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1' t • i. â- ' t V « 4 : V: i T - IHE DEADLY MACHETE. OOBA'S CRODE BUT MOST EFFEC- TIVE WEAPON OF WAR. Mn lOivl'vot E<|a>ll7 KmIIU la I>dB»- trlal Pvnalt*â€" Maa« at Cilus ikr Maekelc, aad lite Blood; Work Wktrb II Prrformii In Ihe Bands »r • Cmban. Cuba, haa a terrible national weap- on. It ia tli« deadly maclwte. One of th» horrible feataraa of a field of bat- tle TvhBF* inachet«a are uaed ia the num- ker of partlj bebedded and fearfully matilated bodies that are found lying all around, which present a ghastly ai|rhA eren to the sturdy soldiers who have aorvived the conflict. The mafheta haa played no amall part ia the bLsurry of all uprisings in the SpanisbHSpealcing provinces, but in Cnbs it haa done such executicm that If the inland ahould win her freedom the inachet« ought to be included In Che ooat-o(-arma of Cuba libra. It is the tool of the Cuban worklnginan. M-'lUt It b« earns bid living cutting the â- ugar eane. With It he cuta the fire- wood for hJa own aae. Indeed, it ia batchet and knife combined for him. Kvery man in Cuba poHseasea a machete. D* matter what else he doea not own. In the conflict in progreaa in Cuba Ike insurgenta have done such deadly •xecotioaa with the m.aohete that thd soldier perceived him his first thought appftart'd to be of flight, but he final- ly decided to atand his ground, and with tremblinJT limine awaited hia BeA- tence, which fie had Ineanwhile con- cluded would lie nothing leaa than im- priaonment for life. Iixbtea<i of this the royal aervant handed him, with the remark that it was a present from Her Royal High- ness, a photograph of the Queen, and a gold coin of the vaJue of alx)ut two THE HOME. A CAN OF SALMON. The general pregparation of the fiah for all dijiiies ia the same. The can ahould be opened and the fiah turned out to air. When rigid economy of food material ia necessary the oily liquid in doflara, on which ajjpears" the Tjead' <rf j '!»« can may be saved, otherwise it need Marguerite de Savoie with that ol her husband. " Her Majesty wishes me to aay to you fuxtlier," added the domestio, "that ahe hopee these will enatjie you to re- cognize her In the future, and that ahe oommends lou for tout zeal." BRITISH FEEDING HABITS. Time Ont of Hind John Bnii Haa Been a Cd'iiI Eater. The old English had three meals a day, of which the chief meal was taken when the work of the day was finished. The first meal waa at 9, dinner wae about 3 and auppor was taken just before bedlttme. The Normans dined at the old Eaglish breaktaat time or a little late, and supper at 7 p.m. In Tudor timea the higher daases dined at 11 and supped alt 5, but the merchants seldom took their meala before 12 and 6. The chief meals, dinner and sapper. not be used. Then remove every par- ticle of akin and boau, no matter if the latter are coolied until ao soft that they crumble. The fiah is then in con- dition to use in any of the following dishes, all of which of course, are equal- ly suited to the use of odd bits ni fresh salmon. Hard boiled eggs may be com- bined Avith the salmun in any case where there Is not sufficient fish. Where the salmon is to t)e served with a rich lauce, boiling water may be pour- ed over it to remove mora of the oil. 6alad. â€" For this the fish requirea no further cooking and should be well drained. Mix it with an equal bulk of shredded lettuce, or place the sections of fiah on lettuce leaves. Cover with any good salad dressing. Jellied Salad.â€" Soak one level table- spoonful of granulated gelatine in one- fourth cupful of cold water, then dia- aolve by warming it one cupful of boUud salad dressing and then with one can of salmon minoed fine. Add more seasoning if desired rice and cream, put in a mould, and pack in a freezer several hours before serving. Cooks who know the possibilities of the often despised rhubarb maJce use of it for an excellent auminer dessert. Wash .nnd cut in amall pieces a pound of rhubarb. Cook until tender, sweet- ening meanwhile with eight ounces of sugar. Then add one-fourth of a box of gelatine that has been soaked in a fourth of a cupful of cold water. Whip the mixture well, turn into a mould and when (X>ld serve with a yellow cus- tard sauce. Fruit (iesserts are not only popular, but healthful, and should be served fre- quently in warm we<tther. Oranges are available in a variety o£ wavs, orange sponge being particularly delicious. To prepare the 8|)onge, squeeze the juice and pulp of three oranges into a bowl, and the juice of half a lemon, three ounces of sugar, one and one-half pints of uild water. After this has boiled, strain it, add two tablesp<x>uful8 of corn starch dissolved in cold water, and boil fifteen minutes more. Then set the mixture aside for a time, anil after- wards place it in the u:e-lx>x until quite cold. Beat to a foam the whites of three eggs, whip this into the corn starch and then serve in fancy cases. OUR VENERABLE QUEEN. Her Fsda and PRECAUTIONARY MEASWK.*S. How Mr. Dovenpike Frrpnnil to l'U> •OBTeul Ike 5lliuble Mli'is W. "I have been reading a ^^rent di-al lately about the deadly germs which in- fest the nra^r we drink," said Mr. Do- verspike to his wife. "Well, if the germs can stand it. 1 think we should be able to," reified Mrs. Doverapike. "We are oontiiuerau. ly bigger than they are, I take it." "That isn't the way the doctors talk, my dear. The germs may be little, t>ut they get there Just the same," tha husband went on, with an attempt at gayety. "The genua never hurt me." "Don't you remember when you had typhoid fever, Mandyf" "Of course, I remember. If didn't destroy my memory, I should hope]" "That was caused by germs." "Oh. lawsl Was iti" "It waa, most assuredly." "1 suppose you are telling me all this as an exouae for not drimung wa- ter, but guzzling down some ether liquid, which, of course, has no germa in it!" "Mandy, you misjudge me severely and, what is much worse, you have were t^ken in the hall both by the old English and the Normans, for the pcu-- Spaniards have decided to arm their i ^'"^ *^'* ^"'- °°°^ ^"^ "*® """^^ ^^ i , ^ InfanS wuT it In orS^ to 1« ! f*^ "^ Elizabeth. Breakfast did not ! ""^ P"''' -^ numlds. Turn out oa a »wn iiuaniry wiio It m OToer to De become a regular meal until quite i border of lettuce leaves to aerve. »ble to meet the Insurgenta on more lately, and Dr. Murray, in his Oxford I Balmon Loaf. -Mince one can salmon. Sr5 thr^Ln^;^urgenU. who'comt I -l^^^tfo^^l^ w^l^^^e t^?2 i ^^"^ '^'''' "St^'^tJ^Z^^^ from plantation, are "^ot akUled In ^.^^t. . Ji^ .-ff_ ^^. -i.'f-- ' '^'^^ '"'''â-  """'"" "'''''^ '^''- ^ Income, ('olIerttunK, iinprrttlliaB*, Figures for fifty-seven years of the ' misjudged me in this way 'ever alnoe Mix this with Q'leen'a reign show that the British "^^^m^T'^Se- I anj tempted to say people have given her under the name °"'A'°« ^"^ntever of the plan 1 had m / â-  1 ,. . 7- ' „ "„": (mind to circumvent these germs, and of civil list expenditures »11(J,275,000. | thus save you from ever having ly- In addition to this vast total, 948,676,7t>5 phuidorany other sort of fever again, has been expended for the maintenance ^h, weU, I didn't mean to offend of "eventeen royal residences, stables '°^Well, the' germs in water can bs and the like. The total direct expen- | killed and the water made perfectly ditures of the Queen alone is $154,951,- wholesome by sterllzing it." 765. or over il.800,000 a year. There ia ' "^'^^^ '^. *^''*- ^'^ 'il^o 'o know?" '~-â€" --r â€" . . ... J . I j.» • ' "O.dinaiily the apparatus for stei^ <- ... V » ,. . ' recognized untU late in the seventeenth i «Jn to taste, with salt, pepper, parsley, ^^ '•'"* "''"' *" annual expenditure in ; ijjjj^^ liquids is very expensive; but â- ?r ft!J*» vJTki^'?' L. Ji -fJ °l^ S 1 century for Penya habitually took h'a and lemon juice. Put in a mould and addition for other members of the roy- I read a cheap and effective method iB ffLiMr 1« '«r'«>'y ^«h which |draugh(t of halt a pint of Rhenish steam or bake for thirty minutea. Turn al famUy of J:,300,000. Of course the the newspaper a day or two ago." "r*^ " I wine or a dram of strong waters in from the mould and m^rva hot with a m,in<.v i..m hc^^ „^t^i f„ ^^..m^ i,^, 'What was itt" "Well, you simply put the watef which you wish to sterilize in beer bot- tles, close them with the mechanical stoppers, and then put the bottles so filled with water in a big kettle of water, and )x)il them for awhile, "rbst kills the germs." "I'd like to know where we'd get any beer ixittles from to do the sterilla- ln«r with?" "Weil, I have solved that problem. too, in the interest of wholesome wa« ter. I ordered a few i-ases of beer this afternoon. 'They will Ije deliver- ed at dark. As soon as I have drunk ««i^ " Inl'^^f' 1^^°i'*'''°'i^^^^" in from the mould "aid "s'erve' hot' with a money has been voted to enable her LliOSE BNOOUNTERS place of a mormng meal. Dmner waa white or Ho landaise sauoe. f„ i, „ .u ^ i ,. . with Spanish soldiery with the deadly ' ?'""'y?*'>« »">»' °"al "^ the day, and | Creamed Salmon.-Heat one cupful of *-°, ""^P "P ^^^ ornamental state con- BiacheU. When this happens the ^rom the accession of Henry IV. to the i milk in a double boiler, rub together «»"«red necessary for a royai position. Spaniard is likely to fare batfiy. aeatn of Ourt-en Elizabeth the dinners a tablespooniul of flour and half as Victoria, besideb valuable continental The mod* of ueing the machete is I!'*" ."^ .'^'^5^'^"^"« "id extravagant as much butUr and stir smoothly into the property, is the owner of three estates entirely dUfsrent frJm that which is i '"^ of those now served. i milk. Next put in one can of salmon, fn Th^ r-„i^ f Z , -^ Baual with the sword. The thrust U i Carvhig was then a fme art. Each i breaking it as little as possible, season '° '*** Omted Kingdom. They are •ot emplcured at all. The aim with i ST"**' brought his own knife and spoon, to taste and aerve as soon as heated Balmoral, in Aberdeenshire, iicotland; lh« nutohete ij to cut and alash. Tha ' FPf ^°^ •™^} fork waa not introdu.-ed I through. Osborne House. Isle of Wight, Hamp- lB.«urgenta ordinarily carry the wea- ^^"nJ'^T^'^ "Y'':^. Thomius Coryate. , Scalloped Salmon.-Prepare with the ghire and Charlemont 'Jurrev Thev pon in a scabbard at the left side ot 9^ ^.S*â„¢*^ published hia "Crudiliea" i cream sauce as above, put in a shallow *" , ' ""^ J-harlemont burrey. ihey the belt or dangling frcBU a chain at- I 9^ l-lx. .?*Py* took his spoon and dish or in scallop shells. Cover with '"muraoe *'»i acrea, wiih a rental value tached to the right wrist. In any case ! i '^Trm -i^ *° ^^^ ^"'"'^ Mayor's feast cracker crumbs stirred into a small a year of ♦:d7.805. At twenty years' pur- the weapon Is not held In position for i?./u°^v„ The a.baence of forks led to quantity of melted butter, and bake chase that would be 1556 100 In fact Qse until thp. lines are within a few | â„¢'*^'> ?^*" bemg laid upon the act until the crumbs are brown, yards of each other. I "itT"* °f *'*® hands both before and I Croquettea or Cutlets.â€" Drain a can of When the word ia passed the machete ' f^fu"^**; ,?''^'^ ^o the rule that the salmon thoroughly, pressing out the li- Is pdlled from the acabbard with an i? nanil alone ahould be dipped into ' quid. Mini* it fine and aeawn with tie superstitions. She believes that ar- upward rtroke diagonally to the rigiit, ^,Xi°L"ww^: fJ^.f^*"' ^^'^ **"« ""♦^ teaspoonful of salt. onc_ half tea- ticles made by blind persons bring good they are worth double that amount. *:„„ ^ • , m ^ j^ I ,' .... ""-"'^ 'â- "'*'â-  "^""""•-. fjve or six Iwttles vou can proceed to Queen V ictoria, they say, haa her lit- sterilize the waUr for famllv conaum- tion." with the long sharp edge toward the , "â- ?fP'««l with the knife. spoonful cf mufltard. & sp«ck of cay- wemy. The itroke a aiied at the al^ \ .Jfe« PT'.'-^* dinn"er;t the best time :t:r."â„¢:..r. -^r^TiK'i.JT.^-.^Xr, ^S iT^Z i '"'^k; .that spilling salt brings bad luck wnoie iJeing rounded off with vpocros, i generous tablespoonluls of corn starch has her net dislikes too "and amono after which the guests retired into ,ui- Snd one pint oFmilk. Mix sauce and These i- ah.?.' ' ""' •''°'* -"""P^* E^n of*Ue";;rrn"t"trk:d"-wirh t^''>* ^m^i^ c^l^ry' c:;^i>^^<iTt\hTe^ '^^l^J'^'Z^ri^L^'^^l':^,^'}',:^ .^ J^J^ and she would, probably not give six-' intent of WLiinding the body below the 1 f~'"*««, «?«'» complete in itself, and , peu ^-..-.w --.â€" » -«..j "^.= ~-^. lowaru c waist. Then,, with the weapon raised „hJjift^J'^*,„*'f!i'-^.?T.^!i*?:}A" 1 l^jng two tablespounfula of butter, two ,d to ait at the roval diiing table." "8he to the full length of the right arm, Uke wrist ia simply turned over and a&d the machete makes a atroke back to the left, so as to alash the vlctim'a Beck, and. JLC possible, partially be- Bead him. With one mora turn of the wrist the edge of the machete strikes downward, cleaving tht body again. This is done with wonderful dieiter- Ky, and titese strokes are the easieat CO learn of all made with edged wea- pon*. Ia the heads ot the iuHurgeuta. ksbituated to the UBO of the machete and who are very strong, these blows are FRIGHTFTJLLT EFFECTIVE Bad a machete wound is usually fatal. The battle of BaLra, in which so many fipanlards were de<;apitated and which Was the bloodiest in Cuban history, was won by the machetes against the best AmierLcan i^ringfield rifles in the hnods of the Spaniards. The Cubans, however, have purchased a number of Beminoton and Mceer rifles, and are making every effort to encourage their countrymen In the use of guns. The machete used at present by the Cubans is very cheap, costing less than a dollar. The favorite, and the one |hat has done meet damage to the Boanlsh forces, has a 30 -inch blade, aocAit 9 inchee wide, long and nearly straight, Mth the end cut off diagon- ally to a p°M>t aa a milliner cuts the ends off riboan. The handle la of rough bone. There is no guard at all, and the wielder of the ma<cbete often gets bis fingers wounded. The officers' weapon ia sADrter and made of better â- aaterial than that of the privates. When the Cuban husbandman re- selves Us machete it is not at all sharp, but he W^ts and sharpens It until it •uts lifa a razor. 'The great execu- tion of tke machete lies in his wonder- ful skill in handling it An army of the moet skillful fencing majitera could not stand up before an equal number •f Cuban cane cutters. juice and one teaspoonful of chop- pence for her kingdom it hv anv un- â- ,.~i«~ Make a heavy white sauce, toward chance thirtt^n persons happen- other room, where pastry, sweetmeats and fruit were served with the choicest wines. The English were essentially meat eaters, and it was not until the time of the Commonwealth that pud- ding attained its extraordinary popu- larity; indeed, tho first mention of pudding in the menus of the "Buck- feast" at 9t. Bartholomew's Hospital did not occur until 1710, and in 1712 is an item ot Ss for ice. STOl'PED THE QUEEN. One ot the most ardent wheelwo- in Italy is the Queen. She rides •Terywhere, followed only by a valet without livery, and frequently she has some amusing encounters. The other day for examplet she waa " scorch- ing " through the Paxc de Monza, ac- cess ts whioh Is forbidden to the pub- Ife. Suddenly a carabinier sprang into the path and raised his gun to bax the way, crying loudly, " Haiti" The Queen and her attendant came to a sudden â- top and alighted from their wheels. The soldier at once began to scold them roundly for daring to enter the pre- cincts vf the park, and finally took out Ills notebook to make an entry of their Dames. " How do Tou call yourself ?" he demanded of the valet. " Ruggiero Mat- tel, a mechanio,' responded the at- tendant, obejinj a sign from the Queen. " And you â€" \vnat'8 your name ?" ask- ed the carabinier, after he had noted tly valet's response. " Max^erite de Savoie," answered the Queen, simply. The astounded soldier let fall hia fcKwk and dropped to his knees at this, for he had heard that " Marguerite de Sav- oie " was the title the Queen assumed in her exciursiona about the city. Pale with fright he stammered out a flood of excusoe for not having recognized kls sovereign In hex blcjcle costume. 8ut the Queen, with a smile on her face, rounted her maxrhioe and, followed her grinuing attendant, pedalled Bway out of sight. The a«me afternoon one oi the do- tios of the royal pal^ice sought out too «tAlo\is carabinwtr. When the GRAINS OF GOLD. Of knowledge there is no satiety.-* Bacon. Words of love are works of love.â€" W. R. Alger. Humanity is the equity of the hearts â€" Confucius. Friendship is infinitely better than kindness.â€" Cicero. Meddle not with him that flattereth with bis lips. â€" Bible. I did we<l myself to things of lighQ from infancy . â€" Keats. Humanity is the first of virtuesâ€" for other people. â€" Holmes. Who gives a trifle meanly is mean- er ihan the trifle.â€" Lavater. No better relatiuu than a prudent and faithful friend.â€" Franklin. Love's viyice doth sing as sweetly In a beggar as in a king. â€" Oe^'ker. We can not do evil to others without Boing it to ourselves. â€" Deemahis. How did the atheist yet his idea of that God whom be denies? â€" Coleridge. The virtue of justice consists in mod- eration, as regulated by wisdi<m. â€" Aristotle. Nature can not be surprised in un» dress. Beauty breaks in everywhere. â€"Emerson. People look at my six days in the week, to see what I mean on the sev- enth.â€" Cecil. History makes haste to record great deeds, but often neglects good ones. â€" Uosea Ballou. Ik is heaven itself that points out an hereafter, and intimates eternity to man.â€" Addison. It is not your posterity, but your actions that will perpetuate your mem- ory.â€" Napoleon. In such a world as ours the idle mani is not so much a biped as a bivalve. â€"Horace Mann. Clocks will go as they are set; but man, Irregular man. is never constant, never certain. â€" Otway. Nothing, except what flows from the heart, can render e.xternal manners truly pleasing. â€" Blair. Mngn^nixuty is I he good 8on>e of pride and ihe noblest way of acquiring ap- plause.â€" Rochefoucauld. Our hapiiiness in this world depends on the auectic'ins we are enabled to inspire.- Duchess de PraslLn. A WOMAN CO&BLER. A pretty young French Canadian girl, Elsie Lamay, ia tcmiitiug the inhabi- tants of Lewiston, Me., to have their shoes repaired quite as often aa they need it. She is an expert cobbler and works at the window of her little store with apparent unconsciousness that there is anything unusual In her pro- fession. It is hinted, however, th?.t pretty Miss Lamay's unusual success may not be wholly due to her cobbling ability. VAIN HOPE." Waiterâ€" Anything -^.-xong, sirf Castomerâ€" Oh, no, I wiis only hoping I would live to be as old aa this chick- en is' EXHIBITING A HAREM. A Bankrapl ra»ka Berome* a Boa Barnnm. A genuine oriental harem is now be- # u ,u P'°t °t nu'k. Mix sauce and these is a hearty detestation of nick- ^ - » - fish Ihoroughlv and spread on a plat- names; another is an antipathy as to ing exhibited throughout Europe. Ths fu[e^^;?oq;le\'d"o;^7tleu'^l,uS ^Tns""^'^"' furs, particularly seal- ^Lger of the Berlin Panopticum crumbs, eggs and crumbs, and fry in ghe wears three rings which she has amoking hot fat. Or dip in melted but- i never removedâ€" her wedding ring, a ter and toast under the broiling burn- i Uttle enamel ring with a smiiU dia- er in a gas stove. . ! mond center, whi.:h the Piince Consort .v°°"Pr""°.* •''*'* '^'^ of salmon gave her when she was onlv 16 vears through a strainer, season with salt, . . - - . - pepper and onion juice. 'Thicken one persuaded a pasha living in the holy city of Kayroman to exhibit his harem to the unfaithful. This is the first time a Mohammedan has ever dared to dis- quart ot milk with two tftbLeopuoatula each of butter and flour, and the fiah and serve immediately. Omelet.â€" Make an omelet as usual, adding one tablespoonful of minced sal- mon tor each egg used. Mix the sal- mon with the beaten eggs before pour- ing into the omelet pan, or sprinkle it over the surface before the egg is firm, or fold it in after the omelet is cook- ed. Souffle. â€" Prepare the salmon as for croquettes but use less corn starchi in th<' sauce. Add the yolks of three or four egKS to the mixture and beat thoroughly, then fold in the stiffly beat- en whites. Pour into individual cuwcs and bake in a moderate over for ten minutes. CURTAIN POLES SUBSTITUTE. A cheap and neat substitute for or- dinary curtain poles is a flat, inch-wide stick of wood, such as usually comes in one end of the Holland shades. For thin, light curtains, these are much daintier than the large, heavy pole.s. The tops of the curtains are hemmed wide enough to allow the stick to be inserted, or w-hat 's very pretty, an inch wide heading is left at the top and the full- ness is evenly distributed, leaving a lit- tle of the ends of the stick protruding. The sticks can then be nailed to the caa(>ment on each aide, not fastening them too securely, however, in order that they may easily be removed when the curtains need washing. This idea is especially good for bedrooms. FOR HOUSE PLANTS. To make house plants grow, Prof. Bop- Bof says: Saturate the earth around them every day with the coffee left over at breakfast. Five or six drops of ammonia to every pint of water once a week will make them flourish. To make bulbous flowers blassom, fill a flower pot haJf full of quicklime and the remainder with good earth, plant bulbs, and keep the earth damp. 'The heat of the lime, tempered by poss- in,j throtigb the earth, will cause the bulb to send forth shoots to blossom. Tho colors of re<l and violet flowers are old, and her engagement ring, which regard the very strict laws of his creed is in the form of a serpent of emer- in such a way. 'The story of how it aide. Sh* woara a.leo a bracelet from ; ^n came about is quite curious. The which la suspended a great many lit- . . , •»«..! v. tie lockets. How many grand and P^**"*' '^^ Propnator of tho harem, be- great-grandchildren has she .' Well, the came bankrupt, and worried much sboA numljer is the number of the lockets, his inability to keep up in due etvls â- Â°i cX'cTiorof'';?o4;a,z°?vhich is ^"> -'^ ""-'â- "'"''. ""^'t'- "-'t^ "'":: probably the largest in Europ<-, ,.nd un- K^r, who ha^jpened to be in Egypt to doubtedly the most interesting, is pos- i engage attractions for the side shows sessed by the Queen, and distributed ! of th.f coming Exposition in Bfrlin,heard among her various houjc«. Her Males- I < > u T ••,,â-  ,.,• . i ty hu often lent paintings from W | °' "'- P"**^ ' difficulitiee, and prevail- soveral castles for public exhibition. If ed "puo ii'â„¢ 'o accept a m.i^rnifioeot her photographic collection coulil be ex- sum for a six months' contract to ex- hibited it would attract widespread at- hibit himself and family in Europe. The tention, and would be one of th« most pa^ha, who had to choose between a interesting features of a London sea- certain fortune among the unbelievers son. The collection dates back from the very birth of photography, and it com- prises portraits, landscapes, views of historical landmarks, and of most of the principal events of the Victoria era. It IS a collection that will in future be of or absolute ruin staring him in tha face at home, was persuaded to accept tbs manager's offer, and thus his house- hold IS now. to lie seen for 50 pfennigs (12o) a head at Berlin. 8ur<' enough, the paaba showed ex- unmcnso utility, as it is now of great . oellcni taate in the' selection of hi "*'"*• 1 wiveti. ail of whom are v«ry good-look- â€" â€" ~ I ing. and are considered great beauties MINERAL PRODUCTIONS OF CANADA. | i^TaXr'of 'vert lSi>me''c;;frdr'S from 6 to 16 years of age, and some Wkat Ike Mlaen of ikc Donitulon Fro- | twenty female slaves attend to all the duties of the household in full view of the onlookers. The most interesting dacMl In The annual preliminary statistical ta- ble of the mineral production of Canada, prepared by the Division of Mineral Statistics and Mines of the Canadian Geological Survey, has just been pub- lished, says the Iron Age. It ahows part of the show ia not the persons themselves, but the life they lead in tha har^m, about which much has been written, but very little known. Several of the pasha's wivt« have extraordin- ary accomplishments in the way of sinking, playing musical instruments. the value of the total production in lgH5 anci dancing. They are very clever of minerals, both metallic and nou-me tallio, at 922,500,000, of which $6,370,140 was metallic and 915,875,107 was non- metallic, with 9254,657 as tho estimated value of mineral products not returned. The total production in 1894 was 920,- 900,000; that in 1893, 919,250,000; that in 1892, 919,500.000; that in 1891, 920,- 500,000; that in 1890, 918,000,000; that in 1889, 914,500,000; that in 188!*, 913,- 500,01X1; that in 1887, 912,500,000; and that in 1886, 912,000,000. From this last handworkers, and while away much of their time with embroidery and other similar occupntion.s. There are. nU told, forty-seven persons in this household. A QUEEN'S LO'VE FOR JU'SIC. Qucon Marguerite of Italy is of all the ix>yal and imperial ladiis of Europe said to be the one who is the most en- thu.«astic disciple of Wagiier, and ia never so happy as when at her piano, it will be seen that the production of Indeed, music, it is averred, is the suiw last- year W.1S the largest in any one est way to her gmid wUl. and that is year, during the past decade, and that ^ • f .i , , „ there wa-s aS incretise of 810,5(10,0(10 from "^^^ '^"'''^^ °^ ""*' «'"'*'' ^^"=â„¢ °^ E"'" ..u^ w.u.s iFi *,:», tui^ Yiu.^i, iiu>v -lo lie "^^ *â- " ^'""'' ^^' â„¢stellio productions "pe make a poiiiL of oh'Kislng for their reTd«^ed extremehr"bri!uiant'b'rcove^^^ ''"''eom o.w .""'^i"/^ e^, 'S'XJ, "^ ^^^ ""'" "m^*""''""? at Home diplomats who ars ing the earth in tteir pots wit h alx>ut 2!;««*o-n' f ' ,*?â-  ' ^^'"^^'"-'^ ' 'i'2° ,?,!;?â-  '^"''^ conspicuous for their musical ten- one-half inch of pulvenzed charcoal. »''38,0,0 ; U^d fine in ore, etc., 9< 19,9(jb ; dencv than for their statecraft. Thus Charcoal docs not affect yellow flowers at all in this way. â- DESSERTS FOR WARM D.VYS. When certain tropical vagaries on the part ot the weather have made or- dinary dishes seem unpalatable, the housewife will find that the simplest way to reconcile her family to the din- ner table is by providing dainty des- serts. There are hundreds of simple combiuationa that may be effectively revived at this season of the year. One of the most delicious Is a simple rioe pudding, frozen. Only a halfcup- ful of rice IS required, but this should be boiled until tender. Then whip to a froth one and one-half cuptuls of sweet cream, add a quarter of a cupCul of powdered sugar and flavor with 'herrv maraschino or vanilla. Mix the mercury, 92,343 ; nickel, fine in ore, etc., the fonnor (jiermiin ambassador. Bai^- 91,360,984; and silver, fine in ore, etc., : 04i von Ketulell, used to spcna tha 91,1.58,638. The non-metallic protluc- : greater days in playing duets with her lions, were: Asbestos, 9368,175; baryta, majesty, and hi.s successor is that Bar* 9168; chromito, 941,301; coal, 97,';74,- on von Bulow who is known through- 178 ; cuke, 9148,047 ; fire clay, 93,49*! : ' out Genuuny as one of the cleverest graphite, 30.150; grindstones, 931,532; ol amateur performers on the piano, gvpsmn, 9202,608; luneslone for flux,! Queen Marguerite's devotion to Wag- 932,916 ; manganese ore, 88,464 ; mica, , nerian musio, which is attributed to the 965,000; ochers, 914,60(1; mineral water, j faol. that she received her education in 9111,048; moulding sand, 913,530; nat- 'Germany, is a source of sorrow to her ural gas, 9123,032 ; petroleum, 91,201,184- hu3bai.d, phosphate ^ " -" - â€" apatite, 99,"'6u ; stones. 91.050; pyrites, 9102,.504 ; salt 9180,417 ; 8oapst.one, 92,188. The produc- tion of last year exceeded that ot the highest amount in anv previous vear by 92,000,000, the highest amount in"any previous year being 920,.")O0,000, which was reached in 1891. It is expected thiit the returns for the current year will show a still further increase, as the de- velopment ot the mineral resources ot British Columbia is exhitiiting great progress. who, like King Leopold of Belw precious ; gium, simuly abominates musio, for whioh he has no ear whal.fvK'ver, and which has the effect of pultiug bis teeth on edge. Aa he is extremely fond of his wife, he submits to the infliction as long .^8 he can. But when the strain becomes too great to bear, he threatens the queen to sing, and even goes so ^ tax as to chant a few bars, in an ex". onicititingly flat and raeping voice. That always has the desired effect, and c<.iu.se^ h«r majesty's pisAO to close wltk a l^aJJg. *^-' .:fi?'