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S LECTED RECIPES,
Green Tometo Compote. — Al-
though iiroleably no other vege-
table is served in s,o InallY different
ways as the tomato,itiS aet egea-
crane- known thee the gee e fruit
makes an excelleet "eompote,"or
sweet stew, The ueripc toreatoe
are ateweal in eager, like primes or
aprieots, until they become sweet
and tender. This method of PrePare
ing them is recommended to those
who grow their oWil fruit, which
often fails te ripe e fully before
froet,
Poor 3Ianes Cakes.--1.7se Ott.g' CU1C!
Oi Indian meal, ad one cap
'flour, sifted together. Add one tea-
epoonful of salt, and two teeepeea-
Jule of baking -powder. Beat a.
egg ttild add to it three tablespoon --
fills of sugar and one eup of milk.
Stir this into the mfeal and flour,
and drop the mixture by slew -Ms
fuls into deep fat, Fry the eakes
tO a light brown mid drain them
en brown wiper.
Baked mulkom,
4.no one and orte-ba4 pounds
round steak, one-half penned o
baeon or pork, one ortion 4114, two
.grefll PePPers. Add 4 Cup a bread-
erulabs, salt to teete, and ked
until the iegrediente aro therough-
ly mixed. Form the meals into a
,it 4114 pIriee it in the middle of
Icing -pan. Put strips of bacon
p anal pour over all the con -
if a can of tematoes. Bake ie
eIQW LeVe11 for au hour 4114 a half,.
Drat off the tomato juice, add a
httle hut water, 4son aeld thick-
en, and then
pVUr he liquid ever
the meat See inot eked.
Boiled
ceeleieg, tap
hot -we at he
=a as s a a q r n
dough as soft as possible, knead
into ehape, lay it on board and heat
erten light and full of bubbles. For
the beatieg use, a new axe haudle
or rolling pin with one handle.
Beating bread takes one-fourth the
time kneading does and the dough
is melt lighter and the work is no-
thing, When dough is light and
fluffy, roll mit on board, taking part
a dough at a time, until one -hall
ineh thick, spread with warm but.
ter, Cut rolls with a dumbbell, but
aN.0 handle will de. Beat bite-
eitit cutter, Place a prune in een-
ter, sprinkle with sugar and CraDa-
Imola, Then feld edges of dough
over prunes, pressing down ermle
To prunes won't pop out, Place
greased pans, let rise until light,
then bake in entick QVCc.1. abeut
twenty mini Serve warin with
butter, or they are good eo/d.
Nut roles can be made the same
way, using eltopreed walnuts
etend ad prunes. Or if you like, fill
wen the Ants, Lerge primes
d with walnuts anal served
wt whipped cream are alelieiou$
fee de$sart,
In making prune whips
no white of egg to each pereo
one teblespeue enear and
prunes to each white. This way you
van make a large or s.nall whip ne
,yee desese.
Prone Whip.- -Whites of three
eggs, one and ege-half cups granu-
lated sugar, fifteen or eisettetie
prunes? .:iteW the neuees, stew aed
' ehop eve. Beat the -white to a stiff
froth aeal add ugar, our eeil, and
thee add ahem-xi:I prunes. Bake le
slew even tfireeeetaisters ef
l'rene Puddiegge-Oste pound
preee$, beiied util eta, Remove
$11eS and mash. To this past add
eaten
-This method of
ret tried ae a
. to save
the beat requIr bakiren
proved so satisfactory that it«1411-
seded the old inethed. Wash the
d put them in a kettle,
in with water; do no
them. Boil slowly un -
v are soft; sweeter. to taste.
eult is delicious.
Lther's Chopped
anatees,
ene wad of
peers (seed5
doum geed -
cucumbers,
elle: Z
head
ea age, th
removed), o
sized onions,
one cup or nasturtium seeds. Chop
all together and $eald in a weak
brine, drain, and scald in about a
quare of vinegar and water. Drain
this eff, and pour over the pickle,
hots the following; Two quarts of
vinegar, one and one-half pounds
af brewu sugar, one-quarter of a
pound of white mustard -seed, one
tablesporinful of einnamen, one tea-
spoonful each of red pepper,
ground mustard, clove aud allspice,
Put in a stone crock.
PICKLES.
Cucumber Relish—Three quarts
of freeli eueturthers peeled and
elked. One quart of onions peeled
and sliced, ene-fourth cup of salt
sprinkled over and let stand one
hour. Take one quart of vinegar
and half cup -of water, add to it vile
heaping tablespoon of celery seed,
ene tablespoon of white mustard
seed, one tablespoon of tunaeric
powder, tine -half cup of sugar, one
teaspoon of cayenne pepper. Add
this to the cutumbers and °nitres
and mix well; boil up well and can.
These are delicious for meats of all
kinds.
Canada Kot.—Chop one peek
green tomatoes, four ripe peppers,
four green peppers, two eups eel-
ery„ two cups onion; put one-half
cup salt on and let stand ever night.
In the morning drain well and pour
six cups vinegar. in which you have
put two cups sugar .and one-balf
cup white mustard seed. Keep all
-winter in a stone jar, arid is good.
Cherry Leaf Pickles .—Green cu-
cumbers, ,about an ineh in diame-
ter, .should be used for this recipe
of delicious pickles. In a jar place
a thick layer of well cleaned cheery
leaves, then a six inch layer of cu-
purehers, until the jar is filled, hav-
ing a. layer: of cherry leaves last.
Over this pour a salt brine Made et
one cup Of salt to about tee quarts
of water. Thenevery morning for
two 'weeks mix the leaves and cu-
cumbers well. up from the bottom
of the jar with the hands. At the
end of this time drain off the bribe
to the last drop. pvt the eeeum-
hers into pieces about an inch long.
Place in quart jars,. scattering
.inixed spices through. Then make
a sweet syrup as :foli; any, jsweet
pickee, fill jars and Seal.. At the
end of about tWa. weeks reheat:
syrup and seal jars'for.witteise.
PRUNES.
Prune Ptol1s.--1Cook one „pound
runes until soft, sweeten to taste.
When cool remove seeds. For the
dough, take one cup rnilk, scalded
and cooled, add one cup warm
-tater, one compressed yeast cake,
one, large tablespoon each of butter
and 'sugar, one, small tea ecu salt.
'When- dissolved vradttally add sin
,-;,tip's sifted tiour, ,stirring until eas,
illy handled vi-dtla hands. , Have
mueh better than avliee washed in
the ordinary way.
To make -Venetian blinds like
new, first take them in pieces, wash
them well, and dry thoroughly.
Then rub well with a. cloth dipped
in linseed oil, and polish. They
will look as fresh as when new.
Atter washieg a teapot, dry iihor-
*uglily and leave the lid of so that
the air may enter. Remember it is
impessible to dry the spout, and if
you close the pot tightly it will very
likely smell musty,
Waste pipes which have became
elogged are cleaned by laying ever
the eink a large lump of soda. Pour
kettlefue of boiling water over,
and it will dispel the grease which
generall,y is the cause of the trou-
ble.
Hot water, as Is generally sup-
posed does net cause wrinkles, aed
there are few 'things more refresh-
ing to a tired face than 0, wach
water as hot as can be bore to
whicha dash of toilet vinegar has
been added.
Cream of tartar fer met. Boil
the article with the lust stain for
about an hour in three gallons of
weter, To each gallon add KrIle
tableSirOratli a cream tartar. The
stain will disappear; re mattee how
old,
le
the whites of {1,,Ur eggs we
and. one-h.ilf cupful of win!
Bake until a light brow
celd with cream.
(..'(.iee lnirned on bot coals will
a sickroom and ea ercem
isaereeable odore,
riewspapers under the
an kitehen table. The cil
b will last much longer.
inger poultices are as •'ffleaei-
us as mustard and will nut blister.
They should be made in the same
good way te tell when ham is
fried enough is by the fat. When
the fat is brows (nut burnt) the
ham is done.
If you want to keep lemons string
them with a packing -needle and
hang them in a- dry place, but do
not let them touch each other.
If it is necessary to add more
water when soup is boiling, add
boiling water; if cold or warm
water is adteel :the soupy flavor
will be ruined.
Keep a cupboard or room dry by
the simple plan ef placing a jar of
quicklime, which must be renewed
at intervals, as it absorbs the .ilamp
very quiek-ly.
A good hint to those who have a
tear in their dress is to darn it as
near as possible like the weave
of the cloth with a thread af the
material iteelf.
When using valuable vases for
table decorations fill them with
sand, for this makes them stand
firmly, and renders them far less
liable to be knocked over and
brokea.
You can take iron rust out of
cloth very successfully by putting
lemon juice on the spot and ap-
plying a hot fiat iron; sometimes
it is necessary to repeat the appli-
cation.
Sheets should, of course, be
mangled, but if you have not one,
fold the sheets as if for mangling,
and leave for several hours. Then
finish by pressing them in the folds
-with a heavy iron.
If new enamel saucepans are
placed in a pan of warm water, al -
lee -eel to come to the boil, a -ad then
cool, they will be found to last
much longer before either crack-
ing or burning.
Artificially fed children shoulel
have their bottles boiled every day,
arid the tubes and other rubber
parts soak -ed one hour in water
which Contains 25 per cent. of pure
glycerine.
Don't put baby into a mail cart.
If you cannot afford a comfortable
-perambulator in -which he can lie
in his cot make up your mind to
carry him, even though your arms
may ache, -
Skimined milk and -water, with a
bit of glue in it, made scalding hot,
te excellent to restoreold, rusty
black crap- if well squeezed and
pulled. dry, like muslin, it will look
as well as new.
Sawtiust should never be thrown
aiva,e. Use it for cleaning water
bottles which axe stained. Slightly
cla,mpenecl, it can be scattered over
brick floors, which, if well brushed,
will be perfectly clean.
When washing oilcloth, a table-
spoonfal of painter's size added to
a pailful of water will give it a
glossy surface and make it wear
SILK,
_tmerica, but of ova inlp
Front Norway.
e manufacture of artieciel
wood pulp from Norway is
boing shipped Imre in, hales,
This pulp is eut into thin siKets,
nv:dual sheet is carefully
weigted. uid a ver a in quant 4ty
placed in e metaJ tank ler chemical
trent. 'ahtem evais ch'emieal solutiono
used are mixed in huge iron tanks,
from which tiWy are pumped under
ground through n series of lend
pipes to the departments requiring
tho various compounds, Thir, pulp,
hit‘ mg been macerated and digest -
led, is submitted to ;-ti11 -further
chemical action undrr certain fixed
:temperatures which arc not allow-
ied to Nary client ene-half a degree.
When it is i einly for final trans
formation into silk the sohtion
ckey resembles riu.lasses iu eoiov
niul onsistency. At this stage ft
is unped from the tanks to th
spinning frames. Here specially
nstrueted pumps are attached t
ach spindle, which carefully mea-
/ sure off the required quantity
of the solution.
This is forced through tubes with
n outlet containing just as many
,1 rations as there are to be f1a-
mits in the thread. Through these
; it is passed to a tank running the
length of the frame .tind containing
a. chemienl mixture which fixes the
solution instantaneously into
thread.
This strand is carried over
wheel down through a tube to
rapidly revolving spindle; the
rate of speed is about 5,000 revolu-
tions a minute. Frain this the
strands are afterward unwound on
reels ieto skeins. The air in the
spinning room is completely chang-
ed every three minutes, beiug
pumped off though hoods placed
over each of the spinning frames.
This is alone, says the Textile Manu-
facturers' Journal, to remove any
possible fumes and to provide
thorough ventilation for the opera-
ivOne of the interesting features in
cennectioft with the entire operation
is the fact that -the yarn is handled
as little as possible. The specially
constructed stoves and bleaching
arrangements are ideal, and when
The skeins are finally carried to
the large drying room on the fifth
floor one marvels at the change
which has so rapidly taken place.
From here they are taken to the
sorting room, where each individual
skein is carefully examined by skil-
led operators.
THE DAISY -CH :AIN.
Down in a scented meadow cool,
A laughing lass, let loose frbm
school,
Ran merrily, one summer's day,
Among the sweet wild flowers to
play.
Of buttercups a golden foam
Rose high above the luscious loam.
There, in a field beyostcl the lane,
She wove a dainty daisy -chain.
Ali! shall I ever meet again
The lass who wove a daisy -chain?
The next time that I saw her there,i
Lovely as spring -time, and as fair,
Again a chain of stars she wove,
That bound my heart in links ef
love.
But time had changed the little
maid
Into a damsel, prirn and staid,
To timid stniles ad blushes fain,
Who thought ' not ef a daisy-chain
Oh, what joy to meet again
The lass who wove a daisy -chain!
And non' when I look round and
see
Thc joys that liie has brought to
me,
With .,wife and weans, to keep afire
The light that led my young desire,
I ponder, as, I thank the Fates
That hid beyond those rustic gates,
And close my eyes and see again
The goddesi' with the daisy,chain.
Oh,' never shall_ part again
From the lass who wove a daisy
chain]
THE ,Q,,UNDAY
1110
INTERNATIONAL LESS'elfe,
Slee)T.Iii31/3 Yea N..
eSSQ1/ :111[.. Daniel in the lions'
den, Dan. 6. Golden Text,
24. 7,
Verse 1. Darius—He was the
general, apparently the Greek.
name Gobryas beiag similar le
form)) who was in command of the
combined forces of Persia and Me-
dia, when Babylon Was eaptered,
He took control of the eity as gov-
ereer, The statements coecereing
him, here and in other parts of the
book, exhibiting him as a royal'
pereenage ruling over an extensive
kingdom, are difficult to under;
stand in light of the knowu histoeri
of these times. There may be some
eordusion between this man and
the Darius Hystaepes of the book
of Ezra, the father of Xerxes.
Satraps—A. steietly Persien word
fperg a ruler of a province.
The -word is found frequently also
ie Ezra and Esther.
2, Presidents—Priuces. A word
leered nowhere else in the Old Tee-,
tnment except in this ehapter. Ths
iras the, pLva Dashazzar had in
mind (compare previous chapter),
These three Men acted as ck;nd of
.ck upon the satraps, so that the
treasure and revenue 4,)1. the king
weie properly protected,
Was distinguished—That
Id seese of prefer, was ealean
lolp;crnoted, given aerior
Ight to find oceaeion This
niel,a gaptiVe Jew, had be, a ex -
to the higheet hoeors of the
om, and this in spite of his
severe Judgments upon the eutieg
Bie integrity asel eisdoin
I were impeachable. A narrow,
hitter spirit of ,jealo,,tsy, hew -ever,
will find vent saenewhere. and sinee
there
was ilo proof of dislo:,saky
egligenee in Daniel's discharge 014
duties of the kingdom, Ids e'ole-
d an objeet a attack i
of worship acoerdmg,
Jewish law (4)).
bled togeth
ing—The phrase in the ori 1.1 is
rv much more vivid. It neans
hat they earae rushing tumulta-
into the king's presence, de.
very rule of court etiquett
r were they to let loose then'
wrth against, their hatred rival.
c. All the presidents—Daniel, of
eaurse, was excepted; it is easy
believc, intentionally. The enum-
eration of all the chief °Myers oi
the realm gave the plot the seni.
blance of unanimous action.
A royal statute—Although the
ending men had consulted to es-
tablish this decree, their meaning
was, of course, that they intended
to prevail upon the king to estab-
lish it. It was a monstrous propo-
sition. Only a ruler who was easily
induced by flatteey would coesetnt
to be exalted in this fashion above
God and man. It is remarkable
that Darius should have failed to
consult his chief minister and ad-
viser on a matter of such moment.
The den of lions—The den was a
sort of pit, er vault. Lions were
kept for the chase.
8. That it be not changed — The
unalterebleness of the edicts of the
Medes and Persians, properly
signed and sealed by the royal hand,
has become proverbial (Esther 1.
19, 8. 8).
9.^ King Darius signed the writ-
ing ---It seems absurd that any king
in his right senses should consent
-to a law that might easily be brok-
en by every one of his subjects
without his knowing it. He was
sioonon. to see the stupidity of his ac -
t10. When Daniel knew that the
writing was signed, he went—It
was not likely that such a decree
would make any difference at all
to a, man who had served God
through all his career in ft hea-
then land. The trial did not come
to him in youth as it did to his three
companions. He was an old man.
His habit of a lifetime, which took
him thrice daily to the roof chan3-
ber supplied with windows open
toward Jerusalem in the direction
of devotion (1 Kings 8. 44). was not
to, be thwarted by devices of men.
NO doubt he saw through the plot
against him, and his courageous
spirit rose in rebellion. His first
duty was to his God.
sehmenag setraps need chamberlains,
though they were greatly disks-
poieteel that the kiag's wrath was
not awaketted against this Daniel,
of the chi:elect:1 of the captivity of
Judah, they were sure of their po-
sition. No law of the Medes and
Persians (15), so they reminded him
as they once mare rushed before
him without eevereece for his royal
person might be changed, Dean
'Ferrer suggests that if he had
threatened to cast them into the
lionsden, they might have enter
taieed a differeet opinion about -the
reversibility ef royal deerees,
lei He will deliver thee
is rather in -the form ef a Prayer
that Daniel may ie some way es -
(mire what seems a certain fate,
The king's anxious solieitude indis
ates his high regard for his prime
inieister,
17, Sealed it with bis own signet
—An:Ong all these Orientals, the
use of the signet, or seal -ring, was
commou. These rings were very
ancient, In order that there might
be no change ef purpeee on the
king's part, or anybody else s, ecu-
cereing ea-lei/de preeantioe
was taken—the eigaet of the lords
wizs use4 as wen as the
Instruments of music -- This
reading is uneertaiin It may meaa
daneeitg-geris, er ceeetabines. Bet
the sese is plaie—Derlue dial not
indulge himself1l tho mistomare
pleesteres of the evert, but weatto
hisprivate quarters mannerless and
spent a eleeplees
Servant of thelivieg Geal.—
veiretsslee is so strike -1g that
rtem thet the eieg must
cimee,
impressed ere thie that
Dane worshiped no god mude by
tbe hands f
eearee he bad teesteale-kaith
does, thee, make a differeece with
el. Their ehikb-en and their wives
—la bringing ie.. nee upea the
teen v,ho bad roinleinidy eoa.-
trived against us gocd main
! u$ had resort to tbr cruel ea:Yager
of aneient times whieli cenfouride
the innocent dth the guilty,
-The -decree of Darius,
lin all his subjeets fe
',irking Ceti a Daeivi.
ie] Z. 29 and 4, 1-e.
Three times a day--Coripa,re
Psalm 55. 17. In later times, the
three seasons for prayer were, at
the offering of the morning sacri-
fice, at the offering of the evening
meal, and at sunset. Jews in a
strange land offered these prayers
with their faces turned toward,
Israel; those in Israel, with faces
toward Jerusalem; those in Jeru-
salem, with faces toward the tem-
ple.
11. Assembled together—Selne
meaning as before. They rushed
about the house of Daniel in a most
disorderly manner.
14. The king . . . was sore clis-
pleased-iCompare Mark 6. 26. Hc
saw that he had been duped. But
his anger was mostly with himself
for having been so easily deceived.
He knew 'bite, value of Daniel, and
all day, till sunsetlabored strenu-
usly to rescue him. As far the
'1(11S FROM SUNSET COAS
WITAI THE WESTERN Pl..,'OPL
AILE D ()IN Q.
'regress of' the Great West Tel&
In a Few Polluted
Point Ellis bridge, Victoria, is to'
be repaired.
A let was sold in Hope the flier
day for $400 cash.
ebilliwaelt the reetaurante
have to pay a license.
An outbreak of rabies is feared iie
:New Westminster,
The building of coke ovens
ntinues at Passburg.
A wireless instrement ba $ beeo
stalled at Sapperten.
Vancouver is complaining bitteit
of the smoke nuisance.
Fort George citizens have organ-
ized a volunteer fire brigade.
A brelgie has been built aerose the
Bulkley river at Glentannai
Mrs., Bulyer reeeetly sold a ranch
of 100 acres near Hope for $17.000;
Fruit frern Kelso is betrog exinhit-
ed at the varous fairs in the prairi4
provinces,
The Agrieelturel Society' of Seee
rnon Arm intend to pureiterse at mid
a the dietriet.
The electric line between
Vestminster and Vancouver
ing double tracked.
The Bomb -40n QVC!Wfl
'edge Fluidity, left for Naliaimu"
here she will be overhaelled.
Tlie upper Vre5er and the,
Neelmeo are still rising, and the
naviaetion is pow uninterrupted. 11
A new large three storey hotel is
to be erected -at Coati -omit, in tbe
Tulatneee distelet,
Reginald Tate has been appointed
,anagcr for Sir Thos. Shaugh.
S5 '5 estate at Stunmerlandi
r, W45 a ptvtato famine iz
rePeutlYr and a few ohl
ught tive cents a pound.
used e;$ man engam,
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Ne peem is ats glimitne ;as nVial
lien life,
To honor God is to become ele
we prat: -e.
The SeqrAr uf
gift of utsd.
Prerare yourseh Xor the
d hope for the hesti
AB the objects ef lemma though
ltow into one another.
It is a greater work to educat
41. child than to rule a state.
Be etiattioats lest yam be evereau
tious. Fear to stifle any *truth.
All human culture rests on a wil-
lingness to make sacrifices to the
truth.
In proportion ae soeicty
b
enlightened, personality acecreie
gle:
influiseee.
The best means for defeating a
good Ca1150 is to attach to it the
idea, of vulgarity.
Other systems were framed for
communities; Christianity ap-
proached men as individuals,
It is hard for a elass of men to
respect themselves who are denied
respect by all around them.
It was the entire and patient re-
linquishment of immediate ;success
which throws the most solemn
grnndeur aver the 'character of
ris th
Jesus.
The friends of moral truth, of
temperance, and virtue must not
resort to party; they raust speak
in the tone of the friend of their
race.
It is the boast of Christianity
that it is impossible to trace its
origin to the love of power, that
master passion in the _authors of
false religions.
Public opinion cannot do for vir-
tue what it does for vice. It is
the essence of virtue to look above
opinion. Vice strengthens itself
by entire subserviency to it.
Our chief hope of an improved
literature rests an our hopes of an
improved religion. A religion ac-
ceptable to the intellect must work -
mightily upon the intellect.
We doubt whether a man ever
brings his faculties to bear with
their whole force on a subject un-
til he writes upon it for the instruc-
tion or gratification of others.
THE "SIXTH SENSE."
The repertecl quest of a "sixth
sense" is not the first ettempt of
the sort; for about five years ago,
Professor 'Watson, of the University
of Chicago, performed an operation
that excited the interest of the me-
dical world. The subject of the
experiment was a rat, and by means
ef vivisection he destroyed the five
senses ef the rat without killing it.
The animal was then turned loose,
end it found its way to food. This,
Professor Watson ,elaimeel, proved
the existence of a sixth sense, which
he believed to he common to both
men and animals. He called it the
Sense of Direction. And much ear-
lier, Professor Alex. Bain, of the
Lrniversity of Aberdeen, wrote.:
"The feelings connected with move-
ments of the body OT aofions of the,
muscles have to be recognized as a
distinct class, and, by some meta-
physicians, as proceeding from a
sixth or ratiscular sense.,"
construction on th0
o 'env to quitc for three clays.
Two bundred and fifty men foi
ailway work prsented themselvei
,Lynton during the past week.
Subzst an vernment assist-,
ance has bean proirnsed to the pee,
pie of Kootenay for the zinc indus-
try.
Fowler ansi la rsoll, oiMerritt/
have seeUi'cd tbe eOUtaCt for tlq
hospital therc fur the «UM Of
19,9.17,
The old wharr ansi cannery build.
ing at Queensborough, Lulu Island,
s been totally destroyed by fire/
Efforts are being made to Itavt
the (lovernmeat telephone line en._
tended from Fairview to Rock 1
Creek.
Five ltundred men aro presently
employed by the Kettle Valley Rail(
way on construction above Rod
Creek.
.,‘<lvices from tho north are
the effect that smallpox is delayiN
the work of J, D. Craig's uppci
Yukon survey.
It is estimated that the total peel
of salmon this season in Britis/
Columbia will be between 700,00(
and 800,000 cases.
Miss Maggie 3fackenzie, of Kelso,
was attacked by a bear cub, whet
returning from beeinese. She es.
caved injury.
The vital statistics for Victoria
during the month of June shows
sixty-six' births, forty-four deaths
and sixty-six marriages.
A disastrous fire has occurred at
Powell River, destroying the prin.
cipal business stracturcs of that
new town. The lose is estimated at
$15,000. „
In order to meet the growing de-
mands of the traffic on the B.c.E.R.
two new electric locomotives are be-
ing secured and will soon be in op-
eration.
Westminster riflemen made a good
showing at the meeting at Rich,
mond range. Five local men were
shooting and all came up in the in.
dividual scores and aggregate.
A brass plate with a suitable
commCMOrative description has
been erected in the Prince Rupert
Hospital, to the naemory of the
founder of that institution, the late
John Houston.
Vancouver's beard ef license
commissioners have ruled that a
restaurant patron engaged in take
ing a meal at the stroke of mid-
night is entitled to finish his re-
past, despite the le o'clock closing
ordinance.
RAPID B1IIDGE-I31TILDING.
A pulley and basket arrangement,
by means of which four men at e
time were swung over from bard"'
to 'bank, was fixed up „at AVeca,
during the Boer War, in 0 few mins
utes. A singledock bridge over a
30 foot chasm, strong enough to ad-
mit of the passage of an' army, bat
been often constructed by two N.
C. 0.'2 and twenty men in an hour 1
pontoon bridges, to admit of the
passage cC the lica.,Jiest, armanients,
mid baggage, have been built in
wo hours, and from eria
smell as barrels and soap -boxes
whulsb•crfurinq th.c Chinese War of
1860, the British frce ri'iarching;
Pekin cnossecl a floe -clod river
bridge of coffins, which had bee`X
evuiplal)g
laelKhiered from a neighborint,