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The Brussels Post, 1917-9-27, Page 6Fresh from the Gardens of the finest Tea -producing country in the world. B 74 Sealed Packets Only. Try It—it's delicious. BLACK GREEN or MIXED. • etween Cousins; OR, A DECLARATION OF WAR. CHAPTER VII.—(Cont'd , "But, look here, how do you know who they are?" objeeted Ronald, whose views concerning the conven- tionalities of life were much narrower than those of his headstrong cousin "Do you think that Aunt Caroline—" "I don't care who they are, I need them, and I'm going to appro- pitiate them—that's 8111 You needn't come on if you're afraid." Albert M'Donnell, looking up quick- ly at the sound of footsteps on the turf, was scarcely less surprised than Mabel had been—fashionably-clad young ladies, out of the tourist season, being at least as rare as white grouse on the moors; but even before she had reached the spot he had made a cor- rect guess at her identity. There was scarcely time to repress the movement of pleasure whose display would have been all too naive, and no time to warn Fenella, before the apparition was upon them, I beg your pardon," Miss Atterton began, hi a tone which obvious! beg- ged nothing at all, but smilingly, breezily commanded: "We are strang- ers here, and anxious to find the whereabouts of an old grave we have been told of. Somebody who was killed in some battle or other—no, I mean who killed somebody else. Wasn't that it, Donald? This is my cousin, Mr. Macgilvray. We're come over from Balladrochit, you know." "0h," said Fenela, with very wide eyes; "then you are the---" A cutting glance from .Albert check- ed the word "heiress," which had all but reached to her lips. She had raised herself from the grave -mound barely in time to become aware of the strangers, close already, and the flurry of the astonishment was still upon her, painting her cheeks a deli- cious rose -color. "My sister and I will be very pleas- ed to show you the way," Albert was saying, with an' aplomb which did much credit to his self-confidence, even though at that very moment he was wondering whether the angle at which he was raising his hat did or did not come up to the requirements of . fashion "The grave you mean is our show -grave here. It is up there in the old chapel." • "That's nice. And there are lots of other things we're dying to know— at least, I'm dyingto know them. Please tell me first: w'hat's all that black stuff opposite, osite andha , what makes it rattle so?" She pointed to the nearest shore, where strange, dusky -looking pro- montories ranut into o i a the water, loomingindistinctly through nqtly t ro gh the low - hanging mist. From behind the moist curtain a continual clatter sounded, as though vast masses of crockery were being perpetually moved. "Slate -refuse, and the slate workers on the banks. If the mist lifted, you j would see the sheds under which they are working, shaping the slates as they come from the quarry." i "What funi I must have a look at the quarries one of these days. Just listen Ronald!" But Ronald seemed juat then to be busier with his eyes than with his ears, as a mere turn of the head would have betrayed to Mabel; and the ob- jest he was using them on, shyly but persistently, was, the face which had revealeditself in the moment that the "native" girl had stood up from the grave, In obedience to a half -commanding gestur,e of Mabel's hand a moment's silence had produced itself, filled only with that suggestive clatter—the voice of Life speaking to this spot of Death, more loudly, but surely nob more its+ resistibly, than Death, day by day,' spoke back to those men, who from morning tonight labored with their place of final rest ever before their eyes. "And naw for the chapel!" decided Mabel, after that brief pause. I In the net of turning she threw a curious glance at the slab of slate - stone alongside. "My mother's grave," murmured Fenella. "It is two years to -day since she died." Mabel put out her .hand with a gesture which looked more 'impulsive than it really was,—a goateed often' being less trouble than a word. As they made their way over the uneven ground, it was Mabel's tongue , that continued busiest, She wanted to know "everything about every- thing," as she explained to Albert— the quartette having almost unavoid- ably resolved itself into couples -with' a cheerful volubility which accorded! but lndifferently with the surround- Inge. The explanation of the squar•ee cut in the turf vastly tickled her fancy. The, rock making it a regular puzzle to find a apot on which a de-) gently deep grave could be dug, as Albert expounded the metier, was lawholeandlheap heby aping tttrf u en the coffins The whale island was scarred with the signs of these unsuccessful graves, and of the vote from which the turf—cutto the shape required, and capable of being rolled up 'like a, Mat --had been taken. "Whet eXcellent coescletieas you ati ra must navel" declared Mabel. "Fancy being able to sleep quiet under a turf mat! But perhaps you don't always sleep quiet? Do you know that when I caught sight of you and your sista just now my first impression was that you must be ghosts." "Do ghosts wear tweed suite?" ask- ' ed Albert, glancing down discontent- edly at the cheap material of his at- tire. "Why not? They're up to anything nowadays. The old style. of ghost DOMESTIC SCIENCE' AT HOME Tenth Lesson,—Vegetables Vegetables are elassifield into two distinct groups, as green vegetables, composed of stems and leaves, and starchy vegetables, consisting of roots and tubers, such . as white and sweet potatoes, turnips, carrots, beets, ,rad ishes, parsnips and onions. Vegetables are also classified into the carbohy- drate group. They contain starch, su- gar, cellulose and mineral salts. Peas, beans and lentils' are classed as legumes, because they contain valuable protein, which may take the place of meat. Green vegetables are valuable for their salts and acids, and also for the cellulose, which is very necessary to the body, as it furnishes material for bulk, diluting the highly concentrated foods. The starch is inclosed within the tiny cellulose wall, which, when cook- ed, softens, permitting the grains of r starch to expand, and therefore be easier to digest. All vegetables contain a large per- centage of water, and with the excep- tion of the legumes and corn little protein and fat. Classification of Vegetables Beets are valuable for their carbo- hydrates, which is in the form of su- gar. Carrots, turnips and 'parsnips contain large amounts of cellulose, and are difficult to digest, Onions are • rich in an aromatic oil which contains a large amount of sulphur. The onion is also valuable for its diuretic quali- ties. Radishes contain large amounts of cellulose, and aro very valuable for bulk. Asparagus is easy to digest, and is of diuretic nature. Cauliflower, cab- bage and brussels sprouts are of the same family. Cucumber:, contain mineral salts and cellulose. Spinach has well known aperient qualities. Endive, celery, lettuce, romaine, corn salad and cress and chickery are easily digested and are cooling, also purify- ing urifying the blood stream. Potatoes are rich in starch ' and mineral salts. Tomatoes are of a diuretic nature and are especially valuable for their flav- or and the variety that they furnish to the menu. They contain various min- eral salts, and are easily digested. y eyes quite gone out, you know, That sort never used to do anything but groan and rattle chains, while the ambition of a real, up-to-date ghost is evidently to look as unlike a ghost as possible I should say it affects daylight more than darkness; and if it goes in fox chains at all, it's the latest thing in muff or bag chains. I beg your par- don for chattering; I see you, want to say something." They had stood still before a more impoeing-looking monument; but when her over -eager guide, having explain - 'ed that it was the grave of the chief of the M`Dannell elan, murdered in the Massacre, showed signs of want- ing to enter into the details of the event, Mabel stopped him firmly. "No history, please. Mamma sup- plies that. Ahl you don't know mamma. I once was weals enough to visit Westminster Abbey in her com- pany, with the result that the mere sight of its tower gives;me a moral nausea. You can tell me the story another time," she added, seeing a look of disappointement upon her new acc9uaintance's face, "from your own point of view—not from that of the history books. But to -day I'm hunger- ing only for local color. Talk to me about second sight and 'corpse lights,' and those sort of things, if you please." The smile that went with the words was well calculated to heal wounded vanity, And Albert rising to the occasion, as was his habit of doing, talked well, even brilliantly, of the customs and beliefs of his country. Already he had grasped his role, and was playing it to perfection. If Miss Atterton wanted folk -lore, she should have it by the ton. Whether he fed her with facts or with fancies was quite indifferent to himself. To hear his ready narrative was to suppose that he had made a special study of a subject which, on principle, he contemptuously neglect- ed, By the time they reached the chapel, whose stony carcase bulged with cen- tury -old ivy, Mabel was looking with open approval upon,the cicerone whom Providence had put in her way. "If I might venture to mention his- tory," he laughed, "this would be the moment for referring to the battle of Prestonpans." (To be continued). ONLY FIVE SENSES? Present -Day Science Says That We Have a Dozen or More. Who was it that first declared the number of our senses to be five? Some prehistoric person doubtless. But he was mistaken. If we had only; five senses, we should be deprived of the use of many of our most import- ant faculties. Science tells us to -day that we have at least a dozen senses. Touch alone includes three of them. First of the three is the tactile sense, by which one determines wheth- er an object felt ie rough er smooth. Supplementing it are the two senses• of heat and cold. Perceptions of cold and heat are registered by wholly dis- tinct nerve organs. Look at the end of your finger. You will notice little ridges running over it symmetrically. In these lie the ex- termities of the heat -sense nerves and cold -sense nerves. The latter can feel only cold, the former only heat. The ear has three senses—hearing, direction and equilibrium, The last two depend on a liquid in the semi- circular canals of the inner ear, and on numerous tiny pebbles of lime, called "otoliths," which lie in the canals. eeirses is Auatralla are responding eplendiele to, the -call fax their see. vices, A tnether large contingent is ready to sail overaeae. We mount to heaven meetly on the ruins of our cherished schemes, finds. ing oar failures our successes. ---A. Bronson Alcott. Liquid manure applied frequently about the plants will increase the tomato oxen. Stably or poultry ma- nure is equally good, When brushing etair carpets have a basin of warm water handy and dip the brush into ft occasionally. This prevents the dust from rialtig, and niakee the colors look clear seed bright, Method of Cooking Proper cleansing and preparation.of vegetables are as necessary as the cooking, Wilted vegetables may be restored by placingthem in cold yia- tel'.. A11 atale or decayed vegetables should be discarded, as they contain. bacteria and molds that may cause trouble, Be particular, Thoroughly wash and rinse the vegetables to remove all sand and dirt. A small brush should be kept for this purpose, scrubbing them quickly removes all dirt, saving both your hands and your time. Cooking Place all vegetables in boiling water to cook, and keep the water boiling. gently until the vegetables are tender. They should then be taken at once from the water, seasoned and. placed in hot dishes, Overcooking or too rapid boiling aeons the color, shape and appearance as well as the flavor. Do not cover green vegetables while cooking. Spin- ach, beet tops and squash should be steamed or` cooked in a small amount of water, Timetable Nr Cooking Potatoes. Frt,m 20 to 30 minutes, according to size. Turnips. From 30 to 50 minutes, according to size and• age. • Beets. From 45 minutes to 2 hours, according to size and age. Carrots. From 15 to 40 minutes, according to size and age. Cabbage. Froin 15 to 60 minutes, according to method of cutting. Spinach. For 15 minutes Peas. For 20 minutes. Beans. From 20 to 80 minutes, ac- cording to size. Asparagus. From 20 to 80 minutes, according to size. Boiling potatoes in the skins and peeling them afterward, then rolling them in melted butter and parsley, gives old potatoes the appearance of new ones. Boil the potatoes for ten minutes, then grease the skin and bake After draining the water from boiled potatoes, cover them with a napkin or towel. This absorbs the_ water and makes the potato mealy. Preserving the Autumn Fruits Apple Butter --One-quarter bushel of windfall apples, two gallons of wa- ter. Wash the apples and remove all blemishes. Cut in quarters anis do not peel or core. Place in a preserving kettle. Start cooking.4 Use a wire , potato masher to mash and stir the (pulp. Cook gently for forty minuton or until the mixture is a very soft mass. Cool and then rub through a fine sieve. Return to the kettle and add one quart of vinegar, two pounds of sugar. Stir to dissolve the sugar. i Now tie the following spices in a piece of cheesecloth and add to the apple 'mixture: one cupful of cinnamon, four tablespoonfuls of nutmeg, two table- spoonfuls of cloves, two tablespoonfuls of allspice, one tablespoonful of gin- ger. Cook slowly until thick like r' frequently apple butter, stirring f quant y to prevent scorching. When thick pour into pots or crock. Seal with paraffin in the usual manner for jellies. Apple butter that contains large amounts of sugar is liable to ferment. Use in tarts, pies and cakes. Spread it on bread and save the butter. Pear Marmalade.—Use four pounds of pears, peeled and cored and then cut into slices, Place in a preserv- ing kettle with one pint of cold water. Cook very slowly until the pears are soft, adding the following spices tied in a bag: one tablespoonful of allspice, two tablespoonfuls of cinnamon, one tablespoonful of cloves, one teaspoon- ful of mace. Remove the spice bag when the pears are soft. Now add two and one-quarter pounds of sugar and the juice of two lemons. Cook slowly until think. Store in sterilized glasses, sealing in the usual manner for jellies. Canned Pears.—Peel and cut the pears in half. Placce,ein an enamel preserving kettle. Cover with cold water and add the juice of ane lemon • the lids as securely as possible. Test for leaks and then store in a.eool, dry place. Grape Jelly.—Pick grapes from the stems and wash them. Measure them and add two cupfuls of water to each quart. Mash well with a,potato mash- er and place on the fire. Bring alow- ly to a boil and cook until -the grapes are soft, mashing frequently. Strain through a jelly bag and measure the juice and allow an equal amount of sugar. Place the juice in a kettle and bring to a boil. Cook for ten minutes and add the sugar. Continue cooking after the boiling point is reached. Boil juice just eight min- utes. Remove from the fire and pour into sterilized glasses, and when cool cover with parafflne. Stir well until the sugar is dissolved: and then no longer, If you thermo- meter have a candy meter cook to 222 degrees. Remove from the fire and pour into the pre- pared glasses. Spiced Grapes.—For spiced grapes use three quarts of berries. Pick from the stems and wash. Place in a porcelain -limed preserving kettle and oda two poulllda of sugar, one-half cup- ful of water one-half cupful of vinegar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Bring quickly to a boil and then add the fol- lowing spices tied in a pieceof cheese- cloth: one tablespoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of cloves, one tea- spoonful of mace, one teaspoonful of ginger. Cook slowly for one hour; then pour into sterilized jars. Place the rubber and lid in position and then process in a hot-water bath for twenty minutes after the water starts boiling. Seal and then test for leaks and final- ly store in a cool, dry place. Telephone lines are to be extended to Tromsbe,"Norway, 200 miles north of the Arctic circle. It is said 'that moths will not attack to each six quarts of water. This will green fabrics. Arsenic is tired in dye - prevent discoloration. Place on the 1 Ing green, and the moths are wise fire and cook until the pears are ten -,enough to shun that deadly drug. der. Drain and pack into sterilized' jars. Measure the liquid and add ones -- cupful of sugar to each two and one- half cupfuls of liquid. Boil the syrup for five minutes and then pour it over the pears. Add a small stick of cin- namon and two cloves to each •jar. Place the rubber and lid in position and then partially tighten. Process for thirty Minutes after the water starts boiling in a hot water bath. Re- move and fasten the lido as securely as possible. Test for leaka and then store in a cool, dry place. Crushed Peach Pulp.—Peel and cut into very thin slices over -ripe peachos. To six quarts of prepared peaches add a' eyrup made oft three pounds of au. gar, one pint of water. Place in a esucepan and boll for flve'•mtnutea. Pour over the poaches. Stir with a spoon to nix thoroughly and then fill irate eternized jars, taking care, to fill to overflowing. .Prase the peaches down well, Place the rubber and lid in position, Partially tighten them. Place in a hot-water bath and process, for forty minutes after the water starte boiling+„ teinove and 'Pastan Mr- Worth Protecting ,A good article is worthy pf a good package. . A rich, strong, delicious • tea like Red Rose is worth putting into a.sealed package to keep it fresh and good. A cheap, common tea is hardly worth taking care of and is usually sold in bulk: Red Rose is always sold in the sealed package which keeps. it good. JAPAN'S PART IN THE WORLD WAR TIIE POSITION SHE OCCUPIES IS UNIQUE. What the Island Empire Has .Done and is Doing For the Allied Cause. The position Japan occupies in the world war is singularly unique. It has few parallels, if any, in the his- tory of war, writes Dr. Teyokichi Iyenaga, the Japanese journalist. She entered the war in obedience to the terms of the Anglo -Japanese Alliance,. which imposed upon her the duty of conducting military operations in com- mon with her ally in the regions of Eastern Asia 'and of safeguarding mutual -interests therein. Japan also joined the solemn agreement entered into between the Allied Powers to make no separate peace. The war has brought to Japan an era of prosperity never known before. Her foreign trade has already reached the billion mark, counted in Canadian dollars. 'Her mills, her shipyards, her factories are busy day and night and are reaping enormous profits. The present financial strength of the Is- land Empire, as compared with that before the war, stands in general' terms something like this:—Bank clearings have more than doubled; in- dustrial and steamship shares have trebled and quadrupled in value; earn- ings of some concerns -have gone up one hundred, two hundred, even, three hundred per cent.; national banks are up four to six points; the commercial discount rate has dropped from eight per cent. to five—even three. While these fortuitous circum- stances of war and geography were bringing to Japan unforeseen riches, has she lain idle, amiss in the fulfil- ment of the duty allotted to her by Mir allies? No, far from it. She has done her part with fidelity and thor- oughness. Let me dwell upon it for a moment. Japan's Work m the Far East. The story of the destruction of Ger- manpower in the Fax East and in the South Seas, with which Japan was in- trusted by her allies, is a simple one. Soon after the declaration of war against Germany Japan despatched one division of her arm to Shantung g and, in conjunction with the British troops, under the command of Major General Bernadiston, reduced Tsing- tao on November 7, 1914, taking 4,669 German prisoners and other spoils of war. Japan also despatched the First and Second Japanese fleets and other � squadrons to blockade the harbor, of, Kiaochow, to locate the enemy war ships roving the adjoining seas, to capture their bases in the South Sea and to convoy the troops of Auatralla' and New Zealandeto Europe. The Kieochow campaign was, of course, but child's play compared with! the colossal battles fought on the' western, eastern and Balkan fronts of Europe, Nor was the work under- taken by the Japanese navy so nerve racking and arduous as the task im- posed upon the allied fleets in Euro- pean waters, although the vast extent of the sphere of activity allotted to the Japanese fleet and the consequent enormous cruises they made over the eastern seas, the South Sea and: in the Indian and Pacific Oceans are not gen- erally known. In summing up the re- sults of Japan's operations I may be pardoned when I say, that she achiev- ed the maximum effect by the mini- mum of effort, and that what she has accomplished is, so far, among the few aims of the Allies that have been tom pletely realized. - ' 'Activities Within Her Province. While I do not wish to overrate the part Japan has taken in the war, I of supplying the imperial palaces cannot let pass unchallenged the• With cut -gems and other products of charge now and then made that she is the lapidary's art. indifferent °to the cause of her allies The lapidaries of Ekaterinburg do because she is not fighting on the European battlefields: It was' neither lvork of a kind that is not done any-, the wish of her allies nor that of Jap where else/ For one thing, with tiny, an that she would thrust herself upon revolving disks, of'' copper 'charged the European stage, for it is none of with diamond dust, they carve out of her part to act therein. This, rock crystal a great variety of beauti- strongest reason why she has not, sent ,is the fol objects, from ,statuettes to minis- her troops to the European front to ture copies of the dainty shell of the argonaut. take anactivepart in the conflict,. In 0 the meantime she has clone to her. best They copy, in semi-precious stones, ability that which is within her pro- all kinds of fruits, counterfeiting the vince to do. Her navy has far three latter in a marvellous way, not only years past been keeping vigilant in form and color, but even in -lustre and other details. Thus, for example, they make white currants of rock cry,- stal, and, cutting them hollow, en gently she has despatched a fleet of Wave the inside in such a fashion as destroyers to the. Mediterranean to perfectly to imitate the effect of seeds. WEALTH QF THE URAL MOUNTAINS FURNISHES WORLD'S SUPPLY OF 'PLATINUM. Jasper, Topaz, Aquanterine, Amethyst Are Some of the Gems Found in Nature's Treasure -House. The bulls of the world's supply of platinum ,(a metal nosey five times as valuable as gold) comes from the Urals. But that region is most re- markable for its production 'of , pre- cious and semi ireciqua stones. It was a woman, the great Empress Catherine, who founded in the Urals an industry that is to -day one of the most remarkable in the world. The chiefcentre of it 1s Ekaterinburg'. (named after Iter), where her emcees - ors on the throne have maintained a factory,.employing many of the most skillfui workmen, for the sole purpose watch over the wide sweep of waters from the Yellow Sea to the Red' Sea and a large part of the Pacific. Re - assist ire the operations against Ger- man and Austrian, submarines. She_hassubscribed to' the loans of her Allies to the full extent of her fin- ancial capacity. And above all, Jap- an has supplied munitions and other war material to her Allies, and espe- cially to Russia has she assured an al- most interrupted flow of guns, rifles, ammunition, clothing, foodstuffs and other materials. Mountains of these supplies are to -day piled upon -the wharves of Vladivostock because of the lack of transportation facilities. True to Her Allies. No emphasis is needed that Japan Grapes are of dark purple amethyst. Black cllprr1es are of black onyx. Red cherries are of a peculiarly colored sard. Raspberries are of rhodonite. Mulberries are of yellow chalcedony. Green leaves are of the "noble" ser pentirie. A collection of these "fruits," placed on a jasper dish, presents an exquisite picture—as well it may, the task of producing it hav- ing occupied a dozen workmen per- haps for several years. Stores of Precious Stones. All the designs for these art works are made in a government shop at the Peterhof, not far from Petrograd., 'It stands ready to do everything within. has.been the practice of the Czars to her power for the successful prosecumake gifts of many of them to foreign tion of the war against a common foe. That Japan is unfalteringly loyal to potentates, or on occasions to individ- her Allies was strikingly and unex-uals deemed worthy of special favor or pectedly demonstrated a few months ago by the publication of the notorious Zimmerman note, which, while on one hand it exposed to the world the coin- plete bankruptcy of German states- manship, revealed at the same time the true and firm attitude of Japan. compliment. The Emperor Alexander I., by the way, took ad great an inter- est in the industry that he worked for quite a while in the Ekaterinburg fac- tory,, becoming a fairly expert lapi- dary. Masses of rock weighing as much as How spontaneous, how unanimous was fifty tons are sometimes brought on the verdict of the Japanese nation in sledges. to the factory from the mines. condemning :that ,preposterous plot! For some of the art objects there pro - duped are on a large scale -not only • tables and mantels of lapis -lazuli and other beautiful stones, but even palace columns, statues, etc. The material fax a monument ofjasper,r RULES0�HEALTHgreen erected by Alexander II. in memory of his wife, was fetched to Ekaterin- burg all the way from the Altai" ', Mountains, in Siberia. Another semi-precious stone, wholly unfamiliar to us, is the Oriental sun- stone of Siberia—a translucentquartz containing brilliant spangles of mica. The mines of the Urals yield fine grades of topaz, aquamarine and royal methyst. Indeed, their stores of these -and other gem -stones are inex- austible; and among the products of he factory are the dainty jewel cas= tete, seals, small charms and cameos, Quartz crystal is used chiefly 'for making the balls that are so much ad- mired as ornaments. It is hard to get piece that will yield a flawless FOR OYSPEPTICS DIETING UNNECESSARY., There are two ways by which people who suffer from indigestion, dyspepbia, sour stomach, flatulence, etc„ can over- a come- the n•ouble. FirsI, as practically all oases Or tiie above at•e directly er Indirectly traceable to acidityand ter- h mentation, they can eliminate from their diet •all foods which ferment and form acid, such as all starches and sugar and i foods containing them, thus prohibiting broad, potatoes,'frulte and most meats. About the only safe foods are gluten breads, spinach and small quantities of white meat of chicken or turkey. Thle diet Is almost a etaraatlon one, but it Is a sometimes quite effective. The scoped s way, which appeals escinially to those .who ince to eat hearty meals of good I foods, 1s .to eat' whatever Is reasonably 'e5,000,, dlgestable neutralize the acid and atop. feSa entatlon by {h k udee of ,a �ood ant- phere I - more than three inches in dia- neter, and one of six inches is worth aC sue - as sura o magnea a, a tea- spoonful of wbleh in a little wnler tm- medlately after satingar whenever naln is Solt, instantly neutralizes the acid, :tops the fermentation and permifs-tne stomach to-do Its work without pain. or lilniencee. Owing to Its simpiicl.ty con- venience ,,and effectiveneaa thle latter plan le now being adonted, instead 'of the old fashioned, expensive, wakening starvation process. In this connection it is interesting to note that since the widespread use of blanrated M.810818 Was established, many druggists have. arranged to supply tt in 1 gr, tablets. 2 or 11 of which are equivalent to a tea- spoonful of the Powder form and are much more convenient to carry, • 2 and 5 lb. Ca tons— 10, 20, 50 and 100 Ib. Bags. From "Ye Olde Sugar Loafe" of grandmother's day, to the sparkling'Extra Granulated" in your own cut -glass bowl, Redpath Sugar has appeared three times daily, for over half a century, on thousands of Canadian tables. "Let Redpath Sweeten it." Made in one grade only the }tidiest ! QUEER BABY PROBLEMS. Puzzling Questions of Nationality a Which Sometimes Crop Up. Four years ago there was consider- able excitement on board a passenger - ship from England as it approached the shores of Australia. It had be- come known that a baby was to be born on board, and betting was indulg- ed in as to whether the event would be delayed long enough to take place in waters that would make the baby "Australian," or whether it would be born on the 'high seas" and become a "native" of 'Stepney, as is the rule in such cases. It was born a few see ends (after the line had been crossed, and Was' adjudged entitled to the five- pound bonus awarded for babies born in the Commonwealth, In the same year, in England, sr mother gave birth to a baby in Febru- ary, and another in April, The ques- tion was discussed as to whether she was entitled to double maternity bene- fit, or Whether the two births should be classed as twin births. She got the double benefit, I•Ierre is another baby problem. Two days before Queen Victoria came to the throne 'a child was born in Han over, then ender the sovereignty of William IV. of England, The child's frrebenie had all lived in Hanover ender the her Georges • of England, It was brought to England when a Pow months cid. It living now, would it be ransidered Wholly British, at to l,r Iseesnan Mien?