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ldhe secrephone is the whtspering
telephone. A meesage can, be whispered
Luta a so that a person standing but a
yard away amulet hear wbot is being
;saki, while every word IS correctly
dattnstaftted lo the receiver at the other
tand or the line, a retie away or more.
For this to be clone the message must
be actually whispered. If spolcen more
loudly, of course, the speaker can be
Weird more nem a yard away from the
truest -ratting instrument. Properly used,
however, a message can be sent ii prI-
vacy even with people quite otos°. As
present experience goes, it requires some
Intl° practice to pitch the voice correct-
ly so as to get the best results with he
tattiest whisper. But the lesson is not
'difficult to learn. People with high-
pitched voices will undoubtedly make
themselves heard more distinctly:sat the
other en& of the line with le.ss note at
the transmittireg end ttran is possible for
those with lower pitehed voices. The
instrument Is claimed to be practically
Imperishable and cannot get out of
order with ordinary use. People that
are a tittle deaf and cannot hear with
ordinary telephones can hear quite dis-
tinctly when O. secrephone is used. A
bad or indistinct line is said also to be
made quite clear under the most adverse
circtunstances when this magical in-
strument, is employed; the volume of
sound on trunk lines and long-distance
telephones, is increased tbree-fold, and
the troubles caused by induction and
cross circuits are largely overcome.
Furthermore, it being small of size and
light of weight, can be carried and used
far attachtnent el any telephone, and
thus the need of the stuffy telephone
boxes is obviated.
Train telegraphy vrtthout wires is the
English way. The system was con-
ceived by Sir Oliver Lodge and Dr. Alex-
ander Muirhead. Their biggest problem
has been with the aerial line. In order
to make tests under the most disadvan-
tagemes conditions an old car was used
as a receiving station. The aerial wires
were carried on porcelain insulators, the
beight of the wires varying from nine
to fifteen inches above the emvature of
the roof. From the roof the wires are
carried ha a small cable through a special
insulated fitting to the interior of the
van to the receiving instrument; here
the message is written by a Lodge -Muir -
head sipbon recorder. The transmitting
station is situated in a hut near Derby
with an installation of apparatus for
sending the message into the air. Out-
side the cabin is the aerial wire, which
follows conventional lines, being sup-
ported upon masts forty feet from the
ground and connected with a spark
gap and coil for increasing the strength
of the electrical impulse discharged from
the transmitting instruments at the sta-
tem. The expert/no/ears find the great-
est difficulty is due to the large amount
of electrical energy required to obtain
successful conversation on account of
the short aerial wire used at the receiv-
ing station.
Speak no more of the glacial epoch
as 80,000 years agone. The glacial
epoch Is ahead. Sir Robert Ball says
that the next ice age is_ due in 200,000
years. In the course of long periods the
•earth's orbit round the sun changes from
being nearly a, circle, as it is now, to a
long elipse or oval; and in the last case
the summer rnay be only 166 days long,
while the winter lasts 100 days. There le
tt short hot summer followed by a long,
excessively cold winter so that more lee
fs formed in the cold than can be melted
in the warm. season. On purely astro-
nomical grounds even if geologists had
not discovered the ice ages. from the re -
nerds on the globe's surface, astrono-
mers would have demonstrated that ice
ages must have happened. When the
next chilly epoeh arrived posterity may
see all northern Europe and America
loader an ice cap that will o'ertop the
highest mountains and last for many
thousands of years.
MANY RUSSIAN 10IURNALS.
troop of New Papers Under the New
Freedom.
A St. Petersburg correspondent writes
la the Lottdon Daily News—"Thre was
never before such journalistic activity
In St. Petersburg as there is at present,
Maw, radical and revolutionary papers
are appearing on the scene every day
to take the places of those that have
Callen •under the displeasure of the law,
and such is the republican enthusiasm
of the young men who run these perio-
*cats that in some of the offices there
le no 'boss,' everybody from the editor
to the printer's devil, being on a level,
and all racastires being subinitted to a
meeting of all the employes. The names
of the papers whish the police have so
tar seized may be interesting—nenovat-
ed Boma, Our Voice, National Freedom,
paper printed In Finineh and called
itbusui bittern a paper printed in Lettish
Mid called the lielven Worker, tne
Po-
burgas Avises, the !seism, the Mir.
or the knows, the Swastibueltler, the
Saddle, Young nussia the Working
Week., the• lebountebaak: Machine Gun,
feller and the Red lough."
COULD NOT FOOL HIM,
"You say he has grown whiskers
eince yott last saw him?"
eyes..
"liow did you recogitize htm?"
nay tintbrella."
DEBTORS AND PAUPERS
Those Who Graft on Everything, But
Give Nothing, We Despise
I am debtor both to the Greeks and to
the barbarians, both to the wise and to
the unwise.—Baans 1., 14.
Hew ronoli of the good in the world
can we claim as our own creation?
How small that we have given as com-
pared with that we have gained I How
little the knowledge we have conferred
oompared with that we have inherited
We may boast of our Independence; but
it is as iM,possible for a man to live to
himself as it is to escape having ances-
tors.
Life is all a matter of receiving good
we have not earned, the incurring of an
Obligation to make to-raorrow pay the
debts of to -day, to hand on to the future
both principal and interest of that eve
have from the past. We are ell debtors,
that we cannot escape; the question is,
shall we be also paupers, shall we be
but parasites, devouring but never erea-
ting?
The man who talks about the world
owing him a living sees things upside
down. The truth is he owes the world
his living; he can only repay the loan
with his life. Not by our own wisdom
Or strength •are we born into civilize -
tion instead of savagery, not by our own
moral attainments do we inherit mercy,
fraternity, the broad,
GROWING SPIRIT OF HUMANITY.
Ours is the barvest that others have
sown. Liberty is ours because our fa-
thers hated oppression to the death.
Light is ours because others fought
with darkness. Truth is ours because
there were souls that claose their Cal-
varys rather than compromise when
they saw her clear light. All the bene-
fits we enjoy have been bought with a
great price. We cannot enter upon
them without incurring obligation, be-
coming the debtor of those who paid the
price.
There are few, if any, whom we des-
pise more than those who graft on
everything but give nothing. Whether
the man be a preacher who thinks that
he should get his clothes and his cab-
bages and his car fare given him or the
politician who looks on the public purse
as his perquisite, the honest man des-
pises the whole Drool. It is not envy
of their indolence or their opulence with
him; it is honest hatred of the habit of
getting something for nothing.
But these boodlers and grafters are
not the only social parasites. W e are all
in danger of doing the things we so
-
much despise, of maldng our lives one
great game of grab. True, we work for
our living; we give a full day's toil for
the wage. But, after all, why do we
work? Is it not simply for the wage?
Are we willing to give more than an
exact return, willing to attempt to repay
the universe for our loans on life?
The true life looks on living as the
paying of a debt,. This is what Jesus
meant when he spoke of the necessity
that he should
GIVE HIS um TO TFIE WORLD.
No man can follow him and do any
other. By living under the supreme
relative of serving the world, of helping
men, of gladly dying when death could
better serve truth and right than living,
the Master has taught us how to live.
Only because men long ago recognized
the principle of that great life, only be-
cause they said, as he said, "I am comet
that they might have life more abun-
dantly," are we what we are. He is not
an honest man who will allow these
others of yesterday to lay down their
lives for Ws to -day and make no eft of
himselfeto the lives of to -morrow.
Who lives for himself without thought
of his brothers near at hand, far away,
or yet to be, has no right in the ranlcs
of humanity. He is put to sbame by
Greeks, who wrought not for wages but
for love of beauty and that it might en-
dure; by barbarians, who gave their -
rough lives for a world's progress. He
is put to shame by nature, whose econ-
omy h-nows no thing that lives or blooms
for itself alone. His shame shall be made
perfect when be hears, "Inasmuch as ye
did it not to one of the least of these ye
did it not to me." HENRY F. COPE.
DIE SfiNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
APRIL 8.
Lesson IL Jesus and the Sabbath.
Golden Text:. Exodus 20.8.
LESSON WORD STUDIES.
Note.—These Word Studies are based
on the text of the Revised Version.
The Lord's Day.—The Lord's Day, or
Christian Sunday, was not intended
from the first to be a substitute for the
Jewish Sabbath. Sacred in the thought
and memory of the apostles and their
auccessors EtS the day on which Jesus
had risen from the dead, it was conse-
crated almost from the time of the
Resurrection as a day on which the dis-
ciples gathered together, for the purpose
of worship and for the breaking of
bread. But as a matter of fact, the
Jewish Sabbath also was observed for
a long time after Christ, even in Chris-
tian circles, the two days being clearly
distinguished from each other down to
about the dose of the third century af-
ter Christ. Gradually the observance of
the Jeavish Sabbath fell into disuse
among the Christians, while at the same
time eke sacredness of the Lord's Day
increased to them. It is not quite ac-
curate therefore to consider the Chris-
tian Sunday to have been intentionally
substttuted for the Jewish Sabbath.
Rather must we consider the latter to
have been abolisbed in the Christian
church and the Lord's day to have been
given the preference as a day of rest
and worship. As one commentator puts
it : "The observance of the first day of
the week is an analogous institution
(analogous to the Jewish Sabbath which
had been abolished), based on the con-
secration of that day by our Lord's
Ressurection sanctioned by apostolic
usage, and accepted by the early
Wurcbe—the day being set apart for
similar objects—rest froni labor and the
service of God,—in a. manner consonant
with the higher and more .spiritual
teachings of Christ, and to be observed
in the spirit of loyal Christian freedom,
rather than by obedience to a system of
precise statutes." It is necessary to hold
these fade continually in mind in order
to appreciate the true signifieance of
the Christlan, Sunday and its actual re-
lation, which is that of similarity only,
to the Jewish or Old Testament Sabbath.
Verse1 The sabbath day—It was the
jewish Sabbath or seventh day of the
week en which Jesus with his disciples
went through the grain fields. These
were not in those days as now in many
places of our own land separated from
each other by strong fences, but Simply,
if at all, by email footpaths. Some-
times these paths went through the
centre of the grain fields also.
• Ears—Fleads of wheat and barley.
2. That, which is, not lawful—The
crushing of !wade of grein in the hand
to separate the grain from the hull or
chaff surrounding it was interpreted as
being a form at harvestnf arid thresh-
ing, and therefore was tin awful on the
Sabbath day.
What David did—In Sam. 11. 1-7, We
find an account of the incident in David's
life here reterred to. David le fleeing
before King Stall came to Nee to Abitn-
eleee the priest, 'who gave to him and
his famished CenipanicalS the show -
bread whieh was conelderee sacred and
Was eaten ordinarily by no One SaVe the
priests Who 01.1161010 in the tabernacle.
4. Showbretal—Ltlerally, the bread of
sett:leg forth, so Called front betng set
forth in the sanctuary, dated else soh -
lineal enaeadebecattse peepethally kept in
the Stinotharat before the Lend. rwslve
eteves- ox COOS pineed hi two pike on
the table of showbread each Sabbath
day (comp. Ex. 24. 30; Lev. 24. 6-8).
5. Profane the Sabbath—By the labor
necessarily connected with their duties
in the sanctuary. Among these were the
removing of the showeread, the prepar-
ing the fire for the sacrifice and officia-
ting at the regular temple services. In
these cases, Jesus points out, Sabbath
labor was not only countenanced by the
law, but actually commanded.
6. One greater than the temple—Note
the exalted claims of Christ involved ea
this statement.
7. I desire mercy . . and not sacri-
fice—Quoted. from Hosea, 6. -Sae and
quoted again by Mathew in chapter 9.
13. The law rightly understood is an
eyere.ssion not of God's severity but of
his love to man. This being true, the
law itself is subject to modification in
higher manilestations of God's love.
Such a higher manifestation was the
satisfying of the hunger of David, and
in this case that of the disciples. In
both cases this involved a setting aside
of the law itself, or at least of the law
as commonly interpreted by the religious
teachers of the time.
8. Son of Man—A title used by Jesus
of himself as the typical or representa-
tive member of the human race.
10. Withered hand—A paralyzed hand
which had withered away because of
disuse. .
Accuse hint—Before the ecclesiastical
authorities for faLse teaching.
11. In the other synoptical gospels
the argturnent of this verse is slightly
different. "Is it lawful to do good en
the Sabbath days, or to do obit? to save
life or to kill?" Matthew here states
the argument as it beers specially on
the Jewisla law (comp. also Luke 14. 5).
14. Took counsel against him—Mark
mentions the fact that the Herodiani
joined the Pharisees in this council
(comp. Mark 3. 6-t2. Luke 6, 11.)
Destroy him—Destroy not only his In-
fluence, but his life—that is, get rid of
him.
USEFUL HINTS,
To Prevent Yellowing.—Valuable lin-
ens that are unused should at least once
a year be washed, thoroughly dried and
refolded; this will prevent yellowing
and also the injury which results if
creases are allowed to remain too long.
A piece of white wax, laid in the folds
of white flannel or cotton goods, will
prevent them from turning yellow.
Moth Exterminator — A good prepar-
ation for killing moths consists of equal
quantities of powdered borax, camphor
and saltpetre, and should be alined dry,
in liberal handfuls, under the edges 'of
the carpet, or used in a strong solution
10 wash the floor. The powder iS clean
and inoffensive, and kept in drawers
and boxes is said to be a certain protec-
tIon against invasion of insects of every
kind.
A Tape -Measure and a Linen alcirte--
Fiere Is a clever idea that I wish to pass
on, writes a correspondent. Many of
us know, to our sorrow, how often a
linen skirt is strekbed out of shape and
proper length by careless ironing, I was
el a friend's the other day and when she
gave her linen skirt to the Wash • wo-
man, she banded her a tape -measure
and told box she wanted her skirt, "40
inches." I couldn't imagine what she
meant; then she explained to me that
some one learned in such matters had
given her the setret. When damp, a
linen iticirt may be stretched several Mole
es elther lengthwise or crosswise, and
by taking advantage of this, a careful
ironer may Illegally Iron one almost arty
length. By making use 0! the tape -
measure and, as yen iron, pulling the
skirt to its requited 'length, you will
be Surprised to sec that it will retain its
"hong" Until old 'age. Is it not worth
trying
eftteh that passes for love WOuliinT
Stand the test of cerl paps.
ON THE CANADIAN RANGES
CALGARY, THE CAPITAL OF THE
CANAMAN CAITLE COUNTRY.
The New Country Is More litonaantie
and Picturesque Than Barb'
Days in the West.
If you want to see a live frontier
town come to Calgary, writes Frank G.
• Carpenter, from Calgary, Alberta, to
the Chicago Reeorchtlerald. It is the
ranChing capital of the Canadian cattle
country, end it has for years been a
sort of Keeiey cure for the younger sons
of English lords and dukes. Lying in
western Canaria, a hundred miles or SO
north of the American boundary, it is
a sort of a cross between Deliver and
Cheyenne, peppemd with the spice cf
Monte Carlo and London. There is no
more "sporty" town on the American
continent. It is business from the word
"go," but at the same time cowboys gal-
lop through its streets, and fine-looking
Englishmen in riding trousers, leather
leggins and Norfolk jackets play polo
on the outskirts.
There are a number of hotels, and
every hotel has a well patronized bar.
There are two dubs, one known as
'The Ranchers" and another as "The
Alberta." The Ranchers' Club is largely
composed of the sons of rich of rich
English families, It is independent and
ultra fashionable. The Alberta Club
is mostly business men, comprising the
real estate dealers, merchants, whole-
sale and retail, and other prominent
characters who want to make Calgary
great. As for the Ranchers they do not
care a cent for Calgary, and are more
interested in polo than politics.
RANCHERS nom NOBILITY.
Among the characters of Calgary are
the remittance men. They are the y oun g-
er sons of wealthy or noble English
families, who are out here to make their
fortunes and grow up with the country.
Some have come because their people
did not want them at home, and others
because they liked the wild life of the
prairies, which, until incently, has con
responded. somewhat with Kipling's de-
scription of "the country east of Suez"—
Where the best is like the worst—
Where there ain't no ten command-
ments
And a man can raise a thirst.
These remittance men get a certain
sum of money every month, or every
quarter, and most of them spend it in
drinking and carousing. Many are "ne'er
do wells," and they sink lower and low-
er, relying entirely on their remittances
keep,,,them going. 1 know, for in-
stance, one son of an English lord
whom you.may see altnoet any day here
hanging oyer the bar, and another who
wilngladleeborrow a quarter of you it
he Oteilces you in the lean days prior to
the next remittance.
°Mrs of these men keep themselves
straight.- They bring money with them,
invest it and make it breed like Ans-
tralian rabbits, but at the- same time
they are full of sport, and spend freely.
One of these Is a son of an admiral of
the British navy. His name is Cochrane
and he is said to have made a fortune
of his own tri ranching and other invest-
ments. He has one big range near Cal-
gary on which he keeps 6,000 of the
wildest of Canadian cattle. Every year
or so he brings in a new instalment of
lulls from Scotland, giving his agents
at home instructions to send him the
wildest and fiercest animals that can be
seeuhreed
Tstories of how some of these re-
mittance men take in their parents are
interesting. They are sent out here with
the idea that they may make their for-
tunes, and they frequently bring large
sums to invest. As soon as they arrive
they go into crazy speculations and
wild mdravagances, sending back to
their parent e for more money from time
to time. One character of this kind was
Dickie Bright, the grandson of the man
for whom the "disease of the kidneys
was named." Dicicie's father was rich,
and he had supplied Dickie with money
and sent him out here to grow up with
the country. Dickie investen in a ranch
and asked for large remittances from
time to time on the plea of increasing
• hislivtlessL°aeke
Atiemtime he sent home florid
stories of the money he was malting and
bow he was fast becoming a cattle king.
Shortly after one of his most ehthuslas-
tio letters he 'received a despatch from
New York saying that his father had
just arrived there and that he was com-
ing out to see him. The boy was in de-
spair. He had spent his remittances in
tiotous living and had no cattle to speak
of
GET MONEY FROM HOME.
Adjoining him, towever, was one of
the largest cattle owners of the West.
He confided in him and persuaded him
to lend him 1,000 head of his best stock
for one night. When he made this re-
quest his nejghloor asked what he want -
to do with the cattle. He replied:
"I,shall put them in my corral, and
when the old man comes 1 will show
them as my herd. Dad can't stay but
a day, and I will see that they are driven
back safe to you the next morning."
The randier was something of a
sport himself, and he finally consented
to help the boy out of his trouble. The
Cattle were sent over. Old Dr. Bright
duly arrived, and he was driven out and
shown the herd which Dickie mid was
enly a sample of his stock, whiett he
had brought in to show to his father.
The boy added, however, teat it was not
good to keep the e attle penned up, and
Unit, they must go back upon the range
right away. The old doctor was delight -
NI and gaVG Mettle a the& for $10,0e0
te, increase the business before he left.
When he returned to England he boast.
es about the clubs how his boy hat)
built tip atm of the biggat Stock ranches
In the .Canadien planate In the Mean-
time Dickle Was, luxuriating on his Me
000. It soon disappeared, and it little
latee he wrote to his father for more,
saying that cold and disease had ruined
Ins herd. As a result, he Was called hack
loScEorirgel:rid.
efStich lento teen sent out
frorn England to the United States and
Canada to learn farming. There are
,men who make a ',cellar business or
drumming up such stedents. They
,go to the rteli familiee in different per
• of Great Regain, arid peretiade them
4••••••••••.10.1.0.1•11•111111•1111,
that there is great ineney in ranching
and undertake to teech their Sons the
blastness for a consideration. The boys
are charged all the way front 81,000 ttle
,ward a year for their instruction, and
111 eome casea they am made to do the
dirty work, to clean up the stables, wash
the dishea and Jailor early and late. As
q0011 as they find out the deception they
run off, but the money has been paid ea
advance, and the agent always oomes
out ahead. I heard of one young pupil
farmer who was met the other, day by
mlIn item 'mew ben when he first am'
rived in Calgary. He askedethe boy
how he liked the work and if he was still
studying. The reply came quick:
"1 len not. 1 ohuciced that job six
months ago, and I now have two pupil
farmers rnyselh"
•
ately forn a crust when Abe het fat
touches it. Use either the white alone,
which is lima alt albtionell oi ate whole
• egg lightly beaten. 11 the whole egg IS '
14Oad odd tWO tabieSp001211113 0! water to
it; it will net be so sticky let handle as
f ildoi
u ied
I ywish eggs boiled to the very
point of perfection, bring some water to
the bell in a small saucepan, drop in the
eggs, lift the vessel to a cool part of the
stove and let it stand covered text
utes by the clock, The eggs will have
. a pearly trallsearencY, yet be perfectly
cooked.
A very odd and tasty lunch dish may
Id achieved by baking eggs in tomato
cups. Choose large round tomatoes,
You will be surprised to find how large
a tomato it takes to hold an egg. Cut
off the top of the tomato, do not akin
fl, scoopeout the pulp and drop in the
e.gg, Oust with pepper and salt, Stew
a lightly with buttered orunths and bake
for eight or ten minutes.
The rule for an omelet 18 One egg for
weft person and one table.ssoonful of
liquid to NO egg. Some omelet recipes
call, for milk, but a few tablespoonfuls
or eot water make the omelet /neve ten-
cleAhnost any left -over of the sInallest
amount rney be utilized •to enrich an
omelet,. A few tablespoonfuls of chop.
ed sweet breads, chicken, veal, ham or
turkey can be laid between the folds
when it is turned on a plate. If the
left -over is a vegetable, cold peas, aspar-
agus, cauliflower, mushrooms op celery
even the smallest quantity, add to it
cup of white sauce and pour over the
Omelet. A fewiasiliees ornfaromraanniaed,e,a Iwiet
Over of lolly,
nor
transform the plain omelet into a nice
dessert or delicate entree.
An egg winch has not been lend to
hours will not coolc "set," nor will the
white beat to a froth.
Eggs with dark -brown shells are rnuctt
richer in flavor and larger of yolk than
white -shelled eggs.
Sometimes it happens that a slighlly
cracked egg must be boiled. The con-
tents will escape from the crack unless
you apply a very simple remedy; prick
the terse end of the egg carefuliy with
a darning needle and it will boil without
any trouble.
Tbe cook books make a flne distinction
in the degrees of beating eggs. The
whites are beaten sWI, when you can
turn the bowl that holds' them upside
down without tb.etr drooping. Cut the
mass of white froth with a Imile; 11 31
comes out clean they are stiff. If the
receipe says beat them dry, it means
whip till they cling to the beater in a
small ball, when the gloss leaves them
and the specks fly away from the beat-
er. "To separate the yolk from the
white and beat slightly," means about
twelve vigorous movements of the whisk
which will simply mingle the white and
the yolk as much as is necessary far
scrambled eggs, custards and various
sauces.
Sometinaes a recipe, especially an Eng-
lish cook book, demands one pound or
half a pound of eggs. Ten common -siz-
ed eggs weigh one pound.
Eggs may be cooked in almost every
fashion known, except baking, in the
chafing dish. With frizzled bacon, in an
omelet, fried, poached, scrambled ,
plain boiled, they are unsurpassed when
erepared over the alcohol ,flame.
Never attempt to make an omelet
which contains more than eix eggs; four
is really all tbe amateur cook ought to
use. The larger the omelet the more
difficult to turn and dish. If there are a
number of guests -to be served make two
omelets instead of one, and set them to-
gether prettily eirnished on one large,
hot platter. Of course the two must be
made at once in different omelet pans;
ft one should be kept till the other was
ready it would fall.
Eggs a la Bonne Femme is a delicious
dish. Here is the receipe for it: Cut
an onion into line dice, fry it lightly in
a tablespoonful of butter, then dash in
a tablespoonfuli of vinegar. Butter a
shallow dish, sprinkle the fried onion
over it and break in • five eggs, being
very careful that the yollcs remain whole.
Bake in a hot oven till the whites become
delieate fllm. Dust with salt and white
pepper. :lust before sending to the
table sprinkle ell over the dish e,oarse
tread crumbs fried delicately brown in
butter and garnish with a few sprigs of
watercress.
FOOLED BY GOLD MUCK.
As a rule ordex is. good in the ranch
country and confidence 111011 compara-
tively scarce. The old -stagers here are
on the outlook for swindlers, but never-
theless some of the best of them are
badly taken in. A recent story is told
concerning the selling of a gold brick
to a bank manager and newspaper edi-
tor of Calgary for the sum of $12,000.
The Canadian bankers are the shrewd-
est of their kind, and the manager of
this branch at Calgary has been long in
the business. Nevertheless, when au
old man came into the bank a few
months ago and told how he had dis-
covered a gold mine in the Rockies and
taken therefrom enough dust to form
two large bricks, he listened. He also
mentioned the fact to the editor, and the
two again heard the story.
It was so full of details that, they con-
cluded it was true, end they went with
the old miner to his shack, far away
from rhe railroad in the wilds of the
foothills. When they reached there they
found an Indian with a rifle guarding
the cabin, and saw uneaelhed two big
bars of gold. They were made to be-
lieve that the Indian meant besiness,
and that if the gold was not taken as
per contract their lives would probably
be hist. The result was thah they .paid
over the $12,000 and took the bricks
back to Calgary. Before describing their
find they carried the gold to an assayer,
who reported upon it as pure. They
then announced their discovery, but
cthers suspected that there might be a
Irick, and at their suggestion the golki
was tested again.. The second assay, hY
a new scientist, showed that the bricks
were nothing but copper, with a thin
%Sash of gold on the outside. The first
assayer had been fixed, and the suposed
Indian was merely one of the swindlers
dressed up for the occasion. As a t e -
suit the manager of the bank lost his
job, and I have been warned not to
mention the words "gold brick" in the
editor's hearing.
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LSEFUL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EGGS.
A wholesale dealer in eggs says one
may easily, with a little practice, tell a
good egg from a bad one. Hold it be-
tween you and the light. A lamp or a
candle is better than strong, diffused
sunshine. The fresh egg will bane a
clear look all over. When an egg is so
old that it begins to lose its substance
by evaporation, there will be a hollow
space at one end. If you find a dark
spot which does not disappear when
lightly shaken you may be certain that
the yolk adhereto the shell. Discard
tiny eggs which do not look clear and
full. a_
Store eggs in a dry, cool place. They
will keep better, and when beaten froth
more easily than if warm. -
Make a poached egg look as delicate
as possible. Cut the toast on which It
is to be dropped into a round wit H a
muffin ring, and with a ring eut the rag-
ged edges of white from the egg while
it is still in the water. Then lift it care-
fully on the toast, and dust with salt
and a dash of white pepper.
If you have sejoerated the yolk from
the white and in a ball shell have the
yolk left which you wish to beat slightly
for a custard or sauce, take a small fork
and blend it as much as necessary.in the
shell. ft saves egg, labor and the wash-
ing of a dish.
A soft-boiled egg left over from a
meal may be bolted over again and laid
aside to use cold in a salad, sauce, sand-
vviehes or as a garnish.
If you get a cake too stiff never pour
more milk into it. Beat an egg and add
it, gradually until you get the desired
thickeess.
Poached eggs as served at a French-
Canadian table are very much nicer than
we cook them. A cup of milk is brought
te the scalding point in a shallow granite
vessel, and into this the eggs are gently
dropped, then covered. The, milk is not
allowed to boil, merely kept at the
scalding point, and the eggs will be
ready IT1 about two minutee with the
yolk inside a beautiful pearly film. Lift
them out wrefully with the skimmer
and set eaph egg on a slice of buttered,
delicately browned toast. Add to the hot
milk one tablespoon of butter and one
tablespoon of flour, rubbing to a ronx;
seasoe vvith pepper and celery salt; beat
till creamy and pour over the dish of
poadied eggs.
If there is a mucilage emergency In
the household, break an egg and »se
the white of it, umvhipped, for sticking
purposes. The white of an egg is 'the
Lest -pasting material that exists for
covering jelly tumblers with rounds of
paper. Cut the paper ree inch lerger
and fringe, it slightly. Dip ,cottl round
ir a 'saucer of white of egg and press
down over the edge of the nunbler.
Give a new laid eggabout a half a
Minute longer to boil than you would
plane for one which has been kept kr
some time.
When it is impossible to obtain cream
oa milk for a tup of coffee, you can Mine
a very palatable make-believe eream by
beating the white of an egg till light and
mixing ft with a heaping teaspoonful Of
this mixture in the bottom of a cep and
pour the coffee Over it SlOwly, stiff -bag
White yen poen so that the egg wii4 not
ettrdth If this le earefully dame the eon
fee will taste tie if it had been enriehed
Ly goocl cream.
When preparing egg for dipping a fond
which is atteretarde te be crumbled end
fried, renter Ilse a yolk Moyle; it noe5 not
COntain sufficient alburhen 10 iinititedh
THE ICITCeIEN.
Matched boards are good for the kitch-
en floor. Hardwood floors look extreme
ly dean, but even with, best of care they
become spotted and need an amount af
scrubbing, which is a waste of energy.
Cover your plainboard floor with any
one of the numerous forms of oilcloth
you may happen to prefer. A small pat-
tern, closely covering the oilcloth will
show the wear less than a large pattern.
Allow enough over to make mats to
put in front of the stove, the table, and
the sink. If these mats axe shifted once
a week, the stove mat to the table, Ma
sink mat to the stove, etc.—they will
last much longer and save the perman-
ent floor covering. When this shows
wear and looks dingy take it up and
spread it face downwards on, the attic
floor. Paint the wrong side with two
coats of some neutral tint; let it dry
thoroughly. When put down it will be
bb good as new. Always wash It with
a coarse carriage sponge and it well last
much longer than if washed with rags.
The sponges cost little, save the floor,
and are hygienic, gime they ean
rinsed absolutely clean and,thoroughly
dried with little effort.
Whether it kitchen sink be or iron,
enamel or stone, it should stand on four
legs, with all its drain, pipeah expesed to
full view. A pinteician remarked trial
when called to a Case of diphtheria the
first thing he looks at is the kitchen sink.
The dangers arising from a badly, kept
sink Cannot be exaggerated, nor otet
tiny degree of eare in avoiding them be
considered extrento The waste pipe
from a kitchen sink should have boiling
water and ammonia or Wae ng soda
peered dowit each day. At, )ex1st once
it week it should be treated to dose of
some good dismfeetant, such s chlor-
ide of lime This old Warmth is ince-
pensitte and quite as effective as more
modern, higher priced prep nations.
Put a large teacupfel of chloride t f ii
into two quante of hot water. nal
batten is good not only for dminag
rapes, but ctleo to keep ghrbage paila
from becoming offensive.
Lord Morley is particularly fond o
atihrials, are( always has .a pet dog sit
ting his lap when writing in
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