The Brussels Post, 1912-11-7, Page 6Tasteful Het -Pots.
The hot -pot ought to be favor-
ite dish in this country when all its
good pints are weighed. These
are mainly econoany of fuel, time
and material. When one comes to
economy of material it is difficult to
exhaust its merits. At least no-
thing is wasted, and all the good
features of a stew or braise may
be embodied in a hot -pot. The less
fat the better; all meat should be
trimmed from superfluous fat and
mutton •from skin also. A steady
heat is essential, and tandem to
burn is obviated by placing the dish
in water.
Reef lie-pots.—Beef hot -pots are
limitless in kind; the recipe below
justifies the title, being the embodi-
ment of savor and excellence. Slice
evenly some meat, flatten it with
the rolling pin and spread with a
tasty mince from chicken, a little
bacon (not too fat), a few drops of
onion juice, breadcrurabs and sea-
soning, moistened with milk. Roll
the slices and pack them in a dish
lined with boiled beans. Pour over
the slices of meat a little stock,
then cover with tomato sauce. Two
pounds of meat and two cupfuls of
sauce will make a good-sized pot.
Now cover with more beans, then
with a greased paper, then put on
the lid and cook in the oven. Serve
piping hot, with a napkin pinned
round the dish. Time according to
the meat, from two to three hours.
Mutton Hot -pots. — Mutton hot -
pots are variable in flavor. For a
really good one loin cutlets with a
bravy flavored with red currant
jelly stand out prominently. The
top and bottom may consist of
beans as above or a macedoine of
vegetables, or a puree of potatoes,
with braised carrots added at the
finish, will be found very tasty.
When rice or other starchy food is
introduced extra care against Burn-
ing is needed. Parboiled macaroni
covered with grated cheese is a top
dressing liked by many, or the
cheese omitted, and the macaroni
cooked in a good gravy will be more
to the taste of others.
Seoteh llot-pot. —Cut up a eouple
of pounds of mutton and fill up the
dish thus: At the bottom a good
layer of sliced carrots, the outer
part grated, chopped onions, pars-
ley, oelery and -Lb", sliced tur-
nips; now the meat and barley
with seasoning, and enough
strained stock to moisten well; it
should cover the meat. Cover and
steam the pot for two hours or ea.
Leave room at starting for the swel-
ling of the barley, and about 20
minutes before sending to table add
a top layer of cooked macaroni. If
brushed over with meat extract at
the last moment the appearance is
improved.
Calf's Head Rot-pot—In bygone
days pies from calf's head, with
other savory ingredients, were
among the standing dishes. Hot -
pots on similar lines are equally in-
viting and have the charm of nov-
elty for most people. Supposing the
half of a medium-sized head, cooked
with the akin on until three parts
done, reserve later a fair propor-
tion of the trimmings, and proceed
as follows : Line the pot with thin
slices of streaky bacon trimmed
from rind, then cover the bottom area under wheat will bo doubled.
with pieees of the head and Speaking at a public function,
tongue; follow with hard -cooked
eggs in quarters and some force-
meat balls. Go on thus; having a
top layer of bacon, and see that the
meat is loosely packed, that there
may be space for plenty of gravy,
which should be made from stock.
Cover and bake until the meat is
tender, then garnish with a vege-
table macedoine at the moment of
serving.
Duck Hotepot. —Joint one duck,
make a good gravy and a sage and
onion stuffing. Line the pot with
the joints of duck and stuffing and
fill with gravy. Add a potato crust,
made as follows: To one pound of
ate- amed potatoes add the yolk ef
tdrain thoroughly. Mix with it two
level teaspoonfuls of salt, two well
beaten eggs, half a onpful of but-
ter and 1% cupfuls of milk. Place
in a deep buttered baking dish a
layer of ohieken, then a layer of the
rice mixture, then of chicken, and
so on, finishing with the rice. Cover
the rice with one pint of the stock
the chicken was boiled in, Bake in
a moderate Min for 40 ininutes.
Serve hot.
Dishwashing.
Of all the necessary things in
housekeeping the one most disliked
by the average woman is dishwash-
ing.
Times without number yoa hear
the housewife's wail: "If it, were
not for washing dishes I would not
mind the work."
Yet this ueed not be such a dread-
ed task if you will step aside from
the beaten path and wash the dish-
es only auce a day.
Unless you have a large family
who require a quantity of dishes
at each meal this is not only prac-
ticable, but a big time-saver.
Have ready two good-sized dish-
pans, and after each meal serape
all sereps from the dishes to be
wa,shed, empty all liquid from cups
and glasses and stack the dishes
carefully in the pans, putting the
large platee in the bottom and smal-
ler ones on top. In the second pan
put all small pieces, vegetable dish-
es and small platters.
Stand the silver upright in a jug ed with the 1..eal whine and vowel
practices of the people have the
royal approval. The king and sounds, and then at once they re-
veryor pitcher and pour over all enough
good prieces together delight in deprav- cerimizo 'I've been to take her
hot water, in which a
soap powder or a little washing ity and crime. home' ; 'I've been having a game' ;
'Baby' s name is James—plain
James'; 'I'm not going'; haven't
had any cake'; `Oh, shako hande;
`Rose is late.'
Canon Horsley also mentions'
that one of his daughters saw in a
local draper's window some ties and
desired to bey .one for her brother.
Going in, she said : "I want to see
seine ties, please. "This way for
corsets, miss." "No, I said ties—
neckties." "Oh. I beg your par-
don, miss, I thought you said
stys"—i.e.., stays!
Concerning slang used by the
London urchin, the Canon gives
some amusing examples. "Needle
thread" for bed, "You and me" for
tea, "Jim Skinner" for dinner,
"Cain and Abel" for table, "Cri-
mea" for be -or, "Brussels sprout"
for bay scout are somewhat com-
mon. Other terms new to the Can-
on were "josses)" for broth, "scat-
ty" for mad, "silent" for foreigner,
"rozzer" for policeman, "coal" fen
a penny, "mibbies" for marbles,
"bar" for a sovereien, "(ladle" or
"fadger" for a farthing, "sningeo"
for greedy, "wet sack" for dunce,
"water bonse" for a "cry baby,"
and "moggies" for eats.
THE SUNDAY SEUL STUDY
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
NOVEMBER 10,
Lesson VI.-11Torlds temperance
Sunday, Hosea 7. Golden
Text Ise. 5. 11.
Verso I. When would heal Is-
rael—Jehovah in mercy was willing
to forgive Israel, but his generous
purpose was frustrated by the in-
creasing iniquity of Ephraim, as the
northern nation is frequently
ealled, and the wickedness of Sa-
maria, the national capital. Israel
took advantage of Jehovah's long-
suffering and kindness, interpret-
ing these as an indication of weak-
ness or disregard for the nation's
iniquity. Isaiah (28. 1) points to
drunkenness as one of Ephraim's
greatest transgressions.
Commit falsehood—Are guilty of
fraud and deceit.
The thief . . . the troop of rob-
bers—Theft and robbery were com-
mon.
2. remember—Despite his long-
suffering Jehovah will remember
and punish wickedness.
Beset them about—Their wrongs
constitute an impediment to them
on every side.
3. Make the king ,ilad—The wick -
devising mischief against their di-
vine benefactor.
16. Like a deceitful boW—Like
weapon that is not true or reliable.
Their princes shall fall—The judg-
ment of foreign invasion is immin-
ent.
This --The fall of the princes,
Their derision in the land of
Egypt—Their conquerors shall de-
spise and mock them for their
placed confidence and foolish alli-
ances.
C6CKNEY DIALECT.
Canon Horsley Tells of Some Inter-
esting Experiences.
During his long associations with
the poor children of South London,
Canon Horsley has been much in-
terested and amused by their extra-
ordinary pronunciation of words.
"Frequently," he says. in his re-
miniecences, "I Remember," "I
write on the blackboard some
phrases I have heard in the school-
room or the street aeeording to its
Walworth pronunciation., and then
invite some bay or girl to write the
English thereof underneath. The
children talce very kindly to my cor-
rections, though fearfully puzzled
when some of their sentences are
pilloried in their phonetic form.
Thus : 'Biby's tiker rome' ;
'Bin na,vin, a gime' ; 'Biby's nime's
Jimes — plain Jimes' ; 'Ai i'nt
a gamin' ; 'Ai ie't 'ed no kike' ;
'Ow, shy rens' ; ''Rosesiz lite' are
hardly intellirrible entil read them
soda has been dissoTved, to cover.
Now let the !Belies stand in these
receptacles until the morning
hours, when work' is easiest.
The hot water will grow cold, but
the grease from the dishes will be ed by these words describes the
floating on top and can be scooped calm between one outbreak of vio-
off first, then the water poured off. lence and the next.
This done, the dishes will be -virtu-
ally dean and ready to be rinsed
in steaming hot water.
After this, if you are a wise
housekeeper, you will lia,ve a wire
drainer ready to receive the drip-
ping china, in which it can be plac-
ed on a decided slant and left to
drain dry.
They are ready then for the next
meal, clean, bright and polished.
Glasses, of course, and silver
must be dried on a. cloth. Glasses
should be quickly washed and dried
after each meal; but that is a small
4. All adulterers—King, princes,
and people alike.
As an oven heated—They are
consumed by their own paesions.
He ceaseth—The clause introduc-
6. The day of our king—Some re-
cent national event or celebration
is referred to. We are to think
possibly of the king's coronation
day or of 'his birthday.
Stretched out his hand with scof-
fers—Joined in their saerilege.
6. Made ready their heart --
Strengthened their determination
to do wrong by further carousing
and the use of stimulants until
their passion for destruction is as
a flaming fire.
7. Devour their judges—The ref-
erence of this verse is to the mur-
matter if all the other dishes can der of public officials and the as -
be left until you are quite ready sassination 01 kings, practices which
to "do" them. had become all too common.
Try this method, ye weary house- 8. Ephraim—In the sense of Is -
keepers, and find how soon it will rael as elsewhere,
be regularly adopted, and you will Mixeth himself—By intermarri-
not lose a moment's conscience- ago and political alliances of every
stricken sleep because of dishes left sort.
unwashed. Among the peoples—With neigh -
boning nations.
A.USTBALLA.'S WHEAT LANDS. A cake not turned ---Which burns
an the bottom while remaining
wholly unbaked on top. The figure
—
MMions of Acres Have Been Added used may cover either the thought
to the Area. of ruin or of folly and inconsist-
During the last fe'w years, an ency, or it may combine with both
area totalling millions of acres hes these thoughts the conception of a
been added to the previously recog- nation half- . cultured, a society
nized wheat -growing lands of which has developed disproportion -
South Australia. ately, a religion half lived, and a
Some of this has already been political policy that is vacillating
nerved by railways and profitably and half-hearted.
settled, but there remains a great
deal more to be accomplished in 9. Strangers have devoured his
that diretion. least season, the strength—Foreign alliances and the
• •
wheat, hay and grain crop was val- adoption of foreign habits and ens-
ued at £5,401,005 as a result of the toms have weakened instead of
government's vigorous policy of de- strengthened the nation. To the
velopment, and it is anticipated ruinous effect of these practices the
that within the next few years the people are utterly blind, Like a
person who grows old without rea-
lizing the fact, the waning of the
nation's strength is not perceived.
10. The pride of Israel—Its vain
conceit and self -imagined • xcel-
lency. These bear damaging testi-
mony to Israel's apostasy.
11. Like a silly dove—The nistian's
foreign policy of seeking alliances
with Egypt and Assyria was wide
out wit or wisdom. Such eT liey,
moreover, was contrary to the ex-
pressed will of Jehovah, who, con-
sequently, will make if of no ef-
f"ltii. Spread. my net—The figure of
the dove is continued. The fore-
ign alliances shall prove an en-
tanglement and a snare.
As their congregtitiost hath heard
one egg, one tablespoonful of ehop- splendid opportunities that were —Margin, when the report cometh
presented to them. to their congregation.
ped parsley, one tablespoonful of
Li that direction, parliament was 13. Wee . . . destruction—The ex -
melted butter, or the same quaeti-
putting to account vest arees
ex-
ty of thick amain salt and pepper cif chunatien of sorrow and distress is
to taste, a dust *f red pepper and ic,rown f little,
lands whieh in the past had linked with the thought of folly and
tt:lue and, was also
half a teaspoonful of poivdered een <1. ' v ignorence, the threat of destrue-
attempting to conserve the waters ,
tion with that of transgression and
wrong.
Spoken lies against me—Instead
of praise and thanksgiving, Jehovah
has received falsehood and slander
at the hands of his people, The ref-
erenee is probably to -the complaint
egainst Jelnivah for hie lack of pro -
ills whinh the
toction against the
people have imposed upon them-
selves by their actions.
14. Not eried unto me—Religiotse
saes the puireeopher. People will observances have entirely ceased.
four pounds, then put it in a pot A It 1_ 1
' With six cupfuls of boiling watarT think better of you for ft." . bowl upon then beds—In de -
one sliced onien, one sliced car- . _ epair and distress they cry out in
rot, ane bay leaf, oleo blade of . Most of the troubles that look anguish instead of calling upon fe-
mme and two cloves; fat it glimmer big won't last the first round with hovah for help.
till tender, then add seasoning of a "al e, eta
g • g 15. Taught and etrengthened
salt and pepper. Wash well two
the commissioner of crown lands
and immigration? the Hon. F. W.
Young, M.P., said the ministry re-
joiced in the continued prosperity
of the State. and hoped. by prudent
and progressive legislation, and by
sound admieistration, to enable the
people to obtain full advantage of
the conditions that existed. They
were not handicapped by want of
faith in the sail. South Australia
vsets a land of great epportunities,
owing largely to what had been
done by -some of the grand pioneers.
The government hoped. • by wise
laws and affording such assistance
as would stimulate and not destroy
individual effort, to encourage the
people to take full advantage of the
sage; blend to a smooth paste,
brush over with a well beaten egg
and return to the oven to brawn
and reheat. For the sage and on-
ion stuffing chop three parboiled
onions, add five powdered sage
leaves, two tablespoonfuls of bread
crembs, one tablespoonful of but-
ter, pepper and salt to season; mix
well together and use as directs&
Chicken Hot -Pot. —Singe, clean
and point a fowl weighing about
of the State.
It's mighty uninteresting gossip
that doesn't give somebody the
worst of it.
A machine has just been invent-
ed that can make rag hearthrugt:
at the rate of one a minute.
"Keep out of debt, young si•oi,n,"
their arms- -Such skill and strength
Citetflils of 'rice and put it on to "What have you againet, filet as the netion poeseetgee are due Co
a°°k with 314quantsof bailing maoi 1-10 has done some very the iteareetioe and help received
water, • allow to cook for 30 wire good thiege." "Yes' but I was from ,Tehovelk, This gift of loboerbete then tern into ta colander and one of thern," T vahs the ungrateful people use ari bh04,,,,
154
RAZORS FROM HORST:18110ES.
Chinese Manufacturers Make Thein
at Small Cost.
Chinese manufacturers are still
on a basis of the moat primitive
handicraft; an efficiency engineer
would surely find the occupation of
a lifetime in bringing them up to
Western standards. The produc-
tion *f cutlery, for example, is thus
described by Consul General Kim-
benshue of Tientsin.
An interesting feature of Chinese
industry is the making of knives
and razors from old horaeshoes.
The local blacksmiths in the inter-
ior cities and towns supply the
great population of the empire with
knives, razors and scissors of an in-
ferior quality at a very small cast.
This cutlery comes from small
shops, where only one or two men
are employed, usually the proprie-
tor and his sons, and is chiefly made
from old horseshoes, imported
from England and the Continent.
A discarded steel sheoffers the
beef material for blades, but the
blacksmiths prefer the old shoes of
soft iron that came from Glasgow
and Hamburg.
One British firm at Tientsin
brought over a cargo of cid horse-
shoes from Australia recently, but
could not' dispose of them, as the
native smithssaid that the iron was
too have. They like the soft iron,
because it can be more easily work-
ed by their primitive methods.
A razor commonly used by the
poorer class, having a cutting edge
of less than two inches, costs twen-
ty t'ungeezus, about nine centin
Am,eriean currency. 'Upon the
drop the blade takes a fair cutting
edge, but is too soft to hold it, Any
lumber of „stroppings are necessary
before the act of shaving can be
completed. After the blades are
forged, they aro simply case-hard-
ened, encl not eubjented to the care-,
ful tempering employed in the, pro-
duction of Western cutlery.
(Suite 1)1 fferent.
Office Bey -,-"Do you want to see
the editor on business, sir Th
Stranger ---"No, pleeeere exclu-
sively, I want to maul hien."
gitarrelsoine.
"Do they quarrel much 1"
"Do they quarrel muehl Say,
they eouldn't quarrel mere if they
were European habits/18r"
"Here's some fish marked 'C. 0,
D. sir." . "Send iliaway—I order -
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NNW IDEAS FOR VENTILAIIION WAKENING CHURCH NAPPERS yARNs of 11001190,, Rams
In Largo Buildings Ahn Is to Get Stroke of Wand on Nape of Neek—
Uniform Con di Ileus.
In the erection of big buildings it
has been the aim of the engineers,
in modern times, to seeure condi-
tions of uniform temperature, uni-
form air pressure and uniform at-
mospheric moisture and ventilation
without drafts, says Harper's
Weekly, but now a couple of Eng-
lish engineers have come to the con-
clusion'after a careful study of theeubjoct,
subject, that this aim is not in ac-
cord with the true physiological
needs of the human race.
They point out that in nature the
skin voines in contact with constant
physical and chemical changes.
There are variations in temperature
and in pressure caused by the
breeze; there are clifferenCes in the
amount of moisture and variation
in the flow of the blood to the skin.
The writer says that the English
Reuse of Commons is ventilated by
a stream of air that is taken from
over the river and passed above a
spray of water and thence- over
steam pipes which heat it to a uni-
form temperature of sixty-three de-
grees Fahrenheit, allowing it to en-
ter through the floor without caus-
ing a draft. When the House "di-
vides" for a vote the members pass
into the lobbies. At the same time
the air current is turned off from
the chamber and passed to pipes
leading to the lobbies.
Strangers visiting the House, es-
pecially persons from rural or from
colonial regions, find the air here
very depressing. This depression,
say the experts, results not from
the particular temperature, nor
from the condition of the air with
respect to oxygen, etc., but to the
fact of the unisorm conditions to
which the skin is exposed.
The nerves in our skin need to be
stimulated. Absolute rest is not
congenial. It is for this reason that
the smoke from a cigarette is fre-
quently a relief or that a very
small quantity of ozone is so brac-
ing in shops or factories or schools.
The ozone is helpful not so much
because it supplies oxygen—for if
present in quantities sufficient to
be smelled it is a poison—nor be-
cause it destroys organic matter ; it
is helpful because of its delicate
stimulation of a nervous system
that is tired ofeloing nothing.
a -
COULD RUN MOTOR 100 TIOURS
Great Power of Electricity in Hu-
man Body.
One does not fancy the human
body as an electric signamo, but if
the heat and muscular energy ex-
pended by an average man of sed-
entary habits were converted into
electrical units he would find him-
self in possession of quite a valu-
able asset.
It is proved that a man usesup
*about two and one-half kilowatt
hours of electrical energy in a
working day. Approximately one-
half of this amount is used to keep
the temperature of the body con-
stant, while the other half is ex-
pended in muscular energy.
This amount of electricity may
not seem great, but, says a writer
in the Popular Mechanics Maga-
ziee, it is sufficient to maintain four
twenty -five -watt tungsten lamps of
twenty candle-power each of twen-
ty-five hours; run a sewing machine
motor for one hundred hours; heat
an electric toaster for four hours;
an electric heater for two hon;
an electric curling iron for one hun-
dred hours; run a large fan for
thirty-two hours, or warm a chaf-
ing dish for six hours.
Wise Sayings.
Business is based, not on money,
but pn honesty.—Dr, Ambrose:
Shepherd.
When a man prophecies a thing
and it happens, one is always ready
to believe that he did his best to
make it -happen,—A. As Milne.
The churches would be as full as
the restaurants at one o'clock in
the elay. if men realized that, they
were spiritual beings.—Rev. J.
Halsey.
Those who squander are not the
possessors of wealth; the absence
of means very often carries with it
a careless prodigality. — Violet
Tweedale.
We take care of our health; we
lay up money ; but who provides
wisely that he shall not be wanting
in the best property of all—friends
--Emerson.
That women are loss amenable to
discipline than men is the conse-
quence of man's treatment of wo-
man as toy, chattel, or inferior.—
A, Maurice Low.
SSerSiS of Success.
Concentration is ono of the great
secrets of enceess. Same one has
said that if you will sit down to a
task and apply yourself to it for
half, an hour without /allowing ono
h It f on aro oing
t oug w y g
do next, ono thought of what you
have accomplished; one moment of
dreaming of alien things, to ere0p,
lento your mind, withoet permit-
ting yourself one glance +rot of the i
window, one iristarti of toying '
things near 0,t hand, you ean de
an average person's hour's wore in'
that half hour.
Tickling Faces.
One John Rudge is on record as
having bequeathed to the parish of
Trysail, in Shropshire, England,
twenty shillings a year to be paid
to "a poor man" employed to go
about church in summer to keep
people awake ,
At another English church., that
of Aden in Cheshire, it was the
practice during the middle of the
The Egyptians embalmed their
lest century for one of the church
dead for the purpose el preserving
wardens to proceed through the
the bodies for the clay of resurrec-
church during service with a huge
wand in his hand, wherewith, if any
litienne'e Ptilair
oe3mot,0t0e0rritelr cal ataamhei ndesj
were to be visited upon the heads
of any irreverent enough to inter-
fere in .any manner with the pro-
gramme. The case is cited by the
lid of a sarcophagus, now in the
British lainseurn, which has engrav-
ed upon it the effigy of a priestess
of Amen -Ra. This was discovered
in 1E389 and trouble began at once.
The five men who found the eover
died all within a short time of each
other; the men who traneported 11
from its place of discovery were
likewise unfortunate in various
lvays, while the servant who took
.BAD LUCK CAME TO SOME OR
THEIR POSSESSORS,
agger Made Owner "Invisible—.
S10,000 Collar Develops
Amite Mania.
one of the congregation were ob-
served to be asleep, lie was instant-
ly awakened by a tap on the head.
In Warwickshire a similar custom
pmvailed. A warden bearing is
stout wand shaped like a hay fork
at the end stepped stealthily up
and down the nave and the aisles
and whenever lie saw an individual
asleep he touched him so effectively
that the nap was broken—this -be-
ing sometimes accomplished by the
application of the fork to the nape
of the neck,
A more playful method obtained
in another ehurch. The luradle went
about during service carrying a
the object to the muse•um, the pho-
long staff, to one end of which was
tographer who was called in to take
attached a fox's brush and to the
other a knob. With the former he a picture of it, and the archaeolo-
gently tickled the ares of the
gist who translated the inscription
we -
men sleepers, while with the knob were one by one overtaken by a
he bestowed a sharp rap on th,e series of climbers
heads of male offenders.
4..
RING GEORGE'S LIBRARY.
Embraces Books on Fleets of Near-
ly Every Country.
King George possesses one of the
Wonderful Dagger.
The late Shah of Persia possess-
ed a dagger which, according to
tradition, would make invincible
whoever concealed it about his
clothing, but if once used the per-
son using it would die by it. It is
finest eollections of naval books and said that this dagger is 0I1,3 at the
pamphlets that lutye ever been got
together. Formerly his library has
been kept at York Cottage, 101 ±1
is now being transferred to Wind-
sor, where a specially fit -ted -op
MOM has been provided for it. His
collection is not confined to books
dealing with the British Navy, but
embraces the fleets of almost every
country in the world, and is in
diversity of languages.
There is nothing affecting the see
and its command that escapes his
Majesty's notice, and a leading firm
of West End booksellers has a
standing order to forward copies of
any naval books that may be pub-
lished to wherever the court hap-
pens to be situated the moment it
makes its appearance. His Majesty
examines all these most carefully
and decides whether they are
worthy of being added to his collec-
tion or not The Kinghas a great
liking for making marginal notes ie
such books as he reads, and some
of these would prove decidedly in-
teresting if it were possible to in-
spect them. s e
CURIO U S LAWSUIT.
Russian Woman Bequeathed $20e.
000 For Care of Pet Dog.
The Society ler the Prevention of
Cruelty ta Animals should be in-
terested in a lawsuit arising from
the will of a Russian princess who
died early this year.
Among her bequests was ono of
$20,000 to a toy terrier, Gipsy, with
the proviso that her pet should be
intrusted to the charge of a certain
very old friend whom she named.
Within six /nor:the Gipsy followed
her mistress to the grave, and, as
even the most daintily fed and lux-
uriously clotbed and bejeweled of
toy terriers can not run through
money at the rate of $20,000 a year,
the legacy was practically intact
when she passed away.
The lady who had tended Gipsy
to the last .took it for granted that
on the clog's death she would suc-
eeed to the property, but she has
not been allowed to remain in pos-
session of it undisturbed. A claim
has been formulated on behalf of an
offspring of Gipsy's, who, being a
puppy of high degree, was duly reg-
istered at birth.
The claim has been heard, but as
the question is one of momentous
concern to the canine race, the
judges are taking some time to eon -
eider their verdict.
A TEETOTAL START.
"Why do you object to my mar-
rying your deughter
unceS130 you ceritt support her
iu the style sire's been aceustomed
to,"
'flew Jo you knew I ear:41 1
can dart her on bread :and milk,
same no you did,"
oldest In the Orient and leas been
"used" but five times in history—
always justifying the prophecy that
it would likewise cause the death of
the user.
In 1906 a business masa in S't.
Petersburg acquired at an auction
sale a collar for which he paid $10,-
000. It had been made 120 yeara
earlier by a Parisian jeweller at
the order of the unfortunate Louis
XVI. Every member of the royal
family who had worn this cellar
perished in the French Revolution
and the man who first purchased
it fled to Brussels and sold it in that
city to get money for his sojsurn
in exile. Subsequently it changed
ownership frequently, always
bringing misfortune to its nee es-
sor.
Dancer's Misfortune.
Finally it was sold to a Russian
prince for $20,000 and he gave it
to the dancer Tzukki. The dancer
lost her health and was compelled
to part with it and it passed into
the collection of Linievitch, This
man died suddenly at Monte Carlo
a,nd hie heir lost the collar and ev-
erything else he possessed in play.
The man who then purchased the
collar (in 1900) lived in the greatest
harmony with his wife and family,
but almost at once developed acute
mania and ended by killing his wife.
One very surprising thing was
some years ago vouched for by M.
Mace, at one time at the head lir
the Paris police. He said that at
different times five dead bodies bad
been brought to the morgue, each
one of which had a ring with this
inscription : "All who have worn
this ring have died miserably like
me."
ERRORS MADE BY ,A.11TITORS.
Great Writers Guilty of Mistakes
of Most Glaring kind.
Tice mistakes of great writers are
always amusing and •they console
the weaker brethren, says the Jour-
nal des Debats.
Alexander Dumas in his "Che -
yeller d'Ilormental" made the ex -
consist Buyat declare in 1718 that
his pupil "paints like Greuze," who
was born seven years later. The
same character admires the galler-
ies of the Palais Royal, which were
not built till sixty-two years later.
Balzac makes Cousin Pons buy a
alucroming fan, "a divine end
d'oeuvre painted by Watteau and
ordered by Mine. de Pompadour,"
who was born in the very year that
the artist died.
Flaubert, in "Madame Bovray," e
tells us that, "old Rot/atilt went to
pay Charles for setting his broken
leg; the bill was for 75 frames, which
he. paid in 2 franc pieces." Fur-
ther on he describes "a beautiful
phrenological skull marked with
numbers down to the gullet" In
"BouYard et Peuchet" 10 makes 'a
priest celebrate the midnight mass
"an the evening of December 26,"
Alphonse Daudet show a us in
"Tartarin" 4,000 Arabs "smiling
like lunatics, till 300,000 white teeth
glistened in the sine"
From Coppe we get :—"Twe
twine, both of them eighteen years
M. Ades Clare -tie iniasimets 11A
"The Femme de Prole" that "elle
kicked her bellalong with houts
of laughter, and when she felt it
at her fL pitieged it into the
champagne"
Co-' in the celler is not Pince.
eerily a sign of wealth; it may
simply denote otodit.
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