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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1905-09-28, Page 60♦0+0+040+0+0+0+0+0+0+ 0+0+0+0+c) (040404040+04 WONDERS OF COBALT A Miner's Appreciation of the New Mining District. era, mt+rchants, minors and laborer's ! agt are wining; through northern Ontario -"***** and every now and then a good find , I un�R is recorded. proving every day that northern Ontario, us %•ell as tenth. ern Quebec, is immensely rich in mninMT - e►nls. Already several part ies ha% ostary� y� di- rection north rprospect n ofJam aliay and irnu thothe rn *****71C*****7I llu:ebcc. FOR The Ontario government sold out i • 4G40404040+044i04040+OV0$0004a+4$0404°40+04J the town site of ('oh;tit by public auction on Aug. 18. Everybody was anxious to buy lots, and lots that the people thought would sell for $10(1 to $150, sold all the way front $250 to $750 a Int. Grocery stens, hardware stores. bakeries, laundry, hotels, and last, but not least, two bunks have flung their Lanners, to tho breeze, •iz: the Canadian Hank of Commerce and the imperial Hank of Cantina. The con- tinual roar of dynamite can be heard on all sides denoting the business of the district, together with the musi- cal ring of the drill and the carpen- ters' hammers. An occasional cider supper (as intoxicating drinks aro not sold here) makes life far from monotonous in the town of Cobalt. I do not advise men to come to this camp looking for work this fall, but a man who has means could not go to a moro promising district than that of Cobalt and surrounding country. "A "A Weste:n Miner," who has visit- ed the principal mining camps of re- cent years on this continent, writes the Montreal Witness from Cobalt. Ont., giving a plain unvarnished story of the sliver urines of Northern Ontario as he sees theta:-- Ilaving followed :mining for the pant ten years in British Columbia, Atlin and Dawson, and being on sty return one more to the west, after paying a visit to the east, the first in tiftoeo years, 1 derided to get off at North Bay acrd proceed to Cobalt. a little hamlet on the 'Temisknming and Northern Ontario Railway, hav- ing hoard of the great silver strike there, to And out if what I heard was true. I soon came to the con- clusion, after the strongest of evi- dence, that Northern Ontario, that Is. the Gkalt district. was not only rich but was fabuloaly wealthy. a good place for miners, prospectors, or a man who would try to make himself useful. This view I took af- ter visiting the most talked of mines in the camp. I was most cordially received at the various mines and ob- tained all the information I desired, and consider it only right to let the people of Canada know what a wealthy camp this is. 'lJto silver mines in the Cobalt dis• trict are the richest mines that have ever been unearthed. The silver mines of Lite great American west and of British Columbia pale into insignifi- cance when compared with the twines here. A Fronch-Canadian blacksmith by the ntoune of Larose, while working for the 'lbmiskaniing and Northern Ontario Railway discovered the first mine in tho camp, called the Larose Aline. Ito sold it to Measrs. Tim- mons, Dunlop and Company for $28,- 000. The purchasers then got out a carload of ore, and paid for tho mine by the retrrns made by this car of oar. Claim after claitn has been staked since then, so that now practically all the township of Coleman. six miles square, is staked, as well as parts of the adjoining townships. The 'Larose Mine,' the oldest and one of the best, has ten rich veins, all tho way front throe and a half laches to twelve inches in width, un- covered, and have only stripped a very small part of the ground as yet. On one of tho veins two shafts have been sunk to the depth of ninety feet and a drift of 200 feet run. Tho ore is as good at the bottom of tho shaft as on top, the only difference being that the vein widened out to a width of three and a half fent. This Arno has already installed a steam pinut, air compressors, and have four rand drills at work. This mine has been running fur twelve months and has been an extensive shipper. Fifty men are employe(' opening up and prospecting it. '1'he next n►.:ars 1 saw were the cel- ebrated New Ontario claims of Messrs. Tretheway & Company. 'Mess two claims aro certainly wonderful ones and their richness has not been exaggerated. ".1. B. 6," ono of thetn, has seven veins and the ot her, ".1. 11. 7," has three veins. These are from one Inch to eight inches wide, and new ones aro being continually found, as only a very small part of these ! clams have been prospected. '!'hese claims have twenty-five men at work opening up and pruspertdng then:, a steam plant has been installed and the Little Giant Rand drills are used here. .W considerable amount of oro has been shipped front these mines. Ono carload from these properties netted $90,000, the cost of produc- tion being $3,000. 'l'hc Buffalo Mining Company's clnint alongside . the New Ontario mines, has ten veins, front three inch- es to eight Inches wide, of very rich ore, running from 8250 to $:4,000 to the tot. A force of :45 Wren are open- ing up property. Two carloads of ore have already been shipped. Mach- inery is about to be in!tlnllol in this nine, which will certainly he 0110 of the great :shipping properties of tho runt. 'I'o the south of the itultal() Mining ( onpnny claim Is tho 'h-ttlked- of elnim of 1110 Hudson's Bay and Temiiskaming Mining Company. This claim has three veins of rich ore, from three inches to eight inches in ' width. A force of fifteen men aro opening It up. and have sunk a shaft to the depth of 85 feet. i witness - ted t he hhotsting of lite hnekets of ore. certainly of the richest kind. lh throwing a little water on the ere one could see leaf silver all over it. This nre assays from 38,000 ho 000 to the ton. This is a stock com- pany capitalised to the extent of 325,000 at 31.1;0 a sham- 'I'hes'' shares have advancer) in mix months ftont one dollar to fifty dollars n share, and are not. to he Nought at this price. A steam plant is going I to be put on this claim. The ('ox claim, Tying alongside this Inst maned claim, has an eight -Inch vein of splendid ore, but Intfortumnte- ly is tied up at present owing to lit igntion. 'lite next claim to enteh ►ny eye ons that of Messrs. McKinley and Par - rough, on the opposite+ side of (o- halt 'Ake. Messrs. McKinley and 1►arrougth at the (line of the dlscov- I cry were cutting ties for 1 he '1'etnis- knmting and Northern Ontario lied- w;ay. They Imtnedintely staked the earn, which turned out terve vale - Fifteen men are busy develop - end necking the gravel which v e he shore of ('ehnit 1 rake•, on +'. claim touches. This gra- t • t vn., in value from 3250 to $500) t rho ton in native silver and ox- ide of silver. Fifteen roam of gravel and three cars of ore hove fern shipped front this property. Thrse• veins of very rich ore have boat un covered on this property, r.bich, It i., •_pe rterl, changed hands lately Ger vs. ssoen, '1'iv most Interceding propert`t s at • present in camp aro the E. P. Earl Company's claims. These wero sold to the above named company by Messrs. Fenland, Chamber's, Russell. et al., for 3250,000, and comprise 800 to 1,000 acres. It is rumored that the Ontario Coverninemt may throw part of these holdings open to the Inuiete to be restaked. '!'here are over twenty-two veins on these claims, and rho owners have been the most extensive ship) o:s up to date. Over eighty turn are eut- ployed, and tho force is being grad- ually increased. Tho company has erected seven very fine mine buildings has installed a steam plant and a very neat assay ellico. Mr. Lumey, the manager here, is a 'boar' on the camp, as ho says ho believes the lodes here aro only surface eroppings. Nevertheless the company is increas- ing its force, and seems anxious for more ground. North of the Earls holdings is the claim of Messrs. Ferland & Cham- bers. There aro 14 teen prospecting and developing this claim. A car load of ore has been shipped from this claim, which turned out very rich. Throe veins have already been uncovered, and the deeper the ore rho better it seems to be. A steam or electrical plant is to be installed on this property. This claim is resort- ed to bo in litigation. Next to this claim is the O'Brien claim, which has 16 men working, developing the property. Two veins of very rich cobalt and silver ore have been found. A shaft 35 by 40 feet has been sunk, and the ore holds its own with depth, but unfortunate- ly this claim is also in litigation. Those nines aro all situated around Cobalt Lake. I then proceeded to Glenn Lake, two miles from Cobalt, where I saw ono of the greatest mines Ins eyes over rested on,'tho well known !•'es- ter claims. Jt was silver, silver, everywhere. Thcro are 25 men at work prospecting and developing the claim. 'I'hirtcxen veins have been un- • covered, from two inches to eight inches in width; three•cars have been; shipped, which averaged $00,000 to; the ear. Any mutt who discovers a' vein of ore on this property gets a bonus of 3100 an inch in width. A steam plant is to be installed hero, shortly. It is reported that a mil- lion dollars has been offered for this property, and refused. Next to this Is the Lawson claire►, • which bide fair sotto day to bo a keen rival of its neighbor, Lha roster , claim, but which is at present tied up by litigation. There are two good claims on this property from one to eight inches in width. i'roceeding east. to Kerr Lake we reach the property of a Montreal syndicate, the Jarohs mine. Twenty men are employed ul•ening up the property. Four veins have been found horn one inch to eight inches: ide. 'Phren cars of ore have been shipped, which netted 375,000 to the car. This company is about to Jesuit a steam plant, air conpres-' sons, hoisting plant, furnace and ore crusher. Adjoining this claim is the Hargraves mine -it very good one - which has 23 men at work on the properly. 'Three veins aro uncover- ed. from two to three Inches wide. This twine 19 bound to bo a heavy producer in the near future. The next claim is another e:lually fortunate, the Montreal Syndicate (the Drummond trines). This pro- perty is a close corporation, but from what I have seen 1 can safely say that this claim is second to' none. A piece of ground about :t0 to 40 feet, which is uncovered, shows up six veins of the richest, ore, from Ino to Nix inch's in whit h, which ruts parallel. Tide company is going to place n gasoline launch on Cross Lake to freight out on.. Proceeding to Cross Lake tho first claim ono reaches is rho Watt nine, situated on the shorn of this lake. A car load of very rich silver gravel is now reedy for shipment. One vein of silver oro has toren located. 'Ibis pro- perty has been bought by a symil- ca to of Ottnwa and Ilosten people. 'rho adjoining propertt , the (:Ien- denning and Mcleod claim, has had 17 teen at work prospecting claim. Thirteen veins have Leen uncovered, I (torn two Incites to eight Inches in width. This property has been sold: to a 'Toronto syndicate fur $250,- 0('0. The next claim is ilia 1Inndy mine,' which is a very orate little proper- ty. AI►nut t en nen are at work opening it up. and there it every in- dication of its being a good producer in the near future. I visited but one mints in the ToWn- ship of )luck., a pro' eety which was purchased lately its 'Ir. (1. 0. Pew - ell. of New York, culled 1 he hunter claim. Work has only been started lately on this property. Otto vein of very rich ore has already been un- covered, but it promisee So be ono of the lending mines in the near fli- tnle. '!'hese nre the leading mines in and at mind the town of Cobalt Many other chines I hate not referred to which are certain to ho hummers, nrd the amount of territory prospected ns yet practically amounts to noth- ing. Mining experts claim that the claims of :Messrs. 'i'imtnons, Dunlop & Co., and Me:•srs. '1'rethem ay are worth 340,001i,o00 npicce, but as ruining expetls are very often wrong. 1 wt11 not peas nn npirion on that judgment. Two million fire hundred thousand dollars worth of ore had been shipped up to 3uly, and) since then there have been ninny ship- ments Prospectors by the score ere pros- pecting into Cobalt. and the town t:•ill scan be meeond Dna son, nnly taint it:stead of building up rapidly, like a mushroom. and dropping out of sielut as quickly, it w i11 lite for y(ers. Already mWne buyers. mining brok- 4- MILLIONS OF PENNIES. Imprisoned in Slot Machines in London, England. Tho enormous decrease in the coin- age of pennies. half -pennies and far- things, from .1.18,199 worth in 1902 to 5;77,895 worth in 1901, is an af- termath of tho boons in pennies caused by the greatly extended use of penny -in -the -slut machines a few years ago. 'I'lio experts in coin production `state that there was something like a "penny famine" a few years ago, and this led to a large production of ' new coppers by rho mint. '!'hen came a "glut of bronze coins," and the authorities have now greatly reduced I she issue. "Tho circulation of tiro penny is a ' curious thing," said ono of the Lon- don and South -Western back .ntana- gers in the city. "For instance, we think nothing of receit i:tg at ono city branch of our bank ,01(10 worth of pennies in one week, and the great producer of pennies is Peckham. Many branch banks where business men rum in and ask for a sovereign's worth of pennies, get their supply of coppers from Peckham. •"I'he secret of this is tho Fenny - in -the -slot gas ntoter. Too South Metropolitan (ins Company's army of Hien who spend their time empty- ing the pennies out of household Me- ters, bank the money at Peckham, district. At present we find the (- mend for big pickets of I mate: brisk.'' Ono of the secretaries of the South Metropolitan Das Company gave tut account of the fore weeksimprison- ment of millions of ponds. "We have 182,(1100 penny -in -the -slot gas meters. A large corps of inspec- tors spend their time in going around emptying these. They get r 1 this enormous menher of meters about once every live weeks, "It is quite a usual thing (or thetn to empty out 2,500,000 pennies in a few days. 'These trillions of pennies have been locked up for five weeks in many cases, and if we let the emptying process stand still very hung we should make a material dif- ference to the streatn of coppers in circulation." 4 NERVOUS tIi'A1)ACI11'. The ordinary nervous headache will be greatly relieved, and in many cases entirely curcd by re- moving moving the blouse or bodice of one's dress. knotting the hair high usutott the heed out of ,the way, and. while leaning over a basin, placing a sponge soaked in water as hot as can be borne on rho back of rho nock. Repeat this tunny times, also applying the sponge behind the ears, and the strained muscles and nerves that have Caused 80 1ouch :misery will be left to relax and smooth tbentseles out dent -Joie -1y, and very frequently the pain promptly van- ishes in consequence. INO1 N1008 DEVICE. The lcelattdois have a strange but effective plan for presenting horses straying away fr any Inarticular most. 1f two gentlemen happen to be riding without attendants, and wish to leave their horses for any reason, they tic the head of one horse to the tail of another, and the head of this to the tail of the further. In this state it is utterly impossible for (ho horses to rnot•o on, either backwards or forwards. 1f disposed to novo at all, it will be only in a circle, and even then there must be mutual agreement to turn their heads tho anme way. —4 SLEEPLESS I•'I'(II. Tltero aro several species of fish, reptile. and insects which never sleep during the whole of their etis. trace. Among fish it is positively known that pike, salmon, and gold- fish never sleep at all; also that there are several others In the fish family that never sleep more than a fee minutes n month. Thorn aro dozens of species of Mem which never indulge in slumber, and from three to five species of serpents which also never sleep. 1t:W11IX(d iii' TIM: !'AST. Markley -Sty, Burroughs, lioty abets( that $10 you've owed me sin:o last year?" Ilurroughs--Oh! conte, old man, why cant you let bygones oo by goner.?' EXIT. Mary Ann-i've come to tell you, mum, that tit' gasoline stove has gone out. Mistress -Well, light It again. "1 can't. Sore, It went out through the roof." '1'umuto .1an►.-Tu live pounds of toatutucs, skinned and cut up, odd two and one-half pounds of tvhito bugs: and tho juice uud grated rind of two kittens. using only the yellow Lars of tho rind, us the white is • somOtimos bitter. Buil down until lot the thickness of ordinary jams. Corn and Tomatoes -Two cups of totnatt.es, peeled; Ono cup green corn cut from tato cob and chopped. one teaspoon of salt, one tgblespuun of sugar, add one cup milk already ' .hickened with one tublosI:oon of I flour, and butter the size of a hick- ory mut. ('orn Bread. -This is particularly !choice when made with sour creast. Mix and sift together one and one- half nshalf cups of cornmeal, one-half cup of flour, one teaspoon of salt, ono tablespoon of sugar, and one-half teaspoon of soda. Beat an egg, add a cup of thick sour cream, and pour gradually into the dry ingredients. Beat thoroughly, add cold water, or a little, more cream, if necessary, to thin the mixture slightly. !'our in- to a hot, well -buttered pan, and bake from twenty to thirty minutes in a moderate oven. Baku in gent pans for mutons. Bread Pudding. -Fill a pudding ciQh with slices of buttered bread, with grated n•itunog and sugar over each slice. Beat three eggs with a teacupful of sugar; add one quart, of rich milk, and pour it over the bread and butter. Bake until the custard is set and the whole is nice- ly browned. Sauce for Pudding. -Take six tablespoonfuls of sugar, two table- spoo:afuls of butter, and one egg. Beat the butter, sugar, and yolk of the egg together, then add the white, beaten to a froth; lastly, stir in a teacupful of boiling water and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Serve while hot. A Winter Delicacy, -For delicious eating in zero weather, bake pears, as for tho table, 1111 cans, shake clown and cover with a thin syrup and seal. 'I'hre -.quarters of a pound of sugar is not too much for a I pouts(' of pears for canning. fears i aro not worth eating if cooked in weak syrup; stake then: rich and my word for it yott will not care for 1 the addition of lemon pec•l or ginger I root. Dut cited Let t ties -Wash carefully two heads ,of lettuce, seperate the leaves, and tear each leaf in two or three pieces. Cut a quarter pound of ham or bncnn into dice and fry until brown; while hot add two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Beat Otto egg until light, add to it two table- spoonfuls of sour cream, then add to it the ham, stir over the lire one minute till it thickens, and poor boiling hot over the lettuce; unix carefully with n fork and serve im- mediately. Wilted Lettuce. -Pluto in a vege- table dish lettuce that has been carefully picket and washed, each leaf by itself, to retnote all insects. Cut across th.• dish four or lit'o times, and sprinkle with salt. Fry a small piece of fat haat until brown, cut it in small pieces; when hot add cup of good vinegar. and Pour it belling hot over the let Lure; mix well :with a fork and garnish with dices of hard boiled eggs. Ile certain to have the fatso hot that whet. tingar is inured in it will buil inane-tliatoly. Add half a cup or a cup of vinegar nccoreeing to strength of vinegar and quantity of lettuce. Tomato 'Toasts -Run n quart of stetted ripe tomatoes through a col- ander. plate in a porcelain stewpan, season with butter, pepper and salt, and sugar to taste; cut sures of bread thin, brown on both sides, butte' and lily on a platter, and just es the bell rings for tea add a pint of good sweet create to the tomatoes and pour them over toast. Poor Man's Pile -Four poun(I8 po- tatoes, threw ounces of tapioca, one- half pound of onions, one pound flour, one-fourth pound dripping pepper, salt, baking powder. Wash, pure and slice the potatoes: have the tapioca washeo and soaked in cold water for an 1 before it Is want- ed; cut onion line: take one ounce of this dripping. and put a little in the bottom of an agate pie dish, them onions, then some of the soak- ed tapioca, thet potatoes, salt and pepper; repeat till all nre in, then cover. 'like the one pound of !lout•, three ounees of drippings, a teaspoon- ful of baking( powder and a salt- spoonftul of salt; mix well, and add cold water to make a still paste; roll out and cover; bake 'for two hours. Serve hot. 'I'll)•: Aiil' 01' CANNiNG. WI* hate often thought of the saying of an old lady, "We kill ourselves In the summer to keep ou:- selves in the winter." We will ad- mit that it is some work to can fruit. make preserves, jams and jel- lies, concoct pickleA and catsups and yet what a comfort it Is to have a cellar well filled with these things. 11 one begins rightly, the work need not he so tiring. Much of the stove work may be done in the early morning, or after night. it Is not necessary to he stewing enol pouring over rho preserving kettle in the twiddle of the tiny if one exercis- es n little forethought and Judgment. When everything is ready the t -o - tun) work of canning does not take long and everything should be ready before the flro 1.: Iwtllt and the fruit put on to heat. Porcelain lined kettles or granite pons should be used, these with lips and hails for pouring being the most convenient. A thln, sharp knife rnnde of the best of steal Is neces- sary for paring. You will need ell - • may the Church Receive !Toney Dis- honorably Acquired ? And Jesus sat over against tho treasury and behold how people cast money into the treasury. -Mark sit., There is no moral quality resident in money nor can a moral quality 1.0 imparted from the giver to rho gift. Mc racy is impersonal. It is simply a representative value and n►orally ne- gative and colorless. It cattnot re- ceive eceive any taint in the method of its acquirement nor in the band that bestows it. Many persons would regard money acquired In the brewery business as tainted. And yet there recently died a brewer, of unimpeachable integrity in business relations, a meniSer in good sad regular standing in an evangelical church, who, when as' e.1 on his dying bed if ho had any coun- sel or admonition ho would like to give, replied: "I am thankful I can look God in the face and say that 1 never breweei bad beer.'" But the most important question he. the Christian church is, What was the teaching and example of Jesus Christ? Idere is the famous episode of our text. In the Temple of Jerusalem and within the court. of the women boxes were convenient- ly arranged to receive the offerings of tin worshipers. And it is said that Christ sat over against the treasury anti beheld how people cast stoney INTO TIIr TREASUltl'. Probably He saw the ostentatious giver, with head erect and stately tread, approach the casket and then, with flourish of hand drop into the, treasury several loud resounding pieces, while his neighbors looked on; is it It praise and applause. As he turned away he may have heard his Mester say, "Verily, he hath his re e ward." The Pharisee may have been follow- ed by tho unlovely and grumbling! giver, who with a scowl on bis face and night in his heart drafts near to the fatal receptacle. Ile hangs (log-' ge(lly and sullenly with his hand in 1 hi.: coin bag ns though Ito feared to take it out, and then with a groan ho drags out his coppers and with a sigh hears them rattle at, tho bottom of the treasure chest. Does Christ say: "Verily, he bath his reward?" In tho process' there may hate paraded the mercenary giver, the man who expects something heavenly o•" earthly in return for his dole, the earthly more generally preferred. iThere utas tho oblivious giver, the moot who is so anxious that his left hand -shall never know what his right hand is doing, though he need not have been so careful, for from beginning to the enol he was never known to blunder and give a shekel iestead of a farthing. '!'here cane the judge, who had the reputation for devouring widows' houses. anti directly behind (a►n One of the widows. She could not give as notch as tho judge, but Christ said to her: "'Phis poor widow hath cast in moro than all." God's treasury accepted rho o:'er- i11g of all, of tho sten who detoured %%Wows' houses as well as of the %%Wove whose house had been de- voured. AND CHRIS'!' LOOKED ON and made no protest The gifts wero acceptable even though tho donors were not worthy. Did Christ protest when Mary Magdalene anttointed flint w ith the precious ointment? She was regarded as n disgraced woman, and yet Christ spanks of her OA in terms of highest commendation. Zaccheus was a publican, which meant that he was an extortio11er and a despised man, and yet when ho told Christ of the gifts and the four- fold restitution he proposed to make there is not a rec'orde'd sword front the lips of the Saviour showing any disapproval of such use of ill-gotten gains. The attitude of the church toward all classes and conditions of mon should be the attitude of Jesus Christ. Tho question for the church to decide is, What would Christ do? Directed by His example, as given in the gospels, the church would re- ceive the gifts of men, even though condemning the methods of acquisi- tion. Let the church speak in no hesitat- ing' or uncertain tone concerning dis- ho:<•sty, trickery, fraud, deception in trade. Let it condemn in severest tertns all ol'o Le to accumulate wealth through plunder or robbery. l.et it show most certainly that no than can 'illy his way into the king- dom of heaven. lint :thy should it refuse to accept the services or gifts of sten when such services or gifts me reielerrt) in a right. spirit? Christ trceivtd the gilts of the abandoned, the unjust, the despised. Shall the church make herself heli !r than her divine Lord? ver spoons, small and large. and for some things a large mouthed funnel for filling the Jars. lie sure to have plenty of holders and tea towels at hand. The utmost care and cleanliness aro necessary to per- fect success. The fruit. should be rho best, nei- ther too ripe nor too green. 1t may sometimes be small, however, 11 per - feat in every other way. Jars and covers should be scalded just be- fore using, no matter how carefully they are washed when put away. It never pays to use old rubbers, but it sometimes happens in small places that there is a rubber faanine for n day or two. Glared cotton batting, cut to fit the o!4 rubber will greatly aid in keeping the jar airtight or a white cord wound around the bottle will nit' a defec- tive rubber. A little my h atm ., been previously placed to tho hot11)1 o! a wnshboiler, rho inrs are set on it anti water poured into the boiler till it reaches the neck of rho jars. The boiler is then covered end the water slowly brought to the be,iling point. Then lift nut each inc and screw the lid on tightly. Ito very particular that they be sot out of the draft to cool. The jars should bo itve•te(1, so that should there he• any jars that nre not air -tight, the "sizzling" whit h will result will dis- close the fact. CARE OF UTENSILS. Nothing more quickly defines tho cook than the cane of her utensils. for a good workman loves and cares for his tools. Such utensils as turn with cranks and havo oil in their gearimgs should not be, left. in water, us Ile oil is thus washed out and the unsaid quickly spoiled. :'lean well with clear, hotwater and a brush int mediately after using and dry thou oughly before putting away. '!'ins should be well dried before putting them away or they will rust. Do not put pans and kettles perils- filled arilyf111er1 with water nn the stove to soak. ns It only makes them more difficult to clean. 1111 them with cold water and soak away from the heat. Never place kitchen knives and forks in water. Wash them thor- oughty with the dish cloth in hot suds, then polish and rub then: dry. Sieves should not he washed with soap, but cleaner) with n brush and clear water, using soda if necessary. The outside of all pans saucepans, in fact, all utensils, should be cleaned with as much care as the in- side. Use clean. hot, soapy water, changing as soon as it becomes greasy. :Wash end rinse the dish towels after each using. Use strong linen cloths for dish washing. and keep the drain pipe clean, flushing It of- ten with hot suds and soda water. Keep things clean. I)o not gat them so once a week. IIOUH WIViflH 1111b1 38. Tho hest way to keep lemons fresh is to pack them in tnelst sand. To prevent thread from knotting, always thread your beadle at the end of tho cotton as you undo It from the reo1, and make the knot Cat the end that is cut off. If this is doto'•your thread will never knot. A cooling mink stay be made with the following ingredients: Epsom salts, tartaric acid, citrate of mag- nesia, carbonate of soda and errant !o( tartar (quarter of a poised of each), and castor sugar (half a pound). !'Ince the i•:psomt salts on In plate in the oven for about two h,tits to expel the moisture, thrn bottle the whole and shake well. A teaspoonful in a glass of water makes a refreshing drink. Suet that has become hard and stale can be made fresh and usable by placing in boiling water for a few minutes, 'I'w•o hails the bier and shape of kot t.le holders and sewn to a piece !of tape aro useful for lifting hot (Belles out. of an oven. ' When machining hard materials, , such as serge or holland, oil the thread. '!'his will prevent It ton - !staidly snapping. Salt sprinkled on nnv substance that is burning on a stove will stop the smoke and smell. -_...-_-- e---- — IiAiIKS OF TiI1' LAUNi)P.V. The number of letters used by laundries to distinguish their pa- trons' garments nre distigurieg enough, but we nre not so badly treated as elsewhere. in France the mono and address of the laundry aro stamped on each piece sent home, and shouts( several laundries bo pn- tionized, one elle: the other, a flee collection will soon bo found in ad- dition to the geometrical marks in- dicative of the owner of the gar- ment. In Russia laundry marks tiro under police supervision, and in this manner it refugee who make's his way to another town upon a forged pass- port is liable to deter lion, unless ho can borrow linen %silly the mark of one of the town laundries upon it. Bulgarian laundries employ rub- ber 51111tps with ornran:ental designs, while in (ierumuuy the Been comas hone with a small cloth label at- tached with heat and waterproof cement. 4 ASSI'RiNG 141•:'1'1'1. The `scut had married for the eee. and time. Itis new mato was sentl- menlnl and a little morl,141. stet could not 101 ist nsking gt• r husl•and now and theft if he Toted h. r better than he hail loved her predecessor. She would say: - "Do I more that: Till •lens's place in your heart, ,nock?" "Aro ye sure yo'ro no' regrttia' Jean. laddie?" ".lock, do ye love Inc better nor her?" 'rho man horn several of these ex- aminations patiently. '!'hen he ended them once for all with a gruff, "'lick' ma word for it, Betty, If Jenn was livin' ye wadna bo hero. LONG TRANCE. A woman in Spain has awakened from a trance which is said to have lasted thirty -ono years. She hall been under msdirnl nles.•rvation, It 11 declared, during all (hot Onto. :nth ham now regained her senses, hu� cannot he persuaded that she hal slept for years.