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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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
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