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The Brussels Post, 1911-6-22, Page 7w. ,.['its for Busy Housekeepers. fledges and Other Valuable Infers tion orf P rticufar leserest to Women Folks STRAW BERRIES , . Strawberry Salad.—Cut largo :atrawhorries in halves lengthwise, :sprinkle with powdered sugar, and Set stand until thoroughly chilled. Serve in nests of white lettuce ;leaves, with whipped cream flavor - ad with mayonnaise dressing, well seasoned with salt and paprika. Garnish with halves of strawberries and chopped pistachio nuts. • Strawberry Crognante.—Deecr- Ate a mold with strawberries which have been dipped in melted jelly rind arrange closely together around bottom and sides of mold; set away on ice to become firm, Dissolve three heaping tablespoon- fuls of gelatin in one cupful„boil- ing water, add care cupful sugar, two cupfuls strawberry juice, and when cool fold in two cupfuls of cream, which ha.. been whipped stiff, Pour into decorated mold, Set away to stiffen, and turn out and serve when set. This recipe re- quires three pints of berries. Strawberry Trifle. --Spread some small pieces of sponge cake and strawberry jam and fill up a glass dish with them. slice some ripe. strawberries over top, and then pour over custard made as follows: To three cupfuls mills add one heap- ing tablespoonfulof gelatin, three eggs lightly beaten, and four table spoonfuls sugar. Cook in double boiler until thick and creamy. Set away till cold and when ready to •Serve pour ' over top one cupful sweetened dream beaten stiff, and dot here and there with large ripe strawberries.. Preserving •Strawberries. — Put unhulled berries in a colander and allow cold water to run through them to remove sand and harden barrios; hull carefully. Crush one pint of berries in an enameled ket- tle and add ono full cup of sugar, .granulated preferred. Juice still bo formed with such weight t:.at berries will not fleas on, top of juice when in the jar. Let crushed ber- ries and sugar boil hard, shaking kettle to prevent sticking. Drop rem:ender of berries , in boiling syrup and cook five minutes, skim- ming thoroughly. i{ave jars ready placed on cloth, wrung out of cold water, and fill in berries with a •silver spoon. Two boxes of straw- berries when cooked will fill one ,.aquart Mason jar, which is enough .to cook at one. time. u`.ftrawborry Souffle.—Put two •cups strawberries washed, hulled, and cut in halves, an an earthen- -ware pudding dish. Then sprinkle with sugar, pour over a souffle mix- -Lure, and bake in a, moderate oven `from thirty-five to forty-five min- utes. For the mixture: Melt three :tablespoons butter, add one-fourth •cup flour, and stir until well •blend - •ed then pour on gradually while ,the same day and ehe expense will 'beating constantly, one cup of not be noticed, while the fruit clo •scalded milk, Beat the yolks of set will be filled without effort. 'four eggs until thick and lemon col- This is 'a perfectly practical and ored, and add gradually while beat- satisfactory plan and can be ap- ing constantly ono -fourth cup of plied to all, fruits. sugar . Combine the mixture and -out andfold in the whites of four VALUABLE HINTS, Beggs beaten until.stiff and dry. An obstinate headache will often ASPARAGUS. ears be bathed with hot water. cream or rich milk, and season de- licately with salt, white popper, and a grating of nutmeg, Or table- spoonful of lemon juice as prefer- red. Do not allow it to peek after adding the cream, but while-. scald- ing hot, pour gradually over the well beaten yolks of two eggs, Serve with croutons or crackers.. matin do not cook as long n for WHERE BLACK RULES WHITE eating, but pour into a deep pan 1 WHERE BLACK ,^ WHITE L 001(1 dap the shoes in beaten egg and they, will fry crisp. ABOUT THE HIGII'1'Il1IRSS THEY It is wseo to wash the egg beater,HAVE IN It�3a'T;G, directly after it is used. If this is ianpoesible save yourself trouble later by plunging ib at once into a bowl of water so the egg cannot A Beautiful Land with It Glorious harden on it. eliruate—Magnificent Be very careful to keep the lids of saucepans °lean, ler the flavor one dish may cling to a lid whloh t urbu has nab been washed and spoil a Hayti hi probably the most t second dish which is prepared in lent country` in the.world, Out of the same dish,•its last twenty-seven presidents, Vases, vinegar cruets and other twenty.threo had either to flee for bottles may be cleaned with a hand- their lives or were assassinated or ful of raw rice in soapsuds vigor- killed in battle. ously shaken. The rice is better It used to be a French posses - than shot for thisur ose and pot-, sion, and a mangled French is still p spoken there; but for the last sen 1 of scorched articles ishcs,as well as cleanss use Serer- .'', tury or so it has been an independ . ' idHatitins ye. Wet two cloths; plane one be- east black republic. The ninth and ono on.top and watch believe themselves to be the most. the space become clear in fifteen civilized nation on earth, but it is or twenty -minutes, Let stand this tom!]e oPera kind of civilization. The cities, for instance are fitted long Puddingwiclutoth, o h,dixtnlly b a So up for electric light, but the, eke - on blotw, to y bags, al trinity does not work, and nobody on should be well washed, scalded and hung up to dry. It is not nee- tries to make it. Hayti is so shift- eseary to. iron them, but `they less that it has no foreign trade to should bosmoothed and folded be- speak of, so there are very few fore they are replaced in the whites on the igland. The few who drawer. do live there keep very quiet, for Stand saucepans,' fish” kettles, Hayti despises them. to etc., in front of the fire for a few No white person is allowed minutes after washing them, so own land, This law alone 18 suffici- that they may be thoroughly dried ent to prevent a large white popu- inside. This makes them last Ion- lation collecting there. ger and helps to keep them in good . TITLES ARE CHEAP. condition. after stirring ten minutes, 'When ECONOMICAL RECIPES, .Delicious .Rice Waffles—Three- quarters cups flour, two tablespoons sugar, two and a half teaspoons baking powder, one-quarter tea- spoon salt. Sift thoroughly to- gether. ' Into this work two-thirds cup cold cooked rice; use tips of fingers. Add one and one-quarter cups milk, one egg, one tablespoon melted butter. Bread Griddle Cakes.—One and' one-hall cups flour, one cup stale broad crumbs, three teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon salt, two tablespoons sugar, ane -half cup boiling .water, three-quarters cup milk, one egg, well beaten, two. tablespoons melted butter. Add boiling water to the bread crumbs and let stand five minutes, Add the milk, sift together, thoroughly. the flour, salt, sugar, : and balcing powder, and add to the bread mix- ture; then add the egg and butter. Fry as griddle cakes. GOOD DESSERTS. Chocolate Pudding _—Three eggs, separates and beat yolks light; add one cup of shgar and beat, three tablespoons of milk and beat, three tablespoons of cocoa or one ounce of chocolate; beat.;" one cup flour, beat; two tablespoons of bakna powder; fold in whites of eggs last. If you use cocoa, add one-half tea- spoon of cloves., Steam twenty minutes in'small molds or forty minutes in large ones. Fill molds half full. Serve with vanilla sauce or whipped cream . Strawberry Dessert. -Make a rich crust and fill with berries partly mashed and mixed with sugar. Cover with sweetened whipped cream and serve. Short cake—Make an angel food and' bake in two tins. Put strawberries between and serve with whipped cream sweetened. PRESERVING HINT. Instead of waiting till later in season and. buyiug.berries and fruits in large quantities try this plan. Each time strawberries are purchased for table buy an extra pint or quart and make a glass or pint jar of jam.:It can be made while washing the dishes or doing any work in the - kitchen and takes no extra time. It is quickly made, can he cooled, seared and set away disappear if the head behind the Canapes of Asparagus. --Take Brushing moth holes in furniture .:slices of, bread about two inches with' paraffin will arrear their pro - thick, and -stamp them out into grass. The holes should be filled neat rounds with a biscuit cutter. with' paraffin wax. With a smaller cutter mark a cis- Removing grass stains. Before ole in the center of each round.arid wetting rub the stain •with moles .scoop out the crumbs to the depth ses and wash in the usual way. •of an inch, taking care to leave the Used on either white or colored .sides and bottom quite firm. Ar -material. range these in a shallow dish and Valuable china and glass may be pour over then a half pint of milk, saved from chipping by placing a to which a beaten egg has been ad- heavy Turkish towel at the bottom -ded. Then take up carefully and of the basin in which it washed. :slip into a kettle of boiling fat. If a pan is burned or blackened. They will brown almost immedi- rub ,the inside of it with a hard -ately and must be removed when a crust of bread dipped in salt, and pale golden brown. Drain on soft afterward wash it with hot soda paper: Cut the tender part of as- and water. paragus into pieces of an equal Add a little soda to the water in :size, rejecting, that which is woody. which you wash plates and dishes. Wash and sitismer in salted' water The soda loosens the grease on until tender. Drain, But a heap- them and gives the china a good ing tablespoonful of butter into o shiny' surface. saucepan with .a tablespoonful of To set green, blue lavender and tour;. then add a quarter of a pint• pink colors in wash goods, soak in ;of water in which the asparagus alum water. Black, dark blue and was cooked; let it come to a boil; gray should be staked in strong .add the asparagus, the juice' of a salt water. lemon, and a teaspoonful of fine Cornstarch fox iodine stains •chopped parsley. Fill the canapes 'with this; arrange on 0. platter and ,garnish with' cress or parsley and sliced lemon. Asparagusg Soup. --Put two dozen .asparagus stalks in boiling salted water' (just enough ix) cover), with a small onion, a few sprigs of pars- ley, and a stalk of celery. Cover •closely and cook twenty minutes or ,a half hour, until tender, Take trot the asparagus with a skimmer .and strain the water from the other vegetables. 'Press the as- paragus through a purse -strainer and return to the water in which it was cooked. Make a white settee 1ty cooking together one heaping tablespoonful of butter and a level q,_-� Hayti used to be known as the land of the dukes with the absurd names. Some:sixty years ago it But the Small Boy Must Hirt Ex- started a peerage, and every peer chose the name whose sound struck pact Too Illuth. his fancy. One black nobleman was Wonderful as have been the re -the Duke of - Marmalade, another ports of the vast soda; deposit at the Duke of Lemonade. There was Lake Maggadi in East Africa, says also a Marquis of Ginger Pop. Current Literature, the tendency But the peerage has been abolish - hitherto has been to :deem the stor- ed.' Nowadays' ' Hayti is' chiefly les fantastic. Now, however, the known as the land of generals. The myste1y has been cleared up by the latest statistics—which, Hayti fash- report of an expedition which pease- ion, aro twenty years old—show an trated quite to the interior of army consisting of 6,500 privates, Britain's remote possession—as far, 7,000 regular officers, and 6,b00 indeed, as 15 miles from the front- generals. Those generals who have ler of German East Africa. The nu horses ride on mules, and the ascertained facts according to the. army is clad in the cast-off uniforms Chemical News, are more surpris- ing of Half the regiments of Europe. than were the first reports. .Some of the men parade without What, in. the case of an ordinary boots, some with cigarettes in their lake, would be water consists at mouths, some with long sticks of Magedi of a solid deposit of soda,' sugar -sand there; some have rusty with .a hard surface looking like swords, the rest walking -sticks. pink marble. During the wet sea- son—which this region is very ;CELEBRATING THE EVENT! short—the surface is covered with There are many civilian generals a few inches of water. Immediate- as well. Country •squires are usu- ly. after the cessation of the rains ally generals. As every respec- tne whole surface ' becomes dry table Haytian has a passion for with the exception of a margin frock -coats and silk hats, perspiring about 30 yards wide. Even during generals are often to be seen work - the wet season the amount of water g on the •surface in no way renders ing in the fields frock -coated under impracticable the working of the a burning tropical sun. deposit. For many years "Indians" Hayti has a navy composed of six from Nairobi, who use this soda for third-class cruisers, but even Hay - washing purposes and as snuff, ti does not take that navy very have been removing it from the seriously. When foreign vessels lake without regard to the season. put into Haytian ports they are plagued by Haytisn tars trying to EBGE USE OF GASOLINE. sell for a few pence brasswork and _ engine -room fittings! French A.ntontobile Club Would Hayti is steadily slipping back in - Have Farmers Save honey. to barbarism. ,Some years ago the municipality of Port de Paix showed The use of gasoline motors for sufficient enterprise to construct farm work is being promoted by waterworks. The town was well the French Automobile Club, a piped, and hydrants were placed special committee of which holds at short intervals all along the meetings at intervals of several streets. Decorative fountains and years, and bestows prizes for the drinking -troughs were put at every power plants of cultivators, sic- corner. Tho natives were delight - teen awards ,of cash or medals hay- ed.' For a week they gave them- ing been recently made. 1 u to fetes balls and pro Original applications or develop= A LAKE OF SODA. HISTORY IS NOW A DELIGHT, English Schoolmistress Teethe -a Children by Plays, The dramatic way of teaching children history bids fair' to replace the time -worn text -book method, judging by the success of an experi went tried at an English school in Winchelsea: The children, instead of being learners of dull, dead facts, have been living factors : in the history of the period about which they are learning—by the simple expedient of getting them to act part in his- torical plays'; Recently `twenty-one of them went to Lonlidon to act the play of "Sara and Norman by pezmrs- sion of Lady. Evelyn Mason. h Naaman ? How was the cure Vlay was under the auspices of the Pe illage Children's His orical So- formed'? What did,Elisha do with ciety, the object of which is to the proffered reward? What wicked broaden the village children's thing did his servant, Gehazi, dog THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY INii"RItNATI011A'L LESSON, /1 11 23, Lesson XIII.—Review, ; , Golden Text, Die. 0. 8. QUESTIONS FOR SCHOLARS. Lesson I.--Elisha Heals Neaman; the Syrian.—How did Naaman hear of the wonderful prophet in Sa- maria? Who sent. him to Israel to be cured of his leprosy? What did the king of Israel fear when be n • The could not euro mini Who did cure minds. HithertoHaroldthe Saxon King, the Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror, and the rest have been How was he punished? - Lesson II.—Elisha's Heavenly y Defenders.—How did Ben-hadad try to capture King Jehoram? What mere names signifying harrassing did lie think when Jehoram always lessons. To -day, Harold and Wil- liam, the Saxons and the Normans, are' all very interesting people in- deed, and.quite as real -as pirates and redskins. All because they have themselves .acted in : the play of "Saxon and Norman" in their leisure time and their school time, escaped him? What did his ser- vants tell him? Where was Elisha 1 How did Ben-hadad try to capture him? How did Elisha's servant feel when he saw the Syrians sur- rounding them? What vision was given him? How did Elisha treat the Syrian array? too. Lesson III.—Easter Lesson. — Miss Passev. the headmistress of Tho Resurrection Morn.—For what the school, oommenting upon the purpose did the women go to the effect on their work, said that when tomb on Easter morning? Who an inspector recently came to ques- reached the tomb first? What did tion them be did not plough any• she find? Whom did she tell? What "It has made them very keen on did they believe? To whom did the history," she added, "sad we had risen Jesus first appear? 'What was very good reports from two other she doing at the time? What did inspectors, for there was not a sin- he send her to do? gle question in history they could Lesson IV.—Joash Repairs the not answer. Temple.—Who ruled over Judah Another noticeable effect was just before Joash? How had she that unlike the ordinary village ,become queen? How was Jowls children one meets, these little apreserved from death? How was ors and actresses are anything but he proclaimed king? What became shy, and speak up and answer as Athaliah? What did Joash di - ONIONS FOR THE /JIVE EITF OR FLIJMS, I':G:IIRS, FIGS AND `r PINEAPPLES, A Well -Stocked bruit and Vege- table Garden Will Savo Hector Bills, One need seldom trouble the doe - tor or swallow the ohea,szist's nasty coneoctions if provided with a well.- etocked fruit and vegetable garden. When the appetite fails, for in,' stance, as generally happens in summer weather, you don't want quassia or calumba, - Eat plums in the morning, or pears, figs, and pineapples, All these fruits con- tain a peptic ferment which sharp-. ens the appetite and a:igests meat, fish, cheese and milk, Or try some sorrel, whose bitter principle will provoke you to make a good break- fast; or eat a small onion, the very odor of which is the best appetizer imaginable. If the digestion be out of order, and the appetite slack, then the liv- er is sure to show a sympathetic sluggishness. Never mind the blue pill and black draught. Dose your- self with red gooseberries stewed, or with cranberry tart, and your liver will soon be as right as the mail. For colds there are a dozen and more pleasant cures in the garden. Beans, bruised and boiled with gar - lie, will cure the most obstinate cough, as well as supplying a moat nutritious supper. Red or black currant jelly -nearly always nips e cold in the bud. COUGHS AND COLDS. Other sures for coughs and colds are the juice of red cabbage made into a syrup with plenty of sugar, and taken in teaspoon doses. Peel and squeeze .a few turnips, add readily. as city eluldren. When asnk_ 1 reef the priests to del How did three ounces of sugar to the pint, ed questions rn history they a theycarry out his command? and take it as a curative syrup. veered at once correctly, and seem - What to re -take a livinginterest in the What did Jehoiada prepareEat horseradish at meals and at ed-toceive the people's gifts? How was intervals all day for the persistent people they spoke of, just as though ,the menet' spent? cough following influenza. Relief they were familiar acquaintances j Lesson V.—God's Pity for the will be speedy and lasting. or story -book friends. lHeathen.—Who sent Jonah out as Corns and Warts you can cure by "The school Lias now done foul a foreign missionary? Where was applying boiled potatoes, the juice historical plays,"Miss Passey said,;"nag y 1 mei 'Saxon and Norman,' : he sent? How dict he try to shirk of green figs, dandelion juice or el - twice Robin Hood,' 'The Spanish his duty? How was he brought back derberry sauce. Better still is a Armada;' and Caedmon:' Not to his duty? What was the result thin slice of pineapple bandaged ov- onl does this acting teach them' of his preaching? Why was Jonah er the corn, and left for eight history and stimulate their liking' displeased at God's mercy upon hours. The corn is then quite- • oltf it, it makes them intelli- l Nineveh? What lesson did God and can be easily removed. O , for ou bathe the corn and then drop gent and able to speak well, clear- teach Jonah? a little radish juice on it you will ly and pleasantly." I Lesson VL—Uzziah, King of Ju- Little Allen Eastwood, aged sea-' dah, Humbled.—Along what three soon be rid of the annoyance. en one et the youngest children in ; lines did Uzziah strengthen Judah? For chapped hands, nothing the east, rehearsed a portion of his What old enemies did he overcome? beats a. mixture of leek juice and part. He had evidently learned to :How did he fortify Jerusalem'? cream; and your chilblains will • gulp down promptly any shyness, What works of peace did he eon - of if you bind some scrapings for he spoYe. his lines in a clear, big strict? Who helped him in these of horseradi h over them. voice, and, what is more, under -I enterprises'1 What irreverent act Hiccough, however bad, is Mired stood exactly what they meant, 1 did Uzziah commit? Why was this by an infusion of spearmint in boil - Charles Turner, aged twelve, plays !act wrong? Who rebuked him? ing water, and aldose of this also the part of Harold, whose charas - ;How did he take the rebuke? How relieves flatulence and the giddi- ter, likes and likes he discussed was his pride humbled 7 cess of indigestion. ifhe were an intimate friend, jj Lesson VII.—Isaish's Vision and Earache s cured by a warm cab - as t bage leaf placed ever the ear,, or and described how he hated Nor- Call to Service.—Who was Isaiah? a poultice of garlic placed within. Mans. What vision had he? Where did the ear, or a poultice of camomile he see the vision? In what year flowers, or by a clove of garlic did this occur? Of what did the placed within the ear, Be careful vision make Isaiah feel conscious? not to push it far in, or you may How was he assured of forgiveness? not be able to. get it out again. To whom was he sent as 0 messen- In sleeplessness, hop tea or' a. ger? What result was to follow hoppillow never fail. The latter rt his preaching? `that was the final lised George TTI, when everything hope of Judah 7 else had been tried without sues Lesson VIII.—Song of the Vine- Cess. yard.—To what does the song of the TO BRACE THE NERVES, cut celery roots into small pieces, dry and grind them, and make the powder into celery tea. You can take it with cream and sugar, and it will cure neuralgia if you suffer so. Rosemary tea quickly removes (persons depression; and a head- ache can be cured by thyme tea or lavender tea ,i As hair growers the fresh juice of parsley or Jerusalem artichokes cannot be excelled, unless by a. raw onion rubbed on the head in the sunshine; Rosemary, of course, is a remedy known to all. Put ono ounce of t.h,• dried leaves and flow- ers in a pint of boiling water, and let it stand till cool. Then strain, and bottle ready for use. For burns apply rod -currant jel- ly without delay, or use a strong infusion of nettle leaves, For the brain, apples strengthen it by means of their phosphorus; asparagus brings forth one's gen- ius; en-lus; sage and balm improve the memory; eresses invigorate the in.- telleet ; prunes and hops soothe the nerves; and both celery and sloe ' gin remove brain fag, EAT RYE BREAD. Case of Maria Jonesco, Who Is Hale hand Active at 115. There is living in Kishineff, Rus- sia, a hale and active old lady, Marratta ed 1 eRe115thvho has just bi tl day. Shecele- bb a0s1 vineyard compare Judah? Where orn in the Bessarabian Village of was the vineyard planted 7 Bow selves p Strashen in 1705. She is a child was it cared for! What harvest cessions, to celebrate the great less widow, Her sight and hearing was expected of it? What did it event. Brit at the end of the weak are still nearly perfect, she is coin- Produee l How slid Judah resemble they went and tore asp the whole parativelyactive on her feet, her the vineyard? How had the weal - system. Now they tie horses to the lvery hir is abundant, she has thy oppressed the poor? How did hydrants and pick their way in the lost only four teeth and has never many of the people spend their main streets among fragments of in her life made the professioal days and nights? acquaintance of a doctor. Lesson IX.—lfieah's Picture Micah? Maria loncseo, svho still con- Universal Peace.—Who was Mica r serves 0 naturally sunny dispos- In what kingdom diel he prophesy? ition and a happy temperament, What Pato did he warn the Jews of 1 attributes the lengthy tale of her Of what final hope did he tell? veers to a black bread diet. She What condition will follow the knowledge of the Lord by all peo- ples? ,What will become of wars? How shall the nations show their love for God? Who, shall be their examples•? Lesson X,—Israel's Penitence and God's Pardon.—How did Hosea re- gard Israel'?. What did he appeal to Israel to do? Whose help did he ask them to foreake ? What evil Practices did be urge them to abandon'? How dict ho say God would regard Israel's penitence? What promise clid he make con- cerning Israel's future prosperity? What did he say about the ways of the Lord! Lesson X.—Hezekiah's Great Passover,—Who had closed the temple ? Who reopened it and had it cleansed 1 Whom diel he invite to come to Jerusalem? For what purpose did he invite them to 1 Passover come? When was the 1 celebrated? How long did the ce- lebration Cross," notes a few items from. the continue? What did the overseers' accounts of St.Martin's. people do when they returned home? Euston NII.—The Downfall of Samaria—Who 'was the last Icing of Israel? Who exacted tribute from him'? How did Hoshea seek' to avoid paying the tribute? What did the Assyrian king do then? How long did the siege of. Samaria last? What was done with the Israelites? What finally became of thane? What was the cause of Israel's destruction? meats by tht farmer himself are specially encouraged. The winner of the first prize, M. YvonnetThov- areck, made use of a 1 1-2 horse- power motor for driving nine pieces of farm apparatus, includ- ing straw cutter, root cutter, grind- stone,, circular saw, well pump and a variety of dairy machines. The various devices aro belted to dif- ferent counter shafts, all in one building. This use of power has added much to the efficiency of the farm, and is estimated by the owner to savc hint $600 a year. ' Another prize taker, M. Tniebaut, has.. made use of a second-hand tricycle mo- tor for driving a thrasher and oth- er machines. MEDICAL HANGMEN. Although it is common knowledge that medical men are exempt"from serving on juries, the cause of their immunity is not generally known. Namely, that in ancient times when doctors were not held in the high esteem that they merit to -day, their s ' occupation (like that •of butchers Cover rho stain with the cornstarch, and executioners) ivas held to be wet in ocld water or milk. Lot too bloodthirsty to permit of thein stand until stain disappears. servin + impartially as jurors. Al - Wath •a of neenty, et.. though it now sounds curious to• Wash a saueepau in plenty al hos .hear medical' inen classed with ass Irving pans. Wipe them well their. work was muclimixed up,. Not enlyy Were executioners granted a license by :King Frederick II. -of Denmark in 1627 (which is still in ox]steneo) "to set bones ancl,treat wounds,' lint the public execution - or was supposed to be able to per - with a.;piece of palter, which is af- terward burned, and polish them. with a dry cloth. Keep a bottle of ammonia at hand: to use when acid takes the color+ from awy fabric, • Apply a little of the ammonia immediately, form surgical operations as well. and in almost every instance' the Apropos of this, there still exists, color will bo restored, treasured in Mr, Pierpmtt Mor - When using a bottle of.glno the gan's faniopl library, a book upon stopper may be I:vovented froyn the treatment of various .diseases sticking by rubbing a freslu one try-Aruireas Liehknccht, a publ . pipes, and are happy. It would seem they haven't much use for fresh water. WITH ITS GRIM SIDE. There is a grim side to Hayti's re- lapse into savagery. Voodooism is has never eaten white wheaten getting a greater hold than ever it bread since her early girlhood, and had. Voodooism is simply a sacred the rye bread she has always con- forms of cannibalism, practises] by sumed has been known in Russia high and low. At intervals these as soldatsk] khlyeb, or soldiers' frock-eoated'generals retire to the bread, which is the blackest and depths of the juggle and worship heaviest and purest of whole rye the snake -god, sacrificing and eat foodstuffs. ing children in its hosier. All re- - spectable. inhabitants of Hayti hot- ly deny that this is so, but travel- lers have seen. At least two of Hayti's recent presidents were known Voodoo -worshippers. Hayti is a beautiful land, It has a glorious climate, some of the love- liest mountain and forest scenery in the world, and the most fertile of sols. The Haytian is a lazy, good-humored child. tut somehow there is an uncanny atmosphere about the island, and most of the few travelleve who have found their way there have confessed td heav- ing a sigh of relief on seeing the coast -line fade on the horizon,— London Answers, ,1 There are six daily newspapers in Toronto, to weekly papers, 20 semi- Monthly, 70 monthly, eight quar- terly, and one directory company. Mrs. Snappem (who has boon suf- fering from toothache)—"Thank g•:iodness, I've bad that tooth out tablespoonful of dour. Stir until with a little lard or grease of uomo exocuftaeer of C -' open hagen, whc nt la.t'" Mr, Snappem—"Happy t tl. smooth, add the asparagus and WO and using that hi place of the during the close of the seventeenth , t„nth ! Mrs. Snappem, FVhatda water, Allow it to boil a few min -incl st]cicy ono, century enjoyed l�,itrorcaat fame as :you moan?” Mr, Snappem—"It's :rites, then add a haif pint of awet'.t When en"icing mush 'for Wad „ physician of no small repute, out of st•e reach •af your tonstua" NO LUCK. The tradesman rendered his hill, waited for several weeks, and then 'Wrote: "Please, sir, I want my bill." Back came the bill with these words: "Certainly; here it is." The bill was again returned, and the tradesman wrote: "Kindly send me the amount of my bill." The answer cause promptly and politely; +'Certainly. 'It is $5.00," Tho not week the tradesman again wrote: 'Wily you send me a cheque for my hill?' The atnswer came in the 'shape of a blank, unsigned cheque, with tlte, message; • "By all means, Hero, is a cheque. I have the bill." In desperation the tradesman thsti. wrote: "I want my bill paid." And back came the answer t "So do 1:." Then the tradesman gave it up,' OLD LONDON SUNDAY LAWS. A seventeenth century was a day of trials. For one had but to fetch or carry to break the Sabbath. Mr, Carmicihael, in his "Charing Fines were imposed for "carrying the ,linen," "carrying a haunch at venison,'"' carrying a pair.of shoos," and to man for "his wife swearing on .a Sunday," And 'were not the Dike of I3uckinghani and Sir Charles Sedley fined again and again ler riding in their coaches on Sunday? This;strictness upon travelling was not confined to Lon - dor, nor tet to riding in coaches. A seventeenth center was Dani ED. 2_. .