The Brussels Post, 1912-12-5, Page 6• ()old Weather Die:thrusts.
With the advent of cold weathe
a substantial breakfast should b
served in every home where one o
• more breadwinners go forth, especi
ally if they face a cold luncheon a
noon. Well cooked cereal with
few sliced dates or figs, served wit
hot milk or cream, various kinds u.
breakfast bread or muffins, creamed
toast, and some inexpensive LA, c
dishes, all are possible to thee
af moderate means if the cooks
know how to use remnants.
• Quick -Method Coffee Cake. —
(Baked the day before,) Ingredi• -
ents: Four ta,blespooneuds a butter
tor butterine), two-thirds cupful of
sugar, two egg, one cupful of milk,
two and one -hale cupfuls of sifted
pastry flour, two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, butter, sugar and
cinnamon for top as needed. Me-
thod; Cream butter, sugar and egg
untie light; sift baking powder into
flour, add that and milk alternat-
ing, beat well, then divide into two
well greased pie tins. Dot top
with bits of soft butter, sprinkle
well with sugar and cinnamon and
bake a golden brown.
Seramble.---(A dish of left -overs.)
Ingredients: Two cupfuls of diced
• stale bread, one cupful of cold po-
tatoes sliced in small shreds,
two
'to three eggs, milk as needed, salt
and pepper to baste, one twain-
spooniul of finely diced bacon, one
tablespoonful of butter. Method :
Try out the bacon in a heavy pan
until a golden brown, toss in the
potatoes and let them brown slight-
ly on all sides. In the meantime
pour enough milk on the bread to
• just moisten, but not to make sog-
gy; toss that into pan and pour
the well beaten eggs over, season
to taste and toss lightey with a
spatula to let all parts be coated
with the egg and get just a golden
color. The delicacy of the dish de-
pends on careful cooking so all is
nicely mixed and browned.
Egg Puffs or Popovers.—Ingredi-
ents : Two eggs one and one-half
cupfuls of sifted bread flour, one
and one -hale cupfuls of milk, one-
half teaspoonful of salt. Method—
Stir milk and flour together, just
enough to blend, drop in the salt
and unbeaten egg, then wit,h a
strong revolving egg beater work
mass rapidly until it is smooth and
full of bubbles. Fill hot, well
greased muffin tins two-thirds full,
and bake in very hot oven; Dater
the puffs have risen well lessen heat
a little and be sure they are well
done before taking ota. The puffs
must be a mere crisp shell, hollow
inside with no trace of moisture or
• they will fail.
Cream Toast. —Ingredients ; Two
cupfuls of milk, one tablespoonful
of butter, two tablespoonfuls a
flour, salt to taste, two to four
tablespoonfuls of minced lean ham,
one tablespoonful of minced green
pe,ppers, stale bread as needed.
Method—Broken pieces of stale
• bread can be used for this dish. See
that all hard ends of crust are
trimmed down, otherwise bread
need not be in even slices; toast
nicely and rather crisp, preferably
under gas jet, and lay on a deep
platter in neat rows, Moisten flour
with part of the milk, place rest in
double boiler to heat; when hot add
the dissolved flour and stir until
smooth and well thickened; now
add salt and butter—if much ham is
used flavor mildly. Pour this cream
over the bread, and strew the ham
and peppers evenly over top ; serve
hot. This can be varied by grating
a hard boiled egg over top ; sprinkle
well with salt and paprika. A little
• minced parsley may be added.
Baked Hash With Eggs.—Ingredi-
• epee : Remnants of cold cooked
meat, double the amount of cooked
potatoes, one small onion, ane to
two tablespoonfuls of clear drip-
pings or ,hutterine, salt and pepper
to taste. eggs as needed. Method
—Any lean meat can be used, even
• a little pork sausage or bits of ham
are good, but fresh or corned beef
- is best. Remove all skin and super-
fluous eat; chop with onion and po-
• tatoes or put through food chop-
• per ; season well. Heat drippings
in a fiat pan, spread evenly, and
• with bottom of a cup form a depres-
aion for each egg that is to he cook-
ed. Set in bet oven until slightly
browned, then break an egg in each
depression, sprinkle with salt and
• paprika and set hack in oven unfelt
• egg is cooked to suit.
KitOhOth COrrrOMOntts.
A supply of blotters—jest the or-
dinary desk blotting paupers—slimed
have a place on the kiLceen shelf.
le grease spatters on clothaig,
goer, er linen, a blotter on hand
and quickly applied—tale eege or
corner—the greater part of the
grease will be ebsorbed. 131etti.";g
paper applied to nee :reit stasis
Iwill have the same effect.
A blank book, in which to paste
r , clippings of recipes, methods of
0 ; oleaning, or anything relating to
r kiteheu lore, will be very heipail—
- if not at that time, then afthrwercl.
t , Many persons make olippings eth
a i the intention of making use of the
h matter contained in them, but when
t ; the time comes when tthey are watt-
' ed it is not always possible to locate
a I them.
; Have a bag of cheesecloth hang-
ing behind .the doer to receive all
The young housekeeper will find
it very helpful if she will start in
with oertain little conveniences
around the kitchen. At first, while
the housekeeping is small and sim-
ple, she might, feel she wee only
giving herself extra, trouble; but
once acquire the habit and there
drill assuredly be Ix saving of time
and nerves as housekeeping came
Increase. A kitchen fettle. for
Stanne, to hold a record et the
things to be done during the any.
The list 00.0 be oompleted bi8, cett-
ple of itieutee, anti it is ourpriang
bow Muth can be aceomplishecl if
work ie leed cub,
•
the paper bags, also tissue pap
coming into the house. The forme
are useful for rubbing lamp chi'
neys, wiping off the stove, o
grease spots. The bags can then
' be turned. Tissue paper is excel-
lent for polishing mirrors, windows,
etc.
The oiled paper that comes over
butter can be used for papering
cake tins, while that that comes
from the inside of cracker boxes
is good for a dozen different things
—for instance, cheese may be kept
moist by wrapping in this paper
also sandwiches, If the cake is go
ting brown too quickly coverin
with waxed paper will check it.
'Sheets of wrapping paper will
save labor very often. One can
use it to prepare chickens on for
the oven, roll crackers, pare apples,
or slice bread, when the paper can
be rolled up and dropped into the
garbage pail.
Newspapers laid upon the floor
before an open grate when taking
out the ashes will save the carpet
considerably, and one lighted when
shaking down a grate will carry
the dust up the chimney.
These little conveniences do not
cost a cent, but once they are put
in their valve is euro to be appreci-
ated.
The grocery list with pencil at-
tached should find a place in every
kitchen, and can often ibe had from
the grocer for the asking. A com-
mon slate and pencil will answer
the purpose equally well.
A baking powder can will make
a soap shaker if a few holes are
punched in at the bottom.
Lard pails are useful for storing
sugar, coffee, rice, etc.
A thick rag mat at the sink or
kitchen table will be a comfort to
the feet. It will nese prevent
draughts coming through the cracks
there may be in the floor.
A bowl of quicklime placed in a
damp pantry or closet will not only
remove darapness, but tend to ab-
sorb odors. Many a housekeeper
thinks the odor results from neg-
lect, and cleans more than is really
necessary. Let her try the quick-
lime.
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QUEEN A GOOD HOUSEKEEPER
Learned Lesson of Mald's Careless-
ness When a Duchess.
Once when the Queen was still
Duchess of York she was seized with
one of her eudden desires to im-
prove her boudoir. Princess Charles
of Denmark happened to be staying
with her and the two Princesses set
to work to rearrange the furniture.
In a very short time not a table
or chair or ornament remained in
its place; alas for the impeccability
of even royal servants 1 Tbe remov-
al revealed a host of unsuspected
dirty corners, dust and cobwebs.
The consternation of the house-
keeper when she faced the dishevel-
led Princesses may be imagined.
The Queen has never forgotten
the lesson she learned and it is no
unusual thing for her to invade the
rooms at York cottage or Bucking-
ham Palace and demand to be
shown behind some heavy piece of
furniture.
BAYONET THOUGHT OBSOLETE
Use Made By Bulgarians Wakes Up
British Experts.
It is curious to think that the bay-
onet, which has played so great a
part in the Bulgarian vietories,
might not have been in existence if
the military experts of the kingdom
had had their way.
In 1892, in the Bulgarian ;scheme
of modern armament, the Mann -
licher rifles were ordered without
any bayonets, the authorities hav-
ing come to the conclusion that the
bayonet was obsolete in modern
inion o
de itself
as counayo
eize but
was no
might
onet.
warfare. The average op
the arrny, however, soon me
felt, and the first order w-
termanded and the rifle was order-
ed with the bayonet, but the b -
net was not of the ordinary
really a sort of knife. In subse-
quent orders the bnamiet
questioned,
It is 'Interesting to sipecula.te
what the 13nIgarian fortune
have been without the bay
A Sore Slgn.
"The plumber who woe gent hero
to de the work we called up about,
wee an inexperienced hand."
"Row do you !mow',"
ecattite he brought with hint all n
the feels he needed and Anilebed the o
whale job in half an hour," W
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
DECEMBER 8.
Lesson X.—The Child in the midst,
Matt. 13. 1-14. Golden text,
Matt. 18. 10.
Verse 1. In that hour—Following
the arrival of Jesus and his dis-
ciples at Capernaum.
Who then is greatest? — The
"then” is explained by Mark's
statement that on the way to Lla-
pernaum the disciples, prompted,
perhaps, by the hopes aroused by
the transfiguration and the follow-
ing miracles, Chad been debating
this question among themselves.
The question was one frequently de -
The question was one frequently as -
debated by the rabbis and scribes
among themselves.
The kingdom of heaven—Popular-
ly conceived in the time of Jesus as
an earthly kingdom, of which Jeru-
salem was to be the capital and the
expected Messiah the king. The
disciples had already come to be-
lieve in Jesus as the Messiah, al-
though they still clung to the hope
of an early kingdom, in which they
expeeted, because of their relation-
ship to Jesus as his chosen apostles,
to 'be assigned positions of author-
ity and honor. Tho question which
they asked had therefore a person-
al bearing, referring to their own
relative positions and rank in the
kingdom.
2. A little child—From the con-
text we may imagine a timid, mod-
est child that responded with
mixed hesitation and confidence to
the kindly summons.
In the midst of them—In the cen-
ter of the group.
3. Verily—The same word which
at the end of a sentence is usually
translated Amen. It is an expres-
sion used for emphasis only.
Except ye turn—Turn from the
vain and selfish spirit that prompt-
ed their question to a humble,
teachable frame of mind, trustful
and anxious to learn as little chil-
dren.
Enter into—Partthipation in the
kingdom of heaven had been taken
for granted by the disciples. The
spiritual nature of that kingdom
makes such participation dependent
upon the attitude of mind and
heart.
5. In my name—In the name of
Jesus in conscious emulation of his
sepxiarmit,ple and in participation of luB
Receiveth me—He who emulates
the example of Jesus, acquires
thereby a fuller measure of his
spina becomes more like him.
e. These little ones that beliehe on
me—Jesus has used the little child
as typifying the right-minded Chris -
tion, to whom the reference is in
this verse. The humblest; and
weakest disciple is not to be des-
pis.ed.
A great millstone—The marginal
reading is a millstone turned by an
ass. Smaller millstones were
turned by women. (Compare Matt,
24. 41.)
7. Woe unto—An exclamation of
distrese, not a threat. The sense is
"0, the woe and sorrow that comes
to the world because of the o000 -
Wens of stumbling (evil examples)
which abound 1"
It must needs be—It is unavoid-
able that occasions come. This gen-
eral condition, however, in no case
constitutes an excuse for the indi-
vidual whose conduct caueeth an-
other to stumble.
8. Thy hand or thy foot—Syrabo•
Heal of that which seems most es-
sential and indispensable. Thom
who are sorely tempted should dis•
cipline themselves with the grew-,
est severity, rernembertne that it is
better always to lose part than all,
to sacrifice the lesser good for the
greater.
Eternal fire—Fire of the agos or
eternities, Compare Leeson Text
Stedies for May 5, introductory
paragraph on Hades and Hell.
9. Hell of fire—Or, Gehenna of
fire. Compare same referent() as in
preceding cerement.
10. See that ye despise not—An
exhortation addressed to all who,
like the disciples, are tempted to
regard theinselvee as in any mese
or degree superior to or above
others.
These llttlootos—Hero referring
of to children, but to Christians
1 humble estate, The reason given e
hy we are not to despite) even the o
humblest believers is that God him-
self honors such by appointing for
them guardian angels. Regarding
angels, see introductory para-
graph above.
11. The sentence which in older
versions of the English Bible con-
stituted verse 11, and ehic,h is
found in some ancient manuscripts
of this Gospel, reads: "For the Son
of man came to save that 'which is
lost." The connection here seems
less clear and the sentiment less
appropriate ellen in Luke 19. 10,
where it occurs in connection with
our Lord's conversation with the
repentant Zachaeus. For this rea-
son the translatoraaf more versions
of the New Testament accept the
reading of the majority and the
best -manuscripts and omit the sen-
tenee here, but retain it in Luke,
So important a saying may, now -
ever, have been oft repeated by
Jesus, and is closely =elected in
thought with the parable Villa fol-
lows (verses 12-14), if not wien what
precedes.
12. How think ye? --Phe parable
that follows is intended to wake
plain how contrary to God's desire
for human salvation it would be to
lead astray one of "these little
ones" and cause him to bo lost.
A hundred sheep—Few shep-
herds in Palestine would have so
many. If, perchance, ems should
awn so many, he would not be any
more willing to lose one.
Leave the ninety and nine—Not
exposed to danger, of course, but
in safety.
14. Not the will—More correctly,
not a thing willed. The Father has
not absolutely determined that any
shall perish.
ESCAPING AN ICE -JAM.
A Boatman's Exciting Experience
at Athabasca Landing.
The day the the started to reeve
there was a jam just above Atha-
basca Landing, writes a Canadian
correspondent to the London Tele-
graph, and as the mail for Peace
River starts from the opposite bank,
the postmaster hunted up a man
who was willing to take it across in
a boat through the clear water be-
low the ice. Every one in town
turned out to see him cross the
river, but no one offered to go with
him.
I was calking on boat No. 1 at the
time, and I wathhecl, him start.
First he had to cross about two hun-
dred feet of rotten ice,
dragging
his punt alongi after him, launch the
boat into the clear water, row
across, and go over as much soft ice
on the other side. He was half -way
across the open water when the
whole river seemed to stand on end
—in plain words the jam broke.
Strange to say, the boatman did
not at first notice it, for the ice
against the bank was grinding and
clashing all the time; bub a man on
shore fired a gun, and everybody
pointed and waved up -stream.
The boatman never lost his nerve;
he rested on his oars for a moment,
glanced round, and turned the boat
up -stream. Slowly* at first, but
soon gathering speed, he sent his
frail craft hard at the ice. The boat
hit the the squarely, and ran up it.
et was his only chance, for if the
mass had caught the boat sidewise,
it would have smashed it like an
egrashell.
Hanging to the punt, dragging it
from one piece of the to another,
jumping some pretty wide gaps once
or twic.e, and sometimes hauling the
craft after him with the short line,
he struggled on.
It was the bravest thing I ever
saw in ?my life, but 1 dotat want to
see it done again. On both banks
the people stood helpless; they
meld do nothing except, evetoh, and
some could not do that.
Finally the intrepid boatman
reached the shore, and, needless to
relate, he did not try to come book
that day.
The Reason.
Diner—"That man at the round
table Rota better service than do,
I shall complain to the manager,
Where ie he?"
WaRer--"It's the man at the
round table."
Borne peonle contrive to get hold
of the prickly side of everything, to
run up Against ell the sharp corners
and dietigreeehle thinge, trelf the
trength Anent in grumbling would eve)
nen tet thin ge right,
INSECT METAL BORERS.
Plates of a Safe rfalleinch Thick
Were Perforated.
The voracious and destructive
habits of the white ants of the trop-
ics are widely known. Metal is al-
most the only substance that they
are unable to destroy. There is an
insect, however,—and it is not ne-
cessary to go to the tropics to find
it,—that can bore through metal as
easily as the white ant can bore
through wood. A writer in Zur Gu -
ten Stunde gives the following ac-
eount of it:
Any one can hear it buzzing in
the woods in midsummer, or per-
haps see the flash of its yellow
wings. Sirex gigas is its formida-
ble scientific name, but we know it
simply as the horritailed wasp.
This wasp bores into the tree in
various places with its long tail,
and in each hole leaves an egg. The
; ensuing larva, a white, six -legged
grub, fitted with powerful jaws,
takes up the work of boring into
the wood, and as it advances closes
the passage behind it with the saw-
dust, If uninterrupted, the larva,
continues boring deeper and deeper
into the tree, and since it is of
course growing all the time, it
makes a bigger and bigger passage.
After about two years, it makes
its cocoon of silk in the burrow;
then, after the pupal skin is cast
off, the winged insect breaks
through its cocoon. Immediately,
with feverish haste, it begins boring
toward liberty. Finally it reaches
the bark of the tree, and then the
open air.
It is often the case that during
the larval period the tree in -whieh
the horntailed wasp is burrowing
may be felled, sawed into planks
and used in building operations.
Sometimes, for some particular
purpose, the timber may be en-
cased in a metal sheathing. That
does not disturb the wasp at all;
when its time comes, it applies it-
self with energy to its task, and
soon bores a hole through which it
can escape.
• Holes made by these insects have
been found in tin roofs, and in the
mint at Vienna was a safe, the half-
inch steel plates of which the wasps
had perforated. Some extraordi-
nary cases of their activity were
brought to the notice of the Acad-
emy of Seiences ie' Paris. A barrel
of cartridges that had been stored
away for some time showed the rav-
ages of the wasps in their search for
light and freedom. The insects had
not only eaten their way through
the yvooden barrel, but.thronah the
cartridges and leaden bullets as
well. Other boxes of cartridges
doting from the Crirnenn War were
shown, completely riddled by wasp-
horines—an excellent illustration of
the tremendous strength and the
determination to accomplish their
purpose that these fragile insects
p
055055.
SINGING MEN WORE BETTER.
It Pays to Male Laborers Happy
at Their Tasks.
"Heppe is the man who sings at
his work," runs the old proverb.
And to many the deudgery, of the
office is the omnipresent rule of
silenoe. Scientific management has
put en end to singing.
Why should not men sing at their
work? The inspiring effect of mu-
sic is recognized. Else why does the
Army care for the fife and the drum
bt4a t et lhee le r on the advance into the
There is the soundest reason for
the old flaying that a singing man
is a happy man, for man never sings
when he is in rein or misery or is
plotting miserable things.
Some day even scientific manare-
ment will come to learn the profit
of permitting a men to sing at his
work. In the great cigar factories
al:Key Weet, above the heath; of the
workers eits the "re/Kier" through-
out the day reciting in a loud voice
to the workers the news of the day
and rending cheaters from the lat-
est newel or political tract.
Ask the proprietor why, and you
get the inevitable answer: "It
PaYe."
Fie, High Pikes,
Haropton—"He's in tits renithy
ele
;nee'
Rhodes—"How &x etett,knew?"
lIempeon---"I know the imeeliee
n seek hire porterhouse steak
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ARE DOING.
Progress or the 1. 'in 1 West Telt)
In n Feu Pointed
Paragraphs.
The coal (Images near Dawson
will operate until some tine hi De.
cember.
There promises to be a shortie
of supplies west of Fort George thi
winter.
An option has been given to Bri
tish capitalists upon the Garcia es
tate near Merritt.
At Quesnel a Chinaman has bee
fined $5 for dumping rubbish into
the Fraser River.
The black sand found in Siwas
Creek, Yale district, is said to con
thin gold and platinum.
A number of Boston capitalist
are prospecting in Big Valley, nee
Barkerville with a diamond drill.
In Alterta flour has dropped 5
cents a barrel since flouring mill
were established in that province
The provincial museum at Victor
ia now contains a white wolverine
It was caught in the Skeen& Rive
district.
This winter 5.000,000 feet of log
will be slid through a dry sluice
from the top of the mountains into
Little Shuswap Lake.
About 40 big fishing trawlers will
soon be brought from Grimsby,
England, to fish in the waters not
far from Prince Rupert.
Within a month there will be at
work fifteen hundred men on the
construction of the railway line be-
tween Vancouver and Fort George.
The first trans -Pacific shipment
out of Prince Rupert was made up
last week. It consisted of 5,000
cases of sockeye salmon, consigned
to Liverpool.
While digging his potatoes last
week at Summerland, B.C., W. E.
Rifles found one that measured over
a foot in length, and tipped the
scales at five pounds,
The steamship City of Galicia re-
cently arrived at Prince Rupert,
13.C., with a shipment of one thou-
sand tons of iron pipe from Eng-
land for the Prince Rupert water-
works system.
In Prince Rupert Victor Oga mar-
ried a squaw when she was about to
be sentenced at the police court to
six months in jail. The judge let
her go on suspended sentence after
the wedding took place.
Prince Rupert anticipates play-
ing an important part in the Do-
minion G-overnment's naval polthy,
as the G. T. P. are now construct-
ing a $3,000,000 floating dry dock,
the largest on the Pacific Coast.
Plans for the bridge across the
Kootenay River at Taghum have
been received from J. P. Fordo,
resident provincial public works en-
gineer. The bridge will consist of
three steel spans, each 170 feet in
length.
While coining from Alaska with
400 passengers the steamer Princess
Sophia ran out of bread and sent a
wireless for some to Prince Rupert.
When the boat landed at Rupert al
baker was at, the wharf with 000
loaves.
PEN -PICTURE OF A MOST IM-
PORTANT DRILL.
What Is Done When the Crow Get
Orders to "Abandon
Ship!"
It is the proud beset of the Brie
tieh Navy that it is always pre -
a paled, and that it is constantly
ready for any emergeney that may
s arise. This readiness is achieved by
_ the frequent practice (if evolutions
_ designee, to meet any possible even-
tuality that may occur.
Such a calamity as resulted from
the collision of the Titanic with an
iceberg could nut occur in the case
h of a warship. In the first place,
_ every ship of the Navy carries
enough boats to embark all her
3 crew in case of need, and secondly
•
r every memberof the ship's com-
pany knows exactly what to do and
0 where t,o go should disaster oceur,
8 and the order be given "Abandon
ship I"
Every day on board a man-of-
war, in addition to the daily rou-
r tine, it is customary to perform one
or more evolutions, such as "Fire
quarters," "Man and arm ship 1"
- "Out collision -mat 1" eta, and till
the drill is actually in progress no
one knows precisely what it will be,
Let us suppose that it is 5.0 p.m.
on board one of his Majesty's bat-
tleships. "Evening quarters !" the
final inspection for the day of the
ship's oompany, are over, and an
atmosphere of more or less calm
has descended upon the ship.
Their Different Duties.
Suddenly the commander emerges
from his cabin an to the quarter.
deck, givinga quiet order to the
quartermaster as be does so. A
moment later tee bugle blares and
the pipes of the lunette's mates
shrill out as the order is passed
"Clear lower deck!'" Thi e means
that every officer and man coneern-
ed in the engine -Poem department
or in the navigation of the ship
must instantly repair to the upper
deck.
There is a roar and reel of
hurrying feet, and then the bugle
sounds the "Still I" Tho oomman-
der then indicates what evolution is
to be performed. In this case it is
"Abandon ship 1" which supposes
that the ship has been so badly in-
jured in action, or by fire, or some
other cause, as to be no longer
navigable or capable of salvage.
No sooner has the order left the
commander's lips than it is repeat-
ed by the hos'un and his mates, and
the great crowd of men melts as if
by magic to their different duties
and stations. The custom of the
Service is that all orders aro exe-
cuted "at the run and in ell-et:me."
First of all the marine guard re-
pair to the gunner, who serves out
ball cartridge to them, and sentries
arc promptly masted on the bridges,
and at all other commanding points,
to prevent anyone entering the
boats without ordere.
The boats' crews, under the dime -
tion of their coxswains' prepare the
boats for lowering, and other par-
ties of men bring up the stores of
provisions, water, and arms allotted
to each boat.
Linked hi IAnes.
Fact and Fancy.
Every great emcees is the result
of repeated failures.
All precious stones are the better
for frequent sunbathe.
In Russia there is only one doc-
tor to 75,000 people,
Woman is like an umbrella be-
eause she is accustomed to reign.
Never put off till to -morrow the
bill that can just as wall wait till
next week.
The liquor business is the most
unhealthy, and it is also the one
wherein most suicides occur.
The wieest man would make a
good bargain if he could trade off
what he know for what he doesn't
know.
Certain gland extracts oauee mar-
velous increase of stature, but
there's nothing like prosperity to
make a, man outgrow his friends,
Wedding Ring Lore.
In the Isle of Man the wedding
ring was formerly used as an instru-
ment of torture. Cyril Davenport,
in his book on ."Jewellery" remarks
that there once existed a custom in
that island according to which an
unmarried giri who had been of-
fended by a man could bring him to
trial, and ie he were foetid guilty
she would be presented with a
sword, a rope and a ring, With the
sword she might cut off his head,
with the rope she might hong him,
or with the ring elle might marry
him, It is said that the latter pun-
ishment was invariably inflicted.
"I believe," said the saffragette,
"that woman is the equal of man."
"Thet's queer," said an intruder,
"Only the other day I heard you
saying that your daughter had mar-
ried beneath her."
Tremp—"Yee, lady, I had $501000
left to me 01160." Woman—"And
Atippomait all went for Niter 1"
Tremp•-"I a'poce so, mum, Dem
jialgta stie lawyere is ravel, <Irene
The boats at the davits are soon
in the water, and drop astern to
wait orders. Meantime, the great
derrick amidships has stirred into
life, and has picked up in turn the
three or four Steamboats from their
places on the boat deck, and, lifting
them into the air as if they weighed
nothing instead of several tone
apiece, has dropped them gently
into the water, with the smoke from
their hastily kindled fixes pouring
through their funnels.
Them are followed by Abe larger
pulling and sailing beats, the cut-
ters, lamed, barge, and pinnace,
which are too heavy and traweikly
to be kept at the davits, and they,
tho, drop astern, to loin the whal-
ersgigs and side,.
Then, in turn the heath come
alongside) the gangway, and their
proper complements of officers and
men descend into them, and they
report themselves as "Correct 1" to
the commander, who direots opera-
tions per meeaplione, and whose
efigleeye quickly detects the slight-
est variation from the established
roe -tine, and notes it for subsequent
inquiry.
As Mee It only a drill, and not
re/trend dire necessity, the ship is,
of course, not entirely abandoned;
lint every men that can be spared
takes Ian allotted plaee in the
boats, whieh then proceed away
from the ship in lone limes, linked
toeether, and towed by the steam-
boats,
A kw moment, litter, the 'lie,
call" is hoisted, and the boats re'
tOrn to the Ship, to receive AO or'
dr "Replace gear I" and in a very
short time the men ate dieembaek-
d, the dem) returned eeed the
boats hoisted.--Londen Answere,
*het you
ere going to )' marilere iweeee
Tadv—''7,,: Thiele 1'Well,
I'd rather yet) were mite 1 watt gca
ing bo taaricd otioa,"
doe e