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Home My WebLink AboutExeter Advocate, 1902-1-9, Page 71 Ab011t the ••••liouse • g$41 -4149 -040 -#3 -.3 -0* -4-4-44-4-#0 441:4,4 0:4 0:4, ICO 0,;*•:41:4 0:114;*0:41;49:1101 e-XC,4f; : Ill t; I 0 M—' —. SAKE.. ,t..y'.:•e. , 4, Zr NELLIE E. Wee.TTS. eh re. a a. a., eapegeeeeeneeeeeneeeeeseeeeekeeeeeeeeeeeee re. aeoger Paxten, •beal beendeed yea re mut the leonine blue-eyed slip ot .giol bad .called wilegeada- elly geowing accustomed to walking 14'We temente pathe alone. •alorte save 'Oa the babn girl 'whohad properly eieete Ogled doze, • foit joy she Wen in- deed to thelossely .mother's heart, iferegbtandcherry was E,stber , ton, net with, that annoying readore • Made theerfulnees that. is oftimes Mere repellant tben, Pont iadifference, hate poseeee.e4 of that wholeeonte •g090.4IeSS Of tweet which, ever -eeelee ehe Pat the brigliteee. interpretatioa. On the :darkest pheeee of exernterece. Sweaty bad but given her thet inde- finabte teedernees with. Uauffering. wkiele goes be* that common aria oe- t.eaticizatb,usett term of eeilopetby, neeetato me see WAS loemg, tbie sweet, blue-eyedwenzan determined I� Make an bouorable living .y tile fruito of iter wee for Roger Pazteen, beanind leatelug his -wife mul tatey Meatier eompeeencie had died a ileoe tum, grieving in his heart imart$ • hip We tirreati bed abruptly Waite:ea before the fultill.ment ot his tufty umbilicees.- Eat etory-writing is not the easy tweet Um hut:gene reaziee may inlet:Tine and, life in a great,. crowded city up- on limited IS a, hewed etruggite ilategit &ghee teener Wavered. there were moments when the tender, 4410Lienal nature, blinink before the severeIr herd Manlier Ol awell-meazi- ing but sorely-haraseed publisher. It was SO hard for her to realize thee even oueee most SaCred thoughts meet to bartered. and baggled over fee the bread that perietteth, The airy fabrications of her lamentation received strew a creel Shock from conteeet With a penurious landlord, and Mete, taxes. and • water .-ratee Were bugbears Which she often wieleed in, the bottom of the. Sea; hut Mill 6be built ber castles ie the air iu .view a the day wilci she would have fieettred enough to Wee Joy that. •ideal home ter. •r.eatoved itom titeir mall. city lodgings, Uu SUCeeSS witheleort stories 1*.d led her to Un- dertake eaveral weliewritten articles an eurreeet 'topics. Their reception Wm so encouraging as to justify hee ambition to write a work innuortee. (What writer worth the mune does not sigh for immortality?) It was clew work, but sloe persevered,. zae.rv- ett by the thought of Joy. • Tbe child's merry prattle served as ten ine indention malty it time when the deers were dark, .end the Weary beta end fingers lagged at their task, but the child soon learned from a study „or her mot/leen face when, to be juble tont. and when, to rennin. Otte 'day a. messenger brought t0 her door ono of• thee° fateful YelloW teiteives which always caused. bar heart to throb painfully on opening. 14 ran; "Come at once; tun very ill. itiarge.ret, Douglass." Margaretbonnie, brownreyed Ma - ret ill, perhaps dying! Certainly silo would go, and izentasty prepar- ations wero made Within the nex° isettr. The lasting quality of girl friend- ships has often been Inalerestimated, sad womankind is here& to blame or allowing petty jealeusies to creep ;11 atul sever the loving ties which unong men are such connfaratively easy and lifelong affairs. But the regard of these two was exceptional. ilven when Margaret with her light - in more captivating XUatMer had tarried away the heart of the rnau vinint Esther secretly loved. their riendship bad remaiued as firm as wer. "Mizpah" with all that its Mautiful nwzming conveys, was to diem a perpetual watchword. With many loving embrdces Esther relinquished her precious Joy to the :axe of a kind neighbor, who was on- ly too pleased to have the .child's :orapany. Sorn the massive portals a the Union Station were left be- hind and Esther was whirled on and Da through the silent night to the bedside where even now her lifelong friend might be dying, or dead. She had dreaded this for Margaret. Sweet, winsome, clinging heart! Tarn from the husband of one short year by the cruel demands of war, which, like the brave soldier he was, he never thought of questioning. And then the overwhelming news of his death! She had longed so to be with Margater and comfort her re- gardless of her own bitter pain. And here she was at last. It was worse than even she had feared. The shock of the soldier's death had been toes much for her and now she was actually dying,—dying just as the wounded heart had tasted the sweet oveviloWings of mother love for the tiny life of her baby boy—the life she had paid for with her own. "Take him, Esther," said the feeble voice. "Promise me ,y011 will care ior hin as your own. Ohl if I could Dilly take him with me—but you pro- m i se And fearlessly and unheajtatingly the vow was taken. Very soon came • the sleep ef the beloved, the weary heiza pillowed on the true heart that had never failed her. Lingering on- ly long enotigh to see the last of Margaret's wasted -form, and gruclg- ,- ing every moment now spent away • froM -• her ,tlarling Joy, •Esther at • length fountl herself once more in ilonsY Toronto, once mere a partici- pant in the hum and roar of the /nighty' ditY, but tiliS title eXperiette- )10g the novelty of a new sensation. l'Appareritly unnonscious of the gaze cerious passers -lay bestoWed upon tier • she nead-e tho best of her. Way home • by the aid of a crowded ear, carry- ing all the while in her loving wens • the innocent cause of obterva ton— the tiny white -robed baby. She had 'scarcely g...ven a thought to the fatt that it was Christmas eve, so •preoc- • cepieet had she been,,With Margaret's , treableS. "Wori't JOyabe delighted! Wined. enenci be better? • Hove often EthZ haSsIonged foa ageiiueliv&dqli fronf Sanea, Claus', and here, it IS bronagh. Ileizehing ;home, an' hour when Joy was safely tine sound ly sleeping, thanks to the kindly neighbor, the tiny new-cemer was teaderly disrobed, fed mad hashed to slembee in the loving arms of his new -tad Mother. We will pass over Jere unbounded delight on /that bappy Olaristnaas meriting, and the restraint that had to ho iraposad to prevent her polling the coverings off the baby face and. huffffieff him too tightly' every ha- stant of tho day and pees me to an- other Caristmaa day, a year Rem the time little Guard Douglesa had nree entered Esther's home. More than ono during that time she had felt e throbbing anxiety as to how elle should maim& with a lit, tle life so vry dependent, and many were her speeulatioas 04 to the fu- ture, but AS for regret,' she felt Ilene, for the chilling criticisms of friends nuel acquaintances she cared not one whit. I doubt if she ever thought cif applying that sweetest of soyiugs, 'leaser -itch as you have done it unto the least"—though very few in all the "Teat city Merited that a ptine more th7ta he, if all the year's privations and self denials were made known. The babe had "hem a Marvel of good uature--fer there are exceptione even hi babies. As Obriete Zees drew near Esther put Ude Wan" tire an idea she had. long formulated in bo r thoughtful mind. "It's to right my boy, and I'll try it. I can but fail, and in the yeere gone by little Guard's grentiparente were very tend. I wonder if they ever theuget I would—but there now I meat never think of that even to myself, 1 wonder what 'could have prejudieed them 60 gainst poor Ma,rgaret. I wonder bew it is that disappointment can InnIce Peelde SO bitter. But I will write bite auyway, foe he must be hard. indeed, who could withstand such a grazateen. How shall I give hint up? But be env take no no- tice oz my letter. It is my duty to try. It will do his gearitlettber good to have the boy. lle a Mich a little iniage oe the lengelost eon." It geksved the proud beart of the Man that with all tho advantages of birth mil etleeation hin only son Should be bent on a. Military life— the rOugh and ready life of the sol- dier. To crown all be had inarriee girl VakUra be could not approve from a linanciat etandpolut or indeed from any other. All her uretty ways were lost on her lizzeband's father from the very beginaing. "A, pretty pair of fools; I wash my hands of them entirely." And he did Notwithstanding, be felt thrill of pride when his son, was se -e iected for a. Canadian contingent in the South African War, but he never disclosed it. IIis wife had fretted and pined in secret for her boy and flnally erept away train tini misery of her burden rendered intolerable by the news of her dateing's (leant. Iv - ea after her death the oll rustle pre• served a stubborn cover and road° no effort to learn the whereabouts ot his sorest wife. the sweet girl bride who, too, hail fallen a. enetba to the curse of war. Little Guard was just a year old, and a merry Melo prattler and tod- dler he wits when Esther's letter reached the stern old grandfather. All day long the child would follow Esther about or sit contentedly on the floor playing with, the aver at- tentive joy, during which interval the bard -worked mother would end time to snatch a few- minutes for her writing which had suffered severely from neglect during the year. "Phis Christmas the children had been promised a good old-fashioned dinner, "just like mother used to have when she was a little girl" and great and profound had been the ree sponsibility of helping mother pre - Pare for it. "We's is'ent berry big lot of children's is we, said the 'vi- vacious Joy, comparing the quanti- ty of delicious edibles with the size of the family. Esther sighed. Alone in the world almost and how keenly the ache is felt at this season as at no other. nut...only for an instant, and the old brave self is asserted. Catching up the baby boy while Joy capered ba, wildest gleeround her they made a circuit of the room in a series of dances that delighted the mirth -loving little •Guard beyond measure. They had only paused for breath when a knock came and a tall, dignified -looking old gentleman was admitted whonz Esther instantly ree cognized as Hugh Douglass, Gurerd's grandfather. The awkwardness of the greeting was broken by the child- ren themselves, who made friends with hint from the start, and it was not so hard a matter to explain.sas he ` had thought. Dittoed, Esther wanted no explanation. Her innate sympathy divined. all that the father had suffered through the son but which promised to be • more than made, up in. the love of a little child. Reparation had been: With him a very tardy task, but now he meant it to be a thorough one. Without inakieg any wordy confession he gave Esther to understand elearly how genuine was his sorrow for his lone- ceationed hardness of heart. • Fond- ling his little grandson there ca,ine a swift heart -reading • recollection of the time when his 'own boy had sat just soon ,his knee and patted Witt laocveing fingers father" loving f waut t� take him with ,me.. I must, Tot, what cell an old snan ',like. inc act with a baby; • I could.not thlnk of ,trusting • hina' •,to,• serVarits, Will .you, madam., who ,11.avci 'done 'everYthing • far him thus -fee bring your little girina,ncl make your home with: is. • -1 ,nave ample melees for all. Oh! •Gad.:to,,,thinle that. ,but for you this little one 'would have bean throWn on the ' mercy of' the world.: while '1 .sat selfisidyein the midst of plenty!: Esther:Pondered: It would' Mean- .freedom -fronaOneepsany toil; and had she net ,PreitaiSedt her .dying friend?,' Yee; she would, •e"Jege hoi sakee- she whispered to ,beeselfe Now ta einner. Pitt theezetiaospaenre. of that Christhins(lay ,se,Oinett chaDg edwith gelvenie .netteeiese • They had jupt 'seate,d ethernselees, when,'4A- other , rap • was heard. •..,Theereale Startod .and.,..CVendered who if could be, fere they • NerQ'tiSuaLly.de quit ' little' g'enrip. Esther ' hesitated' betters , opehafge elea,doore e -Dia thoine :Vote° feozeie the ,e5es tee 'seine teneeen, Pregencte of a. long -last friend rise before hei"' spiritual visien? Could it be? YeS, it must be tbelong-loet soldier! No spirit, bat a veritable substance. "Esther! eluartit" But who. qui de- eeribe the effect ot the apparitioa qL life father? "Father, have you, Per - given Me," Alan), epee and "my boy! my WWI the is nothing to fpr - give" from the other. "Bat tell us, tell s, 'how can le be yea are Yet live, and why are you here?" . It would tee° too long to enterine to the details et that sea story of gory struggle, of a wound So nigh unto death that he was eeported dead indeed, of the slow and painful returning to life. mad OW Icalg Irt011tb4 tO hear the news of hie wife's death. Strange that no men- tion of ing baby boy bad, reached him in the long an dreary <interval Since then, when he bad -begged to be allowed. to remain In Africa! any- where away from, his broken home and unrelenting father. But a. softer spirit and ea utter loathing of the butchery in which he mingled from day to day stole ever hint as Cbriste was tide drew mar, arid he had ask- ed and, obtained leave to come borne. Tirane to his father! Not ending bim there lie had after seine diencule tY ascertainedhia fatber's errand, te Toronto and fellowee WM as quickly as steam and electricity could carry him. Again be bad experienced soine delay through mistaking the street an number but here he wes, less beerishly itadadaente, but 'infinitely hutellee the sadness of the pest por- traying iteeif in 4 gravity which sat all too steadfastly on the fee° el One 50 youeg. The for of dinner was Over at last. the little Guard fouled himself possessed of more relatives than his little need could grnsp, and bad te be taken up and comforted by the one friend lee had known—his eaul his mo- ther's friend in very truth. Looking at the grave noble face of the one wito held Ws boy so closely in her protecting arms, Guard Doug- lass, the returned soldier, thought he never saw a, sweeter sight or one Oa.t thrilled bim so strangely. Be wondered he had never seen the inner beauty of Esther's face as he beheld it now. t was a proof that Estberns love' for ejargaretes boy surmounted all obstacles of pride and womanly re- serve that she did not break her promise of accompanying little guard to his auceetral home where if the wishes of three generations can be regarded, she will go uo more out forever. "COME elERE. SIR." It was during evening preparation. Jones minor Was alWayS getting into intechief, apd the master had Ms eye on hine In consequeece. "Jones minor, you're talking," said be suddenly. "Yts, sir," replied Jones, meekly. "What were you saying?" P4USO. "Well, I'm waiting. What was it you said?" "Come here and I'll tell you, sir," answered Jones. We stared aghast'at our compan- ion and wondered what would hap- pen next. The master looked as if he had, not heard right. "What did you say?" he said slowly. "Como here and tell you, sir," ventured Jones again. We were on the tiptoe of expecte-, lion. Such daring as this was un- paralleled, even for Jones. The master rose from his chair; his anger wns terrible to see. "Leave the room!" he thundered, striding to- wards the trembling culprit. "Why sir?" faltered Jones. "Why sir?" sputtered the irate pedagogue. "When I ask you what you were talking about you ask me to come to you and you'll tell mei Why, _indeed?" Yea, sir; but that's really what I did say," the boy replied. "Mobbs asked me what the exercise was, and I said, 'Come here and I'll tell you.•• JUST Time: A WOMAN. The coffee was weak, the toast burinn'to a cinder, and the ham as hard as leather, or at least he said so. His wife's long patience gave way. "John Henry," said she, "I've tried • faithfully to cook for you twelve long years. No ono in the town has better cooked food, yet you aro always finding fault. Why can't you praise me once in a while I'd like to know ?" Ile lookecl up in astonishment. "Well, if you Ain't the most mu.ea.- sonable woman I ever saw," he ejac- ulated. "Why, many and many is the time I've sat down to a meal and never said a ,,word about it, Anybody would know there wasn't any fault to he found, or I'd a' found it, and yet you want a better compliment than that 1 That's just like a woman—they can't tell a Q01U- pliment whea they get one 1" DDIYEN TO IT. • ' A lady -and her daughter were go- ing :along a country road when they met a. tramp, who asked for alms, and when refused walked away, ex- claiming:— , "Ala, I 'lutist .clo at last." "Qh; maMma., , did you hear what that poor man. said ?'' • "H e said: he 1 mast do it at last. suppasa lis, iS going to de What all poor, hungry wretches do—commit • The .lady, tearing .this, exclaimed; !Tail him back; t muat save hini from seek an awful deed," and, tak- ing Out her ,purse, bonded the teepee-, t42.t3r 041ts. 'No, my- geedmain, she ex,- elaiMed, "Wkat did: yoU 'Mein:, When you said 'You '13:lust do it fit ;apt ?" Work, ma am" eaatt aatforel 'melee than one, flower in Iny' ,hat," she sald. eo the m1:flirter,' "Very Well," replied' that eeortifee lady; ,. antheeie 'will .yoo have et?"' h :".tet Me see," 'ehe atie' Seeeeed; :line:0,40)1y. sit ;neat to .the Well in church, so L.thi#kget .you. to to it, on the. nede nexe.tcathe epue , . srattigoil,:i,"' • BRAD aperRrar Stormed Oraeiam Bread—Mix wed salt three cup graham Deur, oao cup 'white flour, three azid a.. half teaspoons eoda. and one teaspoon, salt. Add one cup mola,ssee (scant) and eve° nmi half cupa sour milk. Tun into buttered one -pound baking pewder cans and steam two and half hours. Oat Dread„—Pour aver owe cup rolled oats, two cups boiling water, and let stand several hours or over night; add one-balf pup molassee, one-balf teaspoon sett and one table- spoon shortening. Stir thoroughly, then add four end a half elope flour. Let rise, beet thoroughly, turn into buttered bread pans, let rise again and Rbake. Wizen wanted (or 'biscuits use one -bele cup less flour. White Bread—Hee one pint liquid, ene tablespoon sugar, two table- Spe011a Pliertgaing, one and a hkelf teaepozeue salt, from one-quarter to 1 yeast cake dissolved in one-quar- ter cup luhewarrn water and flour to knead. Entire Wheat Breed—Seald ene cup rinds, cnn eup boiliug waeer ; when lukewarm add two tablespoons molaseee shortening, three table- spoons molasses, one and a ball tea. - *poops salt and one yeast Calm dis- solved in one-quarter cup tanewarm water. Mix thoroughly, then add 1 cup white flour end enough entire wheat flour to knead. Cover, let rise, shape, let rise again and bake in 4 hot oven. WafileS--Mix, and sift one and three-. querters sups flour, three teaspoons baking powder end me -ball tea. spoon sett. Add gradually one cup milk, the yolks of two eggs well beaten, ond teaspoon melted butter and the -whites of two eggs beaten Mid Cool; on a well greased hot waffle iron and serve with boiled ei- der. Allow twice as much eider a sugar and let boil until of a syrup consistency. efutrins.—eavand sift two cups en- tire wheat flour, four teaspoons bak- ing powder and one-half teaspoon salt. Work into mixture one-quar- ter cup butter with tips of fingers. Add one and one-quarter cups inilk and bake in buttered gem pans in a hot oven. Krantz (Coffee Bread). — One cup aided milk, one-half cup butter, one-quarter cup sugar, one -bait tea- spoon salt, two eggs, a, few gratings lemon rind and one yeast cake dis- solved in three tablespoons lube, warm water flour. Make a sponge of milk, salt, sugar, yeast and flour. Whim wt,1,1 risen, edd eggs well beaten, leromf rind, melted but- ter, and flour enough to make a stile batter. Let rise again, then turn into a buttered pan and again t rise. Brush over with beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar and chopped almonds. HOT wATEn. Young Jones: "I mean to so live that whoa 1 die all tile great cities of the earth shall quarrel over the question of niy birthplace." Young Brown: "Yes, each one will lay the blame on some other." In cases where there is non -assim- ilation of foods, accompanied by voinitieg, purging, and even convul- sions, lir. 11. Se MeOunnel orders all the hot water the child will take given through a nursints, bottle. In ono most. severe case ;here no kind of n.ouriannent could be retained, and medicines did no good, the hot water treatment was tried. The first bottle of water was immediate- ly voirsited, but the second was re- tained, and a most peaceful sleep folenved. The condition of the bow- els gradually improved, and vomit- ing gave very 'little trouble. At the end of another 24 hours a teaspoon- ful of cream, lime -water and water was given every hour, then egg wa- ter and, finally, condensed milk. This was an extreme case, everyone expecting the child to die, yet it made a good recovery. . When a child is vomiting and purg- ing, when its very life seems to be oozting away, there is an irresistible temptation to support life by giving nourishing food, yet experience has taught that all food acts as an em- etic or purgative, and if it does not so act it is useless, the assimilative functions are all suspended, and se- cretions and excretions are pervert- ed. Hot water here is a stimulant, an antiseptic, a sedative an.d a food. Water will support life for a time, transfusion of saline solutions has rescued individuals from the grave, and if you will flush the stomach, of the voniiting and purging infant with hot water for 24 hours, with- holding all foods, and then, in small and easily digestible quantities, at short intervals, give nourishment, you will -very often. rescue-- it from the grave. Ceramence with pure hot water, then add salt, and, when ne- cessaty, sugar One will be surpriza ed to see howgreedily the children drink it„„preferring- it to their uerse, and ft will produce a quiet, .peaceful sleep, and the extremities that Were previous1y-cols1 and clammy will M be- , come Waranu natural. , HOME-MADE, YEAST. It is true that skilful manage- ment of an inferior brand. will often produce, better bread and • biscuits than careless treatment of fine fam- ily flour, but nothing can remedy the disadvantage of indifferent yeast. We give below a ' recipe for how - made yeast which will in nine capes bouats befeerausienasuirlel',goollord wit!, 'Four large, mealy potatoes, peeled, two quarts of cold water, one tea- cupful of loose dry honse.ore half It ce,pi akolgisP,reefsS'teldonAh?lta sli‘ tw•e°•nPfll'tla• binei- liyelY Yeast, or a yeast cake clissolv ed ,ji» a little 'Warm Water, the Boee- el is 'the beet: Put, Water, putatoeS, and the hops tied air ea a bit' of cord muslb v01:, the 'fire in; a clean pot, boil lintel the potatoes break apert whee a, fprie is stuck in- to them. Graese they are very old • or very aew tide sleeald he in bail an hour after the boiling beginee take eat the potatoes, leaving the water end hops on the range where they will bali slowly; Mesh the potatoes smooth in a, bowl, with a. wooden spoon, anti work in the sugar, when these are well mixea wet the paste with three telelespoonfule of the boil- ing hop tea, then stir in a table- epoonful of flonr. Do this four times, beating and stirring to get rid of heaps, whea the flow is all in, add 4 little at a tittle of the rent, et the hop tea. setueezin,g the bag bard to get every drop, throw the boiled bops away and week the bag well before putting it aside for the next yeast maleing. Strain the thlaic grayish liquid through a COlaa- der frith a. bowl and let it get al- Inout but not quite cold before you stir in the half cupful of made yeast tbat is to rise it: set aside out pf the dust and wind, put soreetbing over it and leave It ee work, say a sieve or piece of netting. It is a, goad plan to set the bowl in 'a. large dish to eatch What may run over tbe sides. Wimp the yeast ceae- ee to sing and the bubbles no longer rise and bretik en the eerfece the fermentation is cettiplete. Four er five hours in July, seven In January usually brings this to pass; pour the yeast into stone or ginee jars fitted with corks, keep in a cool dark place, and do net epee except to draw Q ft the quantity needed for a baking, lieNTS TO DYSPEPTIC Eat Meetly, masticating - the food very thoroughly, even mere so if possible tban is required in. health. The mere time the food spends in the mouth-, the less it will spend in the stomach. Avoid drinking ttlaleal5; at most take a. few Sipe of warm driek gt the close ot the meal it the I9Od Is very dry in. tharecter. in general dyepeptie stomachs manage dry food bettee than that containing mut* le.,at neither very hot nor cold food. Tire best teraperature is about that of the body. Avoid exposure to old after eating. Be careful to avoid excess in eating. Eat no more than the wants of the system require. Sometimes less than is real- ly needed mist be taken when diges- tion is weak. Strength depends not on what is eaten, but. on what is digested. Never take violent exer- else of any sort, either mental or physical, either just before or just after a meal. Never eat more than three times a day, and mato the last meal very light. For roomy dys- peptics two meals are better than more. Never eat a morsel of any sort between meals. Never eat when very tired, whether exhausted from mental or pilysical labor. Never eat when the mind is worried or the teznper ruined, if possible to avoid doing so. Eat only food that Is easy of digestion, avoiding complicated and indigestible dishes, and taking but ono to three kinds at a meal. Most persons will be benefited by the use of oatmeal, wheat meal, cracked wheat, and other whole -grain prepar- ations, Gough many will find it nei- cessary to avoid vegetables, especial- ly when fruits are taken. TEE GEREAN FOL/CE. They Ov&shatd—ow Everything in the Fatherland. A stranger in Germany soon makes the acquaintance of the police, little as he may desire it. A German so- cialist once said, "It takes half of all the Germans to control the Other half," and one who sees Gernattny's immense army, her cloud of officials, great arid small, and her omniscient policemen, is inclined to believe that the socialist was right. You have been in Germany a. week, more or less, when the policernim calls. At first you cannot believe that he is really after you, and then your mind runs back guiltily over the past. Ile takes out his little book—ono of a small library of books which he car- ries in his blouse—and inquires your age, your nationality, and how long you intend to stay. You learn sub- sequently that a record of every per- son in the empire is carefully kept, with full details as to his occupa- tion, material wealth, and social standing. If you move into a new house, you must notify the police ; if you move out, you must notify the police; if you hire a servant girl, you must purchase a yellow blank and report' the fact, the girl else making a report. Whea she leaves, you must send in a. green blank stat- ing why she is dismissed, where she is going, and so on. If you fail in any one. of these multitudinous ree quireznents of the government—and I have mentioned only a few of them— there is a fine to pay,- each fine graduated to the enormity of the offense. There aro offenses graded as low -as two cents. HIS 'PECULIARITY. .As prawn took the vacant chair the barber treated the company to an eloquent wink and a now -gents - ready -to -smile kind of a look. "you must find that impediment in your speech rather ieeonvenient at times, Mr. Erown." "Oh,. n-no—everyb-body has his little p-peouliarityv StalY03201ing is m-m-erfine ; what' IS yours ?" Well, really 'Mr. Brown, II ain nbt aware that I haVe any." • ”W'which hand do y -you • stir y -your tea, with ?" "The right heed, of course." that is y -your p-pecefiar- ity; • most p -people , u -use �teteas spoon." • • ' , 'SAFE FACE; warm ,MEN„:. Ilere, is one' 01 :the InaiiST 'stories" told len the late De, Whipple, Bishop 'of Minnesota, 'etetuiV ' years ego (emit). , the ',bishep), 1 web holding seevice neat', an yielege 'eginp, were seattered'.about in -a, 1°51kg' ede' 'P‘Whhieefilw -,,''whet14isellgr'iCitinWgut ,abst'afie. to 'leaVe them ,there while I Went to the ee hold 4 service, lad said, 'Perfectly safe. Thereas2not tt White ,, in within ' " ' iifouroeilkaun- "There, there!" said. Tare. Moe- Vyrrh, PletlaUg Up her lietle bey, wive had Mire his toe. "Don't cry., Be man, like mamma." A seal has been, krtown to reined* twenty -eve Manntea under water, The ordinary active life of 4 .1000;t" aletilre. averages fifteen yews. In. 101 English people used * ouneea head a year of cocoa; not they drink nearly pound - There are at Present about 0,000 Ponies in the Shetlands. A true Shetland pony stiould be between 91 and 10 bands eigh. Of Seotland's .39,902 square 6.8i square miles are water, M.4 4sa beach and fereshoree useless lan Agri' cultural purposes. Th (looking out el tbe. wieelow) "It's so bright and theerful witgin, "It' e so bright and cheerful within, She; "Withoet what, ?" "Attlee etre yea. dearest." "I beer BrollSOri sang 'Melted in the Cradle of the Deep" at the con- cert." "Yes." "Did he do it well?" 'leo did. indeed. 11 was so vivid that live people left the hall over- come with seeelekezese." Ie. the matter ef National Debt the United, leinselem stands lower than France, Gerraeny aud Rus,5141,, France, with 1,200 raillione, owes most ; tho United States, with 231 millions, least. "I hope I eee yoit well?" he said guentlY to the QUI farmer leaning on his hoe. "I bop° you do," was the unexpected answer; "but if you don't see r00 well, young man, put eR speee." Wife: "I am going down town thin ramming tO try and match 4 piece of silk." Husband: "Very well, eny dear; tell the cool; to save zonie dinner for you, and put the childreze to bed myself." Ruth—"Belle is a selZ-saerilbeing girl. She makee all hr own dres- ees. Size told me so when I asked her tile name of her dressmaker." Dolly—"Stupiell Sb e told you that so you couldnet get dresses from the same modiste." She—"What. Is the correct trans- lation of the motto of that lovely ring you gave me?" ne—"Faithfue to the last." She—"'1'h e lest! How horrid, And you've always told MO betone Cult I was the very first." The Dear Girl—"I am really astoar, ished to bear you advance the proe position that a child should not be corrected in the presence 01 strang- ers." The Savage Ba.chelor—"Ile should not be, because be sbould neve er be in the presence of strangers, that's why." A Scotch lawyer was well reproved, wizen, seated by a, lady fully aware of her own plain looks, haviug bowen to his hostess in giving the tote% "Honest men and bonnie lasses," she rejoined, raising her own glass, "We may both drink that toast, since it refers to neither of us." It was ze few minutes before dine ner when little Freddie inquired : -- "Mamma, have X been bad to -day "Yes, Freddie, very bad indeed.'e "Do you thiak you'll send me to bed 'without any supper ?" "I have 4 great mind to." "Well, .mamma, wish you would let me know now, so that I can tell how much dinner to eat." .1•••••••••1.0 The barber remarked the sparsity of his customer's hair. "1-labe you ever tried our special hair waSh?” he said expectantly. "Oh, no, it was- n't that that did it," was the cus- tomer's crushing reply. Jones (Who is carving): "By Jove. if there's anything I do love it's roast goose." Mrs. Jones—"Well John there's nothing to my mind so beautiful and touching as a proper affection among members of a fam- ily." "You are an iceberg'!" exclaimed her elderly but well-preserved ador- er, pale with anger and mortifica- tion. "A dozen cupids with a hun- dred arrows each, tould never find a vulnerable place in your flinty heart 1" "Not if they used an old beau to shoot with," coldly replied the beautiful girl. Professor (lecturing) — "Oxygen„ gentlemen, is essential to all animal existence. There could be no life without it. Strange to say it was not diScovered until a century ago, Student—''What did they do before it was discovered, sir?" "No man. ever obtained anything worth having without working hard af:alonodidt, wsaid hIlawrtro,sss. 13sliocni::r s to hei' bus- adiscouraget 131c1cers reflectively. remember that X obtained you without the l' 1 t • • d' " , BeecnelY a Public 'Sthool teeeher wrote the seetemo, oThem, boys are sliding down hill," and requested someone i11 the se-boot-roof/1 to 'aer- met and why." • fine brig -ht 3r9Ungr, pter leeict ap, lis hand, and, on being naked, said:— ''Correctian; Those beYs are eliding down hill. Why: Because they caa't slide ole" r it rtsa't 1.11 ‘1,her at iS :w4,11er6.t it 50 eas that a. it te lc •S'lligerj.}....113-,6°'%1 6', h4.f°7:,,•' -1,?" • mad , ' b Don o .,„ than .c• 6).0 k bou