explosion on board the battle-ship Jena reported it due to decomposition of "B" powder.

Labor.- April 23.- Three thousand bakers on strike in Paris march to the Madeleine, but are dispersed by the police.

-May 1.-The labor demonstration in Paris resulted in one thousand arrests and scores of persons injured.

Treaty. May 7.- The new Franco-Japanese treaty officially confirmed.

Spain

Elections. April 22.- Elections for members of the Chamber of Deputies showed a sweeping victory for the Conservatives, who secured 260 seats. The Liberals gained sixty-three, Republicans and Catalonists fifty, and other active parties thirty-one seats.

Crown Prince.-May 10.-A son and heir born to the King of Spain.

Belgium

Cabinet. April 12.- The cabinet resigned after a defeat in the chamber, which adopted a bill fixing nine hours as the period of labor in the mines.

Labor Bill.- April 13.- King Leopold by royal decree withdrew the government bill relating to the hours of labor in the mines. The action unprecedented because the decree was countersigned by the ministers who had officially resigned.

German Empire

Aeronauts. April 12.- A remarkable balloon record of 812 miles in nineteen hours made by two German aeronauts, Dr. Wegener and Adolph Koch. They sailed from Berlin to Enderby, near Leicester, England, in that time.

Austria

Deaths. April 26.- Albert Ritter von Mosetig-Morhof, surgeon and introducer of iodoform, aged sixty-nine.

Turkish Empire

American Schools. May 3.- An imperial irade issued authorizing the ministers to take action in regard to the American schools and other questions pending with the United States.

Rebellion. May 6.- Seven battalions of Turkish troops practically annihilated in a battle with rebels in the province of Yemen, Turkish Arabia.

Montenegro

Cabinet. April 18.- A new cabinet formed under the premiership of M. Tomanovics, president of the high court of justice. He will also be minister of foreign affairs and of justice.

- April 29.- The ministry resigned but Prince Nicholas did not accept their resignations. Radical newspapers attacked the government and supporters of the latter demolished the offices of the papers.

Revolt. April 29.- Rural tribes in revolt against Prince Nicholas, whom they accuse of infringement of the constitution; three thousand met in southern Montenegro and resolved to

Assassination.- April 21. The vice-governor of the prison at Rostov-on-Don shot dead on the street.

April 24. The chief of the political prison at Odessa killed by terrorists.

Casualty.- April 21.- Thirty-one persons lost their lives by the foundering of the river steamer Archangelsk while crossing the river Neva.

Douma.- April 12.- A demand for the exclusion from the lower house of three Socialist deputies pending their trial for political offenses, submitted by the minister of justice. It raised a storm of protest, and was finally referred to a committee, action opposed by the government and the Socialists. Premier Stolypin requested that meetings with experts should be held in private apartments, as the admittance of private persons to the lower house was illegal.

April 13.- Guards prevented the entrance of experts into the douma building. The lower house agreed to a compromise.

- April 24. Senator Akymoff appointed president of the council of the empire.

April 29.- Accusation of the army as worthless by a Socialist member brought a demand from the ministers for temporary suspension of the member unless he retracted his charge. The lower house refused to comply, but President Golovine pronounced the suspension and rebuked the member.

May 2. The council of the empire - the upper house adopted the recruiting bill and the bill appropriating $3,000,000 for famine relief, passed by the lower house April 30.

Navy.— April 15.- Rear-Admiral Nebogatoff, who was sentenced to death for surrendering the Russian Pacific squadron at the battle of the Sea of Japan, began the imprisonment of ten years to which the senterice was commuted.

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For Biscuits

that Melt in the Mouth

Armour's "Simon Pure" Leaf Lard is the shortening. There is no "soggy" cookery where it is rightly used. Isn't that a fact worth considering? One cupful of poor shortening can spoil enough pastry to pay for a whole pail of "Simon Pure.' Then think of the personal satisfaction and keen delight in getting biscuits and pastry so perfectly shortened that they literally melt in the mouth!

Armour's "Simon. Pure" Leaf Lard is sold in government sealed tin pails (threes, fives and tens).

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Armour's "VERIBEST" Meats comply abUnited States Meat Inspection and Pure nourishing and 100 per cent pure. More product of the ARMOUR Method-that good" but better than any food law requires,

Veribest

OX TONGUE

SUGGESTIONS

The slices of cold Tongue may be laid in a circle overlapping one another and the center filled with nasturtium blossoms; serve with sauce Tartare, French or Mayonnaise Dressing.

The cold Tongue may be sliced and put in a brick-shaped mold with capers, chopped olives and red peppers. Fill the mold with

a pint of clear consomme to which has been added a tablespoonful of granulated gelatine dissolved in hot water. Pour the jelly over the Tongue and put away to harden.

PORK and BEANS

SUGGESTIONS

Veribest Beans may be used for making various soups, particularly Baked Bean Soup.

They may be used for a salad and served with Sliced Ox Tongue.

Baked Bean Sandwiches may be made of them and served hot or cold.

They may be cooked with various Veribest Deviled or Potted Meats in the chafing dish.

Bean Croquettes may be served with any one of the Canned Veribest Sausages or Loaf Goods.

The Epicure's HAM

Tender, sweet, delicious ham that "makes your mouth water," - that's Armour's " Star Ham. A better ham may be produced some day. Nothing is

impossible. We'll do it if we can. But a better ham never has been produced, nor a ham so good as Armour's "Star. It's a special. Only selected hams are "Star" branded. They are then given a special mild cure. The result is delicacy of quality and flavor to be found only in Armour's "Star" Hams-"The Ham What Am."

solutely with the standards fixed by the Food Laws they are clean, wholesome, than that, "VERIBEST" meats are the means "Top Notch Quality," not "just as not only "fit to eat" but "good to eat."

-Meats

BRISKET BEEF

SUGGESTIONS

The brisket is considered the very best cut for corning. Canned Veribest Brisket Beef may be used in all the many ways corned beef is employed, hot or cold.

It may be used in all sorts of hashes, or chopped mixed with cream sauce and served on toast.

It may be chopped, mixed with tomato, celery or mushroom sauce, and bread crumbs and scalloped.

It may be cut in small pieces and with mashed potato made into a Cottage pie; or sliced and cooked with onions and tomatoes to make Beef Spanish.

STAR

BACON

POTTED HAM

SUGGESTIONS

The Potted Ham may be used for making sandwiches, forcemeat, quenelles, etc.

It may be used for stuffing tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, egg plant, onions, etc.

It may be used, mixed with bread crumbs or chestnuts, for the stuffing of turkey, grouse, chicken, and particularly quail and duck.

It may be used for making canapes and for stuffed eggs.

It may be most successfully used wherever a recipe calls for a finely minced, well seasoned meat, either alone or mixed with others.

Bacon At Its Best

Crisp, juicy, savory, appetizing and nourishing. It strengthens the arm while it satisfies the palate. A stimulant to the hunger which it appeases. Such is ARMOUR'S Star Bacon. Choice, evenly cured and thinly sliced, tender and juicy-with fat and lean evenly balanced-the kind that does not cook dry and stringy; every slice tastes like more. Doctors recommend Bacon because it is a valuable food and so easily digested. Try Armour's Star Bacon put up in glass jars or tins; the Star Brand guarantees quality-marks the best Bacon on the market and Uniformity.

Rich, meaty, wholesome, and palatetempting soupssoups that nourish and delight, without overheating-are best made with Armour's Extract

of Beef. It imparts that savory quality, without which soups are insipid, because it is the best extract of the best beef-a pure; wholesome, concentrated stock packed in convenient jars for household use.

It is also invaluable to the housewife for restoring the original juices and flavor to recooked meats, and giving vegetables a

snap and flavor obtained in no other way.