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VEGETABLES.
Indio Relish. -India relish mixed
with cream salad dressing makes a
aloe filling for sandwiches that are
served with coffee,
Baked Oabbege,-Boil cabbage
fn fait water until tender, drain
and cut fine. Make a rich cream
sauce, add Babbage, put in oven in
baking pan, sprinkle top with crack-
er crumbs, bake twenty minutes.
Potato Oakes, -One cupful of sue
gar, one cupful of flour, one-half
cupful of milk, one-half cupful of
grated cold boile i p tat h if
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one teaspoonful of baking powder
Tomato Preserves, •-- To on
pound of fruit use three-fourths o
a pound of granulated sugar. Al
low one sliced lemon to two pound
of fruit, first tasting the white o
the lemon to be sure it is not bit
ter. If bitter use the yellow rind
.grated, and the juiee. Put the su
gar on with just water enough t
melb it, add the tomato and lemon
and cook gently until the tarotis tender and transparent. Out th
tomatoes around in halves, and the
quarter the halves. This shape i
preferable to slices,
Spinach Dumplings. -Clean and
wash one peck of spinach. Coos
In boiling water slightly salted and
chop fine, then cook a four pound
kidney roast of veal, kidney includ-
ed, as you would a pot roast; when
done remove from the bones and
chop fine, adding the gravy gradual-
ly Mix the spinach and the veal,
season with nutmeg,add two eggs
to bind it. Tanen make a dough as
for noodles, using four eggs; roll
in sheet, cut in four inch squares,
put a heaping tablespoon of the
mixture in center, and close the
dough around it; then drop in boil-
ing water slightly salted, and when
done heap in dish and cover with
orotoi:is.
Creamed Onions. -For family of
four or five persons, take seven me-
dium sized onions. Cut the pealed
onions into small thick pieces. Cov-
er them with plenty of cold water,
set over the fire in an uncovered
vessel When they boil up throw
ieto a colander, pour over the on-
ions more cold water, . and shake
well. Now th y will be clean and
white looking. Stew for three-quar-
ters of an hour in just enough of
water to keep from burning. Make
a white sauce of one cupful of milk,
one teaspoonful of flour, one table-
spoonful of butter, season with one
scant teaspoonful of sugar, one tea-
spoonful of salt, and a quarter
spoonful of pepper. Pour over the
onions about ten minutes before
taking from the fire. Onions cook-
ed in this way will not have a
strong taste.
MEATS.
Broiling Moat. -It takes from
twenty to twenty-five minutes to
broil a thick piece of meat on a gas
. stove and even longer if the meat
is very thick. Have the broiler pip-
ing hot before putting in the meat,
and before lowering the gas brown
the steaks or chops quickly on both
sides. This will take only a few
minutes, then lower the gins, very
low, and give about ten minutes'
cooking to each side of the meat.
Remove toa hot platter and season
with salt, pepper, and butter.
Beef Brownies. -For four in fam-
ily:
am-ily: Two pounds of round steak,
one inch thick; pound out flat, then
cut in strips two inches thick and
about six incites long. Make a
dressing of stale bread, ono egg, one
or:ion, a small piece of butter, sage,
salt and pepper to taste. Spread
this dressing on the strips of meat,
roll up and pin each of the brown-
ies with toothpicks to hold them to-
gether firmly; they will then look
like miniature roasts. Pub some
butter and lard in a kettle and
when. hot put the brownies in and
brown nicely on both sides, then
add water enough to cover; simmer
one and a half hours. Enough
dressing will boil out to make a
nioe brown gravy, Garnish the
platter with lettuce, leaves and slic-
es of tomatoes.
To Roast Beef, -Melt throe table•
spoonfuls of 'butter, enough salt to
season the meat, a little pepper,
and a tablespoonful .of flour must•
be added. Wlton this is hissing hob,
put in the roast and brown well on
• both sides. This holds the juice and
flavors in the meat. Cover the moat
with boiling water•, Keep it cone
stantly boiling, Add a little water
from time to time, as needed. The
gravy may haveto be thickened a
little according .to how one prefers
Veal Loaf.• -Take two, pounds of
loan veal, grind,'.put in kettle, with
just enough water to cover, simmer
slowly throe -quarters of an hour,
adrl butter'the.size of a walnut, sea.
Spanish Steak-Eoundstoalc cook
ed Spanish style ; Six ripe toma
toes or one can of tomatoes, fou
onions, two chili peppers, one and
one-half pounds of round steak
First peel and slice thin the on
ions and fr,y nice and brown. Then
cut steak in pieces enough for eaal
persen; th n put on top of the on
ions and then peel or skin tomaboe
and out up fine and pub on steak
and cover nicely with hot water,
then cut up fine the peppers, and
let it boil one-half hour,
THE SEWING BOOM.
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Sharpening Shears. -To shcrpe
shears take a glass bottle with
rim at the top and with the shots
try to cut off the rim. Cut righ
to the points each tune,as fir
points` are usually the : dullest an
in five minutes or less they will b
nice and sharp, Try it,
Machine . Hemstitching: Drq,
threads the same as in commo
hemstitching. Turn hem over draw
threads, a little and stitch close t
edge with common presser foot. 1
you want the row of hernstitehin
above hem draw threads and auto
on drawn threads claw to the goods
Scarfs. -A tablecloth usuall
wears out along the edge of th
table. If the cloth is a patter
cloth there is usually a pretty bor
der. By cutbing off along the wor
portions and setting two of then
sides together with a strip of heav
linen insertion ."t
two very pret •
dresser scarfs or sideboard scarf
may he made. An edging of lace t
match the • insertion is a pretty ad
dition.
Lingerie nnaists.-Wizen matin
lingerie waists stitch a narrow lin
en tape down the middle of .th
hent, where the buttons go, and se
the buttons to this. It will prevent
the buttons from tearing out o
waist.
Combination . Suits. -Instead o
buying a combination suit consist
ing of corset Dover and skirt, selec
both garments separately, cut o1
corset cover . at waistline and join
the two garments with a band o
beading and draw ribbon through
to tie. In this way a better materi
al can be obtained in the suit fo
the money, and time saved in dress
ing.
Boys' Knickerbockers. -To mak
knickerbockers for boys from men'
trousers, rip the seat, front, and in
side of legs, wash, and press. Take
knickerbocker pgatern., pin the out-
side seam to similar seam in the
goods, trim the front and back to
fit the pattern, and out the legs the
correct length.Sew the same as
new goods. All the worn parts will
have been discarded and it'will take
but a small amount of work to finch
the knickerbockers.
THELAUNDRY.
Discarded Cuffs, -Two or three
sewed together make fine Iran hold=
ers' and holders to keep around the
stove. Wash starch out before sew-
ing together.
To Iron Embroidery. -Place a
soft blanket or a Iarge Turkish
towel folded several times on the
ironing board or table. Dampen
the embroidery, lay it, right side
down, cover with a thin cloth, and
press. This method will "bring
out" the pattern beautifully. Pi-
ques and dotted misses look like
new when ironed thus on a soft,
yielding surface, but the cloth cov-
ering is unnecessary for them.
They should always be ironed on
the wrong side.
Ironing Shield, -When ironing it.
is difficult to keep tableeloths,.cur-
tains, and sheets from becoming
soiled by conning in contact with
the: floor. This is the way to pre-
vent this trouble : Take a piece of
muslin about four inches shorter
the ironing board and about
five feeb wide. Make a hent an inch
wide all around Sew .a tape to
each corner and finish tape with
buttonhole. Put a small staple at
each corner of the ironing board,
put tapes through these, and but-
ton under the board. This makes
a pocket under the board, which
holds the garments, keeping them
free from dirt.
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Soaking haodkerchiefs overnight
in fairly strong saltwater•will make
them wash easier. In the morning,
with the clothes stick, lift tltom into
fresh warts •water; and then wash
in the usual manner,
When broctns become old and
worn down clo nc,b throw thorn
away, but cut the two lower rows
of stitchings open. This will make
the brooms more. pliable and good
service can be had. from them.
When cooking a citickee or ga.nte
ti the oven roast ib in the usual
ay until it is nicely' browne 1, than
ire back upwards and lot it. remain
i until. done. This causes the, gravy
run inti, the breast, tna:.lng 11
ft end. tender.
Budding cloths should nevem be
;imbed with soaps „Soul; theist in
Irl, turn r:nlr iii t t r,, lint tval,er, a
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son with pepper and salt, I'iomovo sr
from fire, add the beaten whites of tr
throe eggs. Drop ie three -whole so
hard boiled eggs, pet in deep bread
lin, sot in refrigerator, when ready w
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then dry tho:tt in the open air
ossible, Before using again d
them in boiling water; wring tigh
ly, and floor well,
When 'giving easter ort take
entail tumbler and squeeze into it
tablespoonful of orange juicer,ne
pour m the oil, then add more Buie
The oil will forma globule in th
center of the juice and on be swa
lowed without being detected,
To spoil a carpet weep it with
stiff, half -worn broom, but to say
a carpet, dip your broom in Oleg,
bot suds once a week, then shake
out and hang it up to dry. Th
will make a broom last almost foie
as long as it otherwise would,
Rugs should be beaten on tl
wrong side, then sweep on the rig)
side. Spots may be removed b
the use of oxgalj or ammonia an
water, usizzg a sponge or flanne
Slightly moistened bran is equal'
as good ea salt in brightening ru
and carpets.
To make beefsteak toast oho
some remains of bcefetealc finely
moisten it with a little good gravy►
season with chopped onion, pepper
and a dash of ketchup. Neat Ove
the fire, and when very hot sere
on a round of toast. Garnish wi
grated beatroot.
Milk puddings should be -cooke
very slowly, so that the grains hav
time to swell and so make 'a tic
creamy pudding; in fact, milk pied
dings containing eggs will cook bet
for if the pie dish is placed in a ti
containing water in the oven, as thi
lessens the chance of their boilin
too much. Two ounces of rice, etc.
to a pint of milk is sufficient,' other
wise it does not leave enough roo
for the grains to swell.
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Investment.
The state board of agriculture re-
ports that the winter wheat crop,
the largest and best paying on re-
cord, has broughb the Illinois farm-
ers $22,000,000. For this year's oat
crop they will receive 038,000,000.
The condition of the corn crop at
the beginning of the month was
much above what it was last year,
while there was an increase in acre-
age of 61,000 acres. Every bushel
harvested will command a good
price, says the Chicago Tribune.
The farmers can tnalco no better
use of a part ofthe money which
the beneficence of nature and their
own industry has brought them than
in improving their roads. They
have cleared off their mortgages.
They do not feel the burden of tax-
ation as they did once. They can
afford to engage extensively in the
construction of good roads. They
could not make a better investment
--one which would yield them more,
enduring returns.
They will get a good price for this
year's crop, bub their profits would
be greater if the cost of moving
them to the railroad stations were
reducved as it would be if they had
roads over which they could trans-
port their products at the minimum
of cost during any season, When
the roads are impassable, as they
are sometimes in many parts of Il-
linois, the farmer who has held back.
part of his produce, as so many are
doing now, finds it impossible to
take advantage of a sudden upturn
in the market.
The gospel of good roads has been
preached to the Illinois farmers for
several years, but to comparative-
ly little purpose. Now that they
are doing so' well it should make
an impression on them.
SENTENCE SERMONS,
The love that : is not lived soon
dies.
The great chances never come by
chance.
They who have time to burn nev-
er light tho world on the right road.
He cannot be a saint who makes
the world sour.
There is always a tendency to
mistake the appendix of religion for
its heart.
Seeing the purpose of pain robs
it of its power to hurt.
The prayer, "Give me riches and
righteousness," easily gets short-
ened at the wrong end.
The religion that has to be warm-
ed up once a week soon becomes
a tough proposition.
He who has to manufacture his
smiles finds that grudges within
turd them into grins,
Wheal the small man reaches the
limits.of his brain the thinks lie has
come to the corsets of the infinite.
He who has forgotten the life is
quite likely to be carrying a chip r
for the letter. •
The only way to keep some men h
straight is to give thein a big load o
to haul. ,
Depend on it, the great Father c
does not forget when a man causes
u child needless pain. o
Crooked lives come from taking a
curves around duties. iz
Some nton seem to combine faith
in their God with pride in fooling A
him. h
You may cut down:our rants to h
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fit your boy, but you cannot do that h
waywith your piety. r
11 is a good deal easier to mourn'
the faults of others than it is to
mend our own.
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FOOLISH.
When a man starts out m to make
fool of himself he invariably
THE , S. LESSON
INURNATIONAL LESSON,
X1 O Y 14,
Lesson VII. Pant ,a PrisotnGi -•• in
Raine -Acts 28. 1.1.31. Golden
Text, lions. 1, 111.
Verso 11, Aft'ter three mouths-
ff the wreck took place iu the early
part of November, and the time
reckoned in full, the sailing would
occur early in February -rather
early for navigation. But a govern-
ment official would be likely to take
some risk,
A ship of Alexandria -At M ra,
it will be 'remembered, they had
taken a similar ship (Acts 27. 0).
The twin brothers ---These were
Castor and Pollux, sone of Jupiter
and Leda. Wlten they were trans-
lated to the sky they became the
guardian deities of sailors. Ancient
ships had such a figurehead • (sign)
both at the bow and at the stern.
12, Syracuse -One hundred mile
north of Malta, situated on the Das
coast, and capital of the easter
half of ,Sicily. In former times i
was one of the grandest cities of th
Grecian world, and its kings exer
oised great power. At the time
Pauls brief visit it was probabl
in decay, the property of absente
landlords.
Tarried there three days - The
roust have had a favorable win
for this venturesomejourney t
Syracuse. The delay indicates that
the wind had now shifted and iia
contrary. Whilewaiting for a suit
able wind to carry them still far
ther north it is not probable that
Paul would be allowed to leave th
ship, as it might sail at any zoo
menf.
13, llf'ade a.circuit-As the favor
able wind did not arise, ib was im
possible to run a straight cours
(Acts 21. 1), and they had to tack
first northeast toward Italy, an
then back to Sicily.
Rhagium-Modern Reggio, si
miles across from Messina. In th
fifth century a great city, but de
stroyed by Dionysius of Syracese
in R. C. 3137. By Paul's time it had
become once more a flourishing city,
with a mixed Roman and Greek
population_ It was not unusual for
sailors to put in at Rhegium in or-
der to discharge their vows to the
twin gods.
A south wind sprang up - A
favorable wind was of the utmost
importance now, in order to make a
safe journey through the, strong
currents of the Straits of Messina,
and past the notorious whirlpool
of Charybdis and the rock of Scyl-
la.
Puteoli-The great commercial
port of Italy, lying on the north
shore of what is'now'the Bay of
Naples. "It was the resort of tradem
froall parts, notably from the
East, and the corn supplies for the
capital were landed here."
14. Where we found brethren -
Only thirty years since the death
of Jesus, and a Christian church is
established in this remote place.
Jews were congregated here for the
sake of the trade opportunities, and
these probably formed the nucleus
of the Christian community.
Tarry , seven days -An evi
donee of the good impression Paul
had made upon the centurion.
So we. came to Rome -Luke re-
cords the fact of the completed
journey before taking up, in the
next verse, a few details,
-16. Tlie Market of Appius-A sort
of borough -town, forty -throe miles
south of Rome, on the famous high-
way built by Appins Claudius, and
reaching from Rome to Brundisiure.
The Three Taverns -A second de-
putation of Christians met Paul
here. The name is derived from the
existence of three inns where tray -
elms could refresh themselves.
Tool. courage -Though he had
hardly come as he had expected
(Rom, 1), More was evidence enough
cf
the vitality of the faith he had
longed to preach at Rome to revive
his heart,
10. -We entered into Rome -One
hundred and forty utiles from. Pu-
teoli. Many notable monuments of
the past had been seen on the way,
but Luke is iute ested only in the
spread of the gospel.
Paul was suffered to abide by
himself -Due to the favorable re-
port from Festus and the good will
MORE OOURAOEE
18 EEDEB
Lesson on. Heroism Drawn From the Life
of the Prophet Daniel,
But Daniel purposed in his heart ever before, Our fathers died to
that he would not defile hhnnself maintain •our Country's honor, but
with the portion of the king's meat, it is our duty to live for it, and this
nor with the wine which he, drank. requires no less of true heroism,
-Daniel, 1. 8. Indeed, that battle to. defend
Daniel : stands prominent among made self and one's pountry from
the heroes of Bible history, The the insidious though monster evils
charming story of his life has been of social and political life to -day
aur inspiration and help to many a requires more courage, more de-
man in the crisis . of his life. votion to the cause of truth and
In lzizn was that heroic element ?`Usti", more zeal saeritee than
tltuelt needed to -day, He was ala ltat required to face the fire of can -
stasis, As a prisonerin a far away tion and ruusketry on the battle-
land two courses lay before him.. field,
One promised to "make him lead a THE MAN OF HEROIC LIFE
captive's life, whilethe other, on
the condition that he smother his
consbieneo and "go with the
crowd," offered . him freedom and
the splendors of the king's court.
The glamour of this prospect must
have thoroughly tested him, but the
heroic element asserted itself, and
HE MET THE TEST
with the decision to remain true to
himself, to God and his high, ideal.
Another teat came tenfold in its
intensity and he chose a horrible
death in the lions' den rather thant
renounce- his allegiance to Jeho-
vah and the principles for which he
had stood. In spirit he said,
"Though He slay me, yet will 1
trust Him." God saw it and re-
warded him. Out of hie struggles
and testing time he rose in glorious
triumph.
Never was there a time in the
world's history when the demand
for the exercise of the heroic was
iv great as now. It requires more
courage to be true to self, to God
and to our fellow men to -clay than
GREAT ENGLISH SURVEY
HEelrALUATTONN 4W AU TAR:
TiAN-D Ill` T'lfll: KINGDOM.
now Edward VIL Clay Imitate I•i111,
Ram T, -••-Will be a Great.
Undertaking,
One of the provisions of the new
Engbish budget is that there shall.
be a grand survey and re -valuation
of all the land in the kingdom. The
last great survey of the kind was
made by William the Conqueror,
shortly after the Battle of Hastings
so that it has stood for about 831
years. And Willlism's lamina sure
vey was all incorporated in the ce-
lebrated "Domesday Book," which
nowlies in the , record office, in ,
Chancery Lane, London, England,
OF VERY GREAT VALUE.
The immense value of the "Do.
keeps faith in the ultimate triumph mosday Book" tins afwa s been re.
el right principles. Such a man cognized by the state, and it hat
keeps his hands clean Isis heart
pure and his moral and spiritual
vision undimmed. With faith in
God and the triumph of His truth,
he stands by right principles, fol-
lows clean methods, and when the
world calls him foolish be goes et ft ll this 1 f
straight ahead and sooner or later
makes for himself a plane of honor
and trust.
The man of true heroism does not
forget that. loyalty to one's convic-
tions is an essential element in all
success, The man who smothers
his conscience must sooner or later,
go down in defeat.
Daniel was first and last a religi-
ous man with a heart as loyal and Queen Victoria went even further.
true as steel Success as the world She ordained that every. two pages
counts it was nothing with him of it separately should. be repro
when pitted against success as God duced, just as they stood, by photo -
counts it.. The times call for mon l zincography, that the country
of such heroism. Only by such can plight have exact copies of every bit
of it in the event of any ttnfortu
nate accident to the original.
ever been jealously guarded. Thera
are two volumes, of it; the first has
382 pages, and the second 460. All
these are doable pages, written on
vellum, in small handwriting,
which is nevertheless, Fainly plain,
'en a ei• a apse.o years -
No other country possesses any-
thing like this wonderful "Domes-
day Book," as a record of its sine,
estates, resources, etc., of nearly
1.000 years ago. The book is uni-
que and priceless; and George III.
so well saw this that he ordered re-
prints to be made of it, so that if it
ever became destroyed by accident
its contents might not be lost.
our social and moral life be rescued
from present decay and disintegra-
tion.
isintegration.
Rev. Edgar T. Van Horn, THE LAST WORD.
was referring to the promised Mes-
siah.
21. Neither received letters from
Judaea -If letters were sent, it
would not be strange if they we:e
lest, a thing that happened often
iv the Roman world. But it is ins
probable than any ship could hare
arrived from Caesarea, bearing
news, before Pam's, especially as
no word would be sent to Rome
about Paul before it was decide l
be should himself be sent.
Nor did , . , brethren , , , report
harm of thee -If they had any
to report, the fact that the ban up-
on the Jews had only recently been
removed (Acts 18. 2) would deter
thein, as they would have no desire
to expose their nation to histile cri-
ticism by calling attention to a're-
ligious quarrel
22. It is known to us -Evidently
church and synagogue were al-
ready distinct at Rome. The ex-
pulsion of Jews under Claclius was
probably the cause.
23. The kingdom of God - Tho
Jewish way of speaking of the Mes-
sianic hope.
20, 27. From Isa. G. 9. Words
treed also by our Lord against the
Jaws.
30. • Two whole years -During this
time he wrote the Epistlee to the
Philippians, Colossians, Ephesiaus,
and Philemon. For the test we
must depend on hints in the epistles
SS to Paul's employment. Such de-
lays of justice were not uncommon.
In this case, three reasons bare
been given : (1) loss of papers in the
wreck; (2) non-appearance of ac-
cusers; (3) difficulty of finding wit-
nesses. With Paul were Luke,
Aristarchus, Tychices, Timothy,
Epaphroditus, Epaphras, Mark,
perio
Demasds_, far longer or shorter
His own ]tired dwelling - Money
was supplied him by the Philippi-
ans (Phil. 4. ]S) and others, •
31. None forbidding him --It is
generally believed that Peal was re:
leased at this time, and that be suf-
fered martyrdom a few years later.
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1N ISLAND OF DESOLATION.
WINE 0111815 IN FRANCE.
Excessive Cont,umption of Spirits iu
the Republic.
The excessive consumption of
spirits in Prance is, according to
several medical men who have re-
cently given voice to their opinions,
one of the main reasons for the
"wine crisis" now prevailing in
France.
Less than fifty years ago French-
men consumed per head annually
less than 33 pints of alcohol. To-
day the average adult Frenchman
drinks 70 pints of spirits at 100 de-
grees of strength -that is, almost
equivalent to 165 pints of brandy -
a year.. -
Thirty years ago France contain-
ed a wine shop or cafe for -every 109
inhabitants. To -day there is one
for every fort;•. Liquor -selling es-
tablishments in Paris number 30,- manner s haver .dreamt fluctuated
of edfor i mo-
tion
000, while London, whose papula- ment by the bequeathers of the
tion is more than double, leas only ,land which produces the income:
6,000. Dr. Bertillon, the head of Tanis, the value of the benefice of
the Municipal Statistical Depart-
otenb, says there are 1,378,000 dis-
tilleries in France. In some parts
of the country the people take al-
cohol as others drink water, con-
suming nearly two pints daily. An
alarming aspect of this question is.
the rapid strides made in absinthe
drinking and the fact that children
The survey of the land has been
England's guide and standard of
right and wrong with regard to
ownership for over 800 years, 1tt
all disputes concerning' these ques-
tions the authority of .the "Domes --
day Book" has been taken, and ae-
oepted by the judges and taw offi-
cials as the last word. The famoue
record gives the name of the owner
of each manor at the time the sur-
vey was token ; also, who held it
before him, in the Confessor's
reign; how many hides were on the
land; how many ploughs in the de-
mesne; how many villeins, or ser-
vants of the lord; how many cot-
tages, and how many farmers as
tenants; how many household re-
tainers; how much woodland and
pasturage ; the number of mills and
streams; and the then estimated
value of the estate.
CHANGES ISN VALUES.
Stanhope -a very small village in
Durham -has risen to something,
like 42,000, owing to the rise of
great coalfields upon the land which.
provides the money ; whilst a fine
canary at Peterborough, which
ought now to be worth n1,000, has
fallen to about £400, owing to tho
are becoming familiar with the poi- decline of the value of pasture- t
sonland, etc.
Of. a class of 49 pupils thirty re-ly acknowledged that they had In the same way, it is certain that
vast estates are touch under-assess-
eca now -a -days with regard to their
tasted absinthe, and in a class of true value; and, indeed, many of
03 children between six and nine them are still paying on their value
years of age 24 admitted they were recorded in the "Domesday Book"
given brandy every day. Wherev- of 800 ears ago ! But it is onl y fair
en the consumption of spirits has y R y
increased the drinking of wine has
to state that money then was far
more valuable in actual worth than
now, some one of our pennies to,
day represents
but about a seventh
of what a penny dict then.
WILL TAKE MANY YEARS.
However, we are probably now to
have a brand new survey of all the
land. What this means may be bet -
to answer the simplest questions, ter understood when you learnt that
the examiner finally grew most im- it is expected to eget over L2,1)00,-
dement, and in a burst of sarcasm 000 to carry out, and that it. will
demanded take several years from its start
"Let it be supposed, sir, that you, Ste it can possibly be completed,
Kerguelen. ra- No ;Man's Land -Be. were a captain in command of in -i despite the large number of mon who
longs is Trance• fantry; that in your rear was an i will be engaged in it, and their
impassable abyss; that on both sides great ability, For the most exact
very seldom we get news of you there rose perpeudicular measurings and details must be
Kerguelen, the "Island of De- rocks of tremendous height ; that! taken of every estate. There must
a lel," midway between South in :front of you lay the enemy out,• be no question afterwards about
Africa and Australia, A French ,unm.berin • e e the accurae exactnaes or detail
g you into one. What S of
decreased.
SIMPLE SOLUTION. •
The story is told of an English
Army.examiner, who once hats be-
fore him a stupid candidate. The
candidate being, apparently, unable
It is
from Nt
sol t' r
ship that spent fifteen menthe there sir, in such an emergency weed 'this new "Domesday Book," any
you do 1" inure than there has been about the
Sir," responded the applicant old one. It will undoubtedly stand..
fer military distinction, "1 shouts For centuries in luburo as the abso-
1' the centurion, Julius. Accord- 1
trig to custom, he would be bound 1
e• a chaiu (verse 20) to the hand
light whereof
f the soldier who guarded him.
1n Called together , , . the chief 1
f the Jews -Those not already
Christians, so that he might make e
leer his position, ,and thus offset
ny false statements which might a
ave come to then in letters,
18. Desired to set ma at liberty
11 his judges wore convinced of :1
is innocence, Agrippa mid l� estils 1
ad said as meth, and Felix would a
ave found a way to free biro if the c'
oquisiYc bribe had been offered..
10. Not that I had a t
to accuse, ore nation-E'e had no
desire to put his Follow -countrymen:
at Rcnne in a plight, and ltad ap-
1)
ht
t1
tis just arrived in Melbourne
ceded with oil extracted from a
tlmnsand sea -elephants, Part ofcr
her cargo she cast ovbosrd. She
iterally threw oil on the troubled
waters. Her captain says he never
s,perionced such frightful weather
and lie would not go throngh it
gain for "his weight in gold, ' Ile
•epot•ts that the .island is overrun
lvit'dl rabbits, the progeny of it few
et lies: by a British warship in
resign."
INSU.RANC'1: FOR. SPINSTERS.
lute authority on the subject of
British land and all disputcs will`
be settled by it, without demur.
In Copenhagen a well known art-
ist,il.Cine, Wiehe-honey, has had ,
the: idea of foundinguz ROlAL BIRTHS IN SCOTLAND
a t ineur•anee
company which should draw its cli- Among all their palaces and hem Cas -
I erns only eat women. These Iles it is Balmoral that the royal
9
r4, He slid s0m0 exploring work ladies are is pray .a decent premium family have always looked ami ea
nd found indications of gold and l against the t'ssibilil ln
KerguelenAround cluster the belongs to Frame: lance husbaixi. ,. a
.heals any of the incur- most pleasing recollections of their
iry right of discovery, but it is pro- ed ladies marr • before
they are 90 childhood, and early manhood end
t,ca
ically a no -man's land. nears of ago they hese 1 1 womanhood. R al the at cl. II was there that file
money they paid in. This, o[ course, ,revrnt Queen of Spain 1. > Spain and her .
would benefit the ether policy hold.. brother Ma:take were p bora: 'I -t is
ors of the insurance' compairy. AO an inter•r`sting 'fact -bo beruomb-r
ter teaching 40 years of ago aro,;y that 3331.11 the Queen of Spall) was`
teornau who is insured shad 101,11 e. beru floc had 1.1'o1 boon :a royal.
-an income for life, the entent of birth in-Scutland for nearly
,
ttliic•h will be cictermin,•,l b,; pro- }cur:; --,not, in fact, sinceL"liarl 3Otis
miningwhich arc available. was born at T)ueferuiline in leen,.
works overtime on the job...
Baled to Caesar simpiy to obtain
is release.
20, Because of the hope of Israel
am bnimd-.Verse 22 shows that t
ey iuute,,tood pm:feet1y that Paul d
Love sometimes sneaks out at the
window • without waiting for povar-
ty. to come in at the floor: •
Faith is what makes us believe
hilt the North Pule really has been
iscovered