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SOME IHHJUB CAKK, REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT ENGLISH ROYAL BAKERS. OF The Cr-ac ahn Which ri(ar*4 al the Wi-ddlasa ar UHI-FI VlrlorU. Ih* rnere < Wales aae) oihrr vailtr* lairresilnc tacta (neat Wedrflac Cake*. Urly a very imall percentage of the reader* of thii article will be able to recall her majeety'a wedding day, Monday, Feb- ruary ID, TMIJ, when the theatre* were open free to the public, write* a London correspondent. In to* evening a banquet wa* KIV*U at St. Jam** Palace, and cover* were laid far 130 persons. There were three table*, and at '.ha upper end of the Queen'* table itood the two chief wedding cake*. Thi* cake wa* made by Mann. Gnnur, of Berkeley Square, and bafoi* be- ing tent to the palace u waa exhibited on the firm 'a premises to more than ul,in person*. It i* said that beside* the two principal wedding cake* thor* ware nearly 100 smaller ones, wnich were luneequemly cut up and distributed, practically, all over the world. The second wedding cake that figured on thi* historical occaaion wa* designed by Mr. John < '. Maudiit, yeoman confection' r to tne royal honaenold. It weighed nearly 3OO pound*, and wa* 14 menu* thick and 12 f**t in circumference. On toe top was ecn a figure ef Britannia bleuing the bride and bridegroom, who were somewhat incongruously dreeeed in the coetume of ancient Rome. The** figure* were nearly a (out high, and acre, of conr**, MOLDED IN Sfi.AR. At tb* feet of princ* Albert wa* the figure f a dog, denoting fidelity ; while at her Majesty's feet were a pair of turtle dove*, denoting the felicity uf the marriage slate. A large Cupid wa* alau seen writing the date of tbr marriage in a book, and at th* top at th* cak* wer* many bouquet* of whit* flower*, tied with^ the true lover*' knot* of whit* satin ribbon. Among th* decoration* el thi* wedding cake may ale* be mentioned faur wnile satin flag*, on which wer* pointed the royal arm*. The next free theatrical night marked the marriage of the Prince of Wale*, oa March 10. 186.1. On tnia occaaon a spieadid wedding cake wa* made by her Majesty'* confectioner. M, Pacniez; but on* of equal importance wa* mad* by th* royal oenfectiouer*, Moasrm. Boilen*, of Chester. Th'i* is what i* Known, a* a "three-tier" oak*, and around the baa* were fas toon j com pi ead of the roee, thistle and shamrock, entwined with tbe royal and Denmark arm*. On the tier* were placed alternately reflector* and figure* of erapha with harp*: alau, satin flag*, 3m which wer* painted miniature likne**e* of the Prince and Prmoeea. The whole wa* surmounted by a temple embedded in orange bloeeumt and silver leave*, on th* .u mint of which wa* placed the Princ*'* coronet and a magnificent plume of oelrich feather*. Tb* oak*, which stood nearly 6 f**t high wa* of ooloaaat proportion*. I may mention, incidentally, that the largeat cake ever made by Meesrs. Uuater we* that which figured among the jubilee preaeula. Thi* cak* we* 13 fell high and weighed a quarter of a too, it* ve<ue being about t'.'iuO. The smallest V*<1 ling cak* made we* ordered by a lady for a child. It we* a doll's wedding cake, 3 incbee nigh, and weighing about 4 ounce*; it co*t ID*. became it wa* perfect in every reapect, ami th* confectioner had great difficulty in getting mold* email enough. It i* in te eating to know that each of th* royal bakers ha* A nwnxCT RXVIPE, which i* guarded Ilk* a Cabinet eaoret. Roughly (peaking, a bride cake take* about 'half a day to bake, bat after the tin* have been removed from the oven and the cake turned out the aerioua part of th* work eoly commence*, for a wedding cak* ha* to be at leaat lix montn* old before it i* fit to be eaten. During iM* time it n kept in an mormon* warehouse, called the "cak* room," and each firm keep* a separate stall of artist* employ**! in making new design* and altering th* fajhionun wedding cakes. Natural flower* ate th* great feature in modern wedding cake*, white ro*e* and orange bloetom* being th* mo*t popular vanetie* in use. A good deal of ingenuity, however, ha* to be exercund in Keeping these freeh, for a faded wedding ce>ke would indeed be a grtevou* light. The Royal Cheiter baker* (Musrs. Holland) have got over the difficulty by having narrow, whit* porcelain cup* aunk in among th* decora- tions, thu* enabling each natural bouquet to rest in water. AD adequate idea of the magnitude of thi* bueioea* may be realized when I men- lion that Meears. Boilaud'* steading stock of wedding cak* i* about 2000 pour .Is. The curiously *tatuqa* cake waa made appro- priately enough, for tbe Princes* Louice on the occaainn of her wedding with tb* Marquis of Lorn*, which took place on March 21, IS71. Thin cake we* designed and made by Mr Samuel Ponder, the presnnt chief confectioner of her Majesty's household. Mr. Ponder tell* m* that thi* cak* wa* about.) feet 10 iache* in height and weighed 250 pound*. The four figure* at the angle* were modeled from theitatue* on Bolborn Viadueu, and the cake wa* built in four tiers. Thi* very artistic we>ul ng cake was surmounted by a repl ca f I'anova,'" "Hebe,'' Mr. Ponder having procured , plaster model of llie siatue at a decorator'* in Leather lane. It would appear that there I* no limit * the vagariea f those who have wedding rake* made to order. On* tilled lady gav* Messrs. GunMr ao order for a r-ak* weigh- ing I JO pound* aad Handing 5 feet high. the whole cake to be trimmed with iplendid rope* of OeTKK H MATHERS to mat', h the bridal dree*. .V M. V. H.'s wedding cake wa* entirely decorated with hunting troi-nie*. Around the drum of tnc oak* we* aa m'ltaticn, in suiar, of a rough wooden paliaad*, round which were repree- ented hnstnnen, houorfi and fox rn fact, a lively hunt in Ti il swing. Ruund th* cake Itself were tneda.noni showing dog*' and fnxe*' h*ad*. horses, whips and brushes. vtii' sioularly, an augier will want piaeatorul trophia* re| r-idnced on hu sake tbe architect like* ao lee hi* magnum opua in the form of a templt" on the tnird tier, and yachting and military men. crickaten and musician* frequently provide special deoign* fertncir own wadding cake*. Even "is a'e reproduced in colored *ugnr on wedding cake*; far example, I am inform- ed that the famnu* va*e known a* "The Luck of Bdcn BaJI," which baa b*en in the possession of the Muigravo family for the paat ') year*, wa* reproduced by a we 1- known confectioner, and served G* adorn th* bridal cak* mad* for the marnare of the daughterof Laxly Brougham and Vanx. One of the moat important question* I put te th* royal oonfecnoner on the occa- sion of my v.*it jo mm at KucKingnam Plae hail reference to the moat impoi taut wedding day, from hi* point of Tiew. Mr. Ponder unhesitetipgly replied that the Duke of York'* wedding with Prince** May entailed by far the greatest strain upon him The principal cake on thi* occaiion wa* ma.le at Windcor ; it waa 6 feet 10 inch** high and weighed between 300 and 300 pound*. Thii cake took the royal confectioner FIVE WKIK9TU MARK, there being** meny eitmrty-nin* separate piece* of plaater in sonie of tn* figure m .id*. Altogether, there were at thi* wedding six immense cake*, an whit n known as tbe " general table," and n addi- tion to these, Mr. Ponder matle suteen or eighteen smeller cake* fer cutting up, each . cak* averaging at>out J pound*. More- i over, Meiers. GunUicr say that they cut up | no fewer than 5OO ilioe* of wedding cake on this occasion, the imalleit tliee weigh- ing aboat half a pound, and th* largeet a little over 1'2 pound*. On* of thi* same Srm'i confectioner* subaequenily attended at the royal kitchen, ana, armed with a aw and a special knife, cut up about 1SUO pound* of wedding oak* in three day*. The molt important cake made oat*ide tb* palace (or th* "Fife" wedding wa* provided by Me*ar*. Gunther. of lt*rk*l*y ' Square. It wa* seven feet high and weighed I 1 "0 ponndt. On the cak* stood a dreek : temple tn sugar, anu round it wera medal- Uone of satin wi'.h rained sugar monograms. Thi*cak*w***xhibited foraoine time before [ the day of the marriage, and while it wa* < on shnw it wa* decorated with artificial flower*. On the wedding day, however, about 30 worth of fresh natural flower* ' covered the entire itructure. I have previouaiy mentioned instance* in wnieh tha person ordiring the bride cake ha* provided a special d**ign. Pernap* the . moat remarkable of theae cake* wa* made i for Rear Admiral A. H. Mar a; ham, who | **red m th* artic expedition of 1-N7.V7B, and who we* prevented by th* Roya <>eoKrapbi< al Society with a gold watch for hi* services when in command of the ' northern divuion of sledge* la that axpedt- ' lion. On the top of the drum of the oak* stood a sugar model ef ner Majesty s snip I Alert, oaughl in an iceb*rg. Round the I drum were many nautical trophiee ' capatans, anchor*, boat* and davit* and a . loade-1 arctic iledic*. Thaee werecurrounded '. by oak leave* and aoerae and many branches ef Dower*. Worked in sugar round th* cake were two life buoys, in which th* Admiral's flsg and motto were en ic raved. Th wedding cak* took three wnek* to prepare, and It* design wa* entirely provided by the gallant Admiral himself, who took infinite pain* to have tne modeling and technical detail* exact to a curious degree. CYCLISTS IN LONDON. ,e wa> lr.-ne.ii. Have errr*4 thai ih<- i.auiT 4 *<!! I* HII.IIBX a Track. "Scorching" ha com* to be a bugbear in ' London. "Lady cycliat* ' not infrequently get into trouble there through faat riding, auii while, a* a rule, they are onconaoiou* of *inni3( and apologize very aicely, a caee ooceaiooally crop* up where it i* quit* the reverac. That wo* the way it wa* with Mr*. Wackerberth, who on a Sunday even* ing, a fortnight ago, deliberately ran down a harmlee* young lady pedestrian on one of the highway* up in the north of London. The young person who wa* run over natuially proteatxi, wherat Mr*. Wacker- barth got otf her machine and began to use atrong language, following it up by serious- ly damaging the young woman'a hat, breaking her betpiu and at tact, dragging her aero** the road by th* hair of the head. I At a police court the young woman unfold- ed all thi* tale, and although Mr*. \Vacktrbarlh deuied emphatically, the magistrate procee.ied to fine tier peremptor- ily aix pound* and three ahiliiug*, *ft*r arranging to pay which the departed a wi-er woman and one much aadder. It ! interesting for buyclists here to learn, in connection with thi*, that the London County Conned are preparing to construct a cycle track, with it* necaoeary building*, on an open eipanae to the north of London known aa Hackney Marah. A committee of the Council have wri'tena report regarding thi* in whioh they *ay that their two great object* were, Ant, to relieve the thoroughfare* from the m creat- ing number of bicyol**, and, aeconilly, to put a *top, aa much at poaaible, to rapid bicycle riding. " The temptation to quick tiding in the atreeia," they *ay, " coaitito&ee a *wioua { danger to th* public, but if a public track ' worn formed upon which high pmni riding Cuuid be indulged in there would remain oo eicuae for cyclut* to endanger the live* of foot paeMDgera." " The aeceaaary building*," it should be aid, will include a field hoepital. Lonir Time Between. Th* clock (truck January 1 and then February 13, but (till ah* wa* alone. The Kskimo wife tlept but fitfully, start- mg from a troubled dream every two or Hire* week*. Will h*a*v*r come? Preaently, however, the heard th* fa- miliar footfall. Tanked again, (he groaned. It i* hardly lOyaata aiao* h* waa drunk before. It waa very late. Th* gray dawn waa already breaking, and in lea* than a month it would be broad day. HOUSEHOLD. *>~^*t~*S+*~**~*f^^*^**j~i^i^f*~n^*~r*^*t^^**+**^+S*^+*^**i^*^ Care of Food In Summer. The following luggaeuon* are valuaule lor many a uouaekeeper IP the country who hM oot an loe house : Charcoal i* ot great value in keeping 10* jnesia, (tore room* Mid food *w*et. Place shallow dish oi Out charcoal in the ice che*t, la milk ruonu and oth*r room* where food u kept. Ml di*be* of charcoal. If poultry or bird* are to be hung m a cool room for a few dayi, remove the internal organs, and partially fill the body w.th harcoal. Now wrap the hirdt in paper, U i uang up. If the outaide of the poultry j* rubbed with black pepper it will be (till farther protect* i from flies. Small bird*, liven, kidney*, iweetbreadi, etc,, may be wrapped in paraffin* paper, and then be urieii in a bed of charcoal. For keeping rijfl piece* of meal and poultry neve u umple uevice : Have a iarge barrel or noganead half filled with charcoal. Put. meat hook* in a *tnp of joiit and piace it aerate the top ol toe barrel. Have a netting to aproad over tme. Tni* barrel may be kept la a oool plaoe, and piece* of meat hung on the hooks. To* cnarcoal will *<H-p tiie atinoaphere dry ami eweet, and .he netting wilt ue a protection again* t maeota. -honld there be auger from rat* or mice, use wire nettmo. Fresh tian may be rubned with aait, wrapped in paper and buried in a bed ol onarco*;. Or conne, toe charcoal in box** and barrel* anouid be changed at iee*t once a montn. It can be need for lighting nrea or for boiliDg meat* or fish. If, how- ever, it la difficult to get a good aupply of charcoal the old can be puntied by puu nog it into the itove w.tn a few lighted chip*, ana allowing it to born until red- not. At toia stage open all the window* to let the (a* paa* off ; then cloee the draught* of tbeatove, remove the cover*, aad leave the room. When the charcoal beonmee cold, it will be read* for u*e again. If tnere u any question a* to the parity of the water, none of it enoatd be uaed tor drinking or cooking purpoae* nnlee* it la rirat boiled. There are eeveral other meth- od* of purifying, water, bat boiling 1* the aafeet of all. When water u taiuted by PERSONAL POINTERS. decaying vegetable matter, Mvaral od* ar* need to purify it. It may be boiled or filtered through charcoal or oak cbipe, or a little alum may be added. The addi- tion of the aatnngent wood or th* alum caii*** th* albummou* matter in th* water to coagulate and fall to the bottom, and tbe purified water can be poured oil. Tomatoes Canned and Pickled. Whole Tomatoee Canned. Select me- diumtized tomato**. Wih and wipe, piok on* the itemi, put the tomato** into one or two-quart can*, (hake them down *o they are olo*e, fill the jars with cald water ; let th* waan boiler aver the fire, put in enough nay to cover th* bottom, put the jar* in ao they *et firm and put *,ne cover* on, then pour enough oold water in boiler to cover th* can* halfway. Put th* cover on th* boiler, and after th* water i* boiling keep a teady fir* and lit the can* boil half an hour. Then lift the jar* from th* boiler with a towel ; if net full to the top tak* off the OOV*M and fill with hot water and crew the cover* on and aet away to oool. Keep in a dark, oool place. Some peel the fruit, and add a htt.e call before putting tb* fruit in th* jar*. An economical way of putting up toma- toee for winter 1* a* follow* : Select good. ripe tomato**, pick otf tb* clem*, pat in- a large pan aud pour boiling water over them, peel and cut up, taxing out aty green piece*. When you get a quantity drain otf all the ui:nae*t j uice and *eed* you can, then pat the tomatoee in a porcelain- lined kettle, a.id a little salt and oook from three-fourth* of a hour to an hour : tnen wiin a funnel fill larg* bottie* and jug*; which are thoroughly cleanaed and filled with hat water, then emptied laat thiug before filling. After they are full cover ;he mouth with a piece of cloth a few inchee aquare and inaert a good cork, puahing tb* .-loth down a little ; cover cork with hot sealing wax or ceiient. If yon have plenty of two quart glees jar*, they ar* juat the thing for canning tomatoee. When put up in glaa* jar*, they do not require to mucn COOK ing. Chopped Pickle. Wa*h and dry imail green tomatoei which are tuo small to (lice ; chop fine and pul in a jelly beg and let the juice drain out, then put in a preserving kettle and cover well with vinegar and cook a few moment* ; pour in a (tone jar until the next day, then pour in * colander and drain ; throw away the vinegar, prepare enough new to cover the pica e, add ground spice and cinnamon in a bag, and a cap of sugar to every quart of vinegar ; heat and pour over the pickle in a stone jar, put in a tew piece* of horse rad'ih root to keep it from moulding, turn a imall plate over the Sickle and cover well, and keep in a oool, ry place. Washing SILK Handkerchiefs. There are some silks that cannot be washed without turning. There is aome chemical lined in their preparation, that Will not stand washing without discolora- tion. The very best way to weah auk handkerchief* i* to rub them in white caatil* loap aud water. Rinse them thor- oughly and dry in the (hade. Sometime* ilk that ha* become very yellow may be bleached by hanging it when wet over the luinee of aulphur. The beat way to do this i* to put *ome ashe* in a pan, over this place mm* live coal*, then sprinkle sulphur on the fire. Th handkerchiefs should be ail ready in a box or barrel on string* ittting acroie from lide to side. Immedia- tely on the*olph*r being put on th* coa's place the djsh under the barrel or box. Car* mult >> takin that tne handkerchief* do not hang down low enough to *corh. : After some hour* they may be examined. It they are not enough bleached wet ihin again and repeat th* prooeee. Some ailks will not bleah at all, other* come nut beautifully white. The ooei of pa<nting the front of Back. IB 4h tin palace is $1 , <i a* taenaa r laureat Abeel r***>le ,.r the vrlil. Lord Acton ha* a private library *f 60,000 volume*, wnich i* believed to be the largeat in England. Mr. >, of the China** Legation at Washington, i* an anthuuaatic wheelman, but un account of th* pecaiiar atyl* of hi* dre** be i* obliged to u*e a woman'* wheel. Krupp, th* gun manufacturer, i* laid to pay an income tax of $200,01/0 a year, but the brewer and aluuhol manufacturer, M. Bragadir, of Bucharest, leave* Um far in th* lurch, tor h* pay* $350,000 a year. Mme. Patti i* th* brat paid woman worker in the world. For many year* the ha* received $3,00ij a night when ah* log*. M.ne. Melba receive* $1,000, Eame* and Nordica each $700, CsJve $600, and Scalchi $500. The wardrobe of Queen Margbenta la almoat a* renowned fur it* variety nd splendour aa that of Queen Eluaoeth. Tbe Italian Queen will never wear the lame glove* or stocking* twice, and all her gown* are made in I 'iris Ferdinand d* Long, of Mentxtown, Pa, ate a doz*n and a half oyUara, and then > el that be Gould eat toe remainder of the oyatenran* stock, 14O, in three minute*. He finiihed th* task in tw* and one half mmuiee and lieu. The SnebM,ua cannot understand why Kof isb ladle* and gentlemen lower and troubi* ihemaeiva* by doing what He ooa- sideis mould b* do** fer them by neniei*. He refer* to dancing. Thi* u a new aipect ot ball giving. Prof. Huxley we* buried, a* probably he would have liked to be. in a bed of boulder clay, a fitting eepultur* tor a paleontologist. In the earth above* hi* coffin ar* relic* of tbe prehiiterio era when all Scotland and England a* far a* the Theme* were oovered with a vail meet of ic*. Tbe new Chicago directory, jut out, contain* each queer name* a* Deethdcw, Upperortut, Nagger, Wmdymen, Duitdry, Gracebuoket, a clergyman ; Chargehigb, a dreasmaker ; Bl under boggun, Schwekeo- bracken, Blathonkelter, Brauihmutlar, Blaumeutankat,and hlaaverhi*>.ouiimeun. Feur Portia* are admitted to tbe bar ef New York city as the remit of th* recent examination. They are Koeehe Loew, a daughter of Mr William N. Loew, of 233 Broadway ; Caroline Louise Dodge, Minnie L. McK. Smith, and Flora K. Metteeon. They are aaid to be all of them young women of exceptional ability and promiaa. A singular drama i* being played in a Sofia theatre witL the late Prtno* Alexan- der of Hat ten berg a* tne principal figure. It i* oaiied " Hero** if Silvitzk*," and { King Milan and wverai minor general*, ; prince*, and count* all of 'hem (till auve except Balteoberg are represented on the board*. There are no 'emaJe character* in the play. Australia'* graad old man i* -w Henry Park**, who ha* piayed a more prominent part in tnat island's politic* than any other man. Al tirat eight h* appear* to be (be oldeet man alive, looking to be even more than hu SO year* of age ; but in reality he hare* with Gladstone, the Pope, and Bu- marck th* art of keeping th* vitality and energy of youth toe period far beyond the experience of human life. " Tbe oldeet living suoject of the Queen" i* the title which may be fairly claimed ny Mr*. McLaughim, who i* now in her 1 1 1: :i year. All her long life ha* been spen- al Limavadv, the home of Thackeray'* famou* " Peg.'* Mr*. McLaughim I* tall (5 feet 9 inchee in height), well set up, and dignified looking, ske i* ante to hear and see well, and her mind i* quit* clear. She ha* had eighteen children, fifteen of whom have died. Mr*. McLaughlin'i husband served in the Corp* ol Yeomanry, oom- mended by Dr. ROM' grandfather, in the beginning of the century, and her good memory rpablea her to recall intereeung event* connected with thoe* ctirring Time* THZB AJM VEB1TABLE HILLS OF SILVER AND GOLD. FEWER PEOPLE DYING. a>errea> In ihr Uraia Rale ef Vreal < liif . The death rale of great citiea u being brought lower year ry year, and thu* i* furoiched a aplendid te*Umonial to th* iienencial edecte of modern medical science. The rate of mortality to every I'I.UMI in- habitant* for 1894 i* given for the Kuropean citie* named a* follow* : Moacow, 34\ ; St- Petersburg, 311 ; Koa*n,313; Havre, iHW ; Naplea. 277 ; Milan, i'x) : Dublin, '.'47 ' Munioh, iC ; Cologne. 1H\ ; Prague, Jlil : Bordeaux, -M3 : LoBtion. 17? : Liege, 17h : Berlin, \11 ; The H*ae. 169; Frankfort' 165 ; Brutoi, 154. Compared with former years, the showing la very gratifying. In London, tor example, the death rale ha* deureaaed from -243 in 1>7'I and 216 m 1HM to 177, or nearly 30 per cent. iuai|uartr of a century. In 1S8I the death rau) ,u Pan* wa* -">o, against -J'J per 10,11(10 for laat year, wnile th* rate m Berlin for l->7.' wa* -MI, the ialeet returna showing a decree** of :(7 per cent, in twenty-one years. While the treatment of diaeaae haa improved in emcacy the moat potent oauae of lucreaeetl health naa been the preventive measure* o; municipal aanitation, achieved in great meaaure over the tierce oppoaitran of the very oiaaae* (ought to he and actually by them benefited. Town* Swriaciaa- > a* If .!* Mar ***> laiie a !* t>elel !! Cnnsp-Baatwaja In Oaa*i *< CeaatraMilea - The EMeraato ef *%*> slate at. Tale* of wmtetertul and* of th* fraciao* matala are generally largely diaooonted in tail *c*ptical age, Ceatirmation ttroux a* proof* oi Holy Writ I* neeiled u> nasn uaU credence for *uch rapert*. It is not re- markable, mere! ore, that taw tame of Brituh Columbia a* a J.poaitory of gold and diver ha* been of *aow growtn, for us* uipiciou* reader eemelf to aee beneath tt all the hand of the luwo-eite booowter or mining anarp. U H not pees i his league. however, to attnbute tn* etoiM* ef tae wealth of Unuan Columbia to tneea *ouroa*. The "find*" are loo well aBVhenltcated. an* 1 the material change* that nave foiloar- ed a* a coneeqneace el Uieee find* cannot be easily argued away. When we find town* of 3,'*H* ittnabitana sanuging up aa U by n.agic ao a barren nil. aid* jne -rnnT4 reiwae M believe that come rcmarkaui* altraauan naa brea^ht tne fortune- aeeaen Uaere. EUoent laeaee ef The Vaaoonvtr War** contain a aerie* ef letter* from a **aaf oee. responaeat wao ha* oiatie a tour ef the mining eaatp* oi Southern atooleaaf. The writer doe* net eonlent Qimaelf with atere generahtiee, but deal* WILD Men deuil* M t* uainea of compauiee, Ili Ltx ATIOSS OF tttsaas th* work that ha* neea dea* on toeoi. th* output, toe uze of tne eommnnita** tnai have sprang into exutence. tbe nante* aaU numbers ot hovels anai the naaiee and aam- benoffirm* doing boetaeeain tn* *>u*hro*n town*. The foliuwtng i* a geod *p*eitne of th* *urt ol information the** letter* contain . "So muoh ha* been aatd abeut the Stiver King fretn time to tune that there littl* need fer me te gu M*te detaai* Had it been managed a* th* Slocao Star and ouier nunea were it nugbt be talked ol uo-v aa ah* star oi Weet Kooeena*;. Fmlly w uiasol higo-grade ore are in *afht> | It will average upward* oi JbJ to Ma* ton. Nearly j.otIO leet ef tunneling **W dirrfUng have oeen doae en the pmperty. On* tun- nel i* ever 9UU feet in iengen, 500 feet heiag in ore. Four iianm TV to 125 :eet,na*e been unk. It i* not couoenirating ore owing to tn* xi*t**e*uf mlactury eiemanai.Hitnafte there ha* been a deveituy I opinion a* a the beat way of working bh* Bin*. There na* been a treat deal ot dead work, but the j prawat nianat(*r, Mr. Davy*, i* aaid g ' be deiag well. It la generally believed mat I a smaller will be erecte.1 at an early eat*. I It will he built near the railway staitua. \ Ac aerial tram l.na i* now under oonauac- I HOB from a point near tne atattun up ore** ; to the miue. It will be four aad a bait ottke* in leugLh. aad will *eat about $75,UW>. Ti*i-e are aiiver mine*, 'Hit mere are gold working*. '-" IB tn * vicinity of Naiaoa are 4KVBBA1. UCU UOI.D VUN8, and an old asiaer gave it aa hi* opmioi that Nelaon wonld iavelop ia>e a big gold- mmiug oamp. The prosperity aad peraaan- , race ol Koieea are aeeured, we are Una, at it will inavitahiy remain a miajag and smaiuag oentre. K.a*io i* oa* of the beet known name* in tb* uiver country. It wall aeon be oeanected with toe eutaide by rail- way, tbe Kaaio * Aocau rea4 benag new in coaree el eo'iatncunn wtati the axp**ia- non that it will betiu.*ht by September. Kaalo i* already quite a municipality. Mr. ' uobo Keen, the eagiuecr wbo laid eut tee town, i* it* Mayor. The Coaaeil He* re- osntly uurobaaed laud for the erecuea ot \ I'ouacii otianioer, police atation, Sre hell : and clerk*' olho*.aud all the o*h*r "oina' ' ot civilization. A paper i* puoiubee) week- ly and a "Theatre Comi-iue" in Mt blaat. At Pilot Bay what i* called the HeneVyi meltar i* in ! eraiiun and twenty ten* ol bullion per day are being shipped oak Near n> re : the Bin* Bell mine, which i* MM to be the tint quern mine duMovered in Briti*h Colombia. At tbe The Speed of Electricity. The *pd of lectricily under the mo*t farorab** coniliMoa* i* now eetebliabed to be 180,000 mile* a second. What thi* enor- mous *peed impl:e* u somewhat dimly *ag- geeted by an illuatralion recently uecd by th* eminent ccientiat. Sir Robert Bell. Suppoa* that a row of telegraph poate 26,000 mile* long were erected around th* arth at th* equator. Suppose that a wire were atretched upon the** poll* for thi* circuit of -.lo.QOO mil**, aad that thea another complete circuit wa* te.ken by th* same wire around the *ame pott*, and then another, and yet another. In fact, let the wire be wound no fewer than seven time* completely about thi* great glob*. We ihould then find that aa electric algae! sent into the wire at one end would ao- oomp4i*h the -ircuit in one second ol smeiter 2Z5 men are eanpiuyeaand the pay' roll amount* to $1 j,WH) per month. Taiei eoierpr * i* in the hand* of America**, woo mveeted in it year* ago before the** were OMUU or any other uian tbe natural mean* of getting at their property. It j now valued in Tim M1LUOWS. The great bolav of the miamn eeie/pne* ' in Hritiah Columbia ha* been unaeriaken ! by Americana, but at Aiuweruh th* I correepondeut can** acrea* a property ! owned i>y Nova Scotiao* whioh jive* greet pr.iinise. 1 he largeat ceanenvnUy in Wa*l { Kooteoity i* Roealaud, wbtch ha* a papnia. lion of between 4,.V>) aud 3.00U. It he* ue bank*, no echool hou*e. no eh*i> hee, ao lock-up, no theatre coniique,no waterworka, no protection from fire and no railway ar leamboalruoniigintoit. It ieearroead*l with mine*, *nd overv menntaus liak in tne vicinity i*> haunuxl by preapecton. A compeny ha* been formed to give the tewn water. Two new*pa|>ere are pabin*>d waekly and me of them mtod* shot-try ta emerge into a daily form. It i* not dew**! that mining there u soirethrag of a *pecta. lation, but thnre are authentic mil of :ne* who came to Roscland on borrowed money and are now moa of wealth. British Columbia i* eeaentteliy the "Kldorado" of th* Dominion. Revenue from Electric Heating*. An rlectrical joutnal calls attention .* the fact that Ottawa ha* proved itaclf on* of th* moat progceeeiv* atiliiur* of electri- city on this continent. The running ef 50.UOO light* in a otty of 40,000 inhabitant*: speak* volume*, and it i* doubtful wh*th*r any other city in the world can approach such figure*. But even mure interesting is an item in th* report ot the ioeal central nation, jat presented, showing an income of J4'Jl from heater*. Tlii* i* a new item in imi'ar balance aheeu. Altnoogh tb* amount M *m.-.ll, u i* much larger (ban Vh* motor account used ordinarily to be, and as it involved only an oatlay jf $13, it i* sound, a* well a* pramiiiog nsines. To be angry is to revenue hi fault* at other* en ounelve*.