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^m^^v^â€"â€"â€" if^-y 111^ <a I ] , iiiimpii .,(1 .•rvTMifivvOTi^'-^^ Hints for Busy Housekeepers. ^^^^fc^^^i^^rf^^^ j '^^S KctfpM aad Othsr Valuable Inrormatloa •» t^rtlcHlar ianreat to Women Folkai THE SONDiiy jCHflOL STIOY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY 21. Song of Ihe Vineyard (Teiiiperanee the mind of the prophet, goes along with uvume. The latter, after all, is .simply .self-sratification in an- other form, and the two often hand in hand. 12. T)ie harp, etc.â€" Mirth and music filled their feasts, but it waB like a din in their ears that drown S» Bi R(;lahy at a siosule. Tmiacled From Pool of Silouiii lo .Soloiuon'.s Temple. The inhabitants «,f Jerusalem have been aroused to the point of noting by the operations of a party STRAWBERRIES. Strawberry Compote. â€" Slica one pint of clean, fresh berries, sprinlcle over them one cupful ol powdered sugar. Dibsolve one tablespoon of gelatin in a little warm water. Crush fine one cup- ful of cake crumbs. Mix the geia tin, berries, and crumbs; turn into ^ mold. Whip one cupful of cream until stiff. When the fruit gelatia is firm dip by the spoonful into a glass dish, alternating with spoon- fuls of the cream until the dish is full. Top with the cream and a few whole perfect berries. Carolines with Strawberries. â€" Stir one cup of Hour into one cup of water and half a cup of butter, boiling together. Wlii'ii the mix- ture leaves the sides of the pan turn into a mixing bowl and boat in three eggs, one at a time. Bake the mixture on a buttered shecc by the dessertspoonful, about liftten minutes. When done split open and fill with sweetened whipped cream mixed with crushed straw- berries. Or another cream filling may be used made thus : Five even teaspoonfuls of flour, one cup of milk, one-half cup of sugar, and one egg. Cook until creamy, then add one cup of crushed strawber- ries. Strawberry Sandwiches.â€" Bake tht, following sponge cake in one large or two small sneets. Cut the cake into pieces of a size suitable for individual service and split each piece. Have ready some hulled and washed berries, mi.xed with sugar. If berries are Urge, cut in half. Put the prepared berries between and above the pieces of cake. Serve with cream. Sponge Cake â€" Beat three eggs without separating the whites and yolks, gradually beating one cup and a half of sugar ; then grated rind of a lemon and half a cup of either milk or water, and lastly, two cups of sifted flour, sifted again with half a tcasix)onful of sali and two level teaspoonfu4s of baking powder. lext morning add pint for pint of iugar and boil steadily for about â- '-wo hours until the marmalade jel- ed out tile voice of Jehovah and I ^'"K"«'' ai'cliacologist.s. who are rendered them insensible to the op- ' f''"'^';!* <, "^ f"*""8 excavated be- Lesson). Isa. 3. 1-12. (ioldea leration of his' handr"irv"'windile ' Jf'*^'' ^^^^^^ inviolable Mosque of was plainly about t<. execute a ter- ' ""' ""'' '•«'n"^e<i the relics re Tc.\(, Isa. 3. 22 Verse I. My welibe ved les. This makes enough marma- 1 beloved â€" The difference in iado to fill twelve glasses. | w-ords is merely one of rhythm. Ambuahed Asparagus.â€" Cut off ! Isaiah is about to declare to tlie the tender tops of fifty heads of as- [people of his time that their coun- paragus ; boil and drain them. Have ; try is in danger from the just jud"- ready as many stale biscuits or rolls ' ments of Jehovah, ilut he conceaTs as there are persons to be servexi, his jnirpose by telling this story from which you ha.e cut a neat top \ that all can undei^taud. Who the ilice and scooped out the inside. Set beloved frie rible judgment upon them. my i ^ the NEW WAY TO TRAP ANI.MALS. Tigprs Are Now Caiielit With by which he ^ q puled to include the Ark of the Covenant, the Censer, and oth<>r sacred ves.sels which belonged to the tribes of Israel. Azmy Bey, the Turkisli Govorn- â- Vre Now Caiielit With I '*'^' ""'^ mobbed on the .streets for Slickv FIv Piner supposed complicity in the profan- r^iiihj tij lapei. ation and hooted as "a pig." A new way to catch tigers has The mosque has been closed and iiiue. inn-i wu.th,. "':''" .'""^'^^aled by Payson Htcwart, 's clos<>ly guarded, pending the iiiuei.iauu. Ulio tnc who lias just returned to England arrival from Constantinople of of- Jiem in the oven to crisp, laving the ' would hanlly be asTed *'"^'''^^"^"'' , [[""" ^''<^^^ ^vhere he learned about | flc.als of the Uovernment, who will f.^r,u u». ; J iu ~ ii, i. 11 " I i A t -xr 1 1 M, â-  â-  ,, "" make an investigat:on. The ex- ops beside them, that all may dry A very fruitful hiil-Lit^rally, "a A certain Indian gentleman of pediton worked for two year*, on together. Meanwhile put into a horn, the s^^n of fatness," a word wealth and title has a hobby of i a large scale, beginning at th- saucepan a sugarless custard made for •aill peculiar to Isaiah. From taming and domesticating wild ' " as follows: A pint of milk and four Jerusalem it was possible to see animals. His last e.vperience, ac- well beaten eggs ; boil the milk many a bright promontory given up cording to Mr. Stewart, was 'with first, then beat in the eggs ; set to vineyard cultivation. | tigers which he had captured and over the fire and stir till it thick- ' 2. Digged . . . gathered .... 1 brought to his place at great ex- •;n3, when add a tablespoonful of plantedâ€" The work of cultivation pense. For a long time they were buttter and season with salt and j was as perfect as the situation. The kept in a compound until they oepper. Into this put the aspara- | choicest grapes tc be found were seemed to have become as harmless guH, minced line. Do not let it introduced. In addition, a watch ""d tame as hi>u.'-:e cats. Then they NEWS FROM mm COAST WHAT THE WESTERN 1»E«1»LH ARE DOING. Progress of fhe Great West Told lu a Few Pointed Items. Hardisty is planning to put in ce- ment sidewalks. \Mld ueese are reported very plentiful this year. The lied Deer tire department hai be.en given a fire alarm system One hundred and twenty new towns will be born in Western Can- ada this year. The sheep population of Alberta at present is l.^jo.OJO, an increaM from 1^5,000 in VMO. Fifteen new post-oflSces wnr« ro- boil, but remove from stove as soon , tower for the caretakers added dig- as the asparagus is added. Fill | nity and protection to the vine^aiU. the rolls, put on the tops, fitting The wine vat would be hewed out of thiem carefully, and set in oven three minutes. Serve hot. were let loose neighborhood. to be pets of the Immediately their Village of Siloam, which lies at the south-east end of Jerusalem on the <jy«'iied in Alberta in one day southern slope of the Mount of <;ently and three were closed. Olives, overlooking the Valley of -^^ "â-  horse sale recently held in Kedron and the Pool of Siloam. Brandon, Man., two grade 'fffST The explorers are cr(Kiited with *â- Â«Â«Â»' for $710 and ttazf ««*-»'«' ha^â- in^ excavated a passage from ^i'^,^^ ,„„ „, ^3, ooO will be expend- thePoolof Siloam toward the phu«,^^^,f„„„ ^,^^. ^^, ^^ ^^ ^^^^^ wliere once sto<)< !^i>lowon f,,^'^', 1, ,,_ 1 â- â€ž ,, ,,. .. 1- . t, , v.. pie. built in lOJ:.' a.a., p>!lnp<'<\ 1-M" d m the West Fnd Park, Ed- and rcst«r.v/ ««<' fi"«'!y destroyc.i monUm A.U., 70. Cranbrooks ALL ABOUT THE HOUSE. Olive oil and salt will remove spots from furniture. Wheat bran placed in coarse Han- nel bags is excellent for clea-i.ng dust from delicate wall paper. A tin kettle or «;<.iffc8 pot ia eas- ily cleaned by being rubbed with a woollen rag soaked in parai&n. the sol'd rock, fonaing a receptacle '^''e first night tJiaj' cleunnd for the juice from the press. i a, native village nad ate up aoim- H„ I ,. i.„,i ' ,,,- tliinff- like » »fore ot inhabitants. c, looked . . . grapes â€" Tiie con- ''''".«'•"'«'"â-  , B,i>„, ,. ^ i J â-  J _ I In sp'te of all the ensuing cxiite nUent expectation ot a \ incdre.sser, ' ' . .... » who had expended such pains on ungle tastes and habits veiuvn^. 1 l-rTU-s. A.U., 70. YranurooKs tax rate this }W out I Fniliiig to reach the relics sought w-iU be twenty nulls in the dollar. ineiit, the would-be tiger tamer in- sisted that tne animals must be captured alive and returned 1 1 the compound ; they were too valualilo to he killed and so the hunting party was disbanded. No volunteers came forward, however, to catch the tigers as you do (iheep, or even by putting .salt on their tails. Then western in- genuity came to the front. Mr. Stewart suggested Hy paper. Hun- dreds of shcnts of it w<S!re spread around the lawns. While the anx- his property, wouJd be that a fair ; rt!ti:i'n should cDino for his outlay. ' Instead ho gets grapes that are only so in appearance. '•i. And now â€" Marking an advance in the unfolding of the story. The prophet fittingly seeka a verdict _ frin the men he addresses, as to A"spoonfurof"viuesar'put into the ^*nat a husbandman ought to do in water in which moat or fowla are , *"'''h ** ^a-^''- And with this appeal boiling will make them tender. ' Jehovah himself enters the field, Braid of check material is best and the as.semblage can he n.i Ion- mended by u.'jing several shades of ?*^'' '" eoubt as to the drift of the uiwa people in the houses were silk or in one nef>dle. j Pa''»i'-le. i pcpiJug out that night the ti,i?prs Mahogany, or any other colored' ^- What couhl have been done prmvlcd up, stepped on the sticky wood, may be darkened by polish- "*".'"•' '"This reniinds one of the sad fly paper, reemcd very much dis- ing with cold drawn linseed oil. ' *'"^' of Jehovah in Isa. 1. 2, "I have concerted when it di<l not drop off Left-over cereals need not be """'â- '*^'''^ and br<;ught up childre.i, and that tin- more they rubbed wasted. Thev are e.xcellent fried and they h.ave rebelled against me." , around to wipe it away they more like mush and eaten with syrup or, The case of the Owner of this vine- they got on. jju„g,. jyard of human beings, the jjpople of , In a minute or so wliat might If vou rub your hands with a piece J"-^'^'^' " a strong and unanswer- j hav;; been an approaching tragedy otcJlery after peeling onions it will ! abl<' -^"«- He justly looked for the , was turned into a burlesque. The quite remove the unplea.«ant smell. :f'-i"ts <^f righteou,, character, but ^ tigers chang..d from terrors U. White oilcloth is the best cover- l»stead was rewarded with only the clowns in their struggles with the ing for pantry shelves. Keep red semblance of grapes, the poi.on of «y paper. They rolled <;n the ° ' I ,, , „ . „.„,.,! hvnrocr'sv 1 ground to rub it off an<l final ly be- Bakcd Spring Chicken.-Cut each P^PP" '^''""'"^ ^^'^ ^''^es to «''^'<*| \"7''-. ' , ,, ,.^,, ,. . ... . 1 came wigglinu'. lunvlin.g bundles of of four chickens into seven or nine i^ff^f--^"- ,. , „ ! TlLl T n fthinr ! r / nL^^^ "f ferocious wild pieces, wash thoroughly and quick- .Y^*"'?. V""^'"- sweet croquettes There is nothing unrea onablu in ^ TIk-v were so stuck up ly and put m a colander to drain ; U'^'l ,<» ^j"''^ ^"S'''- *" t*'«<^T'^%\^ ''^ "^«7''^"; The prophet s hearers ,,,^,,1 ,,,,Mnt even see and move, and were easily cap- in this manner the explorers, ac- The estimates include an expendi- cording to the alleged confessions tiue of 31,000 for publicity work, of the guards of tlie mosque, brib- Tiic coal .strike may seriously af- cd the guards, entered the mosque feet the farmers of Saskatchewan, and after digging on six nights as it will take about 300,000 tons spirited away thy treasures, "the of steam coal to keep the plowing whereabouis of which,' says an engines of Saskatchewan busy dur- Arabic paper, 'none knew «.Xv.'ept jng the summer. God and these English." During the vcar the herd of buf- Mystery surrounds the e.xped- faio at Edmonton has increased by 110 calves, making a total of 800. tioii, whos»! operations liavo been of such magnitudo as to make evi- dent that a large sum of money was invested. DRKENSS LITERARY GAINS. ^'aid (o have Miide -Ah.m! .S'.0, 011(1 Out of Ea<-h of Later Rooks. TASTY RECIPES. sweet croquettes There is nothing â-  to the crumb.s in his decision. The put a half tablespoonful ^ach ; ^vhich the croquettes are to be roll- ! hav^, already practically con.sent-.d , ,,^,.j|^. of lard and butter into a,^^; ,, ! to the justice of such a judgment ^^„.^,,; dripping pan, lay in the pieces, and add half a pint of hot water ; place in oven and bake half an hour; turn, taking care that they get only to a light brown, and just before taking up add salt and pep- per to taste ; when done take out in a dish and keep hot. To make Celery can be much improved by i The hedgeâ€" Jehovah had jirovid- soaking' it for an hour in ice coldjcd Israel with e\ery possible ro- water in which a lemon has been straint and privilege. This is rep- squeezed. ' resented by the fact that this vine- Scratches on polished wood, if yard had not only a hedge of thorns not too deej), can be removed by but al.so a wall of stone. But now rubbing gently with fine sandij.iper all protections are to be trdden and then with a mixture of ulive down, and the nation is lo be left the gravy, add a half pint or more l^^' '^"'^ vinegar , , , ^ , of water, set the dripping pan on I H.vou dosire to serve a baked fish the stove and add one tablespoon- , ":''«'°' ''""^ ^>'"' '^ ^^^^"^ upright on - â-  - f the platter, put a carrot i.-isidc the fish before cooking and it will rc- ful flour mixed with half cup cream or milk, stirring slowly, ad- ding a little of the mixture at a time. Let cook thoroughly, stir- ring constantly to prevent burn- ing; season more if necessary. Macaroni and Cheese. â€" One pack- age of macaroni broken in small pieces and thrown into boiling salt- ed water ; boil until tender, stir- ring so it will not stick to the bot- tom of the kettle. Then turn into Colander or sieve and turn cold water on it until perfectly cold, then let it drain well. It will then be nice and white and every piece will be separate, not stuck together to the mercy of the invaders. 6. I will also command the clouds â€" With this the veil, if any still re- mained, was entirely leniovcd. For BEQLE.STS TO .UANY WOMEN. Will of a Noted Enuinct'r Being Couteiited in En(;laiid. A strange chapter in the love af- fairs of the late Colonel Ocirge Karl Church, the noted <>nginc?r, was revealed in the King's Hcnch Division, London, Fingland, re- main in position. When making lemonade one of the lemons may be peeled and run two-fold application of the parable through a meat-chopper with a ' (i) The vineyard represents the peo none but Jclio\ah ckn withhold the eontly. through the suit ia.stituted ^.^i;, I by Mrs. .\iinic Margaret Saiinon » ,7 Til- i.u 1 i.- for a share iii the Church *'stat<'. 1. I'or â€" Introducing the propliot s rni .. i â-  ,-a i . i, .. * ' ' Ihe septuagenary plainttff lost her ca.se, the jury returning a verdict ,,- . . ,, , rp,. -ni'V ~ r T 'i i '' ' ~"ii "t~ 'i 1 ' fo'" the defendants, who wcrs the small piece of the peel. This will , pie of Israel and especially Judah, (^.„,„nor.s widow and bis executors. give the lemonade a delightfully | the plant of his delight; (2) Ihc , ^^^„\„,,^.i Church died in London piquant flavor. grapes he expected were justice and ^^,j January h, 1!)I0. According to Fresh grease spots on the floor | righteousness, and the wild grapes ^j,^, prosecutor's case the Colon'.d are removed by putting on dry j he found were oppression of the p^^(; jj,.^ Chaw and her invalid soda, let stand a few minutes, pourijioor, and the cry of the oi)pressed. i lnisband on the Continent and overboiling water, let stand fifteen ' The words in the Hebrew at this | ,,,.,,,^,{^,,,1 j^, marrv her wbeii the minutes longer, and wash up. point are wonderful in their studied husband died. When Salmon jias- If ink or shoe polish gets sp<illcd ] correspondence of sounds, the effect scd away, however. Church niar- on the carpet, with blotting pajjcrj being to deepen the impressicm, ; ^jod anotjier woman. Subsequ<-nt- .,.^„ .,>,,.^.^ ,;,, v.v.j^i ^''^^*' "P ^" ^"^ *•''" '^"*^ 'â- '^'''" cover that the natural result of so much i ly the plaintiff agree<l to accept an Have a skillet with plenty of hot P^'^'''^ *^^'-^'' "^''â- ''' Wipe uj) milk and , care of his people, <in the part of annuity in compensation for her - pour over more, repeating until I Jehovah, has been cruelly pervert- i disappointment. the carjiet is clean. ed. ( Mrs. Salmon testified that she If grease gets spilled on the car- j 8. Woe â€" An indictment of the i receivicd the annuity for eleven The papers have been printing a great deal of pure nonseii.se on the subject of Dickens's literary gains, i^ays L<jiid.jii Truth. We are told among other things that the emolu- ments from his books were "totally inadociuatc. owing to the non-exist eiice of copyright.'' No writer With 18 at Lamont, and 24 at Banff, there are now 881 bison in captivity in All)erta. The plans for the new office build- ing of 11 storeys passed the Winni- peg civic fire, water and light com- mittee the other day. Cnder a now a,^roement with a Cleveland company the price of gas to consumers in Edmonton will start off at 1.48;j per 1,000 oubio feet and descend the scale aecord- ing to the increase of business un- til it reaches 76 cents per 1,000 cu- bic feet. .\ single shipment of 1,336 bar- ,,f rels of Nanairao herring has gone his time was so highly jmid as Dick- ens. It was calculated by one who knew all about his affairs that he made about JU 10.000 out of each of the bt)oks which he wrote after \H4ij. The prico paid down fof "Ed- win Drood" was i'T.jOO. .Author and publisher were to share equally in the profit of sales of over 2.").000 copies and 50,000 were sold of each ^P""^{. of the open.'ng numbers. The pay- ments for the early sheets for A/- er!ca and for the Tauchnitz edilio i must have brought the author about £2.003 besides. Dickens is stated to have died eaving "earnings that often ac- forward to the old country market by the Blue Funnel liner Bellero- phon, this being tiie largest single shipment of herring sent out from the coal city this season. In a nine-mile stietch of territory combining the settlements of Fruit- vale, Columbia Gardens, and Wa- neta, B. C, 10,000 fruit trees hav« been ordered for planting thia fat (half lard, half butter) and fry a nice brown. Mix one cup of grat- ed yellow cheese, one egg well beaten, one-fourth cup of catsup, one cup of tomatoes, small onion, salt and pepper. This will be thick pet, lay over blotting iiajior and on this set a hot iron. lle|)eat until all the oil is drawn out. Now but must" be "thinned with milk until 'cover with tailor's chalk or whit- it is as thick as molasses. If pre- ferred, more catsup and tomatoes may be added. When the macar- oni is nicely brownetl pour this mix- ture over it and try it until crisp and brown. This is much more sat- isfactory than the old way of bak- ing, as it is browned all over, while in baking only the top is crisp and the bottom seems raw, and saves the trouble of heating the oven. Try it. landed proprietors, who, by join- I years, but when Church died his ing house to house, and seizing up- 1 executors refu.sed to recognize the on every nook and corner of real ' alleged agreement, estate, crowd out tile poor and de- ] Tne prosecution further assert- ing and let stand several days and | prive them of residential privileges, i ed that the Colonel's will pro\ide<l brush off. We have seen, in the case of Na- | f<ir payments of .$17)0,000 to each of To Clean White Paintâ€" Mix whit- both, how tenaciously every land- j three women, 'the wives of foreign- ing and warm water to form a Owner clung to his holdings, since j «'â- Â» whom Church had met on the paste. Dip a clean flannel rag in- the rights of citizenship wore rnoa- *- wntinent sured mostly by a man's possession SPECIAL RECIPES. Date Whip. â€" Whites of six eggs beaten stiff; when half whipped add one-halt teaspoon cream of tartar and whip stiff. Add one cup of sifted granulated sugar, one cup of stoned and chopped dates, and one cup of chopped English walnuts. Bake in a loaf cake pan in a mod- erately hot oven tor three-c|uarterB of an hour. Serve with whipped cream. Can be served liot or cold. Special Marmalade. â€" Have you made your marmalade yet 1 If not, here is a special recipe f.or a delight- fully dear and delicious inarmalade. Slice one orange, one lemon, and one graiiefruit finely, -rejecting no- thing except seeds and cores. Moa- Bure the quantity of fruit and add to it three times that cpiantity of water. Let it stand in an earthen- ware dish over night, and next morning boil it for ten minutes oaly. Stanti for another night and to the mixture and rub the paint lightly. Thoroughly rinse with cold water and the white paint will come out like new. Obtain a small piece of red cedar from a lumberman or cabinet mak- er and use as a stand for your iron. Starch will never stick â€" you won't know what it is to scrape your iron â€" neither will the use of wax be necessary. Put clothes to soak in lukewarm water ; rub soiled places with nap- tba soap ; let stand until after breakfast. Then wring out and put into a boiler of hot water, in which a bar of soaj) has been cut, a spoon- ful of borax, and two of kerosene have boon added ; never more, as it will form dots on clothes. Boil thirty minutes, .take out, rub and rinse. Unless dirty they will need no rubbing. / In lite the man who shakes the tree doesn't always get the plums. Don't jeer at the attcm'pts of others. You mig.it discover that two can jeer at the same game. ,\ little thing like g<'tting into deep water <li)osn't embarrass the man who paddles his own canoe. of so much soil, and, once depriv- ed of it, he was in danger of be- coming a mere slave. Such evic- tions of the smaller owners of jiro- perty were common in this age, and called forth the hitter denuncia- tions of other prophets 9. In mine ears â€" Jehovah takes the prophet into his confidence, and the prophet, in turn, makes the startling announcement that all these evils are known to Jehovah, and that he will not suffer them to go unrei|uitted. When they are [secure in their houses great and fair, feasting no doubt en the spoils of their avarice, then shall come upon tlicin the curse described in the following verse 10. One bath â€" About eight gallons (of wine). This barrenness of the land, ''Jehovah's remedy tor land- grabbing," is still more jiointedly portrayed in the profitlessncBs of jilanting grain; for one ephah shall be the sole return from the plant- ing of ten cphahs (a homer being ten or twelve bushels, or ten times as much as an ephah). 11. Rise up early in the morning â€" T<.' dr!nk in the morning was reck- ♦iiied by the Ronians and Jews a shamerul practice. Sensuality, in but Mrs. Salmon's name was omitted from the list, of beneficiaries. Colonel Church was born at New Bedford, Mass., in 1S35. He attained prominence as a colonel of the Seventh Rhode Island In- fantry in the Civil War, and later for his travels, scientific study and literary work. He was the only member of the Royal Geographical Society not an English citizen. CONCRETE FENCE-POSTS. Several English' railways, the London & Northwestern, the Great Northern and the Great Eastern, have recently constructed fence- posts of re-enforced concrete, and the results are reported to be very satisfactory. It is estimated that ('. F. Brandt, for three years mace carrier at the .\lberta Lfgi- lature, has been appointed chief forest ranger. He had many years of experience at that work in Ger- many. \\'<)rk on the telegraph line from Kitsumkalum river to Stewart will be rushed to completion as soon as the season opens, and communica- tion with the outsidi- world will bo possible early in June. Daniel Kobinson, a rancher of near Nelson, B.C., crawled 1% miles to his shack, with a broken leg, and spent 12 hours alone with- out food or water, before help came. The new saw mill at Big Eddy, on the Columbia River, about a mile west of Revelstoke. B. C, will have a capacity of 100.000 feet per day. During one week, out of lOG ar- rivals at the hall in Edmonton, 49 wore Germans, few of whom could speak a word of)F.;nglish. The other natitmalities were completely out- uiiinbercd. .Viuericans 22. colored .\incricans 3. Holanders, Swedes 9, I Huthenians 3, Scotch 2, Canadians * i 1, Russians 3, Fiiiglish H, Bohemians MEN WHO UO 100 .MILES V IKY ?••'?'""-'* '' ^Ii'-'Si'"*"" -'. I'^lcs 1, ' Irisli 1. All Â¥.i\si Indian Caste Trained for " â€" * " CiMiliiries a.s Riiiiiuts. CORONATION CARD. Ordinary Marathon runners seem o„i,.ial liivlla(i<^Ar.. Fine Pieces rather insignificant compared with i r .i â-  .• '"*'=' tne regular i)erforman<cs of a; ,, "^ \\ orkmauship. certain East, Indian caste. These: The card inviting privileged Kahars, also known as Jhinwarb. gnosis to Westminster .\bbey for live in the Punjab, where for cen- the crowning of tho King .ind turies they ha\e ac(e<l as runners. Queen on .lune 22 is a reinarkahlo fisherman and water fowl catchers. l)ioce v! workmanship and design. The men aii' trained runners and i The card which measures Ihirtoea are sai<l to lie able to go a hiui- , «nd a half inches by .eleven and a drod miles a day without resting. | quart<!r #nches, is much larger tlicyi -Vccoidiiig to Baily's .Mag.aziii.L> that useti at the Coronation of ! ^ crue to a respectable solicit',)r. " This is rubbish al.so. Dick>ns h-ft .f;'93,0l_)0 in round figures, and this did not inclutio a co'isidorable sum of inonoy that he had settled some vears before his death. His read- ings (IsSb-GU) had brought in about .*;30.(KW. It is forgotten that Dickens be- gan life without one penny and that every farthing he siiont or gave away or loft was earned by himself, only excepting £2,000 which was bequeathed to him by a friend about two vears before hl^s own death. Dickens lived liberally (.some ijeople said extravagantly) f(jr about thirty-four years, ho brought up and started in life a large and very expensive family and he gave away a great deal of mimey to noodv relatives. there is a well authenticated stance that Tiki Rant, the son <if Lain Ram, canicd dospatclios 300 miles ill Ihi'cc <lays- fr<jm Moan- I Mir to Mccnit. ! The point <liscussed, however, is . King FJ<lward. It is the work of Mr. Bornar<i Partridge. The gen- eral design, which is admirable in conception, onipha.sizes the niari- tinio greatness of the British Em- pire, the sea, with the sun risiujj the "life" of such posts may ex tend ^<f^ 100_,yea|;s^ ^{»'|« _t\atj;'^ i strain" of Tunning great listences ' under a heavy load, but thrive un- whether tlio normal exercises of , over it forming the fitting back- tho Kaliar post runners and the ' ground for the entire design. In similar exertions of jinrikisha men , the centre is a beautiful winged shortened their lives, and it ap- i symbolical figure <)f Britannia in pears that the Kahars, trained i classical drapery, carrying in h>^r from childhood to be distance run- j right han<l the Hoyal sceptre with ners, live to be old men : they are | (he Cross, an<l in ihe left the Orb, not only able to withstand the the emblem of s<jver«>ignty. Perdi- creosoted deal posts does not ex ceed 20 years. The concrete posts cost about 10 cents per yard, and it is said that in many places ce- ment, sand and iron can be ob- tained and made into posts at a less der it, The jinrikisha man too, notwith- standing his irregular diet, ex- cessive UM of liquor and exposure to the eleaents, lives to a reason- price than deal timber. The same ! able age. lo Tpklo, wh«n a census material has been tried for rail- i was taken of tho Jinrikisha men way-sleepers with good results, three years ago ther« wers found Steel sleepers were first tried, but i to be more than 1,300 who w«ro ov- were found to be too noisy. ' er ijS years of age. e<l <m the top ot her aiireoled hel- met, which is also winged, sits a miniature British Jiyy. Sjx small- er symbolical medallions, three on each side of the feet of the central figure, surmounted by the Royal Crown, indicate the various Dom- inions of tho Empire. _* "Why does the clock start agtin wh«n it gets to twelve?" "Because thirteen is so unlucky."