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The Brussels Post, 1914-12-10, Page 6Hints for the Home Vette, Nutritive apt Delicious. Veal., delicious in taste and deli- eate iii texture, is often condemned •a.s unwholesome. Bat if veal is well and thoroughly cooked it is whole some and go.,d. Here are Fume• of the good ways in Which it ran be reeked, Stuffed Veal: — Rub fine some stale bread, the inside of a loaf. Mix while dry with chopped pare- ley and powdered thyme. Then add pepper, salt and a little nutmeg. Moisten with melted butter and add a beaten egg. Have the bone re- rneove.d tram a shoulder or other piece of veal and fill the cavities with the dressing. Rola and tie with a, cord or fasten with skeweas.. Pitt it in a baking pan in a very but oven mat in 10 minutes baste with salted Water. Conk until thorungh- ly• done, reducing the heat of the oven after the first 15 minutes and basting from time to time with salt- ed water, Wended Veal ('hops.—The best • way to cook breaded veal chops is to put them in the oven in a covered ion for 15 minutes. Then remove them and dip them in beaten egg them. Never serve them withark • and very fine bread crumbs, Have otherwise. they earl be used to g•rcat ready a. skillet in which there is hot advantage in the diet, both from an baron fat aped cook the chops in this e a numical and aleteic standpoint, until they are brown and tender, turning several tan . Renurve from -Useful flint.;, the skillet to a ria: in the oven for a few moments, Into the skillet best bet eesurts on the leaf as a pcnu• a cupful of strained tomato whole. in reamed to both flavor and • juice, stir rapidly over the fire, sea- texture ai secured by the- use of am with sai't, pepper and paprika, and r•`.t cin over the. chops. eliminate very much from the diet, but when the price per dozen is in the forties and the fifties, every wise housekeeper is keeping in eye open for menus and recipes that call 'for few er no ewe, One is jue,tified in serving an egg - less cake instead of an angel feed to the family in the winter, when eggs are 'high. It takes a little fore- thous;he and planning to give gond, nourishing meals with few eggs, hut it she be done. After a little "egg fasting" the family will •ap- preciate them all t'au inure rind eat them with a little keener relieh, When eggs are emitted to a large extent from the d et, inure meat utast be eupplied ; but the cheaper cuts will answer ae well as the mere expensive ones. When eggs are high, alth:n-gh your recipe may call for two eggs just use one. For instance, in making waffles use only one. It will be enough, al- though you may be accus,t:rmed to using two. The fecal value will not he so high, but the result will be just as palatable. Probably the family will never notice the differ- ence. - Whenever making eroquettes, dil- ute the eggs with water, and it will go much further. lace only one egg in making hermits. Suet puddings, which require no eggs, are, nevertheless, rich and are thoroughly enjoyed during the colder months. Thee, are heavy de:eert., bet we are able to digest Veal Cutlet with Brown Gravy. -- Melt nh.ut a tablespoonful of lard or chippings in a skillet, and when it is smoking hot, pet in a veal cut- let which has been wiped dry` ones, and un some varieties the Golden Text: Matt. 28 20. Turn two or t) arse time, until it is are so thin they almost mush Feared on both sides. Then add a through the wire stiaine•r. cupful • of het -cater to the pan. Yuu who dislike to run dates, rover and simmer gently for half an hour. 'At the end el this time the cho ;nd raj -in; through a meat cutlet 'tau]d be copy tender. lie- pier will find all unpleasant Re - :naive it to a hot platter and thicken `tickim e disappear if a few drops the liquid in the pan. If it Itis di- of lemon puce are added before mini.shed. add more hot water. Sea- t'liopping' son with salt and peper and pour it flu n4it get he the grocer's over the moat. Sprinkle a- little `•Calc" list. If he discovers that himself to hes disciples before he -per minced parsley over it. Fort are good natured and accept went to Jerusalem. Doubtless it VealVe7finely minced 1lix two well - peon he offers, your kitchen will was a known rendezvous, and for deals -- beaten eggs with half a cupful of soon be the dumping ground for thedisciple'.s needed no eloser deaag- bread crumbs and then add half a many unsalable goads, nation. 17, And when they saw him—He was still some distance array; as the next verse says, He "carie to them," Some recognized frim act once and worshiped him. Others perhaps were not so sure and doubted. But when Jesus had come among them no further expressions '" 4' of doubt were made, Nearness to eaastaesalasaaaaaaeaasseieeeacteeteatatas Jesus dispels doubt, • 18. Saying, All authority hath r t r a 17 OF WOMEN t Been given unto me in heaven and ItiIl { � III Ca � aa�� .LVcnear:,tl4 . s .�s ,eine ofed crP ti1 is. ' les E3a'o/aRv@vs.®aa•a.•c.avGsa6eeertae®.9 appeared doubtful at first. Jesus 1Vomen are engaged to .patrol the gave them a sign of. recognition by repeating to thein what they Traci army camps in England, heard hien say before.. He was not kinesia s grand duchess is now boastful of this power. It was a statement for the assurance of the disciples made when he was living has cost the lives of 30 wocmen, with then,. It was doubly- assuring London suffragette.. ;lace formed to them now as he came 'from the a women's volunteer police force, dead, and was in the nature of a No woman eseept qualified nurses password which would authenticate will be allowed at the front in France. two tea psi nfuls of sugar -per loaf. Fresh fish properly cooked never DECEMBER 13. creates r lien., a•ncl is one of the must valuable and economical food products brought to our markets. Lesson \1. 'fete Great commission. Same small cranberries have a much better flavor than the largo Mall. 2B. 1b. 0; Luke 2I. 30. 3. o`:;en0 atm Every read and lame in Belgiu tweerr Bruereis and a alines ante to ruins, 'I1lte wreckage of all so u the Wake of 1h, Battle in Beigiuua, m now tells the story of a great battle. This picture was taken be - is typical of existing condatiums. Every farmhouse and a ttage is reduceel rts of military equipment is lying about, THE i SUNDAY SCNOJL STUDY INTEIINATIONAL. LESSON, Verse 16, But the eleven—The statement of the number shows that all of the remaining disciples were true and full of faith. Unto the muuntein where Jesus had appointed then—What moun- tain is not known. Probably the one in which Jeans had declared cupful, scant, of milk anci n third To make flaky pie crust after of a cupful ed flour, C'lrult two, flour and:hurtening are well nixed <rautees of salt pork, were fat, with I takeke out several spoonfuls „and put a pound of veal, and season it with ne lade before adding water. salt ante pepper. Mix the meat. will Then when top cruet is rolled out the. bread mixture, and when the sprinkle this over it .and roll in whole is well mingled. form it into very lightly. !even or eight little balls. Put them fat, a baking pan and over there peer twc tablespoonfuls of melted 1 nater'aal half a cupful of chicken eteek. Cover and bake for about an hour. Baste half a dozen times, It necessary, adding more stack. Serve With t ,u,atu sauce. Preescd Feat --Free two p unde c f veal from all bone and fat, and boil until tender in just enough acting as a Red Cress nurse. water to reser it. Coel it .and skins The suffrage campaign in England off the fat. Chop the veal very fine and add to it two hard bcilecl eggs, eh:,pped fine, and a cupful of ho:led lean, chopped fine. Season the veal liquor with salt, nutmeg, pepper sn•d celery salt, end moisten it with tee rigtaia sn that it is very m:eist, Wounded soldiers in France are and 1 res .t into a buttered bowl being taught how t4' knit by the we- er multi Cover it and bake for men of that country. hall an hem•. Then Chi'.; it thor- The`universities of both Sedan :mealy, turn it out. an a platter, and Russia are open to women un gain r it with stuffed olives and an equal with men. tiny eprige parelev, and serve. Since receiving municipal sof- Vesal Birds,—Hale. thin slices "f frogs over 24,0111-0 African women veal cut from the leg, about a pound and a half in all, and pound have registered in Johannesburg. them reit!'a wooden mallet until \\+'men in Norway are now rept•e- ihey are not more than a quarterof seated in every profession except an inch thick. The small bone in the priesthood and army. his identity, 19, Go ye therefore—As Jesus had all power, 'and as he was ready to communicate this to his disciples, there was only one- thing ,to do— spread this power over the whale world. Baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit—All the peculiar and special Jewish rites by which communion with the church was to be secured are tacitly negcitived by Jesus when he emphasizes baptism eaeh slice should, of course, be re - French women have been offered unly.- moved, and Si should all fat and the right of suffrage if they will al- 20. Teaching them—Not ea hodox ekin. New mit the slices into pieces lwv their sixteen -year-old sons to °pinion, but right living. No opin- ion or creed can be orthodox it it clues not constrain meat to observe all things whatsoever which Jesus commanded. And lo, I am with you always, even onto the end of the world— The "'teaching" was to be eaentinu- ous (present participle) sand Jesus WAS to be with his distaipie:s forever. I•fence an ever -renewed power to teach right living (and to practice it) was. to come from the continual presence of the Mastear. Hence also the power of the gospel and its world-wide purpose. 44. These are my word's which 1 spake unto you, while I was yet with yoga—Much of Jasus's teaching while he was yet with them was in- comprehensible to them. Now he galas their attention to what he said to show them. how it conformed: to ;all th,ait the lease the prophets, and the Psalms said of him.. 45. Then opened he their mind, that they might understand • the seripttrres--Wi'th the oon•creite back- ground esi his death .and' resurrec- tion Jesus could talk ,with a great deal more particularity and el:ear- ness than the was able to do before. Now the, diseiple.e coned understtand hint from an •entirely different point of view. , 47. Unto all• the nations, begin- ning froom Jerusalem -The purport of the Scriptures from the begin- ning was that the (,hxist message was to be without reference to race and world-wide. Repentance and remission of sins wev-e tv be the 'cardinal points of his teaohing, 'Phase pointe were drawn from the relent four inches square, a little lunger one way than the other. and chop all the odds and ends of veal into small pieces. Add salt and pepper, four tablespoonfuls of melt- ed butter and a beaten egg, A. little onion juice and thyme can be heeded if desired. Spread this stuf- fing over the slices and roll them and fasten with skewers, roll in flour and brown -them in hot melted butter. Then put them in a mace - pan and cover with thin white since. Simmer until tender and serve on marrow strips of toast, with the sauce strained over them. For the F.anee, in which they are sim- mered nee it capful and a half of milk, two ta•blespooafuls of flour and three of butter, Bilked :(Cant and Peal.—Purchase two .medium thick veal cutlets, ra- ther small in circumference, On :one of them place a think slice of ham :and rover with the other cut- let -4114 all ut- let lust.all YOU world make a sand- wich, Place in 11 roasting pan and . eock.in a hot oven at first to sear the meat, then reduce the heat to a moderate one. Baste frequently. The gravy of this dish is cleliciou.s and the flavor of the meat combine, tion is stere to appeal, 'Whoa Eggs Are Seneca. With eggs soaring, there seems little redress for tete .housewife but be economise in their use She ,meat tree some, It wwnld not be wise leo 'take them from the diet.en- tirely, even to Cut down expenses. Eggs are too valuable a fond to go to war. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney hoe opened a hospital in France for the wennded soldiers of the allies, Worthing, England, is to have a woman mayor next year in the per sort of Mrs, Elizabeth Chapman, a cousin of the late Joseph Chamber- lain. MiesEstelleLilioh of Saint Louis recently ascended to the height of 8.000 feet in a balloon, where she ate lunch with the pilot., Queen Wilhelmina is an expert on military matters and does not review a regiment as a matter of form, but is quick to notice any de- fects, - Dr. Regina F, Keyes, the first American woman surgeon to volun- teer for hospital service without re- muneration in the European war zone has sailed for London. Both men and iweinen clerks in a New Haven department store have been foribidden to came into the store with the odor of onions or gar- lic on their ?breaths. A labor dispute which caused a ten -week strike among 800 em- ployees has been eltceessfuliy set- tled by Mrs, Betty Kjelabcrg, a fac- tory inspector of Nydalen, Sweden. Thomson ---"What do you consider the most pleasant month in the year 1" "I haven't any prefer- ence," said tete di4'eonted roan, "Bilk come due .in all of them just about the same," religion of the law -givers and pro- phets ad needed but the coming of the Christ to give them universal application and force, 48. Ye are witnesses of these things—The Scriptures, in effect, were confirmed before the eyes of tete disciples. They had seen and heard and knew. Jesus is careful to emphasize this fact. 49. I send forth the promise of my Father upon you—The Spirit spo- ken of in prophetic oracles (Isa, 44. 1 ; Joel 2, 28). But tarry ye in the city, until ye be clothed with power from on high —A tine of waiting and meditation was highly d eivable until the disci - pies could bring themselves _lath such an attitude of devotion and fidelity that they could be endued with power from on high, 50. And he. led them out—Jesus did not leave his disciples alone as soon as he had giv-cn them their oomenission. He went froth with them, continuing his compailion'ship until they were over against Beth- any. How many drays he was there with them we do not know. We may be sure .that it was a time of blessed communion. 51. While he blessed thein—It would seem that Jesus did not leave his disciples willingly. He remained to the last moment. And when he finally departed, he grave them a special blessing. This parting of Jesus from his close associates is described so naturally that one feels he is in the presence of an actual occurrence. 53. And were continua/1y in the ,temple—Not only in the actual temple, but in the temple of the soul, They were worshiping God in the inmost depths of their souls, carrying about with thein always the blessing of God. CEREMONY OF FRIENDSHIP. .1 Missionary's Experience Witii as African Chief. In the little African village of lladud-a, Dr, Gabriel R. Maguire, missionary and lecturer, underwent a cross-examinttion, and task part in a state ceremony that probably h,as few eoamterparts in the modern world. Doctor Maguire, the story of whose adventure appears in Fur- ast and Stream, reached Madeda after a long march through the jungle and across the firat plateau. On my arrival at the villargw, he says, I was met by Mun'kamaduda, the chief of the tribe, a sinewy fel- low, seven feet in height, who had never be.foa'e seen .a white face, He first asked, through my interpreter, whether I .vas -11 white moan. A1 - though the reply is obvious, the chief did not appear to be'thorough- ly satisfied with it. He seethed to be under the impression that 1 was a spirit, a•nd he was very much con- cerned whether 1 had ever 115,1 a mother. When he bad satisfied him- self on that score, he asked if 1 had a father. He then wanted to know if my :father was as tall Dal, and on being informed that 'lie was about. the same height, the was equally so- licitous to ascertain the relative heighb of my mother 'compared with my Mather. He next asked my in- beaspreter if I was not the great white spirit that seen said would one clay pass through his territory, I replied that I was not a spirit, but that I had come to teach the black man about the Great; ylpii'it. The result• iwas hardly what I had anticipated, The chid gave pre- digious .leap into the air, .and when he alighted, started to run ; to use the vernacular, his feet touched only the high places as he sped from my ,presence, My interpreter under- stood the meaning of this perform- anee, and informed the that I had made a grave mistake. It seems that the African native regards spirits ns being essentially evil. My at- t•emdant informed me that the chief had gone to get his foreman, and tha-t'he w•old be b'aek directly. Soon • i5EEB()GRAD. Its 17013 Peer the Great Gave (?t'M deli Torr Ilk Jsreetiou In the rentu f 1d..rha!,'y Sgr:r•c uitrliu the s'radlew of ISe- an.t ('at ec?ral, :tails the melee - feriae am:10 of PelN' t'u' Orra '�J�Pi-Tie,gp.��iT^..p.wT14!. ,G/PA12Tly4ai,t . n 1 Javanese Tiger Fight IIF -a 7 rurini;ultari'P,iu' ....,,.n ,r; T n,„,w_„,... ., '.Che island of Java has been call- ed by more than eau traveler the r„17,1,0„.sof Fa, Pc:crsburg, „1:11,,,rmost bountiful island in the world, ('ivy of ('sore,,' Per;'t,el on a bilge .1t is, in shape, emelt lt•Ite Cuba, it gr t t^ i ^k t' ee age, lift,: 15 lung and narrow, about sayen to at :,.d .••, , Cie uy^.lament of 'hundi'sd miles one way, and less Petco surveys trio :halm he e•.1 than a hundred the uthrr, Some ofcalved, soos + name C'zour Nal: 'lea , Cite muuntatine are ten or twelve thousand feet high. but there are no• snow clad peaks; they are all cloth, eel to the summit with the richest tropical vegetatinta, for they are al • - most directly under the equator: There are at least thirty or forty volcanoes its the islaud, many of them still active, The island .is controlled by the 17ut le About the time the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from IIol'land to laud on Plymouth Rusk, another expe- dition from the sante Country ea1'- w'ag2 r r c s war of the p"s' pied the Dutch flag to the other aide of thcsa ld ere ilea %1 . la of the world, and Dutch governors - 1 r0 tie 5v des were dra,en hem have ruled in Java tot' clout three tees f" rws, and even b.c:fve revere hoovered years. 13ut the remarkable was e: t tblt heel Pet::r gave vr;t:rs hrchitecturnl remains in the inter - ace fi :.t•' its 1011 c,f true city, w•h-e!t ar bens testimony to the eXLiitet h t,;.r: J aftrr lr's patron uint• civilization of a mighty empire dlnet iii 1e.esb ag and ntainttn roes of civili tined u t rt this island, and of �t Pete,' hn13 .1i'.k a culr;•:•n: ,ua P' s sail is .a an aaa•ieut religion that was sttp- Utgp:e wit a a^.ria. The }urtrcl'bv 13uddhisnr. u tt h s, 1 ep a] spoo v s. pi '.tl:d I'uiindn'iacr in many pl;r.r can •llthi,ugh the Ihatkh are. complete has clang •d from ''trail t Pi `. rs berg," to Petrograd, in 1115 eft --ort to purge the c':y frena its Teutimie name, ,f.•..: p. up tela w,as to (hoary, in t h'v R t surrouatcled by 'rickets and forests, and inhabi- ted by n few Fien b f ,hemi -n. On le oft 1. 1-1ds (walnut ul•s1g the eurtan.e of 1.�tl:1, l,ad:,ga. the 815 cake mal'i't`nr1 r. strep;; fen^ reef, Peter :'re Grrrt, realizing the 1 dt r ,tea 1= of ,tete pusitiu 1, t en he tett-tined by a subteen a^•rr roaster•;. there tate still native till se. efftJcltng of plies at i 'tc-t els, left in the island, emperor and spot. of tae c',ty is 2 1 niece tra•an sultan, who are allowed to retaua _ fifteen fest above the sea. The t`.ieii' lofty titles, and live surround - he returned. accompanied aby his chief adviser, and I e7aw et once that I was to be put threaten •tit titer cross-examination. The foreman was first to come to a definite coo - elusion regarding my tlissimlliarity to other men he have seen. He nada the remarkable dis every that the feet of the white man were black, and that' he did not have any toes. In order to disillusion him, I re- moved my shoes and stockings, re- vealing the five toes on each foot. Both the chief and foreman, who had 'been holding a serious discus- sion about my pedal extremities, seemed perfectly satisfied after to careful inspection. Assured that niv mission was a peaceful one, the po- tentate and his henchman made ar- rangements for eating the disia of peace ee the following• day, Attended by leis followers, the cthief appeared at the appointed time, and the natives, :forming themselves into a circle round the chief and myself, waited with great solemnity for the ceremony to be consummated. The first glance at the dish of peace was neatly enough to make me prefer war. It was composed of cooked. field rats; and they were not fresh field rats at that. They 'lace grown putrid with age, and they were surrounded by a mess of beans that was almost equally uninviting. I steeled my- self for the ordeal. The chief rail- ed some- of the beans to his mouth, and, smacking his lips with pleas- ure, said something which me- in- terpreter informed me meant, "Peace to the white man ! pence peace : peace :" In sheer despera- tion, 1 ate some of the beans, and replied, "Peace to the black man peace : peace ; peace :" The chief then ate some of the meat, anci waited for me to do the satire; but it was a little more than I could stand, even for the sake of peace. I told him, through my interpreter, that the white man never ate rats, but that he would drink the eup of peace. To my great relief, the chief was willing to accept this compro- mise, and the cup of ,peace was. quaffed, thus ending the ceremony: F Advice to Spy -Hunters A little advice which will be very useful .for spv-hunters was recently given in a French newspaper. Of- fer the suspected man .a glass of beer with a fly in it. 1f be re- fuses to drink it and asks for a fresh glass, he is an Englishman. If be picks the fly out, and then drinks the beer, he is a Fren'ch'man, bat, if he drinks beer, fly and all, be sure he is a. German. She—Diel ,you have trouble with ,your French when you were in Parts $e ---I didn't, but the Parisians did. "The number of women, who real- ly care about the vote," declares a writer, "is about equal to the num- ber of men who like to pot the baby to sleep." "I never thought of saving a rent until I got married," "lint you think of it now 7" "Very eat'nestly, and that's as near as I can get to doing it," "Do -you think you will be able to provide my daughter with every- thing verything -she evants2" "I think so, sir She says all in 'the world she wants is rne," Bill—"Music has a wonderful in- fluence over us," J.i'll--"I know it," Bill -"Diel you ever feel the power of a singer saver you?" 31111 --- Sure : I married one," • The J'mdge--"What rem( have you that this chauffeur was intexi- entail 1" The Country Pvliccman•-• "13e stopped his car at ,a drinking. trough for aortas," ed with an imperial etiquette al - whiter and scourging heat in 511,11- Brough they are, In reality, litter neer, Fur ix man,hs each year l,'nr ,h'tter than stat' prisoners, • Tim emperor lives hi hes ••ICrat- weather is severe-•-bitt•er frc ,1' :n 1 1 Neva is frozen cal11y. An old legend has it that after un," a large hu•losure in whish at - Peter the Great chase the site of the palace. Before the palace Petrograd, he noticed a heavy ring etretches the se -Called Aloam above lite t, conk of a tree. IIe Alun," a broad, open space, often turned to sins of the Finnish fisher- flanked en ulte title by a masque: men who li:::d ^r, c7c1 asked ]rim and this is the arena fur the tiger to explain the rncaaing of it. fights, which are the favr.rits diver- "Tatat," replied the fisherman, lion ni naonart'h and subject alike, is the spot to whtech the floe•:+; of Fur these conttiate hunters trap tigers in the mountains; magenta cent beasts, not born in a cage and 'half subdued by long e:,nflaernent, rout real kings of the forst, caught full-grown, and with their strength increased by rage at their captivity. Sometimes the fight is with a bull or a buffalo, but more often with trained fighters of the 'human race: and a striking peculiarity of the combat is that not infrequently the onlookers themselves are forced to take part in the performance. Within the "Alun -:Ann" a great square. or ring, is marked off, am] along its sides the mass of the slue. - tators take their places, the men armed with spears of diff, rein lengths, Those with the 'hurter spears kneel in the front rank. while these with the lunger weep- any stand behind thein; so that to ether they present a close hedge of bristling speer loiut::, if the tiger hies to break through the ring of spectators, lie must if the epeare ars firmly held, impale himself "n eil}te1 the longer or the 5aa 'nor ones, while the men on either side can easily run lam through with their lances. That, means that eaca individual in the wide care::, nisi t he dexterous in the 11:45 of the n•r0ar and also know sumcthingala:,sit ihe 'habits and disposition of the tiger. The leading role is nattu'tally tak- en by profess]unal tiger T ght:e a. 'The big wooden edge in which th:' nerve beast his been cu aha: d is dragged into the middle of the geoat arena, anti as it is upend an ma armed and- unshielded fighter tel- vances toward it, and with a certain measure of ceremony, and even of- puliteneee, cltallcnges the tiger to come forth. Suddenly realizing its freedom, the beast usually starts in wild flight toward tete ring of rpectaturs, only to halt tbcfore the impenetrable array of gleaming spears. From side to side of the. ring it bounces, always met 'bv the same inlpaesaaale barrier, until 'finally the real (115"r fighters, each armed only with i1 e. lance, enter the ring, LTsuttlh• there are two or three, bet fighters of the first rank Clare to enl•utanter - the enraged animal unsupported and alone. They watch the moment in which the tiger crouches for its spring, and kneel low, with a tense. peep of the spear, which they point to- ward the tiger in latch a malmer that he cannot help impaling h}.ma self on rt; beside the courage that moment calls for, the vaunted skill aril daring of the Spanish I:meal:dot is Che veriest child's play for the charge of the great beast may be so fierce that it knocks the lance aside, and then there is nothi.ngbut the spears of the other men to save the tiger fighter from •tea ag killed and mangled by the angry creature, the Neva reit^heal last speiog.' "You're mock' shouted Peter. You're met': It can't be : It is impussib.] ." 7t was nut lens, however, before he was cam in:ecl of the tenth of the fisherm'.; is )cIrs a,t. Oce }ear after the a,1k un the city had lapin,. the w": -t zr t W;:.1 0.1 drove the water from the Gulf of Fa—lined dean to the Neva, In 1,12,the 11:.:); wereos eevere that Pete•t the Great n•eerly lost his life. Theasande cf people died, and the City was ueat•ly der•ti'oyed, Peter, homever, was undismayed by the misfor•tnne, and urged on the work more eagerly than ever. Every build ('id to he eons -tract - eel is a m an r -r snrlec1 to the dig- nity of a national capital, and St, Petershurp• was proclaimed the c`tp tae of Russia. \c,with ,andim'g the beauty of tae city, the people for many years could not accustom them Chios to regard it as the capital. By eb- tories of toads o 1 they had acme to look ea tic :vow as the only capital Ru a over could pus ! s . It is ea r t s'e:!bng fact, that resin of Riosc;•t s pots have ever spoke;, of the city as all- piing but Petro- grad. It was Pue-ilcin who, hemea it g the fate of 11roecow, enrd. 'Befol'' the new capital, Petrograd, Mcseaw bows her head -as an imperial wal a - bows before a young czarina." A Bridge of the Dead. "Let me tell • you 'an incident which will give you some idea of how the Germans respect their dead," said an .osrapecl prisoner in France. "On the second day of our captivity we saw with our own eyes a bridge which they have made over a stream. There were n:u sappers with the party, and no wood or other materials out of which aL bridge could be made in the ordin- ary way, "So they sank the bodies of their dead to the bed of the stream, Fastening weights to them 'tu keeip them in ,place Imyself saw them put fifteen bodies in the wa- ter, till the top ora stood well above the surface. Then next these another tier, and so on, till the gruesome causeway was broad enough for an infantry 'division to cross, I give you my ward that, awful as it seems, ,that was whet I saw and map friend here, who was with me, will tell you that ,there is no word of exaggeration in what 1 saw." Chiuiees el.' Living. Alfred J. Lotka, in the Scientific American, makes an interesting calculation of a man's chances of living through 'the war, He sup- poses an army of 250,000 men, who engage in a battle and lose 50,000 killed .and wvouncled. Tihe ranks are at once refilled., and; it fights a sec- ond battle with i'mihar losses, It goes on and fights five such battles, its ranks being filledup as before after each battle, At tete end of the fifth battle there will be 81,920 left of the original 250,000, There- fore, 3t would take an infinite num- ber of battles to kill off every man alio int first stood in line, "We're nob going to have much of a wedding. Jack •acrd I want to have everything as simple as pos- sible," "Well, you will lass it. all right. Yon will have each other, won't you I" Even in resisting tetnptatio,i many a fellow is inclined to fo1'iuw the line of least resistance. He—"Do you think absence makes the heart grow fonder l" She—"I don't know. Go away for a long time and i'11 write and lel; you know." Judge Porter, in sentencing 0 0-: toriouo drunkard said, "You Will be confined to Jail for the loregess p:,riod the law allows, turd 1. Imre you will ,spend your time in Cursing whisky." "1 _wviil, sir," promptly answered the impertio: ie toper, "anti Porter, Lou.'