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It i► net tete!' that !lie reading
totemic hears from Itudyard Kipli .g
)Nary -a -days, and this is all the more
reason that after hi.. "eloquent sil-
ence" he should give that public
something entertaining instead of
cneeclopedir, inasmuch as he knows
snore than nnauy and can entertain
us as well as the best. It cannot bo
said that he has done anything of
the kind in his latest short story,
"With the Night Mail," published in
)1teClure's Maguzino for November.
It is not entertaining, but exasper-
ating. It is not even a story, but a
catalogue of mechanical appliances,
chiefly interesting to captains and
engineers of Ineil steamers. This
is n habit of Mr. Kipling, this mid -
den dropping into jargon appertain-
ing to locomotives, steamleouts,
steam engines, and machinery ' in
general, anal passing it off as a story
upon the unsuspecting reader, who
suddenly finds himself mired in a
slough of unintelligible technique,
uncertain whether to go on or turn
back, when he was expecting pleas-
ant diversion and an hour with Mr.
Kipling's rare fancies and vivid der
scriptions. We have to be thankful
that this habit is not a frequent
one. but we should be more thank-
ful if he would abandon it and leave
technique to the encyclopedists and
the scientific experts.
It is all the more exasperating
that Mr. Kipling drops into this
habit immediately after he has pro-
duced something in his best vein and
has aroused the reader's expectation
that more in the same vein is com-
ing. Mr. Kipling's last two stories
were "Choy" and "An Enforced
Habitation," the ono exquisitely re-
fined and almost ethereal, the other
alive with human interest and signi-
ficance. From these he suddenly
lapses into a trip "with the night
mail," and through a dozen tedious
pages we are treated to such state-
ments as that "Fleury's Paradox of
the Bulkenhended Vacuum is in full
blast and 1G2's Linnit is low on ac-
count of the small size of her nine
screws, which, (hough handier than
the old colloid Thelussons, bell
sooner"; nnel. again that "Even
Fleury, who begat it, and, unlike
Magniac, died a multi -millionaire,
could not explain )low the restless
little imp shuddering in the U tube
can, in the fractional pert of the
second, strike down the furious blast
of gas into a chill, grayish -green
liquid that drains from the far end
of the vacuum through the educa-
tion -pipes anti the chains back to the
bilges"; and after all this that
"bilge talk, upper tank, dorsal
tank, expansion chamber, vacuum,
renin return (as n liquid), and bilge
tank once more is t he ordained
cycle," nn(1 shut "you can hear the
trickle of the liquefied gas :lowing
from t he vacuum into the bilge
tanks and the soft gluck-glock of
gas locks closing, as Capt. Purnell
brings '1 62' down by the head."
All this may be found on a single
page and nnore of the sane kind on
every page, but why set this forth
as a story? if Mr. Kipling must
do these things, why not do them
for the Engineering Mlagazine? Still
better, why should he do them at
all" We concede thnt he knows all
about machines and engines from A
to lzznrd. (live u8 more of the
jungle. and Hint's India. and the
three soldiers, the barracks, and
Afnndaluy, and Danny 1)eevcr, and
Tommy y Atkins, Arr. Kipling, and
(irop mechanical jargon which we
don't urrderstald. and don't wish to
understand. (let nwny from the
whir of %theses. and the s,nell of the
engine room "lest we forget" the
Kipling of the ' Plain Take of the
Hills" and the "Seven Seas.•
EPIDEMIC AMONG FOWLS.
An extraordinary epide ' . lets
broken outin many of the poultry
rims of Somerset, England, and
hundreds of fowl have dile,. Investi-
gations Matte by county officials and
the experts of the Boned of Agricnl-
1urc show ! that the disease is epi-
demic enteritis, chiefly due to lock
of cleanliness mid the need for n'tv
runs. Naturally, the supplies from
the inf, (led arras have been con -
Aid. robly curtailed, nml poultry
keepers nunong whose birds the dis-
ease haus 8 'peare(I have sufrcr;I
h, nvy 10=a. One run of nearly two
hundred fowl at Compton Dun•lon
tens almost decimaterl, while others
have sustained losses amounting to
130 or 90 per (rent.
'1'Oi'it1Sit WO'Itlsj► ON BICYCLE.
Max Schilder has returned to Ber-
lin, Germany. after touring round the
world by bicycle. ile started in
1898, aid cycled through Germany,
Holland, England, Scotland, Ireland,
the United States, .Japan, eastern
provinces of China. Australia, India,
Persia, Asia Minor, the Balkan
States and Austria homeward. 'rite
distance travelel was •14,000 I':ng-
lish utiles, during %thick Schifller
used up six bicycles. One of these
was prerented to him in India by
Lord C'urron. 13chilller, who took
photographs, mays he will start on n
Peyote! tour in February, covering
hcnmu(rk, Scandinavia, England, the
Southern American countries. Aran-
churt;t. Siberia and itussle hunic-
ward. ile expects to return to Ber-
lin in 1112,
PRACTICAL REbIQ1O),
It Is to Do the flood That Lies
Nearest You
Is not this the fast that 1 have
choscm? to too ie the bands of
w'i keclness, to undo the heavy bur-
dens, and to let the oppressed go
free and that ye break every yoke?
Is it not to deal thy bread to the
hungry, and that thou bring tho
poor that are cast out into thy
house'?—!saiah Iviii., 6-7.
A working creed is a creed that
works. The demand for a practical
J religion is not a modern discovery.
It would be hard for the most sen-
,sational denunciators of Mere seuti-
ntuntalisun in religion to use stronger
language than did those old pro-
phets of Israel. Iteligion always has
,e'en either practice or pretense. It
has its deep tides of feeling, but it
never ends in these; the deeper the
!emotion the more definite will be its
expression. Tho clanger is not that
religion shall become emotional, as
!that the emotions shall not be so
intense and deep striking us to issue
in action.
Even the demand for a practical
!religion may be purely theoretical.
It is not always the rnan who is de-
nouncing a doctrinaire church who
is doing most for the down -trodden.
i7'he preaching of ethics is often a
refuge from their practice, and tho
'writing of books and. the delivery of
lectures on sociology becomes often
an excuse from service of one's
neighbors.
Most nen think that heaven is
given us as a warehouse of unrea-
lized ideals; the truth is earth is
given us as a workshop for their
actualization.
'I'11E VITAL CRELID
is the one that, with its force of
conviction and its sway of heaven
born aspiration, compels one to at-
tempt to make real now all the good
we hope heaven may (told.
The real services of a church are
outside its walls. The inspiration
and direction may be given within,
but the work must be done without
where the need is greatest. When a
man's religion never . gets beyond
singing and sighing, he is stifling
himself with unexpressed emotions.
It is not strange that churches die
when they are content to discuss
definitions of the Infinite, whiles those
who are made in His likeness are
stunted, dwarfed, and snuffed out by
greed and shame.
Some Christians know more about
the anatomy of an angel than they
do about the pathology of the pour.
Vet no living being ever saw an an-
gel, while the pour wo always have
with us. The noblest divinity is
simple humanity. The most glorious
religious service is simply doing the
things for one another that we be-
neve
elieve the all loving God would ilo if
He were one of us.
Church work may be as far from
Christ's work as the east from the
west. It is easy to mistake fuss
and feathers Inc faith. The master
never worries over congregations, or
choirs, or canonicals. Ile left those
things to the people %%'10 opposed
Hint and brought Him to death. llo
simply did the good He could, never
counting the cost to 1!im eelf, He
simply spoke tho truth llo know,
actor calculating the consequences.
The working creed wastes no energy
on definitions while men are dying;
it walks in the 'Teacher's way: -
1'T DOES IIIS \PORK.
The need of religion is not some
comprehensive scheme of raving the
world by machinery; it is not some
automatic social propngun.luml which
will tripe out the aloin, clean up
crime, and make this world a highly
desirable place of residence for re-
spectable people. The preparation
of such plans may be left to the un-
fortunate elm lack the heart or the
energy to engage in definite work.
Neither does it. need alone a
nighty wave of indignation against
modern pharasaism and hypocrisy,
nor fasting over our own faults, nor
feeding the hungry with the tears of
our sympathy-, copiously, generously
poured out in the comfort of our
reading chairs.
The need is simple; practical relig-
ion is the easiest of all. It is to do
the good that lies nearest you; nei-
ther to lecture on it, nor to weep
over it, nor even to pray over it un-
til you have dune it. 'Deeds of love,
not dreams of hencli(•ence, aro record-
ed in heaven. It in a nobler thing
by far to have put a clean, smooth
pillow under a sick *pan's heal than
to be the author of the most elabor-
ate Utopia. the defender of the most
intricate doctrine, or the most rigid
observer of extract. ritual.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
NOV. 26.
Lesson IX. Abstinence For the
Sake of Others. Golden Text,
1 Cor. 1. 12.
Note—These Word Studies for this
lesson are based on the text of the
Revised Version.
Paul's First Epistle to the Corin-
thians.—The church nt Corint!t,
which had been founded by Paul, wee
composed partly of sews and partly
of Centiles. Many of its members
had but recently been converted from
heathenism and idolatry, It was na-
tural, therefore, that after the apos-
tle's departure questions of dispute,
and some disorders in practice and
life should arise. Reports of such
disputes and disorders reached Paul
and prompted hits to write a letter
of admonition and counsel to his
Corinthian converts. The first op's-
tlo was written probably from Ephe-
sus in the spring of the year 57 A.
D. A !urge portion Id this epistle
(leafs with personal matters. Within
the church some had arisen who
sought to disparage Paul's apostolic
authority; and hence, in the first
chapters and again in the ninth chute
ter, where hu has occasion to refer
to his own practice in certain mat-
ters. he lays great eniphnsis upon
his call to. and qualifications for,
the apostolic office. Among the totes -
thine of dispute in the Corimthion
church was the attitude which those
converted from heathenism and idola-
try were to take toward the quest'
of eating food part of which hail
been dedicated to idols. The outline
of the apostle's nrgunieut at this
t is ns follows: in deriding it
question of practice the Christian is
to have in mind not simply his own
Mont, but that of others also. On
the question at issue ho may hat e
no scruples of his own, but even
when this is the cam. he is still to
respect tho scruples of others; not
that (mother has any right to lay
down prin,'iples of conductfur his
fellows, but that in all things each ,
shell seek first and only Bud's glory
and the edification of lois neighbor.
Pnvl'8 argument is both a defense of
Christian liberty and at the same!
time n wanting against the misuse of
such liberty.
Verso 28. Lawful—in the 80118e of
permissible.
Expedient—Profitable. wise, contri-
hiding eto a desired end.
t:diiy—*•'rum "uedcs." to build up.
'1'h.• meaning of edification, therefo
includes the thought of buildings
a Christian life, the strengthening of
faith, and the molding of charact
21. lee no nun seek his own, h
enc' his neighbor's good—This clau
states the greet fundamental grin
l
re,
up
cr.
ut
se
ci-
ple of Christian life, that of unsel-
fish and self -forgetful service for
others.
25. Shambles—Tables or stalls in
the market place. especially in the
neat market; hence, the market
place itself.
Asking no question for tonecien':n'
sake—Raise no unnecessary quesli m
of principle when in your men mind
that question 18 already settler) and
the principle of practice involved es•
tablished. Portions of sacrificial an -
1111018 brought to the heathen altars
and temples became the property of
the priests, who disposed of their
surplus supply of neat by selling the
same to the traders in the public
market. 111 buying it piece of meet
from the public market, therefore,
one could be certain whether it hail
not been previously dedicated to a
heathen god or goddess.
26. Tho earth is the Lord's and
tho fullness thereof—These words are
found in I'sn. 24 1, and a very sim-
ilar phrase is found in I'sa. 50, 12.
It. is not unlikely that the apostle
had one of these psalms in mind and
consciously used this sentence as a
writer not seldom weaves into his
paragraph a fitting quotation.
27. Ono of them that believe not—
That is, one not a Christian, which
in Corinth nlennt, of course, an idol-
ater.
1'o a feast—At family and other
social gatherings feasting was com-
mon. Many of rho religious cere-
monies also were made times of
testing.
Asking no questions—At such •h
feast, given by one who ons himself
qn idolater, i1. was possible, and fn
ninny cases even probable, that t
portion of the food rerved had first
been dedicated to an idol. It would
be unnecessary scrupulousness on the
Part of a guest nt such a feast to
ask concerning each dish whether the
food had or had not been thus dedi-
cated, taking for granted always that
the person whose action was in ques-
tion realized fully for himself the
nothiuhness of ti w idol.
28. This hath been offered in sacra
lice—Such a definite stntemet!t shade
to the guest, would indicate a con-
scientious scruple on the part of the
person nuking the statetnpnt, and
to partake of the food thus specifi-
cally pointer) out as luting been of-
fered in sacrifice to nn idol alight,
went to othere to be a recognition of
the idol to which it had been oGered.
In such a case it became nes see,.
to take into account the infieene'
that the action alight have on others.
For his sake—Lest his faith be
weakened or he bo led to regard your
life and practice as inconsistent with
your profession of faith.
21). For why—The word translated
'fur" !lily be translated "but," or
it may be omitted, not being essen-
ticll to the rendering of the thought.;
Possibly the translation "but" would
niake the meaning of the clause r.
little 'dallier.
81. Do all to the glory of God—
In themselves, eating and drinking
may ho indifferent things; but there
are circumstances under which they
at time, become matters of highest
importance. At all times the glory
of God is to be the chief aim of ail
wo do. "In our own day, for in-
stance, the question of using or ab-
staining front intoxicating liquors is
one which ought to be (Malt with on
the same principles n8 those which
Saint Paul has laid down in this
chapter. Such n question should be
npproachecl mid decided on one
gr>Jln(l alone, nnnhely, whether by us-
ing them or abstaining fruit] them w.•
ehnll best promote the glory 01
God."—Lina.
82. (live no occasion of stumbling
—This is the negative putting of the
sane principle expressed in the pro
cee(ling verse. In giving an occasion
of stumbling to others e fnil to
glorify God; that Is, others will net
1
by our actions be led to faith in I:ini.„..v. ti- •f, ”- •o• ••- V. %.
Our inconsistency of life robs Codi �� "�"�m'�'Tc'�* '
Jk
of the glory which cunsistevicy of life
on our part would bring lout in the �__.I ii �. A I'
eyes of °there.
33. This verso restates: in another
form, of principle of expediency of
action for unother's prot,t.
Verso 1 of chapter 11 belongs pr..-
perly with our lesson passage. it
*cods, "lie yo :clues of neo, (evil
as 1 ant of Lie ist"
It is well to remember that the di-
vision of the books of the IiiLIo nee
chapters and tunics was not intuie by
theattuthors of tine books themseltcs,
in whose time it was not c:ustu►uai y
so to divide a writing. A carer:al
examination of diflercnt books w•i'l
show that those tthu in lutcr tines
mode the division did not in many
cases snake the hest, or coon n cor-
rect. division. Only the inconvenience
which would he caused by reaet,•1, °i
the Bible everywhere by a correction
of theme errors, and the additional
fact that men ultimately *tight nut
agree as to what the proper division
should be, accounts for the retaini:,g
of these incorrect divisions in our
Bibles at present. In the English
Revised Version an attempt is made
to overcome the difficulty, in a eU•,es-
ure, by spacing and by correctly
grouping paragraphs independent 'd
existing chapter divisions.
SAILORS' TROUSERS.
British Jack Tars Would Like a
New Uniform.
The British public has so long
associated the -handy *tan" of the
navy tl ith what is termed "sailor
clothes" that it will conte as a
shock to learn that it is the seamen
of the fleet themselves who are al-
most unanimous in asking for a
change of uniform.
The objections to the present dress
are many. however well suited it
was to the day when (he seaman's
work lay in !h, direction of handling
pars and saes and hauling ropes,
it is not adapted to modern condi-
tions, where the seaman is really a
shitted mechanic. The baggy trous-
ers are apt to catch in the machin-
ery, and are really a nui-ance. The
open "juniper" is viewed by the
men with the utmost disfavor, and
it has been known to them for years
by the suggestive name of "pneu-
monia catcher."
The uniform proposed by those
who appear to express the views of
the lower deck is a jacket fitting
loosely and comfortably around the
neck and body, with a turners -down
collar, single-breasted, with five
buttons; trousers to be moderately
loose in the legs. The cap is to be
peaked, light in weight, well venti-
lated, with n broad flat top, and
cover for use ill hot weather, which
would protect the back of the neck,
land get rid of tlio trouble caused by
the difficulty of stowing the white
hats of straw at present used in the
navy in hot weather.
The kit advanced would cost 2s.
less than the existing one. and would
thus save that stun to the men, so
that from the standpoint of econo-
my there is a strong argument for
'the (mange.
Those tho oppose n change argue
! that the uniform of the British
;navy. has been copied by almost
.every power, and that therefore it
riust he the hest. it seems to be
fe:rgolten that in the period 1870-45
:the German military uniform was
nudely copied by various powers,
one of them Creat Britain, though
it is not known to possess almost
every possible disadvantage. It
is further probable that if the Brit-
ish envy made a drastic rheum it
would be quite generally followed.
The question of it chnnre is report -
,ed to be under the consideration of
the Admiralty, and it is quite pos-
sible that the present Adrninistra-
I tine, which has shown Bevil perfect-
ly ready to cut away the deadwood
of the post, may decide to give the
*11011 n more comfortable dress, and
one whie;h better meets the demands
of service in the modern navy.
♦—
CRUELTIES IN CONGO.
Appeal to British Government to
Suppress Them.
At a i*i ' t ing of the members of
the General Committee of the Ilop-
tist lliselonaiy ee•riete, 1141(1 in
London, England. r.c•cntly, a resolu-
tion utas adopted giving expression
to their feelings of horror and in-
'dignation at the continued cruelties
and atrocities perpetrated upon the
• peoples of the Congo Star by repro-
:
ecntatives of the Congo 1:mernntent
`and the vnrious concessionaire com-
pn 0lee.
7 he resolution goes on to say that
they would have taken their preen nt
notion at a much earlier dale, but
1Iiey deemed it wi err to await. the
report of the special cominissioners;
but they can delay no longer, (speci-
ally in view of the fact that the evi-
dence of tnissionnries and others re-
lative to these atrocities presented
to the special commissioners estab-
lishes beyond question the truthful-
ness of the changes, leaving no doubt
that many of the worst features of
African slatery are rife do large
tracts of the 1', n:o State, resulting
in the depopulation of many dis-
tricts, consequent upon the oppres-
sive and cruel treatment of the na-
tives by State servants, native
State soldiers, and the representa-
tives of conce88innnire eo►npnnies.
The General Committee nppeals to
his Majesty's Government lo take
such notion, under the powers of the
Berlin Treaty, as may bring to a
speedy termination the preent re-
gime of oppression, coercion, and
cruelty which now exists in so many
parts of the Congo State.
THE JUMPING EXPLAiNED.
Cantley -1 was just watching Mar'. -
ley while he was talking to you. It
was so funny tho way he kept jump-
ing up and clown. What did he re-
mind you of?
Burroughs—Of the f 10 I've toted
him since last wither,
11-
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1 -
moi;
SELECTED lti.! tl'i:s.
ilow to Spice Ouiene.—Peel and rent
into el.ie:s, risme goce: sound miters.
Sprinkle a little salt over them. mei
place theta in a blotto jar. Put into
a pan the quart of gaud vinegar,
hull a pound of Moist sugar, one tee -
spoonful each of cloves, allspice, end
pepper. !'lace the pan 00 the lir.,
u►td when it. is scalutng hot pour the
vinegar over the onions. let. then
stand twenty-four hours, then drain
on the %d.aeger. and heat in a pan
as befuee, pouring it over the onions
' when sculdir.g hot. They %till I c
ready for use in three or four days,
and will be found very delightful to
eat with cold meat of any kind.
teeamed Sulnion.—Neil two table-
sieeeis of butter in the blazer over
hot water; add two tab!espoons ( f
sifted flour, seasoning of salt, pepper
and cayenne and ono pint of hot
Milk. When smooth and thickene.t,
stir in one cup of canned salinon, one
cup of finely chopped peanuts, and
th., whites of six hard-boiled eggs
chopped line. Servo hot in ramekins
or on buttered toast.
Baked liver.—Cut slices of liver
alout three-fourths of an inch thio:,
lay in a deep dish and add one large
chopped union to a pound of liver.
Sprinkle with flour, sage, pepper and
salt, add a little water and bun<e
about one hour. Turn slices occ•i-
siunully.
Bouillon.—Put together in un
agate -lived saucepan two pounds of
lean beef, minced; one-half pound of
lean veal, also minced, and two
pounds each of beet and veal bones,
well cracked. (.'over deep with two
gallons of cold water Slid bring slow-
ly to a boil, then simmer four hours.
Season with salt, pepper, and two
teaspoonfuls of kitchen bouquet, then
remove from the Tiro. When very Gula
:end like a jelly, skin all fat from
the surface of the soup and heatto
enable you to strain out the boots
and nleist. Return to the lire, drop
in the white of an egg and a cruslrad
eggshell, bring to a boil, drop in u
bit of ice to check the ebullition, as 1
five minutes later, pour carefully, mit
to disturb the dregs, through a col-
ander lined with white Ilanncl. Set
on Ice when cold until you can have
it as "iced bouillou."
Broiled Chops.—Broil on a gridiron
over a bright fire. Put a little salt
and pepper upon each chop, and but-
ter then( before they go to table.
Lay therm, overlapping one another,
around a mound of green peas or
mashed potatoes.
Broiled Veal Cutlets.—stub the cut-
lets well with melted butter, pepper,
and broil on a gridiron like bee! -
steak, buttering very well after dish-
ing. Ile sure that they are thor-
oughly done.
Secret of Cooking Wild Duck,—.t
young wild duck stinted and roasted
properly is a tendo r morsel. It .s
quite a general method to skin the
birds, but in doing so the best part
of the biro is lost. The skin bt thick-
ly covered wicn a soft down that. it
is impossible to *00((110 an 31)11 would
the few pin feathers on a turkey ( r
chicken. stub over well with alcohol
and then (told the bird over a candle
flame. In a few moments the fuzz
will be all burned off, and what still
clings may be rubbed off with :t
towel. Next wash thoroughly inside
with soda water after drawing. '1'o
make it sure success it is well le
boil the Cluck for throe or fours tnin-
utes in the coda water to remove ell
the wild fishy taste from their (less.
An onion dressing is considered good
to dress ducks with. Chop the onion
fano and unix in with soft bread
crumbs thathave been slightly 111 I -
tened in milk, add u slice of thin
bacon chopped fine; this should have
been fried, but not crisp. If any
rennniuiog strong taste lurks in the,
duck's Ile:;h, the onion and cult
flavor of the bacon, or salt pork, it
preferred, will remove it. Roast in
a covered roasting pan as you would
beef sr Iamb, baste frequently. :f
young and tender, from 1 to IS
hours it bit he long enough. A la•d-
big, with thin strips of salt pork
will further improve the cluck's flav•>r
even if the bird n, plump and fit.
11 the ducks are prefot•rrd hied, cu:
thein up as you would a chicken.
Lent soak in water for ten minutes to
draw out the blood, then cook iv
soda water (a pinch of soda is all •
that is needed), wash in clear water
anel return to the, kettle. Cook in
plenty of clear water till two-thirds
lona. Drain off the water and wipe,
then fry slowly in plenty of hot but-
ter until tender and crisp. Make a
gravy by pouring into the spider .n
which they are cooked halt pint
cream, season, and let come to n
boil, then pour G:e birds on the
platter. Serso currant jelly with
duck.
1iOMIS iSBES`1MAK1NG,
The home dressmaker will find Chit
a few little tricks of the trade are a
marvellous aid In king up and
altering clothes. There is always n
right, way and a wrong way of doing
even the simplest bit of dressmaking
Hero are a few right. wept.
Make the under part of a 1 ight
8lecve double, so that it can Le
darned, as this part wears out soon-
er than the upper.
Don't forget to (lo plenty of tack-
ing and pressing. To neglect these
two points stamp a garment as
'hone -made' nt once.
Always shrink a now braid before
sewing to a skirt; otherwise the bot-
tom of the skirt will become pucker-
ed the first time of wearing in a
shower of rain.
in shortening a skirt -pattern, •11-
wnys fold n pleat across the middle
of the pnttern; never shorten from
the top or bottom of the skirt, or
the shape will be spoiled.
Ilome dressmakers who have diffi-
culty in pressing curved seams will
find a rollingpin a very good prees-
Ing hoard, if a clean cloth be wrap-
ped around it.
When tieing n sewing machine, the
best way to finish oft neatly and
!firmly is to turn the work round,
ail work back *gain u *.hurt way, eo
that the stitches will be double.
When new evicting gowns are few
and far between. nothing is so use-
ful as either black or white, which
by change of flowers or trimming
may bo altered out of all knowledge.
When puttieg on a collar, make Vt0
neck of the boli. a or blouse slightly
smaller than the baso of the collar
band, and notch the bu•iice here told
there while putting the collar en.
13y doing so you avoid wrinkles.
When cut ting out sleeves. to avoid
tho disaster of cutting both for die
same arm, fold the material either
taco to Lace or back to back. Place
the pattern on it and Cit both ' .1
molter. A proper pair is bound to be
the result
If you wish to make a walking
skirt just to clear the ground wi'.h-
out looking too short, adopt the fol-
lowing plan: Measure the person from
the waist to the ground. then deduct
ono and a half inch.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Bub the stains on brown boots and
shoes with a little methylated spi:it
and polish its usual.
Pumpkins and squashes will gente-
elly keep better in a garret where
the temperature is just above freei.-
int; than in the cellar which is apt 10
he too damn). If there is no place
but the cellar for storing them. place
them on shelves where they will not
touch each other and watch closely
fur the first sign of decay.
One of the annoyances of cleaning
fluids is their invariable habit of
leaving a ring around the cleaned
spot. An authority says that the
proper way to avoid this is to draw
a ring around the spot with the gas -
Wine before rubbing the spot itself.
There are several good cleaning fluids
on the market which aro said to ho
non -explosive. 11 gasoline is prelerr-
cd, let it never be used but by the
most responsible and care -taking per,
1 son in the house. -
1 Willow and rattan furniture may be
succa'sfully 'renewed' at home by
washing with t► stilt brush in soft
warm water and white soap. then
while the chair or stool is still wet,
put it in a box that can be closets,
place a small quantity of burning
sulphur upon the bottom of the box,
close tightly and leave for half or
three-quarters of an hour.
Ileavy brooms should always bo
selected in preference to light ones
Inc thorough sweeping, as the weight
aids in the process. In buying a
broom test it by pressing the edge
against the floor: it the straws bris-
tlo out and bend the broom is a pour
one, for they should remain in a
firm, solid mass.
A work and worry saver for house-
wives is n table or flat shelf. higher
than the kitchen table, on which to
do work which requires bending over
--or would, without such a cenven-
ience. Still another is 11 broad strip
—not string—attached to the apron
hand, from which hanga a holder,
which is thus always att. hand, And
apropos of aprons, we know of a
"dusting apron" which saves ono
woman much weariness of body and
spirit—an apron with a long pocket
for the feather duster, nnother f..r
the cloth, and still another for a
small whisk-broolu, which saves
many a distracted whirl around tt.o
room for a particular duster needed
for each (lifTerent object.
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WARDENS ARE CONVICTS.
Remarkable Penal Colony in An-
daman Island.
The British warship I'roscrpine, ( f
the East Indies squadron, 11118 just
returned to Calcutta from the An-
daman Islands, and, being the firet
warship which had been seen in the
harbor for seven years, her visit
caused great excitement. These is-
lands lig about 250 utiles in a south-
westerly direction from Rangoon,
and, unknown to most people, com-
prise a huge convict settlement for
natives from India and Burma, 80110
15,000 being quartered (hero at tlto
present time.
The system of guarding the prison-
ers is very clever. The warders nen
all convicts who have been on the
island some time and have Itthaved
themselves, and risen to this rums.
'\'hey are each put in charge of gangs
iii'Tering from thentsclves—for exam-
ple, a Hindu darer would be in
charge of n Burinese gang. This is
(.011)11 to rank very well, no trouble
atall being experienced. and scarcely
clay cases of an escape have been
known.
The prisoners are exceptionally well
treated, the best characters in some
cases being appointed to sales i.•d
positions. and it is only the s.•ry
worst behaved who are actually kept
confined in the jails.
Each convict wears around his neck
a piece of wood, and teatime! on 1t
is his her, dato of conviction
and release, and the article of law
under which he was convicted. The
warders only wear a small brass
tally with their numbers on.
The Andaman Commission, con-
sisting of about 40 persons, headed
by Mr. Merk, chief commissioner. aro
in charge of the convict settlement,
one company of the Liverpool Itegi-
ment of Indian troops comprising
the rest of fort Blair.
The warship's visit lasted five days
and was much enjoyed, a tennis tour-
nnment, dance, and visits to various
places of intere8t being arranged for
the officers. while a football ►nnteh,
army v. navy, and n concert %sere in-
dulged in by 1.he sailors.
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JUST A WISII.
'There want no doubt as to who was
the head of the Meekun family, to
judge by a trifling passage at tiring
chronicled
"What. are you doing with that
sheet of paper, Orville?" sharply ask-
ed hie wife
"I nen making a wish." answered
Mr. Sreekun.
"A wish?"
"A wish?"
"Via, my dear. In your pretence I
shall not presume to call it n w•tll,'!
1.ike other trees, there i8 use/lilt
something shady about the family
trees