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Exeter Advocate, 1902-3-20, Page 3„k - LONDON TilE GREAT. INTERESTINO PACTS Actour TU WORLD'S ilETRQPOLIS. 4i "0-iiic,ire.irpiiiiircis144iitiiii+-44-4-4441-#4,,,f(44-4-4147441740-0 Pesidents in London who are in- the last named of 40.824 Since teeisted. in their place of residenee. its complicated, soeial problems, and. its vast population. to which, so hueny foreign na,tions make contribu- tions, ibut the latest Blue Book rela- tive to last eear's censes a fascinat- ing stedy. It is a. vilest intimate •doctutaint, although its tables may atiNe ferbidding appearance. It tells of every Londoner's plaee of birth, age,, occupation, and condi- tion, end, even records the number of 1891." HOW LONDON LIVES. These eensus 6gures suggest the question: -"How does London live?" And the official reply is not without interest in view el tbe increasing de- mand for houses for the working classes, and is reassuring, since. there IA A deeline in the huddling together of poor people in eiuglo rooms. It Is stated: - "The total number of separate ten - husbands, on the one hand. and the eawars, which bad been, 997,606 in 'wives, on the other, whose spouses 1.891„ rose to 1,019,540, the increase were absent on the night ou which being equal to 8.7 per cene. Of this the retina was mule, though the Ile- total the tenements containing five gistrar-Genernl. in noting that theled or MOTO rooms incrosed from. 307, - were 47,810 husbands Wifeless^ a"''' i 0.37 to 8/7.516 equal to 1.3.2 pet 63,035 wives husbandless, does not cent.. while the illemwe of those stIMst that -all these eases "'Pre" with less than five rooms was from suited domestic tregedies. 630.569 to 672.030, and did not ex- ;nem a stillig dough. Cover tightly Nearly two hundred Pages of facts mod 6.6 per cent.. The rote of in- and let stand 91 a warm, xta bot. [ Sor Londoners are set forth in Wee.- ) crease in the larger tenements was, tive contrast, and he who will, may I therefore, exactly double that shown 'room over night. In the merning from 'these pages learn much of the i he the smatter tenemente. •Stated, in knead the deugh th°rQngh134 then bustling city. It is no mean city, or another way. the tenement% with five rather aduilnletrative county. It Dor more lemms were equol to 39.7 -comprises:- 1 per cent. of tile total tenements in Seventy-four thousand, eight hun- i1891, mid to 31,1 per cent. at the re- eircd and thirty-nine statute acres. i cent census, while the percentage of Ftay„cloa pacitautcatacy coasatu, lithe tenelynttis f with ...leass to norle rooms flee sue rout 4. o a• • .encies. ,•,. , The redection tit the number of the Twenty-eight metropootan 1/n*-- latter class of tenements was most strongly marked ha the tenements ol Fifteen petty seselonel divisions. ove ram. which dedined from 2,7 $ix hundred nna eleven reeleslastia rio2 fa 2891 to 149.524- that 8 eat parishes. In the discese of London. from 18.1 per cent. of the total tette- Boehester, or $t. Albans. melds to 14.7 per cent. 1,t may fur - 14'"r milliQh Wee hundred atul tilltn" liar be pointe4.1 out that the number ty-six thousand five hundred and for- of single room tenements Is which ty-ene persons, or nearly five times were than two persons were enamel, as many as a century ago. itteil declined front 50.622 to 40,762, * It may interest the curious to while the lumber of one-rootited tene- learn that tlie smallest parish is St, meats with six or more inetates on Alebage, London Wadi. with 20 Ia. , the census night declined from 4,097 babitante, while Lumbeth Palace. ' " to 1.802. The tenemente of two with itti 37 residents. is in. the die- reams showed a slight devrease and cese of Canterbury, so that Dr. Tete- ethes,‘, ef three and four rooms a pie is still in his own ecclesiastical =allied increase upon the numbprs ro. area when residing in London. k twned in 1891." Louden is not growing' as rapidly , „ , . , , .as le was. because near the centre 741"4)10"e AS 1111hAS AND ATI301%" other residential buildings are giving The itegistraMS;eral has the sat - private houses are beeoming Omits. 1 plaeo to °gives. and the population isfaetion of recording. that. there were J s toing driven ever outward into 720,062 households on the night of the 1nore distant suburbs. the census Witrit both Own' heads, while lie prints Emile interesting fig- 'CROUTII OF ORNATER LONDON. tires as to the marriage state of Lan - in recent years London hos been den.s PeIttlintlen:- "Of the males, 1,292.5111, aro un - most energetically pushiog its bor.. days antward, co,cceag gods watt married, 177.368 are Warded, and are widowed. Of the females. brices and mortar and trausforming 72.128 1,403,842 are unmarried. 793,097 rural lanes into forma, well ma- eaderneeed nods, awl watt oleos. aro married and 197,517 are widow - Consequently "Greater Londorc" how ed. 1 blondes may var/8,e8 which are "The proportions ot the married to population. at all ages is now still counted for local government the purposes as belonging to tbe coon- higher limn It w" In 18n. ,ewing, ties of Surre,e. Rent, Essex and liert- ' to tb° decrease in the proportion in ichilthen theough the decline in the hili rate. Tbe proportion of the trried, however„ if calculated on the population aged upward of twen- ty years, is distinctly lower than it Wn.s3 ten years ago, both among mal- es mid females. "The number of males under twen- ty-one returned as married is 2.809, and the 'number of females 10,529. There are also twenty-one widowers and eeveuty-three widows under twenty-one years of lige." LONDON'S Alla:JOWL). IN ICElla! Wit a soft sponge or cleth, will re- OLD ElIGLAND cated by tidsing' the 13ble" 41ft*L'' repeatiog the oath. eeiVele*.feetete.**..tataketaeg **lee h .1:"Oveelerytiwimea.ves ana parsley may be Mr. Cecil Rhodes has beconie en 4'1 the t Aboudriga and used for flavoring soups, N-.F..ws By x&A.u., AwaTIT jowl. Ikiglish landed proprieter. He has ee. ., On teaspoonful each of tarter ena Beeord of Occurreueee in the Land Pk;rres:33,4Tsaehdnet:Ptrie;e:a.ere:rfruerteeixi'::caodm:::;:iti":17bi; is about 24.000. 4 e:tTe'ro Jeep pies or cakes from buro- .... , ,, 2 0111,1gvnounntdleier pbaonstto.na sprinkle salt on House . BULL .AND hetS ItgOPLE:. Pelham Ifall estate, neer liewmor- 414.44.74440 7 -4,4441" etio end sugar ia theca tablespoon- , a'a That is Supreme in tho Coln- fuls of water placed where the exits The cereaation of aeorge IV. was MUFFINS AND BOLLS. ivill drink of it wilt drive them away. An Enee1m4erjQuiarYlrelWati°2.1:a.e floecl ' the most niagnificeat ceremeny ever r dead betty. witrieesed ia Britain. queen Victor, Every housewife Selights he the rise a whout refasing to view a ist broom to clean. ia's coronotioa cost 26O,421 1s. 104, maidog of lint breaels. The southern the slide, a new scrubbing brush to The House of Lords comprises 600 "4 Vii the the Ill''s 112,2913 34 ectele, above tell othere, is famous for clean Potatoes, a new tooth brush led -e, startllog drop from the amount these delicacies„ which are otilized to clean celery and theinn strain - Twenty -two Ihikee sit in the HMIS of 2240,000 spent on George IV. eerS, disa. Tao eaeipee giiMa here balm. thing that can be used to wash the An enonyenous geutlemon has offer - QA a breakfast. luncheon and supPer er, A %Tubbing brush Is thbest. e inilk can with. Use• enier.y powder fTLii:rIeds'are 670 members of the eCaaisttilelf but tlii)er oadenrieow :ifieTtl°Atto fbecl beea tried witle Sticcess. declined, as Sir W. Beaucliamp has Delicious l'oricer House Rolle -To and kerosene to ciean the nickel licfaSe a COMMAnts. make roils that win literally melt in trimmings on the step:), s Tho Spea.her of the British Hauge already °filmed to provide a new the mouth and, are both delicate and To remove tar from cotton goods. f Commons receive25.000 a year. bo toothsome. scald one pint of milk, b with lard before washing, yaTrlideaitanif.orobilasoinch. t .t1:0eil,R.tooyablelliioutt toria Jubileres' InstitutbagTie iinrY hresien of the Qteeen Vie e Ntle add to it one limning tablespoonful A small wooden box tilled with vot it. Then otaPs1 eshie lentil Juke- closets. will absorb the 42ampnes$ mz,11..Visittirialt.elieionsintecith2li4y wyeairisenBrittoinsele 4,44,.e1701.1:0(11,4•04Snt:ITY:9:11$401.17°X1Intkigfalgi butter and au even teaspoonful of isne, kept in the cellar, pantry and up, warm. Sift one quart of dour into and Iteep the air dry and pure. ehipping. in meniory of the late thugeo Vic. largo earthen bowl, MiX With ill it gs, Use liquid bluing end yoa wno Orin. 4 se ±,..?ri ll at 600 people, representing o nightly S frat,11: aTsvtlst 4411.41.41nac3relieeW ti ane.41e.741.431Pektl tablesimonful of granulated sugar. be troubled from rust on your London's theatres wi olvedin a little waren water. Stir To rentove putty without iniery to The late Sir A.rchibald Smith, Ittase Swansea, WISICIS luss teen constructed . ruing of 26.009. oether the flour end the warm milk the glass pass a hot soldering iron of the Rolls, heos left pereormit ot an outlay of 2'20,000 were for Melly opened by Mr. Griffith Tliotiette elding lin,Qice goer as required to over it. The heat of the iron softter - of the net value of 294.052 8s 10d, the elleYor- s ft. and Permits its removal with that09.4.wi1Ieelit hi:aelatt*rr its ee;c: :171;1114 03b1 eat got:haze:4c:: ru diosent,col: tille Owele: 14gtt Sal: Jttna that c °NI :IT:. omf aSne u tl. oil Latuteth, who on .Feb. 19 was 105. knife or chisel 'without, trouble. tiognetinert twhaos argtellat fvorbaSouQn5d;,r trming IXQI:d74asrarrua'a:IchliiillitghrouVg°h4litht.:*: Ain.% .'4. The Roglish Baptists t are sill some eIN'll war. 4 050,000 or 4:00.11,00 short of the tt '/I 41? hglos)efor-geact5-cordeing to the West Eue gia50,000 which. they are aiming to been ttlhen fel. tlie' feee7eul2a7tsGetts ilv'e41'134 son in London, and those that have The Puke of Rummi. w140 rceoutty been let have changed hands on 'cep' celebrated his tttird birthday, is one moderate terms. tifelde tl.isclisilirnueletZre of Lord I3encens- Arrangenteats are new being Madt Tti,44b4davrttaeditt:414113.by°t Alt. 33.17441re8nPin4 .to 'ing'sutials nilet't:PleanSseeelite4tYctlercbsit: et'alle'rh5esteerrt7re:141e143, a Ualetead. Rent. ActuraltgulatiesiPojfutrehe etitilye. arcbl Austen. mother et Ides. Jamea Ward, .A, committee of the London Com).- woman witit a eitild in her arm& ty Councit wilt recoil/owl thet, as 1F,nocked doirit by a locoluotivt tbe level croseing, at Ilortbhaller . Tho train reseed over the evia ent ut ani1451tielrelo4uhsill;'llubrutt. Ile" he 0 Every Care will te taken to proteal ha fabric et Westminster Abbey from iura7 in consequence of the wort,. bo .5Sar,F in Mlle:lion with the eon tiou arrangements. The cost tal timber alone is 110.600 the hroniele says. Ten children. over. oue hundred grotal children. and. fifty great grand, children cOnstitute the farally a Mrs. Mary Taylor, who died recently at Lancaster. Moro than a. hundred. dee slacednytnstusuerzere present at the old The estimate a the cost of con- structing the electric railway be- Weell Brighton and London. is in round figures 17,D3118,403. '1'ho sta- tions will cost zuvio„000. uroi accora,-, nlodation. bridges and viaducts 41.- /2t4,361. while not less than X - 4,"2t is to be spent upon tttnnels. A cargo of blue gum thither has ar- rived at Pover from Australia for thq national harbor works. This Jim - her has been. chosen for piles breouse it will not goat. Soule of the stielts Weigh as melt 05 ten USW eaell. and tinheLnegaritg.e. between 3.00 and 200 feet od one cake vompressed yeast ells- clothee. IMO% excluding, of course, the City. ford. This area of 4411,419 atre hos a population. of 6.581,372 per- sons. an increase of neorly a, million. -947.000, to be exacta -in the pr e- 130118 ten years. roughly one-third coining from within, and two-thirds front outeitle districts. As Is pointed out: - "In the city of London and six of the central metropolitan boroughs the enumerated population shoeved au actual deeline of over 67,000 in the ten years, notwithstanding that the recorded excees of births over deaths in that period amounted approxi- London. has its due proportion 01 mutely to 70,000. In these central those who aro crippled by loss of buroughs, with one exception, a de- sieeht or hearing. Of the former there crease of population bus regularly. ate 3,556, which mortis a slight de - occurred during. the last four iuter- crease since 1891. a tendency which cense' periods, and has been due in is more marked in the case of the great measure to the transforma- deaf -and, therefore, damb-ixho num- tion of dwelling houses into ware- Ler 2,057. About a quarter of the houses, offices and business premises. former, so great have been the This centrifugal dispersion of town strides made in, the instruction of population is, however. shared by persons thus afflicted, are able to m- all great, old and prosperous cities. gage in some occupation, while half of the deaf are in a similar fortunate THE SUPERABUNDANT FEALALE. I • post Of the blind 122 were workers 'in willow, cane or rush, 00 were nrusi- chins, 76 costermongers. 49 brush or broom makers, and 45 musical in- strument makers or tuners. Of the deaf and dumb, 04 were tail- cirs, 72., boot and shoe makers, and 71 dresi'makers; 55 were engaged in laundry and washing service, 44 were domestic indoor servants and 40 bookbinders. INCREASE Ole WOMEN WORKERS retails of the methods by tvidch the people of London make -or do not make -their living are of inter- est, and it appears that 82.8 per cent. or the males over ten years old attempt to earn a subsistence, and no less than 38.4 of the females; in the latter case there is an increase of 1 per cent. whieh is hardly sur- prising inview of the invasion of the business world by women, 76.3 per cent of whom are unmarried. Some figures are given: - "Of the 719,331. females over ten years of age engaged. in. occupations, 548,721, or 76,:3 per cent., are un- married, and 170,610. or 23.7 per cent. are married. Among the occu- patiote io which. married or widowed feinales are principally engaged are laundry and washing service, with 27,204-ot whome 7,60a work 'at Ininie"--a gain s t 20,158 onmarried; charwomen .with 21,621 , married, against 4,327 unmarried; dressmak- ers, . milliners, stay -makers, shirt makers, and seamstresses with 24,;• 818 married -of whom 11,605' werk 'at home. ---against, 80,700 unmar- ried, and.11,567 'tailors married -of svii.oin 4,572 work 'at home - against 21,547 21,547 unmarried; 2,381 girls between ten and. fourteen years, and 5,876 boys of the same ages week 'for.. their livings," Mahe into mall turnover rolls, and let semi in a warm place until very light, then hake in ft, quiet: oven. for fifteen minutes. Southern Egg Uread-Few mirth - critters !mow or appreciate this deli- cious brealifast, diet. To he made at its best the genuiae eteathern meal should be used, but even if that is not to be 4:btained the bread is ex- reellinglY telliPtillg. and worth the trial. Scald one ;and one-half cup_s of cornmeal thoroughly and let stand until cool. but not gold. Beat the voles aml whites a three eggs eep- aratelit and add the yollis to one pint of milk. Stir the milk and eggs into the scalded meal slowly, and when well mixed add half aetea- spoonful of mit and two teaspoon - of baking powder. Lastly. whip in, the well beaten widten of the eggs and pour in a deep eerthen dish that has been greased. Bake in a moderate oven from halt to three- quarters of an hour. Serve from the dish hi which it Is bated with a• large spoon. The bread sholad CrIn a, the bottoln, but soft. like rich custard, at the top. Boston Brown Bread -No hot bread is mare tempting or more wholesome than the Boston brown bread at its test. To make it as it is made at bonze, it is memory to attain rye meal in place of tbe flour which is ordinarily used, but the result am- ply repays the trouble, which need not be excessive. as the meal can usually be found at feed stores of the ,rger and better sort,. Mix togetlo er one and one-half pints of the rye Meal and of cern meal. Stir into them ono teaspoonful of salt and one cup of molasses. Mix all together with one anti one-quarter pints of hot milk, and then add one heaping - teaspoonful .4)1 baiting soda dissolved In a. little tolling water. Pour into a well -buttered mold,•cover tightly and steam for four hours. Serve hot with. butter or cream. Potato Rolls -Tho most delectalee On an overage cull of the 1,01.0,- 546 families in the county of Lon- don--tiot "Greater London' to which the elgures do not apply -number ra- ther over 4.4 persons each, while the females are shown to exceed the males by over a, quarter of a mil- lion, and this disproportion is on the , increase, for whereas ten years ago there were 1,116 to every 1,000 males, there are now 1,118. Exclud- ing hotels and lodging houses, these households employ 15,425 male and 234,398 female servants. or one and a. half to every hundred families of the former and twenty-three of -the latter. These figures suggest that if every house were -to have its pro- per proportion of service a painful, if liot fatal, system of decimation would have to be practised. Ilamp- stead and Kensington. give most em- ployment to servants. Included in these million -odd house -- 'holds are rather less than it similar number of children of from. three to en fourteyears ot age -968,007, of whom 481,060 are boys. and 486,946 girls. Moreover, in. spite Of all the disadvantages to health of "mean streets'. London is again shown not hlive to be a bad place in whic' to if one would live long, if not mer- rily. The number of persons seventy- five years old and upward is 52,g79 and of these 18,776 are males and 83,903 i'emaleS: • At the extreme .ages the excess of -females is still more marked, and at those who claim to be aged one hundred .years and upward nineteen are females and live males. London should be proud of its twenty-four centenarians. As to the plate of births of London's millions, the Registrar -General re- cordst- Of the 4,536,541 persons enumer- ated in the county of London, 3,- 016,580 were natives of 'London* 85,421 were born in Wales and Mon- mouth, being an -increase of 4,129 since 1891; 56;605 in Scotland, an increaSe of 3,S15; 60,211 in Ireland, decrease of 6,254, and 33,350 in British 'Colonies or dependencies. Per- sons of foreign birth numbered 161,- 222, and ofothesa 20,221 were Brit- ish subjeets, 5,621 were na turalized Brit ish subjects, and 135,377 were ferelellere, increa,se in the case of CHILDREN OUT OF Joy, writer atleeles to the habit paluting the enure too brightly to 1114111.11 and foiling to h WM.% up- on the joys which are theirs alone, The coneequent habit of anticipation into whirl% they fall is not always dropped niter in life and tile peace- fut philosophy of- raiding the day's happinces sufficieut in therefore hard to cultivate. If, instead of saying: “Vera too not. do that POW. WAR, IWO you are a man." we would say - Volt nifty do something else now, wbUc You are young: later you cane not do 11:" we would give children a certain valued sense of prerogative law ha passed miaow; the alet and tahe away much of the envy racing tips in the swots, which they feel towards adults. The Bradford Magistrates have euetaired Oxalate -4'1w out of thirty - HOW TO I1101131.1,1 A DAM six obteetions bv the chief constable A bole, shoold be lifted very care.to mime ticcuscs in pubue houses. fully. The right baud of the UMW, The Duke of Nortionneerlaed is go - or manlier should take hold of the ing to build Etizoals a Alnwielt at a lothing bellow the feet and the left cost of 110.000 on a site which is hand and arm should be placed imated to he worth another £5., low the child's head and body. It 000, Should then he lifted on the left arm. A copy of Dr. Watt's "Uyeans and It is pruhable that the crybeg of the Spiritual :image." publialied in 1707, reneeporn in the (early weeks of life was sold the other day to Sothehy's is not elre's InIsVinion for exerciee and for 2440. lung -expansion. This cry Is loud A statue of the late Lord Arnie and strong. and the child become trong, ley one of the most enduent red in the face from its exertions. su1ptorn of the day, is proposed far The almormal 'cry Is longer, not Newcastle. strong, but often a Moaning whining In London the predominant Verdict, worrying sound. This abnormal Mr Is that 1901. was a poor year both means that a baby la uncomfortable, In respect to the volume and profit - cold. hungry or in pain, or possibly ableness ot trade. that it has fallen into the bad habit The Roman catootte church con. of crying to be taken up, rocked, tinues to progress. There are now dandled. etc. It should be made per- 8,4109 priests and 21 bielioris at Wetly comfortolde and warm, and work in Britain. fed if it is time. If the cause! seems :eine hundred old people, whose to be pain, it may be undressed, combined ages amount to 7.000 years wrappea in a warm blanket. masseg- have keen seasonably entertalued by ed with sweet oil, or even given a the Mayor of DarweA, warm bath. It Is also a good plan A sum of 110.000 is available ills to lay the baby face downward on a year for disteibUtion among the hot-water bottle and wrap it in a London hospitals as a result of King %WM blanket. Sometimes. especial- Edward's appeal in 1897. le^ if the pain is aused by flatulence, The honor a being the youngest mentber of the Muse of Centimes is spoonful of very warnt water will entoyed by Mr. Richard Riggs, M.P., give eelieft who is only twenty-four. Lord Punraven is having a new cruiser of large elect built at South- ampton which will be seen in Medi- terraneon waters this season. Greater London covers 701. square miles; but the area, suppliedby the A. short time back he was out for London water companies is not so a long, walk, and at nightfall be great. being 320 square -- found hiniself some considerable tis- The Duke of Norfolk has appoint - Lance from the house be was staying td the Iron. Marmaduice Stourton. at. Tired and weary, be trudged tbe little seven-year old son of Lord along, wondering how long it would Mowbray, to be page at the corona - take him to get back, when he beard tion. itt tbe distance a peasant's cart ap- Lady Warwick, who has done so proaching. He waited until it came much to educate women in the arts tip to him, and then, hailing the of ,gardening and agriculture, has es - driver, asked if be raight ride, in his tablished a rural school of science cart. The yokel bluntly answered in the affirmative, and the Emperor scrambled up by the wheel. "Do you know who I ant ?" cart. Francis Joseph, when in the t. "Well, upon my word, I don't -and neither do I care," gruffly answered the jehu. "I am the Emperor Francis Jos- eph," said his -Majesty, ia Imperial tones. The peasant then thought a practi- cal joke -ends being played on him, aid replied, with ratignificent indiffer- ence "And do you know who I am ?" "No ; I have not that honor," an- swered the Emperor., half a soda-inint tablet in it table - luncheon or breakfast rolls knowre to the Virginia took have a fouudation of POtatOCS, and involve consider- able Wort, but are so entirely satis- factory. es to make it amply worth CA.RTING AN EMPEROR. while to mut. all the trouble. Boll six medium-sieed potatoes and .mash fine. Add be them one teaspoonful Tho Emperor of Austria, krancis Joseph, is a sporting individual, and as fond of a good Joke as any emit of sutaxe aud of salt, ono large et his suhieets- tablespoonful of butter and lard mixed. Stir well together and let stand in a, warm place four or five hours, until very light. Mix with flour until no more can be worked in. Knead and let rise tor about five bout's itt it warm place or louger where the temperature is not quite so high. Then Make into turnovers and stood quite near the stove until dot. Bake in a quick oven. New England Mufflns-Few forms of hot bread are more delicious than delicate muffins. The following re- cipe gives directions for making thein quickly. and can be relied -upon to give satisfaction: Sift i.NVO cups of flour with one eveit teaspoonful of salt, work into -it two tablespoon- fuls of soft butter and two of gran- alated sugar. Add one cup of milk, ono egg well beaten aad one tea- spoonful of baking powder. Bake in a quick oven itt muffin rings or gem pans, Wheat Gems-Itisen breads have certain advantages over other sorts. To make reallyperfect wheat gems scald ono pint of mllk, add to it ono tablespoonful of butter and let stand until tepid. Then add one -hall cake of compressed yeast dissolved in it quarter of a cupful of warm water, three cupfuls of flour and one tea- spoonful of salt. Beat well, cover and let stand in a, warm place until morning. A. half-hour before. break- fast beat two eggs, the white and yolks separately, and add first the yolks, then the whites to the risen mixture. Beat vigorously and bake in. Vern pans in a quick Oven. PADERE WS/el. The. Sale of seats for the Paderews- ki recital on Wednesday evening next is Progressing daily at Massey Music Hall and a croWded house is essured already. If women ever get to vote, Yon can depend upon it Their party emblcm, without doubt Will be a fancy bonnet, USEFUL HINTS. Nice napkins for , the children's lineal basket ean be made from the least, worn portions of old linen tablecloths:, PieeQS. of -the thin part, are just what' is needed to bind up it cut dr *amid of, any kind. Canton Minitel makes n, good un- cleiieoyer for the tablecloth; and is easily latiadered when it becomes Soiled, ' Fruit 'stains may ao ,easily remov- ed, from table lineti by wetting :the - stains' in spirits of camphor before ; .There isnow manufactured a tri- angular' and concave wedge of nickel that fits ',into the 'corners og the staif-eteps. Thesedo away with dtisty step corners, and are to .Oe recenimended.. li good cement for Chino is, made 'of gum arabic, thickened with plas- ter of pada' to the consieteney of putty, and applied to the parts ae eaon 08 poseifile. : Spir its of tamphOr rubbed . on the "Well, I'm the shah of Persia," said the yokel, and continued his journey, while the shaky 'vehicle nearly paralyzed the Emperor. Majesty was heartily amused at the lolie. SLEEP lid SECTIONS. Sir Jamee Crichton Brown, the ex- pert on brain diseases, holds that in- somnia 15 not attended with such dis- astraus consequences as is commonly supposed. It is not so dangerous as the solicitude of the sufferer. IIe suggests that' the brains of 'literary men, who are the most frequent vic- tims, acquire, the trick of the heart, which takes a doze of a fraction of a second after each beat, and, so manages to get six hours. rest in twenty-four. SOMO brainS, in dases of insomnia, sleep in sections, dif- ferent brain centres going off duty in turn. AN ACCOMPLISHED VILLA/Ne C. W. Goodrich, who takes the part of James Stetson, the villaio. or one 01- thein, in the sensatiotal melo- drama "A Gambler's Daughter," at the Toronto Opera, House next week, is reinembered for his portrayal of the murderous and crafty Italian in "Kidnapped in New York," last, sea- son, .As a stage villain he invariably gains the cordial eranity and sincere contempt of the gallery the moment he eteps upon thn stage. Mrs. A --"My husband.- is positively A whale, measuring nearly twenty feet, long. eight feet across the fins, and with a tail fifty-five inches wide has been captured at iteedness. near 11oole. on the Yorkshire Ouse, anti between fifty LIDA sixty miles inland from Spurn Point. The earcaes Jattt been claimed by the customs as a royel ilsh. The Duke of Roxburgh has been scen more in London since bis return Smut his Volottial tido with the Prince and Princess of \Vales thou he Prince and Princess of Wales that for a long time. Ife was one al the first to leave for South Africa niter war was declared and remain - cd there it considerable time. A scandalous story reaches us, says tlie Syren, of the manner in whicb the sanitary inspection At the port of London is performed. Within the at past few days a. steamer arrived in Dumnow in Essex. To cross the Atlantic in four daii7itivirtesTailliaolluveesti tsoi gniVol ecede; at 011 herw113"crathn d . a steadier must be 935 feet long. wide, and driven at 80 knots by liiiltitetutiliteispioeievicellislialetewraosunietetwwitieds fnbuynad 110.00o horse -power. Such a ship would burl] 1.700 ton's of coal a daoi inarsiuona'ell,"irLefartrombsonuisitelilapaoixti in. sad. The late Sir James Laing deservesi dell Castle, Kinte-re, has died from to be remembered as one of the pion- eers of iron ship -building, and as the injuries received in a lamp aecident. Chief creator of the modern prosper-, ity the port of Sunderland. A man named .Toseph Edward Jones, of Bilston, fell sixty feet from one of the gilded donies of the Wol- verhampton exhibition building, and lives. It is rumored that the Government contemplates making legal a higher speed for motor -cars than at present permitted. Twenty miles an hour is hinted at. ,As the result of the conviction of a local publican the Folkestone and liCensed vintuallers have de- cided not to serve any child under 14 years of age. . The R'ing's new yacht Victoria and .A.lbert is to be regilded and redecor- It will be used to convey foreign royal visitors to ',England for the ac etloe. edImi oin.yfreadiness for the coronation, ilia London West End Clubs recently' advertise_d for a. secretary, and it bad the eXtraordinary num- ber of 1,200 applicants. Among then' were one Duke and three or four other peers. The Liverpool Brewers'. .Associd- tion, whoSe members own the major- ity of the poblic houses in that city, have resolved not to serve children under fourteen years of age on any condition whatever. English tojr-makers - have oece again asserted their position, and retain in their hands a large share of the toy trade, which a few years ago was almost entirely monopolized .by Germany and „Switzerland. The new 'motor car which the King has ordered to be built for him at Coe -entry and delivered by Ascot week, ,is to be for six ptrtons and( two on the driver's seat. It wilI have a speed of twenty-four miles an "TuIrte Scotch form of ''taking the 'oath", is coming More into general use in the 'English courts. There is a widespread belief throughout Eng- land that disease may be commum- flag floats over. impossible ; he .1szno‘sv.smplynoitillilibnega'.1'.1 Mrs. leee--eeelene white spots of varnished furniture, able ; he knows everythiog.." Damage to the extent of £3,000 was caused by fire in the stores of it Paisley firm of provision merchants recently. Sir Charles W. Cayzer. M.P.. was elected president of the Glasgow Shipowners' and Sbipbroiters' volent Association. demonstratiOn in aid 61 the funds of the Rryal National Life., boat Institution took place at Ler.'s wick, and was a great success. ENGLISH BOOKS. The following stand in England as literary records Thc largest ch.' culation of any English novel it copyright is that of East Lynne," of which the public ilaye bought nearly half a million. The earliest published work still in copyright it Tennyson's "Poems by' Two Broth- ers,"' which dates from 1837. largest ailment ever given for seria: rights in England is £7,000 (B25,- 000), paid by Cornhill for Georgt Eliot's -Rona ob.." The larges Cheque ever given to an Englisli--..au- thor is £20,000 (91.00,000), received by Lord Macaulay for his history. The most expensive single' volnitu lately issued is Morris' "Chaucer,'' paiblished at £20 (3100). Thi thickest single volume in print is th4 ''Catalogue Of Current Literature.'' which meaSures 10- inches aeross 1131 back. The highest price given for s first edition is 515 guineas (92,861)) for an. uncut coPY of the Xilmarnocii "Burns." -FOGGIER THAN LONDON. resquimalt is the only place iii thi Britisb Empire, according to a ro cent climatological report 1,hat ex. ceeds Lciidon in cloudiness. le.sque malt is also the dampest place it the Empire. while Adelaide. in. Aus tralia, is the driest. Ceyloti is tie h o te est. and Nor 11.-W est ' Canada. tit coldest possession that the 13r1tiSt „ 4