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Household
Preserve in is.
Apple and Tonial:o Jam. -- Wipe
five .pounds of topples with a elven
damp cloth, and rout them into gli'ar
tens. Do not peel'thenl. Put them:
in a preserving -pan, and barely
coves with mad water. ,Simmer un-
til ,they are quite soft, and ''train
through cih•eese muslie. Put some
tomatoes into boiling water for one
minute, ,and then bake them out•and
•skin them. Slice them, thinly, Add
the sliced tomatoes to hhe apple
liquid, and weiglh. To every pound
of liquid and ,tomatto•es put a pound
of preserving sugar. Then color
with a little cochineal. Simmer un -
,til a little of itkte jam [put on ea, sau-
•qer gets firm. Pot 'while hot.
:amnesia Jam.—Slice up a -dozen
large bananas. To every pound of
fruit allow 'three-quarters of a
pound of preserving sugar. Take
the juice and pulp of five lemons, Slow cooking is the best cooking
and add 'them to the bananas 'end for ohildren's food,
sugar. Add a dibble water. Then The most economical way atomic -
chop up half an ounce of preserved Mg meat is to stew it.
ginger and add. Simmer vary slow- Plenty of time should always be
by for fifty minutes. allowed for ,a child's meal.
Date Jars. Buy ithe dates by the Wrap cut bread in .'waxed paper
pound. Remove the ,stones from, if you would keep it fresh.
three .pounds and Put the feuib in Tay scrainb'ling eggs with ,minced
your preserving pan. Add about green peppers for a dhange. •
three •breakfastexniu'ls of water. Let Keep a pair of ordinary pliersin
the fruit just get het, and thhen add the kitchen for 'lifting intensely hot
a pound and a half of preserving pans. •
sugar, a sprinkling of ground cin- Hang very dusty skirts out en
.namon, and a teaspoonful of fresh the clothesline in a high wind.
butter. ,Stir until the jam begins The .smoke from burning sugar is
to thioken, and pot while steaming one of 'the very best disineeetants,
hot. To keep a+ohimney free from soot
Pineapple and Fig Jam --Buy a sprinkle a little saltpeter over the
tin of pineapple and.¢ pound of fire 000asionalle.
dried figs. Cut the ,pineapple and To sift -ashes without seising durst
figs email. Put in a basin and add sprinkle them with water and let
the pineapple juioe, and leave all ahem get web with rain tbefoee
night. Mlle Tlhe next easy weigh the ing.
fruit, and to each pound add three- The new wooden spoons with e1ot-
quarters of preserving sugar. Put ted or perforated bowls save a lot
the sugar in the .preserving pan, of time in mixing cake batter.
and add enough water to melt it. Zino may be 'we'll cleaned with
When dissolved, add the pineapple wood ashes and kerosene; spread
, and figs. Stir over the fire until it it on, let be awhile,.and then scour,
thickens, and pot. A tea -leaf pillow is something
Apricot Juni. This is delicious new, having a restful, pleasant
when made from the well-known odor. It can be made out of leaves
dried apaicobs. Buy three pounds dried. •
of apricots. Wash them well, out Don't overcrowd your house
'ftp each apricot into four, and put plants.; two . or three vigorous,
to steep all night in three faints of healthy plants are bebber than a
water, and into them squeeze --she dozen puny ones.
juice of three lemons, .and add a A paper ice blanket folded over
pound of cooking apples cut up .the outer edge and top of the ice
small. Simmer this for ten minutes in the refrigerator wild save •tlhe ice-
" and then measure the pulp, and for man's bill.
eaclh.breakefasbcupful allow 'three- An excellent thing foe cleaning
quarters tof a pound of preserving wallpaper is bran filled into cheese -
sugar. Put this into the pan, and cloth bags; also it is :better than
add an extra four pounds of sugar, soap for the bath -tub.
Cook again for a few minutes, then The fine inner leaves of dand,e-
stir in 'ties apricots and the water lions chopped fine, and seasoned and
they have been soaking in, and 'moistened with mayonnaise make
conk until the jam gets 'bhick. Ibhu- excellent •spring sandwiches,
barb can be used when in season If you keep your clothespins in
instead ,u•f apples. small grape baskets with a wire
Fruit Salad lain.—Buy two hook, and then place the hook over
pounds of fruit ealad and cut the Mie clothesline, pushing it before
fruit up after well washing it, Then yon as you pie, it will save you a
put it to soak.covere•Cl with water. lob of stooping.
The next day put the fruit into tilts To remove mud stains on dresses,
preae•rving pan, ,and cover with wa- for black clothes, rub a saw potato
ter to which ,yon thieve added some on the marlks. For others, wash
essence of vanilla, Simmer gently
for fifteen [minutes, then measure
out the fruit pulp, and to each
bre,a]rfe.eteupful allow a pound of
preserving sugar. Simmer- gently
until it thickens.
remove 'carefully ,bo u das''1 and con-
tinue this method until the d:'.h is
entirely full.
Omelet melt Chicken Liver. --
Four eggs, our 'tabltepooni mei of
cold water, one•'half t.ablespoonfu'1
of butter, e;alt and pepper, two
chicken livens, Cut 'the livers into
medium sized pieces and settee
lightly in a little butter, To pre-
pare the omelet, beat eggs lightly,
yolks and '»lane together, add we
ter and oases) with [salt and ',pep-
per, Melt tete butter ie an omelet
pan and 01hen ibis ,hissing flat tarn
in the eggs and cook gently until
jest beginning to set. Add the pre-
pared livers, roll the omelet up and
serve very hob,
Corn Cakes. --One cupful of can-
ned corn, half ateaspoonf•u'1 of salt,
one cupful of flour, half a table-
spocon:ctrl oaf sugar, three-fourths of
a ouptul of milk, one teaspoonful 'of
baking powder,. two well -beaten
eggs. To !bhe corn add milk, !sugar'
and eggs well beaten. Mix and, sift
salt, flour and baking powder. Gam-
bine mixrtunos, drop by spoonfuls
into a !hot buttered muffin ring, set
in a buttered baking pan and 'bake
in a moderate oven until firm.
'Useful Hints.
Selected Recipes.
A. New Luncheon Dish. Taom a
number of baker's rolls, remove tall
the soft inside part and leave only
the ,crust. Boil as many eggs as
you heave rolls, Mash the eggs, and
add to ,thean a little melted butter,
some pepper, some salt, end a large
spoonful of minced tam. Mix 'these
ingredients thoroughly, and with
,the paste thus foagned, fill the rope.
Tomato and Lium• Means.: Fry to-
gether in butbtetr firm slices of to-
mato and .plentiful shreds of green
pepper, and serve ,the combination
on :a bed of boiled, dried, Lima
beans. The beans, which ,shhou!lcl be
quite mealy, ill taken everypar-
ticle
9,w P
of the savory tomato jn. ice, and
the flavors enhance •each other, A
Tittle onion juice may be tad'ded it
elesrred.
Tarts. --If you have grapefruit or
oranges in the homise, you can make
a pleasing dessert as follows,: Roll
omit 'pastry and cut it, in'tosquares..
left the sq PY ueres of astr, :into the
q
de ire�5sionsofs • e .muffin ,pan, itch
I till p n,. w
' the corners lapping`over :the edges,
s•
,
Bake this. Remove the pulp tram
your. orange or grapefruit, and
place .1t in (the baked ,ehel'ls. Just
before you serve It. make a plain
sugar syrup by bailing down some
sugar until 61 ithre
_t r
s a aim. 'Z'owr into
hot syrup over the tarts', tend place.
them it the oven to becomie tt1 tie. •-
•• ong(hly heated before you serve
them; Put a maraschino cherry an
the bop of each. The brown earners
of the pastry and the cherry an top
n Y
make tdtis apeetty as well as a ala -
table dessert. p
Stewed Rhubarb with Orange
Peel. -Boil long strips of orange
p
cel until tendsr, Add ,enough
h su-ar to fent a ,thick syrup. Lay
in
ba
dt ante la sa' of nieeee of rtntbarb
Y
i...ahea.lo g
n:.and ,stew
Abate four
inches
'tory gently Lillole,ati. Wheal done
the tspots with water in which has
been dissolved a little carbonate of him to see in him a greater good -
male. When rubbing any maberial, ne,ss, for Jesus "thought it nob rob -
always put au pad of linen under- bery to be equal with God.; On
naath.the other hand, the lnnnan nature
When you snake bread, put a of Jesus, ,tlhouglr sinless daring his
giranti'by of flour in the breadpan earthly life, •was soot good in the
and ,est the sponge in the Middle of absolute sense in which God is
it, There wil!1 be no stinky, doughy good. Jesus was tempted as we
pan to .clean in the morning, but •,are (list'. 2.18; 4, ;15). Helearned
one which needs very little :wash- obedience (Bsb, 5.8,) and was'per-
fected throngih sufferings (Heb. 2.
10). God' cannot be 'tempted with
evil, neither does he advance in
goednmms. Jesus could, [,herefore,
,trntirfully say, "None is good, 'that
is, absolutely, wave one, even God."
19. Thou knowest ,the comansnd-
meutUs—,Aceoa'ding to. Jewish ideas,
the mind of -God' was •revealed • in
bhe commandments, They . would,
therefore, answer the question of
the young tman, The commandments
mentioned are those of the second
Decalogue, except :the tenth, whtich
isrepresented byalio
precept, Do
p
net defraud."
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THE SUNDAY j1 (� . His countenance fell — The
l It UU�UAI SG UOI woad here translated "fell' is •else•
STUDY
vt!here translated "clouded 'over,"
referring to the sky
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, He went away tsorrowfui—He
JUNE 21. was disappointed because of his
failure :to'obtain the object of his
quest; but the cost of true disciple-
ship seemed to ,him too great, Sap
Lesson 1(1I. The Great Refusal. pose he had obeyed Jesus, an•d lee -
Mark 10. 17-31. Golden Text, come one of the pillars of :the early
Luke 16. 13. church, he might have rendered, a
service as great as Paul. Would
Verse 17. And as the was going he have had pause to regret the
forth into the way—Jesus is corn- sacrifice of this riches? p.
ing into the ;highway, perhaps from 23, How hardly slhall they that
some house where he has ;stopped have rio:nets enter into the king -
for a time on 'his way to Jertusa dom of God !—Wealth .can give
tem. many advantages. To those who
There Tan one to him-11'Iabtlhew possess it in large measure it must
says that he wars a 'eyoung man" be very easy to depend upon it en -
and Luke that he was a `ruler," tieely for what one needs and de -
probably a ruler of the synagogue, sires, and gradually to 'trust in
a man of position and influence and•riches rather than in God. A man
great wealth- .o3 large wealth is likely to become
Kneeled to him—(Showing his exclusive in this as!sociatione, un-
earneetnesa and ,his [desire to pay sympatthetic with This less forbunate
homage to!'this distinguished emcee_ brothers, and to "loins the com-
er. It is more than likely that mon touch." The life of swell a
this young man knew* of the grow- man would have little zoom for the
ing opposition to Jesus on the part qualities of humility, :teachableness,
of the Jewish authorities, and he and•open-mindedness much as Jesus
shows great courage in coming to 'saw in the children whom he bless -
him in this way, ed and co'm,mend•ed to his disciples
Good Teacher—The young men as essential qualifications fax en
regarded Jesus as a •chstinguished trance into 'his kingdom.
rabbi, and used :the customary- re- 25, Oriental teachers frequently
spectfui address of a pupil. used such exereme paradoxical
Eternal life—The Jews used this comparisons. Jesus meant to ex -
term to :mean the .blessings of the press in bbs 'strongest form the im
'Messianic kingdom. passibility of having wealth ,or po-
18, And Jesus staid unto him, sitdon ,accepted as qualifea.tions
Why ca11•est thou me gaocl'1—Doubt- for the Kingdom, and the difficulty
less Jesus thought the man's idents i'i'ah men have in entering it.
of goodness superficial, and he
26. They were astonished exceed-
of
to stimulabe him to deeper 'SLY--
desolates, like all Jews,
thought. - had regarded rich men a•a favored
None is good move one, even God of God. Those 'who ware looking
—It is difficult to know just what forward to the setting up_ of a tem -
pond heront by these words. It
poral kingdom enpeuted that pito-
Christ
possible tiha't this ruler called enmity would abound with righte-
Jestts good merely for politeness'ousnees. -Hence their question,
sake, and that Je:sii•s wished to lead 'Then who can be saved?
27. All things are possible with
God—He has eonimand of all forces
and this Spirit influences in way's
which -we cannot understand.
28. We, that its, the disciples,
have left -all, and have followed
thee—No doubt they 'were contrast-
ing ilheir notion with that of the
with young man who refused to give
up his wealth and follow Jesus.
Matthew adds tlliab the disciples
aslcedl "What then ,shall we have?
29, 30—The relationships of ,the
Kingdom will take the place of the
relatives or .possessions whish it
head been necessary toe the disciples
to leave when they entered mho ser-
vice of -Christ. And the pxoanises
that epritual possessions will cpm-,
pensatea.hundredfold fax the lose
of those temporal,
31, Many .that are first 'shall be
last bihe disciples were Ohrist'a
nearest :earthly friends, and aanong
the first to believe on Mian. Bat
Jesus warns them that they a,re not
necessarily entitled to preeminence
nor to any exclusive rmghte to his
blessing..
ing.
When steaming velvet try the fol-
lowing method: Take an ordinary
oo'lander, place this upside clown
oven a basin ip.artly filled with ,boat-
ing water. Then cover the whole
with a thick cloth, ipeace over the.
gams .butene•r and turn 'the gas just
thigh enough :to keep the water boil-
ing steadily.
3
' PEARLS OF TRUTH
Live ee long as you may bite Lest
twenty rears are the longest hal
Jf
of your 1ife•—R. Southey.
He who rises late must trot all
day) and will searoely overtake his
business at night.—Dr. Fuller, ,
PVery man tis rick or :poor accord-
ing to the proportion babwcen his
desires e,nd•enjoyanients.,Dr, John
eon.
There, is ' ' o i
nothingnsu ortablo
g PP.
to0man as ,to be in entero repose
PP
t P
without passion pace ation
N 0 j p ,
amusement or applac bion,--ePascal
The glory of ancestors sheds a
light around posterity ; it allows
neither: their goe,d nor bad qualities
remain in ohseurhby.--Sa•11ust.'
:Seldom le a ,life wholly wrecked
but llie cause lies in some internal
nialearrangeanent, forme want less
of good fpibilnc than .Of good gold-
once.—Oarlyle.
We are moo's profoundly humbled
by norms absurdity we have fallen
info thee ,some sin w•e have commit-
ted, unless the sin :involved some
absurdity. --Di'.' Yin et,
Whatever 'busies' the mind with
-
eat
out Cakiu bing it has at ledst tilts
advantage -=that it ressoues the day
from. idleness, end he that, is novo'
idle' will not ,often be ,s ieious,--ler,
Joltnacth,
20. Teacher—Note that bhe re-
spectful attitude of 'the vou•ng man
toward Jesus las. mainbained
throughout illus conversation.
All 'these things have I observed
from my youth—These 'wor'ds, which
were without doubt ti••ue,, present
to beautiful platters of': ,the 'home
of 'this
early training life .;and t
y 13
youngham who
grew up to love
the Toed and to etheeIfnlly obey
ais commandments.. Yet ,he reveals
a secret feeling thee the keeping of
these commandments 'wa'o not
enough, According to bfabbhew, he
asles the question, "What lack I
yet ?,r,:
21. Jesus tepee
lila loved
hien--ellovv this statement enriches
the 'smony 1 Clow glad we are ,to know
that, the lovinghteare, et our Saviour
was drawn towardsthis earnest,
sincere, 'upright young man,
One •thing thou lackest-Ile had
never gone beyond time extee'nel
ebael•vances of the law. He had set
fra•med floe do]n
gevi1,
bet there
e positive, aobive aide to good-
ness, inohtding a denial of self anti
a ciimtn'ibn'tion bo the welfare of
°theta,
Moon's. 'Mountains.
There is a theory ,that the circu-
lar, orateilika mountains of < the
(neon'are not of volcanic origin, but
1 ofo
1•e the resu is the moon's a beim
a
g
int
i a
'lan�eto dm, Another me w
by n
theory as to the effect tame the earth
was .ab One time •encircled bye, ring
similar to ,that which now 'encircles
Saturn, and ibh•at this • gaa.clually
coalesced, gathering ease around a
large number of nuclei and finally
uniting in a single spha a the
mogul.
Dyspeptic—This it is ,sad. world;
Facetious Friend -You're right, old
man. Even the heavens get blue
over it..
IIe
who postpones the day for liv-
inB'.. as he knows the fought to do is
like time tool who sibs by the elver
and wait till it flows by; bite it
glides and 'will glide on 'till all' time,
Horace.
LIFEBBOATS NOT SUFFICIENT.
Sir A. Conan Doyle's Suggestion
for New Rind of Vessel.
Boats have again and again
proved their co'm,.paraeive inutiliby
in the case of great sea disasters.
They ars difficult to lower with
celerity, are easily stove in against
the sides of 'the vessel when lower-
ed, cannot live in •e, heavy sea, and
are usually inadequate to hold the
number of persons seelng their
refugee
SirArthur Conan Doyle's sugges-
Lion, made shortly after the Titanic
disaster, seems to offer the most
reasonable suggestion yet put for-
ward for saving the life of passen-
gers at sea. Though pooh-p:oohed
by many it found several ,adherents
among eminent engineers. Briefly
the idea was that the whole of the
upper works of the shiip, including
upper deck, boat deck and hurri-
cane deck should fit loosely into the
haul of the vessel, in the same way
that a tray fits into a trunk. This
upper part of the vessel wound be
furnished with numerous air cham-
bers, and if the main hull of the
vessel were to sink would remain
on the surface as an independent
unit fully capable of 'holding the
entire shop's complement of passem
gees and crew, C.areying the idea
further, this upper portion could
be furnished with a small auxiliary
engine sufficiently powerful to pro-
peld the vessel either to the nearest
port or into the main shipping
tracks. That such a device would
have saved A, vast number of pre-
cious lives if fatted to the Empress
of Ireland is undoubted.
It is ueldom that the upper works
of a. vessel are materially injured in
a collision, and even if the collision
were to cause jamming between
this upper pertain and the main
hull, yet the terrific pull of the sink-
ing hull•and the contra pull of the
floating upperworks would proba-
bly free the two et the actual mo•
hent of sinking.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
It's easy bo find money in a dic-
tionary.
Many a broadcloth man owes it
to his calico wife.
While the fool is asking advice
the wise guy gees. busy.
It's all right to ride a hobby if
you know 'where to get off.
A nran /nay break into jail be-
cause he is •too proud to beg.
Moat oe us can see a sorrow twice
as fa -r away es a blessing.
Nothing destroys a mean man's
memory like doing him a favor.
Sosna girls break into, song be-
cause they ane unable to find the
key.
But the world owes every man a
right to earn the high cost of living.
We can see where the minority is
in the ei.ghtt--when we are of time
minority,
Even soave lazy men get busy, but
the trouble is that they don't keep
busy.
A man's talk of old flames is apt
to heat his wife's temper 'to the
boiling point.
And oocasaon•ally a man .has mo-
ney in a ba
mk because he doesn't
$1 t
own an automobile..
he the age of ten 'they called hiao
Archie ; forty years, later they
changed it to Archibald.
You may be able to convince
yourself that oontentsncn't is bobber
than great riches --if you have both.
who
ur eon 35 050 o
An
eminent' s
g
can open a man's anotamy and re-
lieve trim of him bank account,
Many a Mai) who imagines him -
sole capable of ruling •a nation can't
even keep his own ehildren out of
misehiee,
"Well," said the infirm old aunt
�, p
b
,
eat nuls-
des
despondently, Isharnt
n
,anco to ,you much longer." "Oe,•
dee't talk like that, aunt," said bet
nephew, ,reassuringly; "you know
tbsat you wi111''
Out London Letter
Sailor's Grog In DaugloA.•
While it his not been suggsstecl that
the 11r1tlsh admiralty peeh4olt the use
of wines and liquors Ort the nervy, a
movement Is afoot to induce the men- to.
give up drink.
Admiral eiir O. 151118-lilill, Speaking•. 05•
this 'movement, said that temperance in
the navy was snaking progress all along
the line, but therm was still room for
nitwit improvement. He condetnned the
practice. of ,giving out grog and said
60 per cent, of the men would give 1t up
if some small addition to their pay were
substituted, Me hoped some first ,lord
of the future would take up the matter
with .wiedona and boldness. It would
mean adding only another $200,000 to
the pay er the men to brilia•about the
reform, which would lead to an in-
c1'095e In efficiency all around.
In the Indian army the progress of
temperance Is remarkable. According
to officers back from India, about SO
per rent, of the British soldiers there.
are total abstainers.
Women May Get Offices.
The government has promised to In-
troduce two neW measures which, 1t:.car-
ried hy. parliament, Will [Hake it pos-
alble fora much largnuml' W
man to become eligibleer f'{ leebetf�oofi1l1 fonio-
town and -county scunchs In l:nglaald
and wales, and for town, county and
NO FAITH IN OCEAN CABLE
PEOPLE 81(EP'J'I (Si L MIEN 11'
WAB PROPOSED.
The tint Plsli Was to BridgeBeh-
ring Strait Wlldi: time
W'is'es.
teFreisft[y iy'atrhe ago m hpraisulnetmoefr, oonn--
fleeting the American and Euro.
peon eent,nents by land telegraph
was at its height and ausisulnuna�-
tion of the undertaking was regard-
ed es practically assured. The plan
was to connect Naw York and Lon-
don by way of the Behring Strait.
Although the first ocean cable
was laid on 1857, there existed ranch
skepticnr;.m Segardi lg it, and, a5 Inee
as 1865 it was declared by Many to'''.
parish mine s- fa srotlttna, be of po practieal us•s,•. The error:-
At the law stands, only electors aro •
eligible for these bodies, and es only l moos labor and cost of laying a l"`'
householders may exereise the muni-
cipal - and local franchise, comparative-
ly few women: are eligible.
The new bilis wilt matte It possible for
anyone Who hasresided in the district
for one year to stand for election 111
that section. The practical effect of
this law will be that married women
and other women living in the homes
or their relatives may become members
of these local bodies..
'Inquiry to Define a Gentleman.
An inquiry isbeing conducted at
Liverpool to determine the definition of
a gentleman as contemplated .by the
workingmen's Insurance act.
According to the rending of the act
ocean cable and the unsatisfactory
manner of the working ,of • those
first laid gave rise to the opinion
that failure would be the ultimate
outcome.
An Over -land Route.
Perceiving wide demand for tele-
graphic communication between
the two continents, Perry Macdon-
ald Collins, an, American engineer,
conceived the idea of an overland
ranee. His plan was for a private
any o e •W,Iro earns more than $800 )ear-
ly an does no manual labor is a gen- P Y,ooked by
1 ma This definition, simple enough
on its [face, has caused dispute in ahlp-
pip i`'Fe10s ,.at 4 thhe Liverpool Steam -
WV Ovine assoeiatl-on is Orying to
solve the. question by the present in-
(miry,
n-
c ulry, but it is likely that whatever the
decision do appeal Rill be carried to
the chanMolten of the exchequer.
A prominent .Tabor union official de-
clares that the definition creates unde-
sirable class distinctions in the mercan-
tile marine. Under the existing ruling
on big ships the captain, mate, second
officer, and every one in the engineer-
ing room down to the sixth assistant
are gentlemen under the act, but the
line must be drawn at the seventh en
-
The
The steamship owners are claiming
that the amount of food and lodging al-
lotted to their officers must count in
determining their status under•the act.
Cin smaller ships the question is more
acute, for only manual workers are re-
ceiving benefits; so no. matter how low
their stipend the officers, who do not
work with their hands, do not profit by
the act. Therefore the Gtlberttan situ-
ation is created that if a man, though
a manual worker, should by promotion
get another man to do his manual labor,
he at once becomes a gentleman.
E:enroost- Bells for 5378.
An auction sale held at the- Rectory
Hooton Roberts, near Rotherham, re-
cently the collection of the late Teeter
was dispersed. Some of the pieces had
curious histories,
One day when visiting a friend the
rector came upon an old cupboard stand-
ing in the farmyard, where it had been
used. for some years as a'henroost. He
bought 1t for 525, had 1t cleaned and
scraped and found himself possessed of
a fifteenth century livery cupboard. This
was bought by Earl FItzwilnatn for
$378.
Among other interesting pieces were.
an early Jacobean refectory table which
had been rescued by the rector from a
barn and for which $1,366 was paid, and
an oak court cupboard slated 1014, which
went for 9200. An Elizabethan four
poster bed was sold for $400.
5,000,000 Roses for Ex -Queen. •
Queen Alexandra Day-, which has been
fixed for June 24, will be celebrated this
year on a greater scale than ever before.
The aim is to sell 5,000,000 wild roses,
which Is Queen Alexandra's favorite
flower...
There will be sub -committees in 300
'centres throughout the United Xing-
dom, compared with sen i ty-two last
year. London's committee, the chair-
man of which is the Lord Mayor, has
also as members the Hon, Arthur Stan-
ley, Alderman Sir Charles Wakefield, :Sir
Ernest Hatch, Sir Marcus Samuel and
Lord Minion Crichton -Stuart. The wo-
men who' will invade the streets 115 sell-
ers of the roses will be dressed in white,
with white or light colored hats trim-
med with wreaths of the emblem of the
time. n States Gcvarnsiuem,t, to bund! a
telegraph line north from San
Francisco, through British Column
big., a@d Alaska,, to- a point on Beh
ring Strait nearest, Siberian land,
Simmlbaneously, the Russian Gov-
ernment was to build from St, Pe-
tersburg across Siberia to a point
opposite the American terminal on
Behring Strait.
Just :how the wires were to be
carried across the thirty or forty
miles of water separating the two
continents was never fully worked
out; but a series of floating buoys,
or small 'ships, firmly anchored, was
thought to offer a solution of the
problem, -
N egotiations with the Czar.
The enterprise advanced' in due
time to the point where represen-
tatives were to be stent tie St. Pe-
tersburg to lay the plan before the
Russian Government, Success at
tended the mission to the extent of
a tentative agreement whereby the
C'zar was to order theconstruction
of the Siberian line whenever lbs
praoticabil:ity was demonstrated by
the American promoters. Full per-
mission was granted for an Ameri-
can engineetang party ee explore
Eastern Russia and the great Si-
berian wilds for the purpose of lo
cating a- route and testing the fea-
sibility of maintaining telegraph
lines in that region.
Numerous surveys were made ,
through British Columbia and Alas-
ka, end a route was practically dee
Bided upon, Nearly all of the way
it led through an uninhabite,d coun-
try, remote from sourees of sup-
ply, and into a. vast region locked
in ice and snow during' seven or
eight months of the year. That -tough -
out this region it was propoteed to
maintain relay stations at frequent
points, where operators ta*td line-
men would always be on duty.
3 3.
day'. their own contribution to the funds, 1''rrm 1883 to 1865 many parties
There were about 16,000 Alexandra. and expeditious were organized ,explore Pay women and girls in London last and sent out to
year. TMs year it expected that there p• Ore and de -
will be nearer 20,000. Provincial centres
will be similarly augmented, and theto-
ted number will probably reach a quar-
tet' m
A featureofaillion, in London will be a motor
car floral procession. It is anticipated
tbat several hundreds of cars will takeonly 18 years of ege, and t.spenetwo:
part, Both the automobiles and their years in Siberia, building and op -
drivers will be covered with roses,
Proposes Women as: Constables. crating experimental Imes. bemoan
A bill to enable the police atithoritles w•as anee--pert telegrapher, and /his
mon•s'trate. George Kennan, aftea'-
ward well known in the United
t
S a#.s as a itraveller and lecturer,
joined one of the expeditions, when
to enroll women constables Is to be in- mission was-topnove to the satistae
tion of govern'me,nt and oaputalists
that tslegrapllio colilniunioaition .
could be mainitaiped constantly in
the semi -polar regions.
In Sib,eria the Kennan expedition
travelled thousands of mile•s.by dog •
sledge, and on borsebaok, investi-'
all our police stations women are em- gatilg climatic OandatJions and 1mIIlC-
ployed to lookafter female ]prisoners ding moarveys• - Its report to the Czae.
and to the American promoters Ives
that the projeot was entirely- feast-
ble. It is said that alis trans-Sibee-
fan railway subsequently followed.
much of the line marked out by the
Aioerieane.
troduced in the house or commons by
Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Union-
ist member for South Nottinghamshire.
The officials of Scotland Yard have
declared themselvesas opposed to the
measure. A spokesman said bluntly:
"We are against the suggestion.'We em-
ploy special women for spoelal purposes
such as vigilance work and in :all cases
intimately connected with women or
young girls, to a .far greaterextent
than the nubile realizes. Moreover, in
and whenever there is a female prison-
er a woman is constantly on the pre -
Mises.
Then, again, we work in close touch
and sympathy with the many excellent
societies that employ women detectives
and watchers',' and we sten In with our
constables on a hint from them. So that,
on the whole, women constables are not
only unnecessary but oblectionable, le -
rause they would inevitably lead to
what one may call specialized enlist-
ment."
Norse Trains Disappear.
'withthe installation of a locomotive
on the. Orttmbvl•e'h Junction -Port Car-
nal() RatlwaY the last terse drawn Pas-
senger train in Great Britain disappears..
lint the ghost of the horse will stall(
ahead of every train. even the fastest
e5cpress, as long as the standard gauge
remotes8 inches. This width
4 feet 8
Was decreed by the horse which drew
licks along rails laid t1a
w
1
. at
Northumberland collieries, long bstoreOeorgo Sto hensoninv nted the toe mo-
oTt s the width between the wheels
o1 'all
atl hoorse drown vohlcles and was
accepted as a matter of course by tate
first makers of railways.
Only ISrunel had the eudaoity'to'ig-
110re the cenvontiOlm and increased the
power, snood and accommodation of his
trains by making the gauge 6 feet, the
net length of which, however, disap-
peared in he early '00's�
le v
ing
the
ncrap procedrns t rmne.
Patdortable.
The prisoner sat disconsolate ]u
his cot. Suddenly the warden ap-
pesred.
"We shave obtained proof," he
said, `thatanother man cnIibted
lyou .. -
tillacame with arechrarg
ed,"
?Nell, 1 guess •that lets me otic,"
said 'the prisoner,"
It was while he was engaged in
making further surveys, believing
fully that the .American, end of the
line was ,already under construe -
tion, that :u, message, by courier
from St. Petersburg, reached Ken-
nan, informing him that the enter-
prise had been abandoned, and oar-
dering the expedition to return to
the United States foe discharge.
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Ino u• Aballdol rd.
J
Tho seeps-Gsful laying and opera -
lion of the second Atlantic moble in
1865 blasted the hope's of the Aro-
motel's of .the Amel'ican-Siberian
lime, Governments and eapitalistis
looked 'coldly upon the great out-
lay necessary and refused to anomie
'J
further experimentation's. mms,
all of the expeditions were. eecillled,
and the promoting eompanne . dis-
solved. The 'irony of fate made it
possible • for Kennon, when he final-
ly reached London, to tend a mets.
sage by ethic to friends in America.
Viewed from the standponne of
fifty years ago, ,the projeot was 0005
he mote . i gantt t ever ntier-
oft a 4 0o d
g
ed by men. ala -day -the undertaleat
ing ds virtually: a aootmpliahed, tele
only remb:ining line hieing t -he hridg
ing of lle•llring Strait.