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Favorite Ittmfpes.
. Lazy Daisy Cake. — Ona cup
sugar, one and one-half cups flour,
and two teaspoons baking powder,
sifted together .t'hree times; into a
cup drop two whites of eggs, fill
cup up to one-half with soft (not
melted) butter; fill up cup with
milk, told both and beat seven min-
utes. Bake in a loaf. lee with one
cup pulverized sugar and one table-
spoon milk, one teaspoon of lemon
extract; beat till creamy and
spread. This is a most delicious
white cake.
Raiebi Cake Filifng.—One cupful
water, one-quarter cupful syrup,
one egg, one cupful raisins. Seed
and chop raisins. Add sugar, syr-
up, ,and water, and cook till rais-
ins are ,soft. Put over pan of wa-
ter and add egg slightly beaten.
Cook till consistency of thick
cream. Flavor with lemon. Cool
before using. This makes an un-
usually good filling for any plain
layer cake.
Salmon Patties. Take a medium
size can of salmon. Remove from
can, put in bowl together with two
eggs well beaten, and salt and pep-
per to season to taste. Then put in
cracker crumbs until it thickens the
mixture well enough to form into
cakes. Roll cakes in cracker crumbs
and fry. - Fry well and serve hot
with parsley o,. lettuce.
Welsh Rarebit.—Put into dish
over fire two tablespoons of butter,
one-half teaspoon salt, one tea-
spoon made mustard, one-eighth
teaspoon cayenne. When boiling
add two cups grated or cut fine
Canadian cheese. Stir constantly
and when melted add one-half pint
of cream. Have pieces of bread.
toasted only on cue side ready, lay
with toasted side downward, pour
mixture over and serve at once.
This will serve six people.
Butterscotch Pie. — Brown one
tablespoon butter, being careful
not to scorch. Add two cups milk,
three-fourths eup brown sugar,
yolks of one or .two eggs, and two
tablespoons flour or flour and corn-
starch mixed, which has been dis-
solved with a little of the milk.
When ingredients are well -mixed
place over the fire until the mixture
thickens. Have a crust baked to a
light brown, add the filling, and
cover with a frosting made of the
beaten whites and two tablespoons
sugar, Set in the oven to brown. A
smoother crust will be obtained if
it is baked en an inverted pie tin.
Serapple.-Boil two and •una-half
pounds of sausage for fifteen min-
utes in two quarts of water. Add
corn meal and salt and cook forty
minutes. Pour in deep dish when
cold. Slice and fry as mush.
Vienna Moils.—Scald-one pint of
milk and cool; dissolve one yeast
cake in a half cup of lake warm wa-
ter; add this ter the milk. and three
and one-half cups of finest white
flour; beat for eight minutes, cover
and set in a warm place to rise,
When this has become light and
well raised, work in two eggs, large
saltspoon salt, one-third cup soft
butter, four and one-half pounds
more of flour; mix well and -tura
out on a board and knead fully fif-
teen minutes. Cover and set to rise
until double the size,. Cut in round
shape with the four points on tie;
brush with beaten egg and bake in
a quick oven.
Pineapple Salad. --One two pound
can of sliced pineapple and 10
cents worth of almonds; cut and
drain pineapple, blanch and split
almonds and mix the two together
and pour the following dressing
over them and let stand over night:
Two tablespoons sugar, four table-
spoons vinegar, two tablespoons wa-
ter, one-half teaspoon salt. Butter
size•of hickory nut. Mix thorough-
ly and cook until thick. Just be-
fore eerving add one-half cup whip-
pedcream, Serve on lettuce leaves.
White Nut Cake, --Cream .. to-
gether one-third cup of butter and
One cup sugar. Add one-half cup
,of sweet milk, two cups flour, and
two teaspoons of baking powder.
Sift baking powder ,and flour to-
gether. Beatthoroughly, then add
one eup of walnut meats cub in
small pieces, dusted with one ta-
blespoon of flour. At elle last fold
in the stiffly beaten whites of three
eggs,. B.a,ke in a square pan in a
slow "oven -.tar one • hour, Cover
with boiled icing and decorate with
halves of nut meats;
lioneeliold Hints.
Stair carpets should be heavily
padded if one desires them to wear
well.
'Salt sprinkled on a carpet before
ewes Tint seduces elm amount of
:. hat rises. .
+ eggs will sink in a brine of
Stiles of salt to a pint of wa-
iAt.,nes will float.
el', I, of myrrh is ageed thing
"8Nei, used to rinse after
r. see teeth,
tory ' a balsam .pills).* is best
Ynrilt:'.linens a with pine tree
might {h,upon it,
bleak leaves a stain on the
teeth it 'should be removed at once
by rubbing on a little salt.
,A. olotheeline ,may be cleaned by
wrapping it .around a washboard
and thoroughly serubbing it fu
soapsuds.
Apply, glycerin to a scald directly
the decadent occurs and cover it up
with strips of rag soaked in gly-
cerin.
When making sago pudding, al-
low three dessert spoonfuls for each
pint of Milk; let all soak two hours
before cooking.
Allow the children to eat al-
monds. One dozen blanched al -
monde are equal to about one
pound of steak in nutritive value.
When the sickroom is ben; yen-
tiiated a screen should be placed in
front of the window to prevent
danger of a draught.
When you wash your door panels
of lace or net applique to Sit the
door glass, tack them en the deo
to dry and they will keep thei
shape.
Tarnished silver can be bright'n
ed if placed for a short time in boil
ing water in which a fair-sized lum•
of washing soda has been dissolved
A weak solution of carbolic acid
applied carefully to ink stains on
carpets will remove them. 11 this
changes the color it may be, restor-
ed by ammonia water.
To keep the table salt dry and
soft dry it, then crush it under a
railing pin till perfectly free from
'snips and -sift into it a tablespoon-
ful of cornstarch.
If drawer space is limited tack a
tape around the sides of a bureau
drawer at intervals, making cash
loop large enough to hold a neatly
folded pair of stockings.
A good play dress for a child ran
be made from a man's worn shirt.
Cut it iiorothy style, and the work
is very little, not to mention the
saving in the youngster's clothes.
A recipe for axle grease is a
pound of tallow, half a pound of
castor oil. quarter of a pound of
black lead.. Melt the tallow and
rub the whoie well together.
Vaseline stains may be removed
from wash goods by soaking in
wood alcohol and rubbing with the
hands. Then wash in hot soap-
suds. Keep the alcohol away fr.on
fire.
To test tea, burn a small quantity
on Bimetal plate. With good tea the
amount of ash remaining is small,
increasing in quantity as the qual-
ity of the sample tested deterior-
ates. -
A pair of long —c den knitting'
needles are most excellent for
draining doughnuts. As the dough-
nuts are fried slip them on a needle,
and when it is full rest it on the
top of a pan to cool. The dough-
nuts do not crush .and the lard
drains off.
� I SUNDAY SCHOOL IISSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
JANUARY 25.
Lesson :1V. Serving desats, Luke S.
1-3; 9. 57-02; 10. 38.42. Go:.ien
Text, Matt. 25. 40.
Grouping Events According to
Subject Matter. The material for
our preseut lesson comprises three
separate everts taken front differ-
ent purtioats of Luke's longer nar-
rative and having no direct ebrono-
logical connection with each other.
They -have been chosen rather on
the basis of a - relationship in
thought and teaching, Tr principle
of seleltion permissible is all our
r study of the Bible, aid quite in
r harmony with a method followed
by the gospel writers themselves in
" various parts of their several oar-
- ratives. In the lesson outline We
) have indicated the sequence of
- thought which this grouping of our
lesson outline preseuts.
Verses 1-3. Soon afterward—Fol-
lowing the events which transpired
lin the home of the Pharisee and
which are recorded in the closing
verses of the preceding chapter.
Ghcd tidings—This is tide literal
meaning of our word gospel ; also
1.,f the word evangel, from which
the words "evangelism," "evan-
gelicel," etc., are darken.
Mary that was called Madaiene
—Meaning probably that her home
was at Ma data, a village which is
commonly identified with the mod-
ern villag: of NIrjdel, on the west-
ern shore of the Sea of Galilee. It
was customary so to d_s.:nguit.h
from each other persons having a
very common name.
The afflictions from which this
woman had been freed by Jesus
were doubtless such as affected the
brain and nervous system s°nee it
was these ailments that were com-
monly attributed to d^mon posses-
sion. Unless Mary Magdalene is
to be identified with the sinful wo-
man mentioned in the preceding
chapter, and there is no sufficient
ground for such identification, de-
mon possession is nowhere in the
New Testament associated with
low moral character. Both Mary
Magdalene and Joanna are men-
tioned again in eunnection with the
events of resurrection morning.
Chuzas, the husband of Joanna, is
nowhere else mentioned unless we
identify him, as Godet suggests,
with the nobleman mentioned in
John 4, 40-53, "Who believed with
his whole house." . As the steward
of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Gali-
lee, he would be manager of the
letter's large estates, a man who
exercised much influence in Hee-
eel's household. Susanna is not
mentioned -elsewhere.
As they went on the way—An al-
together different occasion and
doubtless much earlier than the
events above mentioned. Compare
Matt. 8, where this certain. man
is referred to as a scribe. Hath
not where to lay his head—The pub-
lic life•of Jesus was one of constant
activity and travel, so that he had
to forego entirely the usual com-
forts of home life. Leave the dead
to bury their own dead—Let those
who are so engrossed with the af-
fairs of everyday life that they have
not heard and responded to the
call of the gospel attend - to such
matters as you put forth as an ex-
euse for not immediately proclaim
ing the kingdom of God: Evidently
the man had either offered a ficti-
tious excuse for not following
Jesus immediately or by his entire
manner manifested a flippant and
superficial attitude- toward the -in-
vitation extended, thus ' calling
forth the Master's stern reply,
which he himself would hardly
make a rule for everybody to fol-
low literally. What Jesus would
have all excuse makers understand
he makes very plain in the next'
sentence, in which he makes stead_
fastness and fidelity the test of fit-
ness
t
ness for the kingdom of God,
ONE MORE SC1:Td'LEFEL.
Prince Henry's Experience as a
Pupil at Eton.
Although the English f;tg system
is foreign to the experie:nee and
ideals cif C'anaclian schoolboys,
many of them have some knowledge
of its character and extent, thanks
to "Tom Brown at Rugby," and
other tales of public -school life in
England. • Sines Tone's clay abuses
have been minimized ; but the sys-
tem itself remains unchanged 111 all
the great schools—Eton, Harrow,
'Winchester, and the rest,
Prince Henry, third son of King
George, has recently been entered
as a pupil at Eton, where his par-
cats have expressed the desire that
he shall be treated like any other
boy—which, of course, means that
he must be somebody's fag. That
has led to the appearance in the
English papers of many anecdotes
that illustrate the excellently de-
mocratic training the system af-
fords.
Although no son of the reigning
sovereign has before been a boarder
at any public school, young Henry
(whose schoolmates have already
dropped his title) will not be the
first prince of the blood royal to
become an Etonian.,. The present
Duke of Saxe -Coburg was one.
When he was at Eton, his mother,
the Duchess -of Albany, once called
at the school, and desired to take.
him away with her for the after-
noon, Inquiry elicited the fact that
he was then in attendance tgaon his
fag master, whose room was polite-
ly pointed out. -
She knocked at the door, was in-
vited by a lordly roiee to "Come
in," and entered.
The fag master lolled comfortably
in an easy -chair, while the:youthful
duke attended to .the fire. He was.
kneeling down and 'blowing it to
make- it burn brighter,
"Excuse me," said the duchess
sweetly, "but I should like any son
to be free this afternoon, if pos-
sible,"
The fag master had risen, of
course, as the lady entered. He
bowed and turned to the fag.
"Boy," said he, slowly, "you can
bring up -same more coals, and then.
you will .be free for the rest of the
day, Yes, modal; he shall come."
The duke went off. ]numbly for an-
other scuttle of coals, then "scut-
tled" away himself after his am -
gust mother.
About cue hundred persons in
the United Kingdom have a yearly
Meanie of more that, 450,000 a
Seer,
As they went on their way At
this point we resume the narrative.
of our last lesson, though here too
we must remember what was said
in the paragraph on "chronologi-
cal sequence" in connection with
that lesson. The passage which
fellows may or may not be related
closely in time with what imme-
diately precedes.
A certain village—Bethany, near
the Mount of Olives (John 11. 1, 18).
In Mark 14. 3 and Matt, 26. 6 ,we
read of ai £test• :prepared for Jesus
in the house of Simon the leper,.
Martha serving and Mary anointing
the Master's feet. It has been con-
jectured that perhaps Martha was
Simons. daughter or even his
wife." In either case Simon would
not be present, since the law de-
manded the separation of lepers
from other people,
Cumbered about much serving—
Mertha evidenti3ehad gene to much
trouble in order to 'do due honor
to their distinguished guest. In
eeetering her mind wholly upon the
external service and 1ws ltaliby she.
lost, in part at least, the deeper
joy of fellowship with the Master
which the occasion of his visit made
possible and of which her more
spiritually
minded. sister , eagerly
took advantage.
But one thing is needfule'eS.platt-
An interesting picture of• Premier Asquith of Great Britain and his
daughter.
did and appropriate as leas the
service which Martha rendered, it
was not absolutely essential, and
when permitted to rob her of the
greater blessing which the occasion
afforded, it became aa encum-
brance rather than a source of
blessing.
SKIP TOBACCO AS POTATOES.
Inspector Discovers Smuggler's In-
. genious Methods.
M, Gernez, a French customs in-
spector at the frontier stat -on of
Feignies, was inspecting recently a
freight train, one of the cars of
which was filled with sacks of po-
tatoes, w -hen his suspicions were
aroused, and on taking out some of
the supposed potatoes ho found
that they were packets of tobacco
cleverly done up in wrappers close-
ly imitating potato skins.
Together with two assistants M.
Gernez eoncealed himself in the
wagon and the train went on its
way to Noyon. Just outside the
station, as the train slackened
speed, the doors of the wagon were
slid hack in their grooves and two
men began to enter. Tha customs
officers darted from their hiding
place and caught one, the other ,es-
caping across the railway track.
The captive was brought to Paris,
where he disclosed the name of his
accomplice and admitted having
been previously condemned for
similar frauds. Closer examination
of the contents of the sacks dis-
closed 6,030 packets of tobacco,
bought at Mons, in Belgium, and
representing a value of $4,000.
1'
Remove the Rust.
You find it often very difficult,
and sometimes impossible, to re-
move rust from articles n)ade of
iron. 'Those which are most thickly
coated are most easily cleaned by
being immersed in a solution, near-
ly saturated, of chloride of tin. The
length of time they remain in, this
bath is determined by the thickness
of the coating of rust. Generally 12
to 21 hours is long snough. The
solubion ought not co contain a
great excess of acid if the iron it-
self is not attacked. On taking them
from the bath the articles are rins-
ed first in water, then in ammonia
and quickly dried. • The iron when
thus treated has the appearance of
dull eilver. A simple polishing gives
it its normal appearance. This pro-
cess is susceptible of numerous ap-
plications, -and is destined to ren-
der great service in many in-
dustries, t
A Knotty Problem.
Nearly every one who has travel-
ed in Russia leas, at some time or
other, ruin afoul of the official "red
tape" of that country. So, at least,
had the traveler whose woos are
the subject of an amusing story in
a London newspaper.
His trunks had been examined,
and the traveler was about to pass
into :the city, when an official, who
bad been scanning his traveling pa-
pers, stopped him.
"These papers contain irregulari-
ties," said the official, . sternly.
"You cannot stay in Russia."
"Very . well," said the traveler.
"1 shall take the next train tacit to
Berlin,"
"Good I Let me see your pass-
port, entitling you to leave the
country."
have none,"
"Very well. Then it is quite im-
possible for you to leave Russia,. I
will give you twentrefour hours in
which to decide what you are go-
ing to do.". `
,k
"May 1: See yon across the
street 2" "Oertainly, That'll be
fine, iYou stay on this side end 1'U
tress,
A WOLF PACK AT BAY.
An Uncomfortable Time Spent at
Algonquin Park.
The danger to man from the tim-
ber wolves that make Algonquin
Park their winter hunting ground
is not yet very great. Since the
Canadian government made the
great forest -territory a reservation,
no man has been attacked; but very
likely that is because other food
is plentiful. The wolves, however,
have again and again shown that
they enjoy frightening man. In
Outing, Mr. W. Lacey Amy gives an
account of one instance of the kind.
On one of 'the long trips :with the
rangers, we had taken with us the
superintendent's sleclge team of
great Danes. As we lay in a shel-
ter house one night, the howls of
the wolves made sleep impossible,
and when we hitched up in the ear-
ly morning light, .they were so close
that we could hardly control the
dogs.
When we started, the pack col-
lect•ed just over a ridge, and kept
pace with us through the trees not
two hundred yards away. After
.travelling some time in this way,
there came an unaccountable si-
lence, and a few minutes later the
howls broke out a half anile away.
Again there was only the sound of
the harness bells and the crunch of
the snowshoes.
Of a sudden the howls came again
with renew.,d vigor, and this time
they were making straight for ue
at full speed. In a few secondsthey
were just beyond the ridge, and still
coming furiously. ''the dogs tugged
madly 'bo be free, for they had learn-
ed to hate the wolf as fiercely as the
ranger does.
Obviously, it was wise to be pre-
pared. Three of us stood with rifles
ready, and the driver loosened the
dogs. from the traces, and held
them in hand. Thus we laced the
on -coming animals.
The hideous howling came
through the trees, on and on, climb-
ed the ridge at undiminishedepeed
—and, just as we were sighting for
.a shot, suddenly ceased. For three
uncomfortable minutes there was
dead silence, save for the control-
led whining of the straining dogs.
Then the clamor broke loose again
—but at, our backs. The wolves
had come almost within sight *in
front, and had alien passed silently
round to give us another scare from
the rear. Three times that morn-
ing they repeated the performance.
Their howls sounded to ue like de
-
naive laughter.
At: end • place we eros ed • theiir•
trail, and I.conld -see only one wolf.
track. But the rangers' read more,
and a few yards beyond we saw the
track divide into eight or ten. The
pack had stepped so accurately in
the tracks of the leader that a, no -
Vice would think that only one
wolf had passed.
1•
Sacred to Bien.
"You, of course, (onsider, the
ballot sacred?"
"Sure. Why shouldn't T 1 I've,
always made my livin' out of ibevef
since I was old enough to vote,"
. Fine' Fine!
"That's a fine, imposing building
over there."
. "plight you are! And it contains
a fine -imposing judge. It's the pee
lice court"
A Man with Ideas.
r'Itow shall we advertise our fire
sale 7" - -
"Say, the goods are still warm."
Prccoetons Child.
" Mamma, why did ti'ou ;harry
Papal" .0
'So. you're begun to wolider,
tion"'
- Our London - Letter
sasitatahowan'o Wealth of Coal.
The coal content of the previnee of
Saskatchewan is said to be 6,600 square
coned.
The beet xnawu portion of the
coat gelds is neer ast0la0. ileums up to
15 ft. in tbhclnle'.0 aro be.ng mined, coma
of which entero;, on the river hams, amt
others are Mimi by berang, Ovor a .ergs
,part of eight towash.ys there are 7 80,•
000 tons of lignite ava.lab.e per 800000,
Aa the railway coned ac:>.ot1 Pru ret o-.0
through site e4miltav 18,1:e_ut to site h1-
ternathonul lieu c ,ry, Iho produ<tlon o.
coal, wit. iuere,1 , at : nti;l mars raps.;
00'50' than it has :n the most. The ind-s•
try to well looked a,1..1 by the Cov r1.
mint, and there can b no 00abt that
when the prole ted rale -y .r, m ,c,•
burn to Lethbr loge is , ,-strutted, ;nony
new minces will no opened and operant.
nirlgiblcs tar hip Pole,
A London paper.points out that Rhaok'e.
ton's impending 1 tests c. e _pe,,,t.o;1 will
be the l:nt, In nL p0 -u b late that wit.
depend011 (logs, t o u_h•t b e 0s1i. unseen
go I1 distance 1n .0 nun' ht t.IWI' d00
a hundred days. 11 uy show dn', t r Er-
nest wait till the bhlloon„ aro .tell lnill_P
Iia ie a young man Yob; the Po.e hos al-
ready been dleeo,ered, ro 0.inte 1,1) 1111'
of risking his his, as wr 1 .1. others e.1
the undertaking? 'Toe .a l.t o. u 11,A: -
tine
10.tine knowledge that 1,.ny ue ebta, t. t eau.
not be of such importune_ tin,a t.ia world
me:y not get aloi.g without it for a tow
5510 0,
The Alloni800' Fees:
Tho jury in the ease of bans Schmidt,
charged with the b,u,al murder or Auna
Aulnulaer of New Yore, wore unable to
reach an agreement aft.r oe.ng out for
tairtysix hours. The nowurk Star states
that a fund of SLOWS was raesd .or his
eounael and 51,000 each fir the .our alien -
Oslo who testified In his behalf. Oae of
the hypothetical queathors a,.kecl •,s said
to have contained e0,000 words The star
adds: 'This- trial may prove the last
stand of the mo..strous Iniquity of prea-
tieally suborned 'expert' testimony. If
the system breaks down under the teat
the respeetab o coed oaf pro.css:on =MY
be heartened to do what it ought for .tis
own credit, to have done long ago --rise
up against the whole mercenary tribe of
conscienceless 'alienists' with op.nis.s
for sale. The Thaw case wam bad enough,
The Schmidt came is revolting."
Tha Creataot Inventions.
The Scientific American offered prizes
for the three best essays on the ten
, greatest patentable inventions of the past
twenty-five year's. No two competitor:, se-
lected the saltie deb of inventions. Li foci,
only one invention, that of wireless tele-
graphy, was conceded unanimously to be-
long to the group of the ten greatest. The
vote on aeroplanes was almost unanim-
oue. But beyond that there was no una-
nimity.
chs conditions of the contest stated
that greatness would be measured in
terms of practical success and general
usefulness to mankind; the competitors
were limited to 'machines, devices, and dis-
coveries commercially introduced in the
last twenty-five years, and special empha-
sis was laid on the fact that the inven-
tion must bo patentable, although not tie-
eesearily patented.
The following twelve inventions secur-
ed the highest number 05 votes, the num•
ber printed after each representing a per-
centage of the votes given: wireless tele.
trophy, 97; aeroplane, 76; Xray machine,
74: automobile, 66; motion pictures, 63;
reinforced concrete, 37; phonograph,- 37;
incandescent eleotrio lamp, 35; steam tur-
bine, 34; electric car, 34; calculating ma•
chine, 33; internal combustion engine, 33.
Could 1455 FIJI the Contract.
When the Pure Pood and Reelth So•
ciety of Groat Britain invited proposals
for a Christmas dinner every article of
which would stand the tees of its expert
chemists for adulteration, not a hotel or
restaurant iu London would undertoke
the contract. Neither could any member
of the society be found to warrant hie
own household cuisine for a pure food
feast. The society now deftee- anyone to
provide a day's food for an ordinary
workingman's family without at least
three oases of adulteration. It is to be
feared that such a challenge in any other
community, as in Loudon. would remain
unanswered
Man Callous at guillotine.
An escaped convict named Monvoisin,
who deliberately shot dead a sailor in a_
dance hall for accidentally colliding with
him while dancing was executed at Dun-
kirk, Prance.
Monvoiein displayed the utmost callous.
news. }Ie devoted his time while dressing
for the scaffold t0 abusing 111s lawyer dor
defending hint badly, and he smoked a
cigar while the executioner was making
the finatpreparations.
Tho priest in attendance, es the con•
damned man paeaed out of- tho prison d dor,
besought him not to make a 00055 by ed -
dressing the crowd gathered near the
guillotine. 'I will speak if I want t0;"
the criminal fiercely replied, and then, as
be was hurried toward the guillotine a- d
caught eight of the peep e, he ohoutod at
cothem:ards 'NYou Dunkirk people are a lot of
w
At that moment the executioner's 80.
sistants seized hive, and ten seconds la-
ter he was dead.
Carman Population. Grows,
Germany trill taus 80.01,002 inhabitants
in 1930, twice Its population when the em-
pire was founded le 1871, according to an
eetimate based on the vital..etatistics for
the empire for 1912.
thTeho noun -Pr iuthian000
190, eeeetiwg the dsmtaoteelase sebhiarbvbe a c31
ohm2an tino
in
births in Prussia, on which such gloomy
assumptions
00 Germany's stagnation 1n
population. were based wbea the Pru -
sign statistics wore published a fele
weeks ago•
The number of doatlle in 1912 was the
emalicet ever recorded. a9id the number
of on maronrithagesewh
tholee gremake stt:aet, so ,the etatis-
ti01000
tory sat0fac-
shelving. I'he decline in the birtn.
rate continues, but the decrease is the
smallest registered in years. The rate
was 29.1births to every 1,000 inhabitants,
as Compared with 29.8 in 1911, 30.7 1n 1910,
and 32 in 1909.
The po y 839, 8 of the empire was fn -
births by 839,887 through.the exein of
births over deaths, the warp vis being al-
uroeb 100.000 greater, than in 1911.
Fact and randy.
Accidents will happen — except
when you've bought a policy,•.
A Roumanian dish is rose -leaf
It's amazing how muesli deeper"a
hole is after you get into it.
Russia is the first .country to
adopt, in addition to herland anc1,
sea fags, an aerial flag'' for . aero-
plane9.
The cook's 5work - covers a wide
range.
There are twenty Buddhist news-
papers.
The only difference between wit
and impudence lies in the size of
the "man 'uttsrbig 1t.
Reason Enough.
Teacher—Why didn't you comb
your hair before you came to
school 1
Tommy--I ain't gut no corn"),
Teacher ---Then borrow your fa•.
star's,
Torn nay --' Teethe rain't get 0ien.?,
either.
Teacher-Abslircl: L•uesn't- br
coved) his hair
Tommy—He ain't get no itair,
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; EVYS OF THE MIDDLE ViEST
HET WEEN ONTARIO AND BRI"
TISI! COLUMBIA.
110i1R Drone Provineess Where Many
Ontatlo Boys and Girls Aro
"Making Good."
Ten thousand free dinners were
served in Winnipeg on Christmas
Day, '
During 1 h past year Medicine
Hat isle:eased the number of its
telephones by 300, now having
1 41,0.
r1 brick -snaking plant has been
instituted at Meyronne, Sask., and
will begin operations in the spring.
Fireman J. Campbell was badly.
hurt in a, collision between two
freight trains in the yard at Reston,
Rask.
A ;sub -committee of the City
Council reported that, in their
()pinioIn, motor buses were what
11'.innipeg needed.
Winnipeg retail merchants re-
ported the volume of Christmas
trade for 1913 heavier than 1t had
been for other years just past.
F. W. French of Calgary was
appointed principal of this High
School in that city, he being the
successful one of 100 candidates.
J. Foster of 1lapella, Sask., was
bitten by a mosquito on December
18, rind sent thc' body of the insect
which stung hum to a rnnrpeg pa-
lter,
I While William McConnell and
family, of Hamlets, Man., were
away spending Christmas their
house burned down, with a loss of
about $4,000.
John O. Hall, a 14 -year-old boy,
was found dead in bed at Moose
Jaw, Evidence showed that he had
been indulging in intoxicants prior
to his death.
A private detective matte an in-
spection of the affairs of the police
force of Moose Jaw, and made a
report favorable -to existing condi-
tions.
One of the old timers of the west
died at Portage la Prairie, Nan.,
in the person of Isaiah Hall, aged
94. Ho had resided in Portage la
Prairie sines 1877.
11, '2. Smith, a Maple Crock,
Sask., rancher, has purchased a
flock of 10,000 ,sheep in the united
States, which he will instal on his
60,000 acre farm at Maple Creek.
Jtev. A. C. Wishart, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church ab Calgary,
was found unconscious in his study
as ae result of natural gas fumes,
but recovered when given attend-
ance.
Through the explosion of a kitch-
en range at Regina, Sask., the
stove was blown to pieces and Mar-
tha Turnbull badly injured by,
pieces ecf flying iron. The hot hater
tank exploded; clue to clogged wa-
ter pipes.
Joseph Provo, of Quill Luke,
Sask., went oub chicken shooting,
Later he was found with the entire
charge of the gun lodged in his
brain. The trigger of the gun
caught as he ewe passing through
some scrub bush.
1V. S. Fiddler, a farm hand,
dropped dead .at Moose Jaw while
helping to unload some theatrical
scenery. A coroner said the man's
death was caused by acute indiges-
tion, he having eaten a large quan-
tity of cheese on an empty stomach.
Edward W. Murphy; eight years
ago, was sent to the penitentiary
from Brandon, Man., for stealing
diamonds from a jewellery store.
After serving half his sentence he
volunteered to tell the authorities
where the stolen diamonds had
been hidden, and .did so,
A coroner's jury, empanelled to
enquire into the death of a foreign-
er killed while working for the
C.P.R. in Saskatchewan, recom-
mended that in future rules for the
guidance of employes who could
not rend or speak English should
he, polled in their- own. languages..
MayCe'Berry"of "S1. Boni#dee was
arrestedCTIDeo. 26th; by the Chief
of the Police )iorcc,;,tharged with
vacating the mayors chair on Dec.
2dth, without notice. He was then -
taken before Police Magistrate
T'ur•emic, and pleaded guilty, in. an..
excited manner, The'- magistrate
then sentenced themayor to accept
a silver flask, presented.•to him by
the employes of the city, •It was
fully three ,thminutes before e may-
or eonid get hie br.ea'th.• He 'fold
those'110, the plot thati.tilitsethiste,
nearly frightened the' life out,of his
wife and himself.
An Angel's Misfortune.
An old gentleman, always polite
to ladies, was asserting ono day
that he had never - seen a really
ugly woman. A lady with a flat
nose, overhearing him, said. 00,81e,
look at me, and confess that 1 am
truly ugly.," "Madam," he replied,
"like the rest of your seat, you are
an angel fallen from the .skies, but
it was your misfortune rather,than
yens fault that you happened to.
alight on seer inose,"
"People , i.
. grow wiser as they gsow
older,'" ;"Thta.t'.e' bleailiff' . 'Mere
would, be err) tliviu winhe;thet)l if
they Were bile ? eitl tee, Sidit."
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