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Ei$H RECIPES.
Oyster, Pie,—Line a deep baking
dish with a good pie crust. Orae,
quarteloysters, the small kind
' will do. Put a layer of the oysters
on the bottom: Season with salt
and pepper incl a" little parsley ori
use a little eatery seed, then a lay-
er of sliced potatoes, then add a
layer of pie or'ust up in small piec-
es, thou another sayer o111oysters,
util the pan is.nearly hill. Ad
the liquid, Cover with a ornst en
top, make several holes in top, and
bake about one hour. This is a
good dinner with little worts and
vs]] -serve a family of :six,
Baked Oyster Loaf.—One and
one-half pounds of round beefsteak
and the same quantity of fresh lean
pork, ground fine. `Add to the
ground pleat one quart of fresh oy-
sters, three eggs, and eight soda
crackers rolled fine, Salt and pep-
per to taste, Mix all together into
a loaf and bake one hour, with one
pint of water. Baste frequently.
Lobster Patties.—Ono eup cream
sauce, one cup lobster meat, a
slightgrating ,of nutmeg, one tea=
spoon lemon juice, salt and pepper
to taste, one egg yolk. Puff paste
patty shells:Make cream sauce by
blending" in a saucepan two table-
spoons of butter with the same
quantity of flout; then' when smooth
add half a cup each of milk and thin
cream. Stir till boiling, cook five
minutes, and then put in the sea-
soning and lobster cut into dice.
Heat thoroughly and just before
serving,addthe yolk of the egg.
Fill the shells and- serve.
Fish Chowder.—For a party of
•six,,three pounds of fish, cut into
-small squares, one dozen potatoes,
and six onions, sliced. Fry one-
fourth pound salt pork, out in thin
:strips; put all into a ltoavpan. and
!cover with water. Cook slowly en-
, til tender. Add one quart of sweet.
milk and one pound of milk crack•
era, and let it remain until it comes
to a boil. Serve hot.
Seated Oysters.—Wash and pick
over one pint oysters, add one pint
,stale bread crumbs, salt and pep-
per . to taste, add one egg lightly
beaten; let them stand fifteen min;
:utes, then lay by tablespoonfuls in-
to a frying pan with a little hat but-
ter. Brown well on both sides,
' serve as soon as possible.
Fish Salad.—Break cold cooked
halibut into convenient pieces, re-
moving all skin, bone, and fat;
marinate with terragon or spiced
vinegar and set to ono side for an
hour; arrange on lettuce leaves and
:serve with mayonnaiseor sauce.
:tartare.
Shirred Oysters. --Chop• twenty -
'five large oysters fine, add the bea-
ten yolks of two eggs, two .table-
-spoonfuls of cream, snff deet dry
-bread crumbs to thicken, and salt
andpepper to taste. Fill the clean -
aid shells with the mixture. Put
little pieces of butter on top and
bako in a quick oven until' lightly
:browned.
baked in, Serve with lemon or
custard sauce,
THE SF,WXATG ItWOM.
If 'you wish to freshen a faded
yoke of an evening dress which may
be used for the remainder of the
season, try painting the figures with
oil paints or dyes. A sheer white
dress may be treated with a sett, -
oil design in roses. '
A sailor's bag of white canvas
makes an excellent laundry bag for
a boy's room. Besides being strong
and washable, it will prove attrac-
tive to the boy and an inducement
to keep his room shipshape.
When children's waists become
too small or shore or too small in
the armhole, rip the shoulder seam
and a,st in elastic webbing. This;
will not only make the waist com-
fortable again, but will give added
length to the petticoat.
When making pieces of hand em-
broidery try adding a mark of your
own. Small ()rose stitch designs are
pretty and not too noticeable.
When sewing one the sewing ma-
chine, if the thread breaks easily,
soak spool. and all in water for
about two minutes. This rule ap
plies to any quality of thread.
In making dresses of silk or any
light weight material, instead of
French seaming them simply baste
the seams up in the usual way, then
hem them on the foot hemmer. This
makes a smaller, neater finish than
French seaming,- and you have the
seam sewed np and finished with
one stitching. When one has a
number of dresses to make, especi-
ally skirts with many gores, this
will be found to be ,an immense
saving 'of time and energy, and will
be, much nicer than French seam-
ing or overcasting, as the seam will
not draw.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STOGY
VALUABLE HINTS.
11SITERNA`I'IONAL IJI'1SSON,
APRIL 2,
Lessoli 1. --- Elisha Beals .
rnan alto Syrian, 2 IUugs G,
Gohleil TORI, Isa, 45. 22,
Verse i, By- him Jehovah had
given victory unto Syria—Naaman
is unknown to history except
through this story, and we are un-
certain whether victories over As-
syria are meant, or conquests of
Israel. Either is plausible. Syria
had already felt the power of the
expanding kingdom of the Assyri-
ans, while Israel, on the other
hand, had sulfated -from the dem-
dations of the Syrians," A. well-
founded tradition, supported by
Josephus, makes Miamian the sol-
dier who, at the battle of Ranoth>,
Gilead, "drew his bow at a ven-
ture," thereby killing king Ahab.
But he was a leper—This more
than offset 'his rank, the honor in
which he was held by the people,
the favor he had won ,from Ben -
Misled, and his great courage. The
strange thing about his affliction,
however, was the fact that it did
not pause his isolation, as would
have been the case in Israel.
2. The Syrians had gone out in
bands—Being little encumbered, it
was easy for them to make a raid
upon 'an . unprotected section of
country and make off with plunder
before they could be followed.
3. Would that my lord were with
the prophet—This is a commentary
upon the attractive :character of
Neaman, which made a little girl
fond of him, and a king furnish ex-
travagant sums for his cure, and
the servants solicitous of his wel-
fare (vaerses 5 and 13). '
5. A letter unto the king of
Israel—He took it for granted that
the king could . command the ser-
vices of this man of God. Little
did he know of the independent
spirit of the prophets. The gift
which he sent along with the letter
was• an immense one, no less than
$50,000 of our money.
7. The king . rent his clothes
—Nothing was said in the letter
about the prophet, and Jehoram•
could see in the message only an
occasion for a quarrel, and there
was nothing he dreaded more than
the hostility' of his warlike neigh-
bor. It seems strange that the
thought of Elisha did not occur to
Trim, for 'the invasion of Moab had
brought him into special' promin-
ence before the king, and even a
little maiden knew about his 'works
of wonder and believed he was
equal to an incurable disease like
leprosy,
11.. Naaman was wroth—His pride •
and patriotism lead both been hurt.
First, he was. made to stand- as a
suppliant at the door of the house
of Elisha (9). Then,' instead of be-
ing received by Elisha in person,
as his rank would seem to demand,;
he was greeted by a messenger (10).
But the prophet was determined to
humble still farther this man who
came -with such show of worldly
'pride (compare verses 5, 6, 9). Let
him bathe in the Jordan if he would
be clean. This was 'a climax of of-
fensiveness. Why was it necessary
to take this long journey of thirty
miles and to wash in a muddy
stream like. Jordan, when his own
Damascus was famous for its Blear
and beautiful streams, its Abanah
and ?harper (12)1 Naaman had
expected to be received with great
deference and cured" by some sort
of magic (11).
13. My father—An unusual term
of affection and respect. Surely,
they reasoned, a man of such cour-
age would not have shrunk from
some great and difficult test. Why,
then, should he refuse this easy and
humble one/
14. His flesh came again—There
was no thaiimaturgical'. power in the
waters of the Jordan, but there was
power in God, 'and that power be -
carie available to Aaaman, because
he obeyed in humility of 'spirit.
15. The cure had two immediate
results; (1) Naaman s acknowledg-
ment of Jehovah as the true God,
and his remarkable decision to give
himself to the'. service of Jehovah.
(2) His gratitude which impelled
Min to return the entire distance
and urge _upon- Elisha the accept-
ance of a present. And now, thor-
oughly humbled (notice his words,
thy servant), Naaman is . admitted
into the •presence of Elisha, and,
the latter's hope is realized, that
this warrior should know that in
Israel was a prophet, , a man of
Gocl, and not a mere stunning ne-
cromancer like those in Damascus.
(compare verse 8). U
10, Ho•urged him to take.: it, et
he refused -Such gifts were cus-
tomary at heathen oracles, and
were riot prohibited in the case of
the prophets (2 Kings 4. 42). But
Trisha, living as he dict a life of
few wants, could afford to abjure
all rewards in the solemn language,
As Jehovah liveth before whom I
stand, I will receive none. This
would impress. Naaman with his
superiority to the sorcerers, as well
as his disinterestedness.
17-19. Those verses present two
mints over which there' has arisen
some Controversy; (1) The inoaning
If a quick dessert is wanted, use
popovers. As the batter is poured
into the tins, add a piece of fruit to
'each; served with. a simple syrup;
these popovers are delicious.
Kid gloves may be cleaned, when
slightly soiled, with a small piece
of oiled silk wound tightly about
the finger and rubbed vigorously
over the surface of the glove.:
When the head of a hatpin comes
off if it is of glass, porcelain or
wood, melt a bit of resin, stick the
pin into the resin, insert it in the.
ornament, and it will hold well.
A delicious hard sauce is made
with the usualtablespoonful of
butter, creamed with a cupful of
sugar and two tablespoonfuls' of
whipped aream beaten in at the
last.
-For starching muslins, ginghams
and calicoes, dissolve a piece of
abate' the size of a hickory nut, for
every pint of starch; This will keep
the color bright for a long time.
When your hot-water battles leak
do not throw them' away,. -,but fill
with hot sand. Make the sand hot
in the oven and pour into the bot-
tle. ' It will keep hot mulch longer
than water. .. ;
When dusting ceilings walls
it is.a good plan to fit the broom -
head with . a bag, provided with a
string to draw it close. With this
the ceiling and walls can be con-
veniently dusted.
A good silence cloth for the din-
ing table can be made wilit a doable
thickness of white flannel laid with
the soft side on the inside and
quilted on th.e machine; edge with
a binding of white tape.
Mutton dripping will"not set hard
and suety, as it usually does, if
directly the fat is poured from the
baking tin, the vessel containing it
is put at thebach of the stove and
allowed•to stay there until the stove.
itself` cools.
When oysters are left over from
stews or creamed mixtures they'caii
be chopped and used as salad or
croquettes, For the former 'the
tye unlit be removed, and it is bet-
ter to do so for any cooking where
the whole oyster is not essential.
Celery Relish—Chop in tray,
with ch.,pping knife all parts of
celery not usable on the table as
sticks, Pack in pretty bowl and
sprinkle over it a stigarspoon of
granulated sugar and dash of .salt.
Press down and nearly covet with
pure cider vinegar. let stand one
day before using.
A goad wal tc save eggs which-
hero bowl broi .•n through accident
is to. press the edges of the shells
together, then sour with paraii:n,
If the shell is too badly broken :to
save in this manner, beat the eggs
well, nut in a dish, and cuvCl` ever
with paraftis, set in a coal place,
and they will keep fresh for 15 long
Cum.
Pastry help --To make flaky: pie
crust save a portion of the thor
oughly mixed flour and lard (or
butter) to tier instead of flour when
rolling out the pastry Poi pie or
tart ousts. The crust when baked
will always be light' and flaky. This
forming, Serve hot al dish it was is an old and trioti recipe.
APPLES.
" Gateau a Apples. -Stew five or
:six large apples, peeled and cored,
with one cup sugar, juice and gnat
,ed rind' of a lemon; stir until they
•are a thick; dry marmalade; turn
into a mold and leave tilt told.
:Serve pith boiled custard and whip -
'ped cream.
Buttered Apples.—Parti and core
.some apples without breaking them;;
put half- a pint of water and a cup
"sugar, on to boil; let boil' up once
•or twice, then. simmer the apples
carefully until tender; lift out gent
ly and arrange on a `dish; place a
:small piece of butter on each ,and.
-a little apricot jam on top; peer
.the syrup round.
Apples a la Paysanne.-Butter a
pie dish, peel as many apples as
will go' in the dish, core them and
put a little butter in each;: pour
-one-half pint water and one glass
-cherry brandy. Bake one-half hour
and serve with powdered sugar.
Apple Cream.—Peel. and sore six-
large
ixlarge apples, stew with . a little
water, two ounces of raisins and the
.grated rind of a lemon till quite
soft. When cold add a glass of
sherry and put in a pio dish ; beat
the whites of three eggs very; stiff,
add a little sugar -„spread it over
tho apples, and bake in a slow oven.
Apple Souffle. F'or this pare and
slice ;eix or seven good juicy apples
and stow in a closely covered jar
without a drop of water, then boat
to a pulp and add two`tablespoo:n-
fnls:of fresh butter and ono cub
-sugar. When cool, whip' in the
yolks of three eggs; whip ftp the
whites (an extra white is all im-
provement) very stiff and whip into
the pulp along with ono cup of fine
broad crumbs; flavor with nutmeg,
-cloves, or grated lemon rind; heat
all lightly until it looks like frothed
cream; bake in a buttered dish in
a moderate oven for nearly an hour ;
keep dish covarod until within ton
minutes of serving to prevent crrtst
of the two mules' burden of earth.
It seemed to Naaran that even the
soil presided over by such a God
mustbe sacred. It was a universal
belief that the god of each land
could be worshipped only an his own
soil. Similar seinrsuperstitious feel-
ings are not uneonrmen to -day. (2)
Naaman's wish to be forgiven when
he attended his 'king as heretofore
in the temple of Rimmen to worship
there, This was a real difficulty.
The captain of the king's host bad
made up his mind to serve only
Jehovah, and yet, in the proseeas
tion of his official duties, it woeld
be necessary for him to follow the
king's example and bow down be-
fore the image of the Syrian god
of thunder. The answer given by
Elisha shows that he took the oor-
root view of this request, looking
upon it as the sign of a ,fine cansoi-
ence rather than as a eompromise
with evil. There is a warning here,
however, that we must beware of
an external conformity to is system
in which we do not believe.
20. My master hath spared this
Nommen the Syrian—The words are
uttered in contempt. The foreigner
had received an enormous boon for
nothing, and the narrow, covetous
spirit of Gehazi rebelled against
such fanatical sentimentality,
As Jehovah liveth—By using the
same religious symbol which his
master had employed in refusing
the present, he adds, blasphemy to
meanness. Sacred words become
degraded when uttered lightly to
no 'purpose.
21-24. Having stiffed the voice of
reasonand of conscience, it was
not hard to pass an to lying and
fraud, and a treacherous act that
compromised his master and friend
and did much to annul the high-
mindedness which had prompted
him to spurn the offer of money.
25'. Stood before his master —
Once more the servant of Jehovah
confronts the evildoer like an ac -
°using conscience (compare the case
of Elijah and Ahab).
27. He went out . . a, leper—
The punishment was terrible in its
appropriateness, but it has supplied
a lesson for all time of the wretch-
ed results of a base cupidity.
SENTENCE SERMONS.
Man's best possession is a sym-
pathetic wife.—Euripides.
Ignorance of one's misfortune is
clear gain.—Euripides.
Try first thyself, and after call in
God;
For to the worker ,God himself
lends aid.
Euripides.
Who so neglects learning, in. his
youth, loses the past and is dead
for the future.—Euripidesc
Not byyears but by disposition
is wisdom acquired,—Plautus..
I am a. man, and nothing that
concerns a man do I deem a matter
of indifference to me. Terence.
There is nothing so easy but that
it becomes difficult when you do it
with reltiottince.--Terence.
To do two things at once is to do
neither.-Publius Syrus.
We are interested in others when
they are interested' in us.-Publius
syrus. -
1904, and which has been especial
reckon of no account.—Publius Sy-
rus.
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays
to virtue.—Francis Die de Roche-
faucauld.
The pleasure of love is in loving.
We are happier in the passion we
feel than in that we inspire,—Fran-
cis Due de Rochefaucauld.
We always like those who admire
NEWS FROM SUNSET COAST
ease
Wan TIXT WESTF,Ithl PEOPLE
ARE DOING,
Progress 01 the Great West
In a E.ew Pointed.
Items.
There are 60 licensed bare in Van-
couver.
Churches may soon be taxed . in
New Westminster.
F rnie will soon have an up-to-
date fire alarm system,
Fernie is ,economising by cutting
down the police force.
Oranbi'oolc, B. C., expects a year
of great industrial development.
The hotel license in 1)idsbury,
Alta,, have been raised to $200 a
year.
Ono hundred and six build -ng
permitss were granted in Calgary
during February,
The protest against compulsory
vaccination -continues loud and long
in Vancouver,
Cliilliwack, B. C., will have a
brass baud this year. It already
has two newspapers.
W. H. Voight, who recently died
in Merritt, went to British Colum-
bia more than 50 years ago.
The Kosmos liner'Garda recently
brought 600 tons of nitrate for the
Victoria Chemical Works.
THE TWO BRITISH SPIES
Til Ell
GERMAN BRANDON IN
GERMA�N FORTRESS,
Told They Have peen Assigned to Agree-
able and :Comfortable
Quarters.
In agriculture. and stock -raising
there is remarkable progress in all
parts of the Kootenay district.
The Harris Bros. of Rossland have
refused. $110,000 for the American
group of claims, near Hazelton.
The Fraser river valley has been
pestered with hoboes this winter
more than inany previous year.
In Creston, B. C., businessmeia
pay $5 a month for telephones. This
was the rate in Ontario 30 years
ago.
With, the exception of the organs
of the Iran -German League, the
German press is trying to'make the
four years' sentence meted out by
the Leipsic court to Capt, Bernard
Frederic Trench and Lieut. Vivian
Ronald Brandon as pleasant as pos-
sible. One writer, Herr Reinhold
Cronheim, even gives his own re-
miniscences of his incarceration for
three months at Glatz, where Capt.
Trench has been assigned to "agree-
able and comfortable quarters, from
which hO-is able to enjoy the magni-
ficent view offered by the surround-
ing mountains.”
Meanwhile, Lieut, Brandon, from
the window of his apartment at
Wesel, "has a beautiful view of the
Rhine, which flows past the town."
Both English prisoners have plenty
of room for outdoor exercise in their
respective fortress prisons, while
they are privileged to enjoy the
pleasures offered by the library,
gymnasium and other •conveniences
at Glatz and Wesel.
Here is Herr Cronheim's inter-
esting account of his three menthe'
"honorable custody" in Glatz;
A gypsum plant, cpsting $200,-
000, is to be built at Spotsum, B.
0, The plant will turn out 300 tons
a day.
From a mine in Alberta there
was taken the other day, a single
piece of coal -weighing over 1,200
pounds.
There is some talk of building a
wagon road from Chilliwack to a
group of mining claims on Tomas
hey creek.
It has been conservatively esti-
mated that nearly 2,000 men could
find employment through Winnipeg
agencies to -day.
A shortage of hay in the Leth-
bridge district is reported, and hun-
dreds of tons, it is reported, Are
being shipped from outside.
With ` a population of just over
,200,000 Winnipeg consumes approxi-
mately 40,000 .pounds of butter and
30,000 quarts of milk daily.
In the northern part of the Koot-
enay Valley they are now engaged
in getting out millions of feet of
timber, also .millions of ties.
Calgary city council will likely ap-
propriate $1,000 to assist in enter-
taining the Dominion Trades & La-
bor Council there next fall.
Different Boards of Trade met in
Edmonton the other day for the pur-
pose of working out a scheme of co-'
operation in publicity work:
Nine carloads of large pipes from
Pittsburg, Pe., arrived over the
Great Nsirthern consigned to the
Powell '?river Paper Works' -at New
Westminster.
At 13u11 River, the 13011 River
us; we do not always like those Power and Mining Company are
whom n'c admire,—Francis Due de harnessing the Buil River Falls • to
Roehefaucauld furnish power and light to every
Revenge is a kind of wild justice city and. town in the district.
which the more nun's nature runs The Dominion Government has
to the more ought law to weed it: decided 'to supply flax seed to
cut.—Francis Bacon.
Discretion of speech is more than
eloquence; and to spook agreeably
to him with whom we deal is more
than to speak in good words or in
good order, Francis Bacon,
Laundry Bag.—One of the best
laundry bags I have seen hung in
a boy's bedroom was made of heavy
crash over a smooth coat hanger.
The wire slipped' through an eyelet
in the top, and thus hung easily on
the hook. Ari °polling was left in
the. centro by which soiled linen
could be inserted, - R. ,M.
"GOING DOWN THE PIKE'
.'1
homesteaders, and the distributing
points will be Bow Island, Winni-
fred, Irvine and Medicine Hat,
At New Westminster, Elsie Gies-
ehen, .a three-year-old child, had
her left arra and leg partially para-
lyzed,'and her -lead injured, by be-
ing struck• by a piece of blasted
stump
Three flocks of gray 'geese flew
over Winnipeg northward the other
morning. Old timers say this is a
The
sure sign of an early spring•
geese are a ,month. ahead of their
season.
A statement just prepared by the
coal mines department branch of
•r c,1;.•,„•„ •r -s department shows
that in 1910 three million storm In
coat were mined in Alberta-
the previous year the' total was 2,-
174,000 tons.
EXCELLENT HOTEL.
"I arrived at Gratz from Berlin
and went to an excellent hotel,
where I slept: before presenting my-
self to the commanding officer of
the fortress, Gen. . Next
morning I expected to meet a 'fire-
eater,' but instead of that I saw
before me a benevolent -looking,
chivalrous old man, who looked
at
NEWS OF GERMAN SCHOOLS
TAKING CARE OF THE HEALTH
OP THE CHILDREN..
New Ideas Rave Been Developed
and Improvements Piave Roca
Introduced..
In Germany 'gymnastic, exercises
in the open an' during recesses and.
after school hours are held in the
lower schools of 1.93 cities, Scssione
are interrupted by calisthenic ex-
ercises in theschools of 236 cities
and breathing exercises by open
windows in the schools of 160 cities.
Crthopedic gymnastics for chil-
dren suffering from curvature of the
spine are arranged in 22 cities. - In
205 cities the school authorities of-
fer opportunities for swimming
baths n1 pools with constantly
changing water.
Gymnastic school excursions on.
free afternoons (Wednesdays and
Saturdays) are made in 163 cities;
games for children in the open air
on playgrounds and in neighboring
groves are arrangedin357 cities,
and in. 382 the teachers are obliged
to take their classes out walking
through woods and fields. Foue
cities have arranged rowing match-
es, skating on ice is promoted in
174 cities, 226 cities have play af-
ternoons as regular school lessons.
In 36 cities
FOREST SANITARIUMS
are main talned, three have forest
homes for sickly ehildnen and eight
have forest schools.
As many as 443 cities offered in-
struction in the upper grades of
school on the evil effects of alcohol.
In 20 pities school dental clinics are
established, and in 15 other cities
such clinics were planned, the au-
thorities merely waiting for there-
quired appropriation ; 53 cities at -
me through Ms eyeglasses. Ttend in other ways to the teeth of
General said to me: Your arrival I their school„ children and in 163 an
was announced, but I cannot yet 11 examination of the children's teeth
put you up in the fortress. I
thought you would come to -morrow
or the day after, and have not yet
had your room heated. It is ex
tremely cold in -the fortress now.
Just wander about the town to -day
meanwhile I will have all prepara-
tions made for your reception, and
toward evening everything will be
ready for your visit.' The General
then mentioned several regulations,
saying that whenever allowed leave
beyond the fortress boundaries p1i
sonars must not go beyond a radius
of two miles.
"Toward evening aI ascended a
steep hill to the, fortress, and
knocked at the heavy portal, where-
upon a sentry appeared, I said: "I
am a new prisoner,' and the sentry
replied, 'I . know everything; your
room is well heated, and the lamp
is lighted.' I was ushered into an
immense room lighted by a petro-
leum lamp suspended from the ceil-
ing. In the background was a
camp bed, and near it a stove, a
small table, two chairs and a wash-
stand. Since that time the condi-
tions have changed radically, and
now prisoners in the fortress have
much more luxurious quarters. A
few minutes later another soldier
entered the room, saluted, and re-
ported himself for service. Up till
this moment I had not fully realiz-
ed the luxuries of `honorable cus-
tody' in the fortress. This soldier
had come to place himself at my
disposal and to act as my valet dur-
ing my period of detention.
THE FIRST EVENING.
"That first evening I sent my
visiting card by my soldier valet tion to hungry children rs about as
to all the other gentlemen in hon useless as it is•to sick children.
It antsy be stated that the appoint-
ment of school physicians is to -day
almost universal in Germany, and
that In consequence of the work of
these men as well as of school nur-
ses new ideas have been developed ..
and improvements have been intro-
duced, so that the foregoing report
is iu aome'of its statements already
antiquated.
takes place at regular stated inter-
vals.
In '274 cities cities a easeful ex-
amination of children's eyes, is
made at intervals and records are
kept; three cities have appointed
professional ocoulists for that pur-
pose and 215 furnish glasses at the
city's expense. For children with
defective hearing 131 cit ies have ap-
pointed experts, but only 24 have
arranged special schools for such
children.
In 196 cities courses of instruc-
tion for teachers for curing defects
of speech ,are arranged; in 171
cities special treatment of throat
and nose diseases and for ehildren
suffering from impediments in their
speech, is arranged. ' Also for chi'
dren with
NERVOUS TROUBT{ES
and for weak minded children 103
auxiliary classes in fully graded
schools and 169 independent 'auxil-
iary schools are established.
In 238 communities special phys-
icians are appointed to determine
the existence of tuberculosis among
the school children; 109 cities mere-
ly exclude such children from at-
tendance at school; in 139 other.
cities such -children are sent to ap-
propriate institutions at the city's
expense.
To all the efforts mentioned in the
foregoing may be added the duty of
feeding hungry children -which is
done. in 301 cities. This is not done
in Germany from charitable mo-
tives; free breakfasts or lunches
are not given or taken as alms, but
the whole movement is prompted by
pedagogical motives, -since, fnstruo-
Where the family washing is large
much time, labor, and fuel can be
saved if the following method be
used. Take laundry or kitchen
table ,see that satire is anal); first
shake out bath towels and spread
overly on table, their hand and
roller '.tow•e1s, next pillow Covera
last; fold bed shorts, placing over
all, and then cocci with ironing
sheet; bring table close to :novo, so.
as not to lose time getting hint
hens: then commence and iron a
underwear, stockings, table tleths,
napkins and handkerchiefs Ali ex
Capt' starched clothes; then reprove
irnniug.sht:et. incl all the flat work
un'erirentli will be es 'smooth .1a if
slant 1a la,tuult;y; f.,13 , same and
place on clothes bars to air..
orable custody' in the fortress, and
begged them to reter smy call per-
sonally, and within"(; delay, It
would be improper for me to men-
tion the names of my guests at the
banquet whichensued, because
many of them are to -day occupants
of high °ffrces and have been recipi-
ents of notable marks of distinction,
but that liberal measure of freedom
allowed us by Gen. Cer-
tainly the fortress is not au ideal
place of residence, but since I was
there I have often been seized with
a longing once more to be there and
to enjoy that magnificent outlook
over the maintains which presents
itself to the lover of nature. In
reinter and spring one can have a
line time at Glatz, even if one be a
British captain convicted of espion-
nee.”
MAKING .1 GARDEN.
It was the busy hour of four
When from a hardware store
Emerged a gentleman who bore
1 hoe,
1 spade,
1 wheelbarrow.
From thence 0511'
went
Into a seed establishment
:And fur these things his money
spent;
1 peek of bullas,
1 job lot of shrubs,
1 quart of assorted seeds.
Hc. has it grade"i sander. way
And if he's Palish lucky, say.
He'l1 have about the last of
1 squash
1 egg plant.
X radish,
hero promptly
May
A CLOCK OF 179o.
'lt
An .interesting specimen of a
long cluck, made in 1700, is owned
by a gentleman at Lutterworth,
says the Westminster Gazette, It
has an oval face, a hand which
points to the days of :- the week,
completing the round in seven
days; one which shows the trove
dead beat, and another which-• --e:
points to the chimes and quarters:
Oa the upper part of the clock is. •
a small orchestra, which includes
a flute, a cello, and two violins,
and a boy and girl in addition to
three singers. The hours and the
quarters are struck and every three
flours a tune is played "three times
over either on the bolls alone, the
lyricord or on .both together,"
while the three figures beat tiano
aitd the boy and girl dance to the
music,
The essentials o rials t domestic, strife
are a fussy husband and n zagging
wife.
'l'apeley---"Yon are an orphan 1"
-lis Somwergus'l--"Vos.'' Talkies(
(nlnch distnrl-ed)---"Nell, whose
c:aas.cnt trust 1 ask in order to mar-
rV you!" Miss i3ons'or,gtlr's•-•"Wells
.. u
might ai: lit ask urine."
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