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Some Welcome New Recipes.
Direet•ions for 'Vurkey Stuffing.---
I3rotvu a tablc•.spaunful of butter,
stir in two medium Hized onions,
Biked, A chit's ,.if genie em,ipped
fine; stir and souk for three min
-
utes. Add a tenspaairrfltl of curry
powder which has been dissolved in
a tablespoonful of milk, tied ct,k
three minutes longer, stirring 1111
the time. Add half a pound uf
finely chopped pork trnderloiti and
cool, over a slow fire fifteen rrriuittes
Cool, add three cups of well cooked
rice, one teaspoon/al salt, a guar
ter teaspoonful black pepper, a cup-
ful of n '1 butter, and two well
beaten cg;,. Mix and it is ready
to go into ti,, tummy.To snake e. sausage and 1i,1,'f11sh
walnut stuffing put a teaspoonful
of salt and a pint of Enlsjish waleut
.meats in a quart of boiling water
for twenty minutes, Add four
tablespcwnfuls of chopped onion
and the liver of the turkey, chopped
fine, to two tablespoonfuls of hut -
ter, brown in the frying pan, stir
all together, and mix with the
drained and minces] walnut meats,
and a pound of sausage. Use for
stuffing turkey.
Roiled Raisin Calce.—For a
boiled raisin cape cover a cupful
and a half of beetled raisins with
two cupfuls of water and simmer
-twenty minutes, cream three-quar-
ters of a cupful of sugar with a
quarter cupful of butter, mix with
it half a cupful of the water in
which the raisins were -cooked, a
beaten egg, a teaspoonful of soda
dissolved in hot water, a teaspoon-
ful each of ground cinnamon and
nutmeg, a enpful and a half of flour,
and last add the raisins dredged in
a quarter cupful of flour. Bake in
a loaf and cover with plain boiled
frosting.
Fruit Pudding.—For a good fruit
'pudding mix a quarter of a cupful
of sugar or molasses with a cup-
ful or milk, a half cupful finely
chopped beef suet, two cupfuls
of flour, four teaspoonfuls baking
powder, quarter teaspoonful each
of nutmeg and salt, a half cupful
each of currants and seeded raisins,
stir well, put into small molds, and
steam an hour and a half,
Three Cakes.
Graham Cracker Cake. — One
tablespoonful of butter, one and
one-quarter cups of sugar, 'Iwo eggs,
ono and one-half cups of sour milk
in which dissolve a teaspoonful of
soda, a box of graham crackers,
rolled fine; one teaspoonful uf va-
nilla. Bake in two flyers,
Soda Crasher Cnke—Mix together
the yolks of eight eggs, one and
throe -quarters cups of sugar, rind
and juice of one lemon. Roll a
dozen soda crackers fine, grate two
bars of sweet chocolate, two tea-
spoonfuls. of cinnamon, one tea
spoonful of cloves, half a pounce of
stoned dates, out fine. Feld in
carefully the whites (beaten stiff) of
the eight eggs last of all. Bake in
loaves or in layers. No butter or
milk. .
Potato Cake.—One cup of butter,
two cups of sugar, four eggs, half
a cupful of sour milk in which dis-
solve half a teaspoonful of soda, two
cups of flour, one cupful of gratedoc
raw potatoes; two ounces of cho-
late, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves
to taste, say about half a teaspoon-
ful of each. Bake in loaves or in
layers.
To Launder a Shirtwaist..
.A clean hot iron, a box of the
sort of starch which does not need
cooking, pure soap which is strong
enough to remove grime but does
not roughen or redden the ,hands,
two balls of bluing tied in a agttas'e
of canton flannel and plenty Of
warm water, these are the things
needed by the girl who would laun-
der lier,own shirtwaists after the
day's work is done. If she goes
about. the week in the right wax it
need not be arduous, and if she
works carefully she can seen prove
herself a good lanndress, and save
money and torn clothes besides,
It is a good idea to soak the soiled
clothes for ten or twelve hours be-
fore washing thein. This soaking
process cannot hurt even the finest
lingerie blouse and clothes thus
treated are
most! treated and
• quickly washed. They should be
well soaked and put in warm water.
A teaspoonful of powdered borax or
.a tablespoonful of household am-
. monis to a, basinful of water will
whiten the clothes:
The shirtwaists might be soaked
in this, way over night. The next
morning they should be rubbed be-
tween the hands, or 0n ono of the
entail rubbing boards, about a foot
} long; that come kr this sort of
laundry work, in fresh, warm soap-
suds. Five minutes will serve to
make diem perfectly clean if soaked
over night,
They should then be thoroughly
rinsed in warm weber 'and. blued,
• 'To brake the bluing water shake a
hall bite about' in a basin of
(lent lukewarm water until the
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the blue hall is elwayz kept lit
bit oan
f mutton flannel. Rem or ,ur shirtte ai:sts einrld
put. through this soapiaa,s, and 011
ing. and biotite process in filth
minutes at the most. They 1v
then havehavethe vele to day to dry,
in the ei''ii g the waists shoo
be idnreheel with uncooked slur
paid partly. dried. The amo'dnt
starch mea'c1r;t w6'1 'depend on t
weight of.the waustz and the degr•
of stiffness desired. Thi'iner w:us
do • not need so much starch
heavier encs,
After the waists are. starche
they can be hung in front of a fit
or near a radials so that they wi
dry qu:rkiy. When they ere abet
as dry ars sprinkled clothes ro
them in little packages and begi
iru•uug.
Iron the sleeves --first with
smooth, clean iron. Wex, paraffin
a bit of eandle and sirlt all cl•a
and polish the. surface of the ire)
Iron slowly, and if the Iran
too hot let it cool to the right tem
per'ature. If by chance the waist i
scorched don't worry. Put it a,sid
until the -next day, when it shoul
be wetted and exposed -to the sun
This remedy removes the score
mark like magic.
After. the sleeves are prose
iron the rest of the waist, and a
the end go over the whole waist
sleeves and all, again, pressing ou
wrinkles. Put the ironed waist -
e banger and dry it thoroughly be
fore putting it away.
Tips to Housewives. ,
Do not allow ashes to Collect in
the ashpan; they will cease the
grate to burn out quickly.
Frozen potatoes can be made eat-
able if they are soaked in water
three 'days before cooking.
Painted woodsvark can be satis-
factorily washed by dissolving bak-
ing soda in warm water. -
Put a pair of old gloves in the
shoe box to keep the hands clean
when polishing shoes, '
Cayenne pepper sprinkled on
every shelf an•d in every crevice is
said to drive mice away,
The water in which unsalted- rice
has been boiled makes an excellent
strath for lingerie waists.
Open shelves should be avoided
in the kitchen, as it is almost im-
possible to keep them free from
dust.
Do not throw away the coarse,
green celery leaves.- Dry them;
they make very good flavoring for
soups.
It is convenient to keep a bottle
of common shot on the sink shelf
for use when cleaning bottles in:
glass jars.
If a little salt is sprinkled in the
frying .pan before putting the fat
in, the stove wilt not be splashed
with the grease.
After cutting aslice off a ham,
rub the out side with cornmeal, as
this keeps the ham from becoming
rancid,
If windows are wiped once a week
with a cloth dipped in alcohol, they
will not become frosted in cold
weather.
When garbage is burned, it should
first be dried, otherwise steam is
created, and the moisture is in-
jurious to the fireboat. ,
Put silver in 'a pan and cover it
with thick, sour milk, Let it stand
for half an hour and it will come
out bright as a new dollar.
Paint brushes can be kept. from
drying out by putting them in
water, over ,which there is a little
kerosene oil or turpentine poured.
When roasting meat, put a pan
of water in the oven ; the steam
which arises from the water will aid
in making the meat tender:;
When water has spilled on a valu-
able book, lay a blotter en each
side of the worst wet leaf and iron
until dry with a medium hot iron.
USE FOR LIVE WHALES.
Monsters Helping Fishermen Off
Coast of Planets Rupert..
Fr ",un Prince Rupert .comes the re-
port that two huge whales have
been engaged to herd the sl,oals of
herring into:thait port for the bene-
fit of the 'fisherm•en, and the plan
has metwith v ah slush success. than
whales are to be used hereafter as
the "sheep dogs" of the sea et the
northern terminal.
The two whales, display a lordly
indifference everything except
herring, with the result that big:
patches are being made. Messrs,'
E. Mortimer, McDonald and Robin -
Sell are said to ;have first obsoryed
the efforts of the leviathans to coor-
ner the herring market in et rocky
eove,near Prince Rupert.
The whales drove the herring
close to 'obo.e@ and after )poising
their mouths to a wide angle they
went through the, eiioa1 of fish at
high speed, with the result that;
many of the herring were, missing
from the shoal, The gulls flying
over the whales locate the leviae
than. and
them the fishermen instead of
malting long trips for their eatoh,
are now following the guile, with
the result that big haute .are the
rule.
GUNS
CAPTURED
BY BULGARIANS 1110.11
THE TUR1ii.
JAPAN1fS.1; EH AitHING.
Bodies Well Preserved After 200
Years of Burial.
In the olden days in Japan the
master embalmers were :successful
in securing to posterity 0 perfectly
extraordinary amount of preserva-
tion iii the bodies on which they
operated. The Japan Chronicle
draws attcntioa to a ease of this
natal:) which has recently come to
light in Kobc during the operations
for laying out a public park at Any-
ojiyama, around the statue of the
late Prince Ito,.
The operations, which are being
conducted by the municipality, in-
cluded the removal of some graves
of the Aoyama family, situated in
the rear of the Anyoji temple. The
work was.being done by some cool-
ies in the presence of a representa-
tive of Viscount Aoyama, now in
Tokyo, and under the. direction of
officers of the Aioiba,shi police.
Two graves wens opened belonging
to old daimyo who were buried
about two hundred years ago. Th•e
graves were of very elaborate assn-'
struation, consisting of stone calls
with largo coffins of (kusunoki)
wood, containing inner Coffins of
earthenware.
On the spaces 'between the cell
walls and the' wooden coffins• being
opened those present were much
surprised to sea that the bodies
were in
ti state of perfect preserva-
tion, having all the appearance of
wax figures. The olcl Amagasaki
lords lay in- ahnost lifelike fresh-
ness, dressed in the picturesque
costume of an earlier day. Several
valuable personal belongings were
also found in the graves, including
two long swords, women's hair or-
naments, boxes for pocket ink -
stones, goad family seals, writing
brushes etc. The bodies were sub-
seglten-Hy interred in temporary
graves in the temple grounds pend-
ing the completion of permanent
graves, which are under construc-
tion alone. by, The Aoyama family
have consented to the personal rel-
ics being kept. as curiosities in the
temple. •
KITCHENER'S WAY.
flow Ho Prevented the Bedouins
• From Helping Turkey.
Lord Kitchener, it is said, does
not always use the mailed fiat in
ruling the Oriental, and that he has
learned some of the native craft
was shown' by the way in which be
prevented the Egyptian Bedouins
from joining their brethren in Tri-
poli.
The Egyptian Bedouin is net
compelled to pay taxes or to ren-
der the ordinary obligations of citi-
zenship, which in Egypt includes
military service. Soon after .the
outbreak of the oat:. between- Tur-
key and Italy 'a delegation of Bed-
ouins approached Lord' .Kitchener
and told him that they wanted to
go .soros the' border to the assis-
tance of their hard-pressed fellows
in Tripoli.
The English general admitted with
Unexpected readiness ,that their
request was reasonable, but :he re-
minded them that by granting it he
•would be creating a precedent
which would 'snake them liable for
military service with the Egyptian
army.. The delegation withdrew,
sand Lord . Kitchener was not trete
bled any , more with roquests for
leave to croos the border.
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Fact.
There would be better things in
store
In this life that wo live
If we would never ask foe mote
Than we'd be. glad to give.
YOUNG OLD 3IEN.
Hard Workers Far Past the Three
Score and Ten.
This is pre-eminently the age of
"young old men," it has been said
by a student of modern. England,
and iris certainly wonderful as we
look round to note how muolt of the
must energetic work in this country
is being accomplished by those who
have already exceeded the Biblical
span, says the !,onion Mail.
Lord Strathcona, whose activity
in business continues unabated,
and whose appetite for hard men-
tal exertion is as insatiable as of
old, is 92. Lord Wemyss, •though
94, still follows modern politics
with all the zest of youth, marls a
redoubtable antagonist with his
pen.
Dr. Atkinson, the master of Clare
College, Cambridge,. is 98, and is
fast approaching the record of Dr.
Routh, the famous president of
Magdalen College, Axford, who
lived into his 100th year. Earl Nel-
son, the Nestor of the House of.
Lords, is 89. •
If there is any slackness in this
eountr;v it is to be found in the ris-
ing generation, not in our old men.
Earl Roberts puts our youth to
shame by the splendid vigor and
persistence of his services in the
cause of national defence.
Lord Halsbury, for a,Il his 86
ears, is one of the strongest forces
in his party; in his .green old age
his ardor for coinbat•has rather
deepened than decreased, ,Otte
greatest bgure in literature is
Thomas Hardy, who at 72 can yet
produce poetry that will live.
The contrast with the 18th cen-
tury is certainly extraordinary.
Then, in the <lays of Pitt and Fox,
men were counted old -at 40 and
sank to valetudinarianism at that
age. Now they retain their health
and strength and are young at 90..
This does nob suggest any loss of
vigor in the race.
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How Japan Greets New ,Year.
In Japan the New Year is wel-
comed with far more energy than
in this country. Let a man's
energy bo ever so defective, he is
expected to rise at 4 a.m. and don
new clothes to meet the auspicious
morning. Then, with his gala gar-
ments in due order, he worships the
gods,' perforins obeisance to the
spirits of his ancestors, end' pays
homage to all relations older than
himself. • No ordinary viands are
consumed at breakfast. The tea
utast be made front water drawn
from the well as the first rays of the
New bear's sun strikes it. On.
every table figures a red lacquer
tray, covered with evergreen
leaves, and supporting a rice dump-
ling, .a lobster, oranges, persim-
mons, ehestnuts, clriecl sardines and
herring root; all these dishes pos-
seesieg an allegorical signification.
This meal is the start of the festii'i-'
ties, which are continued for six-
teen days, business being almost
entirely suspended for the first
week of the year.
Strange. But ,terffi s,
The entomological explorer,
Mock, who serves the Ron. Walter
Rothschild in providing specimens
for hie private museum, recently.
arrived iii London, bringing with
him a jet-black butterfly; valued M
five thousand dollars. It is almost
as large as a robin, its wings mea-
suring eleven and one -halt inches
from ship to tip. It is almost furry,
to thick is its covering, a toenail
protection from the intense cold of
its habitat,• the Snow Mountains in
Now Gluinea. Aside from the flirty
buttorfy, the diseovorer found sev-
eral new varieties of huge //Wet -
flies, "The natives shoot diem
with the foue-pronged arrows which
hey use in killing birds ho says.
'The female giant butterflies aro
here or brown or white, but the
ales are splendidly marked In
roen and gold"
have yotti' way, who would you ra-
4hor be than anybody else? Sammy b
—Just me -if I could always have to
my way, g
HIS'T'ORIC ED11'1('E IN PERIL.
Loudon Is Det Healy Wori'bsl Les
Si. Pant's ('ollnpse.
The condition of the dens of St
Paul's Cathedral is arousing th
liveliest interest and concern, 'No
.cording to Sir Francis Fox, one o
the most eminent engineers of th
day, who has just made a carefu
examination in view of the eon
struction of a tram subway, the
famous dome is cracking an
Wren's masterpiece is already in
such a condition as to evoke the
nation's sympathy with the protest
made: by the dean and chapter
against any subway schemes that
can possibly piece the historic edi-
fice in further peril. In his report
Sir Fraecie Fox says:
":The cathedral is . overloaded;
it. i's actually moving and cracking,
and now a proposal is'brought for-
ward which can in no way contri-
bate to its safety, but may at no
distant date bring about serious
injury. The eight great piers on
which the dome rests hays moved
and sunk from four to six Moho,
bringing undue cross 'strains onto
t:he structure, resulting in serious
eraeks,
"How serious the cracks are was
macho plain by an inspection, which
revealed the 'extent and depth of
the fissures. It is quite true that
these cracks reveal no new danger,
for they have long been known to
exist. . Some •of them, in fact, are
believed to date back as far as a
period immediately following the
completion of the cathedral,"
But the latest investigations have
shown conclusively that not only
have thtese cracks become worse but
that new splits are taking place in
the fabric of St. Paul's, One, ap-
parently of recent date, has only
just been found in the northeast
oorner of the choir; and this is et-
tributed to the vibration of motor
biases passing along the east end of
the cathedral.
This danger is _emphasized, as a
matter of fact, by Sir Francis Fob,
who- asserts that "the introduction
of the heavy type of motor omnibus,
with its consequently increased vi-
bration, in such close proximity to
the building is a serious evil and
ought to demand and secure pro-
tection on the part of the authori-
ties:"
With this point of the peril due to
traffic vibration the•deen and.chap-
ter etre not ,vet deeding, though
some steps will almost certainly be
token to minimize, if not to remove,
heavy automobile traffic from the
church yard.
The emphasis laid by Sir Fran-
cis Fox on the condition of the
dome hos led to the chapter taking
immediate •meesureslto repair the
buttresses, and Canon Alexander
has given instructions to !lave the
work put in hand'at onto.
Dean Inge said. that 'no atone
would be left untiuned -to stop the
soheu,s for a' tramway beneath St.
Paul's, and'the Load Mayan' (Sir
David Burnett), who is officially
one of �
the trustees of the Cathe-
dral,
c
dral, has announced his intention
of calling a Mansion,House meeting
if the London County Council do
not withdraw the scheme.
City opinion is strongly with the,
dean and chapter in the matter,
and the mere hint of. Wren's snag-
aificent dome crumbling to pieces or.
the Cathedral itself tumbling down
Ludgate Hill stirs the wroth of
Londoners, to whom St, Paul'•s is
as a visible symbol of national dig-
nity.
Hi SJ''!AY SCf 3JL IESSO'1
INTER N.l'I'J O NA 1, 1.'.:Sh(D N,
J'i,111t1.tJty 9.
Lesooit ',J.- t;ud's eo1'Pllaut tr]tb
Noah. Gen. 8. 1 to 9, 17. Gobb'u
text., Gen, 9. 13.
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in chapter 8 is r•ecurd,d the ale
partur of Ntiali and his i_alnily
tram the ark. ,immediately upon
setting f,,ot once more on 4i:,y
ground the aged patriarch bads
an attar and carers burnt iff. ngs
unto Jehovah in rec.,gnitiun of his
pr'otecthan and meds'. - Jeao an,
in turn, is represented as :,!onset
with the sacrifice and as deternlin•
ing in his own mind never agaiar
''eua Sc hht: bromic! any enu'' for
malt 1., . ,,,r Iv Solit,, ane
nee. ctrlsthant liviric t- ]i' had
Gus. ',lien „11o,rs the 1,: autiful
promise, "lt'lirl.n the earth eeutain-
eth, soedtiine and Harvest, and
cloud and heat, ao.d-sumrrner and
winter. and day and night shall not
cease," In verses 1-7 of chapter 0,
immediately preceding the priiitecl
portion of our lesson passage, the
blessing which God pronounced up
on Noah is given. Noah become
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ti il.YI' '1'111; WESTERN 1'1:0PLi3
Allh DOING,
Ptog re,
s of the (!rent FI'est TOO
In a Few Pointed,
Paragraphs.
lllairnnore has a papulation of
It: rnuu,ps is to have a ,refrigera.
bur factory,
A city reservoir hes. been located
in New Ifazelt.un,
The. C'..P J:t. has built a new
round -!bum a,t Nicola,
B. O. apples are finding a ready
market in Australia.
.1 first-class hotel will be opened
ire hontI, llazelten this spring.
Lost t year the mineral output cif
11, t 11•'I, worth user $30,000,000.
T Ih hipping ng' of t'• :1l Froin I'i'i tes-
tee is hampered through lack of
CIA
The Dominion G8vernmewt will
put up a public building in Port
Alberni,
!bring the last veer there wore.
271 cases fn the police court at pen-
ticton.
a 'At Merritt the positofftoe has
moved to new quarters in the Bank
of Montreal bui.ldiulg.
In Hedley, for supplying liquor
r to an interdict, Walter }1'IoDonald
s was fined $100 and costs.
i- In Saskatchewan moving picture
shows are limited to ono for every
5,000 inhabitants.
The grading of the O.N.R. be-
tween Yale and Kamloops is almost
finished. A few bridges have ye;t to
be built.
A new formation "Mewinggold in
every bucket has recently been
struck in Conklin's gulch near Bar-
kerville.
1e founder of a new race, and t<r
hunt, as to Adam and Eve, is in
trusted dominion over the l':,we
t forms of life. A new emphasis i
also p1 seed upon the sanctity of he
man I f based on she divine image
in which man was originally ere
e ated.
- Verse 8. God spake unto Noah—
f Immediately following the blessing
e and exhortation contained in the
1 preceding verses.
- And to his sons with him—It is
with Noah and his descendants
1 that God now enters into covenant
relationship.
9. I establish my covenant—Ac-
coi'dirrg to the promise given in
Gen. 6. 28, The thought of God's
covenant relation to his people is of
'central importance in the Old Tes-
tament, In its original form, how-
ever, as here represented, this cov-
'anent is not, as in later times,
conceived of as a definite agree -
intent or eon -Tact between two par
ties, but rather as a declaration or
promise on the part of Gocl, set-
ting forth his purpose toward -his
chosen people.
Your ,Sead—Descendants, here
referring to all mankind..
10. And with every living crea-
ture—Thio divine promise which fol-
lows expresses God's purpose that
never again shall all animal life be
blotted out by a flood, and there-
fore his promise is in a sense to the
birds, the cattle, and every beast
of the earth, as well as to Noah and
his descendants.
11. .1 will establish my covenant
—Seal its terms with a specific sign
or token.
12. This is the token—The exter-
nal sign or seal by which man is
to be perpetually reminded of God's
promise. Compare Gen. 17. 11,
where the "token" is something to
,be done by roan, whereas here it is
something appointed by God,
For perpetual generations—For
all generations to come.
13. I do set—'.Che Hebrew perfect
tense is ambiguous, and may signs
fy either 1 have .aet (that is, long
ago, from the beginning), or I have
just set, I set now. The rainbow,
which is formed by the refraction
and reflection of light, must have
been seen before the time of Noah.
If the writer knew this the pro-
bable meaning is that the rainbow
should thereafter be given new sig-
nificance—be regarded as a sign or
symbol of mercy.
My bow in the cloud—Other bib-
lical references to the rainbow are
found in Ezek. 1: 88; Rev. 4. 3; 10.
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15. I will remember—The impli-
cation that God might otherwise
forget represents•one of the few in-
stances in which the priestly narra-
tor attributes to clod the charae-
teristies and .frailties of man.
16. Evsr'lasting covenant—An ex-
pression occurring frequently
(compare 17. 7, 13, 10; Exod, 31.
16; Lev. 2.1. 8; Num. 18. 19).
In verso 13 and 17 the thought of
verses 13 to 15 is dwelt upon and
partially repeated, a families- form
of emphasis.
Somebody Rad to Say It.
"The PulImatt Company au -
latencies that it Made $40,000,000
last year'," sioid the 01d Fogy,
'`If that's t,110 case the Tirlllanat1
porters most leave made $140,000,-
000, commented the Grouch,
A married man is never at a loss
to know what to do with his money.
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First Lightning • Rod.
Nearly everybody believes that
onjamin Franklin was the inven-
tor and constructor of the first
ightning rod, In this particular
hey are mistaken, as the first light-
ing catcher. was invented by a poor
onk of Bohemia, who put up the
rref,lightning rod on the palace. of
he curator of Preditz, Moravia,
18, 1734, The apparatus was
aomposcd of a polo surmounted by
n iron rod supporting 12 carved
ranches and terminating in as
many metallic -boxes Ti]i`cd with iron
tet The entire system of wires
as united to the earth by a large
haain, The enemies of the ' inven-
r,
, jealous of his floe s, exoited
1e peasants of the locality against
im and under the pretext that his
g
htnfng rod was the cause of the
soessivo dry weather, had the rod
(ken down and the inventor imp
A large poultry farm will be es-
tablished near Penticton. It will
be largely stocked with birds from
Belgium.
The farmers up the Skeen( River
want the freight rates reduced from
paints on the G.T.P. to Primo Ru-
pert.
Last year the Kootenay Jam.
Company of Mission City put up
eighty-five carloads of canned
goods, Of this amount these were
32,000 gallons of apples. The com-
pany also put up thirty-five car-
loads of jams, jellies and chocolate.
During the past year a company
hoe been drilling for oil en the Pitt
Meadows, net many miles from
Vancouver. The hole is. clown 1,600
feet, The last 500 feet was drilled
through white granite. No oil has
yet been struck, but the experts
think it will yet be found.
Lew Roberts, well-known along
the Cariboo Roach, was recently
killed at Bear Lake: He was lift-
ing a gun from a sleigh with the
muzzle towards Him when the wear
pan was die: hesged in some way.
Roberts lived only a short time af-
ter being taken to the hotel.
H. Gieenato-n went from the (oast
to buy horses in Chilliwack,'' and
put up at the Commercial Hotel.
The lock on his door was defective,
so he putt his clothes containing
*432 under his pillow. He was sick
when he awoke in the morning and
his clothes were gone. It is thought
that while asleep he was chloro-
formed. His clothes without the
money were afterwards feusid in an .
unfinished building about a block
away from the hotel.
Gallant Unto Death.
When Sir Ralph Abereromby was
mortally wounded in the Battle of
Aboukir, he was carried en a litter
on board the Foudroyant. Toease
his pain, a soldier's blanket was
placed under his head.' He asked
what ie was.
"It's only a soldier's blanket,"
he was told.
"Whose blanket is RI" he per
sisted, lifting himself up.
u one of the men's."
Himont to know the name of the
mass whose blanket this is," the dy
ing commander insisted,
"It is Duncan Roy's of the 42nd,
Sir t.Ralph," said his attendant at
las
"Then see that Duncan Roy gets
Ida blanket this very .night," oom-
mandedthe brave mon, who did
not forget even in his last agonies
the oonlfoi't and welfare of his men.
Of'su h un
c selfish stuff are true 'sol-
diers mode.
Escort for the Holy Carpet.
As is well known to Ittehanino-
date, but to few Europeans, : the
holy carpet always travels with
escort Wand from the holy cities of
Medina and Moen,. This escort
consists of 300 to 350 men of one of
tits Egyptian infantry regiments
with two small field pieces and two
quick -firing ;guns, incl about forty
mounted men, eogether with their
horses, The object of eucli a strong
escort is to protect the sacired ob-
ject ' from falling into the bands of
the Bedouin: tribes, through whose
coaltrics it must pass 'at various
stageee of its journey and who are
also on the lookout for it, es the
carpet is worth a tine ransom. Des -
penile attacks are nob infrequently
made upon the hot carpet bythe
y pe
Bedouins of the desert, Hence: that'
strength of the eseott--'•1gyptiian
G twits