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The Brussels Post, 1912-3-28, Page 3e nOUSEHOL Save Sbociciugs.--Sew a piece of chamois leather on the inside of the heel of the shoe. This will pre- vent ib rubbing the stocking and so delay the appearance of holes. To Clear Coffee.—Wet the coffee with a little cold wateruntil each J grain is well moistened; add water and cook as usual. When done take from the Are and throw in a crust of dry bread, Let it . stand a few minutes before serving. You will And the coffee will be clear and it is much cheaper than using eggs to settle it. Olean Burned Kettle. -After burning food in a kettle you often find that in spite of all scouring it will not all come off. This may be remedied by placing the kettle over a fire and filling it with water, after which add some baking soda, Let this boil a few minutes and then re- move the fire and wash the kettle. It will 'be as good as new. To Boil Riee.—Place the rine on the fire in cold water and allow it to reach the boiling point slowly. As soon as it begins to boil, remove it from the fire, put in a colander, and hold under the cold water fau- cet until all the grains are swollen. Then add milk in plane of water, season with. salt ,and a little piece. of butter, and let boil a short time. Keeping Eggs.—Eggs may ,be pre- served in several ways. If you rub the shells with butter it will keep them for months. Another mode is to apply with a brush a solution of gum arable to the shells,or immerse the eggs therein, let them dry, and afterwards pack them in dry char- coal dust. Steeping them in sweet oil answers the purpose for a'year. Boiling for a minute answers for a month. To Use Old Blankets,—if the blankets are exceedingly large ones they may be cut in half, for table pads. One needs something that will hold heat. Here is the way that a blanket may be suited to the purpose. Lay your blanket on the table and out off all that is nec- essary, allowing one inch for a hem and after hemming it you will have a. cheap table pad as good as if you had bought new padding. What a Marble Will Do.—Every- body knows that a .marble placed in a kettle will prevent fur collecting round the inside, but few people know that a large clean marble (say a glass alley) boiled in milk; por- ridge, custard, or sauce, will auto- matically stir the liquid as it cooks. This prevents any chance of the liquid burning, and saves you the trouble of constant stirring, besides giving you both hands free to at- tend to your other duties. Pie Crust.—In making pie crust use to one cup of flour a scant one- half cup of lard and small teaspoon baking powder. The baking pow-' der makes the crust easily digested. Then add a pinch of salt. Do not use the fingers in preparing the crust. Have the lam cold and cut it in the flour. Have cold water, and do not get crust too 'wet. In making a pie with one crust insert the tin and put on crust. Bake. Then slip in the tin and fill with mixture. Save Bacon Fat.—Even good and economical cooks do not know how they may use up extra bacon fat that is sure to accumulate. Freshen the. bacon always, as it is more de- licate. Pour off the hot fat into. a separate -ern or jar. When full re- heat and stir in a teaspoon or half spoon of soda, according to amount saved, then strain through a fine sieve and put aside to harden. Fine to use in making ginger or, spice cakes, johnny cakes, jumbles, in which are fruit and nuts, small mo- lasses drops, and a little may be added to sour cream cookies where there is insufficient shortening; al- so good for frying fish, breaded veal, or potato and rice patties, and for popped corn. SOME DAINTY ,DISHES. A Delicious Apple Pudding,— Ohop finely half a pound pf apples, shred half a pound of suet, and mix with half a pound of bread -crumbs, a quarter of a pound of moist su- gar, and two eggs. Boil for three hours in a well -buttered mould. 'Turn out to serve, and pour sweet Hance round. Sago Soup.—Wash in several wat- ers six ounces of sago. Put it into three quarts of stock nicely flavor- ed with vegetables. Let this stew gently for an hour or rather more, ,stirring it occasionally to prevent it burning. Should the soup be liked thicker allow half an ounce more sago to each quart of stock. Hodge-Podge,—Gut into slices four onions, four carrots, three large turnips, six potatoes, and a stick of oelery, add one ounce of rice, season with .pepper and salt. 'Cut one and a half pounds of lean meat into slices, and mixing with the vegetables, arrange all in a jar with a cover. Add one, 'pint of water. Bake slowly for six hours, and turn into a deep dish to servo. Soda Scones.—These scones are •oxeellent for tea, and may be eaten •either hot or cold, buttered or with cheese. Mix with butter -milk to the consistency of light dough, one pound of flour, one small teaspoon- ful of bicarbonate of soda. Roll bhis oat to half an inch thick, cut into shapes, and bake on a griddle or baking sheet, over a clear fire for ten or fifteen minutes, turning the scones to brown on both sides. Haddock Steak.—Haddock is a fish that is often met with on ac- count of its cheapness, but it very much depends on the cooking whe- ther it is palatable or not. It is a watery fish; therefore, when boiled is poor. A fair-sized haddock cut into steaks of about one -inch thick is very good. These steaks should be fried in egg and breadcrumbs and garnished with lemon, and when nicely cooked are equal to nod. Cocoanut ice, so popular with young people, is made as follows : Place one and a half pounds of loaf sugar in a brass pan over a clear fire, with just sufficient water to pre- vtnt burning. When the sugar is 'dissolved add to it half a pound of r" .desiccated cocoanut and stir over the fire for a few minutes. Have a baking tin .lined with buttered paper, and pour two-thirds of the ice on it, color the remainder with oochineal, and pour over the other. Stand in a cool place till cold, then cut into bars. Chestnut Forcemeat.—To stuff a good sized fowl take a dozen or a dozen and a half chestnuts; roast and peel the nuts and then put them into a saucepan with some good gravy. Let them boil in this for fif- teen or twenty minutes, then drain off the gravy, and when they are quite cold, pound with the liver of the fowl. Now take a tablespoon- ful of grated ham, a teaspoonful of black pepper, a piece of lemon -peel, grated, a very little cayenne pep- per, and two large tablespoonfuls of breaclerumbs. Mix all well in a mortar with the chestnuts and fowl's liver, moisten all with two yolks of eggs and two ounces of butter. Orange Marmalade.—Slice thinly twelve oranges and two lemons, and remove the seeds. To every pound of pulp, allow three pints of cold water. Let this stand for twenty- four hours, then boil till the chips are tender and clear. Let all stand till next day. To every pound, o£ pulp, allow three pints of cold water. Let this stand for twenty- four hours, then boil till the chips are tender and clear, Let all stand till next clay. To every pound of boiled fruit allow one pound and a half of lump sugar. Boil, stirring constantly, till the syrup jellies and the chips are quite clear. The great point in making good homemade :marmalade is to see that the chips are very thin. Sharp knives are most necessary for this work, Vegetable Mulligatawny Soup.— Take equal quantities of any vege- tables you happen to have, wash them well, and cut into dice, Place in a saucepan two ounces of good dripping, and when it is melted add the vegetables, stirring till they aro nicely browned. Dredge into the vegetables a dessertspoonful of cur- ry powder, one ounce of well -wash ed rice, salt and pepper to' taste, 'Pour over all two pints and a half' of any stocklyou happen to have, and simmer for two hours. Thicken the soup with a little cornflour, add a tablespoonful of lemon juice or vinegar, and serve very hot. USEFUL II/NTS. Keep Potato Peelings.—Never throw away your potato peelings, but always burn them, and you will seldom havelo clean your .stove, '1'o Clean Silver;—To polish year silver knives, forks, spoons or ler. ger pieces, take a common lead pen - ell, eraser and rub off tarnish and the result is a beautiful po lisle.' " WHEN COAL WAS CHEAP. Coal, centuries ago, was not ap- preciated as it is now, William. Prynne, Keeper of the Records to Charles II., relates that in the reign of Edward I., when brewers, dyers and other .artificers began to use coal instead of wood and char- coal, the inhabitants of London pe- titioned the King ,againsb its use, declaring that it was "a public nui- sance, corrupting the air with its stink and smoke, to the great detii- ment of their health.", Whereupon the King prohibited its use, and is- sued a commission of Oyer and Ter- miner to try all who had offended to punishthem by fine for their first offence, and for the second their furnaces 'and kilna were to be de- stroyed, Tho practice was at last. made a capital offence, and a man was tried, condemned and hanged for burning 0001 in, London. WALTZED FOURTEEN HOURS. An extraordinary waltzing match in which eight -couples competed took part recently at, Allessandria, Piedmont, Italy. The dancers com- menced at 10 o'clock in the evening of the 28th instant and, did not cease until, they were compelled to do so. from exhaustion. At midday on the 206, when there remained only two Couples in the contest the :jury ordered the termination of the match, which had lasted• fourteen bouts,' and Itegaldi, who was ad- judged chainpion, fainted immedi- ately Afterward, PRISON WARDEN R. J. BAKER BELIEVES GIVING CONVICTS THE "SQUARE, DEAL."' Bost Behaved Lot of Convicts to Be, Found in Any Prison in the States. Cleveland, Ohio, has the "Golden Rule" Chief of Police, but it was left for Nevada to develop ,the pri 'son warden who believes in, doing unto the convicts in his charge what the would like them to do to him. His name is Ray T. Baker. He has been warden of the State Prison for slightly mare than one year, and in that time he has be- come rather celebrated for the ap- parent success that has crowned his experiments. It is possible that the reforms he has brought about will not be permanent, and that his pri- soners may weary of well -doing, but Mr. Baker has the, best behaved lot of convicts to be found in any large prison in the United States, they !say.,., and he has what he probably ,values most highly of all; and that is the friendship of the men, rob- bers and desperadoes though most of them are. Mr. Baker went to the penitentiary with a theory to work out.The salary would be of small interest to him by itself, since he is a man of means, but when the Governor of the State said that be would give him a free hand to carry out his plan in the State peniten- tiary, he accepted the job. THE TRUST THEORY, Warden Baker's chief idea in the handling of the convicts is that there is only one way .to make them trueetworthy, and that is to trust ahem. He does not first demand that the man 'shall show himself worthy of confidence. First, he trusts the man. He says that he has not yet found a man from a sneak thief to a murderer who will not respond to this treatment. His first' experiment was. with a high- wayman named Bill, who had made a desperate effort to escape two years before. Bill had jumped off the roof of the prison, and as a re- sult of his exploit the place had been surrounded with electric wires of high voltage. It was simply im- possible for Bill to renew his at- tempt, but he used to sit day after day staring at the guards as they paced back and forth, his mind al- ways busy with the problem of how to snake a clean break for liberty, The new warden approached him in the yard, and told him that he was to be sent to the road camp, where the "trusties" worked. Bill was thunderstruck when he learned that he would go unguarded if he would 'give his word that he would not try to escape. DESPERADOES ON PAROLE, He gave his word, and he went to the .camp, and though he ;has had a hundred opportunities, he has made no attempt to escape. Before he was sent to camp Bill was one of the fourteen most desperate prisoners confined in ;the "bull -pen." The new warden made the following re- marks to the incorrigibles, as re- ported in the Sunset Magazine :— "Boys, tihey tell mo that you aro `hard -bolts,' Now, I don't know what your past records are, and what's mese, I don't dare. They don't count. with me. There's go- ing to bo a new deal in this prison from this time on. See? I'm going to treat every prisoner here square, and I expect him to treat me square. I do•n't want the long end and I won't give you the short end. And I wont take the short end, either, so don't try to alip it to inc. It's a square deal on both sides. You'll get an even break, and that's all I.• want ,yon to give me, Now, get out of this bull -pen and into the yard. Every .man here is ,going to• e tie•ated as though he wants to do the square thing until he shows me that the does not. If any of you. have any kick corning, come to me and we'll see what can be clone 'about it," THE NEW SYSTEM. The bull -pen has been abolished. The prisoner's no longer wear stripes. The lock step, the ball and chain and the spy system are all things of the past, The prison has been renovated, and the quality of the food served the men has been• improved about one hundred per cent, There, are plenty of books and magazines available far the men ; they have a half holiday every Saturday, and through the rent of the week they work en a large farm practically unguarded. Last Thanksgiving Day the prisoners were treated to turkey and mince 'pie, The warden spends mast of his time moving about among the men and talking to them, not as an evangelist, but simply as another man who takes an interest in them, and would like to do a good turn if the opportunity presented itself, The best prisons are bad enough, he says, and the punishment of con- finement is sufficient without add- ing to the miseries of the, inmates by unnecessary sternness, It ia,net to be supposed, though that dia. eipline is not maintaiucri, and that man is given a ehanoa, .and if he impose, on the warden he is pun- ished, Then ;the incident is closed, and he is given a fresh start. SAVING A MAN'S SPIRIT. There is no attempt under the Baker regime to break a man's ,spirit. The warden realizes that the spirit is the beat part of a Haan and that when it is broken the man might as well be out of the world, for he will never be any good after- wards. He insists that if ;the con- victs are treated as men and put on their. honor they will not often fail to .respond. Mr, Baker does not say ib himself, but it is well to an derstand that a good deal depends on the, character of the warden, Men will take advantage of wishy- washy sentimentalism, and it may be that many philanthropists who make experiments in attempting to reform criminals prejudice their case at the start by their own feebleness of character. Warden Baker is probably e, remarkable man, and that is why he has such remarkable results. MRS. SUN TAT SEN. Wife of •First President of Chinese Republic. Mrs. Sun Yat San, wife of the Chinese who was head of the Suc- cessful revolution and who resigned the office of first President of the Chinese Republic in favor of Yuan Shi Kai, is a very attractive little woman. William Maxwell, a writer for the London Daily Mail, who is taking in China on his way back to England from the Durbar, vouches for it, He describes her thus: "Just a dainty little lady with sweet, smiling face and a grace and charm that make willing slaves. The simple robe of pure white threw into strong relief the clear, olive tone of the complexion and the glossy black hair unadorned and smoothed bank from the shapely forehead. Mrs. Sun Yat San might be a beautiful nun if her face did not shine with the happiness that is of this world also." Mr, Sun Yat Sen has not accom- panied her husband in his wander- ings, She was not with him when he was hustled into the Chinese Le- gation in London and kept a close prisoner until a note bidden in a coal scuttle startled the British peo- ple into indignation. She is a stran- ger alike to Europe and America. "I have two daughters who have been my care," she explained. "They are both educated after the manner of English girls." But if Mrs. Sun Yat Sen has tak- en no active part, she has none the less suffered in the cause of the re- volution, "For yearn the cause has separat- ed me from my husband, on whose head there has been a price. My married life leas been filled with vague terrors and active alarms. But never for a moment have I lost faith in the success of our sacri- fice," she said. The interview took place at Pen- ang, where Mrs, Sun Yat Sen and her daughters have been living for more than a year. GOVERNMENTS "GRATITUDE" Widow's of Naval Heroes Given Given 17 Cents a Day. General indignation is expressed at the niggardliness with which the British Government has provided for the widows and children of the, men who were drowned in the sub- marine A3. In answer to a question by Lord Charles Beresford, Dr. Macnamara, Secretary of the Admiralty, an- nounced in the, House of Commons that of the four officers and ton men who lost their lives, se far as was known, ,six left widows and four left children. By way of compensation the Government has granted to three of the widows 5 shillings a week, to two of them 9 shillings, While the case of the sixth was still ander consideration, Extra com- pensation was given in the, cases where there were children, 18 pence, and in some eases 2 shili.ings a child a week being granted. Bitter comment was made upon these grants in naval, ports, such as Portsmouth, Plymouth and Devon- port The Mayor of Portsmouth has appealed to the people in Ports- mouth, and the neighboring district has raised over $10,000 for the benefit of those who were dependent on the victims of the disaster, "Here," says the Mayor, "a highly -paid Minister is not ashamed to announce that some of the chil- drrn of these ;heroic men are to be paid 5 eents a day to aid their sor- row -stricken mothers, who aro guaranteed by the State in it grud- gingly unworthy gratitude another 17 cents sand 30 cents a, day to keep the wolf froth the door," Half tate back-biting in the world would cease if we look at people as wo do at a picture—in the best light, "1 have known better days, lady---" began Faded J"amos. "Yes, it's a wretched morning," replied the farmer's wife "but I've got no time to discuss the weather With ,you, bad as it is," And she the unruly are not checked, 'Tho Shut the door and left him, LIFE IN DENMARK. A Country Where Almost Every- body Is Poor, but Happy. "In Denmark everybody is poor," declares a writer in the English Queen, "There are no coal or mina eral deposits in the, country. Con- sequently there can be no manufac- tures; and a nation of farmers, even of Danish farmers, is never rich according to the standards of commercial countries, "Incomes are small. Where the salary of a Minister of State is only $3,760 a year humbler individuals must get along on much smaller in- comes. But the Danes know how to live within their incomes and rto do it comfortably. Denmark is as obviously happy as she is -poor. "The Danes are wise enough not to demand perfection; if it comes they can take instant pleasure therein. When it does not come they still are placid. Conformity to rule, even though it be in so small a matter as fixed meal times, does entail some coercion upon the natural man. So punctuality is not a Danish virtue. "In few Danish +households are there fixed and unalterable hours for meals. Pay a call when you will, and the custom of the country will uphold you, but it will not in- sure you against finding your Mende at table; The hotels follow the very reverse of the American method, and while you can get snacks all the time, you -cannot be certain that at any time you will find a dinner ready cooked and waiting. "Even the national food lends it- self admirably both to :simplicity and to unpunctuality, Its staple is bread and butter—in well-to-do houses immense thicknesses of ex- cellent butter and fairly thin slices of several varieties of bread. The staple food of our working class is also bread and butter, but their butter is bad and scraped and their bread is uniformly innutritious, "Smorrebred (literally butter bread or smeared bread, the Danish for butter being smorssmear(?) is the one food that is to be thad at all hours and in all places, in hotels and restaurants, by day or night, on steamers, in the famous Tivoli gardens. It consists of a thinnish slice of buttered bread, white, grey or black, on which is placed a. pa- laag or overlay. "This overlay may be cold—ham, veal, sausage, hard boiled eggs, fish (fresh or salted), salad, cheese. They are not large and most per- sons eat several and like a variety. Could there be a better way of making a little go a long way? And what a difference it would make to our housekeeping! "There are not many fashionable occupations; people live as they list, and aro in no terror of their neighbors. All over the land Danes are able to meet together in pursuit of art and literature, or of national ideals, without feeling themselves compelled to eat and drink anything extra or unu:lual. They drink a good deal of beer, which is mostly very light, but Hien and women alike also drink unashamedly and openly large draughts of milk or buttermilk,,, MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY. Goths Worth $50,000 Disappear Froin Pocketbook on Train. A most daring and down to the present, mysterious theft, was per- petrated the other night in an ex- press train, between Salzburg and Vienna, Austria, Among the pas- sengers was a Parisian jeweller, named Albert Loeir, who was tra- velling to Vienna with an assort- ment of jewels valued at about $80,- 000. The precious gems were con- tained in a pocket -book, which the jeweller had placed in his breast pocket, and for further security had fastened to his coat by a chain. Included in the package were pearls of an aggregate weight of 2,500 grammes, partly in nets, some sixty carat loose brilliants, and a collar, consisting of one large pearl and several fine diamonds. When the train stopped at Salz- burg Mr. Loeir paid customs duty on his jewels. The robbery, there- fore, must have, eon effected. be- tween that place and Vienna. When lie reached the Austrian capital he discovered, to his horror, that his valuable pocket -book was missing. The realization of his loss affected frim so moll that he had e heart seizure. Down to the present there is not the slightest clue to the thief. A RUNAWAY STEAMER, Very few more unpleasant predic- aments can be imagined than to be aboard a runaway steamship. The steamship Marchioness, while mak- ing the passage from Rothesay to Glasgow, Scotland, met with .an ee- eideitt to her machinery, and the engineers • were unable to stop !hex. The boat raced ahead at terrific speed, and things began t0 look alarming, until the captain took her out to mid,ehannel and steered her around in o, eirmie. When the steam was nearly exhausted, the runawa was headed for Glasgow, where she was secured by ropes, and the rest of the Steam, let off, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY'FROM MERRY OLD ENGLAND INTERNA:I'IONAL LESSON, MARCH 31, Review Lesson. Golden Text, Nett. 4. 16. QUESTIONS FOR PUPILS, Lesson I.—The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold,—Who was Zaoh arias? What did it fall to his lot to do in the temple one day? What did be see in the Holy Place? What did the angel promise him? What was to be the mission of the prom- ised son ? What sign did the angel give of the truth of his message? Lesson II.—Tho Birth of John the Baptist.—How was the angel's promise to Zacharias fulfilled ? What did his relatives wish to name the young boy? Why did they wish to give him this name? What did Eli- sabeth say his name should be? What did the realtives do then? What did Zacharias do when they appealed to him? What happened as soon as Zacharias had indicated the name of John ? Lesson III,—The Birth of Jesus. —What errand had taken Joseph and Mary from Nazareth to Bethle hem? Why could they not find room in the inn? Where did they find shelter 1 What occurred in the stable? Where did Mary lay the in- fant Jesus? To whom was the birth of the Saviour announced? Who made the announcement? What did the shepherds do when they heard these glad tidings? Lesson IV.—The Presentation in the Temple—Where was Jesus taken when ha was forty days old? For what purpose was he taken to the temple? What man took the infant Jesus in his arms when he saw him? What had been revealed to Simeon? What did Simeon say Concerning Jesus? Who else in the temple re- cognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah? Lesson V.—The Wise Men Led by the Star.—Who saw a wonderful star in the sky? What did God re- veal to the Wise Men that the star meant? Whither did the Wise Men journey? What did they ask of Herod? How did their question af- fect Herod ? What did he have the scribes do? Whither did the scribes direct the Wise Men? What did the Wise Men do at Bethlehem 1 Why did they not return to Herod ? Lesson VL—The Boy Jesus in the Temple.—When did Jesus attend his first passover? How was he im- pressed with the temple? What did he do when the feast was over? How far did his parents go before they missed him? How long was it before they found him? Where did they find him? What was he doing? What did he say when they re- proached him 1 Whither did he re- turn with them? Lesson VII. — The Ministry of John the Baptist.—Where did John the Baptist receive his training? When did he begin to preach? Who came to hear him preach? What was the substance of his message? What ceremony did he use as a sym- bol of repentance? What did he say when he was asked if he was the Messiah? Lesson VIIL—The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus,—Who came to be baptized by John one day? What did John say when Jesus asked to be baptized? What did Jesus an- swer? What sign from heaven fol- lowed Jesus's baptism? How long did Jesus fast in" the wilderness?. What occurred while he was there? What three great temptations did Satan place before him? Lesson IX,—The Call of the First Disciples,—Where did Jesus sit as he taught the people by the. Sea of Galilee? What did he tell Simon to do when he had finished teaching? What happened when Simon and Andrew let down the net? Whom did they call to help them? What did Jesus bicl these four men do ? What did lie say he would make of them? Lesson X.—Jesus the Healer.— Where did Scans go after he had east the evil spirit out of the man in the synagogue? What miracle did he work 1n Simon's home`? Who came to him at the close of the Sabbath? What slid he do for these people? Upon what journey did he sot out? What did he do as he journeyed ? What disease dicl he cure in ono town? How did the cured leper disobey him? Lesson XI,—The Paralytic For- given and Healed.—Who came to !rear Jesus at Capernaum? Who brought a paralyzed friend to him to be healed 1 What did they do when they could not get through the door? What did Jesus first say to the palsied man? Who were an- gered by this statement? Why were they angry? What did Jesus oho as ae sign of his authority to forgive sin? . Lesson ;LII. --Feasting and Fast- ing.—Who was Levi? By what other name is he known.? What was his business? Whet did Jesus call him to be? What did he do in honor of. Jesus? What did the Pharisees complain oft What reply did Jestts make? "What dirt the Pharisoes ask Ions about fasting? What reason dict Semis: give why his disciples did, not fast?` NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND ITIS PEOPLE. Occurrences in The Land That Reigns Supremo in the COM. menial World. The Victoria Crass was estab- lished 54 years ago. It is proposed to confer the free- dom of Blackburn upon Lord Mor- ley, who is a native of the town. Harland & Wolff, the famous Bel- fast ship -building firm, intend to establish ship repairing works at Liverpool, The death has occurred at Brigh- ton of Mra. William Black, widow of Mr. William Black, the author of Scottish novels, Among the skaters at Meddle- holme, Peterborough, was Mrs. Robinson, of Tastfield Road, Peter- borough, who is 82 yearsof age. To mark the centenary of Robert Browning interesting celebrations are to take place on May 7th. in Westminster Abbey and in its Col- lege Hall. The Admiraltyhas decidedupon the building of a 'floating hospital, which will be the first boat specially built for this purpose in the world. The now vessel is to cost £180,000, At St. Thomas' Church, Isle of Man, on the 17th ult., fire broke out' in the, tower, causing the fall of sev- eral bells and heavy beams into an aisle from which worshippers had just passed, The damage is esti- mated at £3,000. A defendant at a London Police Court:—"I have been married to this woman two yeas and three months and I would rather have been in prison all the time. Still, if she will come, back to me I would chuck my life down for her, The gross value of the estate of the late Sir Henry Hall Scott • f Hipsbur•n, Northumberland, and Eilanreach, Inverness-shire, has been declared at £421, 790. .£1,000 have been bequeathed to the poor of Lochcarron, and £1,000 to the poor of Glenelg and Arnisdale. During the winter many ladies and children take great interest in the little. squirrels in St. Jewels' Park, London, -They g' daily to feed those interesting little ani- mals, who have become quite_tame, and will allow themselves to be fed and fondled by their benefactors, Petlhick Brothers, of Plymouth and London, have secured the con- tract from the Hudson Bay and Pacific Railway Development Com- pany for the construction of docks, granaries, station yard, buildings, etc., at Port -Churchill, Hudson. Bay. The amount of the contract is £1,800,000. The Royal Society, which is the oldest scientific association in Great Britain, will celebrate the 280th an- niversary of its incorporation in the summer. It was definitely consti- tuted in the year 1660, but the char- ter of its incorporation granted by Charles II, was dated July 18, 1662. Sir Christopher Wren was one of the original members, and was president of the society in 1680, CENTENARY OF WATERLOO. Wellington's Statue Will Adorn Monument on Battle Feld. June 18, 1915, will witness the centenary of the Battle of Water- loo. The oecesicn is to be fittingly commemorated, and a committee has been formed to earry out the proposed arrangements. It has been decided to erect a monument on the field of the engageanent. The design for this monument, accord- ing to M. Emile Antoine Coulon, the secretary of the committee, will take tate form of a hypogeum, under which will lie the remains of the soldiers fallen upon the field of bat- tle. Statues to Wellington, Blucher, Napoleon and the Prince of Orange are; to be added. The base of the monument is to be adorned with al- legorical figures representing Grief, Heroism and Hope in future peace. The circumstances leading to the erection of the monument will be in- scribed in English, French, Germen and Dutch, ilttTSEUM OF CIVIC REALM. Paris Will Enable Citizen s to Ii'ettp Up With Sanitary Progress: A municipal health museum is the new plan for keeping. Paris ac- quainted withsanitary progress, In a section of alimentary hygiene the best commercial and domestic meth- ods of preparing and storing foods are to be represented, and a labors', tory will provide means for adulter- atiart testa. In domestic hygiene, will be illus- trated house construction, .lighting and heating, ventilation and the er- rangement of seems tend furniture, A sickness section is to inel.ude dis- infection, vaccination, drinking wa- ter 'testa and first aid to injured. Outer features will deal with cheap dwellings, alcoholism and eonstunp" tion, the eaa•e of children, clothing and phitsioal culture.