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The variety is a thick, soup prepared from beef a Jresh vegetables. Theotheviwo are purely vegetable soups. of duinty mew dishes in our new Lots Cook Book, Write for a copy post free. Hepresentatives for the Province of Ontario. MOTHER OF LARGE FAMILY a ISAAC PITMAN CENTENARY (HAS ' JUST BEEM CELEBRATED, The Inventor of the Widely-Known System of -Stenography Brought Out His New Idea When Queen Victoria Ascended the Threne-- Was Trained as a Teacher and Was an Omnivorous Reader, The centenary of the birth of Isaac Pitman fell on Japuary 4th, and the event recalled stimulating memories of the mun and his work among old phonographers, and to many young ones it was an o ity of shar ing in a celebration -of interest throughout the Engl world and 'beyond it, says A Kingston, who was closely associ with the celebrated Englishman. Outside a small circle, Issac Pit man, the inventor of a system of shorthand now in world-wide use, would never have been very well known, so busy was he ai his desk from 6 a.m. till 10 p.m., but for thas marvellous faculty of his for "talking on paper," as he i his short- hand correspondence. It was largely through this channel, in sn inter course extending over a good number of years, that I learned to know Isaso Pitman best, for it was in that way that he revealed himself and the mo- tives and methods which prompted and characterized his almost super- buman industry. ated i But, whether through occasional op- ed of him was always, portunities for personal contact, or through the medium of his shorthand letier-writing, I think one may safe- ly say that the im you form- rst and fore-: most, his untiring capacity for work--. usly accurate, e ve, ing work. If the world regard.' el ome a ae hi wk! i point at whi work; touched the work of the world. How intensely Isasc Pitman saw by faith: what that contact was going to be in, by a pile of his stimulating letters which are i But of he first learned, ticed it long be. & passion ior else, and, in its wee in y submit. oa text-book and The it to Mr. Samue] Bagster, the whole of the marginal you is already on the m: publisher, to whom he had done a notable service by revising the ces in "Bagsteér's Comprehensive Bible." And here came in ope of those lit- their jon. Sam. reporter, who gave this ad- "hes system. Mr. Pitman has sent arket, If he Vion: » a & CO, TORONTO, will ile a new system I think ryow will i more likely to succeed in i object of arizing sh i there will be novel raphy. rel a wo ain of inventive , and straightway the young Seacit, now back in the West of Eng: his first post as a teacher Ey cytes of horshage sad 8 hr of shorthand alphabets, on an entively new line, of the analy: ais of words and the writing of th 8 Ee te M7. of which period as > Afterwards wrote: a f E i Jets Hit : ¥ ; ¥ °F li i £ ¥ g i i i i if gh H i i £ = | t ie ig : | i ; gk ; 4 z wilt i PIONEER OF SHORTHAND |, How Fleet Street Obtains the News of the New Knights. The dawn of a new year means 8 rise in jal status for many men who have made good" in their fession or Th service to the state. Jan- uary ihe first marks an epoch in their lives. For the "man in the street" the newspapers of that date contain one of their most popular features-- the list of honors bestowed by the King. Everyone is keen to read the names of new peers, Privy Council lors, baronets, and knights. The jist is issued to the press over- night. Strictly, there are three lists, issued respectively from the Prime Minister's official residence, from the Colokial Office and from the India' Office." writleg on foolscap sheets, and "in official envelopes bearing on the flap the Royal Arms, they are conveyed by Government ; to the offices of the Lon- don morning papers and to the head- quartets of the news agencies, the latter telegraphing the lists to papers in the provinces. Evening journals, as is the case with regard to most official announcements, are not in- ¢ in the distribution, and every precaution is adopted against prema- ture disclosure. \ The lists being received early, edi- torial staffs enjoy ample time in which to prepare the notes which explain the personalities and fecord the public services of the gentlemen honored. Later in the evening arrive copies ol the special idsue of The London Gaz. ette, in which the lists are repeated for official purposes. The Gazetle is useful as a check in case of mishap to the typewritten copy. Alterations at the last moment in official quarters are exiremely rare. Titles have been definitely accepted or declined before the list is issued. If for any reason it should become to delete a name, it would be cut out of the sheet, not run through with a pen. © The notes setting out the records of the recipients of honors are of the first importance. Without them the list would in some cases convey little meaning to the readers. Rewards are given so often to men whose public service has been done quietly that ir names are unfamiliar. Hence Ways easy. do mot invariably help. Doing valuable work in his own line, the new knight may shrink from publicity. Import. ant service to the 'state, like the most Jucrative practices in the ions, not always lend itself to wide- advertisement. Very often it' | is in the public interest that it should not. But this fact does not help the { pagan Saxons. It was restored by King Ethelbert in 610 and burned down in 961. The structure was rebuilt in the same year, and again destroyed in 1087. A mew structure nas sinedimely begnn, but not comple 00 year twas known' as Old Bt. Paul's pe | an existence to 1561. It was restored and finally destro; cross. The dome is 364 feet above the ground and 110 feet in diameter. Thomas Launder, registrar of South Grey since 1871, died at Durham, aged eighty-four years. Cough Cure Easily and Cheaply Made at Home. Saves You $2. 3 This recipe makes 16 -ountes of cough syrup--encugh to last a family a long time. You couldn't buy as much or as good cough syrup for $3.50, ; Simple as it is, It gives almost instant relief and 'usually stops the most obsti. nate ¢ough in 24 hours. This is partly due to the fact that it Is slightly laxative, stimulates the appetite and has an excel. Other The have wives in the Unit which tated of southward into the then mys | Amundsen have lately revealed to the world. i '| owned railways. Av times! | last financial year this amounted, on i Rm. { Hat a valuable asset the railways | are to the state is shown by the large . trading 1| Government very: {avorsble. '| person giving ""'cheke" to the mayor | tarnished John's Church, Keswick, England. A = UNFINISHED NOVELS, Six Famous Stories In the English Ladguage Have No Ending. There are about six famous novels in the English language which only have a beginning. Like the grand- father's clock. "they stop short never to go again,' because the author, when he had got so far, laid down his pen and died before he could take it up again. hy The most famous of these course, "The Mystery 'of Drood," which some crities think would have been Dicken's masterpiece had he lived to finish it. But there it stands, unfinished, and the brain t conceived it carried to the grave » solution of the mystery, and a mystery it remains to this day, in spite of countless efforts to solve it. Robert Louis Stevenson also leit an unfinished novel upon which he was engaged when death interrupted his labors. The novel was enti "St. Ives," but, happily, there was more to go upon than in the case of "Edwin' Drood." and it is generally admitted that Sir Quiller Couch made one of the best attempts on record to finish another man's novel. He proved quite het God man Jor he Ib. Dick ilst everybody knows ick. ens leit a novel unfinished, few know that his great rival, Thackeray, did just started The Corphill 'Magazine, of which the most i feature was a novel from the editor's pen, entitled "Denis Duval," which he was writing month by month as the in. stalment fell due. Suddenly he died, and the serial was but half finished. Happily, however, the careful Thack- eray had left full notes of the develop- ment of the stofy, which was finished by Frederick Greenwood. Who has not read "Pride and Pre- judice" and "Sense and Sensibility," the productions of a quiet, consump- tive little woman named Jane Aus- ten? The white 'scourge carried her off when she was in the midst of an- other mastérpiece, entitled "The Wat- sons," which was found in her desk after her desth. What the world lost when Charlotte Bronte died, alter a brief year of mar- ried lile, who can say'? It certainly missed a nameless novel which the gifted author of "Jane Eyre" had started. But so little had she done of it that none ofs her successors in fie tion has had the temerity to attempt even to finish it and it is likely ever to remain an interesting fragment. In this respect it may .be compared to another unfinished work -- Edgar Allan Poe's weird story, "The Narra i Gordon m." Who could finish that story? It is doubtful whether Poe himself could, for he lived eleven years after it was first published in its fragmentary condi- tion, leaving the hero steering ever terious region which Shackleton, Beott, and State Lines Paid. A large proportion of the public debt | of South Juifglia is represented by capital expenditure the state- Prailw Wier dnd of the the lines open for traffic, to about profit resulting on their working each' tweive months. Last year the per- centage of het revenue to capital cost was 6.02, and the surplus of revenue over expenditure interest was about $1,500,000. A gratifying feature, in view of the active railway exten. sion policy of the Government, was the highly successful result obtained from the working of the lines opened for traffic during recent years. There is at present every indica tion that the result of this year's op- erations will also be very satisfactory. During the four months which have expired traffic hes been well main' tained, and the pow almost certain prospect of another bountiful harvest males the outlook for the railways and other i mts of the Cheeky. "Cheek" in the sense of impudenoce is an old term, The earliest quota- tion in Sir Jarhes Murray's dictionary is from tain Marryat (1840). But it has lately been found in the six- teenth century records of Galway, in the west of Ireland. municipal rulers of that fighting city--the "man from Galway" has become proverbial for pluck and readiness to defend the hottest of corners--decreed that any should 'forfeit 100 shillings and have his body put into prison." An Appropriate Hymn, The annals of unconscious pulpit humor will be enriched by an instance i some little time ago at St. lady's wateh had been found in the churchyard, and the vicar, in making his usual weekly announcements from the pulpit, referring to the find, stated that the watch could be claim. ed in the vestry. The next announce- 'ment was: "We will now sing hymn : 'Lord, her watch Thy Church is Grimy St. Paul's. A blackish incrustation, in eome phudie acid upon the stone testifies the effects of the smoke evil in London. ' Sold Baby For a Coffin. Tan Teong, & Chinaman residing in states, was recently fined $100. alternative of three weeks sent a special commit town planning experts to ex- and submit plans i by Som ng this ares is 25 square miles, Sm ------ : deseribed in a warrant George Saunders, aged twenty-four, and a woman, both of Smith's Falls. were arrested in Watertown, NY, a immigration suth: the same thing. 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On the seventh day of the seventh month a holy observance was ordained, and the Israelites feast- ed seven days and rested seven days. Noah had seven days' warning of the flood, and the seven years of plenty were foretold in Pharaoh's dream by seven fat beasts, as were the seven lean years by seven lean beasts. We speak of the seven heavens, and the seventh son was supposed to be endowed with pre-eminent wisdom. In short, there is no other number which enters into the Bible s0 often as seven. No doubt the wide popularity of the number and the superstitions which are connected with it came from its wide use in the Bible, Tacking Explained, *What do people mean when they talk about tacking?' asked Bobby, who had listened to a detalled account of his sister's first experimnce in a sail boat, but in considerable confusion of mind. . "Oh, you'll know when you're # little bit older," said his sister, but the small round face wore an expression of in jury, and she had to explain further. "Why, it's just turning halfway round," she said, with slight hesitation, "and then--and then you sail on the | » lg re --s-- The Gurgle In the Bottle, 'Why does water gurgle when poured from a bottle? As water pours out air attémpts to pour in. Occasionally the hand holding the bottle may move and give the air the opportunity. The quick rush of the water to fill the hole made by the air causes the gurgling sound. * Grading the Rulers. Themistocles, it is said, declared thal his son was the strongest man in Greece. "For," said he, "the Athenians ruld the Hellenese, I rule the Athenians, = A Really Smart Man. "He always says the right thing ad the right time, doesn't he?" "More than that. He always keeps Hear Caruso. Kubelik, Schumann-Heink, and Kirkby Lunn' the great English Contralto, and Clara Butt at D. J. 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