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■— ( (AXL RIGHTS RRSERVED. ] 1fÄ.u. ItwllTS n.¡:mRVED.] THE FLAMBARDS MYSTERY BY SIR WILLIAM MAGNAY, BT., Author of "The Heiress of the St'ason. The RtcI Cliancellor, The Master Spirit," flic. CHAPTER XVII (Continued). THE BOOKCASE. My host's surmise* was very plausible and [ doubtless quite correct, and I could only [ tn?r?el n.t the coolness with which he pro- ? pounded it. Aa I was looking round, Jurby came in, and I appealed to him as to ■whether he had not seen the man in the •nxjin. I. Yea," he answered reflectively, "I did .see a man in evening dress come in. If I "thought at all about it I supposed he was one of tho waiters taking a look at the pre- sents. But I remember I was at the moment very much interested in a piece of silver which this gentleman and I were examining 'together." While the thief seized the opportunity to slip behind the curtains with 1 l:rtunity we see," I replied in some disgust. A pretty private detective this, I thought, to be commissioned to look after Valuable jewels. "J suppose you would recognise the man again?" I asked Jurby. "No; I'm afraid I shouldn't," was the unsatisfactory answer. Except that he was a short man, I can't recall what he was like." It was on my tonguo to isay that the man -was uncommonly like his friend, Erring-top, for I was in a temper to be not too polite to the man whose ill-timed engaging of the custodian's attention had made the robbery possible. I felt very sorry for my host in this serious loss, and could not help reflect- ing that but for the Jurbys' scheniing for an invitation it might not have happened." Though to be sure, I said to myself, these people take their loss so indifferently that ones sympathy seems wasted. But perhaps in this high stratum of society it is not good form to show vexation or make a fuss. And now the strang-est thing of all hap- pened, bringing with it the explanation of this incomprehensible absence of excitement. Mr. Ashburv, with Jurby and one or two others w boo been in the -rov-m had gone out, leaving no one there but Johnson, the incompetent guardian, and myself. I was following, in some ill-humour, since I could jQot hell) feeling I had been to blame in not calling attention to what I had considered suspicious. On my way to the door I just stopped to look at a little water-colour which caught my eye; it was exceedingly Well done, and I took it up to see the painter's signature. Standing by the wall under a light to examine it I suddenly heard a tapping which seemed to come from the glass door of the great locked bookcase I have mentioned. ""What's that?" I eried. Johnson met my look with such a iuriously guilty and embarrassed expression that for the moment it came to my mind that he was an accomplice of the thieves. And this idea, viewed in the light of his late incredible carelessness, seemed by no means far-fetched. The sharp tapping was repeated. Johnson, to my surprise, took a quick step towards the bookcase whence it proceeded and made a warning sign. Then a muffled voice said, It's all right, Johns. Don't mind Mr. Crofton. Let me out." Johnson thereupon ran to the door of too room and locked it. Then he went to the mantelpieoe, took from under an ornament a key with which he quickly opened the glass door of the bookcase, and began ener- getically to take out the books. Although tho truth of the situation had commenced to V-awn upon me, it gave me nevertheless a thrill of excitement when Johnson's re- moval of half a dozen volumes from an upper shelf disclosed to me the face of- Rolt. He gave me an amused nod and greeting, whereupon I set about helping to remove the books. They were set upon shallow shelves. evidently made f6r the purpose of concealing Rolt, for whom. the bookcase being a {?eep one, there was plenty of room behind them. Having removed the books, we took out the shelves and helped Rolt down. He stretched himself with a great whew of relief. Had about enough of that durance," he said with his rather boyish laugh. I am glad, though, to have endured it to some purpose. This, Mr. Crofton, is Detective Johns, who is not- such a fool aa no doubt you have been thinking him." We all laughed, and I pleaded j ustifica- tion. Yes," Rolt said, with a touch of satis- faction, your mistake was more than ex- cusably. That was a neat little scheme, though a trifle uncomfortable for me; but it has paid me." You have identified the thieves?" I sug- gested. I have," was the confident answer. I wonder if any of them are people of position in the neighbourhood?" I could not resist the question, being ready now for any amazing development. Oh, we won't go so far as to suggest that to-day," Rolt replied evasively. Now, shall we put the books straight again? I Whoever they were they haven t got the stuff they wanted," Johns observed senten- tiously, as he proceeded to take from his pockets a quantity of jewellery, including the magnificent diamond rosette. CHAPTER XVIII. A SUSPICIOUS RESTITUTION. If I were you, David, I should feel in- clined to abandon the Jurby portrait." I t was the morning after the wedding dance, and I had been reflecting seriously on all that had occurred to give me food for suspicion. Gelston stared at me rather blankly. "Give up the commission, man? Why? Well," I answered, I have my doubts, very grave doubts, as to the respectability of our friends at Morningford Place." Well, I never supposed they were very 'classy, he replied. "All the' same, that is no reason why the lady should not have her portrait painted if they can afford to pay for it." Certainly not:" I agreed." But there is a vast difference between not being classy and being criminal. Gelston jumped up. What on earth do you mean ? "Don't get excited, my dear David. I mean simply this. I have been thinking over the last fortnight's happenings, so far as we have been permitted to know them, and have come to the conclusion that if Rolt -cared to tell us everything that is in his mind we might possibly become aware that Morningford Place is the headquarters of a precious act of scoundrels, Aqd 1" We might not have to look farther for the murderer of Mr. Rixon." Gelston whistled. "This is plain speak- ing with a vengeance," he replied. "But are you not letting your imagination run away with you? I dare say Jurby and his friends may be crooked enough in their busi- ness dealings; men of that type and position must be unscrupulous in order to make money so quickly. But how or why he should be connected with the Flambards affair, I don't see." "Nor do I," was my rejoinder. "All the eame I fancy Mr. Rolt understands it." Gelston laughed uncomfortably. I can't quite see a murderer in that blatant old money-grubber," he said. And I should have agreed with you two I days ago," I replied. Cut I am prettv certain he had something to do with the I rather abortive robbery last evening." I know von think so. He took off I Inspector Johns' attention while a fellow 1 I slipped behind the curtains and unfastened i I the windows. But from what you have told me of the robbery, of the substitution of worthless jewellery for the real things, and of Rolfs place of observation, surely it wss I intended by them to encourage the thieves, Johns had to pretend to look another wav i while absorbed in a discussion with someone j handy who happened to be Jurby." I saw my friend did not want to be con- vinoed. "I -wen't "Very well," I returned, "I won't argne with 110thing but suspicions to go upon. But it is more than lik-ely you will End them justified before many days are j past. And in the meantime ?lo o?i with your work, if you care for the risk; but don't forget I have warned you."  I don't see much risk Yen if the man is j I all you suggest," Gels.on said, rising an d j getting his things together. "He won't consider a poor painter worth knocking on the head ae-d robbing. And to the poor I painter a nearly finished sixty guinea com- I mission is not to be so easily thrown up. In fact, after what you have hinted at I shall find some excitement in what has hitherto been rather dull work." There was nothing more to be said, and I let him go without attempting further argu- ment. All the same I was now convinced that something was gravely wrong about the oc- J cupants of Morningford Place. The idea I that the man I had seen go into the library and disappear--probably the leading spirit of the actual thieves—was the same person I I had met as Errington had now become settled in my mind. It fitted in with Jurby's conduct and was plausible enough. And then there had, it was to be remem- bered, lately been another robbery, that at Gl«nthorp<H} Hall, some eight miles away. Rolt was rather a puzzle to me. The ttixod attitude of reticence and frankness which he showed towards ine was more than I could understand. Nor could I account for his method of procedure, so far as it was allowed to appear. Why did he hold his hand? Why had the thieves of the previous evening been allowed to escape, when it would surely have been the easiest thing in the world to capture them? It was all rather fascinatingly incomprehensible, and during the day's work my mind kept reverting to the mystery. On my return at dusk I found Wallace Rixon waiting to see me. I took him up to my room. Can you give me any idea as to what lb. Rolt is doing? he asked as we lighted cigarettes. I replied that I had seen him the day be- fore. Here? he demanded. No; out at Great Rossington." My visitor looked interested and slightly surprised. Great Rossington? That's miles away, isn't it? What was he doing there?" There was a swell wedding there," I answered. Lord Halidown married Miss Aahbury, of Rossiugton Court." Oh, yes," Rixon said. I saw that in tho paper to-day. What was Rolt doing there? Presumably looking after the very valuable presents," I said guardedly. Rixon looked surprised. What! a swell lrke Rolt guarding wedding presents," he ex- ,aimeA. That looks queer, doesn't it? There must have been something behind it, eh? ( I ooirid not help rather admiring the shrewd remark from one who did not give me the idtea of possessing such acuteness. This is no fool., after all, was my thought, but I simply answered with a shrug, Possibly." He stared at me curiously, as though sus- pecting I knew more than I would tell, but he did not press for an explanation. "I'll tell you why I want particularly to see Mr. Rolt, and without delay," he said. "I have a great piece of news for him." "Indeed? I y(w. What do you think? The bank- notes paid by Mr. Finching to my poor uncle just before he met his death were not Stolen after all." "What? I exclaimed in genuine sur- prise. "Or if they wvre," Rixon continued, "they have 1l returned. I found them a couple of hours ago, pushed in behind the «afe." "Intact?" "Yes. Eighteen hundred pounds. That was the sum, I think, my uncle received." "That will be news for Rolt," I ex- claimed. "The police have been keeping a sharp look-out, I understand, for the utter- ing of ilic ifrst note." Yes," Rixon replied. "That's why I am anxious to catch Rolt. I should like to have his notion as to how they came there. You don't happen to know whether the police searched behind the safe?" "I can't say, but it is quite probable." "In that case," Rixon said, "the thief must have brought them back, though why it is hard to imagine. The idea seems pre- posterous. My notion is that the old man, on being alarmed, thrust them behind the safe as being less likely to be found there than inside." "Y cs, that sounds a more feasible theory," I commented. On the other hand. a rather mysterious happening came to my notice at Flambards the other evening." _û.y companion looked rather startled. "Mysterious? What was that? In he asked. I thereupon proceeded to give him an account of tho strange light I had seen, and the surreptitious movements of the per- son I had not seen. He heard my' story with keen attention, and when it was ended he said: "It is certainly all very incomprehensible, Mr. Crofton, especially when coupled with the finding of the banknotes. Yet I cannot Understand, if that is the explanation of the light you saw, what motive the thief could have in returning the spoil when he had once got safely away. Can you suggest a reason ?" No, indeed. The whole affair is to me an inexplicable puzzle." Rixon edged his chair nearer to me, and leaned forward. "Do you know, Mr. Crof- ton," he said, in a mysterious undertone, "you may think it absurd and preposterous and all that, but I can't J help thinking sometimes there is something fishy about those people at Morningford Place." T nodded appreciatively. "The same idea has crossed my mind," I replied. His look changed to one of gratified sur- prise. "You don't really mean that? Well, I am glad to find someone to share what I have been telling myself was an absurdly far-fetchcd idax And yet, even now, I can't brin" myself to believe that anyone there could have been the criminal—could have done my poor uncle to death." "No; I can't follow the idea that far," I said. "It does sceni preposterous." "Do you know whether Rolt has any sus- picion in that direction ? he asked rather eagerly. "Not that I know of," I answered. "To tell you the truth, Mr. Rolt is rather be- yond me." Rixon laughed. "You are right. He seems an extraordinary man, and quite un- fathomable. I should not bother about his theories, only, you will understand, this case touches me closely on two sides, as it were, and, naturally, I am keenly interested in hearing what is being done. It may seem absurd to you, Mr. Crofton, but really I shan't sleep comfortably tiBl I know the criminal haa been caught." "W ell," I said, "the best thing you can do now towards that end is to seek Rolt I and tell him about, the notes having been found. Failing him, you can make your statement to the superintendent." "All right." he said, rising to go. "Of "All r i course I must inform the police at once. Only I'd rather have got hold of Rolt. He II is the man in whose skill one has confi- dence." 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HOME DRESSMAKING.I
HOME DRESSMAKING. I I A DAINTY SUMMER BLOUSE. I I Our oketch shows a specially pretty after- [ noon blouse, which is quite easy to make. It may be carried out in any soft, dainty material of a washable type, crepe-de-Chine, Georgette, and Jap silk are the best materials to use if you want a silk blouse; and cotton voile, cotton Georgette, printed lawn, or muslin, if you prefer something lesa expensive. Either plain or patterned mate- I [Refer to H. D. 239.] I rials may be used, with equal success, but if you choose a patterned fabric I would sug- gest that you should carry out. the yoke- bands and cuffs in plain material. Smart as this little blouse is, it only takes two yards of 40in. material to cut it. THic P.ATTERN.-This pattern includes six pieces, in addition to which you will need two strips of material Sin. long and 4in. wide for the cuffs. No pattern is given of the cuff, because it is simply a straight piece of material. Also, you will have to cut each piece of the little round yoke twice, as the yoke will have to be double to give it suffi- cient strength. No turnings are allowed for in the pattern. Before cutting out the paper pattern should be lightly pinned together and tried on, and any necessary alterations made. THE CUTTINO OUT.-Lay the material OIL the table and fold selvedges together. Lay the pattern on it, as shown in the diagram, taking care that the front yoke, the basque, and the front are laid to the fold. The blouse, of course, fastens down the middle ofvthe back. TBFC MAKING.—First tack together the shoulder seams of the yoke, and then try it on, pinning it together where it will fasten at the back. Make any alteration that may be necessary to make the yoke fit, and then stitch the shoulder seams, and press well. Lay the yoke and. its lining face to face, and machine round the upper edge. Turn right side out, pin together so that the yoke lies quite smoothly, turn in the lower edges, and tack firmly. Find the middle of the front, measure three-quarters of an inch on each side of it, and let in strip of beading, or work a row of hand-veining. Turn in the top edges of both front and back, and gather, as shown in the pattern. Now join the lower edges of the yoke to the top of the blouse, front and back, with beading or hand-veining. Join the top of the sleeve to the armhole with beading. Now tack up the sleeve seams and the under-arm seams, and try on the blouse. Make any alterations necessary, and then stitch up. the seams. Now face in the edge of the right hand side of the blouse at the back, and stitch the edge of the left side between a wra Next .put on the fastenings, which may be Nut, tons and buttonholes, hooks and eyes, or press studs, as preferred. Turn up the bottom of the sleeve, and gather sufficiently to make it fit the cuff. Join the cuff up, so that it forma a circle, double it, to bring the cut edges together, turn these edges; in, and tack them together. Now connect the cuff to the sleeve by beading. Hem the basque, gather the blouse at the bottom, and gather it as much as is necessary. Join blouse and basque together, and make the joining neat on the wrong side by a band of material or fine Paris binding. HOW TO OBTAIN Paper Pattern of the above SUMMER BLOUSE. Fill in this form and serd it. with remittance in stamps, to MISS LISLE, 8, La Belle bauvage, LONDON, E.C. 4. Vr;le cleanly. Name Address Pattern N PAPER PATTERNS. Price 9d. each. PATTERNS cut to special measure, 1/6 each. MISS LISLE will be pleased to receive suggestions and to iMn'Strate designs of general use to the HOME D?ES?MAKER? ° '°? use o t
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Sage, picked frh and Tubbed on the teeth, whitens and preserves them. Always put the sugar u^cd in a tart in the centre of tho fruit, not on top. It makes the crust sodden. Salt should always be put into tho water coloured articles aro washed with. Put any onion peelings that you may have into the stockpot. They help to givo a nice brown colour, and flavour it, too. Boil brashes that have become hard, or even clogged, with paint, in just a little vinegar. It softens and removes the pqint, and makes tha brushes fit for uso again. Salt smiffed into the nose in the eorlv morning, and the mouth washed out with warm water,, cures catawh. Use the ehain stitch for padding embroi- dery, and in thio way you have tiro threads instead of on-j. thereby only requiring balf the time ia which to complete your wor k Lay a im the baking pan on its side. The breast and back get an equal distribu- tion of tLa juices. Turn the fowl over se\>»al times wk" baking. Tack a piece of white American oilcloth over Y"Ul' pastry-board if you want to save as much work ai possible. After tl, su<jb a board meroll upod. to bo wiped over with a. clean, øamll cloth, Plaoe » few drops of ammonia in the water when washing giaswes. Tliej will look C71ear and bright without any trouble. USING ASHES. An exerlleat way to use ashes is to mix them with a* e"uil quantity of small coal, and then well damp vrith soapy water. A fire mada up with two or threo lun:p.s. of coal, w«»U backed with this mixture, lLsW a, long time. SKINNING A BRAROOOR. AH e»«.y way to skin a beet without Irfeed- ing it aad causing it to loso colour' is to put it in oold water as soon as it is cooked. Then draw tha hand gently down t?c tt and the skin will drop off without trouWe. aud the s?in wtil <h?op oS without trou M ?- MAXIMS FOR THE KITCHEN. Do everything1 at- the proper time. Keep oy4rytliing in its proper place. Use cT«*ythiiig for its prs-per purpose.. Try t* plaoso the eye as woll as the taste. Mak-4 th* most of everything. Better eaa good dish than several badly cooked .Mo¡. A well-ooolcod dinner will save many a domcsti. squabble. A good ccok is known by her boiled pota- toes. GAS ECONOMY. If you have to heat by gas all water for washing up, put a bowl of water over every saucepa* ,u oook anything in instead of putting on the cover. The water in the bowl wiU get hot in a surprisingly sliert time. ScBAiiBLBfa EGGS. WheI scrambling eggs, add one table- spoonful of iaa bread crumbs aDd one table- spoonful of milk to every beaten egg. Season with popper and salt and oook in the usual way., By this means stale broad may be used up. and one egg will go as far as two. SCBTTHEXNG FLOORS. Although on account of health, and also because damp boards conduce both to rot- ting of linoleum and carpetk;, and to moth in tho latter, floors should never bo scrubbed on wet days. Any uuavoi-dable deviation from this rule may be rendered less injurious by finishing. the scouring quito early iu the day, and dc-ferring the re- laying of tho car.pet or other covering till well on in the afternoon, so as to aUow plenty of timo for the boards to dry and sweeten. —— 1, SOME USEFUL RECIPES. Swiss CHOCOLATE PUDDING.—Take one cupful of treacle, one cupful of flour, one teaspoonful of carbonat-a of soda, half a cupful of milk, one teaspoonful of vinegar, and two dessertspoonfuls of cocoa. Dissolve the soda in tho milk, and mix the treacle and vin«jar together in a separate cup. Blend the ooooa with the flour, then stir in the soft ingredients, and mix all to a soft dough. Put in a greased basin and steam one and a-kalf hours. RHUBAUD MAIZE PUDDING.—One pint of milk or milk and water, a small teacupful of maize meal, one ounce of sugar, or two tablespoonfuls of golden syrup, a pinch of carbonate of soda, half an ounce of cocoa butter, clarified twice, one pound of cooked rhubarb. Boil the milk, stir iu the maize, cook quite ulowly for half au hour, stirring often. Tako off the fire and whip in with a fork tho sugar or syrup, the fat, and the carbonate of soda. Have ready a well greased china souffid di&h, place half of the maize in it, then add the cooked rhubarb, and put iu the rest of the maize; bake in a moderate oven for half an hour, and serve in the souffle aisli in which it was cooked. RYE BREAD.—Take one pint of boiling water, one and one-fourth tcnspoonful? of salt, two tablespconfuls of sugar, one table- spoonful of fat, one yeast-cake, and three cupfuls of rve-flour. Add sugar, salt and fat to boiling water, cool until tepid, and add yeast softened in a little warm water. Beat in tho ryo flour, then add enough rye fiour to make soft dough. Let raise until double in siz.ø. knead again with little white flour until all bubbles are out of dough. Place in greased bread tins, bake in mode- rate oven about forty-five minutes. OATEN PUDDING.—Soak two ounces of coarse oatmeal overnight, boil it with half a pint of skim-milk, mix and stir in two tablespoonfuls of golden syrup, one ounce of marmalade, and a pinch of salt. Allow this to cool, and when this is do tie add a pint of custard and sweeten with a little syrup. Bake in a quick oven until the pudding is set. DRESSED CItAr.Crabs when served with salad niako a nice luncheon, supper, or high tea dish. Separate the crab, clean, take the meat out carefully from the small claws and mix it with the inside of the crab. Add about one ounce breadcrumbs, a little lemon juice, and pepper and salt. Wash and dry the shell, put in the mixture, take out the meat from the large claws, flake it, and put it round the crab. Sprinkle parsley and coral in e pepper on top and serve with salad. SAVOURY POTATOES IN BA-R.-Slice some potatoes and onions (and one or two toma- toes, if available) and fry lightly in drip- ping. Make a batter in the usual way. season with salt and pepper, and pour over the vegetables and bake for one hour. ) V
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I NAVAL SLANG. I There are constantly new slang phrases and words cropping up in the Navy. Since the war, sailors term such gifts as fruit, flowers, and vegetables "Harry Frees." Those men who have joined the Navy for the duration of the war only are called Hos- tilities," and the Royal Naval Divisions are known as "Distasters." "Niggers in a snowstorm" are the familiar stewed prunes and rice, while "Fanny Adams" is tinned meat, and "Schooner on a rock" is meat baked over potatoes. Meat in a dish with- out "trimmings" is known as a "straight brush." If a seaman is off his feed or cannot eat what is provided, he calls it giving his food a "march past." Plum pudding is "figgy duff," bloaters are called "Spithcad pheasants," "dead marines," or "two-eyed steaks," blancmange is "chicken food," and cabbage and greens generally are known as "bunny's food." An officer who is superseded is known as "having been put on the beach"; if a sailor or officer misses a chance it is called "missing the boat." The correct term for "going ashore" is "going shore- walking." "Torps" is a torpedo officer, and midshipmen are generally known as I "snotties."
I FADS OF THE FAMOUS.
I FADS OF THE FAMOUS. Charles Dickens was fond of wearing gaudy jewellery, and the clanking of his numerous gold chains announced his coming while he was yet some great distance away. Henry W. Longfellow had a weakness for flowered waistcoats, and he possessed many I of gorgeous pattern and colour. Francis. Bacon was very fond of fine clothes, and I spent much of his leisure, in devising new costumes for court occasions. Domitian spent a great part of his leisure in catching flics and piercing them through with a needle. Mrs. Itadcliffe, the authoress, ate j raw pork before going to work on, a particu- larly thrilling chapter. Queen Elizabeth was very profane, and when angry would kick and cuff her maids. Queen Victoria shared tho common superstition about salt. She would reprimand any guest who was un- fortunate enough to spill it, and throughout the remainder of the meal she would be dis- turbed and in ill-humour. Leigh Hunt, when tked out with work, found relaxation in riding to and fro on the London omnibuses. Dumas, pfere, disliked a noise in the house t while he was writing, and kept a pet buz- zard in his room.
ITHE REAL -ROBINSON -CRUSOE.-
I THE REAL ROBINSON CRUSOE. I Of all those who have revelled in the I pages of Daniel Defoe's immortal master. | piece, how many have any knowledge of the j real Robinson Crusoe—Alexander Selkirk? | (asks .& contemporary). It was in the little Fifeshire village of Largo, on the Firth of Forth, that this worthy first saw the light, being regarded even in boyhood as little better than a ne'er-do-weel. When at last he ran away to sea a good many there were who were not particularly sorry. According to Defoe, the time spent by Crusoe on the desert island amounted to some thirty years or so; the real Crusoe, however, was on the island just four years and four months. When he was at last rescued from his Eve- less Eden, Selkirk immediately returned to Loudon, where he met Defoe. Reaching his native village again, the adventurer dis- covered that his people wore in church. The Ruddell reappearance of the long-lost wan- derer caused a sensation. Shortly after this Selkirk married a girl named Sophie Bruce, .!Fd a little later once more disappeared from Largo. For a time it is understood he served as a lieutenant on the British war- ship Weymouth, but what year ho died in, or where he was buried, are secrets never likely to be solved.
I AUSTRALIA'S LAKE OF SALT.…
I AUSTRALIA'S LAKE OF SALT. I J On Yorke Peninsula, in South Australia, I there is a wonderful lake ef pure salt. It is i a huge depression in the earth which fills up in the winter months. In the hot summer l sun the water quickly evaporates, leaving a ] thick deposit of almost pure salt. Seen from ¡ a distance the surface of the lake has all the appearance of being covered with a sheet of } ice. The salt is so thick and strong that I men and even carts and ploughs can traverse it with perfect safety. Yet below the crust there is a considerable body of sluggish ). water. Alter the rays of the summer sun have played their part, the salt is gathered. The pyramids of salt are a striking feature. The salt is shovelled into carts and conveyed I to various works on the seaboard, to undergo the process of refining. Gathering: the salt is trying work on account of the great heat and the dazzling reflection. Often I' it is necessary for the men to wear coloured glasses to protect the eyes. After the loose salt haa been collected from the surface, a special kind of plough is run over it, when I another harvest of the valuable material can be reaped. The yield of salt from this J strange lake amounts to several thousand I tons a year, and it is among the finest I obtainable. The lake is several square miles in area, and is naturally a very valuable property.
IHUNTING FOR MINES.!
I HUNTING FOR MINES. As a rule mine hunting is about as serious a business as it is possible to imagine. Nevertheless, it hae its humorous side. For example, a fishing smack reported a two- horned mine adrift in a certain part, of the North Sea. A destroyer, fitted with mine detonating apparatus, promptly raced to a spot indicated. Her commander certainly found a two-horned object. It was not a mine, however, but an old cow, well dis- tended. Another search in a wintry sea after a reported four-horned mine, resulted in the discovery of a derelict fish-basket awash, with four broken handles atielking well up out of the water. A favourite dodge of the German at one time was to U..Ge an overturned boat in order to cover up an anchored mine, so fixed that directly the boat was attempted to be righted tho thing went off. One day the commander of a mine-sweeping vessel spotted what he took to be one of these salt-water bcoby-traps, and fired a couple of shots into it. Nothing happened, and closer investigation revealed that the supposed upturned boat was in reality the headless* body of a small whale.
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A man who came 7,000 miles from Hono- I lulu by way of Vancouver and San Fran- cisco to enlist was rejected in Chicago be- cause of "athletic heart." A soldier who had obtained leave from Jerusalem for the purpose, made an appli- cation for a judicial separation at Green- wich Police-court. More than two thousand aged Londoners qualified for their old-age pensions last quarter. Private Sidney King, the Northampton- shire county cricketer, is a prisoner of war in Germany,
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J OTHEI MEWS MINDS. I Some day the morn will break on the face of this mysterious antagonist,, with whom we have wrestled during the long night.— RKV. F. B. MKTEE. NO SURRENDER. I Even if Paris falls we will not cease, be- cause we will not surrender our faith or our freedom.—GEKKEAL BOTRA. U-BOATS' FAILURE. I No efforts of the submarines, however severe, will menace the civilian population I of this country.—Ma. CLTNES. ARTISTIC JAPANESE. I The Japane8e. a.ltLon?i inferior to us in some mechanical 2rts, are ahead of all Euro- pean races in two essentials of civiJisation- courtesy and the general love -of all things beautiful. They are the most artistic race at present in the world.-DEA.N INGE. GENTLEMEN ALL. I I believe that the soldier, the sailor, and airman are bett-er behaved than any other I class in the country.-Sin FEANCTS IALOYD. ANSWER REQUIRED. I What have the people of this unhappy land done that they should be co-ndemned to one kind of tea, when GLKI has given us a hundred varieties?—Mr. T. LovGE, M.P. WAR AGAINST MATERIALISM. I To me this war seemfl far less a cowbat between the armed men cf the Germans and the soldier of the Allies than a contest of spiritual forces, in which one side figkts for a pure world, in which the soul may grow to glorification, aixl the other fights for one where materialism of the grossest sort shall XUle.-DR. FORT NKWTON. WAR AIMS. I We talk far too little abont Germany's war aims and far too much about our own. -E"L OF DENBIGH. IN THE WITNESS-BOX, I The art of examination, cross-examina- tion, and re-examination is to turn nine people out of ten inside out to discover truth, and to make them into hypnotised blackguards.—SIB E. WILD, K.C. A SOCIETY OF NATIONS. I The coming of peace must prepare the way for. tho building up of a great world- wide society of nations permeated by the same Christian cpii-.t.-Bisnop OF LONOON. THE LIVING WAGE. I It is certain that with the present prices of food and clothing no man can provide his wife and family with the necessaries of life under X200 a year.—COLONEL W. THOBNE, M.P. A BETTER WORLD. I We have men with startling clearness that the old industrial erganisation, which was so proud of itself fifty years ago, was built upon a rotten foundation-a founda- tion of selfishness, individual selfishness, class selfishness, and the oorporat6 selfish- ness cf nations. We are crying out for a better world to be built frankly upon the Principle of brotherhood—the spiritual worth of every person and the dependence of each on all in one sympathetic body.— BISHOP or OXPOBU. THE MIDDLE COURSE. I Hiere are two types of extremists in every war. There is, first of all, the peace ex- tremist--he is always crying out Peace" where there is no peace. That type dl-credits peaeo, and that makes difficult wiK-n the time comes for negotiating peace. He is not a real friend to peace, fie is an ciicmy to peace. He 'is a hindrance to peace. He is an encouragement to the enemy. He de- I presses his friends. And there is the war extremist who regards every thought of making peace as if it were treason to the State. The path of sanity and of safety which a Government ought, to tread is between these two extremes.—Ma. LLoYD GBOEOE. REAL PLEASURE. I It is well to grasp pleasure,, but there if, I none keener than that which comes from making rough places smooth and unravel- ling difficulties.—SIB J. J. THOMSON. ling 4d ifficul ties. J. J. Tiiowsor.. SAVIOURS OF CIVILISATION. j From the moment that the millions of Russia were withdrawn from the great battle, had it not been for the intervention of the inexhaustible resources of America the mere pressure of numbers must have submerged—oertainly for centuries, perhaps for all time—the whole cause of civilisation. -SIR F. E. SMITH. MILK CONTROL.i I It is generally admitted that the Govern- I ment must, for the benefit of the popula- tion, control the distribution of milk during the war, and must take steps to prevent the whole of the milk trad e falliug into the hands of a great conibine.-EARL. OF SEL- BORE. WHEN PEACE COMES. I When peace comes the change must be a gradual one with respect to the control of meat, coal, or any other commodity.—EAHL OF CRAWFORD. OUR BIG SUBMARINES. I In neutral countries it has been assumed that only the Germans build submarines which are capable of operating far out into the Atlantic. Conclusive evidence is now supplied that we also possess submarines which cruise far afield, remaining at sea for many days on end without refuelling or revictualling.—MB. ABCHIBALD HUHD. PRESS BARRED. I So far as I am concerned I am quite pte- Ced to be inquire! into by any qualified body, Parliamcutary or otherwise. But I am not going to be inquired into by the Press. —LORD NEWTON. THE UNIVERSAL PANACEA. I The war has revealed how much of our ordinary behaviour is founded on sound in- stinct. All of us, when we are harassed or distressed, seek alleviation in mental dis- traction. And our common panacea is a story-book. Now this form of mental dis- traction has been proved efficacious under the most severe trial, even in the very shadow of death.-I)ix. ROBERT BBIDCBS.