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The Brussels Post, 1906-5-24, Page 3dv OTES AND COMMENTS A molten sea. a! I;t.zting, vibrating light seems the desert of Snhan near Midday. Tito Sahara is not at all as popular belief . pjattuns it --u. vast plata of moving sand dotted here and there With fertile oases. From Tunis In North Africa westward it Is a vast depression of nand and clay not Hauch above sea level, In some parts perfectly level, in *there hilly, with low depressions con- taining water salter than the sen. This generally evaporates, leaving a coaling of brilliant crystals which look Ince snow in the distance, The river from the Aures mountains serves to' Irrigate the oases of Ilhe'than; sometimes they Dow above the surface, but more often below IL Nov and than the mirage appears, refreshing the wonry eyes of rhe stranger with visions of beautiful lakes near the horizon, even nomrlimes of moving canteens and trees. Alas 'This is an instance where seeing is not believing. After many disappoinlniente the camels suddenly raise Ihc•ir heeds and snuff the ate and move a1 quicker pace, instinct telling them That water is near. There is a fascination about desert life that is understood only otter ono has spent several weeks with a enr- aven among the Arabs: While the heal Is great it Is perfectly dry, and therefore .loos not enervate as dors a humid at- vnosphere 40 degrees ,lower in leinpora- ture. "A blue trip slip for a 3 cent fere, a pink trip slip for a 5 cent fare." The tesserograph bas hent invented by Roberto Taeggi Piscell( of Florence, Italy, to do away with the present prac- tice whereby thousands of tickets for all :stations are printed in advance and kept in stock, and also to register automa- tically the amounts cashed. The ma- chine prints each separate ticket In one operation from a ship of thick paper, the ticket Issued hawing the name of the issuing station, the destination, date of issue, ticket number, class, kind, price, the company's monogram, elk.; and on the obverse any service indica- tion or commercial advertisement as -stay be most suitable to each company. An exact duplicate is issued simultan- eously for checking purposes. Tito tna- chiue can print 400 different kinds of 'tickets. No tickets can bo issued until the inspector In charge on opening the ticket office in the morning has freed the machine and, as the case niay be, has brought back alt the totals to. zero. Mauve is the name of a coal tar pro- duct which perhaps more -than any other discovery in applied chemistry has re- •acled upon• --the science itself to its lasting benefit. • Half a century ago the first artificial coloring meteor .obtalned from a coal tar product was discovered and manufactured. The subsequent de- velopment of the coal lar color industry has been a continuous series ' et triumphs, and the colossal scale on whieh organic compounds of great eompiexity are now manufactured—often in a state approaching chemical purity —cannot tail ..to strike the future his- torian of scientific Industry as one of the mast marvelous"achievements 01 applied organic chemistry of the present age. The Marvel is enhanced when it is borne In mind that the whole or this Industrial development 'which has been' made possible by the intervention of pure science al, 'avert' stage 'hes taken place during the Iasi halt century. Foiels'Purely could not grow on the back of the mountain of fon in the Stale of Durango, Mexico. It is called the most remarkable mountain in the world, and claims clear oto to the natne by its 2,000• feet of height,'its-tbree- quartcrs of a mile of thickness at the base, and its almost entirely solid iron substance. Naturally the iron manu- facturers have been drowning of the fortunes it holds in its big poolcels end of the way in which they Could dive and delve into them. They have 'triad to lease the mountain le work it, but until recently have .been refused by. the Mexican government. The ore obtained from the iron mountain Is said to yield about 87 per went, pure iron, ' —4 POINT IN MILITARY ETIQUETTE." 0 has always' been a moot point in Austria as to how an officer ought to salute a brother -officer when he has a lady on his arttt:. This delicate point, however, has now been settled by the issue of an official army order. In fu- ture, it the (tidy is inking the arm of an officer, then he can, and must, give the salute with his left. But if, as ttkfavor- Ile anelom =is, the officer is taking the lady under the arm, he has to disen- gage himself and salute regularly with his right. QUAINT HOUSE. Ono of the ' best-Icnowrt houses In Northamptonshire, England, was doe signed to represent the days, woke, and quarters of the year, It has four wings facing the tour quarters of the heavens to represent the tour quarters of the year; 365 windows, ono for each tiny; Dtlytwd • dhimneys, one for each'' week; and seven entrances to represept the seven days of t4,a week, A man may watt .et be able to work, ilut that is no aim%'that he wants to Wade, THE iivAy oF ST ieING filepaVABD 117 AN I:AsIVI iQUAlte . \ybon Prince of Wales Ae Went Through a Shake In the Rivera. King Edavard's experience of earth quakes, although .01 a restricted ohue-- aoter, to sufficiently enterteining l0 be placed on record. It may be remember- ed that about fifteen years ago there was quite a (severe earthquake along the French and Italian Riviera, Wilich bowled over u number of badly construc- ted buildings, knocked others out of plumb and created a. good dual of alarm, it came during the night thee, very sud- denly. Every room in the hotel where King Edward, then Prince of Wales, was slaying groaned with its walls„ Creaked with its Doors and rattled with its furniture. All the dogs In it howled together, and the noisy mem In the manager's office screeched at the top at Ws voice. Then carne a lull, es sudden es the disturbance, and the smothered sound of many o ellppered foot and soft, rustling dressing gowns were heard hurrying along the corridors and coon the marble stair's. And the Pu mee? Al the first suggestion of danger Itis faithful equerry, General Sir Stanley Clarice, bounded out of bed, and, mak- ing his way across the smoking snlot,n knocked nt the door of the Prince's bed- room. "What's the matter?" asked a drowsy voice. "'There's an earthquake) Come, sir:" was the shouted reply. "Then why don't you send it away?" was the royal answer. • "Won't you conte outside, sir?" "Outside? No, certainly not! I'rn in bed. Go awayl" The equerry, hls duty performed, fol. lowed the hurrying crowd out into the open ale, under the deep blue sky and tranquil stars. After an hour of this peaceful scene alarm died away and every one had returned to the hotel 10 dress, when THII; SECOND SHOCK CAME, driving them ail out again into the gordee. The equerry's thoughts again nt once. r:eev to the sleeping Prince. The heir' apparent to the throne of Great Britain was, in a measure, in hls special charge. How had he acquitted himself of his shrewd stewardship? A twinge of rpm science nada hint feel uncomfortable as he sat out there in the, .still garden on an inverted watering pot, expecting the tall chimneys of the diplomat's house across the squarn to come toppling down over him. He had noe aroused the Prince at the second shock. So he got up. returned to the hotel, and, passing through the public rooms—his Royal Iiighness was on the ground" floor, In a sort of annex, that projected into a private flower ' planted court—reached the Prince's dor and ]cnnrked: • There was no response. He knocked again, Still no answer. A third, Louder than before—loud enoligh, in feel, to arouse all the Seven Sleepers. But still no an- swering voice. And then the horrid truth, sadden es was the earthquake shock, Dashed into the wealcied equer- ry's mind. Something was wrong. Heti the. Prince perished? In an Instant lie had flung the door open and deshecl Across the anteroom. The. curtains at the door of the bed chamber were drawn close together. \\'tlh a frenzied hand he seized them and drew them apart. As he did so something—but whether no aerolite, a thunderbolt or n falling beam he knew' not -struck him full in, the face. Slrnttge lights danced before his eyes: His head swam, and in a momentary faintness fie, lenned against the door. But the next moment a voles felt on his ear, grave and re- arnnchhtl; Look here, Clnrlce, I won't have any more of this, and if you don't, shut hp staking that hesstly' row. end let. me go to sleep, 111 shy tht other boot at you." 6 SETTLED OIiT OF COURT, Mr. Russell Sage, the American nmil- lionairc, has a horror of lawsuits. A clerk of Mr. Sage's said the other day; "I sought out the chief one morning In his office. "'You remember, sir,' I said, 'my complaint ogahnst m-- wife's mete?' "'Yes,' he answered. "'Well,' said I, 'the man is obdurate, and I think of bringing suit against him. What do you advise?' 'Me. Sage was silent.. a moment, frowning .thoughtfully. Then lie said; "`Listen, When I was 0clerk In Troy 1 had a case against a man that seemed quite as good as yours. T visi- ted a prominent lawyer, and laid the whole nhaller•belore him in detail. When I evas through he lata me that he would be delighted. to _take the case—that. it was a case that t couldn't lose. "'It can't lose?' said I. "`I1 can't lose; he repeated. "'I rose, and took my hat. I thanked the lawyer, and told him that I wouldn't bring stilt, after ell. And 111011.1 ex - platted that it was my opponent's side, and not my own, which I had laid be- fore him,"' It Is Part of Man's Highest Duty to Be Strong. Quit you like men; be strong.—I. Cor, xvl„ 13, Tills is a call that wakes a response In every breast. Our common human Instinct for progress, the cause of all our advancement, lends to the univer- sal admiration of steengtti. Might does not make right, but might Is the right of every man. Religion glorifies 'trengle; It demands of every man that he shall be tire. best he may. 11 eeelcs to show him the way into the fullest, largest life. Only the ehnormnls, the diseased, and the failures in life's workshop attempt to glorify weakness. Sickly souls may have imagined that piety found its most perfect expression in paift=r"aciced, im- potent bodies, in weak minds wander- ing through strange, hallucinations. They have sought to glorify the Creator by debasing the creation. They have forgotten that old story of one who looked on all his works and delighted in their goodliness, But religion looks toward the man who shall be perfect in all his faculties, realizing all his possibilities and dwell- ing in a world where the will of infinite love Is perfectly done. It sees in every. thing that makes men healthier and stronger the coming of that day' and that kingdom.. 11 serves the Creator by seeking to bring all things in the crea- tion to the perieolion indicated in their design and presaged by thele progress. Then' as man grows and comes into higher life he learns that there Is a call for strength far superior to the physi- cal. Many a giant Is but a weakling in all that makes worth while strength, No man is strong UNTIL lIE IS STRONG WITHIN. It is but a crude world where men 'aro measur'eil by their muscles. The race comes' up from the level of the brutes, establishing superiority . the one over another by tooth and elew,'to the"sthig, gle of mind and brain. Progress and the passion for strength lead men on to the acquisition of that whish is higher still, the might to will the right, the power of making and fol- lowing right moral choices. This is the need of which every truly growing man Is most conscious: Ile despises neither brain nor brawn, .but he knows that the great battles are fought not with the sword but with the will, that the great conquests come not by the strong arm nor even by the keen brain, but by the heart that loves truth, the mind 'that determines aright, the will to do the best one knows. Then the man asks, How shall I gain this strength of heart? And he finds the same general laws holding for the mak- ing of the full man Here es In the lower realm. Soul strength is but the product of s0u1 health. That inner, bracing 01' mosphere of honor, that glow of self- respect and fellow reverence, those lofty ideals and aspirations, that cons- ciousness of royal dignity and rights; these are the things that make mon quit themselves Iilce men, the things that uncteelie strength. . Struggle, too, is , one secret of strength. Ile who uses his muscle finds them, hardens thenm He who sees temptation, who hides from those fry- ing questions, those soul-searching crises of life misses the best that lite can give. These make the gymnasia of the gout. It Is easy to berate this es a wicked world; it might be a much worse one If It was only so good as to grow the vines of summer alone instead el some of the oaks 0f waster's struggles. He who seeks strength will seek the strong. The soul 'Inds Itself in the at- mosphere of greater souls, in touch with the things and thoughts that are infinite. FOR SPIRITUAL STRENGTH there must be touch constantly with spiritual being, the constant nearness in thought and desire to those unseen forces and that Iifewhieh, even the most unthinking must realize at times. Aman will And moral strength in the remembfante of. his moral. dignity. He will enter that saying which calls him the son of the Most High; ho will seek ta carry himself as worthy of the family name. If the Father of spirits is Ills farther may be not bear the likeness of that lather? May he not find full strength through the natural outliving, the realization constantly of the best that is born in him? The great need of this world is not tor folks who .will try to carry themselves like angels, but for those who will quit themselves like men, who will find moral strength through human service. They never can he other than weak and purposeless, morally flabby in muscle, tvho think only of themselves, only of perfecting their own character. Much religion is Like a stage gymnasium. True strength is found in natural work; many a man who goes out to do some- thing for another conies back to find he has done much more for himself, He has found strsngth within: Henry F. Cope, THE S. S. LFSSO INTERNATIONAL LESSON, makes it plain that -Jesus first withdrewN with his disciples "into the mountain" and afterwards "lifling•up his eyes and. seeing that a great multitude cometh ante him," had compassion on them and, leaving his retreat carne unto them and taught utero, MAY 27:. As sheep not having a shepherd—The • figure is a peculiarly strong one. Sheep aro not driven, but follow a shepherd wino 'goes before them. • They thus 'be- come' accustomed to looking 'lo' a shep- herd for guidance and never learn to Lind their own 'Way. Left without a shepherd they hander about aimlessly, and stray farther and farther from, the fold. 95. The day was now far spent—It was still. the same day on which Jesus lend •crossed the lake. and had retired with his. disciples Ice the mountain -side retreat. We need not, therefore, think of his discourse to the multitude on this occasion as having been necessarily an unusually long one. 37. Two hundred shillings—The coin actually • referred to was the clematis; of which-- 'the English shilling is - more nearly an equivalent in valne Then any other English or Aneticnn "Coin. The actual value of the dainties was be- tween sixteen and seventeen cents, but its purchasing power wag in the time t1 Christ much greater. 'The stun , was, moreover, quite beyondlhe means of the apostles, so that the gneslton seems to have•been intended to imply the impos- sibillty of masking provision for so largo a multitude. - 38. Fete' loaves mid two fishes—About enough for ono hungry, person under ordinary clrcunusiatces, 39. By,. companies—Lit., "in - par- terres:". a term used for Dower beds of many colors, and suggested probably by the colored robes and lan'hnns of the assembled groups. .This, with the refer- ence to the green grass in the next phrase, reveals a pecuiarlty of Mark's nereutivo, which was rich -In coloring'as Well as oondse. Green grass --A positive proof of the fact that the place Wes nae ue desert In our commonly accepted sense of the terns. The mention ot the Net that the grass was green also gives us a hint as to the sown of the year at which the •mh'ncle tons ,performed, since in Pnles- tine 'the groes .Is only green for a• sheet .period eller the winter rains. Joint, -moreover, explicitly points •ant thee it wns at the time of "the pnssover, the font of the Jews" (John 0.4). 40. In ranks, by hundreds and by fifties --"Two long roes of one hundred, anal a shorter one nt filly persons, The •fntu'th side remninod--atter the manner of the table of the ancients—empty end open" Wrench). • -. - • • - 41.. 1-]e. blamed—The Mfering of n brlef player before .unling.. wits eaustein- ny:,.ns wee also the. breaking of the bread. 43, Thelon pieces—Those left in the ltnncls of Jesus and the disciples. • Twelve basketfuls—The basket refer- red -lo was the ordinary -hag corned by Itrnvcllets In lhA'Csrfetil. 41. Five lhousnnd mime -The errnnge• meat of lhe sailing made possible an necmnfe, count Mnithew, In his no - count. points nut that this number did not Include -thee women and echildrea present, Lesson IX. Feeding the Five Thousand. Golden Text: John 6. 32, LESSON WORD STUDIES. Note.—'The text of the Revised Version is used as a basis for these Word Studies. ' We note that in point of time the events of tine lesson follow immediately upon those of the last lesson. The mir- acle of the feeding of the five thousand is one of the very few events of our Lord's life, apart from. those of Passion Week, recorded by all four evangelists. A careful comparison of the four ac- counts reveals many_ interesting differ- 'enoes of detail in the narrative, reveal- ing In turn difference of view -point on the part of_ tie several narrators, each emphasizing those details which made the deepest impression on itis mind, and omitting others which had either slipped from his memory or which- to him seemed of loss importance. The narra- tive in Mark is the longest account ot the four. • Verse 30. The apostles.— The word "apostle" means, literally,, one sent with orders. Of the many disciples who be- lieved on and followed Jesus, twelve lend hecn chosen to be his especial represene olives, To these he gave the special name, apostles (Luke 0. 12-16). The metes of the twelve aro given in the reference in Luke just quoted and also 10 Matthew 10, 2-4. They arra : Simon Poles, Andrew, Tones the brother of John, John, Philip, 13artiholomew (per- haps the same as •Nalbanaell, Thomas, Matthew the publican (Levi), -James the son of Alpheus, Jude (Lebbuus, Thad- dteus), Simon Geloses and Judas Isom - Gather themselves together unto Jesus —ImacUalely anon Ut err return from the special tnission tin which they had been sent shortly before (Merle le 7.13), 91.. Como ye and rest awhile—Tire necessity for this rest is pointed out in the next clause, but in Matthew's 'na'- rative (Ninth. 14..13) lye aro given a hint as to another and deeper reason which Jesus had for desiring to be alone with Ills disciples Alethis lithe. This reason Was the .profound geld which he felt at the clenth of John the Realist, the nowt; of w'hiolt had just been brought to .111111. 32, .Desert place -11y lits expression we ore la tmderstand not a barren senate' of sand: 'but &nuply an itnlnhabllod re- gion. The place to whieh Jesus went with his disciples wes the. eeclusl'on of a mountain lido, back from lho, northern shore of the Sen. n1 Ourlitur., 33. Otdwent then!—Got (here first, The dlslnnce by land around the mnrth- weste'n shore of. the bice tuna tint much {nether than 11)01116m direct way by tont, and possibly not so Mr 05 the boot journey )1y the pelt \trhteit ilio. Antall sailing croft twos aehtally etiin- polled In take to reach its destlnntinn. 34. Ire mune Meth—With Mom before nerve - thee Mombefore lis 11 would npprm' that Jesus proceeded In leech the assembling multitude intnicdiniely upon leaving the With the oxseptfon of the Smiths, Jones, end Browns, There are few tatia, boat; but John's account (John 6, 34) lies aa old as the lolls, MOUNTAINS AS A TOMB. Ma'tln Evans, a Tennessee million- aire, has 11009111 Government Peek, in the Colorado Range, near Pueblo, and has named it the !:vans mattsolemn, lie hes decided to reserve it as the mon amental burial -ground of his family. 1 Chouly—Von- have your 'Mettles 'Cbm- ploxion. Johhny—Oh, no; water'i1 spoil hers, endI kin wash my time all I want an' it Won't Come Off, "Excuse mo, twister, but bill can't swim ,any ho'11. tarter have soultotleInc to !keep Min afloat 11)j ,1 gits a rope," Tho Lorne SOME DAINTY D151155, Lemon Buns.—Mix two ounces nt ground lice with six ounces of Dour; ono teaspoonful of baking powder and the grated rind of half a lemon. Ilub in lightly. two ounces of lard or butter. Beat up an egg into a gill of milk. Stir Into the ingredients, boat for a few tninutes, put into greased bun tins and bake Inan Ha qulokour, oven for nearly a guar - Beetled Beetled I''ish,—Split open and clean a gaud -sized haddock or mackerel, and steep it in the following mixture for an 'tour. Three tablespoonfuls of ail, two of vinegar, half a smelt onion minced, half n teaspoonful of .nixed herbs; pep- per and salt. Take up the Hall, drain, then flour 1l and broil over a clear lire— serve with this piquant sauce. Make a quarter of a pint of good melted butter Konen, and stir into it u tablespoonful of finely chopped piccalilli. Mewed Call's Foot—Is an excellent dish for an invalid. Take a soothed and prepared foot, joint it and place in a pan with sufficient intik and water to cover it. Stew all slowly tor four hours at the stile of the flfe. Add as season- ing a piece of lemon peel, an onion stuck with cloves, a little celery and a blade of mace. When the meal Is cooked till the bones may be slipped out, take it up, set on a but plate, strain and thicken the gravy, adding a little creast to 11, and pour aver the meat. Garnish with chopped parsley and yolk of hard boiled egg. Rhubarb Jam. --Allow three,-querlers of a pound of sugar to each pound of rhubarb, cul the rhubarb into pieces about two inches long and put Item Wille the sugar into the stewpan over the fire, adding just sufficient cold water, a little more than a table- spoonful, to prevent the fruit sticking to the pan. The rind of a lemon, or the juice of ate fruit, is a nice addition. Let all boll together for three-quarters of an hour while stirring,. and put the jam into puts, covering them with paper in the ordinary way, Potato Soup with Parsley.—Take six good goialoes and add one-quarter pound of salt pork. Cutin small pieces one or two green onions, loaves or the petals from the while part of the onions, Add several pieces of parsley. Put them into a saucepan with enough water to cover them well. Let them boll until the pork is tender and thoroughly doom. 13y that time the potatoes will have fallen to pieces. Take out the pork and rub the potato through a colander. Add to the mixture a pint of milk and salt Io taste. Add -e it1e of fresh butler the size of a walnut, or you can make this unnecessary by rubbing the pork In with the potatoes and in this way gelling all the richness strained into the soul) Serve with a tiny sprig of parsley in each plate. -Liver Baked • in- Bed of Vegetables.— Have lite liver left whole and use a little more then half of the pound of perk Inc lording it across the top, either doing it yourself or lotting the butcher do It for you. 1.1 it is a beef's liver have it skin- ned, as "this gives it a more delicate Raver: Soak it in clear water or in salted water, which will extract the blond The pork will not be hurt by Lids process, es you can leave 11 a little out of the water and rinse it ihoiiugh- ly when through saalcing. Plate the third portion of the seines of salt,nork In the bottom of the baking pan. Slice lho carrot and the turnip from your soup bunch. Slice the rest of the anion used to flavor the soup. Put In a teaspoonful of whole pepper corse and half a dozen cloves, a few leaves of the parley, and if you have it, a bay haat. Add a little water and lay in the liver. if a can liver, bake about an hour and a half, and if a beef's, bake two hours, covering more then hall of the lime in either case. Baste often: To. make the gravy pour all 'the' fat away front the pan ex- cept about two tablespoonfuls, Rub the vegetables through a sieve with a potato, masher, and put back in the pan with a tablespoonful of Dor. Stir unlit brown and slowly add boiling water. It Should take nearly a pint. This dish is following recipe; take len grains of pure Harmine and dissolve thein In one ounce and a half of ammonia liquor. When the carmine bus dissolved, add ten grains of gum -arabic to uta mixture. Tins liquid inc washing carpets will be found useful by Klose who are now enjoying an old-fashioned spring clean- ing, In two gallons of boilingwater dissolve one ounce of yellow soap and one dram of soda. When tate carpet is washed into this, wash over :again afterwards with clear water, Do not make the carpet very wet over the pro- cess, and rub till dry with plenty of clean clouts. A Housecleaning Precaution. — Have the closets painted in the fall with a strong solution of carbolic acid, and after this hoe dried give them a thor- ough spraying with naphtha. This will keep moths and all insects away: Open all the windows In the room where naphtha is In use, as It is very inflam- mable. Buckwheat to Remove Grease Spois.— The following recipe for removing grease spots will never fail and will not injure the most delicate fabric and will remove from a carpet a pint of oil with- out leaving a trace behind. Bub as much dry buckwheat flour upon the oil or grease spot se 11will lake, surround- ing and covering it entirely; let it re- main a few days, Wren brush oft. A second application is seldom needed. To clean gloves.—A wooden hand to be used in place of one's own when cleaning gloves is a boon to the woman who must practice this little economy. Naphtha and gasoline, as everybody who has used themknows, are apt to leave the human bend that has been in- serted in a glove irritated and sore. To cleanse several pairs, one right after lite other, is a sure way to court rod, sore hands. The wooden band is adjus- table to either right or left hand, and three of the Rngers are movable, Glycerin on Tea Stains: For tea stains glycerin oil has the best effect of anything which can be applied to that most stubborn among the enemies of table linen. Even this cannot be guar- anteed to eradicate the stain that has been boiled In, but 1t acts nice a charm in loosening up the discoloring mark that has been allowed to set. The gly- cerin should be rubbed In the slain, which shout(' then be well washed out in tepid water. . To Frame Photographs. — A photo- graph lateen by a good artist In these days is something more than a mere likeness. It has picturesque qualities which make it a thing of beauty es well as a reproduction of a loved one's face. It is a portrait strongly expressing in- dIvidualiiy and an artistic picture to One. For photographs like tit's the or- dinary ornamental frame is not in the least favored. Instead, they are framed in dull brown woods, without mounts, exactly as reproductions of famous paintings are done. The effect is ex- tremely good, and -.the portrait itself rather than the frame, is thus given the prominence it ought to have. DEATH OF MR. GARNETT. Was For Fifty Vears. in Library ot the British Museum. The death has oceurred at Hampstead at the age of seventy-one, of Dr. Richard Carnett, C. B., who was identified for almost flay years with the British Museum. Born at Litchfleid, the birth- place' of Dr. Johnson, Dr. Garnett en- tered the service of the Museum as a lad -of sixteen. His 'father, a clergyman, was also an official of the Museum, and from him Dr. Garnett inherited a love of books, which grew until the keeper el 2,000,000 printed works was able to pfd his finger on almost any volume wanted in the overwhelming library.' in 1875 he betaine superintendent of the reading room, from 1881 to 1800 be controlled the catalogue, and from 1800 1111 he retired in 1899 he was keeper of punted books. Ile invented or adopted the., invention of the sliding -press for museum uses, so that space can always be found for the daily flood of fresh publications. But his greatest work was .the completion of the author cata- lcgue, and the substitution of printing for manuscript, whereby space was eco- nomized and accessibility increased. Such a work will be rivalled only when n subject catalogue on as huge a scale is ready for use. In the catalogue Dr. Gar'net's name appears as the • author . of sixty works. tie began as a post in 1858, and a chaste and melodious muse continued to be his till 1904, when he published "Shake - delicious, sr care;; Pedagogue and Poacher," a Cabbage Itallati —Chop 'the calilingo; drama for the cabinet. Lives of Carlyle, OHO and bail fast in an open kettle of Pherson and Millen, t a1 slatione from boiling water until tender, or for about fifteen minutes. Drain all the, water and dish up in a covered northern dish, prelersbly te casserole, so that it can be kept hot. Mix in a teacup two table- spoons of sharp vinegar and three ot olive oil, with soli, and pepper, until it forms an emuleion. Tose it through the cahbege with a .salad spoon and fork. Apples n In Merle—Pare some large, them apples, endscoop ant the cars, keeping them whale at the bottom. Fill the cavities with a custard pie filling made of milk, egg. and a little sugar and nutmeg, 11 they aro at hand, two nr three scale macnronns may be crumbed end added. Cover each apple with a Mlle short crust or pastry strips. which should bo shaped in a sort of leant or bow. Rake 10 a moderate oven, eover- ing..part of the time with. paper or an inverted pan if there Is danger .of lite apples gelling done -before the pastry. When dorm sprinkle granulnled sugar over theft and servo either want or cold with create. HINTS FOR THE HOME. To give handlcerchlels a faint scent of violets, add 'a small piece of orris -roof to the weler they ere moiled In, To clean . a kitchen table rub the greasy saline \vita.lenan luta, and they will speedily disappear. Lard and Dour mixed ready for past try will !keep a tong while and save lots of work, only wetting es needed. To Skim Soups,—Till. the pot by loty- erhig the handle towards you; the sewn 'will rise on the opposite side aid can be easily removed without loss of soup, 'When windows acro hard .to latish up end down, ley the effect of blaeklesding the franc where it teeehos the learn of the window, and rub a little yellow soap 011 to the cords, • Red ink can be trade at llama from the German and Italian, an invaluable his- lo',y of Italian literature, end- articles innminerable (notably in the "Encyclo- pedia Rritennlca") cane from his pen, while he edited wth Mr.'Goose Me In- ternational Library of Famous Litera- ture. CHILDREN FACTORY SLAVES. Parents, Employers and Themselves • Evade the Law. The report just issued by the Prussian Ministry for Trades and Commerce cf work done by factory inspectors during the 1881 year In the Berlin district again deals fully with the employment ,of oliilda'en, Inspectors, it slates, experience ex- treme dltnculty do bringing to book the employers of children under the legal age, for not only the employers, but the children themselves and their parents or relatives use every means of • evad- ing the watchfulness of the authorities. Inspectors are also aware of the fact that a very large number of quite young children are illegally employed in home industries, espeelally 01 the manufacture of pepor goods, oignroltc boxes, toys and ready-made clathcs. Fines have to many cases hecn imposed on persons who regularly employ children, oven under 10 years, compelling them to worts trots eight to ton 'tour's per day, . inspectors also record the fact that complaints aro increasing every year in every bt.ineh of industry of the lack of young people of both. saxes willing to become apprentices. They prefer, to seek. employment to large emporfnms,. which aro becoming such a greet feature of business lite, where no npprentigoshlp is required, and where they are paid Wages from thelr entrance. After a tow years' time many, it is true, return In ledustrtat Occupations, but then they ere too old le acquire tate neeessaey aptia tude. SPORT !NTH NILEOELTA NOVEL AND REMARKABLE AN OV CAMPAIGN, Parties are Organized Thrahghout the Winter to Sheet the Wildfowl. Bordering the coast of Egypt In tate broad alluvial delta are sovcrel intend lakes, three at least of these being each as large as a good •sbzed English county. In very few purls aro they more •than MX feet deep, the average depth being about four feet: 'These lakes are all salt to a greater or loss degree, but abound in fish of various species and, afford plenteous keep for the, vast flocks of wildfowl which visit them in winter. Duriug the autumn months, from September onward, these birds include several varieties of duck, widgeon and teal, also enormous quantities of largo black coot as well as a fair number of wild geese. All these congregateOnthe takes. The natives 'told organized pat- ties throughout the winter to shoot these wildfowl. Each party le called a "sed." The pian of campaign at a sed is most novel and remarkable, says P. H. Lamb In the London Field, and it is in the number of guns mors than the sum to - tat of the bag that the record consists. On the given morning at sunrise some twenty natives, all armed wilt guns, breech or muzzle loaders, meet at some prearranged place on the bank of the lake: The small party of Europeans, of which I have more than once been a member, turn up in small punts, each capable of accommodating two guns. Each punt !s ABLY PILOTED RN i\ FELLAIX, who pushes .from behind as he wades along in the water, There are usually a few natives out in similar, craft, but these they navigated by means of thin bamboo rods, which they work, one In each hand. When all are ready this huge regi- ment spreads nut in the form of a long chain across an arm of the lake. There is no attempt to keep at regular spaced distances of, say, fifty yards, for if this were done the guns would often sweep a stretch of nearly six miles.. This, however, is quite unnecessary, for every man has, as a rule, as much shoot- ing as he can well manage 'when the guns are much more concentrated. . The awful army covers a width of about two miles long and the drive is usally about three miles long, occupying some four hours. During this time firing is . practically continuous. The natives do not mind the }water in the least, but wade along quite com- fortably for !tours together, in water varying in depth from the knees to the chest. What is more they manage under these conditions to keep their cartridges or powder dry, and those with muzzle loaders seem to experience but little difficulty. Needless to say, these do not fire unless there is every probability Qf an addition to the bag; but those with cartridges are surprisingly lavish with them, and do not hesitate' to take very sporty shots. Here one can see shoot- ing of every class, The drive consists in merely advanc- ing in line down the selected arm of the Take. A11 along in front the surface of the lake Is seen SLACK WITH WILDFOWL. They do not seem to trouble themselt'es much, but slowly retreat as the Unm ad- vances. Presently, however, they begin to realize that they ale being enclosed, and then they rise in small detachments. They might now easily escape by mak- ing a circuit over the land, for the banks are, as a rule, quite unguarded; but this they seldom attempt to do. They seem like the stag and the otter, to rely mainly upon the water for sate - 17 -0 sorry safeguard, indeed. Neither do they seem to learn wisdom by exper- ience, for tho natives have a shoot 'of the kind twice weekly, and yet when preseed the birds always rise and come straight back over the guns. As soon as the flight commences an awful bombard- ment lotion's. Enormous charges of black powder detonate on every, side, and the whole heaven resounds. The noise of this terrific cannonade can be. heard distinctly at a distance of tour utiles through the clear air. The bar- rels of ono's gun soon become uncom- fortably hot, The whole atmosphere slinks of powder, Birds are seen drop-. ping in all directions, while spent.shot rattles on Lie water around one, Though the number of guns -is quite phenomenal, the bag also is not incon- siderate, amounting, as it usually does, to between 2,000 and 3,000 birds all told. The 0001 as n'ell as the ducks afford very good eating, and those which the natives do not requtra for their own use they, can readily self -at from 3d. to 4d. cacti. RECIPE FOR A VOLCANO. Engiishman Tells Iiow to 'lave One he ' Back Yard. A writer in the London Speclotor gives a recipe by which a volcano can be produced in any suburban back -gar- den; "Water, percolating through the crust," be says, _"and sinking to lite heated depths et which it„ is retied above its critical totnperature — about 77e degrees Lahr. --become$ ate asocial- ingly powerful oxplosive•as soon as an outlet for its powers is discovered, "If a shaft could be dug euracienlly, deep to reach the subterranean. !frog and a river turned into it, wo should lave alll the conditions necessary JO start a very Dna volcano anywhere in the British Isles. "Fortuihatoly no .devloa has' yet bean invented Inc tunnelling to the necessary depth, .though something migi:t be done by boring down a mile or so, and then exploding. nay tons of dynamtte, end repealing the process until nature took 16 over.'• HAMMERS LIKE LiGH•ITNING . A man was praising' his wife, as ell men ought to do on peeper occasions. "Site's as womenll' a Watteau ns ever was,” he said, "but she can harnnicret malls Tike lightning.' "Chat's remarkable,' said a listener. .. "Yes, air," said the first speaker, 'Toll Blow lightning never strikes Waco eft the same place,"