The Brussels Post, 1913-4-24, Page 3Illiseellaneous Reefpes.
Rhubarb Srutce.--Put on the rhu-
barb just enough water to cover
the buttom of the pan. Use from
one-half to three-quarters as much
sugar as rhubarb .and a pinch of
soda if you want to decrease the
avidity. This keeps the sauce from
being watery and unpalatable. _
Baked Macaroni and Cheese.
Cook the macaroni until tender.
Put in a baking pan and pour over
it a thin white settee, using the pro-
portion of two tablespoonfuls of
flour to one cup of milk, this settee
having been previously merle. If
the cheese is put into this mixture
when it is off the fire, but still hot,
it will melt. Crumbs should be put
over the top to prevent the tough-
ening of 'the cheese in the baking
process.
English rllRIllns.—One cup scald-
ed Milk, one cup hot water, one
tablespoon butter, one tablespoon
lard, one teaspoon salt, one table-
" .. spoon sugar, one egg, four pups
sifted flour, one-half cake com-
pressed yeast or one cake yeast
foam. Dissolve the salt, sugar, fab
in the hot liquid, In water which
feels neither hot nor cold to your
finger mix the yeast. Add this to
the milk and water when that is
of the same temperature. Add
flour. Beat well, then cover close-
ly and let rise overnight, In the
morning fill muffin rings half full
and let rise until they are entirely
• 1u11. Bake one-half hour in a mod-
erate oven. Liquid may be all
water instead of part milk and part
water,
Potato Souffle.—One cup of
mashed potatoes, one-fourth cup of
milk, two eggs, one teaspoon salt,
one-eighth tablespoon pepper, one
tablespoon of butter. Mix potato,
milk, melted butter and beaten
yolks of eggs, fold in the stiffly
beaten whites, bake•in a moderate
oven twenty-five to thirty minutes.
Chocolate Cookies.—One cup of
brown sugar, one-half cup of melt-
ed butter, one-half cup of sweet
milk, one egg, one and one-half
cups bread flour, one-half teaspoon
soda, two squares chocolate, one-
half teaspoon vanilla, one cup chop-
ped nuts. Mix sugar and melted
butter and milk, eggs and melted
chocolate, then flour sifted with
soda; add vanilla and chopped
nuts. Drop upon a greased pan.
Bake in a moderate oven. Icing for
cookies; One-half egg, three table-
spoons Dream, one and one-half
cups powdered sugar, a square of
melted chocolate. Mix materials to
a smooth paste, spread on cookies.
This recipe makes. three dozen
cookies.
Chocolate Brea... Pudding.—Two
cups stale bread crumbs, four cups
scalded milk, two squares choco-
late, two-thirds cup sugar, three
egg yolks, two whole eggs, one-
quarter teaspoon salt, one teaspoon
vanilla. Soak bread in milk for
half an hour. (look chocolate, half
of sugar and water together until
a smooth paste is formed. Add
mixture to remaining sugar, salt,
vanilla and bread crumbs, add to
yolks of eggs slightly beaten. Turn
into a buttered dish and bake one
hour in•a moderate oven. Make a
meringue of beaten whites of eggs
and powdered sugar, using two
tablespoons, powdered sugar to the
white of one egg. Drop on top of
pudding and return to the oven to
brown.
Italian Eggs.—Hard-cooked eggs,
a'°' salt, pepper, ohopped meat, milk.
Out eggs in half, remove yolks,mit
with seasoning and chopped meat,
refil eggs level) place together in
the original egg shape. dip in flour,
egg and cracker crumbs and fry in
deep fat until brown: Serve with
tomato sauce:
Tomato Sauce.—One cup of to-
mato.juice, two tablespoons of flour,
one tablespoon butter, one-half tea-
spoon of- .sugar, one-quarter tea-
spoon salt; speak popper, few drops
of onion juice. Melt fat, add flour,
salt, sugar and pepper, add, toma-
to juice and heat to the. boiling
point, stirring constantly.
Mock Duel.—Three pork tender-
loins, bread crumbs, salt, pepper,
butter and celery. Split tenderi.
loins; sew sides together so as to
make a flat .piece of moat; mix
bread crumbs, seasoning and melt.
ed butter ; moisten with a little
water ; spread on meat, fold to-
gether and sew, thtts°inaking it re-
eexnblc a duck. Boast in a moder-
ate oven; Other kinds of meat may
be used, such as flank steak or
round. steak. In this case, prepare
as in case -of tenderloins; dredge
with flour, brown in hot fat, cover
with water and cook slowly enough
so that the water never boils. Cook
until tender.
Household J1Lzts,
The tone of a piano is best when
the instrument• is not next a wall,
To sprinkle clothes quickly for
ironing use a small brush dipped in
a -bowl of lake -warm water,
1f mixed with milk instead of
Witter mustard will not get dry%
but will keep nice and fresh until
it is all used up,
Salt makes an extra fine powder;
it keeps the gums hard and rosy,
and makes the teeth brilliantly
white.
.L'o make a patch almost invisible.
place un the wrong side and stick
down with sesootine. When dry
put a heavy weight un the patch and
leave it for the night.
Old lace requires very careful
cleaningfor the fabric is gener-
ally very tender, and easily torn.
Olive oil is art excellent cleanser,
aided by gentle hand rubbing.
If fine linen is stained with tea,
even after a long time, the stains
on be removed by app]ying glyc-
erine. A little of the best glycer-
ine should be rubbed on the stained
parts before washing.
When not required for immedi-
ate t•se pub the yolks of eggs in a
basin and just cover them with
cold water ; place a plate on the
basin to exclude the air and stand
in a Clark, cool place until wanted.
Kid gloves are dry-cleaned on a
wooden hand with benzole, benzine
soap, or spirit of turpentine. They
are then wiped as thoroughly as
possible. and dried in an airy place
at as low a temperature as obtain-
able.
White cloth is washed without
any preliminary soaking in potato -
water, lukewarm, and then rinsed
in clean water. The potato water
is made by peeling raw potatoes,
grating them up, anci making them
to a thin paste with water.
Leather chairs often become
greasy looking where the arms and
head rest on the leather. To re-
move these marks try linseed oil.
Boil half a pint of oil, and let i
stand till nearly cold, then you
M half a pint of vinegar. Stir til
it is well mixed, and bottle. TO
use, put a few drops on a flannel,
anci polish off with soft dusters.
Never get into the habit of hold-
ing the knob and winding the
watch, says a watch repairer; hold
the watch steadily in one hand and
turn the key or the knob to wind.
Moreover, wand the watch as near-
ly as possible at the same time ev-
ery day, It is bad for a timepiece
to be wound too frequently, or to
be allowed to run down entirely.
In ironing garments on which
there are hooks 'and eyes care
should be taken not to press the
hooks together so that they have
to be prized open in order to use
again. The best way to prevent
this is to place a folded towel un-
derneath the part on which the
hooks are ,sewn. When ironed. on
the folds' of the towel the hooks
will come out as good as new.
Onions, if treated in the follow-
ing manner, wf1I be much more ap-
preciated than at present. After
peeling them put into a basin and
pour. over them boiling water, inbo
which put a piece of soda, say, ,the
size of a filbert. ` Let them remain
a.few minutes, then wash in plenty
of water. If this is done it will ex-
tract all indigestible matter, and
will not leave a disagreeable taste
in the mouth,
When eggs are scarce various sub-
stitutes are available. Thus when
an egg is required to coat fish or
meat with breaderembs, when the
food is to be fried, a little flourmade to a stiff paste with milk, or
even water, answers quite well. To
glaze a pie or bun dissolve a tea-
spoonful -of sugar in a tablespoon-
ful of 'milk, and use it instead of
an egg. Custards can be made
quite cheaply by the use of cus-
tard powders.
An olcl fowl can be made as ten-
der as a chicken if cooked in this
way. After the fowl has been
plucked, the hairs singed off, etc.,
it should be tied up in plump shape,.
and put into a pot with a gallon of
boiling water, A few leeks cup tip
in pieces, a pound of Patna .rice,
and salt to season, should be ad-
ded. Boil the whole very gently
for three hours. The fowl should
then be divided up and eaten with
the soup. This is a most noueish-
ing meal.
Pearls of Truth.
No one in public Kee oan expect
to escape kicks andcuffs now and
again.—Mr. J. 1). Hope,
No man who is waetched in. his
own heart and feeble in his own
work can rightly help others, -John
Ruskin,
Quite 70 per cent, of ambition is
never realized, and 99 per cent. of
all realized ambition is fruitless,—
Arnold Bennett.
The cloud is always thickest when
and where the wind is about to shift
enroll it away out of the blttesky,,
—Charles Kingsley. '
' Character the hest.
The world is watching with curiosity and, possibly, some little anxi-
ety Germany's fresh efforts to make her army supreme in Europe, and
there are those, even in his own country, who seem to think that the
German Emperor is perhaps dangerously zealous in his desire to en-
sure peace by preparing for war.—Illustrated London News.
i GETTING
We honor the anon who holds has
oornfort and lease cheap in helping
others, and will even give hie life
for a worthy cause. But there is
one :possession that ought tobe
dearer to him than life itself, or the
sueoess of any enterprise, hewever
worthy, and fhaib is character. If
he lets that deteriorate, so thee lm
becomes leas honorable, lesr'noblo,
lossthoughtful, less nnageenlrous
than before, nothing which he can
ever do in the way of reforrning,
others eau, really ooanpensete for
the loss.
A omen's worst difficulties begirt
when he is able to do as he likes.
BETTER ROADS
CO.OPERATION CUTS ¶FiTE COST
OF TILE WORK.
Local Government Will Appoint a
Commission to Go Into the
Whole Problem.
Ontario is getting down to the
road building business in earnest.
Announcements made since the be-
ginning of the year state that over
a million for roads is to be spent
in three counties alone,—Oxford,
Wellington and Middlesex, -and.
other sections are also doing some
figuring on their highway problems.
The Province itself has declared
its intention of making a thorough
study of the whole question and of
appropriating at least $5,000,000 as
a start towards improving the high-
ways.
The Needs of the Province
demand a tremendous expenditure,
but the funds at its disposal aro
limited through the prevailing sys-
tem of taxation. Municipalities,
on the other hand, would be able
to meet the burden, but in many
oases are adverse to taking any ac-
tion as they feel only the Govern-
ment can undertake the task of
highway construction in a manner
comprehensive and systematic
enough to meet the demands of
modern traffic conditions.
The difficulty thus presented can
only be solved through the closest
co-operation between the central
organization provided by the Pro-
vincial Government and the officers
of the various municipal bodies.
The public road is a local conveni-
ence, but it is an asset of even ne-
tional importance as well. The
road question touches everyone
and by solving it the Province can
turn back the growing tide that has
set cityward ; inaugurate a new era
of agriculture development, distri-
bute the benefits of more efficient
educational facilities to rural inha-
bitants and reduce the cost of liv-
ing to the city dweller. The neces-
sity for preaching the gospel of
good roads is passing. The public
are becoming converted to road im-
provement and the problem of ire,
mediate interest is, how best such
improvement can be effected,.
Two Valuable Assets
are already at the disposal of the
Province, and can be utilized in
shaping any further road activity
it undertakes. The first is a well.
organized Department of Highways
and the second is the Highway Im-
provement Act of 1901. Under the.
first, ,the county road systoles al-
ready undertaken are receiving at-
tentive supervision and an educa-
tive work in practical road building
has been extended to all reunici-
palities, Under the second, the
rough engines of a rudimentary
road system containing the possi-
bilities of a splendid development
have boon evolved, -
.Any extended plan of Provincial
Highway improvement will necessi-
tate a great deal of new and ex-
perimental work, and twotried and
efficient agencies will be found ps r
tieularly valuable under these sir-
curnstances. Tho Local Governs
mont has announced its intention
of appointing a commission to go
into the whole highway problcns
thoroughly, hear those'aequain'ted
with road conditions throughout
the Province, ascertain the location
and extent of the road building re-
sources and oiled data relative to
traffic requirements generally, The
new commission may bo allowed a
wide initiative in developing what-
ever plans it evolves as a result of
its investigation, but the lessons
drawn From the practical working
of the Highway Department and
from the A.et of 1901, cannot be
overlooked. Briefly, these are, first,
that the building of roads in con-
formity with
Some Intelligent System
and some adequate standard of
construction can only be accomp-
lished through the intervention of a
government agency with powers of
supervision, and second, that the
initiative in road building is right-
ly placed with local authorities,
Provincial officials are unable to
say just what roads are necessary
to the wellfare of any given county,
but the people of the county know
pretty well what is needed most
and where improvements should be.
gin: The Provincial Office has done
much in directing the energies of
road builders throughout the Prov-
ince. The work of supervision is
one to which suds a Central organ-
ization is peculiarly adapted. On
the other hand, all matters of
choice have been left by the High-
way Improvement Act with the in-
dividual municipalities.
The work done under this sys-
tem has not been by any means per-
fect, but results have been attained
that justify its continuance along
similar lines. Only through co-op-
eration between the central office
and the local governing units with
their powers of initiative can a road
system be evolved that is at once
comprehensive and effective.
The first step in solving Ontario's
Highway Problem will be to lay out
a roadway system, the second to
construct it and the third, to pro-
vide for its maintenance. The
Commission, when it sits, will have
three general questions before it.
First, what system of roads will
best meet the traffic requirements
of the Province, second, what pro-
vision can be made for most effec-
tually completing the scheme when
planned, and thirdly, what plan will
be most serviceable in providing for
the permanent maintenance of the
road . s I
s In each of those throe asps,
co-operation of local authorities
with a central board will be neces-
sary to
.. Satisfactory Results.
Those acquainted with local traffic
conditions can speak with greatest
authority on local needs, batt tlie
influence of a ventral board with
the requirements of the whole Prov-
ince in view will temper purely Lo-
cal influence, which often locates
roads fox private rather than pub-
lic interests, for highway improve-
ment is a business, not a political
proposition. In building the roads
likewise, the local municipality is
better able to supply the necessary
labor material and capital. In fin-
ancing the highways, there has been
tendeney to look to the Province
for increased assistance. Tinder the
present Act, a third of the expendi-
ture made by the counties is sup-
plied by the Province. It has been
repeatedly suggested that this
should be increased to a half, On
the other hand, it mast be noted
that the municipalities have an ad-
vantage over the Province as re-
gards their source of income in
that their direct method of taxa-
tion is flexible and responds to the
ability of the ratepayers. Here, al-
so, the greatest service Can be per-
formed by the Provinse in a super-
visory capacity, by muttering the
equiiiible distribrttion of road conte,
anci by insisting' en +certain sxcd
standards in road construction,
The problem of maintenance ]toe
as yyet been nntouehed in Ontario.
This, however, is the ultimate highs -
way problem, and in many Euro-
pean countries the only one for
which highway eiliciais now have
to make provision.
A System of Maintenanee
implies simply the supervision of
the improved roads by section hien
who are equipped to mead worn
surfaces, open drains and remove
obstructions, each having a given
section to petrol and in which he
enforces traffic regulations, Pari-
005 countries have various snai r-
tenauce provisions on their statute-
books, but in this as in other divis-
ions of road activity, close co-oper-
ation between the central highway
office and the local divisions has
brought about the best results. Co-
operation implies system, and sys-
tem is the secret of sueeoes in any
highway administration. Lack of
system has resulted in a tremend-
ous waste in road expenditure. A
great deal of Money has .already
been expended on roads in Ontario,
and a much greater amount will
have to be expended in the future,
but unless future expenditures are
made under a more systematic me
thud than has prevailed in the past,
little success can be expected. Ex-
tensive :financial assistance on the
part of the Government will be
neoessary .to carry out 'any extend-
ed plan of road improvement in the
Province, but the greatest good
will come from the development of
a well -organized system of co-oper-
ation between municipality .and
province through which all expen-
diture will be directed intelligent-
ly and with a view to permanent
results,
IIOW DOLLS ARE MADE.
An Interesting Process in the Ger-
man Factories.
The making of the composition
dolls as seen in the German factor-
ies is an interesting process, even
though some of the rooms are hat,
steamy places where one does net
care to stay long at a time. First,
there is the kneading room, where
a big mixing trough is set up, and
in this all aunts of ragebag material
are to be found—.old gloves, rags,
bits of cardboard, etc,, and gum
tragacanth. This mixture is knead-
ed by hand to the consistency of a
paste, heated, and carried into. the
mould -room. There it is dipped up
by woanen and poured into patterns
which are set up in rows. The
moulds are put away until they are
cold enough to handle, when a
workman, by a dexterous move-
ment of his hands, separates the
leaden sides, and the doll's head is
revealed. The polisher then trims
off the ragged seams and sends' the
heads to another room, where the
holes for the eyes are cut out. This
is an extremely dehdcate task, as all
the sockets enarst be of uniform size.
The work is done by hand, a long,
sharp knife being used. The heads
are next painted, waxed or glazed,
depending npon the character of the
material from wldeh they are made,
The peens, legs and hands are
moulded le the ,same manner as the
heads. a special machine being used
for the stamping out the hands,
These parts are painted in flesh
color, while the heads must have
rosy cheeks, .red lips and dark or
light eyebrows, as the color of the
eyes used may require. Putting in
the oyes is a simple operation, un-
less the eyes are to open and shut,
in which ease the balancing of the
lead becomes a matter of some drill.
Germany ;possesses a sceret formula
for the enamel used on the faces,
and the dainty, natural flesh tint of
the better grade of dolls is the re -
snit of this process, The snaking of.
the eyes is a dreary task, for it must
be done away from the sunlight,
and in some parte of Germany the
eyenakers work in the cellars. It
is said that one tornsu,•pplies three-
fouebhe of all the dolls' eyes used,
Violet is the moat difficult color to
mix, and, few violet -eyed dolls are
found. The wig is the final torch,
thisusually m
and is r hair
lmade of cal
imported from China. The hair
used for blond dolls is the same,
except that the color is extracted.
DIRE FAMINE IN AFRICA.
Children Driven From Their homes
to Die.
Famine is being sxperienoed at
Inhambane, Africa. A territory 350
miles by 250 miles, with a popula-
tion of at least 2,000,000 is isivolved,
Parents are driving their cbdldren
from their homes because they do
not wish to •eee them die, arid also
because they hope that in some way
lhoy inay be able to get food for one
or two when it would be impossible
toobtain food for more. :Children,
old men and women, and mothers
with their babies are corning in
stores to the reessian each day,
pleading far sornething to cat. Al-
ready many, are •so weak, that they
fall by the roadside and die; seine
die at the, mission door and the mis-
sionaries have to hurt' them. The
sufferers have mold all that they poke
fan in qeejer• to Jsave ,mo bey to. b T'
food whish osbri share l be had d in
an ' rt of the diekrict,YWhere ee-
etta e bought p
ria .s tan be g tt tke traders are
charging $8 for five gallons of nn-
shelled peanuts and $8 for 34 bush-
els of corn, and ton times the'usttal
TIE 'SUNDAY SCHOOL IESSO
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
AL'LUL 27.
Leeson .LV. -- Joseph sold into
Egypt, Gam, Chap. 27. Golden
text, L Cor. 13. 9.
The portion of our lesson chapter
preceding the printed passage re-
cords Joseph's dreams and Jacob's
favoritism, The story is perhaps the
most familiar one in the Old Tes-
tament. It should be read again
in its entirety.
Verse.23. The coat of many colors
—The marginal reading in the Re-
vised Version for this phrase in
verse 3 above is "a long garment
with sleeves," the exact meaning of
the phrase being uncertain,
25. A caravan of Ishmaelites-All
the inland commerce of the anci-
ent world was carried on by trade
ors, who carried their merchandise
on camels, and for purposes of mu -
teal protection traveled in large
companies from one place and
from one land to another.
Spicery and balm and myrrh —
Products of the 'desert and highly
prized in Egypt, where they were
used in part medicinally, ie part
Les incense, and in part ea the pro -
case' of embalming.
27, 28. Isbmaolites - . Midian-
ites—Three solutions are offered fur
the difficulty raised by the mention
here of two different peoples. Some
have thought the different .names
! were intended to rather loosely
designate the same people. Other
commentators have suggested that
probably it was a mixed company
of traders to whom Joseph was
sold, there being both Ishmaelites
and Midianites present. To this
explanation the Bible narrative
lends much plausibility, since, ac-
cording to that narrative as we
now have it in Genesis, Ishmael
and Midian were both eons of Abra-
ham. Their descendants would
therefore be closely related and, in
the earlier generations at least,
have many interests in common.
The same biblical narrative, how-
ever, makes Joseph a cousin of the
men to whom he was sold. Still an-
other explanation and the one fav-
ored by a majority of Old Testa-
ment scholars to -day is that the oc-
currence of the two separate
names is one of many indications
pointing to the interweaving of two
different accounts of the same
event from which the Genesis nar-
rator drew his information, one of
these accounts mentioning the Ish-
maelites as the people to whom
Joseph was sold, and the ether
mentioning the Midianites.
Twenty pieces of silver—Heb.,
twenty shekels, two-thirds the
price of an adult slave.
Into Egypt—Whither they were
bound to dispose of their products.
29. •1Zent his clothes—A custom-
ary sign of distress and mourning.
30. The child—Better, the lad.
The same Hebrew word is used
sometimes to designate a servant
and sometimes a young child, as
well as a youth, as here.
31 Sent the coat—Perhaps by
one of their number, whom they
followed shortly ; hence the expres-
sion also they brought it to their
father,
33. An evil beast hath devoured
frim—Jacob draws the desired in-
ference at the sight of the blood-
stained coat.
34. Saekoloth—Coarse cloth worn
as a sign of mourning.
35. His daughters—Only one
daughter, Dinah, has been men-
tioned in the narrative thus far,
(Compare chapter 34,)
Sheol—The Hebrew underworld
or abode of departed spirits with-
out distinction as to their moral
qualities, The New Testament
equivalent is Hades. From the de-
scriptions of Sheol given in Isa, 14.
4-23 and Ezek, 32. 17-32 and else-
where we learn that the dead in
Sheol were thought of as "still
conscious, but living a feeble,
shadowy, ghostlike life,"
Potiphar—An Egyptian name
common in later inscriptions from
the tenth century B. • C. forward,
Captain of the guard—Chief of
the executioners. Another trans-
lation is "chief of the butchers."
Compare "chief butler" and "chief
baker" in the subsequent narra-
tive.
5t
Fishing By Telephone.
A French inventor has taken out
a patent for the catching of fish by
Means of the; telephone. It is stated
that fish, when swimming, emit ver
taro sounds which can be detected
by 'the telephone. The inventor's
apparatus consists of ' a tolapbone
receiver and a detonator which are
sunk in the water anci connoted
by wires to a post of observation, on
the river bank. When fish in any
number pass the receiver a wound
is heard by the weteher, who leis
only to press a 'button to explode
the detonator.
"Wiry did you break into the
house in the middle of the day 4
asked the Idagiatrato. "Welly"
said the aocused, "I had several
others to over that evening."
FROM MERRY DLO fniii.ANO
117;3'x8 11) MAIL AROUT JOUR
BULL AND LITS PEOPLE.
Deeurrenees
In The ,Land That
Reigns Supreme in the Coins
unreel! World.
In London tbcre were 2,172 births,
and 1,596 d�eatlts lastweek,
The King's birthday will be cele-
brated on Tuesday, Tune 3rd,
Sailing very low, the airship
Dammar passed over Windsor Cas'
tie reoeetly.
Lard, berts soya the: Territorial
Force, Iloas at ,present canstituted,
can never be efircieut,
Mrs. Macaulay, widow of Lord �
Macaulay's youngest brother, has
died at Bath at the age of 92.
Owing to the dearth of agrisnl-
turee laborers, women are being
employed in harrowing in -Hunting
donshire.
A special effort to raise £70,000
for Charing Cross Hospital is being
made by the Earl of Lonsdale.
In a golf oompetition at °aver-
shorn, Oxfordshire, Mr, F. Mun-
nings killed a greenfinch in the air
with his ball.
Tihe deaoh has occurred of Colonel
William Chester Master, an Indian
Mutiny veteran, at tlhe: age of
ninety -ane.
Precautions ars being taken by
the Board of Agriculture to prevent
the introduction of the potato moth
from'France.
Ex -Sergeant Major Wm. Berry,
a Crimean veteran, who has just
celebrated bis 80th birthday at
Crediton, has nine soldier sons.
The death has occurred in hs
i
fifty-third year of Mr. Clifton Binge
ham, the song writer, who has writ-
ten over 2,000 lyrics and ballads.
The Union Castle liner Walmer
Castle, which 'arrived at South-
ampton from the Cape, brought
home gold to. the value of £S60,000..
An oak tree has been planted in
a prominent part of Epping Forest
in commemoration of the visit of the
King and Queen to Chingford.
The Moat Farms, Cleavering, Es-
sex, where Samuel H. Dougal mur-
dered and buried Miss Holland in
1903, has been sold by auction for
41,770.
Private William Boon, who has
just .died at Dinnington Colliery at
the age of seventy-eight, served
with the 28th Regiment at the siege
of Sebastopol.
By its recent self-denial week the
Salvation Arnty raised £67,082, an
increase of £9,299 over 1912, when
the collection was taken during the •
coal strike.
A fine bronze Roman hanging
lamp has been found near Thetford,
Norfolk, The British Museum au-
thorities describe the find as one of
the greatest rarity,
Queen Alexandra, has sent $500 to
the fund to establish the Queen
Alexandra Nurses' Home at the
Lord Mayor Trelcar Cripples' Hos-
pital at Alton, Hampshire.
Croydon Borough Cotmsil have
decided to raise the•rates by 2d. in
the ,pound to 7s. 4d., owing to an
additional £8,000 being required for
educational purposes.
During the heavy gale which
swept the south coast on Easter.
eve, Worthing pier was swept away
by the sea and damage at between
£10,000 and £20,000 was done.
INGENIOUS CLOCK.
Subscriber Rings Up ane Phone..
graph Attachment Answers.
An official of a foreign ttelephono
syste.nt has devised ue "speaking
block." It comprises a phonograph
attachment, wallah repeats the hour
and minute every five seconds,
changing exactly on the minute in
the following manner; "Five -two,"
'five. two," "five -two," "live -two,''
"five-thres," five -three," etc,
All the subscriber bas to do is to
eel]. a certain number in the same
manner that he calls any other one
in the system, and the phonograph
olook is immediately heard speaking
the time.
It its present form the "speaking
clock" requires constant atten-
dance, as the records, each of which
runs ten minutes, are slipped on
and, off by hand, but in a new ma-
chine, new being perfected, the re-
cord eylanders, of which there wild
be but two, will, be connected with
a. master clock and will be entirely
automatic, requiring no manual
operation.
Feet and Fancy.
Wever run yourself down. That's
your friends' job.
.A. whale',a skin is in somep laces
two feet thick,
While you counttheme the
rose • is Withering, '
Ants' eggs,read like caviar
s p e on
bread, are a Siamese delioaey,
A fool and his risk wife are soon
pasted,
Bsakte [i.
s � e silkworm there are
20. ,obhes silk-vetueing iia Q,Cts, j•
good re ti tto . hard
1 tli zt is a s to
gain as it'.s oaay to lose.
A miser is known by the money
he keeps,
One way t to save
moneyis to ran
when you see a friend cording,