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The Brussels Post, 1906-4-12, Page 7t'et tet eieette., 1. ,444, ••••••••••,••••••••1 OVER N JIBE Find That Which Is Good, That Which Is Worth Holding Fast. Peeve 1311 things; hold test that whirl 18 good. --1. Thees. v., 21. fie who doom not doubt is damned. In -tetteetuifilY and moralist nothing is 3101380.9.30i1 unlit it is put to the proof, 11 yob do not test things for ('0(830(11 they W10 be teak, foe you by adversity and HaVsall.Y. Thee° is no virtue In lukhat ittlogs foe granted. '1110313 is greater „raison tor putting the tlettge id religion to the feet Fence it 10 tithe the supreme elace in the life. 0001)1 18 not disbelief; It Is not, rejec- tion without examination. Neither amend 11 be the habitual dwelling ht it fog of unttortaltity. 11 18 Inquiry and ex- omitiation; it Is the mental process ug wheel all things must 31(1881 it ir a road that learis to faith, It is the altitude of mind met $a3tet "I have been endowed wail 010101(1(113 powers; it were an freellginter net lo veruse to use thorn on ail things.' 1 loneliness and hatred. Often the bra .!eient opinion with the sweet1 uf att late est of ail men is let who cooliteos letlegel letrefetelelettellePtHeile 111( Home Pe 4#01444eletl4+4444.114441 SELECTED BECIPES. Apple Medusa. — Chop four mildly Acid apples fine. Soak three-quariers 01 11 cup of bread crumbs in two cone 01 Milk, Mill two cups more uf milk, the v- yolks ot hew eggs, one cup of sugar, one tablespoonful of awned butter and 1 tile afifilo, Turn into a buttered bilking dish and bake. Cover with at meringue '2. :undo from the whites of foer eggs beat- " on stiff, with one-quarter ()up of P powdered sugar, find color in the oven. Fruit Juices, — Boll two cups of st e i with 14V0 003113 CA water until it 11 ens, 313111(111 313311 lake (emit len to fif 0. minutes. When the 130.13111' ((1(40 1 aro put together, stir until disco •Y skiin just before the balling petit ',1 reached; then take .00t. the spoon i do not stir again. Add two cups strawberry grape, currant or any o "'jalee and SiCililler 111111-([1.10.11/11'S ot The man who is too indolent to in- sestigate, too Impoverished of intellect 31'examine doctrines and philosophies, to appreciate truth and eradicate error— that rnan Mats it P0S,Y 0.01.1 convenient to exorcise his credulity and call it faith. To Wm is a reprehensible thing to mimetic established beliefs, foe it meant; tint they must be carefully ce. oonstrueted and this involves UNNECESSARY CADDIS If he wants ponce a men would better steal kingdom than breathe one weed against the peirttlecl formulas of the fa. thefts. No offence can be greater than that of disturbing them and causing them le do their thinking ail river again, To them their aced Is a key to unlook the gate of heaven; to /Mange Ifs shape 311 tho minutest. degree would be to de. slroy its usefulness, 13(1)1 even to inquire whether there might not he another key is 10 01011110S 1110 depravity of one who • would enter In as a burglar. An ulsooverers have been doubters, They have refuge() In 'weep!, the 18st word of tho stay-at-homes ns to what might be abroad. Their doubt led to faith, tan so a taso strong and subillne that it compelled them leave ease 511(1 1(109 hardship, to forsake friends mid face logatten. Thu only doubts we need to dread al fhose of the professional doubler, 1.11 man who seeks darkness rather 111(11113111, o1• lho nom who delights In evec ((113 intelleetual stumbling blacks (hate I11(1) ay show how easily he vaults then Someittnes 11 would seem es though lit cliteents world er weie ivi 11110 3 parties—those who hope for salvation), Slimily bollevelng evepything and Moe elm seek tame by blatantly denying el things. But between the two there is the cones is sufficient. Pill the cup with 13 81)000, not by pushing it, trite the pan and filling lower half solid, then atroke off with a 1303311.After this, to help moire the dough light, sift the Dour twlee more, eller adding the baking powder, and It will he further aerated. Tile second telling can he matte, even 313311311 the bait. elg powder hi added al, tho last, and ((1103' 11i dough is otherwise entirely reedy for the oven. If 1)1(131(313 powder used is the kind that 081$ quickly It is wiser to add it lest, that acme of its leavening power 12e "DON'TS" FROM A STOVE REPAIRER A few don'ts furnished by It stove dee ler, who Is frequently called upon fo repairs, may assist the 3104'1011. D0111 heat a stove rapidly the firs (Imo, Don't pile the coal above the tep the fitebox, nue allow the top of the stove to get red hot. IL wimps and gen. craters the /meet's, Iletc. Don't let your melte get clogged. Shake teen Mien and keep free from cinders and astute. d 'vlIeler, Don't Int ashes remain in the ashpan. is They absorb the heat, cool the oven, and and cheek the draught. (.t Don't let clinker remain fastened in woe the firebox. If the box is brlek-lined, nn drop an oyster shell In the fire octets. ienal Y, when burning briskly, and Lite shell will clean off the brielt. Don't "rush" the range with the oven draught open. You use too much fuel and burn out the range ton fast. Don't let the smoke thought eland open, except when fresh coal Is put ore Heat, that goes up the chimney Is so mut% good money hutted. Don't burn the wet garbage in the stove. Dry It, first., Othorwlse steam is generated, and the moisture will in- jure. the firebox. Don't eel, leaky vessels or spill eold water an the range. The cold teeming le canted with the heated inelal will crack It. To got spots when there bas teen a had "spill over," cool the 1ide by changing them; or putting on eon!, Clean with paper and finish with a scraper, Don't let the reservoir 1.04011.1 stand open ns it rusts the iron and stains the hinges. Don't let soot at:cumulate in flue. Serape off all soot that hangs to the oven bottom. Pull all snot toward you and he careful not to push It back Into the flue. THE BANKS OF GANAD A the risk at loss Is greater. We get ee rates in the fat' West mid In the 1011 1131330118," Is n1 your banking seeten u., Y at though the chartered banks 0111311jr genera! good of the 00111111'y."dmao?nnemely or trust? Dime 11 (101 to dillen Wet', and that they are for called 00m11111111301131 of capital, wide a certain extent work together, hetet lest 13(137 ('01101.1' our 11038001333good of 13(13 public. It is not a 3(1)8banking inetilutions, but that. is fo C10',101 001 the small fry?" "What is the condition of Canada "IL peevente the eetablishinent ors "It Is prespeeons, and it has bee as for some: years." "Will this eon:neon eontInue?" "1 ISO no reason why it should 11 Canada Is at the beginning 0( 111' mot 1 end it is developing rapidly. Imipigr ). are settling 0111 remit Nast, 10,0101i0S C, being established by capital from d United Steles, MI /111 meets of sound • terpeises are brine uneertnken. 1 no 1001g011 why 0111 country should ▪ 610 11131(1 ahead and steadily inerease • Panel:dem and wealth. I believe I. wo are doing bettor tient on the AN0 ilnin you are in the nth rd States. have one of Ihe beet reilwaye In country, and we 0.10 building two nth t Mitch will be equally great. When Canadian Peet& \Nets started the pe o „ 'hushed nt the hien that it, would b tentmcial suerees.. ft is now one of most profitable of the world's railwa. and its stork is high. We have also thblished here a syetew of canals wh is a c roe in opening up nur nowt We are raising wheat by the millions bushels and building mills to grind Indeed, I do not see how Canada co le better off than she ifi now." FINANCE IN FAR WEST. It was in the city of Calgary, 111 1 range country enet far from the fuothi 01 13113 Beekiee, thui 1 talked tvith Rowley, the manager of the Canadi Batik Of Commerce at that point. T Canada:a Battle of Commerce Is one the .niest enterprising 111 dominio 0, has 104 branehee, coveang the WI northern part of the continent fro Cape Breton an the Atlantic to 'la ceuver on Um Pacille, and from St Francisco to D0Ws013. ft Ilas a cattle of 810000,000 and a surplus of $3,1100 VA It keeps right in front 01 3110 ne development In the British northwe end it has branches ettleiblished al a most. every settlement, Mr. Rowley one of ite leading bankers In the We awl he knows all about the financial st uation. Ile said: "Our banks are making money in th part of the world. There are eight, the ehartereci institutions represented! Calgary, and WM notwillistundlng 11 population ls only 12,000. We hey however, a great wholesale busines here and we control the trade of th country about." "What are your interest rates?" "They are about the seine es those 1 western parts of the United States. W are now getting 7 and 8 per cent." There are many loan association here, A great deal of real estate seilin and Meiling Is clone, and some of th leg land companies are making lam peofits. The secretary of such a. com pony here, one of the biggest In Cana Ma, whieh is handling some trillion of its own and railroad lands, tells me he has matte 87u for every one he has put In the company. Another company started wIth a grant, which cost them a dollee or so an sere on Metall high. 111111. nd 18 110111 r the t, al. t 1(0 It to cert. the IIMar. AGENCIES IN .INVERY TOWN I THE DOMINION. What an American Has to Say Ado the Baultiog System of This Country. The ehartered banks have thrown the net over the British !Northwest and to establishing branches ut its every ut r oiciput imut. There are more than score of them doing husinces in WM 1 half us may are to be found Edmonton end Calgary, and [ley hat 1 their agencies in nearly every new tow at the wheat belt, One of the fire buildings I 330NY in the wilds of the tet hen muting regions was a pine sheet with the words "Imperial Dunk" pointe mom Ile walls, and near by the Can adien Bank of Commerce was dein13 business In a tent, %metes Frank et Caepeuter front Winnipeg to the Chi cage [Metall -Herald. The Bank of Montreal has just put up a tie* building at Edutonten, awe Mtn galley there are hundrede sueetantia 1 attiring institutione title new part e the waled. As far tie I ean learn they are all making money :els of the larg tanks, whose branekes are spread most widely over this Lerellory, careeid more than 1.4est per cent on their paid-up tam Rat In 1903, and upon their ettoltiti and This covered the whole, of Cenuda, and a great. part 01 1318 profits came from the sv,u::1)..us combined almost Pee ea cent. During 1117 travels here 111(13,1 met ihe leading funthelers, and have learned something about the banking system. 11 iC different from ours. Canada's linen- cial matters are managed by Mg insti- tutions with big capital, which have branches scattered throughout lite cntm- try There ar, n I 1)3111181 331111 850,000, 8100,000 ne 8200,000 capital. tt ts nol, possible to start a bank 0/ that kind. The money business of the whole country is done by chartered banks, which have altogether a paid-up capital of motet than S80,810,000 atid a surplus of more than $54,000,000, NETWORK 00 BRANCH BANKS. N of to sane 1110.11 '41 10 118LS 1118 roasonIn power he has, 4Y110 (.1011111S Cal Whig catty that he may prove them, that goo( may be thrashed FROM BAD AND WOTITIILESS. To him doubt. is a path and not a ter minus, a method and not a product/ in, comes at last, through the login 0 doubt, to certainty, to faith founded en facts. The wise man leaves meny perplexing problems to themselves. There aro dif- ficulties not worth Um solving, mere matters of Idle .speculallon, becoming diminutive beside real duiles. There ere difficulties W111011, when laid aevay, like a tangled skein, seem to unravel them- selves, Prublems of history and of speculation come to have little weight as compared with the proving of the entity 11111A1011$ of present, duty. The great thing Is to find that whiell Js ' good, that which 113 worth hist; and that is found' not by specula. tom inquiet', but, by plain doing of the test we know. Don't worry over flee- trine.s. Du the deeds of the best 1110. If there are things YOU cannot. believe, for. got Mein; go right on with the bustness of building the life on the things that ere geed. on the lines 18311 down by the life that ever hes been the light of men. The preellee 11( 1(33 preeepts leads to the uosseesion 01 11113 principles, WIIII these et base life comes out 01 )138 shilling un- certainly and tabes on form, order, and meaning,, and finds enchwing firmness, HENRY 0. COPE. g hour. Seal hot. A tablespoonful of this asynrtugrilinika, glass of water makes a pleas - Duchess Potatoes. — Pare snrne polo. toes, cook them In boiling salted water, erain and mash them, To a pint of the meshed "intake add a rounding table. spoon of butter, a tablespoonful of milk, pepper and salt as requited. Beat with a fork until very light, add the whipped yolks of two eggs, beat agin, then $111 le the whites of two egge, beaten stiff, and press the mixtute Into buttered nein' tins or Mlle moulds. T11111 these out carefully on to a buttered pan, brush them over with beaten egg, andt set them In the 01111 to brown. Peanut Mush, — Put over the fire two quarts water to which has been added 'one teaspoon salt. Mix together three (woe Suotch oatmeal end 0110 and one- half Dues finely ground peanuts; add the mixed meal to the water, stirring all the time. Lel the mush cook slowly forbad a; hour cm over, stirring often. If it becomea ton stiff to stir wen before 11 is cooked enough, add a little boiling tenter When done, Men out into a bowl, and let stand 040.11' inght. Cut info slices and fry In either oil or butter, sprinkling both sides slightly with salt, if nil is used, Serve hot with syrup or sauce. Corn meal 0/ whote wheat flour may he used in the same manner. Chicken — Chicken cooked In this nay is in fine shape to serve either It the home table or for platten. It as nice ae pressed chicken and Is less teem Ile to prepare. Take two pounds raw chicken 111181 one-half pound fet bacon end put them through a fooct chnpper, Then add one-thted of a cup bread crumbs, a little salt anti pepper, celery (3 1113011, two eggs, and moisten with 0110 - half cup of stock from any kind of meat. Sprinkle the molding board with flow or cracker dust and turn the mixture on te working it with the hands till it is in the form of a roil. Butler a piece of TEE S. S. LESSON INTSIRNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL 15, Lesson 311. eettue's Power Over D108118 11111.1 Death, Golden Text ; lohn 13. 23, LESSON WOI1D STUDIES, Nalc.—These Word Studies are base, on the text, of the Revised Version. A Shorter Aecount of the Sermon o the Mount.--ln eeeses :20-41) of the pee ceding tempter Luke gives a Meier at: roma or the Sermon on the ;Geoid The mato difterences between the tot count of Matthew and this briefer int 113 Luke aro explained by the differen objects and intended circle of rattlers o three gospels; but In both the Selene? is given as the Inaugural discourse the tang:tom 01 1181113(111, elatthew, writ lug toe the Jews, records nruch Chet has epeetal booting on the Levitt° law (5. 17.36), while. Luke, teeiling for Gentiles, Mutts moult of thls, Luke, Nowevee, n- ewels some of the ondtted parts of the 'written in another connecllen later on in his gospel narrative. Vereo 1. All Ills sayinge—Those spoken in the Sermon on the Mount, luto Capernaum—Nette 31311131113113'the s01301011 nog, ended had been delivered. 2. Conttreiciti—An officer 0( 1330 Roman armv entamandhig a company ot one teundred men, ns the name Servane--Litorally bond servant, or slave. Dealt unto him—Ore ns in the nutegta. el renderleg of the Revised Version, minions to him, or honorable with him, 3. Sent unto him elders 01 1110 .tews— Note both the modesty told the propete. V Of this netion on the part of the Ro- man soldier. He knew ;resits le be a :Towle() , eobbi, and Ida respect for the :lowish • religion prompted 31101 ,13.5 00111110 1101 10 go himself directly to Jesus, but lo epprotich him through the methadon of recognized representetives of the Jewish people. 4. 116 is worthy—The respect with which Me centurion seems to have habtlually treated the JeevIsh people, as exemplified in his melon veterred to In the prectedng verse, won for him in re- turn the respect 01 1310 Jews. 3131308 In- deed a high lelbute foe a low to give a Boman to say that li.c) 14"110 worthy of attention end favor, at their hands. 5. 110 loveth one ne tie ii—A I l that we learn concerning 1110 centurion Indicates that 1118 religious) convictions 'Inclined Itim toward the Jewish (01113, Our synagogue--Thls referenne 10 ono 8700goffile, (lees not imply that there W(1( hut one synagogue In Copt:maul% led Singly that the 0116 to which these parllenlar lews belonged eves refereed lo, 1 Nol, far Wm the house—Theinerra- five ot Luke et thls noini is mare Oiled 1 hen that of Me 1.1hew (0011-1fi• Malt. 1. 5-10/. Loed—The word 3,0)0 hive lines not et netenseelly hrmly more .1.1)nn• "Sir." in which snnse wn fInd It used 111 John 4. ite It. 21 ; Ants 16, 30; and Mine. pris. 063)013, 7, lila see the 88,301) .11)', epee* welt T • 11 ti,014. S011011 1.• 111 this ease, boy, R. 'On and '‘,. grunt 11. The yen Melon's arnutneut seems lo 1111A : as he 11110- n self or -numerals and Is obeyed by those ..r ever whim he has nethorily, so he 111,i0. 4 ,11111110$ 1/10.1 loons, who apberentIV (me I, pawn,' over unseen forces. 0110 over the ir spirit W011(1, 0011 command and heal at a distance, 9. He marveled—We have hero ono of the meny little indicelions totted in the gospel nu:Tattoos of the true humanity Jesne. He 3401.5 ncluelly astonished at the faith 0( 31)0 cc:Mueller). No. not In Tsranl—Where more than anywhere else, such faith was jo be ex - peeled. 1 1. Soon afterwards—Or, as minty ancient authorities read, 011 the next day. Netn—A town on the northwest slope of Little Berman near Alto anetent En - dor. Within 1110 tortelory of the tribe of Issachate The name itself matite lovely, and wee given to the town on temount of its charming location. It was about twenty-five miles from Ca. permium. • 12, o the gale of the city—All totems of importarete in the ancient orient a • were surreuntled by tvalls for the sake of 1 'meta:lion. Nein itself is appronched t from the road leading up from Carme- 1 mum) hy a narrow rocky path on which r elouldlees the two companies met. Touched the bier—Thereby sub- jecting himself to 'ceremonial 1 unmeen- ness, But 11010, as in the ease of the lopeit (Luke 5. 12), Jesus snerifIcee mere Levitical ceremonialism, with its rules about uncleanness, to a higher law of love. Arise—A single word of authority. (Comp. Luke 8. 54; 301111 11. 43; Acts 9, 40,) 16. Fear look hold on all—In the Pre- sence of this twinifeeted authority over death, 11 wee natural that, men shotild fear. Glorified 60(1—TO 111(311 of steeple un- prejudiced modes of thieldsg• am worts." and works of ,lesus invariably revealed the power of God. -- 17. 18 the whole of Judea—From thls statement 807110 have inferred that Luke was under the wrong Impression that 11118 miracle was performed hi Attlee, but such inference is not at ((13 war- ranted. What is intended by the !Meese is 13 statement of Ihe fed that the news of the miracle spend even as far as Into Judea, some milee to the south, as well as in all the reglon round nbout, SuiciDig ON WEDDING MORN. Scepticism Drives Last of a' Noble Farm ily to Grave. A terrible wedding tragedy look place at Naples, Italy, recently, The young Prince Vincenzo Pignatellie only 20 years of age, was to have been married al, 4 001011C 111 1110 afternoon to the CC/011108S Anne.Salezzo. In the alley home of the morning the Prinee rante for his servant, The latter at once made his way to his inestmee tams but before he could reneh it heard a shot. The P111100 W118 found lying wounded on the floor near the bed. Ile tried to epeak, but fell back dead, On a table by the bed volume t poems, open ift. the lines; "could 1 for- ever rest my weney heerli Gone is the est delusion which 1 cherished." '1111. Prince left itto 1,11008, the Mist tildreisied to his father end the see011,1 0 his befreitied. To hi.s tattle)? he slum narised Ms objections to marritige. mut oiled with 010 14'01118: "1 return to the mid whence came." 111 that addressed le his brieht he be. might her pardon, mid 101 id I hal 5(3(333. 10(315111 alone compelled him fo sulekle. Ito prate() and his rathrr were the iest wo roprosenletives 01 ft 1101110 11011Ne. • —•—• "W011, (10)101', (mw de you bud nie. this, 11 (taming:" "You're doing nicely, 1*0111 NV 4tf, nve sun a 1,11 Atvolten, hut Mar el trouble me." "1 innierstand, doe - 1 your legs were swollen Ilwouldn t 1111)11) me cloth of suitable size to 110111 it, the wrap the roil closely, and sew the clot fIrmly et the ends and along the std Boil steadily for two hours, and d not remove the cloth until the meat perfectly coid, when it will be found 1 nice shape for slicing • Delicious Veal Cake, — Take abnut pound of cold roast veal, remove all In end brown, cut it into thin slices or dic and with it two hard-boiled eggs. Grafts ti plain mou1d and put, into it layers veal, egg, and sliced ham, with choppe ., • n popper between each Jaye 1111111 the mould is nearly full, rex procure 801110 good stock, and flavor I viol! with lemon, tarragon vinegar, little mane, and peper; pour this over te other ingredients in the mould until it I mate full. Bake for hatteen hour. Whet the mould is cold, turn It out and serve It is cheap, yet delicious. Watercress Salad. — Allow the wahn cress to stand half en hour in cold Mater so that 11 will become crisp. Then free from moisture by swinging 11 18 a wire basket. Lao the sprays of wales - axles in a salad bowl, and stand the howl on lee, 811011 a cupful of Penn ruets removing the kernels as nearly whole as possible. A few minutes before lime for the salad to be served, sprinkle the watercress thoroughly with a dressing made by mixing one-ledt teespoonful sail, one-quarter teaspoonful of mus- tard, a dash of black pepper, or paprika, with three tablespoonfols 0( 338118(1 salad oil. To this 11110 can be added one-half teaspoonful of sugar, Drop into the oil gradually one lebtespoonful of vinegar, which is not too sharp. This may not be sufficient ddressing to meetnate the metes, hut the quantity 01111 Inotettend according to the above proporlinns, Pate carefully an apple which is a Mile tart, and eut 11 In very thin slices, and spread over 1110 cress, with a layer of nuts above. .Sprinkle with dressing and serve et once, 11 it. 13 18 11 LONDON'S GREAT TRAFFIC. Facts Displayed in Recent Dine Rooks. Two blue books of singular interest are volumes V. and VI, of the Report of the !loyal Commission on London Traffic. Among the astonishing Nets obtain- able from these maps and diagrams are the following:— One.foueth of the population of Eng- land. and Wi110S live within 20 miles radius of Charing Cross. From the Strand one can get to 23 points of London; from Whitehall to 22, and from Piccadilly to 18. Tile omnibuses of London earey in one yetut the whole population of the United Kingdom seven finies over. A passenger In Oxford Street !me (3 p choice of 23 ittferent onmthus routes o through that street to different parts of p London. 11 10. 11. 1,0 not. IN MERRY OLD ENOLAND NIEWS HY MAIL ABOUT 101IN BUM AND WS PEOPLE. Occurrences Jr* the Land Thal Belittle Supreme in the Commercial World. letre W, Greenwood, 11, Blackburn nimistrate, ithed himself in a case bruught against 111111 for chimney There are thirtplive cases at scarlet fever of, the Norwood Poor.law schools. Birmingham Boys' A.ntbetgareite oto• League has 330 tir memberslitp of over 003181: 141Ctritte street is the nanee given to a um new thorougitfure near Woolwich are pn- genet, eye Mr. Kele Hardie, M, P., pays 78 6d. not weekly fur Ins place In Neville's Court., In Fleet street, London. Local men only wIll, as tar as possible idea be employed in building the new, Lam - we both Towzi Hall al Brixton. Islingtoo Guardians have spent MOO epes1 •0 hini3in‘NalifnetalnIng the family of a man who the haft Just bean imprisoned for dwelling It is estimated that the Germans in London number something between 100,- 1 2(30,000 Admiral of the Fleet Sly John Fisher len has just celebrated his sixty-fifth birth. (ley. Ile is 00W in his fifty-second year of Ins naval service. The beautiful monument in Merton. church, originally placed there by Mes. Cook, the wtdnw of the famous Capt. Cook, has lately been restored. The substitution of Colonial for Eng. lish meat in Christchurch (Hants) work- house has resulted in a saving of 1087 during the past quarter. eu After enjoying a pension for forty be years. Joseph Willey, a Crimean vela. - u• tershire. Ile was '77 years old. 0' an, has just died at Littlethorpe, Leices- 1.0 James McNally, an inmate of the Horne m or the Little Sisters of the Poor, South n. Lambeth, hese entered upon his 110th In year. Flo is the King's oldest subject. el St, Pancras children are hang ene couraged to learn to swim by the girt of w free passes to the borough Council's There 0110 now thirty-five mein banks in Canada, with more Man one thousand branehes spread all over the country. Of these branches 401 are in the Province 1 Ontario, 183 in Quebec., '38 in Nava Sallie. 45 in Newierunswick, 87 in Want - lobe, 50 in British Columbia and almost 100 in this Canadian Northwest. • Tho Bank of Montreal, which has ifs head once in Monlreal, 1188 almost a hundred branches. 11, lets three banks in. tiee UnIted States and some in Croat Britain, The Canattien 13ank Cuin- reeree, the Union Bank, the Imperial Bank, the 13ank of British North Sinai - ea, as tvell as some thirty others, hive el' a large number of browses, These banks are all making money. They hbve allogether assets of more than $640.000,000. They have deposits approximating half a hillion dollars, and I am told that 010 deposits of the Bank 01 Itiontreal alone ere more than 8100,- 0110,000e A significant uf the rospertly of Canada is Mat the assets 1 those battles have inereased about 50 er cent, within the past five yeors end .1e Meek of each of them selle tar above per. That of the. Dank of :Montreal at, this writing is -eh), and that un capi. tat of over $14,000,0110, with a surplus rt $10,000,000. Tim chartered banks are limply un- der government control and their cepital and dividends are limited by law. Ev- ery bank has to pay a. certain propor- tion of Its money in government notes, and not less than 10 per cent. of Ite cash reserve nuisi. be paid in such notes. The Tho total number of passengers on 1 London's tramways. railways and omni - t buses in one year is egnal to three - 0 quarters of the population of London. e• The route mileage of railways within I the area 1101V constituting the admints- d 'MISTAKES WITH FLOUR. The transiation or weights into men. eures is comparatively easy when the food ninteeials are considered, and an accurate system of measuring has been 130(1(0(1 out as a stendard by the teach. 015 of cookery, 3(803188a cookery 0311)011.181 measuring butler 00(1 0)13)111' for in. Mance, Iwo one-half pint 001)10318 5(33(01 011e potind, following the old 1130111101'Mlle that "a pint's a 3101211d the worid i•ound." Tho butter must be pecked sob I idly by pressing with a spoon. W1100 s four is measured 11, 3111181 he sift I Love measuring, and freshly sifted, teed', for if it 031(1148 two or three dive Oka" sitting It becomes more or loss dense $ agues Atter 0113111n3)careful expert. melds and with different 50(31311,35 of n none, 1 find Hutt when 1110 1110011110g 11 cup is thrust into the snlidly peeked 11Ilour in the barrel two level cupfuls or ('(1(1 311(11 30313 weigh rine pound. 13(11 that is not the 88031' (10 10 used, Sift It twine end mensupe, and it fatale Met feur 013311(41, 10 weiglit pound. Now, if dour doubles its hulk by twice sifting th il is easy to see where great mistakes a cne in cooking. 'h'o the. alert:tee, or ne. 01 110811(11, a cupful nt flour aft railed tor in rt ('(10(31(3 (1(03) mean n greatly varying quanfit,v. 1 have 110031 811011 a 00038 dip into 1111' barrel tot' n 11111e more (lot • 1 • ('1'(11C0 01' 13181.1111, theilting tent she 0,4 adding 1)1)1 11 spoonful, when, ir of fled, the nom would aptal (1110 hall 11 (300311011 cupful at tenet. On thet e her!. bend, thole. should not be sifted Coo e Many times before meastning, and 1w100 ha tredve County of London woe only 29lete In 1845; in 1860 it eons fetee; in 1880 it had Increased to 2153; and in 10003o 22483'(.Al, Ihe busy time of the day 642 om- nibuses pass by the 131m14 in an hour, a procession of gee miles long; 400 througb Oxford street and Mee/M.111y, 11 proms. sion of 1% miles in length, Motor otnnibuses hold 114 persons, as against a horse omnibus load of 20, se that if horse omnibuses In London were replaced by 1110103' omnibuses Me streets would be relieved of one-fourth of (31511'existing omnibus truffle. HYPNOTIZED BY TELEPHONE. Some remarkable experiments In t131way of hypnotizing by telephone hay Jost been carried out in the Savoy Ho MI, London, England, bY Mc. F. Abbott. The experiments W010 onn diteted in the presence of a considerabl number of medical men. Mr. Abbot introduced a young Scotsman, 3(8110113(811011he had hypnotized seven times during the p1131310135 fortnight. After 311n.1esslng his hand over the face of the subject Mr. Abbott soon reduced nut man to a passive state, and, then, accompanied be one of the (11&11011[(11&11011[men, he left the building:, and from a distance of two mites telephoned to the hotel in which the 01301100 had been held. When the bell In Me hotel room rang the young Scotsman went to the telephone, and, with a shudder, tell back quite imam - serene, Mr. Abbott had commanded him over the, telephone to go to sloop, and the snbjoct remained In ti hypno- tized state 1111111 Mr. Abbott returned and awakened him. An ctoterUmNisilQrtlig8 shorpFlitZer has hit upon a, novel notion by which to drew attention to his W111110W and wens. 111 o consplcuotis position he placed a ergo whar 1(88 ite cd WhC1011P011 1(8081(808c(('1319(1 in flaming red tellers tho fob owing hiring legend : "I have placed n my window n dozen articles tteluelly marked below cost price. Any person electing These articles may have them .113,0 price slated." This unique offer eturelly resulted In a gOOti clonl of spec - teflon on the part of the bargalmseelt. 1g publie and led to a marked Inerease I teade, • IN DEATH NOT DIVIDED. "The doctors hare agreed Upon 0 ranee of Jenkins' Illncws," "They've held another consultation, ?" "No; a post-mortem," POSSIBLE, epo ('011ori know," remarked 1118 1130130r the new 11)113', itioughatilly, "1 be. eve he has his father's bale" "I' wouldn't be siirprised," rolled th '(1 (310 friend; "his father certainly sn't 1301 11 novvI" e 1)18 ys, 014.• ry. 13. rjf Uhl 110 11$ W st baths to all school children who win 1, swimming races. is "I constantly see it stated that foreign st setonen 1110 more sober than English batiors," said Mr. Mead, at the Thames police court, "but my experience is the is reverse." tt Two letters from Lord Nelson, dated n 1801, and addressed to the mayor and • trsvn clerk of Yarmouth, have erecently e, come into the possession of the Yor- e mouth Town Council, Mr. Balfour ix already planning to complete some literary work which he 1(118 not been able to attempt during his n term of office, and amid the excitement • of a general election. Among the wellethoevn people who e will, this year, celebrate their golden e weddings are Professor Sir William and `g Ludy Crookes, Sir ;Mho and Lady Stra- e clleY, and Lord and Lady Amherst. . The Postmastee-General has made A (oke, He said that the ex -Prune Minis- , lee was recently unable to insure his lila, because no clerk In the insurance office could make out his policy. Samuel John Voisey, sexIon of Cul. lcmpten church., Deem', for 50 Years, has just died. ile attended every tuner. 03 11014 in the church during the halt century he held office, and saw eight vicars come and go. To ensure fruit dealers and consum- ers receiving full weight, the Swami* Fruit Growers' Association have adopted the gallon (5 pound) pasket, made in Winchester prison, as the standard strawberry basket. For refusing to grind some coffee an able.bodied young man of twenty-three, who has been maintained in the work- house for twelve months at the expense of Maryhtbone ratepayem, was sen. Mimed to twenty-one days' Imprison. went. The Medical eflleer of the London County Council having reported dist "standing" tut a punishment should not bc inflicted on any children In the epee'. al sehools, orders have been Ponied to the teachers of such schools prohibiting this form of punishment. NORWEGIAN LOAD LINE. Ships Will nave to Pass Through Sure ',my Before Sailing. Noewny has decided to follow the ox' 11(113118 of England and adopl a load line tor her shipping. Subject in an arrange- ment with the Norske Vanes, a law will come into tome by which stringent rules will be applied to Norwegian ship. ping, Attention In Norway has been directed to the subject of shipping MSS - 05, W111011 ELM very henvy, and us 410 incoosiderable proportion of Norwegian shipping sells about the world uninsur- ed bemuse uninsurable these losses have been imenty felt of late years. Apart from the stringent regulations with respect to overloading end the pro- per provision for lite 011 board ship, the new merchant shipping not stipulates . that "when a foreign ship is bought by a Noteveglan attbjeot no certificate of ne.- (tonality shall bo issued for the ship If halt of wood, 01 of wood and iron (com- posite), and more than twenty years old, ne of Iron (steel), and nmre then thirty mate; old, unless classed At if of wood • ad Al if of iron In the Noeake Writes 1' other surveying fristituttene recog- !zed by the King." Even If alloeved to egistry under these conditions she will aye to paea a thorough survey bethee eIng allowed to proceed to sea. Brit- ehipownera hove long (3011(031310(1 11111,1 he ;mine emulations which are enftitel. 1 on British ships should be equally tforeed en foreign ships, and In Nil. ess the contentlein Is irrefutable, I hey paid the first Installment and the sales from the lands then began to come In These were toted for 1110 future pay- ments, so tbat telly $2.5110 wee actually invested by the original incorporators, one of the men who went into that (tal le said to have made 8700.000 and an- other to have netted almost 3)1,000,000. Nearly all the chartered bones Ilove avings departments, and there are in ddition posiotlice savings hanks, which re to be fonnd at every e,ountry 113)111 roads, as well as in the towns and cit. les. The private savings banks have something Mot 820,040,000 in deposits, end dm posionlee savings banks have 1133.000,000 and 200,000 depositors. M the postoMee banks 3 per cent. Interest itt paid, but no one may deposit more Man $1,00e In One year oe have more than 83,000 standing to Ms credit at one time. •11.0313 1111131" 11 1100 10 151111 110103* 18 11101 a amount af their unimpaired paid•up cep- 3 a ital, bin ench must also depo well it govitenment en amulet equal to 5 per cent, of Its mile circulatin. This 5 per cent. on nli the note circulation of the country issued by the banks forms a common fund for the security of the note -holders, who are further secured by a provision requiring thel the notee cf n suspended bank sball bear interest at 6 par cent. until the public is notified that they can be redeemed. NOT LIKE A1110111I1AN SYSTEM. DurIng my slay in Montreal I met the manager of the Bank of Montreal, E. H. Clouston, and had a ehat with him about Cnnadinn banking methods. Tbe Beak of Montreal is 0110 of the 011101 1111- 111101111 111:41111111011S of the 13ee(4. It was founded by Montreal inaelintels in 1117, when James !Veneer. we, beginoing his first term as Preshlent of the Cod- ed Stales, and Be original remittal was $485,000, It 'mid a dividend of 5 pee cent the fleet year, and hate pantsh d rletevit; &rids ever sinee, its capital h Increased to $14,100,000, and 11 1105 1103113 a 0013111811 31118113' timee as largo es the amount originally invested. Its peesi. dent is toed Strathenna, the richest man In female, and the representative of the Dominion in Lonodon. The Bank of Montreal tooks more like one of nue government, departments than any financial inetitution of Well street. It has Corinthian Milan 51 (310 front, and its rof, a hundred feet shove the floor, Is upheld by columns of black menthe front Vermont, each ns big around as a flour barrel and 05 height as polished jet. Everything nbottt the building Is stately, and the servants nee ns imposing as those 8)1 33113 Bank of England. A sleet:, Week -haired Jremi- al. Cm:tether-like huller, ill a bits' stet trimmed with red and a bright red vest with braes buttone, took in my cited to Mr. Clouston, end I 4.1010 conducted into 31 chureh-lfie reception -room and risked to waif. In speaking of Canadlen banking Mr. Ctoueton said: "I think our syetem is heifer than the Alnerleten. It hne more ellecke upon bank officials and 113 more preventive et tablished here.eystm of connts whinh branches in every part of Commie 310 feel etery day the pat) of THE WHOLE C.OUNTTIV, We love tenter of (ho thunteini 110)3)13. 1131118 and itnannial movements, and we ran prevent panics end similar disns- Mrs." "How about your interest rates?" 1 asktsd, "Dees nol your system of char- tered 1151011 lend to equalize them throughout the Dominion?" "I think so," staled Mr. nee/sten. "The rale IA noty (Mott 5,14 or 11 per cent. al- most everywhere, with ten increnee Where 11 4 THE DAY 00 THE YOUNG PEOPLE. The talk had turned to the youthful memberrof the family. The father of one daughter listened gravely while the rather of three sons told 01 1118 nnxictie. "BelWeen Will's fondness for every smi 0( 11301,')' sport, •11.111'S C10121 over fot- ball, and Arthites reekless daring where homes are concerned, their mother and I aren't having a calm or restful lime ot it, I can assurG you," concluded the boys' !ether. "Of course we don't want them to be cowards, but their mother thinks ,(here might be a line drawn sornewhere—she doesn't know just whore. We often think of You two tvith 110, 1113 1.0 worry you—only a pretty tinder test nut of college." Now see here," said the pretty &lea lete with a grimace, "you do't know at you're talking about. That girl of ne has come home with 'viw' on every conceivable subject.. Now it would reel, her mother and nm to ex. nge her and those views tor your re bey's. sly for six morithe. I'll do Oy time you're ready." (113 Clit 311311 net 0110 thr it a HIS KNOWLEDGE. "That's young Van Gilder who just pessed," (*marked the native, "You seem exceedingly well posted," seid the visitor, "I suppose you know more than 11(311 1)18 swell young fellows of llm town ?" "1.111111 If I didn't know More than all of Illem put together I'd go to action] again." Gteet WAY. "Are yon a weather prophel?" "No," answered the umbrella sates - Man, jocosely and confidentially, "1 ant the man mho collo& the weather prone," EASY TO STAIIT Wigg—II, taltes two to make a guar. t ('131.ant Wagg—V' s• but a quarreiseine Man I 0 oa0011always ('1('1(131 the other , be ISLAM) 00 BLACK CATS. Chatham Island, off the roast of n - dor, South America. Abounds trt 01'y 000 of 3131)10(1 (13 black, 7(18801m01e live the 01'1'131118sor the lava illation 11001 1110 0.00g1, 01111 5111411 notching fish and crabs, instead of Itsolointol altinntcoalr. StldgO 601110 men, ish by 318811.0 of thelr howl. \Her a men hos atquired a certain cvnthir:i; ‚913) 1113 1,10 18 tv.11-itoyudodr ('3(131'(1(1(1la has tut ev an fru by l'a go