteer corps have sprung up all "I want a ]tat, not a bed," Mr. Cray over the country and could face a said with feeling. "I want it for this," hard campaign as well as or better pointing to his bare head. than the second line troops in con- scriptionist countries. Its members are generally over 40 years of age. Win Praise, The home Guards, composed of brokers, clerks, agents and other men `Yes, for sure, all right " With that the cab whirled down the street and 'away to the other side of the town, while the taxi bill was mer- rily running up. This time it stopped before a barber shop. "No, I don't want anything taken off my head. I want something to put on it," declared Mr. Croy, who was now quite irritated. "Yes, for sure; I understated all right," replied the cauifeure with n grin. They went clattering just as far to the other side of the town as they could, and drew up before a store that es an afterthought apparently carried a line of hats. Mr. Cloy had to pay twice the price of a hat or the way to buy it, but this did not seen to worry the driver, who, after the Man - nor of automobile drivers, stood up under it bravely, The married man who preaches economy usually wants his wife to do all the practising, '3'- 5,000 MILES 01•' TRENCHES. Twice as Much Excavation Done As: in Panama Canal. ' A French soldier with a taste for statistics has calculated the amount of soil that has been moved in the work of trench making. There are about 500 miles of first line Trenches all the way from the North Sea to Switzerland. And there aro five or six lines of trenches upon each side. A total of teat lines of trenches cm the two sides would give a length of about 5 000 miles, and this, says the calculating soldier, has involved a task of excavation twice as great as that of the Pennine, Canal, And it has all been done' by hand lab. r and With Military shovels, anti much of it has been done under Pito and by men who have to work while lying on their chests! _ WHY MILKFERMENTS. Not. Always the Lightning That Is the Cause of It. Milk, it sometimes happens, not al- ways, will turn sour during a than.-, derstorm. It is not always the light- ning that causes it, for the heat before the storm is often great enough to make the milk ferment But light- ning can, and sometimes does, make milk turn sour by its action on the ' air. Air, as everybody knows, is com- pose& of two gases -oxygen and nitro- gen; but these gases are nixed to- gether, not combined. Lightning, however, makes the gases combine in the air through -which it passes, and this combination produces nitric acid, some of which mixes with the millc and turns it sour. Perhaps it might be well to explain the chemical differ- ence between mixing and combining. When different ingredients are put to- gether without their undergoing any chemical change they are nixed, as, for example, grains of sand of vari- ous colors may be mixed in a bottle. But When the property of each ingre dient is altered by the union there is4 a combination, as, for example, We= ter poured on quick -lime, which com- bines with it, so that the property of each is altered, Thus it is that light- ning makes the oxygens and nitrogen . of the air combine,• and the result is no. longer air, but nitric acid and four Other nitrous poisens, ,.