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Teacher: "H&ve you looked up the meaning oMhe word'imbibes,'Fanny?" Fanny: "-Yes, ma-'am." Teacher: "Well, what doea it mean?" Fanny: "To take in." Teacher: "Yes. Now give & .sentence usi'cg the word." Fajiny: "My aunt imbibes boarders." Miggtea I say, old man, Fd like to have you put me np a,tyour club." WiggLea "Fd be only too glad, my boy, but—er—they are very p&rtieu- lar who they admit." MiggLea: "You don't say so! How in the world did you manage to break in?,,

HOME HINTS: ? ? Polished Floors.—When staining. Noof f don't forget that the stain should be applied ? with the grain of the wood—that is, up and down the boards, not across. In polishing afterwards fbllow the sajne plan. ——— ji To Make Stockiags Wear Well.—When ? knitting socks or stockings remember that a strand of silk knitted into the toes and heels i with the wool makes them wear far better than if the wool is knitted alone. j Stains on Carpets.—Grease or blacklead stains on carpets can he removed by covering them with a paste made of fuller's earth and water to which either a little spirits of tur- pentine or ammonia has been added. Leave till dry, and then brush. A Most Useful Hint in Dressmaking.—Lightly soap the seams of your skirt before ironing them instead of damping them, which is apt to stretch the cloth. Also, when putting new braid on a. skirt, damp it nrst, then iron it, as this prevents shrinkage. A Cure for Toothache.—Here is a. very simple cure which a correspondent assures me is very efficacious. Saturate a small piece of cotton wool with glycerine and rose-water mixsd in equal proportions. Put this in your ear, and in a few minutes the pain will dis- appear. Umbrellas.—A small amount of forethought on our part will make our umbrellas last twice as long as if they were paid no regard to. First of all, when you come in with a wet umbrella, open it out in an empty room. to dry; never put it aw)ay in an umbrella-stand while damp. And if you are not using it, put it away loosely rolled up. If it is tightly -rolled, it M %pt to cut the silk. Old Veils.—How often by some horrid mis- chance have we torn a hole in the middle of a veil the nrst time of wear, and yet hardly liked to throw it away, it looked still so good? By all means put it by, as well as others that have had more wear; and when you are trimming a new hat use these veils to maba tiny bows and rosettes among your feathers and Sowers, and the effect will be charming. How to Clean Fur.—If our purse is a long one, we send our furs to a cleaner's when they are dirty, but the cost of this is too great for small incomes. Instead, with care, we ca.n clean them quite well at home. Spread & clean cloth on a table, and then rub the fur, if brown or black, the reverse way with warm, dry bran. If the colour is white or pale grey, use finely powdered magnesia instead, and you will have clean furs instead of dirty ones. The Art of Darning.—Girls of to-day make a. very great mistake in putting on one side all the housewifely arts that our grandmothers excelled in, ajid' among these arts one of the most useful to revive is that of darning. How often a dainty handkerchief is thrown aside because the laundress has torn a- hole in it! Or a pair of stockings has gone from bad to worse because they were not seen to at once. Fine darning is a fine art, and should be cultivated with the greatest care because of its utility. For the Cook.—When egg-and-bread-crumb- ing fish for frying, a little milk added to the egg makes it go much farther, and the results are quite as good as when egg alone is used. To Keep Lemons.—Lemons can be kept quite a long time if they are placed on a. na.t surface under inverted glass tumblers. The tumblers must not be moved till the lemons are needed for use. For the Pantry Shelves.—An excellent phnl is to cover these with white or very light oil- cloth. This can be wiped with a damp cloth when dusty or dirty, and always looks delight- fully fresh and cool. It is quite cheap, so the initial expense is trifling.—London Journal." For Cracked Lips.—-Honey Mid glycerine mixed in equa-1 proportions is an excellent remedy. Apply it the last thing at night till the cracks &re healed. To Whiten the Skin.—Into half a pint of dis- tilled water put half a winegla.ssful of fresh- strained lemon-juice. Add a little rose-water to perfume it, and keep in' a tightly-corked bottla. Apply several times a day with a piece of soft linen. 'allowing it to dry in. Ham and Cheese on Toast.—One cup of boiled ha.m chopped fine, and one-half cup of grated cheese. Mix and heat. When the cheese ts melted add one cup cream sauce. Pour over slices of well-browned toast. Mutton Steak a la Venison.—Cut slices two- thirds of an inch thick from a, leg of mutton. Soak over night or all day in lemon-iuice and water (one-half juice and one-half water). Broil like steak, and pour over sauce made of melted butter and lemon-juice. To Perfume an Invalid's Room.—Quite the nicest way of doing this is to drop a. little oil of sandal-wood on a hot shovel. It gives a faint, delightful perfume to the room. The oil CM be bought at any chemist's. Boiled Chicken.—To stew chicken, cut It at the -joint.9. making two pieces of ea<;h leg; cut the breast into halves, and also the back you should make eleven pieces in all. Put the dark meat into the bottom of your stewing-pan and the white meat on top: just cover with boiling water bring quickly to boili'ng point; boil for 6ve minutes, and push to the back part of the stove, where it cannot again boil, and keep it there until the meat is tender. A chicken a. year old will require one hour to cook; two years old. two hours. If it boils hard it will be tough. When the meat is half done add a. tea- spoonful of salt, a.nd when ready to serve, dish the chicken ca.reful!y. Put two ta-bleapoonfula of butter and two of 'nour into a saucepan mix. Add one pint of the water in which the chicken was stewed—in fact, you will only have about this much at the end of the cooking. Stir until boiling: add a dash of pepper; take from the nre, and add the yolk of an egg slightly beaten, and strain it over the chicken. Garnish the dish with tiny baked dumplings. WHAT is STARCH!—The plain man knowa nothing of the universal d'ilfusion of starch, and would ba surprised to find that he was in the habit of eating it. But change the case of the plain man to that of the baby, then starch becomes to him anathema m&ranatha. His "Little Mary" will have none of it, disguise it aa you will. The family man will do well to note this singular fact, and when baby wants starchless food, to see that he gets it. Starch consists of microscopic granules of varying sizes, occurring in the .different food stuSs, such as nour, rice, arrowroot, potato, banana, and many others, in all of which it forma a staple constituent. By cooking these granules are ruptured or dissolved. But the secretion which affects their digestion is the saliva. Babies, being without saliva till teething commences, starch as a pabulum for them during the pre-dental period is a fraud, and a mischievous t one at tha.t, upsetting the little digestive pro- I cesses which are the sole pleasure of a baby's life. The eBect of starch on a baby may be described as starvation plus indigestion. Never. theless, from a, baby point of view, it has its redeeming qualities if put in its proper place, That place is the "Transformer" of tho I chemist. There, in due course, it loses its I identity and reappears under the beneaoent form of Maltose. In short, the "transformer hM done what the aakva would have done, and I the erstwhile search is now available to h?p forward that blessed Nirvana which every baby } cught to enjoy after a good sqasre meaJ.

t CRIPPLED BY RHEUMATISM. I CTETRED BY DR. WILLIAMS FINK PILLS, t HENRY CHARLES STILL-WELL, of 53, Conway-etreet, Rove, Sussex, in the employ of the local omnibus company, found himself, at 34, in the racks of those thought p&st work." Mr. Stillwell said: I was attacked by Rheumatism. The pain began I in my knees, and gradually spread all over my body. I tried rubbing, but this brought no relie! and I took to my bed, helpless. The pains in my Jt JIoM .Bo?se?'eepf?- !<!M?. ?tu 6? jR?OMma??Mte <e<M CMt-?d {);/ jDr. tFiUMMts' ?Pmite ?KJUs. lointswere terrible. After advice from two orthre? doctors, the verdict wa.s that I w&s incur&b!e, a.nd woutd I woutd I NEVER DO ANOTHER DAY'S WORK. I One doctor added that I had not long to live. I gave up hope and took to my bed. About a year ago, however, I read a ease similar to mine, where a person had been cured by Dr. Williams' Pin!: pills, and I decided to try a box." Did you feel an improvement ?" After taking the first box. The pains 'n my joints were less, and I began to eat better. After two or three boxes I found the improve- ment in my condition continued, and I put on Qesh. In fact, in about eighteen weeks I increased by quite a stone in weight. I was able to commence work again, and I have not missed a single day for the past ten months. I am still taking the pills, and my health is improving rapidly." "Do you know of anyone else who has been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills ?" asked the reporter of the Sussex Evening JTtMMs, who interviewed Mr. Stillwell. I heard of a girl who was cured of a Spinal complaint, and of one who was cured of Anaemia by them." ) HOW TO OURE RHEUMATISM, Rheumatism is caused by a certain acid in the blood. Damp or cold alone cannot cause Rheumatism if the blood is healthy; but if this acid exists pain will seize a joint or a muscle that has been exposed to chill. Embrocations and other outward applications may relieve the pain, but the disease can only be prevented from returning by enriching the Mood. DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PiLLS FOR PALE PEOPLE make good Mood. That is how they cure Rheumatism and other Diseases, Ansemia (which is weakness arising from having too little blood), Consumption, Fits, Paralysis, and the frequent ailments which women endure in brave silence. Genuine pills cure: substitutes don't cure. Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Holborn-viaduct, London, will send a box post free 2a. 9d. (six for 13s. 9d.); but Dr. Williams' Pink Pills can be had at all medicine shops if you take care to ask for, and to see in red on the pink package, the full name, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. ——————

EOW TO HAVE NEW POTATOES IN WINTER. One is getting accustomed to retarded Rower- roots of various kinds. After them come the vegetables-the system has proved of considerable value with seakale and also with rhubard. In London's day the system of retarding potatoes was practised on a limited scale. An elaboration of the syatem waa brought to notice at the Royal Horticultural Society's meeting the other day. The results and method were seen, by which Mrs. Noble, of Park-place, HenIey-on-Thames, has been supplied by her gardener for some years with new potatoes throughout the winter months. The pro- cess adopted is interesting. Large tubers are chosen and kept in caves cut in the chalk during the spring and summer, and the sprouts which they send out are scrupulously rubbed off. In the autumn the potatoes are set in cucumber frames with a thin layer of earth over them. Small new tubera are almost immediately produced, and in a month's time they are as large or larger than a waJout, and ready for the table. The curioua thing is that no haulma or leaves are formed, tba young tubers being direct offshoots from the old ones. A large series of potatoes in all the stages to be met with in this method of propagation were oa view, as well as cooked examples.

J CATARRH. I EVERY FOURTH PERSON YOU MEET HAS IT.—AN INSIDIOUS AND DANGEROUS DISEASE.—WORSE THAN BRONCHITIS. THAN BRONCHITIS. Catarrh commences frequently by running at the nose; seta up inflammation of the mucus meni- brane of the nose and throat followed by a stopped up feeling in the nose and dropping of mucus in the throat. It partially stops up the air vesicles of the lungs, inflames the bronchial surface, sets up catarrhal bronchitis or catarrbal asthma, ac- companied by a dry or loose cough, difficulty in breathing, with unpleasant hawking and expecto- rating. The mucus thus secreted works its way down the alimentary canal to the stomach, catarrh of the stomach and intestines following. It then becomes a persistent constitutional disease, both dangerous and disagreeable, leaving the patient very susceptible to cold, and every additional cold aggravates the symptoms until it affects the hear- ing and gradually the sense of smelt and taste. VENO'S LIGHTNING COUGH CURB is the most emcient remedy for this disagreeable complaint. It acts directly upon the mucus surface, relieves the irritation, clears the bronchial tubes and air vesicles and relieves the.stopped up feeling in the nose. It is infinitely superior to any local treat- ment. It acts constitutionally, clears catarrh thoroughly out of the system; you feel better the first day; you begin to breathe freely through the nose and rest comfortably at night. Ask for VBNO'S LIGHTNING COUGH CURE, 9id., la. lid, tmd 2s. 9d. at chemists everywhere.

LORD AYEBURY'S FIRST PHOTO- GRAPH. Lord Avebury has many claims to distinction. ) One, if a statement in the Lady's Home Magazine" is correct, is that he was the first person in England to have his photograph taken. Mr. Daguerre, the co-inventor of the art of photo- graphy, came to London to patent his discovery and paid an early visit to the present Lord Ave- bury's father. He was explaining the details of his invention very enthusiasticaUy when he beheld the little son of his host playing about in the garden, and at once asked permission to use him aa a subject, in order to give a practical demonstra- tion of the art. This was given, and resulted in a very successful photograph.

MISS MAU19 JEFFRIES MARRIED. I Another romance of the stage has come to Itght in connection with the recent marriage of Miss Maud JeBries, the charming actress who le&pt into sudden popularity by her playing of the part of Mercia in The Sign of the Cross." Miss Jewries. left England for a tour in Austra- lasia as the leading lady of Mr. Tree's Company, appearing in The Darung of the Gods," and the Eternal City." During this tour she met and fell in love with a Mr. James Nott Osborne, who is the son of a wealthy squatter, and was at one time captain in the New South Wales Lancers. Mr. Osborne took to the stage and joined the same company, and, according to an announcement in the Era," the happy couple were on October 3J married at Christchurch, new Zealand.

"TRUTH SEEKS NO CORNER." THERE is no better Cough Medicine than KEATlNG's LCZEKGES.—One gives reHef; if you suffer from cough try them but once; they will cure, and they tPtH not injure your he&ltb; an increasing sale of ever 80 years is a certain test of their vatue. Sold everywhere in 13A-d. tins.

i THE WAR! RECONNAISSANCES ON THE SHAHO. i ALLEGED CAPTURE OF A JAPANESE BATTERY. RUSSIAN SKIRMISHER BLOWN UP BY A MINE. General Kuropatkin telegraphs to St. Peters- burg under date of Friday of last week:_ "On th-e night of the Ist inst. rtwo -companies mi<;f a body of volunteer cha.sseurs frc-m the centre of the disposition <jf our troops, commanded by Captain Mankovsky, ejected a. reconnaissance of the en.emy'6. disposition, repulsed their out- posts and occupied their entrenchments. Con- tinuing their advance, the companies were re- ceived with a. heavy nre, and, perceiving the arrival of considerable reinforcements for the enemy, they retired upon their positions. In the fusi!a.de the gaHant Captain Mankovsky, who was recently decorated with the Order of St. Viadimir of the Fourth Ctass, with Swords and Ribbons was killed, and several men were wounded." A telegram from General SakharoS says:- "On the night of November 30 our volunteer chasoours, under Lieutenant Vadietsky. carried out a reconnaissance towards one of the Japanese entrenchments, south-west of Tungun. A Japanese picket, consisting of thirty men, which was met on the way was bayonetted. Proceed- ing on their way, the ehass.eurs came across a stockade of tree trunks and prickly hedge. "Having overcome these obstacLes, a number of our men fell on to a fougasee, which exploded. Subooquently about twenty chasseurs rushed <t Japanese entrenchment, bayonetting the occu- pa-nts. Some Japanese who had gone to the aid of their comrades attacked our chasseura with hand grenades. The chasseurs retired, carTyinF, &way with them nve dead and fourteen wounded, &nd some Japanese rines and articles of equip- m'ent. The nipht of December 1st was quiet." A telegram "from Haybin of Saturday's date states that General G/'ippenberg, Commander- in-Chief of the Second Manehuriaa Army, has .arrived there. A telegram of Sunday from Mukden savs that General Rennenkampf's divieion has dislodged 1 ti the Japanese from the villager of Intsahuntsu and Dapintunshan. The correspondent of the "Russ" at Mukden telegra.phs a report that a detachment of Don Cossacks captured eight guns on Friday night of last week south of Lidiantoun, surprising a bivouac of Japanese, who fought half dressed. The Cossacks kined and wouncLsd many of them with their bayonets and swords. The remainder aed. ARMISTICE AT PORT AETHUR. The nrst armistice wa.s arranged at Port Arthur on Friday of last week for the purpose of burying the dead. Ib lasted six hours. r) RUSSIA PREPARING FOR FINAL SORTIE FROM PORT ARTHUR. It is certain (according to & Tokio telegram) that the fall of Port Arthur cannot be long cLa- layed. The Japanese are mounting heavy guns on 203 Metre Hill, whence they will ultimately dominate the ships in the harbour. By heavy cannonading from neighbouring positions the Russians are making desperate efforts to frus- trate the scheme. But even the Russians fear that they cannot possibly hope to keep the fort- ress standing until the arrival of the Baltic Seet, and it is understood that they have all their plans rearl-- for a Snal sortie by such of the ships as are able to steam out. LOST FOR 45 DAYS. A despatch from General Kuropatkm contains an amazing story. A Russian outpost met two Russian soldiers who had been wounded during a night attack in October. They remained on the battlefield for forty-nve days, having been over-looked by the ambulance corps. The less seriously wounded man was abLe to gather from the kits of dead men rations which served to support them both. When his companion was a,bLe to move they left the trenches, and made their way to the nearest Russian post. POLITE ENEMIES. The "Standard" prints an excellent story from its special correepondent with Marshal Oyama. "A iuU with a. cave on our front is occupied in the daytime by a Japanese picket, and at night by a. Russian picket. "The Japanese picket, before withdrawing the other evening, left a bottle of brandy behind, with a polite note complaining that the friends the enemy keep the cave in a dirty state, which was bad for the health of both parties. "The remonstrance was not in vain, for next iright the Russians swept and garnished the place. They also Left a rouble behind, with a note saying that they had heard the Japanese treated prisoners badly, and asked for an expla- nation. In reply to this the Japanese left a note de- claring that the Russian prisoners in Japan were having a very good time. They also left some photographs, showing Japanese soldiers attend- ing on the prisoners, giving them cigarettes, and so forth." 60,000 JAPANESE INVALIDS. A St. Petersburg despatch, published by the "Petit Parisien," says that disease i-a rife in the Japanese camp, 6&.000 sick having beeo trans- ported' from Lia.oyan.g to Yingkow. The depot of the Russian Red Cross Society at Harbin has been seriously damaged by &re. POWDER MAGAZINE EXPLODED.—WAR- SHIPS SHELLED. Official despatches from Tokio announce that the Japanese naval guns at Port Arthur com- menced the bombardment of the Russian war- ships on Saturday. S&veral were hit. Oa Monday afternoon the powder magazine at South. Pei-yu-shan was struck and exploded, causing a connagration of over two hours. On the same day the heavy guns worked eSectiveJy on the Russian ships, and the Poltava raised thick smoke lasting one hour. The siege works against Sung-shu-shan and the forts to the East are proceediing day and night. The Russians are continuing to attack 203 Metre Hill, in the hope of recapturing it, but the Japanese have succeeded in repulsing all assaults. It is estimated that the Russians lost 3,000 men in these operations. General SakharoS telegraphs that, in spite of the cold and the nocturnal frosts, the Russian troops, who have warm clothing and plentiful food, do not suffer, and are in excellent spirit-s. A St. Petersburg newspaper publishes a despatch from its correspondent at Mukden, in which he says it is .stated that General Rennenkampf prepared an ambuscade for the Japanese troops attempting to turn the Russian right, and that the Mikado's force lost at least 1,500 men. The same correspondent adds that a. Japanese night attack on PutiloS Hill was repulsed with great loss. The Chinese are circulating reports that General Oku is seriously ill. —

After keen competition the motor-ca-r in which the Duke of Connaught met with his recent acci- dent has been sold to Colonel North, of Edin- burgh. Several German railway lines now run mortu- ary carriages to convey ckad bodies and mour- ners. The compartments are Sited up like chapels. Lov-ell: "Do you think a ma.n should. telr < sweetheart all the indiscretions of h:s pa.st lifel Cynicus: "Yes, then perhaps she wouldn't marry him." Tom: "After all, what arc good fort" Kitty (demurely): "Their {",cev;J,lue,"

A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. John Jones, the second engineer of the ill -fatPQ coasting steamer Blanche, who, with Robert: Harrison, seaman, atone was saved from the wreck in the Mersey, has supplied the following detaiis of the sufferings of the shipwrecked crew: "After I the collision with the London Hopper 66, the whole crew of nine got into the steamer's small boat. We ha.d no time to secure anything. Our vessel waa gradually aetHing down on the top of Taylor's Bank, and as the tide receded she would become high and dry, but it was deep enough at the time to wash right over her. When we pushed clear, the strong tide caught our boat and driited tir3 seawards. The cold was intense, and after about:. couple of hours James Ravenscrofb, the cn.pta.in, and Ra,!ph Rathbone, a nrema.n, succambed to exposure. A little later the boat waa overturaed by the hea.?y sea, and we were all thrown into the water. The remaining seven of us managed to right the boat, and scrambled into her. We then tried to use the oars in an effort to reach land, but our hands were so benumbed we could scarcely hold them. After pulling a short distance the boat was again overturned, and this time three of our number disappeared entirely. Again four of us left managed to right the boat and get in, when we redoubled our effortd with the cars. We got fast on a sandbank for some time, but a big sea Boated us oil'. Two more of our number died about tins time from exhaustion and exposure, and we kept their bodies in the boat. Eventually we reached Formby shore, more dead than alive, after nearly seven hours in the boat."

I REVIVAL SCENES IN WALES. A meeting, dascribed loca.liy as "a, very mee faeeting," which was he!d in connection with the religious revival in Wales, in the Ca-pel Mawr, at Khos, wa,3 attended by fully 1500 persons. Pastor Jones, a venerable numeter, presided, and he was supported by eight preachers from various pM.'ta of the Principality. There could be no question as to the religions enthusiasm of the people. liymn after hymn was sung with fervour and evident enjoyment, a.nd when the pastor ad- dressed the meeting loud cries of approval punctuated his remarks. Before the meeting broka up the newly-converted rose, and before aU the oongreg'Abion publicly declared their faults. After each i-iervice children a.rc brought to the font by their parents, and it should be recorded that, as tt result of the Welsh reviva. the ranks of Christians ha,vebeen swelled by quite an extra- ordinary number of Llewellyn Joneses.

I DIABOLICAL INVENTION. I HNEU SET ON FIRE BY EXPLOSIVE STOWED IN THE HOLD. For a diabolical enterprise by which he un- perilled the lives of a ship's crew, John William Jago, a sailor, was sentenced to 15 years' pena,l servitude on Saturday at Liverpool Assizes. Jago consigned to Hamburg by the Dona,ld Currie Co.'s Gothland a p&eking-pitse, which he insured for A:400. White on the seas a. 6re broke out in the steamer's hold, and after the Qamea were sabdued the origin of the outbreak was traced to Jago's pa.cbmg-ca.se. Subse- quent investigations showed that the con- tents comprisect an ingenious assortment of con!- )ustible materials. Ja-go had depused this instru- ment of deatruchion while a convict in Dartmoor, undergoing a long term for an abortive attempt to rob the American mails. The infla.mmable mass in the pa.cking-ca.se w&s set alight by sulphuric &cid and nitre slowly eating through the rubber tube in which they were contained, and causing an explosion by coming into conta.ct with a smaU glass phial holding chlora.te of potash. It wa.s only the prompt action of the captain and crew that saved themselves and the Teasel from destruc' tion.

KING AND SCHOOLBOY, A pleasing little ceremony took place at Sand- riDgham on Saturday. His Majesty, as is his annual custom, presented a gold medal to the head boy of King Edward VII.'s Grammar School at King's Lynn. The winner of the coveted distinction this year is Mr. G. R. MmeSj son of Mr. H.R. Mines, H.M.Inspectorof Schools. He is at Sidney-Sasaex College, Cambridge, having won an open science exhibition. In presenting the medal to Mines hie Majesty kindly inquired what he intended to be, &nd was evidently pleased to hear the !ad say he proposed to study medicine. The King shook Mines warm!y by the hand, and also graciously in- ) quired about the progress of the school.

'ACTRESSES AS ADVERTISEMENTS. One of the most rcma.rka.b!e eaJes governmg the relations between photography and advertisement ever tried before a court ot law has just conferred additional fame upon aweU-known parsing astreM, Mdl!e. Carlier, who w&s sued by a leading furriet for .S511. The !ady did not dispute receipt of the furs, but pleaded tha. they were gifts to her in constdern.tiou of the furrier beiug permitted to publish photographs of her wearing his goodx. One of these portraits wa.8 produced, and it con- tained Md detection by the furrier averring MdIIe. CarHer to be 6he dn.tntiestda.me in Christendom." Perpending these things, the judge has non-suited the furrier, on the ground that .E511 is not an un- reasonable price to pny for having one's wears die- played to advMtago by the daintiest da,me im Christendom." =-

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A m:m never realises the superiority of womam so much as when he is sewing on a b'utton with- out a Humble, pushing the needJe li,,gainst-the waH to get it half-way through, and pulling it9trOougbi the other half by hRDging on to it ;vi-th Ma teB., "Is your mamma ia?" "What's your name?-, "I'm Mr. TextM", the new miniater." "Then, I.' think mamma's exp-ectin' ycu—'cau'M she eaidt she'd' bet a. shilling you'd bs sure to come on< wa,shing-day."

'==-===:===-=:=- _1"1III- "NO BETTER FO.OO." ? ?t? D?. ?M?etf )V//aon, f./f.S.?., &o. <?? ??W? ?LG- ?€? ??' %j?? "I'" dO V ??%?? ? 300 ?" .(lV GQLOMEOALS. &c.

According to the "Lancet. well-authenticated instances of children weighing at birth as,, much a,s 131b. are of extreme rarity. Among; 15,16C children born in Chrob3,k's Clinic in £ienn.a" only one weighed 5,300 grammes (11Mb.) while in seven years at the Clinic Ba.udeiocqme? in Paris, there were only six child?n who: exoeed'ed 5,000 grammes (lllb.) at bir<t<h, the largest weighing 6,150 grammes (t8i1-b,}. Bubois, in 1897, coHected twenty-eight; caxtsa in which th_e child weigMed more thàn.5,- grammas (121b.) at birth, and stated that ?& heaviest children on record weighed, .resp&c- tivaly. 241b. 5oz., 241b. 2oz., and 231b. 12oz.

II in's F oo IS rchl ess ???m?B??. Simply dissolve McIIm's .?mSBM?? '??SMmM?? Food in het water and ?N????S? add fresh milk: it then !ESM fonns a diet adapted ? for the youngest babe.

LIONS AT LARGE. j Pandemonium reigned in Cincinnati the other day, when three big African lions which were being unloaded at the Robinson circus's winter quarters made their escape and dashed through the streets. Two were re-captured in a compara- tively short time, but the third, which boundej away towards Norwood, was not captured until four hours later, when it was surrounded in the woods, tied and carted back to Cincinnati. Almost the entire police force joined in the lion hunt;. Terror reigned in the meantime. Frantic parenta hurried to the schoolhousea to keep their children there. A trainer was injured by one oftthe beasts.

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I OATH AGAINST OATH. ¡ At Dcvonport on Saturday the on I Coiour-Set'gea-nt Waiter Jefferies, of the 2nd (Duke of Cambridge's) Light laf&ntry, wa-s concludec!. The charge wa.s one of Booking a, falne accusation against Lieutenant Lynch, of the same regiment, in connection with altering the masketry scores of Lieutenant Hope, of the 3rd Ba,ttftiio!i. It will bs remembered that Lieutenants Lynch and Rope denied on oa.th that there wa,s any truth in I the a!!ega,tiona. The prisoner, on oa,th, a.Srmcd the truth of his statement. The prisoner was acquitted. 4

I RETURN OF EARL ROBERTS. The steamship Norm&n arrived at Southampton &t one o'clock on Saturday afternoon, among tha passengers who landed there being the Earl and Countess Roberta and their two daughters. Lord Roberts, who appeared a.U the better for his South African trip, proceeded with his famUy for London.