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. .9 Many...” was”... 1:. 4. ,.~, ‘l ‘5» .. u... m meg... â€".~.~__'_‘ .. , ., . «a. a». cum-an.” w «w.ng Jig. mm. ~â€"â€"_â€"â€"- ~ câ€"oâ€"I-u-x *1 HOUSEHOLD. Education in the Kitchen. l‘riends of genuine social improvement. are congratulating themselves that the pro- gross as education is beginning to take effect .5 this important department of domestic life. Cooking schools have sprun up in many places in this country and in Englald, but the English are taking the lead in Dr- gauizing them can part of their national and common school system. Of the impor- l tame :fthis increment, there cannot be the slightest question. Considering our re- sources and the vaunted education and in- telligence of American women there is much to criticise in the culinary systems of too many housewives. They seem to have the right idea upon this nutter in Germany. German cooking and German habits of eating are very un- like ours. Many of their dishes wouldbe repulsive to us; but it is a good custom among the German girls that all must learn how to cook. In that country there is a department of industry, the art of house- keeping. 'J‘his is designed especially for women, and constitutes the chief glory in that land of scholars and scientists. No young lady is regarded as having a finished education unless she has spent at least one your in the house of some good family loam- ing the art of housekeeping. t requires hardly less talent and training to be a good cook than to be a proficient actor or artist. Some have a greater faculty than others, but no one can well forego the education and training acquired by early experience. Good professional cooks cannot always be had for money, and a large number of housekeepers cannot woll afford the extra expenditure. But as a rule paid servants who hire out to do gener- al housework do not understand the busi- ness at all. They have no skill ; beside, they are slot-hful, wasteful, careless and utterly unreliable. The young housewife, if she is going to have a servant or even two, must herself know how to cook, how to buy, how to serve, and how to save things herself. If you understand things and'have a method yourself you can soon teach a competent, tractable Servant. No woman can teach what she does not know ; so every young housekeeper must perforce learn to teach, i. e., to keep house. ' By far too large a number of housekeepers know little of the business till they marry. Few girls take kindly to the kitchen ; they prefer to do fancy work, play on the piano, or sit in the parlor with their best finery on, rather than to soil their delicate hands with flour or dishwater. When they “ get a man" they hurry into the kitchen, take a few lessons in making nice cake and cookies and baking pies, and graduate full~fledged cooks. The fact is they have not learned to cook at all and know nothing of house- keeping. As a result the first years of their married life are rendered miserable by this want of knowledge. The many perhaps succeed in a measure in the end; some never learn. _ The elements of housekeeping should be acquired in early life. To know how to prepare for, and preside at a table which shall unite noatnoss with comfort, is not only an accomplishment but a-virtue. Says Mrs. Childs in her “ Frugal House- wife :” ” A knowledge of domestic duties is beyond all price to a woman. Every one of our sex ought to know how to sow and knit, and mend, and cook, and superintend a household. In every situation of life, high or low, this sort of knowledge is of great advantage. ' There is no necessity that the gaining of such information should inter- fere with intellectual acquirement, or even with elegant accomplishment. A well-regu- lated mind can find time to attend to all. \Vhen a girl is nine or ten years old, she should be accustomed to take some regular share in household duties, and to feel re- sponsible for the manner in which her part is performed: such as mending, washing dishes and putting them in place, cleaning silver, or dusting and arranging the parlor. This should not be done occasionally and neglected whenever she finds it convenient; she should consider it her department. When older than twelve, girls should take turns in superintending the household, keeping account of weekly expenses, mak- ing puddings, pies, cakes, bread, and the cooking of all substantial food. To learn effectually, they should actually do these things themselves, not stand by and see others do them." Training like this would prevent much in- convenience not to say unhappiness, in a. household. Every housewife should know how to manage a household. If one does her own work it is imperative that she pos- sess this knowledge; if she employs ser- vants it is scarcely loss necessary. To be able to instruct domestics who are ignor- ant; to know when they have done well, and when they havo done enough, when they have reason to be weary, or to com- plain, it is necessary to have had some per- sonal experience of what is required of them. Complaints of the errors of domestics are very common, and with none more so than with those who are least qualified to direct. them. Perhaps too much is expected of them: perhaps there is a lack of making duo allowance for their causes of irritation, or of sympathizidg in the hardships of their lot. .___ To Put Down Tomatoes. '1‘u\:.\'rn ansuvrsâ€"Scald and para ripc tomatoes : the yellow pear~slmped ones are the best; prick with a needle, add an equal weight of sugar and let them stand, over night. In tho morning pour off the' juice and boil down thick : add the toma- toes and cook until transparent. Flavor with lemon. ToL’A'ro Satanâ€"1. Scald and remove the skins. Chop the tomatoes with celery. I ur off the juice and add a good salad ressing. 'I‘oxa'm Satanâ€"‘2. Arrange alternate layers of sliced cucumbers, and dress with cream mayonnaise. Touxro Cantu Saraâ€"Prepare one quart of milk with butter, pepper and salt, as for ovstcr stow. Put one-half teaspoon~ ~ 1 Sift over the top a few very dry bread crumbs. Tons-no Sore Wirn M 11.x. ~ One quart of tomatoes, three pints of milk, one table- spoonful of sugar, one each of cornstarch, and butter, and pepper and salt to taste. Strain tomatoes and put in half an hour be- fore serving. Let the milk come to a boil and thicken with cornstarch. . TOMATO Sore Wrmoc-r MILK-Pour into a saucepan one pint of soupsstock and one quart of stewed tomatoes, which have been strained through a colander ; season with salt and pepper, and stir into the soup one tablespooniul of cornstarch and one of but- ter well rubbed together ; add a half table~ specnful of sugar and a pinch of soda. Boil ten minutes and serve. S'rswsn TOMATOES.â€"- 1. If fresh, scald, peel and slico ; place a. lump of butter in a hot skillett, put in the tomatoes, season With salt. and pepper, cock as rapidly as possible, stirring well; cook canned ones about fif- teen minutes. Serve at once in a deep dish lined with toast. A little cream added just before serving improves them. Srnwsn Tannersâ€"2. Peel and slice one dozen tomatoos, put intoa saucepan and cook slowly half an hour. Crumb fine two slices of light bread. add to the toma- toes, and simmer a few moments longer. Season with butter and sugar or with but- ter, pepper and salt. WHALE AND SWORD FISH. A Royal Battle Between the two Amphib- fans. Advices from San Francisco give particu- lars of a fight witnessed at Monterey which endesl more fatally for the larger but more dofeuceless monster of the deep. The whale, it is stated, was first seen by a party of bothers one afternoon, and appeared to be enjoying himself by lazily swimming about the bay and occasionally sending a shower of spray aloft like that thrown by a power ful fountain. The presence of the whale or some other cause seemed to frighten the small fish that abound in these waters, and shoals pressed closely in shore, the water in places near the beach being . FAIRLY ALIVE with them, while the surface was kept agi- tated by their leaping into the air as though seeking to escape from some invisible enemy. The whale followed the shoals inshore, when there was a. tremendous splashing of the water, the great mammal was observed to move hurriedly hither and thither, while the contortions of his body and his strange actions convinced the observers that he was engaged in combat. It was a singular duel, and it lasted for some time. Nothing but the whale was visible, his enemy never com- ing to the surface or within range of those who were watching the scene. Finally the thrashing ceased, the water became calm, and then the whale was seen lying motion- less upon the surface of the buy, as if dead. This continued for some time, but after about an hour he seemed to revive, and after lashing the water for some time with his tail, he headed for the outer bay, when he was subsequently seen by the aid of a glass to have resumed his motionless condition. The following morning several persons searched the beach to see if they could find any trace of the previous day’s combat, and they were rewarded by discovering the dead body of the whale high and dry on the rocks only a short distance from Montercy. Some old whalors who were among the party of discovery were struck with Tina PECULIAR MANNEI: in which the mammal was lying. The body was considerably above low-water mark, and the fins Were extended, giving the impres- sion that the whale had come ashore him- self and afterwards died. It appears, ac- cording to the testimony of those versed in such matters, that a whale dying in the water has his fins close to his sides, and the position in which they were found lend color to the belief that the monster was still alive when it came ashore. An exam- ination of the body revealed the existence of several wounds on the under side, which were of a. character such as could only have been inflicted by a swordfish, and are con- clusive proof that itwas a. duel between these two denizens of the deep that had been wit- nessed the previous afternoon. The carcass measured 75ft. in length, and the blubbcr was removed and tried out. For several days the stranded whale was the centre of attraction for the entire country round about, and many hundreds of residents and tourists visited it. Canada to Milford in Seventy-Two Eonrs‘ General public interest has been aroused in the often-discussed Quebec-Labrador rail- way scheme by the publication of the report of n. survey of the line. According to this report, the entire length of the proposed line is 850 miles, its termini being Quebec on the south, and on the north Port Man- ham, which is at present a small town on Lewis Inlet», sixty miles north of the Straits of Bellcisle. It is claimed by the projectors of the scheme that the transatlantic run could be made from this point to Milford Haven in seventy-two hours by the fast stonmships now employed on leading lines. Pilgrims to Mecca. Some idea of the volume of those who go the pilgrimage to Mecca. is obtained from the last report of the British Consul at Jed- dah, from which it appears that during the past year 46,953 pilgrims, bound for Mecca, landed at that port. Of these H.035 were British Indians, 10,817 were Javanese, 62$?) Egyptians, 355i Moors and Algorians, 3285 Turks and Syrians, 2086 Arabs, lSS'i from Yemen, 1717 Persians. leB Bokhar- ians, while the nationalities of the remain- dcr are not specified. The total number in 1890 was larger by a few hundreds. '__.â€" New Zealand Butter. New Zealand dairy farmers are rejoicing over the fact that their shipments of but~ tor to this country during the past season preved more successful than in any previ- ous year. The total quantity was 54,000 packa'vcs, averaging, We believe, about half “'10th mm one can of tonultw". “."d shunt redweight each. Australia sent 93,- stew unul thoroughly done; strain this in- 000 packages, making me {out from Aug. to the quart- of milk and serve at once ,mluia “6.751 packages. “compared Wm, I'm! “WINK 69,036 in 1890.91. and 51,470 in :839-93. Toxin-o Suvaâ€"Half a can of tomatoes, ral- fire or six cold boiled or baked potatoes, 0â€"â€" Pcsee is the evening star of the soul, as . ‘ t . ' a a u M“ 'm 03‘0”' one 5““ 0‘ “any M a "3“ virtue ts its sun, and the two are never far celery tops. Boil all together untiltha vege- tables are very soft. put through amlsndcr, add pepper and salt and a pinch of sugar. Just lit-fore scrvin ur in one on of hot . . - - milk with a pinch gfpsoods dissolved in it. ‘mpm'l‘nl' whmh he Ewes h‘mlf' apart. livery person has two educationsâ€"«one which he receives from others. and one,u.ore THE DEAOON'B PURCHASE- BY HELENA DIXON. Good old Deacon Downs was not what people would call a worldly man, and yet somewhere beneath his short gray hair his head contained a look-out-fonuumber-one bump of no mean size. The command, "Six days shalt thou labor,” etc., the deacon rigidly followed, and on the seventh he invariably filled his seat at church, and did his best while there to keep awake. He never once forgot the text, and always heard enough of the sermon to be able to decide just what class of sinners ought to benefit thereby. But somehow, in spite of himself, radoni thoughts of his crops, or the probability of rain, or some recent addition to his stock in the shape of a famous cow, or a “ beauty” of a. farm horse, would intrude upon his mind, to the exclusion of more serious re- fiectious. The deacon bad a neighbor, Grant Davis, who was about even with him in the amount and value of his worldly possessions. Still, in the matter of owning a air of mettle- some, well-matched carriage-horses, behind which he and his family rode to church every Sunday, Grant was ahead. The deacon was not. really an envious man, and yet, whenever his neighbor drove past. with his well-kept. bays, he could not help thinking disparagingly of his own sturdy team, which was obliged to do duty both in the field and on the road. To own a turn-out equal or superior to Gran t’s had long been the cherished wish of his heart, and yet he could not quite see his way clearly to purchase such a team as he wanted. But one day the deacon came home from Elkhartâ€"the little village where he attend- ed church, received his weekly paper, and marketed his farm produceâ€"with a beam- ing countenance. He had come across a. man, he said, who had offered him a grand bargain. He would let him have a splendid horse, coal-blackâ€"the deacon had always had a partiality for black horsesâ€"for only four hundred dollars, when, by taking him to Lawton, the owner assured him he could realize much more than that amount, but he was very much impressed with a fellow- feeling for Deacon Downs, for which he was altogether unable to account. But the feel- ing was irresistible, and lac-gratify it he was willing to make this sacrifice. The man would take his note for a year, the good deacon added, when his u ife wondered how he expected to pay for the horse, and in a year the brindled steers would come under the yoke, and he could turn out the old oxen to the butcher, and they, together With some young stock which he could easily spare, would bring the price demanded for the horse. He had not concluded the bar- gain as yet, but; had deferred it. on purpose to consult his wife, which the good dame understood perfectly well to mean that he did not wish to seem too eager to accept the stranger’s offer. “Keep dark, Molly,” said the deacon, gleefully, as he gave his fat, good-natured young wife a loving little slap on her more than plump shoulder. “Keep dark, and if any of neighbor Davis’ folks drop in, don’t lisp a. word about the horse, for ten to one Grant would march right off to the village, and as sure as he laid his eyes on that horse he’d buy him, if he had to sell his last cow to make payment. So not a word, and to- morrow morning, bright and early, I’ll bring the horse home, and Sunday I’ll give Grant to understand that his day for driv- ing past me, as if he were bass of the road, is over.” The next morning, true to his promise, the deacon led his horse home, and proud enough he felt when Mrs. Downs waddled out. to admire the glossy-coated creature, and the lit tle Downs clapped their hands in delight. To add to the deacon’s satisfaction, the whole family of the Davises were on their front. porch,- evidently gazing in ad- miration at. the graceful movoments of the animal as his new owner led him trium- phantly about the yard. By sunrise on Sunday morning the deacon was on his way to the pasture-lot with the intention of bringing up the black horse, that-ho might. bail: in the front yard until time for church. Two hours afterward he returned in sore perplexity, his face flushed and covered with perspiration, and the halter still hanging on his arm. The horse had dumbly but plainly refused to be caught. Hastin swallowing a cup of coffee and a slice of toast, the deacon again repaired to the field, followed by the whole family, in- cluding the mother, to aid in capturing the refractory animal, which, the deacon sud, “ needed a close acquaintance to be appre- ciated.” Half the forenoon passed away, and the horse was still at large, though the finest salt and oats, tempting enough to have satisfied the appetite of Bucephalus, were offered him. At length Mrs. Downs hit upon a novel method to secure the horse. As he passed her she dextrously threw her upronover his head, so as to completely obscure his viston. In this situation he was quickly made apris- ouer. When the family reached the house it was time for church. The horse was soon harnessed, and then all took their places in the family wagon. The deacon seized the reins, leaving the whip in its accustomed pl so under the seat. ” A horse possessed of such spirit,” he said, “ woull need only to be spoken to, to go off like a railroad engine. ” So he told him gently to “get up,” while Mrs. Downs held her breath in suspense. Ten minutes passed, and horse and wagon were still standing by the mounting-block ; but now the deacon was actively employed in flourishing his whip in the air and bring- ing it down vigorously on the glossy back of the horse. The strokes came in quick succes- sion, while, the better to apply them, the doacoa stood up in the wagon. Suddenly, and with a furious spring, the horse dashed forward, and the deacon was thrown backward over the seat, and into Mrs. Downa’ lap, at which that lady declar- ed that she “ never in all her born days saw the like before, and she guessed Davis’ folks never did, either, by the way they pesk- ed." But the horse was going fast enough now, and soon Mrs. Downs saw, with a feeling of relief, that they were beyoan the view of the Davises. At the foot of a hill the horse stopped. “ Get out, boys, and walk up the hill ; I guess he isn't used to pulling much of a load. Now, get up my black beauty 1 Get no, I say, you old patiencevkiller !" 'T‘nc deacon, of course, did not swear. He had D6\ or done such a thing in his life, and he had no idea of beginning now. Neither l a did he lose his temper var far, but as hel had never been blessed wit more than an culinary share of patience. it. soon vanished, and the whip was again brought into play. Portly Mrs. Downs clumbered out of the wagon to lighten it,but even with an empty wagon, the stubborn horse refused to stir an inch. ‘ Mrs. Downs was healthy and strong, and witbnl anxious to get. to church in time to have a little chat with her friend, Mrs. Jenks, before the service; so she lanted herself in the rear of the wagon, an push- ed strenuously against the vehicle. while her husband by turns whi ped, scolded, and coaxed the bulky horse, but in vain. In this state of affairs the deacon saw, with dismay, that the Davises were coming, but there seemed no help for it. and with dejected main and scarlet face, he rested from his efforts till they should pass. But, instead of passing, the bays came to a bait, and Grant got out to offer assistance. This was precisely what the deacon did not want, yet he, accepted his neighbor’s ofl'er without rudeness, if not with thankfuluess. At Mrs. Downs’ suggestion, the horse was unhitched from the wagon, and led by one of the boys to the top of the hill, while Grant and. the deacon, assisted by the lat- ter’s wife, followed with the wagon. Once more in the thills, the horse went off without hesitation, and soon arrived with his load in front of the quaint old vil- lage church. But, though the deacon‘s arm had lost none of its pristine strength, he found it impossible to bring the animal to astand-still, or even to check his speed, which seemed to accelerate with every step. Evidently this horse had not been trained in a Sabbath-fearing, church-going family. Down the pleasant street, now lined on both sides with church-goers, he held his way, though the deacon never for an instant ceas- ed tugging at the reins. Soon, to the good man’s horror, he stopped close to the door of an old, tumble-down tavern, which had long been an eye-sore to temperance-loving Deacon Downs. The horse dropped his head meekly, and after one or two ineffectual attempts to drive away, the deacon, who had profited somewhat by his experience of the last hour, sprang out and assisted his wife to the ground. That lady was filled with right- eous indignation, and avowed “that never again would she go to meeting behind that horse, seein that instead of taking her there, he ha brought her to this tobacco- scented, whisky-soaked old dram-shop, where a decent horse would be ashamed to stop in the night, let alone of a. Sunday, and when the streets are alive with people.” I Thus, in a subdued voice. Mrs. Downs gave vent to her opinion, as she followedl her husband, and was in turn followed by the children back to the church. For the first time in his life the deacon did not hear the text, and the sermon was ' alike unheeded. Neither did he doze undr nod in his pow as on ordinary occasions. His mind was wholly occupied with one i absorbing question : “ What shall be done with that horse '2” I When the services were nearly concluded, the deacon rose and went on tiptoe from the 3 church, that he might have the wagon in' readiness for his family without displaying the peculiarities of the horse to a gazing crowd. Just as the congregation came pouring out, he drove up, but, as before, the animal could not be made to stop, but began in- stead a series of the most astonishing kicks ever witnessed. He kicked as he ran, and ran as he kicked. The deacon’s hat flew off, and was picked up by his wife, who found it serviceable as a fan before her long walk home was finished. The next morning the deacon went to the . stable to feed his horse, still undecided as l to what was to be done with an animal that E seemed utterly good for nothing but to ; look at. W'hat was his amazement to find the stable empty l The horse had been stol- en. “‘lVell, Molly,” said the sorro'wing dea- con, when he had acquainted his wife with i his loss, “‘the Lord often pays trausgres-l sors as they go iiiong.“ and if that thief ': doesn’t repent of stealing my horse before : he’s a. day older, I’ll miss my guess." Whether the thief ever repented or not, the deacon never know. He never saw his ! horse again, but was content thereafter to l be drawn to V church by his trusty, though not stylish, farmâ€"horses. A Sensible “’oddlng Tour. l It was the young husband who suggested .,'. that he and his bride should remain at home ’- for the honeymoon, and send the old folk off for a tour in their stead. The idea was discussed from all points, and settled upon as just the loveliest arrangement possible. “ For,” said the bride, “ momma and papa. haven’t had a real long holiday since their wedding tour, and mamma needs rest sorely after all the bother over my trousseau.” At first, father and mother did not see how it could possibly be managed, but they wore overruled at last, and packed up theirtrunke with a feeling of youthful exuberance upon the eve of the wedding, which occurred in their drawing-room. A simple affair it was, with only a few intimate friends for guests. The bride wore an enchantineg pretty tea- gown, and carried a golden key basket filled with roscsonherarm. IIerparonts weredress- ed in new travelling suits, and at ten o’clock they bade the wedded couple a jolly good- bye, and went their way rejoicing to catch their train. Nobody cried. How could the mother weep over the loss of a daughter she was going to leave safe and sound beneath her own vine and fig tree? The result of this wedding journey, wherein the parents did the journeying,\vas entirely satisfactory to everyone. The young husband suffered no inconvenience from bad cooking, for his mother-in-law left a compctent- and beauti. fully- trained corps of servants, and the domestic machinery moved on golden wheels. It was the beginning of summer, and nearly everybody had left for the country, so the happy couple were left unmolested. AndI am sure, should you ask their advice about. a honeymoon trip this very day, they would answer that the best way to take a wedding journey is to stay at home. ‘ â€"â€"â€"-.â€"--â€"â€"â€"â€"i The Safety of Ocean TraveL Safe as ocean travel has now become, no less than 1-H passanger steamers Were lost betWeen 1838 and "579. Of these more than half were wrecked, 2% never reached the ports for which they sailed, 10 were burned at sea, and three were sunk by ice. The modern steamship, using 20,003 horse-power to cross the ocean in six days. is a vastly different structure from the pioneer wooden shells, which scarcely reached 750 horse- power, and took 18 days for the trip. HABITS‘OP THE SEAL All Amer-lean Who filaments ms Govern- ment's Contention An interesting letter m the habits of seals has been addressed to the Seattle Postolntolligencer by James G. Swan of Port Townsend, one of the best authorities on the subject, and who from personal ob~ servatiou and information gleaned' from trustworthy sources has come to tho con~ clusion that there is no justification for their claim flint the seals are all by birth the property of the United States. He says: “ The endeavors of the government of- ficers last spring to obtain information re- , garding the habits of our souls along our coast hasresulted in sealers taking more notice of the habits of these animals than over before. Since the season has closed, which was about July 1, I have received some very interesting information regarding the habits of fur seals, which goes to prove my assertion that some of these fur seals do have their pups in the ocean or in kelp patches or reefs along the shore, That their pups are seen every season about Cape Flattery was reluctantly admitted to me by Dr. McIntyre, the special agent- of the Treasury department, who was here on May 26 last and interviewed me regardin the habits of fur seals at Neah bay. He ha been to N eah bay interviewing the Indians, but evidently had only questioned them on matters favorable to the United States in the Bering sea controversy, but the ques- tions he put to those Indians, as well as the numerous other questions by govern~ ment officers, set the Indians thinking, and this season they have been more observant of the habits of fur seals then ever before. “ The observation of the sealers this year proves my theory, which I had so long maintained, about the habits of the fur seals in the vicinity of Cape Flattery. An- other season the Indians will make closer observations, and gradually we will arrive at the truth. For ‘20 years I have tried to induce the Government to have a scientific investigation of the habits of the fur seals of of the Pribyloff islands, but without success. All the reports we have had were the same old chestnuts taken by observers at the rookeries, the stale Munchausenisms of Elliott. The thorough work of the Brit- ish commission, Sir George Baden-I’owoll and Dr. George Dawson, shamed the author- ities in Washington City to action, which was evinced by the flurry of special agents to collect what information they could gather by propounding a lot of questions skilfully put to elicit replies favorable to our side of the case. As I remarked to Dr. McIntyre, the questions put by the govern- ment were like the questicns of a lawyer to a witness, not to get at the truth, but. simply to get what would be favorable to the United States. ‘Yes,’ said ho, ‘wc don’t care to take down anything that will prej- udice our case.’ Now that the govern- ments have commenced this scientific inves- tigation, I hope it will be continued, not in the interest of the Bering sea question alone, but to get at the simple facts ; and they will be found thus . That while the great herd of fur seals go to Bering sea, there are numbers which do not go there, but have their young along the coast, either in the water or on kelp beds or on the rocky islets.” ‘A HIGH-HANDED ACTION. Capture of British tuul Amer-lean Contains and Grows by a Russian Crnlscr. A Victoria, B. C., dospatch says zâ€"Tho American bnrque Majestic, from l’etropaul- ovski, reached here this evening having aboard the captains and crews of four scal- ing schooners, the Rosie, Olsen, Ariel and Willie McGowan, flying the British flag, and the American schoo‘ner C. H. White, of San Francisco. These four were sailing near Copper island, between four and five miles from shore, during the latter part of July, when the Russian warship Zabraka, mounting 16 guns, and the fur company’s steamer Kodiak, bearing the Governor of Behring island, rounded them up one by one, and sent the schooners to be sold at; Petropaulovski, and made the captains and crews prisoners. The former objected to the seizure, claiming they were free men on free waters, whereupon the marines prickod them with the points of bayoucts and in- formed thcm that. there was such a. place as Siberia for those who spoke too loudly. Both the British and American skippers {recognized that it was no time for talking small. They ventured to protest that they were away outside the three-mile limit and were met with the astounding information from officers of the Zabraka: “ Russia is sovereign over water a thousand miles from her shores.’ The captain of the Russian cruiser based his action on the ground that Russm exer- cised jurisdiction over all land and water westward of the line of demarkation. After being taken aboard the Zabraka, the master of each schooner was ordered to sign a paper written in Russian and explained by the interpreteras an acknowlcgemcnt that he had been scaling in Russian waters. The skippers protested, and wore told that those who did not sign would be sent to Viadivo- stock to be court-murtialed and then sent to Siberian mines. Under compulsion the captains signed, and they and the crews then underwent a taste of Russian prison life, ‘21 men being kept for days in a room 11 x 11 with u. leaky roof and broken floor. The men were finally turned out on the beach, and the Majestic coming that way a contract was entered into for transportation to American or British soil. and inthc evcnv ing the prisoners were shipped away on board, no particular effort being made by, the guards to detain them. The Majestic sailed at night and next morning the Zabraka started out on another hunting cruise, the schooners being the game sought. How the Money Goes- In one of the towns of Illinois a banker put his private mark on the money he paid out on Saturday night to the wage workers of the town who patronized his bank. 0n the Monday night, of the 700 dollars paid out and marked privately, over 300 dollars had come back to him from tho saloons of that town. It is asserted that a silk manufacturer in business near New York sank $69,000 in trying to produce a silk fit for hot mak- ing. He even went so far as to import not only skilled workmen, but even water from France, because he came to balleve that the quality of water with which the material was treated had something to do with the success of the French manufac- tutors.