Loading...
Exeter Advocate, 1906-5-31, Page 3CURRENT TOPICS The controversy' over the mild reform of English spelling subsidized by Mr, 'Carnegie has reached the reviews and the other deliberate .agencies, Alas, it cannot be said that they have displayed a spirit of sweet reasonableness, of jus- tice and open-mindedness, in their troament of the subject or of the dis- tinguished and cultured men who have expressed sympathy with the reform,. Thus the editor of The Bookman re- marks that "simplified spelling will not seriously appeal to any ono but simple- tons"; that the suggested changes are "barbaric," and that he must disrespect- fully decline to adopt the new spelling, preferring to "spell like a gentleman rather than like a boor." gmin The writer who "muses without me- thee: monthly in Blackweod's, a con- servative magazine of old-fashioned ideas which never wearies of declaring our time to be out of joint vulgar, loud, commercial, shallow—charges Mr. Car- negie with offering thousands "to de- bauch the spelling of the English tongue," and tellshim that he "cannot purchase bad spelling as. he might pur- chase pig -iron." Tho writer continues' 'Nor is it easy to discern his motive. Malice might suggest that, tieing—tin- able eing un=able to spell himself, he wishes 'to re- duce all men to his own level. ' ' ' Happily a long purse does not make a dictator of letters, and not all Mr. Car negie's monoy bags will persuade the world to renounce its habit of correct .spelling. But his folly is to have inter- fered in what does not concern him." Let it*not be supposed that heat and .acrimony and i11 nature are confined in this debate to opponents of simplified :spelling. Professor Skeat, addressing the British Academy, declared the other .day that the only real obstacle to spell- ing reform lay in the ignorance of its •opposers. To defend present forms, he .continued, was to. exhibit ignorance of etymology, linguistic history and pho- netics, and to be totally unaware of such ignorance, while to object to simplified fled 'spelling on the ground of "ugliness" is to write one's self down "a slave of an idle habit" that leads one to judge by the eye instead of the ear. Manifestly human nature is the same ,din magazines and learned societies meet- .zng annually that it is in the daily press.. If anything, the comments on the simpli= -fled spelling movement m the latter .have been in better temper, more humorous -and more amiable and philosophical, than those of the gentlemen who have had weeks to ponder and ruminate upon The by no means soul -trying question. Seven weeks without meeting a single •specimen of the genus homo was the ex- perience x!perience of Count and Countess de Les- slain, who lately have made an adven- turous journey from China to India via Thibet. Leaving China proper, they entered the Gbbi desert, and, after mak- ing a circuit around Koko Nor, reached the salt swamps of• Tsaidam. They next visited the sources of the Yangtse, and during this trip passed through a region desolate of inhabitants. For seven weeks they did not encounter one human be- ing. In another part of the journey they traversed a mud plateau nearly 20,000 feet high, and lost all their bag- gage animals but six during the cross- ing. They then passed a succession of lakes until they came to Tang' Nor, and on reaching the Sanchu river they followed its valley to a point near Shi- gats°. They continued their route into India by Gyantse and the Chumhi val- ley. The Thibetans were friendly throughout the journey. TO WED PORTUGUESE PRINCE. Patricia of Connaught May Yet be Queen of Portugal. London society hears that the engage- ment of Princess Patricia of Connaught and the Crown Prince of Portugal is soon to be announced. Last year it was an open secret that the. Crown Prince was smitten with the charms of...Princess Patricia, Both aro about the same age, nineteen. Tle re- sembles his mother and is as popular as his, father. Queen Amalie of Portugal never forgets that she was born in Eng- land, nQland, and an alliance between her son and a daughter of the royal house of England would meet not only with her ai:proval, but that of the powers of Eng- land and Portugal. The fact that King Edward is in mourning for his father-in-law affords him a timely and convenient excuse for not attending the wedding of King Al - Mose of Spain and Princess Ena, This excuse he has adopted,' and has thus sowed htnnrelf from criticism or corn- ment• by the various religious sects r1 the United Kingdom. Had he gone, the Church of England folk, whose spiritual head he is, and the Non -Conformists, who detest Rome, would hnve been offended, and, en the other hand; had not this niepening period intervened and the (ting had not attended,' he would have hurt the susceptibilities of millions of 'itis sub- jcots who are Roman Catholics. Mis. 1 in}xr.eleagh . Your husband is et his olith t good deal, isn'I, he?" Lady Gadahnut : "Yes; the poor boy hates be- ing nt norma alone,: you know," A corn cloetur nifty Make money, but he isn't in a position to acquire, tnuc i glory, Ya IMPLICIT FAITH IN GOD We May Trust Him to Bring Order Out of Chaos, o Evil _� , G 4�or Snow and vapors; wind and storm, fulfilling His word.—Psalm extolls 8,. One of the most remarkable monu- ments in Westminster Abbey is that to Sir John Franklin, the discoverer of the Northwest Passage, who died amid the terrors of the Arctic regions in 1847. Through the efforts of Lady Franklin the last of many expeditions sent out was successful In disclosing the steps f her husband's progress h -t the polar re- gions, ending with the tragic record of his death. She erected the monument in the abbey, which deplete a vessel crushed amid icebergs, and underneath aro the words : "0 ye frost and cold; O ye ice and snow, bless ye the Lord; praise Hutt and magnify Him forever." Out of the depths of her bereavement, loneliness and poverty, there still re- mained boundless and implicit faith in God; The first aspect of the wind and tem- pest, the ice and the snow is one to in- spire awe, anxiety and dread. We naturally ask, how can we praise God for those elements in whose train come disaster, desolation and death? Amid all this disorder and ruin the psalmist tells us that some law is working and GOD'S WORD IS BEINGeFULFILLED, even the powers which seem to have escaped his control' have their uses and further His designs. At least one reason for the devasta- tion is apparent to the close observer : On a relatively small scale, the storm is hostile to life, but on a much larger one it is the great enricher and nourisher of the soil, which without It would re- main dry, hard and unproductive. Out of death comes new life. Out of decay the grain which sustains and the flow- ers which beautify. The storm and the tempest have their uses also in developing the energies of men. The strongest characters are not nurtured in pleasant climates, where they may obtain food easily from the earth and the trees, but rather In Older countries and on stubborn sdif where one must struggle for very existence.. Need we wonder that Mexico, with all its mineral wealth, is poor, and that. Alaska, with its forest, its furs, and its ice, is rich? It is stern necessity swhich develops the strength of manhood, forces the pioneer to build him a home andat last makes the desert, to "rejoice and blossom as the rose." Not only is such a person tboved to battle against the destructive forces of nature, but he is also aroused to con- quer man's inhumanity to man. ¢ very large share of the world's suffering comes not from • nature but follows directly or indirectly from human care- lessness, SELFISHNESS AND GREED. Most of the accidents on railways, on steamboats, in tunnels and mines are of this character. God Himself cannot prevent. such evils without interfering with man's free will, and hence avith his education. But every such accident arouses men's indignation, awakens their inventive Skill and leads to great caution, watchfulness and security_ The storm and the tempest have yet another mission, in calling forth a blessed tide of sympathy. Poor Ring Lear, out on the heath with barocl head and quaking limbs, amid the thunder and the lightning, the wind and the rain, is but a type of multitudes of others who have learned sympathy through bitter experience and thus, whether for iudividual misfortune or public calamity, there are opened many mountains of tenderness, and generosity in human souls. Surely we may be thankful for whatever turns our hearts in kindness toward our fellow men. My friends, when you stand amid the tempests of life, trust God; when you look upon the marvels of nature,,pralse Him; when you are stirred by the..gran- deur of His works, show forth His sym- pathy and His love. *--*******x** HOME. tif********4*% SOME DAINTY DISHES. An Excellent •Substitute for Caper Sauce.—Boil slowly some .parsioy which has been cut into small pieces. (but not chopped} . and let. it become a sad ,color. Drain•"aiid add to the !netted butter with a teaspoonful of salt and a dessert- spoonful of vinegar. Boil up and serve. Bilked Bananas.—Select large ripe bananas, cut off all the stalks, and set on a piece of buttered paper in the oven. Bake slowly till the skins begin to split, then remove all the skin. Place the fruit on a dish and garnish with whipped cream and glace cherries chopped fine. For a Light, Short Crust.—Take three ounces of butter, lard, or clarified drip- ping and rub it into six ounces of flour. Add a pinch of salt, a teaspoonful of baking powder and make all into a very stiff paste with just three tablespoon- fuls of water. Roll the paste out thinly and bake in a very hot oven till a deli- cate brownish color. Stewed Tripe and Rice --Cut the tripe into pieces about two inches long and one inch broad; throw into a pan of cold water and just let it boil up. Then drain away the water. Chop up two onions finely and fry in a slew -pan with two ounces of dripping till soft. Next` place the pieces of tripe In the saucepan, and add a quart of new milk. Have one ounce and a half of best rice, wash it thoroughly, add to the tripe. Season all with pepper, salt, and a squeeze of lemon juice.; Simmer an hour before serving. • Slew of Fish.—Shred finely some cold boiled cod, free it from bone and skin, weigh it, and for each half pound add a teacupful of boiling milk, a piece i f butter, pepper and salt. Set all in a saucepan, dredge with flour, bring to the boil, add a hard-boiled egg chopped coarsely, and serve at once. For a gar- nish have sippels of fried bread. Rhubahb Cheesecakes.—Stew a bundle of rhubarb till soft, beat well with a fork, drain all the liquor away, and add the juice and grated rind of two lemons. Sweeten to taste, add a little nutmeg and three well -beaten eggs.. Line a flat dish with short crust, .,our in the mixture and bake for three-quarters of an hour in a moderate oven. Turn out and serve cold. Curry PowdenThe addition of a little curry powder' is a great improve- ment to the pea -soup that is made from dried peas.A teaspoonful of curry powdershould d bo fried in a little butter, and a dessertspoonful.• of flour stirred in- to it till browned. 'then enough of the pea -soup stirred into it till it blends and thickens. Stir all the time this is cook- ing. Danish Mould.—Thoroughly wash a teacupful of pearl tapioca, and pick out any dark pieces. Set it in a asucepan and cover with ono pint and a half '1 boilingwater, stir constantly while it cooks till transparent, 'probably for an hour; add a good pinch of salt, a tea- cupful of red currant or rae berry elly, and four ounces of white sugar. When all is dissolved pour into a wet mould, and when cold turn out and erve with custard. Spring rhubarb Jam.—Peel one pound f the finest spring rhubarb, and cut it into inch lengths; add throe -quarters ' l a pound of white sugar, and the juice ncl rind of .one lemon, the rind to be cut in narrow strips.. Place all in a reserving pan, and simmer gently till t e rhubarb is soft; lake it out carefully vith a wooden or silver spoon, and put nto jars, then hail the syrup, while lir'ring, till it jellies, and pour over the Nit. When cold, do the jars down vith a bladder or gummed paper, Peach Bavareis. •-•• Wash canned cachets to a pulp or use any other fruit, s 0 a p 11 5 strainingitlf it has seeds: Add a little e orange or lemon juice and a little of any liquor or maraschino if lilted. To eacn n pint of the pulp allow a pint and a half of sold syrup. Add two-thirds package of granulated gelatine, which has been melted. Stir on ice until it begins to thicken ..and then add hall on , pint of whipped cream. Mould'and when turn- ed. urned out garnish with ;loses of whipped .cream tippsd elyith bits of bright jelly on bitsof the fruit. Orange Omelet: —Separate the whites and yolks of three eggs, beating the whites to a stili -froth.' Squeeze out the juice of one orange and peel and cut the other orange in Minn, removing the sends. Add two tablespoonfuls of su- gar and one tablespoonful of the beaten yolks of the eggs. Molt a tablespoonful of butter in a deep, bright, round - bottomed frying pan or a shallow sauce- pan. Mix the whites lightly into the yolks and pour into the pan when the butter is bobbling. Hold the saucepan over a hot water pan and stir gently for a few minutes, and then allow it to set, only lifting the edges oncasionally with a thin -bladed knife to prevent sticking to the pan. When cooked through, lay the slices of orange down the centre, folding the edges over to the middle, keeping the foamy part inside and turn the omelet out on a hot plate. Sprinkle the top with sugar and with a red hot poker skewer burn a design of either dashes crossing each other or a curved figure eight upon it. The burnt sugar gives the omelet a 'delicious caramel flavor and this part of the process is the prettiest kind of a diversion at a chaf- ing dish party, as the skewer can oe brougttt in and the omelet proper rs easily prepared in the chafing dish. Little Cornstarch Puddings.—One pint of milk, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, the whites of three eggs, two table- spoonfuls of cornstarch. Beat the eggs separately, add the cornstarch to the yolks, stir in a little of the milk, and put the rest of the milk over Lhe fire with the sugar. Add the yolks and cornstarch when it has nearly come to a boil and stir until ft thickens. Re- move from the fire, add the beaten whites and any chopped or strained fruit, together with a dash of curacoa, maraschino, or any liqueur or preferred flavoring. Line small cup moulds with strips of finely cut cherries, angelica, citron, or the strips of peel from orange marmalade and serve on a platter In bed of whipped cream. USEFUL RECIPES. Salt and vinegar will remove verdi- gris from brass. Rhubarb should tet scalded before be- ing cooked. Neuralgia can sometimes be relieved by the application of a bag of hot salt, Rub the hands with celery and wash in cold water to remove the color of onions. Irons rested on a clean fire -brick re- tain their heat much longer than when placed on an iron stand. To keep milk sweet, in summer wea- ther add a small pinch of carbonate 'f soda to each pint and stir until dis- solved, Before washing new blankets soak for a time in cold water with a handful of salt to draw out the sulphur; they are then easier to wash, and require loss soap, Plaster,of paras ornaments may be cleaned bcovering them with a thick layer of starch, letting it dry thorough- ly, then brushing with a stiff brush, A dark Carpet should .••have the dust occasionally wiped off with a wet cloth or sponge. -A few drops of ammonia in the water will brighten the colors. 4,7 A solution consisting of One part shellac and two parts naphtha is an ex- cellent. thing for painting over damp walls: As soon es dry the wall may be papered. Knives flan be given a fine polish if cleaned with a small piece of old Brus- sels carpet on which has been sprinkled hath -brick or emery -powder moistened with methylated spirits, To stiffen hair -brushes wash them fit r warm soapy water, and rinse in cold water, Then lay the bristles for twenty- four hours In a shallow bowl of water in whiolen ntwodissolvouncesed of powdered alum have be To brighten gilt frames put enough flour of sulphur into a plat of water to give a golden tint, In this boil four or ave stall bruised onions, strain, and when cold paint the frames with tho mixture, using a soft camel -hair brush. Lemon - pudding recipe. Use six ounces of suet, half a pound of bread - crumbs, hall a pound of moist sugar, 'silted rind and the juice of two le- mons, and two eggs. Mix thoroughly, and boil well in a buttered basin for three hours, in making buttonholes, if the material is " the kind which frays easily :like voile, for example—first mark the hole,. and, before cutting, stitch it on the sewing -machine and cut between the two rows of stitching. This not only makes a firm foundation for the embroidery, but effectually prevents the material from "frazzling," Starch-gloss.—To glaze linen without the aid of a polishing iron use the fol- lowing starch -gloss, made with halt a pound of white starch, one ounce of borax, two ounces of soap, one table- spoonful of glycerine, one of turpen- tine, and one teaspoonful of common salt. Dissolve the borax and soap in hot water, then mix all together in about three pints of warm water. This preparation will keep for 'months. THE SUNDAY Y SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JUNE 3. Lesson X. The Centile Woman's Faith. Golden Text: Matt. 15. 28, LESSON WORD STUDIES. Nolo.—The text of the Revised Version is used as a.: basis fur these Word. Studies. Two discourses of Jesus — After the Miracle of feeding the five thousand Jesus sent not only the multitude away, but his disciples also, directing these to go before hint unto the -tither side of the lake, that is, back to Capernaum. When at last he was left all alone he sought the deeper :seclusion of the mountain= side to engage in prayer. Meanwhile night lead g come and the disciples" til their little craft on the lake were much distressed by 'contrary winds and waves. "And in the fourth avatoh of the night.,he (Jesus) came unto them, walk- ing. upon the sea." Their fear and the Master's words of comfort are recorded by Matthew, Mark, and John, Matthew adding the incident of Peter's walking oh .the water at the command of Jesus (Matt. 14. 29-31). On the morrow many of those who . had seen the miracle of feeding the multitude again. found Jesus and eagerly followed him. .Jesus, how• Mier, knowing their hearts better than they themselves, said unto them, "Verily I say unto you,•Ye seek me, not beceuse 'ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled. Work not for the 'meat which perlsheth, but for the meat which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of Man shall give unto you" (John 6. 26, 27). Then follows in John's narrative the longer discourse of Jesus upon the Bread of Life (John 6. 27-05). Soon afterward, though proba- bly on another occasion and day, cer- tain of the scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem openly criticized the disciples of Jesus for eating bread with unwashen hands, thereby furnishing the occasion for another discourse of earnest warn- ing, in which Jesus sets forth the neces- sity of obeying the spirit rather than the letter of the law (Hiatt. 15. 1-20; Mark 7. 1-23). About this time Jesus left the vicinity of Capernaum and journeyed into northern Galilee and farther still into the coast region in the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. Matthew and Merit both mention this journey into non- Jewish territory and an incident con- nected therewith which furnishes the text for our to -day's lesson. Verse 24. From thence — Probably from Capernaum. Into the borders of—Into contiguous territory which was under the jurisdic- tion of these cities. Tyre and Sidon— Two ancient coast cities and capitals of Pigmnicia. Of the two cities Sidon was the older and 'the farther north. Lacking the advantages of a good harbor, however, Sidon was finally surpassed ineimportance and ex- ternal glory and prosperity by Tyre. The latter city was built partly on the mainland and partly on an island, and lied an excellent harbor. Tyre belonged to the original territory of Israel (Josh. 19. 29); is mentioned in 2 Sam. 24. 7; and is denounced and prophesied against . by Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Eze- kiel. Alexander the Great accomplished is destruction and left it a heap of ruins. Since then Greeks, Romans, Turks and Crusaders in turn ]lave sought n rebuild it, but in vain. •The prosper- ty of Tyre in the time of our Lord was very great, one of the chief souFaes el is wealth being the export of the cele- brated Tyrian dyes. Its population probably exceeded that of Jerusalem, lie distance of Tyre from Capernaum was about fifty miles, and the distance Pram Tyre to Sidon about twenty miles. Into a house -Probably the house of ewis)h friends or acquaintances. Would have no man know it—Appar- ntly Jesus was still In quest of a place 1 seclusion in this' journey beyond the order's of Galilee, where at this time le was at the height of his popularity. 25. An unclean spirit—Demoniac pos- easion is often: referred to in the gospel nrrative as having an unclean spirit. Mark uses the expression more frequent - y than either Matthew or Luke. Inca') otol of twenty-four references he uses emote thirteen 'times and unclean spirit eleven tinges. Luke also refers to the nelean spirit' once, evil spirit twice and nclean .demon once. Matthew in a to - al of twelve references uses unclear( pirit twice and demon ten times. For note on demoniac possession compare Word Studies for Febrilttry 18. • 26. A Greek, a Syrophmnicinn--The "Greek" Greek" here signifies Centile, and itis describes the woman's religion. he second name describes the race T ,I e 0 b 1 S n 1 d u u s a w 11 T from which slle came, "which was evert that acolirsed stock once doPzned of God to total excision, but of which sonic branches had been spared • by these first gonerations of Israel that should have extirpated them root and branch. Everything, therefore, was against this. woman, yet she was not hindered by that everything from drawing nigh and craving the boon that her soul longed for."- Trenoh. The woman is called Syropiieeniclan, to indicate that she was a Phcenician living in Syria as distin= guished from Syrians living in Egypt or elsewhere. 27. The children—The rightful heirs, hero re rring to the Jews as the Cove- nant pbople of Jehovah. The dogs -The word used intheori- ginal is the diminutive, meaning little dogs. In harmony with this literal meaning \Vyclif translated little whelps, and Tyndale and Creamer both, the whelps, The word thus does not.desib- nate the wild dogs which infested and still infest oriental. towns, but the scall pet dogs attached to the household. 28. Yea, Lord The woman accepts the declaration of Christ, but points out M that very declaration is involved the granting of her petition. Crumbs—Probably not crumbs in our sense of the word, but broken pieces of bread purposely cast to the dogs during the course of the meal. "It was the custom during the meal for the guests after thrusting their hands into the common dish, to wipe them: on the soft white part of the bread which, having thus used, they threw to the dogs."— Maclear. 29. For this saying—For the faith which this saying indicates. The demon is gone out of thy daugh- ter—One of the few instances M which Jesus works a miracle at aodistance. 30. And she went away -Her faith in the word and power of Jesus was im=t pileit and she fully expected to find, and did find, her child well and the demon gone out. 4 WORLD'S LONGEST WORD. No One Who Values Itis Jaw Will Try to Pronounce It. f'he innkeepers of Berne, Switzerland, have decided, in order to get higher profits, to lessen the size of the hocks cf beer. Their regular .customers have decided, for their part, to agitate against. this innovation, and have appointed n committee of seasoned drinkers to check- mate 'the innkeepers. They have also given the committee a title, which, al - 'though it is, only one: word, sums up the whole matter. Ik is ,as follows:— "Vierdeziliterabg- abeagitationskommissionsdelegiertenver- sammlungspetition." II, is probable that • had not the size of the becks been .reduced they would sever have been.. able ~ to say all this at once. A CHRONIC GRUMBLER. Grumpy at his best is not ,a companion= able man, but when unusually disturbed in. his mind, stomach, or liver he is simply a social terror: He loses all re- gard for the amenities of life, and is an animated frost moving through the 'warm currents of society. One of the men with whom he can get along the best is Jelly, but there are stages of hi; depressions when Grumpy would do his worst to stir up a row with a saint. Grumpy and Jolly met the other morn- ing, with this result:- "How do you do? inquired Jolly, cheerfully. "How do I do what?" growled Grumpy. "I mean, how are you, of course." "How am I what? Explain yourself," "Oh, you've got one of your fits Grumpy. How do you feel?" "I feel satisfied with nothing. I feel that 99 per cent. of the human race are [cols, that marriage is a failure, that our social organization is a huge farce, and that the man who is willing to live his life is entitled to an everlasting re- ward." "See here, old man, your spleen's out of• order. The whole scope and extent of my curiosity was to ascertain the state of your health." "Oh, only that? What in creation do you take me for? I've had forty doc- tors, and all of them put together can't answer your question. You want to know offhand from a. layman what these forty professional healers have failed to tell me, though I have paid out enough to make the whole kit of them comfor- tably well off. 'You're old enough„ to know better." "Good morning," said Jolly, as he moved away, with as great a show of anger as he could ever make. "Nothing of the kind," shouted Grum- py. "Deuced beastly raw, cold, drizzling morning. A case of pneumonia in every breath. You don't seem to understand your language, Jolly. When `you feel able to express yourself correctly and intelligently, come round." MAN THE BEST SWIMMER, It is curious that whereas the rabbit cannot swim at all, the hare is an excel• lent swimmer, The :common mouse and the field mousencan only swim a few yards; they drown in the act cf swimming. Ynt rats swim splendicili Lions and tigers swim we11, • altlgouge only from necessity—to Cross a riv:r for_ example. The horse can swim for miles without being exhausted, and shows a wonderful instinct in choosing the best available landing -place. Bears and moles swine well, but bats and monkeys are helpless in the water. All reptiles swinh; so do most insects. Hu- man beings have greater swimming powers than most of the lower animals. A pian has been known to swim thirty miles without a. stop. The only land animal known to have even approached this performance is the American bla';k tear; but the American deer •:o'rco,'n;s;, SWIMS twelve or fourteen /Mine at a stretoh. WHIAT FATHER DOES. ! tothers may talk, work, struggle, to, make their sons models bywhich to shape a new heaven and a new earth 13ut the boy's world is in the man who is his father,and the boy believes that Uhatever may be right' on Sundays • r at prayer time, the things that are really good, that really count in Fife, are what father does. Moreover it is what father does which defines the means with whte,l the boy shall work, the sphere wher'e' •1 his efforts shall be shaped. In a wo:'i what father does is the beginning as it is the end of the boy's achtev,mentet. PART OF MOTORS IN %AR AUTOMQROLISTS URGED '1D QRGArr 1ZII IO1lt SERVICE, Could flush Volunteer Riflemen to thf Front While the Defence 'Wag ' lasing Organized. Excepting Rudyard Klplipg, perhaps, ther isn't an author in Great Brit tin who takes a greater interest in cniitte,ry matters than Sir Arthur Conan Dovete,: rand a probably not even Mr. Kipling spends as much time in considering no, Great Britain can hest be defended :u ease of another war asodoes the burly doctor, who would a Tittle rather not be reminded, now -a -days, that he creat - et'. the redoubtable Sherlock Holmes. No one, for instance, has taken a more prominent part than Sir Arthue in the movement that it now on foot to increase the :number of effective• fight, ing men by encouraging rifle shoo:tag in all parts of :the United Kingdom. I30' s'de making many speeches, and writ- mg frequent articles on the, subject ha recently set a practical example 7,y hnv' Ing a miniature rifle range built ori•'.tiit picturesque estate at Hindhead, aril In• vlting the young men of the neight:or hood to use it. The result 's tient a regular rifle club now exists :n the lo- cality, of„which' the novelist is said ti ie one of the best marksmen, ant 0115 of the hottest members generrily. Now Sir Arthur has been struck with the idea that the motorists' of England would be able to render an important service fn case Great Britain were file varied by A FOREIGN ENEMY. Like Mr. Kipling Dr. Doyle is an ecsta- tic' devotee of the motor car—having been fined once or twice for exceeding the speed limit—and he has written a letter to the -London. Times in which he explains how he believes that the auto. mobilists of Great Britain could be util- ized in case a foreign army had Iandsd ou the coast. "Supposing,” says Dr. Doyle, "that such an event had happened. . Every- thing would,, depend upon swift action so as to prevent any cavalry that •force' might possess from pushing on in small • parties, cutting wires, blowing up bridges, and 'generally disorganizing, the. defence." So S r Arthurnes o nto sug- gest gest that a thousand English motorist should pledge themselves on the first news of such an invasion instantly ie fill up :their cars with picked riflemen drawn from their own immediate neigh. borhood, and to convey them with a week's food, their rifles and their . am- munition,' to the danger point. "Food, -rifles and motor alis," he says, "are, already to hand, and the only factor missing is the :ammunition;'2,000 rounds of which should be given by .the gov- •ernment to- the keeping of the motorist who ,signifies' his willingness to serve- such' ammuhition;-`to be stored in • his garage in time of peace. "In this way," says Dr, Doyle, "with- in a very few hours such a fringe of 'r regular, self-suporting riflemen would to formed round the enemy that they COULD NOT PUSH SWIFTLY ON, ' ur collect supplies without their patrol being cut off, and an immediate line of resistance would be formed behind which the regular defence could be prepared —all this without putting any tax on the. railways." Dr. Doyle adds that, once the motor- ists of Great Britain had been organiz- ed in this way, it would be easy to test their efficacy, and evidently the author is interested in learning how his idea appeals to his fellow automobilists, for, he has asked those who approve of it ro communicate with the secretary of the Legion of Frontiersmen, the newly formed volunteer organization, of which he is en enthusiastic member. It must be admitted, too, that Dr. Doyle is quite in the' literary fashion with his new plan of defence for Eng- land, for at no previous time have so many authors on both sides of the channel been occupied with anticipa- tions of a coming great war between Great Britain and some continental power—Germany for choice. There is William leQueux, for instance, -whose story of the invasion of 1910 is now run- ., ning in the columns of the London Mail—not to mention two German nove- lists, Seestern and Beowulf, who have i :cently published romances dealing with a supposed conflict between Great Britain and the fatherland. But these writers and one or two others either made England successful in the coming war, or else made THE STRUGGLE INDECISIVE and this conclusion has been denounced a- "false, misleading and humiliating for the German nation," but still anoth. er Teuton romancer--Moriturus by nom de guerr,s— who has just published a work of his own which is called, With the German Army via Paris to London. Here we have an attempt to describe. "the real course of an Anglo -German. war," and this, according to Moriturus, is as follows: Germany, first involved in hostilities against the combined forces of England and France, inflicts defeats ' so crushing on the French army that the French Government is obliged to abandon its alliance with -Britain and unconditionally, to accept the Ger- man terms, Germany thereupon corn-•— pels France to join her in war against Great Britain, and the united" German and French navies annihilate two British fleets in two successive engagetn Its, thereby enabling the German army to carry out, a successful invasion of Eng. land. After the occupationLondon of I,o i' n, tiie Gorman Emperor dictates his own turns of peace to the humiliated Eng-. lislr nation. So if Teutons generally have not been satisfied with the alltleipa tory wars conducted by Beowulf, Sees - tern and the rest, they ought to be en- chanted with that which has been pro. vided by the triumphant Moriturus, • PRInPABED FOR EAf1RGENCiEs. "Any soap to -day, madam?" asked tine pdcller. "No; 1 don't need no soap," sharply replied the woman of the house, as site made a movement to close the door. "Then how would n book en grnrh mar do? ti's the very latest- - spot. Iattl; the door w iS slammed in hit foe.,s In 1-&