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i‘ «atâ€""W A liill ill llllll Willi. WHAT is GOING ON is THE FOUR CORNERS or THE owes. Old and New World Events of Interest Chfob‘ kled Brieflyâ€"Interesting Happenings cl Recent Date. The Duke of Argyle has held his title for fifty years. Liverpool has voted $22,000,000 for the further extension of its dock sys tem. Havre’s Chamber of Commerce has petitioned the French Parliament tc make the town and harbour a frec port. Naples University is to have new Buildings. The Prince and Princess of Naples have just laid the corner stones of them. The French executioner. Deibler. who recently retired from his position at the age of 63, had been in service forty years and disposed of 503 culprits. Irish donkeys are being sent out in targe numbers to South' Africa. Five housand pounds has already been spent in three counties alone. Owing to the failure of the grain crop there is a fodder famine in Bus- sin. and peasants are selling their cat- tlet and horses for anything they can go . Tl; London \Vorld reports that Rud- yard Kipling, who has been cycling in Dorsetshire with Thomas Hardy, is ne- gotiating for the purchase of a house and. grounds at Rodwell. near Dorches- , r. At a meeting of the British and Foreign Bible Society at Birmingham the Bishop of Coventry found that his coat and umbrella had been stolen. The thief turned out to be a. local preacher Hendrik Ibsen is going to Berlin next spring. on invitation. for the celebraâ€" tion of his 7lst birthday. It is expect- ed that this occasion will be made the opportunity for an important Ibsenite demonstration. Hansen the engineer of the excur- sion train that was wrecked near Cop- enhagen last summer. having been held responsible for the disaster, has been sentenced to four months' imprison- mcnt and to a fine of 4-1.875crowns, or $120,026.50. Lady Ernestine Brudenell-Bruce, (laughter of the Marquis of Ailesbury, wants to sell her own yacht, and has n.ppl:ed to the Board of Trade to be thiamine-d for a master's certificate. The board refuses to examine her be- cause she is a woman. A perfect skeleton of the extinct 'rish elk has been discovered at Bella- 'ough. in the isle of Man. It was found; n a standing position ten feet beneath] the surface. The Irish elk was the .ontemporary in Britain of the mam- .vnolh'and of the woolly rhinoceros. greet has been the demand for Scotch whiskey of late that. according lothe Pall Mall Gazette.only the best houses havo any matured spirits left. l‘he Irish manufacturers, in conse- quence. are trying to revive the Eng- lish taste for old Irish whiskey. A new anaesthetic which relieves at once the pain of deep burns, of ulcers and of cancer has been discovered by Drs. Eichorn and Heinz, of Munich. It: is a preparation of benzomethylic ether in the form of a powder, to which the name orthoform has been given. According to the Westminster Graâ€" zette, the reason no biography has ever been written of Mr. Delano. the late editor of the London Times. is that the proprietors of the Times have always forbidden it. Recently a fresh appeal was made to them. but, it is said with- out success. \Vhen Prof. Virchow, of Berlin. was in Russia a few weeks ago. a deputa- tion‘ of women physicians visited him and thanked him for having thrown“ open his lecture room and laloratory to a Russian woman when the Ger~ man universities did not admit fe- male students. Bubonic plague threatens all north- ern India now. the efforts to restrict it to the Bombay district having proved unsuccessful. It has broken out at ilurdwar. a place of pilgrim- age on the Ganges. frequented by great. crowds. among them many reâ€" ligious mendicants. A new trade route between India. and eastern Persia has been establish- ed. which runs for half the distance through the lands under British proâ€" tcction and shortens the. journey by a month. It runs frt m Quetla to Mrs- hed. 1.01%.! miles. “'ells have been dug and posts established along the road. it has taken seven years to buildthe colossal mausoleum of Czar Alexander ii. in .he Kremlin at Moscow. The sta- tue. by Opckouchine is sixteen feet high: it stands on a pedestal of Fin- land granite, twenty-three feet high. and is surmounted by a granite cupols the gilt bronze roof of which rises to a height of 109 feet. It has cost 1.300.000 roubles. .\n extraordinary motor car has hurt! pslcntcd in France. It is com- po~ed of two large wheels five feet in diameter. mounted on a common axle. the lady being between the wheels. The motor revolves at high speedround s rertinl axis. and. acting like agyro- scope. kccps the vehicle from tipping over. The steering apparatus is very inlrirste. .\l. Calm}: Porter. lets President of the French Republic. arrived at s vil- lags inn near Sens recently with his Son. boLh on bicycles. They wanted meat for their lunch. but. the lsndls‘v‘; had none. She suggested. howerei. lhatif they would goto the butcher‘s In town for it themselves she senile :‘bok it. so the taxâ€"President mounts! his Wheel. and fetched his own stedh. An unpopular divinity professor él Idareschal College of Aberdeen Uni- versity began his course of lectures re“- cently by a prayer. He was interrupt~ ed by the students. who at the end applauded and cried "Encore!" On leginning his lecture he was booted at ~Until another professor, after find- lhg that the students would not with« draw, took his manuscript from him and. walked out of the room. A MATTER or HABIT .â€" tht Goes to Rake Our lees nappy or Olherwlse. After all, it is the little things of the world that wear one out or go to make one happy, the great events of life are so soon. lost among the count- less little worries and cares and little bappinesses, if one may call them such. It is with the little things that we have to do all the time and every day. in our business or in the home, and in all our intercourse with our fellow workers, and it is as we. deal with these seemingly unimportant matters that .we can help or be stumbling- blocks to those with whom we! spend so mob of our lives. No matter how willing we may be to sacrifice ourselves for the sake of others, the opportunities to do the great, the heroic things, do not come to us ofteln1 but we can always try be cheerful and encouraging and to keep ourselves from useless com- plaints of others’ faults, and when we see an opportunity, perhaps can give a word of praise. ~\Vho can say just how much that little word of praise may mean to some one who has been striving hard over a difficult task that has worried him and that he» is glad to have finished, how it will add to his satisfaction in the work he has‘ com- pleted, and what a long way, it will go to repay him for having put the best that was in him into his labor? Nothing is more discouraging than to have done our best: and then be met by criticisms that ,we feel to be thoughtless and unmerited, or to be dictated by a momentary piqzue or a desire for a. little selfâ€"flattery: And how often harsh criticisms spring from nothing else! There are employers who make the lives of their subordinates continualâ€" ly miserable by their fretfulness and small complaints, and it. is to be doubt- ed if they ever. get the best work out of those whom they employ. . Thou? clerks are always worried and worn out by the fear that some' little mat- ter may go wrong. Nothing ever seems to please these people; they nevâ€" er speak kindly of anything well done. Their attitude is always that of. look- ing out for something, no matter how unimportant, that may be construed into a. mistake orl a fault, and when they find one they u ork themselves up into a state of irritabilit over it that is entirel disproportiona to the of- fence. Al the real merits of the work are possibly overlooked for this insignificant matter. that a kind. sug- gestL-ou. rather than a harsh critmism could have set right. It is :30 easy to find faults. and so pleasant; to feel one’s cleverness in seeing them, and oue’s own superior ability. Not that careless and slovenly work should ever be tolerated, but there is a i wide dif- fare-nee between that and inadvertent errors, such as we are all bound to make, and when they occur, how much better it would be if we should pomt them out pleasantly and. ask that they be corrected. _ _ - 0f just and helpful criticisms we are glad. Without them there would_be little chance of improvement, and in- stinclively we feel their value. It) is not these that wear. one out' and take away all the joy in. one’s work, but it is the feeling that, no matter how well we may do, the-re possibly may besome- thing we have overlooked for which we shall be brought sharply to ac, count. . ’ In a large measure it is a matter of habit. this querulousness and fault- findingâ€"a habit easily formed and hard to breakâ€"but we can. prevent our- selves from falling into it, and; ought we not, hard though it may‘ behto try our best to keep from it. if it is only for our own sakes? -We wear ourâ€" selves out by the constant friction. And how hard it is upon all‘ those with whom we associate! The burden upon many of their shoulders may be al- ready as heavy as they canl carry, and we who, by being pleasant andl cheery and keeping our tempers, might light- en these. are. insteml. making them all the harder to bear. _ All of us have enough of the seri- ous troubles of life. and where we can. even in the smallest. degree, make those around us more hopeful and contented by our presence. it would jseem worth any effort to do so. “-0”- .. TOO DEEP FOR \VORDS. The canvasser with the patent ad- justable iron heater had talked for 15 minutes without a break when the wo« man of the house interrupted him by producing a small card and lead pen- cil and remarking in a calm emotion- less way: I haven't heard a word you have said. Please write it on this. He looked at the card. gasped once or twice and went away with his lips moving nervously. but no sound is- suing from them. CURIOUS IMPERIAL UKASE. An ordlmnoe has lately been promul- gated in Japan exhiorting the people to eat more freely of meat. with a. view to increasing the average height of the nee. HOUSEHOLD. M~\\\ ““ SOBIE' SAVORY SANDWICHES. If one's sandwiches are to be perfect Jae first things to be procured are a fizef of excellent home‘made bread. and 3. roll of sweet-flavored. lightly mlted butter. These at hand, there is a great larietv of fillings. from which one may :hoose the most tempting. or those most convenient to the season. or 00- saslon. All sandwiches should bemade '18 shortly as possible before serving. but if it is necessary that they should stand. let them be well wrapped in a lampened cloth. Of course. when fin- shed. they may be tied with ribbon. or arranged in any way which fancy lictates. The following are selected from the source mentioned: Cheese and Celery.â€"\Vhip a. gill of thick, sweet cream. and add enough sharp. freshly grated cheese to make a stiff paste, Spread bread with this, and sprinkle 'thickly with very finely minced white stalks of celery. Chicken and Tomatoâ€"Take firm. ripe tomatoes, peel and slice very thin with a sharp knife. Hhve ready 9. teacup- ful of finely minced breast of chick- en. mixed with two large tablespoonfuls of mayonnaise dressing. Spread the bread with butter. cover with layer of the chicken, add a slice of tomato. nicely seasoned; lay on the correspond- ing slice of buttered bread. and cut in» to narrow strips. Sardineâ€"Mince two hard-boiled eggs and a handful of cress. and mix with two spoonfuls of mayonnaise. Butter thin slices of brown bread. spread with this mixture. add a layer of tiny sarâ€" dines, boned and halved, join the slices, and cut in squares. Shad Roe.â€"â€"\Vash the me. and put in a. saucepan of salted boiling water, sufficient to cover. Boil very gently twenty minutes. Allow it to cool, then remove the outer skin, and mash fine with a fork, Season well with salt, cayenne and a dash of lemon juice. Place a layer of it between two slices of buttered bread, and cut in any shape desired. Gameâ€"These are delicious made with either brown or white bread. The game should be roasted or broiled, to have the finest flavor. then shaved in the thinnest possible slices, placed over the prepared bread. seasoned and dotted with bits of currant jelly. ' Sweet Breadâ€"Blanch, parboil. and saute the sweet breads. Chop rather coarsely and season well. Prepare the bread. put in a layer of the mince, cut in rounds, on each one place a very thin slice of lemon, withOut the rind, and close. If lemma is not liked, one may substitute a thin circular slice of grape or other tart jelly. This makes a very delicate sandwich. .â€"â€"- TE‘E MINCE PIE. One of the most important Christmas dishes is the mince pie. The dinners on these occasions do not seem complete without this delicious adjunct, and as mince meat keeps long it can be made early and in quantity enough to last over New Year‘s. Following is an ex- cellent recipe for making the’mea-t. This makes a. great quantity and the ingredients can probably be divided if too much: . Three pounds of prime beef from the tenderest port of the round. six pounds of apples, greenings, one and one-half pounds of hunt, the juice and grated peel of two oranges, and two lemons, two pounds of brown sugar. one pint of molasses, three pints of boiled cider. one quart of good brandy, three grated nutmegs. one table-spoonful of mace, one and one-half tablespoonfuls of salt, two tablespoonfuls each of ginger and allspice. one ‘tablespoonful of cloves. six tablespoonfuls ofv cinnamon, one-half pound of sliced citron. two pounds of seedless raisins, two pounds of large seeded raisins, two pounds of curranls, and one glassful of grape jelly. Steam the meat or let it simmer gently until tender, let it cool and chop it rather fineâ€"the size of the average pea: chop the apples to the size of white beans. Prepare the fruit carefully, mixing all the dry ingredients thoroughly; then add the cider. molasses, lemon and or- ange juices. and lastly the brandy. Mix again thoroughly. puck in a large stoneware jar. cover and stand in a cool, dry place. Minceâ€"meat should stand about three weeks before using. to rip- en and blend the flavors. In making pies, see 'to it that. your pastry is of the best. An hour's baking is none too long for perfect results. TO CLEAN A CAI‘JPET. Boil 5 ounces of castile soap. out fine in a quart of soft water and add 2 ounces of pulverized borax. When cold" add 2ounces of ammonia. one-half 1 ounce of sulphuric ether. one-half ounce of spirits of wine. Shake well and put 2 tablespoonfuls into a quart of warm water. Into this put a soft cloth or sponge; squeeze about half-dry and rub a square yard briskly. A large am- ount of foam is developed. which, with the rubbing. cleanses without soaking. the carpet with water. After rubbing well with this foam. rub with a fresh cloth or sponge rinsed frequently in clear water and wrung as dry as pos- lsible. Do not use the liquid 50 freeâ€" ly as to wet the carpet through to the wrong side. and renew it as often as seems necessary. A less expensive liquor is made by dissolving half s. bar of soap in a. gal- lon of water. Put a quart of this in- to s psilful of hot soft water and add two tablespoonst of ammonia. With a clean brush scrub about a square yard at a time. deng as dry as pwsible. Proceei in this way until the carwt is finished. Change 'the water as it becomes dirty. As before. the soap liquor should not at any time be so freely applied as to wet the carpet through. This method may be used for a rag carpet. but' for ingrain or Brussels, the other is pref- erablo.i PALMS IN THE HOUSE. The florist will tell you that the life of the house palm. even the robust Lantamin. is about seven years. but there are many women who proudly display splendid.growths they have owned ten and a dozen years. "All a palm needs." says one of these women. “ is intelligent. care. To begin with. they should never be suddenly chilled. Many palm owners open the window directly on the plants every day all winter and wonder long before spring why they have drooped and rusted. if not died outright. They need an even. warm temperature. with plenty of sunâ€" light and clear water given regularly. They should stand near a sunny winâ€" dow. but not where draughts will strike them. Twice a. week fill the jar from the earth to the brim with water, and this inch of water is sufficient. moisture for the roots. Once a week, with equal regularity. spray the leaves. Unless attacked bv some insect. palms thus looked offer are sulrb to do well. If worms come. a florist’s aid must be sought." A FE'W HOUSEHOLD HINTS. \Vhen paint has been allowed to dry on window panes it is very difficult to remove with soap and water. Strong vinegar heated to boiling and applied with a cloth will soften and remove paint from glass. When the covers of fruit jars will DIVER AND sauna slcs‘r.’ â€"‘â€"q .1 rumba: on the floor of the See. In bend l‘lsh and s Bruised Men. ‘A‘fidrew Cameron. a solid Scotrhlsd with red face and red hair. reached New York the other morning on the Ward line steamer Yucatan from Vera Cruz. Mexico, bringing with him a story of a fight with a shark. Cam- eron is a deep water diver. and say! he has gone to greater depths than any other diver, in the bu~.:incss. Hil story is corroborated by J. \K'.l:‘ield. an engineer in the service of Penn son 8; Son. the contractors. who are rebuilding the basin where Cameron was employed. Three months ago Cameron was sent to Vera Cruz to work in the basin. built out from the main on« trance to the port. He had three men to assist him. one of them a Mexican named King. The men worked on a float. with a ladder running down from it into the water. Cameron was clad in the regulation suit of ammo! worn by deep-water divers. He had been working for two months and :1 half without any accident. During his frequent descents he had discerned at times the outlines of dog-fish or young sharks, but these never bothered him. At about; 6.30 o'clock on the morning of Oct. 16 he went eighty feet below the surface. Besides his tools he had a dirk 18 inches long and 2 1â€"2 inches wide in the belt of his rubber suit. "I had located a loose pile and had started in to tighten up the bolts which had worked oult," he said yesterday, "when l. was conscious of something passing over me and obscuring the not unscrew easily, invert the jar and light. I leaned luck and saw a shark hold the cover in hot Miter for a few minutes, when it will come off without brouble. fully ten feet long apparcntly about to attack me. lie was moving around not more than a. foot above my hel- met. I dropped the wrcnch “huh I For a good whitewash for your ceilâ€" was working with, and snatched out ing put a piece of lime weighing about five pounds in a. granite pan or'bucket; pour on it a gallon of water, allow it to boil and sinks u'ntil the steaming is over; 'take from this two quarts of the liquid limb, put it in a wooden or granite bucket, and add sufficient wa- ter to make it rather thin. Add asmail amount of pure indigo. sufficient to give it the proper color; add a tea- spoonful of salt. and half a teaspoonâ€" ful of lampblack, stir well. This will give you a perfectly white ceiling; if you wish it colored. add one of the colorings which you may purchase at any druggist’s, stating that it is to be used with lime. Turpentine is an article that should always be kept in the house. It can be used in so many ways an-l lake the ' place of more costly remedies for many things. It has a disagreeable odor, but its numerous virtues should always re- commend it. For a severe cold in the chest and throat. turpentine mixed with a little heated sweet oil, goose 'oil or melted lard, and rubbed on the chest, then covered with a warm flanâ€" nel. will prove very effective as acure. Any of the creeping, crawling things may be driven away from the house by pouring turpentine on the shelves or in the crevices they inhabit. It is one of the best things to apply freely around the crevices in bedsteads if they contain intruders. For aching joints and muscles 3. little diluted turpentine rubbed in thoroughly is a recommend- ed remedy. if you wish to break a. glass bottle or jar evenly about the neck. the easiest way is to soak apiece of string in turpentine, and tie it around the neck or wherever it is to be broken, and then set fire to the string The glass will snap off along the heated line. _â€"_._.__.____ THE QUEEN'S TUTOR. A Young lllndustuul who Instructs Iler Illnjcsly In His Native Tongue. The Munshi Hafiz Abdul Karim. C.I., E.. who teaches the Queen Hinduslani, came to \Vindsor in 1887. He was then only 23, Says the London erphic. Hie soon began giving lessons in Hindus- tani to the Queen. who now not only speaks that language fluently, but can write it with more average correctneeks in the Persian character. Frogmore cottage has been assigned to Hafiz Abdul Karim, as a residence. and he has been joined there by his wife, and his father. Abdul Karim, is the sec- ond son of Khan Baha'lur Dr. I-lajeo Mohamde Waziraddin. first-class hos- pilal assistant. in the lndian mclical department. He. was for some time in the service of the Nawab Jadia. as as- sistant Wakil to the “'est Malawa Poli- tical Agency at Agni. in 1886 he be- came an indie. Government clerk. in the following year he was appointed Munslii and Indian Clerk to the Queen, and in 1892 became Indian secretary to her Majesty. .â€".â€"â€"-.-..__. THE DEADLY UPAS TREE. Most people have at least heard the story of the deadly upas tree of Java. of which it was at one time said. that to merely approach it was certain death. This story was treated as an absolute table. but now it seems as if there was actually some basis of real fact for it. The urns tree is a real tree. and a very big one. in the old trees the bark is over an inch thick, and full of a. thick. milky juice. the merest touch of which upon the skin produces a most painful and irritat- ing rash. What is more. a gas arises from this juice which has a most pois- onous effect upon any one near it. it is sometimes used by the natives for satisfying private revenge, for a. cup Rinse with clean. of it hidden in the room. of a sleeper cold water, using s cloth or sponge. produces stupor and eventually death. the dirk. i. moved my head to one side, and reaching up SLI’l‘ THE SHARKS 'l‘llllOA'l.‘ twice. He sank down around my feet, and I tried to get behind a pile. I pushed myself as quickly as lcould but the heavy lead clogs on my [cot would not let me more as fast as I wanted to. Before I could draw in my left leg behind the pile the shark turned over on his back and made a rush at me. His jaws closed on my left leg and. his teeth went clean through the quarterâ€"inch rubber clolh. The force with which he rushzd against me, confused me so much that I did not feel the bite. After this he let go and floated upward toward my, head with his belly exposed. I drove the dirk into his belly and I ripped it up toward his mouth, cutting his stomach through. He then floated up to the surface. “When I first stabbed him I had: signalled to King to be hauled to the surface, but be misunderstood my sigâ€" nal. fortunately. If he had started to haul me up I feel sure that lhe shark would have bitten one or both my legs off. as he would then have had a clean. chance at them. The holes which his teeth made in the. rubber cloth let the water into my suit, and it rose to my chest. where it was held by the air pressure. I signalled to King im~ mediately after plunging the dirk in- to the shark’s belly, but his carcass had reached the top before King got the signal. and. guessing what had occurred. he had started to haul me up in a hurry. \thu I reached the ladder hanging from the float I was too much exhausted to seize it. and they had to lift me on the float by main force. “My left knee was dislocated and the flesh below it laceratnd. I remained under the surgeon's cure for several days until the Yucatan arrived. My log is partly paralyzed." (‘ameron says he has made the deep‘ est dive on record, having descended 200 feet into Looh Craig in Scot;- land on last April 16, to recover the bodies of an ongincer and fire- man in a locomotive that had fallen into the Loch. .9. . ..._ ..__ ._s. EFh‘ICAClOUS PRESCRIP’NON. A lady who liadsuffered tortures from a corn upon one of her tecs called- on a professional chiropodist. lie soon re- lieved her of the hardened little offenâ€" der, and besides paying him his foe. she thanked him heartily. “ Please tell me, doolor," she said. " how i can prevent another one com- 'ng in its place." “Wcll, madam," he replied. after a moment’s reflection. "i am doctor em ough, perhaps. to give you a prcscrip- tion that ewill always prevent a corn from coming." lie tore a leaf oul of :l note-book. wrote a few words upon it. and handed it to her. it read: “Localloo. day." " You cangct it at almost any place.” he explained: "There is no charge You are welcome." After inquiring in vain at sever drug storcs for " looshoo," she show the prescription to a friend. who stu- died it u. moment and said: " Why that is plain cnough. it means "loose shoot" The preecription was tried. and prov- ed effective. Apply once I 'l'HI-I BICYCLE AGE. The new village minister was making a round of calls. on his bicycle among the farmers belonging to his churcl and living in the outlying counti‘ydisa tricts. As he wheeled into one dooryard bl: psrlshioner came out to greet him with hand extended. and exclaimed. astlu pastor dismounted. “Why don't you get one of them tantrums. so you: wife can ride!" , A.