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Rock of Gibraltar
F'JTURE events may teat the
claim which many military au
thorities make that the British
fortress of Gibraltar holds the
key to the Mediterranean, W. D.
Hornaday writes In the Pittsburgh Ga-sette-Tlmes.
When viewed from the
sea this famous rock that rises out of
the sandy plains In the extreme south
western comer of continental Europe
Is not as Imposing as one who has
read of Its history might be led to ex
pect, but when closely approached and
there cornea Into sight some of the evi
dence of what the hand of man has
wrought In making It an Impregnable
fortress, It presents an awe-inspiring
spectacle.
Guards Mediterranean Entrance
The height of the tallest point of
the alant rock Is 1.439 feet above sea
level. It Is three miles long and about
three-fourths of a mile wide. Natural
and artificial caverns and tunnels run
through It In every direction. While
little Is known to the outolde world
concerning these underground galler
ies, they are said to be many miles
In extent and to be placed tier upon
tier. In the Interior of the mountain
are many chambers filled with ammu
nition and war supplies and bristling
on all sides, extending from almost
the bottom level to the top, are hid
den batteries of - artillery, each
equipped with guns that are (aid to
be capable of commanding the Strait
of Gibraltar, which forms the western
entrance to the Mediterranean.
The strait raAges In width from fif
teen to twenty miles and It Is claimed
that the hlghpower guns In the maBkod
batteries could easily put out of com
mission any war vessel that might
seek to make the passage.
The rock of Gibraltar was famous
far back In the world's history. It
and the point on the other side of the
strait. In Africa, known as Ceutla.
formed the Pillars of Hercules. Gi
braltar was first fortified In 711 A. I),
by the Saracen leader, Tarlk. It was
later held by the Moors and Spaniards.
In 1714 It was captured and occupied
by combined force of the British and
Dutch. The French and Spaniards
made efforts to capture the fortress,
but without success, and It has re
mained for more than two centuries
as a British possession.
Occupying a strip of lowland bor
dering the nay of Gibraltar and lying
at the foot of the great rock Is the
city of Gibraltar, which has a popula
REAL TRAGEDY IN BOY LIFE i
Most Males In Human Life Know How
It Feels to Strike Out Before
Your Best Girl.
Somewhere In the confines of Law
rence there la a- little fellow who be
lieves that he was cheated out of the
chance of being a hero by the ne
farious conduct of one of his comrades
who was officiating at a baseball game
In the capacity o an umpire. It was
only scrub game, played on one of
the city back lota, but scrub game
sometimes assumes big proportions In
the eyes of those who participate,
especially those who play an Impor
tant part In the game, when the girl
that they have a weakness for is
watching.
This was the position of the little
fellow who was almost a hero, but
who Instead, was a near hero of the
famous Casey kind. When he came
to tho bat In the last Inning, there
was a man (or In this Instsnce a boy
of some ten years) on third and two
out. with the score tied. Now what
better opportunity could one wish to
be 'a hero?
The first ball pitched our little man
walloped, but It was a foul by Inches
at least that Is what the umpire
aid. The next one was a foul, again,
on the other side of the diamond.
Now that, according to rules In base
ball, makes two strikes, and the nerv
ous tension must bsve been something
awful for the little fellow as he wait
ed for the next ball, for the game de
pended on him.
The next one came, and according
to our hero, or near hero, It would
have been Impossible for him to have
touched It with a ten-root pole, but the
umpire called, "Strike three, you're
out," and the other aide hooted blm,
and even his girl said, "0, punk,"
which was not nice for any fellow's
little girl to aay. The near-hero re
turned to the bench, took his csp and
tion of about 25,000 people. Separat
ing the town from the main fortifies
tlon Is a high stone wall and In the
city itself are parade grounds and
various buildings that, are occupied
by the military garrison. At thla time
there are about seven thousand Brit
ish troops In Gibraltar, made up of
about fifteen hundred artillerymen and
the remainder Infantrymen. It is said
that there are enough grain and other
food, supplies stored In the protected
warehouses of the place to withstand
a siege of seven years. The fresh wa
ter supply for the fortress and the
people of the town Is obtained from
the rainfall. There are also main
tained at Gibraltar enormous tanks of
fresh water for supplying vessels of
the British navy.
The town Itfself is a place of rare
Interest In addition to the picturesque
setting that It occupies. It Is a free
port and this enables smugglers to
carry on a nefarious trade between
near-by countries and Spain through
the place. Mixed with the English
population are many Moors, Span
iards. Portuguese and, In fact, scat
tering element of almost all the coun
tries of Europe and Africa. There
are also a few Asiatics.
Visitors are free to roam about the
streets at will, but are forbidden to en
ter the precincts of the grim natural
fortress.
Spanish Town a 8uburb.
The sandy Isthmus connecting the
promontory with the mainland la neu
tral territory; It lies so low that from
the sea Gibraltar has the appearance
of an Islet. The Spanish town of
Lines de la Concepclon, practically
suburb of Gibraltar, on the mainland
fronts the Isthmus and the neutral
ground, the Spanish boundary being
marked by a double line of aentry
boxes.
The promontory, or "Rock of Gi
braltar," composed of gray primary
marble. Is In the form of an enormous
lion. Although It has a barren aspect,
aloes, cacti, palmltas, capers and as
paragus grow In the crevices; and
there are grassy, wooded glens In cer
tain parts.
The town, divided by the Almeda
park Into two parts, although lrregu
larly laid out, contains several fine
buildings. The houses are built In
terraces, and for the most part are of
Spanish architecture. There are an
Anglican cathedral, tour Roman Cath
olic churches and boBpltala.
Instead of going again to the field to
do his best to prevent the other team
winning In their half, left for horn
with a big lump In his throat. Law
rence Telegram.
Clsopatra's Needles.
Cleopatra s needles are two Egyp
tian obelisks, which were originally
erected In the Temple of the Sun, in
Hellopolls, by, Thotmes III, some three
thousand five hundred years ago.
me reign or i menus tney were
brought from Hellopolls to Alexandria,
and set up In front of the Temple of
Caesar. They are of red granite and
are covered with hieroglyphics, which
relate the title of Thotmes and his II
lustrlous descendant, Rameses II, who
lived 200 yesrs after Thotmes. One
of the obelisks, which long lay pros
trate, was, after an adventurous voy
age, taken to London In 1878 and aet
up on the Thames embankment.
weighs 18( tons, and la 68 H feet high
The other was presented to the city
of New York through the department
of state by the khedlvt of Egypt.
was brought over to the United
States In 1881 at the expense of Wll
Ham H. Vanderbllt, and erected
Central park. New York. It Is it feet
high and weighs 120 tons.
Sohoolboy Answers.
A teacher in one of our publlo
schools gives couple of examples
which Indicate the necessity for her
being on the Job.
"What Is the equator!" ahe asked of
little Peter ford, whose knowledge of
physical geography was well known
throughout the school.
"The equator Is a menagerie Hon
running around the earth," answered
the lad, thereby establishing forever
bis claim to fame.
"What boy will give me an examol
of an Imperative sentence?" Inquired
the teacher.
"I will." spoke up Matty New. "John
throw the horse over the fence some
nay." Boston Advertiser.
ji
SENSITIVE AS TO. AGE
HUMAN NATURE SEEMS TO RE
SENT PERSONAL QUE8TION.
Walt Maton, In the 8tory of the Pre
historic Citizen, Set Forth the
, Cue With a Good Deal
of Truth.
The other day an Emporia citizen
whose whiskers have been whitened
by the snows of many winters was
urged to dress himself in a circus suit
and play golf. A number of the town's
patriarchs are Indulging In the game
this season and they naturally bold to
the old theory "the more the merrier."
But the prehistoric citizen refused to
fall Into the snare of the fowler, writes
Walt Mason in the Kansas City Star.
realize," he said, "that I am merely
venerable ruin, and I am not going
to pretend to be anything else. The
vine and the fig tree are good enough
for me. Of course you will say that
man's just as old as he feels, and
you will argue that golf makes an old
man - feel young, but it doesn't It
merely brings his age to the surface
and makes him look like something
left over from the paleozoic age. An
old man seated under hie fig tree read
ing Baxter's 'Saints' Rest' and getting
his house In order for the great
change Is an edifying and Improving
spectacle, but an old man gallivanting
around In the sun trying to create the
Impression that he's a three-year-old
Is an offense to the eyes.
"How we like to pretend In the mat
ter of age! The women have been
Joked a great deal about their reluc
tance to acknowledge their years, but
the men are Just as bad, If not worse.
An Innocent bystander or a solitary
horseman might suppose that there Is
something disgraceful about advanced
years, people hate to own up to them
so greatly. I try to take a philosoph
ical view of such things, but I always
feel resentful when anybody asks me
my sge. People can spring all sorts
of leading personal questions and I
don't mind them. I answer them
freely. I acknowledge that I have
stolen chickens and watermelons
without the least embarrassment, but
If a man asks me how old I am I feel
like hitting him on his red necktie.
have tried to analyze myself and dis
cover some explanation, but in vain.
"When the government announced
that It was going to establish a postal
savings bank In Emporia I said to my
self: 'Now, here's a good business. 1
have always been afraid of banks con'
ducted by people I meet on the street
every day. A man can't feel much con
fidence in citizens he knowa so wel).
But the government bank will be con
ducted by strangers, and I always did
have confidence In strangers. Bo 111
salt down my rose nobles and pieces
of eight in the government bank.'
"When that Institution was opened
for business I was the first one at
the receiving teller's window. I had
quite a package of counterfeit money
with roe, and supposed there wouldn't
be any formality other than handing
me a passbook. But the paying teller
opened his official copy of the longer
catechism and began asking questions
and Jotting down the answers. I bad
to tell where and why I was born, and
my grandmother's maiden name and
other statistics; I had to convince the
questioner that I had never served
term In the penitentiary and that none
of my blood relatives bad died Insane,
There were all sorts of Impertinent
questions to be answered, but they
merely amused me until the teller
asked me how old I was.
That filled me with virtuous indig
nation.
'It's none of the government's
business,' I said, 'how old I am. I'm
old enough to deposit my own money,
and that ought to be enough.'
" Yon can't deposit your wooden
money In this bask,' said the teller,
'unless you give your correct sge and
your wife's correct age, and the cor
rect age of your man servant and
your maid servant, and of the stranger
within your gates.' "
Women and Perfume.
For many a day the well-bred
woman has scorned the perfume bot
tle. Perhaps It Is the high price of
fine perfumes, due to the long contin
ued troubles In Bulgaria, the home of
attar of roses, that has at last made
perfumes seem goslrable as an evi
dence of luxury. A distinctive and
personal perfume Is as essential
part of the well-dressed woman today
as are her made-to-order stays.
She either chooses her favorite odor
and hoe It carried out in her sachet,
her bath crystals, powdera, perfumes
and aoaps, or she hies herself to
perfume specialist and puts herself In
that gifted and costly Individual'!
hands to be fitted out with a subtle
scent perfectly attuned to her type
of personality.
He Knew Pop,
"Pop!"
"Ys, my son."
"This paper says fhat slavery In the
United States was begun In James
town. Va.. In 161J."
"That's right, my boy."
"Well, la that when men began to
get married T "
Should Be More Careful,
Naggsby What Impresses you most
In this European war?
Waggsby The carelessness
France and England In building their
capitals so close to where Emperor
Wllbelm seems to want his battle-Una
placed.
F GREAT FOOD VALUE
GELATIN 13 WORTHY OF MUCH
CONSIDERATION.
Fundamental Food for the Child, and
Easentlal for the Convalescent
Ita Uae In Jellied Meat Salad
and Soup Meat Iced.
B? LIDA AMES WILLIS.)
As a product of actual food value,
pure, unadulterated gelatin, is not
given the consideration it deserves.
Few understand that It la really a
fundamental food for the young, grow
ing human being; as well as a re
pairer In the case of the convalescent
The very nature of the substance, In
Its pure atate as young animal gela
tin, should make clear to ua Its sub
stantial worth as an easily assimilat
ed building material and necessary
form of sustenance.
Jellied Meat Salad. Make a scant
pint of unsweetened lemon gelatin
Jelly. In making It steep a sprig or
two of fresh bruised mint in boiling
water for a tew minutes before pour
ing water over the gelatin. When the
Jelly la cold enough to begin to thick
en, add a pint or more of cold boiled
or roast mutton, tree from fat and cut
In dice. Decorate a wet mold with
tiny new boiled carrots and pickles or
olives, cut and shaped according to
iancy, and turn In the meat mixture
and aet In the Ice chest to harden.
Serve aa a salad with a good mayon
naise and fresh lettuce or cress.
Jellied 8oup Meat, Iced. Make the
Jelly carefully In following manner:
Cut Into small pieces a pound of soup
meat and add Just enough water to
cover. Let stand In cold place until
water Is red, then place where It will
simmer slowly until all the nutriment
la out of the meat. Two hours before
removing from the stove add salt to
taste and a teaspoonful of savory
soup herbs. Keep the top clear from
scum. When done strain carefully and
set at once In a cold place, as It will
not form Into a firm Jelly if allowed
to stand In a warm kitchen. The more
quickly the heat la thrown out and
the liquor chilled the finer your Jelly
When chilled remove all the fat from
surface, break up Into moderate pieces
and pile up in bouillon cups and serve.
Cold Chocolate Desserts With Gels-
tin. These are many and delicious
and have the added advantages of be
ing nourishing, wholesome and, as a
rule, greatly favored by the young
people. Space will not permit giving
any special recipe of thta group In
the present Issue. But the recipes
gathered at random from reliable
sources will show you how valuable
gelatin is to the culinary expert, and
common sense should prove Its value
to the amateur cook.
Jellied Cheese. Dissolve two table-
spoonfuls of soaked gelatin In a pint
of boiling water, when cool stirring
It into three ounces of grated or crum
bled yellow cheese, three ounces of
cottage or white cream cheese, and
one or two chopped plmentoes. Pour
Into little molds sprinkled with grat
ed yellow cheese, and set on Ice to
harden. Serve on lettuce with a dress
ing of sharp mayonnaise.
Pineapple Economy.
Moat people claim there Is so much
waste to pineapples, but here Is a
method by which every bit of the fruit
is utilized: Pare and use the fruit
either sliced for the table or put away
In Jara for the winter. Take the par
ings and cores and to four pineapples
add four cupa cold water, boll it mln
utes, then let stand several hours be
fore straining. Strain through cloth
and add four small cupfula of sugar,
Boll 20 mlnutea until the consistency
of sirup. Bottle and seal. This Is
very fine on hot cakes and waffles.
By using a larger amount ot sugar
to the liquid and boiling a longer time
aa excellent Jelly can be made. Thus
all waste Is eliminated.
Scotch Stew.
Run through meat grinder three
pounds tender lean beef. Place In
deep vessel with three quarts cold
water. Boll three hours, adding hot
water as needed. After boiling two
hours, add half pound butter, one tea
spoon sugar, salt and cayenne and
black pepper to taste. Cook until It
beads.
Lettuce Hint
To remove the lesves of a head of
lettuce without tearing them, tear or
cut out the stalk so that the ends of
the leaves are free, and plunge head
downward Into cold water. After re
maining there five or ten minutes the
water will fill In between the leaves
so that they will readily fall apart
To Test Bread Dough,
To test light bread dough and make
sure as to whether It has risen suf
ficiently for baking, press the finger
In the dough. It the bole remains
the dough Is In proper condition;
the dough rises and fills the Indenta
tion this shows that It Is In a condi
tion to continue rising.
Claanlna Oriental Ruaa.
Oriental rugs may be cleaned very
ti wlth.the aid of a vacuum plnr
as It does not pull out ths nap, as beat
ins la ant to do. The cleaner ahnnM.
however, be rolled up and down the
rug with the nap rather than across.
Seed In Cans.
Empty baking powder cans are ex
cellent to keep vegetable seed, such
as sweet corn, beans, etc, from being
destroyed by mice or bugs.
WHEN PUTTING AWAY KNIVES
Bladea 8hould Be Carefully Rubbed
With Olive Oil, Wrapped Sepa
rately and Put In Dry Place.
When knives are put away, enough
being kept out for everyday use, the
blade of each one should be rubbed
thoroughly and carefully with olive
oil. Then wrap the knives, each one
separately, In paper and store them In
as dry a place as possible. Every
three- months they should be taken
out and looked at to see If there be
any signs of rust Put fresh oil on
them before putting them, awar again,
and when they are required for use
wash the oil oft and rub each knife
with knife polish.
To clean rusty knives use p.wdered
bath brick made into a paste with
paraffin and apply It with a flannel
Finish off with dry bath brick and a
soft rag, which will leave a splendid
polish.
To remove loose knife blades im
merse the' handles in boiling water
until heated through; then pull handle
and blade apart.
To attach knife handles Oil the ban
dies with equal parts of powdered
resin and sliver sand. Heat the knife
tang, press firmly into the nandle and
cool In water.
IMPROVES LOOKS OF CAKES
Cameo of Colored Icing In Any De
sign Favored Gives a Distinctive
Touch to the Dessert
Have you ever aeen cameos on
cakes? Perhaps not although nowa
days we see them every place else.
But Icing cameos tor the decoration of
desserts can be easily made.
Make a atlff Icing, colored with
cochineal, or with cranberry Juice, and
pipe it in small circular designs on a
lightly buttered tin sheet or abeet of
wood. Make these In the shape of
tiny heads, if you have a skill with
the icing pipe which can be simply a
cone of stiff brown paper. Then dry
them In the open door of an oven or on
a radiator for half an hour. Remove
them and put them on an Iced cake
with a little piping of fresh white or
pink Icing. They can be used In the
same way to decorate molds ot Ice
cream or jelly.
When Preserving Pears.
To prepare ripe pear for preserving,
place the pears in a convenient vessel,
cover with boiling water, put a closely-
fitting cover on the kettle and let
stand 16 minutes, when the skins will
peel off as readily as from a scalded
tomato. Cut each peeled pear In
halves, and with a sharp-pointed knife
remove the core. The heat will have
penetrated sufficiently to cause the
core to come away easily. Drop the
halves In cold water, as quickly as they
are peeled, to prevent their turning
dark. Preserve in the usual way. This
method does away entirely with the
aticky, slippery aenaation which usual
ly accompanies the peeling ot pears,
saves half the time ordinarily re
quired, and the finished product la
more pleasing by reason of the
smooth, even appearance of the fruit
Asparagus on Toast
Have salted water boiling hard.
Wash the asparagus In cold water and
tie again in a bunch. Put It In the
boiling water, cover and let cook un
til tender. Have several slices of
bread nicely toasted, cut Into quarters,
When the asparagus is tender dip each
piece ot toast In the boiling water and
place In a hot dish. Then add the
asparagus and pour over all either
melted butter or drawn butter made
thus: Cream two tablespoonfuls of
flour and two tablespoonfuls of but
ter until light and smooth. Oradually
add a half pint of boiling water or
milk, stir constantly until It comes to
a boll, but do not let It boll; add a
quarter of a teaspoonful of salt and
pepper If desired.
Watermelon Cocktail.
Serve In glasses as a first course at
luncheon or dinner. Cut cubes of
watermelons from the center of a ripe
melon, well chilled. Sprinkle with
powdered sugar and ground ginger
root Cinnamon may be uaed In place
of ginger If desired. At a card party
wa served the following luncheon,
only. ladles were present: Creamed
oysters In patty cases and potato cro
quettes, Waldorf salad, Parker Houae
rolls. Msple mousse, gold and angel
cake. Coffee. Almonds, olives, bon
bons.
Posohed Eggs 1n Muffin Rings.
When frying or poaching eggs for
breskfast I slip Into the pan a muffin
ring for each egg, break the egg into
It and when It has set as much as de
sired, lift It out with a cake lifter,
ring and all, then remove the ring. The
white of the egg la In o nice circle,
and not ony looks better and Is ten
derer becsuse It Is thicker, but It Is
easier to serve. The washing of th
muffin rings is not as much trouble as
trying to "slide" a broken egg to
plate from a hot trying pan.
Quest Towels.
Towels done In cross stitch are In
great favor now.
Blue letters with tiny pink flowers
and green leaves give a pretty touch
of color to guest towels.
A good Idea Is to buy towels already
scalloped and work over the scallops
In WDlte or any aesirea coior.
When Cleaning China.
To remove spots and tea stains from
china, the following Is excellent:
Dampen the spots with water and rub
liberally with salt
rVHEN WAH IS SILENT
HA3 NO SOPHISTRY WITH WHICH
TO CONFRONT WOMAN. .
Great aa Muat Be Acknowledged Are
His Powers of Deception They
Fall In the Presence of the
Mother 6f ths Slain.
War sat on a high place near the
city- named Earth, where all who
passed along the highway called Life
could see him as they went on their
journeys. Among those who took their
eyes from the ground was King. When
he saw 'War be stopped.
"Who are you that sits beside the
highway of Life?" asked King.
War answered:
"I am Power, and Dominion, and
Pride, I am the maker and unmaker
of dynasties. I set up and pull down
the rulers ot Earth, the great city in
which you dwell. By me wealth and
itreneth are apportioned, dishonor is
redeemed, right is made plain, and
justice is done."
So King went bis way, thinking,
War Is good."
Boon there came Young Man, and .
he too asked who War was.
War said:
"I am Adventure and Daring, Bold
ness and Hardihood. I bestow renown
and distinction on men. Those who
follow me grow brave of spirit and
hard of body. They learn the happi
ness that comes from ardent toll, the
Joy that la born of struggle. The peo
ple of Earth look with greatest favor
on those who enroll themselves In my
record book and reward them with the
first consideration."
Young Man whistled aa he followed
the highway called Life, and cried
aloud. "War Is noble!"
Next Old Man, weak ot sight and
hard of hearing, peered at War and
said: "Who are you, up there?"
To Old Man War replied:
"I am Memory and the Thoughts of
Yesterday. I It was who filled your
heart with friends and clothed your
mind with the good memorials of a
glorious past I took" from you your
arm, but In Its place I gave you some
thing fsr better, the service of a de
voted friend. By me you were made
poor In pocket to beg your bread as
you walked the highway called Life,
but In exchange I gave you the great
days ot your manhood to comfort and
sustain you."
Old Man's face was lighted by his
thoughts of the brave days when he
knew War, and as he set one foot be
fore the other he chuckled, and struck
his thigh with bis band, and mumbled
In his beard: "I mind now that War
la the great thing."
But then there came on the high
way called Life Woman, who bad
borne sons that War had destroyed,
and daughters who bad wept upon her
skirts for their husbands that War
had torn from them; Woman, who
had dried the ears of orphans Wsr
had made and atanched the blood of
wounds that War had given; Woman,
who had mourned War's dead, and
starved thst War might eat
And Woman saw War and asked
him nothing, but fled shrieking away
from him on the highway called Life;
and as Woman fled from him War was
silent, for he hsd no words to speak.
New York Times.
Ths Old Sad 8tory.
When a plausible, albeit shabby.
stranger approached the thrifty house
wife and offered to Install an electrio
bell for almost nothing she felt that
It was her duty to give him the Job.
He looked as if he needed It.
Preparations for the work were
hardly under way when the "electri
cian" approached his employer with
an apologetic air.
"I've been out of work for so long,"
be explained, "that 111 have to ask you
for an advance to buy some of the ma
terial." He needed 35 cents, he said, but she
had no change and gave him half a
dollar. He hastened away for the ma
terial, and he never came back.
The thrifty housewife told her hus
band about It when be came borne,
adding:
"I can't see how I loet anything. He
left a pair of batteries here, or I
shouldn't have trusted him with the
money."
Her buabsnd went out to take a look
at the batteries. They were both
"burned out." Louisville Times.
Msny Uses of Blotting Psper.
Blotting paper has msny other uses
besides the absorption of Ink. If
grease Is spilled on a rug or carpot
cover the spot with a piece of blotting
paper and place a warm Iron, not hot,
over the spot Grease on the wall may
be removed by covering with blotting
paper and pressing with a warm Iron.
Fine lace and collars may be quickly
dried by being placed between two
sheets of blotting paper and covering
with a weight If you are short on
rubber rings when csnnlng, blotting
psper rings will serve Just as well as
rvbber. There are many more uses
for blotting paper which will suggest
themselves to the alert housewife.
Leeat Color.
Successful Author Yes; I have
been been wishing for an opportunity
to visit thst section of the country for
a number of years.
Sympathetlo Friend And why.
might I ask?
Successful Author Oh, I one
wrote a popular novel with the scenes
laid around there, and I want to sea
bow the local color matches up.-"
Florida Times-Union.