Exeter Advocate, 1902-3-20, Page 3„k -
LONDON TilE GREAT.
INTERESTINO PACTS Actour TU
WORLD'S ilETRQPOLIS.
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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
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