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The Brussels Post, 1912-7-18, Page 7a. w CHOICE RECIPES. Butermilk Muffins Without Eggs. -Two cups of flour, one tablespoon of sugar, one-half teaspoon' of salt, ono -half teaspoon of soda, one eta) of buttermilk, two tablespoons of melted butter. Mix in the order given and heat thoroughly. Bake in well -greased gem pans twenty- five minutes in a hot oven. Swiss Eggs.—Pour into a shal- low pudding dish, well greased, a half pint of milk, put the pan on the stove and let the milk heat un- til blood warm. Break into it then ax eggs, taking caro to place them so that the whites will just touch each other and preserving the yolks unbroken, Dpst with salt and pop- per, set the pan in the oven and bake until the eggs are set. Soave in the dish in which it was cooked: Meat Popovers,—Mince very fine half a pint of cold cocked meat ; if from the leg use the marrow from the bone. Beat two eggs and add to a cup of milk, a pinch of salt and dash of cayenne. Stir this gradual=, ly into a oup of sifted flour, making a smooth batter, then add the neat. Have the gent pans hot and well greased and drop a good table- spoonful into each pan and bake fifteen minutes in a quick oven. Eat at once. Japanese Eggs—Three hard-boiled eggs, cut lengthwise and yolks re- moved ; three sardines minced fine ; one-half teaspoen of salt, ono 'table- spoon of butter, a few grains of cayenne, one and one-half cups of hot boiled rico, one eup of tomato sauce. Mit the egg yolks, sardines, butter and seasonings; form into six balls a Is and lace in the halves Pof whites. Arrange the rice on a plat- ter and place the eggs on the rice. Pour the tomato sauce around the eggs. Pineapple Sponge. --One small, fresh pineapple, three-fourths cup of sugar, two tablespoons of granu- lated gelatin, one and one-half cups of water and whites of four eggs. Chop the pineapple and put it with the sugar and one cup of water into a saucepan and cook ten minutes. Soak the gelatin in half a cup of water and stir into the pineapple. Strain and set in ice water. When the jelly begins to thicken, fold in the whites of eggs beaten stiff. Pour in a mold and place Serve with Pwhipped cream or custard sauce. Blackberry Jam Cake.—One-half oup of butter, one cup of sugar, three eggs, three tablespoons of milk, one and two-thirds cups of flour, two teaspoons of baking pow- der, one-half teaspoon of cinnamon, two-thirds pups of blackberry jam. Cream the butter, add gradually the sugar, add the yolks of eggs well beaten. Sift the flour, baking pow- der and cinnamon together and add with the milk to the other mixture; add the jam and the whites of eggs beaten stiff. Bake in Washington pietins. Spread boiled frosting be- tween the lavers of cake and cover the top with the frosting. Delicate Currant Pudding. --One oup of currant juice, one cup of water, six tablespoons of • corn- starch, one-eighth teaspoon of salt, one-half cup of sugar, whites of two eggs, Put the currant juice and water on to cook; when boiling. stir in the 'sugar and cornstarch, which have been mixed to a smooth paste with a little cold water, Stir until it thickens and then cook fifteen minutes. Beat the whites of the eggs until light and stir into the hot starch. Turn into a cold, wet mild. Serve cold with boiled emi- tted, made of the yolks of two eggs, one and ono -half cups of mills and four tablespoons of sugar. RHUBARB. There are now many ways of sending up rhubarb for table be- sides baking in a tart or boiling with a suet crust. Not that these are to be despised, but skilful mak- ing of the pastry is necessary. To stew it, peeling the stem and cut- ting ihto ut-ting.into lengths, cooking slowly in a syrup, is the next most ordinary plan, and if rightly done—cooked neither too little nor too long -it is welcome enough and a wholesome piing dish, served with cream, cu- rd or a cold mold of some kind or ther, Rhubarb, in fact, is very nice used similarly. An excellent mould for a luncheon or supper dish is made of rhubarb out into lengths and boiled until sufficiently liquid to pass through a jelly bag. Then the li- liquid so procured i s sweetened. q P d stiffenedlittle - no witha tetegood 0 it g 1 This should color quite nice-• f itself, but if it .does not seem of an appetizing pinkness a drops of carmine can be added. is cooked till of the necessary nese to "jelly" well and then erect into a, mould and set beide cool, Whipped cream should: be ryes( ;with it, A mot'o homely hot dish is made after -�� ��'.. ,, t the style f £.cats rill"n r , 'oft �,, n � ht a em of r t y rest tea b an bread d "�'i` se crumbs. The rhubarb should be fresh, of course, and out into ra- ther short lengths, and a layer bo placed at the bottom of it pie dish, well sprinkled with Demerara su- gar; then a layer of bread crumbs on which a few bite of butter are placed, then rhubarb again and so on, bread -crumbing coming at the top, plentifully -buttered, so as to brown 'nicely and crisp a little in the baking. A most delightful preserve can bo made of rhubarb and oranges. Needless to say, it,has to be earlier in the year than the old-fashioned rhubarb join, so as to secure cheap oranges. The rhubarb ,requires more cooking than the other fruits, which are fairly sweet by the time the other is ready. Tho stems are prepared as usual and cooked for a short time, The oranges are peeled, seeds taken out and all the white removed. Then cut up in thick slices and stir into the rhu- barb. Sugar may be added, one pound to one pound of fruit, unless it is decided to have rather sharp - flavored jam, when three -fourth of a pound may be enough. USE]?UL HINTS. All cooking utensils should be washed with soda immediately af- ter they have been used, whieh will remove every trace of grease. To put a new wick in any lamp burner quickly, thread a needle first, run the thread across the wick and pass needle through burner. Borax should always bo found on the tooilet table. A small quan- tity added to the water will great- ly soften it. Too much will dry the skin. Do nob forget to gather the rose. leaves for filling the couch and porch pillows. Save them from bou- quets. Their delicate perfume is. delightful. Tomatoes and watercress make a delicious accompaniment to fried fish, and boiled noodle •i s sprinkled t nlcled with parsley are good with baked fish and tomato sauce. When sharpening a lead pencil, first stick the knife blade through a slip of paper. This paper acts as a guard on the knife and prevents the lead dust from soiling the fin- gers. Sew a loop to the inside of your apron band; then it may be hung up by the loop instead of by the band. When hung up by the band, an unsightly bulge is the result. While washing the dishes from the evening meats put the cereal on and cook it. A11 that need be done to it the following morning is to add a little water to it and heat it. An excellent way Y of removing candle -grease from the carpet or any other fabric is to cover the spot with blotting paper, moisten the paper with alcohol and then press at once with a hot iron. When laying new floorcloth it is an excellent plan to varnish. This adds to the appearance of the floor- eioth, helps to preserve the pat- tern, and makes it last twice as long. Children's dresses of brown Hol- land or linen may be kept from fad- ing in this manner t Add a little strong cold tea to the starch when- ever the dresses are Laundered. They will never become "washed out" and faded. If the table is not used for other purposes set it when you are dry- ing the dishes. It is then ready for the next" meal, and, as most girls with the housekeeping instinct are artistic, this gives a hospitable touch to a room. After using canned fish of any kind be sure to bend the cover of the can back into place again be- fore throwing it away. Oats have often been badly hurt by forcing their heads into empty cans in search of a moasel of fish. . Fish skins, trimmings and bones which are usually, thrown away should be put with a slice of onion and a bay leaf into cold water in a kettle on the back of the stove and allowed to simmer till a stock has formed that may serve as a founda- tion for noup, PROOF WAS PAINFUL. "What aro you crying about, Wil- lie'!" "One of th' boys called me teacher's pet, an' I went an' told her, an' she licked me to Provo I wasn't." LIMITED. Gatbe -"All men are born free and equal," Steve—"Yes, but that only lasts about 10 days." A TENSE MATTER. Millin ---Was that your intended 11 W1 • whom t V lIs aWott yesterday y ay ? Grace -Yes , my present "future," so to speak, Scott•,• --"Half the, people in the world don't know what the other •half are doing." afott-"No; that is because the other half are doing them a" British regular soldiers in the :fn- diart Army are .maintained by the Indian taxpayer, though they are under control of the War Office in T,ondon, NEWS FROM SUNSET COAST NIIAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE ARE DOING. Progress of the Groat West Told In a Eow Pointed Items. Fort Alberni pays its policemen $75 a Month. There are over 750 men working in the Rossland camp. A new hotel will soon be built at Bull River, in East Kootenay. This spring beef has torched the highest price in 30 years in Calgary. Last week a•17% pound trout was caught in Losey Lake, near Green- wood, B.C. A semi-weekly mail service has been established between Wasa and Cranbrook. Two large black bears have re- cently been seen prowling around the outskirts of Nelson. It is said that 300 new buildings are being ereetod in Prince Albert (Sask,), at present, Good catches are 'reported at all four -of the whaling stations located in British Columbia waters. The Terris orchard in West Sum- meriand was recently sold to W.: 0. Kelly for $800 an acre. At the War Eagle in the I:tossland camp a new ore shoot has been found at a depth of 2,000 feet. More accommodation for the tra- veling public has become a crying necessity in Vernon, says the News, The first sod was turned the other day for the Ogilvie mill plant, which is to be installed in Medicine Hat. The Grace liner Cuzco brought 540 tons of nitrate from South America ports to Victoria the other day. A panther held Mr. Cyril Bate prisoner on an island in the Nanai- mo River some hours until help arrived, • At Okanagan g Centre, about thirt acres have been planted in tomatoes abeandns, l severaacres in golden wax The bridge across the Columbia River at Trail was built by the Provincial Government and cost $170,000. The city council of Merritt, B.C., have fixed the rate of pay for labor- ers in their employ at $3 per nine- hour day. A 13 -year-old boy scout of Cal- gary showed conspicuous bravery in rescuing a three-year-old boy from the flames. The Canadian Northern bus re- cently closed a deal for 40 acres of water front at Kelowna. The price stated is $65,000. A blood Indian on the lYIacleod reserve (Alberta), succeeded last year in .producing 68 bushels of wheat from a 20 -acre field. Last month 631 immigrants were received at the immigration hall, Edmonton, of whom the largest pro- portion were farmers. None of the hotels in Nelson used finger bowls twenty-one years ago, and at that time the leading break- fast food was bacon and eggs. During the pet 18 years Rossland has produced $50,000,000 worth of metals, and probably over foul times as much mining stock. A man in Ladysmith was fined $15 for swearing on the streets. He should take to the green timber and drive a string of meek -faced mules. Trout 17 inches long and an occasional whitefish from two feet to 27 feet inches are being taken from the Similkamoen by local fish- ermen, p a tl b le p c th Se B W m lie of A r1 ly bl PI tit en br. wa ser the +i ter act Pa thi l3 ire Four hundred Chinese steerage assengers on their way to Victoria to 50 pigs they had brought with sem and which were killed on oard ship. A number of farmers near Sumas, .0., in the upper Nooksack Val - y, have put in peas for seed per- oses,and ivill.'get $70 a ton from a seed firm. An English syndicate has pur- hased 13,000 acres of fruit land at e head of Nicola Lake. It will be ttled mainly by ex -officers of the ritish army. While drilling for water Adolphus ilson, living within one and a half Iles of Estevan, Sask„ struck a avy flow of natural gas at a depth four hundred feet. • CUR1i FOR BLTS'1TRE» FEET. ash With 'astatine. Apply Pall Wet with Pure Water. If on returning from an unusual- long walk the feet be found to be istercd, place a piece of court aster over the blister, being sure at it is large enough to cover it tirely, This will prevent it from caking and producing a sore, The ter it contains will aeon be ab- ated. A blister that has broken must be. aced just as any other sore. rt ttlt o v i wa h or n hl with i- s is � v ins or a mild solution of carbolr o a, than bandage it with a small d wet with pure water, renewing s twice a day, bears may i y be prevented b y sting the socks as follows becore s+tartinr cn n long triune, Turn the socks inside out end rub the feet Df thein with soap, Then turn them right side out and put them en, OF (mime na sensiblc'rverso1 will drink of walking n long distance insocks a , haver a been <•nrd that h vr 1' Prpresent rd tis him to 1rr.placedtr n the holes i n la Ds n than r drat wrinkle- the tCne Welted safely in your inside doorof 1>is homo48,a.baclgo el goad through being too large, vest pocket itis 1 ' O1JT OF TIIE J'A.WS OI' DEATH. )f. N. Streatlleld Bitten By a Puff- Addor, Not many men are alive to tell what it is. like to be bitten by a puff - adder --one of the most venomous of snakes. In South Africa, where it is found its bite is believed to be certain death, Novertheless, F. N. Streatfiald, formerly resident com- imiosioner of Bechuanaland, not only survived the bite of a puff - adder, but has told itis story in the London Field, He had captured the snake, which was three feet and a half long, in South Africa, and was bringing it home, confined in an old cartridge -box, to present to the Re- gent's Park Zoo. He says: Somehow or other it became known to my follow passengers that T thad a puff -adder in my portman- teau, and they begged to be allowed to see it. For a long time I re- fused, but at last was overpersuad- ed, and fetched her ladyship. Taking her out of her box, and grasping her close behind' her head, I explained to the company the mar- vellous economy of the poison ap- paratus. I opened her mouth and displayed the fangs, showed the. poison glands and -thew -the muscles that raised the fangs at the same time pressed an the glands and forced the poison through the tiny duet. Having concluded my lecture, I. began to put her ladyship back into her temporary home. In getting rid of a poisonous snake you should be sure that no coil is wound round an arm, and that its whole body is free. Then, when you let go your hold, your hands should be, instantly snatched away out of reach. When I was in the very act of quitting my hold, some one spoke to me, and I have no doubt that I left my hand within reach of the deadly fangs in- stead of snatching it away. I must have turned my head toward the roan who spoke to me, for I did not see. her stroke. But I -kelt i etas f it knife had ben sharply.drawn across my finger, and looking down, I saw the blood flow- ing freely, and her ladyship out of her box, trying to make her way across the table. I snatched her back by the tail, caught ,her by the neck again, and got her safely into the box. When I was struck there were about twenty men in the room; twenty seconds afterward there was net one. I never saw a room clear- ed in like time; they simply tum- bled over each other. When the prisoner was again under lock and key, the company came slowly back, and the doctor appeared. I asked for ammonia. There was none on the ship, and so I had to take areat deal of brandy. Y B v lanced my finger down to the bone, where the snake's fang hued made a wound. Then I sucked the wound vigorously. I gave my keys and home address to my good friend, W.L., who prom- ised to look after me and to carry out my instructions while I remain- ed insensible. Soot after that I be- eame unconscious, I had told L. that I should be reported dead, but that I should not be, and that if he could got even a few drops of brandy down my throat when spy heart failed, it would jog on again, and that by and by 1 should come to. It was ten o'clock when I lay down on the smoking -room sofa and became un- conscious, When I came to again the east was rosy with the morning sun. Several times during the night the doctor told L. that,I was already dead, and -if my friend had not ob- stinately refused to listen to him, and insisted on following out my own instructions, I ehould have been sent, wrapped up in a piece of canvas to th:e bottom of the sea, some three Hundred and fifty miles north of Madeira. I never felt so ill or suffered such pain as when I recovered oonsoious- ness 'that morning, I ached from the tip of my finger to my shoulder, as if the bone had been red-hot iron, and my arm looked like a hard pil- low. They carried me to L.'s blank, and ;there I lay for twenty-four hours. Then with the help of a friend's arm I could crawl a few yards. By degrees the pain grew less, and by the time I reached home I had begun to take a little interest in .life; but for months I had to be'very gentle with myself. I have never since been so strong as I was before., and have come to know abbe meaning of the word "tired," sonsething I slid not know before her ladyship took hold of me. FACT •AND FANCY. When you meet an old flame, Mr. Married Man, don't be a moth!' London's daily soot -fall is seven pounds to the acre. h5 The hnd:n i a co to ns ..5 00 � • 0 oris. 1 a I']nt cr i t y, like peroxide, turns many 0 girl's head, Mrs. P attlt}nrrst, the suffragette, nsed to keep a shop its Manchester, Maur an artist, in brnc$ing about his skill, shows an inability to draw the line, The Froneh arc trainingeagles to g destroy cr0l)lotres. 'H. a._Wrl1s, th,:) nnvelht, rises to work et 4,o'clock in the morning, Eat, drink rind. ---be sure to Itnvo MORLEY DONALDSON. The recent appointment of Morley Donaldson, rtuperintendent of the Ottawa Division of the Grand Trunk Railway, to the responsible post of vice-president and general manager of all Grand Trunk Pacific lines west of Fort William, with headquarters in WinniPeg, was pleasing news, not only to bus many old friends of the Capital city, but. in railway circles as well. The ad- vancement was a gratifying recogni- tion an the part of President (Miami berlin of the work and worth of hit old associate, they laboring togothtir for many years in the operation and management of the Canada At- lantic road previous to its acquisi- tion by the Grand Trunk. At the time of its transfer, a few years ago, Mr. Chamberlin was general manager and Mr. Donaldson gener- al superintendent. Now the latter succeeds to the post recently held by the former on the G. T. P. Mr. Donaldson's strong point is his ad- ministrative ability. He has been a favorite with the men, whose rights and interests he has always pro- tected. In him they have every con- fidence. He was at all times ap- proachable and considerate. Pos- sessed of a gonial disposftion''and an optimistic nature, he relieved the Mr. Morley Donaldson. tedium of daily duty of much of its monotony and dull routine. He be- gan his career as a draughtsman, and has worked his way to the front by ability, application, and energy. Mr. Donaldson is an enthusiastic floriculturist and horticulturist, and has taken an active interest in beau- tifying the national capital. Near his residence on Albert street, at the bifurcation of Bronson avenue, is a triangular plot of ground which has always been an attractive breathing resort. This has been kept green and artistic for years at the expense of the Donaldson family, while there have been few more inviting lawns than that which surrounds the Donaldson home. The new general manager has a keen sense of wit. Some years ago a janitor was engaged to keep clean the offices in the old depot near Sap- pers' Bridge, which has been re- placed by the magnificent Grand Trunk station, which was recently opened. The janitor was lazy, and neglected his dusting and sweeping. He was spoken to several times with no good effect. Finally, one day he was told to go. He opened wide his eyes with. astonishment. "Why! What have I been doing 4" he inquired, "I ain't done no- thing hat I know ofd" "That's just it," replied the sup- erintendent. "You've done no- thing. I hope the next fellow will do something, That's what we are getting him for." fi DOCTORING AT SEA. In his reminiscences of 50 years of naval life, Admiral Kennedy tells of a six-foot officer who used to say that, leaving no doctor on board, he mixed the medicines provided in the chest into two bottles, and whenever any of the crow happened to be ill lie drew an imaginary lino across the man's stomach and, ac- cording as the pain was above or below that line he gave him a dose out of No. 1 or No. 2, And he boasted that no man ever came to him twice! PRIZES FOR PAYING TAXES. Prizes for prompt and uneom- plaining payment of taxes are offer- ed by the Japanese Government. They range from 55 cents to $25, When It man nays promptly he is given o slip of piper entitling him to n. eertssin number of chances in the. 'bl'unieipel lottery. When his rowed year niter wear justifies, the distinetioe a porcelain medallion is at eat up, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JGLY 21. Treason III.—The growth of the kingdom. -•Matt. 4. 26-32, 11Iatt. 13. 33. Golden text, matt. 6. 10. M.RtK. 4. 26-32. Verse 26. And he said—Not nec- essarily on the same occasion on which the words recorded in the verses preceding were spoken. Mark has gathered together, rather, several of the utterances of Jesus. bearing on the same general theme, even as has Matthew in the thir- teenth chapter of his Gospel. So is the kingdom—The parable which these words introduce is re- corded only by Mark. In teaching it supplements the parable of the wheat and the tares, which we shall study in our next lesson. As if a man should cast seed up- on the earth—Deliberately sow his seed with the full expectation that the growth and harvest would fol- low in due season. 27. Sleep and rise night and day —Go about his daily affairs with no concern regarding the outcome of his sowing venture—live normally, observing the natural routine of toil and recreation. Spring up and grow—Of its own accord, without the assistance of man, who does not so much as know the secret processes of its germina- tion and development. 28. Bearetlt—Or, yieldeth. Of herself—The soil itself furnish- es the mosture and nourishment needed for the growth of the seed. The teaching of the parable hinges on the thought of this verse. , Blade .. • ear .. . full grain .. —The stages of growth are specific, as the processes of nature are or- derly. y The normal method by which the kingdom of heaven is to bo established among men is that of gradual development, both in the individual life and in society at large. 29. When the fruit is ripe—Liter- ally, when the fruit alloweth. Putteth forth the sickle—Literal- ly, sendeth forth—makes all the ar- rangements for gathering in the harvest- 30.How shall we liken the king- dom l—There are still other aspects of the Kingdom which Jesus sets forth in this and- subsequent par- ables. 31. A grain of mustard seed—In all probability the seed of the com- mon mustard a d plant is meant, which. in warmer climates grows to a height of twelve or more feet. Less than all the seeds—That is, smaller than any other seed famil- iar to those to whom Jesus was speaking, not literally the smallest seed upon the earth. • 32. Greater than all the herbs— Those known to the Jews and com- mon in their fields and gardens. Birds . . , lodge under the sha- dow thereof—Finding rest and shel- ter, as well as food, among the branches, MATTHEW 13. 33. Another parable—Added here because of its similarity in thought to the parable of the mustard seed. Like unto leaven—Or, yeast. Three measures—The word in Greek 'denotes the Hebrew seal, a measure containing nearly a peck and a half, Till it was all leavened—Made light by fermentation. , EARLDOM FOR TEAMSTER. Descendant of New Brunswick Ilan . May Wear Coronet. Front a teamster's job to an earl- dom is a far cry, but James Harvey Ogilvie, of Bangor, Maine, is quite sure he is going to make the grade. Two brothers, George and Wil- liam, are also concerned in the claim, but James Harvey is the el- der, and hopes to wear the coronet. The brothers are sons of the late George Ogilvie, who went to Monc- ton, N,B., when a boy. He lived and died there and his family went to the States. James Harvey Ogilvie says it has been proved that his father was a direct descendant of the Earl of .Airlie. Tirere was a long list of other de..scendants, too, but they passed off the stage in a romantic way, two brothers of George Ogil- vie's being lost in a shipwreck. Now, after a lapse of over sixty years, solicitors in Scotland have hunted up the .Ogilvie brothers "way down in Maine," and broken to them the news that they are heirs to one of the oldest estates in Scotland, worth $10,000,000. The prospective earl, now a team- ster, was asked•l s rr hat 1 C would i do if he got his share of the ten millions. "Well, believe me," he said, "uteri's one Thing T wouldn't do— T wouldn't drive this team any more," And he grinned cheerfully as he whipped tip his'nags. Lord Wolseley, the veteran sol- ritt.rred cu Itis i011r'year on the nth lust. Tocla v the, n nptla{ibi of qa n Francisco is half it million; iii ISIS it was farcy thousand, THE DRUG HABIT IN PARIS I1' IS WORKING FRIGHTFUL HAVOC IN FRANCE. "Cocaina and Opium Are Rotting. the Heart of Paris Society." • That "cocaine and opium are rot, ting the heart of. Paris society" is the •scathing indictment made in an; article by Alfred Edwards, the founder of Lo Matin, who, singe the tragic death last summer of his wife, the actress, Mme. Lantelme, has been living in retirement, "These drugs," he states, "are now in full vogue, especially among the gilded youth of the capital, on whom they are working frightful havoc, mentally, morally and phy- sically." The writer adds that he was in- duced to sound the ory of alarm in consequence of the statements of a number of medical friends, who see day by day a procession of victims more or less irremediably injured. Cocaine, he points out, from be- ing of tho greatest benefit to hu- manity in minor surgical opera- tions, has now become one of its most frightful scourges in Paris at all events. The facility with which it is taken has caused it to displace morphine altogether as a means of obtaining "ASIATIC DREAMS. Young persons of both sexes, says Mr. Edwards, hoping to instal a minor paradise of Mehemet at home, take cocaine in larger and larger quantities without any knowledge of its effects on the sys- tem. This results in fatal accidents of daily occurrence, while if these who become its slaves are not killed at once, they become in many eases utterly demoralized or brutalized. Although the sale of cocaine is prohibited like that of morphine and other poisons, and the honest drug- gist refuses to sell it except on a physician's prescription, a certain number of small establishments )sur- vey it secretly at exorbitant prices. "Many night houses on Mont- martre even sell it openly," Mr, Edwards declares. "Their proprie- tors are .enriching themselves at the expense of unhappy maniacs who seek only new sensations." The writer makes an appeal to the State to stop once for all this hide- ous traffic, which, he declares, is sapping the lifeblood of innumer- able young citizens. While the cocaine consumed in Paris is imported from Germany, the opium, which constitutes, ac- cording to this writer, a NOT LESS CRYING DANGER, has been brought to the mother country from the colonies. "Navy officers and common sail- ors were the first, it is said, to bring into France this habit from Cochin -China, and it was at the seaports, especially Toulon, that the first opium dens were established. To -day it is in Paris that this mania rages among society folk of the younger set, "Enthusiastic young men have turned their bachelor apartments into opium dens of the latest fash- ion, and there is hardly a night res- taurant where one does not hear the question put among the diners, 'Where shall we smoke to-night1' " The 5 o'clock tea, it is assorted; is completely supplanted and dis- placed by the 10 o'clock opium. Some of these drug fiends, Mr. Edwards concludes, are in the }sahib of taking opium and cocaine alter- nately. The article has caused a strong feeling that stops must be taken immediately to prevent the sale of these "absinthes of the rich," in view of the terrible menacee which they form for the future of Franco. i1 MYSTERY OF ABYSSINIA. No One Tinows Whether Ring Menes lik is Dead. Menelik, tate ruler of Abyssinia, is generally assumed to be still liv- ing, but the fact is not certain. The latest Abyssinian traveller, Lord Cranworth, has not much light to throw on the question, declares a London correspondent. "We met the native doctor who is supposed to .attend King Menelik," says Lord Cranworth. "He re- eeived his medical training in Lon- don, and speaks English very well. 1 asked him if it were true that' Menelik is reallyalive., and he frankly acknowledged that he did not know. "Ho went, he told me, every three monthsto the palaee at Adis Ababa, and a figure was brought in to him there. This figure was swathed in bandages from head to foot, 'and a great mask in which t l two TOIeS were cut for the eyes, was fitted over his face. Ill was tolyl that this was Menelik, but as the whole body and head were Dorn-, plot•el' hidden, he did not know, "Tt is diffteult to say what the A.bvssininns themselves believe, brit T ,should imauine that most et theta 1otirve that ileo king isdDd," No fewer than 500 foreigners arra 'omitting the rnglioh languago fit evening otaaaea in Landolt,