The Brussels Post, 1913-6-19, Page 3StrawberryIteoipes.
Strawberry Cream Pie,—:Gane a
pie plebe with a good cruet', put in
two cups of hulled berries, strew
'.with sugar, cover with a top erust,
and 'bake, When trona, lift the
'upper crust and pour in a Dream
matte by putting the beaten whites
of two eggs with a cup of cream, a
tablespoon of sugar, half teaspoon
of cornstarch, c-aulcing all together
in a double boiler until thick^ 1to-
plaee the crust, sprinkle nee:tiered
sugar over the top, and nerve.
S1i'awber1'tt's in ,e4imbush. —Ar -
'range hulled etauwberries in little
straight sider .?yppies, sprinkle the
- • berries Wit powdered sugar, and
pour over them a couple of tea-
spoons Al sherry to each na.ppy.
Hesp them with whipped cream just
before( they go to table and have
theyn, cold. It is well to put them
en the ice for an hour or two- be -
.fore serving. • -
Strawberry Flummery. --,Soak a
small cup of pearl tapioca over
night in two cups of cold water,
then pint it over the fire with two
cups of boiling water and stir un-
til clear. Add a half cup of gr•an-
ulated sugar, aid set aside until
cool, then stir in a quart of ber-
ries, hulled, put the dish on the
ice, and leave it there until cold.
Eat with cream and sugar.
• Straaw'beery Soufife.—.Beat to a
stiff froth the whites of five eggs,
'fold in lightly the pulp of a quart
.e'of strawberries, which you have
crushed, and sweeten liberally: Put
into a .bake dish, sot in a moderate
oven lorjtwonty minutes, and serve
at once with cold whipped cream
as sauce. If the souffle is allowed
to stand it will become heavy.
• Strawberry Sallee, I.—Cream to-
gether a tablespoon of butter and
a heaping cup of powdered sugar,
add the white of •one egg beaten to
a stiff froth, and a cup of ripe ber-
ies, mashed to a thoroughly soft
pulp. Serve cold.
Strawberry Saner, II.—Whip a
'half pint of cream light and add a
half pint of crushed strawberries,
well sweetened. Beat all well to-
gether. Either one of these sauces
makes a delicious dish Of a plain
cornstarch pudding, served cold, or
of a plain blanc mange.
Strawberries Preserved Whole.—
Cap
ltole:Cap the . berries, saving all the
juice from them, and weigh the
fruit. To each pound of it allow
a pound of granulated sugar. Gook
sugar and juice together in the pre-
serving kettle until the sugar is
• 'dissolved, then lay in the berries
'carefully. Cook quietly at a -gentle
simmer for seven minutes, then
transfer to shallow stoneware dish-
es and set in the hot sun. Cover
each dish with a pane of glass or
with netting and put the dishes in
the sun every day until the sirup.
is thick. Turn into preserve jars
and keep in a dark, dry, cool closet.
Strawberry Jam.—To six pounds
of hulled berries Ballowfour and a
half pounds of sugar. Crush the
berries with the hack of a wooden
spoon and put pulp and juice over
the fire in •a preserving kettle,
bring to a boil, and after this cook
for half an ]your, stirring often.
Add the sugar at -th'e end of the
half hour, -- cook twenty minutes
snore, and put boiling hot into jars.
Should there be more juice than
you wish, dip out part of it and
convert it into jelly.
r 'Raspberry Puddings. -
' A hearty raspberry pudding,
wluoh is wholesome enough for
children, is made thus: Thicken a
quart of hob milk with a table-
spoonful of flour rubbed smooth in
a few tablespooufuls of milk.' Cook
it•for 10 or 15 minutes, Then add
a saltspoonful, of salt, a teaspoon-
ful of vanilla, a cupful of fine bread
crumbs, the beaten yolks of lour
eggs, half a cupful al granulated
sugar and the stiffly beaten white
of one egg. Better a baking dish
and put the .batter in it. Cover it
thickly with fresh raspberries and
sprinkle, them generously witn
sugar and a few -fresh, stemmed
currants. Bake it in a moderate
oven until it is firm. Then make a
meringue of .three egg whites beaten
stiff and sweetened wase four table-
spoonfuls of 'granulated sugar and
brown it in the oven. Serve either
cold or hot, with cream..
Another raspberry pudding • is
made in individual portions. Have'
ready well buttered individual pud-
ding as bustard pups: Make a
e dough of two cupfuls ' of flour, a
teaspoonful and a half of baking
powder, half a teaspoonful of salt,'
all well sifted, together and enough
milk to make it of the eoneistency'
to drop from a spoon. Fill oath
of the little cups about a third full
of raspberries and cover them with
longe. Be careful to let it reach
only to within an inch of the tops
of the eups. Steam it, tightly cov-
ered, over boiling water for 20
minutes. Serve immediately with
hard .sante.
For the sauce cream a cupful. of
granulated 'sugar with half as much
butter. Beat the whites oft wo
e if arc! acid Own the t -
s Mal tie o t bre
ter sugair end beat a few inc.
heats losgee, Add a tablespoon•
fol of brandy and a little grated
nutmeg and put on the leo for half.
an hour beforor3erving.
L seftl Ilhrts..
Lace veils easy - be washed in a
strong lather of white soap and
lukewarm water. Let them soak
20 minutes, then squeeze the dirt
out of them, sodtly, and rinse in
several. waters. - The final . one
shcukl have bluing and just a dash
of"belled starch to stiifee the lace.
Country housekeepers can dye
articles in bea)ttiliil shades of fast
bvown, by • drt ing anti tieing the
grben anti brown lichens from rucks,
ti(' s. -rand fences. Boil the moils in
wester to mare there cover it. Strain
and put in the goods. "
To bleach handkerchiefs add some
slices of lemon to the water they
are boiled in.- Another method is
to wash the handkerehiefe and then
soak them over nightein water with
a little eream of tartar in it.
In hanging up a washing be sure
to put clothes pins in where they
will not leave a mark. Shirtwaists
Meld be hung from the bottom,
and shirts from the bolt.
Cereals with fruit make very
economical luncheon desaeats. The
cereal should be molded and smoth-
ered in fruit—either fresh or stew-
ed in a syrup,
Bees wax and salt will make
rusty flatirons clear es glass. Rub
the irons first with a wax rag; then
scour with paper or cloth sprinkled
with salt.
Tulle veils that have become limp
may be pressed with a warm iron,
being careful to punt a layer oP thin
muslin 'between the tulle anti, the
iron.
Orange salad is made of the sec-
tions of the peeled oranges, mi sed
-with sliced ,delery and broken nut
meats. Serve on lettuce with may-
onnaise.
When mayonnaise dressing separ-
ates it is sometimes because too
much Balt has been added to the
eggs, or the Oil may have been
dropped too fast.
To prevent a glass or cup from
cracking when a boiling mi-sture is
poured on it, try putting a silver
'spoon in and pouring the, mixture
on it.
If maths have gotten -into a car-
pet, work powdered borax into the
carpet wherever there is a sign of
the insects and scatter it under.the
furniture.
There is nothing better than
washing soda and hot water for
'scrubbing the deal kitchen table.
• Kerosene applied with a 'brush or
cloth makes a good silver cleaner.
Rinse in scalding water.
Hair ribbons may bo ironed,
'while still damp if one wishes to
have them a little stiff.
If by accident soot is dropped on
the carpet, sprinkle salt over it and
sweep all up together.
• As summer comes on, it saves a
,great deal of trouble to have all
the desserts of fruits.
A good deodorizer for a.siekroom
is camphor gum and ground coffee
burned together.
Roomy arm chairs for the porch
are made ; of French willow -and
have a pocket on one side.
• A small clear vegetable brush
'should be kept handy to brush out
the fringe on doilies.
The most economical way to buy
soap is in large quantities, then let
'it dry before using.
• Cheese balls to serve with salad
are good made of Parmesan and
cottage cheese.
If paint sticks to glass remove it
with hot vinegar.
Soften hard water for toilet use
by a pinch of borax.
• Linens are hest bleached on thick
clean grass,
ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN AIIlIEY.
Westminster Now Illuminated. With
250 Lamps. •
The monastic gloom which bas
pervaded the Abbey of Westminster
for so many years has been dissipat-
ed, The albbey.haa now a new light-
ing scheme which makes it the best
illuminated of English abbeys and
cathedrals. Electric light has been
installed in every nook and corner
and it banishes forever the atmos-
phere of ecclesiastical gloom that is
usually associated with churches.
Tho new •schome of illumination
has taken three years to perfect,
and the abbey has now 250 electric
lamps, hanging in groups of four
and six from the distant roof, and
the elobtri' current is supplied
from se cable in the street,
Prior to the present installation
all the lamps stood upright at the
eornors of the pews. The electrio
lights are so arranged that the min-
ute print of the average prayer
book Dan he read 'during evening
services in the remotest retreats of
the building, •
Iileetroeurifg' Timber.
A French process of 'relectrocur-
ing" timber is anted to give per -
feet seasoning in a single might.
With .road -plate eleetrodea'an each
side, 'the timber ie placed in a solu-
tion containing ten per cent. of
borax, five per cent. of resin and a
little soda, and applioatfea of the
ottrrent expels the sap and fills the
wood Dei with borax and resin,
s wr
i
Many .a man eareplains that
things are hot coming' his way when.
it is really the fault el his way.
CHEWS CONI SUNSET COAST
WII.tT TUE WESTERN PEOPLE
ARE DOE\G.
•
Progress of the Great West Told
in n Few Pointed
Partrgeaphs. -
A brass band has been organized
in Molsun. -
A public school has been opened
at Dragon Lake.
A •swimming club has been organ-
ized in Port Alberni.
Leaver aro plentiful between
Fairview and Dog Lake,
Post offiee money orders are now
issued in Bridesville.
Near Hedley work has .been re-
sumed on the Oregon Mine,
There are 4,714 names on the
voters list is the Okanagan.
The Icelanders have started a
coldny on Graham Island.
Nine murder charges will be
heard at the Clinton assizes.
Work has been resumed at the
Dunedin Mine in the Skean.
Houses ars being moved on scows
from Skagway to - Juneau.
More than 200 men are working in
the +shipyard. at Whitehorse.
Indians will present the passion
play in British Columbia this stun
mer.
The big sawmill at Chase is work
nig two shifts and employing 200
men.
About 1,000 fruit trees will be
planted at Duck Creek and Wynn -
del this year.
Recently 85 otter pelts, valued at
$1,200, were shipped from Porcher
Island.
The Crofton smelter is using coke
from Australia that costs $13 a ton
in' Victoria.
For having opium in his posses-
sion a Vancouver Chinaman was
fined $50 and costa,
Last month five new postolfaces
were opened in British. Columia
and two closed.
In the Fraser Valley a live man
can „make wages growing apples at
75 :cents a -box.
In Victoria a Chinamen was given
four months in jail for supplying
Indians with liquor.
Nye Harris of Northport has not
slept in bed for 12 years. He suf-
fers from chronic asthma.
Frank. Carel has put two big wa-
gous on the stage route between
Burns Lake and Fort Fraser.
A nursery has been established
seven miles from .L illooet, and 15,-
000 trees will bo planted this
month.
Retail .clerks of Vancouver want
the ministers to help them in their
efforts to secure a half -holiday once
a week.
T. Gyr was given six menthe in
jail for running a blind pig in
Prince Rupert. He appealed the
ease and is out on $500 hail.
Sir Saville Crossley, Bart., who
had just arrived- at Victoria from
the Orient, was knocked down by
an auto driven by a woinan.
An enlarged photograph of the
first Mayor of Victoria has been
placed in the oounoil chamber, a
gift of the Native Sons' Society.
There is no .truth in the report
that :the Ikeda group of copper
claims on Moresby Island has been
sold to an English syndicate.
At their placer claim near Mol -
son, a few ladles west of Green-
wood, Earl Walker and Earl Hurst,
are washing out a little over an
ounce of gold daily.
Ore crushing will begin' next
:month at the Coronation Mina in
the Lillooet district with a 10 stamp
mill. Thirty or more men will be.
employed at the mine and mill.
• Dr, F. L. de Vertreuil, of Victor-
ia; ,brought snit against a jeweller
for. $1,000. damages, claiming the
latter had lost the 15-1,000th part of
a grain' of radium belonging to. the
doctor, who won the case.
In the lianas of Itis Friends.
The conductor of a Western
freight train saw -a tramp stealing
a ride on one of the forward cars.
He told a brakeman in the caboose
to go up and put the man off at
'the first stop. An ;exchange tells
what happened: -
When the brakeman *approached
the tramp waved a big revolver,
and told him to get away.
"Did you get rid of 'himi" the
conductor asked, when the train
was in motion again.
"I hadn't the heart," was the re-
ply.- "He turned out to bo an old
school friend of mine," /
"I'll take caro of him," said the
conductor, as he started over the
tops of the ears,
When he came back, the brake-
man asked :
"Well, aS he off l"
"No, he turned out to be an old
school friend of mune, too," replied
the' condugtor,
Some Relief hi Sight.
"I got a new attachment for the
family piano," said Mr, Groweher,
"and it's a wonderful improve
merit,,,
"Whet •rati it7
',s
r'A Took and key."
The New Queen of Greece.
From an a ccellent picture of Hei
Majesty talten recently.
MARY'S IIAlR .PUT UP.
English Princess Given Suite iu
Buckingham Paleee.
Being now in her seventeenth
year, Princess Mary has put up her
hair, though not quite in the orth-
odox sense, Itis made into a plait
and tied up with a large bow of
black ribbon on her neck. And
very charming she looks, the new
style giving her the first. suggestion
of the young lady to be, writes a
London correspondent. -
Aceording to all .accounts Prin-
cess Mary was very excited over
the fresh arrangement of her beau-
tiful tresses, for putting up the
hair is a great event in a girl's life.
It is nearly as important as putting
on her first trailing dress or re-
ceiving her first love letter.
Of all the royal family none takes
a more hearty interest in airships
and air heroes than Princess Mary,
whose great ambition, it appears,
is to fry. She made a tour of her
awn of the airsheds at Aldershot
and was fascinated by all. she saw.
Princess. Mary has her awn suite
of rooms now at Buckingham Pal-
ace. They are those which former-
ly
ormerly were occupied by hex aunt, Prin-
cess Victoria,. and have a charming
view up Constitution Hill. They
have been ,considerably altered for
her, made all pink and rosy with
white walls and woodwork. There
is a schoolroom where she pursues
her studies and doesherreading,
and a delightful room it is, with its
Chintz covered chairs and book-
cases filled with volumes all bound
in.•eose .feather with the princess'
own book plate within.
Ruskin is one of the authors the
queen approves for her daughter's
perusal, and every one of his works
finds a place on those shelves.
Princess Mary is as fond of her
camera as the rest of the family,
and she does not shirk developing
her pictures herself. In fact, she
regards it as the best part of the
fun.
The Prince of Wales, if custom
and etiquete allowed him, would
reside with the king and queen
until he marries. He is reputed
to be very shy on the subject of
matrimony. Indeed, it is said of
hina that the less he has to do with
ladies the better he is pleased, He
will talk eloquently about war,
about. aeroplaning or sport of any
kind, but the moment the fair sex
is mentioned he is boyishly reti-
cent. There is one exception, how-
ever. The tactics of the - suffra-
gettes are said to cause-' a merry
twinkle in his eye.
The prince is to pass another year
ab Oxford and not go to Trinity
College, Cambridge, as had orig-
inally been eontemplated by the
king. The heir apparent, who has
been enjoying the beat of health
since his return.. from Germany,
will :remain at Magdalen until the
end of the summer term of 1914,
As soon as he leaves Oxford pre-
parabens will be, made for his pro-
posed visit to Canada, but how
far it will bo possible for him to
visit other parts of the British em-
pire remains to 'be seen.
aH
First Matckee in 1834.
Lucifer matches -that is, matches
tipped with an explosive substance
that bursts into flame on being
struck were first used about 1834.
Many improvements have been
made in matches since then, the.
most important of which wee the in-
vontien of the safety ;match, strik-
ing on the box only,
q,
Poor Ilasband.
Wife (to sleeping hushend .
"John, 1 hear pussy mowing•$to
gob in "
t
Hang it, Mary, . I just l the
e •'
beret° in."
"Well, then, she's 'lowing to
jet crit."
1 ILA l'La IN TUE ALPS..
Chamoie and Engle In a, De?sperms
•Dead.
It very often happens that the
elemuls of the Swiss Alpe have to.
defend their young against the
fierce attacks of eagles:, Generally
the little rn urtfainsguatc, after et
brave struggle,' succumb to thei,
cruel beak mud sharp claws of their"
enemy. A ce,lt•rllnttiete tc the
Tagliehen li.uneterhet,u of Zurich
tells of Due of these battles that re-
sulted more happily fur the cham-
ois.
Tho observer, a Swiss mountain
gide, was returning home one
evening, clown a steep mountain
pass. when leo raw abote him on
the rooks ONO chamois with their
young. Over thein a huge, full-
grown eagle was circling. The
chamois evidently, hoped to Ariel
safety in flight, for they. carne
b une)ing down, the roeks toward
the spot where te guide had hid-
den himself.
Befere they could escape, Lew -
ever, the eagle came sweeping after
them, and seized one of the young
chamois that had lagged behind.
Immediately the two old clra•mois
turned and attacked the bird so
fiercely that he had to drop the
little animal he • had ,'seized in' his
claws. The momentary advantage
that the chamois had gaineddid not
last long, however, for the eagle
began rending and tearing them
with cruel strokes of his long tal-
ons. Now that the fight had act-
ually begun, the chamois would not
retreat, but bravely stood their
ground. The young, trembling
with fear, and bleating piteously,
crouched against their parents, and
unwittingly hampered their de-
fence. -
Every time the eagle swooped
down on the group, the two older
shamois, rising on their hind lege,
offered their horns. The long, deep
'scratches- and the dripping blood
that appeared alter each attack
showed that the battle was telling
on them, although with each swoop,
too, a cloud of feathers and the
eagle's raucous eries showed that
the chamois' little horns were also
finding their mark. After each at-
tack the eagle would return to a
near -by rock, where he sat gazing
with his beady eyes at the group be-
low. Then he would swoop again.
Soon the fierce encounters began
to exhaust the chamois. The little
ones wore bleating more and more
anxiously, and the animals were all
pressing more closely 'together.
The older ones were clearly less
alert.
Finally, after the eagle had taken
a particularly long rest, he came
swooping down again. The mother
goat struggled to get upon, her hind
feet, but was too weak to raise her-
self. As the eagle came on, how-
ever, the chamois, back rose to meet
it. There was a flash of clawing
talons. Then, with a sudden vi-
cious thrust, the chamois dug his
horns into the breast of the great
bird. With a wild beating of its
wings, 'the eagle freed itself, and
tried to fly away, But the wound
was too deep. He thrashed about
helplessly on the ground, and the
chamois, quick to follow up their
advantage, gored and trampled it
with their horns and hoofs.
Sleben their enemy was quite
dead, the little family, limping and
nursing their wounds, made off be-
yond a projecting cliff.
• 1.
STRANGE IIALAD7i.
New Disease Which is Epidemic in
England.
English doctors are puzzled by a
new disease which has appeared in
the west country and spread with
almost the rapidity of an epidemic.
The chief symptom of the disease
is the appearance on the tonsils
and back of the throat of a mem-
brane resembling that of diphther-
ia, together with a swelling of the
lymphatic glands in the neck, very
high temperature, severe erysip-
elas, swelling in the joints and
heart failure and other symptoms:
The heart weakness often persists
indefinitely after all the throat
symptoms have disappeared. It
was first thought the disease was
diphtheria, but exudate from the
throat was forwarded to the Clin-
ical Research Association in Lon-
don, and no trace of the diphtheria
bacillus was found. Since then it
has been suggested that the dis-
ease may prove to be a non -typ-
ical variety of scarlet fever or
measles.
Paris is suffering from a similar
epidemic, and there the death rate
among Children affected averages
15 to 20 per cent., which is worse
than the mortality ,from diphtheria
beforethedays of antitoxin.
Big Trees to illoek Napoleon.
The belfry of Wrabness Church,
in Essex, looks more like an ancient
summer -house than a belfry. Its
chief interest Rea in the fact that it
oontaina t reS huge sake Made at th0
time \Veen Xapolcon was suplfbsed
to be on the paint d invading Eng-
land. These salve bii
t re v e used
10
for cuttin down trees, with which
the reads were to rbe blocked
against the invaders. -
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
JUNE 22,
hessoia ;till: The Blinding Effect
of Klin. Annie o, 148, Gelde,n
Text, Ames: 5. 14.
Ver.e: 1. 'Woe --The Hebrew word
is an interjection indicating dis-
tress, which in its present context
is uttered in the spirit of warrri),g,
At ease- Indifferent and care-
less. -
Zion—Jerusalem, the capital of
the southern ki_tgdom.
Tho mountain of Samaria—The
plateau stronghold and capital of
the nurthern kingdom. Tha pro—
phet is uttering a note of warning
to the notable men ocenl,ying posi-
tions of leadership in butte natives.
2. Calneh—Probably an Assyrian
city and possibly the same which
in Isa. 10. A is called Caine. An
older Babylonian city called Cal-
neh is mentioned in Gen. 10. 10,
though the identification of the
pity here referred to is not certain.
Hamath—On the Orontes river,
150 miles north of Dau; an impor-
tant city since very ancient times,-
tlae modern Hama having a popu-
lation of approximately 60,000.
Gath—ln southwestern Palestine,
near the Mediterranean. The pro-
phet challenges his hearers to look
to the kingdoms of the east, and to
those of. the north and to those of
the south, and to draw a lesson
from the, humiliation and disaster
which have befallen them.
3. Ye that put far away the evil
day—Ye that consider yourselves
secure against the day of reckon-
ing and disaster.
Seat of violence --Judgment seat
in which might has superseded
right.
4. Stretch themselves—In idle-
ness and luxury.
The midst of the stall—
The railed
off central portion of the general
fold reserved for lambs and calves.
To eat the young and tender of the
flock was itself a luxury.
5. The signs of indolence, self-
indulgence, and disregard for the
serious responsibilities of life are
multiplied. They include idle
songs, improvised for purposes of
amusement, sung to the accompani-
ment of all manner of instruments
of music.
6. Drink wine in bowls—To ex-
cess, out of costly vessels used ordi-
narily in connection with divine
service. .(Compare Zech. 9, 15; 14,
20.)
The chief oils—Those that are the
most prized and expensive. All
this seemed like shameful extrav-
agance to the frugal shepherd and
prophet accustomed to simpler ha-
bits of life and industry:
Are not grieved for—Do not
worry about the affliction of Jos-
eph. Ephraim and Manasseh, the
provinces named after the sons of
Joseph, comprised the heart of the
northern kingdom, and seemed at
this time at the height of prosper-
ity. But although unnoticed by the
eyes blinded by extravagance and
hticury, a cloud was already gath-
ering on the horizon, and the clay
of dire affliction was already im-
pending. -
7. Go captive—In 734, only a few
years after the prophet lead uttered
his warning, Tiglath-Pileser invad-
ed Gilead and Galilee, carrying the
foremost of the inhabitants into
captivity.
8. The Lord Jehovah—An unus-
ual combination, used, perhaps, for
emphasis.
The excellency- Or, pride. Either
as in Hos. 5. n and elsewhere, the
vainglorious temper of the people,
or the things of which they with
their distorted vision of things
were proud.
Jacob—Referring again to the
southern kingdom and to its capi-
tal, Jerusalem. Another permis-
sible explanation of the phrase, the
excellency of Jacob, is to regard
the expression as a whole as refer-
ring
eferring to the .capital city, Jerusalem,
the palaces and general -symbols of
pride and luxnry of which are an
abomination unto Jehovah.
Deliver up the city with all that
is therein -The northern capital,
Samaria, was;taken and its citi-
zens exiled in 721. The southern
kingdom survived until 687, when
Jerusalem was destroyed and , its
citizens carried into captivity.
Soot -Veil 630 'i'ons Per Mile.
It will conic as a surprise to the
general public to learn that on each
square mile of the city of London,
England, no less than 650 tans of
soot falls in ' the twelve months.
'An iefluential committee has been
at work for a year past using a spe-'
oially devised "soot -catcher" to
test the actual amount of the solid
contents of the air from they to day.
In south-west London the amount
is returned at 460 tons per square
ini).o tnuttailyy 1St total for {zry ]
Whole of •onion's 11� square robes
being 76,050 tons of soot, This re -
resents 11000 tons of ammonia
p r ,
8,000 of sulphates, 3,000 of chlor-
ides, to say nothing of.easbon and
Ur. -
FROM CONNIE SCOTLAND -
?' O'i'Eli OF I NT Plll#1T FRO Ai RED
RANKS AND B1t.A;ES,
1Vhnt is Going or ii a the Righlande
and Lowlands of Auld
Socha,
There are 50 patients in the Ayr-
shire Sar,atc•riun,.
Lord alaklane has been appointel
a Knight of the. Thistle.
Perth hinds! Lodging -hoose
shows a profit •uf $105 on yetis year's
working.
I)umbartanshire Territorials
ar, to train this year .-at Boards,
near Stirling.
It is .proposed to cut up Ken-
eiinghiil Farm,- Ruxburgshire, into
small holdings. r
Sanquhar Town Council have re-
duced the price of gas from $I.44
to $1.20 per 1,000 feet.
The King is to be invited to visit
Perth in the autumn to open the
new infirmary.
Ituthesay pavilion after .exten-
sive reeonstructi-un is to be known
as the Empire Theatre.
Grangemouth school :board have
resolved to provide for books for
all scholars in the parish.
Hawick town councilhave doeitl-
ed to lay out the ground around
Hawick Moat as a public park;
The Earl of Anteater proposes to
reopen to the public 'the famous
Drummond Castle and gardens.
The city of Edinburgh estimates
indicate* that there will be a con-
siderable increase in the rates this
year.
The greater portion of Carstairs ,,
Junction station has ben removed
without interfering with the traf-
fic.
Tinder the proposed reorganized
scheme, ithe Glasgow city police
would Cost $50,000 more in increases ' '
of pay.
Seven hundred and ten cooks and
waiters are leaving for Canada and
ef: these 160 sailed from Glasgow
recently.
Teachers of dancing in Greenock
are complaining that the past sea-
son was a poor one. The picture
palaces get all the blame. •
A movement is one foot to develop
bacon curing in. Scotland. Already -
a prosperous concern has been es-
tablished in Dumfriesshire.
An earthquake shock of consider-
able severity was felt in the centre
of Scotland. At Dunblane and
Stirling the tremor was felt in the
streets.
At a meeting of Pill -ochry Special
District Committee is was report-
ed that theree is a total daily leak-
age in the water supply of 103,338
11
Lieutenant-Colonel Guy Lindsay
Jennings -Bramley, the paymaster
cf the Amey Pay Department of
Perth, has been burie•cl there with
full military honors. -
Constable John Hadden, Leith,
has been presented with a purse of
sovereigns and a pipe and ease bymembers -of Leith police force on
leaving for Canada.
A fine halibut, sealing 168 pounds,
got entangled in Buckie salmon
stake nets close to the shore and
was captured, It took three men
to lift it and was sold for $5.04.
Lindores Abbey, founded in the
twelfth century by David, Earl of
Huntingdon, is to come under the
hammer shortly in the sale of the
Mugdrum estate,
A ane specimen of the wild cat,
a species thought to be extinct in
the Highlands of Seotland, has
been shot on an estate'on the west
of Ross -shire. It weighed over 9
lbs. and measured ever 3 feet. -
The Town Council of Ruthe.rglen,
the burgh officials, and others, re-
cently observed the ancient custom
of "riding the marches" or encirc-
ling the town on horseback as a
symbol of their ancient property
rights. -
HISLOOKSRADE II1:R FAINT. •
Visitor's Ugliness Too Much For
Lady Beaeonsleld.
Grant Duff tells a story of an ex-
ceptionally ugly man, well known
in London society, whose name be
suppresses, He 'lead it from Lord
Lytton, who had it from Lord Bea-
consfield.
"I saw him once," said Beacons-
field; "it was when we were laving
at Grosvenor Gate, When his card
was brought up I was extremely
busy and I said to Lady Beacons-
field, 'My dear, you must reeoive
this gentleman ler me,' I ought to
tell you that Lady Beaconsfield was
very fond of seeiingremarkable peo-•
ple and I said' to her: 'My dear,
I know he is a remarkable man ; 1
cannot tell you for what he is re-
markable, but you may take it from
me that he 15 remarkable.' Lady -
Beaconsfield tripped downstairs
and I was turning to my work when
I heard a fall and a scream, I
melted down; Lady Beaconsfield
had fainted. She thought she had
''t a anis, j e "veiled prophet,
�v7.tlt t i lees von 1"
Sea birds sensitive to pendi
S an
r g
changes in tis i weather, fly inland
et the approach of stormy weather
in driest of;food,