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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1919-5-1, Page 6The ineomi.p .rable Teas -Pot lreSttlts .brays obtainable from an infusion, has Shen it a prestige possessed sao other tea. on sale. outdraws and, out -classes all other teas. "This is leo 1d1r e1an> "11 ti ..,—. pn---_des,.a,�:s�,c•.amc•+rieamci*.sra7aam.®.. e500 flow Tom Whitney Won First Place. "I'm going to make a'go of the old place, Nell. For years that farm has been a hand-to-mouth struggle; but ..If you want to make money you've got to have modern ma- ehinery," "But it costs so mue'h, Ned." "I know it does. I'll have to, bor- row a ldt, but I can see the way to pay it off in a few years. Then we'll be on Easy Street. We shall have. to be careful for a while, but isn't that' better than having your nose to the grindstone all yetis life?" • Ned got out his list of modern farm conveniences and they got over it together. It almost took Nell's breath when she realized all that it would mean to pay such a sum 'of money, ,. "Don't you think we could wait .a little for tonne of these things'?" she asked Ned frowned. "Every one is ' mone3*-maker. The trouble is we'v been brought up to be afraid to ris anything', that we never have any thing to risk." Orbe more Nelly glanced over th ;tat and she .thought of the shabby old house Ned had asked her to share with him. In three months they. were to be inarr.ied. She admired this big, .practical„ fellow and had great faith in bis success. She had felt that it would be a fine thing to help make that success: But in this list of con- veniences she saw no mention of anything for the, house. Ned's mo- ther•haa spent `a weary life unaided by any of the womanj-savers, and had gone early. to what must have been a•' 'welcome rest. ? Strangely enough;, Ned hid net. alluded to that side' of the question, Birt now they never could undertake anything more than he had already outlined. It seemed pretty clear what her ,part VIES to be. Semeth•Ing else was troubling Icy. Last evening Toni Whitney had met her .ah 1 _they had strolled much farther than she had intended. d d. He didn't know ow of her engagement to t Ned and had asked her to marry him. Tom vras so different from Ned. The tender, thoughful look in his eyes made a woman trust him. She had noticed how fondly children hovered around him,. and he had a real affec- tion for animals --Nelly wished, that Ned hadn't ]ricked old Sport out of the way the other ;night. -- -Te s iljlue tplea' camp back to her, now.. "I want to make things easier for you, Nelly. I haven't got very much, but we can fix up the old place so you won't have to slave the way most of the women around here do. I-. can have a plant. put in that will give us water and l light, and we'll have a furnace. .Some day I'll . see . that you get the other things that will help to make the work easy. I love yen,- Nelly -..won't you let me try to show you how much?" a e ]c responsibilities and make them more self-reliant, besides putting it out of the question for them to grumble work. "I like these pretty things, they look just like you," She lead at once put him on a safer topio, malting 'him tell her more about the birds. Tom knew such a lot of interesting things. Suddenly she closed the box and pqt her head down on the lid, hardly knowing whether to laugh, or cry, or pray. Perhaps she did "a little of all three. When the get up she took Ned's ring from her finger and laid it on the dresser, her eyes filled with quiet content, for she knew that Tom Whitney had won first place, Concerning Certain Domestic •Affairs. Take your boy .or girl along when you go, to buy him or her a new suit. Remember how' irritating it was to have some one pick your clothes Without giving you a choice in the Matter. Consult the children's tastes somewhat; do not let them select anything unsuitable, but give them a choice of several sensible selec- tions. It will give them a feeling of As tThd went on with his figuring Nell had been looking deep into her heart. What was it she thought she loved in this big, fine-looking fellow? Was it Ms good looks; his efficiency? Sometimes the had felt that his man- an's ' were 'not very gentle, but she bad hushed the thought as unworthy, tr:ving to remember that "a man's .n. man for ,a'. th;it." Presently he looked up from "the papers he had spread over the table, "Two cents for your thottghts, Nell." "Don't be -extravon, agt," laughed Nellyv "It',ygu really Want to know, I was wondering. about my aids— heat and vjiater and light, and the Maw -hold mach'fnery. ",A plant can't be kept UP unless all 'the parts' are looked' after, Don't you think that's anon" Ned flushed. "But 1 Nell,"he r e h pro- tested, o tested, "yew jest saki that you were afraid we were getting in deeper i than we could"pnil out Those things will "come in time. I've been think- , ing about 'em• -.but you don't got the . itutms there that you do from these machines that increase your output, A washing machine docs not send any more wheat to the market, nor increase the bank aacotutt. Nod was never very observant. What he said e generally settled matters, and now e he was eo filled with his own schemes k that he didn't notice the strange leek in Nelly's eyes. Even when he said 1 good -night he was not eons:ions of any Iaelc of response on her part. When Nelly went upstairs she opened the little '"hope chest" she d been filling with so much pride. picked up the lust napkin she emmed. While she was work - 't Ned bed told her of 'his r getting Blake's pastime w it would go a long way ing for the big red harp to have, As site laid iiapkln she noticed a towel emstitched not long before. d been sitting' mit under the arbor and Tani Whitney had conte up the Mae path, a "I eotiidnat'go by when 'I saw the tis vtrn shining an your hair like that, tv It made tits think of a robin in the p earlg spring -wanly i'ollias don't look 5 lUd,tle'r," 4414 j;han, dw t,pilebAd Jilq'c ,£. over your choice of their apparel. One of the sternest tasks that falls to the lot of the house -mother is the oversight of the family underwear in the changeable weather of spring and fall, " I am not very strong on making children mind, but. when"it comes. to underwear to fit the season I claim police powers; The warm days of spring, especially when spring comes early, make the winter elothing' uncomfortable, and it is: right to change; but when the Mei- miry drops it is best to go back to wanner clothing. Sometimes I have to coax, and if that does not work I try threats. I have one thr""eat that Works splendidly en the older• rebels. "You will not get any dinner' until you de change!" Such a threat as this will bring any adult male to the giddies he ought to wear. The outlook- of 0 our :young soldiers have'• been broadened by their exper- iences, the suffering for higher aims than :they ave ever known before, besides the wider views given by the glimpses they bevelled of life in for- eign countries, They. will need and demand a newer and deeper compan- ionship from their womenkind at home, a quickening of intelligence and comradeship. The genuine 'home girl may be quite sure of the old- time affection, but the girl whose character remains petty can not hope for full companionship with those whose outlook on life has been changed. The girls, too, will need to brush up on their geography to keep up with the boys -Who return from overseas familiar with places that to the girls are mere. specks on the map. We will .all find such knowledge broadening. Penny Savers. The whey left from cottage cheese can be used instead of milk for mak- ing bread sponge. For polishing lamp "chimneys' and table glassware use the better pelts of.•=cast-off' batit t0Wels: • • Empty the burnt match recep- tar@es into' paper hags and lige 'the inatdh st'ic]cs for kindling lite. Apply peroxide of hydrogen to a cut or scratch by. means o.f a medi- dns dropper and nesse will be wasted, Plan your ineehiae seising so that: you can run from one piece of \yens to, another without cutting- and wast- ing thread. • Paste strips o2 velvet around the inside of the heels 62 children's shoes and you, will have fewer holes to dorsi in their stockings. Oilcloth on kitchen' table or cabin- ets can be made to last longer if a padding of soft paper is pieced under t, The life of oiicloth can almost be doubled whet; this is done. Pancakes left from brealcfaet, .!f soaked in milk until soft, then beaten with a spoon, may be added to the ext sponge for bread ov biscuit. One canny housekeeper puts the pocket on the under side of ' her apron. She learned to do this after he had torn put many. pockets by etching theist on chair arias, door - nobs and similar projections. Make the unworn corners of shee!:s nto pillow cases. The better per- tri tions of an old white bedspread might be converted into bath towels he alts] wash cloths, 00 used under the tabloclotli aa: a "silence" cloth. Candle ends can be nnaclo to do further dotty by paring off' the`ends of two short pieces perfectly smooth and even until the tip of the wick can be seen in each. Heat these two smooth ends and stick then firmly together. The top half will burn clown and fuse with the loWer half, burning clear through. Out sf 100 average healthy men t 25 years of ago, statistics prove at et dG ,years, SC will be dead, 1 ill be rich, 4 Wealthy, 5 still sups orting themselves by work, Whi]u 4 of the 100 will be depending 011 z]ends, relatives or, charity, CHAPTER, VII. Mrs, Burke Denby was a lit surprieod an the number of lett directed to her husband :in the mo ing snail that first day of Novemb until she noticed t)ta familiar nan in the upper, leftehand cornera several of the envelopes, '"Oh, it's the bills," she murmur drawing in her breath a tittle u certainly. "To -day's the first, they said they'd send them then. 13 I didn't think there'd be such a of them. Still, I've had things at those places. Well, anyway, he'll glad to pay them all at once; witho my teasing for money all lite tim she finished with resolute insisten as she turned back to her work, If, now that the time had co acid the bilis lay before her in n their fearsome reality,: Helen w beginning fo doubt the wisdom of h financial system, she would not mit It, even to herself. And she st wore a determinedly cheerful f when her husband came home to di nes that night. She went into t kitchen as ho began to open his m —she was reminded of a staid something that needed her attentio Two minutes later the nearly dr ped the dish of potato salad she w carrying, at the sound of his voi from the doorway, "Helen, what in Heaven's name the meaning of these bills?" H was in the kitchen now, .holding o a sheaf of tightly clutched paper in each hand. Helen set the potato salad dow hastily, "Why, Burke, don't—don't look me sot "But what does this mean? Wh are these things?" "Why, they—they're just bills, suppose. They said they'd be." "Bills! Great Caesar, Helen! You don't mean to say that you do kno about them—that you bought all this stuff?" Helen's lip began to quiver. '"Burka, don't—please don't look like that: You frighten me." "Frightens you! What do you • think of me?—springinga thing like this!" "Why, Burke, I—I thought you'd like it." "Like it!" "Y-yes—that I didn't have to ask you for money all the tine. And you'd have to p -pay 'em some tim anyhow. We had to eat, you know. "But, great Scott, Helen! W aren't a hotel! Look at that 'salad'--fsalad'—'salad'--+'salad,'" h exploded, pointing a shaking finge at a series of items` on the upper most bill in his left hand. "There' tons of the stuff there, and I alway did abominate it!" "Why, Bnike, I—I—" And th floods came. "OTs, thunderation! Helen, Helen don't—please don't!" "But I thought I wggs going to p please you, and you fished nr0 a hotel, and you said you abominate n stl he s wailed, stumbling Awa blindly. With a despairing ejaculatio Burke flung the billstothe floor, an caught the sob -shaken little figur of his wife in his arms. era rn» er, les of ed, d ut lot all be ub that woman?" e' 1 "She isn't 'that avoman'l. Shea my ' friend, and I like her," flared Helen, hotly."I had to have sonic eggs, mit and didn't have a cent of money. I aa shall pay her back, of course,—next time you pay me,1 er Burke frowned, ads ,' "Oh, come, come, Helen, this will ace never do,"he remonstrated, "Of course you'll pad. her back; but I m- can't have my wife borrowing of the iso neighbors!' • "But I had to! I had to have some l eggs," :she choked, "and—" Yes, yes, I know. But I mean, °P" we won't again," interrupted the man as desperately, fleeing to cover in the ce face of the threatening storm of is sobs. "And, anyhow, we'll see that e you have some money now,"he cried is ut gayly,pockets, nn) pulling out his nall theobilis Ts and change he had. "There, 'with all my worldly .goods I . thee endow,'" n he laughed, lifting his hands above her bright head, and showering the at moiy all over her. Like children then they scrambled at for the rolling nickels and elusive dimes; and .in the ensuing frolic the I tiresome account book was forgotten —which was exactly what Burke had hoped would happen. "Why, Burke, the mean old thing steals—actually steals! It says I ought to have one dollar and forty» five cent% and 1 Haven't got but fourteen cents! It's got it itself— eoinewltere!" '"Ito, that's easy, dear;" .The nien gave an hodulgent laugh. "You did- n't put 'em all down—what you spent." "But I diel --everything I could re- member. Beiiides,'.I borrowed fifty cents of Mrs. Jones, I didn't put that clown. anywhere, I didn't know where to put it," "Helen! You borrowed tuoney—of This was the second week. At the end of the third, the "mean old thing," was in a worse muddle than ever, according to Helen; and, for her part, she would rather never buy anything at all if she had got to go and tell that nuisance' of a book every time!. 'The fourth Saturday night Helen did not produce the book at all. "Oh, I don't keep that any long- er," she announced, with airy non- chalance, in answer to Burke's ques- e; tion, "It never came. right, and. I. hated it, anyhow. So what's the e use? I've .:got what I've got, and — I've spent what I've spent. So what's rthe difference?" And Burke, after a feeble remonstrance; gave it up as a bad job. Incidentally itomight be 5 mentioned that Burke was having a 'a little difficulty with his own cash account, and was tempted to accuse o his own book on.tealing—else where did the money go? (To be continued.) h. TO SAVE OLD ST. PAUL'S`, Y Repair.. Work Already—, Fisc Years p Much More to Do. d St, Paul's Cathedral in London has' e been undergoing. repeats. Seven piers have yet to be restored 1f they are to be preserved, Canon Alexander has asked for &50,000 to complete the work, According to the Westminster Gazette: "The last stone in the restoration of the southwest pier was placed in Position by Canon Alexander a few weeks ago, and after five pars of un- intet•rupted work and mixle y; and it is gratifying to know that the fleets and perhaps most critical, .part of a for-reaching'scheube—the practical re• building of this vital support of the dome—has thus_ been brought to' n satisfactory conclusion. . "It Is clear, however, from the tact that the cement injected -to solidify the, walls has In soma places found its way out through long'flssures into the street and gardens outside,. that. the whole of this south transept has been badly shattered by the excessive weight of the dome; and at may yet be found that the southeast pier, on which the work is already steadily progressing, Is in a conclition not less r serious than that of its neighbor. The it widespread use of iron, which has d everywhere rusted and split the ma- n sonty,is only one of several causes of deterioration, "If the work had not been taken a in hand when it was it is evident that v either some disaster would before a long have befallen the cathedral, or o that the advancing decay would have 0 rendered the task of repair almost, if not quite, impossible; and in any case av there has been a danger' of falling stones, which, though dfininishecl, is not altogether removed. The slowness of the preservation work has been due to the extreme delieaoy of it, as well as t0 the constant interruption of the services," "There, there, I was a brute, and I didn't mean it—not a word of it Sweetheart, don't, please don't," he begged. "Why, girlie, all the bills no : Christendom aren't worth a tear from your dear eyes. Come, won't you atop?" But Helen did not stop at once. The storm was short, but tempestuous. At the end` of ten minutes, however, together they went into the dining room. Helen- carried the potato salad (which Burke delated he was really hungry for to -day), and Burke carried the ;sills crumpled in one hand behind Isis back, his other arm arotind lsis wife's, waist. There were to be no' mere charge accounts. For the weekly expenses Helen was to have every cent that could possibly be spared; but what she could not pay cash for, tlsey must go without, 12 they starved. In a pretty little book she must put down one side the money she received. On the other, the money spent. She was a dear, good little wife, anc,,,he loved her 'most to death; • but he couldn't let her rim up bills when he had not a red cent to pay them with. He would borrow, of course, for these—he svgs not going to have any dirty little tradesmen 'pestering bins with bills all the time! But this must be the last, Never again! And IIelen said yes, yes, indeed, And she was very sure she would love to keep the pretty little book, and put down all the money she got, find Alall site spent. this was very well in theory. But in practice— At the end of the first, week Helen. brought her•book' to her husband, and spread it open before him with g'r'eat gusto. On the one side were several en- tries of small sums, amounting to eight dollars received. On tho other side were the words: "Spent all but Seventeen ' cents." "Oh, but you should put down what you spent it for," corrected Burke, with a merry laugh. "Why?" "Why, er—so you can see—er-• what the money goes for." "What's the difference—if it goes?;; "Ois, shucks! You can't keep a cash account that way! You have to put 'cm both down, and .then—er— balance up and see if your .cash entries right. See, like this," he ed, taking a little hook from his eket. "Pm ;seeping' one," And pointed to a little hat which read: Lunch $ .25 Cigar ' ,10 Car -fate .10 Paper O2 Helen 2,00 Cigars .25 Paper .02 "Now that'e what I spent putter - day. You want to put yours down like that, then add !cm up and sub- tract it from what you receive. Wiiat s left should equal ,yens' cash on hand.".. "Ism-ni; Well, all right," assentec) Helen dubiously, gas she picked up her own little book, Bolen looked still Mora (labial's when she ,presented her book for it- epeetiou _the sibct weelt. I dent think T like it this way," it's"Mg , cnanesneod with a petit, CV.irgloc+kt . .... R WORLD'S GREATEST,DANGER MANY NATIONS ii QN THE VERGE OF FAMINE. Hoye Hanger Breads Ander and Anger Breeds Revolution as Seen 10 Rolshev!k Menace, hunger Is to -day. the prime Bangor of the world, America has eisougit food and to spare; Britain, though sun'ering from shortage of certain food -stuffs, and from the high price of almost every- thing eatable,' has' not felt tete pinch of real bringer; France Ansi Italy are several 'degrees worse tliass Britain, but they are the aloe of Britain and America, and will be looked after prousptly, Tito rest of Europe, to ga no further, is in various degrees on the verge of famine, with Russia at the head of the hunger Hist,„and Austria, Connally and the Balkan States little better, A Vicious •Cirole. Now hunger breeds anger, anger' in its, turn breeds revolution, and revolu- 'tion in its immediate effect, at least, is apt -to breed poverty, . and novelty spells hissiger all the time. Thus the world has got into a vicious circle fronl•.which escape seems desperately difficult, Tito question fa: Can the world get out of this circle, and begin to nsake real progress? At present the ship of Progress, caught in a maelstrom, is being whirled round and round, and is In peril of •being engulfed and lost, says an English writer.. From that catastrophe we must save it if pos- sible. There la no doubt, for instance, that Bolshevism, the Russian virus which seems to infect all who come into con- tact with it, is spreading rapidly. The Rod Army is at the moment of writing apparently, confined to the late empire of the Tear, but there have been startling' 'signs; of which the Spartacissn of Gerss!sany .is the best de- fined, that it ;sill talee'all our wisdom, tact, and statesmanship to keep it there. It is a snowball which gathers bulk as it roils, and where desperation rules savagery is a matter of course, and a Red Army moving west would be a very serious- menace indeed, strong through the Allies are. What does Bolshevism feed upon? It feeds upon hunger. In fag food,. mere sustenance, the right to remain alive, is the weapon which the Rus- sian Boi'shevist authorities use to hold the populace, and to force them to ac. sept—at least in pante and action, if not in principle, their peculiar revolus tionary tenets. Recruiting Methods. The Russian Bolshevists have com- plete control of all food supplies in Russia. If a man wo',tld prevent him- self and Isis family from dying of star- vation, he nftsst join the Rod Army and pay11 service at P least, to his masters. At present there is nothing to pre- vent Bolshevism spreading through Germany. It is, in Fant, spreading at this moment. If it does, all hope of settlement and lasting peace, of which we talk so hopefully, will disappear. You cannot negotiate; with hunger maddened revolutionaries. Thus the Treaty of Peace, 'which has been so laboriously framed, wRl become an- other "scrap of paper.” The old adage which speaks of the folly of cutting off one's nose to spite one's own face Is applicable ]sere, if anywhere. We niay desire to punish Germany. We may say she has brought all her woes upon herself. But if by punish- ing Germany we punish ourselves—if we bring her woes upon our own heads ---what better are we? Vengeance is all very well, but it Is a poor cure. It is up to ns at the pre- sent time to stem the tide -of Bolshe- vism, and the only way, is to fend the starving populations of Central and Eastern Europe. There are arguments for not raising the blockade. We all know and can ecite tisens. They sound perfectly 1st. They are tochnlbally just, In-. eel. But they are certainly not wise, of to mention merelful, Wo have always prided ourselves pen our hatred of Including women nd children In the category of war's ictims. War is war, and the results re deplorable, incl involve suffering n' non•belligeronts whether we will r no. Lot us be wise in time. Delay Is al - aye dangerous, and it was never ore dangerous than, now. It we ithhold food much longer our bounty ill be too late to save the situation,; hiist w s aro talking and coercing e tido of jeolslsevism is rising, and e flood will sweep all before it, even e clvillzatton for which our lads tight to the heath. `Riven our Army of ,Occupation is clowned about the state of the ople they see on the western side of 0 Rhine. We know that their state bliss to the state of millions farther at. We must tightens out belts for further bout of self-denial, oven ough we take the rola of being Good msritan to Resets, and Gornsany, d Austria, and the more definite act being the friend and helpmate to if -starved neutrals, and the ruined entries of lite 13alican peninsula, ' Consolation. Not cleacl—oh., no! but borne beyond the shadows Into the full, clear light; Forever Clone with mist and Cloud and tempest, Whore all is calm and bright, Not even 'sleeping--cslled to glad awakening c In heaven's enelloss `clay; Not still and moveless -stepped from alt •tit's rough places To wade the King's' highway. Not silent.- just punned oat 01 eartisly heaths; To sing Moon's Sweet, new Gang; Not lonely --dearly loved and dearly loving Amid the wine -robed throng. But not forgetful—keeping fond re- • membrane(' Of dear ones left awbiio: And looking gladly to the bright re- union With hand -clasp and with smile. Oh, lie, not dead! but past all fear of dying, Awl, With all ssiftevlog oats., Say not that 1 ail 'dead when abet's calls me To Rae forevermore, m iv w W th th th fo • co pe th is ea a tri ga an of ha Co Now is the Time. And we 'mast do it quickly and ade- mullely. The world is to be saved by food, and in iso other way, Open the gates wide and let food flow into these stricken countries frosty and plenti- fully, or at least as plentifully as the wont shortage will admit, mid tate dread figure of Bolshevism will bo first scorched and finally 'gilled, its main prop will be knocked away, its loaders will lose their authority -- which rests upon empty stools/cite-- and the wore will begin gradually to euiat'go from the Harin:s of fttieery i svi salt to -day is breeding desperation and oi'onival ruin. Light and...frequent Applications of manure are better than heavy illtas far agar;#; - WILL SKY WENDING, TRIPS POPULAR 7 --- FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO FRENCH COUPLE SAILED THE ALPS; Romance, Comedy. and Eycitotnent May Be Looked For When Aoriel Honeymoons Become Common, Tbp R,AF, major who recently tools his bride. for a honeymoon excursion above the clouds is by no means the first biriclegrootn who has so celebrei• ted his snssrrla$e-day, Nearly forty-iiye years have gone since M, Cadille Flanicarimi, the world- famous astronomer, made the pioneer venture In the air, to gratify his bride's wish for "the mo 4;,pootic and ntagnlllcent'honeymoon trli5 posslble" a One glorious summer afternoons in 1874 the youthful couple Soared sky- ward in a balloon, ant did not return; to earth Iuttil next day, "My delight," Madame Flans tarion tells ue, "was Issexpressible, to sit by my newly -made husband, here In Use sky, travelling I knew not whero, We were in tate starry skies, having at our feet clouds that seemed vast moun- tains of snow, an Impressive, unearth- ly landscape—white Alps, glahiere, valleys, ridges, precipices. "It was a scene beyond words. But it would,take pages to describe all the glories of that night among. the stars, until the rani rose, and flung his man- tle of purple and gold over all, clouds and balloon alike.a - Five years later, Captain (later Gen- eral Sir Henry) Colville escorted his bride from a London altar to the Crystal Palace, where her honeymoon carriage, in the form of a balloon, was awaiting her. The day was by no means propitious A high wind was blowing, and the angry clouds threat- ened a storm; but the gallant officer and his ,companion laughed away all attempts to dlsatiade tlsem from their perilous venture. Altruist a Tragedy. On this side of the Atlantic the aer- ial honeymoon has been responsible for more than one drama of cemody,. and also of narrowly -escaped tragedy, A few years ago, Mr, Robertson, • a famous sportsman, Ile united to Miss Cynthia Kenna In the car of a balloon which was to be their honeymoon can. riage. Scarcely, so the story is told, had the balloon soared a hundred feet above the earth, when the bride, Qom let I losing ) e o her ;tile ea p Y g head, leaped out of the car ❑ and fell plump into the Tennessee River, whose waters were flowing below. Befote the bridegroom could recover from the shock of this tragic separa- tion, river and nate had been left be- hind. Meanwhile, Cynthia was res- cued, dripping, tearful, and disconso• late, from her watery wedding-oouch; and a few hours later her "runasyay" husband was restored to her anus and to forgiveness, Much tuos'e alarming was .tile ex• perience of another honeymoon couple who, to thunders of cheers from a vast crowd of spectators, soared to- gether into the air at Denver, Colors• do, a few years ago. The balloon shot upwards like a rocket until It had dwindled' to a speck. Then it was seen to burst and fall earthwards like a broken -winged bird. For fully a mile it bell, more and more ewlftly. Tanen its downward flight seemed to be checked. It grew slower• and slower, until at Last the balloon fluttered gently to earth, :it had formed itself into a parachute, and the honeymoon voyagers were rescued from its folds, unhurt, but unconscious from fright, OMELETTESFROMOCEAN Eggs of Sea Birds and Dog .Irish Valuable as Human Food. It has recently been discovered that the eggs of dog fish are as good for eating purposes as ben's eggs. Those of the larger varieties of dog fish nre quite as large as ordinary hen's eggs. The empty shells or cases of these eggs niay sometimes -be picked up on the sea shore. They are squarish flaps of leathery stuff, With the egg in the centre. Turtle eggs are largely eaten in all hot countries. You find them on al- most any sandy beach between lati- tudes 25 north and 25 south. The turtles eonte out of the sea, scrape a hole:. in the sand, lay their eggs and cover them up, A hundred and fifty are often found in one nest, These eggs are about the size of hen's gges, covered with a white, pnt'chment-like shell, and, if fresh, of excellent flavor. They male capi- tal omelettes, or can be fried or used for cooking, but they will not boil. That is to say, the white will not set as does that of a bird's egg. Tho fresh water turtle also lays edible eggs. There are both hard shell and soft diel] turtles to the lu1ces of Florida and Louisiana! also in Soutii American rivers; such as the Orinoco. The tuttlo living .in the Orinoco lays eggs which are extraordinarily rick in oil. The Indians in British Guiana collect twenty-five millions yearly for making oil, The eggs of many sea birds are excellent eating. The hest of the lot is said to by that of the "mucro;' a bird which is very common on the Labrador coast, Tlse, Indians of the Florida, Ever- glades Cat the eggs of thb alligator", But these have mid a strong, sneaky UM' that white Melt cannot toad diem, THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY FLAG RE17, WITH A -YELLOW Al'ICHOR, ANI? A CABLE, Does -Not Return Salutes From Any, of His Majesty's Shuns—Changes During 19Th Century. It has been stated generally in the press tisat the Admiralty Bag flown by Si' Eric Geddes, First Lord of Cie Admiralty, .on visiting the Gaited States, has never previously been flown out of 'British, home waters." The accuracy of the statdulcht 11 gaestionablq. Van Mier Veldo's fasii- our picture of the Naseby bringing Charles 1I, over from Idisll"and shows the Itcya1 Standard at the main, the union at the mizzen, the ensign at the stew, and the Admiralty flag at the fore, The Admiralty flag of that day ',vas as now, a rod flag with a' gold or yel, low anchor having a cable twisted - like a border all around the anchor, but touching it nowhere except where it passed through the ring, and it was, of course, the ilag of the Lord Fligh Admiral, who, However, when the I4ing• was not present, empriisg the seven:` teonth century, usually flew the Royal Standard. Was "Foul Anchor." About the beginning of the eigh- teenth century, certainly by 1725, the design became a "foul anchor," that is, an anchor having the cable twisted. around the shank—an abomination in the eyes of all good` seamen, This type of anchor is still to be seen on naval button and on tho.soal of the Adm :salty;? About the beginning ' of the nine- teenth century we find the cable on either side of the andiror, but touch- ing it at Your points alternately above. and below the cross bar slid .flukes as well as passing through the ring. The authority for flying. the Admir- alty Beg Is to be found in the "King's • Regulation's and Admiralty Instruc bone.' It reads as follows: "The Lord High Admiral's flag is to he worn in ships in which the Lordalalfgh -Ad- spiral or the commissioners for exeoti.. ting the office of Lord High AtlmtraT are embarked." The Admiralty flag does not return salutes from any of his Majesty's ships, whether bearing admirals' flags or the ordinary pennant, When neves- - sera, 'oit1'ers-are-gliagr'-to "soma of ri ei ship in company" to return the salute of a foreign man-of-war. When Sovereign Comes, When the sovereign goes on board any ship of war the 'loyal Standard is hoisted at the main, the flag of the Lord High Admiral G. e. the Admiral, ty ;tag) at the fore, and the union flag - at the mizzen, or aboard a vessol of 'less than three masts they are hoisted '8 "in the most eonspieuous parts of her." All royal yachts have now three masts, and the Medina, which tool. the King on his visit to India, having only two masts, was fitted with an ex. tra one amidships on which was hoist - ad the Royal Standard, the Admiralty and union flags respectively - at the fore atul main- It is worthy of note, that the red ensign, originally the senior naval color, was hoisted by all royal yachts from the time of Charles II. until 1864, when the white ensign became the distinguishing ;tag of the royal navy, the blue of the naval re• servo, and, broadly speaking, of Gov ainnient vessels (not nips of weir), and .the red of the mercantile marine, The Admiralty flag of to -day is somewhat similar to that desigoetl at the beginning of the nineteenth cen- tury, but the anchor is smaller, and no part of the cable is above it, ESCAPED FATE OF CZAR. Former Russian Royalties Reach Al. lied Lines From Crimea, Twenty members or the termer Rus. Mau Imperial family, including former Dowager Empress Mario Feodorivna; reaohed Constantinople from the Crimea the middle of Aril, according to Marcel Rutin in the Ehho do Paris, The party also included the former Grand Duke Nichoiaieviteh, at one ,time eoswnandor-Ill-chief of the Rana siau army, and Peter Nicholaieviteli, a lientenant'general Jus the Russia' lsnperlal army, and a younger brothel of Nicholas. Nicholas and Peter, who married sisters of the Queens of Italy, having been invited to reside in ;tome, have lett Constantinople tor the Italian capital on an Italian steamship, The others in the party, including " the Dowager Empress, will go to Mat to on board a British warship, where they 'will await the decision of • the British Government as to their future place of residence, Young Camouflage. Artist, Bessie is a bright 050, 'Che other day her teacher set iter and her school mates to cirasyhig, letting teens choose their owns subjeels. After the teacher had examined ;shat the other children had drawn, sho tools tip Bessle`s sheet "Why, wilat'e this?" she said. "You haven't drawn anything at all, child," "Please, teacher, -'yes, I Have," re. turned Bessie, "It's a war-picture—it long Nlase of ammunition wagons at. the front, Yost can't see 'ern 'cause they're camouflaged," Butterfat con nine an tsiicnowt substance that 10 absolutely assail• tial t0 human life. Green vegetables contain a sinttll quantlaa sI the sante sttbstatico, This is why "greens' taste so good in early spring aftel is lister Without vcggtable foo(',a, V V�, yrs and'�n to legnor H. Porter 9onyrlsbt-- HchIghtoo Niro). go, Pubiislsed b epeeist' , arreagtnment with Theis. Allen, . Toronto CHAPTER, VII. Mrs, Burke Denby was a lit surprieod an the number of lett directed to her husband :in the mo ing snail that first day of Novemb until she noticed t)ta familiar nan in the upper, leftehand cornera several of the envelopes, '"Oh, it's the bills," she murmur drawing in her breath a tittle u certainly. "To -day's the first, they said they'd send them then. 13 I didn't think there'd be such a of them. Still, I've had things at those places. Well, anyway, he'll glad to pay them all at once; witho my teasing for money all lite tim she finished with resolute insisten as she turned back to her work, If, now that the time had co acid the bilis lay before her in n their fearsome reality,: Helen w beginning fo doubt the wisdom of h financial system, she would not mit It, even to herself. And she st wore a determinedly cheerful f when her husband came home to di nes that night. She went into t kitchen as ho began to open his m —she was reminded of a staid something that needed her attentio Two minutes later the nearly dr ped the dish of potato salad she w carrying, at the sound of his voi from the doorway, "Helen, what in Heaven's name the meaning of these bills?" H was in the kitchen now, .holding o a sheaf of tightly clutched paper in each hand. Helen set the potato salad dow hastily, "Why, Burke, don't—don't look me sot "But what does this mean? Wh are these things?" "Why, they—they're just bills, suppose. They said they'd be." "Bills! Great Caesar, Helen! You don't mean to say that you do kno about them—that you bought all this stuff?" Helen's lip began to quiver. '"Burka, don't—please don't look like that: You frighten me." "Frightens you! What do you • think of me?—springinga thing like this!" "Why, Burke, I—I thought you'd like it." "Like it!" "Y-yes—that I didn't have to ask you for money all the tine. And you'd have to p -pay 'em some tim anyhow. We had to eat, you know. "But, great Scott, Helen! W aren't a hotel! Look at that 'salad'--fsalad'—'salad'--+'salad,'" h exploded, pointing a shaking finge at a series of items` on the upper most bill in his left hand. "There' tons of the stuff there, and I alway did abominate it!" "Why, Bnike, I—I—" And th floods came. "OTs, thunderation! Helen, Helen don't—please don't!" "But I thought I wggs going to p please you, and you fished nr0 a hotel, and you said you abominate n stl he s wailed, stumbling Awa blindly. With a despairing ejaculatio Burke flung the billstothe floor, an caught the sob -shaken little figur of his wife in his arms. era rn» er, les of ed, d ut lot all be ub that woman?" e' 1 "She isn't 'that avoman'l. Shea my ' friend, and I like her," flared Helen, hotly."I had to have sonic eggs, mit and didn't have a cent of money. I aa shall pay her back, of course,—next time you pay me,1 er Burke frowned, ads ,' "Oh, come, come, Helen, this will ace never do,"he remonstrated, "Of course you'll pad. her back; but I m- can't have my wife borrowing of the iso neighbors!' • "But I had to! I had to have some l eggs," :she choked, "and—" Yes, yes, I know. But I mean, °P" we won't again," interrupted the man as desperately, fleeing to cover in the ce face of the threatening storm of is sobs. "And, anyhow, we'll see that e you have some money now,"he cried is ut gayly,pockets, nn) pulling out his nall theobilis Ts and change he had. "There, 'with all my worldly .goods I . thee endow,'" n he laughed, lifting his hands above her bright head, and showering the at moiy all over her. Like children then they scrambled at for the rolling nickels and elusive dimes; and .in the ensuing frolic the I tiresome account book was forgotten —which was exactly what Burke had hoped would happen. "Why, Burke, the mean old thing steals—actually steals! It says I ought to have one dollar and forty» five cent% and 1 Haven't got but fourteen cents! It's got it itself— eoinewltere!" '"Ito, that's easy, dear;" .The nien gave an hodulgent laugh. "You did- n't put 'em all down—what you spent." "But I diel --everything I could re- member. Beiiides,'.I borrowed fifty cents of Mrs. Jones, I didn't put that clown. anywhere, I didn't know where to put it," "Helen! You borrowed tuoney—of This was the second week. At the end of the third, the "mean old thing," was in a worse muddle than ever, according to Helen; and, for her part, she would rather never buy anything at all if she had got to go and tell that nuisance' of a book every time!. 'The fourth Saturday night Helen did not produce the book at all. "Oh, I don't keep that any long- er," she announced, with airy non- chalance, in answer to Burke's ques- e; tion, "It never came. right, and. I. hated it, anyhow. So what's the e use? I've .:got what I've got, and — I've spent what I've spent. So what's rthe difference?" And Burke, after a feeble remonstrance; gave it up as a bad job. Incidentally itomight be 5 mentioned that Burke was having a 'a little difficulty with his own cash account, and was tempted to accuse o his own book on.tealing—else where did the money go? (To be continued.) h. TO SAVE OLD ST. PAUL'S`, Y Repair.. Work Already—, Fisc Years p Much More to Do. d St, Paul's Cathedral in London has' e been undergoing. repeats. Seven piers have yet to be restored 1f they are to be preserved, Canon Alexander has asked for &50,000 to complete the work, According to the Westminster Gazette: "The last stone in the restoration of the southwest pier was placed in Position by Canon Alexander a few weeks ago, and after five pars of un- intet•rupted work and mixle y; and it is gratifying to know that the fleets and perhaps most critical, .part of a for-reaching'scheube—the practical re• building of this vital support of the dome—has thus_ been brought to' n satisfactory conclusion. . "It Is clear, however, from the tact that the cement injected -to solidify the, walls has In soma places found its way out through long'flssures into the street and gardens outside,. that. the whole of this south transept has been badly shattered by the excessive weight of the dome; and at may yet be found that the southeast pier, on which the work is already steadily progressing, Is in a conclition not less r serious than that of its neighbor. The it widespread use of iron, which has d everywhere rusted and split the ma- n sonty,is only one of several causes of deterioration, "If the work had not been taken a in hand when it was it is evident that v either some disaster would before a long have befallen the cathedral, or o that the advancing decay would have 0 rendered the task of repair almost, if not quite, impossible; and in any case av there has been a danger' of falling stones, which, though dfininishecl, is not altogether removed. The slowness of the preservation work has been due to the extreme delieaoy of it, as well as t0 the constant interruption of the services," "There, there, I was a brute, and I didn't mean it—not a word of it Sweetheart, don't, please don't," he begged. "Why, girlie, all the bills no : Christendom aren't worth a tear from your dear eyes. Come, won't you atop?" But Helen did not stop at once. The storm was short, but tempestuous. At the end` of ten minutes, however, together they went into the dining room. Helen- carried the potato salad (which Burke delated he was really hungry for to -day), and Burke carried the ;sills crumpled in one hand behind Isis back, his other arm arotind lsis wife's, waist. There were to be no' mere charge accounts. For the weekly expenses Helen was to have every cent that could possibly be spared; but what she could not pay cash for, tlsey must go without, 12 they starved. In a pretty little book she must put down one side the money she received. On the other, the money spent. She was a dear, good little wife, anc,,,he loved her 'most to death; • but he couldn't let her rim up bills when he had not a red cent to pay them with. He would borrow, of course, for these—he svgs not going to have any dirty little tradesmen 'pestering bins with bills all the time! But this must be the last, Never again! And IIelen said yes, yes, indeed, And she was very sure she would love to keep the pretty little book, and put down all the money she got, find Alall site spent. this was very well in theory. But in practice— At the end of the first, week Helen. brought her•book' to her husband, and spread it open before him with g'r'eat gusto. On the one side were several en- tries of small sums, amounting to eight dollars received. On tho other side were the words: "Spent all but Seventeen ' cents." "Oh, but you should put down what you spent it for," corrected Burke, with a merry laugh. "Why?" "Why, er—so you can see—er-• what the money goes for." "What's the difference—if it goes?;; "Ois, shucks! You can't keep a cash account that way! You have to put 'cm both down, and .then—er— balance up and see if your .cash entries right. See, like this," he ed, taking a little hook from his eket. "Pm ;seeping' one," And pointed to a little hat which read: Lunch $ .25 Cigar ' ,10 Car -fate .10 Paper O2 Helen 2,00 Cigars .25 Paper .02 "Now that'e what I spent putter - day. You want to put yours down like that, then add !cm up and sub- tract it from what you receive. Wiiat s left should equal ,yens' cash on hand.".. "Ism-ni; Well, all right," assentec) Helen dubiously, gas she picked up her own little book, Bolen looked still Mora (labial's when she ,presented her book for it- epeetiou _the sibct weelt. I dent think T like it this way," it's"Mg , cnanesneod with a petit, CV.irgloc+kt . .... R WORLD'S GREATEST,DANGER MANY NATIONS ii QN THE VERGE OF FAMINE. Hoye Hanger Breads Ander and Anger Breeds Revolution as Seen 10 Rolshev!k Menace, hunger Is to -day. the prime Bangor of the world, America has eisougit food and to spare; Britain, though sun'ering from shortage of certain food -stuffs, and from the high price of almost every- thing eatable,' has' not felt tete pinch of real bringer; France Ansi Italy are several 'degrees worse tliass Britain, but they are the aloe of Britain and America, and will be looked after prousptly, Tito rest of Europe, to ga no further, is in various degrees on the verge of famine, with Russia at the head of the hunger Hist,„and Austria, Connally and the Balkan States little better, A Vicious •Cirole. Now hunger breeds anger, anger' in its, turn breeds revolution, and revolu- 'tion in its immediate effect, at least, is apt -to breed poverty, . and novelty spells hissiger all the time. Thus the world has got into a vicious circle fronl•.which escape seems desperately difficult, Tito question fa: Can the world get out of this circle, and begin to nsake real progress? At present the ship of Progress, caught in a maelstrom, is being whirled round and round, and is In peril of •being engulfed and lost, says an English writer.. From that catastrophe we must save it if pos- sible. There la no doubt, for instance, that Bolshevism, the Russian virus which seems to infect all who come into con- tact with it, is spreading rapidly. The Rod Army is at the moment of writing apparently, confined to the late empire of the Tear, but there have been startling' 'signs; of which the Spartacissn of Gerss!sany .is the best de- fined, that it ;sill talee'all our wisdom, tact, and statesmanship to keep it there. It is a snowball which gathers bulk as it roils, and where desperation rules savagery is a matter of course, and a Red Army moving west would be a very serious- menace indeed, strong through the Allies are. What does Bolshevism feed upon? It feeds upon hunger. In fag food,. mere sustenance, the right to remain alive, is the weapon which the Rus- sian Boi'shevist authorities use to hold the populace, and to force them to ac. sept—at least in pante and action, if not in principle, their peculiar revolus tionary tenets. Recruiting Methods. The Russian Bolshevists have com- plete control of all food supplies in Russia. If a man wo',tld prevent him- self and Isis family from dying of star- vation, he nftsst join the Rod Army and pay11 service at P least, to his masters. At present there is nothing to pre- vent Bolshevism spreading through Germany. It is, in Fant, spreading at this moment. If it does, all hope of settlement and lasting peace, of which we talk so hopefully, will disappear. You cannot negotiate; with hunger maddened revolutionaries. Thus the Treaty of Peace, 'which has been so laboriously framed, wRl become an- other "scrap of paper.” The old adage which speaks of the folly of cutting off one's nose to spite one's own face Is applicable ]sere, if anywhere. We niay desire to punish Germany. We may say she has brought all her woes upon herself. But if by punish- ing Germany we punish ourselves—if we bring her woes upon our own heads ---what better are we? Vengeance is all very well, but it Is a poor cure. It is up to ns at the pre- sent time to stem the tide -of Bolshe- vism, and the only way, is to fend the starving populations of Central and Eastern Europe. There are arguments for not raising the blockade. We all know and can ecite tisens. They sound perfectly 1st. They are tochnlbally just, In-. eel. But they are certainly not wise, of to mention merelful, Wo have always prided ourselves pen our hatred of Including women nd children In the category of war's ictims. War is war, and the results re deplorable, incl involve suffering n' non•belligeronts whether we will r no. Lot us be wise in time. Delay Is al - aye dangerous, and it was never ore dangerous than, now. It we ithhold food much longer our bounty ill be too late to save the situation,; hiist w s aro talking and coercing e tido of jeolslsevism is rising, and e flood will sweep all before it, even e clvillzatton for which our lads tight to the heath. `Riven our Army of ,Occupation is clowned about the state of the ople they see on the western side of 0 Rhine. We know that their state bliss to the state of millions farther at. We must tightens out belts for further bout of self-denial, oven ough we take the rola of being Good msritan to Resets, and Gornsany, d Austria, and the more definite act being the friend and helpmate to if -starved neutrals, and the ruined entries of lite 13alican peninsula, ' Consolation. Not cleacl—oh., no! but borne beyond the shadows Into the full, clear light; Forever Clone with mist and Cloud and tempest, Whore all is calm and bright, Not even 'sleeping--cslled to glad awakening c In heaven's enelloss `clay; Not still and moveless -stepped from alt •tit's rough places To wade the King's' highway. Not silent.- just punned oat 01 eartisly heaths; To sing Moon's Sweet, new Gang; Not lonely --dearly loved and dearly loving Amid the wine -robed throng. But not forgetful—keeping fond re- • membrane(' Of dear ones left awbiio: And looking gladly to the bright re- union With hand -clasp and with smile. Oh, lie, not dead! but past all fear of dying, Awl, With all ssiftevlog oats., Say not that 1 ail 'dead when abet's calls me To Rae forevermore, m iv w W th th th fo • co pe th is ea a tri ga an of ha Co Now is the Time. And we 'mast do it quickly and ade- mullely. The world is to be saved by food, and in iso other way, Open the gates wide and let food flow into these stricken countries frosty and plenti- fully, or at least as plentifully as the wont shortage will admit, mid tate dread figure of Bolshevism will bo first scorched and finally 'gilled, its main prop will be knocked away, its loaders will lose their authority -- which rests upon empty stools/cite-- and the wore will begin gradually to euiat'go from the Harin:s of fttieery i svi salt to -day is breeding desperation and oi'onival ruin. Light and...frequent Applications of manure are better than heavy illtas far agar;#; - WILL SKY WENDING, TRIPS POPULAR 7 --- FORTY-FIVE YEARS AGO FRENCH COUPLE SAILED THE ALPS; Romance, Comedy. and Eycitotnent May Be Looked For When Aoriel Honeymoons Become Common, Tbp R,AF, major who recently tools his bride. for a honeymoon excursion above the clouds is by no means the first biriclegrootn who has so celebrei• ted his snssrrla$e-day, Nearly forty-iiye years have gone since M, Cadille Flanicarimi, the world- famous astronomer, made the pioneer venture In the air, to gratify his bride's wish for "the mo 4;,pootic and ntagnlllcent'honeymoon trli5 posslble" a One glorious summer afternoons in 1874 the youthful couple Soared sky- ward in a balloon, ant did not return; to earth Iuttil next day, "My delight," Madame Flans tarion tells ue, "was Issexpressible, to sit by my newly -made husband, here In Use sky, travelling I knew not whero, We were in tate starry skies, having at our feet clouds that seemed vast moun- tains of snow, an Impressive, unearth- ly landscape—white Alps, glahiere, valleys, ridges, precipices. "It was a scene beyond words. But it would,take pages to describe all the glories of that night among. the stars, until the rani rose, and flung his man- tle of purple and gold over all, clouds and balloon alike.a - Five years later, Captain (later Gen- eral Sir Henry) Colville escorted his bride from a London altar to the Crystal Palace, where her honeymoon carriage, in the form of a balloon, was awaiting her. The day was by no means propitious A high wind was blowing, and the angry clouds threat- ened a storm; but the gallant officer and his ,companion laughed away all attempts to dlsatiade tlsem from their perilous venture. Altruist a Tragedy. On this side of the Atlantic the aer- ial honeymoon has been responsible for more than one drama of cemody,. and also of narrowly -escaped tragedy, A few years ago, Mr, Robertson, • a famous sportsman, Ile united to Miss Cynthia Kenna In the car of a balloon which was to be their honeymoon can. riage. Scarcely, so the story is told, had the balloon soared a hundred feet above the earth, when the bride, Qom let I losing ) e o her ;tile ea p Y g head, leaped out of the car ❑ and fell plump into the Tennessee River, whose waters were flowing below. Befote the bridegroom could recover from the shock of this tragic separa- tion, river and nate had been left be- hind. Meanwhile, Cynthia was res- cued, dripping, tearful, and disconso• late, from her watery wedding-oouch; and a few hours later her "runasyay" husband was restored to her anus and to forgiveness, Much tuos'e alarming was .tile ex• perience of another honeymoon couple who, to thunders of cheers from a vast crowd of spectators, soared to- gether into the air at Denver, Colors• do, a few years ago. The balloon shot upwards like a rocket until It had dwindled' to a speck. Then it was seen to burst and fall earthwards like a broken -winged bird. For fully a mile it bell, more and more ewlftly. Tanen its downward flight seemed to be checked. It grew slower• and slower, until at Last the balloon fluttered gently to earth, :it had formed itself into a parachute, and the honeymoon voyagers were rescued from its folds, unhurt, but unconscious from fright, OMELETTESFROMOCEAN Eggs of Sea Birds and Dog .Irish Valuable as Human Food. It has recently been discovered that the eggs of dog fish are as good for eating purposes as ben's eggs. Those of the larger varieties of dog fish nre quite as large as ordinary hen's eggs. The empty shells or cases of these eggs niay sometimes -be picked up on the sea shore. They are squarish flaps of leathery stuff, With the egg in the centre. Turtle eggs are largely eaten in all hot countries. You find them on al- most any sandy beach between lati- tudes 25 north and 25 south. The turtles eonte out of the sea, scrape a hole:. in the sand, lay their eggs and cover them up, A hundred and fifty are often found in one nest, These eggs are about the size of hen's gges, covered with a white, pnt'chment-like shell, and, if fresh, of excellent flavor. They male capi- tal omelettes, or can be fried or used for cooking, but they will not boil. That is to say, the white will not set as does that of a bird's egg. Tho fresh water turtle also lays edible eggs. There are both hard shell and soft diel] turtles to the lu1ces of Florida and Louisiana! also in Soutii American rivers; such as the Orinoco. The tuttlo living .in the Orinoco lays eggs which are extraordinarily rick in oil. The Indians in British Guiana collect twenty-five millions yearly for making oil, The eggs of many sea birds are excellent eating. The hest of the lot is said to by that of the "mucro;' a bird which is very common on the Labrador coast, Tlse, Indians of the Florida, Ever- glades Cat the eggs of thb alligator", But these have mid a strong, sneaky UM' that white Melt cannot toad diem, THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY FLAG RE17, WITH A -YELLOW Al'ICHOR, ANI? A CABLE, Does -Not Return Salutes From Any, of His Majesty's Shuns—Changes During 19Th Century. It has been stated generally in the press tisat the Admiralty Bag flown by Si' Eric Geddes, First Lord of Cie Admiralty, .on visiting the Gaited States, has never previously been flown out of 'British, home waters." The accuracy of the statdulcht 11 gaestionablq. Van Mier Veldo's fasii- our picture of the Naseby bringing Charles 1I, over from Idisll"and shows the Itcya1 Standard at the main, the union at the mizzen, the ensign at the stew, and the Admiralty flag at the fore, The Admiralty flag of that day ',vas as now, a rod flag with a' gold or yel, low anchor having a cable twisted - like a border all around the anchor, but touching it nowhere except where it passed through the ring, and it was, of course, the ilag of the Lord Fligh Admiral, who, However, when the I4ing• was not present, empriisg the seven:` teonth century, usually flew the Royal Standard. Was "Foul Anchor." About the beginning of the eigh- teenth century, certainly by 1725, the design became a "foul anchor," that is, an anchor having the cable twisted. around the shank—an abomination in the eyes of all good` seamen, This type of anchor is still to be seen on naval button and on tho.soal of the Adm :salty;? About the beginning ' of the nine- teenth century we find the cable on either side of the andiror, but touch- ing it at Your points alternately above. and below the cross bar slid .flukes as well as passing through the ring. The authority for flying. the Admir- alty Beg Is to be found in the "King's • Regulation's and Admiralty Instruc bone.' It reads as follows: "The Lord High Admiral's flag is to he worn in ships in which the Lordalalfgh -Ad- spiral or the commissioners for exeoti.. ting the office of Lord High AtlmtraT are embarked." The Admiralty flag does not return salutes from any of his Majesty's ships, whether bearing admirals' flags or the ordinary pennant, When neves- - sera, 'oit1'ers-are-gliagr'-to "soma of ri ei ship in company" to return the salute of a foreign man-of-war. When Sovereign Comes, When the sovereign goes on board any ship of war the 'loyal Standard is hoisted at the main, the flag of the Lord High Admiral G. e. the Admiral, ty ;tag) at the fore, and the union flag - at the mizzen, or aboard a vessol of 'less than three masts they are hoisted '8 "in the most eonspieuous parts of her." All royal yachts have now three masts, and the Medina, which tool. the King on his visit to India, having only two masts, was fitted with an ex. tra one amidships on which was hoist - ad the Royal Standard, the Admiralty and union flags respectively - at the fore atul main- It is worthy of note, that the red ensign, originally the senior naval color, was hoisted by all royal yachts from the time of Charles II. until 1864, when the white ensign became the distinguishing ;tag of the royal navy, the blue of the naval re• servo, and, broadly speaking, of Gov ainnient vessels (not nips of weir), and .the red of the mercantile marine, The Admiralty flag of to -day is somewhat similar to that desigoetl at the beginning of the nineteenth cen- tury, but the anchor is smaller, and no part of the cable is above it, ESCAPED FATE OF CZAR. Former Russian Royalties Reach Al. lied Lines From Crimea, Twenty members or the termer Rus. Mau Imperial family, including former Dowager Empress Mario Feodorivna; reaohed Constantinople from the Crimea the middle of Aril, according to Marcel Rutin in the Ehho do Paris, The party also included the former Grand Duke Nichoiaieviteh, at one ,time eoswnandor-Ill-chief of the Rana siau army, and Peter Nicholaieviteli, a lientenant'general Jus the Russia' lsnperlal army, and a younger brothel of Nicholas. Nicholas and Peter, who married sisters of the Queens of Italy, having been invited to reside in ;tome, have lett Constantinople tor the Italian capital on an Italian steamship, The others in the party, including " the Dowager Empress, will go to Mat to on board a British warship, where they 'will await the decision of • the British Government as to their future place of residence, Young Camouflage. Artist, Bessie is a bright 050, 'Che other day her teacher set iter and her school mates to cirasyhig, letting teens choose their owns subjeels. After the teacher had examined ;shat the other children had drawn, sho tools tip Bessle`s sheet "Why, wilat'e this?" she said. "You haven't drawn anything at all, child," "Please, teacher, -'yes, I Have," re. turned Bessie, "It's a war-picture—it long Nlase of ammunition wagons at. the front, Yost can't see 'ern 'cause they're camouflaged," Butterfat con nine an tsiicnowt substance that 10 absolutely assail• tial t0 human life. Green vegetables contain a sinttll quantlaa sI the sante sttbstatico, This is why "greens' taste so good in early spring aftel is lister Without vcggtable foo(',a,