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COOKING AND SERVING
Mose S,
Tender Reeled Steak, -Put in
your frying pan a little fat and have
it sroleine hot. Dip your round
%teak in cold water, roll it in hour,
and fry, and you will have a ten-
der steak. It i» a fact that you can deter -
To Serve Small Game, •-- Small t a marr'a
birds which need carvingmay bo inane Loa great extent
character by the condition of the
simply split longitudinally just be- gun ho uses, says Fur News, If
side the breast bone and the spine, hes gun is rusty and pitted and
Their bones can be cut easily. This 5110w8 signs of abuse beware the
will apply to partridge, pigeon, maul Be sure a his yellow streak.,
prairie hen, pheasant, and all other On the other hand, if his gun is
small birds. I clean the barrel bright and the
Pressed !feat.—Take the su•mo looks, working with that oily pre -
take out the seeds and ono of alto
pulp. Sprinkle inside with salt, in -
wort, and let stand in a gold plane
for twenty minutes. Fill oases with
b
inea la cut in email ous .or
e
shredded, and nutmeats broken
ro
ken in
email pieces, using tvo.therras pines
apple and one-third nutmeats
mixed with mayonnaise dressing.
Arrange on a bed of lettuce leaves
and garnish with mayonnaise dr'
ing halves of nutmeats andthin
shoos of tomato.
CARE OP ,A CU.
Various Oils Ileooianiended, but E1,•
bow Grease Needed.
WARNING TO AMERICANS
D
SAYS CANADA
J, II COLLINS S S C
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Ke Sayst the Douilidon is in the
Position of blaster and
Dictator,,
"In Canada, UncleSam has a
neighbor to whom he has paid scant
attention` the past generation, de -
oiler the fact that she is a lady,
and a mighty good oustomer. \e rth
less population than Pennsylvania.,
she takes about as much of our
products as all Asia and South
America put together, She stands
third in our export trade, coming
after Great Britain and Germany.
Yet Uncle Sane doesn't really know
her. From time to time, in build-
ing up his own share of the contin-
ent, he has stepped on her skirt,
amount_ (in oiliprice) of the followind g Melon which is so desirable, there trod on her tenderest toe, snubbed
ng beef, veal ew, anyou will find a sportsman—a man her, elbowed her out of the way.
pork hock. Put beef in kettle with who keeps his friendship as bright
enough water to tuck it, and when as his rifle barrel, and a hunter
ai: has boiled a half hour put in who nits when he has enough,
veal; when boiling goad put in It is careful, delicate piece of
pork, adding more water if needed./ a work to clean a gua thoroughly and
°oak until meat falls from bones, leave it in condition to resist damp -
Pick meat to pieces, taking out all noes and rust for an indefinite
bones and gristle, and pack in bak-
ing cried. However, with all the oils,
powder cans, like for picnic rods plugs and cleaners at our dis-
His neglect leas, however, been an
excellent stimulant in the end.
More than . anything else, it has
made Miss Canada what she is toe
day. Ho has given her a truly
Spartan training—but she isn't
grateful to him. The best thing
that ever happened to Canada was
your Uncle Sam—but she didn't
dinners. osal re is less difficult than it once think so at the time. Now, having
To Servo Roast Veal.—As veal istas. loft his hard schools, she is in a
rather a Laine tasting meat, roast! Many different kinds of gun oils position to give a few lessons in re-
veal is greatly improved in the eat-� are made, and they are nearly all turn, and is unquestionably going
ing by having a piece of boiled salt goad but theywill not de the work e
pork served with it. The combing- alone. A libral amount of elbow to do it.
iron of flavors is delicious. Boil grease must be used with them. This is a portion of a plain talk
the pork slowly until the r—
ind can A rag well dampened with a good to the American people by James
bo loosened with a fork, Remove' solvent oil will remove the Hoarser H. Collins, New York, in the Sat -
the rind before serving. 1 foulingurday Evening Post, of Philadel-
Browned Ilam.—`fake slice elin the barrel. This should
be followed alternately with dry hie his subject being"The New
raw ham, place in rather shallow rags and oiled rags until no Stam P „
Canada. He off with a
brief discussion of the pulp and
paper question, observing, in con
sus an proof con-
nection with the proposed removal
pan before serving. This dish will ed peeled. This happy state may of the American duty on wood pulp,
be found more delicious than fried be furthered by plugging each end that the Canadians reason thus:
ham and as tender as boiled ham. of the barrel with oiled waste. If you Yankees take off the duty
Cold C'utlets.--Cut the remains When it is possible a, rod of wood en pulp we might as well put an
of cold loin or neck of mutton into or brass ispreferable to a steel export duty on logs and pulp.'That
cutlets, trim them, and take away rod, as the softer material will not will bring some of your Yankee
a portion of the fat. Should there scratch or mar the bore of the gun.{ mills into Canada. Last year we
be too much, dip in beaten egg, roll t. sent away a million cords of pulp
in cracker crumbs, and fry in hot Field cleaners have their uses, but.
gettingonlythree or four
drippings. Serve with tomato e watchful eye should guard the,
cord and replace it with a. fresh; million dollars. If made into
sauce, Cut six tomatoes in two,' cord when the old begins to fray. I printing paper it would have
put tomato sauce into a stewpan Otherwise the shooter may have the i brought at least twenty-five million
with two small onions, one clove,. unpleasant experience of a wires dollars or double that for better
one blade of mace, one cup of gr
. of sa an and a broken cord in his hand. A I enough for Uncle Sam. Let's make
cayenne to taste, simmer until t1r° wire brush or a heavy bristle will paper for " - instead.
tomatoes ora tender, ruts the whale remove the most obstinate cake and
through a sieve, boil a few minutes. does no harm to the barrel.
and serve, I In case of lead fouling, or lead -
Meat Pudding. =Chop two pounds ing, as it is usually called, a. little
of round veal steak into pieces as mercury will remove the foreign
small as dice and season with salt metal if it is applied when the rifl-
and pepper to snit testa. Then ing has ben wiped perfectly dry.
take one quart of flour, one tea- A cork may be placed in the cham-
spoonful salt, two teaspoons of her and the mercury poured into
baking powder, one-half cup lard, the barrel. If it is allowed free
and enough water to form a smooth contact with the load it will unite
dough. Be careful not to get the rapidly with it and bath are easily
dough too soft, as it will break. removed.
Roll ant to thickness of ane -half The exterior surface of the gun materials from time to time, in the
inch. With the dough rolled out, should be wiped clean with an oiled future—which wo certainly shall—
wet edges and fill with meat,• ad- rag. The lot''ke seldom need clean -
pan. ,Cover with hot water and a1- is visible. If the bore rs then coat
low to simmer fn the oven for forty ed with a thin application of vase-
mrnntes. Ivrow take out of water line or gun grease it is rendered
and brown on both sides in frying t d dampr of for au extend -
or starch, one pin ]t andy bristle brush lodged in the rifling, gr•.ade. We have hewn wood longWHAT MAY BE EXPECTED."And tenday iu Canada'," saysMr. Collins, "it looks very much asif this course would be follovsecl.""If Canada does this," he goeson, "it will merely be in line withher general poliey towards theUniteu States. Alreacty, throughher Post -office, she has put a, heavyhandicap on the circulation of ourperiodicals, and as we need herlumber and wheat and other raw
ding one tablespoonful of batter ing beyond that which may be given
and three of water. Draw edges to- with an ordinary feather dipped in
gather and put in cloth; tie cloth, oil. If the gun has been out on a
allowing aa little room to swell. wet or very cold day it is advisable
Drop in kettle of boiling water with to plata it where it will dry ihor-
saucer in bottom to prevent scorch- ()uglily before cleaning it. Other-
ing and boil one and one-half hours, wise the moisture may rain the
arm. Finger marks will result in
rust spots unless they are removed
with a rag. A case or cloth cover
excludes the dust and dampness
and prolongs the life of the gun.
In choosing an oil one should use
care in not getting the kind that
gums or freezes easily. Inferior
not letting the water boil too hard,
as it will be likely to burst.
SPRI\G SALADS.
Salmon Salad.—For salmon salad
flake salmon, moisten with boiled
salad dressing, and arrange in
nests of crisp lettuce leaves. Gar- oils of this quality cause many ag-
nish with yolk of a hard boiled egg gravating misfires and afford no
forced through a potato ricer and great protection to the gun. If my
the white of a hard boiled egg cut previous advice is followed and the
in strips. • gun barrels corked with rags—be
French Dressing.—An ordinary warned! See that the rag or cork
French dressing is easily and quick- is removed before firing, and avoid
ly made. Mix three-fourths of a
teaspoonful of salt, one-fourth of a
teaspoonful of pepper, two table-
spoonfuls of vinegar, and four
tablespoonfuls of olive oil. Stir
until well blended.
Potato Salad.—Potato salad; cut
cold boiled potatoes in half-inch
cubes; there should be two cupfuls.
Add one-half a cupful of finely cut
celery and a medium sized apple,
burst gun barrels.
SLEEP WITII IIEAD TO NORTH.
Any Other Position Contrary to
Laws of Nature.
Two French doctors claim to have
discovered that the proper position
in which to sleep is to have the head
she can deftly adjust her own laws
to make a punishment that will fit
the crime. It will seem a grevious,
spiteful punishment to anybody in
the paper business, furniture and
woodenware, lumber, flour mill-
ing or whatever industries the
blows may fall -upon. But let a
Yankee go to Canada with broad
sempathies instead of special in-
terests. Let him be the sore that he
has been taught to take care of
himself in a bargain. Let him
listen to the Canadian side of the
,natter, and look from Canada at
our own c elides toward that coun-
try in the rest. He will find it dif-
'teulf; to feel sorry for himself or
his suffering country."
A COSTLY SLAP.
Taking up the question of trade
between the two countries Mr.
Collins accuses the McKinley tariff
of "cutting Canada off in a day."
\chile Americans were considering
other countries in the adjustment
of that tariff, "Canada, the best
foreign customer any nation has
anywhere, was cut off, not design-
edly, but withous knowing she
was there." He then adds:
pared, cut in eighths, then eights to the north, and the feet pointing "It made her fortune. For ten
p g g, or twelve desperate years she near -
cut in thin slices. Marinate with south. Any other position, such as
ly starved. Her West was little
French dressing, arrange in a east and west, is contrary to the known and frost caught the first
mound, and garnish with celery laws of nature, Iersons whose wheat crops in Manitoba then, be -
lips and sections of a bright red heads are placed east and west, cause of the very richness of its
apple. therefore, lie in the wrong position
1,enex Salad,—For Lenox salad alt night, and instead of getting Boil. Water -power hadn't become
remove the skins and seeds from rest and comfort, they only „ewe faslnrw.able, transportation and
white grapes. Add an equal gran themselves out in sleep. It was by miningwere backward. British
City of English walnut meats broken measuring what they Gall the capital went to Argentine, and wo
in pieces. Marinate with French "neure-psychological currents" in drainedCanada of its enterprising
i youngsters. Factories had to bo
dressing and arrange on lettuce man that the two sava.nt:s came to
leaves. this conclusion. When awake, they developed, a tariff fought through
Boiled Dressing.—There are further state, another position — Ottawa, and direct trade eetab-
many people who do not care for namely, east or west—is the best netted with other countries. But
olive oil, and for thein there mast Inc prolonged activity. Owners of; she ledno, hived through it, tvork-
i••e a boiled salad dressing. Mix factories and offices whore a large:cc', aavecl and became as hard as
one-half tablespoonful of salt, en e- number of persona are regularly nails. To -day she has growing in -
half a tablespoonful of mustard, employed would, they add, find it' dustiies, an aggressive young
three-fourths of a tablespoonful af to their advanlege to have their es-; foreign trade, great transportation,
sng ai•, one egg slightly beaten, two'tehlishments facing cast and west.' minim; and agricultural projects.
and one, -half tablespoonfus of melt-
ed butter, and three-fourths of a
cupful of thin cream, When thor-
oughly blended add slowly one-
fourth of a cupful of tdnegar. Cook
in e. double boiler, stirring co i-
atant:ly until the minter° thickens
slightly. Strain and cool.
Tomatoes Stuffed with Pineapple.
---Tomatoes stuffed with pineapple
makes a delicious salad, Pare me-
dium sized tomatoes, remove a thin
lever .from •the top of each,. and
More work can be got out of a man' British capital is flowing in -bast
in this position with much lees fa-; year John Bull sent her more than
tigue. If literary men want to two )smelted million dollars.
write a good comporetion, they: "Anel nnw Canada, having learn-
shoulcl sit at their desks facing the' eel leeele Sam's clone -fisted way of
east. How simple, niter all, it will bargaining, ie ready to strike.some
be hereafter to write bettor than:hard bargains in return. We pas -
Homer cm Shakespeare, or to paint sect the McKirnley tariff to build up
a masterpiece which would fill our own i,, bnetiies. Canada has
Michael Angelo with envy.always believed we did ie solely to
--- itnrve her into the Union. Annexe,-
a
All men who stand upright di not lion is, with ug, a topic for mild
act exceedingly,
editorials when there ere no big
murder trials, But .ever the line it
has been alrnest an issue, and is
still a fine political bugaboo; while
in Lon-
don
strings 'omen h res
tai encu u
don it is -enough' to shout: `Help 1
The Yankees are annexing us!
But now Canada really 1
1Y believer;
i
n
only one forth of annexation, She ie
going to annex Uncle Sam, without
malice, an a business basis, and has
several ways to de it, If he comes
quietly it can be made pleasant and.
pr'ofttable. If he prefers to snake a
fuss, there aro the billy and the
handcuffs " •
Mr. Collins then proceeds to pass
in review Canada's raw materials
which the Americans would like to
Have, such as wheat, timber and
asbestos. "Canada can be mistress
of certain situations," he says,
with little legislation. That is
what she means when she declares
that reciprocity must be discussed
at Ottawa instead of Washington."
Attention is next directed to the
establishment of subsidized steam-
ship lines to Great Britain and
Europe, South America, Mexico
and the West Indies, which "in a
few years . has given the Dornfnion
ten per eent, of eine Atlantic ship-
ping where she had practically
northing."
Then he observes that "Canada
is arranging preferential tariff
deals -with British colonies and
foreign countries, ' He notes that
a treaty with France has already
been affected, and adds:
"In time, it is certain tbat many
of these schemes will bo worked out
in actual schedules, and then some
of our big manufacturers may find
it easier to build up foreign trade
from Toronto, Hamilton, and other
growing industrial centres over the
border, Canada o. ers thein free
hides and wool. Her richesin
water -power are enormous. It
eosts twenty-five to thirty dollars .a
year to develop one horse -power by
steam, whereas Ontario can now
deliver water -power electricity at
about sixteen dollars. There is an
electrical -product plant in On-
tario that is said to save one thou-
sand dollars a day by running at
night, taking its current on the
'low peak,'
The writer notes that in smaller
manufacturing aleo, Canada can
exert pressure, and mentions col-
lars as a specific instance. The Troy
brand, which costs twelve cents in
the States, sells for twenty cents
in. Canada because of the tariff.
"This," he says, "is bound to
take the manufacturers ;n such
lines to Canada where they will
make their goods for the Cana-
dian market instead of here."
OLD TIME MLLITARY DRILL.
Row it Was Conducted in the Good
Oid Days of '37.
The style of drill described below
is calculated to please any season-
ed martinet. One can imagine the
well -ordered ranks after they had
been put througn the evolutions.
This gathering of militia took place
in Canada, and is described in
"Rumors of '37," by Rubino, and
Kathleen Macfarlane Lizars.
There was a scope for much ori-
ginality of uniform in the drill of
the militia. For the cai'alry, a
carving -knife fastened on the end
of a pole sometimes served as a,
spear or lance.
Of the infantry, e, few had coats,
a few, jackets; most were in their
shirt -sleeves. Some carried fire -
locks, some old swords. The great
number walking sticks, and there
was an occasional umbrella. Com-
mands would be given as follows:
"Gentlemen with the umbrellas,
take the ground to the right.
"Gentlemen with walking -sticks,
take ground to the left."
All ran after each other, elbow-
ed, kicked, chattered, and if the
commanding officer turned his back,
sat down. The captain was apt to
be obsequious in his orders.
"Now, gentlemen, I am going to
carry you through the evolutions
of manual exercise, and I hope you
will be patient I shall be as short
as possible, and if I should be going
wrong, I hope you will put me
right. With your permission I will
read the words of command.
" `Tention1 Please observe at
the word fire you must fire, all of
you who have guns. You gentle-
men who have sticks, riding -
switches and cornstalks needn't go
through the firing, but stand as
you are.
"Draw rammer ! Those who:
haven't any rammer needn't draw,
Charge bayonets 1 Excuse me, that
is wrong; I turned over two pages
at once, Advance Arms 1 Very
well done, gentlemen ; you improve.
wonclerfully."
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THE PROPER THING,
Fred --"I've only just heard of
your marriage, old chap."
Joe—"Yes, I was married nearly
six months ago."
Fred--" Yell, it isn't too late to
offer congratulations, of course?"
Joe --''A little late for congratu-
lations, my boy, but not for sym-
pathy."
MILD REPROOF.
COCOA SLAVERY,
ICotrars of the • System .on Wort
Coot of Af rico
or
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A Dumber G p amino
ooe •a firthe lne, in view of the
vondiGtons of i
•,rac teal slavery still
prevailing in the Portuguese Is-
lands of St, Thome and Principe,
on the West Cease of Afriea, agreed
to diecontjnuo commercial rola-
tions with those island.
The horrors associated with the
pooling of cocoa sieves from the
mainland, and the doom which
awaits them. in the islands, are de-
seribed by a London Daily Chron-
icle correspondent.
Theo unfortunate creatures aro
brought from the interior in gangs,
'chained together, for hundreds of
miles, along an arid track, whore
death awaits them from hunger,
thirst and disease as every turn.
"The path ttrough the Hungry
Country," writes the correspon-
dent, "is strewn with bones ,and
skulls, and I found there the fresh
bodies of slaves, some murdered,,
some left to starve because,
through fever 'or fatigue, they had
been unable to keep up with the
party on the march.'
The wretched remnant -of these
gangs are brought to the so-called
`'Emigration Agents" established
at various pointsof the country,
under Portuguese regulations, and
then forwarded to the other' agents
on the coast.
The slaves destined for the is-
lands are brought before a Portu-
guese official, and asked whether
they are willing to work on the is-
lands for five years, Not the slight-
est attention is paid to their an-
swers, and, entering the office as
slaves, they are shipped off as
"contracted laborers " This is
the process the Portuguese call re-
demption.
The slaves die oo the islands at
the rate of one in five, every year,
At the end of five years for which
they are contracted the survivors
are called up before an official, and
informed that they are contracted
for another five years. They never
go back home.
A MIS CHIEN'OUS SPOOK.
Throws Ilot Coals and Smashes
Whitlows and Crockery. •
Extraordinary stories are told
concerning mysterious and ghostly
happenings at a house at Eccles-
hall, an Old World country town
in Staffordshire, England.
For weeks past the occupants of
the house have been amazed at in-
explicable occurrences, the crock-
ery and coal in the house seeming
bewitched. Coal placed in the fire
grate persists in leaping one in full
view of residents and smashing
windows at right angles to the fire,
In less than a week after the weird
visitation began every window
downstairs was broken, and as fast
as new windows were put in they
were broken again.
The fire grate was taken out and
the chimney swept, but to no pur-
pose. The coal, however, burns ex-
cellently when put on fires in other
people's houses.
A minister who visited the house
was greatly startled at the, antics
of the coal, and took a hasty de-
parture. Another sceptic visited.
the house, laughing at the whole
affair. He went at once and stood
with his bads to the fire. Immedi-
ately a piece of coal leaped out anti
struck iris hat.
The "spook" on one occasion
played pranks with the crockery
cupboard, smashing all the earth-
enware it contained, yet when the
cupboard was opened no explana-
tion whatever was forthcoming.
The extraordinary affair has ere-
ated widespread astonishment.
SHALL FRENCH CONSCRIPT.
Only a Little Over Three Feet in
Height and Weighs 40 Pounds.
There are, as every body knows
who bas seen a French line regi
ment, some extremely small sol-
diers in the French army. Be-
yond doubt, however, the most di-
minutive conscript who ever drew
an unlucky number from the urn is
Julien Touchard, a young man born
at shelves, in the Department of
Orne, on July 19, 1888.
This conscript, who is in his.
twenty-first year, bas only attain-
ed a height of 3 feet 2 inches, bud
weighs exactly forty pounds. ' On
April 1, when along with his fellow.
conscripts, he appeared before the
Council of Revision for bus district,
Julien was clad in the short stock-
ings and belted overalls of an in-
fant, • of Airliner he presents the
physical aspect.
Though : the military authorities
are to enroll. every available man,
it is hardly likely that Julien
Touchard will be required tc
shoulder a rifle, The youngest of a
family of five children, Julien do•
veloped, normally until he. was vac-
cinated at the age of 7, after which
his growth entirely ceased. The
rest of the family present no ab-
normality, and his brother bas al-
ready passed'his period of service,
with the colors in the 103rc1 In -
Father (grniBy)--"Get away from. Pantrr
the fire, Tommy, The weather isn't
cold."
Tommy—"Well. I'm not warinin'
the weather. I'm warmin' my
hands,"
Tramp—"Will ser give me some -
thin' to cat, misses? I'm that thirs-
ty I don't know where to sleep to-
night!"
RING'S LIFE AT BIARRITZ
" D
IA.
MAJESTY
O HIS
HOW
HIS Illi ST VU11L,
The Strietest Incogulto 1 Preseree
ed Under Varner of Duke of
Lancaster.
Unheeding the disquieting
furors - 'eireulating in var•ratte
charters regarding the upsetls-
factory state of his bealth--rumors
which have caused violent iluctuae
tions on the 'Bourse—ming d -
ward is once more taking his "rest
cure" at this beautiful Basque
town, writes a correspondent at
Biarritz. In a very spedial•sense
the Duke of Lancaster ie, and fools
himself, at home hese. and
knows
that an atmosphere of genuine af-
feetion surrounds him, and that,
from the highest . of England's
nobility, who have followed his ex-
ample in choosing Biarritz as their
winter resort, down to the sturdy
fisher -folk, there is no one to
whom he is not a beloved figure as'
hp takes his daily walk,
It is indeed good to see' our King
Gaols morning, as, punctually' at
11.40, he issues from his apart, -
mob in the south wing of the Pal-
ace Hotel, and directs his steps
towards Le Rocher do la Vierge, a
mile distant, the 'goal of his' steely
promenades. Ho usually wears a
loose dark green overcoat, with a
oft felt hat to match it in color.
One of his equerries, Colonel Sir
Arthur Davidson, or Captain the
Hon, Seymour Fortescue, walks"
beside him, and his Irish terrier,
his inseparable companion, is
never far off.
Presently 1•io catches sight of an
acquaintance or personal friend.
Possibly 'strolling along in little
groups will be Consuelo, Duchess
of Manchester, with some members
of her house party, Mr. and Mrs.
Rochefort .Maguire, the American
Mrs. Moore, or the tall, graceful,
auburn -haired Mrs. George Koppel.
Footing it with the best of the Eng-
lish women, and dressed impec-
cably as they in severe tailor-made
costume, will perhaps, be, too, a
French lady, Mme. Henri Letellicr.
All receive a hand shake from the
Duke of Lancaster, and drop a
curtsey to the King, the English
with the "bob" of our Court, the
French women with- the slower and
more graceful reverence of the an-
cient regime.
GREETING THE FISHERMEN.
Occasionally, too, such a man as
Lord Aling on, who enjoys the
close personal friendship of his
Sovereign, will join in the morning
walk, entertaining the King with
some of the good stories for which
he is noted. Midway on his route
the Port des Pecheurs is reached,
and the King sits down to rest for
a moment or two on the low wall
which encircles the basin, where
in boisterous weather, the fishing
boats lie moored, The Sovereign
of the world's greatest Empire
flings in brotherly fashion a cheery
greeting to the Basque fishermen,
who reply with that air of repot -
fully dour independence character-
istic ol ibis proud race, somewhat
akin in nature to the Highlanders,
among who Ring Edward passed
many of his happiest boyhood
hours at Balmoral.
Then, rising, before once more
stepping out; the King pauses to
look at the curious color effect
made upon the distant sea by the
melting of the Pyrenean snows
which the Nive and the Adour are
pouring into the ocean. The sub-
way leading to toe Virgin's rock
has next to be traversed, and Ring
Edward, disdaining to pick his way,
reaches the rock, with the magnifi-
cient panorama of land and sea
which it commands.
Away to the south is the grand
outline of the Pyrenees, rising tier
upon tier, their summite lost in
eternal snow. Then,.. to the right,
on the north side, he: sees the route
just traversed, the Fishers' Port,
the Grand Plage, the Hotell du
Petals, and beyond that again the
long beach, where the first Na-
poleon and his beloved 'Empress
used to wander when the Imperial
Court was at Bayonne, now known
as the "Chambre d'Amour,"
there, near the nighthouse, the
King can see a line of handsome
villas, which have sprangi, into ex-
istence for the needs of the British
colon, among others the stately
mansion of Sir Ernest Cassel and
the "Mira -Sol," occupied by Con-
:twee, Duchess of Manchester,
the "Villa Les Vagues," home of
Grand Duke Alexander and the
Grand Dnchess Xenia, and the
"Villa Mouriscot," where the Prin-
cess Frederica of Hanover lies ill,
a matter of great concern to Ring.
led -ward, who either calls or sends
each clay to enquire after her
health.
A STRICT INCOGNITO,.
Ring Edward always preserves
his strict ineornitu, even when ab
the races and the golf links, or
when witu.sling the playing' of
pelota. At the golf links the small
restaurant of the club has been.
fitted up as a drawing -room for his
use, and the French War Minister
having placed the band of the 40th
Regiment, from Bayonne garrison,;
at the municipality's disposal dor-
ing the whole of the Royal visit,
Duke r
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the u e a sten meet 4t ea•-
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force ni r 0 GO
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bow wl t r
ion .he English gl sl National
Anthers is stook ep as be .appears.
At the °local rages, however, ave ,
the
Ring refuses to use the Royal box,
When he motors to Anglet to see a
game of pelota he is .accommodated
with a special loge, but by his ex-
press desire this remains undec-
orated.
It is now several years in sucees.
Oen that the English icing has
ohoset.b.arritz as his winter rest-
eure resort, and the benefit to this
picturesque town has been nee.
mental. For the six or eight weeks
immediately preceding and coinci-
dent with his stay, all the hotels
and pensions are tilled with Eng-
lish, American and other visitors
whom his presence attracts, wbile
a large number of his personal
friends and acquaintances have
either rented' or built villas in the
neighborhood; and are looked upon
as permanent inhabitants. The
mayor and town couneil of Biar-
ritz, moreover, have trans,
formed this erstwhile somewhat
sordid -looking fishing village into
one of the most sanitary, best -kept,
and handsomest seaside towns in
all Europe.
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TRAINED TEES.
They May bo Made to Fit Any
Space or to Take Any Foran.
An expert can make a vine of an
apple or a pear tree, a tree of a
gooseberry or currant bush, or a
snake of either. lie will twist,
pinch and fondle the descendant of
some mighty apple tree, with, its
gnarled branches and its forty foot
spread, measuring, planning and
nursing until instead of assuming
the shape of its parent it will grow
to fit some 'space on the side of his
=nee, nugging the wall like a vine,
or ,possibly will form a screen to
hide his kitchen porch.
In the rich man's garden abroad
we see all sorts of curious forms
to which fruit trees have been
trained. dome are beautiful, some
are freakish, but all are wonderful,
In vases, lyres, shields, crests,
monograms, soldiers, beautiful
maidens, the apple or pear tree and
the currant bush lose their iden-
tity.
Those that are trained like vines,
gays Country .Iiife in America,
certainly possess a distinctive de-
corative value. In the old days
every estate in England worth
while had a specimen box tree—a
superior example of topiary work—
which was pruned to resemble
Queen Elizabeth.
In the poor man's garden abroad
a trained fruit tree finds its great-
est usefulness. No garden is too
small for a few trees. The pea-
sant, with a scant six inches or a
foot between his walk and his
neighbor's fence, still has room to
plant a tree and train it against a
lattice. While the necessity for
maximum returns from minimum
acres is not a part of our national
point of view, the possibility of
the training of trees as a hobby has
been very much overlooked.
In Germany you can buy a tree to
measure to fill in any epee° on
your garden wall or house, just' as
we buy a ready made snit of
clothes. While the training of
fruit trees'has become popular only
within ten years, the Formobst-
baumschulen, or schools where
Leos are trained, are now to bo
found everywhere in Germany.
There are commercial nurseries
where exporter in espalier work are
constantly' making new forms and
creating new marvels. Certain
shapes have become standard, such
as pyramids, cordons, palmettos,
and so on.
There are practically no nurser-
ies in America that have taken up
the po•opagation and sale of brain-
ed fruit trees in a serious way, and
there is almost no American litera-
ture on the subject; consequently
one who wished to take this work
up as a hobby will be forced to look
to Germany, France 'or England
for his inspiration and for ,his
stock.
4.- .—
A LAST FAREWELL.
To be at the same time rude and
polite is an achievement of great
:difficulty. A writer tells of a
French gentleman who had finished
his holiday in England, andhad
just paid a very large hotel bill.
He was indignant, but his native
courtesy was unimpaired.
"Send ze pr•oprictairo to bre,"
Int said to the waiter, and presently.
the host entered,
Monsieur was all smiles.
"Ali, let me embrace you!" ho,
cried,
"But' why do you want to em-
brace me, sir i I don't under-
stand."
"Ah, saire, but look at zee becl l"
"Your bill1 Yes, but what of
it `i" - .
"Vet of it1 Vy, it means Eat I
s'all nevaire, nevaire seeyou again,
saire." •
A successful poli;isian, like the
interest on ar, mortgage, keeps ever-
lastingly at it,