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) A THEEEME. «cm. ‘~.~‘\A a. W DSSSRRTS MADE \V'HILE YOU “'AIT. It sometimes omurs that one has a bit of cake in the house which is too dry to serve in its natural state, or else there is so little of it as not to be deemed presentable. In that case ar- range thin slices of it on pudding plates or saucers, and turn a pint or more of boiling-ii'ater into a stew-pan. -To it add a lump of butter and enough flour that has been smoothed in cold water to make it of the consistency of cream. The water of course must be boiling and the flour and cold water added slowly, stirring constantly to pre- vent lumps. For a pint of boiling wa~ tor, a. scant tablespoon of floor will probably be sufficient. Add sugar to sweeten. tasting to see that it‘ is just right, for the sweeter it is. not to be too sweet. the richer it will‘be. Last. add a ieaspoo‘nful or more of lemon ex- tract and dip, boiling hot. over the slices of cake, and serve at once. A del- icatc and delicious dessert Will result, which can be prepared in less time than it takes to tell about it. if on_e_h2is_a few raisins it is uite'an addition to put them in the essmg, using cold instead of boiling water. and cooking about 10 minutes before the other inâ€" gredients are added. Cookies or dough- nuts may be served in the same way. iglopfghnuts should be split With a. sharp e. Pare. core and cut into eighths cook- ing apples and place about three layers of them in a pudding dish. Of sweet cream. a pinch of salt, baking powder and flour make a batter stiffer than for cakeâ€"one that will spread casin ~with a spoonâ€"and spread over the apples. Bake in a. quick oven and serve hot with sweetened cream. This Will almost “melt in one's mouth." .As it bakes quickly it may be placed. in the oven about the time the fainin sit down to'the table. . An apple custard is nice. To a cup- ful of apple sauce add one cup of milk. 1 well-beaten egg. sugar to taste and a little ground cinnamon. Bake just long enough to "set" the custard, and serve either warm or cold. . I A little cold rice may be utilized by utting it in a daint mold in a sauce- gish and adding it our tiny lumps of jell . if the rice is unsweetened serve with sweetened cream. which is better thaln using the sugar and cream separ- ate y. A little oatmeal or graham mush or other cereal may be converted into a dessert by adding sugar, milk and eggs in the desired amount, using one egg to a cup of milk, and any flavoring desired. and baking until the custard sets. It may then be served withpream. or with the pudding sauce, as directed for the cake dessert. A few tiny. bits of tart jelly placed after it is dished will be an improvement. . A very simple dessert. is made by placing two square or four round crackâ€" ers on each dessert plate. Four over these as much water as they will absorb. being careful to have it boning. Add 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar to each square cracker. or an equal amount to the round ones, and a. little grated nutmeg. Place in the center of each a bit.0f jelly or preserved fruit and serve With ’ cream. THINGS \VORTH KNONVING. Old fruit stains may be removed with soxalic acid. \Vash the stained portion in the acid water till clear: rinse at once in rain water. as the acid will attack the fabric if left upon it. Now wet the spot in ammonia and given final rins- mg. Taking Stains Out of Linenâ€"Fruit stains may be taken out of table covers and napkins by steeping the linen in a mixture of a pound each of chloride of lime and cal-soda, dissolved in a gal- lon of water. The liquid. when clear, is poured off into bottles for use. The stained part is soaked in the mixture and immediately iinsed in clear cold water. The linen must not be left long in the solution. How to Clean Lamp Burnersâ€"Take an ounce of Sal-soda. dissolve in a quart of soft ruin-water, put the burners in an old can. and boil for ten minutes. after which take a cotton cloth and \vipc them off. and you will find them 'ust as good as new. This should be (one every month to remove all the carbon. ,If you want to keep wicks from smok- ing, sock them in strong Vinegar and :dry thoroughly. To Keep Meat Freshâ€"To keep meat fresh one must have a cool. dry, air place. if possible, with a .tlioroug idraught throuch it. as this insures ifr'ccdoiu from flies. and has a great deal to do with the keeping of the meat. Directly the moat comes from the but- rchcr it should be at once well wiped 7first with a damp and thch With a per- ifcclly dry and clean cloth. and hung up immediately. Nothing. will turn out so quickly as letting it he on a plate or slab. All unnecessary fat, ~marrow, kidneys. etc, Should be remov- fed as soon as possible, a good dustbf freshly-gound black pepper a plied :muud the bones. and the joints 8 ould be floured all over. Children’s llair.â€"â€"(‘hildren's hair rc- .quircs 'more atlcnlion than an adult's ’in the way of cleaning and washing. Tho best way to “ash a child's head Es on a rainy dav. for than they have 0 stay in. the house and can easily )6 kept in a warm mom until the hair is icrfectly dry, so as to be free from 'a ciance of taking cold. The best shampoo is a lather of warm soft water and pure Castile soap. A little alco- hol rubbed into the scalp assists the drying. and is a food stimulant as well for the hair. A for washing. the hair ‘hould he allowed to dry thorouhly .i \fore touching the comb or bri to t. RECIPES. “'hite Vegetable Soupâ€"2 quarts of water, 8 potatoes. 2 leeks. 2 onions. 4oz. «tapioca. halfapint of skim milk. pep. per. silt. 2 oz. of drippings. Clean the vegetables. cut them into dice. and fr)~ than in the drippian ins. “amp... for ‘30 minutes: then add the water. and boil till tender; pass all through a wire sieve. add the tapioca. and boil I ! up the soup again for 10_ minutes. then pour in the milk. and flavor with pep- per and salt to taste. . Breast of Mutton stewed with Vase-l tablesâ€"114’. lb. breast of motion. 2; carrots. 2 turnips. 2 onions, 2 stalks ofl celeiy 12 peppercorns. 3 cloves. a‘ bunch of parsley, 2 tablespoonfuls of; rice. Cut off the superfluous fat from: the meat. skewer it. clean and slice? the vegetables. Put all in a stewâ€"pan! in layers. hav‘ vegetables at the to 3 and bottom. an sufficient water or? stock to barely cover all. Stew gentlyi for about 1 1-2 hours. or till the meat is a tender. ' : Pmato so“ "Sum two 0mm“ the i to these there is the prison of Chereclie-; white part 0 two leeks, and a. head of _; celery; lay this all into a pan. and add l twelve potatoes, led and sliced. and! 2 oz. of butter; at it all fry together: for ten minutes without coloring, then E moisten with white .vegctable stock‘ (about two quarts); add a bunch of herbs. salt, and two or three cloves, and let it Simmer till the vegetables are all tender, then rub it through a sieve} Return this puree to the pan, and let‘ it.just‘ simmer for twenty minutes”; skimming it. carefully. If too thick. di- 1 lute_it witha little milk. Just before serving stir into it the yolks of two eggs . beaten up in a. few tablespoonfuls ofi cream. With an ounce or two of butter { cut up.sma.ll. Let this all melt. add-a little finely picked parsley and cherVil. I and serve with dice of fried bread.â€" "Fast Day and Vegetarian Cookery." J ugged Hareâ€"The remains of jogged hare make an excellent luncheon dish: Pick the bones from the meat. while still - warm, then-pound the meat with thel sauce until it is a pulp. season with a! little salt and a pinch of cayenne pep- ' r. and .rub it through a wire sieve. i ake a pipe mould, pour a little dis-: solved aspic jelly in the bottom, and: when it set decorate it with crescent- 5 shaped pieces of boiled carrot and hard- boued white of egg; pour in a. little more jelly. and turn the mould round slowly until the sides are thickly coated. Now take the meat from the under side of the sieve and put it in the mould as lightly as possible. Fill u with dis-i solved, cold aspic, put a. pate with a. small weight on the top, and place it} made until wanted. Then turn the en-l tree on a silver dish, garnish the base: with chopped aspic, and fill the centre' With dressed green peas, for which open a. tin or a bottle of preserved greenv peas, drain, and put them intoa. sauco- i pan of salted boiling water strain, and? when quite cold season with oil, vine- gar. salt. and pepper. / i HOTEL PkINTING. _ Books and Blanks lu (.‘rciit Variety lie-l quired by the Modern Hotel. ,‘ The stationery supplies of a large mo- . dcrn hotel includes a. great variety of printed forms; and some of the printing 9 work done is very elaborate. Many 1 4 hotels now adopt an emblem, which ap- ; pears on their letter heads and envelâ€"’ opes, on dinner cards, and so on. One, house, for instance, has a. lion,. one a crow-n, one~a coat of arms. another a: crest. and these may be printed in ap- propriate colors. There are wine lists of a dozen pages printed on silk. 3 The steward's department of a high-' class hotel ‘uses a great variety of printed forms. There is, for instance, a. kitchen market list for fish. a. ruled form. in which are entered more than fifty kinds of fish, with a. column showâ€" , P fifty kinds of fish. with a. column show- ing the. amount on hand and a column sho_wl_ng‘the_a.mount wanted. There are a Simdar kitchen meat list, a poultry; and game list. a vegetable list, and a! fruit list. There are various rintod storeroom lists. The storeroom ist for delivery to the kitchen contains the names of more than a hundred articles of daily consumption in a hotel kitchen, ' on a ruled blank showing the amount delivered, the price, and the totals. There are similar lists of goods for deâ€" . livery to the service pantry and to the pastry room and bakery. These various blanks make it easy to keep track of the state of the hotel supplies and of their daily cost. ‘_ Of course_there are wash lists, and‘ ther ears cigar envelopes and trunk labels and bar and wine orders and bell- boys' call lists, baggage tags, marker, checks and cigar checks, and elevator rules. Them are blanks for the bar- room, the ice-cream room, the house-‘ keeper’s department, and the laundry, and for- the wine cellar and the cafe and buffet, complaint blanks. electri- Cian's reports, mail notices, and vari- ous other forms, and they are all a part of the careful and exact system upon which every modern hotel is run. ._..._,__-- .. Dangers of Cottoii Waste. In some experiments reported as hav- ing been made abroad lately on the self- ignition of cotton waste, a few facts of special interest to textile manufactur- ers were developed. A handful of cot- ton waste was dipped into linseed oil, squeezed out. placed in a. wooden box, and the temperature observed closely by means of a thermometer introduced in- to the box; the temperature surround- ing the box was kept at 70, degrees. C., and, in a. short time after. the tempera-7 ture in the box was found to have risen to the height of 173 degrees. and smoke issued therefromâ€"then. when opened so as to admit air, a flame burst out at once. while a box, from which the air; was perfectly excluded. consumed after' five or six hours. In another expcri- ment, in which the cotton waste was; saturated with rape-seed oil. the boxl burned after ten hours. With an out-i or temperature of 56 degrees, C., galli- poli oil caused the spontaneous combus-i tion of cotton wrapped in paper; castorj oil required twenty-four hours: sperm. oil, four hours; train oil. two hours, fort a lively combustion. _.-._n-.___..____.... _ Just the Other Way. So you're going to marry the widow.} l after all? No. indeed; the widow is going to’ marry me. A Practical J oke. Trampâ€"You gave me a counterfeit $5 bill a few moments ii Practical Jokerâ€"He! millet ho! hol ’ Found it. out. ch! Yes, sir: and. on my information. an officer is now looking for you. Gim'mc $5 in good money and ['11 throw but off the track.“ Thanks. Ta, tit! .day at mat-making. ‘fresh air and walking exercise. ' minutes. 'is not strange that the realistic playâ€" wvright should have transported so pa- ,prison in Europe. ‘ stition. PRISONS 0F PARIS. now the French (‘aplthl Reuse. Bei- Prisoners. There are eight prisons in Parisâ€"the depot and gaol of the Prefecture of Pol- situated behind the Palace of J ust- tice; the Mazes Prison and House of Cellular COrrection; House of Correc- tional Education, or Pet-its Bouquette; Prison and House of Correction of La Santa; Salute-Pelagic; St. Lazare. for females exclusively; La. ‘Conciergerie and La. Grande Rouquette. In additidn Midi, for military prisoners only, and of which so much was recently heard during the trial by court-martial of Dreyfus. 4" ‘ - , , ' The largest and by far the most im- portantprison in the capital is Mazes. both as regards the number and the "quality" of the prisoners. Of all per- sons condemned by Paris only those who have to serve a term of one year or less,_remain in the capital. The others are sent tp one of the twenty-six establishments in the ( provinces. , . The Mazes covers seven and one half acres. There are 1,200 cells, which shel- ter 1,150 prisoners. The 06118. 111885111“ izng 11 feet -10 inches in length. ‘8-1‘8 61-2 feet wide. and about..9feet_ high. their capacity beinfiboutflw cubic feet, Each-prisoner is s . t up in a. separate cell. A small window. almost a peep- hole, strongly barred. is cut out in the wall. the prisoner being at- liberty to open and close it at Will. .It lets in neither a great amount of light.nor a. great quantity of air. There is one chair in each cell, and it is CHAINED TO'THE \VALL. Theprisoner sleeps in a. hammock. The most interesting objects on the walls are the chaplain's almanacs. which are freely distributed among the pri- soners. They contain good moral ad- vice and solid argument to prove that. the worst criminal may, later on, lead a good life. Some of these almanacs contain short stories, and the subject of more than one of them is, strange to say, the wonderful escapes made by criminals from prisons. These almanacs constitute the reading matter of most of the prisoners. All the doors are of solid oak, and have a little hole in the top, through which the warder can have an eye on the inmate. The warders seem to be prisoners themselves. They always talk in an undertone. never laugh, and, were it not for their costume, would often be mistaken for their charges. They never leave a cell without taking the precaution of walking backward. Prisoners work eight ornine hours a _ ' bootmaking, or tailoring, and are allowed one hour's Only prisoners who have been condemned are {compelled to work, but the majority of the accused. to pass the time and rid =themselves of the terrible ennui that =overtakes the most buoyant, ask per- mission to work also. Twice a week icriminals are allowed to receive visits. and it is on such occasions that the “Erutality of prison law becomes mani- t 68.. ‘ The parlor is- composed of two rows of cellars, separated by a railing. The .time for each visit, under the vigilant eye of the warder, is limited to a. few The parlor scenes in French risons would draw tears from the eyes of the most stony-hearted of men. It thetic a. tableau to the stage; In the prison of La'Sante the pri- soners are divided into two groups of 500. one lot being confined to cells and the other working together during the day. ’ This system is called "in com- mon," and is said to meet with more success than the strict cellular arrange- ment that prevails at Mazas. La. Saute is one of the finest, if not the finest, SUPERSTITIONS OF TO-DAY. Sixpences Bitten by Lucky ('ccll Rhodes and (Liter Charms. Cecil Rhodes has the powerful jaw . me. the tribunal of l l i M I HEAD SEVERED. Remarkable Case of 1 In: In San Mn- Chico; Thomas L. Ford. who nearly head from his body while confined in the City Prison. San K ' . Mm“ ber 28, is almost well. F ' I ’3 case will go down into medicalhistory as a re- markable one. It is only about one man . in 50.000 who suffers such injuries and lives. , k The circumstances surrounding the case are‘ in themselves ‘mo‘sllf interest- ing. Ford shot 'his wife in the. latter part of N6vcniber.’ For some time her â€" life was despaired of. The day after. she was discharged from the hospital Ford inflicted the wmmds on himself. He was to have had his preliminary ei- amiuation the morning - he did the deed. The injury was inflicted -in his cell. and some little time ela ed after the discovery of his condition before as- sistance reached him. He was hastily put in the patrol" wagon and hurried to the libspital. tho-gaping wound. in his throat sending out .torrents of blood. the flow beiugaccelerated by his rough ride and treatment. , When Dr. Frank T, Fitzgibbon. took “ tinct. The patient was almos pulselcss and unable to talk. The re. or wound commenced at a oint about we inches in front of the off: ear. and extended nine inches across the neck. The con~ traction of the muscles oEened the hold. of the patient. life was finest exâ€" wound about five inches. ' his. was caused by the cutting of th thyroid, omahyoid and platysmaâ€"myoides mus- cles and the th roid gland. _ The cut was t es and a. half inches deep, severing 'the trachea. or Wind- ipe, and lower part of the larynx. 'lhe rachea was cut through. a. (1 two of the cartilagcnous rings of t e trachea. were severed. All the cartiliges were cut. as far back as the fibr us_ mem- brane. The anterior jugular vein was cut from it; there was a great hemor- rhage. The thyroid and laryngeal arteries and the recurrent. laryngeal nerves were also cut, preventi g speech. All the small muscles of the 90k were severed, and the razor just ssed the oâ€"gastric anterior (jugular vein. 'pne nerve an carotid artery: As soon as Ford was laid on the op- erating table Dr. Fitzgibbon *. ashed the wound with an antiseptic ing, and all the blood vemels Were mpressed and lygated. Then the h morrhage ceased. The severed parts 0 the tra- chea and larynx were app oxunated and sutured by carbolized catgut. with about a dozen stitches. The rmgs of the trachea were next stitchjgd togeth- er. and finally all the parts w with about. 60 stitches. Th external wound was sutured in the m ddle,leavâ€" ing both ends open for the insertion of drainage tubes. ~ after the treatment. Immediatley _ Ford seemed to rally. Stimulants were administered and he was p _t. to bed. He was not able to speak un 11 Sunday morning, when his voice scarcely arose above a whisper. From_ this time on he rapidly improved, taking ;n uch nourâ€" ishment in the shape of mil . eggnog and beef tea. . - The wound is now in a. .healtlli‘y con- dition and is rapidly healing. o pus has been seen about the wound, which is another remarkable circumstance. Ford has gained in flesh and sleeps well, has a good appetite and is able to speak clearly. His wife ‘is now a. constant attendant on him. He Will be discharged in about 10 days Many physicians have called at the hospital to inquire about the case, and making copious notes. Dr. Il‘itzgibbon feels highly elated over his patient’s re- covery. TONS OF FLOUR GOLD. pâ€",,- . . A Lake in Alaska Which It Is Proposed to Ilmpey to Uncover the Treasure in [is Red. Another remarkable story of a gold- en lake has come from Alask i. togeth- er with an ingenious scheme by which it is proposed to get hold of the treas- The claim consists of 158 acres and the strong teeth that belong tolabout eight miles from Sitka, and is men of his type. So great 'has becnlcalled "Panda’s Basin Placer Claim.” the luck of this man that South Afri- Within the limits of the claim is a lake. cans sometimes ask him to bite. six pences for luck. A young Englishman , 150 feel; deep. evening in BOhemiuifrom a glacier, the constant action of during a. recent produced the traditional crooked six- ‘pence from his 'pocket. and told how Cecil Rhodes had bitten it. the superstition, but, as it turned out, nearly every man The pos- - l l I I I l Present had some: have covered the bottom of the 1,000 yards long. 400 yards wide and The lake is fed by water which for centuries has brou rht down from the mountains above large deâ€" posits of "flour" gold, and this has all, of necessity. been held within the : 305901‘ “0111a nor, Put With it for many ' boundaries of the little body .of water, ' times its value. Evcrbody laughed at The action of the glacier. the d tepnesS-Of the lake and the shullowncss o the out.- let. is the combination _which is saiil 1:0 in e such fetich. Neither he of the crooked; ‘ with millions of dollars in floipilr gold. sixpence nor any of his companions quite believed in the efficacy of his charm, l but each liked to dally with the super-; One of the company carried an old George III. penny to jingle with the loose change in his pocket. other, opening a little cigarette case“ showed a bit of rattlesnake skin, sup- posed to exercise a subtle influence up- on poker hands. It was a cosmopolitan little company lake of decidedly modern quality, sufficient- . water can be almost emim] many things that 3 our. ‘ ly skeptical about. mOSL good persons believe, but a maâ€" jority of its members carried charms to bring good luck. If every such com- pany could be induced to make a show of pocket pieces and a frank avowiilof superstitions, lightly held. but. not quite disregarded, the showing would rath- er asmnish folks that believe this a skeptical age. The :late English hang- man. Marwood, made a pretty penny by selling bits of hope with uncanny histories. a, The coral beads brought home from Europe as resents to children are real- ly design to keep off evil spirits. The branches of the coral are supposed. like the horns of a. horseshoe, to ward off ill luck. Amber beads are worn b'v many excellent persons to keep off crysipelas. None of the great. ocean lin~ era sailson Friday. The crescents .of gold and ivory worn on the watch chain bfv nicnyipersons are amulcts to keep of evil spirits. Here again is the born or prong, as in the horseshoe. This crescent is one of the commonest forms for the scrolled watch charms. An- ‘ . i l i i l } Pleasant Occasion. Assays of the sands from t. c shores of the lake, made by assayel's of the, Tacoma Snielting Com )any. show, so it is claimed, that it will produte the asâ€" tonishing result of $30 acubio yard. while quartz from the ledges all around the lake assay as high as $38 to the ton. The statement that half a. on t a cubic: yard will allow a 1min to male, $10,000 a year will partly illustrate he enorâ€" mous size of this find. What is proposal, and will probably be done. is to tap the rock wn. l of the on the lower side. so that. the drained Then will be left a. ficlt of flour gold. Ramaâ€"I went to a stercopticon en- tertainment the other night with 'oung De S :ney- . ) Lauraâ€"Ditm'ou enjoy the views"! Kaleâ€"Very much indeed. It was just like gomg through a. tunnel. The Wise Tramp. Trampâ€"Please, ma'sm. sputum a littleâ€"‘ . Housekeeperâ€"Go right away from hpreor I'll call the dog,you laxy.dlrtyâ€"- -Yes, ma'nm; t' w I, was about to remark. I'rélizi'a ' ‘ l. is "an ffiii‘mé” long jou l, ‘ k t‘ “541% a _. . rgfit Me ‘4 ltfgejgmgfljfi . whglingofirbxgmclzrgcgafibf n earner you could Soap? Soup? Mercy on me! world coming to an end? Will; right in sir, and stayto dinn‘cr. You're mole than welcome. «y, gpoese. they naturally first i fund“ in twenty-thus: working trails or Mimi-T --â€"i no cat can 1i Ii ‘ H 16.000 fee? a an elevation higher The rod 001 ‘ mm in the 0L130;: of bricks is due to the The gold and. jewels in the crown 0! 'Portugal are worth 86.000.000. Baked potatoes are more nutritious than thosccmked in any other war- A collection of butterflies. owned by Prof. \‘eum , f . mluedt at 0 Brooklyn. N.Y.. is (“giggly-Ion; Isolgret tslocieties and ‘ summon are 0W“- in Dowagisc,_ Mich. The population of the town is about 4,000. Only five per cent. of the, 0 is in- sured in England are womeg? p Over ten‘per cent. of those insured in the United States are females. A_.St. Bernard dog. tlv sold at auction in .Biriningliue'n:li.ig:li1 iEngland. brought the highest. )rice ever paidtfor an animal of that. dâ€"32,350. To dunâ€"to urge paymentâ€"comes from Joe Dun. a noted constablelin the time of Henry VII, who was very success- ful in squeezing money out of tardy debtors. I ~ \Vaitresses in some of the London msâ€" taurants receive only 83 per month. and have to worksixteen hours a. day. The tips they receive swell their income to an average of $8 a week. -~â€"â€" It affects girls who habitually attend to telephone calls, and the symptoms are a frequent buzzing. in-thc. ear’and abscesses on the drum.'. 1 A "village? and a "town" express dif- ferent meanings in England. Avilluge becomes a town only when it has es. tablished a market. lace‘ in a. public square. to which the armors can bring their produce for sale. . ~ Some. cartridges were carefully cou- cealed in a. stove by a man‘in Norway. Ga. A wpman made a fire in the stove an explosion resulted, and the unfortun- ate woman was severely injured. be,- Sides losing the sight of an eye. It is now easy for the lover of liquor to take it in the form of confectionery. Some of the candy stores in New York sell .what they call “brandy balls," "whisky drops,” and other forms of bonbons containing alcoholic stimulants. A chemist. of Roucn, France, has suc- ceeded in producing from acetylene a distillation of alcohol which can besold as .low as two cents a gallon. Its ex- hiliarating effect is equal to that of the ordinary alcohol. and it is used to adulterate cheap wine. _ A maple tree at West Bethcl is at the junction line of four townships and two counties. and spreads its branches over the edges of all four. The townships of Royalton, Betth. Tunbridgc, and Randolph, and the counties of Orange and \Vindsor there meet. Uniforms made entirely of paper are worn by some of the Japanese soldiers, and they are said to be ias durable as if made from. cotton fabrics. They are so cheap that it is not considered worth while to mend them, and they are thrown away when only slightly worn or sailed. . A queer catch was made some days ago, by Charles Johns. at Bristol, Pa. He was fishing in the Delaware and saw a young pig swimming down stream. In a playful way he threw his baited hook toward it. The animal seized the ban, was caught, and carefully towed ashore. ‘ QUICK SHIPBUlLDING. A Gunbonr ('nn Now lie Turned Out In Twcmy-Flve Days. A sample of quick shipbuilding was lately given by Messrs. J. & G. Thomp- son. at the Clydcbank yard, where the Paris, New York and many other no- nowncd liners have been built. to say nothing of the Terrible, the first of the nothing of the Terrible, the ifrst of the two largest cruisers ever construch in England. Some time ago the Spanish Government awoke all at once to the immediate necessity of quasiling the Cuban insurrection. and finding that lh v wan’cd, li ht ,quick tests 1‘, seal‘ h- on the yards of J‘Jill‘ulfi‘, only to leaiii that the market had been cleared by the South American republics in the settleliient of their little differences. There being nothing available"instmk," proposals were invited for quick dis- patch. and Clvdobzink undortmk seven gunbmts. to be turned out in three months, lit-avy penalties being recover- - able for further delay. The contract was signed on July 11, 1895. but owing to Glasgow Fair holi- days which no Clyde artisan will miss. eslmcially if his firm he cxccptionully busy. :1. coiimiencemcnt was not made until July 2:5. The first -vc.=scl was launched on August 24. and was nuidy .io be taken 0ch on September 11.001013 followed in quick succession. the last. being coliiplclcd ten days within the contract time, the entire period ()1.‘('ll)l- ed for millplctiii r the seven vcsels e- ing just ten wcc tarâ€"a little less than a wisl a week. The div. 1 moments of the I \‘cscluls vary between 1.).) and 309 tons, 'and the timed from twelve to thirteen lknots. The first vessel was 136 feel) i long. :56 feet wide and 11 foot draught. f A yard that. can turn out work in this ‘ fashion, in spite of having a big cruisu icr. ii battle-ship and three torpch iboat dt'stroytu‘s in hand. is, lll'lf‘f‘d a. lmurcc of strength to its country. l Another piece of smart work was exep I outed by Mass”. Yarrow at Co. in turn- . ing out the sternoviiocl gunboals Mos- . quito and Ilflrill‘l for rcrvim: in African -\ waters in the British service. England then had a little trouble looming up with Portugal. The order was given on the 1st (lav of April. and on the 5th of May following the trial Ll‘ip took {plain the ctflistruction having occu- : pied just twentyâ€"five working (1525. hi ’the year 189-l the French 'Goveafiient I found it necessary ~tov'give the Dahomey- ians a Miami in a hurry. 1 ding a. ‘ shallow-draught gunboat~for - the pur- trlod their own native buildem,lhut'no Frenchman would undertake to turn out a vessel under four months. ‘ me asking tcn. could 't, j T hcn‘thcy apilicd to feasts. Yarrow 8c - n you. Co" who considcmd that the thing could “be done in a. month: g’l’iley booked the Eorder. fliflflnfinfflfll work on A ril 28. ya. at grb .fiLlly 28. the boat had Inndc her trial. 13 vo.'gsel'ii_an 11W feet long by 18 , like .thcztwo builti for t ons, ~'an.l 'ptlt together afloat. She: steamed ‘tcn miles an hour and carried in: i troops. " "The telephonic ear " is a new disease. ‘ , «A. l 1 -I . ~ SET-*5- .- .j