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The Brussels Post, 1898-3-25, Page 3MARCH 25, Mg, T B BBLTSSBILIS POST, 3 Ken GIISAT APPETITE 0..1.•••/ ASTOUNDING RECORD OP BIS TRE 14ENDO1JS CAPACITY. MlUitSt111110 0 1I 1101 0, Cello.: and Si teen root Vlattr,4 Consumed in a einem — t eon of Peeler and Aintost emir Iron or eheeoe, neetdee Condeneties an erre i, Interesting calneatIone limes reeen ly by a °email statietitian go to di prove the well worn adage of Gold emit h that "men wants but little her below." Man wants a good deal, 1111 Ulla is muds evident by the quanLit o1 food be consume sin a lifetime the food thee gees to form the bade M 1i1 bysical life. Somewhat surprie- ing la regard to weight and quanlity is the 10111101111) C011811M011 10 1001031110 day by the ordinary human being with a healthy eepetite. When the quanti- ties consumed in weeks, months and years are calculat.ed and preeented to Lilo eye in striking contrast to the con- • sumer, the effect is little less than etartling, Loaves oC bread, cie big as Minim, are the result. The quantities at meat eaten in an ordinary lifetime by the normal man, when tontrasted with him in Lee original form of pigs and oxen, I essaine the eroportions of anteditu- elan monsters, The stareling analogies are ot the nature to delight the hearts of doe - tors who maintain that men are OCCLLS- teemed to eat far more than is limes- ' eery Co sustain their bodies. The calculations given leelow are mitd.e from estiraates of the food consumed by a persoe in a lifetime of seventy years, with a healthy appetiLe for solid and liquid nourishment. With a proper allowance for tbe years of infancy and old age, when the amounl consumed Is decreased probably one half, the estireetes are based on a term of six- ty years. IIREAle WE EAT. In sixty years, theretore, a healthy nea11 consumes daily at leasl 11 pouud • and a hall ot bread Mod, In the torm of bread., rolls, biscuila, etc. The cora- blued quantity for six decades would weigh•0(1,1130 main s. Moulded into a Mat of breed, the giant loaf • Netted occupy a space of 1-1.0 cubic met - TOL if oneeats daily about three pota- toes, with a combined. weight ot one- fourth of a pound, there wilt have been consumed in a lifetime a gian1 pota- to that would almost fill a railway pas- • emitter car, and so heavy that, acmes .6f peelers would be meahle to unload 11 Vegetables voueuined in the same period preseut a no less formidable ar- ray. an sixty years one person de- vours a halt million mices, mid 13 these • were imagined in a single pod, it, would take an hour's trams) to traverse the length of the giant vegetable. No less massive moped be the earrot con- sumed. Lettuce leaves, by the saule =Mutation, would cover the floors of twelve MOMS, while the quantity of eabbages, beans, and minor vegetables would fill twenty farmers' wagons. Taken for granted that an ordinary consumer eats :telly for hreakfase two • eslees of limn or INELCOD, for lunch a veal cutlet and for dinner a half pound et beef—an estiemte by no means ex- aggerated. — the following startling comparisons may be evolved: A DROVE OF OXEN. X LC 111 1 1- 10 The rashers of Lavoie ranged one beside the other, would extend Mr ! three-fourths Of to mile. It would take ; an hoar and a quarter to walk past , the line of cutlets. The beef would re- , solve itself into twenty oxen and the i pork into a like numher of pigs. . Summed up the combined quantities of leof eaten would create a giant ox '79,380 pounds in weight and more than sixteen feet high. Compare for a moment this -monstrous benst with lhe tiny baby that will eat, and cligeat the former at a rate of one pound a day in a lifetime ot sixty years! 11 to the ine.at consumed. one MOOS a daily portion of ball: a pouud of fish, there will be an edditionat amount of 22,000 Potmds. There is also the littto Itein of 10,000 eggs to be considered. The amoanb of sugar and salt consum- ed can only be superfleittlly cal:melt- ed. In esLimating the amounts on the basis of those declared neceseary for a 'ear's provisioning to the ielondike and multiplying them by sixty the m- ann will give 9,900 pounds of sugar end 1,650 pounds of salt. This would be sufficient Nagar to sweeten the rain ! falliug on an acre of ground. There ,i would be enough salt to model the fig- •, area of ten MEI» overtaken by the fate , of Lot's vette. A TON OF EUTTER, To complete the total. It evould be ,!•,' oialy necessary to add a UM Of batter 1' and 0110011(1 ot cheese about 050 lbs, :l in weight. Nor are condiments to he ll overlooked, when it is remembered li that the dabbing or mustard and the 3,1 sprieleling of pepper are continued. for A sixty years. This adds to the list 100 e pots of mustard and fourteen pounds e of pepper. The quanLity of fruit eat- ! en is more variable. The apple of life- time Would be Mou3 fifteen feet, the orange and pear about three and a half feet in size. 'elm plum woul(t ba e so big and heavy that the man who had .. eaten it would be unable to move it. ei etelottlating, therefore, oie a daily ra- , Oen of one and one-half pounds of .I bread, a 1/011/1(1 of meat, n half -pound e of fish, two pounds of vegetables end fruit and a bait pound of divers oth- er eatables, there would be a Intel of five and one-half pounds of food a day, or almost e., ton in 01111 year, aria filly - 1)11100 and three-tou.rthe tons in sixty A yeard. 1, i Licattds consumed by a 1111,110111111,11011being . 'resent a no less astounding result A alf pint ot tea or coffee in the morn- . ng, as mush wahrelxser, cte., at mid- day, and 1188116313 10 311111 10 the evening, : besides relent of milk, tea, beter, and wine daring the day, Mike three pines Pee dee', about five Meedred gnarls ti, year, and 10 seventy years 85,000 quarts. Xt eenale take a Noise] 2;500 . times grealeee them an ordinaav buck- , et to hold. sage an amount: of liquid, Take11 jell In ell, e healthy ma0 with te good appetite and inceiertte Wrist comi nsu es n seventy yeare ninety-six and a, half tone of solid and liquid foods. If the roneumer weighs, say 150 pounds, lie will eat and drink during bis lifetime 1,280 limes 1130 11NV11 11111,113111 Tran10/00111i1lg all (1,19 fEMEIStlIff Into meehanteal lahor, the et rength derived 011111 lie euffide 111 to lift 117,000>1100 tons one loot from the ground, or to raieis the Forth Bridge at Etlin- bu nee, 14 1114111 NVLE1111115 204,1100,000 pounds to a helped, of .1,235 feet, Excluding t•he first twenty years of a 31011 100, 31111 quantity of elgaretees consumed by a regular smelter wbo smokes a dozen every day would in fifty years reaell the number of two hundre11 and nineteen thousaed, or a monster rolled eigaretto more thau sixteen feet in length and ahout five feet think, beside whieh the talleet man would resemble a veritable dwell. A Hear smoker consuming six of his fa, vorite brand a day would durine. his I fe Ime smoke a gigue tie cigar of 100811 than sixteen feet long one almost two and 0, bale feet think, It would weigh 4,410 pounds and wineld take the SOO- fish power of a stea.m engine to Miff It As the smoking habit is not 110050 51087 to existanne, it is easily seen how mach money a smoker e aetee in the eourse of years. A pipe smoker con- sumes in it lifetime a half ton of to- lacco. THE QUEEN'S SOLDIERS. llei naiesly Paps a Visit lo lee Grea1 Nctier nospitai. Following her reception of the offi- cers anit crew of the returned African flagship SL George, the Queen, has paid O visit to 1318 13111001 military hospital at Netley, where so many vietims of tbe Indian frontier campaign are under treatment. Her last visit to the 1882, after hospi- P 410 eirro?"0todg8am, 61.7nde ooszidio'n which to MS in ter the Egyptian them sup- tal Vcampaign. The lapse of years has so re - pound stenk 011 (18(153 a fish or fowl, es dewed. Her Majesty's ambulatory pow- they are more easily kept clean They ers that this time 111111 wheeled chair are fine to 1180 for kneading bread or secompanied the party from Osborne, Pastry, though not largo enough to roll Seated III his the QUeen made the en -11 oiit ote, and are just the thing to tire tour of tlie building, not confin- makee, ciovoekiperseicenr. oleri",elienof bikleing La lay: y- ing herself to the " accident" wards. thIng we ever used. to buil:the caoke Ludee4 the mail Ivito has andergone a en, ae it is large, smooth and level, and ethcaie will not stick to it.surgical operation though It may have i:V1(8Xlearlft him crippled for life, is in better two 11Mes obtained 01 Llie g - spirits and lose deeendent upon cheer- ere. In one put small clues ou one Lng visits than the victim of sume east- •side, about three inches apart, and on the other make shelves to put la on ing disease, the cleats. Each shelf Neill hold a pie A correspondent of the Daily Tele- •and the entire box takes but little more graph interviewed a Cow of the men room. than ono pie on the pantry shelf ABOUT THE HOUSE. '1'0 A MAIDEN-BAIA FERN. Where eparklee longeat dews of moret Deep In the ehade cif l'usky valee, Where parting Imo ties and fountains run, Thou waV'st alert thy plumy sails To gen tM, murmuring summer gales, Tho11 modeet prineess of the dell. When ierciet, deth then thy maiden bal To g.311, thou'rt still divinely fair, EiMeanted by a magic spell -- SIMPLE CONVENIENCES. Oftentimee housekeepere do wilboue things that are really neceasary to make their work lighter, keit bemuse money is scarce, and. It does noe meter to them to suleaitute simple contriv- e/lees for the things they cannot afford to buy. MI elle hardware tore can be pre- mixed. a straight, smooth mitt keg, mull as wire nails come M. Usually these 1 ere given away—will not 11051 over ten cents if bought—onit with a candy pait cover to use for lid make an excellent bread box, the cover serving ELS one- time; board. ai NVE, 1 I. .11 one prefers tin to wood a large lard tom may be pro- cured at any grocery for ten cents, that Is just as good for keeping- bread or cake as a regular box made for the purpose, costing one dollar or more. Grocere are glal to give away the inner covering of them lard cans, and they are teseful for so many things in the kitchen. Being /simply a sheet of ten twelve inehes in diemeter, with a eo alma. the Queon addreased parson. I The box can be fastened to the wall by al enqui.riea, aad he sags: I metine of aides or screws, if desired, Quo oe Lhc nrst oe telo seete„r ane thus be entirely out of the way. tervievvs which look place was that ! A curtain of dark, heavy material . with Private Clow, one of the Buffs, should. be hung aoross the front to wit Ms minus his lett leg, for he 11000 • protect, the contents from dust. shot ial the Mohmand Vallee on See- 'keen of heavy wire made to fit inside a tember 20. This information NNOS Clio- - o ogled. kottle, on wloleli 'Mil by the sympathetic question, ' etnatl tin pail may be set, in boiling water, makes an admirable double Where 41.11 dOnn " 1 told her meld boll - the matined man. and,, In relating his 1 GI** Tin fruit or tomato cans with the memorable experience. "I was NV011nd, eci when eve were retiring from the melted all make he nicest °I • mould.s Nvhich to steam. brown bread., village of Badela 1. I was with :Jeffrey's puddiags, custards &natal such things, Brigade, be the rear guard, and the en- emy came down from the hills after if a wire had) is added, a small tin pail that will be conveniene for many purposes will be the result. us. 'I was picked up, and leflee WAS AMPUTATED mu the field. Then 1 VMS carried to a. field hospital. 'Ile Queen asked nae how 1 was getting on, and I said, 'All For most flowering plants the win - might.' How long have I been in the cloves opealng to the south are prefer - mimeo 3 Five years. 1 served in the abbe to those with a western outlook, Chitral expedition. so I had been uu- der fire before. No. I didn't teal the INS during the short days 01: vinter ABOUT HOUSE PLANTS. hit much at the thne—only a bit of a the plants 111 the latter will have but tine and. put 1 in a lop, te I t wo tattle - spoonfuls of cold water. Let it. mak several hours, than toi Ike cup in Ltot water. In 0(40 moments the gelatine well be thoroughly melted; theu strata it into the whipped eream. A.11 half O teaspoonful of mit. Bring ia as 1110,111 tight feathery mum as there is beaten cream, and boat le in the mix- ture. Pour the 111,1459 into a pal 1 or luolteand egt It away 111 a cold eloset for skint 1,41 or fifteen minutes to form, le will do harm 11 11 etauds sev- eral lours. Thle ereuen very Mee If flavored with the outer rind of two mall orenges,adeing their juice and a quar- ter of a rap, extra of sugar. .3e cup of ;drained terawherre or peaell pre- tiereesewitle the juice of a Mime, and a querter of a cup of sugar, will give another flavor. In thio vase almo another taleespoonfal of gelatlete dis- solved. as liefore. If the mole is onalltedithie will make an excellent filling for cherlotte-rusee. Line a tin pail or other mold Nvith slims of plain 831001341 10108 cat about a quarter of an inch. tblek, neat pour in the cream. before it has tiet. Let the charlotte-russe stand for flee or six hours le a role team, and then I urn ie. out on a glass platter; decorate it with weite tying on, the outside if you wish, and serve it Nelth ,golden wreath , of orange jelly around. it. MARK1 \Ile THE 1 ,INEet. le is quite the fad nowadays to have one's monogram or initials embroidered on all elee household linen. And there Is an exaet mot where them markings' muet be placed, For instance, the ini-' Hal must lee on the top hem of the! sheet„tust in tee center or middle vrease. The holt= of the letter should be toward- the. edge of the heneso tha1! it will come right when the heat of the sheet is turned, over on the counter- pane. ' Pillow vases are also marked in the' renter of the hem. Tablecloths usually , have Iwo markings in opposite corners, I placed, so far in that the design will mine on the surface ot the Mehl when the ploth is laid. Sometimes the merit- ing Ls placed on the middle, lengthwise crease of the Moth, a little over len' inches from the center,s0 that they will not come under tee centerpiece when one is toted They, too, must be plared so that the bottom of the letters poent towards the edge of thb table. Dinner napkins have the marking in the ran- ter of the square formed by folding them twice each way. • WEATHER AT DAWSON CITY. ."01(1 rroes Gives Soon. Interesting In farm anon as ta Climate, Now, a.fter drinking some coffee, they Meteorological returns rereived at teteeeleLiaimiecrtaeteilt.,)%e ligrart°0 the Toronto observatory from Daeveon. very fond. Every one of them is an City, give interesting points ae to tee excellent swimmer; Primo Eitel has weather for the 7111, ete and eie menthe. swum an heur without showing fe- et last year. fa- tigue After this the boys mount their ;ma- in August, 18e7, the mean tenipera- ies and ride home by a roundabout tun for the month was 58,7, the high -I route. At seven supper is .served—a YOUNG FOLKS. maNG A PRINCE, "Anything but being l!' th average boy must exelaim, after road Ing the authoritative ueeount, front a lady the p,ourt, of the way in white Lbe Ames of the lemeeror u Germany On. leered mini taught. The emp•erer Le a “iry ioviag father, hut he lute severe Ideas regarding the brleging up trf at. ei01111 of an emperor Any etheollioy in Germany has e hard tines, and the imperial 31130111 hare a harder time teem any other boys. The three ymeager sons, Adalbert, August end Omar, now aged thirteen, ten and nine, have to rise 01 sie o'clock, with ne indulgence even on falr oceadon. They have eximtly leventy minutes in whieh dreee, fer schoel begins at twenty min u Le.s past six. This SCSHI 411, however, lasts only an beer, end. at twenty minutee pest Ei0V- On Li110 boys get Lheir "first break- fast," which condets of coffee with plenty of inilk, bread adi butter— by the fire 10 001 it, 11EN b4fan peel it with his sharp knife. Ole hew surprise.' be looked wbea eU'i- denly fell In two when he had it a M- elo mere thee half taelea 1 0 Amy was pleassd 1/1111 surprised, too, for ate had not. re:lazed that see had mil the epple in. two under the Min when elle pulle.1 the thread. out.; but Me bate r Any child, with e little care, can melte a magic apple just as Amy did eart surprim serneleuely very inutile • ! IThIVIS OF INTRRESTe ! A rew Parnaespli% Which Mar Be Found worth Wadies. A legaey of 520,0119 came unit/meet- wily to Michael Ringrose, or Opeloute ILK, La., and the ecstasy calmed by his ri Mime lee to insanity. The unclaimed jewels and curios found In the ruins of the fatal fire of the charity bazaar in Paris, :Ire to lei sold. at auction, and it is expected : that the sale will produce $150,0011. : The year (713.0, east the longest year on revord. By order of ;fugue Caesar, it. contained. 441 days. The additional days were put iti to make the tienAl 11.11 1011 10 TM as neat. as possible eith the , solar year. W111LO 0)1(1 c tree ,—and 011 ettoy other day (241A egg for eaeh boy. Now the boys must start for st•hool en earnest. Clam -nous have been 111, ranged at a hunting -ledge at Linetedt. At a quarter before eight they start, Adelbert 0,n his bicycle, August on Ms tricycle, and 0,car in a carriage with has teacher. They arriee at eight, mid muat study steadily until twenty minutes to eleven, when a second breakfast Is taken. oomposed of sandwiches elle fruit, and a glass of mineral water aad a few drops of clar- et wine. The boys eat thie meet stand- ing, by the doctor's orders, as a change afMr sitting NO long. Then they taudy again until one o'clock. The boys DOW return to the palace and be.ve their dinner, which consists of soup, Meat, compote and fruit, with a pudding or ive every third day, and a little wine and. water. Ono leo Id think that by this time they hadl had. school enough, hut from three to four there are lessees again. These boys must learn not only to read, tibe modern leaguages, but to speak fluently German, English, lereneh, Italian and other languages, and they muse know a vast deal. about history, as well as much about science and lit- erature. However, 0.1 four o'clock, af- ter having bad more or less of school 81-rlat3 twenty minutes past six in the morning, the boys may feel tha1,. their lessons are aver. est. temperature recorded N1148 84,5, " 1 lailaTfe.1;tlyaO.II%ii gilvilteryT.r be 171 1=1; the 6th, and tha lowest 19.5, on the I In the routine they pass their lives, 31st. Frost occurred on ten days. The They are all bealthy, good-naLured and firse temperature below freezing Nvas simple -hearted boys. on the 19th, when it fell to 20. Hein fell --- on 14 days, but the amount was very HOW TO CA.TCH A FOX. hag Winter is the propitious season of than wet, was No sooner was this done than all hie small, the total for the month be eine: kissed .by a young: only 0.42 inches. just recoverIng from the measles. She a, grricult.F.,...al implements were sudden - the hunter and. trapper. His game took the disease, and her father sued. 'Y "'en" ee ""e awe'," and la) him - In September the temperature was is out and Mann obligingly acts the the young neau for $50 for his outlay self deemed it the best policy to retreat THE SYMBOL OP 1VIARRIAGE. Tbe ring, or eirele, hich 18 10)1)38- 111013,' of eternity, and suggeets Me pro- bablis duration of wedded love of the right kMd, has been witel in the mars Matte ceremony from time immeranr- ia1. Probably 11 daten Irene ceel Roue - on and Greek times and customs, or 111a7 ge further 110010 to these xnyth le ageri in the far East, where wisdom. and civilization dawned on the world of humility. When pulite' betrothals were ne longer the rule, the giving 01 ta,n (mgsgemsht. ring rams in, and, an engageznent to marry semis to be looked upon as more serious and bind - big by every other nation than by those who ow,n English as their mother tongue. This position of the wedding ring is almost a matter of superstition. The third finger of Um left hand next to lie, little finger was longe suppos- ed te have some connection with the heart. "Sarum usage," devreed that in old English marriages the bridegroom was to reettive the wedding ring from the , leangeroue genus in milk are de- offitealing priest. witle the three prin- stroyed by pasteurization. The process eipal fingers of his right baud. Then, is conducted by 11601 1 ng the mine to a holding the bride's left hand with his , temperature of 171 degrees Fabren- ' heft, arid then suddeuly rooting it. Think of it I A woman aeling as en- gineer of a trolley rex Mee. Mabel Brierly, of Malauteras, Pa., has just add:" in the Name of the Father," and, removing it to her first. second. been appoluted substitute "umtormane on a trolly line in Middletown, N.Y. and third fingers respectively, with the ! tables iron tonics, wheel may be easily Aopolsaee,incteol vihmempaliott, teot. V 11013010, vleagne_te weeds: And of the Sun," "and of ally on the fourth or little finmr with the Holy Ghost," was to deposet it fin - 011 0, lie was to my the Nvords: "With this ring I thee -wed" and then, plac- ing the circle on her thumb, he was to pr attsimPated by the human body. Ilis ; the "Amen." plan is lo um powdered Iron es fer- Wearing the nedding ring on the t ilizers. I thumb um not infrequent at one time. IAn Immense fissure three miles long, and may and from four to sixteen feet in width, There is 310 stipulation about the qual- be seen in some old portraits. has recently appeared in the earth at ity Siseeton Rosary:atom .N.1). A lantern of the ring, and in easee where the ' dropped to a distanee of 150 (01.1 gold circlet hoe been dropped or Lor- i • , fueled to reach the bottom., and timid „gotten very queer substitutes have been thehehoeldnetrrsanimace gtionepiettoot,sthdeoymhi !lair:n:6m taiaeotdhaillefo°rrewead0din. gTbreingolt,Ivr4Itavielarny boat: IAt a stylish cotillion party in 1.0n-; ten of sliver and frequently represent - don, live pets were presented to the ' ed Iwo diminutiNe bands clasping each female clamors. They comprised Mal- tese and Angora eats in 81'k -lined bask- ets, terrier8 in neat wielter receptacles, and canaries in gilded cage% Sir Tatten Sykes, of London, is very particular in regard. to the fit of his clothes, and wears lots of them. He were previeusly sanctioned by being Mitt on the altar and 'muse. A curious old eustona In the Ork- neys was the " band -testing " or " hand -fasting '3 which WENS a trifle other. An old Icelandic custom provided a eiroular bracelet or bone or metal, through mhech the bridegroom put his entire right hand, iu which he received the hand of his bride. These rings has been known to parade the streets with seven or eight coats on hen at the seine time, His tailor is compelled to melee No. 2 fit snugly over No. 1, No. 3 over No. 2, and so on. A Chicago widow started a km -priced restaurant in that city, intended. ex- though leas eo than the eiterenotat mar - more hindiug than an engagement, elusively for ladies. No dish ousts more riage, The contracting jarhes leap - as three. Each patron Witi 18 ou her- tendishtilltid :ttoinT-',Thhicr hZ10141tlitt11:1:Z., than five cents, and. mine are as low self choosiug just what viands she connected. with tbe worship 01 Odin. likes, from convenient. counters, and (10' 1 It .aml stonenohnieoh 1 oint g‘evra 8 stands. siivai fe y ttvlat se carrying them to the tat ',e NN here she desires to sit. rented by a farmer from the mainland, who was determined to stamp out the eleasels led to nierriage in Glasgow, foolish praetim, and broke up the -Ky. A young lady there V1 11.4 resat- stone axed used it in building a pig-styce sting. but I! felt a good deal of path little stem a,nd Ghen it will be to) low- below freezing on all but eight nights, part o.f detective by spreeding her for medical attendance. the mut wee Me 1010. altenvards. The bo.ue was shill:tees:I. to (Ibsen near the lin-igen. For a few the lowest, 0.5, occurrtng on the 30th. Auntie of enow to register their move- , ing glee for a. gold ring, arid there is a trade- . compron1sed by the defendant marry-, 111 Ireland popular prejudive declares the knee and I am told it was a Mar- The highest temperature, 02.5, was meats. Bach kind of animal poseesses registered on the ist. On the '28th, 29111 itu own emuliar bnbits and strategic arid 80111, it did not rise anove the methods which must be familiar to the free:ling point, Rain fell on ulne days /meaner who elopes roe eueeess. Any to a depth of 0.51 inches, and snow on other denizen of the forest is believed four days to the amount of 7,5 inchee. The first snow WON on the UM to he mem easily outwitted than the In °Mabee the temperature fell to fox. All knONV how high his repute, ilaii-Heuri bullet that (lid it." The Queen did not confine her atem- Con to the soldiers who had :served in planes the windows looking to the east may be used and for Mena and similar shade-loveng sort, they aria desir- lathe recen tly, e hen she smv EL Svot- fish riflemen, Gibsou, who bad lost a able. 'Wbile the northern windows may be Used for some of that Mass of lent not in action, and she heard plants, it is not a desirable expes- tire. that he bad served in a guard of honor, she left her chair to approach his bed- side. Then, wheia a. boy from the Duke In case a bay window upon the south of York's School, Nein) had been seven side el the living room. con be obtain - months in hospital with neerosis of Lhe jam-, was brought forward, she ascer- for flowers, very good results can tained from him his ago. Nor did Her be secured. It should be separated lelaje.stv feii to visit, in one of the larg- from the room by glass doors that can be thrown open or olosed at pleas- ure, but la case they are not to be had, ranch of the labor o_ Keeping the plants (10 goed. condition can be saved, If 01/1, est medical wards. Corporal Grey, of the llth Hussars, who is quite the pet of the establishment, for he hos been three years at Netley fearfully para- lyzed. Bee occupies a corner bed, and on a table at Ms Sifin and on the win- tains are provided, to be used when dow-sill are arranged Christmas cards ,, r tAt , P Lfi WI di .00 1:0 /10011n for and portraits, conspieuous among emel`'""-- ' wbieh is a photograph of the Queen. banging baskets and bracket. stands Ler pet plants, it 101 1 bo well to have I here is no more cheerful fellow in the whole hospitat, and though his of - Diction made his story rather difficult Lo match, it was with infinite glee he repeated Her Majeety's quesilons to him, and les answers. "'I hope you will S0011 he better,' the Queen said. ' 1 have been here three years,' I told her. She met she was 'very, very sor- ry.' Then she asked how lie occurred, and I told her ' sunstroke in 1ndia; in a march front Hawed leintli. tO Barraco —sixteen miles.'" " A CIR.11, 'UN." HOW a 'leave Yount: 00i1ee ALL V011 ens 311.11 51'0111 De esti "Ile's a mot 'me" tim way the soldiera in a certain English regiment describe one of their °Mears, a young man whose self-possession in a time of danger saved Ms men from defeat, end probably from death, The circumstan- ce which gave thts °racer his remit:11,- 00n Is related. by nudyard Kipling in the Westininster Magazine, He writes: A very young 011 1101111, who had gone lmost straight from school to the rely and thence to leulla, was leading 115 company through a rooky paste on eturning from a scouting expedition, 'hey were beset: by the enemy, who ired at them from babied the rocks, ad the men were greeting very un- teady. T1100EL in tbe rear began to be inpatient, and shouted to the men in rout, "Hurry up I 'Whet (11% you wait - lig for there V" The young. °Meer answered guns oolly: "Hold oil a minute! I'm light - ng my pipet" And he struek a reatth and lit fie ?here was a roar oe laughtee, and a, Didier called out, "Well, sinee you're 0 peewee' X ehink 1"11 have a, pipe yself." And leti, too, struak atrial:oh ed. began, to see0110. This bit of fun tea d led the mon, ancl they came heettgh in good order, a shell, 28001 000 to two feet in width, according to the dimensions of the window, upon which to ariange the smeller Manta. This should have side pieces one to two inches high, and a zinc: lining. The bottene could then be covered with coarse gravel or fine pebbles, and. a inueb better geewele could be muerte, 14.4 tbe plaate 111 80.1111 pots weeild then be less likelyE I -0 Ley out, A simple propagating bed can be very easily arranged by supplying the neressery Mean sand and a lamp to night and day to keep up, but are fuentsh bottom heat, unless heating gradually getting behind, The mail is pipes rtin along under the shelf, when expeeted to leave here again In about they would only need to be boxed in. In case the lamp ie used, IL wilt be nec- cessary to provide seine sort of shield to prevent it rnall sQ11.1ag fire to the wooden shelt, A shallow goevanteed Iron pan filled with plaster suspended above the lamp and Mose to the bat= of the shelf, wee answer the purpese, If en ordinary window is to be time, it will be well to lettere similer shelf at the height of the window sill. Ie mule two or three feet longer than the evIndow is wide, it will hold' a consider- able number of plants. For tbe bay 1 below zero on the let, and on seven Hoe is for mutton and cunning, yet oth,er occasions below zero was re- ba bas acquaintences of human kind. so corded; the lowest, 9.5 below, occurred ,„,,,, „,,,,, 7. inted with his wo. s on the 23rd. Temperatures above the '•"'"1:4"'"`3' "qui es: ae to see jast how to overcome his freezing' point were recorded on but aorteoloa o ea make min am eight days, the highest being 40, on the of tie trim. may victim 1011). There was no ram, but snow fell on fourteen IC Reynard has paid. a recent visit de"' the amennt being' 8-1 to the henhouse or whetber hos or inehes. Ice began to flow on the Yu- kon on the 18111, and by the 28th it nee, r his den. ea' be located with ap- ple= mate certainty he may be ap- Necte running thick, preached in! (bat lecality en the sub - SOME NEW NOTES, jeee a capture; not in plain language, to be sure, not by open methods, but accorchinee with. his own stealthy teethe. The Nehole plan rests on the tripod of caution', patience and perse- vertinee. Take the remainder of the fowl he partly devoured, ur, La absence of that, a freshly killed a,nimal, or piece of butcher's meat, and at night place it anzler a leg to wheel his institute will be likely to lead him; if Imager is gnawing, he wile find it—and what fox is oot hungry? The treat will not at Heat be accepted 111 good faith, hut it eemp et.. opeac. e ming the eame place night after night, till its daily disappectrame shows that his conficlence waned and there is no' evidence of hesitancy in his approavh. I Then eel the tran ; a, strong steel one, well staked end entirely concealed with Our observer at Daweou City under date of January 7, 1898, says "There has been no regular mail out of here einee mina in in elm summer. Three men eame down the river two days ago Nvith official mail, and are sterting out in the inorniag witli official mate Ma- jor Walsh 18 up at 131g Salmon: River, and Judge Malden with 111)13 lbs of xoatli3 at Little Salmon leiver, Tbe provision scare is not es great as it was he the full, pa,rtly 00 amount of so many people going out over the ie, I would. estimate tbe number that bare gone out at 500, Our office has been statimedecl, 119 they 'ay here, ever sitice August, and we bave been working Nvindow and the CaMmOn window as well, it the size ot the room admies of it, a plant dance witle shelves in the form of stairs, or with a flat top, can be wed to good advantage to des- pley the larger pla.nte, By having 11 arranged with casters, le the planes that requiee a high temperature aro kept upon it, upen cold nightie it will be an easy matter to roll it back from the winctoNv and thus save the tender pieties from beeomilig 0(1110(1, SNOW CREAM. Did you ever try making snow cement 11 1101, you Mould, try It, for it ,reakee an excellent doesert and is easily made, Beat to a stiff froth a, pint ot cream, seveeteh end flavor et with half a cup of auger and a teaspoonful of Vanilla. Take a tablospootifiti of gale- a, month, when 1 will send you the ob- servations for November, Devember, and earmary. The month of November was tar colder than December, which latter, for this frozen regime has been exeeedingly Id. The lowest tempera- ture so far this mason leas during the last tow days Me November, whou the thermometer went down to 47 below Miro," FeliNNY DUET, :Rome lees Marten Pante en the absurd- ity of its ineeet duel. elwo Sicilian Do- ped:bee fotight, wieb rapiers, and one of theim bucked iiitIto t.ree so violently that the stergeons emea.red he could not coneinue. Tiorenpoie tam duelists shook hancle, honer being- satisfied, The duet - ling story told of Dr. Peen, the great suegeole NAM disci t,he other day, shOeta bout letteiteinei ;only ewe his honor, Dr. Peen Vette tolled open to act as surgeon et, a. duel; whore as soon us tee ante. - goatees lied been ;elected in position, one took to hes heele end ran oefay; this would. have made 11.1 1 tele partlicepants riellealons. Dr, Beam) however, wrote the following report:. "In tee fiest encounter 10E, X. 11015 SCiO011 With 1171 luneoneretliable fit of 1s' 611713047, and the eeconde, wiith the act - vie° of She gureieee etopped ehe pro- ceedieegle." In Derby, Mich., dwells a farmerteen thee gold rings hive been let out to hire to the very poor, while pineh- who always likes to get the worth of' beck. rings did duty for after use. The NiLivliaicmhmlheeY'dealsTil? alegoetielterasleve'lltiuM'elIaest ' notion is that marriage with a ring of inferior metal would be illegal. from his home. 3110 paclutge of match- ! Modern Greek peasants exchange a es he bought. laet Nveek there were , gold nnd silver ring, and then drink eleven without beads. He spent LAVD. Mlle from the same cup. but the rem" - cents in mailing' them to the store.' lar ritual of the Greek Churn)), ordains keeper, and asking for eleven perfect! that. a mile= betrothal precedes the matches. . 1 actual marriage, in which a gold and ' a silver ring are blessed; by the priest, the former being given to the man .S.1101eS. end the latter to the woman. The form Those meted mrvants the feet have: a e of espousal its then reinetted, and the so lunch work to do on the march of aMig111-.elne tolc91=ag:t11', ttee rnghit'nfleea-C. life that they should be treated with Ity may be betokened by the woman greater consideration than often is weering tbe silver ring, and also to their tot. We begiu with Hie little 16ellivalo the tommon ownership al pro-. ones. and crowd their tender growieg ; Ar1 Armenian moteer usually selects feet into 011009 Other too tight or too her daughter's husband, or, at least, does so nomtnally. After all husiness short, or both, the consequence being . that before adoleseence many young ' ifitirmeliiTinei:atsiliees 1 ,lasgsie,otoldmet Imie,t,-'1r atrt people have more or less deforuied feet., commented. by a priest and two 'nat- l.:be corns, bunions, and oilier painful rons, visits Ole bride, anti gives her a ring in token of espousal and with I bis excrescences 1 rem which numbers of 1 efiiuscilienitro ultimaittipy 'carried. , ted, idea, from whom derived it Le hare; used and descend as heirlooms from to folly 10 1110' Moho of Mom, and to the : v en elabo%V3emeNniolgillin' avaa end. womeu stiffer are largely due ! 0 i g ::1 5. 414g 1 ntnt b ol ni.:g de gene rat ion to generation. Japanese marriages ELVC arranged between quite :sreineg alinr•i; vhildren, but the girl always re- cetves a ring in evidence that the union is binding. In Malabar an old nn lave custom mats both bride and bride- grnom on a dais. and a relative washes the feet. of the latter with milk, and puts a silver ring on the great toe of his right foot. The bridegroom then hands a gold ring to his kinsman, and e. neat:lam and chaplet of flowers are put on the bride's neck and head. Both seem to be rather aide reremoniea than binding between the parties who are most concerned. Public. opinion /mob - ably supplim the lack, and aruong semi- barberians no lot or tittle of vertimone hal ran be oinItted. • 10, 011ff, thaL a small foot, is a very tle- • §:liable possession, The last which fits the Ned comfort- able is tee best. on which to heve oboes' made. One can usually find out after e white whether her foot, requires a •. special last—whether, 0111/14 to the ;veneer shcipe of the instep, she van , leaves. He will 601114) 05 usual foe bus, supper, aext the Lime he becomes a. prieoner. afely weer a shoe selected from. Um common: sheik, or it for the stile of . comfort, and. beauty her moo Mould be ! cadfor her 1(0 011 indiVid11(11. A 510)1 (3 (1X1C11, 1001 14.011 1101 b13. regarded ellen the question is or health and eace of mind, loth of avilich depend argely upon an easy-fittiug shoe. 4.. hoe too loom flail too large is equally . o be depreecited ‚1111111 MID WhiCh 18 100 etrrow or too MortFoe walking' urpoms, either in summer or in win -I er, a. broad and rather thick mile MI eedeul. TuE iv.tA.Gua APPLE. "Sueb a. rainy day I" said little Amy,'P d.oletully. "1 wish I knew something s new to do." "Wihen I was a little girl," said her 1 MOMMEL, used to think it great fun P to Make a maze; apple mut surprhe at My papa. How would you like to make one for your •papee" I Amy was delighted with the idee and e brought a large, fair apple) Her inam-; 1 me, gave her tt 1.olng needle and strong I s thine& end, Mowed her how to take a' i long stiteb in the apple close under the ' k Mans Amy drow the thread, leaving re a.hout two hanging out of the q apple. ien e put the needle tato, a the very heel that it came out of end! et took another long glitch 00(1.00 on all! te art* 14.SU apple, at the end bringing, s the needle and, thread out of the very' a first 1.9•Re. Them she Gook hold of both a ends of thread and palled hard, p bet carefully, end all the threrid Caine T me et the first hello. Amy rebbed the apple, NV11(011 0(10 EN fine red one, until I se It shone lilt° glom. e'he needle holes 3 When her papa came home, Amyl 11 did, not allow. gave hint the apple; and he sat down 1 how alums and. slippees ('11(01041(5aly for the Ileum during our wintry metier, 111111 invalids Mould Ovoid' reeving the 111010(0)1unprotected nut,' Me their own roome, 11101008 111447 live a homes where the temperature is ept at, en even rate, re matter what ' 11,11 he 1110 veriations without. Free tient, changing ot Moos rests the feet saves the Shoes. Tt is really good onomy, ir One can afford. IL, to keep everal pairs of shoes in, use at the 11111.8 pe.riod, takieg core to put them Ivey in good order, neways airing then na removing dust and dirt, before lacing them in the shoe box or bag, levee -peer stuffed into slippers and Meat -leather Mom keeps them in lane. A pateetteleatime shoo should no atemotlie11 anti warmed by mossuee sem the hand before it is put on; this ttle epee ecovents tem (marking of the eather 87011.7' OF A. WEEK. Tbe year was gloomily begun leer Wilehe Week's 0 peer manes SUN. He woe 110545 weil bill and duns Anil he lind very tittle MON. 'This rash," said be, "Nvou'e pay my dues, I've nothing 'here bat 01101E 111111 '171,13(8," A bright, teought struck hien and he said: "The TIM. Mess Golerneks I will , I • WED. But 011801, he peed his collet to leer, She liepect, but firmly mild "No, Tama!" "Aline I" said he, "thee, 3 retest diet" , IUM 80111 wene where blity eay Roulet lett They found hie gloves 0 id Meet end hat, . The Coroner upon theele. BAT.