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Hints for the Home I Salad Dressings. Quick Mayonnaise. Put a pinch of salt in a soup plate wkh a table- spoon of vinegar (if a vegetarian .you will use lemon juice instead of vinegar and many not vegetarians prefer it), a little white pepper (a mayonnaise in which spots of pepper -show is not as handsome as when -they do not), and a pinch of mus- tard, with the yolk of one egg. Use Ei-all egg whisk to blend these, then M <1 to them one-half cup of oil. If at the last the mayonnaise should tjilit a little, whisk in a tablespoon of boiling water to blend it. This makes the dressing a Ik-tie whiter -and smooths it if it has become thick. If a larger quantity must be made and it must be thinned from time to time while beating it, a few -drops of cold water may generally be preferred to lemon juice used for the same purpose. Inst^ad of two egg yolks for a cup of oil some -people use a whole egg, but it is not quite aa easy to make a handsome mavonnaise. Skill in using the whisk for any purpose has a good -deal to <Jo with the final appearance of the dressing. Thousand Island* Drr-sing (1) Plain mayonnaise is not a good -dressing for lettuce, and all the green salads related to lettuce, but mayonnaise more highly seasoned and thinned with some tomato mix- ture is quite generally liked. The simplest so-called Thousand Islands Dressing is a mixture of mayonnaise iTid chili sauce, the coarser pieces b ing chopped fine. But if one has C >t th-e chili sauce some cooked to- B ito, boiled down ajnd sifted, l_akes a handsome and well-flavored dressing, or some raw tomato chop- ped with a bit of onion and per- liaps some green pepper and dress- ed with salt and vinegar or with a French dressing may be added, enough to thin the mayonnaise ac- ceptably, and this depends on how thick the latter is. Mayonnaise keeps well, but at some tempera- tures it thickens and in others grows thin. In the ordinary ice-box ' it does not change much if any. Roquefort Dressing. One of the most popular additions to French dressing at present is Roquefort cheese. This is mashed and the dressing well worked into it, and then the whole may be thinned with cream. Thousand Islands Dressing (2). In the little book compiled by Mrs. Helen Ruggles there is the elabor- ate recipe for the Thousand Inlands dressing as made at the (.'Allege Inn. In most places where it is served it is not of so elaborately seasoned a mixture. Here is the recipe : Mix two tablespoons each of finely cut green peppers and pi- c en to, one tablespoon of minced C ik>n (wrung out of cheesecloth af- t :r rinsing in cold water) or the f mie amount of pearl onion, and one chopped hard cooked egg, with a teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce, a tablespoon of catsup, two table- spoons of chili sauce, and season- ing of salt and paprika. Blend thoroughly with three-fourths of a cup of whipped cream and add gen- tly to the same amount of mayon- naise dressing. French Dressing. Hi? mixture of a little Elt, pe-pper, and vinegar with three times the measure of oil mixed in a bowl rubbed with n:irlic or not is commonly called French dressing, but it has other name*, according to what it is used with. Jo order to make a thick dressing ear,? people put the whole in a bot- tle and shake it, and as it keeps we'.!, any that is left over can be r.sed another time. Perhaps a bet- ter way to make it is to put a half teaspoon of salt and some pepper with the requisite amount of vine- gar in a, shallow bowl and then whip the oil into it, just as in mak- ing mayonnaise. This will make a thick, creamy dressing, which should be used as soon as whipped, u> it will quickly separate. ^ he French call this dressing both * vinaigrette and a marinade. It ie < ailed a vinaigrette dressing when ife '.s used with eold boiled meats, sliced, and allowed to rest in it un- til seasoned. It is called a marin- ade when pieees of raw meat or fi-s'h are dipped in it, or, preferably, allowed to lie in it an hour before broiling. Nearly all the- fish steaks are improved by this treatment, some slices of onion or some onion juice being added to heighten the seasoning. Like mayonnaise, addi- tions of various sorts are made to *.Vie French dressing. 1 9oked Salad Dressing. Nearly eJ'l the cooked salad dressings, 9cf- etinies called cooked nmyon- na' e, consist of the same ingredi- ewcs, but in different proportions. The following is one of the simple and satisfactory ones -which will keep well: One. egg, two table- spoons of vine-gar, four tablespoons pi milk, two teaspoon of oil or butter, one li:i.l,f teaspoon of salt, o-i:- l-.ilf teaspoon of mustard, a pim-h of pepper. If butfcer is used Instead of oil it is> put in just be- fore taking from -tlm fire. If oil Is C.- ] mix. it thoroughly -with th dorv Ing edienta, the iM tlh egg and Kv ! for several minuibea, fehreo or fc>: , then- beta* in the vinegar for a ite. .Add the ntiik and put the whole in a double boiler, cookin-g until thick and .stirring all the time . It will take nearly ten minutes for it to cook. It can be bottled and kept in a cool place for a week or more. Heal Cream Dressing. Sweet or sour cream can be used for this dressing. Perhaps it is made best of sweet cream, unless the. sour cream has just been turned. Whip up the cream, with an egg beater, and to a cup add a tablespoon of vine-gar or of lemon juice or a little more, if needed. Most people will prefer the vinegar, and about twice as much is used with sweet as with sour cream. A little sugar brings out the flavor and a little salt is added. Other additions are made according to taste. Celery salt is one of them. It is an excellent dressing for cabbage salad, and particularly for the Chinese cab- bage salads. Inexpensive Meat Dishes. There are many ways of serving meat that are fairly inexpensive, even at the present time, when the cost of meat has gone up. Liver braised and garnished with vegetables, finely sliced carrots, turnips, celery and potatoes makes a delicious dinner dish, and is not expensive. Spare ri'bs, which are in the mar- ket now, are cheap, and when cook- ed in the southern way with a thick brown gravy and sliced vegetables are delectable. They are also good grilled and served with a hot sauce, made as follows : One-half cu,p of tomato catsup, one-half cup Wor- cestershire, two teaspoonfuls of mustard, and a dash of vinegar. This is mixed well together and served separately, and it is very hot and a Little of it goes a long way. For a small family tenderloins of pork make an economical dish, and are extremely good stuffed and baked. One tenderloin should be allowed each person. Have the butcher split them for stuffing and fill them with this dressing: Crumb about one-fourth of a loaf of stale bread and soak the crumbs in a very little water. Add to the crumbs one minced unu>n. one tea- spoonful of salt, one-fourth of a tea- spoonful of pepper, and two tea- spoonfuls of poultry seasoning. Bind with one well-beaten egg. Stuff the tenderloins and secure each one with a small skewer. Bake in a moderate oven for about thirty minutes, basting them frequently. They should be very tender. When they are cooked make a brown gravy with the liquor left in the pan. Pour the gravy over the tender- loins and serve. The meat bill can be kept moder- ate by a little care and thought. Do not while the price* are so high buy expensive cuts of meat. There are plenty of good, inexpensive cuts and by the time you have exhaust- ed their possibility the prices of the others may have gone down. Re- member that it is the cooking that makes the dish. The best meat is spoiled if it is not cooked correctly and the toughest may be made pal- atable with skill and care. I'seful Hints. Use paper bags for covering pitchers with food in them. An old rule for roasting a turkey is an hour for each year. Always turn salt fish skin side up when soaking it to freshen. If a raincoat needs cleaning sponge it with alcohol, wiith a few- drops of ammonia, added. A novel cranberry sauce has seed- ed dates added to it. Of course, it requires less sugar. If roast is to be served hot for two meals, cook it slightly the first day and slice only from one side. To insure lightness in a cake, it sliould be put in the oven as soon as the baking powder or other raising medium has been added. Always insist on having anything that is bought in baskets emptied out. By this means you are sure of both quality and quantity. Stewed meats are better for being well browned before any liquid is added, by the- way. After that, they may be finished in the fireless cook- er or in a casserole in the oven. When we wish to economize and get the most solid nutriment for OUT dollar we must resort to corn. A dollar thus spent gives more actual food than when spent for any other foods whatsoever. There is but little doubt that peo- ple w'ho eat about the samf things over and over are more likely to be troubled with indigestion. The latest researches in science favor a constant change in foods and fla- vors. It is best not to allow the marrow to remain on the backbone of your mutton or lamb or the thin mem- brane on your steaks, as these are the parts w'luch decay quickly and taint the rest of the meat. MAJOR-GLNF.RAL ALLEN BY. Cavalry Leader Mentioned in Gen- eral French's Drsnutchra. Tfo Sir Jo-hn French line repeated writing of General Allenby's name and exploits ia hk greai despatches must have been the pka-aivtest of duties. It would remind him of old and arduous campaigning with on of the fittest and most, thorough) officers in the armies of the allies. General Allenby, who was ap- pointed Inspector-General of Cav- alry in TEngland in 1910. is, and al- ways has been, a soldier through and through. He has not waited for wars in order to sahow his qual- ity and sharpen his martial wits. Circumstance as well as preference lias curtailed his activities in the j world of fashion,. He is not a soci- j ety man. So little does he amal-j gamate his social or domestic con- 1 cerns with those of his profession that many of his military acquain- tances couW not t-sll you whether he is married or a bachelur. "Hard as nails ; given over to soldiering. No; don't know the lady"' such is the character sketch provided in one of the London military clubs. Roughing It Abroad. The tradition of his regiment has been all against the mixing of the j social and martial careers. The In- j niskillings were on the veldt for ten i years in the 'eighties, and, though j they grumbled, it made them wry j serviceable. Nor wa-s that the end of their exile. When Allenby's division came home at the close of the last South African War. it had been on foreign ssrvi.ee for four- teen years. General Allenby first saw active service in the Zulu War of 1878. m ma scud sum i .. i '.,-! i ;. >v. i. Alll'llbj. Caught in the Act. Alkali Ike And so Slippery Sam died with his boots on, eh? Broncho Bill No, h died wibh my boots on. That's how he came to die. Judge ''Your innocence is prov- ed. You ar acquitted." Prisoner (to the jury) "Very sorry, gentle- men, to have given you all this trouble for nothing. " Polly He actually begged me to kwe him I Dolfly What did you say 1 Polly I told him I might be sorry for it afterwards. Dolly And were yout The Inniskillings were, from the point of view of tlie smarter folk, a little heavy. They were hardly ad- mitted to the- inner clique of the crack regiments. Too heavy for their horses ; and their mess port, like the wit that goes with it. not quite as light as might- be,'' wa-s the old vie-w of them. But the Boer War changed the tone of their cri- tic*. Every regiment that came in touch with them recognized their quality. The men were splendid in action, the officers ''thorough good sorts.'' But, if from that moment their social status was raised. Gen- eral Allenby remained the same. HP never learned the arts of tin- ornamental soldier. His dislike o even the most legi- timate form of military ostentation 'as illustrated at the en-try into: Barbertun. after desperately hard fighting under French. The gen-eral c-f brigade wished Allenbys division to lead the triumphal procession into the town : it had taken the hon- ors in the field, and wa* to be sent to the to-p of theclas's. Hut. though first in every attack, Allenby de- murred when it came to a p.r:ul'.. of victory. He excused himself with : ''my me-ii and horses are fatigued," and came quietly iu the day after. A Letter of Condolence. Of General Allenby's cordial re- lations with his junior officers no better indication can be given than the letter he wrote to Lady Cham- pion d* Crespigny : "Dear Lade de Crrspigny I and the whole oi the cavalry division sympathize wifh you and we feel deeply for Nor- uian's (Lieut. Claude Norman I Champion de Crespigny) loss. But] I must tell you he died a hero's death. . . . Norman, with a few- men, was holding an important tac- tical point, and he held it- till every man was killed or wounded. No man could have done more, few would have done s*> much. With deepest sympathy, yours sincerely. -E. H. H. All'enby.'' We have s-a-id that! General Allenby is a sol- dier through and through. It is j-ust because he is n, soldier through and through that he is several other things besides, and can sit down while a battle is raging to write a perfect letter of condolence. He writes on the field rather better than most mem write in their stud- ies, and Lady de Crespigny is con- soled as far as it i in the power of anybody to console her. London Sketch.' Comforting. Rich Uncle It grieves me to think that my money will pass into spendthrift hands like yours when I die. Wild Nephew Well, don't worry, uncle, it won't stay there long. "I understand that you have call- ed to ask for niy daughter's hand ! "Oh, no, nothing like bhat." "Then '" "She and I settled all that. What I have called for is to find out- what part of the house you are going to turn over to us when we are married." INTERNATIONAL LF.SSON, NOVI:MBKK 2. Lesson VIII. Jesus and Pilate. Matt. 27. 11-31. Golden Text, Matt. 27. >. Verse 11. Art thou the King of the Jews J Jesus had called himse'f j the ''Christ," not the "King" of. the Jews. The Jews accuse him to ! Pilate as wanting to be the King of i the Jews so as to make a political ; affrcni and the more readily catch Pilate's ear. Jebiis is ready, how- ever, to admit that King and Christ! are essentially the same. He was, a "King," but not of this world.) See John IS. 33-37. 12. He answered nc-thing To Pi- late Jesus spoke at leng>tli (see aga-in John 18. 33-37); but to the chief priests and elders, he was silent. It was really beneath his dignity to speak to them. However, his ' silence was due to the absolute use- j lessness of his speaking. 13. Heares-t thou not how many ; things thev witness against thee ! The leaders and the multitude were unbridled in their speech. They were making whatsoever .accusa- , tions against Jesus happened to i come into their minds. 14. Insomuch that the governor | marveled greatly The accusations j against Jesus evidently were so j irrelevant and immaterial that Pi-; late supposed a word or two from Jesus w-ould clear him. He did not | know the perverseness of the lead- ers, as Jesus diid. and heuce could not appreciate the wisdom of Jesus' silence. \a. Now at the feast the governor was wont to release imto the muki- tude one prisoner, wh-cm they would The governors of Rome had had sufficient knowledge of the Jewish tenacity to know that it was best not to cross them if there was no absolute necessity for so doing, j Hence they had accu&tomed them- selves, to make certain concessions, j such as the releasing of a. prisoner at the time of pass-over. 16. A notable prisoner called Barabbas The original has Bar abban. If the spelling were Bar; rabban the phrase wou*!d mean "son i of a raibbi." Ear abban is the ac- ! cusative of Bar abbas and means' "son of a father." Some of the: church fathers held to the former interpretation. Jerome called- Bar- abbas filius magistris. ' s.m of a master." OT teacher. This man Barabbas was notab!*- at- least on account of his father. 17. Whom will ye that I release ' unto you! Barabbas. or Jesus' Pilate undoubtedly thought Jf-sn< was a popular favorite and that when the crowd was given a choice, they would choose Jesus. Jesus, which is called Christ ? Pilate un- derstood the word King as Jesus used it. hence the term "Chn-;. In spits of his shortsightedness j otherwise, he could seo through ' the Jew (IS), and refund to let the issue agaiiut Jesus be confused. 19. His wife sent unto him The '. incident of Pilate's wife is hist; ri cally doubted. Why. is not clear. ! The wives of Roman provincial gov- 1 crnors were privileged to accom- pany their husbands to the pro- vinces (Tacitus. Annals III.. 33- 34); so her presence is probable. 1 Being present, she -would have been greatly stirred by the arrest and trial of Jesus, for even in the inner, household of the governor Jr<tis was known as a righteous man. Her reference to him -as that righteous man shows well how he was known. She knew her husband bettor than he himself and feared he would not be equal to the wiles of the Jewish leaders. 20. Now the chief prio.-ts and! elders persiiad-ed the multitudes In spite of the fact that Jesus sbnoi! alone and un represented. nnu-h persuading evidently was necessary to get the multitude to prefer Bar- 1 abbas to Jesus. 22. What then shall I do unto Je- j sus who is called Christ ? Pilate had tried hard to escape passing judgment on Jesus. He was on Pjlate's hands and Pi-late- knew not what to do with him. The plight of this Roman official is truly pitiable. 23. Why, what evil hath he djn-e I The "why" is an exclamation of, surprise. Pilate could not under- ; stand why the Jews wanted" to kill j Jesus. But they cried out exceed- : ingly. saying. Let him be crucified They make no attempt to answer Pilate's question. They knew of no; evil Jesus had done. They are not concerned about this aspect of the matter. They are bent on carrying their point. To stop to answer ques- tions would havf thrown them into confusion. 24. When Pilate saw that he pre- vailed nothing He was powerk'M. On another occasion a- Jewish mob stood its ground against a Roman governor to his discomfiture. Pi- late evidently knew this and wanted no unfavorable report of his. admin- istration, in this instance, to go back t-o Rome. His attempts to 'persuade the crowd in favor of Je- sus only raised a tumult. Took water and washed liis 'hands before frh$ m'i!'t-'<t'.'d-? This was a Jewish custom which the Jews would un- derstand. The leaders of the Jews, at least, also understood how com- pletely Pilate was mid-one in the doin :; of this act. 1 am innocent of the- blui-d of this ryht?< us man ; see ye to it In his extremity Pilate remembered the advice of his wife. It was gajd advice. He wanted nothing to d<j with the execution of Jesu.s. 25. His blood be up.-m us and on our children They were brave, in the safety of the multitude. They really didi not know what they were doing. They were mob-mad. Later on in the quietness of sober reflec- tion many of them repented and would gladly have undone what they did. 20. Jesus h scourged It would seem that to deliver Jesus up for crucifixion would have sufficed. Th "scourging" was a barbarous prac- tice among the Rjmans fri.ni which Jesus was n^t to be. exempt. The Roman sjldiers (as we see in verses 27-31) had their usual chance at m _k:ng and scourging the con- demned man. That he was the Prince of Life was a fact A Inch, if at all known t j them, was known in raillerv. A >>c\v _\a\..l lli-ni. Lieutenant-Commander Max Ken- nedy Horton. of Submarine E9. who added to his laurels by das-hing into the mouth of the Ems and sinking a ! German destroyer. It was the saaie ! boat which made a similar dash off Heligoland on September 13, sink- ing the cruiser He!a. *{. THEIR RIFLK SHOOTING POOR. German Army Depending t'hic'ty On Artillery Firi-r The ineffectiveness of the (.1 --n:: in ride fire seems to be borne out by the ho^ji'tal records. "This was to be a war of th" laboratory and the machine si: p < :i the German part, said a high offi- cer in London the < ther day. "They &eem to have paid little ait-tendon to 'the riHi- t.!i ;i:;g by their men. but to ha\- i! -rended upon th.'-ir. artillery. The i.. fan try was then lo be used to tear a hole by sheer wright through the enemy's line." The immensely heavy siege guns of which so much has bo. a n Iveard. were to reduce, fv-riification-s, and have been very successful Tin- field guns have been extrovrdi >.:ir- ily well handled, although tiu- shells are said to be deficiv-nt. Tin; in- fantry arm was the machine gun rather than the rifle. No army in the world has ever carried so ma-iy machine guns they are of t-he Maxim type, identic*! with tha.t used by Great, Britain- in pr-. por- tion to the number of troops, em- ployed. Bursting s-iells and shrapnel cut and tear, whore the rifle bu" ' bores a nea.t little hole, easily healed. Reports from the- from, arc that a-n extraordinary propor; : --:i of the men wounded on both sides have sustained injuries on th? fa-ce or head. The stories told of s< -n: of these wounds are too revolting to be- repeated. Thes-e- are ;:" shrapnel arid shell wounds. Whether the comparative harm lessness of the rille fire is to be maintained is doubtful. According to expert opinio-i the an rifle is the lea-s* d-e-adly a: 1 :;! in the (.'re at War. It fii- ^ : bullet of only 154 grains, and a.t- ta-ins the extremely high muzzle velocity of 2.S-M feet per s v This light ball at high spe-ed cuts through f!< ; sh .-.> c'l-anly ih;u- the resultant wound hardily incommodes the victim. The Brkish rifle is considered one of the best all-round weapons in the war. It carries n 215-grain bullet at a muzzle velocity of -_'.060 fee<t. It is sighted up to 2.300 yards, be- ing the longest range ritle rs,-d in any of the armies, is ihort n-ul easy to carry, and has ten sli^ts in i'ts magazine against- five for any oi the others. The Russian rifle, it M tlu 'light, will prove to be the most dtudly. It carries a- 214. grain bul- 1-et at -the low muzzle ve-locitv , f 1.985 feet per second. Tiniest Dolls in World. Isabel Bt'aiins&ran. a little Mexi- can girl, is the ma.kcr of th? tiniest dolls in the world. They are barely three-fourths of an incth iu length. The clothing is cut according to the Character of the doll and fitted care- fully, and is exquisitely embroider- ed. On account- of their daintiness, exquisite coloring, design and workmanship, these dolls find a ready sale at the ridiculously low price of twenty-five cents eai-li. An implement has been pa-tent >d for slicing a. boiled egg evenly. Stella Packers say that meat animals can't catch up with the consumers. Bella- Ever have a bull chase youl itirs OF M-:WS FROM HIE MAR1TIML PROVINCES. Items of Interest From Places Lapped by Waves of the Atlantic. All Canadian horses for the battle front will be shipped from St. John, -\.B. A man named Donovan, of Syd- ney, was instantly killed at Bed- ford by a railway train. Dr. A. R. Nugent, of Chipman. N.B., was knocked down and seri- oiu-ly injured by a bicycle. The regiment sent fro-m New- foundland with the first Canadian contingent numbered 5:25 men. Newfoundland is -steadily raising money for the Patriotic Fund with- out, aiming^ at any fixed figure. The captain of the sx-hoonet Duchess e-j; Cornwall died and was buried at, sea. while en route to Bourgeo. Ntkl. Two young lads named Jarnes Goulton and Kenneth Brown, of St. John. N.B.. killed a UOO-pound moose near Clarendon. Hon. E. II. Bowriug. of St. John Hon. E. R. Bow-ring, of >'i John's. Niid.. has presented several arres. uf land on Inidi Vidi Lake to his city to be made into a public park. Joseph Andrews, a Belgian coal miner at Miiuo. N.B.. was sen- ;^nced to two years in prison for attempting to blow up the home-s of Cerman residan; ; . John Melans ni . f ,S r .. Charles. X B.. was- sentenced to s.x vears in prison for stealing a set of harness, breaking jail a-ud stealing a horse and rig. Clifford, the 17-year-old eon of Timothy McDonald of Chatham. was accidentally shot in the leg by Willie Kennedv. a chum, and d:ed from the loss of blood. Ralph, the 11 months old child of Charles Stafford. ISti Upper Water street. Halifax, was killed by a fa-!'. from the third story wiad-jw of its father's home. Chester Russell was sentenced to JO years in the Dorchester peniien- ti.arv bv Judge Barry, at Moncton, for assaulting Miss Forsyth. a Charlotte County teadier. Clifford Pine was given two vears for -bur- glary. The Grand .Turv at Halifax re- ported "no hi;':" in the of Charles E. Tabt-r. who was charged with manslaughter. T*ber had fharze of a. st-aan shovel in connec- tion whiej James H-anrn,hii.n lost his life. Captain G. C. Evans, of the C.P. R. liner Lake ilanii- i a. will com- nia::.i the new C.P..R. steamship Al:-sanabie. which has mads her maiden trip from Liverpool to -Montreal. Cai't. Evans is well known in th" Maririme. C'ii - -;a-in Insrra'iam Sobean, A<-a- dia Street, .St. John. N.B., lost on s<.-i by drowning two months ago and now his only other bov Gordon. 13 years old. has probably lost his eyesight from injuries sustained when -a gun exploded in his hands. K_ FACTS I> MODKRN WARFARE. Tin- Horse Is Still I Vd for the C'tiuricr Scrviei-. A <v':-.::r.u uf infantry marc'iing tVur abreasl the regular marching form- will P;:PS a giv-.-n point at tlio r,;; t" !T.-> a minu:e. At tiiar ra-te it w-r. take a division, which con- tains a-bour. 10.000 men, cil>oiit aa hour to r.;->. A div..-i :;i will fully man two miles oi trenches. Th? regulation distance, in : -inning of :l tr.-nch Ls a yard to a man. There are tare- lines, however, needed fully ;- man such defences- the fir- ing line, viiii-sh is down in the trench, a yard between each man; ilie sanjK,.r:. which is back a short <.i:-;ance. and the reserve, which is r'fhi:-d tiv I'.pport. These three parts of th' 1 defence are of equtd, size. In locating an enemy dust clouds are often excsllent indicat.i-.ns A low, thick cloud indicates infan-try, a high and t'Sia cloud indicates cav- airv. while a 'broken cloud indicates artillery or wagon trains. An ex- perieoced scout can closely estimate the character and strength of an enemy solely bv the dust c!oud. An aeroplane, to be perfectly sat" 1 . 1 , must keep at an elevation of at least 4,000 feet above the ground- Although the t.'legra-ph and tele- phone have ibeccme generally used in bat-tie for purposes of communi- cation, for distances under half a mile the old-fashioned courier and 'h-'i-se is still exclusively used. It has been found a swifter and surer means of communication for short distances than either telephone or telegraph . Boneless. Thug (pursuing victim) I say, I've a bone to pick with you. Mr. Mi'dly -- Pardon me. sir, that's quite impossible, for I'm a vegetarian. "What on earth i:-- the meaning -if all that rack?t ba-tk there {" I gu -- the neighlxfJiWHl cats -r^ mobilizing." \J L f