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The Brussels Post, 1915-11-4, Page 2The a aped ems, r9 $r* • or '' is course, "Crown Brand s your favorite Table Syrup. Of course, you enjoy its delicious, appetizing flavor with 3a•e4r1, .Pancakes and Not Bzsc ats. But what about "Crown Brand" in the kitchen ? Do you use ▪ /t/,( rDWARDSBURG oral copH vGtMP for Gingerbread, Cookies, Cakes, Pies and Sweet Sauces for all kinds of Puddings? Do you always use it for Candy-makitt„o•? Try it in all these ways. You'll find "Crown Brand, Corn Syrup handy, convenient, econo- mical, dependable, good. "LILY WIIITl;" is just what its name implies --a clear a.1vtR S ecru syrup—more delicate in flavor than •"Crown Brand', '$tt$tt that is egttilly good for the table and for candy -making. ASK YOUR GROCER—IN 2, 6,10 AND 20 POUND TINS. qty^�s�a1"' The Canada Starch Co. Limited, Montreal. ^ 61 r 0- T1 ie Brood Mare on the Farm. When the active working season on the farm will have a little let-up, the' farmer can have a moment to spare to ascertain of what value his brood; mares have been. He will remember, in the first place that they have each given birth this. season and have raised to weaning age a nice promising colt that bids fair to develop into a good saleable horse • later on. These youngsters arc increasing in value and as they are yearlings now Will help to snake their living next season ae two year olds. The brood mates 'nave also done much farm and toad work. Prob :bay I make I: mistake in cred- iting each more with a colt every year; so it is safer to say that count- ing for accidents a stare should aver- age two colts every three years. It would be rather a hard matter to say just what product she will give her owner each year of her work- ing and breeding life. So much de- pends on her quality and especially upor her capacity as a sure breeder and likewise as a good mother. • Mares, like row,, differ greatly in 1 their flow et milk and many times a' medium-sized animal with heavy milk - flow capacity will raise a bigger and' better colt than a much larger ani- mal whose milk flow fe insufficient. ' The p actical horse breeder and the farmer of experience is well aware of these facts and one will often be sur- prised to see farmers keep breeding mares that to the uninitiated appear to be indifferent specimens, Say that a farmer has bought a snare in January for $150, She is five years old and he breeds her in March. The stud fee is $25, but the money is 1 not due unless the mare proves to be in foal. The rolt has cost $25 at birth and at weaning time, four months later, be siiould be worth, if a good indi- vidual and a good grade, say $40. By next spring he should be worth $75 end at two years old should bring $100 to $125. Now he can be put to work. From then until he is four years old he uhould earn his feed—say $75 a year—and give a profit of $25 per year, although $50 would be nearer the mark. At four years of age he should be worth $200, judging from the way well-bred, well -broken and well -kept horses are now selling. We will say that a breeder is lucky enough to have raised a pair of four - years -olds, sound, good lookers, FREE "Hallnm',a ripp,0 ¢olds" r• 't`l` ^'!it Enl11to a rhsntlh, 4tl gam ,tello e,d o ori qn whore to Ona nna en,Is l��J'.'tr'i,lp• a F y bei1 l and r eon for th.t,uIoWFur Pao list" "Fur Style east' bs,s Ior' moats, „Tnaats Sportsmen's Supp, Catalog" Wool, T,l1 11 Amari Bolt, FOB rel Rr1m, oto. nL tow•caL ',doom utr uwttruapa. su ". rarer. eaarens. JOHN HALLAM LI,si re �lTosoivTe The Green Seal,81 13y CHARLES EDMONDS WALK Author of "The Silver Blade," "The Paternoster Ruby," 4.il "The Time Lock," etc. elittiii '210 CHAPTER X1, The remainder of that ride was glorified, and it ended all too soon. Mentally I anathemized Struber and the engagement that was dragging me to him so sorely against my will. But there was no help for it now. We paused long enough at a Spring Street jeweller's for me to see one of the witnesses I had in mind, and it being only a few steps to the Citrus Exchange Bank, I dismissed the taxi. Struber was waiting for me in front of the bank, He observed Miss Fox's presence with some surprise, and toss- ed a remnant of frowsy cigar into the gutter. I vouchsafed no explanation, merely remarking, "One of my wit- nesses;" which, I could see, caused Miss Fox to wonder in turn, for neither had I confided to her anything concerning our errand. "We might as well go inside and see Mr. Hall," I added, naming the bank's president, "I am expecting someone else along presently; we'll have to wait a while." "II'm—Mr. Hall," Struber mused, wrinkling his twisted nose. He glanc- ed again at Miss Fox, then winked solemnly at me. "When it comes to picking witnesses," he commented, you're sure some picker." Mr. Hall stared inquiringly at the detective, whom he seemed to know; but nevertheless he greeted us of-' fably andconducted us inside the railing surrounding his private desk. Before I could offer a word to ae count for our intrusion, the gentle-, ' man for whom I was waiting arrived. hearty, with snap and style, weighing from 1,200 to 1,400 pounds each, for the pair $400 can easily be had in any of the big markets. These are not fanciful figures, but are based upon actual experience of every -day farmers of breeding, rais- ing and selling colts. Every farmer should, if possible, keep one or more good brood: mares; not broken winded, worn out, city hacks, but sound, well -shaped, well- bred animals that possess individual merit, and whose progeny will sell readily when the dealer comes along. Any breeder of experience knows well that allnost as much depends on the brood -mare as on the stallion in the raising of any breed of good horses. Many colts take their conformation from their mother, especially from their shoulders back. For instance, if a mare has wide, ragged hips, her colts are most liable to inheritthis tendency. Many colts also inherit their dispositions from their dams. Brood -mares should be sound, of quiet disposition, strongly built, and they should be well cared for. It is a severe loss to the farmer who pays $25 stud fee, loses two or three months' work of his mare, and then loses a colt at birth or afterward, and all from neglect of some sort. The mare can be worked up to a week or two before the colt is drop- ped. In fact, she is better off for the regular exercise, but she should be handled by a careful man, who will not excite her, and she should have a roomy box stall for her sleeping guar - tors. Although many may disagree with , me, I am firmly convinced from near- ly 30 years' experience on breeding farms, that it is a risky business pur- chasing aged mares, who have spent the best years of their life doing work in the cities, and trying to make brood mares of them, Even if they are only eight or ten years old, it is an expensive experi- ment. The reason is obvious. In the first place when a mare has arrived at that age, and has never had a colt, her chances of getting in foal are lessened each year. Furthermore, it is safe to say that a reasonable proportion of these mares have slunked their colts, and for this reason they have been sent from the farms and sold in the cities, where they can do excellent work. In choosing brood -mares, always buy young ones, say from three to five years old, then you should be able to count on all of them getting in foal or certainly nearly every one, when, if you pick up a lot of second hand mares, of uncertain age, your percentage of colts will be extremely uncertain. One good, sound young mare, bought from some reliable farmer or breeder, is worth more for breeding purposes than half a dozen so-called bargains picked up in the city.— C.M.S. What It Was. Willis—The last time I was here you were puzzled over a peculiar mark which you found on the wall, Did you solve it? Gillis --Yes. It is evidently the place where the rain coming in from the roof meets the water leaking up from the cellar, Indemnity for One Crime. An indemnity of $50,000 has been paid by the German Government, through its ambassador in Madrid, for the seven Spaniards shot at Liege in August, 1914, says the Paris Fig- aro's correspondent at Hendaye, on the Spanish frontier. He was a Mr. Johannes Aartsen, dia- mond buyer for the jewellers where I had called on the way, an authority on all sorts of precious stones, and regarded as one of the foremost dia- mond experts in the United States. 13e was a short, stout, elderly Hol- lander, with a scrub of grizzled mus- tache and wearing glasses whose lenses minified his eyes to half their' true size. After introductions were made I addressed the banker. "Now then, Mr, Hall, I want first! to get a package from my safe-deposit box, then if it is convenient I would' like for all of us to retire to the di-' rectors' room. I shall not detain you long; but the reason for summoning this gathering involves a matter of considerable consequence, one that I would like to keep as private as pos-1 sible. I desire each of you to bear witness to a statement I shall make, ! and to something I have to show you." There were no objections to my pro -'1 posal; in fact, all were pretty curious; by this time; and while Mr. Hall led the others toward the rear, I made' haste to secure the diamond and re-, join them in the directors' room. When I laid the crumpled ball of yellow tissue -paper upon the polish- ed table top, of those present Mr. Aartsen alone, I fancied, guessed the nature of its contents. As Mr. Hall closed and made fast the door, and we seated ourselves in five of the directors' chairs, I caught a gleam of comprehension behind the Dutchman's thick -lensed glasses. He said noth- ing, however. A week ago to -day, the seven- teenth," I began, "a small parcel came to me through the mail, delivered at my office on the first afternoon de- livery, by the postman on his regular round. I was not expecting any such parcel. There was nothing either in- side or outside of it to afford me the least hint or clue poi'9rting to the' sender's identity, or why such an ob- ject should have been entrusted to me. There was nothing, in short, to account for it; there is nothing within 1 my knowledge at this moment upon which I can build a theory as to why it should have been sent at all; and though I have been hoping that; the past week would produce some en-: lightenment, right now I am as much! in the dark respecting the sender's I identity, or his motive, as I was at the moment of receiving the parcel. I can not declare with assurance that the sensational burglary of my office, i with its attendant fatality, is to he' ascribed to my possession of what this small pocket contains; at best I1 can only surmise." By this time all eyes were focussed ; upon the ball of paper. Miss Fox's eyes were shining and I could glimpse i her white, even teeth between het• slightly parted lips. She caught my ! regard, and smiled. Only Struber and Aartsen remain- ed unmoved. Mr. Hall made no pre- tence of concealing his impatience, and he now asked: "Is it something of great value?" "Mr. Aartsen . shall determine that," I replied; "t'eter which I trust you shall approve the wisdom of my course in thus trespassing upon the time of you gentlemen. "A responsibility has been thrust upon me, the nature of which makes me feel that I am warranted in ask- ing someone to share it. I shall be in a better position to meet whatever complications may arise in the future, should there be any question of own- ership; and if a proposal that I shall presently make meets with your ap- proval the trust can be more effect- ively safeguarded against possible fraudulent claims." Then 1 repeated, for I wanted to emphasize the fact: 'Once more let Inc assure you, one and all, that I haven't the 7aintest ilea who sent me this, or why it should have been sent to me at all. "I may add, however, that perk. pa Mr. Struber has te1210 such We Th.. o aro rots r,ns for seeneeting that the matter le in line w'th ' 0' f',in inveeti- gations he is nn c ';, h: erhVii I am not at lil'ni tv te 1:+,' I leek up th;:, Pa char and rlir•;'ug elf the criss-err ed rubber gran to unfold the r m r 1 yore ,f thin paper. tai , r..1 .aa lowed with vltty nig rdegt..l.1 of sue- pense; but when the enormous dia- mond was at last disclosed in all its • brilliant splendor a slow intalcing' of breath was distinctly audible among the little group, and next instant it was as if each spectator were'hypno- tized, Aartsen broke the enchantment, He growled an unintelligible Dutch oath and snatched up the gem from the table, For a moment his hands trem• bled with excitement; but he quickly con- trolled himself.Then 'turning it slowly over and over, and subjecting each separate facet to a long, intent scrutiny, ho examined the 'diamond leisurely, As it revolved in his fin- gers it gleamed and glittered and shot rainbow flashes, like a fragment of concentrated sunlight breaking up into its primary colors, the colors blending and changing, running to- gether and separating again •and forming every conceivable hue, all with a swiftness that dazzled and con- fused. Struber offered the first comment. "Phoney? he asked in a matter- of-fact tone. Aartsen glared at him and snorted bis disgust, not deigning a reply, But Struber was in nowise abashed. He added: Must be the real thing, then." Nobody heeded the detective now, however. Aartsen was once more staring at the diamond, weighing it in his hand, cupping the other hand around it and rocking it to and fro while he inspected it from every pos- sible angle. "By Jove!" he said at last, scowl- ing at me. "And you mean to say this game to you through the mail?" I had already produced the brown paper wrapping, to which still ad- hered the stamps and the portion of the address. Struber was examining this as closely as Aartsen had the diamond. "Yes," I told him. "And I negie t eel to state that it was not even re- gistered. The cancelling mark, yet: can see for yourselves, is too smear- ed to give us any information. \Vera it not for the fact that the her trimmed from my card—the facet en the wrapping had been found in she city, it would be impossible to deer - mine where the parcel was mailed." "Incredible!" exclaimed Mr. Hall, whose every business instinct patently was outraged. "You say there has been no letter of advice?" "No sir," I assured him; "nothing whatever." Once more I addressed myself to the expert: "There seems to be no question of the gem's genuineness, Mr. Aartsen; perhaps you can give us an estimate of its probable value. 7 don't ask you to be exact; simply a rough appraisal will suffice, enough+ to impress upon us the importance of this matter." Before I had finished the Dutch- man was uttering queer guttural noises and waving a hand in angry protest. "Value!" he growled, puffing through his wiry mustache. "Tell me, how can anybody value a peauti- ful diamond like this in dollars and cents! It is foolishness—nonsense. If I say one hundred thousand dol- lars—a hundred and fifty thousand— maybe the first gustomer offer you two hundred thousand—maybe more,. before somebody else gad it. It is of little gonsequence. Not many men can buy a diamond like this." His next words fairly lifted us out of our chairs. Even Struber jerked up his head in amazement and bent upon the speaker a look that was breathless in its intentness. "What is of gonsequence—I know this diamond. Eighteen—twenty years ago—I have the regord some- where—it was cut under my super- vision in Amsterdam." We stared at him, dumfounded. Presently I found voice to cry: "Man, how can you be so positive?" Aartsen shrugged his shoulders. "It is my pisiness to know—to be positif. I could identify all the world's famous diamonds, if you pring them to me one at a time; I know them all, just like you know your law books." He contemplated the brilliant fond- ly as he pursued: But this diamond, it is different. Its history is hidden from the world. It has no name. Nopody knows where it game from. From the day is last touched the felt -wheel until now no- pody—I mean people like myself who keep track of such things—nopody knows where it has been. It disap- peared. It is a mystery," Whether or not Aartsen was other- wise mistaken about the gem, he cer- tainly spoke only the truth when he characterized it a mystery. But there was no valid reason for doubting his assertion, however it might strain one's incredulity to accept the state- ment that he was able to identify the stone as one he himself had cut a score or so of years previously, Looking back upon the scene later, it occurred to me that Aartsen had far more cause to be overwhelmed with astonishment than had any of the rest of us. That he should have this particular diamond of all others rhown him so unexpectedly, amid sur- roundings and conditions no itneos- slble to anticio:te in imagination,' cnnstituted such an experience as sel• - dom, comes to any man in a lifetime. Yet he bore himself with more re- straint than I did. "Can you tell us," I asked at length, "the circumstance.; under which it was entrnstwrl to you for cutting." "Scm'thing, yes," ha confessed. "One l',een't forget a thing like flint Maybe me lapidary in a thou'nnd will get to cuff, n diamondVice this di.unond; hundreds wnrlc all their lien and sec such'diamn+ids only ! in coll.rctiene; they aro not blantiful, like fleas on a dog, Mr. Ferris. here's a Subtle Chang about the delicious Flavour of This flavour is unique and never l•.' and in cheap, ordinary teas. Let us mail you a sample. Black, Mixed orGreen. alt w "Besides, something has been in the bapers of late that set me to go- ingback into the past—back to when I was a very youg man in Amster dam, envied by my confreres becase T was accounted the most skilled workman in the employ of Jakob and Everard Opzoomer; which is the same as saying my workmanship was the approved bworld. y the foremost lapidaries in "By and by I remembered. Everard Opzoomer himself game to my room late One wild, stormy night, and woke me up. 'God up and dress and gome with me,' he said. Nothing like that had efer happened before. I asked no guestions; I obeyed,. "We walked silent through the roar- ing wind and the dark, sloppy streets until we game to his.house. He led the way to a room at the rear, a room ,I had refer before seen; and though it was past midnight, there sat his brother Jakob and two foreign - looking young men—English,' I thought, though I knew little enough English then. One stared at me fiercely and said nothing; the other, a big, good-natured fellow, laughed much and joked with Jakob who knew some English. "These two young men brought this diamond, uncut. I remember how my jaw dropped when the fierce -eyed, silent young fellow shook it out of a funrw leoking little ivory box onto a velvet pad; d- for I had nefer seen such ..nm a died .a "7 s given instructions to weigh Ott! measure and cut the stone so as o get the most perfect finished gem s=ale. It took many weeks, that Ansi ane or the other of the two yo:tng fellows was always pre- sent. w=atching, until it was returned to them. "It was so. Turn and turn about, te=a; ' pt guard over their wonderful see rand And when I was through the big. 'oily fellow gars me five gold ten -florin pieces for myself. They paid Jakob Opzoomer, took their pre- cious diamond from him, and went' wherefer • to it was they game from—nopody efer heard where it was. "That is all I efer knew—egcept { the name of the fierce -eyed fellow, i who wasn't fierce by nature. It was I that name in the newsbapers that set me to remembering, till by and by it all game back. { "Whatefer begame of them or their diamond I refer heard, either. I often ;wondered. I know I nefer before or { since did more careful work—" Struber sharply interrupted. The instant it became apparent that it was o name recently seen in the news- papers that had refreshed Aartsen's memory, the detective had become. alert, watching for a chance to break in. Now he could contain himself no longer. "What was the fella's name?" he demanded impetuously. It was clear that the Dutchman did not approve of Struber, but he recog- nized his authority to ask questions, albeit with a show of spleen. "The same as that scoundrel's you bolice couldn't catch," he said, thump- ing the table—Willets1" (To be continued.) Her Achievement. "Now you've achieved something!" he exclaimed enthusiastically. "These are exactly lflce the cakes mother used to make. How did you do it?" "I'll give you the recipe," replied the wife coldly. "I used margarine instead of butter, eggs a week old, I put alum in the flour, and added plenty 91 water to the milk." An Eye to Business, The Insolvent—Tell me, is it a crime to be poor? The Lawyer—Not in this state, sir. The charge for my opinion on the subject is five dollars. Pay my clerk and go out quietly. Opposites. Madge—"So you consider it an ideal match?" Marjorie—"Yes; lie has money and she knows how to spend it" In favorable circumstances Zeppe- lins have flown a distance of 1,000 tales. JOFFRE'S PEOPLE AGGRIEVED. Native Village Thinks Commander Has Deserted Thcm, Rivesaltes, France, the town that gave birth to the'Commander-in-Chief of the French armies, is porting, The blinds of Joffre's house have been closed more than a year and the pa- tient. woodpecker has had to pierce them in so many places they look as if a a machine-gun had been operat- ing there. The villagers no longer point the place out to visitors, All because Joffre has not taken the time to go home to receive the address of felicitations of his neighbors and the present bought for him by popular subscriptions. The General -in -Chief is for the moment blacklisted and will have to exercise some of his finest strategy after the war to lift the pen- alty of his neglect. The ill -humor of Rivesaltes is ag- gravated by a total lack of "sous" and a big deficit in wine. The ab- sence of small change is attributed to the German raid on all forms of cop- per, and this, too, falls en Joffre, who ought to have been able to prevent it. For the shortage of the vintage of 1915 there is the more logical rea- son of mildew. There is less song and laughter in 1 all the towns of the south, for the Midi has found something in the war that it is bound to take seriously. All Perpignan salutes gravely when the • Belgian band, recruited from the re- ' fugees of Flanders, 'marches by. play- ing� the `Brobanconne," but the bois- terous cheers of other days are ab-; sent. Every day the Place de la Loge is crowded in front of the bulletin board of the Sporting Club, where is� posted the latest news from the cham- I pion football players of France, with I friends anxious to see what name has.( been added to the already long list of 1 those who had fallen on the field of 1 battle. Toulouse is quite as grave as Per -1 pignan, though more busy ntaking� powder, cartridges and bombs. Toulouse is interesting also for the mystery that surrounds one of the old brick mansions where Bachelim carved coats of arms in 1535. With. fixed bayonets, night and day, the Territorials defend the entrance to this house. The rumor was current in the early fall last year that the , Bank of France had transferred its gold reserves there. When the bank{ returned to Paris, however, the Ter- ritorials continued their guard. Their; mission is still a mystery tot the pub- ! lie in general, but the initiated assert confidentially taint Leonard de Vinci's "Monna Lisa," removed from the l Louvre when danger threatened Pa -1 ris, is in safekeeping there in nn in- violable steel case. Cats for Food in Hungary. The Paris Figaro quotes the Buda- pest correspondent of the Frankfur-! ter Zeitung as follows: "The official extent of land devoted to the cultiva-' organ of the central Hungarian slaughter houses, states that in the Biharkenszteser district, where all the Italian residents of Hungary are interned, a groat numbee of cats are killed and dressed daily. The demand has been such that the price of eats, rose to a prohibitive figure, hence the j local authorities stepped in and fixed, the maximum price at three crowns' the kilo." (About 25 cents a pound). I The Safety -First Critic, "Brown is a very careful critic, isn't he?" "In what way?" "He always manages to take the sting out of his unfavorable com- ment." "For instance?" "His bride made him a shortcake the other day, and when she asked him how he liked it he replied: 'It isn't as good as your mother used to make,' When your head is dull aha heavy, your tongue furred, and you feel clone -up and good for notating, without knowing what is really the matter with you, probably all that is needed to restore you to health and vigour is a fav doses of a reliable FOR THE digestive tonic and stomachic rem - STOMACH AND u'$/Eccly such as Mother Seigel's Syru), Take it after each meal for a few clays and nn 11 how beneficial is its action upon the stomach, 1 iverand bowels= how it restores tune mid healthy activity to these important organs, and by so doing enables you to gain new stores of vigour, vitality and health. MOTHER A" • pi 'Lha new 1.00sine contains Mite 111,10 as Hanan as the trial size sold at 50e per bottle y .... ,_ 1015 asit!0n Rims All Manner of Sleeves, Never in the history of fashion,. madame, has the human woman per- son been oll'erocl such a variety of sleeves! She takes her choice! It ie confusion! Tight from the shoulder to the wrist your sleeve may be. Full, like a balloon, you may have it. If you like puffs, then puff . it! A puff be- low, a puff above,' a puff. between! Put it where you please; Paquin has revived the mutton leg, but how cleverly he does it! Never that hideous bump at the shoulder that bas to be tucked in. Remember how sleeves did onee have to he tuck- ed in? The new mutton leg does not be- gin at the shoulder seam. The shbul- dor is a part of the body of. the cor- sage, and it dips down very kindly like a little epaulette. There the mut- ton leg forms an attachment puffing out monstrously, and narrowing clown narrowly until—mercy on us—it is nothing more than a slim little sleeve covering a pretty wrist! In tulle and in chiffon this sleeve is beautiful. With the short little dumpy barque an adorable sleeve is that which is fitted snuggly to just above the el- bow, where it fattens out into ti bouf- fant puff. Another sleeve, particular- ly suitable for the frock of Georgette crepe, has the lower sleeve cut with a Vandyke that wears a little row of buttons so that it will ever hong ex- actly as it should. When two fabrics are employed there are endless schemes for decora- tive effect. An excellent manner of using net is to have the drop shoul- der, of the heavy fabric, the full sleeve of net and the wide, flaring cuff of the material again. Entire sleeves of chiffon cloth, maline or net are very pretty with only a wrist frill and a narrow band of fur by way of decoration. 'There is a cer- tain cachet about fur and tulle, the fragility of one and the substance of tate other are interesting. On evening gowns the sleeve is sometimes nothing more than a cir- cular frill. Again, the bertha of the corsage forms the sleeves. A new sleeve of lace covets only the top portion of the arm and is attached to the gown itself instead of finishing its usual purpose of clothing' the hu- man arm. A bishop sleeve has the fullness cut out at the cuff, giving a funny and piquant little dip or dart. The cloth sleeve with the triple cape appears on a few models, but we can- not recommend it. Cloth sleeves are clumsy and warm; and three of then —one piled over the otherl—is, alas, a bit too much. In Place of the Muff. The very newest tailored costumes are shown without a muff, but they nee trimmed with huge oe medium sized collars of fur and deep cuffs, which are put on about four inches above the end of the sleeve. The coats have large pockets of the slit form lined with chamois. When walk- ing on a cold day one simply puts the hands firmly in the pockets instead of carrying the usual muff. 'It is a mode that is practical and very comfortable, as often when walk- ing a stuff is apt to be an annoyance. The very best Parisian tailors are making all their walking suits in this manner. 1UJSSIA. FAA FROM "DRY." Substitutes for Vodka Said to Be Plentiful, and Harmful In introducing its drastic prohibi- tion law the Russian Government has not solved finally the great problem of drink in Russia, According to the Novoe Vremya of Petrograd, illicit drinking is still going on throughout Russia. In rural districts the peasants get frequently drunk on various vodka substitutes, in the manufacture of which with most primitive means lo- cal amateur distillers show great in- genuity. Our vocabulary,, says the journal, is already enriched by a string of new words, such as "same- sidka" ("home made"), "brashka" ("brewery"), "klianeha" ("hypo- crite"), etc., all of which denote drinks more harmful than the original vodka. In towns and cities inveterate drinkers manage to get spirits from dispensing chemists on the strength of a doctor's prescription, 4 result of this is that five Kieff doctors have just brought on themselves the pen- alty of the law in the shape of fines varying from $100 to $250 for . en- couraging their patients to drink by means of suitable prer,crintions, In many cities and towns local authori- tics forbid- apothecaries, keeping any spirits; Both the public and the authorities in Russia are beginning to realize that prohibition alone, wii:hout a cor- responding 'effort 1.0 increaee facili- ties for healthy recrentinn, is insuffi- . rivet to conte with the great evil of drink. Snell 1111 effort is already being ma=de in tinny places, but owing to the exigencins of the wiir it is neecs- rar sly restricted. Wine lose, strength after two hundred years.