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Minn) THE WHOLE WOBLE fTHAT IS GOING ON IN THE FOUR CORNERS OP THE GLOBK. ei4 east i.w World Kvoan . faUfSMi In 'he precincts of the Cathedral of iidesbeim. England, there is a rose r*e said to he more than I .WO year* 'M. The tree, tor some time past. ia given signs of decay, and. in order o preserve it. several botanist i and gardeners were called in. They have not only succeeded in keeping tbe tree { Unie Things. Mothers, he careful how yon put too much stress upon little thing*. If alive "but hae"made' i7~flourish~sa~ it i J r cnil d steps aside in *on>e trifling lid in the past. They expect soon to j matter and you make much ado about hare it bearing a rich crop of roses.^ it. though he had done some wicked Lest year more than 56.000 seals were t*kn on tbe Prilb>iof Islands. The Russian peasant never touches food or drink without making the sign of the croaa. Sir Henry Bessemer. known in Eng- land aa the "Steel King," na jut reached his 83rd year. The Moravian* claim to have bad an independent church in Bohemia a* early a* tbe ninth century. Lord Acton baa a private library of '60.00)) volumea. which U believed to be tbe largest in England. In the Bermuiiaa accounts are set- tled but once a year. June 80 is the ay usually fixed for the payments In Austria it ia scarcely possible to do busincaa wit boat allowing a long credit, which is usually one to six months. In KnzUnda payment of the price of goods delivered is required at the end of three months dating from the day of shipment. Two sets of sables, each valued at 13.000 are respectively owned by the Kiiiprass) of Austria and the Duchess of Cohurg. Multafa Bey. formerly private phyi- cian to tbe Sultan of Morocco, u said to derive an income of $100.000 a year from his profession. M. Durnof. the aeronaut, who first opened communication between Paris and the outside world in 1*70. is dying In a Paris, hospital. L. W. Palmer, of London. England had one room of bis bouse papered with cancelled one penny stamps. 70001 to complete tbe job. A marble statue of Dr. James Mart i- neau on the occasion of the comple- tion of his ninetieth year, is to be set up in Manchester College, Oxford. Queen Victoria finds her journey t< the south so beneficial thai journc t she wil shortly purchase her own villa on tbe ahorea of the Mediterranean. Francis George, tbe Liverpool bel mm or crier, who is to retire from busi ness after sixty years' work, baa aried 130000 lost children in his time. In Spain four-fifths of the transac- tions arc done on a cash basis, while u Portugal great liberality U shown, am quite long credit is generally allowed Francis M. Caldwell. who defeated Stanley the first time he stood (or Par liament. and who died recently, was an earnest advocate of prohibition. In Turkey even objects of prime ne are sold on credit, and in thai country, as well as in Russia, the time allowed is. in most 12 months. Tbe trustees of tbe English National Art Gallery have just acquired a pic- ture painted in 1P08 " Smugglers on the Irish Coast "-ly Julius Caesar Ib- betson. Cables will connect tbe Eiffel towe with the turrete of the Trrcidero pal ace during tbe 1900 Exhibition, and up- on them light passenger trains will be run by gravitation. Lord Dufferin has been obliged to dis- chitirc all the French servants at the Hi sh Emliassy in Paris, as they have repeatedly been discovered tampering with despateh boxes. Great discontent is shown in Uer- HOUSEHOLD. Among the new members of the Eng- ish House of Commons u tbe Indian Shownagree. who ha* bad an unusual career. He U the son of a Bombay merchant, and has Iwen a lawyer aad in editor in England and a judge in ndia. He represents Bet anal Green. n London, in Parliament, and ia the >nly one of his race in tbe House. His ol leagues refer to him. therefore, jo- sosely, as the " member for India. A STAGE TO HOLD AN ARMY. Tkratar IB <h w.rid cM London now possesses not only the largest wheel bat the biggest theatre in the world. Until recently Chicago, with its tremendous Auditorium Thea- tre, may be said to have had the larg- est building erected solely for theatri- cal display*. but now Earl's Court, with tbe Empress Theatre, goes one better than tbe American city. The only building in London in which theat- rical displays have been given to be compared with the Emp Theatre is many at the large number of pension- ed officers in toe army. Since tbe present Emperor ascended tbe thron* in 1888. 1.000 have been forced to re- sign. All tbe French authorised male reli- fious orders have informed the arch- ishops of Rheims and Paris that they intend to pay the new tax imposed by tbe Government on monastic property. A professor's chair for tue history of Als*ce has been founded at the S.<r- bonne in Paris and given to Dr. Ru- dolph Reuss. of Strassburg. a son of tbe Protestant theologian and Bible critic. Bicycle weddings are increasing in popularity in Franc*. At the close of a wedding ceremony recently the bridal couple started off on their honey moon on a " bicycle built for two." The people of Leipsic have presented a minature reproduction of tbe famous equestrian statue, of Princ* Bismarck which adorns the unrk-t place of tbe Saxon City to tbe ex-Chancellor. Prine Louis Lucien Bonaparte's H- brarv. a unique philological collection of J'i.000 volumea. for which bis execu- tors have more than once tried to find a purchaser at liMO.UOO. is again of- fered for sale en bloc. . Military education U commenced at an earlier age in Turkey than in any other civilised country Before the as- pirant for military honors is Ii years old be has receive. I a preliminary course of instruction Sir Henry James, who might have been Ix>rd Channell T if h liked, wears the fth.tbhieMt clothes, perhaps, of any celebrity of the day. His tall bats are. however, always conspicuous for their immaculate glossiness. He is a grest favorite with the Prince of Wales. Four autograph nu>oea of music BJ Mosart were sola for $.">H in London reivntly ; Beethoven's autograph ''Three Sing* "of li.s-the." 1H10. (or $1S5 ; a quartette by Spohr for $40. a fragment of a trio by Schul>ert for $:>i. the price also paid for two polonaises by Chopin. " I hope no one imagines." says the I ii li>n Vigaro. " that tbe apj>int tuent of Luril \\ ' Iseley to the comuiand-in- cliief. is popular wi-h the aruiv Should any one labor under that delusion tu- bas only I" question the. first full private he meets in the street or on a I'U.s in order to be disabused." Hall Cairn-, tbe brilliant novelist. U a Manxman, in thv prime of life. tall, but not robust, with pallid fa.v. hazel eyes, dark chestnut hair and beard, and has a delicate, nervous organisation, which is readily upaet. He is without affectation or mannerisms, and receives his friends nnd visitors with simplicity and genuine c Tliality. The largest cannon in the world was Uken by the Kuglish when India was L.II luered. The cannon was cast aK>ut the year 1.500. and was the work of a chfpf named Chuleby Roomy Klian. of AhmednuR^ur The inside f the bin gun was fitted .nit with scats, and is a favorite plaiv for Rugliah officers to go for a quiet sleep. Olympia. As this huge structure was not built expressly for theatrical pur- poses, the claims of tbe Empress Theatre still hold good. Imagine an iron and brick building towering above everything in Earl's Court except tbe great wheel, almost as long aa Trafalgar Square, and nearly as wide I Tbe span of the roof is only beaten by one erection of the kingdom, that, we believe, being tbe span of St Pancras Station. This roof -span of the Empress Theatre is 220 feet, while tbe height from ground to lantern is no less than 117 feet, or more than half tbe height of the monument, and only seven feet shorter than the Duke of York'* column in Carlton House Terrace. As the Auditorium is one of tbe larg- est in the Tnited States, so. too. is the immense Mage. In designing this lat- ter work. Mr. Imre Kiralfy has adopted some remarkable and curious devices. The entire stage can be moved about here and there, and put up in sections in such a mechanical way that it can be made to irfiiii* any form called for by the exigencies of the scene. On this great stage of the Empress Theatre then is room for at least 6.00U people without undue crushing, and al least 2.000 performers, in addition to 50C workmen carpenters, shifters, property men. etc. are on it in one scene in the production. When to thi* main stage is added another 70 feet isrUepth. which can be made to appear and disappear at will, some idea may be obtained as to tbe hugeness of the place. To provide for this i ft "" number of performers there are scores of dress- ing rooms at the rear of tbe stage. To light this great stage and auditorium over 30 electric arc lamps are used, while M lime lights help to produce tbe beau- tiful color efforts now seen in every theatrical display. In addition to these greater lights over S.OOO incandescent burners are in use all over the build- ing. rVrtainlv in the way of a curtain the Empress theatre has the biggest in the world. It is a rich and eUNirate piece of artistic work. 85 feet high and 260 feet long. A curtain of this kind would hide more than half the frontage of the National Gallery and much of the roof of that large building Over UOOp dresses are worn during the production of India, many of the performers wearing three, four and five in tbe piece. The number of spangles used runs into millions, and the sepuins on the Indian dresses are almost with- out numlier Nearlv as many wigs as dresses are used. Of the number of dancers' shoes which are worn out dur- ing a month's performances it would be hard to give an accurate report, but 2.000 would he near tbe mark All the srei-ery. the curtain, and the stage are moved bv steam power, for no human effort alone could build up some of tbe stage pictures pro-lured From every point of view this theatre probably holds the palm for hugeness and ease in managing it. thing, if. in your mistaken *eal. you use strong terms to express your dis- approbation, what words have you to use if you have need to fight against some great evilf Suppose, for in- stance, your child is) careless in the matter of dress, often coming home from school with a rent here, or a soil there, and you reprimand him severe- ly. What words have you left to in ease you should somet imes be so un- fortunate as to know be had told an untruth t Light blame for light offences is the better wsy. How else may the child learn to discriminate between a trivi- al mistake and a great sin f I once knew a mother who would ipesk very harshly to her little child when ahe had torn her drcoj. calling her a "wicked, wicked <rirl." Careless the child certainly was, hut not wicked What stronger terra have we to app!r to a thief or murderer ? Such language is uncalled for. unjust, and cruel, and the parent who. use-, it is liable to loee the respect as well as the love of her child. It may be wise to be a little lenient with careless) faults of the children an<| they may in time right themselves, have in my mind a lady who. seems her young daughter very much given up to story reading to the exclusion of nearly all solid matter, wa* greatly troubled and used every possible means to persuade her to desist. But all to no purpose. Tbe girl read on and on until at length the discouraged mother resolved to lay aside all effort and see what would come of it. This prove* to be a wise proceeding. At seven teen the daughter's taste in reading had mother could desire. all that even, her ambitious Whenever story was read which was seldom i was not devoured as formerly, but di- gested and assimilated, the host parts commented upon and copied, and often turned into a story or essay of he own. and at an early age she bevan to do quite commendable work in that line. Let us try then not to he discour aged at the troublesome little things but believe that by judicious mana^e- meat which often may be nthinj more or le-is than a iet'ing alone al will be well in due time For Baby i Comfort When bathing the baby, and the older children, too. be careful that n< draft of cold air touches the sensitive little body. A folding screen is a con venienoa and is easily adjusted around a warm corner, and if my one opsMhs the door of the room you are in. baby is sure to bo out of the draft. FASTEST D THE WOBLD A TRIP ON THE RUSSIA* TORPEDO DESTROYER SOEOL You an make one clot hex-horM out of a small which may be Fih L'vin* on One Another A singular case of commensal ism (living on or with another) has just been made known by M. Uadeau de Ker- ille. It concerns the young of the marine fishe called false mackerel, which are almost always found in com- pany with the lanre medusae known as rhizcstomes. These young fishes swim parallel with the long axis o( ii par jeflrr the jellyfish and in the same direct mn as the latter They remain above, he- neat h and behind the animal. It fre- quently happen* that some of them in- troduce themselves into the cavities of tbe jellyfish and are then visible from tbe exterior, owing to tbe transpar- ency of the host. Sometimes the school of fishes wander* a few yards away from the medusae, but at the least alarm immediately returns with great rapidity to occupy its former posi- tion A Difficult Case. Railroad Official You say you want damages for the death of Mr. Piiffem in that accident t bought for a few dimoe at tbe *tores where such supplies an kept. Paint it with enamel paint, and fit tbe panels with muslin, dimity or any dainty ma- terial. These may be tied on with tiny tapes, so as to he easily removed when they need washing. A more ser- viceable color for tbe framework would he cherry stain, which is easily applied The hangings for this might be of pretty chintz or cretun The lower ruags will he found a use- ful towel rack, and may also hold baby's fresh clothes in resinne** for the immediate dressing that is to follow the bath. Crochet two flat mats three inches in diameter, of white Saxony wool, in single crochet stitch. Make a round. flat bag of white flannel, the same aa tbe mats, and fill it with tbe powder Place a mat upon each side of the bag and join the two by crochet- ing a pretty border half aa inch wide, of pale blue. pink, or yellow Saxony. Run baby ribbon of a color matching the border, through one side of tbe puff one or two rows from the edge. tvmg it in a pretty bow. to indicate the right side. This will be found very useful in travelling, as there is no danger of waste from spilling as in the case of the powder box. and suffi- cient powder iift.-t through when using tha bag in the same manner as the ordinary puff. Cook.ei. There is considerable satisfaction making cookies because they in keep Here are som- good recipes. Caraway Cookies. Take nine table- spoonfuls granulated sugar and four of butter and cream t hem well together Add four well-beaten eggs, one cup of milk, a little grated nut of oaraway seeds, two heaping tea- spoonfuls of Iwk'nit powder, a pinch of salt and enough flour to make a dough that will roll out easily. Cut out with s round biscuit cutter and bake in a moderate oven about twenty min- utes. Coooanut Cookies. One cup of but- ter, two cups of sugar, two eggs, one cup of grated cocoanut. two teaspoon- fuls of baking powder, flour enough to roll. Roll very thin, bake quickly, but do not brown. Fruit Cookies. One cupful New Or- TIM 't.i Wa* Belli Ihe Th*SM ra*i Si**Br* a*4 BarcM ta* arthlas; " star *>le* faprai>d at taw MarT.Uu r*rfrm ' or the sals. It ia scarcely too much to say that naval experts of all countries have late- y been regarding with interest tbe per- 'ormances) of the little vessel which has just left the Thames for St. Peters- burg. On the morning that a small party of naval men and journalists ac- cepted the invitation of Messrs. Tar- row for a trip on "tbe fastest vessel in the world." the wind was wild and gosty. and all were prepared for a rough time. We were not reassured, writes a representative, by the choppiness of tbe water at Tilbury, where tbe little craft that was to be our home for th' day waa already moored, bavini; juiV come in from Poplar. I* is a fact to he deplored that tbe " fastest vessel in ths world" d.jes not belong to tbe British to the Russian Admiralty; and this, surely, is a matter that needs explanation, seeing that the builders are an English firm, and that, from the keel to her last bolt, tbe vessel was i-uilt on the Thames. The Russian torpedo-boat destroyer. " Sokol "for that is the name of what the late Mr. P. T. Barnum would have called "tbe fastest ship on airth." was fuming and snorting in mid-stream, an xinus to be off. and a curious craft ihe looked. That she was prettier than her predecessors the " Havock " and " Hornet," of the British Navy- was admitted on all hands, but that was probably due to tbe fact that she was painted in light colors, while her British cousins were a sombre blsjck At first the " Sokol " appeared to be no larger than an up-river launch, and even when alongside her dimensions struck one as being small, puesibly owing to the fact that attention was mainly directed to the FOt'R HEAVY FI'NNELS. which appeared to be the predominating future of the vessel. But the kol " was not built for a yacht or a pleasure boat, but for a " flyer." and a flyer she undoubtedly is. Before we were all able to seat ourselves com- fortably on the forms which had been lashed to the various part of tbe ship's deck. Gravesend had disappeared fr-mi view, and we were rushmx past steam- er* and barge* towards toe mouth of the. Thames. The screw went whirl- ing round, making a perfect sea in iti wake, a sensation of pins and needles n one's feet became evident is the lit- le .inip vibrated from stem to stern. >ig steamers and small craft t hat a mo- or two before appeared almost a spick* oa the horisoo were passed and left behind, those in xpoeed parts of the vessel were aim wt blinded with spray, and only the throbbing of tbe engines and the rushing of the water to be heard as we went over the red mile. On. on. the little craft went, rushing like a mad thin* through he seething water, black with the re- 'lection of tbe heavy clouds overhead, until after a while the vibration caassil. and the whir of machinery became less marked. Tbe more nervous of us began again o breathe freely, and. leaving ->ur posi ions of safety, cautiously crept along he slippery steel deck to the conning ower, where stood one of tbe engineers, watch in band. He smiled with a super- ior air when asked if tbe ship had lieen going at full speed. "N>." he said. "I am afraid you would all he wet through f we let her go. Why. we have osily *en going i6 S-4 knots under HALF-INCH PRESSURE, and if we wished we could run her at knots." But I soon discovered that tbe unin r.iated were not the only ones to l surprises! at tbe rate travelled At least two naval attaches told me they had never been at such a speed before, and the Japanese naval attache and an other subjects of tbe Mikado expressed their delight at the marvellous per- formance of the ship. Within t ears tbe speed of this clans of vens*! had lieen increased from twenty-nit knots (the speed of the " Havock " in 1893) to thirty and one-quarter knots attained l<y the "Sokol" on her of- ficial trial; and. as Mr. Yarrow re- marked. ' If tbo same rate of progress I* continued in the future it woul seem difficult to place a limit to what speed may he ultimately obtained al sea." All tbe foreign experts on Inarc expressed the highest satisfaction at the Catarrh in the Head leans molasses, one cupful sugar, one cupful of seeded raisins boiled together Lawyer Yes. sir. In what car was he riding f In t be smoker. Mum' You can take the rase into, court if vou think it will pay : but. just n lf P . - . remember, vou will have to prove that of soda and spites to suit the fancy he did not die of the bad air before Vd I flour to roll out. and hake quickly the accident occurred. *ut carefully These will keep for A Daughter s Usefulness. Mr. Grumpns I'd j us , uk, to know what good all these cooking-school les- sons are doing our daughter Mr* (' K very thing she cooks she brings home. Yes. and none of the family will When cool, add one cupful butter, one hot water, one tablesp<Hnful but carefully. These some time if not eaten. touch ' em. ana the things are ust up. thrown away. N i they are not. She gives them to tramps. Huh 1 What good di>es ttvit dot We are getting rid of the tramps. Testl nut he Oven A French cook gave tbe following rules for testing the heat of an oven Try it with a piece of white paper ; il too hot the paper will blacken or blszr up. If the paper becomes a light brown the oven is right for pastry; i it turns a dark yeUow. it is fit for bread and heavier kinds of cake ; if light yellow, the oven i n*ht for pone* cake and li.'lit dessert*. meed attained. Tbe gentlemen from Japan were enthusiastic, and on more than oaf occasion pointed out tbe fact tout it was one poin of Y arrow's torpedo- ivats that led the attack on Port Ar- thur and Maihaiwai. Having got customed to the vibration which ex perts sured us was slight and dis- posed of the excellent lunch served in the tiny cabins, we were enabled to in <pect the marvellous machinery and the aluminum fittings which so largely ac count for the high speed of the boat. I ia unnecessary to go into technical de- tails : suffice to say that after a run of five hours we landed in safety al Crmnwich. confident in the belief tha liefore long the Yarrows will furl he increase the speed of their ships, bu somewhat depressed at tbe tact tha she did not fly tbe blue ensign. European Armies. A late estimate given Russia a peace effective of 858.000 men and France one of 512.000. making an aggregate, f" what is sometimes called the Dual Al hance. of 1.370.000. On the other bane Germany is credited with 500.000 men on a peace footing. Austria with SCO. liOO. and Italy with 3UIVJOO. making ai aggregate of 1.260.000. Thu.s the op- posing forces are pretty nearly equa wi'h advantage of position an 1 tacilit of i- mx v n r r:'.' i -n in favor of the Tripl Mice, as they arv in perfect inunicatkm. while France and Russia are seirated The w.i- show ' for the Dua over the Triple Alh . tbe el*mnt of junctio* and .separa tioa are tn he kept in mm. 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As Father Rut - ler U well known throughout this county his statement is a clincher to the many wonderful te-s; im-mials that have appeared in the Gold Hunter from time to time. Oa enquiring at the stores of J. E. Oushing and N K. nasMlia it was found that Pink Pills have a sale second to none. Mr. Ousti- ng on being asked if be knew <>f any ,-ures effected by them, replied that he had heard a great many personally say Pink Pills had helped them wonderfully. If given a fair and thorough trial I'-nk Pills are a certain cure for all diseases) .f tbe blood and nerves, such as rheu- matism, neuralgia, partial paralyses, l.wximotor ataxia. 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