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Very soon the stout merchant forgot
his heat and long* walking. After a
little he spologized to madame for
the trouble he was making her. "It
is no trouble; 11 is a pleasure." No
courtesy could have been more
t h o ugh lf11
In that loonkindness oiled all the
wheels of trade. Good manners made
bus Mg and selling a pleasure. The
big, prosperous merchant quite for-
got himself end he bought with
open-handed generosity. Nor did he
remember his discussion until he
leached the street, when he began to
understand the laughter of his com-
panion.
"Well," said the merchant, "Paris
has taught 1110 OM thing—the law of
courtesy. When 1 get back to 'New
York T am going to have the heads
of departments organize my clerks
- into classes, with lectures 00 kind-
ness end good manners."
The law of courtesy has a commer-
cial value. Courtesy will not make
an ignorant man wise nor 0 stupid
lazy clerk successful, but the youth
01 good parts will find that kindness
1111 courtesy are large additional as-
sets and will do much to promote
his success and good feeling among
his fellow workers.
2. Courtesy and kindness betokens
the well-bred gentleman.
What culture is to the scholai• and
what perfume Is to a. flower, that
courtesy is to a gentleman. Kind-
ness makes the youth a happiness
maker. Courtesy is a delicate ex-
halation that sweetens the atmos-
phere. Good will diffuses itself in a
genial glow. It is said that a gen-
tleman is for his conapanions• minds
what a» easy chair and a warm ilre
are for the body. St makes the
youth consider
THIS RIGHTS OF OTHERS;
and once the law of kindness is fixed
BE KIND AND
FORBEARING
Courtesy is Necessary to a
Who Would
Succeed.
A (Iasi/titan Brooklyn, N. 'Y.,
vayss—Rev, Des Nowell Dwight Billie
preached from 1 he following text:—
lie ye kind, tender-beexted.—leph.
(20111.100y 11115 ITS commercial
value.
Some years ago Iwo business men
from New York were breakfasting at
their MAO in Purim Ono of them
'was commenting upon the millions
(tf money that Americans were pour-
ing into the cornea of Paris, the city
ef MY/ al•I and pleasme. lie in-
sisted thet this golden river ought
Lo be tired upon the Dente of Amer-
ican 1tulle/try and comMeree. He
urged that his own store offered ad-
vantages as many and great as the
shops of Paris,
"Do you want to know why one
Americans spend their money here In
Paris?" said his companion. "Come
with me for an hour and I will show
you the reason,"
Then the lawyer and Ole merchant
went itito a shop. The July morning
was hot, but the French merchant
and his wife understood the law of
kindness and courtesy. The lawyer
/mid he wished to look at some
gloves, some silk ties and some
laces. "But first of all, you must
sit down and rest." So madame
brought aa easy chair and the shop-
keeper insinted on bringing
A FAN AND A 000L DRINK.
Man
In the heart, it manifests itself in
good felloweldp, wholesomeness, cos-
cliality, and those relined al tentions
that go to make a youth popular
among his companions.
One day a friend asked 0 freshman
In Iltu•vaed College why the boys
always theered a certain professor.
Now the freehman had never vonsid-
erect that point before and he jump-
ed zit 1111 neswer and he gave the
right one; "01), he is so kind it al-
ways seems good to have him
around." Some people call courtesy
a minor grace, but how can that vir-
tue he little that lilted a professor
to a throne ant) made him loom
large above his fellows? Remember
that roughness Is a sign of weakness,
Some men are so harsh that their
softest word is a blow. There are
blunt, brutal men who ride rough-
shod over their fellows and compan-
ions, and Alley say: "Oh, you mustn't
mind me! it is a way I have!"
Suppose a porcupine were to say:
"Don't 01111(1 my quills; it's a way I
have." 'A hedgehog has Il8 way,
but the way is very bad. Bad man-
ners, sarcasm end disregard of the
rights of others 01•O great faults.
lientember that one yellow stain
t•uins a marble, one black spot in the
ceiling ruins the fresco and onegt•eat
fault, like the absence of courtesy,
can injure °Miracles, threaten pros-
perity end halve one's influence and
success.
8. The law of com•tesy forbids
harnh criticism.
The word "criticism" is like Satan.
who fell from heaven—it is a fallen
word. It began as the artist's word
and meant to select the beautiful
and essential elements in a great
paititing that should be lifted up for
admiration and praise.
THIS GLORIOUS W0131)
Is like a seraph that has been drag-
ged down until its pinions drag in
the mud. We all know the type of
man whose tongue it a flail. Here is
the teacher who is always praising
the bright echolar and when the
slow one stumbles exclaims "You
stupid fool 1'' And yet the boy has
worked twice as faithfully, despite
his failure, as the other one and
earned his master's admiration did
his teacher but know it.
Oil's is a world that is harsh in
its judgments and cruel in its criti-
cism. Young man, restrain your
tongue, lie kind. Practice courtesy.
Keep the ideals of Sir Walter Bat-
eigh's gentleman ever before you.
Don't pelt the unsuccessful with
words like stones. Consider that
what the north wind cannot do to
produce a harvest the south wind
blowing softly, can easily accom-
plish. Hate is as powerless as a
blizzard. Love is as omnipotent as
Ilia sunshine. Distribute le/ by your
doily kindness. Go out like a sower
and sow benefactions like a prince,
Live with the courtesy of one who
feels himself to be a natural king.
Test yourself by Jesus Christ. He
scattered benetactions and exaled
kindness. lie kind, tenderhearted and
forbearing if you woold reap the
sweetest harvest for practical
nueeess.
THES. S. LESSON Jsgs,0"1 AhVeha0,10 111.103.1)NZLIgZ:11:111.1 P"Ver
Was 'I roubled—t nobly agitated—
the outward effect or indication of
the strong inward emotion.
85. Wept—Prom "dakru," tear,
and meaning to shed tears, to weep
silently, thus diffet•ing essentially
from the verb "klaio," to weep au-
dibly, to sob, to wail, used in verse
38. Tho verb is used nowhere else
in the New Testament. It was on
the way to the tomb that Jesus re-
vealed this truly human side of his
nature and wept, out of profosind
sympathy for Martha rind Mary.
30. Loved—With a 50010111, passion-
ate attachment
37. 01 1(31)1 that was Blind—Referr-
ing to the healing of the man born
blind (chapter 9), the memory 01
which event was still fresh in the
minds of many in and about Jerusa-
lem,
38, Tomb . . . cave—In the lime-.
stone bine of Palestine are to be
found many natural eaves. Such, as
well as artificial excavations of the
sante kind, were used as tombs for
the clead. The enhance was in most
cases from the gide,
Lay 109101001-00 upon, the Geeek
proposition permitting of either
translation.
39. Take ye away the etone—The
opening to a tomb was closed by
rolling a round Bat stone before it.
This WaS 110110 principally to keels
dogs and wild beasts from eniering.
The body deen yet 11-1 Stara 11 y, he
St1111100, as in the 001010011 version,
A statement which gives simply the
inference drawn by Martha from the
fact of his having been dead four
days.
Ito bath been (lead four days—The
idiom in the Greek Is peculiar ("te-
trataoioseettn"), consisting only of
two words. Of these the first is an
ordinary numeral used in answer to
the question, On what day? "Ono
who does or miners a thing tit 1 the
foulah day or (nt the fourth dess"
The seectml word is the verb (he) is.
The arcok esiwession leaves 50(110-
1111114 to be supplied in thought
Whith in English we are compelled
to simply in Woede. Hence it 50011 10
he equally correct to translate, "lie
has been four days the tomb," er, 1
"It -le tom close; (311100 he was 1
buried."
41. The omission of the words $
"from the 1111000wnern the dead was s
lent" is in harmony feint the reading
Of the best. manuseelptfh
42, Mill 'Ueed in eon treat a
with the expeession "the antra"
(Versee 1 0, 81, 86) to &Signh
al° te
miscellaneous erowd width bed gjath- t
INTERNATIONAL - LESSON,
APRIL 9.
Lesson II. The Raising of Lazarus
Golden Text, John 11.25,
• THE LESSON WORD STUDIES.
Intervening Eventss—After attend-
ing the Feast of Dedication at jorti-
ealem (John chapters 9 and 10; see
10, 22) Jesus "went away again be-
yond the Joedan into th, place where
John was at the that baptizing";
ilense, Possibly, somewhere in the
Vlcinity of Bethabara, a little south -
oast of the Se0 of Cialilee, beyond
! Jordan; "and there he abode, and
many came nnto him" (John 10, 40,
411). Thus began the 50001(11period
ae we may can it, of the Pera.en
ministry, the tirst 1)0010)1 of which
had preceded the visit of Jesus to
the Feast of Dedication, and the
third and last period of which fol-
iowed the raising of Lazarus at
Bethany and the subsequent with-
drawal of Jesus and his disciples in-
to Ephraim (John 11.54). The, sec-
ond period of the Peraean ministry
lasted possibly a little more than
three months (October to February),
and in it are to be included the
events and discourses recorded in
Luke 11, 1 to 17. SO (except 11,
1 14-361.
Although many miles 100111 "Bethany
of Judea, doses seems to have kept
in touch With friends there since he
t•eceived (tom Mary and Martha, a
message announcing the sickneas of
I
11)011' brother La/40r115, The know-
ledge of the death of LaKttrUs was
apparentlygained supernaturally
S301111 15t. Immediately al-
, leeward (4psua demisted with his
disciples roil) Porcine for Bethany,.
.1 mit ()aside the vi Ilage he \vas met,
tirtil. by Martha. and then by Mary
' Also. AL this point 01(1' lesson takes
' up the nate•ative.
Verse 32. Mat•y--The sister of
Martha and of Lasarits, one of at
least eix women of that name men-
tioned in the New Testament.
Where Jesus Was—Apparently Al,
11111 place where Marthh
a ad mt, h
eim,
some distance from the house and
I outside the village (vase 80), from
I 10111011 place jeses had sent for Mary,
811. (11008011 in the spirit—Perhaps
bolter as 111 the n1011411141 readings
nem Monett With indignatioa in the
(311111, The Gt•eek phrase—used also
in Matt 0.80; Meek 1,48; 14, 5-01-
'Meal es a rentoesira.nce or aceueatiOn,
I11111111111100 1(1111 a feeling of dis-
t plcariltre. The 1 11(1 ign nob or Josor4 00101!, among whom were Melly 51(1-
58315doubtless direeted toWard "thnd
e (ere asimple-hearted people,
40, Cried with a loud voice—That
is, 5110116 in tones of authority which
all could hear.
Come forth—Literally, hither forth.
45, That which he did—Or, on
equally good manuscript authority,
the tbiegs which he dkl. The differ
once in the Greek' Is very slight,
lielleVed on him—Believed hint to
be Messiah.
LONDON'S RIVER POSTMAN,
How Ships on the River Thames
Get their Letters.
London has the diattnetion of being
the only port. whets, hho ships 11)1119at anchor are priVileged to have
their letters delivered to them by
river pustmen, it being customary 0(1t
°filet. ports for sailors to apply p01'-
80(10111) for their letters (mime the
ship is in dock.
The Thames is divided into two
peeled districts, each -under the con-
trol of a river postman, who delivers
lettt•rs and parcels every morning in
a craft 10111(311 r•fseinbler, a fishing -
boat move than anything else. Of
these districts the That. extends f eons
the 00010]]) noose to Liinehoitee ante
Nanlhll13:100/111 /1'0111 .1,1 111011011SO 1,o Black
v
The river postmen start on their
rounds punct achy at eight o'clock
every morning, and, needless to say,
there is only one dclivevy a day.
The mail -bag may include as many as
500 letters. As he glides front ship
to ship the river postman calls out
"Ahoy there!" and hands' up the let-
ters attached to a boathook to the
wetting crew.
11; only, takes from four to five
hours to deliver the mall, so that
.
the postman does not waste 'much
time. In foggy weather, however, it
takes considerably longer, owing to
the dins/hies of finding' the various
shins, and of steering' in betiveen the
large vessels as they lie at anchor,
At much times there Is also a great
danger of being 1'101 down by 1)10s51»9
sh ips.
As a general rule Lhe river Postman
works down the Mit bunk first and
then returns on the other 51110,
It is not generally known that tile
task of delivet•ing the rivet' letters
has been more or less a family mo-
nopoly for several. hundred years,
and the forebears of the present post-
man of the first district have 1.0011
employed at the work almost since
letters were delivered to ships on the
great tideway at all. In recognition
of their services in this direction,
Caeorge In, presented the fatally of
Evans with the freedom of. all the
ports in the kingdom and a Silver
badge weighing 16 ozs., whicli is, of
course, Inuell prized as an heirloom.
'Phe river postmen have also their
oWn uniform consisting of the dimly
coat and trouSers usually worn by
Thames rivermen, but bordered with
red and bearing the Post Office
badge.
In winter the river justman's work
is extremely trying owing to the ins.
tense cold, and it is by 110 means an
unueual thing for the spray front the
river to cause his clothes to freeze
till they 1'050113810bB
oards. ut he
Has always the consolation of know-
ing that at the end of his service he
will be able to settle down for the
rest of his days on a comfortable
pension.
—4„
VIOLET LEAVES A CURE,
--
Cancer Patient Claims It Was
Effective,
William Gordon, a physician in a
Devon (England) hospital, reports to
the Lancet a supposed cuee for can -
cot* which has aroused considerable
public interest.
The patient was a man of 53, who
bad been told by five doctors that he
1100 canter of the tongue. He refused
to undergo an operation and team-
jaseesti, on Nov. 1011), to treat him-
self. He poured a pint of boiling
water over a handful of violet leaves
and left them to soak for 24 hours.
He divided the liquid into two equal
parts and drank one at once and in
the next 24 hours used the other,
Hot lamentations were applied con-
tieuously to the outside of the neck
and on the left side for two hours
each night,
Sometimes he used the leaves as
poultices and isometimes heat 3110
fomentation ou all eight. The doc-
tor examined on Jan. 23rd and
found that an extraosalinary change
had taken place, He examined him
again on Fah, 20th. Then (111000 was
0011051 no pain and except for a scar
little remained of the 1100!), ragged.
imitu•n tett ulcer. The point chiefly
criticized is the fact that althoug•It
five doetore pronounced it one of
cancer, no microscopical examination
wee made, 01101 therefore the diagnos-
is is dismadited.
THINGS JAPANESE.
JaPan lies 75 cotton spinning and
weavhig with an aggeegate
capacity of 1,204,490 spindles, of
which 1,095,057 are in regular work -
Mg. These have a Working time 00
from 1 2 to 211/ hours (0 (lay. The
lArgest individual monthly produe-
tam he is t 2,107,191 pounds Wiled
ont by the lcanegafuehi cotton spin
ni 1(9 11)111, ()tiler mills turn out
monthly '1,870;025 and 1 41 2,583
011(1 3.211,141 pounds teepectively.
Many of the mills run night and day
for all the days of the month, includ-
hig holidays.
Japan Will in future construct all
her War vessels At home, 11(11500 010-
sum:dances coven°, her to am/ other-
wise, She has equipped extensiVe
1)101(18, shops and glin and armor
tonntiries. The yards are noW busy
011 00 extensive building programme,
needing the coeetruction of two
ergo armased vessels,
JaPan's tomtit domestic lean is
100,000,000, half of whielf Is M-
ired first At 00, with interest at 6
ier 'cent- to ran ROVen years. Ja-
anese beakers favor those terms,
vat patriotism does the rest,
"Vous trouble is not setious, ma-
ntas You only need rest." "But,
00100, 1001i at my tongue." ."0111
100 that a 1004 too."
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DAINTY IRS 1 1ES.
Codfish a la Crenie--Soak a
piece of codfish in cold water fo
hours, then let stand in boiling
ter for half hour, drain and cut
small pieces. Put. 4 tablespoons
ter into a saucepan with a little
Per, stir into It three tablespo
flour, When it is mixed and
grown quite smooth, add 1 ptsf
cream and some parities, leaves el
ped 'very line. Stir five minutes, t
add the fillets of codfish and It s
mer in the cream until piping ho
Salmon Croquettes—ltemove bo
foul skin from a large size MO
salmon. Chop and season 11$11
salt, pepper, parsley, a dash
tertian juice and 10 very little cap./
pepper; mix thoeoughly. Put 1 t
cup crea05 on to heat. Stir
tablespoon butter and two of 11
together and put into the boil
cream; let it cook 2 or 3 1111mi
then add the salmon, Mix well
pour into a dish to cool. 'IV
cold, form into croquettes, dip
beaten egg, then in bread crumbs a
fry in boiling fat. 0 arnish AV
parsley and slices of lemon.
Macaroni and Fish—In the bott
of a deep baking dish place guar
lb. butter cut in bits, add a la
o macaroni, cover with slices of 1.
fish cut very thin, season with s
and popper. 'Add another layer
macaroni and fish each until
dish is full, then pour over hot 111
to moisten. Place in the oven
bake.
Oyster Croquettes—Put 2 dos
oYstela on to cook in their 01
liquor; let them boil 5 minutes. Ta
from the live and cli•ein, then oho
Put half teaeup of the liquor a
half tencup cream in a saucepan
heat. Stir 1 tablespoon butter a
2 of flour together, add this and t
oysters to the boiling liquor and st
until it thickens. Take from fir
season with salt, chopped most
and a dash of cayenne pepper. St
thoroughly, then turn out to coo
When perfectly cold, form into er
quettes, roll in beaten egg, then
bread crumbs aod fry in boiling fa
Mackerel with Brown Sauce—Soa
a salt mackerel over night in luk
wat•m water, changing the water o
casfonally, so as to remove a pat
of the salt. In the morning 10 11
and wipe. dry, sprinkle with pepp
and rub with butter. Split the lis
at the back, lay it on a g•ridiro
and cook about a quarter of an hou
turning when half done. Now pu
about 6 oz. of butter in a stewp
over a hot fire and let it remain u
til brown. Throw in 80 leaves
watercress, which have pt•eviousl
been washed and dried; let them fr
lentil crisp and pour over the Bel
Put 8 tablespoons vinegar in 311
pan, bring it to the boiling point
then add salt and pepper, pour 1
over the fish. Put in oven for a fin
moments, then serve very hot
Fish Chowder—Cut quarter lb, pool
into slice and fry in deep iron kettle
When pork is crisp and brown, pit
in a layer of sliced raw potatoes
then a layer of any kind of whit
fish, cut in pieces, add 2 minced on
ions and cover with a layer of ceack
er crumbs. Heat enough milk t
barely cover and pour over it. BM
gently for half an hour. Season witl
salt and pepper. Serve with toastet
ficrsahdlc
'-‘18171.1.11'sitoilat—ti300113cilmastly 3k8111nedil of whit
cold, remove bones and put tne-at
through a chopper. Add about half
the quantity fine bread crumbs, some
pepper, salt and butter and milk
enough to make the inixtut•e moist.
Beat 2 eggs well, add a little mace
and stir into the fish. Pack in a,
steamer and steam for an hour.
Place on a platter, Maur over it a,
white sauce and garnish with parsley
and slices of hard-boiled eggs,
as tightly as poseible. Jars sealed
with the cotton batting. and 111,WS-
papers are practically air tight,
titan end tongue sliced in vinegar,
well seasoned with plenty of pepper
and sealed In frail Jere, will ke011 111
a cool place until June,
It seeme to nut that this meat
question Is one that greatly con-
cerns the subject. of' houeehold ex-
pense. consider it a wife's duty to
study those questionii anti manage
thetn in the meet, evonomieal waYi
IntleT1-1' RUGS.
nr1025
wa- The best parts of two old ingrain
104, carpets may be used to make beau-
but- cititincuti by"gb8e.ating or washing, and cut
Pep- Remove the clirt and
OTIS st rips one and ontehalf inches
,,j,elaots Ivitle lengthwise of the carpet. navel
both sides of these strips 101 ti 1 nye
11,p, or six 1 hreade remain in the middle,
hen sew the strips together and wind in
inl-
balls like carpet rags. Send theta to
1. a weaver who will beat 1110111 up in
:11,7the weaving, is ing a soft velvety
1 nap 011 bah 5.1(11,S. MO carpet may
be itsed for the centre, and one of
111?
et contrasting colors for a bordee on
the ends.
Pretty rugs for the bed room are
:17; made of aswidth of closely wove
our 4 ng, tut the leugth required
t lens! with ends bound with linen. A 1101
der of prIppies, and leaves in the vett
Enid t". painted in their natural colo
h„.., with oil paints improves their ap
nj,c,1 pearance vet•y much.
To make a rug of burial), th
ith material in long strips, six Melte
wide. Ita.vel it on either side to th
om depth of two inches, leaving* a strii
in the middle two inches wide. Clu
ter
a foundation of. strong cloth, doubl
yer
SW the burlap strips in the middle, and
alt sew around it. Lot each row over -
of lap the one before It two inches 1.111 -
the ill the foundation is covered As 11
ilk
to
THE CZAR'S STATE PRISON MUST SPEND NO MONEY
THE FOBTRESS OF ST, PETE
AND ST. PAUL.
In It the Chief Political Offender
Are Held Before Trial and
Banishment.
R GREAT rulAxatnit, WILL TAM
A PARTX TO EGYPT.
$ Nile to be Done in Style, and Simi
Ernest Cassel Will Foot
the Bills.
- Here is a timely 1.,lretch Of one of
the dahabealm—the Rather—me
which Skr Ernest Cassel, the wealthy,
f financier and intimate frlend of (3d-
11 ward VII., Intends taking a big
- party of seelbt on a trip up the
Nile. Many fasbione.ble people do
- Egypt in the winter season, but' '
never berure has It been done in eine/7
e sumptuous stade as has beeb 'w-
ronged by Sir 1,1rnest for his rortu-
Hate guests. Poisattssed in a rare de-
gree of that pecuiiar Hebraic, litIent
abich can turn anything into gold, •
he has accianulated a fortune esti- '
mated at something like $70,000,000
and IS now bent on demonstrating
that he can spend It like multi -mil-
lionaires who have set a pace In
such matters that royalty cannot af-
ford to follow.
The one condition he has matle
with his attests, one and all, is that
they must not, th•emselves apend
cent on it. 1 le has given them te
understand that the heavier they can
manage to snake the bills he will
have to pay the greater will be the
enjoyment he will get out of it. Tlaey
have accepted his condltions
WITHOUT A MURMUR,
and as they aro all.experts at doin
things regardless it may be assume
that Sir Ernest. will realize to th
full his expectations of getting
lot of fun out of the trip.
Among the beet known of his fortu
nate shipload of guests are the Duk
and Duchess of Devonshire, Lord an
Lady Chelsea, Conauelo, Duchess o
Manchester, Mr. and Mrs. Rochefor
Maguire, the beautiful Miss Murie
Wilson and the Countess of Essex
Two of the above—the Dowage
Duchess of Mamhester and Lady Es
sex are American women, but unlik
most Aniei Jean women who mem*
titles they did not exchange larg
fortune's fin them. Mrs. Rochefor
Maguire is one of the srascial favor
ites of the Xing and when Sir lfir
meet entertains his majesty 15 alway
one of the party.
On setting out each one of th
guests finds placed at his or her dis
posal special compartments bY
train as far 11S NOpleS, Thence the
best state -rooms are reserved foi
Visil ors to St, Petersburg are per
milted to inspect the cathedral 1
the fortress of St. Peter and St
Paul, where all the Sovereigns
Itessla since the reign uf peter th
Croat, excepting Peter li., 'are en
toinbcd, and to 11711 1031 the remains o
Grand Duhe Sergius will be trans
(erred fetsit Moscow as soon as the
altet•ations now In imogress le th
imperial (burnel house are completed
but no one is allowed to view the
prism] part of the fortress, where
politest] offenders are confined, Eine
where the fatuous Russian author,
Curky, 1108 been (It/tabled since his
arrest al Itiga, writes the Marquis
de Vont unity, in The Waehington
Post.
'the nuna reliable description of
the prison is giVen by a German
110l,1111100 and officer, Count Von
Pfeil, who, entering the Russian
army at the outbreak of the Russo -
urkish war. welit 1110011911 the
_ campaign with the famous Preobay-
✓ enskl Regiment, 111 white' he held the
_ rank of Dolt enant-colonel. Lie re-
mained In the Russian service until
• 01111"1:01.1n(lIthteheelgghtittilie.ds' cianndduTry'asin 011,11100e
O St, Poor and St. Paul fortress.
, Even as
tti he would hose had no oPPortunitY
OFFICER Ole THE 0/3 111),
of becoming acquainted with the in-
terior of the prison house had it not
been for his friendship with one of
the higher officers of the "Blues," as
the dremled gendarmerie are called,
• taking their name front the color of '
uni m.
According to Count Pfeil, access is
obtained to the prison by several
114110(19 iron -studded doors beneath
the vaulted amides of the Troubet-
skos, bastion, which are guarded by
t urnlieys and double guards, with
loaded guns and axed bayonets.
Within is a long, broad corridor,
guarded in turn by trustworthy men,
chosen front the reserve of the body-
guard stationed in the fortress. The
floor of the corritlor is covered with
several thicknesses of mats, so that
guards and gendarmes move to and
fro noiselessly. Opening on to the
corridor are a long row of cells, each
separated from the next by storm
walls several feet in thickness. From
the corridor the cell door can scarce-
ly be distinguished from the grey
masonry, and a, small sash window
In the door leaves the prisoner un-
der the gaze of the warders at all
times. The cells are roomy and
airy, being about eight paces long t
and four wide. In a corner is am ,
iron bedstead fastened to the floor, "t''
with a good mattress and 111/0 111001 -
en blankets. ln 1110 centre are a "
wooden table and chair, and the t
wa.shstand and sanitary appliances n
omens? two corners of the cell. Water t
is supplied
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If I' were to ask the housewife what
Rem of household expenee accumulat-
ed fastest, X am sUre She would men-
tion the meat bill es:Les Mrs, Geo,
Gray, As I write, beef is bought by
the carcass. Next summer the poor-
est outs will cost about that, while
the good ones will range up to 15,
16 or even 18 cents per pound. Thct
thrifty housekeeper will preserve the
Meat which the now has and use
next summer, thereby saving front
one-fourth to one-half the expense.
Both fresh and corned 'beef can be
cooked as for the table, wiped dry
and covered with tallow, no two
pieces being allowed to toiteh each
other. Over the jar tie a fold of
cotton batting and newspaper. When
wanted for use pare MT the grease
and plunge in hot water. lt can be
015011 either hot or cold. I have used
tneat in October that 7 cooked in
APLIIM
Iand shoulder aro best pre-
.
served by "putting clown" ih Jars.
This should be done before the that
fly puts in•its appeatance. The meat
Is sliced, trimmed and prepared as
if it were to be cooked. Have sweet;
clean jars at hand and Pack the
pieces in them, crowding elosely so
there will be ne vacant spaces. After
the first layer is in, it is a good plan
to use an old-fashioned wooden po-
tato masher to pound the meat
down. When about three layers am
in pour melted lard over the meat.
When it stands half ea inch above
the surface, let, Stand until cool,
then' proceed with the PaCkIng•
yea use from the jar, keep covered
with the lard. Seal each jar itS with
the beef.
Many prefer to paltly cook the
meat, It is a good plan to des this
with the jars which are to he 'Used
lest, ail/tough with wee it will keep
sweet without heating. Large pieces
for boilingcan be put down if sur
-
the work may be done on the sewing
machine these rugs are very quickl
made. The burlap may be used in
its natural color, or it may be dyed
any color you 58I011 with diamond
dyes for cotton. Several shades of
green make a handsome, mossy rug
using the dark shades availed Om
edge, and shading to light green in
the centre. A rug with a border of
red, and centre of burlap in its na-
tural color, is pretty also.
ONE IN THREE REJECTED.
Difficult to Obtain Men For the
British .Army.
The London Express publishes the
following:—The number of recruits
who joined the regular army last
year was 41,279, while in addition
to these 85,264 entered the militia.
One 01 every three men presenting
etheinselves for enlistment was reject -
1 as physically unfit.
In addition to the men rejected
er af-
Over20,000 were refused by recruit -
inspection by the medical officers,
ieng officers duripg the nine months
nding Septetnber 3fith, 1901,
In C0111111011ting on these figures
Major-General Miles, Director of Re-
m/tailing, :States' that in many dis-
tricts the rejections for defective
teeth were very heavy.
"The question of medical rejec-
tions," he adds, "is of great impor-
tance, and requires serious consider-
ait
t)ized.in V'81058of the large number
of recruim
ts that ust annually be
o
"Xt may be that when the 11058
P107 conditions aro thoroughly uil-
rierstoocl recruits of a higher social
class and physical development may
be attracted, but it is u»satisfactory
that such a large eianber of lads
should fail, for various reasons, to
attain to the standard required for
entrance into the twiny, a standard
which cannot be 'Considered exact-
ing."
4
ALL THE .DIEFERENCE.
The lawyer 11050 to cross-examin
the witness. Ever since his appear
ance 111 the witness -box he had bee
cutig•elling his brains to remembe
where he had seen him before. Sud
deftly it flashed into his mind.
"You lived at X— some years ago
didn't you?" questioned the lawyer.
The witness seemed much 'dismay°
at the question and reluctantly r
plied in the affirmative.
"I lived in X— at the same time
you know," remarked the lawyer
with an uupleasant smile, "and I re-
member prosecuting you for theft
You got eighteen months' imprison
n10111 for it, did you not?"
"Excuse ine—" begne the witness.
"Answer the question, sir," per
omptorily ' commanded the lawyer
'Yoe W0112 found guilty of theft a
X-- and sentenced to eighteei
mon ths' imprisonment , were yo -1
not?"
Thus pitilessly* pressed, the witness
admitted the truth of the accusatiod
"I3ut you've made a mistake," he
added.
"In what reseed'?" snapped the
lawyer.
"Yon defended me in that ease, in-
stead of prosecuting, and you told
the jury with tears in your voice
that you honestly believed me inno-
cent."
The laWyer, in confusion, intimated
that he had no further questions to
put to that particular witness.
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them 011 any steamer they may se-
lect to Port Said, When they have
all arrived in Egypt Sir Ernest will
take personal charge of them and
eVerything that money can provide
uxur ons tastes suggest to give
hem the hest time of their lives will
e forthcoming. Several daliabealia,
he largestof whiali Is the author,
are been chartered to take them up
he Nile, and it shows the thorough -
e55 with which 81,1 Mille -St is doing
be thing that he had
,SPECIAL WORICWEN
alld skilled upaolsterers sent out
front London to refurnish the in
magnificent style and equip thent
with every convenience and luxury
that can minister to the comfort and
enjoyment of the voyagers As as,
considerable portion of the party will
be Sir Ernest's guests for three
menthe if. can be imagined that the
little picnic will cost him a pile of'
money. But at the most extrava-
gant estimate it will be a more bag-
atelle compared with what it costs
him to by Xing Edward's private
and confidential financier. For that
it is predicted he will obtain his re-
ward some day in the shape of a
peerage. Sir Ernest lias e. Peculiar
affection for Egypt which is not doe
to its archaeologie.al treasures. It
was there he struck greater riches
than most at the monarchs who be-
came nonnmies long ceetairies ago
ever sneeet ded in 'laying hands on.
Daylight enters the cells through
lofty windows with triple iron bars.
But the daylight is only weale, as a
high wall faces the windows at a
distande of but a few feet. At night-
fall the cells are lighted dimly from
mashie fro10 stone oil lamps. Twice
daily the prisoners receive a hot
meal of two kinds of food, and thrice
O day tea is served. On fast days
no meat is allowed. Every day each
prisoner is taken into the fresh air
for forty minutes' exercise in a small
walled -in garden, guarded by gen-
darmes, het always alone. Books
are provided for the prisoners, and
there is a comparatively large lib-
_ f
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ary, composed exclusively of Mig-
rate works. Every book on being
°turned to the library is examined
lost carefully by means of a magni-
ying glass for the purpose of check -
rig any attempts of prisoners to
ommunicate to one another by
newts of seeret marks in the books,
Gendarmes and wardens are requir-
ed to work in pairs, so that one
can always spy upon the other, and
d 01 one case that came under Count
e- Pfell's eotice where ft gendarme was
caught assisting prisoners to coin-
, municate with one another, he was
, condemned to death by court-mar-
tial, the sentence being comnutted by
:Alexander III, to hard labor for life
in the nfines of Siberia.
FINE CUT PACTS.
- In Sonde there is a soldier for
ever,y twenty-two inhabitants.
t In London each day, 400 children
are horn ((111! 250 enter ...school for
the first titne.
Fish, as 8 rule, 1 11(.1.11OSOS hi weight,
and length every year up to their
• deatli.
There are no fewer than 25,000,000
st•holars and teachers itt the Sunday
schools of the world.
'he only two animals whoee brains
re heaviei• thau that of a man aro
the 'allele and the elephant,
The Tlank of lenbiand generally
contains sultitient gold In 16 lb. bars
to make 20,000,000 sovereigns.
'Korea, is the only country where
Ole marriage cet•tilleate is °quaily
dividiel, one -hall being giVen te the
husband, the other te the wile,
Sen*inant has the smallest range of
temperature of any piece in the
world. 'rho summer temperature is
78 degrees and the winter 77/ de -
mace.
(Mean 13.11 hennina is a, total abstahr
er; she is 11 member of the Women's
league, whicl) has for one of its
chief objects the suppression of
drunkenness.
Paper enters/ largely late the eon,.
strnetion of every 'Korean lames.
The interior is lined with paper. It
kna 11 paper root, Paper Ilooreloth,
and paper walls,
THE POINT 010 VIEW,
JAPANESE Emprizows PAN.
The Japanese Emperor's yearly ex-
petise of. living is limited, roe this
purpose he titsi3vs 611,000,000 from
Ole national (roaster. His personal
wealth is not to be spent on his
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eotintry. He is required to pay out
of it sonni thousand employes, The
Emperor's daily fare 15 Iaplinese. Me
is perfectly satisfied for breakfast
with a bowl of berm Soup and a fe58
othee dishets Tint hie diluter usually
al/Pears in splendid style, in Some
tWenty comses, although he always
denounces it as a nseless extrava-
gance. When any official toast is
Iteld--the cherry 'blossom viewing*
poety at. the Rioskiltawa botanical
garden or the chrystanthemem rt •
, I a ..S
at the Alaska paiece, for 1 instance--
Sausage Should alWays be dooked he W111 not spare any expense in pre -
ready for the table; otherwise it will paring an 01094111 EllroPean ban -
be strong, Pack in grease a•nd seal (met,
'Pim Deautv--I've had lots of poems
written to me, loth serious anti
humorous, but I've kept only the
serious ones
The Other (1i1—They were better
than the others?
"011, no, but they Were Much inn -
Merl"
SHOPLIFTER'S DEVICE.
Cardboard Doll Was the Recepta-
cle for Stolen Property.
An apparently taspectable matron,
crying Eln ostensible baby in long
Mlles, was observed the other day,
tabling at a stall in one of the big
ops of the Rue de Rivoli, Paris.
0 observers of her moi.nments were
m detectives, who had followed her
to the shop, thinking that they
d seen her before.
The 111011 W0110 COVreCL in their star -
se, for tho matronly pereon is a,
dm/
es/dal thief, with many prey -
is convictions. She was seen llft-
' several articles of cheap jewellry,
d then she walked to another stall,
once she abstracted some pieces of
vet and silk, As she was leaving
shop the W01111111 was arrested.
the polica-stat ion she protested
t she Was the wrong person and
an to cry, The ostensible baby
o cried, and the police sUperinten-
t, being evidently a father,ed lift
veil of the 111(1(1)15 fee° and
lie soothing words to the child.
()eking more closely at the baby
Police official noticed that its
O were quite dry and its face
eft of a trace of life. Tapping
1110,11111(0 visage,, he found that it
made of cardboard. The .bogos
y was a receptacle for stolen
(0(17. Oe les body was a, eon -
lima which, wlien pressed, made
dummy infant evolve cries. The
piaele had inside it a stolen
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abstracted froln the shop.
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OFFICER'S INVENTION,
A Medical Writer of cut Austrian
array has invented a humanitarian
Proiectile in the form 01 11 shell that
on explOsion distributes not bag-
ments of lead end steel, but vast
onantities of Et gas 'Which stupefies
all who come within its sphere of
influerioe„ One shell fig said to cort.
tail', enough gess to place 2,000 men
Ilere de 10111801. The nature of the
gas s the ilreeater's secret. Its
buinanitarina diameter le to be found
in the fact that the stepolag 011ee1
113 only temporary,