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Officially Announced That Some Fires Were Caused © and There Were a Few Casualties. A ~despatchâ€" from Londonsays: ‘Hostile aircraft revisited the eastern counties Tuesday night and dropped bombs. It is knownâ€"~that there have HOSTILE AIRCRAFT REVISITS 54 ENGLISH EASTERN COUNTIES A despatch from Montreal says: Officers of the Thomson Line freightâ€" er Hurona, which arrived here, brought with them details of the ginking of the Montreal steamer Jaâ€" cona. The cabled report that the Jacona was sunk by a torpedo was denied. The Jacona struck a mine and sank in two minutes. Forty of the crew, including the entire engineâ€" room staff, were drowned. Only Capt. Organ and the nine men who comâ€" prised the night watch were saved, and they owed their lives to thd chance that a boat was lying loose and floated away. Drying dishes with towels is not the best or most cleanly method. A yyell-scalded and drained plate is much cleaner than one that has been ()itied with the average towel. JACONA SUNK BY MINE, NOT BY A SUBMARINE There is a mighty force in the traâ€" dition of the sea. Praise, and great praise, belongs to the leaders such as the captains of the Titanic, the Lusiâ€" tania and the Arabic, the seamen who stand on the bridge , untli the ship sinks beneathk their feet. But what of the humbler men, the unknown, who, deep in the heart of the great vessels, ignorant of what is portending, shut off from sea and sky, continue at their service? Without glamor, without cheers, grimly facing hard mech@nical tasks, they strive on until the last moment. They might seek the cowâ€" ard‘s safety. With impunity often, without criticism they might climb out of the dark hole for a man‘s conflict with the waters. But like caged aniâ€" mals theyâ€"choose to die. The men below are heroes a thousand times over. They are the backbone of the world. THREAT FROM AUSTRIA TO MUNITION MAKERS A despatch to Amsterdam says: Following the example of Germany, the Austroâ€"Hungarian â€"Government now announces, according to the Frankfurter Zeitung, that all Ausâ€" trians and Hungarians in neutral countries, particularly the United States, are warned not to work in facâ€" tories producing war material for enemies of the Dual Monarchy. This newspaper says that violation of this decree is punishable by imprisonment of ten to twenty years, and even by capital punishment under certain conâ€" ditions. "All the men who remained down deserved twenty Victoria Crosses. They were real heroes a thousand times over." Here is a genuine triâ€" bute from a brave man, Captain Wilâ€" liam Finch of the Arabic, to the othâ€" er brave men who have gone before. The world may well pause with Capâ€" tain Finch, regardless for the minute of the weighty international matters tied up in the fate of the ship, to honâ€" or the enginemen who yielded up their lives that others might live. Once the chief end of man was asâ€" sumed to be the pursuit of the true, the beautiful, the good and the harâ€" monious development of his powers in accord with theso ideals. But the actâ€" ivities of the European governments just at this stage force us to discard the theory. The chief end and aim of man, if we are to judge by the thing on which the greatest stress is now laid, is to be fruitful of munitions and thus to deplenish the earth. NOTES AND COMMENT S That end and aim is to make war supplies. For this man may not have exactly come into the world, but for this, in Europe away from the actual battle area, he exists toâ€"day. ‘"Proâ€" duce, produce!" is still the cry, but fi is conditioned by the warning to produce munitions first of all. Of éourse, some men must be exempt from this duty. They are the men charged with the task of disposing of the munitions in the most effective way. But for the rest the primal, fundamental duty to the state is to make them in everâ€"increasing quanâ€" tities. The Czar of Russia has also aApâ€" bointed a commission to supervise and éncourage the manufacture of war Supplies. It is said to have been givâ€" én practically despotic power over the twhole range of Russian industry. Its I)fisiness is to see that munitions are made, no matter what else remains inmade. Coming on the heels of the assage of the British act to compel he manufacture of munitions as fast as possible and on what France and the Teutonic allies have already done in the same direction, the creation of the Russian commission gives new emphasis to the chief end and aim of man, as it seems to be regarded just now by the European belligerents. been some fires and some casualties, but particulars are not yet available. The number of the casualties will be communicated to the press as soon as they can be obtained." Nuts are a cheap food, and may form the staple of an uncooked meal. If ground they are easy of digestion. If 30 per cent. more vegetables (varied in kind and well cooked) and 80 per cent. less meat are served up hardly anyone will notice the differâ€" Buttermilk is a cheap and valuable food. If served with potatoes it is a cheap and wholesome dish. If you find yourself without shoe polish in the morning a little lemon juice applied will produce a brilliant polish. Paint bedsprings with aluminum paint and you will have no trouble with rust on your sheets. A pretty table with everything fresh upon it helps to give food_ a relish in oppressively hot weather. When iodine is spilled on sheets or clothing, simply soak the article 24 hours in cold water. The best dressing for most vegeâ€" tables is simple butter. White sauces are apt to ruin the flavor. To clean kid gloves use a soft piece of indiarubber. Pea Timbales.â€"One cupful _ pea pulp (from fresh canned or dried peas), two eggs, two tablespoonfuls thick cream, one tablespoonful butter, twoâ€"thirds teaspoonful salt, â€" oneâ€" eighth teaspoonful black pepper, a few grains of cayenne, and add onion juice. Beat the eggs, mix with pea pulp, add butter, melted, and other ingredients, and turn into buttered molds. Bake in pan of hot water unâ€" til firm, and serve with one cupful white sauce, to which has been added oneâ€"third cupful cooked and drained peas. A teaspoonful of finely chopâ€" ped mint leaves may be added for seaâ€" soning if liked. Cubes or figures cut from tender cooked carrot in the sauce give a good color effect. Sour Cream Pie.â€"One cup of thick sour cream, oneâ€"half cup sugar, one cup chopped raisins, two eggs, one and oneâ€"half tablespoons flour, two tablespoons powdered _ sugar, one teaspoon cinnamon, one teaspoon cloves, few grains nutmeg, few grains salt and pastry. Mix raisins, sugar, flour, salt and spices together, add sour cream, mixed with egg yolk, slightly beaten. Line pie pan with pastry, pour in mixture and bake about twentyâ€"five minutes in moderâ€" ate oven. Make meringue of egg whites and powdered sugar, heap on pie and cook for ten minutes in slow oven. Stuffed Sweet Peppers.â€"Remove seeds from six sweet peppers and cook peppers in boiling water until tender. Make foreemeat of one cup tomato pulp from which juice has been drained; oneâ€"half cup bread crumbs, one teaspoon minced onion, & few of the pepper seeds, all well mixâ€" ed together and thoroughly seasoned with salt and pepper. Stuff peppers and lay in baking dish. Pour one tablespoon cream over each pepper, lay generous slice butter on each and bake in moderate oven twenty minâ€" utes. Boiled Tongue.â€"Wash and clean tongue and cover with boiling water. Add oneâ€"fourth cup each of chopped carrot, turnip and onion, four cloves, two pepperâ€"corns, bouquet of sweet herbs and salt to taste. Simmer until tongue is tender. Cool in kettle, reâ€" move skin, place in dripping pan, brush with melted butter, cover with buttered crumbs and bake twenty minutes, basting often with chicken stock or hot water. Sauce Piquante.â€"Three tablespoon butter, four tablespoons â€"flour, one and oneâ€"half cups stock, oneâ€"half teaâ€" spoon salt, oneâ€"fourth teaspoon pepâ€" per, two tablespoons vinegar, one tablespoon capers and one tablespoon each chopped chives, olives, pepper and pickle. Cook five last named in vinegar five minutes and add to brown sauce made of butter flour and stock. Simmer twenty minutes and serve. Peach Petty.â€"Skin, stone and slice ripe peaches. Pick stale bread into tiny shreds, then pack alternate layâ€" ers of bread and peaches in pudding dish, sprinkling sugar over fruit and dotting bread crumbs sparingly with butter. _ Bottom layer should _ be peaches, top layer bread. Over top pour a little melted butter and sprinkle with sugar. Bake until fruit is tender and top nicely browned.. Corn Oysters.â€"Score down centre of each row of grains on cob and press out pulp with dull knife. To pulp of dozen ears add level teaspoon salt, one saltspoon pepper and three wellâ€"beaten eggs. Drop in tablespoonâ€" fuls on hot greased griddle, in oyster shape. Brown on one side, then on other, and serve immediately on hot dish. Tomato sauce goes well with corn oysters. About the Household Household Hints. Dainty Dishes. _ Clientâ€""I want to sue for a divorce and an allowance of fifteen hundred dollars a year." Lawyerâ€""What is your husband‘s income ?" Clientâ€""It‘s about that. I wouldn‘t ask for more than a man makes. I‘m not that kind. The crops are rotated on the twenâ€" tyâ€"three demonstration farms operâ€" ated in North Dakota. This gives each crop the best chance to do well. In 1914, the average cost per acre of producing the crops was $9.18, the average income per acre was $17.49, leaving an average net return of $8.36. The net profits per acre from each crop was: Corn, $8.49; hard wheat, $8.02; durum, $18.33; oats, $7.87; barley, $2.07; oats and peas, $7.88; clover, $8.96; timothy and cloâ€" ver, $17.36; potatoes, $9.51; winter rye, $10.80; alfalfa, $20.95; and millet a loss of $1.86. The first of these farms was started nine years ago. A five to six year rotation is practised on_most of them. G. E. White, of Lacombe, Alta., has a Holstein cow that has given 18,â€" 258.70 Ibs. of milk in her year. Her butter record is 625 lbs. The cow is registered as Butter Aggie Cornuâ€" copia Palestine. The great. Panâ€"American Road Conâ€" gress will convene at Oakland, Caliâ€" fornia, on Sept. 18. Its mission will be the betterment of roads in Ameriâ€" ca, and W. A. McLean, Chief Engiâ€" neer of the Ontario Highway Commisâ€" sion, will preside at one of the sesâ€" sions. Any new ideaâ€"or an old one â€"put into practice upon Mr. Mcâ€" Lean‘s return will be welcomed. Bankers announce that they have ample funds on hand to take care of the harvesting, moving and marketâ€" ing of the Canadian wheat crops. Many experts argue that the greatâ€" est agricultural and industrial boom in our economi¢ history is just beginâ€" ning. This is no time for pessimism: let us each do our work. _ The next time you have a hole in a stocking that you dread to tackle baste a square of net over the hole. Then dara in the usual way. Draw the threads back and forth through the meshes of the net, skipping every other one, so that in darning in the opposite direction there is a â€" mesh to darn through. The watermelon when ripe is conâ€" sidered excellent for liver, kidney or bladder affections. Among the peasâ€" ants of Russia and Turkey, fresh waâ€" termelon juice is held in high esteem for intestinal catarrh or dropsical afâ€" fections. To keep the stove clean rub off all grease with newspaper while the stove is still hot. When the stove needs polishing use a paint brush, and thus avoid getting the hands solled. You can also reach the small crevices more readily with the brush. When taking up ashes, if you dampen a newspaper and cover the ash pail you will not be troubled with ashes falling over everything. _ Never put food away in the safe until it is quite cold, or it will probâ€" ably turn off. Never let anything cool with the lid on. Never lo&ve a metal spoon in any food; even a silver spoon is affected by salt. Never let anything remain all night in a sauceâ€" panâ€"and especially, not in enamel ware; many deaths have been caused by the neglect of this rule since foods will often become poisoned. by being allowed to stand in such cooking utenâ€" sils. The Only really safe receptacle for food to remain in is one of china, glass, or crockery. California raisin growers, through nationâ€"wide _ advertising, _ brought about the observance of "raisin day." Through this they have been able to double their output in ten years. Since Saskatchewan has "gone dry" a movement has been started to turn one of the biggest breweries into a cannery for putting up vegetables. In that city there are some 2,000 more vegetable gardens under cultivation as the result of a movement for betâ€" ter home surroundings. Stickiness of the needle is a drawâ€" back from which many embroiderers suffer. If the hands become moist they should be dusted with a talcum powder after being washed, or a litâ€" tle borax can be used. An_ _ emery cushion should be in constant use. If the worker does not wish to take time to get up frequently to wash her hands a wet cloth can be kept beside the worktable. The best way to warm a joint of meat is to wrap it in thickly greased paper and keep it covered while in the oven. By having it covered thus the steam will prevent the meat from becoming hard and dry, and the joint will get hot through in less time. If you put a tablespoonful of powâ€" dered chalk in a cup and mix it to a cream with turpentine, then add a teaâ€" spoonful of liquid ammonia, and put it in a tin, it makes an excellent brass polish; it will also make the lids of your saucepans shine like silver. . To keep color of catsup put whole cloves and allspice into a new soap shaker; use as a spoon in stirring the catsup. In this way the flavor of the spices is grained without sacrificâ€" ing the color of the catsup. enceâ€"except the housekeeper when she makes up her accounts. PROFITS FROM ROTATION. HOW THEY DID IT. Hasty tidings, probably a telegram, are foretold by a galloping horse, but they are not necessarily bad, and the luck is decidedly good if the horse has a rider. Beware of an enemy if a snake lies in the bottom of the cup; but take comfort in a good friend if a horse or a dog is depicted near the snake. Deâ€" ceit is about when a cat is shown. And when thou comest, thou shalt anointâ€"So far as the Scripture reâ€" cord goes, EliJah did not follow this command (see 2 Kings 8. 7â€"18; 0. 1â€"6). Should this ring come near the top of the cup, a marriage is very near; but if it is at the bottom, the wedding will not be so soon. Much merriment can be caused if the ring is discovered in the cup of a married person, by forecasting a second marriageâ€"of course, in the farâ€"away future. Good luck is always predicted by the clover leaf and the horseshoe; flowers denote success; a cross foreâ€" casts sorrow; an umbrella foretells a storm; fruit means health; â€" while little yellow particles in the bottom of the cup are a sure indication of moâ€" ney. All women look for a ring in the teacup. It may be a tiny circle of tea leaves or grounds, it may be just tiny spikes forming a circle, or it may be a single curled leaf. What doest thou here, Elijahâ€" Again the same familiar address. But this time there is something of reâ€" proach in the voice. "Why are you here when there is so much to do? What has become of your insight and your power?" . is near the top of the cup, it may mean a seaâ€"voyago; and if that most popular symbol of all, a ring, be near it, a honeymoon may be mixed up with the voyage. 11. Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovahâ€"Nearness to God would open the prophet‘s eyes. Jehovah did not condole with Elijah; he simply showed him some things. Can you tell fortunes in teacups ? Perhaps you are one of those who, while laughing to scorn the mysteries therein, are always eager to know what Fate holds for you. Anyhow, you will find a wonderful amount of fun and not a little proâ€" phecy in following these rules for reading the contents of the teacup. First of all, take the cup in your left hand and shake it carefully to mix up the dregs, then place it upâ€" side down in the saucer, and move it right round three times. Now foreâ€" cast. 12. A still small yoiceâ€"Literally, "a sound of gentle stillness." A great peace had come upon Elijah. IA the calm he could hear God. II. Elijah‘s Discouragement (Verses 18â€"18). 13. He wrapped his face in his mantleâ€"The upper garment, a sort of cloak or cape, sometimes made of unâ€" tanned sheepskin (compare Matt. 3. 4). The revelation is too intense for the unveiled eyes of the prophet. Moses, similarly, was "afraid to look upon God." 14. I have beenâ€"very jealousâ€"Eliâ€" jJah naturally would try to justify himself. And of course he would reâ€" fer to the great things he had accomâ€" plished and the seeming futility of his efforts. 18. Seven thousand in Israelâ€"An. indefinite number. Compare 1 Kings 18, 43; Prov. 24. 10; Matt. 18. 21, 22. Although this indefinite number was undoubtedly small, it was God‘s holy remnant, and hence allâ€"powerful. If a little string of tea leaves runs right around the cup, it means a jourâ€" ney. An anchor is a fine omenâ€"it stands for hops and good luck. If it Verse 8. In the strength of that foodâ€"Compare Moses on Sinai (Exod. 34. 28) and Jesus in the wilderness (Matt. 4. 2). No man can "live by bread alone" if he is concerned about the Lord‘s business. Unto Horeb the mount of Godâ€" This mountain, above all others, was distinguished by the manifestations thereon of God‘s power and glory. 9. Unto a caveâ€"The Hebrew has "the cave." Evidently a particular cave was meant; perhaps fhe "cleft of the rock" in which God placed Moses (Exod. 83. 22). > What doest thou here, Elijahâ€"The familiar address is used to indicate that TElijah had an opportunity to pou» out his whole hearxi. Sometimes the mere repeating of one‘s woes, as the shedding of tears, brings the deâ€" sired relief. 15. Go, return on thy wayâ€"He is not to escape the difficulty; he is not to have new fields in which to work. The thing he was set to do he must finish. To the wilderness of Damascusâ€" The district lying between Bashan and Damascus. Much Depends Upon the Interpreter of Teacup Signs. Hath not kissed himâ€"A part of the worship offered to false gods (see Hos. 1§. 2). As an act of religious homage, see also Psa. 2. 12. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL Lesson XIâ€"Elijah‘s Flight and Reâ€" turn, I Kings 19. Golden Text: Psa. 46. 10. Much depends upon the interprcter I. Elijah in the Cave on Mount Horeb (Verses 8â€"12). INTERNATIONAL LESSON, SEPTEMBER 12. TELL YOUR FORTUNE? A despatch from London says: An Athens despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company says that a Briâ€" tish submarine operating in the Sea of Marmora has sunk a Turkish transâ€" port which was carrying 28â€"centiâ€" metre guns from Constantinople to Gallipoli. "People nowâ€"aâ€"days," said the old house cat, "don‘t know how to raise children. They let the youngsters have their own way too much. "That‘s right," replied the old brood _ hen. "Now, look at these chicks of mine. They wouldn‘t have amounted to anyâ€" thing if they hadn‘t been sat upon." British Submarine Sends to Bottom Cannon Route to the Gallipoli Peninsula. In Germany the prefix "von," as in Von â€" Hindenburg, â€" means â€" "Court worthy." It is granted by the Soveâ€" reign; who alone can raise a man from the rank of a citizen to that of a genâ€" tleman. One night when her grandmother was putting her in bed, three year old Olive said: "Grandma, every night when I go to bed I ask God to make brother Fred a good boy." ~ "That is right," said her grandmother. "But He hasn‘t done it yet," replied Olive soberly. The righteousness on which the Bible is forever insisting and which it is forever pressing on the attention of men as being both their supreme duty and glory is all inclusive. It is not a single virtue. It embraces all the virtues. The righteous man is truthful, honest, pure minded, temâ€" perate, just, generous, kind, merciful. A man may be honest and yet not temperate; he may tell the truth and yet be lacking in generosity. But a man cannot be a righteous man and be lacking in any of the specific virâ€" tues. Truthfulness alone, or generosâ€" ity by itself, or temperance alone is not enough to exalt a nation or a man. Only righteousness can do that. Not a Righteous Man. Again, this righteousness which the Bible commends so highly and insists on so vigorously is not a negative or passive thing. It is active, aggressive, enthusiastic, impassioned, absorbing. If a man‘s soâ€"called righteousness does not compel him to hate and reâ€" sist iniquity, to put his heel on the head of every hissing falsehood he is cognizant of, to overcome and thwart evil, to expose and punish injustice and cruelty, to take sides against opâ€" pression and wrong, that man is foolâ€" ing himself. He may be amiable, peace loving, polite, but he is not a righteous man. He may feel sorry when he sees a big bully abuse a weak and defenceless man, but if he does not run to the help of the poor vicâ€" tim his righteousness is a sham. He may have some feeling of indignation as he witnesses brute power win out Efficiency of Volunteers Has Been ‘Greatly Improved. The stockbrokers and their clerks of the London Stock Exchange are proving their worth in voluntary enâ€" listing as munition workers. At the outset the results of the voluntary efâ€" forts were, of course, comparatively poor as compared with the output of the regular workers. Gradually, howâ€"| éver, there has been a "speedingâ€"up," which has brought an average Sunâ€" day‘s work of tha Stock Exchange munition volunteers within measurâ€"| able distance of that which is customâ€"| ary during a day in normal times on | the part of the regular employes. i It is very _ noteworthy, however, that the Stock Exchange workers and other volunteers, whose hands suffer severely from manual labor, have been able, within a short time from their enlistment in the rank of munition producers, to manipulate their machines with an efficiency which in normal times would comâ€" pare very fairly with those of skilled operators,. of teacup fortunes. A clever girl can create quite a little air of mystery round her fortuneâ€"telling, and make a lot of harmless fun and conjecture on a dull afternoon. As, however, the amateur operators have increased their efficiency, so have the weekâ€"day workers added to their production, so much so that the output per professional _ munition worker is now at least 70 per cent. higher than it was at the commenceâ€" ment of the war, and there does not appear to be much further room for improvement, as many of the maâ€" chines are being operated to their utmost capacity. "Righteousness exalteth a nation." â€"Prov. xiv., 34. The Moral Order of Heaven Righteousness Will Seek Peace anrd Pursue It, But Not at Any j Price. GUNâ€"LADEN TORK TRANSPORT > s SUNK IN SEA OF MARMORA A despatch from Munich says 117| MUNITION WORKERS. i Two donations, one of $25,000 and ianqther of ~$5,000, received by the ‘Central Board of the Church of Engâ€" | land, have been invested in war loans. Italian transports, convoyed by 16 warships, having on board soldiers and munitions have left Taranto for an unknown destination. The Duke of Aosta, Commanderâ€"inâ€"Chief of the Italian navy, watched the departure of the flotilla, and it was believed that the transports and warships were bound for the Dardanelles. j Petrograd contains the most wonâ€" derful clock in the world.. There are 95 faces to this colossal timepiece, which indicates simultaneously the time of day at 30 different places, beâ€" sides the movement of the earth around the sun, the phases of the moon, the signs of the zodiac, and the date according to the Gregoriau, Greek, Mussulman, and Hebrew calenâ€" dars. The works took two years to put together after the clock had been sent in detached pieces from Switzerâ€" land to Russia. Oh, what irredeemable fools we are as a people and how slow and sodden of heart are we to think that vast wealth will exalt our nation, that abundance of corn on the tops of our mountaing and of cotton in our valleys will make us great! And what a heritage of woe we are storing up for future Americans because in the day when tremendous issues are at stake and priceless interests are trembling in the balance our lust for gain will not permit us to drop in even a pennyâ€" weight that might tip the scales in favor of that righteousness which alone can exalt our nation and save the peoples of the world.â€"Rev. T. B. McLeod. A statement has been given out by the Liverpool and London War Risks Association, through which the Briâ€" tish Government has been furnished marine insurance, showing that losses paid up to the present time amount to $21,233,425. against innocence, but if his feeling of indignation does not take form in active defence of the innocent his soâ€" called righteousness is the sheerest hypocrisy. ' Oh, but we are told by very high human authority that a man or a naâ€" tion ought to be too proud to fight. If by that we are to understand that a man or a nation ought to be too proud to pick a quarrel, well and good. Righteousness first and then peace. That is the moral order of heaven and Must be the Order of Earth. God would not be God without that and man would not be man without it. God would be lacking in dignity and in moral majesty without it and man would be mere paste without it God‘s throne is established on the righteousness that opposes wrong, deâ€" fends the weak, relieves the oppressâ€" ed, delivers the slave, pulls down the power of the tyrant, and is the only true basis of national prosperity and power. NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. Lieut. Lord Dalmeny of the Grenaâ€" dier Guards, heir to Lord Rosebery, has been wounded in action. The latest estimate of the number of shops in England which have had to close owing to the high prices of meat is 5,000. Skilled men in the service of the Hammersmith Borough Council are to make munitions at the Borough Counâ€" cil‘s workshops under the direction of the borough engineer. A firm of warehousemen in Lonâ€" don has just received a large quantity of figured delaine and flannel goods marked for the first time in 45 years, "manufactured in Alsace, France." With the aid of a gypsy basketâ€" maker and the village schoolmaster, a small industry of basketâ€"making has been started at Busbridge, near Godâ€" alming, and an order for baskets for shells has been secured from Messrs. Vickers works at Barrow. Occurrences in the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Commerâ€" cial World. London Education Committees have decided that the Union Jack is to be displayed at the schools and â€"other buildings on Oct. 21, the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. In the village of Bayford, Somerset, a woman over 60 years of age, with three sons at the front, has taken the place of one of them who was the vilâ€" lage postman. l