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Canning Tomatoes.
This is a new method of canning
tomatoes; Scald and peel the toma-
toes, as usual: Have the cans sten.-
' lined, place the raw tomatoes in them
whole, pour in boiling water to fill the
cans, running a kn'fe around in the
cans, so that all the crevices are filled,
then put on the cover. Place and
cans in a boiler or large vessel, pour
in boiling water until it reaches bhe
neck of the. can, put the lid on the
boiler. wrap it with a blanket or
rug and leave until the water is cold,
which will be next morning, The cans
are then ready to pat away. When
the cans are opened, you will find
the tomatoes whole and firm enough
to slice easily.
Canned Tomato Soup.—Boil thor-
oughly tomatoes and onions, propor-
tioned td
roportioned.to taste. -Strain, season with
salt, black and red pepper and celery
seed. Boil again and can. This
may be used in a variety of ways, as
a plain soup, as a meat sauce, thick-
ened and spiced, with macaroni. ad-
ding cheese and thickening, or com-
bined with left -over meat or chicken
and gravy, rice, barley, vermicelli.
etc,
Tomato Catsup.—Take the desired
amountof tomatoes and scald them to
free them from the skins. Place
them in a kettle with a bit of onion
and a bag of mixed spices. Cayenne
should not be added until the mix-
ture is run through a sieve to remove
all seeds. Add vinegar, black pep-
per and enough cayenne to make the
catsup sharp. Boil, and when med-
ium thick put into bottles. Use new
corks and press then far down into
the necks of bottles, then dip the tops
of the necks intosealing wax. Ex-
act proportion cannot lie acearrately
giyen, for tastes differ, and the only
reliable way is to test the made cab-
eup and add any ingredient which has.
a tendency to make it better. Some
use a litble sugar in catsup, whereas
others prefer it tart.
Green Tomato Pickle.—Slice green
tomatoes thin. Put plenty of salt on
them and let stand overnight. In the
that every housewife ehould now
about food is its value as nourishment
for the body. We trust, in fact, have
foods that feed. There are several
kinds of values that all human bodies
need in the food they eat, and with
out which they cannot be healthy
and well nourished. These are;
Material bo build the body and re
pair waste.
Material to give heat and strength.
Material to enrich and cleanse the
blood.
Material to form bone.
Let us take them in order:
It may be said of the body-build-
ing material that, in a sense, it is the
most important of all, because we
cannot live without it, while we might
go on living for some time without
most of the. others (though we could
not long remain` healthy), Cheese,
lentils, haricot beans, split peas, meat,
fish, oatmeal, eggs, nuts and, bo a
somewat. less extent, good bread, all
have much body-building material.,
Fats of all kinds, such as butter,
cream, suet, dripping margarine and
nut butter, give warmth andenergy,
strength and power to work. ` Sugar,
molasses and golden syrup are also
heat -giving, and so are "starchy"
foods,. such as potatoes, rice and
cornstarch.: These foods, however,
contain very little body-building ma-
terial.
Vegetables and fruit (other than
peas, beans and lentils) contain
scarcely any of the body-building ma-
terials, but they give the body what
no other foods give, that is, certain
juices which purify and enrich the
blood, and without which no one can
be healthy. It is these precious
juices which are thrown away when
vegetables are boiled in water and
the water poured down the sink. If
these juices were taken by people
every day in properly cooked vege-
tables, there Would not be nearly so
much money spent at the drug store,
as they are the best possible form of
natural medicine.
The bone forming materials are to
be found principally in mlik and
morning - dram well and add onions cheese,- good bread, oatmeal and in
which Have been sliced thin. Fut Tonions and many green vegetables.
vinegar in a large kettle. Add a iThey are absolutely necessary for
little sugar, cinnamon and cloves. The growing children. The result of ehil
spices may be put in a sack if desired dren nob getting enough of themis
tomatoes and onions in vinegar only too often to be seen in bad teeth
and let come to a boil'. and stunted growth.
Tomato Marmalade.—Pare and slice
three quarts of ripe tomatoes and add Things to Remember.
three pounds of granulated sugar. Grease spots can be removed from
Slice four large lemons, put the toms- the floor by means of alcohol.
toes, sugar and sliced lemons into a Allow 20 inches of space far each
kettle and cook until quite thick. person when setting a dining table.
Then pat in•airtight glass jars. . Parsley or celery rubbed on the
hands will destroy the odor of onions.
' Loaf Cakes. Middies of white crepe save laundry
When making cakes with drippings, work, as they don't have to be ironed.
if a few drops of lemon juice are beat- The finer you crush the ice to.
en up with the drippings the cake be used in the freezer the more quick -
will taste as well as if, made with bub- ` ly ib will freeze the ice cream.
ter. Lemons should always be heat- Asparagus is delicious served with
ed or placed in boiling water before brown butter foe a change„' instead
being squeezed, as in this way much of on toast with dressing.
more juice can be obtained from To preserve rubbers for fruit jars
them. cover them with dryflour: They will
Almond Cake.—Cream one-half cup be as pliable as when new.
of butter with two cups of sugar; add A litble olive oil poured into a bot -
four well -beaten eggs, one-half cup tle of home-made catsup after the
of almonds, one-half teaspoon of al- bottle has been opened will prevent
mond extract, one-half cup of milk the catsup from spoiling so quickly.
and two cups of flour sifted with To remove old varnish from fur -
two teaspoons of baking milkier. niture, bake three tablespoonfuls of
Bake in a hob oven for 20 minutes. baking soda and put it in a. quart of
Delicate Cake.—Cream one-half cup' water and apply with a rough cloth.
of batter with one cup of sugar; add If when breaking eggs into a bowl
one-half cup of milk, a teaspoon of
vanilla and two cups of flour sifted
with two teaspoons of baking powder.
Fold in the sbiffly beaten whited of
four eggs and bake forhalf an hour
in a buttered tin.
English Tea Cake.—Mix one cup of
sugar with the beaten yolks of two
eggs; add two tablespoons of melted
butter, one-half cup of water, one-
half teaspoon of grated nutmeg and
one and one-half cups of flour sifted
with two teaspoons 'of ,baking pow-
der. Bake in a moderate oven:
Geranium Cake. -Line a square,
shallow tin with buttered paper and
cover with rose geranium leaves.
Cream half a cup of butter with one
cup of water and two cups of flour
sifted with one teaspoon of baking • JellY depends upon the exclusion of
powder. Fold in the stiffly beaten
whites of four eggs, turn into the pan
and bake. When the cake is cool
the leaves will pull off easily, leaving
no brace and just afaint taste of the
geranium leaves. Use any preferred
icing.
Gold Cake.—Cream one cup of but-
ter with two cups of sugar, add. the
beaten yolks of eight eggs, one tea-
spoon of lemon extract and four cups
of flour, sifted with two teaspoons of
Making powder. .Bake in a moder-
ate oven for one hour.
Orange Cake. -Cream one-half eup
of butter with two cupsof sugar, add
the well -beaten yolks of six eggs and
the white of one, one-half cup milk,
the grated rind and juice of two
oranges and four ,cups; of flour sifted Perfectly Safe.'
with one-half teaspoon of baking soda DOSS—And is Freddie In any danger
take in a moderate oven and cover from his compound fracture 1'
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with plain ming flavored with orange f” Delo-•-Not a bit. iris nurse is a
Food That feeds. A hiss byMoonlight is the Of loves
Otte of the moat.. impertanb things strongest argnmelite,...
The Gift of British.Sport'smen to the Empire
Ten of the thirty-three' motor ambulances handed over by Lord Lona-.
;dale were accepted by Mr. Andrew Fisher, ex -Premier of Australia, for they
beneflt of the Anzacs. Photo shows Mr. Andrew Fisher, the Russian Am-.
bassador, and Lord Lonsdale,
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THESIIHDA AY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
SEPTEMBER 24.
Lesson XIIL The Things Which Are
Not Seen.—Review.-2 Cor. 4.
1 to 5. 4. Golden Text
2 Cur. 4. 18.
1. A bracing word. This message
of Paul (teems to be directed as much
to himself as to his hearers. He is
getting near the end of his career, and
recognizes "so little done, so much to
do," He has raised up other leaders,.
but they have proved untrustworthy.
Feeling his failing strength, he would
encourage himself with the same mes-
sage that his hearers need. He re-
views his many battles and sees that
he bears the dying Jesus about with
Many organizations created to de-
velop it have turned aside for the
loaves and fishes, but bhe ideal is
still the most powerdul force in the
progreee of mankind. The biologists
say that the persistence of any trait
or instinct through eeveral genera -
The Cause of Repair. Bilis. preciable loss of power. These dan-
ger signals must not be overlooked ;
in fact, a knock of any sortis usually
serious and a thorough investigation
of the car should be made before an
attempt is made to proceed,
Only the best lubricants should be
purchased, and unless you are a spec -
per care of the machine. Only the ialist on oils and greases it is test.
other day, for instance; a dealer told to go to the man from whom you pur-
of amen who had bought a powerful chased your car or 1,o some repair
man who you know is capable of giv-
car and who was totally ignorant of
the fact that oil and grease played im- ing you a competent opinion of what
portant parts in its running. When lubricants to use. Not all garage or
he was towed in a 'few days later with repair men are qualified to do this.
a badly damaged engine he said he
had thought that little things such as NEW IDEA OF CURES.
lubrication were arranged before the
car leftthe factory, and that all he
had to do was to keep the tank full of
gamsline. Repair men state that if
private drivers had more real know-
ledge of their cars, and applied it,
It is deplorable but true; that for
each motor -owner who really under-
stands his car in its multiple details
there are dozens ignorant -of every-
thing save the control. They know
how to start ib and stop it. But they
know almost nothing about the pro -
BUCHAREST IS
A MODERN CITY
HAS BEEN CALLED THE PARIS
QF THE EAST.
Was Held By Russia, Austria and
Turkey at Different
Times.
Bucharest, the capital of Roumania,
which figures so largely in the news
of the day, straggles in its history
far back into the past, says the
Christian Science Monitor. Modern
historians declare that it was origin-
ally a fortress erected on the site of
the Daco-Roman Thyanus to com-
mand the approaches to Tirgovishtea,
at one time the capital of Wailochia.
But tradition, and tradition notorious-
ly in such matters is entirely unin-
fluenced by history, has it that it was
built by the semi -mythical Radu Ne-
gru, who is supposed to have flourish-
ed during the closing years of the
Wounds in Many Instances Being; thirteenth century and the early years
Treated By Novel Methods. of the fourteenth. Radu Negru was
One of the mostinteresting features; the first Wallachian prince, and it is
of the medical aspect of the war is f really a point of honor with all Rou-
that the old idea of cures confined to+manian cities, with any claim to an -
more than three-fourths of the repair drugs or surgery is being exploded. tiquity, to hail him as their founder.
The wounds and injuries caused by "Founded by Radu Negru" holds the
bullet, sharpneI, shook, bad weather same position in Roumania as does
and hard Conditions are daily being the "came over with the Conquerer"
treated by methods which show that in England, or "descended from Brian
the cult of Aesculapius is developing, Born" in Ireland.
on lines both more natural and ration- Burned by the Turks.
al., Some of these lines are, however,'
However founded, it became in
not new, but have been revived, writes
a London correspondent. time the summer residence of the
In bheheart of the Peak district, court, in 1695 it leapt suddenly into
which lies in the County of Derbyshire, Prominence by reason of an oscur-
a hospital was opened a few days ago rence common enough in that part of
where the treatment largely consists
of baths, whether mineral water, vapor
or doughe. The Canadian Red Cross
Hospital at Buxton is intended chiefly
business would fall away.
• Of motor car abuses, improper lu-
brication is probably the most com-
mon, according to Motor Print. Which
is a little strange, considering that
keeping a ear oiled and greased is
one of the easiest of the attentions
it requires. The motor is a mechan-
ism which runs at high speed and
high temperature. It contains many
rubbing surfaces. In order to keep
these surfaces from burning each oth-
er, it is necessary to separate them
by a film of oil.
Parts Neglected.
The greatest abuse of the lubri-
cating system, however, does not oc
the world in those days—it was burn-
ed by the Turks. It was, however,
restored again, grew greatly in size
for nervous and rheumatic cases, the and prosperity and, in the year 1698
former arising elflefty from shell was chosen by Prince Constantine
.cloche, Brancovan for his- capital. During
Going through the wards I noticed a the next century, Bucharest was right
tions means that it, never can be de- cur in the motor, but in the other very youthful -looking soldier, who I in the centre of the great struggle
stroyed. Applied to the world of parts of the car. The majority of found was a French-Canadian named' carried on at that time between Rus -
ideals, this is evidence of the eternity owners are educated to lubricating the Edmond Moreau, from St. John's, sia, Austria, and Turkey for predom-
motor Quebec. He was at St. ]lhio during finance, In turn Bucharest was ]n
of things nob seen. The.voice of , but they often leave the rest the crater attacks, and was in n dug 1possession of all three. In the first
science is on the side of our ideals. of thir until it actually complains. out which was blown up. His two half of the following century its for -
Those who-- seek a better social order A greatmany drivers consider that so companions were killed, and his own tunes were equally varied. In 1828
are looking for a house not made with long as the car lasts it will continue experience was peculiar. _ Although it was occupied bythe Russians who
hands. It is not yet upon the earth. to run and that it does not need at-" conscious after the explosion, he P
found himself standing amid whist the following year, made it over to
Ibis eternal in the heavens, but it is tention of any sort whatsoever. Ex -
constantly coming down from there amination of the cars in garages in seemed chaos and he himself was as if. tate Prince of Wallachia. It was
variousparts of the countrypetrified. His body was stiff, his limbs again held by the Russians in 1853-4.
upon the earth. Some day it shall shows refused to set, and his tongue clove to On their departure, an Austrian ger-
be established here where men can that grease cups, gear bores and dif- his mouth. Hs was still suffering •rison took possession and kept it
dwell in it. ferentials lack attention. In part;- i pretty badly this way when he reached until the March of 1857. Its status
miler, of course, is this true of gear .Buxton three weeks ago, but in that remained uncertain until 1861, when,
RIVAL OF.KRUPP WORKS. boxes, because they are inaccessible i time a marked improvement tools re the declaration of the union of
and it is a disagreeable task to screw 'place. The power of speech came
g Wallachia and Moldavia, Prince Cuzaon,
Russian Industries TurningOut Huge them down. back, and he related his experiences
g -'to me personally although in a halting the first ruler of the united pro-
Quantities of Munitions. It is better to use too much grease manner. A case like that, it was said, vines, proclaimed Bucharest his
A Swedish engineer who has just than too little. Many of the parts , received great benefit tram mineral capital. It was not, however, until
R will apparently run indefinitely with- , water baths of varying temperatures, the accession of Prince Charles, in
1866, that the history of modern
Bucharest begins. •
A Modern City.
The place is essentially a modern
town. It lies in a hollow traversed
from northwest to southwest by the
river Dimbovitza, on the left bank
of which the city is mainly built. To
the west and southwedt it is sheltered
by a low range of hills, but on all
other sides the land stretches across
marsh and lowland away to the sky
line, to where the great central Wal-
lachian plain sweeps clown to the
Black Sea. Bucharest has a multi-
tude of gardens and a multitude of
turrets and metal -plated or gilded
cupolas, and they lend to the city a
certain picturesqueness in which,
him as he is being slowly worn away returned to Stockholm from ussla out it, and many owners will form One is familiar with peat used by the
through peril and persecution. Yet gives an interesting description of the. im cession that the Irish peasantry in place of coal, but
p grease cups
he sees the life that wanes in him be- war conditions in Petrograd, He were put on merely for ornament, but i here it is used like a poultice. Stiff
ing renewed in others. Therefore he says: joints and inflamed parts are mollified
looks to the source of power, to the The population of the Russian they will pay for their neglect in the and reduced by peat packs. A patient
capital has increased near] forty end,because the inabtention will re- I suffering from bad inflammation of
place whence conies caps the 'increase of p y suit in the wearingout of theseparts :joints (periostitis) thus treated was
the energy that grows daily less in I Per cent since July, 1916. This is ]
him: Those who work for social partly clue to the arrival of hundreds paster than they should. The spring able to rejoin his unit within a few
progress in the modern world need of thousands of fugitives from Po- sooboltn become loose, steering andar and
disagree- weeks.
that bracing word of Foul's. They land, the Baltic provinces and Vol- g
are dealing with practical manors, hynia, partly to the erection of en- ably when they are not properly sup-
with things they can see and touch. merous new factories and the, en- plied with grease. On the other—
WEALTHY IMPERIAL FAMILY.
Absorbed in the detail of reform, largement of old ones. The indus- hand, when they are well lubricated. Japan's Rulers Have Fortune in Bank
theysometimes fail to look up.trial establishments in Petrograd they rhould last almost indefinitely. 1
and the surrounding towns now em- Bearings Need Attention. Shares and Forests.
Whether they are getting along in ploy six hundred thousand men and•, g
years and recognize the enormity of women. Many of the workers have V hen the gear box is tight it is
the task that they must leave undone, been brought from the interior of rarely necessary to add grease, but it
or whether in the strength of youth the empire. is riot safe bo assume that the grease
they fail o see any progress result- "Within a radius of thirty miles of will last forever, and a good rule is to
Ing from their labors, in either case Petrograd every existing factory pro- inspect it once a month, for some -
they need this vision that Paul found duces war material and nothing else. times the grease disappears more
for his own day of discouragement. The Russian industries, aftersome rapidly, due to a small, unnoticed leak
2. The course of strength. *here delay, have been as .completely mobi- or because the grease is of poor quaff-
shall men look in the day of their lized for the war as those of Ger- itry. When the grease becomes very
Weakness, when the heart fails and many. Under the direction of Rus- low it is usually noticeable by a noise
the flesh 'decays? "To the hills from sian, English and French experts the in the gear box, while, on the other
whence cometh our help," said the an- factories turn out enormous quanti- hand, the gear box may hum if too
siert sage. "The eternal hills," we ties of shells of all sizes, and cart- much lubrication is used.
rail them, but slowly the ran and the ridges for machine guns and rifles. The wheel bearings should be
apiece of ,shell gets into the egg, by rain wear them away. It. was be- The Putiloff works now make nearly greased every month or so ,for, al-
jusb touching with the half ehell it yond the hills that the Psalmist weal- as many big guns as the world-fam though they may run for a year wibh-
will cling to it and be easily removed, pus Krupp. works in Essen, and it i
ly looked to the 'source of theirout complaining, their life will be
If eggs are: placed ]n hot water a asserted that more machine gone are considerablyshortened. It better
strength- So Paul looks beyond finished every week m Russia than
few minutes before breaking the Jesus to ;'him that raised up Jesus." and more satisfactory to use plenty
whites will separate from the yokes « " ,,. in Germany." ofgrease on all these
The •best of all, says Wesley, is __. parts.The
very easily.., They must be cooled God ie with u x" A young Jew talk- fact that the steering gear uses very
before whipping up the whites. ing to the .writer concerning social THE BUCKEYE AS FOOD, litble grease does not mean that it
Rub a little butter under the edge Christianity, . said, "I would give The Despised Horse -Chestnut May should be neglected,and the grease
of: the spout of the cream pitcher; it anything to know that God had any- p cup ;that is located on the housing,
will prevent a drop of cream from „ Yet Be Utilized.
p p thing to do with our meeting to -day. should be frequently filled and screw -
running, down over the pitcher.What is the assurance of Gcd beim; In Germany's pinch for food she has ed down.
To remove tem coffee, fruit andwith us? It is that we are with tinned umturally to the buckeye; or, Magneto and starting and lighting
vegetable stains from white goodsas they call it in Europe, the "horse -
God; that we are working for the chestnut" generator bearings are invariably of
heap Balt on the spot, rub hard and 'righteousness and 'truth that hasAs overtone knows who has ex- the ball type and require very little
rinse it m cold weber in which con seemed to men eternal throughout all amined it, the buckeye is a large nut lubrication. With bhe former it is
con-
siderable borax has been dissolved. generhtions, filled with starch" Moat people think sufficient to use two or three drops
:Tire covers of jelly glasses ate nota]t Is poisonous, and many animals re- of light oil. The fact that the oil
3, The things that remain. The fuse to eat it, The German chemists
airtight, and since the success o£ the holes may be somewhat difficult to
only things that are constant are the say thatthis is because of a certain find is no reason for neglect, and
things that are not teen. What does bitter substance and some soamlike
remain in all the changing course constituents. They claim that wild; worn, or badly rnlured parts will re -
of history; in all the development of 'animals eat Ilse buckeye freely, and sult if they are not lubricated.
mankind? What are the penman- buckeyes are gatheredfor the food of Danger signals.
ent factors? They are not cities made those kept in confinement, To run the motor with a lack of
with hands. There is none The analyses of the buckeye is as
yet that ,follows : oil or with a cooling system out of
has endured the storm and stress of 'Starch & starchy matter 42 per cont commission is absolutely suicidal, and
time. But such ideals as the men Albuminous matter 5 per cent the effect in both cases is usually the
had who lived in those cities are still a 011 i do 2.5 per cent same—scored pistons and cylinders.
force for progress. Such righteous Sacc ran matter 9. • per cent It is not sale to operate the car with
less as they accomplished is stilt in -
4 Mineral matter 1,5 per emit the water boiling', and as soon as the
Water per scut
creasing itself in the earth. The The bitterness and soapiness can bo boiling point is reached the calii
of
Jews have been scattered all over the remeved by boiling in water To make bhe trouble should be found. If the
surface of the globe, but their stand- the buckeye into flour they are boiled cireulatioii is stopped the car in no.
aids of righbeousness, their ideals of for a short'time in several changee of case should be run, nor should it be
justice and brotherhood, are still . a water, their freoci fiam :bhe brawn shell when the watoi' kir
far down in
mighty power in the developmeitt of and dried ou titre hearth until quite the radiator•. This Is objectionable
mankind. Tyrants destroy free hard, when they are ground in a mill' in • pump systems; because alesser
Cattle are the least sensitive to the ,
states, but liberty is not stamped out,
bitter element, but pigs and ghats win quantity bf water mattes it impossible Now They Don't Speak,
Oppression from without and bertayal only eat the."ttnbittered" nuts. Fowls to keep the motor cool, aril In rho.
from sVithmn may destroy the organiz- eat the"Weren't you surprised s� h Jack
p o t i en
W . ; "unbifiterect" nuts with relish, thermo-syphon .system there is the roposed ?" •
ablons that seek after brotherhood, especially if mingled with other grain, added objection that the circulation No Why should 1 be ?''
but neither of those things can de- The flour made is .visite with a Yellow- practically steps as soon RS the water "Everybody else was.'
stroy the ideal of brotherhood. Ob- rah tone, and bas a slight but stake- drops beim*" the upper connection to
serve the growth of the ideal of the ably bitter Wale. There is a sweetish, the radiator, Had an Irish Look.
brobherhoed of Man, of the coopers throat a It atter-taste Unseeing to the Lack of oil and cooling diff; b"
s believed that by boiling g cultic., Bobbie asked his father if mme Wes
tivo commonwealth of eworld-socia it with potastli than file last traoes•of ,are usually indicated by knocks or invented in Ireland, because it Was
ty ordered in justice and in peace, bitterness tan be removed, •• missing, and ht the same time an, ap- called b'Clock, .,
all bacteria that cause decay, it is
well bo put a good coating of melted
paraffin on top of the glasses.
When you get your potatoes ready
to bake, grease them with lard .just
before they are put into the oven. It
makes the skin come off withoat too
much of the potato adhering, to it,
with no waste. Try it the next time
you bake potatoes.'
When necessary to iron a rough -dry
garment at once, danipen it, roll tight,
wrap in a cloth, then in paper and put
in the oven while the irons are heat-
ing. Evaporation, will cause it to be
thoroughly dampened in very few
minutes, but don't have the oven too
The property holdings of the im-
perial household of Japan amount in
the' aggregate to $250,000,000, accord-
ing to an article printed in the Nichi
Nichi of Tokio. These holdings in- otherwise, it might be lacking by rear
clude shares in the -Bank of Japan,eon of its essentially modern charas -
the Yokohama Specie Bank, the Nip- ter, It has been called the "Paris of
poo Yusen Xaisha, and shares and the East," and in the matter of
bonds of many other concerns- Add -'boulevards and avenues it certainly
maintains the Paris tradition. The
three main boulevards, the Plevna,
Lipscani and Vasaresci, skirt the left
bank of the river; whilst the Eliza-
beth boulevard and the famous Calea
Victoriel, or "Avenue of Victory,"
which commemorates the Roumanian
successes at Plevna, run out, east
and west, respectively, from the
Lipscani and meet a broad road,
propertyy of the imperial, pallace and
t which tically enciBucharestrcles the , how -
city.
f There ispracmuch in
ever, which renders it unlike Pars
or any purely western city, The
brightly colored costumes of the gip-
sies and Rumens, the Russian coach-
men or sleigh drivers, and the curi-
ous cry of the peddler lend to every-
thing just that unmistakable air of
the east so common in the Balkans.
Origin of Name.
One of the most striking'buildings
ed to these interests are the contri-
butions made by the Government af-
ter the Sino-Japanese wa,•out of the
indemnity obtained from China.,The
indemnity funds and the stockhold-
ings are said to total $90,000,000.
Forests covering 2,130,000 acres
and 150,000 acres of prairie land are
valued at a sum which would bring
the total up to $250,000,000. If to
theforegoingthe market value 1 of he
detached palaces throughout Japan
be estimated' imperial property would
reach a much greater figure. The
value of this property is increasing 20
per cent, annually.
At the same time, every year an
enormous amount is expended in im-
perial grants, In accordance with
the will of the Emperor Meiji, father
and predecessor of the present Em-
peror, the actual expenses of the im_ in the city is the cathedral, or metro -
ed
family are said to be grease politan church, which was commenced
ed as much as passible. The greater in 1656. Built in the form of a Greek
part of the revenues from the impar- cross, surrounded by a broad cloister,
ial properties, says the article, is used it has three towers, and standing as
for various ceremonies, salaries Pen- it does on high ground, it overlooks
sions and social expensesincurred in the whole of Bucharest and com-
mixing With the royalty of other na- mends a view of the distant Carpath-
tions, ians, As to the name Bucharest, it.
is spelt in no fewer than seven dif-
ferent ways, and no one seems to be
able to agree as to the origin or
meaning of the word. One account,
at any rate, derives it from the Al-
banian word Bukur,, meaning "joy,"
and claims that Prince Mir'cea of
Wallachia, who flourished about 1400,
so named the city in memory of a
victory over the Turks. The Roti
nianians Call their city Bucuresi.
1' ,i
Mollyng.
Miss Pansy Pyeticoddliit says her idea of ,
mollycoddling is a man who riots
bashful and waits for a gill to remem-
ber that it is leap year,
Seek the Man.
.1.Iokue-•-Those two girls tiled to be
bospeak.
som 'friends, stud ;tow they"scarcely
Pokus---What's 1118 name,
In addition the imperial household
receives annually $1,500,000 from the
Government, and the salaries of the
officials of the household department
are paid out of that.
A Peck.
"How much is thim plums 2"
"Ten cents a peck,"
"Shure, pliwat do yen thltsk I om—
a burrd ?"
Many a man is his own Jonah.