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..$»• leiog. â€" Four tablespoonfuls of orange juice, cwie teaspoonJiil of lemon juice, XXXX sugar (confftc- tionery sugaa-). Mix the above in- gredients, using enough sugar to make a smooth paste. . Spread over top of cake and s'prinkle x with chopped candied orange peel. r ♦ '1; * r- 1 )f i« * -1* le Orange Dishes. Orange Frittern.â€" Four oranges, one cup of flioua', ^De teaspoonful of baking powder, one-half teaspoon- fu' of salt, t-wo tea&poonfuls of su- gar, three-fourths cup of niik, two eggs. Sift flour, baking powder, &»lt and sugar into bowls; add milk and well-beaten eggs. Some flour requires more milk than others. The dough must be quite thin. Pare (not peal) the oranges; cut in half-inch, slices, dip in batter and fry m deep, very hot oil or fat. When nice and brown remove, lay on blotting or brown paper ; dust with pulverized sugar. Lej?on, sugar, or wine sauce can be ri'»i\ed with the same. Orange Puffs.â€" One cup of flour, one-half cup of sugar, one-half cup of milk, one egg, one tablespoonful of melted butter, one teaspoonful of baking poAvder, a little grated orange rind. Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl ; add the milk, sugar and a pinch of salt, the well- beaten egg. butter and orange rind; beat ten minutes. Brush the cups with a little melted butter, pour in mi.xture and bake twenty to twenty-five miinutes in a hot oven. Serve with orange sauce. Be sure fclie cups are warmed. Sauce. â€" Tavo oranges, one cup of boiling water, ons tablespoonful of lemon juice, two teaspoonfuls of cornistarch, four tablespoonfuls of sugar. Put the water in a sauce- pan ; add the cornstarch, wet with a little cold water; add the sugar; Soil two minutes; ad^ the «c«age and lemon juice. Orange lee Cream.â€" Two nmw of â- ' orange juice and pulp, four cirps of .;. heavy cream, one cup of milk, three cups of sugar, one tables.poouf«ri"of lemon juice. Dissolve the sugar in , â- â-  the cup of boiliug^milk. When cold . - put in a freezer that has been iced. Add the cream ; let it stan<I five '• uimutes; then add orange and le- â- v nion juice. Turn very rapidly from ,. eight to ten, minutes or until firm. Cream doe.s not curdle if turned â-  ' rapidly. Orange Snow. â€" SL\ orange.'., two cups of fresh grated cocoanut, one ^ cup of pulverized sugar, two table- â- > spoonfuls of lemon juice, eight thin strips of candied orange peel. Peel and separate the orange so no seeds '- or fibre are left ; mix with one cup , of cocoanut, one-half cup of sugar and lemon juice. Place in a glass bowl, cover top with one cup of 'â-  cocoanut and' tiie rest of sugar and . decorate with candied orange peel. Serve very cold. This can be pre- pared individualily in ice cream glasses. Orange Straws. â€" Make a good •: jiio crust, roll out one-quarter inch thick, cut in <:)ne-half-inch strips si.K inches long; place on shallow pans V and bake a nice brown. When cold spread with orange marma- *â-  lade. Put a .-strop on top and dust "â- ' ,vith sugar or ice with a plain su- ., gar icing. (aiidieil Oraiig(> Peel and \l- ' iuoikIs.â€" Put one cup of candied * orange peel and one-half cup of .^blanched alraunds through a meat chopper; roll into small balls. If too dry, add just enough orange • juice to holdi together. Roll in , confectioners" sugar ; make the ball the size of a hazel nut. or one ^ "an dip in fond'iuit and make bon- h Don shape. ^^^ ^old Boiled Uiee with Orange iSatice.â€" Put the cold boiled rice in a glas'S bowl, pour over tlie orange to lice, made as follows: One cup of o'"ange juice, two tablespoonfuls of ij >ur, one tablespoonful of butter, one e\gg, one-half cup of sugar, one Yeaspooniu! of lemon juice. Put 'half-cup of water on to boil; add i*he flour, which has been rubbed ^••uioobh with a little cold water; the well-beaten egg and sugar. Boil until stiff, then add the butter, Vra^nge and lemon juice. Beat real -^•aI^l for five minutes, or until jcold, ^niooth and creamy. Pour over the rice. This makes eitlier a fruit and \"real disli for breakfast or a 6.ub- â- stantial dessert. ^ Orange Cream Cake. -One- third f'lp of shortening, one cup of sugar, J^wo eggs, one-half cup of milk, two cups of flour, three level teaspoon- ''I'tls of baking powder, one-half *v?a9.poonful of gratedi onange peel Jlub shortening and sugar together untLl creamy. Separate tJie eggs ^nd adtl tHie well-beaten yolks and milk very slowly. Sift flour and J)aJ£ing powder together; add' half, then atld the well-beaten white® of *^?ggs, orange peel and thie rest of Jhe flour. Bake in two large jelily pans (on papei-) twenty minutes, fli^inae depends miioh on one'e stove. ,When cold cover one layer with the orange creiam. filling. Put on the other layer a.nd ice. Cover top Vith orange icing. Decorat€^ with finely ohoppcd candied or^ange i>©eil. â- ^ Orange Cream Fillin({.â€" Qne-lhalf jDup of orang© juicCj one' table- spoonful of leonon juice, one table- -^ spoonful of grated oran^ peel, lEhreo tableapoonfuls of sugar Kiunded tiab.le), one tableapoonfui â- fil cornstai'ch (rounded table), dim «g(j, a few grains of saillt. Put half of water on to boil, add orange ilce and' comstarcli, wftiicih has I wit)h cold water, beat ^and salt tog»tiier and ^1 thick and oreanijr. Household Hintn. silk to mend kid and salad a Never use gloves ; it cuts. Ohives give soup \ ery good flavor. When a worn place or hole ap- pears in the matting, it can be darned with strands of raffia. A lump of camplior placed near silverware that is not in use, will prevent it from tamis'hing. Radishes E.hould be firm when squeezed between the thumb and finger; if soft, they are not good. Kerosene is a great friend when cleaning;, it will clean anything from the kitclhen sink to the wood- work. A dash of scalloped potatoes is much more savory if a «weet green pepper is boiled and chopped fine and put in. W'lien a child gets to sobbing and cannot ptop, try sponging his face with cold water and gfve him a drink of cold water. In u.sing a'Vooden spoon to nux a pudding or cake, beat the mi.x- ture with the back of the spoon, if you want it to be Light in a short time. W'hen a kettle is badly burned, set aside to cool, then put in a liiandful of washing soda and water and allow it to boil for an hour or more. After boiling salt beef, leave two or three carrots in tJie salt liquor until cold. The carrots will ahsorb the .salt and the liquor can be used for soup. Paint can. be taken out of wool- len clothing by a solution of equal parts of ammonia and turpentine. After saturating several times, wash out with soapsuds. Rusty steel should be covered with sweet oil, well rubbed in, and after 48 hours use unslacked lim THE SOiAY SCHOIL STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MARCH J8. Lesson XIII. God's Mereies to Dm- obi'diont I^irael.â€" Review. Head Keh. 9. 26-31. Golden Text, Pruv. 14. 34. For Senior and Adult Class Teachers. By a rapid survey to enxphasize some of the ways, as .shown by the lessons of the quarter, by which Clod in his goodness and palieijce sought tiv advance his people in perstinnl and n.xtional righteous- ness. Recall the historical situation at the beginning *)f the period of the Judges. Bring out by rapid ques- tions the principal facts : The Is- raelites were not in undisputed possession of the land ; almost con- stant warfare prevailed : the tribes were subject to attack botli from the Canaanites and from new in- vaders from the desert; unity among the tribes was lacking ; there was no central government and no fiuxed national policy. The explanation of tlie failure of Israel to completely possess tlie land. Lesson I. Had Jehovali\s command to make no league with the inhabitants and to break down their altars been fulfilled ' (Read Judg. 2. 1-5). How is the patient discipline of God by means of which he led his people to iiigher standards of righteousness indi- cated by the writer of Judges? (Bring out the significance of 2. 14-16. dwelling espf-eially ujwn the statement, ''bevertheless he raised up judges.") A prophetess becomes the deliv- erer of Israel. Lesson II. Tlie one point to be dwelt upon is that finely powdered, and rub until all '' Deborah was divinely inspired, a the rust disappears When about to -wavh knives, forks or spoons which are stained from eggs, wring out a di.sh cloth, sprin- kle baking soda (saleratus) on it, and rub the stains fiom tlie silver before you put silver in the water. It is very easily and quickly done. BEATTV'S BIRTHPLACE. Nantwich. in Cheshire. ClaiuiH the Great Sea Eighty. The pleasant little Cheshire town of Nantwich is a proud community, rejoicing in the fact that three of her sons. Admiral Sir David Beatty, of H.M.S. Lion, and Lieut.- Commander Lapage and Lieut. - C^onimander Bayley, of H.M.S. Tiger, were privileged to share in the great naval battle of Sunday, January 24. The association of Sir David Beatty with his native town, it is true, is but slight, ending as it did almost before he hud emerged from the days of babyhotnl. His parents, whose romantic marriage had created a mild sensation in the county, were hiving at Howbeck Lodge, Nantwich. when Sir David was born, but within the next few yegirs the family removed to Cherry Hi'll, Malpas. and later to Rugby. _ Captain and Mrs. Beatty were very popular with the Nantwich people, and their two sons are still remembered as being fine healthy youngsters, and both have fulfilled the promise of early days. The elder. Major Charles Harold Long- field Beatty. D.S.O., late of the 6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was born on Janu- ary 16th, 1870, just a year and a day before his even more distin- guished brother, served in the South African War, being twice mentioned in despatches and re- ceiving the South African Medal with five clasps. He is an accom- plished cross country rider, and has on more thaji one occasion steered a drand National candidate over the difficu.lt Aintree country. GERMANS GRE.VT LOOTERS. Boast of Robberies in Franco Which Total $200,0(W.OflO. In Roubaix, Tourcoing and Lille the German troops found great quantities of various i-aw materials and manufactured goods, which were seized by the German military authorities and the value of -which, â- (Ccording to the Berlin Boersen Courier, is estimated at $200,000,- 000. Herr Fraenkel, a commercial councillor of Munich and a well- known wool expert, who at the re- quest of the Bavarian Government recently visited Northern France, has made some interesting state- ments on tlie subject before the Munich Chamber of Commerce. Besides great quantities of wool, worsted yarn, wastewool, cotton, hides, furs, leather and metal, the seizure also iualtuded great stocks of -wiholly or partly manufactured goods. In the (3overniment factory at Lille the Germans found 'hun4reds of pieces of new linen goods for military use. In the territory oc- cupied by the Genmans several fj^e- torJea are n^w working- under Ger- aian -supervision. religious leader. Even after Barak had been commissioned by Deborah he was unwilling to undertake the leadership of Israel's forces alone. Only a religious leader could in- spire the military forces with suffi- cient faith and courage to under- take tlie conflict against the na- tion's foes. Jehovah raises up a leader from among the lowly, and by prepara- tion, training, and enduement em- powers him for great deeds. Le.s- son III. Does our first view of suit ? When, as a boy. the Lord called him, he bad the hearing ear and the obedient spirit. Israel suffers because of the moral and religious weakness of tb<js8 who should liave been lier leaders. Lesson VIII. Eli fails in the moral discipline and the reli- gious training of his sons, and Israel is shamefully defeated. How- E'liall the Kingdom of God make progress without leaders? Where can we look for leaders ex- cept to the homes of tihe - righteous ? Failure in home-training spells de- feat everywhere. In the victorious leadership of Samuel we see the ripe fruit of his early religious training and experi- ence. Lesson IX. Bring out by questions some of the strung quaii- ties of Samuel's chara<'ter and leadersliip. In precept and practice he e.xalted righteousness; he was a man of prayer; he was loyal to the religious in-slitutions of 'iiis time ; he reeogiiized the divine leading; he regardad himslf simply as God's servant. In response to Israel's entreaty God grants to them a king. Lesson X. Recall the historical situation â€" tlie tribes scattered, with no bond closely uniting them, with no na- tional head, and at t'lie mercy of their enemies, who altogether vast- ly outniunbered tihem. Bring out these facts : there was need for a national head ; God approved the reasonable request of his people : national peril lay in tlie prepon- derant emphasis placed on the military principle. Samuel, guided by Jehovah, se- lects as a ruler Saul, a man of kingly qualities. Le,s.&on XI. Re- call the kingly qualities manifested by Saul as a young man. The courage and daring of youth wins a notable victory fur Israel. Lesson XII. Ijct some member of the class tell in a few words the story of Jonatlian's daring exploit and its result. Advance Assignment. Study 1 Sam. 15. Compare tHie character of Saul, as shown in this chapter, with his character at the time he was made king. (See les- son for March 14.) HEBREWS TRCE TO COl NTUV. Forgetting PersctMitioiis. Declare Fealty to Czar of Rii.ssia: If anything stands out clearly on the pages of recent Russian history, writes George Kennan in the Out- look, it is the magnanimity and pa- triotism of the Jews. Denied many of the rights of citizenship, forced Gideon suggest promising material '" ^'Y^ "? .* »"«* national ghetto, for leadership? (Bring out the ""^st need m the learned profes^ facts brieflv bv questions). Recall! '^'^n^- '""fted to a small quota of Denmark; has about 85 head cattle to svery 100 inb«il»itaat«. of how the I»rd assures his chosen one ; how he prepares and trains him. Note how limitless is the Lord's patience with his servant. Jehovali uses a chosen few to de- liver his people. Lesson IV. "Tllie people are too many." An aston- ishing thing â€" too many soldiers. W'hat general ever had too large an army? Do we not often err in pinning our faith to mere numbers? The army of Midian was already defeated: all that was needed was for their mental attitude to be transformed into action. Is this not true in most of the contests be- tween righteousness and the forces of evil? Why, then, measure strength by comparing numbers? Is not the real test suggested in these questions I Has God spoken to us? Have we di.scerned his will ? Are we obedient to liis leading? For, be it remembered, ''it is the sword of the Lord and Gideon." The battle was not tiideon's. but GckI's. Ciideon was active, but the commanding general was Jehovali. The Lord was not on Gideon's side ; the cau.sc was the Lord's and Gid- eon was loyal to it. In seeking a leader for his peo- ple, the Lord first seeks proper parents. Lesson V. The oppi-cs- sors of Israel are now the Philis- tines. The angel of the Loid looks ahead to the coming generation for a deliverer. He first seeks proper parents. When Manoali and his wife, who were spiritually respon- sive, inquire liow the child is to be trained and what he ought to be led to do, what is tlie reply of the messenger? It has to do wholly with the life of the motlier. Child- training is exceedingly important, but even more important is parent- training. Many parents would do better to give relatively more at- tention bo tlieir own lives, depend- ing more upon the silent influence of example and less upon com- mands and exiiortation. Human friendship and affection lead to profound spiritual choices on the part of Ruth. Les.«on VI. In the unselfish affection of Naomi we see one of the most beautiful fruits of true religion. Show how the whole nature of Ruth respond- ed. Can we not always depend upon the response of human nature to unselfisli affection? Is there any- where a naiturc so cold and hard that it cannot be transformed by lovet Does not God now, as ever, expect to win aliens to himself tihjough the sjmi)atiiy, love, and friendship of his people 1 A plan approved of CJiod for pre- paring a great religious leader. Lesson VII. students in the universities and schools, crowded into cities within the pale and expelled from cities without the pale, insulted constant- ly iby the reactionary press, accus- ed of ''rihial murder'' in the courts, and beaten to death by po- grom rioters in the streets, the un- fortunate Jews would seem to havo little reason for loyaltv or patriotic feeling: and yet since the war be- gan they have subordinated person- al resentment to a higher sense of duty. aiKl, for the sake of "the fatherland. " have done all that the most ardent patriots could do to support the monarch who has ap- pressed them and to defend the state that ha« discriminated against them. As the war proceeded and the Tsar toegan to go ba<>k and forth through Russia on his wa\ to and from the front Jewish delegations in all the larger towns where he stopped caane to him with plates of bread and salt (the Russian em- blems of hospitality and gi d will) and presented him with iddresses breathing the most ardent spirit of loyalty and patriotism. In one such address they said â€" "It gives us great happiness to know that our brothers and sons are shedding their blood f: :- th" sake of their monarch, for t.ie hon- or of the country that is so dear to them and for the cause of right and justice with which your imperial majesty's name will forever be gloriously associated. We beg you. O Gossudar. to receive this assur- ance of loyalty from your faithful suibjects who are followers I'f the Mosaic law.' REGIMENT OF CRIMINALS. French Report Falling Off in Re- cruits for Odd Battalion. In the distribution of the French soldiers of the new classes of 1915 and 1910 to their regiments great difliculty has been found in finding sufficient recruits for the Batail- lons d'.'Vfrique, says a Paris corres- pondent of the London Times. This is a most satisf.'ictory sign. These battalions are comiKised of men who have already served sen- tences, and they consist, therefore, mostly of apacJies and criminals and aire subject to the severest dis- cipHne. A lack of recruits had a.lrcady been noticed in tlie classes of 1913 and lttl4, and for the two moie re- cent categories it has keen accen- tuated. The conclusion to be drawn is that criminality in France Recall to the class bv i is on the decline, a« it has been rapid que.stions the birth and training of Samuel. He was given in an.swer to prayer. In infancy he was dedicated to the Lord. He was surrounded by religious inflnenc€« and exnraples. Wblikt was the rn- noticed that the sentences which cause men to be drafted into t'he Bataillons d'Afique ha'Ve nearly al- ways been incurred in the two years before their incorporation in the THE SULTAN'S HOLY BAILW VV Apparently Built by thp Gerniajis for .MilUary Pui«»os<?S. A few years ago the Sultan caused a sensation in the Moham- medan -world -by announcing tliai he would build a holy railway t<i Mecca in order that the pilgnmag* to the shrine of I'l.e Prophet, which every -Moslem desires to make at least once in his life, might be made in safeity and comfort. There should be no more of the toils, fatigues, and dangers of the cara- van routes througli the liot. Bedouin-infested Araibian Desert. Heretofore no small proportion of pilgrims had been waylaid, robbed, and perhaps killed ;by those tiir- baned highwaymen ; it was the Sultan's ambition to make the path secure for the faithful. The project met with favor among the followers of Islam. They con- tributed generously to carry out the Sultan's plan, and contrary tu the usual e.\.perience with Turkish officials, the money they subscribed was honesitly spent on an excellent railway, which was, moreover, built with business-like promptness and efficiency. How that happened, and why English observers have come to the conclusion iliat the religious motive was not the only one that led to the building of tiie road, tiiiese extracts fr<jm an article ia '"Navy and Army' will .sliow. "At the time the significance of the railway was not realized by those outside. It was a railway built by Mohammedans for Moham- medans, and that sufficed for the wor'-d at large. Damascus was selected as the northern terminus. and the other end of the line was to rest somewhere on the Red Sea â€" pre.erably at Jedda. The en- gineer in chief was to find the route between these two termini, and wa.s only enjoined to see that it passed tilirough the birthplace and shrine of the Prophet. Economic consider- ations were ignored. A railway one tliousand miles long was built at a cost of several millions pounds sterling, in c-omplete disregard of everything generally regarded as essential in railway planning. "When it came to building the road, no tenders were invited. The undertaking was handed over to the Germans. An accomplished engineer was sent from the Father- land to supervise the whole oper- ation, to plan the route and to build the road. The route he chose is worth noticing. "Damascus was connected with the road that extended north to Aileppo. whence in due season a line was to be laid to connect with the Bagdad Railway that leads by way of Konia to Scutari and Con- stantinople. "An outlet to the Palestine const was offered at Beirut, but a super- ior and independent water termin- us was subse(|uently established at Haifa. The railway is carried al- most due east from this point through most difficult country to Deraa, where it joins the maia road south of Damascus. "Anyone would have supposed tliat in traversing Palestine the German engineer would have car- ried the line through points of interest, such as Jerusalem, so as to benefit from the heavy tourist traffic. But he did not do eo. He laid tlie route through a most ster- ile region east of the river Jordan. "The road is built substantially. The permanent way is solid, the sleepers are of steel, and the rails are of the heaviest weight. The bridges are of massive masonry. At various stations there are elabor- ate systems of sidings, which are not needed for any purposes of peaceful traffic, but which would (be useful for troop trains. The station buildings are of masonry throughout, and could easily be made defensible from a HMlitary point of view. At certain statif-ns there are strong blockhouse,- as well." The Holy or Hejaz Railway is built, in short, on military and not on commercial or economic prin- ciples. It links up with tlie railway syatem that CJermans have built through Asia Minor and Mesopo- tamia, and through that system with the European railways at Scutari. It passes conveniently near the bor<lers of Egypt, and its terminus on the Red Sea is opposite ' Port Sudan, w-hieh is the nearest port to Khartum. Over its tracks Turki-sh soldiers, and those of other nationalities, if opportunity offers, can pass to the invasion ol Egvpt. It is imipo'ssible to ignore the fact that we have here a splendidly built military railway, and we can- not help asking. Is the Holy Rail- way to Mecca also meant to 'be the German highroad to Egypt ? Standing on yonr dignity will not help \ou to see over -the- heads of tlie crowd. A telescope with two parallel barrels, to permit two persons to see the same object at the same time, has been invented by a Swiss optician. A patent has been granted for a trunk for tourists in-side wliich a person is supposed to place him- self and float in safety iu event of sbipwreok. DIJKE IICilA!! A M] 6 FEET 8 INCHES IN W-^IGHT 5H YEARS OLD. \Vu.s a Hard Liver in Youth. Bui He Has (iivcn Cn Oif'sipat'on aud Tiirucd Student. Grand Duke Nicholas, conunan- der-in-chief of tbe Russian army, is a regular s<in of Anak. being 6 feet 8 inches in height. How the late Mr. Bariuini would have wel- comed him as a side show-. The Giant Russian Grand Duke would tiavf been a jTopular draw at 25 cents a time. The Rui-sian soldiers call him BoJ- shoi Nikolai (Big Niciiolast. aim tbey swear by him. not at him. as witli former grand dukes. The.> iiave cause to admire him. for af- ter that shameful page of Russian history, the Japanese War. when they could not win a victory, he has led them on f nmi .success to suc- cess. Even though he is aa hard as steel with them, he is harder still with their officers, and hardest of all with himself. He works aJJ day and far into the night. Hit headquarters are by no means pala- tial, consisting of a few railway carriages. Also tiiese carriages ar« by no means sumptuous. Their fit- tings are plain U) severity, witl (naps ever J- where, and the Gran* Duke at all times studying thes« maps. His meals and those of hii staff are of the plainest, and vodka is known only by its absence. The Grand Duke Drinks Water, j and liis staff is expected to do tin I same, thougli light I'rencli winei j arc permitted. i Till tiu» present Czar came to tJw j throne the Ronianhoffs were al! I giants, but the Grand Dul»e Nicho- I las is the tallest of his race, and he I is so thin that he looks even tallei j than lie actually is. He is a'boul j fifty-eight years of age, looks i younger, has a sliort well-trimmed grey beard, a piercing eye, is as I hard as nails, and agile as a cat. ' Do you remember how Tolstoy be- I gan life in the Russian corps of I guards ? How, after the Crimea, where he greatly distinguished j himself, on returning to Petrograd, ' he plunged into the wildest extra- vagance of dissipation, eventually becoming an ascetic, almo.st a re- cluse ? There is somewhat of a similarity in the Grand Duke's life. He, too, has sown his wild oats. In his youth he drank deep of pleasure in Petrograd, and knows by trial to what extremes pleasure and dissipation can be carried in the Russian capital. Now. like Tolstoy, he has become a sedate and terribly studious sol- dier. And his study and his work have brought forth fruit that is al- most miraculous. Remember the victories that he has alri>ady won are the smallest part of what he baa accomplished. Reorganized .Vrniy. Who could have believe<l that one man could have reorganized the Russian army, made it what it is. could have lifted it out of the smothering inefliiciency in which it was wallowing at the close of the Japanese War t This is wlwt Rol- shoi Nikolai has done, and has done it without any siiouting or flourish- ing of trumpets. Tlie Russians have every cause to admire him. Certain qualities in iiis character specially appeal to them ; one is courage â€" his absolute cold-blooded fearlessness. Primar- ily he is a groat student, and his- tory has taught him that to gain the confidence of his count r>nien he must be ready to expose hini.self to as great or greater danger than they tbemselves are exposed to. He believes this lesson thoroughly, and where the shells shriek loudest and burst most frequently Holshoi Nikolai is to be- found, jierl'ectly cool, calm, and undisniaycti. It is the same in the trenches ; tlioso hardest to liold are personally visited by him, and words of cheer- fulness and encouragement given by him to the defenders. A corrcs[)ondent tells how during terrific fighting the gran<l ducal autoniuhile, markc.l by a bluc-and- white flag, passed quite slowly along n roa<l on which CJerman shells were falling. .\t the sight of it, and recognizing the risks their commander was running on account of the very slow pace of the car. the Siberians, with w lunn lilie Grand iJuke is particuKarly jiopu- lar. raised such a storm of cheen that their comrades in the trenchee beilievcd a great victory to have been won. The Grand Duko is _4 great generalâ€" and a soldier's gen- eral. By authority of the Brazilian giivernnieiit, the railways of that country and Paraguay will be con- nected, providing another trans- continental line for South America. Japan has prohibited bhe manu- facture and sale of food and bever-' ages containing wood alcohol and the sale of any article of which it forms a part unless so stated on the label. .A project fur draining and re- claiming l,0OO,0tX) acres of la id in Bg.vipt. work upon which has been begun, is one of the greatest and most extensive t^oks of the k'-;id ever atkemptcJ.