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In his move for the introduction,
of Chinese lebor into South Africa.,
Mr. Rhodes removes the mask of the
empire benefactor and reveals the
creature mad tool of capitalists and
not the champion of the colonist
population. The miners naturally
are solidly arrayed against the pro-
ject and in several cases have re-
sorted to violence to exclude their
yellow competitors. They threaten
to invoke it further in case of ewer-
geocia The sante feeling exists in
British Columbia though we in the
east do not realize how intense it is.
Mr. Rodger C. Clute, K. C., one of
tae Federal commissioners to enquire
into the question of Oriental immi-
gration on the Pacific toast, has re-
turned to Toronto after a lengthy
investigation in the West. He states
that the queseion is a vital one for
the West, for the Chinese and Japan
-
ego laborer is evernwbere. They en-
gage in all classes of labor, frera
railroad construction to domestic
service. In only one of the big ship-
yards is white labor employed; the
smell farmer who used to make
few hundred dollars extra. fishing
finds his platle Is taken and his mon-
ey earned by hoardes of Mongolian
fishermen. who live in house -boats
or huts little better- than kennels.
The Chinaman is uot A progressive
eitizen. Ile does not improve his
surroundings. Iie earns his money.
but be epetals little end when his
pile is made he rt turns to China. In
Eastern Canada,. where the question
is largely theoretical. Canadians do
not look Amen Japanese immigrants
with the same unfriendly eyes as up-
on the Citinese. In the West the
whites make no distinetion in their
Oriental labor is not the only im-
portation front the Ealito ttitheet.
Whtelt we could get. along very well.
MMUS:ars were introduced into
Europe from China in the thirteenth
Centmy. and have been growing in
size and. popularity ever since, The
* small boy can buy a reg,ular dyna-
mite bonne for a few Cents. Every
day of general Celebration Is follow-
ed by a. large Casualty list as dis,
tressing as it is long. It is not in
the hands of the small boy. how-
ever,. that the firework achieves its
greatest damage. its danger lies in
the recielees manner in .which it. Is
'exposed for seep. In the holiday sat-
_ noIh when the shops and streets are
thronged with people, windows are
filled with explosives of one sort or
another. The public, in eeterhog
these shops, enter veritable powder
mills, whim° none of the precautions
of the powder mill are oaserved.
Tee New Jersey holocaust, the re-
sult. of such recinessitees is still vivid
to els. Something of the salmi kind,
on a smaller scale, happened in Ham-
ilton last Victoria day. Snell a
menace to theepublic safety is a.
er subiect /or municiyal counidera-
tion.
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FANCY BREADS.
Rusks.—For the sponge of the
rusk mixture, use one-half cupful of
scalded milk, one teaspoonful of
salt, and when the milk cools slight-
ly put in one yeast cake. When the
sponge Is light, add to it one-fourth
cup of sugar, one-fourth cup of
melted butter and three unbeaten
eggs. Add flour enough to make a.
soft dough. Then beat vigorously
with the hands. After having added
the flour and beaten the mixture,
shape it. Take one rounding spoon-
ful and shape it like a long Auger
roll. Place them in the pan close
together, cover carefully witk a
cloth and another pan and allow the
mixture to rise until very light.
Then the baking requires about 20
minutes in a hot oven. .After the
rusk inixture is bailed cut it up in
slices somewhat on the bias, put in
a dripping pan and place in the
oven to brown.
Sala.d Rolls.—USe one Pint of
scalded railk, one-fourth cup of but-
ter. one-eighth cup of sugar and one
teaspoopful of salt. About three
cupfuls at flour will be necessary to
formthat into a sponge. Use any-
where from one-quarter to two
whale cakes of yeast. Mix the yeast
with one-fourth, cup at warm water,
and do not increase the quantity of
water with the quantity of yeast.
After the sponge is good And light,
OW to it enough more flour to form
It dough, giving it a good, vigorous
beating. Allow it to rise until it
doubles its bulk, then take it out of
the pan and form into small rolls.
Separate each one with a bit of but-
ter. crowd dose ia the pan and al-
low thera to rise for a few moments.
In a. quick oven bake about 12 min-
utes. To glaze them on the top,
take the white of egg. beat it and
A HEALTHY ISLAND.
Dr. lientaileld, who has lived for
twenty-seven years in Tasmania, as-
cribes the healthfulness of that is-
land, where, according to his testi-
mony, consumption and bronchitis
are almost unknown, in largo part
to the influence of the eucalyptus
trees, whose odor is everywhere ap-
parent. The volatile essence of the
"eucalyptus oil appears to have an
aseptic effect upon. deleterious germs
of all kinds. The trees sometimes
attain great size. One that has been
measured is 330 feet high, and some
are said to attain a height of 400
It. The climate of Tasmania is al-
so exceptionally fine, with much sun-
shine and a. very pure air.
ABSENT, BUT WELL REPRE-
SENTED.
You miss your dear husband dread-
. ...illy, Mrs. Simpson?
Yes, of course; but our youngest
daughter is exactly like him. She
-tries regulate the grammar and
Mr. Woggs, I understand your wife
acts made a record of 900 pies baked
last year? Made a record! Well,
where do coo in? I ate 'the.
A. veritable "quick luneneon," it is
said, is to be had at a restaurant in
Paris, where a dinner of several
courses, composed of concentrated
food in the form of tablets, can be
consumed in. a few minutes. The
entire Meal ,ean be carried about in
the vest pocket._
When we were married, sobbed the
young wife, he said he loved nae
with a love more enduring than the
everlasting granite.! And it clido't
last? queried the sympathizing
frien.cl. Last, echoed the young wife,
drying her tears, it didn't last as
long as a. wood pavement.
Forget thee !,wrote a young man
to his girl. Forget thee! When the
• earth forgets to revolve; when the
stars forget to shine,. when the rain
. forgets to. fall, when the flowers for-
get to bloom—then. will I fotget
• thee. Tluae months later he was go-
ing to see another girl with .sandy
hair. and freckles, and some thou-
sands in..the bank,
Referring to the subject of tem-
perance recently the Archbishop of
Canterbury said that a very few
years ago -the elan who did not in-
dulge in intosioating drink was re-
' garded as an "odd" man, but that
'public opinion was changing so rap-
idly that it seemed. hi that before when cooked. Me.sh theroughly and
long the "odd" anan would be the add one pound of granulated sugEir
ler • every pound of berries. Stir
inan that did iodifige.
well and skim the seeds as long an
they rise and what rem.ains will it
eery nice. Let it stand overnight
in a porcelein or eerthen dish, Can
cold in the morning in cold glase
cans and keep in a cold Place -
All kinds- of fruit are canned in
about the same way except in the
amount of sugar used. one but
perfectly sound. and fresh fruits
should be used and they should not
be cooked long eriough to destroy
the natural flavor. 'While boiling
hot they should be sealed. in air
tight glass jars, filled to overflowing
to exclude every particle 01 air, then
quickly sealed. Get the jars ready
Orst, have jar and top perfectly
clean and. scald them. Examine the
rubters; if stiff and hard it Is said
they may be softened by soaking in
ammonia, water, but as they are only
five cents a. dozen it is usually best
to buy new ones. Fit them on the
jars. half fl11. tile jar with water,
serew an the top and turn upside
down on the table. If a drop of wa-
Preventing loss is to keep them in
ter escapes the jar is not air -tight. dark sta.bles during the heat of the
and the fruit will not keep, so try e
Flies will not go into dark
another rubber till you get them "sill"
tight. Leave the rubber on and turn Places'
In order to note the effect flies
them upside down on the back of
the stove till Omitted, each top with 9dinviludeinic hfocu°rwtesenrcr:wi's Iviit ti,i. cv Vilostl.
its Jar. then name them. Ha.ve about eclual in every respect. Dur'
beating
funuel also scalded and lug the daytime one lot was kept in
heating with the jars. Then take paddock, ba.ving an abun-
the fruit, say cherries, for examPlei a' small
/dot dance of sbade. The other lot was
they should not. be overripe;
them over. removing stetns, etc:et:, v1)114decectd .eQeralere°:;t4tilboleor:taatinlde wprio-n-
stone or not, as you Wan. If pi' <lows. The lot in the paddock were
or Morello cherries allow halt a
r,ound. or sugar to a poued. chore on tite move constuntly ILLliging ales,
ries. or more. if you Imo"'while the others in stable were
sulTering no annoyance. Comparing
sweet. Put in a. porcelain -lined Itet- the result from the standpoint of
tie and. cook till well heated through
,.. mut butter, it was shown that
aucl rather elear; skim off froth, itti
the jars' wipe of rubbers' "rely " treeceed°12vtai 1:Ct?teceeet*et4. ;111r:rine tIbes p1171;
the top tightly, turn upeide down
thoee in the open lot.
o n the table. If any juice exudes, In several tests made on an Ia
einpiey back i • nto the kettle and try
chary farm it was found practieable
atioldier rubber, When Cool give an- to keep the cows in a clerk stable
other screw to the top, and, keep in and discard screens. The cows thus
a, cool, dark place, stablell were practically free from
flies and gove more railk than those
AN ARTISTIC IDEA, left out of doors. Tile cows were al -
A clever girl. who has more taste lowed to run in the pasture during
than money, has adorned her room the night and early morning and re-
quired but little 6upp:ementary feed.
If it is impracticable to use screens
or to darken a stable. the next best,
thing to do le to apply some repel-
lent to the shin. A number of these
are on the market and utility of theta
side slightly, put, the Ouch vide woes use rayon work, and some will last two or three days after aei-
over and press the two together sheets of gray cardboard. Selecting plying. As a rule two applications
gently. and allow this to rise ler the pictures that bad a good deal of a week are suffident. The compound,
about live minntes before putting in light. she arranged them on blue whatever it. may be, should be rub -
the oven. mats cut large enough to leave a
Bread Stielts.—Start with a ball, mergin. Those that abounded in
roll on a clean board where there is elealows were affixed to the gray
no flour. The stick will double its 'netts. The special and unique feat -
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ON THE FA
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nen nine See. ne eine. se nee. teetton ;toot. it. '
ANNOYA.NOE FLIES..
During the hot menthe el July,
August and September, flies cause
great loss by annoying dairy cows,
fattening cattle and work horses. It
the entire neighborhood would co-
operate in keePiug swamps drained
and premises clean the fly pests
would not be so bad. Of course, in
new countries, flies breed in prairie
grass, particularly marshy lands.
Here they cannot be controlled so
readily. The covering of work ani-
mals is of nonsiderable advantage,
but this does not help much, when
the eies axe very numerous. With
dairy cattle and stock not at work,
possibly one of the best methods of
with charming pictures by uttliznig
add to it one tablespoonful of wa- engravings from high-class maga-
tcr. and brush your rolla over before 21.X1C4. Not wishing to Win' the ea -
ba king. reIM of teaming them. the yowls
Parker House Rolls. --Take the woman bought several sheets of
round ball well dee% butter one blue blotting paper Snell as art. gal -
bed on the flanks, legs, necks and
along the base of the horns or any
spots where flys are mot annoying.
This should not be neglected. Of
size In the rising, so start with, a, ure of the work. however, was the course, with large hems of fattening
very email stick as to diameter.ue of Oa:teeing, the pictures In cattle. the application of a compound
Draids.-iiireal three strands into I mo
place. Those on the blue mats were of this character is rather difficult,
an ordinary braid. Cut up and !secured at the corners by a. circle of but most of them coo, he put ua with
pinelt together at, 1,10 ends, 01' it !t five -cent th
red sealing wax about the FiZe Of a. a smhil spray pump. If the cattle
will spring open in the rising. ve-cent piece, stamped in e xrdthrough 0.
aro driven slowly throua.
on the pan. to rise. They innY - earrow
gland like other rolls. be ' die with her mmas
onogram seal. Some psage. the entire herd can be
i
i on the gray mate were fastened with sprayed in a VQ1`31 short. thne. Dairy
piece of dough. and tie in 0. double
a. bong black was, some with blue. sealed in Cows, work horses and any stock
Bow Knots.--Sturt with
bow knot. For a. variety from the:the vame fashion. By way of 'earl- kept i'n the stable dm be easily
stick's for the dinner serve S's and ety, the seals were affixed in different, treated.
places. Some were on every corner,
irs. some on diagonal corners, some on
the twa upper, with a seal in the
—
middle at tile lower edge. The gen-
HOW TO KEEP COOL. eral effect was extremely pretty, and
Open house in the cool hours of many of her friends have boldly ap-
day and night. Do not be afraid of Pr°priated the idea,.
night. air. It is beneficent and not ____________
baneful. Draughts are not to be
feared. A full draught of air is not
injurious to anyone. It is supposed
that a slight drat will toms° a. cold,
but a full draught will not.
People are altogether too much
afraid of air. ln umny eases beds
are made up too quickly after being
used. in these days of microbes and
germs, housekeepers may learn to
think there are other things worse removing some of the accumulated
than air, dust of 'melts, always stood in the
When the house is full to over- room like a. bull -dog guarding a,
flowing with the freshness of the bone, overslept himself one morning.
morning, and the outer air is warm- When he came down to his study
ing up with the middle forenoon his first search was for a bundle of
sun, close the house and draw the papers that he had left on his chair
shades on the sunny side. Keep the the night before. These were not
hot air out in midday. 1 forthcoming. The mathematician
Keep employed at something inter- called the servant. "Where are the
eating, find don't think about "how papers that were there?" he asked to begin to separate from the curd.
For a dipper a piece of tin like a
hot" the weather is. Think about : annoy. milk skimmer is used. It must be
something else. Cultivate content "Lawks, sir!" said the girl,
and a love for even the most menial: you want them. I lit the dining- -did there so as not to break the curd. A
cheese hoop, sonic cheese boards and
ditties. Love your work, 10VO YMIt i room fire with them!"
1 ca cheese press complete this prim
At first the mathematician ould i -
family, and do cheerfully and quick- .
ly all you have to do. Make every hardly believe his own ears. Then tive equipment. The size of dairy
motion toll as far as possible. I the terrible truth. dawned upon him, cheese that .sell best are those that
'Wear comfortable clothing i weigh from 15 to 25 lbs. each. If
which to work; dark gowns are to there are no hoops or press at hand
-II- . The servant had used as firelights
i
be preferred for the common house -1 taken him Miceli years to compile, doubtless any dairy supply house
the manuseript of a treatise it had
hold labor. Then when the work is • could furnish them.
done in afternoon, take a bath, I Only hail the battle is won when
practically the only tangible record
,i.; of fifteen years' unremitting labor,
that represented a sum of money not the cheese is made and out of the
lie down if you like for an hour, then,
employ yourself in some pleasant press. The curing is a. most impel. -
way. tent matter, and but few farm -
less than $25,000.
We know women on a farm can houses have suitable rooms for this
Dy the destruction of some large
find time for this rest, and for read- printing works by fire 4 few Years purpose where a low, dry temiiera-
ing and. writing some. Do be com-, ago a greet deal of valuable Mama tare can .be kept in hot weather. If
fortable. Restful to all around yscript was lost, in inore than one .anyone iutends to 'make a business
ou
instead of like a whirlwind or cy- case the result of many a. long year Of making dairy theese a small room
clone, stirring everything and every- of labor and researeb.
• Ili 1752 a fire originated should be fitted up with an ice rack
body up. papers in Lincoln's inn, Lon -
among in the centre • and water drainage
tivated, and it will do as much • to, don. • As a result of this a large col- from the same. In making dairy
theese from a large number of cows,
An equable disposition can be cul- s°111°
sununer solstice as anything we can and documents • perished,, an record a cheese room or cheese house would
wards keeping one cool during the lection of very valuable manuseripts
mention. Cliallie makes comfortabld of which is of course' gone. A fetv be fitted op with factory apparatus
gowns for home wear in the after- years later a fire that originated en and •run as a factory, only on a
Lord Mansfield's library burnt bsmyalltteirlyscale. And the cheese made
factory pronees would be
EXPENSIVE PIRELIGHTS.
Cases Where Fortunes Have Been
Consumed.
A famous mathematician, whose
study was his Wyllie and who never
permitted any papers to be touched
and who, when his wife insisted on
CHEESE MAKING ON THE FARM
Thu articles needed for making
chary cheese are from six to twelve
cows and tub or vat that wIll hold
Lwo makings. If of wood the
night's milk would be warmed in the
iuorning to the prope. temperature
of 81 degrees. Or one may have a,
jacketed or double tin tub. Teen
all of the milk can be warmed by
pouring hot water in the jacket. and
drawing it off, wbon the milk is suf-
ficiently warm,. A whey tub and a
Pair of cheese tongs to lay across
the tub are also needea. Next comes
the cheese. knife (which may be a
wooden ono) to cut tile curd at the
proper time so as to start the whey,
then the cheese basken which any
Unman can ma.ko and cut inch holes
all over the bottom and sides of the
basket. A thin strainer cloth must
be pieced inside the basket to re-
ceivethe curd, which is carefully
dipped into it at intervals after
standing a proper time for the whey
noon. Costs almostnothing and is
easy to "do up."
HOW TO po THINGS.
Raspberry jam is greatly improved
by 'adding cauaant juice, about a
third as much as You have of rasp-
berries; it will not burt to leave a
few nice large currants also. Use
a poeud of sugar to a pound of fruit.
To • dry. string beans for winter
use: Cut them in three pieces,
lengthwise and spread them -upon
plates. Put under glass in. the hot
sun, or that failing, in a cool oven.
Do not leave them out after the dew
falls. Soak them over night before
using.
Many, consider it an improvement
to boil cora in the husk. 'Remove
the outer husks, and strip down the
inner ones and take out the silk,
then turn back the husk e man tio to-
gether at the top. Plunge into' salt-
ed boiling water, and 'boil twenty
minutes. When done cut off the
stalk end which Will free the. husks,
Currants 'canned without cooking
retain their flavor much better than
Manuscripts valued at 'many thou-
sands of pounds. •
'When the Germans were bombard-
ing Paris in the war of 1870-71, a
shell fell into one of the chief li-
braries of the city and kindled a. fire
that resulted in a tremendons. sacri-
fice of historic letters and manu-
scripts, as was also the case When
Moscow was burnt by the Russians
to baulk Napoleon. It has, indeed,
been alleged • that the burning of
Moseow was started. in a huge li-
brary with priceless 'documents as
firelights. • ,
Another., instance of the careless-
ness of a housemaid iS as follows: A
well-known collector of rare manu-
scripts was carving a ham at the
'breakfast table when the' paper ,ham -
frill attracted his attention. A
close scrutiny revealed the "frill?' as
being a fragment, bf a letter written
by a famous personage, and. Worth,
perhaps, $1250. Investigations fol-
lowed when it was discovered that
the girl had used a leinidie Of auto-
graph letters, priced at $6,300, as
ham -frills and firelights.
-
Spain had only ono battleship left
at.the end of the recent war. She is
•now building six new war -vessels.;
much like the factory make, but
with the advantage of only one herd
of cows furnishing the milk tied that
of uniform quality..•
Use plenty of plaster axound th
stables to abSerb the °does and am-
monia.
Feed, wbeat bran in connectior
with the ration to both the worl
and read horses. It is cooling anc
Do not let the feet of the road o
work horses get hard and dry during
the dry weather. Avoid hoof lo-
tions. Water is best and safest ana
is natural.
Examine the teeth of all horses
now, young and old. If the teeth
are sharp have them floated. 11 you
find A horse bolding a. wad of hay
in the side of his mouth have nie
teeth attended to at once. It is a
sure sign that they are sharp.
Never give a horse all the hay he
will cut. That alone will keep a
horse out of condition,
The horse has a smell stomack in
proportion to Ids size and when do-
ing hard work he should be fed nu-
tritious foods and led regularly.
If you are driving a long journey
and you become hungry you may be
sure your horse feels it more than
you do.
Give him his dinner if you can get
none for yourself for he needs it
morn
rowalty yART.%
A pound of powdered napthalene
crystals in a gallon of kerosene
makes a goad lice killer. a much
ueeded article at this season.
The young and old birds cannot be
fed right if fed together. The for-
mer should have a feeding coop or a
small yard that the latter cannot
enter.
The right hind of a man 'will see
that bus thithens do not trouble bis
neighbors.. We know of -two families
wim have been enemies for ten years,
and all on account of 011e old roos-
ter. Nouseneel
As inquiries about preserving eggs
for winter continue to come to , us,
we say again: For family use dip
strictly Dash eggs in an alcoholic so-
lution of salicylic acid and pack thetn
in cotton. Store in boxes or bar-
rels in a dry place and as cool ae
dux be fouzal in simmer.
Don't get angry at the broody hen.
she is only following nature. The
first time rho is caught in the act
remove her gently from the nest to
a coop. slatted at skies and et eered
on top. Have this coop in the poul-
try runs and move it often. le id
her well. The longer you. it.'ow her
to sit the more "set- in her e eys
she win become.
Poultrymen who own cows and
have surplus milk have a decided ad-
vantage over those who do, not.
Milk is both food and drink, and at
this season is especially beneficial to
the growing birds. A sefe way to
supply It is to heat it scalding hot
and when it has cooled let them
drink as much, as they want within
an hour in the morning. It should
then be disposed of and the vessels
cleaned. Rotten milk is little better
than poison.
HORSE TALK.
One reason why. we have so many
poor horses in the market • is • that
too many farmers practice the tough-
ening -plan-
They put the colts in a.bare, dry
pasture with no shade or comfort,
and when they are, pet -bellied and
poor they're being properly hardened.
Such colts are stunted in groNfth
and every bit of style and spirit is
starved out of them. •
No amount of care and feed in af-
ter life can ever fully retrieve the
ruin wrought by the first year or
two of such neglect.
The "colt must be kept growing
thriftily from the start if you want
a fine horSe.. .
Rough usage and neglect will ne-
ver make a hardy horse.
Some say that, "feed is above
breed," but we say, the game is lost
without a combinatioe of the two.
Put screens , in the windows and,
doors to keep the lies out of the
stables, It will , save feed and flesh.
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VIAXING AN OPPICER.
What
BURRING FROM TEE SEA,
COMPLETE OUTFITS SUPPLIED
BY FATHER NEPTUNE..
Would be Very Expensive bat
Comfortable and,..Durable.
man could fit himself oat from
the erOwil Of his head to the seleS 01
hie feet without tieing- 0. single 2120-
tOrinI
grown on land. Such art out-
fit would not, be very cheap, but it
would be exceedingly o -arm and coin-
forteble, oral would wear for a vele'
long time.
To begin with his boots. What is
commonly known in the trade as
porpoise -hide would make as fine a
pair of boots as any man could de-
sire—soft, flexible, and waterproof.
This porpoise -hide is really white
whale-sain, and, as a single white
whale gives a piece of leather 6(/ ft.
long by 35 it. wide, one hide will
make many dozen pairs of boots,
and then leave plenty of strips for
Cutting into laces.
Socks. as well as all under -gar-
ments, could be spun from the bys-
sus, or tufts. of the pinna, a sort of
shellfish, which suppnes a brown.
silky material, already much used in
Sicily as a silk substitute. It can
be dyed any color, and werkea ep
into a soft, warm fabric.
For his suit, the tailor who made
It wield, find a wide choice. For
summer wear. the skin of the burbot
a fish found in Russian miters. is
light, cool and tit:tearable. and quite
waterproof. It is largely worn in
warm weather by the Tartan tribes.
Salmon skin, which. when tanned,
resembles delicate wash-leether,
would be suitable for spriug or nu'
tumn wear. The scale -marks give a
very neat pattern to ealsnon-sliin
leather.
FOR WINTER WEAR.
P.BK LAND OF TIE RN,
N EWS FROM TEE aeseeetT 07
THE BRITISH EMPIB,E,
Paragraphs that will Interest the
Sous of Old England iu Pait-
The fund for the natiouel Memori-
al to Queen Victoria aim exceeds
L108,000.
In certain London hotela wine lett
on the tables is the waiters' perqui-
site.
The net profit on the Leeds cor-
poration trams during the Past year
amounts to L31,058.
On an average 600,000 Irisa, 260,,
000 Scotch, and 400,000 foreigeers
reside ia England and Wales.
The lawns at. Buckingham, Palace
aro sufficiently large to alIONV of the
manoeuvring of n,000 men.
A man has given a Reading =sop
penuy for finding a. lost purse con-
taining Z$00 in notes and gold.
There are 836 places of public en-
terteiument in London, with a, com-
bined seating copaeity tor 400,000
PeoPle.
People in the west end of Londoet
are speeding much money this year
on external Bora,' decerationa for
their bouaes.
In the past forty years Great Brit-
ain has produced, torty xu±iiion ten3
of steel, or about one-third at the
world's total product.
• The Earl of Sealield holds (lima
Britain's record As A tree planter,
having planted 60,000 trees on 40,-
000 acres in Invernesshire.
• The Manchester School Board, has
47,000 schola.rs on the books am14,-
677 teachers. There are /6.800 pu-
pils and 960 teachers at the evening
schools.
and for overcoats. sealskin cannot be
beaten for warmth or beauty.
For sewing these garments to-
gether sinews of the walrus would
afford a very strong threa& or. if
preferred, thread could Le spun from
the Sante already 111C31-
tiOned. As for buttons, the ocean
wardrobe affords an immense and
heautitill variety. Mother-of-pearl
cut from oyster shells veries in color
from white, through iridescent. to
Week. Lovely ivory buttons can be
amde from walrus tusks, and these
could be dyed purple with the saute
murex shellfish which provided the
famous Tyrian purple. Transparent
tortoise -shell forms a third choice
for buttons or vintner ornaments.
An excellent imitation of a. pal-
metto straw hat could to woven
from the funori. a sea -weed found on
the coast of Japan. For hat -band
the byssus silk would again be re-
quisitioned, stiffened by a prepara-
tion made from the scales of the
captatin-fish, a product, of 'West Af-
rieen waters.
leelskin, properly tanned and pre-
pared, is already extensively used for
making braces. and would be used
for this purpose by our sea -dressed
subject. Equally near home could
a coarse of swede:mese costs ncommtenrlig fotiratgrilsohv %el briersiteicsuhrect co nTshtse
can be so dressed and prepared as to
resemble tee very finest kid. A fac-
tory for the Inanufacture of kid from
halibut -skin has already begun oper-
ations near Calais, in France.
It would take all the gold from
some 7000 tons of sea water to make
A GOLD WATCH.CASE,
it Parent.
If you want to fit your son to take
part in the work of officering the
British Army you can ipnly do it at
a very considerable cost. The sou
of a, civilian pays at Sandhurst
$750 ai year. The year is divided. In-
to two terms, and at the beginning
oi each the parents pay $870 in ad -
Yana:.
Hitherto the course of instruction
has occupied three terms, and there-
fore costs parents $1.125. In future
the course will only occupy two, for
which $750 will be paid, so that
payment will be exactly in the same
proportion to the time spent in, the
Military Academy. In addition to
the $375 paid in advance the newly -
joined cadet pays $150 as well.
With this he is supplied with uni-
form, books, instruments, barrack -
room furniture to the extent of a
bed, chest of drawers, washstand,
bath, chair, and what is scheduled
somewhat misleadingly as "an offi-
cer's horse." Carpet and any other
chairs and comforts he must provide
for himself, and generally does so by
hiring in Camberley.
Expenses 40 not end here, as no af-
ternoon tea is provided for the gen-
tlemen cadets, who are growing lads
and much too hungry to wait from
one o'clock lunch to eight o'clock
mess. Lunch is somewhat monoto-
nous, as five days out of seven it
consists of cold meat, and tne cadets
mostly' supplement it with jam which
they buy at the canteen.
From the canteen also they get
their note paper (at their own ex-
pense), and at their own expense al-
so the little silver -headed cherry -
wood swagger cane, the carrying of
which is de rigueur, and might well
be expected to be provided out of the
$150.
No lad can manage at all at Sand-
hurst without $10 a month pocket
money—indeed, very few attempt it
under $15, and many beers have as
rnucli as $100 and $150, although in
the regulations the sum put down as
actually necessary is $7.50. In ad-
dition to the $750 paid by the par-
ents there is a Government allowance
of 75c a day for each cadet.
This is not paid to him, but goes
towards his messieg and contingent
•
account.
Frone 'all this it will be seen that
the cost of educating one's son for
the army is almost, prohibitive, as'
allowance -must be made as well for
mufti clothing and holidays, which
occupy about three monthsof the
year. After this it is impossible for
a young man to live in the cheapeast
line regiment with less than $500 a
year of private allowance.
The most wooden of large tOWns. is
Seattle, whieh, out of 11,000 build-
ings has only 407 which are not
built of timber.
A young man was walking up the
platform of one of our railway sta-
tions looking for a carriage. He op-
ened the door or one and found it
contained a woinan •and several
children, whereupon he exclaimed :
Oh, this must be a baby school!
Yes, replied the indignant mother ;
the monkey carriage is lower doarne
so recourse might be had to the
skin of the angel -shark, out of which
the Turks make most exquisite cases,
sea -green mid semi -transparent.
These leathers can be, and some-
times are, prepared with the oil of
and adorn himself with sea jewels,
London, to all appearances, was
never mare prosperous than now.
The theatres, music hells mad con, -
cert rooms are crowded. Every ho-
tel is full of visitors.
The value of fish landed in Great
Britain and Ireland last year Waa
fully nine millious and a half ster-
ling, as compared with less than
seven millions in 1802.
The value of haddock landed on
English coasts is usually 4800.00(1
greater than that et herrings. ,and
constitutes oue-third of the value al
all the fish annually take.
An extremely pretty "daffodil"
wedding took place in Devonshire
the other day. All the bridesmaid*
Were in daffodil China. silk EmPire
dresees, with toques to match, and
carried crooks surmounted by a
bunth of the spring flowers. At.
the wedding breakfant. width was a.
good old-fmthioned sitting down one,
n o ilowers were used but daffodils.
The royal mortograzu which is to
be placed upon the King's liveries is
of the neatest possible style, and
consists of the letters E. B. with
VII. beneath them. The somewhat
Rambuoyent manner in which the
royal cypher appeared upon the liv-
ery and harness of the previous sov-
erelgn now gives place to a severer
taste, and this applies ftot only to
the lull State trappings, but also to
the Ascot and Goodwood liveries,
both of which are also in prepara-
tion
Sir Redvers Buller, speaking at
Huddersfield, said the general who
was lucky enough to command Brit -
ital. troops had very little trouble in
doing what he wanted. He would
not raa.ke comparisons where all
were good, but no geueral ever had
the honor of leading a more devoted
gal:ant or self-sacrificing men than he
but he could provide himself from had in Natal. Although he believed
tbe menhaden, an American lish, and even yet -that, their full difficulties
were not appreciated, it was a fact
that they did overcome them.
the latter oil is also employed in
making delicate -scented soaps.
Not only could a man dress in
garments made from sea products,
the sea with many other articles of
everyday use which are usually pro-
duced on land.
Walking -sticks of whale -bone aro
tough, and almost unbreakable; while
sticks made from the horn of the
swordfish are very beautiful and val-
uable. Combs and the handles of
penknives aro made of tortoiseshell.
Bandoline and other preparations
for fixing the hair are manufactured
from carrageen, or Irish moss, a spe-
cies of seaweed.
Few people have the faintest iden
how iarge a part seaweed plays in
daily life. All that vegetable hair
which upholsterers use so largely for
studing sofas and chairs is seaweed.
A PARROT STORY.
A parrot in a remote country dis-
trict escaped from its cage, and set-
tled on the roof of a laborer's cot-
tage. When it had been there a lit-
tle time the laborer caught sight of
it.
He had never seen such a thing be-
fore, and after gazing in admiration
at the bird with its curious beak and
beautiful plumage he 'fetched a lad-
der and climbed up with a view of
securing so great al prize. When. he
had reached the level of the top of
the roof the parrot flapped a wing
at him and said:
What d'ye want?
Very muck taken aback the laborer
touched hiscap and replied:
I beg your pardon, sir, I thought
you were a bird,
A FRIEND OF SLUM CHILDREN.
At the age of eighty-seven Mrs.
Srayly, a well-known philanthropist,
has just died in Dublin. More than
1,000 children are inaintained.ein
homes established through her ex-
ertions. While still a very young
woniat she founded a little .school
for, poor children in a hay -loft in a
Dublin slum. She collected not lesS
than $60,000 per annum in the cause
of the destitute children 91 Dublin.
As the result of her labors seven
homes and four free day-se,hools have
been established M the city, and in
co-operation vita. the Bird's Nest at
Kingstown, have turn.ed many thou-
sands of hopeless slum thildren' into
good and useful citizens of the Era-
piree
The new throne for the usa 0,1
Queen Alexandra, is an almost exact
replica of the old one. Its design is
mainly Tudor -Gothic, the seat being
embroidered in gold and silver after
the Gothic pattern of the one used
by Queen. Victoria, the back consist-
ing of a very handsome embroidered
Royal Standard, which is surmount-
ed by a beautiful gilt scroll centre-
piece on which are inscribed the let-
ters "V. It." It was • the King's
special command that "V. R."
should not be replaced by "E. Rae
SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.
The folloaing table shows the
growth of the population. in Scot-
land and the decline in Ireland dur-
ing the last half-century:—
Scotland.
1851 2,888,742
1861 3,062,294
1871...... 3,360,018
1881. . 3,735,573
1891 4,025,647
1901 1471,957
Ireland.
1851......... ........ . ......6,552,385
• 1861... ... . .. ....... .....5,798,967
1871 5,41.2,377
-18815,274,836
1891- . 4,704,750
1901.. ....... ....,.... --A:456,516
Thus Scotland has now a larger pop-
ulation. than Ireland.
NEVER MIND THE OTHERS.
A man while fishing- suddenly fell
into the water. A fellow fisherman
of benevolent aspect promptly helped
him. out, laid him on his back, and
then began to cogitate in a puziled
What's the matter ? asked the` by-
standers. Why don't you revikre'
him?
• There are sixteen rules to revive
drowned persons, said the benevo-
lent mii,n, and I know 'em all, but
can't call to mind which comes first.
At this point the rescued man op-
ened his eyes and faintly said:
Is there a 13 y t [ling about giving
brandy in the rules?
Yes.
Then never mind the other fifteen.
ALMOST STARTLING.
It seems strange that such' an old
man should be in love with me.
Yes, chiesn't i1 '? tieuelly they aro
after some young girlie, a