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The Brussels Post, 1898-2-18, Page 3f; re1C1i, 18, 153118. THE HOME. lleVING COMPANY, The letter read, 'My dearest Sue, Next. Thurnilay I will Spend with you:, T won't mese my Visit, thougle If any trouble I beelOW." "Oh, I'm se glad," pried Mrs. Whith, "Poe mammy is such delight," ititlt looking round her in liouay "1 must get ready right away," ,Asmea with a (Met -part and a broom She meant to work in every room, She oiled and polished, cleaned and rubbed,. And mended, smelted, washed and flerubbed., Then in thel kitchen elm began, While persniration downher ran, At pies and puddiegs, cakes and brew!, As it an army must be fed. Sbe toiled, anl fretted, cooled and baked, She harried, worried, stewed and aclei ed, Mee: Thursday came, she, nearly dead; just managed. tot crawl out at bed. And. Mrs. Company! came, too; They kissed, and hugged, like women do. And. then be-gani tired Mrs. 'White, To make excuses, never right. "Oh, dear sny house," then waxen cleant "Is most too dirty to be seen,— So shut your oyes—you're looking atout— Take off your things—Pm just worn out. "You must excuse my cooking, too, It isn't fit to otter you.."— "Twas fit Lor kiegs—"Too bad you come,. just when I'm upside down at home." And thus she welcomed and dis- tressed, And spoiled the visit of her guest, Who wished. she hadn't come to be A. tired woman's "company." RECEIPT FOR MAKING Yl?,AST. The following receipt for making eeast was taken from the Western Rue - 'al twenty-seven years ago, and has been :seed in the writer's family ever since: Rut a little warm water in a bowl and crumb a yeast cake into it. When soft fill the bowl half full of warm wa- ter awl stir in flour Lill thick as bread - sponge and set to rise. Put a small handful of hops, a large baneful might make, the yeast too bit- ter, into a granite kettle or well scour- ed. tin pan, never in iron as it makes the yeast dark colored, and pour over them ono quart of boiling water and let them stand on the stove well cov- ered for five minutes. Peel and slice six medium sized potatoes, Strain the hops anl return the hop water to the dish in which they were boiled, or rath- er steeped, adding more water if ne- %earthy, and put in the sliced potatoes. Cover closely, and boil them until very soft, being careful not to let them burn. When done, set a colander over a one -gallon earthen jar, ane pone the potatoes and water into the colander. When drained there should be about two imps of water In the jar. Set the potatoes one side to cool and stir two cups of flour into the hop and po- Mto water in the jar while it is hot, Press the potatoes through a colander and stir them in after the flour. Add one-half cup of sugar, one slightly rounding tablespoonful of salt and a tablespoonful of ginger. When the mix- ture in the jar is cool enough to allow of your finger being held in it, put in the bowl or light sponge and set :n a warm plaee to rise. When light place it in the cellar and. it will keep for three weeks, an 1 when making yeast again use a cup of this yeast mstead of a yeast cake. Use one oup of yeast for four loaves of bread. COFFEE -MAKING. 'Of oourse, the first thing is to get food coffee. The next important step its the preparation of coffee is the roasting. Once upon a time, and not so very long ago, particular persons, had Lo roost the beans themselves, but it le bettor dello to-dity by the groat houses which do it for the trade. Your good grocer will have his coffee fresh roasted every day or two anti you elaoulcl never buy more than a week's supply at a time, If your grocer has more than one color of roast, get the bright roast. Grind the coffee et home, end only enough at a time to make one draw- ing. Here is where your bus skill must begin to show itself. For the ifreuch coffee pot, or any other of the filtering pots, the coffee has to be ground very fine end this is the first element in their wasteful oharacter, You know what a delicious odor arises from the coffee mill wben the fresh ,ronsted beans are entailed in it. Every !appetizing wbiff which comes from that mill is just so much lost to your sup of coffee, and a very Material loss, too. The essence of the coffee bean Is very rola' [le, 11. Is hold in minute Dells, the stets of which in the raw bean are able to retain it Lor years, We roust the beau to make these cell walls friable and poroue to Water, and at the same time we make them some- what porous to the essence. 51.111, if we do not break the bean into fine pieces we will not at once take so much of the essence as we will if we grind it finely, What we want 18 to break it into p15085 just as large as boilieg writer can thoroughly pene- trate and no term or smeller. Tee proper elle, you will had, is pieces about one.tevelfth of an inch square, or about; as big se OILIMS, broken from the leett of an (Winery teed pencil, 'Your wife will think that very %ergo tied yo)i will gel, bat little flavor from the coffee mill during the grinding, ghee you will readily understand, when you einneeee the einall number of broken celie oteesed on the meta% THE 111088111.18 POST. 8 of these coarse grains and the fax grinding,gcealernumber cut late by fine Every them, should have been made ready for the making at the coffee be- fore the grinding was done, but, this len't much. Now we will tell you, the most important of trade %amts. Most. temple understand that in order to pro- perly draw a, etip of tea, or to make Donee, boiling water is mammary, but there 15 somethieg more. The water must be cooked. Water that, bas mere- ly been brought to a boil for some rea- son will not absorb the eeftenee free- ly, For mistier both. tea and coffee the water must be boiled for fifteen or twenty miautes. Now for the pot. Let it be just an ordinary plain coffee pot, either of tin or granite ware, isue of mune, be 51.100 that 11 is clean, and that the tinning or emetic enamel Ls perfect, so that no iron is exposed. If the iron is se- ethed It will be certain to make ink with the tannin in the coffee, and your coffee will be Beetled. Put your ground °Wee into the pot, and then pour in the cooked water while it Is boiling hot. Put in all the water that will be needed et once, so as to have the greatest quantity at hand to absorb the coffee essence. Then let the pot stand on the stove until the -realer has again come to a good hard boil. Re- move it and the coffee is ready. If you want milk have the mills boil- ed, arid remember that mak 114 better than cream to bring out the coffee flavor, There is one other way to make cof- fee, bat it is nott so good. That is the old-fashioned Yankee method of put- ting the coffee in the pot witb cold water and leaving the pot on the fire until the water comes to a brisk boil. The Yankee coffee pot has a whistle on it which blows when the steam comes out and gives notice that the coffee is ready, just how much coffee to use for each cup no one can tell you truly. Coffee differs as much in strength as it does in flavor. Of one somite you might have to use twice as much as of anoth- er. But this we wish to inspress up- on you; There is a possible disadvan- tage in using too much coffee. Did you aver try to test the odor of con- centrated perfumes in the form in which they are said by the wholesale trade of perfumers? If you open e bottle right under your nose, you will not get a pleasing odor. On the other band, if you hold the bottle at arm's length, and wave it gently to and fro, the nostrils will be delighted with the disseminated essence. So with coffee. All you need is enough to fill the wa- ter with a full-bodied flavor, and more would be not only a waste, but' worse. When you have once learned to dis- tinguish the true flavor from the taste of the roasted vegetable, and sugary matter which most people mistake for it, you will soon leans how much cof- fee to use. BOMB -MA DE CANDIES. Home-made sweetmeats are always very much more appreciated by' the majority of people than slep-bought ones. This is not surprising, for un- less sweetmeats bear the Name of a manufacturer who is above suspicion, and there are few such, there are all sorts of possibilities of adulterated sugar, poisonous coloring waters and uncleanliness in iireparation, Home- made sweets, on the contrary, will he absolutely pure, and the flavor some- thing out of the common run. These successful receipts for sweetmeats are prepared for our readers' benefit tbis morning. Walnut Nougat.--133oneh the skin off one pound weight of walnuts and oboe it into small pieces. Take four (mimes of best honey; place it in a tin vessel, and that again in a saucepan or hot water. Boil 11s tbis until the honey becomes so coagulated that it can be rolled into a. ball; then add one ounce of confeetioner's eugar and the well-beeten white of en egg. Stir well and mix in the walnuts. Have reedy some buttered papers in what'll to pour the nougat mixture, making it es thick OA possible, and, as a final Lowe, dust, sugar over the top of the sweetmeat. It must be allowed to cool before it is cut. Chocolate Caramels.—Take two cups of cooking sugar, Leif a cup of milk, hall a cup of molasses, anti ounee of butter, fresh, anti two ounces of un- sweetened ch000late. Pat all these ingredients in it saucepan, and boil Lor fifteen minutes, stirring regularly. Have near a cupful of cold water, and into this drop 1. few deeps of the syrup at a time, ft it hardens, the mixture is to be taken from the fire. Remove it them and stir the mass steadily until it begins to woe Di this condition, add one teaspoonful or essence of van- illa, and ture the whole mass into flee butterel tins, allowing the syrup to Detain ti (teeth of about halt an Inch. Suet before it quite hardens, mark the careerist into small squares with a knife LUNCHES FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN. It is Letter for a person who is to study all clay to have only a light lunch at noon, and mors hearty food at night. All that; children need who are attend- ing school are sarehviches, soup, salad mai fruits, Some lemon jelly in the place of fruit, or some cooked fig, make a nice varietion, If the children carry their lunch the soup and salad will have to be omitted. The principal thing in preparing a lunch is to have it dainty and attractive. The sandwiches should bo made In difeerent shapes and wrapped in par- affin paper. Sutter the bread before it is cut from the loaf as it will retain the shape better. A nice lunch would consist of one ham sandwich, one let- tuce sandwieb, and en orange, or one thicken sandwich, one celery sandwich an i an apple. Add more fruit in ere - Wane to other food, There are ever- iety of sendwielles, so that the child nevi not have the Ramo kind two days in a week. Whole wheat bread is the most nutritious. Sandwiches made by using dates are very nice. Cheese sand- wiebeS and egg eandavichos may be made. Grate the cheese end spread it thinly on the bread end ;Ammon, Toast- ed cheese amy be mid by siting very thin before, leaating. lo mein eggs, chop baisaboiled egge vary fine, with juin: a little speck of eareley, mei add a very little mustard mixed with vin- egar. In Using lettLire for saa)!.. wiehem, use French dressing, width is made by putting halt lemmata' salt and one saltspoon pepper in a howl, and add six tablespoons %het oil yore gradu- ally. Ada one tea:moan vinegar and shake till white. When the child ',omen home to din- ner he should have as ninell soup as he, wants rather than meat. The soup 0001,1 bo the zuletantial part of the meo.l. Cream Celery Saute—This Is very nut - ani easily made: One quart. milk, 1 pint water, 1 tablespoon 'sta- ter, 2 large tablespoonm flour, 8 roots of velery. Wash and cut the celery in small pieeee cover with cold water an 1 boll till tender. One hour is about long enough. Heat the milk In a dou- ble boiler, melt the butter, stir the flour with it and add to the milk. Drain the celery, seeing water drained out, press through a colander and add to the milk. Season and serve at once, Add the water that was drained off. Stewed Figs.—Cover figs with cold water, soak over night, Klrain, achl fresh water It bay leaf, cook slowly kill tender. To half lb, figs, add 20 Munched almonds, just before the figs are done. Let hoil about a minute. Take out with skimmer and pour over them some of the juice. Use no eager, as figs, and dates, are riot) in natur- al sugar. — GRINNING SKULLS. That Inclosed limepleeeis 10 Early Days or Trance. Soule: timepieces have come within the reach of every one, and watches are =tide large enough for bicycle bars and email enough for a lady's ring, it is curiously interesting to recall some of the old-fashioned ones that served our ancestors so well generations ago. Even to -day some of us bave caught a. glimpse of the portly old gentleman whom Dickens loved to picture with his ornate seals wideguard and enor- mous watch that filled to bursting the capacious fob that was its roasting place but like many other curabersomelash- ione these respectable timepieces are interesting now only as curios. Long before our time or that of our grandfathers watches were made in such fantastic fashion that it is a marvel that their owners managed to carry theta about. No one seems to know the exact date of the first timepiece, but the middle of the fifteenth century seems t have been the period when "portable clocks" began to appear. In the different uol- lections of antiquaries there are a few specimens of the "Nuremburg eggs," or watches made in oval sbapes and ooming from the town after which they were 'named. In the possession of Lady Fitzger- ald, of England, there vete cne which was SHAPED LIKE AN EAGLE, which had a small boy on its back. This odd <tenement was made to hint at the story of Jupiter and Ganymede. The breast of the bird opened to show the dial Lenetith it, and the works were most; elaborately ornamented. Wben the fair owner of tbis treasure did not wish to wear it nn her girdle she could stand it on her table. Gold and silver smiths seem to have let their Riney run riot, during the sixteenth century, and watche-s .made in the form of ducks, ecoras, of cockle shells and of all pessible things made their appearanee. Most of them struck the hour, and one notable invention fixed a diminutive pistol at certain in- tervals. When Henry IL of France, tell in love with Diana of Poitiers, about 1517, she was a Widow and wore mourning. Of course that offered an opportunity to the extravagant courtiers of the day, and the result was that all the ornaments at court were fashionedet- ter such gruesome idees that the ridi- culous was clise upon the sublime, to Ray the least. Rings were formed liked skeletons, tiny coffins of gold were worn as ornaments, and they contain- ed enameled figures of death, but the most striking products of the hour were the watehes, which dangled from fair ladies' belts and whieli represent- ed grinning skulls, the tops of which lifted to disclose the dial plate. Of course, the eyes were jeavele and small fortunes were (spent in the elaborate ornamentation of these fu- neral trinkets. But the wat)hes, the txinkets and the people wh wore them have all passed away, end si.nce 1620, or thereabauts, the flat, oval or round timepiece has been the general favorite. Time does not go so fantastically with us as it did with those untutored geniuses a earlier times, and perhaps our plain substantial watches tell as *mob of our character as did those bi- zarre inventions of earlier days about the mon and women who wore them. THE VEGETABLE WORLD. It Accounts Mei. the Year Being Twelve Months Iona. It is all owing tO tbe vegetable world that the year is 12 months long. It might bave leen sborter or, longer, had Nature arranged affairs differently, as things are new, 11 wever, a little %- fleet:Lon will show that any other arrangement is out of the question. In an interval of 12 month, moor- din.g to Dr. Whewell, "the cyele oI most, of the external influences which operate upon plants is completed." If the earth Were moved by one eighth of its distance, zieerer the sun the year would he a month shorter. In the eourse of it year the fruit trees, es an 058.1111n0, have precisely en- ough time to fulfil their duties; if the year Were twine HS length they would be unable to bring foreb two (leaps of frut, for the reasen that they would not home the winter season for Test. The ascendency of the sap, the put- ing forth of the leaves, the flowering) and the fruit hearing, are all timed precisely according to the seasons, tor this, reason they cannot be altered, and the year is 12 nientbs It lana been calculated Dint there are at least 10,0011 kinds of "vegetable watches," a all kinds, which are timed as 001ri1t415 as nuiehrimail wadies to faint their nett% in the retiree of a Hofer Year NOM MADE FE 1NDIA.1 1•0{1. HOW THE BESTSWORDS ARE MANU- FACTURED AND TESTED. rhe strongest man tit England — Ile Dow: llis *test to weak the .T014001 litee1—lii a Great Poviiiirtle or the quoin. The recent fighting in India has so alarmed Lure Salt:entry that belms prevailed 'spun the (Alien to stend a supply of fine Biredughain swords t.o the English trove in India, writhe a oorrespendent oL the CIevelau 0 lesailee Fighting at close range the English have Leen driven baric from their stronghelds through the impotence of their bayonets whieh crumbled under a thrust, and the delicacy of their awords Ibab snaiipecl when tro.pa of India, en the, other hand, armed with native dirka and swords, made steady advances, and the result was defeat rather than advance. The Queen has opposed the use of aavosas, but now consents to their use, and,proud of Iter work, she has for the first time in the history of Cereal Bri- . thin thrown (pen to the public the royal small arms factory at Sparkbrook near Birmingham. SWORD MAKING. Hitherto the Queen has carefully guarded the making of her rifles and swords, and these who were in thesec- ret, have like Hiram Maxim with his gun, kept to themselves the process by width small arms are made. But in thew days of war talk 1(3 18 net abaci thing to know how these pieces of steel are turned out. 1 In the Gest placeEngland close not pretend to use all the arms that ole manufactures, Let she 5555 (0 mak- ing them and storing them away in the big storehouses for use some day I if need be. The process by which the rifles are i made is not greatly different from that of other countries but the swords have a process of their own which is truly remarkable. I The writer had the pleasure of gen through the small arms factory near Birmingham a feast days ago and of seeing the swords turned out. The bars of crude steel are brougbt in loads to the, factory ready to be made into swords. Me building in which they ars made is a long, low one, and °stela woskinen is impressed with the im- portance of his position. In Her Ma- jesty's workshops there is no such thing as slighting a piece of work. Tee men are paid large sums, even in these days of English low wages, and each understands that be has an important part of the work resting on bis shoulders. The workmen in the first open shops were at work upon bars of rolled steel which they were heating and turning into different shapes, ready to be car- ried red -loot out el the furnace, and deposited Into a massive machine. flora the steel was elongated and cut off at the right length. It woes tben paced under a steam hammer, whieh shaped it in approximately the shape that it finally bears, the rifles being rounded and the sword steel flattened. I It was then put through a bewilder- ing mese of naashinery, g log from ono machine to anether, until It has passed through ono hundred processes, and been carried by twelve milds of leather belting. It was afterwards carried Lo - (30 another building, where final work was put upon it, aad, finally, into the third building, where it was to he test- ed by mathinery. TEE 13IG MAN. The most interesting thing of all is the final testing of the swords. %his 15 11006 by one man, the most powerful workman in the United Kingdom. He weighs nearly three hundred pounds and is as muscular as he is heavy. He is a giant, and coald take a place in may dime museum in the world. Ile is an athlete as well as a gio,nt, and keeps up his streegth by constant ex- 61.°Lse' This mon's work is to test the swords. He has before him an im- 1 intense elm bleier, round and bard, ! without the smallest defect in it, it is absolutely amonth, and there is no chance for a groove or flaw. • As the swords are turned out they are placed in great piles near this huge workman, and the giant takes them one by oils and tries them upon the elm blixik, ED takes his sword in his right band, and with all his force strikes the Mask with the blade. 5± 1(3 proves equal to the test and does not snap, be turns it over and strikes the block with the back of the .sword. He stands alone it a hig, open spree, so that no one can he hurt by a defec- tive 'nem as it flles off. If it passes this test 1(3 18 a pretty good sword, and needs only the thee trial of the bridge. The "bridge" trial eonsists mb bend- ing the sword over a machine until 1(3 describes a beautiful curve. It is then quickly released and must snap back to its former position. It is a fact that one out of five sworcls break beneath the big man's blows, and at each broken ono the big man laughs and rubs lals hands gleefully, for he 1?insifietrinplished his mission—that of ± A DEFECT IN THE STEEL, Te watch him at work you would think he were 0 demon to destroy the :weapon whicb is the pride and le.pe of the Briti.1 army, There has never been an armor scan- dal in Vietoria's works, and perhaps 1(3 is 10 ,thew how elegantly her Leyte arms ere made that she has thrown ' qpsn her factory for 'while inspection. In another part she Lias a very nice deparloaleet where weapoes are re - retired. Here sword handles are re- moved from detective swords and geod Swords put upon thein. A rifle gees through one hundred and fifty peocessee before it isftnally har- , cloned, TMs harlenIng is done by dip- ping when red-hot into 5.105881 con- teirding The sams, ib procesonly tiis etar:i Is merle much finer and the hardening pro,osses are repeated many times. The Queen 18 very proud of her big maa who teeth her r yap arms. and ume when be ANUS taken illshe was sofear- rut of his life that Film sent, the DIM phyeielan <Iowa to Birmingham to treat him free of charge. Swords are AMY being rapidly ship' lied to India, and English soldiers can fight at a :hurt range witheut the crumbling of their weaPoes, • FUTURE PRIME MINISTERS. Geo, N. Careen, Irresetal Cnolor Secretory for Indin anti kiir Maned Crey. There are fwo )'bung men in the House of Commons who are known in the emokluearoom as the future prime ministers. The smoking -room is the connnoielounging plate of tibia is oftan described as the lest club in London. Not only are the hatenate triendships of English publio life form- ed there, but members reveal their characteristic qualities and resources lintinhis confidential atmosphere of this oo I The promising young statesman on the Conservative side is Mr. Curzon. It Is only thirteen years sines he cora- 1 plated, his studies at Oxford, yet in the meantime he Lam travelled widely !in the East, has written three import- ' a,nb volumes on Russian Central Asia, Persia and China, jar an and Korea, and has made a good reputation as a de- bater in the House of Commons. Ile was one or the ciosest students of his day, al, Oxford, aim was regarded as one of the best speakers in the fam- ous Union Society's debates. He made his mark almost at once as a thought- ful writer of books of travel and as a Parliamentary speaker, His literary work justifie4 his first government ap- pointment as Uncler Secretary for In- dia. His skill as a delater opened the way for his promotion to the respon- silobleeigentiosotiofoeUnder-Secretary for the i Mr. Curzon when be was et Oxford, hal the reputation of being somewhat spoiled by aweless and was often twit. - be 1 for having " a superior manner." the House of Commons like every oth- er representative body, is a school where foibles are quickly repressed and manners mended. Mr, Curzon is 'questioned on diplo- matio matters almost iaily when Par- liament is in session, and he bas learn- ed 'both the art of fencing and the secret of amiability. He cannot 1,e !drawn into an indiscreet admission nor into any breach of courtesy. His 'u ment influence, ani deleting o have stea lily improved. 1 His rival on the Liberal side is Sir Edward Grey, who has also filled the office of Tender -Secretary fqr tbe For- eign Office and displayed marked abil- ity as a government whip, or party manager. He, too, is young and has come forward rapidly since he entered Parliament, As a del ater, he is less fluent, not to say brilliant, teen Mr. Curzon, his manner being quieter awl less preten- tious. As a party worker and Duni- , clan he is superior to his rival, He un- dsrsbanris the art of. maintaining dis- cipline in the party ranks without ex- citing heartburning and had feeling. He is the best manager of men on the Liberal sele. ! 'Chose two promising young politi- cians are sometimes pittee against each other In debate, and when this hap - pons, the merits of the two perform- ances of "the future prime ministers" are critically discussed in the smoking - room. Each bas shown in his own way how rapid progress in E'ngligh publio life may be, if a young aspirant for ' political honors be prepared to work hard. and to make the most of every chance., MARKETING EGGS, flow 10 do 11 10 the Whiter — A Inerailke There is at the present season, as usual, an active demand. for "strictly new -laid eggs," but only a limited quantity of eggs of this quality is availaele. Is it not in the interest of merchants to encourage farmers to supply thie want? asks the Monetary Times. There are specialists who make lIt their business to cater to this trade, Ibut for the most part they market their supplies without tbe assistance of the forwarder. But there is no reason proper food, a poor hen house, and an quire special skill in supplying the mar - kat, It has been pointed out recent- ly that there are three tibia reasons why hens do not lay in winter; im- proper food, a por hen house, and an unsuitable class of fowls, We do not propose to go into the details ceseful poultry raisnig, they may be easily acquired by those interested in the industry. The average farmer is of the opinion that there is little pro - tit in ralsiag poultry, but this opinion is not based upon intelligent experi- meut. An authority at the Central Experi- mental Farm, Ottawa, says: "I should slate that on the ten per cent. per diem ration, during last winter, fifty, hens laid sometimes twenty-seven eggs, at others twenty-two eggs per day, and Lor these we got thirty-five cents per dozen in Doceinher, making a return of about 70 cents at a cost of 10 cents. 1 mu ne once mot with the statement, 01 1 a farmer could never get small figures.' Well, then, take half of what I got, It the question be carefully stu- died it will be found that there Is mon- ey alike for the farmer and merehant in this trade, Belgian statisticians tell us that Belgium sells $8,500,000 worth of eggs in the United Kingdom each year, while Denmark annually receives 02,000 000 for eggs hem the same source. Cana :a contributes lea vonipara- tively little to the British Supply, and le capable of doing a great deal more." --- CULTURED INSTINCTS. Our cook is so refinedl le ales? Yes; she has never broken anything but our most expensive and artistic thine. ORM ON T11] DECREASE, ANNUAL REPORT OF ONTARIO'S IN- SPECTOR OF PRISONS. EileiS and Figures welch Show (WU Wank - (wax 44 Iteepaiing- goon; Continou— Costa M Maintaining the Central,. Some interesting farts are contained in the Demme report of the Ontario Inspector of Prison)) and Reformator- ies. Before figures are gone into, it is eta ted that the majority of the jails in the province are poor, both from a sanitary point of view and a leo for the classificatioi of prisoners Elopes aro entertained that the coining year will see some improvements in this r"iluesactn Dg the poet year there has been a desire on the part of counties to establish county, hOlitlee, This the de- partment think is 11. step in the right direction, as It will relieve the jails from overcrowding. Another thing that was plainly shown by the figures was tbat drunk- enness was on the decrease. There had been 1,716 coramittals during the past twelve months, and that was a de- crease of 191 from the previous year. In the last fifteen years there had been a noticeable falling off In in- ebriates. In 1882 there were 4,777 come mittals for drunkenness, Tbis, the re- port says, shows the result of legis- lation end the work done by the tem- perance people in the jails. 598 COMMITTALS The number of committals to the Central Prison were 508, which, with 880 in custody on °atelier ist, makes the total number incarcerated during the year 174, This is two less than the previous twelve months. Only once In live years were the committals so few, while the average population, 898, is the highest known to the prison This is accounted for by the fact that during the history of the prison, down to 1896, the average sen- tence bad been six months and 22 days, while in 1897 the average was increased to nine months, allowing that long sentences bave a beneficial effect. The off of committals has been most marked, and the indica- tions seem to point to a diminution of crime in the province. The number of vagrants this year is much below the number of previous years. The aver- age for the past three years has been 56, compared with 125 for the three years previous to 1894. The cost per capita. maintenance of prisoners has been 89.1 cents per day, against 48.8 rents of 1896, or e decrease of 57 cents. Ct :ST ob"ria t: CENTRAL The total outlay at the Central was e56,806.24, as against 563,777.77 in '90. The net earnings of industries amount- ed. to e21,690.59, reducing the cost of maintenance to 22 vents per prisoner. The total net costs for the year were 02,115.68. In the Central there are a number of cells that ars inadequate. In the hospital there is no provision for the separation of the patients. The school- room evils too small and inadequately equipped. There bas been a great falling off in the number committed to the On- tario Reformatory for Boys, There were only 57 commitments in the last twelve months, es compared with 55 the previous year. The average popu- lation has Sons down from 209, in 1890, to 132, and the number in residence, 125, is the smallest en revere SOMI9 RECOMMENDATIONS The report recoramencis that the in- mates of the Mercer Reformatory be given more systematics employment. Last year there Were 99 oommittals, or six less than the year before. To the iRneflugme there were sent 22, against 24 The total number of commitments was 8,881, as compared with 9,058 for 1896, showing a, decree.% of 171. Of this number, 444 were committed for crimes against the person, while 176 were sent to jail for crimes against publio morels and decency. BEST WAY TO ASCEND STAIRS. How a Iresitment,:tiler Noy be Made A physician who declares that but very few people know how to walk up- stairs properly gives these instructions. Venally apeman will tread on the ball ot his foot in taking each step. This is very tiresome en11 wearing on the muscles, as it throws the entire sus- pended weight of the body on the mus- cles of the feet mid legs. Youshould Ito walking or climbing stairs, seek for the meet equal distribution of the body's weight possible. in walking up- stairs your fent should be placed squarely clown on the step, heel end all, and then the work should be per- formed slowly, and deliberately. In this way there is no .strain upon any particular muscle, but each one is do - tag its duty in a natural manner. The Mail who goes upstairs with a spring you may be sure is no philosopher, or, at tenet, hia seasoning bas not been directed to that sitbject. The doctor might have gone e. little further in that same line and protested against the habit wheal many persons have of bending over half double whenever they aseena a flight of stairs. in erLiou of this kind, When the head. is !laterally exeitea to more rapid melee it is desirable •thea the lungs ;should hive full play. But, the ()retching position. interfers with their tuition, the MOM is isuperfeetly neritted and there is trouble right away. Give the lungs a chance to do their work, everywhere and at all times. III; HAD. Have you any! visible means or sup - pert? asked the judge. 0, yes, your holler, replied rho pria. oner. After fumbling in his pocket for ti few seconds he laid before the magie- trate a tined. on which Wea printed in bold type the words: Theee's 8 seeker been every minute. COVERED BY BRITISH FGAG IS ALL THE GOLD TERRITORY LATE. - LY DISCOVERED. .sro illtelilpIeoUeu anti Lake of the "fowls 41 °Walla — Keeton:0, 11031 Wale in Itrillsh Columbia —Tho Kinnalite in Northwest ('eneto. Aceorling to a correspondent of TIM New York Engineering and AUning, Journal the outloisk for mining in Bias tisk Columbia is splendid. It is seem°. whet remarkable feet, he says, ttat al- most, all the great diseoveeles of gold within the last tWO Dr three years Cai the North American Continent bevie been in British territory. We have Miehipieote,n and the Lake tot the Woods ith Ontario, we have Kootenay, and Yale in .British Columbia and the Klondike is Northwest Canada. In 9,11 obese countries Bridal) Law and ordei prevail and British justice is admin. latered, and that in snots a manner as to command not only the admiration aod respect of Britons theenzerves, but t he unqualified approval of every Amp eriettn engaged. en 'alining there. Money, can be safely invested In Wes.' tarn Canada and in wisely invested be, men acquainted wilth the country end its people it will yield a large natures So fax as Yukon, le concerned, I feel that Sittig the 'country its opened up by railways and the telegreph most of the gold, will be secured by L INDIVIDUAL BONERS. who, steely, or ea small mattes go its and work their own claims. No doubt large companies wild L the meantime make considerable profit on trading and transportation, and later, when the country is more accessible and the quartz deposits whien undoubtedly ex- ist there are exploited, they may make large sums in mining.. I In British Columbia., especially in 1 Kootenay and Yale, there are mane openings for the enviestanent of %p- 1 ital. As regards miming it is essenti- ally a country for the operations oil companies wirth large capital. Small companies or private indivictuals can a course. acquire laims, develop them 05 little, and then re -sell to larger come panies. New rooms anti villages are seising up all over the country, and fortunes will be made by those who kunst discreetly in building lots and real estate. In thes direction a great deal of money has already been made, and is being made to -day. Take thd town of noseband is an illustration. Three years sloth the town was pron. riontexiatent, and to -day it haS a population of about 7,000. It has two ways. and in addition the Canadian Pa- ddle Railway intend to build there next year. There are three banks, about 150 busts -less establishments, exclusive of the anima, large hotels, churches seboola two daily papers, electric lighb, telephones, etc. The city is governed by a mayor a414 corporation, and ite assessment amounts to e,bout 5800.000. Lots in the principle streets have been sold at 51,000 and £1,500 each, that two or three ,years since could have been bought, for 520 or 551. Rose- land in likely to be a large cite, and. to experience still further appreciation' In amines. Se in eelson and other ,tceens. What has ocieurred here will be repeated. to .some extent in other towns throughout the country. GOOD LNTEREST RATES. Geeing to the fact that ninthly every men in the country hes his &rare cash Invested in mines, money can be loaned on Rest -eines security, in first mort- gages on city real estate. to return the investor 12 ner cent. per ennum. Surely It is worth remembering theft all these opportunities of which I speak are in one of our own British coloniaa, and within 12 days' journey of Lon- don lin a country where British insti- tutions preVaIl., where our judges ere elected for liee, and justice is firmly; and impartially administered. We 'have no native troubles of any ktridt nor are we likely to }save, foe we tree our bullets with consideration. Practically every anale British sub- ject who is of ege has a vote, and we have Parliament elected by the people and not by an insignifioant minarity. thereof as in a certain country where pnglishmen have pewee). out money, like welter. There will be no Jamieson raid in British Cellulite)), or the Yukoe, nor ere there likely to be any sere ous political troubles, for the people are free nail govern themselves, and, illlere can be no strongera, guarantee th this fcuioit'tnlise permanenee of political inste i These surely are considerations to carry weight wide British investors as also should the knowledge of this fad that in every part of Canada are men and woolen WhO are baye1 to the hearts mire, and who proudly join with us in arknewledging the sovereignty of our beloved Queen, end in sharing the cit- izenship at the greatest Empire the world has ever known," NOT TO 1313 EVADED. Vallee I hissed the burglar, and turn- ed and fled awns into the niglit. For he ha'l evaded the improved bur.' Oar alarm only to diseover that there was an old-fashioned rocking cheer to, the front parlor. WANTE1T—A -REST. Won't you take a sera? said the'free- tleman in the cite, rising and lifting 1115 lak you, sold the girl W 1.4o,ttbrinith the skates over her arm, Pee been skating and I'111 tined of sitting down. HIS EXPI911119NCE, Trivvet--Lelb, me tell you nay 05p05 ienee with the hteyele. Dicer—Are you a scorcher Trivvel—No ; I ein 8. soorehee. PROFESSIONAL OPINION, What do you think of my 401'0 asked ‘Vhipples of the critic, T think you were wl o 10 make it your last.