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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-12-20, Page 2IN1011:,.'S AND c(wittivieNTs The man who lete pat in his will a clause providing Met the evint ur $O0 ellen be given to the "boye with whom he has woxkoi to be.spent hy them for eigure and atinkS after he is dead, roe- reseets n later day survival o n notion aa old as the human. ramily, The thought cf: solemnity arid sorrow as the propea eccompuoinient of tbe deetteee 41. friend has nal alwaye prevailed. The meetiag to' Heim to the tales of the vir- tues of the departed has no more pre - talents than the gathering to eat and cliSilk on the occasion of the fuaeral. - ,Many a wilt might be cited Containing provisiun for the payment di a cer- tain sum for liquor and other entertain- ment at the funeral el the testator, In other ease, even among the most sober end conservative classes a socieey, there waS provision Tor outlays for funeral exidenses with the 'evident notion of im- pressing the Idea that the one who died was a pretty good sort of a fellow. The giving of gloves in large. numbers, 01 eetale, or funeral rings, or of funeral cup had exactly the same purpose as the setting aside of Inoney for cigars and liquor. The term of bequest is really of less ewe ortanee than dies aka behind 11, It probably was an improvement when the elaborate outlays , or former days, which often led to indulgences preperly called orgies, were curtailed. To the majority of minds there is something in- congruoue in merry making at- the time et the death of an •esteemed 'friend, and the prevailing custom now is to keep the expressions of sorrow uppermost. But there is nothing new in the occasional outcropping of the older and tieepseat- ed idea Met a "good fellow" should pro- vide a feast for those left behind at his death. The "eat, drinkand be merry, for to -morrow we die philosophy has had a good many adberents since the words were first used. 4 Next thb Hindoo coolie. One thou- sand, four hundred and sixty East In- 'diiins have arrived in British Calm- ' tie and 2,000 more have booked pas- eage. There is a growing sentiment among the coolies of India to go out to the occidental world for the purpose of earning higher wages. There is a good deal of discontent in India among the laboring classes, especially the capable and more intelligent laborers. A good- ly number have gone lo Natal, where they earn from $30 to $35 per menthe whereas they would not be able to earn more than $6 to -$8 per month at home, in most tocalities the 'average monthly wage is not more than $3 to $4. The question of labor supply for the tea gar- dens in Assam has been so serious that it is engaging the attentton of the gov- ernment of India, which has come to look upon the scarcity of labor in As- sam and its necessary consequences •-with some degree of alarm. An itves- alga-lion committee was appointed to dis- eaver the causes and to provide a re- medy. Same have ascribed the cause to he penal contract system, which euthov- izeS a. contract for the period of four years and confers on the employer the right of private arrest. 'With the prices ol food advancing, with employers bind - Ong men and women tight in a penal contract, with the power of arrest to enforce the contraet, it is small wonder that even the ignorant and ,spiritlese coolie shotild rebel • Some are saving Money to go to the "great country," as they term the American continent. How far is Peking from London town? Twelve days. There, has taken placethe formal opening of the first section of the railway from Peking to Kelgou, 'which wall be eventually carried to Kialikta; and bring Peking within twelve 'days of Londen. The first seationleaves the Peking -Tientsin railway tear Pielcina and runs past the •western wall of Pe- king to Nankau, a village at the foot of the pass, the northern end of which Is spanned by the Great Wall. The line has been entirely eonstrueled by Chi- nese, under a Cantonese' engineer. The rails are French. The cost of conetruc- tion has been defrayed from the profits earned by the Peking-Neweirwang rail- way system The same Cantonese en- gineer is engaged in driving a passage through the pass, where four tunnels are under corislruction, one under the Great Wall for 3,545 feet. ASONKEY KNOWS COfeall, In order to prove ifs power of dis- criminating between colOrs 1114 ecientist, Dahl, made SOnle interesting tests upon a monkey, He colored some sweets with a certain colored dye and some biller substances with that or another rioted Alter a few attempts the mon- key learned to leave without even tast- ing Most at of Ala oeiored with the dye whieh indicated bitter -Meting cebstances and seized at once upon `OW which indtcated sweets, Varyi.ng, the experiments sufficiently he found that the monkey distinguished oll the different eolore readily, save only dark blue, altiny savage tribes cannot tinguish dark Ishic from black, and erre thildren diatingidsh this color later than ell other& VERIETIES EXISTENCE Times to Hold Our Peace and Rest In Faith The Lord shall fight for you; but 3e Ignorance if things at times are hard to ellen Mal your peace -Exodus xiv, 1.4, beim or understand,' anti we stand M de - Most er us need to -prompting temake span at the ratlines of life, the sharp, tiolee M fire, to tvain every effort to bitter snuggle: that comes to most. ef aehieve succes. , We fret and futne; we us, Is that not after all, the proper are quick to express our feeling's; we \ iew. If: events tus not to our compre- ale reality twousel to aetion and reetard tiension ov sat•isfaction, if the burden is calmness tie a kind of cowerdice in Me bane the sovrow intense, the 'nineties heat of conflict. 'We prefer to fight for galling, the ingratitude keen, aud joy ourselves. and sunlight seem' bloSted out of our Now there are times not unfrequent -world, why not hold our peace? Surely when we must be stirred to activity and the verities or existence are none ihe tteinevement-thie world is not for '• the less clear -and duty, faith, affection, ascetic or the spiritless, Yet few fealize goodness, shine just, as clearly to those the equal necessity Tor periods of calm who can see • reelection trustful wailing, quick pre- BEYOND THE MIST, Oration, as we rest on our oars (melee(' Can we not take up each day's tangled te, lot things right themselves and con- seeln without complaint or mermur, as lident , that the darkness, the evearinesee we feel,. with Whittler; ' the Sorrow, the •pahe will not net for- ever, S'onie power,'then, outside of ow- selvee will fight for us -we can hold our peace. MOST OF 1.1S WORRY NEEDLESSLY at the chain of eireennstances, if wo. sincerely believe that the universe is controlled by A Deity, common father ef all raeee, nations' and creeds, however differently Ile is called and approached it IO clear :that we most allow Him to manage atfatrs as He pleases --whether ale send seed time or 11 erv es ts summer or winter; calm or stoein-and,we 'ought to feel that changes hi the world of outside nature, es welt as sorrow,, painOiejus- lice in our everyday life, are designed for a good end. If the laws of the physical world are wisely addisted, from the star to the tree WO nmst recognize a similar wisdom in the laws of the moral universe. We I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and me. Life is neither a via dolorosa nor a pleasure garden -it is a chastening, a discipline, a preparation. It is in sil- enee and darkness that the seedlet be- comes an oals--anddoes not character grow best, in silence ancl in heal? Out cik.a prison a Bunyan quietly enriched literature instead of vainly beating, against the Oats. So- °Rea the best work, the best life, is conditioned in'sor- row and trial, which are part 'of human existence and Out of Which we can ga-• ther what is imperishable, like the div- ers who seek amber in a storm. ? • Let us learn, then, the beauty, the value of holding our peace at every cris- es in life. Gold, perhaps, is Isearestato the human heart when it turns to Him niust hiaine our own imperfectness and in trial and leaves all to Him, WWAYOKICV3**AtifiM HOME.' " UNE*Aili****A01010 SOME DAINTY DISHES. ' To improve tomato soup always add a squeeze oZ orange juice just before serv- ing. Broiled SallAsish.-Soak the fish over- night, in skim milk. When requite ' wipe it dry and put it on a greased grid- iron. When brown on one side, tunl carefully so as not to break. Serve with fried potatoes. Steamed Chocolate Pudding. -• One- half cupful of sugar, one egg, two tea- speninfuls of- butter, one cupful of flour, one teaspoonfuleof baking powder, half a cupful of milk, a little salt, one and a half spares of chocolate. Steele tor two hotna.usEat witld'crearn sauce. Boiled Salmon. -Select a fresh, firm fish; wash and prepare it for dressing. Lay it on a strainer, sprinkle salt over it thickly, then cover it plentifully with cold water. Let it warm slowly and only simmer, allowing for one of eight or nine pounds three-quarters of an hour slow boiling. , Seed Cakes. -One-half cup of butter, one of sugar, one-half cup of milk, two eggs, one teaspoonftil of cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonlul of soda, and flour enough to roll them smooth. Raw cabbage is very excellent as a salad. The cabbage must be fresh And crisp and .sliced very finely. Rub a salad bowl with a clove of garlid, put in the cabbage and stir it about well, then pour a nice dressing over and serve. ' Egg Balla -13a some eggs hard, re- move the shells. Ilave ready a mixture of finely 'chopped dry ham and bread - crumbs. Ctit each egg in half length- wise, brushoverwith beaten egg S roll in the breaderunibs, etc., and fry a golden color. Serve hot, with water- cress arranged as A border. • " Dandelion sated is most wholesome, and should be oaten more freely than it is. Cut some dandelion roots as low down as possible so as to get white stalks. Wask thoroughly, and mix with an edual quantity of watercress and a suspicion of onion. *Dress with oil or cream dressing.' Vinegar is not neces- sary. „ Dried.. gmenapea.s are very useful in the winter when vegetables are scarce, and as a rule they are not so widely known as they deserve. Soak the peas. for twenty-four hours it cold water, with 0 pinch of soda. Plunge int° fast boiling water and cook tin tender. Drain, shake in a saucepan with a little butter, and serve. Stewed Macaroni.- Break the maea- roni into short lengths, and throw into boiling salted water. Cook for about half an hour and drain in a collander. Put, into a .etewpan with one pint of milk, one ounce of butter, pepper and salt. Stir over a slow fire tin it, is all mixed, add the macaroni, simmer for half an hoer and serve with grated cheese scattered over. - Prune Pudding. -- Chop finely, two ounces ar suet, add to it six Minces of flour, two ounces of mixed peel, half a pand of scalded prunes, stoned and chopped. Mix witha gill of milk in which Is diesoivecl half a teaspoonful of carbonete of soda. Pour into a greased mould, which should be only tWO-thirds full. Tie over with greased paper and steam fast for three hour,. Savory Spanish Onions. - Put six °nines into cold wa ter tend re n eve the sf;Ins, Put these in e sale:mare with boiling weter to Cover, and add a tea- spoonful of salt. Cook till fencier. Drain thoroughly and put into' a pie -dish, cover with thick whilc sauce, flavored with grated cheese. Saute er bread - crumbs over and place in a steady oven till browned. Serve very' hot. Waehinglon Ple-For the erusle use two cups of sugar, one-half cup butter, llitea cups elfted float-, four eggs, one- half teaspoonful of oreem tartar. For the filling, one tablespoonful of corn - e fa sett, boiled in about one-half pint of snake bent the seek of one egg vely light end stir inn) the milk, flame with vad nala and when cold add the °thee halt .1011•••• of the milk and the white of the egg beaten to a stiff froth and •stirred in quickly; spread ibis between the cakes and ice it with the white of one egg and eight tablespoonfuls of fine sifted sugar; flavor with lemon. Velvet Pudding. - Five eggs, beaten separately, .one cup of .sugar, four table- spoonfuls of corn starch, dissolved in a little cold milk, and added to the yolks and sugar; boil three pints of milk and add the other ini;redients while boiling; remove from the fire when it becomes quite thick; flavor with vanilla and pour into a baking dish; Meats whiles of the eggs to 0 stiff froth; add half a cup of sugar, turn over the pudding, and place in the °Oen and let brown slightly. To be eaten with this sauces -Yolks of two eggs, one cup of sugar, tablespoonful of butter,heat well, add one cop of boil- ing milk, set on the stove until it comes to a boiling heat; flavor with vanilla, Florentine Pudding. -Put a quart of milk into your pan, let it come to a boil; mix smoothly three' tablespdlenfials of cornstarch and 'a little cited nillk; add the yolks of three eggs, beaten; 'half a teacupful of sugar, flavor with vanilla, lemon, or anything your fancy sug- gests; stir into scalding 'milk; continue stirring till the consistency of starch (ready for use), then -put into the pan or dish you wish to. serve it in; beat the whites of the eggs with. a teacup •of pul- verized sugar, spread over the top, place •the oven a 'few minutes till the frost- ing is a pretty. brown. Can be eaten with cream or is good •enough without. For a change you can bake in cups.' HINTS FOR. THE' HOME. A dirty coffee-pot will spoil the -strongest infueion, so wash and dry the coffee-pot each clay after use. Save chicken bones, for they form a valuable addition to the stockpot when 'soup is in preparation. • Salt is an exterminator for Moths, e's- pecially in carpets. Sweep the carpet, scalier dried salt over, and roll UP tightly. Store in a very dry place. To polish kitchen knives, mix a little bicarbonate of soda with the brickdost and scan them thoroughty. ' Fill pincushions with well-driecl coffee grounds, for enice or moths will never touch them, and the needles and pins will not rust.' Before using copper vessels for cook- ing rub the inside with a piece of cut lemon, then rinse in hot water, and dry with a cloth. This will destroy any verdigefe wIffeli may have been on the copper. s , 'rea stains are „ver,y difficult to get out neglected;they should be soaked in either mill: 00 warm water as soon as possible, ands' then, soaped and rubbed mit. The next washing will efface them wholly. Sufferers from weak eyes should avoid \veering veils of tt coarse mesh or with a pattern of any sort, for the eyes in in endeavoring to edjustthemselves to their foreign covering. . In CaeS Of Illness 'where the patients suffer from burning Thirst, which even ice does not quench, it is well to try a taaspoonful of glycerine, for in many instances it gives prompt and long re- lief. . To carve a ham so aa...to serve fat and lean. 'evenly,- cut a slice at the eenteecer the thickest part, and cut from this teen' cirCular slices. In this way the moisture and flevor of the ham is preserved to the lasNiaver leave meat wrapped in paper longer than necessary. 1)aper is merely a compound of riles, Hine, fibre and other substances, with acids anti various chemicale intermixed, and consequently, when damp, should mot tou h eatables. Forlite ironirig-star.11 insts id °reusing the 0011111100 implement 'ma ke n of lio, which adroas the air through the boa tern and consequently Cools the iron quielsly, 11,yi this suggestion :-Take Clean, white brick, sc,t it on the stave for hall arehOur before using as and stfor the iron. This keeps the heat a long thne, and retatels radin Hon. Vor small gardensoapsuds are vette nide. Applied to the roots or fruit trees. roses, etc., soapsuds are a valuable manure, They impart, a vigor and ra- pidity of grovvIla which is perfectly stoe rmsrngNo one who is lucky enough to 1)110 a garden eear the house ettould Waste this valuable Wm of rottnured lt is an excellent planlo heVe a large tub, and put the soepsuds arta dim te Water 0110 it till Winfred. Tor the garden. To Clean Fees, - Pet two querts of fresh, bran in a pan over the lire, and stir it frequently io keep -it from burn- ing. Lay the fur upon the bible, and when the to is nUtlo• hot, apply two or three handfuls of it to the fin, and rub it in well with the land. Repeat this process several times, always taking fresh hot Man from the pan, When the fur is glean, shake it, and brush it with a clean brush, to remove any flour and dust whieh may remain. Some hints on cleaning lamp chini. neys will no doubt be useful just now, when we are apt to carry our lamps about in the dark house, and the draughts cause the chimney to be smoked. First, when a chimney is now, it should always be washed in a soapy lalher, and a small mop passed Up the chimney again and again till all specks and spots ma removed. It a chimney is not perfectly cleaned before it is. used, there is al's as a risk Of the dirty MarkS burning in, and being very diflioult to erase. A smoky Wino chimney may, of course, be elevays washed clean; but. better than this, take a small sponge and tie it on the top of a stick, slightly moisten it with paraffin, and brush the glass with it, after\vards rub till dry with a Clean cloth, and the chimney will be perfectly bright. Another plan is to • rub -the smoked chimney with methylated epirit and whiting till the glass is clear, STRANGE PER'SIAN CUSTOM May Duncan] a Nobleman to Take Up Your Grievance. In Persia -there is inc strange custom known as bast It simply means that any one having -a grievance by taking refuge on the premises of a noblemen may demand 'that the nobleman take up his cause as though th,e bastee Were one of hie own household. There seems le be no limit to the custom, for the petty criminal often takes refuge, or -bast, in a mosque, where he is safe, if his .friends are allowed to feed him. If the police want him, they must starve him out. There was a man who sat for eight years in one of the legations patiently awaiting a settlement of a small clahn that he had against the Persian Govern - 'Twine. Ministers cattle 'and went, bat he stayed on. At last his claim .was paid, and Ise diedecelebrating his victory! Few legations would have the courage to put a men out, as it would bring down no small amount of opprobrium upon them. .• , Recently every shop in Me great bazaar in Teheran was closed, and between 5,000 and 6,000 men, merchants, artisans and some priests, went, into, the English legation and informed the acting Minis- ter that they were there JO remain until the English Govern' ment took up. their case with the Persian Government. Fortunately,' the grounds are tinge, but, at best, peat 'damage mustbe done to their beauty by the fleethousand and more 'men camping on thern A short time ago these people would have gone to the Russian 'Legation, but to -day it is passed by andfax while, the streets surrounding the British Legation are filled with crowds who do not hesi- tate to say that England can have the country if she wants its The whole city seems to be on a strike. Only the mails, butcher end baker have not been itter- fered with. Half a ton of bread daily 'is eequired to feed those within the lega- tion compound. All day long the Koran is read and Allah is appealed to for help. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. el Ss Rapidly Crewing in 'Wealth and Ponelation. A Royal Commission has been inves- tigating the prospects of Western Aus- tralia, and has decided that that colony is one of Britain's most promising chil- dren. Fifteen years ago, the total popu- lation of the Whole State was only 46,- 000; now it has that population in one town alone. Fifteee years ago Western Australia had a revenue of under half a million; nest" it is over X4,000.000. , ..Firteen yeaee. ago Western Australia's while railway mileage wouid net have 'stretched, niuch more than one hundred miles; to -day its railways are 1,600 miles' long: Fifteen years . ago Western Australia produced only 80,000 worth of gold,. and paid only £1,250 in clividenda melts gokl-mines; last year the gold product was valued at &8,000,000, and the mines paid £2,167,539 in dividends. It possesses some of the finest thither Country in thaeworid (ils karri and jar rah have a universal reputation); its ,agricullurat capacity- is illimitable; sheep and -cattle and homes thrive abun- (thinly without the risks of diseases that menace the flocks and herds of other countries; and, as a complement to all these advantages, mineral "developmeot is proceeding at a remarkable pace. • PEACEFUL BUTIMANS. One of the charactevislice of Eastern peoples which inakes life ctmong them hard for Western conquerors is their readiness to transforM themselves fM fighting men irito appaeeotly• meek -and humble- 11031 -combatants Is hi oecire Whethring ferce of, iiaildierehdoihee 640#g.: In 1311e11a ibis ridade much trouble for an English, colUmn, whose experiences are told by the author of "A Peeple nI School." We were in a very hostile country. That was easy' to see. When eve went ota of, town we were fired •upon. We thought remesal necessitry, and tried it -hut lo retaliate you meet lades some dna to retaliate on. We SaW no, cite. Dity erten day we marched over barren hilis and through straggling villages and looked for foes, "WO round oely via tilled their fields and looked upon 118 (.uriously. \\ Sven 33-0 0.1b70(1 W1)(11ve the enemy Was they shook their heeds and see! they lomw none. "eVhere ore the deceits?" we asked. "'What:ere decries?" they enewered. "Fell nein with gimeisa eeie, They shied: then 110110,...;. Thoy weIT 1111 p00c4 101 andknew no- thing or such things, Thee we went en, nil 1 eaeh eeeeedd voila:etre unearthed his gun iind fib lowed us, to get a pot-shot at Us, LONDON'S LORD MAYOR WIIAT IIE IIAS BONE FOR TIIE AIIMY,'rlIE CITY AND TIIE P0011. Sir William P. Treioar Ilos 000)11 linoom tor Veers as the Chil- dren's Alderman. A couple of weeks ago ono of the. leading 'items of English news was the visit of the retiring Lord Mayor to Paris. 'fins 1 was practically the 1r!aledictory function of his year, and it \vas a most, successful one. • Now the , ppers are full of the descriptions of the 'functions at- tending the inaugutation el the Lord Mayor for the coming year, Sir William P. Treloar, heed' of the geeat carpet honee of Treloar Sons. Unfortunately the clay of the Lard Mayor's show was dismal and rainy, .so that the pageant waS somewhat spoiled.. However,this, untoward event will not detract from tbe popularity of the inctunbent or theoffice. THE CHILDREN'S' ALDERMAN. This year's Lord Mayor is one of the most popular aldermen who have occu- pied the chair during the present cen- tury, and les popularity has been . won not alone on account of his services to the city and -corporation•Which have conferred then highest honor upon him, but because of his charity and his great public spirit in a far wider field. For years past he has •been knovet as the Children's Alderman, because' of the effortS'Which he.and, Lady Treloar have made on behalf of the 'children ofethe poor, ' especially the crippled 'children; but it enuat always be remembered that beyond this cbaritable kindliness his knighthood was on when, 10 the year 1900, he threw hiniself with hisaccus- tomed ardor and energy into the putrio- tic task of aiding the Lord Mayor in raising and equippeng the City of Lon- don Volunteers -the C. I. V.'s. In that 3 -ear he was sheriffe and lie had been elected alderman of his ward eight years b WIDENED LUDGATE I -TILL. It is interesting to know that this veritable merchant prince was Isom at the loot of Ludgate Hill, in the heart, of the city, and near where his warehouse now stands, as in those days it was the custom for merchants to live above their Shops. Sir William took °vex -the busi- ness left by his lather and built it up to large proportions. His motto for busi- ness success, phrased in the language of the mill* operatives, is, "It's dogged as does it" Though he has been a very busy mail all his life, he-has.found time to enjoy literature and art and to write a book, "Ludgate' Mil,' giving a history of that historic thoroughfare. His iri- terest in the street is more than historic because he was the per•son chiefly re- sponsible for widening that street from 47 feet to 60 feet throughout its length against vely' strong opposition._ NO SINECURE. By no means a sinecure is this. posi- tion. The Lord Mayor receives a .salary of $50,000 a year, and is given rent free the palatial -Mansion Houee for a resi- dence, but his enormous expenses are not 'nearly met by his salary, and lie is obliged to draw heavily upon his pia - vale resources. A poor man cannot be Lord Mayor and uphold the traditions and tequieements. • There are numerous banquets and other enteatainments to be given, and innumerable .calle upon the official purse. His public duties demand every hour of thd Lord Mayor's time, •and a retiring official is usually in need of a long rest. During the day he must preside over. meetings for public or benevolent ob- jects, and take part in many important ceremonies. He., must open schools' and hospitals, distribute prizes, inaugurate measines for the relief of. distress. ATTENDS PRIVY COUNCIL. - At night he is constantly called upon la entertain distinguished personages at the Mansion House, preside at charity entertainments or attendssocial or pub- lic functions of various kinds. Several times during his term he must give a splendid ball at his official. residence. - Upon the -death of a Sovereign the Lord Mayor must attend the Privy Council; at a coronation he is Chief but- ler, and for his services is presented with a gold cup end cover. A justice ex officio the Loid,Mayor holds court; he presides over the alder- men, and has a number of other duties to -occupy his time. , It is no eaey year` to which Sir Wil- liam Treloar is looking, but it is be- lieved he will acquit himself with dig- nity and credit. urrix GIRL HEROINE. Fatally Burned Herself. While Trying to Rescue a Baby. A Title girl of 10, named Rose Read, died in We.st flam Ilospil•al, Londoh, recently from burns ustained in heroic efforts to save another. child. . In a small lumse in Lines road, Ab- bey Inc Stratford, lived t•svo families; teemed Read and Lake. Mrs. Lake and Mes. Bead went out shopping, in, Ihe Morninge leaving five ,. ehademees 1134. hotieceselldeeeIlead ari.cr Sohn 'Lake,' each aged ten; the other 113 00 teeing babie3. whose ages varied from. 18 enonths to 4 years. A fire broke out upelairs, and all the children got out of the hoese ex- cept Alice Lake, the youngest. bithy. Rose newt, hearing of her little 03)0- ratte8 dangesous'positia, ran upstairs to anemia it rescue. An (item was raised, and a coal dealer named Hull ruelied Mte the house, Ile round that Rose's ClOtheS, Wete. on, fire, end he. promptly extinguished the ila.mes and ,crirteedothe child dos nstairs. fie -entering the house, 1 11111 round that lho Iieby'e clothes, were smoldering He . , . heat nut the Baines, and harried with (he little one to a place of (direly, • The fire, a slight ono, was meekly put out by the neighbors before the 111- 1 11311 ot the brimide. liosis 'lead 14. 0010130(1 lo hi r ininriee into' in the dey. The baby 11ai4 practicelly uninjured, and wits 001 delitined in the licapital. , Fashion Hints. •14 *et 4'inlo+11,41-1,1-1.-141-1,-1144.44+ DISCOLORED LINF.N CAIIME,NTS, Linen will (lye any good pale shade and sometimes evil] stand as deep a toile as amethyst or cerise. A pod way 10, dispose of a discolored blouse of' Oroiderie Anglaie° is to have at dippecle It Call be done in a Celor to Matcb til skirt and will also dye black socce fullyin fact, this is the way sorne Ca turners furrlisn blacl: enihrOidered linen:' • waists en' short notice. Silk is sometimes better wasbed. The - black chillot veil Or good quality svill go to the laundress end come back look- ing fresh, A black erepe de chine waLst or gown will wash better than a \vette, one and only needs to be shaken dry and pressed • afterwards on tile wrong side. A taffeta petticoat can be washed when it is no longer safe to send it to the cleaners. They lose only a little :et irifineerand they Will work inttrini ss.o - If you of have a quantity of old lace iinitation Cluny, valenoinnes, or 'Cluny and Maltese, have thein all dipped ta- ming the same gown without the differ- ence of design being conspicuous, • TO APPLY TOUCH OF BEADING. On the new fur coats head -embroidery is being applied M the form of an up- right collar, belt, cuff 'bands, and eome- dines strapping. The effect is pleasing and • the work is not difficult to do at home. A box of beads -gold, silver, or cOlored-a fine long needle, and a trans- fer pattern with some white net to take the pattern on form the stock in trade. An easier plan Ls to bead some lace mo- tifs or insertion of lace, as tam' the beading does not neeta to'be so closely done to produce a good effect. 'When a transfer pattern is chosen it is necessary to thoroughly cover the ground mith the beads anitclosely to mit away -the net around the edges of the design. On a lace foundation there is no such /woes- sity. A white ground, whether a eloth or velvet, es' useful to make the foundation of a vest, revers ahd cuffs covered well with beading or with braid embroidery. 'rho white goes well with every color and the tones of the beads or the ems- broldery silks or braids worked on this foundation will be chosen, to contrast well With the Maincoloring of the gown. With brown, dor instance, crim- son is , available, white, pink, green, blue, and mauve are etill successful as brighteners up of a brown frock. The mixture of two shades, breeve and wine color, green ond royal purple, blue and lieliotrope, violet and bottle green, produees an effect quite different fro that of any one shade when the shad are ihterwoven in beads, braids, or e broidery LITTLE FRILLS. Every woman needs tin empire scarf in these _days. They are delightful with an empire or directoire costnirte and make a charming, accessory to almost any mitt of evening diess. Some of these eropha scarfs come in pompadour crepe de chine -the back- ground being creamy white and the pre- vailing tone of. the glowers a delicate pink. They, are about two and a half yards long and about t\venty-four inches wide. Avery beautiful einaire scarf is shown in an exquisite lavender crepe. Witte daisies are embroidered at either end so naturally as to almost scene as if they had been tossed *upon' the lavender. • Among the fancy crepe scarfs shown :s One in deep Persian colors. The ends of this scarf are simply finished with a very narrow hem. , She who has inlierded a smelt China. crepe scarf either in black .or white should thke it oat' rejoicing. For the woman who has, no Sea heirloom there are plenty of ,cadies displayed in the shops. Thesescarfs are- really tiny shawls, a -rid have an dmbroidered border and 'a- deep fringe. .Hand -painted empire scarf § are also, much liked. These come in the regula- ' lion size, are of white crepe de chine, with hhthe floral -design for, a border and the very, tiniest. fringe imaginable as fia. Very laseinatiog for the woman who is dark eyed -and statuesque are tlie Egyptian scarfs. Theee come in black and while net, heavily embroidered in gold or silver. Marvellous Egyptian de- signs are carried old with the embroi- dery, and even the WOMan wile does not think them pretty Must admit that they have a peculiar charm all their own. Among the allaybites scarfs are those of crepe de chine dotted in white and those of white fancy crepe which have a design .also .in while. .sTbe,se,searfs are., finished With hemstitched ends: Silk and evool waistings come in 'very pretty deeigne. There is one in tiny corded stripes showing white and a color just'a trifle wider' than pin stripes, and over all this are sprinkled Pompa- dour flosvera ea'Anothet• waisting of silk and e'ool has clustere of Wink stripes (very Darrow) on a NvIiite ground, with a, tiny green vine ana pink buds running in between each cluster of the black, A FISH 'FALE OF THE MEUSE. An angler in Ibo River' Meuse in Bel- . gium, while fishing recently, felt a light bite as he \vas pulling in Medan. Then there wae a second pull, and just as the fists was mmearing on Ihr \valet- tin enormous pike made 0 epring, at it, and went, off with his prey aud 100 net (if Inc After' much trouble it woe wetted in, and the iistonielical tinglcr found that lie hod caught feet a pet ce of ithout one pima weight, mut well on the hook, then a piae 01 fourepounds, which had half e \yellowed the peyote then a pike or thieteen pounds weight, who had seized% On the smaller pike in his en.. deavov to wrest the Perch front him. No, Inin neer' got a peal. 11 hie Oaelc fatein'Ocieryliig• hie •rteighbee'a burden, • 'in. Sorro,v is Me p11001 of many A song. The ltt\v 1, he.et ascot when it is lost, love,