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When tame dove, lee fed. hor to a
Chair beside the ere which, he bed, orderOd
, -to lie. lit, and -laid liesel..gently
elioneder' by, Wale
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thel, effeeture:gemellg-Y-
"Your, Cense:it:bade/ want to, talk to Tod
about the Suture, Ida," he BOW. "You
will have to be told ;some time or other
exactly how your father's affairs stood,
and I have come to the oonelutaort that
it le better you ;should lcnow eut once than
thot you ;should be permitted to redialn
in igeoranois of the gravity of elle eitua-
tion- X have gone ever your Pother's pa-
pers and looked inte hie affairs very core.
f ully and closely, and I am eorry to Gay
that they aro in a very unsatisfactory
condltion. AG I told you the other day,
the astate line been eneumbered and verY
Beriouely °embarrassed for some time most,
end the encumbrance has been intireared
of eate, •notivithestanding the • admirable
-way in evhich you have managed the
estate and the houeehold affairs.'
Ielte'reesed ler eyes to his 'and tried to
regard him calmly and bravely, but hoe
lips quivered' and who cheeked Gigh, Mr.
\Yardley coveted and frowucd, ae 01011,11
does when he le ougagea in a disagreeable
and painful task. .
principal, mortgagee hate given me
notice of foreclosure, and the amount of
the debt is so large -that X' am' afraid—it
would be cruel and useleos to conceal the
truth from youI know that the property
sold -would not be sufficient to meet it, 01
ready money thence oppeare to be n008 -
Mr. john Moron groaned and raised his
melancholy eyes to the oeiling with an
expression of reprobation. Ida eeliPoarod
unconeeiouci of hie proaence and kept hor
ead eyes ,steadily fixed. on .the lawyer's
kind and mournful face. "In a word, my
dear child, your poor father, appears etc).
have left .abeolutely 11.0 effecte behind
..Xda drew a long breath and was silent
for a mement, ae she ,tried to realize the
eignifteanoe of hie werds,
"Do you mean that X ani quite penni.
lase?" sho-said, in a low voice.
Mr. Wordley blew hie nese and coughed
two or three times, as if he found it dif.
flcult to reply,: at last he Geed, in a voice
almost cie low as here: .
'Tut shorelY. I am afraid, my dear,
that is -what I must tell you. I had 110
idea, that 'the nosition twos gra;vo.
thought that there would. be something
left; sufaciont, at any rote, to render you
independent; but, as I told you, I have
been kept in egnorance of your father'
affairs for eoxne yeare past, and. I 11131 not
know how things were going. I 0.111 sur-
prised ELS well ea grieved, deeply grieved;
and I, muet confess that I can only ac-
--.COunt 'ter deplorable oonfiesion and
loss by the theory that .1 suggested to
you the other day. X cannot but think
• that your poor f ether must have engaged
in 001110 dieastrous speouletion."
Mr. Heron groaned again, and Ghook 1110
head.
"The tprevailingevio° of thie most wicked
of ages, ho, ;mid. 'The love of money,
the gamblind on the race -course and the
Stook Ditehange, are the root of all evil."
Ida cseemed not to .hear him and. Mr..
Wordley ignored the comment'.
'It now remains for you, my dear child,
to decide what to do.- I do itot think you
could possibly live on here; you have not
the means to do eo, though you should be
as oronomical ae you have hem. in the
past; tho house must ome away from you
in six months' time or little more, and
t,here would be nothing gained by yd,
lingering hopelestsleshere for that period '
"1 11/1101 go, .thert," said Xda. as if theio
wore a etab in every word.
Mr. Wordloy bent hie head, and laid hie
hand on her shoulder.
"Yes, X fear you must go," lie assented.
'But, thank Clod, you aro not 'without
friends,. many friends, Lord Bannerdado
•elierges me to tell you what hie good
wife has; already written' you—that a
home etthelte you at the Oourt, where you
will be received gladly and lovingly; and
I am Otte eure that the door of every
house in the dale le wide Open ,31. YOU."
Ida shrank ;in her chair. Meth° the
offer as kindly as he might, 11,0011'010,r.
ity—not <fold charity, but charity
and what 'Heron had ever tamely accept-
• ed amity' from mere friende and
'strangers Mr. Wordley saw the shrink-
ing, the little eltadder, and understood.
"I underetand, 3ny dear!" ho said in a
low voice. "But there is another offer,
another home which yott can accept with-
out. humiliation or Cempunction. Your
cousin, Mr. John Heron there, will, I am
sure, be only too glade too delighted to-
,
hind.thot,, the prineipal cause,1)1 ie1
grief, loomed the desertion of' her looetO
She tried no to elink of Stafford; for
every, thought beetoeited on him Amonea Ors,
• rob het .deeteteeether cendeth, bo.cleetoYet
•t ho meinary.teebet, etas to0 fornmel;
lideen5o. cleepe,tib,a
fena. oho,lny weeike
acid !Retailed -te-th`e. wailing af the -
and the ram no it drove againeb the evil-
dow, Stafford'o vcdoe penciteated thet 'of
the ;storm and, ecareely oonsciounly,bel.
lino were 'terming ;some of the.pacseionate
words ot endearment which he bad whis-
Poeta to her by the etream and on the
hilleide. Though elle ecnew every word by
heart of the letter' he had written her,
she did not Yet, understand or sompre.henti
why he had broken hie ;Solemn, engoga
anent .to her. She underetood that some-
• thing had eisen between them, eomething
had happened Which had eoparated them,
but elm could forret no Mee me to what 11)
was.ffo had ,spolcoo of "urrworthineee,'
o emnetliug whie1i he had diseovered
that' bad. Tendered him unilt to be her
hueband: but the omelet pot geese ethat it
wasr and tconfueed and bewildered as she
was, there wee, at preeenb, at any rote,
no resentment.th her heart, •
' A inietehung over the dale on this, the
day of her departure front the Val, and
•all the hills over which ;she hod ea loved
to ride and walls -were shroudecl es if in
teeth.
sehe etood mod looked at them from, the
hall window ;with vacant eYee, as it she
did not realize that she 'wee leaving them,
neehave eor ever; but elm, had nob long
for gazing, for Mr. Iterou and she Were
going by a11 early train, and, the Moment
lee lawewoll come %windy upon
With Deltoidwere and est; elosotheir ot hecoming
r hoehi
Ile if tiler aware of
105B, 010 IVOUt YOUttd tO aay goodliyo. She
crowed the lawil and went to tho epee un-
der the tree where oho had 11101"11ta10o1'd
that never -tube -forgotten night, and froui
theme 'walked to the oorner of the ter -
311.00 where they had eboo31 and watched
her father'cominge in his sleep, from tho
ruined ohapel. Then ehe wetit to the
stable to say good-bye to Rupert, 'who
whinnied as he heard her approaching
footstep, and thrust his eoft, velvety noee
into hor nook. She had to fight hard
against the teare at this Point, and she
hid her fern againet that of the big hothe
with her a,rme thrown round hie neck, vs
she -murmured her last good-bye.
But the tear(' would not to kept, beck
when it came to saying farcievell to the
two .feithful souls, Jeesie ' and Jason.
with 'whom ehe had grown up from a girl'
• all lege and wings, and whom •she had
learnt to regard rather as doemted friends
-Mum servants. Jason broke, ,down com•
Pdetoly and hureied away, -his old and
feeble frame :shaking) and Tessio„ her
arms thrown round her young mietreee,
and ;with Gobs end .ejaculations, implored
her to take her faithful Jessie with her.
Perheps the Darting 'with the two doge
was de hitter MO anY, tor, tie if they knew
RUttO -well that sho was going, they clung
olosely to her, and when echo hugged. and
kissed them on the forehead, they had
to be elraggod off by Jason,, and looked
up in the stablos lest they ,should follow
the carriage which was to bear their be-
loved mistress away.
That carriage octane all too eoon, though
Mr. John Heron had awaited its arrived
impatiently, and with watch in hand, Ole
eeemed grimmer and gaunter than over
that morning, and as he looked around
the great Roll, ha 'shook hie head act 'ets
faded grandeur reprehensively, Ele if he
could, if time permitted, deliver a cowmen
on the peodigaliey, the -wicked wasteful.
nes° evhich had ,breught ruin on the
houeo, and rendered it necessary for him
to extend hie charity, to the oenniless or,
Mr. Woraley eves that% to say goottlye
to Ida and put her into the carriage; but
it proved a diaioult, good-bye to say and
-for once the initially fluent old aMWYOT WOO
bereft of the power of epeeoh ae he held
Ithe'e email hand, and looked 'through
teardimmea eyes at the white and sor-
howful face. Ile had'.intended to say acli
aorta of kind and encomiaging thinge, but
he could only =wage the two words,
"Glood,bye;" and, they 'were Almost in.
- -Ho waited and glanced at Mg. Heron
impatiently, and at last that gentleman
roee, but not too eagerly, to the oceasion.
"'I need scarcely say," he sold, slovelY
and solemnly, that I should not approve
of my oceuein's accepting *tee offers of
charity, which, though no doubt kindly
meant, appear to me eomewhat—er—ob-
trusive. I am not a wealthy man; my
simple home cannot, compere in size and
grandeur with Beron Hall and the estate
Which my tete unfortunate COtiel1 041.
pears' to have squanderedebut, such as It
is, Ida, wile be :welcome in it. X ean not
one to turn a deaf ear th the cry of the
orphan and fatherlese—'
Mr, Wordley frowned. and reddened, and
out in before X.r. John Beton could finish
hie sontenoe men' more. offensively, and
so rouse Icia's spirit, and render his of.
for impossible of acceptance.
"Quite eo, quite so, my dear sir," he
gaid, "I am sure you will feel only too,
• delighted and honored M ehe prospect of
taking this dear child Mt° your familic.'
"Yes," said Mr. Heron unetuously. "We
will take her in as a lamb gathered into
the fold, ae brand. is plucked from the
burning."
. Ida looked at hire half etupefied, and
' is to be feared, some doubts of hie
sanity arose in her mind.
"Quito so, „cmite site"' ineerrupted Mr.
Wordloy again. "Then the sooner
Mies Ida -Vine you the better; arid I
would eugeeet that' the goes with you to-
morrow. I will close the house and leave
Jeasio, the maidservant, and Jason hi
charge. You and Writil Ida, 00.41 depend on
guarditog her intereets an jealously as
if they -wore my own. I will have sa,le
of the-seook and other things which we
are free to eell, and, meanwhile, Mite
Oda must permit ene to advance her some
money on account of the proceede."
He honded her am envelope in which he
had .alretedir placed some baulenotes; but
Ida looked at him and slowly ehook hey
lead. .
No no, my deart" Ole ea,id. "I ehould
not tbe ',guiltyof such prestainption.
Though you. are leaving 'Heron hall;
though it "may 'be piesing away from yen
for over, yeti ara 'still, in my eyes, Mice
Heron of ethrondale, and I should not, Pree
ensile to offer you--" Ilie voice broke,
told his eyee filled with- tome. "The money
le youes ana youonto take te without any
loos of the, pride whiCh 'Is- your rightful
heritage. If I have ,not oil:erect-, you d
home where you would indeed be an hon-
ored guest, it to because X know that it
would not be fitting for me to offer it', or
you to aceTt it. Mr. John Heron is 90110
natural gueediane but though that its so,
I will ask you to remember that 0 laira
the privilege of being your father'e.
friend and yours, and that i11 any trouble
yea -will be but honoring that privilege
when yoA come to rue for advice and ae-
11± voiee eves almost ineudible bo'fore
13.0 nail finished, and Ida, down, whoee
cheeks teams 'were running for 'the first
tepee, extended ;both halide in mute, but
eloquent gratituele, They had both for-
gotten Mr, john Beroree peesence, but
'Were. reminded, of it .by eomething be.
tween 0, cough ond, a, sniff frordlim; and
.at a glance Poore ler. Wordier; Ida turn-
ed 10 the gaunt, figure and held 0301 her
811011010.
She. sank ,back into the carriage as lb
drove away from thellale, and °load her
eyes that she might not see the familiar
trees in the avenue, the cattle, every one'
of which the knew by name, grazing ' in
the meadow, the mile and vroebegone faces
of the servants who otood by the Mope th
eatoh tho last glimpse of their 'beloved;
and for some time her eyee remained
closed; 'but they opened ae eho came to
the clearing bY the Lake, .from whith one
could 800 1010 long stretching facade of Sir
Stephen Orme's white villa. She opened
them then and looked at the house, won:
dering -whether Stafford was there, 'won.
dering why he lutd not come to her, de.
epite the promise she had exaoted front
him; wondering , whether he knew thee
her father was dead, and that sho was
left penniless.
,She WW1 not capable of any more tears,
and a dull apathy oruelied down upon.her,
so that she did not notioe that at the Gta.
teen Mr. John Demo improved,the occae
61011, as it'were, by distributing tracts to
the otation-master and portere. The
journey to'London_ passed as if it were
made in a dream; and wearied in mind
amd body and soul, she found hereelf, late
lo the evening, standing in 1110 centre of
the Marone' dreary drawiefg-roora,. await,
Ing her reception by the Iltaron tenths',
She had been told by her cousin, as
they drove in a lour -wheeled cob through
the, clepressing streets of a Lonaon (cub.
urb, that tne family concaieted of hip wife
and a SOU and a daughter; that the eon's
memo woo Joeoph and the daughter's
Patchett that Joseph WOO a clerk in the
city, and that Isabel was about the same
age as Ida.
. "We are a very quiet eamily," Mr. Der.
on had said, "and. you -will no doubt 13110EI
the space and grandeur of Heron t Hall;
but I truet'we are contented and liappY,
and that though our means aro limited,
our sphere of usetulnese is wider than
that of Boma weculthier people. Idy wife
• is, unfortunately, an invalid, and requiree
constant care and attention; but X have
no doubt she wil find othength to beer any
fresh burden which Providente may see
fit to put upon her, Though 0110 81001118'
stances are comfortable, we are not sue -
rounded by the luxuriee which so often
prove a stumbling block to weaker broth.
ren. I trupt yea incty be happy in our
humble home, and that ye' may end
eome opportunity of usefulness in this;
new state , of life th which you are
called."
Ida, tried to remember all this /10 she
stood iTI t110 Oentre of the drawing -room,
and looked round upon the modern but
heavy ond ugly objects with which it was
furniehed, •
The room evicts seedy and ehabby, but
with a differenteseetlineee and • shebbinedis
froze that of 'Boron Mall; for, there mace
an attempt, le conceal ite floss' or 'Ugh-,
nese with eneimacasetura, large in size and
hideouts ot pettern, 0. grim'and ngly pole
'theft of Mr. John Heron -oceunied a 'groat
portion of ono of the wales, Ond watt con-
-fronted by a portealt, of a elmilcv Glee,
of hie ,W1(e 5 middle-class -woman .of fad-
ed. aspect and languishing exPreeeion.
'Ileother piceures were of the type one
usually sees in such houses; engravings
printed from evormout .plathce, and thietle
elaes lithographs. There *OS a large eof0.
eoverod witit dirty oretonne showing
that the spicing had "ocelot" the contra
table was adorned by seimed well.known
religious books arnen.ged • at regular in.
tervels. A, cage containing a canary
hunts -between the ourtoins in the win.
dow, and the bird, ct evretelted-looking
anioutl—lt "Wall moulting—woke up at
their entrance mid shrilled in the hateful
manner peouliar 10 canetriee, Thio
ole-
t;ing thorn was lit by ,one gas -burlier,
The Undaunted Spirit of the Belgians
A. WOUNDIDD Belgian artilleryman after having his wOunds
ready for another battle,
dressed,
perior of their friends and neighbors,
-who were meetly 'retired tradespeople or
''eomething in the City:" and thee) Mrs.
Heron WOO extremely proud of her hue -
band's eounection with. the Ilerons of
Berondale, need vrae firmly oonvinoed that
she and her family posseesed all the teeth
and refinement 'which belong to "the aTiO
tOOTACY."
k simplier and homelier woman would
have out her arm rouud the girl% neck
and drawn her towards her with a few
loving words of greeting and welcome;
but Mrs. Reran only extended a hand,
held at the, latest fashionable angle, end
Murmured in a languid mad lackadaleical
votoe:
'SO YOU have come at east, my dear Nies
Heron! Your train must have been verY
late, ./ohn; we have been expecting Yon
for the last hour, 1001(1 -I am' afraid the
dinner is qutte spoilt. But anyway, X NM
'glad to see
"Thank you,' said poor Ida,
It was Isalbers turn, and she now come
forward with a einfie that, extended her
mouth from ear to ear, and in a gulch-
ing manner said, iu staccato sentences
"Yes, go are so glad to 600 you. Hoer
tired you =net hot Ono always fools so
dirty and. tumbled alter a long journal.
You'll be .glad of a wash, Miss Heron. But,
there! X mustn't call you that; it Goan&
so cold and for/atoll I most cola you Ida,
muetn't I? 'Idol' It etude ouch on odd
natne; but I suppose I shell get used to
11 in tittle."
"I hope so," seed poor Xdue trying to
senile and speak cheerfully and amiably.
as Miss /sabers; rather largo hand closed
round here; but she looked [rem ono to
the other with an appalling eenetttion of
strangeness aol aloofnees, and a lump
rose In her throat which rendered the
smile and Eny further speec11 on her part
impoesible; and 0.0 the tooked from the
sinvering, lackadaksidal mother to the
vulgar daughter with the meaningleee
smile, she aekod /moat whether ahe wee
really awake, 'whether this room was in-
deed' to he her futurt home and those
strange people her daily oompanions, or
whether eho woe only asleep and drowav
ing, and would ware to find the honest
face of Jeesie bonding over her, and to
pee the fonailiar obieots of her ,own. 100132-
81 Heron Hall.
(To be continued.)
.1t
EUROPEAN ARMIES' RIFLES.
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France and Germany have Adopted
-tile Pointed Bullet.
The rifle, the arm of the common
soldier, is a subject, of special inter-
eSt att this time when millions of in-
fantry 'soldiers are now on the bat-
tlefields of Europe. The Scientific
Arnericen gives a, comparative table
coveting all of the countries in-
volved, and although it i's too- ex-
tentsiye for reproduction, :the follow-
ing aceompanying inlotanation is
enlightening:
'Ile rifles of the various countries
differ in certain qualitiee, „ but in
general outline tileey -we more or
lees alike. •
The qualities as regards Weight of
bullet and velocity as .die.scrilied for
field artillery projectil-e11 hold here
al.so. By dange,rispace as given be,
low is meant Chat lithe rifle is fired
%inches from the ground and aimed
at the middle clf a target of a
height of an average man, 68 inches,
and an infantryman le anywhere in-
side of the limit of range given, the
bullet would hit him. Beyond the
ranges given there will be a -space of
the middle of fillet thrajectery
where the bullet would pass abotyci
the head of a man, itnd where,
:therefore, he would be in .perfect
safety. It is evident that the great-
e.r the danger 'space the more dan-
gerous will he the rifle to the ene-
my's troops..
Since aliqut 1906 Germa,ny and
France have adopted the pointed
'bullet,. With this tho resistance of
the air is greatly reiduced and the
ranges obtainable with. ChB saute'
velocity, weight and calibre are
greatly increased.
By increasing Clic velocity 'the
.clanger is.p,ace for .any range 15 of
00111101. dOlOYeaSed, Blithe the' trfijec-
tory is anuch flatter and. 181' ,the
swine "kick" of the rifle' a much
More powerfuil bullet is obtained,
Probably every country ha's de-
velbped., or 81 developing, it semi-
antomatic riflos, which differs fr,om,
the ones now in use -in every army
by ithe fact that part, of the ,powde..r
galses are used to open the breech
block, eject the empty car bridge,
and relota,c1 the rifle -011 of which
ope,rations are now performed by
hand: With a serni-autornatic ride
the magazine, cam, be emptied with-
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Seleeted 'Recipes.
remit" cook book there is the fol-
lowing recipe 1: "One cup white
sauce, one tablespoon vinegar, 00 13
tablespoon Int:star:A, one -hail tea-
spoon sugar, one teaspoon cold we -
ter, and stir into the white sauce
Iwo minutes before serving, Sea-
son to taste. More or less mustard
may 'be' added as desired. Serve
het- with Pleat eV figlic"
FOY fish a 'butter ,sauce with one
tablespoon of inuetartl eo 31 iint
A buttth;00000eio made ilia!,
like'. 4 ;White settee eactepb boIing
.WIC1' t,e aut. oni0 n
f,ni, nit,1 la,it
enedwt
-There. are a. great, Maley ,etherc wart.11 '
making mustard 100011, some of
whieli contain ten 411' A dozen ingre-
dients.
Itaigiu Sauees.—Reelpes for rais-
in sauces, under that name are
rare, but there are elnitney hauceti
Which contain raleins, .anel raisins
are 'used in New Zealand enerfesi
with lemon instead of sour apple or
tamarind. In the book of "101
Sauces" there is the foll-owing
ney .sauce ; "Remove the, sears frern
ene-half cup or raisies and one
green pepper ; add three green to.
matoes, two small onions, and chop
all fine.. Put ons pint of vinegar
with one cup of brown sugar arid
one tableSpoon of mustard seed on-
to boil, add the draped mixture ancl
one teaspoon of salt and eienmer
one hour, Then add six green sour
apples, pared, cored, and cut
small. 'Cook slovtly until soft and
keep in a well corked bottle. Used
with boiled meats or stews,"
Culinary
German Satterbraten.—Take
large piece of nice beef without any
bone, preferably five or six pounds.
.Make pickle enough to cover it by
boiling together tsvo-tihirds vinegar
and one-third water withhay leaf,
elovee, ot Sew peppercorns, and two
pieces of lump ssugar (large or
small to tage). 'While that is boil-
ing hot drop 'the Meat into ib and
let it remain for four or five days,
turning once. Take the meat out
of the vinegar the night before 113
is to be used and thoroughly drain.
Put some butter in a pot with one
-whole onion, add the beef with
salt and pepper and a cup ol liquid
(some people use a, little of the
pickle diluted, others use meat
stook and others water, while those
who aro expert cooks add nothing
knit the butter sine none of the
juice which cooks out of the me-a..t
is tog by too much fire). 'Cover ,the
pot clesely and -cook for two hours
and a half over a low fire. Take up
the meat, thicken the liquid for a
gravy, adding a little sugar. Serve
with boiled potatoes. This is good
cold as well as hot, and is used for
sandwiches in Dortmund.
Pot Roast Cut.—For any pot
roast the chuck is in general con-
sidered the beg out, 'but a domes-
tic seienee expert some years back
showed ibty experiment that, as far
as economy was eoncerned, the ad-
vantage svas in favor of the rib
roast if the difference beteveen the
two was 2 Cents a pound. The loss
in cooking in the case of the chuck
soast was one pound and two
ounces and only ten ounces in case
of the rib roast. The refuse or un -
edible portion of the chuck was one
pound and five ounces, of the rib
eleven ounces.
Another pietce that is recommend-
ed for the pot roast and for boiling
is the sirloin butt, which is just be-
low the sirloin steak part, dome
butchers will ,give a piece off the
round when ask -ed for a pot roast,
but this is really 'boo dry for the
purpose. The "hder; a the round,
Waridi is generally rna.de'into Ham-
burg steak, is often boiled and may
even be -used for a pot roast if
cooked -exPertly.
Pielde(1 Eggs.—Take eight hard
boiled eggs and., having shelled
them, stick lour cloves in. eac,h.
Heat one quart of vinegar (it may
need to be diluted if strong) to
boiling and add a teaspoon each of
salt, pepper, and 'mustard or soant
the.se somewhat. Put the eggs into
a glass fruit jar, portr.the
vinegar over them, and let them
stand two weeks or use sooner if to
taste, Serve sliced with broiled
beefsteak or mutton or as you will.
horseradiels Sallee. — The Ger-
mans have numerous mays of mak-
ing horseradish sauce which is, a
great favorite with them: For one
thing they freeze it with whipped
cream for one of the daintiest ac-
companiments possible for boiled
fish. They make a sauce with pure
cream with a little vinegar and
about hall as much grated horse-
radish as lot cream, They make ±1
with a 'white sauce, to which this
editor, once a friend, is now a Per-
sistent foe. And here is one of the
recipes from one of the inost au-
thoritative of the .great
b0(../kS on cookery': Two tablespoons
of grabed horseradish, about half
a cup of beef stock, anounce of but-
ter, about the same, onantity ol
onion, tiwt) tablespoons of flour, and
AMIDST
SCENES IN AND, A DO 111, WOOL-
'
WICII ARSENAL.
'Where 31-tinitions 01 War Are Nude
for the British /tansy and
Navy.
The. establishment of 'Woolwich
Arsenal dates back more than 300
yeavS, -Asp Queen, Elizabeth held a:
8ture 01 arms ancl armor at the
'Newer House, ot mansion in Wool-
wich 'Warren, adjoi.ning the then
boggy marshes of Pkwasteacl, But
'it was not until the eeventeenthh cen-
tury -that guts were cast, carriages
constructed, and pawdler stored at
Woolwich, ;says London .A.esswers.
The Arsenal at first covered some
42 acres of .ground, now it occupies
snore than BOO acres. It employs
over 12,000 men, and the weiges bill
for a Month exceeds ei2;4)0o. I
A,t the 'Woolwich Arse.nal guns of
all sizes, every formrof military wa-
gon, shot, elven, ibarpedoes, cart-
ridges, bullets, war -signal, land lifa-
awing' rockets, tubes, and fuses are
peodureed,
What Shrapnel Did.
adix a. cake ,of cream cheese with
-whipped eream until light, then
shr through it bar -le -duo until
highly colored',
For afternoon tea serve fresh
graham crackers put together with
marshmallow frosting.
Mayor rhubarb pies and canned
rhubarb with grape juice.
Serve salmon flavored with
orange juice instead of lemon.
Use equal parts of eold boiled
macaroni, cooked, diced carro.ts,
and calmed' or fresh peas to make
a novel salad.
Serve a loaf of baked dressing
with roast of beef or leg of lamb.
Mold cold boiled rice in balls,
sweeten, roll in cocoanut and serve
with boiled custard.
Serve crushed maple sugar with
LIPPle Pie. ,
An artistic border for 'creamed
fowl or meats is made of a ring of
boiled riee sprinkled) with finely
chopped parsley. '
Dates stuffed with walmits and
raisins and then clipped in melted
sweet chocolate moire a delicious
con f e ction.
household Dints.
Instead of hemming a silence
cloth, buttonhole it. A hem makes
a ridge.
.M1 pickles should be kept, ato
least on& month before -opening
jars for use.
To chian collars on inen's coats,
sponge with ammonia water first
then finish with alcohol.
To have dumplings fluffy and
light, keep the pot :boiling steadily
from the time they are dropped in.
If •the bottoms of pots and kettles
are greased before putting over
the fire they will not become black.
Delicate colored blouses should
be dried out-of-doors, but not ex-
posed to the sun. Hang up in a
pillow slip to dry.
If you are caught in the rain and
the color oomes off your 'coat on to
your blouse, put the blouse to soak
in milk over night.
A piece of sandpaper, over which
borax has been rsib.bed, is, very con-
venient for ironing clay—cleans and
waxes at the same time.
.A.n easy 'way to clean glass bot-
tles is to cut lemons- in small pieces,
'drop into the 'bottle, hall fill the
bottle with water, and shake well.
Dampen a carpet, a small por-
tion at a time, with a, oloth wrung
oat in strong salted water, then
rub dry with a clean duster, This
will revive the eolor wonderfully.
-Some eooks have better success`
baking bread by getting their oven
hot, really hot, putting in their
bread, and then entirely turning
off the heat for twenty minutes or
Xss addition te the Royal allitlittary
Academy—the oldest military sehool
in the kingdom.—there is another ea-
tabliehment at Wooawieh,. the' Arbil-
lery. College'where= special training
le:Ewen .offieers st/ the Royal Ar -
1 102 order to fit them fot ap-
pointments in the manufacturieg
departments of t,he Royal Arsenal.
Bhelltr,'Were first heard of at the
Siege of Constantinople, at th.e close
of the fifteenth centizry.. The -se
were made ef iron, and filled 'with
scrap, which spread on issuing from
the gun. These bombs were quite
common, in- the seventeenth oentury,
and a smaller type of bursting shell
called hand grenades were also in
USS.
It was during the Peninsular War
that Colonel Rhrapnel, of the Bri-
tish Army, invented a shell that
would emery a long distance befere
eiglerding, and that could be SCY di-
rected las to explode at a given dis-
tance. Ph -ab WAS known as the
shell, :and it is the common type of
shek used in the aftny.at the pre-
sent day.
In the old VOWS, canister and
grape played a. 'great part, but they
are rarely heard al now. They were
-really mirch the same as what is
now known as earse shot. They were
filled with pieces of metal or bullets
for rapid bursting after leaving the
gun.. Case shot and Shrapnel. aee
now the ordinary sveapans used
againe; men, and "econmon" shell
is employed in the destruction of
buildipgst and defences.
The, Destroyere.
Two drops of eamphor on your
toothbrush will give your mouth
the 'freshest, cleanest feeling im-
aginable, and will make your gurne
rosy and absolutely prevent any-
thing like cold sores et' a ffectiOns
of your tongue,
-When yeur bread or rolls rise .be-
fore you are ready to bake them,
you may -wait as Jong its. you please
if you will place ehe -pan of dough in
the refrigerator. The cold will pre-
vent the breed, from rising any
more or souring. .
in pot roasting or braising meat
it should never be necessary to re-
new the liquid. Plev-or is lost, the
cooking has to be watched, or the
theal, will burn,' and there eve other-
clisady'antages in using too much
flee for the purpose.
The common shell is filled with
bursting powder which owsees a
greet explosion on striking the ob-
lect. Such she -11-s, have in recent
yeti's been filled with lyddite, and
the effect wt. Omdurman was ynry
pronounced. Tons of lyeld.ite—which
is supposed to throw out a gae
which Is fatal to- everything within
two or three hundred yards—were
exploded in the Boer trenches in
the early days of the South Afrioan
War, and tate 13-oers said that ,it
gave theta headache 1
In the making of all these armor -
piercing and man-sla,ying e'helle an
immense aele.Onn,l) of labor and skill
is employed. The rough
frequently turned. out by f
steel -makers, w.ho cent
thousands of thern to the
merit, and the finish,ing otn
of them is coenpleted St IN
The powder is made at the
-meat factories ,and bro
'Woolwich tin barges.
The largest ehelle mac
880 lbs. These a.re sufficien
Isle in appearance, althou
.Asnerican Navy &ells
1,100 lbs. are used. When
the -eneranone .pla,tee that a
out for the ,ships of the N
hardly coneeiVable that
shells could. be made to- pie
Yet they oats be holed 1
wal is.
That is abundantly prey
relics ol plates which the
preserve and photograpl
pities. Strangely enough.,
ten the seine Steel -makers
out the termer plates that
the sheale. _which go throx
and parts of the guns tho
shot.
Most of the bullets an
cases for the riflemen no
at the Woolwich Arsenal
The Bullet Fact
is quite a large building
ted with a surprising
machines, each employe
'THE INCREASED ,NUTRITI-
OUS VACUE OF BREAD MADE
IN THE HOME WITH ROYAL
YEAST CAKES SHOULD,, -de -
SUFFICIENT INCENTI,Vi TO
THE CAREFUL HOUSEWIFE
TO -GIVE THIS IMPORTANT
FOOD ITEM T,HE ATTENTION
TO WHICH IT 16 JUSTLY EN- 1
if‘
Home EIREAD'SAKING RE- .
DUCES THE HIGH COST OF'
LIVING By LESSENING THE
AM'OUNT OF EXPENSIVE
.MEATS REQUIRED To sue,
PLyTHE NECESSARY NOUR-
ISHMENT TO THE Born'.
E. W. GILLETT CO. LTD.
TORONTO, ONT
WINNIPEG MONTREAL,
•
forpupg7rAng-Trutst-the. er ot
torming the little core of suickel and
lead.
After the nickel ease hes been
cast ibis rolled out into sheets, cut
up into strips, and smaller parts,
formed into a. tiny cap, driven
through a, machine whieh, "dra,sys"
it, and the point formed by another
machine,
The leadmeantime has been cast
and run out like a rope, which is
out off in 'suitable le,ngths, and each
of these is pointed te fit the case.
Then'case and lead, are brought to -
gentler, and the lead inserted in the
nickel.
A maine hallheloses the nickel
over the eo-ns, and it passes 81. an
other, which gives the point it
final forme. Another closes up tin
end of (the bullet firmly, andethert 01
ridge is made around it, -so that th
brass of the cartridge may be inter
locked in, it by simple pressure.Al
together a dozen different machine
are required to, make a rifle bulls
of the ordinary type.
Pick of the World.
Me work of making thebra,s
cartridge -eases is somewhat simile,
to the forming ol at nickel case
the lead. The metal is formed int
a little cup. Then it
through a hole in a matc'hine also
the size desired, a plunger forei
it -down, This has the effect
"drawing" the metal, out to a thi.
ner gate, and thie drawing goes
till the desired length and thickn
1-0 a.ttained. ,
The workshops art Woolwich. A
senal are fitted with machinery
the best and mos10. modern type,
great quant,ities f ell kinds of wa
like stores are collected, ready
be issued to either the Army or,t13
Navy, should :moll an
contingene
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