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SELEOTED RECIPES,
Green Tomato Compote. _, thoughprobably no .other vege-
table is served in so many different
ways ns the tomato, it is not gen-
orally known that the green fruit
makes an excellent compote, or
sweet stew. The unripe tornatoes
are stewed in sugar, like prunes or
apricots, until they become sweet
and tender, This method of prepar-
ing them is recommended to those
who grow their own fruit+, which
often fails to ripen fully 'before
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mole better than when washed in
the ordinary way.
Tr? make Venetian blinds like
now, tlrst take them i'n *ewe wash
them well, and dry thoroughly.
Then rub well with u cloth dipped'
h linseed oil, and polish, They
will look as fresh as when flaw,
After washing a teapot, dry thorn
nghly and leave the lid off so that
the air nue enter. Remember it is
impossible to dry the spout, and if
you close the pot tightly it will very
likely smell musty.
Waste pipes whieh have became
clogged are cleaned by laying over
the sink a large lump of soda. Pour:
a kettle£ul of boiling water over,
and it will dispel the grease which
generally is the cause of the troy.-
ble.
Hot water, as is generally sup-
posed sloes not cause wrinkles, and
there are fete things more refresh-
ing to a tired face than a wash in
water as hot es can be borne to
which a dash of toilet vinegar has
been added. it
Cream of tartar for rust. Bo
the article with the rust stain for
about an our in three gallons of
water, To each gallon add one
tablespoonful of cream tartar. The
stain will disappear, no matter bow
old-
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IMITATION S1I+IC.
dough as soft as possible, knead
into shape, lay it on board and beat
until light and full of bubbles, For
the beating use a new axe handle
or rolling pin with one handle.
Beating bread takes ono -fourth the
time kneading sloes and the dough
is much lighter and the work is no-
things When dough is light and
fluffy, rollout on boatel, taking part
'of dough at a time, until one-half
ineh thick, spread }with warm but-
ter. Cut rolls with a dumbbell, but
an axe handle will do. ' Beat bis-
cuit cutter. Place a prune in cen-
ter, sprinkle with sugar and cinna-
mon. Then fold edges of dough
over prunes, pressing down firmly
so prunes won't pop out. Place
in greased pans, let rise until light,
then bake in quick oven about
twenty minutes. Serve warmwith
butter, or they are good cold.
Nut rolls can be made the same
way, using chopped walnuts fill
stead of prunes. Or if you like,
prunes with the nuts. Large prunes
stuffed with walnuts and served
with whipped cream are delicious
for dessert.
In making prune whips, allow In the manufacture of artificial
one white of egg to each person and silk wood pulp from Norway is util-
one tablespoon sugar and four ized, being shipped here in bales,
prunes to each white, This way yoti This pulp is out into thin sheets,
can make a large or small whip as each individual sheet is carefully
you desire. weighted, and s. certain quantity
Prune Whip. -Whites of three plaoed in a metal tank for chemical
eggs, One and one-half cups granu- treatment.
Jetted sugar, fifteen or eighteen The various chemical solutions
Prunes; stew the -prunes, stew and used are mixed in huge iron tanks,
chop fine. Beat the white to a stiff � fi,om which they are pumped under
froth and add sugar, stir well, and ground through a series of le
d
pipes to the departments requiring
the various compounds. This pulp,
having been macerated and digest-
ed, is submitted to still further
chemical action under certain fixed
temperatures which are not allow-
ttse whites of four eggs well beaten k ed to vary even one-half a degree.
and one-half cupful of white sugar. When it is ready for final trans -
Bake until a light brown. Serve formation into silk the solution
cold with cream. closely resembles molasses in color
and consistency. At this stage it
is pumped from the tanks to the
spinning frames. Hera specially
frost.
Poor Man's Cakes, -Use one cup
of • Indian meal, and one cup of
flour, sifted together, Add one'tea-
spoonful of salt, and two teaspoon-
fins of baking -powder. Beat an
egg and add to it three tablespoon-
fuls of sugar and one Cup of milk.
Stir this into the meal and flour,
and drop the mixture by Spoon-
fuls into deep fat. Fry the cakes
to a light brown and drain them
on brown paper.
Baked Philippine Loaf. --Chop
fine one and one-half pounds of
round steak, one-half pound of
bacon or pork, one onion and two
green peppers. Add a cup of bread -
crumbs, salt to taste, and knead
until the ingredients are thorough-
ly mixed, Form the mass into a
loaf and place it in the middle of a
baking -pan, Put strips of bacon
on top and pour over all the con-
tents of a. can of tomatoes. Bake in
- a slow oven for an hour and a half.
Drain off the tomato juice, add a
little hot water, season and thick-
en, and then pour the liquid over
the meat again. Serve hot or cold.
Boiled Apples. -This method of
cooking apples, at first tried as a
hot -weather experiment, to save
the heat required for baking,
proved so satisfactory that it sup-
erseded the old method. 1,Vash the
apples and put them in a kettle,
covering them with water ; do not
peel or core them. Boil slowly un-
til they are soft; sweeten to taste.
The result is delicious.
Grandfather's Chopped Pickle. -
Use une dozen green tomatoes,
three heads of celery, one head of
cabbage, three green peppers (seeds
removed), one-half dozen good-
sized onions, two large cucumbers,
one cup of nasturtium seeds, Chap
all together and scald in a weak
brine, drain, and scald in about a
quart of vinegar and water. Drain
this off, and pour over the pickle,
hot, the following: Two quarts of
vinegar, one and one-half pounds
of brown sugar, one-quarter of a
pound of white mustard -seed, one
tablespoonful of cinnamon, one tea-
spoonful each of red pepper,
ground mustard, clove and allspice.
Put in a stone crock.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY
Pisile in .iureriea, but of Wood Pulp
From Norway.
then add chopped prunes. Bake in
slow oven three-quarters of an
hour.
Prune Pudding. -One pound
prunes, boiled until soft. Remove
stones and mash To this paste eccld
PICKLES.
Cucumber Relish. -Three quarts
of fresh cucumbers peeled and
sliced. One quart of onious peeled
and sliced, one-fourth cup of salt
sprinkled over and let stand one
hour. Take one quart of vinegar
and half cup of water, add to it one
heaping tablespoon of celery seed,
one tablespoon of white mustard
seed, one tablespoon of tumeric
powder, one-half cup of sugar, one
teaspoon of cayenne pepper. Add
this to the cucumbers and onions
and mix well: boil up well and can,
These are delicious for meats of all
kinds.
Canada Hot. -Chop one peck
green tomatoes, four ripe peppers,
four green peppers, two cups cel-
ery, two cups onion; put one-half
cup salt on and let stand over night.
Iii the morning drain well and pour
six clips vinegar in which you have
put two cups sugar and one -ball
cup white mustard seed. Keep all
winter in a stone jar, and is good.
Cherry Leaf Pickles Green cu-
cumbers, about an inch in diame-
ter, should be used for this recipe
of delicious pickles. In a jar place
a thick layer of well cleaned cherry
- leaves, then a six inch layer of cu-
cumbers, lentil the jar is filled, hav-
ing a layer of cherry leaves last.
Over this pour a salt brine made of
one cup of malt to about ten quarts
of water. Then every morning for
two weeks mix the leaves and eu-
climbers well tip from the batten
of the jar with the hands. At the
end of this time drain off the brine
to the last, drop. Cut the cusum -
hers into pieces about an inch long.
Place in quart jars, scattering
mixed spice: through. Then snake
a sweet syrup as for any sweet
pickle, fill jars and seal, At the
end of about two weeks reheat
syrup and seal jars for winter- use.
INTER 'rIONA7, LESSON,
Sl=1NTI:il DER 24.
e Son XIII,-Dnnfel in the lions'
den, Dan. 0, Golden Test,
Psa. 34. 7.
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scheming satraps and.ahatnburlains, r AAS FROM SUN ET CDAS1
though they were greatly dieap ''''PRS Ni u aA
penned that the king'swrath was
Verse 1. Darius: Ile was the
general, apparently (the Greek
name Gobryas being similar in
form), who was -in command of the
combined forces of. Persia and Me-
dia when Babylon was captured.
He took control of the city as gov-
ernor, The statements concerning
him, hero and in other parts of the
book, exhibiting him as a royal
personage ruling over an extensive
kingdom, are difficult to under -
ahead in light of the known history,
of these times. There may be some
confusion between this man and
the Darius Hystaspes of the book
of Ezra, the father of Xerxes.
Satraps -A strictly Persian word,
signifying a ruler of a province.
The word is found frequently also
in Ezra and Esther.
Presidents -Princes. A word
found nowhere else in the 01d Tes-
tament except in this chapter. This
was the plan Belshazzar had in
mind (compare previous chapter).
These three men acted as a kind of
check upon the satraps, so that the
treasure -and revenee of the king
were properly protected.
UNSEFUL HINTS.
Coffee burned on hot coals will constructed pumps are attached to
purify a sickroom and overcome each spindle, which carefully mea-
di.a ereeable odors. sure off the required quantity
of the solution,
This is forced through tubes with
an outlet containing just as many
perforations as there are to be fila-
ments in the thread. Through these
it is passed to .a tank running the
length of the frame and containing
a chemical mixture which fixes the
solution instautaneously into a
thread.
This strand is carried over a
wheel down through a tube to m
rapidly revolving spindle; the
rate of speed is about 5,000 revolu-
tions a minute. From this the
strands are afterward unwound on
reels into skeins. The air in the
Keep newspapers under the oil-
cloth on kitchen table. The oil-
cloth will last much longer.
Ginger poultices are as efficaci-
ous as mustard and will not blister.
They should be made in the same
way.
A good way to tell when ham is
fried enough is by the fat. Whea
the fat is brown (not burnt) the
ham is done.
If you want to keep lemons string
them with a packing -needle and
hang them in a dry place, but do
not let them touch each other.
If it is necessary to add more
water when soup is boiling, add
boiling water; if cold or warm, spinning room is completely cltang-
water is added the soupy flavor; ed every three minutes, being
will be ruined.`pumped off though hoods plaeed
Keep a cupboard or room dry by ! ever each of the spinning frames.
the simple plan of placing a jar of j This is done, says the Textile Manu-
-quicklime, which must be renewed lecturers' Journal, to remove any
at intervals, as it absorbs the damp' possible fumes and to provide
very quickly. thorough ventilation for the opera -
A good hint to those who have a tives.
tear in their dress is to darn it as One of the interesting features in
near as possible like the weave connection with the entire operation
of the cloth with a thread of the is the fact that the yarn is handled
material itself. as little as possible. The specially
When using valuable vases for constructed stoves and bleaching.
table decorations fill them with arrangements are ideal, and when
sand, tor this makes them stand the skeins are finally carried to
firmly, and renders them far less the large drying room on the fifth
liable to be knocked over and floor one marvels at the change
which has so rapidly taken place,
not awakened against this Daniel,
of the children d the eaptiv±ty of lyp1A'i (d'jee IVI;S'l'i t!. ise;OsYLE
Judah, they were sure of their po A1tT DOING.
sftien• No law of the Idedes and
Persians (18), so they reminded frim
as they once more rushed before
hint, without reverebeo for Itis royal
Person, might be changed. Dean
Farrar suggests that if he had
threateuecl to east them into the
lions' den, they inigltt have enter,
tained a different opinion about the
reversibility of royal degrees.
10. He will deliver thee --- This
is rather in the form of a prayer
that Daniel may in some way es-
cape what seems a. certain fate.
Tho king's anxious solicitude indi-
cates his high regard for his »rime
minister.
17. Sealed it with his own signet
-Among all these Orientals, the
uae of the signet, or seal -ring, was
cowmen, These rings were very
ancient. In order that there might
be no change of purpose on the
king's part, or anybody else's, con-
cerning Daniel, a double precaution
was takenthe signet of the lords
was used as well as the king's.
18, Instruments of music - This
reading is uncertain, Ib may mean
dancing -girls, or concubines.. But
the sense is plain -Darius did not
indulge himself in the customary
pleasures of the court, but went, to
his private quarters supperless and
spent a sleepless night.
20. Servant of the living God.-
The 'expression is so striking that
it seems certain that the king must
have. been impressed ere this d�hat
Daniel worshiped no god mby
the hands of men.
23. Because he had trusted -Faith
does, then, make a, difference with
God,
24. Their ehildren and their wives
-In bringing vengeance upon the
men who had so maliciously co,t-
trived against this goocl man, Dari-
us liad resort to the cruel savagery
of ancient times which confound
the innocent with the guilty.
25 -27 -The decree of Darius; cal-
ling upon all his subjects to fear
the wonder-working God of Daniel.
Compare Daniel 3. 29 and 4. 1-3.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
No poem is as glorious as a Chris-
tian life.
To honor God is to become what
we praise.
The sense of duty is the greatest
gift of God.
Prepare yourself fur the worst,
and hope for the best.
All the objects of human thought
flow into one another.
It is a greater work to educate
a child than to rule a state.
Be cautious lest you be overcau-
tious. Fear to stifle any truth.
All human culture rests on a wil-
lingness to make sacrifices to the
truth.
In proportion as society becomes
enlightened, personality acquires
influence.
The best means for defeating a
good cause is to attach to it the
idea of vulgarity.
Other systems were framed for
communities; Christianity ap-
proached men as individuals.
It is hard for a class of men to
respect themselves who are denied
respect by all around them.
It was the entire and patient re-
linquishment of immediate success
which throws the most solemn
grandeur over the character of
Jesus.
The friends of moral truth, of
temperance, and virtue must not
resort to party; they must speak
in the tone of the friend of their
race.
It is the boast of Christianity
that it is impossible to tease its
origin to the love of power, that
master passion in the authors of.
false religions.
Public opinion cannot do for vir-
tue what it does for vice. It is
the essence of virtue to look above
opinion. Vice strengthens itself
by entire subserviency to it.
Our chief hope of an improved
literature rests on our hopes of an
improved religion. A religion ac-
ceptable to the intellect must work
mightily upon the intellect.
We doubt whether a man ever
brings his faculties to hear with
their whole, force on a subject'un-
ti1 ho writes upon it fel, the Instruc-
tion or gratification ofothers.
3. Was distinguished -That is, in
the old sense of prefer, was advanc-
ed or pior:toted, given a superior
standing.
4. 'Sought to find occasion - This
Daniel, a captive Jew, had been ex-
alted to the highest honors of the
kingdom, and this in Spite of his
severe judgments upon the ruling
power. His integrity and wisdom
were unimpeachable. A narrow,
bitter spirit of jealousy, however,
will find vent somewhere, and since
there was no proof of disloyalty or
negligence in Daniel's discharge of
the duties of the kingdom, bis ene-
mies found an object of attack in
his method of worship according to
the Jewish law (5)-
0. Assembled together to the
king -The phrase in the original is
very much more vivid. It means
that they came rushing ttunult a
ously into the king's presence, de-
fying every rule of court etiquette,
so eager were they to let loose their
wrath against their hatred rival.
7. All the •presidents -Daniel, of
course, was excepted; it is easy to
believe, intentionally. The enum-
eration of all the chief officers of
the realm gave the plot the sem-
blance of unanimous action.
A royal statute -Although the
leading men had consulted to es-
tablish this decree, their meaning
was, of course, that they intended
to prevail upon the king to estab-
lish it. It was a monstrous propo-
sition. Only a ruler who was easily
induced by flattery would consent
to be exalted in this fashion above
God and man. It is remarkable
that Darius should have failed to
consult his chief minister and ad-
viser on a matter of such moment.
The den of lions -The den was a
sort of pit, or vault, Lions were
kept for the chase.
8. That it be not changed - The
unalterableness of the edicts of the
Medes and Persians, properly
eignecl and sealed by the royal hand,
has become proverbial (Bather 1.
19, 8. 8).
9. King Darius signed the writ-
ing -It seems absurd that any king
in his right senses should consent
to a law that might easily be brok-
en by every one of his subjects
without his knowing it. He was
soon to see the stupidity of his ac-
tion.
toren.
You can take iron rust out of
cloth very successfully by putting
lemon juice on the spot and ap-
plying a hot fiat iron; sometimes
it is necessary to repeat the appli-
cation.
Sheets should, of course, be
mangled, but if you have not one,
fold the sheets as if for mangling,
and leave for several hours. Then
finish by pressing them in the folds
with a heavy iron.
If new enamel saucepans are
placed in a pan of ararm water, al-
lowed to come to the boil, and then
cool, they will be found to last
much longer before either crack-
ing or burning.
Artificially fed children should
have their bottles bailed every day,
and the tubes and other rubber
parts soaked one hour in water
which contains 25 per cent. of pure
glycerine.
Don't put baby into a mail cart,
If you cannot afford a comfortable
perambulator in which he can lie
in his cot make up your mind to
earry him, even though your arms
may ache.
Skimmed milk and water, with' a
bit of glue in it, made scalding trot,
is excellent to restore old, i'uity
black crape; if well squeezed and
pulled dry, like muslin, it wilt look
as well as new.
Sawdust should never be thrown
Amey, Use it for cleaning water
bottles which are denied. Slightly
dampened., it can be scattered overhrick floors.. which, if well brushed,
will he perleetly «lean.
.'14hen washing'(>ilcl,th, a, tablo-
speeefui of painter's Hiro added to
a pe?ftrl f antes' will give it a
glossy surface a.id ,make it wear
From here they are taken to the,
sorting room, where each individual
skein is carefully examined by skil-
led operators.
PRUNES.
Prune Rolls, -Cook one pound
prunes until soft, sweeten to taste,
When cool remove seeds. For the
dough, take one cup milk scalded
&lit cooled, 'add , one cup 'waren
water, one Compressed yeast cake,
one large tablespoon each of butter
and sugar, one small teaspoon salt,
When dissolved gradually add six
cups sifted; flour, stirring until eas-
iLv ' handled with howls. Have
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THE DAISY-OHAIN,
Down in a scented meadow cool,
A. laughing Jess, let loaise from
school,
Progress of the Great Brest Told
In a 1`ew l'oluted
Items,
Point Ellis bridge, Victoria, is to.
be repaired.
A lot was sold in Hope the other
day for $400 cash.
In Ohilliwiick the restaurants
have to pay a license.
An outbreak of rabies is feared in
New Westminster,
The building of coke ovens still
continues at Passburg.
A wiroless instrument has been
installed at Sapperton.
Vancouver is complaining bitterly
of the smoke nuisance,
Ran merrily, one summer's day,
Among the sweet wild flowers to
play.
Of buttercups a golden foam
Rase high above the Iuscious loam,
There, in a field beyond the lane,
She wove a dainty daisy -chain.
Ali: shall I ever meet again
The lass who wove a daisy -chain 1
Tho next time that I saw her there,
Lovely as spring -time, and as fair,
Again a chain of stars she wove,
That bound my heart in links of
]ova.
But time had changed the little
• maid Laid
Into a damsel, prim ands ,
To timid smiles and blushes fain,
Who thought not of a dais} chain.
Olt, what -joy to meet again
The lass who wove a daisy -chain l:
10. When Daniel knew that the
writing was signed, he went -It
was not likely that such a decree
would make any difference at all
to a man who had served God
through all his career: in ahea-
then land. The trial did not come
to him in youth as it did to his three
companions. He was an old man.
His habit of a lifetime, which took
him thrice daily to the roof cham-
ber supplied with windows open
toward Jerusalem in the direction
of devotion (1 Kings 8. 44). was not
to be.thwarted by devices of men.
No doubt he caw through the plot
against him, and his courageous
spirit rose in rebellion. His first
duty was to his God.
Three times a day -Compare
Psalm 55. 17. In later times, the
three seasons for prayer were, at
the offering of the morning sacri-
fice, at the offering of the evening
meal, and at sunset. Jews in a
strange land offered these prayers
with .their faces turned toward
Israel ; those in Israel, with faces
toward Jerusalem; those in Je
11. Assembled rte
Salem, with faces toward the
tem-
ple. toether-Sarna
g
meaning as before. They rushed
about the, house of Daniel in a most
disorderly manner.
14. The king • , . was sore dis-
pleased --Compare Mark 8. 26. Pre
saw that he had been duped, But
his anger was mostly with. hand
for having been to easily deceive
He knew the value of Daniel, and
all daa till sunset, labored strenu-
)?ort George citizens have organ•
ized a volunteer fire brigade.'
A bridge has been built across the
Bulkley river at Glentanna,
Mrs, Bulyer recently sold a ranch
of 160 acres near Hope for $17.000.
Fruit from Kelso is being exhibit-
ed at the various fairs in the prairie
provinces.
AgriculturalSociety
The u of Sal-
mon Arm intend to purchase ground
in the district.
The electric .line between ' New
'',estminster and Vancouver is
being double tracked.
The Dominion Government
dredge Fruhling left for Nanaimo
where she Will be overhauled.
The upper Fraser and the
Necklace are still rising, and the
naviagtion is now uninterrupted;
A new large three storey hotel is
to be erected at Coalmont, in the
Tulameen district.
Reginald Tate bas been appointed
manager for Sir Thos. Shaugh-
nessy s estate at Summerland.
There was a potato famine in
Rossland recently, and a fewold
spuds brought five cents a pound.
Mosquitoes caused 25 men engag-
ed in railway construction on the
Kootenay to quite for three days.
Two hundred and fifty men for
railway work presented themselves
at Lynton during the past week,
Substantial Government assist-
ance has been promised to the peo-
ple of Kootenay, for the zinc indus-
try.
Fowler and Lawson, of Merritt,
have secured the contact for the
hospital there for the - sum of
$19,247.
The old wharf and cannery build -
Mg at Queensborough, Lulu Island,
has been totally destroyed by fire.
Efforts are being made tohave
the Government telephone line ex- -
tended from Fairview to Rock
Creek.
Five hundred men are presently
employed by -the Kettle Valley Rail-
way on construction above Rock
Creek.
Advices from the north are to
the effect that smallpox is delaying
the work of J. D. Craig's upper
Yukon . survey. '
It is estimated that the total pack
of salmon this season in British
Columbia will be between 700,000
and 800,000 cases.
Miss Maggie: Mackenzie, of Kelso,
was attacked by a bear cub, when
returning from business. She es-
caped injury.
The vital statistics for Victoria
during the month of June shows
sixty-six births, forty-four deaths
and sixty-six marriages.
A disastrous fire has occurred at
Powell River, destroying the prin-
cipal business structures of that
new town. The loss is estimated
$15,000.
In order to meet the growing de-
mands of the traffic on the B.C.E.R.
two new electric locomotives are be-
ing secured and will -soon be in op-
eration.
Westminster riflemen made a 'good
showing at the meeting' at Rich-
mond range. Five local men were
shooting and all came up in the in-
dividual scores and aggregate.
A ,brass , plate with a suitable
eorememorative description has
been erected in the Prince Rupert
Hospital, to the memory of the
founder of that institution, the late
John Houston.
Vancouver's 'boatel of license
commissioners have ruled that a
restaurant patten engaged in tak-
ing a meal at the stroke: of mid-
night is entitled to finish his re-
past, despite the 19 o'clock closing
ordinance.
NICKNAME FOR TUE PRINCE
WAld%SIS SURF, TO GET ONE 1N
TRW Jl1U'I'1i Jt h`AYY,
Alt Sorts of (Wei: :Names Get Ens-
toned .oft Royalty 1»'
The. Sailors,
Now that the Priece'of Wales liras`
joined the fleet he will have to have
a nickname --something easier than
Iris Royal Highness, Prince Edward
of Wales. Of course, no one out-
side of .the royal family would dare
to take a liberty with his nasue
either in his presence or in the pres-
ence of a superior officer, but the
ntidshipmites can't be expected to
be so dignified itt _ private. The
prince's relations used to call him
Edcly, but Queen Alexandra, his
grandmother, always a stickler for.
her pride, disliked that shortening
of the name her husband bore and
used her influence to have it dropped
His mother and father now call him
Edward, but the younger umbers
of the royal family prefer David or
Davy.
When his father, Ring George,
was in the navy he was known be-
low decks as Archer because of his
well-known fondness for -shooting
With the bow .and arrow, Subse-
quently he was called Georgie, but -
the King was never a man
to encourage even
Anel: now when I,,loolc ,round and
see
Tire joys that life. has brought to
me,
With wife and weans to keep afire
The light that led my young desire,
T ponder, as I thank the Fates
That laid beyond -those rustic gates,
And close my e'es and see again
The goddess with the daisy-ehain,
Oh, never tihanI part tLgain
Prom the lass olio wove a daisy -
chain 1
UNOFFICIAL FAMILIARITY,
and he speedily became George even
-to his immediate family.
Prince Arthur of Connaught is
known as Marcus to members of the
royal family and is •so styled oven
by friends and mesnbers of his suite.
When Im journeyed to Japan to
carry the. insignia of the Order of
the•Garter -to the Mikado, the Jap-
anese, officials ,became so confused
et•
er this practice of calling : the
young prince Marcus that he was
actually entered as Prince Arthur
Marcus of Connaught in the official
roll book.
It was King Edward's practice to
callQuoen Alexandra Alix,. and the
habit rapidly spread to the rest of
the: royal family. The only other
person who has the privilege of ad-
dressing her by this pat name is
Charlotte Knollys, the queen's pri-
vate secretary, who has been almost
like a sister to her for many years.
Queen Maud of Norway. who is, of
course, a sister of King George was
known as Harry during her child -
hoed, and the nickname has thick
to her till this day.
IN ENGLAND
the royal princes are addressed as
sir and the royal princesses as mad-
am by the nurses and other attend-
ants, after they have reached the
age of three. Before that they must
never he called by any pet name
except baby.
On the continent, even in the
bosom of their immediate family,
members of the royal families are
not as a rule:addressed by pet names
of any kind. Especially is this true
in Germany and Russia. The King
of Spain, who is very popular in
England, is one of the few European
monarchs who have nicknames.
Among the English royal family and'
even among many of his personal
friends in England ho is familiarly
known as Jack. The nickname was
given to him there and he is never
called by it in his own country.
THE "SIXTH. SENSE."
The reported quest of a "sixth
sense" is not the first attempt of
the sort; fel; about five years ago,
Professor Watson, of the University
of Chicago, performed an operation
that excited the interest of the me-
dical world.. The subject of the
experiment was a rat, and by meats
of vivisection he destroyed the five
senses of the rat without k.11i:'g':t,
The animal was then timed ,loose,
and it found its way to food. Thirs
Professor Watson claimed, proved
the ekistence of a sixth sense, which
he helievod to be common to both
men and ant:mils. He tailed' it the
Sense. of Direction. And much ^nr-
lies, Professor Alen, Bum of ,nr
University of : Abardcel. , synth, ; 4,.;•y., ,e; h•,rrels . and soap -boxes :
"The feelings connected with m ,t It :,, thi .('liar>e ZY41. of
meets of the body or actaves . 1 el tee ttr' i h force marching en
I have to be recounersd .ss n P,.,.:, cy. ,s .d a tle,,'1n4 river on
saes
RAPID BRIDGE -BUILDING.
A pulley and bs,sket arrangement,
by means of which four men at a
time were swung over from bank
to bank, was fixed up ab Avoca,
deri:ig the L'oer. Wet•, ina few Min-
utes. 'A
rvin-utes.'"A single -lock bridge over e
30 foot chasm, strong enough to ad-
mit of -the passage of an army, has
been often comstrueLed by two N.
C.,0.'s and twenty men in an hour p
p.mtoo?, bridges, to admit of the
pasare of the heaviest armaments
?t id baggage, have been built, in
iwt+ houtrs• sad fryer odd=materials,
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CAUSES 07 LONG LIFE.
Not long ago six of the most fam-
ous French scientific men of over
seventy years of ago were asked to
give the secret of their longevity.
One, aged seventy-four, drinks 'a
glass of eold water with a lump of
sugar in it in the mornings, has a
hearty lunch, a light disiner, walks
three relies, hunts, has never
smoked, and drinks very little in- --
toxicants.. A second, aged seventy-
nine, avoids every strain on the
brain, takes two "naps" a day, and
avoids tea, coffee, and liquor. An-
other attributes his ninety-two
years to "no excesses of any kind" ;
whilst e fourth blesses the taking
of a large cup of cold water every
morning, added to walking, seven
or eight hours' sleep, end' the
drinkingof plenty of buttermilk
and sour milk to aid the ,Iigestio:t.
Because he has used everything and
abused nothing, a fifth has, lie con-
siders, lived eighty years; and a
sixth attributes his seventy -•vino
years to eating no meat. drh Ming
sour milk vory often, and at u:di:, g
tobacco.
FACT AND FANCY,
An ideal woman is ono who be-
lieves everything you tell her.
No insect is ever found on the,
eucalyptus tree.
A good Zulu runner can easily do
50 miles in six hotos.
Temper in others is temperament
in ourselves,
Tramps never suicide.
A . Chinese newspaper costa • :fly
one fifteenth of a (lent.
In the race for a husband, a gird
never knows when she is on rho
last lap.
mu +•..
distinct class anti, b: r•,,., tn•' bridge of coffins, w,•' "•i, hs,cl bee:, Riches may not bring hayspincss,
yeiei,
hvsieans, no' proceed' - :..ni a commandeered ,front 0 neighboring hut.lots of people would rather- he
o isl yto rescue frim, . As far the sixth er muscular sense." ilT^! rich than happy,
t y