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Gelantine pudding can be made more nourishing by mixing it with milk instead of water; but be sure that the milk is not too hot or it will curdle. 3 5 In making dces in which you us' :| fresh fruit, let the fruit soak in good BPGATE and put all into a 'cook in a saucepan of boiling A an hour and a half. Then fe | "this time put it for half an hour. JaE Jt in the 'Pudding.--Boil up a pint of 'milk and pour it on to one Dion ful of rice flour, which has been mix- ie with a Jide cold milk, put back 'the pan and stir until the mix- ture thickens, e Hi Remove the pan from and add four ounces of firiely- cheese, a pinch of salt and over for 20 minutes, le grated cheese over the top serving. .Bavory Cheese Pudding.~One-half oll ZTaiad; ene ounce of but- , pepper, one ipoonful strong mixed mustard, an egg. Mix all and bak 1» tered dion 8 Lill set. Serve it very hot. Corks.--Make a thick white t has gotten cold add and a few | 1 'bread and enough grate vor it very strongly. Then for two hours to get quite cold. into small pieces like corks, dip into the beaten white of egg and into very fine breadcrumbs. Have +some hot fat in a deep pan your corks until they are a golden 0 the serie, somes comes the s for making cheese balls. Fr sherry wine for eight or ten hours. "will not harden fruit treat- this way. ' inane THE HOLOCAUST OF VERDUN. ------ ed Incidents of the Great Battle Which Fill One With Horror. The world has grown so familiar with the tales of wholesale slaughter since the war began that nothing short of hecatombs of slain suffice to move it to its depths. If the Verdun carnival of fire and blood has not so stirred it nothing else will. The nar- ratives bristle with points of horror. Here it is of bloody fragments of unrecognizable humanity = hurtling through the air where the great ex- plosives had descended, and falling on the French soldiery in the adjacent trenches, and there of the veil of smoke lifting from the snow-covered slope and showing up the ground thickly dotted with the corpses of the men who had fought their last fight. The road to Douamont 'was strewn with dead; whole regiments had been wiped out upon it and the men lay in thousands where they had fallen. There was a brown line that attracted drops | the attention of the French gunners, | of | They opened on it with their 75's and saw large n s of bodies spring into the air. That was in the evening. When the morning light spread "the brown mass was a mass of German corpses, that had been annihilated be- tween the two hills, and the bodies in a fireless) {tee to supervise the cultivation of of th be Alliod fleet was ol it; virtual control Tecog- their such land. Minister Meline says that there has ibéen a deficit in grains of 10. per cent. in 1916, as compared with 1914. The minister declares that there is nob a minute to be lost if France does not want to be surprised by de- velopments and exposed to the possi- ;| bility of arriving too late on the nt- | economic battlefield. %im awaiting conflict on "From the first, then, the control of the sea has been conceded to the Allies fro ee' a the guerilla warfare of a these isolated vessels; and the first stage of the naval warfare consisted in clearing up the ocean of the daring Allied control in remote seas. Losses Light, Considering Results. "The completion of this task was accomplished nob without loss to the Allies. The principal units lost to the British in this phase were the Good ope, a cruiser of 14,000 tons, the Monmouth, a cruiser of 9,800 tons, in Admiral Craddock's ill-fated squad- ron on the west coast of Chili, and the Pegasus, a light cruiser of 2,185 tons, sunk by the Koenigsberg at Zanazi- bar. These naval losses may be con- sidered light for the results obtained. "As the Teutons have not felt in- clined to major operations, the suc- ceeding Allied operations, with one exception, have been with the object of restraining raids and submarine activity. The exception consists of the Dardanelles campaign, Where sec ond line or predreadnought battleships were employed out of their normal sphere to reduce fortifications which subsequent events proved were more capable of resistance than anticipated. A modern vessel, the Queen Elizabeth, was frequently mentioned in the bom- bardments that occurred; but it is probable that owing to the range of her 16-inch guns it was nof necessary and presumably never intended that she should come within range of the forts, or that she should be exposed to the floating mines and possible tor- pedo attack in the straits, "Of these vessels engaged within the danger zone, the Allies lost heav- ily. The battleships Irresistible, Ocean, Goliath, Triumph, Majestic, Bouvet and Leon Gambetta were the major units lost; but the losses also included a number of submarines and transports. "From the experience gained in this adventure it is extremely unlikely that important ships will be jeopardized in similar campaigns. "The Allies' problem, henceforth, became one of repressing an German naval activity. This took two forms, one, the raid in force, the other, the war of attrition by the sowing of mines and torpedoing by submarines, Second Raid in Force. "The second raid in force, with a 'squadron of powerful high-speed bat- | tle cruisers and cruisers, encountered were so closely pressed together that' Admiral Beatty's battle cruiser squad- the majority of them were standing upright." ere was a fierce struggle for a little wood that the French were holding. While they: fought for it they mined ib, and when all was ready they permitted themselves to be driv- en out of it. It was immediately rushed by the enemy. Then a button was pressed that controlled a series of electric wires. A boom sounded, and forthwith "trees and debris were flying about and there were terrible cries. The Boches had forever finish- "ba , and those of our ped flight were 'Thus in a ord ron. This resulted in the loss of the Blucher and serious injuries to other German vessels. "Important injuries occurred to the British vessels, notably the battle 'cruiser Lion, in.this engagement, but the damage inflicted upon the enemy raiders was sufficient to prevent a re- currence of raids by sea up to -the present time of writing. In this in- stance Important results were accom- plished without loss of vessels to the Allies. { "The destruction incident to mines, navigation and the dangerous explo- sives form an important part of the total, and there is a part of corre WW at i. GERMAN VALOR A MYTH. Officers Appointed Without Reference To Their Courage. As a result of a series of cross ex- aminations of German prisoners, a re- cent issue of the Journal des Debats, of Paris, prints the following article on actual conditions of the German army :-- 3 "In regard to the bravery and valor of the German officers, the. prisoner declares that the appointments of the! assistant officers from the volunters takes place without in any way tak- ing into account the actual courage and bravery of the candidates. In fact, the greater part of the officers thus chosen are notorious for their cowardice. As soon as a bombard- ment starts they quickly seek shelter. The patrols, of which from time to time they form a part, never venture very far. . "The prisoner, who on several oc- casions had served on one of these patrols, sald that they had always come to an early halt on the pretext that it would be useless to continue further. Especially was this true on one occasion in the vicinity of Hill No. 69, just south of Ypres. An officer had barely reached the outskirts of the German barbed wire entanglements, when he proposed to return to head quarters and give. an account of some fantastical = observations : that they|as such was popular on both sides of | | would have made up and agreed upon. Of course this patriot received an Iron Cross. "This attitude of the officers does not escape the observation of the priv- ates.."-- (From an examination of a prisones from the 210th regiment of reserve infantry.) etd ce A GREAT MILITARY POWER. French Tribute to the British Army and Navy. In the course of a leading article perfectly correet. "26. Even an angel | pudiated such worship (Rev. J. A. Pease, M.P, As a sportsman and athlete, Mr. J. A. Pease won many honors, He play- ed football and polo for Car bridge, {has also captained the Durham County cricket eleven. His political career began when he was 32, He en- | tered parliament for the Tyneside constituency until 1900, when he was defeated. - In 1901 he re-entered the | House as member for Saffron Walden, | where he was defeated in January, | 1910, and three months later was re- | | turned for the Rotherham Division of | Yorkshire. A Commonly known to his fellow M. {P's as "Jack," though his name is Joseph, Mr. Pease retired from the { Cabinet on the formation of the Coal- Division in 1892, and represented A | ition Government, having held s f| post of president of the Board o | 31. Thy prayer--The' petition just Education from 1911-16. He was for where he won his rugger "blue," was | | master of the "Varsity staghounds, and | The lowly Jesus accepted it 3, ete.) PRT at the end. Peter has learnt the les- son Paul expounds in Co, 8. 11. Yel low, brown, or black men---to moder nize his words--must be regarded by Christians as simply men, and there' fore brothers. ' Common--Compare Mark 7. 2. It is the antithesis of consecrated.. There is a scavenger class in Benares, the Doms, for whom Hindulsm has no temple that will ad: mit them, though one shrine there will admit a dog. Christianity came 'and took them all in; and at least one Dom 1s to-day a Christian preacher.) The holy of holies is open to every sharer in that humanity which Christ put on: "God cleansed" ' (verse 15) all man kind potentially by the incarnation. 30. Four days ago--We say three, for the ancients counted in the first and last days, and we do not. 'Sup- pose Cornelius speaking on a Friday afternoon: his vision was thus on Tuesday. The ninth hour--Except in' the Fourth Gospel ¢nly the third, sixth, and 'ninth hours are mentioned in the New Testament, with the in the New Testament, with the eleventh for a speclal purpose. They 3 absolutely vague, and are best rendered by forenoon, noon, and after- noon. Only the observant John speaks of hours that needed a sundial to fix them. The three prayer times are those impled in the psalmist's the | Evening and morning and at noon will I pray" years one of the Liberal whips, and | offered. Thine alme--The practice of the House. In connection with This duties as. a whip, Mr. Pease tells a good story. At an all-night sitting he thought | 'that a certain M.P. was absent. He was really present in every division, but at other times he was asleep in| °f one of the recesses. Mr. Pease miss- ed him and sent a telegram to his house at seven in the morning: "Come {down at once to relieve guard." The | member turned up at his own house {at eight o'clock, fully expecting to (receive a warm welcome from his charity, the motive of which God could read; apply AS%s ' remember AR Version opguly there is spurious. ' 83. In the sight of God, as in verse 81, makes all human witness pass into forgetfulness. The Lord, on the lips the still unevangelized Roman, means Jehovah. 44. It is of course implied that this company of earnest seekers--Jews in faith because they knew nothing bet- ter--accepted the Gospel of which Peter's presentation has just been summarized. Note Peter's statement {under the title "British Evolution" wife and much sympathy for having | in Acts 11, 15, that Ie had hardly more the Paris Temps says: | "Britain, a great naval Power, finds i herself to-day a great militr-y Power, | midst of the war that excites surprise {and admiration, it is, besides, the | equipment in material and armament which supplies all these soldiers with { the indispensable means to turn their natural bravery to good account." \ After praising the organization of industries connected with the war, which, 'it says, extend throughout the | British Empire, the article continues: "The effect of strengthening the British lines makes itself felt even in the epic battle of Verdun by permit- ting numerous bodies of French troops to be spared to break the German on- slaught without weakening any sec- tion of the front from the North Sea to Switzerland. The part to be taken by the British Empire in this war is | one of the surprises that the military | administration in the United Kingdom and Colonies could not have foreseen, | and that needed a particular genius to realize. The naval factor in this conflict plays a part which, despite the absence of naval combats, is not less of capital importance in the sub- jugation of the enemy. The British Navy has rendered in this respect in- calculable service." ee Is War Declining? During' the nineteenth century 6586 battles were fought. This is exclud- ing all the smaller engagements, which, if reckoned along with the rest, bring the total to 8,102--that is, 81 battles 'per year, or a fraction over one and a half every week during the full hundred years. Our battlegrounds were spread over the following nine- Joon countries: France, India, Austria, : , Belgium, Egypt, America, been in the House all night. But she | He ' said, "Where have you been?" in the | replied. "All-night sitting | thereupon produced the telegram | | signed "Pease." This Pease nearly | { caused a split in that happy home, | but after explainations "peace" reign. | ed as before, he | ' HOW TO GET UP EARLY. Alarm Clock That Throws Man Out of Bed. A remarkable clock which not only awakened its owner in the morning, | but dumped him out of bed and lit his | fire, is now in the, possession of the | Wisconsin State Historical Society's | Museum at Madison. | The clock was the property of the late Mr. John Muir, the eminent naturalist and explorer, who made it | University and found it hard to wake | early after late nights. He made a bed of pine boards with three legs, two at the head and one at the foot. The leg at the foot was so made that if a peg was released the bed would drop to an angle of 45 degrees. A strong cord, fastened to the peg, led to the clock. On the end of the cord near the clock was a large stone. Before Mr. Muir retired the cord was attached to -the clock, and at five the clock would do its work. While teaching in a country school- house he used the' clock to start a fire"before he arrived at school. The clock upset a tube of sulphuric acid into a mixture of chlorate of potash and sugar placed under the firewood the night before. Instant combustion took place. | , = "Trouble with most handsome wo: s | men--they think it's all they need: Ethel True? (Holds hand.) You still"in ls out. her can gee for yourself that | less ? himself when he was at Wisconsin | than begun. 45. Was poured out--So in Acts 2. 83. The gift--A recurrent term. See land it is not only the numerical House." She retorted, "Now, it's no | SPecially Heb. 6. 4,' and Acts 8, 20. strength of. her army created in the use you telling me such a thing," and | We find its source in the Master's'own word, Luke 11, 13. How appropriate is that verb that speaks of the lavish profusion of Him who "giveth not the Spirit by measure"! Joel 2. 28 might have taught these Jewish Christians to be so surprised. 48. Speak with tongues--See 'Les son Text Studies for January 9. Of: course this was only the "outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace"; the overflowing ecstasy of a Divine possession pro- duced these snatches of praise. 47. The greater has been given-- how could prejudice itself refuse the See Acts 1. 5, quoted when Peter defends himself in Acts 11, 16. Notice how there Peter emphasize the overwhelming predominance of Divina. agency: a few words from the mes- sager who had come 80 far were quita enough. This verse should be re membered when eccesastical pedants would tie the Holy Spirit to. sacra ments and orders and red tape gen- erally. "The fruits of the Spirit" are the one sufficient proof of His Pres. ence, and when that is manifest, "the water" is only the poor human re- cognition of a fact registered in heaven. 48. He commanw:d--So Peter left the recognition rite to be conducted by others. Just go Paul was "sent . . : not to baptize, but to preach the gospel" (1 cor. 1. 17). And the Master "himself baptized not, but his dis- ciples" (John 4.2). In this way from the fifst was emphasized the sacond. ary importance of the rite as egainst the preaching of Guad News. It wag a warning against that purely magi view of "baptismal regeneration" int which the church '#0'soon fell, 'and largely holds today. In the name Jesus Christ--The invariable formu of the apostolic age, except for Matt; 28. 1 Triune Name is but the the primitive Grood, Tord." SEG i logica Jesus Christ TY