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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-6-26, Page 3"When Raspberries Are lupe. In a househQld where they ere liked raspberries aro a godsend. They are easily prepared; a thor- ough washing and careful drying are all that are needed to make them presentable. They are gen orally good, Unlike seranvberres, they are seldom sold green, and al- though they are especially subject to mildew if bought fresh they are almost ante to he in good condi- tion. They are practically free from acid, and so are agreeable to almost every taste and digestion. As a breakfast fruit raspberries are ideal. Having so little acid they rank with sweet peaches and pears, figs, •bananas and sweet or- anges in this respect; for the fruits with much acid should not be served at the same meal with cereals or other starchy food, be- cause acid retards the digestion of starch. For breakfast raspberries can be served, cold and fresh, with cream. Or they can be daintily served in glass dishes with a little syrup poured over them. To prepare them in this way choose plump, perfect berries and put them in a china or porcelain or glass dish. Make a syrup 'of equal parts of sugar and water boiled for 10 minutes and pour it, hot, over the berries. Put them immediately on the ice and chill all night. Raspberries can also be prepared in this way for luncheon, and can be given a more piquant flavor if stemmed currants, half as many as there are ,berries, . are added to them. Shortcake, Dumplings and Tarts. —The best raspberry shortcake is made with biscuit .dough. A good recipe calls for three cupfuls of flour, a tablespoonful of sugar, a pinch of salt and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted together four times. Add to these dry in- gredients half a cupful of butter and rub it in well. Then slowly ,add enough milk, mixing all the time, to make a soft dough, Bake it in three thin layers until it is crisp and ,brown in a quick oven, Sort" and, wash the berries and then crush them, 'with enough 'su- gar to sweeten them thoroughly. Fill them in generously between the layers. Spread them over the top, or else serve the cake with a sauce made of crushed berries heated with sugar and a "little water for 115 minutes in a double boiler. Raspberry dumplings that are light and delicate are made in this way : Boil a cupful of water with two tablespoonfuls of butter and add a cupful of sifted flour, Stir over the fire until the batter leaves The• sides of the pan, then' take from the fire and cool. Add four beaten eggs, two-thirds of a cup- ful of baking powder and -pat it out in a thin layer. Cut rounds the size of the saucer of a teacup and on each round put two tablespoon- fuls of .berries; Pull the dough up to cover the fruit and bake in a buttered pan for 30 minute's ina Moderate oven. Brusly the dump- lings before baking them to give %hem a glaze. Serve them hot or cold with a sauce made of raspber- ries and syrup or with hard peace. Delicious raspberry tarts can be 'made by eookbeg.paste .iu-• patty tins -filling the shells with rice or 'beans in waxed paper to keep the paste from bubbling—and filling the shells with fresh raspberrieas covered with sugar and whipped cream. Another sort of raspberry tart calls for apple sauce, rather a diffi- cult food to procure in raspberry season. Fill the bottom of a tart crust with a layer of apple sauce and cover with a layer of berries and sugar. Put on an upper crust,. bake till theberries are tender and serve cold; Raspberry ice cream calls , for three pints of_ raspberries. Cover and ,mix them with a cupful of augur , and let them stand for an 'hour. Mix three pints of cream with m cupful and a . half of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of sherry. Freeze and when stiff take out the dasher. Put the berries and sugar en the cavity where the dasher was and set away in ice and salt for an hour anda half. Frozen respberries are a lighter . dessert, delicious' for a- very : waim day. To prepare them wash a quart of raspberries. Boil a cupful of. sugar with twice aH much water to a syrup, add the raspberries and. cook for 16 minutes. Cool, add the juice of three lemons, and freeze. When you take the dasher. out add 'a pint of whipped cream and mix 'it in lightly with the frozen rasp- berries. Pack for an hour or so. Bavarian Cream. -Raspberry Ba- varian cream is a hot day dessert, which does not require freezing. 'To makti rt• soak' hell a package of Bel- �atine•fortwohours in half a cupful of cold water. In the ..meantime mash a quart of raspberries with a cupful of sugar and lot them stand together an hour. Whip a flint of cream to a stiff "froth. Strain the raspberry juice and pulp free from seeds through a wird strainer, our half t copful of bailing water on the gelatine• and etrain:that on the juieo; Putt the liquid in a porde- slain basin and stand it in n pan of water with ice in it, Beat the li- quid and when it is as thick ne ens - :Lard stir in the whipped dream, ',Pour the whole into a two -quart mould and put it in the ieebox to harden, Serve with whipped cream. Things Worth Knowing. White Rah is, as a rule, more.di- gestible than any meat. Cream taken after a meal is ex- cel]ent'to increase flesh. Tomato juice will remove ink stains from fingers; so will lernon juice, Broiled green peppers make a delicate finishing touch to a steak. Curry is a great resource among a housekeeper's seasoning supplies. Before beginning to paper a house always see that the chim- neys are clean. Before planting garden seeds, make sure of plenty of little wood- en labels. Rinse crit glees in bluing Water if you wish it to have the utmost sparkle. Adel a pinch of sugar, as well as of salt, to the water when boiling turnips. Fruits of all available kinds should make a large part of the spring dietary. To make cut flowore :, last,' set them in a pail of water up to their necks over night. To save the heels of your silk stockings, line the heels of your slippers with velvet. When buttering sandwiches, be sure to have the butter soft enough to spread smoothly. Turkish toweling makes the best ironing pad for laces, and white outing flannel for embroideries. Never wash a roast of beef. Wipe it off with a cloth, and see that it' is dry before putting into the oven. A cloth dampened and covered with salt is very efficacious for re- moving stains from enameled uten- sils, In warming over cake or steamed puddings, place in a colander, in- stead of a flat dish, and they will be much lighter. When the drawn work of linen covers is worn opt stitch a piece of insertion over it and cut out the worn part underneath; In roasting meat, it is well to set a basin of water in the oven. This will be a help in keeping, the meet, juices in the meat:. A cloth .web with alcohol will be found excellent for cleaning -mir- rors. Crushed tissue paper is ex- tenant for polishing afterward. An asbestospad or mat makes an excellent flatiron rest. If this is used, there is no danger of the cover of the ironing hoard ••taking fire, 1f a rubber spooge.is wearing to pieces:.make_a bag of -Turkish towel-" ing, put the pieces into it, sew it up and it will be practically a new sponge. . The value of fruit juice for the betterment of the physical midi - tion is no longer a question, but a fact; therefore no breakfast is right without fruit. Patent leather shoes should be carefully wiped with a soft cloth when they are removed, and then a few drops •of •olive oil should be rubbed into them.: To clean carpets, take one gill of turpentine and" one of ammonia and shake well. !Put two , table- :spoonfuls to a'gnart of water and sponge the carpet. Hang;a anal' bag on the kitchen door and put the wee'one's over- shoes, cap and gloves in it. He will soon learn to put: them away when he comes in from play. Equalparts of shaved yellow soap, whitening and common 'soda dissolved over the fire in the least possible water makes a good clean- ing paste for enameled baths, zinc pails, etc. If patent leather shoes are wiped off after each wearing with a soft flannel moistened with olive oil, and then rubbed hard, they will be kept in good condition. It is well to keep the shoes in a bag or drawer free from dust: • It is a good plan to keep a pip- ette, .or: medicine dropper, on the shelf With the flavoring extracts. Then the flavoring may be much more exactly measured than when allowed to drip a drop or more at a time from the bottle itself. If the skin on the heel ii broken, through :the rubbiug of pumps, break an egg, take the inner skin of the same and apply to the heel, holding' if in place 'Is few minutes. It will adhere as firmly as the real skin and the pain will cease. A. Seasonable joke. "Paw"— "Well, George?" "Do they have minter in summer in the Arctic regions?" "Yes, son." "And do they have Bummer in winter in the tropics?" "'Exactly! i " spring in the fall Do they hawe sp g any place?" "Ilardly," "Or fall in the spring?" ' "If you keep -thee thig up much •longer, George, emi''ll•'get ''seine- thing worse than a fall in the spring; I'll duck you tinder the hump 1" K1NG A.LPlIONSO,A MERRY MONARCH, VISITS PARIS, This remarkable photograph of the sunny -natured King of Spain whose twenty-seventh birthday was celebrated in Madrid on May 17th, was taken at the railroad station in Paris on the occasion of the King's present visit. The Icing was highly amused: by an inci- dent that occurred at the station and his opportune witticism com- pelled even the serious-minded Mons. Poineare, President of France (on left), to be infected by the contagious mirth .of the King, and :anile broadly at the pun of the royal head of Spain. A. 1'LISI!MA IN and College," or "Seventeenth and a� CANADA Fourth avenue." That means it is HE FINDS OUR TALK TO BE VERY FUNNY. Says the Language in This Coun- • try Is Becoming Quito Americanized. "A travelling Englishman," writes in the London Mail en 'Yankee English as spoken in Cainada," mad says : "The new Canadians, like all young nations, are thin-skinned as to thein• feelings. They are even sensitive to criticism: They are even resentful of chart when it touches their institutions or na- tional life. They still fire off at visitors that paralyzing query, "What do you think of Canada'" One has totreat the query as a riddle. The right answer is, "Won- 'derful country—greet future be- fore it." I have never known that ,to fail to please. Attempt to distinguish between what you admire and what you find uncomfortable and you will proba- bly be •set down as a conceited fool. All Englishmen used to be classed under that heading. They are on triad as soon as they enter the Do- minion, and they had to prove their innocence„ Their .guilt was always assumed. Now that prejudice has almost vanished, Five years ago, when 'I -first :travelled all •over the West, it was- powerful. Two years ago it had weakened. Now it is at its very last kick. Formerly Eng- land shipped to Canada her fell- ness ; lately she has been :sending of her best. Inpatient of Criticism. Canadians no longer expect to be irritated by foolish grumbling& that various things "are not done in England that way," or lofty pat- ronage admitting that conditions "aren't so bad as we expected, don't you know." Yet facile criti- cisms are sometimes'; offered by Englishmen, and the one that an- noys .the Canadian most is the com- plaint -that Canada•is being "Amer"- icanized." Thie annoys .in two Ways. Canadians in general both admire and dislike . Americans. They dislike them because they are too apt to be condescending and eo talk as if the United States could gobble, up Canada whenever she chose. They admire them for their energy, their ingenuity, their Meth- ods of business; above all, for their emcees. To oomplaiu that Cana - diens follow American methods is therefore considered foolish; while the suggestion that they are in any danger. of being absorbed by their' neighbor is resented very hotly in- deed. The . chief principle of United States English is never to use a short word when a long one will do. Thus a "flat" in our language be- comes a "suite in an apartment building." If you are going a rail- way journey, you will be asked, not "Have you your ticket?" but "Have you your transportation?" The station is the depot, proraoune• ed "dee-po," and your seat in the train your "reservation."' Instead of saying that the lift -boy took the typist out motoingyou must ex- press it -thus : "The elevator opera- tor took out the •stenographer in an automobile." • "Operator" is in constbnt .nee. There is no preju- dice against cumbrous words of La- tin origin, to preference for crisp, clean-cut English. "Pastorium" is in fairly common lists among com- mon people, Have you grasped it? A tailor's shop I After this "Stag Rooming House," which. I saw cited in Edmonton to denote "Lodgings for Men," seemed to be quite a good phrase, "(4ond ,Eats." If you ask where a house or shop is in a Canadian city you 'will be told somcthing..like this,: "Queen, on the block of Queen street, which is next to College street; or in that Leta" but "For Rent." 0-n your laundry list you see instead of dress shirts "shirts with besoanse' At Prince Rupert I noticed this comi- cal advertisement: "Empress Cafe, Good Eats." "Eats" is frequently used to mean food in the lower quarters of a town. In conjunction with "Empress Cafe," or rather cafe (pronounced kale) it had a grotesque air. If a business Cana- dian brushes against you he says, "Pinion me." That is American for "Sorry." The Canadian tele- phone girl tells you "Line busy," which is the American mode of 'say- ing "Engaged." Petrol is "gaso- line," blouses are "'waists," sche- dule is always pronounced "ske- chile," which, by the way, must be right. Naturally American slang soon becomes .acclimatized. Thus, if you want a man to get out, you tell him, "Beat it." The way ta,express ad- miration for a city is to call it "some burg." A woanan, recently from Scotland, who went to•con- sult a Winnipeg physician and who remarked to his girl secretary that she had- heard ho 'was very clover, was surprised to hear the young woman declare emphatically, "Be- lieve Be-lieve me, he's some dec." CHINESE EMPE▪ ROR PLOWS. Ceremony Perform- ed in the Sacred Field Near Peking. Now :that China has become a re- public, .and the old order of things is changing, so rapidly, will any one make it his 'business 'to attend tb the important ceremony of the, early spring plowing, which from time. immemorial has been performed by the Chinese emperors in the sacred field near Peking? This curious ceremony was ob- served for the purpose of impress- ing upon the Chinese people the importance of tilling the earth and sticking to the farm. The emperor, accompanied by has retinue, was accustomed to proceed in great state to the sacred field. At each of the four corners'of the field stood. a pavilion; where ' the seeds of• wheat and other cereals. were kept. Ira the ,middle of the field numbers of magnificently attired courtiers held, aloft many -colored flags, while thousands of farmers, looked on, each holding some agricultural implement in his hand. Placing his left •handl ore the plow, and holding a whip in hie right hand; the emperor began the core- mony. By pre -arrangement, the of1Y.•'srs did their allotted share, some wielding hoes, and others scattering seeds out of baskets, as if sowing them, while the emperor was busy with the plow, which was hitched to a richly caparisoned' bullock, draped in yellow, and led by two of the emperor's body- guard. When the emperor finished his stint at the plow, the royal princes went through a Q&eller perform- ance, and after them miiae of the highest courtiers took a turn. 'Thus the ceremony was completed, end the royal plowman and his traisa re- turned to the palace, Now that co many other ceremon- ies have been done away with, the world mildly wonders whether there will be another spring plowing, Zone of Silence. • Discovery of a "zone of silence" in the Alps is said to have been made by workmen employed in the eonetruction of the highest section of tho Jungfrau Railway, . Heavy 'charges of - dynamite were set off with 'surprising results. The deto- nations wore heard within a radius of thirty miles, then' within a eons, of tithe next 'fourteen .miles there, was silence, ,but farther up to a eoneontrie 'circle of fifty miles the noise was again heard, clearly, Tho invention of the barometer dates;balak to.the,year :1043, WAR, ROMANCE AND COMEDY, Lord Williasu Beresford's Bravery In the Zulu War, During- the Zulu War in 1879, there were many examples of great courage on the part of English dicers, One of the most distin- guished of these soldiers was Lord "Vrlllarn Beresford, Mr. Melton Prior, in "Campaigns of a War Ooxe. respoatdent," gives two interesting stories of him, In the retreat Lord "William Beresford, turning round, saw the four legs of a white horse kicking the air, - Realizing at once that it belonged to one of our men, he rode straight for it, and found that the torso had been shot, awl that the rider had fallen half -.stunned, "Get up 1" Lord William said to the enan, but he seemed too dazed to answer; whereupon Lard "Wil- liam said, "If you don't getup at once, I will jump down and punch your head!" at which the man did rise, .slowly. Lord William cue ceeded in helping him to the horse behind him; once mounted, the men clutched Beresford round the waist, and so they galloped ,off.. All the time this was taking place the Zulus were firing from a donga close by; but I am' happy tc.say. that both ,got away safely. :If any man ever fairly earned 'a Victoria erose, Lord William certainly did on that occasion, and eventually he received it. Those: who watched the breve.lit- tle band return, declared that it was touch and go whether they would get aeross safely. However, they succeeded in doing so, but just as Coloxsel Buller was going to re- turn to camp to • report, some one informed him that a man was left behind. Turning round and look- ing through his glaeses, he discov- ered acme one calmly standing on the enemy's side of the river, and sketching. He called out to him to, come back immediately ; but the anon paid no attention. Buller once, more called out, ordering him to .come across' at once, or he would have him fetched,: and :sent as a prisoner to the rear. 1t turned out to be Charlie Fripp of the Graphic, and he was most indignant at having been ordered about by any one. Fripp was fairly foaming with gage. `The idea of being insulted,. and told I should be sent to the rea.r as a prisoner I" he cried. Then seeing Lord William Beres- ford, he rode over to him, and de'- mantled to know who; the officer was. who had ,spoken to him in that in- sulting 1:amuse. Lord William, who was still cov- ered with the blood of the man lie saved, replied, "You know, M Fripp, quite well without my tell- ing you.,, ' I don't,". replied Fripp, "and desire toknow who it was." , He spoke in such an offensive manner', that Lord William said', "1f you don't speak more politely, I']1 pull you off your horse, and thrash you I" Fripp , was so excited astd in such a rage that he "upwith his foot" sant kicked Lord William, where- upon the hatter began to dance about, roaring with laughter, and shouting, "Ch, he'•s kicked me! Take him away;' I'm frightened 1 He's kicked me i" It was certainly one of the most amusing incidents I' remember dar- ing the campaign. Pigeons as.: Scouts: Experiments have been made in Germany in the use of pigeons for scouting purposes. The pigeons are provided with miniature cam- eras furnished withth shutters that are released ' automatically. The birds are set free from selected points so that, they fly over the enemy's fortifications. When they return home the photographs they Kaye . taken are developed, and some times important disclosures appear on the film. Dogs Pull Machine Gans. The Bolgi,an military authorities have been experimenting with ma- chine guns drawnby dogs, which are ,said to prove very satisfactory substituteis for horses: Thirty Great Dane:, which have been tried in this way at Brussels, have shown themselves particularly efficient in dragging the gums ever xough .and broken ground, They have the ad- ditional advantage of being almost invisible at 300 yards. Tho Price of Sausage. A anon went into butcher's shop and asked how much sausages were a pound. "Ali," said the btttchcr, "der brise vas gone Cups, T shall haf to •shaege you twenty -vivo cents," ' "Nonsense I" exclaimed the oris-` tomer, "that is outrageous, I can get them at Schmidt's kr twenty vents,,' ' "Vell v don't yeti " ,' , Y Y Because he is out of them." "0, vela" replied the butchery "if 'I vas oudt of 'ani I'd sell 'eni for ,tventy cents; too," -- ---' , On an average, the wind is in the south-west for 6,737.4 hours per, annum,, and in the east for 599.4 hours. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON INTJiJINAT'I.ONAL LESSON, JUNE: 26. Lesson xiIj, 'rho Victories of Faith -Review. Golden Text, I John 5.4. Before the Class, This quarter's lessons are peen- liar iu that they are contained within the time of about seventy years end have to do mainly with two men : Jacob and Joseph. If the history intervening between the lessons hes been gathered up as we bavo gone along; we have before us two vivid pictures—two storfse re- markable for their interest and re- ligious •significance coming down to us from the remote past, Jacob is the chief patriarch, the father of the twelve, the prototype of all the Jews. He is bright and shrewd. Not morally scrupulous, he pursues his ends at first with little regard for the rights of others. When he is wronged he has no •hesitation in returning evil for evil. Ho gets on by outscheming his oponents and sueoeeds by his wits. Yet he is religious --deeply so as- he develops, At Bethel he is astonished to find that he line not left Jehovah behind in Beersheba and that the divine Presence -ac companies him to bless him. He rises to this revelation and is ap- parently .a better man. Long years afterward, at Jabbok, he comes- to the moral crisis of his career. Self- confident because of the success of his past plans, he proposes to enter the promised land in his own strength and without the blessing of God. But God corner to him and shows him his weakness and his ,sin. Tri an ail -night struggl with his lower nature he gets the victory over self and is profoundly humbled. He meekly pleads for the blessing that was awaiting his surrender and is acknowledged by Jehovah as a Prince of God. Thus ha enters Canaan, and this entry was a, great historical event, for he bare with him the future religious destinies of the world. Abraham's arrival lied been only the first wave of the Hebrew movement, and it had for a time receded. In Jacob's return it flowed back with perma- nent results. Ewald compares the newoomers, contrasted with other Arab immigrants, to the Franke among the German invaders of western Europe — the freest, shrewdest, most advanced of their race ; under a leader who reflected in his own character at once the noblest 'and most imperfect traits of his descendants. From now on Jacob is a notable and a worthy figure. • "Purified and proved by trial, the „higher qualities of his na- ture for the most part shine out more aird more, till it its felt to be in perfect keeping with his later life that he alone of the patriarchs, as a ripened saint, leaves a solemn prophetic blessing to his children as he dies." Joseph was the petted eon of Jacobs favorite wife. He was charming in his disposition and' marvellously endowed with talents. Moreover,' he was a son of Provi- dence and possessed deep religious insight. His .story is one of the choicest idyls of the world's liters - tuns, It is fascinating in its inter- est and astonishingly rich in its moral. lessons. Joseph's character, measured by the proper standards, is not merely flawless—it is exalt- ed. Nothing that he ever did can be criticized, excepting, perhaps, some of his official acts as viceroy of Egypt—and these must be inter- preted by their environment and with all the data at hand. He lives for ti•s se. a shining exponent of brightness, filial affection, brother- ly kindness, moral purity, and piety. What might be called his bue'ine@•s career is eo striking. an illustration of the effect of charac- ter on success that it is pertinent and potent in our day, as it has been in every past day. These eight characteristics of Joseph have been enumerated: (1). Filial devotion. (2). Absolute purity and honesty. (3). Unselfishness and readiness to help others. (4), Humility, (5). A cheerful faith in God and his destiny (6), Faithfulness' in little things. (7). Resolution and enterprise. (8). Patience • and perseverance. Those qualities are within. the reach of any man and will make any man's life succcasful. The Modern China. In harmony with the e p irit of the times, the Governor at Nanking has, modernized .the front entrance to his ,amen, A11those large eonspic- nouis outside gates t` the right and left have been torn down and the outside court lies been cleared of all the old-time fixtures. In the place of the three fiord, entrances a modern front have been erected, and all eomo and go through the sine door, regardless of reek or pose tion. NEWS FROM SUNSET COAST WHAT THE WESTERN PEOPLE • AHE DOING. Progress of the Great West Tel4I 1 In a Fow Pointed Paragraphs, John Fitzpatrick ie 88 .yea eel old and lives in Victoria. His hair iii •two years has grown to a lengthy of. three feet. The largest ercherd in Kootenay is at Sullivan. It is owned by J. 1). Anderson and has 125 acres planted in fruit. Last week an insane man, while being taken from Penticton to Ver- non, jumped from the steamer and was drowned. . It is reported that the Grand Trunk Pacific will build an elevator at Prince Rupert that will hold 10,000,000 bushels of wheat. Several excursions will be run this year from Edmonton, to Fort McPherson. The midnight sun clan be seen at McPherson in: Juste, Within a 'radius of seven miles of Trail there are 10,000 acres of good land suitable for fruit raising. Some fruit trees near that town are over 15 years old. As a result of a winter's ;trap- ping on the Lower Bear River, Roy and 'Norman Thompson recently brought inko Berkerville 217 pelts. There were 114 marten skins in the lot. The first boat of the eeaeon ar- rived et South Fort George on May 2. It was the Chiootin with 65 tons of freight. The British Columbia express also arrived the same day with 20 passngers and 60 tons of freight. In 1894 the water commenced to get high in British Columbia on May 28. At Kaslo the water sur- rounded about 75 buildings' and . these were blown into the lake when the cyclone of Sunday, June 3, blew through Kootenay. Later in the summer of 1894 it did net rain for six weeks, and the forest fires burned several towns in the Siocan. The figures of the International egg -laying contest for April con- tinue to show what a wonderful climate B. C. has for stimulating egg -production. Not only are the heavyweight breeds making records that have never been equalled, but the whole of the pens are neer•]y doubling in the average egg yield per hen, those of similar contest go- ing on simultaneously in the United States and England. The use of the term "blind pigs" as used in connection with illegal traffic in liquor has become estab- lished, but it is safe to say that the original blind pigs were recently discovered at Tete Janne Cache, which, being a railway camp, is in the area .in which the sale' of liquor is not allowed. A shipment of se- ven fine large porkers was recently received alt that place, the carcases being covered with strong sacking.' An accident led the localchief of police to investigate, and he dis- covered inside each one of the pigs no less than 13 bottles of` whiskey. Bath pork and whiskey were con frscated,, PEKIN�TO GET TROLLEY. Ancient Chinese Capital Will Have Modern Street Railway. The protracted negotiations over . the proposed street car syar'tem for Pekin, China, have been concluded, and the capital city of all the Chi- nese will soon have as modern a system of electric street transpor- tation as is enjoyed by Tien Tsin, Shanghai and Hong Kong. A com- pany of Chinese capitalists has formed the Pekin Tramways Coni- pany, with a capital of $2,500,000 Mexican, divided into 250,000 shares of $io eaeh. The stock will be taken up very shortly, judging by the preliminary demands. An interesting feature of the issue is that South China'. has agreed to take two-thirds of the eitock, leaving the remaining one- third to North China, of which Pe- kin is the commercial and political centre. Foreigners, as well as Chinese, ase jubilant over the definite infor- mation of the street ear company. It will mean a long step in the modernizing of the city. Pekin al- ready has ' electric .lights; tele- phones, a good newer system, e modern hotel., the Wagons-lits, in the Legation quarter, and a fe•w aittoxnobilos. What Changed Jlim. Crawford "Dc you like home cooking 2'' • Cr'abshanv—•"I did before r got married," Provided For. "leo you keep a cook, Mrs, Sub - bills 1" "Madam, 1 not only, keep the cook, but also her, entire family." Dew and fog both indieato line weather; whilst reroaekivble dear nese of the atmosphere.is One of the most characteristic signs et coming • rain.