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Household Dainty HI-IH I .ad> linger Biscuit Paste. Stir together one half cup of sugar and tin 1 yulka of four eggs until snwotli and like a ribbon; add a t-easpoo'i ful t-f ..rang;- tl'Wer water or t'he grati-d zeri uf half A lemon. If va- nilla is added it is usually put in little of the custard sauce, then put over it a layer of jam or preserves, then another layer of cake and more cnatard. You can stop here, or you can pour over the whole a fruit syrup of the sam? tla\or as the fruit used, say strawberry, and you may dot the whole with little peaks of whipped cresun or of egg meringue. Sherry or other wine is s-u'Oie times tited instead of syrup. I -: ml Hints. To give zinc an exceptionally fine In.- 1 re rub it with kerosene. A piece of sandpaper is of the greatest help in removing stains and food from cooking utensils. Wooden .SJHHJIIS and pastry hoards I v* , , * la it thii'.g instead <if here. Mix I will repay a good ftorubbing with into t!r-, j>ai : at a time, a large half-cup of dried and sifted flour. and the n cut in the stiffly beaten whites cf four eggs. The old test in refeiei'i-o to the stiffness of the beat -!i egg.* required that they be firm en. ugii tj hold a silver pic<-? about thr ^/.<- ,.f a half dollar. sand in preference to soap. He nirc to iron garments with the strught of the gocds, and thus prevent stretching of tho bias .i.nd I;..:M.I_. All- sort* of fancy and plain :n->u!dsar used for j lady finger*, or the paste is pressed out on tj white, pnp-r from a paslry Do not be annoyed by a squeaky hinge; use a little .butter, lard or kei >s 'in-, and have the unpleasant noise disap]x-ar. Lettuce will keep crisp some, days if washed and put into a cheese c!ot-h bag and bung where it gets a bag, using .-..i:.-iH plain tube. There I current of cold air. an -veral sort's of biscuit molds, in bliK-k, which make cakes about : "f a lady finger, and if the To remove spots fro:n the handles of ivory knives dip a < hamois skin in water and then in powdered U:m< <>r facilities are lacking the ' pumice and rub the spots vigor- c-ak may be baked in a thin sheet ously. ard cut up. An expert cook says that the 63- If m :ids are us?d, butter the.ni, j cret of roasting -meats is to keep a and tlu-n dredge with t-'ugar. Take th" p.T-tr up m a teaspoon, start at i i, ':<! of tiie m !<! and draw th p:i-i.' al -ig t" the othv-'r. Must .if the f .-!.;.-> or plain oblong molds will small enameled dish, partly filled with vinegar, in the oven when roasting meat of any kind. Sometimes tin; white of an egg may be saved from waste by whip hold jubt about a heaping teaspoon- 1 ping it very stiff and adding it to fu! <f p:i-'<-. which rises or swells fr- -i; it third to a half in baking. (Vri.- way to bead the t<p is to sprin- kV yi'.-iiinl.iu-d .sugar over it, then s!i;.kr '.,1110 drops of %vatTo\er the hiig.-n-. Hak-.- i r i a moderate or t.!,-K-k <.-. en fur ci^ht or ten minutes, if <ake> arc of the t'-a-|'<.on BIZP. If th<- oven is t>o hot thev will not bead. Tii- true lady fingers, baked on :i |..'.p r. b;i\i- the I-jrm best adapted to t'u- < rnamcnting <.f various dish- es, ai:<l svi K;ikfd they can be put t' g-iher with a syrup or jelly. To shap". i n-pare a pastry bag by lkli'ig into it a, numb'-r two tube, and tln-n fill in tiie creamed butter -ind confectioners,' sugar for a pudding sauoe. To clean plaster ornaments, such ;:- husts or vases, '.Up in cleaa t larch mixed with water. When dry, brush off th" starch and the ; tiled parts will disappear. Any upholstered furniture, whe- ther covered with cloth, damask or chint/, will look much the better for being cleaned occasionally with bran a>id flannel. Hn\e ;t, book or staple in the end of the ironing board, y-o that it may be lui'ig up when not in us:-. Theiv is less danger of the covering be- coming soik'd if this is done. closing | Heat your plate before putting tue bag firmly and letting it lie a I hot pies on them when first taken fi-w minutes. Have the s-hffts of from the oven. The hot pies on cool paper ready, take hold of the lower plates cause- a sweat that makes saggv undercrust. When ironing circular centre- part with the rijrht. I'ress with the | p ; <-<-<--. tablecloths, y.pe that the iron right hand a'ld drop the batU'r on moves with the straight grain of the the paper in a line three im*ieft k>ng I cloth. In this way only is it. possi- ;;ml ab nit half an incl wide. I/eav:- ] ble to pw-'srves the circular edge in at l--a :. thr:'e-(|tinrter:i of a.n inch its true line. Tlie.sjc max- have part of the bag. near the tube, with the 'eft hvid, h'.l'ling the upper] may sprinkled HoiiK u k< ,-pers are less over bothered with the- appearance of between each. granulated them, or mother way to bead the ants or otlr-r insects on their <! isel Burfac'- i ' i sprinkle powdered 8U- j tlhelvcs, but 'f these arc wiped with gar i-.cr them three I:TIH s, at iiini- cayenne pepper the insec'.s xvill k. -.]) uto inlr\a! . Shake off auperfluotlB away, says an authority, sugar b'-f'.r-- baking s'oxvly. When peeling Florida, oranges Work togp'.b-r until light and sol them in the oven t-> heat thr- Rmooth three fourths' of a cup <f oiighly for a f?w minutes. Tli->n. |Mi-A<l<-rcd frugar and (our e^g yolks, when you pool them, you will find Add t this, a little at a time, <ni" j that the toii/h white, skin ca'i 1> cup <,-f boiling milk, stirring all '.r- i-a-ily nw.ixed xvith -the yellow rind. time. I'ut, ...i the lire :inr! stir t-) A moistened wwsj.ap-'r renting boiling )iiint. remove fr<.m lire, flu,- en dryer laxers tn-ikes JIM exwllent vnr n"d ;!ra n. Stir fre<|iir-n'lv dust dump for either the contents k-ng. This, with tin- s.'nn , f ;l <-;irpr>t sweep-r -or a dustpan. amotijit of cream, makes a fine ice i)i\<-|, and s'-urrv ing I in! <l ies n<.t cream. li may In- us d hot as a <>scape when a stray draft strike- ; '. % or <-">!d, in tin- -am,- way, f >r owing to the moistening paper hold- trill". With th- addition of gelaii i and \xliippcd cream it. makes th: 1 i fiiii--i of Bavarian cnam-i, etc. ing it. To preserve eggs. Pour (! quarts of boiling water nil tcj :* Ibs. of fine Hue IJulter Cream. The fine 1 -: <,f lime, 1 o/.. of cream of tartar and all butlvr creams, the smooihi ;. handzonieet and more wholesome; than the ordinary French butter Ib. of salt. When quite cold pour this over fre:*h <. w, carefully ar- niMgod in jars, and s-p that all are i .i . . urn be made bv adding ' Covered. Tie ox-er with paper and mi- half cup of thin custard, w'ien .(and on a shelf in the larder or in lukrwarm. t f"iir oum-i-- f ereani i I AI---; biitt.-r. and tlir-n beating the two until light ami i-m- . iii. Slltitt KKC*. One way In the wbil-s of i'yv-t left <.\<-r fr mi making thL* <:u.slard is th.- follow- ing: Heat these xvhitrs 1<> a Miff ti -ii aid <-;i refill!}- n:U to them a storehouse. __! _ ItAll.ltOADS IN SO F I) AN. Khar- g< ..<! t.ilil; S[/x,nful of powdered su- gar for ! li < gir enouli sw: ( - In :i flat |iii!l Jiut milk, flavored with xan-lla. to |iac}i this quantity uf iii'-i'iiigiiv. \\Jili a I<'-I^|H.<III 'MI (jlol of thi-3 in egg form, <ln p tbi-m in the h:ii!i'ig milk, turn tin-in I.IK-I- 4,r twit-- 1 , trying int t-i br<-ik off any pieces, and after they have < --ok -d a few minutes take i ' -m on 1 and drain the :n on .a sieve. Sent- wiih naM of the custard or make a I--.-. r.\p-iiMv<' cufctard of Hi- milk u ed for the poaching. Probably rid drssert could be made that uould "eem s<> light yet. would at the r.atnc time have such great food value. If this alone was to bo madp, the xvh-'tes would firnt, li: % cooked, t'Vn the egg added to th-? milk to make a cuttlard sauce, for it. Ini'Xprn.Hivo CiiKtard or Cream. Allow one egg to one cup of bulling milk in which has bexvn cooked one tablespoontiil of oornHt-arch, wet. up with cold milk if a I bin euMard of nance cori"iste!i<'y is to be made. If a en 'am thick enough, when c<i!d, to put between laycrti of cake is re- cpiired tise one and a half tnble q*,oonfnls of com hUn-ch. Strain this and liir while it is cooling, if it is of the 'thinner sort. Flavored with xanilla, one might never tho <;xtra eggs of the smoother, more '.\p:-HMvc Kllgli'ih cieiim. Trifle. Cover tho bottom, of an oblong glHs <lish with a thin layer of c-ike, of th" hir>itit type, <ir use thin slices of sponge tvuke, which is of Uir, biecuit ort, pour over this a OUT 1.500 .MiUvs Completed tum Is a City. There are now l.iiUO miles of rail- road in the Soudan. Through the completion of the line from \Viuli Haifa, in the north through the d<>- of Khartum, ji distance 4if , r >HO and the establishment of com- forlable express steamers on the \iV between Sbellnl, on the sout'i- ern b<nin<lary of Fgypt, and Watli Haifa, it is now possible to make the joiinif-y from 1/ihdoTi to Khar- tum in nine a.nd a half to ten days. Khartum, with a population of UO,- 000, is the centre of both the official and commercial life of th". Sudan, containing the palace of the Gover- nor (Jeneral, tho residences of many high officials and the Ventral administration buildings.. The cil.y is laid out on modern lines, with bioad avenues and stre>eits, a.ud has electric .lights and a good water system. The, Soudan is the chief source of the world's supply of two imp4>rtant. products, jcuni arable and ivory. Formerly t'he ivory gathered in the, far south was ship- pi d through Hritidh KaH Africa, but the development of the Soudan has turned the trade to the north. 1 SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY 1NTKKNATIONAL LKHSON, Jl NE7. "I'a," said Tommy, asking his fifty first quest ion that e\ening, ''is a, vessel a boat?" "Well, ,\e:i,'' said pn, try! m to read hh paper, "you can call n vessel a boat., cer tainly." "We!!, wha-i kind of a boat, is a blood vessel!'' "A life- boat, of course. Now run off U> bed." X. 'I In- < iimiiiL- of (ho King- dom. I, like I 7. 20-37. (. Text, Luke 17. 21. Verse 20. 'Being asked by the Pharisees, W!MMI the. kingdom ofi God Cometh -Jesus had taught on previous occasions that the King- dom wafc at ha-nd, and the Pharisees! ask when it may be expected. It is! pns.-iblp that they wished to test' him. If 'ha mentioned an early j date, and they saw as yob no signs of its approaching, they would know| that no confidence was to be placed in his words. Not with observation It is invisi- ble. No signs or sounds, will an- nounce its arrival. A spiritual ! kingdom is always slow in produc- ing outward effects. ai. Neither shall they say, Lo,-l here! or, There ! In verse 23 Jesus! says that men xvill say these words, i but their statement will be false.] The Kingdom is not a visible object that can be located. Lo That is, Behold! Used to bring out the contrast between tbej statement which follows and t-hat! which precedes it. The kingdom of God is within you Or, in the midst of you, that is, "among yon," since the King- dom xvas not "within" or "in the hearts of" the Pharisees to whim lie was speaking. Instead of com- ing xvith outward signs upon a d?fi nite date, the Kingdom was already j there in the person of Chrsit and of his disciples.. Another equally per- missible interpretation of this clause takes it more literally, oin- 1 phasi/.ing this inxvardness and spiri-l tua.l nature of tin; Kingdom. So interpreted Jesus may be regarded! a.3 stating a general principle or; truth without reference to its par-j titular application to die Pharisees wh(,-m he is addressing. 22. And he sa-d unto the disciples, j The days will come, when ye shall! df sire to see one of the, days of the! fyjn of man Perhaps the Pharisees] have retired, or it may be that bis words about the Kingdom bring to the mind of Jesus the years of toil and persecution awaiting 1 the disti- ; pies. He foresees that there will be days of bitter discouragement and tells them that they will long for a I fore-taste of the coming glory <jf the i Kingdom. "And ye shall not s?e| it." This glory must be patiently waited for. It will come, but not at the time of their discouragement and their great longing for it. One of the days of the< Son of man may also bo translated "The firptof t'hc days of th-e Son of man." It would then mean the day of bis. re- turn. This may be. what Jesus meant, since the verges which fol- low refer to the second advent. "-.''!. The disciples must m .>;. be in- duced to leave their work, nor fol- low after .tiling* which they might KiipjKjs^ would lead them to the place of the Son of mwih's upp.'.-tr- i'lg. No fa'th is to he put. in t'h-o statements .,f thus' uho prcdivt ex- act, dales in- places for the Lord's re appearing. a-i. The >cond adveu-t will be as sudden and as generally visible as t'i- lightning in the heavens. No one can foresee it and nil xxill know- it at 4 >nce.. 25. But. first 'must he suffer many things ajid be rejected of 'this gen- eration In his teaching Jesus, ever guarded aga'jist the emphasiaof one feature to the exclusion <if others. Tims, days <:f discouragement were to bo brightened by t'he thought, of future glory, and tho future glory I'h v tened by the thought of the suf- fering xv'.iieh must precede it. 2(>-i>8. As . . .in .the days of Xoah and l/ot Many people xvill bo wholly occupied with external af- fairs and their own selfish enjoy- ments, busied with the things they' must some time leave behind lOieim, and unmindful of (ho things ol eternal xa.lue. 110. Jn tho day that the Son of man is revealed Note, the certain-] ty of the expression "is revealed." The second fl<lv;Mit will be simply a manifestation of the Christ, who is already invisibly present. 31. In that day . . . let him iv.it go down . . . return back In Matt. 2-1. 17, 18 and Mark 13. 15, 10 theso words are spoken in connection with the flight before the destruction of Jerusalem. It may be that Ohris>t (her. 1 ti>-''?d tluin in referring to this, Iliuht ; and .here affain, though in a' wholly different connection. In both canes the xvorthle.ssness 4-f material! PU: sessions, under the circum-l sl-auces, is emphnsi/.ed. In the first instance, the importance of saving' life, here, the importance of being 1 rrjidx for th-e coming of the Son of; ninn, is s.i great that nothing .-hould divert our attention from the-sa things. 32. Urme-niber Ixit's wife -- In looking back, l/ot-'s \vife pr<iv(xlber w>!f unworthy of the salvation offer rd her. Ijikewi-,;- at the advent of thei Son of man, a Christ ia>i con coined about the safety of his goods would be unfit for the Kingdom. 3S. Whosoever shall K-ek to gui i his life -That is, "To preserve for him>-olf." The word-i of this vei",e were doubtless rcp?atixl on more than one occasion, andi Jesus placed great emphasis upon it.. It is pre- served in all four Gospels. The men and women who h,avu most truly lived, whose lives have been, a les- son and an inspiration to their own time and to after generations, have been those who, for thevsakc of the Kingdom, counted not their own lives dear. 34, 35. The closest comrades w ; 'l be separated if one is fit for the Kingdom and the other is n-xt. There will be no time nor opportun- ity to assist the one who is un.pre- pared. May this fact serve to re- mind us that we should give that assistance while there is yet time. 37. And they answering say .unto him, \Vhcre, Lord? This question was doubtless prompted by curio- sity, and Jesus docs not give a direct reply. He has just been teaching that the advent will not be limited to any particular place. Where the body is, thither will the eagles also be gathered This was probably a current proverb. It lias been interpreted to mean here, "Where the dlead body of human nature clinging to earthly things is, there the judgments of God will coma.'' Jes-us sets aside all ques- tions of time and place and empha- sizes two things : first, the certainty of his coming; second, the very grea.t importance of being ready for his coming. HTMAN EVES LIKE FIG'S. I. ids Responsible for Variations of Ooular Expression. Your eyes are like a pig's. If anybody told you so you would doubtle-fs feel insultsd. And yet such a statement would bo quite correct. Your eyes are very much like a pig's more so, indeed, than they are like any other animal's. This is one of the most curious truths of physiology. A pig's eyes so closely resembles that of a hu- man being as to serve a very impor- tant practical purpose. Young men who are learning tj be eye doctors are taught the rudiments of their bu.-iness with the help of pigs' eyes. They diwsect them and practise all sorts of operations on them, from removing a cataract, to the snipping of the muscles which control the movements of the eyes in tlheir or- bits. If an oculist happens to be puzzled about an operation he ex- pects to perform, he sometimes gets one or more fresh pigs' eyes from the butcher and makes experiments with them. A pig's eye in a live pig's head does not look much like a human eye. It is small and not very intel- ligent in expression. When the pig is d^'ad, however, and the eye is taken out it is hardly distinguish- able from the eye of a person. Human eyes do not vary much in si/.e, and in themselves they have no expression whatever. When it is said that a person has large, eyes it means simply that the opening be- tween the lids is larger than ordi- nary. It is the lids that are wholly responsible for ocular expression, which is capable of such wonderful variation. Our London Letter On watch for Buflragettet. Hamilton Court J'ulace has Jt been reoprned under condition* which sure Its hlHtni-lc collection from dain- ttKe at the hands nf HUlTraKt -ttcu. An entranro fee of one MlltDV ij rentf) IH chiiiKi-d. children uiuli-r 12 the company of adults being admitted for sixpence (12 <:eiit). VlHltorB are not allowed In wundcr throuifli "IK |ial- THE FIRST 1,000 FOOT BOAT. RACK BETWEEN BIUT1SH AXD' <;KRMA> COMPANIES. intervals. Apparently there will he no free days, hut lurKB partlt-B arc nrtmltted ut Mali rates, subject to prior application to the secretary. To Do Away With Strike*. miner*, rallv.i.v men and transport ; SST^ tt ^pWU^% ftSr iIlKputeH witn employers. The ni Made $1,000,00 in Four, toeu TripsCarries 3,200 -Souls on Board. British and German shipping own,,' ,2 )':; are racing to be the first to' fses:s a vessel that xvill bo-apt oi hs proud length of 1,00(1 feet. During the last decade the size of th ^P twecn the three organisations anil the |y in length, and the 800 feet mark to C arfa^*he e de^L mtd tt C ' '! lwi3 l >* n I' assed - Indeed, the f> ir It was found in sonic of the more re- (man boat, Imperator, which ha* ssLs^'^jsr^i!^"^ Beve i round trips be ' twe ^ Kether. in case of a dlipute, not a grna Europe and New lork during the SSi^foi 6 ftSm by tr a ,r,?H P nrt >a*t season, was th* first vessel ta workers were on strike. for cxamp le. f exceed a Kllgrth of 900 feet. Shew ,!" at present the largest vessel in ac-' t l!a l service, being 920% feet long' . t k he lt t,"n,pnr except in restricted areas did not sue- strike thev "nmH S&n't effective unless the railway men refuse, na g a o f 52,000. Her siSter ship '"' cTi*n3W W.terland, which will take he. * 98 fc*t wide, and boasting of a and at other mines niin-unir.n labor can be obtained. With the three working toK.,-tht-r. the leaders believe they can enforce better conditions from the em- place on tho Atlantic next June, will be no less than 035 feet long, . r.nd the first ves&el also to reaoh , ''"irnbprt Smillle. M.P.. prf-slderrt of the a width of 100 feet. ^ n ^b^raSfL W <}rla^S;'nl T! "> " Cunard vessel Aqul . In the combination. beli<-vcs that co-ltaJlia, 18 expected to intake hei operation between thu ^^"^ffg^.,"^ maid-en trip this month. She is th loc-kouts. as representations made to firj-t British boat to reach the 900- . 5000no e m P n by xviir d be 8 sSre"" to^re?. lie' feet mark, her actual measurements _ every consideration, while others con- 1 being 903 feet long, 97 feeit wide, stdef that the combination will wWU *l ggl/ _ et u:_ n __:*!. n-prKas t,nn. Kreat Influence in politics. Social legis-N'-.' 2 leeinlgn, WW n a groes hit ion Fupported by all these votftrn r.age of 47,000. at l tei l tfc J r n ai or y iK!ri!a N mt-m Ued ' re i Tno Germans are thus far ahead Vindication of a Reporter. i of the British companies, so far 01 Ten years ago Henry X\\ Nevinson. ' p. . ,:-ts-=ing the longest and largest i?iti r ons J< o" uSwy| c ^ liners, though in the L,u-sitania ' 1st in Portusuese West! and Mauretania Great Britain stilj laborers of the "cocoa isianus of San '- Ws the record for speed. Bui . Thome anil Principe. He wrote what he toe \\ hit* Star Lane have a, mons- . Haw and his report was received WHO , l,Ln<r n->w nn trip 'aWlr* w)in<i laiiKhter. then with sneers, then with, I ancry denial. But the "White HOOK <1 iinen sac-15,, it is said, will exceeo fSJtn'o^nce'w^ that' he underslai :A [ thv-se of the German Vessels nov; rather than overstated the truth. ; btlUdillg, while tho Cunard Com- me,' t^'aSon t? AV 5X. KT'ffij pany have drawn up plans for a ve , affair became an English political scan- s; | which, if. is declared 1 , "will . dnl because the leading cocoa-makers .. ' ' us'nc this slave labor products nre aiso.hck cvcrytlimg tha.t has ever been. pIllarH of nonconformity and bounteous s <,p, n on ^<e Atlantic, both in point pnfi t rlhu t ort* to litjcrti.1 ptirty funos. i? in* . . >t t_ was of speed and in eaze ; and much brought to promise to send home these s])ecu ;aUoin exists as to whjr.iher entrapped negroes, who now number 3S.OUO. The recent "White Book" shows that the 1 s < v: '^pany is not making strenu-- Qus e ff urts ^ b e tn( > first to posses* slave raldlnK on the mainland lor the Islands is still KoUiK on. that the pro- : the thousand'- foot boat. mlses of repatriation are being slackly kept and that with practical unanimity . \\ hy They Are Bllllt. the laborers wish to "go home. Ctcte In India Breaking- Up. Sir George Macalplne, the claims oY'fndla'at Mie Baptist Miusion- That liners of this length will bfl an accomplished fact in near ary society's meeting recently, salrt future is evident, for the that if there was one fact clear to- in> reason that the-se big boat, when up Wa one "'earned 1 {nd"an a had" tow" him j properJy managed, are paying pro- that he Rave caste ten years more life., positions. The Imperator carried fif o2mm ^"r'e XSfffl V& "- <*' *"" - nM^.n^r, on- Influx from ndia IntQ the Christian xlewariU for SclenUfio Discovery. Sir Ronald Hoss, discoverer of the malaria parasite of the inoFqulto, api estaY.iish the"'princip"ie"that there should. be public rewards for srienttnV discov- eries xvhlch are of such a nuture that they can bring no commercial ri-turn. H..W much his discovery means In money as well as In human lives is shown by the c:ise of the Sui-z Canal company! works at Ismulia. which wen- about to be removed because so munv of the workers were djrlnrWUl malaria. Sir* Ronald went to I-.gypt passengers ' her sex-en trips across the Atlantic and back. Some 22,600 of these wo-re silicon passengers, the remain- lrla n.-ir-islte of the moFnuito, nasi , . 'lied * to the British parliament for alder being earned m the ^tecrago. , Mlon^fJWOO ajrewta a-jBflc^glTfeis army of 56,000 travellers paid SUU;I:ONS OF THE DESF.HT. \Vonderful Skill of Medical Men Among A'gcriaii Hediiiiins. Witltou* anaesthesia, or modern natrumente, native surgeons among the Bedouins of the Algerian hin- terland have become s> skilful that they do not hesitate to umiertake operations as delicate as trepan- ning. This report is brought, by H. HylUui-Simpson, who, accompanied by his wife, has just returned to Loud Hi ,' -oin a scientific expedition among those almost unknown noma- dic tribes of the des.?rt. The. ex- plorer and his wife lived among the natives and established the closest relations with the, ruling sheiks of remote villages. They found that surgery had grown to be a really skilled profes- sion. HyHon-Simpson was lucky enough to cowie into contact with a friendly Arabian physician who ar- ranged a. meeting for him with eight of tw* tribal surgeons. From them he collected 1 a mass of interesting information and a valuable collec- tion of native surgical instruments. Their Faws, laJicet sand probes are of the crudest design, but prove highly effective- in the- hands of their native, operators-. The only training these native surgeons have is iii>.ti'ufti(in from Uu'ir fathers. Very few of them are able to read or write. Trepanning ope rations nre proba- bly more common in this country than anywhere else in the world be- cause of the frequency with which the natives resort to ^tone throwing in a fight. The use of a'i jum-eatha- tie is unknown, and jmin is regard- ed with such contempt' that the peo- ple seem impervious to it. Hylton- Sinip c >n saw <"ic WBP in which n boy was operated on for fifteen ''.ajs for the removal of a small piece of skull. The- operation was successful ard 'the patient recovered. Mcs-d.-s surgery th'9 natives claim to have discovered two liundre<l cures for various <liseases. . tin-,-.- times without fee. of his Investigations and As a result advice the mosiiuitoes wrn- removed Instead of the works, and the llrltlwh notion, which owns a majority of the iwiial sluires. was saved far more than $6. WOO a year In public revenue. Prepare Connaagrht'i HOUB*. riareiice Mouse Is apparently being prepared for the home-comlnij of the Duke an 1 Duchess of ConnaUKht. Slnci- the Duke XVBH appointed Governor- (leneral of Canada the biK mansion In St. James's tins been shut up und all the blinds drawn, and the only sign of life about the royal residence has been fhr sentry who has dally mounted Kin, ril at one of the side doors. Within tha last few days however. there has been an Invasion of builders ! and painters and lately the upper win- dows were thrown open and the blinds ' drawn up. XVorkmen are busy making extensive alterations to the raised i-onsi-rvatory at the side of the house 1 looking out over the Mall and St. James's Park. Scaffolding IUIH been ! erected and some of the windows havo I been removed. Women Onidoi In Iiondon For some years an Englishwoman living In Paris has made a capital KV- I Intc as a guide, and an advertisement aj>- I pea red in a London dally paper recently ! In which an Kntfliwh woman "speaking I live languages" offered to accompany 1 visitors of hc-r own sex around London. There should be. one would imagine. a blK demand for women guides in I-on- no less than 83.500,000 in passage money, ami the company declare that over $1,000,000 of this is pro- Thift vessel, it may be added, cosb $8,500.000 to build, and when she took her maiden trip represented the la-st word in shipbuilding. She has 'accommodation for TOO first, GOO second, and 900 third, and 1,800 i-toarage- pa,ss-engprs, xvhile her crew total 1.180, making a, comple- ment of 5,200 souls. Before she came imto service tho then largest ship only carried a to- tal complement of H.380 paFsenpere a-nd orew. Her 6-2,000-h.p. turbino are capable of a speed' of twenty- three knots, or twenty-six mL!-e,s an 'hour, and to maintain this sprrdt it is lu^cesrxa-ry t*> burn 1,000 tens of coal a day. her bunk-er city being no Jess- than 9,000 First Swimming Tool. This xva-s the first liner to possess a properly-equipped swimniiug- |n >1. th? baths c-zi all previ-ims ves- tamks. In the- Im- p?rator the swirrmiintc-bath is built after the designs of the- ancient- Ho- rn an s, and is 65 feet long. 41 fecit wide, the greatest depth of waiter b?hig 7 feet. She wa-s the first ves- s-vl to possess a balli\Hnn. a practi- don but an official at Thomas I'ook mid Son's henil office did not take this viow. "We have a number of women guides a j t-itaiire for theatrical nn cult- list" he said to a correspondent. . . .- ""ut we are very rarely asked for their m*.nces, and a running track. ser\ Ices." On the other hand the Women s Inter- national Leanue organizes trips abroad conducted exclusively by womon. and women guides are always available for visitors to London. It Is found that their sen Ires are greatly aiu>reciatod and mothers often ask for women who (an meet their children on their Jour- neys to and from school glad nf the services of Those aond even other luxuries fof t.he traveller of nidans will be found on the new British boat, Aquita.ii'a, which xvill have aobommpdatBOO for 3.280 passengers and carry a crew >f 1,000. Another wondei-f ul point is obvious. ,00 that in sho,,,.ln B f^'f ***** latest linw is the expeditions a male iruide Is useless, iiuil, lie'.ght of their decks. r 1C buxv of ]>-! 56 feet above the sea, \\hile the cap- Uiiu's bridge is 75 feet above the fcvcl. Many a girl catches the man sV wants bj ))retendii\g to <|es,ire some ur.in s'!:e t'Mesn't v ant. Miss Cora l>ow of ( im-iiinati, <iwns twelve drug Uoios in t-liot citj. I Stand by Him. "How is it,'' inquired a .\imng bride of an older married f rip id, "that- you alwa\s manage to have cueh deUcious beef?" "It's very simple," said the'older women, "1 first select a go<-d, hon- est buteher, and then 1 st:ind by l;im." "You mean that you give him all of your trade?" "No; I mea.it that I stand by him while ho is cutting tho meat." m ^ ,j, t enri-ri.nr. 'I'liroe Nations. Question : If a company s-at down at n table with a turkrr on n, and some one upset th-: tab'e. w Iwu 11:1 tkmal cnlanriv. conwrning I'MC iiulious, would it represent- ! Answer: The breaking up <if China, the .verthr<iw of (Jreece and the downfall of Turkey. Ito'.'l Sympathy. .luror: "\Ye aquitted him out o! > mpathy." Friend: "I'or bis aged mi>ther1" Juror: "Oh, no- for having such a Inwvt-r." Tho New Way. "1U- warned in time. Don't yon know that girl smokes, drinks and gambles at bridge?" "I know. I am going to marry her to reform her." Miss Kdu.i McMullfii is the ex- ecutive head of all tlu department* <if a largi* d.iilv and weekly news- paper in G:illipolis, Ohio. l-'e>ch \MI:IH-II h:r,e banded to gi-ther t;i li^'it I lie saKu-ius in thut eoinitry and oxer '-'^0,000 women already igiif<l th?