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yeast cake dissolved in one-quar-
ter cupful of lukewarm milk and •
enough sifted flour to snake a stiff
batter. ('a5ver and plane where it
will keep warm over night. In the
morning blend a beaten egg with
the dough, add one-half cupful of
xee<led raisins and roll out the mix-
ture in a sheet {,tree -quarters of
an inch in thickness, Put in a brit -
Lewd dripping pan or a deep pie
plate, having in its eenher tr muffin
ring or piece of stiff paper pinned
together to make a ring. Cover
and lot rise until double its original
bulk. Brash with melted butter,
sprinkle with powdered sugar and
cinnamon, and bake in a moderate
oven about half an horn',
POUSE111ti) LP
CHOICE 1t)';CIPF.R.,
Cabbage with Cream -The so-
called plebeian oabbago may be
served in a number of appetizing
and Attractive waye, Prepared
with ere:lin it is .specially dainty.
Wash 'and blaech••the cabbage well.
When cool remove the outer leaves
and chop the rest fine. Put into a
saucepan with a large lump of but -
tor, some salt and pepper. Thicko:t
with about a tablespoonful of flour
and then add a cupful of sweet
cream. MIX thoroughly and cook
for about three-quarter e of an hoar.
Heap on a ihot dish and servo. This
will secampany any meat, and is a
Particularly wholesome dish.
Braised Veal. -Lard evenly two
sides of a piece of veal, dredge with
salt and pepper and a Title flour.
Lay two or three thin slices el pork
in the button of an iron put, and
as soon as lightly browned lay in the
veal with a small carrot sliced, ane
onion sliced, a bay leaf and a sprig
or two of parsley. Add two cup-
fuls of veal stock (this can be made
from sone of the veal bones which
the butcher will throw in if you
ask hurt), and simmer steadily for
two .,or 1lrree hours until tender
and a golden brown, It must be
basted frequently during the brais-
ing; adding some stock if neces-
sary.
stew
Prune Souffle. -Soak and rte
two dozen prunes, and when ten-
der press through a colander: To
the beaten whites of four eggs add
six tablespoonfuls of powdered su-
gar and the -prunes and beat well.
Put into the mixture oue table-
spoonful of sifted flour, one-
-quarter teaspoonful cream tartar
and one teaspoonful of lemon ex-
tract. Bake twenty minutes in a
slow oven. Serve 'cold with sauce
made as follows: One pint of sweet
milk, three-quarters of a cup of su-
gar, the yolks of four eggs and one
teaspoonful of lemon, 'made into a
soft custard. The sauce should also
be cola when served.
Apple Slump. -Put two quarts of
pared, sliced or quartered . apples,
with one pint of water. into the
clislt in which the slump is to be
eooked. Take one quart of sifted
flour and mix through it three tea-
spoonfuls of baking powder; then
rub one teaspoonful of butter into
it. Mix with a little colcl milk or
water, the same as for bisouit. Roll
the crust about an inch thick, cut
it into quarters, and with it cover
the apples, in the dish ; then cover
the whole with a close -fitting cover
and boil or steam until done. Take
out on a platter and grate nutrneg
over the apples. Serve with a
sweet sauce or sugar and cream.
Fricassed Chicken, -Cut two
fowls into joints. Season them with
salt and pepper, and dip each ()DO
in flour. Put them in 0 saucepan
and cover with boiling water. Let
them cook very gently for about
two hours, or until very tender.
When they are done put three table-
spoonfuls of butter in a frying pan,
add the same amount of 'Bone, rub
smooth, then add the water in which
the chickens have been boiled, which
should not ainount to more than a
quart. After the gravy ,has boiled
up adcl a, cupful of rich cream, and
.season with salt, white pepper and
a little cayenne. Just before re-
moving from the fire add an egg
well beaten. Pour over the ehrrken,
w•hieh should be laid on toast or
soda biscuits cutin halves.
Potato Chowder, --Pare and cut
into died five good-sized potatoes
and threw into cold water. Cut
a quarter pound slice of fat ham
into sln'ods and put it in a frying
pan with a minced onion and fry a
light brown. Put a layer of pota-
to dice in a kettle, sprinkle in ham,
onion, - salt, pepper and minced
parsley, then add more potatoes,
pork, anion, etc., until all are used.
Acrd the fat in which tlhe onions
were fried, and a pint of cold water.
Cover and cook gently until the po-
tatnos aro nearly done, about twen-
ty minutes, .Rub a tablespoonful
of butter and same of flour toa
smooth paste (roux) and stir into
the chowder;then when it begins
to thicken acid a pint of hot milk,
stir carefully together so as not to
break the potato dice.
Checken Stew; --•Cut a young but
full-grown chicken and put it on to
stew in a pot with plenty of water,
adding salt only ; then take a faint
of flonr, one egg and water doou;gh
to mix into a very stiff dough, which
knead till perfectly. smooth. I3:o11
OUt into 4 sheet as thin ns'lpossible,
and let it stand to dry for at least
an hour, then cut into narrow'
strips, pull these into pieces two or
three inches long, and drop --one
by one --into the boiling stew ---with
plenty of water in it --and boil for
at least an ,lour, shaking the pot
'occasionally, but never starring or
the dumplings will stick together.
When ;done, pour all into a large
Platter and dust with pepper. This
is a cleli.cioue stew, and the dump-
lings,
lings, besides being tender 4n<1
ioothsonre, con bo.. enter r with irn
lstriri6!l by an vrvali<l.
Coffee Bread, -Add to one env-
hi
n l a-
ftil of scalded milk one-third cupful
of shortening, a cupful of sugar and
tine -half teaspoonful of sal,;, Cool ie..
USE.1UL TINTS,
Hot sunshine will remove scorch.
Hat tartaric acid will take ink
stain's out of white cloth.
A package or envelope sealed with
white of egg cannot be steamed
upon.
Even delicate glass can be safe-
ly washed in very hot water if slip-
ped in edgewise.
Mutton tea is a pleasant ohange
from beef tea to many invalids, and
is very wholesome.
Insects like neither salt nor alum
and enough adheres to the carpet
to keep them away.
If feather pillow's have an un-
pleasant odor give them a thorough
drying before a clear fire.
A piece of salt pork cut thin and
bound on a corn or bunion at night
will give great relief.
Never keep bread and cake in. the
same box, as the cake loses its
flavor and tastes like bread.
Rice possesses more nutriment
than wheat, oats or barley, It will
sustain life longer than any other
starch producing plant.
Burning oil is spread by water.
To extinguish it throw down flour,
sand or earth. The idea is to pre-
vent the oil spreading.
You may keep the top of your
kitchen range clean when frying
steak, etc., by having two sheets
of asbestos prepared as covers.
Clotheslines and pegs will last
much longer if they get boiled for
ten minutes when new. It is a good
plan to repeat the boiling occasion-
ally.
Sew buttons on firmly. Do not
put a lot of cheap work and trim-
ming on a dress of cheap materi-
al. Rather get better material and
snake it up simply.
Mend - a cracked stove with a ce-
ment made of wood ashes and salt
in equal proportions, reduce to a
paste with. cold -water. Fill cracks
when stove is cool.
It is not generally known, but to
prevent cakes from burning, place
a little bran at the bottom of the
tins. This will save a lot of grumb-
ling and vexation.
Many women put paper pads un-
der the stair carpet, and layers of
thick brown paper under room car-
pets. These underlays cost nothing,
and can, therefore, be burnt instead
of beaten and beaten and re -used
as a felt has to be.
Before relaying -the carpets after
the spring cleaning try washing
around the edge of the floor to the
depth of a yard frons -the baseboard'
with a strong solution of alum
water. Several times a month
sprinkle salt over the carpet before
sweeping.
For a liquid shampoo take four
ounces of finely grated Castile soap,
cover with a quart of cold water,
let cook until it terms a jelly. Take
from the fire and add two thorough-
ly bnaaten eggs; shake well, and it
is ready for use.
For coughs, put a lemon in the
oven, leave it until warmed
through, then squeeze I out the
juice, and add sufficient honey or
sugar to make a thick syrup. Keep
it warm, and take a teaspoonful
when the cough is troublesome.
Buy a strip of asbestos cloth and
use small squares to interline your
iron -holders. Keep a good-sized
piece fastened to your ironing board
to Save the sheet, and lay a square
Under the table pad where the 'sheat
platter rests,
To prevent a shabby, dull look
coining to the kitchen painter, wood-
work, wash it in bran water, made
by boiling one pound of 'bran in a
gallon of water for an hour.
Hard water is softened by having
a little powder limo put in, which
at once throws down the chalk in
it. The clear fluid can then ' be
boiled without risk of• timing pot
or kettle. -
Light straw hat may be cleaned
by being brushed with flour of sol
phos, moistened With lemon juice.
Rinse the hat well with clear, cold
water,• but clo net let it lie in ivater
and 0Oa.1.
Egioil parts of tnrpentinc and
ammonia will take paint .;out of
clothing, even if hard and dr'y. Sat
ureic tete spot its often as neecs-
sary and wash eff. -the spot with
warm soapy water.
• To •iron silk sprinkle, the article
to be ironed with water, then roil
them tightly in a towel, alter this
it is easy :.to iron out the creases,
Do not use a very 'hot iron, as the
silk quickly discolors.
When purchasing tinned meat
notice the tin. 1f it bulges out;
Wards in any part the meat.is pro-
bably unlit to eat, an native -Nil
hedge being a sign that the tin was'
not properly sealed and air Iixs got
ISTERNA9'IONAL LESSON,
JANUARY18,
IOBNon VII, The ministry of John
the Baptist, Mark 1. 1.8; Luke 3.
1-20. Golden 'Text, mate. 3, 2.
MARK 1. 1-8.
Verso 1. Mark sloes not concern
himself with the earlier life of
Jesus, but proceeds at once with
the narrative of his public ministry
and preaching,. to which he refers
as Tho beginning of the gospel of
Jesus Christ, The proclamation of
that gospel (glad tidings) continued
even after the Christ Was no longer
among men. It began with the ut-
toranccs that fell from the lips of
Jesus himself. The use of the dou-
ble name Jesus Christ indicates the
-established faith of the writer in
Jesus as the Messiah, which fart,,
is further refine, by the addition
of the phrase the San of God.
2. In Isaiah the prophet -Only
the 'substance of verso 3, net that of
verso 2, is found in Isaiah (40. 3).
The reference to my messenger is
taken from Malachi 3, 1, a prophecy
which was applied by Jesus himself
to John the Baptist.
3. Tho voice of one crying in the'
wilderness -Tho • figure in this in-
stance, as in the prophecy of Mala-
chi,
ala
chi, is that of a forerunner sent by
an Oriental monarch in advance of
his journeys to see to it that roads
and highways are cleared of ob-
stacles and prepared for his use.
4. John came heralding in the
wilderness the coming of One great-
er than an Oriental monarch, and
preparing human hearts and minds
to receive the Christ by the preach-
ing of repentance unto i•emission
of sins. •
5. All the country -Multitudes of
the inhabitants from all parts of
Judaea. The appearance of this
new prophet stirred the whole na-
tion. Luke specifies publicans and
soldiers and Matthew, Pharisees and
Sadducees as being ammng those
who went out to the river Jordan
to hear John preach.
8. Camel's hair . a leathern
girdle -A short tanic7j of coarse
camel's hair cloth (noli of camel's
skin), fastened about the waist with
a girdle of corresponding simpli-
city, made probably`of rough, un-
tanned leather and like. those worn
by Bedouins and dervishes to -day.
Locusts . wile, honey Food
such as the desert afforded. In
Lev. 11. 22 we find enumerated the
species of wild locusts, the eating
of which is permitted by law.
7. Mightier than I -So much
mightier that John feels himself un-
worthy to render the service of a
bondservant or slave.
Worthy -Greek, sufficient.
8. Water . . . Holy.. Spirit -Tho
contrast gives us the key to John's
humility. John's baptism unto re-
pentance was in itself incomplete,
even as repentance itself is incom-
plete and ni.ust be supplemented by
tiro control of new impulses and
aspirations (compare the parable
in Matt. 12. 43-45.)
LUKE 3. 1-20.
Verse I. The fifteenth year -Pro-
bably A. D. 25-28, reckoning A. D.
11, the year when Tiberius Was
made the colleague of Augustus
with equal authority over provinces
and armies.
Tiberius Caesar -The second Ro-
man emperor and successor to Cam-.
sar Augustus.
Pontius Pilate -The procurator
or governor of Judaea, an inferior
official position in the Roman em-
pire, in view of the comparatively
small importance to the empire of
the province intrusted to him.
Herod -Herod Antipas, son of
Herod the Groat. In A, D. 40 he
was banished to Spain: • The entire
public ministry of Jesus falls within
the period of his reign, and most. of
it within the territory over which
he ruled.
Tetrarch -One o£ four rulers, that
is, ruler over one fourth part of
his father's dominion,
Ris brother- Really his half bro-
ther:
Ituraea -The. valley region at the
foot of Hermon.
Trachonitis--In the ancient ter-
ritory of Bashan.
, Lysa,tias-Otherwise unknown.
Abilene --A small province of
Syria.
,2, Annas and Caiaphas-Annrts,
the rightful life occupant of the of -
fico according to Jewish law, had
been -deposed by the Roman gover-
nor, and ono after another his sons
put in his place. The fourth of triose
was Caiaphas, who, from the time
of his appointment (A.D. 18), was
recognized by, the Roman authori-
ties as the rightful' incumbent of
the position. Loyal Jews, however,
would still regard, :Alinas as the
real high priests
3=8, Compare eomments on naval
lel verses in Mark given above.
7.Offsiir.ing of vipers -A wilder-
ness metaphor and meet aplugipr'i-
ate in its characterization of the
particular group of people to wiulm
it was - addressed.
8. 'Wo Have Abraham to ow, fr:t-
tlior-•-Linea] desconclanee frena Ab
r'aham Wvas considered a sufficient
guarantee of divine favor by timet
JoSvvs.
tour; . . children--Ilohrawi
baelin . , , abanim--:a play on words
not laelcing in emphasis,''
9. The ax nisv lieth at the root
of the trees -The ax of the garden-
er or husbandman, ready for use as
the harvest shall determine which
of the trees of the orchard are no
longer profitable.
12. Publicans -That is, collectors
or renters of Roman taxes.; men
who paid to the Roman government
a specified sunt in lieu of the• taxes
from a given district and who, by
the collection- of. exorbitant taxes,
then proceeded • to enrich them-
selves.
13. Extort -Extortion was the
s0. common -method of collection, Those
who could escape paying naturally
14. Soldiers -Greek, soldiers on
service. The exhortation given
these men indicates some of the
wrongs they were commonly guilty
of.
17. Fan -Such as were commonly
used in connection with threshing,
the grain being thrown, together
with the chaff, against the wind,
which, in driving back the chaff,
permitted the grain to fall to the
ground in a heap by itself, after
which it was gathered into the gar-
ner.
Unquenchable fire -Not necessar-
ily eternal, but unquenchable in the
sense of beyond control or mastery.
19. For Herodias his brother's
wife -For whom he had divorced
another wife, and whom he had per-
suaded to forsake her .husband.
Lake regards the indignity shown
to the Messiah's forerunner in east-
in.g him into prison as among the
greatest wrongs perpetrated by the
wicked governor.
A JOKE ON SERVICE.
•
Mr. R. W. Service.
Some time ago a British Colum-
bian wrote a book of verse entitled
"Derby Day in the Yukon, by Yu-
kon Bill." The real name of the
author clic, not appear, but who-
ever it was signed the name, "M.
Markwell" in writing to the George
H. Doran Company of New York,
who published the book; and the
Doran people wrote back to "M.
Markwell, Esq."" •
When the book came out, Robert
W. Service, the famous Yukon poet,
received a copy from the publish-
ers, and when in New York some
tinge afterwards he sent this fetter
of appreciation to the head of the
films
"Dear Sir: Shortly before leav-
ing Dawson I received your book,
`Derby- Day in the Yukon,' and beg
to thank you for your kindness -in
sending it to me. T thought the
book was bully good stuff and quite
true of the Land God Forgot. I
showed it among my friends, and
much curiosity was expressed as to
the identity of Yukon Bill. How-
ever, all agreed that the atmos-
phere, expression, and tune were
the real thing, and that the is as-
suredly a Sourdough of an early
vintage.
"Needless to say, I was innneliso-
ly flattered at the lines -addressed
to myself. I thank. the Writer from
the bottom of my heart and wish
him all prosperity and success.• - I
will write 110 more Yukon verse,
so he has a clear field. In conclu-
sion, I wish again to express my
.appreciation of his veracious and
viriln versos, and thank him fur the
.genuince pleasure they gave me.
• Sincerely yours,
"ROBERT. SERVICE."
It now turns out that the book
was written by a woman. And she
bed. never. seen the Yukon !
ip
. HOW -ANTMVIAL'S FEED.
When one 'thinks of the, many ciu•i-
ows ways in which common animals
Partake of their toed, one realizes
an0re than ever the vast difference
there is between classes in the crea-
ture kingdom. For instance, the
squirrel carries 1ti food to its mouth
by means of its paws, whilst the oho-.
pliant uses its trunk, The giraffe,
ant -eater, and toad employ their
tongues, but spiders masticate
their food with horny lows, The
caterpillar is provided with sate
edged jaws, end uses Ahem so well
that every <Inv he consumes at least
three times his own weight in food
Toads, turtles, and tortoises do not
possess teeth. Frage have only tin
upper row of tenth, arid lnb�trrs
nod eralls'liavn a set of teeth in their
stomachs. The (ager and lion do not
grind theh' food as we Inuntrrrs clo g
es a. ;latter of fart, their teeth only:
.work With an lip-anal-cimvn • ,neve-
'Meet rti5Cli like chopping k•iivee,
THE ENERGY OF CHURCHILL
NEW BEAD OF 'l'IHE IIRUTI811
A0MIRAL'rY.
Important Reforms Have Already
Been Introduced in the Navy
By Him.
Young Winston -Churchill is being
taken seria'usly by a large pait of
fin British press and public, writes
a London correspondent. This tri-
bute to his ability has been a lung
time coming, but apparently many
who were disposed to criticize his
methods ,and temperament are now
of the, opinion that he has a certain
force, which is being used for the
good of the nation.
The change in public opinion- in
the matter has been 'sudden. A
month or two ago i,lr. Churchill was
merely a bac, boy hardly worthy of
adult notice except in the way of ad-
monition. The nubile would not
forget a certain reported music hall
episode of his early youth or the
Sidney Street affair during his ser-
vice as Home Secretary, when. un-
der •his personal direction a body of
troops and a considerable portion
of the Metropolitan Police laid siege
to a London tenement in which two
alleged murderers were supposed
to be hiding.
There was plenty of enc•ou'age-
inent given to the publie not to for-
get. Even now music hall come.
dians have fun with the young, man.
They parody Sir Joseph Porter's
sang from "Pinafore" with bar.
Churchill in Sir Joseph's place as
First Lard of the, Admiralty, "the ,
ruler of the King's navee." "Win-
nie," they call him, and the audi_
emcee always laugh. None of the
known peculiarities of Mr. Church-
ill escapes mention.
MEANING OF THE CHANGE.
There was a good deal of adverse
comment when Mr. Churchill be-
came Home Secretary in the As-
quith Ministry. The Opposition
newspapers refused to take him ser-
iously. When he traded Cabinet
places with Mr. McKenna, then
First Lorca of the Admiralty, much
of the irony that would have been
littered by press and publie at Mr.
Churchill's. expense was sidetracked
in animated discussion of the mean-
ing of the, change.
There had -been danger of war
with Germany shortly before. -That
the Government 'had decided that
the fleet needed an overhauling, an
application of new methods, was
generally ,accepted as the underly-
ing reason. It wa.s argued that the,
Government wanted more push and
energy in the Admiralty, and that,
in spite of all that had been ,said
about him,' nobody had push and
energy developed better than this
young man, -half English, half
Amer:con. The fleet is very dear to
the average Britisher'et heart, and,
the experiment of putting Winston
Churchill lit the head of the.Atimir
silty was watched with verying de-
grees of hope and trepidation.
Mr, Churchill's first move was to
have a new deal in the composition
of the administrative body known as
the Sea •Lords. He appointed new
men. There was much comment is
this rather radical move, but on the
whole it was not in the line of ad-
verse criticism.
SURPRISING APPROBATION.
The recent creation of a naval
general :staff has been received with
a degree of approbation that, is 0017-
prisingfin View of what amounted to
a ,habit in eertain quarters to poke
fun at anything of an admin-_ trative
character fur error}) Mr. Churchill
was responsible, The general staff
idea had its opponents, quite as ac-
tit•c as its frientb. and until Mr.
Churchill took the bull by flu' horns
andeannonnced to the country that n
general etaff wens to he ereat.d
without saying "li,y your ]cave." to
Parliament or anybodyelse,.the op-
position was in the a,scendaat: But
when the ,thing. was done, there was
a chorus of approbation and mighty
little booing.
• Under his authority as -First Lord
of the Admiralty Mr, Churchill has
created an operations division and
assigned a high racking officer to
take there.) of it with the. title of
director, Other el ivectore, of other
new divisions were n.esigeecl from
the 'naval list.,
"Tho -personnel of the War Staff,"
ho •se.:d in an explanatory memoran-
dum, "will. evlisi,stof • naval officers
fresh from the sea and returning to
the sea fairly•frequent1y,"
ANOTHER REFORM .
is provision for frequent cu,asulta-
tien and 0o -operation hetivecn the
army .and the navy in the prepara-
tion of war plans. 's
• "The navy and • the .artny," 'to'
(note Lord Haldane, the Seoreta:ry
of State fol. War. "axe now Wag
to en -operate, in this problem 'if de-
fence. in a fashion they never did be-
fore:" In 'lois memorandum -Mr,
Churchill made it plain .that lir. i'r-
trader, to do, his utinest to •7belislr
what '.he. •',ailed ""Watertight eeni-
partnlenls,". utean.ii1 ilte estalilish-
rrtent of a bureaucratic f.veten 1'1
:which pathlveveeu +/alae ee 1> e �...te- I
(fent unto itself without' itt',.eeeary
Co-ai'd:na.tien and do -oat roti +n in
the various, elements of the naval
establishment. TO overcome this he
intends to bring the heads of the
General Staff divisions int„ fre-
quent consultation with the arlricf of
the General Staff, so that each 16311
regard- himself as pail of a,whole
and riot a separate entity, laving
mal responsibility or relationship to
the other branches of the, naval es-
tablishment.
To guard further against falling
into a rut Mr. Churchill las hiN b d
the entire commiesione 4 pons mnel
of the fleet to give play t', pr ,fes
•sinus, opinion. That is a rather
dangerous experiment in a great
navy, but Mr, Churchill apparently
believes that it will clo gou•.l in
brushing away the eobwe b., that are,
bound to appear it constant effort
is not made to destroy them.
Mr. Churchill hasrather pleased
a nation disposed to criticize his
acts and is now experiencing the un-
usual pleasure 4'f being regarded
seriously.
STAMP COLLEC'TIN(l.
Great Many More C'olleetors Than
Ten Years Ago,
Stamp collectors were interested
some clays ago l,y the first new
Newfoundland postage stamps
bearing the head of the Prince of
Wales to arrive here.
The young prince, •like his father,
is an enthusiastic stamp collector.
His collection was included in the
London exhibition five years ago.
One, of its chief"Features is a unique
collection of the stamps of his
namesake colony, Prince of \Vales
Island; in which the Prince of,
Wales takes a keen interest.
Stamp collecting seems to be tak-1
ing a firmer hold on its devotees'
and making more recruits than'
ever. W. S. Lincoln, one of the
best-known philatelists in London,'
England, says that there are thou-:
sands more collectors than there,
were ten years ago. Within that
period, he says, stamp collecting
has grown from an art to a science.
In the old days people collected
for quantity, but now it is quality
only that counts. Value is found`
to -day in watermarks. In some
kinds of stamps perforations are,
the hallmark of excellence. In
British stamps, for example, • the
rarest are those with fourteen per-
forations on the long side. But'
there are cases in which those with
fourteen and a half or fifteen per''-'
forations are the prize specimens.
The penny and halfpenny stamps
of King Edward always used to
have fourteen.. perforations. The
new stamp printers, whose first
Georgian stamps raised an outcry,
are still supplying halfpenny and
penny Edward stamps, some of
which have fourteen and a half and
others fifteen perforations. Before
long they will cease to issue Ring
Edward stamps and these fourteen
and a half and fifteen perforation
specimens will become scarce, or
even rare. '
Another stamp which should. soon
become valuable is the. Italian war
stamp surcharged "Tripoli," as
their issue continued only for a
very short time.
CRAZY QUER.IES,.
Short and sharp would be the
shrift of the person who Glared to
intimate that every one of us at
tinges utters in perfect good faith
ridiculous ----not to mention nonson-
stcal remarks. 'ret the fact is indis-
putable. For instance, what can be
more foolish than the question.
"Oh, there you are, are you 2" Yet
this is asked scores of times a day.
Just as absurd is the query, ''Hel-
lo, going out'" put to one palpably
preparing to leave the house.
Equally wauting in •sen is a que'-
tion so after put by a wife to i16r
husband. He is perhaps at the most
crucial point in his morning shave,
When the door bursas open, and This
better -half exclaims, "Are- you
shaving, darling The darling s
razor -hand .lips, lelvi'hg in its wake
a lovely gash and one could £argil e
him if he sarcastically exclaimed,
"Not I'm just cutting myself :" And
yet his wife would think hien tea•ribly
ir'r:table if he pointed out that her
silly query Was rvsp.,nsilile for .the
damage:
iVIl:SAPl'R1:1aENDED,
1crtie---"'Phone roses you sent
me acre lovely and fresh. I do be-.
lieve thereis n little dew on then;
still'
George --"Well, there is since yeti
tncni f,m it: but I shall pay it off
rhertl,y,'s
OCEAN-GOING STEAMSHIPS
POSSIBLE 'T0 T11I. HEAD OP
D,:1141': WINNIPEG,
Manitoba's llinlerland'11 I'rolrtising
Country, Sny's (',N,tt,
Report.
•A ,.nighty waterway, whii'li, with
only filty-six riles of canal wuuld
enable a,c1rl11-„wing steamers to
steels) right to the head of Lake
Winnipeg, neer white coal to tie, ex
tent of over seven rnilliun horse-
power running t'0 waste en avis one
riven', the Nei on, lie told of• in a:
report prepared by the Canadian
Northern Railway en the vast hili-
tcrland to the, north of Manitoba.
Agriculture, the report says,
11101141is
not likely to to any great
extent along this portion of the
treck of the National 1 ranseenthems-
tel. From :tire, time the clay belt is
left until Winnipeg is readier, there
is but a sncceeeion of swamp and
rock. Earning land exists along
this track, but in patches only; the
lakes ard rivers teem with 11
Which when transportation is pro-
vr<1•d, will, if properly cared for,
prove almost inexhaustible , eurces
of commercial supply ; and there are
indleptians of the rock being of
highly mineralized nature.
TO THE NORTH
is an area covered with spruce and
jack pine, which engineers are ir--
elined to believe is a recurrence of
the clay belt of northern Ontario.
The spruce here is of exceptionally
fine quality and will be alert valu-
able for miner.. when trans-portation
is available, but its use for refores-
tation appears to be doubtful, as,
owing to the far northern loeation,
the growt'h of timber is very snore.
Nertrh of the, Saskatchewan River
and Lake Winnipeg the. report
shows that the country is level nn<1
swampy, with every indication ths2
when the land is drained a rich agri-
cultural area will remain. The en-
gineers are under the impreseeon
that the construction of a rarlread
and the consequent drainage would
be sufficient to render the land in
the vicinity of the roadimme.d'iately
.accessible. Port Nelson is strangle
advised as the Hudson Bay term_-
nus, for the country is arable all tae'
way, whereas if Fort Chur errs,,
thould be chosen the last lir-1e`y
mile is sterile. -
A considerable section of the re-
port is given over to the Nelsen
River, which can be made navigable
for ocean steamers up to Lake Win-
nipeg with the constriction of only
FIFTY-SIX MILES OF CANAL.
This huge stream drains an area of
430,000 miles, and, as it flows t, the
sea, develops over seven rnilliun
horsepower of electricity it is esti-
mated. The total fall from lake to
sea is 710 feet, and the lake acts as
a. natural darn and regulates the
flow.
At Seevic a point on the river.
the flow • was mesnired, and found
to be 118,400 cubic feet a second.
and at Saskatchewan Rapids 430,-
000 cubic feet• per second.
In conclusion the report predicts
a great business city in the future
either at Fort Churchill or Port
Nelsen. but dors not consider that
Manitoba's hinterlands will prove
a greet financial aelet just at- pre-
sent, though through traffic should
put the Eidson Pay Railroad on a
paying basis.
OLDEST JOKE ON RECORD.
"
Jest or 3200 11. 1'. is Still Going the
Rounds 'To -day.
1t'hst is' the oldest joke in the
world'? According t, T. P.'s Week-
ly it is the followleg which is related
in one of the Berlin papyri of the
sixth ;Egyptian 1301 ,ty (about 3200
R,('.) and it alannlcl not he over-
looked that it the elrlys when tris
world was young a tele enjoyed cen-
turies of verbal cnrreucy before it
wa le scribed in permanent f,n'm.
According to the 'preens, a. cer-
tain scribe w•hn w-orl.ad for the Tem-
ple, of T'ii eth a' copied apartments
where hi? neighbors on either aide
were 11 copnereinith and a carpen-
ter, rospeceively. There hornet ar-
tisans were exemplary specimens .of
industry and kept ftp such a row all
day ard,mnst of the night ;hat the
poor scribe wase elmost: driven matt,
At last, by a stroke of craftiness, he
button -holed each neighbor separ-
ately a.nd bribed them to change
their lodgings, which they ,did -with.
one enolhe.r. a
The tale, has ,rept the world
amused for 5,000 years -we often
meet with it mow --and it never
seems to have occurred to anybody
t•, wonder why the scribe did net
change his awn • lydgings ; but per-
haps his Petit 1641 in stielc arre'Lrs,
r.�. eemet+mes 115111len1 to outer liter-
ary gentic•nee,, that it"wa3 cheaper
to bribe the •two workmen, ,
Another perennial that runs the
ahove,,hard for f`irct place .in paint
of age, is that of the man who goes
to buy` mem weighty article and
merles it ort lits rlroul+let' 183 «uvo'tir-
ing. tau+ horse he le=. riali.ng.