a tele Me lanl taeda: ready to bake much sooner - usual. _ bread in rising in winter. ae js very stiff. Put into baking pan, let stand twenty minutes, spread a _ with straw. es Gi heaping teaspoonful of baking pow- _ der sifted with flour and meal. One _ spconfuls of melted lard, one tea age fuls of sugar, leans molasses, and one level tea- < Linger long at the was thing but good soap and BREAD. Bread Baking.--No doubt -- many @ woman has found her bread long in rising in the winter after work- ing it. on the bread board, which is usually cold. To avoid this, pur- chase a tin one, heat it before the fir., and you will never find your bread chilled. Instead of using a par, which chills quickly, but a wide crock. Always heat it on the 'stove, place the bread in it, and cover with a piece of woolen blan- ket, with the result the bread is than A slate slab, such as is used for roofing, also makes an ex- cellent bread board, and can often be got for nothing. It can be heat- ed very hot and placed under a crock or pan of dough to assist slow - Nut Bread.--Into four cupfuls of flour stir four teaspoonfuls of bak- ing powder, one cupful of sweet milk, one and a quarter cupfuls of pugar, one cupful of nuts, two well beaten eggs, vanilla flavoring; this little butter over the top, and bake nearly an hour until done. Try ~ Corn Bread.--One cupful of corn- meal, one cupful of flour, one cup- ful of sweet milk, one egg, one tablespoonful of sugar, two table- spoonful of salt. Fruit or Coffee Bread.--Two cup- one cupful butter, four eggs, two-thirds cupful of Or- spoon soda beaten light, one cup- ful strong coffee, one cupful raisins, one cupful currants, one-half cup- ful citron, spices to taste, feur cups flour, mixing ingredients in order named. Nut Bread--Four cupfuls of flour, four teaspoonfuls of baking pow- dw, one cupful of granulated sugar, one cupful of chopped English wal- nuts, one egg beaten light, two cup-} fuls of sweet milk. Mix all togeth- er, pour in greased pan, and raise onehalf hour. Bake one and one- half hours in a slow oven. lye. In a few minutes a scum aris- es; remove with a spoon, then add soap and wash same as for soft water. Perfectly harmless to clothes and a saver of soap. --_----~ TABLE DON'TS. The following brief rules should be practiced three times a day: Do not eat rapidly, and never eat with a knife. Do not cut up food in small piec- es on the plate. Do not sup soup noisily nor from the end of the spoon. Do not leave spoon in teacup. Do not put food on the back of the fork. Do not put potato skins, fruit parings, or any waste on the table- cloth. Deo not leave the table until meal is over. Do not read if others are at the table with you. Do not hesitate to take the last piece that may be offered to you. It is presumed that there is more. Do not bend over the plate, drop- ping the head too low, thrusting the elbows out, or sitting with the back turned toward the person in the next chair. Do not grasp the blade knife; held it by the handle. Do not pour tea or coffee into a saucer to cool, nor: drink from @ saucer. De not tip the plate' to obtain the last remnant of the soup. Do not bite mouthfuls bread; always break it. Do not fasten a napkin at the neck nor tuck in into a buttonhole ; lay it in the lap. Do not play with fork or spoon, or any other article. Do not take large mouthfuls nor eat too heartily; health demands that you eat slowly. Good manners avd health go hand in hand. Do not use a spoon to eat vege- tables; use a fork. Spread the napkin over the knee, hold the fork with the handle in the hollow of the left-hand. When it is used in the right hand have the prongs upward, holding it between the thumb and finger. of the from USEFUL HINTS. A basin of cold water placed in an oven will soon lower the temper- ature. ; Milk will keep sweet longer in a shallow pan than in a pitcher. A small quantity of green sage Breakfast Puffs.--Sift together one pint flour, one-half cupful of sugar, one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder, teaspoonful of salt. Then add one egg and water enough | Bake in gem tins Nice served with to stir them up. in quick oven. maple syrup. CANDY. Divinity Candy.--Two cupfuls granulated sugar, one-half cupful coru syrup, one-half cupful water. ' Cook till it threads a_ little, then pour in white of one egg well beat- en; beat till creamy, then add one cupful walnuts chopped fine. Toasted Marshmallows.--Toasted marshmallows are delicious served as follows: Place each marshmal- low on a square cracker and before placing in the quick oven. to toast put a tiny bit of butter on each marshmallow. This makes brown quickly. Serve as soon taken from the oven. Pralenes.---[Two cupfuls of sugar, one-half cupful of maple syrup, one- half cupful of cream. Boil until a soft ball can be formed when drop- ped in cold water. Remove from the fire, adding a tablespoonful of butter, and beat until creamy, put- ting in a cup of chopped nut meats and a teaspoonful of vanilla. Drop into buttered tins and set outdoors to cool. Peauut Brittle.--Two cupfuls of granulated sugar should be put into g granite saucepan and allowed to melt, being stirred constantly to avoid burning. i nll melted pour over peanuts which have been placed in the bottom of a shallow buttered pan. Marshmallow Fudge.--Two cup- fuls of brown sugar, one cupful of milk, one-fourth cake of chocolate. | Boii until a soft ball can be formed when dropped in cold water. Take from the fire, adding a tablespoon- ful of butter. Let the mixture ~_ stand about a minute and then beat until creamy, adding vanilla and marshmallows. Pour in buttered tins and cut in squares. THE LAUNDRY. Te Whiten Tea Towels.-~Save all the lemon hulls, drop them in the yessel in which you boil the towels, vid one or two tablespoonfuls of jorax, and it- will whiten them won- lerfully, and there will be a clean reshness about them that is de- rable. Tron joapy on ~ clothes. Oke ping Shape of Clothes,- To prevent clothes from getting out of shane in laundering, be sure to 1r0n with the straight of the goods. This will pull them into shape and pre- vent stretching of the bias seams. trne of children's aprons that have a bias seam at the sides. Black Stockings.--Re Washing Sto : member the length of time you take to wash white ones and rub < There is no garment worn requiring the care in cleansing as & black stocking, because you .can- not see dirt is no reason there a8 none. Do:not wash in hot water, but lukewarm. Would suggest axe minutes to one pair. i have nad new stockings ruined in the first wash. Once improperly and hurri- row od ruins them forever. edly washed ru "pee te washboard Help.--When~ ironing rub iron to keep from sticking Kepecially Lecord- ingly. 3s a success. Little Helps.--Soften Water -- them | as | When the sugar is} | placed in the pantry will drive away old ants. The hands should be dipped in cold water before making pastry. Tc polish glass use aquaammonia on cloth or sponge and polish with soft paper. a To preserve ffowers put @ little sal petre in the water. Baking Powder Hint.--To open a lear of baking powder, roll under the foot a moment. This breaks the | paper and loosens the cover, so that lit may be removed without effort. | Good gravy can be made without ithe use of meat. Brown flour in hot llard or butter, add milk or water, galt, pepper, and enough solid or fluid beef extract to give the de- | sired flavor. : | Dressing for fowl or meat is made better by adding one or more table- spoonfuls of fluid beef extract, tak- ling the place of giblets that are usually added, and gives a much | stronger flavor. Paper bags in which many arti- | cies come in from the grocer should | be saved for use in blacking stoves. iYou can slip the hand in one and | handle the brush just as well and lthe hands will not be soiled; after luse drop in stove. | When ankles are weak they should Ibe bathed every day with salt | water and rubbed vigorously. Cold- also excellent } lwater bandages are for strengthening weak ankles. lf salt fish be required for imme- it will freshen much more in milk. Milk will answer ll as fresh } diate use, lquickly if soaked lthat has turned sour ithe purpose just as we : c ie Fish scales can easily be Aceh ee py pouring hot water on the fis slowly until the scales curl, then scrape quickly. Wash in Lac waters, having the last cold an well salted, and no slime will be left. To get rid mint leaves (or, if Dabs hese, a few drops 0 aay will answer the purpose) lwherever these pests are to he | found. They have such an aversion to the smell that they will not re Minune homes, where cheese 1s lnot an article of quick lg sca lit is often found difficult to prevent lit going hard and dry. This se ibe prevented by dipping a piece 0 lbutter muslin in vinegar and wrap piece of cheese im 1b. it quite nice and fresh even after the lapse of several days. A strong disinfectant should be used once or twice a day to flush the kitchen sink when the temper- ature is very high or the, gates? +s heavy and sultry. Nothing 1s bet- "ulated to prevent illness 1n than the sanitary eondi- where the food where of mice, spread some cannot get essence of | | | | ping the turns out ter calcu Ithe house thi ltion of the kitchen, is cooked, or ge oe he dishes are wasned. ' vir teeta Hint.---The rather tedi- lous task of running: ribbons io un- derclothes is much simplified by the following advice: When sending to the laundry, or doing the washing at home, tack a piece of white tape to the end of the ribbon, and draw out the ribbon, leaving the tape in its place. Reverse this process when the clothes are laundered, and you wiil find the ribbon is restored to its place in a few seconds. ae beading or er et- rith the tape in 1b. vai reer Coffee.--Put one or two pounds of roasted coffee in a pan. Beat one eggs and. pour over, mixing well. Set in a slightly wee oven and let it drp slowly. t is . : ag ae ; . but do not boil a boilerful 0 satiek ad two tablespoonfuls of 'then ready for use and in making coffee no other egg is necessary. To always have good coffee use one tablespoonful of coffee for each cup of water. Measure coffee and put in coffee pot. Pour in the same number of cups of cold water. Put over a slow fire and let. it come to 2 boil. Pour on a little cold water anid it is ready to use. Made this way it will always be clear and good. he THEY WATCH YOU IN BERLIN. It is Sometimes Convenient When Looking Up a Friend. "T had no idea that they kept such an espionage over strangers in Berlin until a friend of mine had oecasion to look up some one there,'"' said a traveller. 'We had come up from Vienna, and as my friend was in the diplomatic service we called at the Embassy. "While there he happened to think of another friend, an Ameri- can who had gone to Berlin about three years before to represent an American concern and wondered how he could get a trace of him. "'Nothing is easier,' said the Embassy secretary. 'Just wait a moment.' "He wrote a note and handed it to a messenger. '**We shall know all about your friend in fifteen minutes,' he said. "Sure enough, within that time the messenger reappeared with an answer. From it the secretary read that Soandso had arrived in Berlin on such a date three years previous, that he lived at a certain address, that he had gone the week before to a little town in the interior, but that; he was expected back within three days. 'Well, he turned up on the day the police said he would be back, and we had dinner with him." ik BELGIUM THIC KLY SETTLED. This European Country Supports 630 to Square Mile. The most thickly settled country in the world is Belgium, where the population is 630 to the square mile. Next comes the Netherlands with 442 to the mile. The United Kingdom of Great Britain has 359 persons to the square mile; Japan has 317; Ger- many, 290; China, 262; France, 187; Austria-Hungary, 188; Spain, 86.7. tussia with its vast. territory, in- cluding Siberia, has but 14.9 per- sons to the square mile. Norway has 18. In South America even the best peopled countries are but. thinly populated. But in the remote future, when all the earth is crowded, the great- est congestion may be in the most thinly settled lands of to-day. % 5, SENTENCE SERMONS. Grace has no time to groan. Faith at its best is but friendship. Some men never worry because they are made of wood. The friends you buy will always be ready to sell you out. The fool reaches the limits knowledge from the outside. The empty head is always elo- quent on the subject of a full heart. Most of us have to be pulled up short or we would not live long. Much preaching is attempting to get water by polishing the faucet. One form of pious gymnastics is to walk one way and point the other, They who are candid over little faults often have big ones in the closet. The more a man can pardon in himself the less he* will forgive in others. The man who has eaten well of- ten thinks his smile will feed the hungry one. Seldom do we regret unsaid wcerds save when they would have been kind ones. If we had fewer despairing Chris- tians there would be fewer doubt- ing people. To be gentle with the wickedness of one may: be but cruelty to the goodness of many. It's not much use agonizing over tae souls of your children if your home looks like a barn. Only the blind wjll use the Bible of fitalks about to condemn others and not feel its |incictment on himself. The great question is not whether jyou want to go to heaven, but whe- |ther you are getting there. When a man wants to climb over |a big commandment he generally the little ones with great earnestness. There's a lot of difference between being blind to the faults of your friends and winking at their vices. Sata ths acces ae OUR: DEBT TO. CHEMISTRY. The effect of chemistry on civil- ization, says Dr. Maximilian Toch, has been greater than that of any other science. 'Engineering made but little progress until steel and cement, two chemical products, were cheapened, simplified, and made wuniversal."' Medicine owes to chemistry the discovery of syn- thetic drugs, and of anesthetics, and the progress that. has been made in the study of metabolism. The twentieth century -- promises even to outstrip the nineteenth in chemical progress, which will lie in the direction of. controlling food- stuffs, applying the raw materials in the earth, and refining of metals. cae Emily (playing "house")--"Now, Vl) be mamma and you'll be papa, and little Ben and Bessie will be our babies." Willie (after a mo- ment, anxiously)--"Ain't it about time to whip the children?' : EARTH AND THE COMET WHAT THE CHANCES OF & COLLISION REALLY ARE. And if It Happened, What Then? A Subject Which Disturbs Many Persons. On May 18th next the earth will be plunged into the tail of Halley's comet, and the head of that body will be but 15,00,000 miles away. It is but natural that la thinking man sheuld ask: Is there a possibility that the earth may encounter a eomet and thus come to a frightful end? asks the Scientific American. Curieusly enough, it was Halley himself who first pointed out the possibility. Whiston, Newton's successor in the Lucasian chair of mathematics at Cambridge, was so alarmed at a chariot of fire which flared up in his day, that Halley was prompted to look closely into its mvements. His work led to the startling result that the » comet, when passing through the descend- ing node, had approached the earth's path within a semidiameter of the earth. Naturally, Haley wondered what would have happen- ed had the earth and the comet been actually so close together in their respective orbits. Assuming the comet's mass to have been com- jerroneous conception of cometary parable with that of the earth (an| assumption which we now know to| have been utterly beyond reason) | he concluded that their mutual) gravitation would have caused a} change in the position of the earth | in its orbit, and, consequently, in| the length of a year. This train | of thought led him to consider what the result of an actual collision would have been, and he concludes that 'if so large a body with so ra-| pid a motion were to strike the earth--a thing by no means impos- | sitle--the shock might reduce this | beautiful world to ITS ORIGINAL CHAOS." Hence Halley not only dispelled the superstition and the terror which once followed in a comet's wake, but also pointed out a possi- bility which the superstitious dark ages had never dreamed of. It seemed to Halley not improbable that the earth had at some remote period been struck by a comet which, coming upon it obliquely, heJ changed the position of the axis of rotation, the north pole having | originally, he thonght, been at a/| point not far from Hudson's Bay. Kelvin and Sir George Darwin com- pletely upset any such theory. Since Halléy's time the chance of a collision between the earth and a comet has engaged the attention ans the earth so vividly that he startled his day and generation. He drew wave some was such that a tidal the higher peaks of the Himalayas and the Alps protruded. Lelande created a panic by a similar consid- eration of the subject in a paper which was intended for presentation before the Academy of Science, but which was not read. Such was the popular excitement, that he felt | himself constrained to allay the public fears as well as he could in a soothing article published in the | Gazette de France. The masses as- sumed by both Laplace and Lalande | are so preposterous that their theories are no longer seriously considered by any sane astronomer. SEVERAL COMET SCARES. Since the day of Laplace and La- lande there have been several com- et scares. Biela's comet crossed the earth's orbit on October 29, 188%. When that fact was announc- ed, Europe was in a ferment. The) orbit of the earth was confused | with the earth itself. Such was the | popular excitement, that Arago took it: upon himself to compute the possibilities of a collision. -- He pointed out that the earth did not reach the exact spot where the com- et had intersected the earth's orbit | until a month later, on November 30th, on which date the comet was 60,000,000 miles away. Incidentally he pointed out that a collision was always happily remote. He thought thai the chances of a meeting were| abcut one in 281,000,000. Babinet, | on the other hand, thought that a| collision was likely to. take place | once in about 15,000,000 years. More recently the entire problem has been considered by Professor W. H. Pickering of Harvard. sy a col- lision he understands, first, that any part of the earth strikes any part of the comet's head; second, that any part of the earth strikes the most condensed point in the head (the core) as distinguished from the larger nucleus. What the average size of a visible eomet's head may be, we have no means of knowing. Young 'estimates that for a telescopic comet it averages from 40,000 to 100,009 miles in dia- meter. The head of the great com- et of 1811 was 1,200,000 miles; that of Holmes's comet in 1892, 700,000 miles, and that of naked-eye com- ets generally over 100,000. fn the last half of the last cen- tury 121 comets, including returns, penetrated the sphere of the earth's orbit. From this Profes- sor Pickering infers that we should expect to be struck by the eore of a visible comet once in about 40,- 00¢.000 years, and by some portion of the head once IN 4,000,000 YEARS. Since comets' orbits are more thick- ly distributed near the ecliptic than in other regions of the sphere, the collisions would oceur rather more frequently than this, but hardly as_ | newspapers are very largely respon- The more recent investigations of | iby these a picture of a comet whose mass | 13,000 or 14,000 feet high inundated | the world, with the result that only | iof undersized, | man |"but I guess they've seen before | branch of often as Once jn 2,000,000 years; and since it has been estimated that aniial life has existed upon the earth for about 100,000,000 years, a considerable number of collisions, perhaps as many as 50, must have taken place during that interval, in Professor Pickering's opinion, evi- dently without producing any very serious results. The old notions of the tidal ef- fects of comets were based upon an masses. It seems astonishing that a man of Laplace's wonderful ma- thematical powers should not have concluded that a body like a comet, which can sweep through the entire solar system without deranging a single one of its members, must have a mass so small that it cannot appreciably affect the waters of the earth. As it is, comets are more likely to be captured by planets (witness the comet families of Ju- piter and Saturn) than to derangt a member of the solar system or to produce tidal effects. The plunging of the earth in the tail of Halley's comet naturally causes many to wonder what will be the effect upon the inhabitants of the earth. Similar passages oc- curred in 1819 and 1861, but no one was the wiser until long after. Some astronomers claimed to have notic- ed auroral glares and METEORIC DISPLA.S at the time, but whether these were really associated with the comet or not cannot definitely be stated. At all events, it may be safely held that on May 18th next none of us will be aware of the fact that we are literally breathing the tail of Halley's comet. From this it may well be inferred that the wild tales of the possible fects of pcisonous gases, tales for which the LOST SECRET OF AN INVENTOR _ WHO DIED PENNILESS. Couldn't Gét Watchmakers to Try Lubricant While He Was Alive. "Bad oil is the cause of the stop- ping of clocks and watches oftener than anything else,' says an old jeweller. "One well known watch and clock concern recently lost a little fortune simply because of im- prcper oil which clogged up its clocks and watches, "Tt took a good deal of time to discover the cause of the stoppage of all these timepieces, and in the meantime the concern was being constantly called upon to take back clocks and watches that would not ge It seems that the oil contained a foreign substance which caused what is*known as gumming, that is the oil became so thick that it act- ed more like mucilage than fluid in- tended to overcome friction. "Tt is interesting to know that one of the biggest watch concerns just thirty years ago paid as much as $900 for a single quart of watch oul, the process for making which had been discovered many years before by a Boston man. "The inventor devoted a great deal of time to the production of the oil, testing it by every means at his command, and finally having breught it to a satisfactory stage he made wp a small quantity and OFFERED IT FOR SALE. "Because watchmakers are natur- ally suspicious of new substances sible, are utterly without founda- tion. It is true that a comet's tail is composed of poisonous and as- phyxiating hydrocarbon vapors and iof that the actual amount of texic vapor is so small that when the earth is brushed by the tail of Hal-| ley's comet, the composition of the tatmosphere will not be so affected it. } {Flammarion has drawn a vivid pic- | that a chemist could detect ture in his La Fin du Monde of the pessible effect of passing through a tail highly charged with vapors. He has shown us terrified human- ity gasping for breath in its death struggle with carbon monoxide gas, killed off with merciful swiftness by syanogen, and dancing joyously to) |an anaesthetic death, produced by the conversion of the atmosphere in- to nitrous oxide or dentist's 'laughing gas.'?' No one of any common sense should be alarmed nightmares, particularly when it is considered that so dia phanously thin is a comet's that stars can be seen through it > '0 | without diminution in brightness. of many astronomical mathematici- | Laplace, for example, paint-| ed the possibility of a collision with | ¥ Ow BOUND TO RISE. How a Young Man Became Superin-' tendent of a Railroad. When any one mentioned John Sibley, the face of John's grandfa- ther brightened, for John was the apple of the old man's eye. "The folks thought because he was kind he wouldn't ever amount to much," the old gentle- would say, with a chuckle, now. Youngest of the lot of 'em, aud already sup'rintendent of one the railroad where he started in as conductor only five years ago."' "He must have made quick pro- gress," said one visitor, who had accidentally started Mr. Sibley on the subject of his favorite grand son. "He did, certain," said Mr. Sib ley "Fact is, John has a lot o horse-sense and a level head. "Seems the president of the road is most seven feet tall, and one day, just to try John, who didn't, know him by sight, he got on John's train, having bought a ticket. He put the ticket in his hatband, and when John came along he standing up at the rear end of the cwr, talking to a man, and watch ing to see what John would do. "John took a good look at him, saw he didn't intend to pass down his ticket, and looked as if he'd; make some game of John's size if al word was said--but there wasn't! | 'John finished up the other fares, | then opened the little store closet, | took out the steps he used when} he lighted the lamps to go through | the tunnel, set 'em up against the | president, climbed up, took the! ticket, punched it, and put it back | in the hatband. "Well, sir, there were a good many in the car that knew who the president was, and when John had gone on, sober as a judge, there was considerable talk. "When he came through the car next time the president was sitting down, and he asked John a num- ber of questions, and the upshot of it was that John got his first pro- motion the next week. "The president said that he'd shown three things all at once, John had--that he was good-tempered, knew when to hold his tongue, and had resources of his own.' THE: VICIOUS. CIRCLE. When Donald came in from schoo] his face showed unmistakable signs of tears, and at the first symptoms of maternal affection they started to flow again. "Now, Donald boy, tell mother all about it. What's the. matter ?" 'Fe teacher she scolded me."' "Well, we'll try and forget that, won't we? Never mind.'"' "But, muzzer, zat's jes' what she scolded me 'bout. She said I never did "mind !" Present prices make a fellow feel tail, } of this kind the- new oil sold only | slowly and in very small quantities, |which were chiefly trial samples. |The oil maker, hike many other in- | 'ed, gave wp his business and soon died penniless. 'He owed about $600 to his book- | keeper, who having nothing else to | satisfy his claims took passession of whatever oil he could find. He fin- ally disposed of it to Willard, the old maker ef so-called banjo clocks of Boston, and Willard after keep- ing it for a long time induced Frod- sham, the famous chronometer jmaker of London, to test it on some of his' fine chronometers, which were noted all over the world for their precision and accuracy. "In fitting up some ship's chrono- meters for the Arctic regions this oil was used as a lubricator. vessels were gone for several years. | During all that time the chrono- meters gave complete satisfaction. When the ships returned to London the watchmakers were amazed at ithe results obtained, the oil being }apparently as fresh as when it was | apphed. '"At about the same time the oil |was used on the chronometers of ships bound for India and other |trepical climates, and the results |were just as Satisfactory as when the chronometers were taken to the far north. The London turers trie] to secure more of the oil. but Willard, who had all { was ever made of it, REFUSED. TO SELL. | Moreover it was impossible to make more of the oil, as the secret of its manufacture had died with the in- ventor. | '*Willard'upon retiring from busi- |nese gave' all that was left of precious oi] to an old apprentice, who, fully appreciating the of an oi} that would withstand all climates and perform all the fune tions required undey all conditions, | divided itt up for safety into four »} equal parts and these were stored |in four 'different places in the city. "At the time of the great fire in Boston three of these portions of the oil were destroyed and the fourth portion, which made just about one quart, was sold for $200 to the biggest watch America. "The best oil to-day is made from the porpoise jawbone, 'the concern was} process |having been discovered by sailors and fishermen in 1816. 'The sailors iextracted some of the oil from the jawbone and gave it to carpenters | and others who used oil stones for! tle fellow: i sharpening their tools. Since it dia not gum or glue when so applied the idea was finally suggested that it was just and clocks. "What is known blackfish oil is also used extensively now. Olive oil was to oil the as wheels NREKT aso » ot toe be ENGINEERING IN HOSPITALS. Practically all the important in firmaries and hospitals in England have their own el lations, the London Times, would surprise the majority of en- gimoers. designed with unusual care, to the special conditions which pre vail in héspital work. a public supply is ava of an independent system is -jusel fied on account of the security which it gives vilure of current at a critical moment. The installa tions are used for lighting, heating, ventilating, telephoning and other purposes, and many hospitals have laundries operated electrically. Oae county asylum has its owy pri- vate electric railway for conveying supplies from the nearest railway- station. SaVks lable, the use agamsat. 7 Lo REFORMATION, "You used to be an awful spend- thrift.'" < "Yep. But I ain't any longer." "Ah! Reformed" . soar. '""No--I spent it all." the thing for watches | of} electric generating | stations, and the size of the instal- The equipment has to be! $200 A QUART FOR OIL ventors, finally became dishearten- | 'rhe | manufac- | that the | value | MUST | 'Don't you think }would let me buy you?" in | | mother to make a call. STORY het on "TAIN TOP, --- cation With' Switzerland and Italy, |ty laborers live at the Hospice of St. Bernard, which stands some on a mountain pass that forms one Switzerland and Italy. The priests are all picked men _ possessed of great physical strength. 3 main at the hospice fifteen years unless their health breaks down. Twelve years' work generally ruins the constitution, Over 20,000 per- sons cross this road every year and }as nearly two-thirds of this number accomplish the journey in winter, the monks and dogs of the hospice, whose mission it is to aid these travellers, may be sponsible for many lives every year The hospice is one of the oldest in+ | stitutions in Europe. It was found led as far back'as 962 by Bernard De Menthon 'for the benefit of pil- grims journeying to Rome. For many years after it was first erect- led it was subject to frequent at- tacks by bands of mountain robbers. Often the brave monks were force to barricade themselves in theiy strenghold until stress of weather drove the besiegers away. MASSIVE WALLS. The monastery of St. Bernard consists of a plain block of gra buildings, with massive walls, buil to resist the wind and the weight jof snow. In midwinter the snow arcund the buildings is seven te ten feet deep, and sometimes forms dvifts against the edifice that reach lright up to the roof. If the exter ior is disappointing the same can- /not be said of the interior. On the | side reserved for the better class j of travellers there is a spacious | dining room containing a handsome ;piano presented to the monks by | King Edward, while the bedrooms iwith their spotless curtained beds jare the essence of comfort. Any johe crossing the pass is at perfect {liberty to enter the hospice and ac- |cept its hospitality. No traveller jis ever turned away. TWO GOOD MEALS. Two good meals are served every | day, namely, at 12 noon and'6 p.m. | At these meals representatives of lalmost every nation on earth may be seen. Italians naturally predo- minate. Next come Swiss, then Russians, Germans, French, Turks, /Spaniards, English and perhaps two or three American travellers. The food is plain, but good and /plentiful, and the beverage. served |is the famous red wine of Piedmont, | | After meals travellers spend their itime much as they wish, in easy leconversation with one another, in 'games, in reading' the books in the \library or in inspecting the curios. NOW HAVE TELEPHONE. | Not long ago the hospice was put jinto telephonic communication with jthe outside world, with the. result ithat the work of the monks has | been lightened and that the num- i ber of lives lost has been reduced to a minimum. The monastery is jconnected by telephone with a small inn on the Swiss side and with St. Remy on the Italian side. At both these stations arrangements are made by which the monastrv is jwarned of the number of persons that begin the ascent from these ltwo places. Through these advices jthe monks know exactly how many jtravellers are making the ascent |from either side of the mountain sage nati BE COMPLETE. A five-year-old boy went with his The lady of |the house, who is fond of children, told him she meant to ask his mo- ther to let her have him. your mother she asked. answered tho lit- "you haven't got mon- "No, ma'am," ley enough." bs LOW much would it take?' she | continued, } | } | | 'A hundred dollars," said the boy promptly, as if that would set- 'tlo the matter once for all. i clocks and watches a hundred years | | | j | | | | | | owing | Even where! pled the fashionable mistress. 'ionable lady's new Trish eook, "Oh, well, then!'" said the lady, "7 think I can manage it. If IT can, will you come and stay with me?" No, he with ce- cision, 'Mamma wouldn't sell me, anvhow,. there are five of us, and inamma wouldr't like to hreak the set.'" ma AM, Said, ee ETIQUETTE FOR COOKS. said the fash- "but would-you moind now, iff had this address. printed on me*earrd?"? "Why, not at all, Bridget," "Excuse me, wmum,"' re "Of {conrse, it is unsual, but this is your 'home and if vou have a eard perfectly proper for you te put your address on' it." "Thank ye, mum,'" said brawny daughter, "An' FE noticed yo had 'printed on yer cards, mum, 'At home on Thursdays.' Would it be proper for me, mum, to have printed on moine, 'Tues- days off' ?" now itis Terin's ee A convict in a German prison had been extremely refractory. One morning thé warder said to the keeper, 'I say, Huber, the scoun- dre] is acting worse than ever. Put him on bread and water.'® "But he is really doing two fast days." "Then give bim a cookery book to-- read."" Fifteen priests and perhaps tiene. 8,120 feet above the level of the sea, They re--- said to be re-- OF NOSPICE ON MOUN : Alpine Retage New. Has Communt- of the principal highways between #