* fis i t NOTES AND COMMENTS ee received from China state 000 a year from the duly on the drug. But though that means much to € poverty-stricken court, the programme tion. of importations under an ee~ ment with India that would lead to the complete exclusion of the Indian pro- duct in ten years. Furthermore, the eer domestic production during. the same term. ‘Tho problem is one of the most com- plicated and also one of the most dis- tressing with which any people has ever had to deal. It is to’ be noted, first, that sy legalization of the trade was forced pon the country by the Brilish, and eat most of the dpium which the Chi- ése purchase abroad {s cultivated in e ing 4 regular business of debauching the subjects of another, and its revenues from the business are so large that they have been described as a matter of life nd death to the administration in india. It is evident, therefore, that tremen- dous obstacles noe be overcome before there can be any hearly co-operation between Pre ronts for the discon- tinuance of tne Traffic, and there fs in among the people. This habit did not have ils origin in the opium war. Its existence is implied in a prohibitory edict against the opium traffic which “swas issued at the beginning of the last the tariff list under foreign constraint, But all the authorities agree that it has inereased enormously during the ee fifty years, and in spite of the apol gists who endeavor to belittle the ee effects of the use of opium the testimony 4s overwhelming that it is an appalling curse to the country. This testimony comes from intelligent and trustworthy Chinese, whose motives are both hu- mane and patriotic. For generations the best men in the country have fought the traffic. Other witnesses are the missionaries, who are placed in @ most painful position by its history. They declare that it is ruinous fo millions, but are forced to admit that “For the same people to bring opium and jospel seems to the Chinese a manifest contradiction, id a diction he naturally does it by suspect-| ing the motive of our missionary work.” REESE SCRE Of course if importations are per- mill combating domestic production on moral grounds, and, as a matter of fact, it_was after the foreign trade was legal- ized that home cultivation on a lar, scale was developed. The two parts of the subject hang together Be must be “dealt with at the same tim: BOYS AS DOMESTICS, pn sp Battalion of Pages to Solve English nds Ser fd rvant Problem. A Paltalion ot page boys, captained Ht by a motherly cook, is the latest solu- d, The battalion is being organized by a act as cook-housemaid,” sh ‘or the small householder. two bo: ind the cool 1 be sufficient; for the Jarge mansi m boys and the cool “Orphans only will . be employed. ‘They wi {rained in the agency, and only @ small Ne @ will be asked. This will be regulated if the work done uniform will, be dark green, with ee ONE IN Seaithes!s MILLIONS, Few Persons Killed nuns English Railway Passengers, Judged by the average of accidents, 1 was killed on the average in 1 every £6, h,8D2 journeys ane and only one tn- redain every 1,127,434 journeys. Last neva, was eA oe “average of neraoea injured. one in vii infinitest ‘imal eee ly less tenet ni ecsgmere tthe ie ane he 10 of the, Journ ‘Py, season Ucket holders. ere made a awe a Ge Trusty Henchman : But that’s the le—h'm—know REGULATORS IN RELIGION Man Should Grow In Religion as 4 a Child Develops. pret perom feo ‘vay feels called = z th ol my’ religion, a vital lest. a deep tes e Gone are the He. when a man could S. live, take a child’s — before the great Es firs usy even to seek ist the vices that ae 3 put by. their being and becoming like is the. ‘ite of the true child of the st. i THE S. S. LESSON | Sir! na- tural result of its control in the mite of Note. The text of ngs Revised Version le Pauline suhoroliiy: of ae etl to bee . ubte though the ane and nace of ‘ils wring ‘ to Hi provocation, eh rather the trough were vi ccioniesr largely of Gentile Be 5 Le ca aliivebijanes aan ae contro- cs ‘Goa is not mocked—God's judgment hatsoever a =, 5 insidious attack on the Christian free- f By: tsata-would be an ineongeatty 11/2 oe ae Holy Spirit is the inheritance of ere ce ruity “t]he Very les na Inexpensive Fur- law; ft establishes the provisional ‘char. ulred acter of the Sinaitic dispensation; and a Lg Fire ke out overhead just after the op ne had begun, To move the but a tai of the ie in love to ite a) fi Me. re expressic of parti silver buttons, eh the cook will ‘wear sl ites 5 gis aa cake “2 ah a So very hiterally under fire. oon long continue i the dis- by ai A biehen life cn ‘in oe desires to control NEW ZEALAND TO THE FORE. as an _instance 7 the oman wae lew Ze Be fire Georgia, | and he, like Dr. Far. Athen, en the bbe ‘Sane Nee Zea: a ES treaen carcases of mutton ee fluences Of the Holy Spirit are ine tl es i ..} ral to the level of the author of the law. of sing: afante will that law is but an expres- 48,605 ve es of Butter (56 Tbs. each). 8,350 crates of cheese (56 tbs. each), - a a rk, a The fact titat- all ibe ratte f sts pat eral 200 sacks of grass seed, 1, to casks of Eee portend ance the Pitre were s duly circulated among the The | caller looked at the nite foot and asked chief of one of the Rete wrote} the chil to headquarjers. a few days after the set of Jemuery mcas os been issued, as fol-|sho “Sir, duly received the por-| shoe trails of the ie miscreants; whose cap-|using her fingers and pressing them }ture is desired. I have arrested five This ae cargo was unloaded in r trouble, The Peopl DOCTORS WITH RECORDS SOME ASTONISHING FEATS PER- FORMED BY THEM. Instances Where Surgeons Have Oper- ated in Remarkably Quick Time. Four amputations in twenty-five min- utes must be something very like an absolute record in surgery. The credit if this feat lies with two doctors on the ecessary to take oft Hem haeri at to tell, his pulse was stronger at the end than at the commencement of the late operation. more astonishing feat was performed a few months ago by the head of one the great London haspileis. The incident was related to ae abutter a by one of the attendant si irl was brought in with o ea 0 ter- | 5 When tender, drain and cut in quarters gi ribly affected by fitberoitiosls that it ee that five minutes would be the utmost aa a sts sive bits of butter. kept under an aneesthetic. ie he said. within four minutes fro the moment that the ist Incision was {vo ounces of re esau foe made all was SUCCESSFULLY FINISHED. About three years ago @ case of small- | thick, @ light sisi and suitable for sweet or patient in the place. There were 2,500 oe sliced. onion Tunatics and a resident medical staff ct only five physicians. The; ean formidable. task in just under’ for eight how i 0 But the hero ‘of the most tremendous 8 hot dish, garnish with sippets of toast, Englishman, "Dr. Collingridge, medical appearance is tha ch arden rinks Hissddike are ria 16 ing machine, and the terrific strain which he incurred in breadcrumbs. 1892. In that year he was medical of-| pepper, ai icer of the Port of London, when chol-|jy into the fore ture. rg. on Dr. Collingridge, knowing that in such fy’ neat roll. a case prevention was bel han cure, | and serve with thick brown gravy went. straight to ee tte and for. ire weeks boarded every vessel com- | q ing from the infected ports, and person- ally inspected every man, woman, aa? on, board. For twenty-one day consecutively. he obtaine era? one hour's sleep. in. twenty- tour. He saved Englaid tre th THE TERRIBLE EPIDEMIC, together but was himself ill for years afterwards. | half mo surgeon-dentist, a monk who practised|for thre . free of charge, and of whom it may be ee Les apricot jan he certainly pulled more-testh then any |and cut halle pe man alive, and probably more than /a anywho ever lived. He kept caret! | aprin performed, and at his death Wa able|the vegetabl id gret his thumb and forefinger, and yet per-|ehopped c ‘ork rapidly, and perhaps | on, Rvith: leas Pali” lo: hle*palienta, as even barely with the most skilled siidlder of the fo lorceps. ‘There are several cases on recot an operation of @ difficult and risky na-| fess Jars or in ston a small town in Maine, ey thing that has fringe trimmings, double Femoved @ malignant growth under ab. | the cover ue four and. gether jutely UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES, into we at stare. fri toil patient would have meant his death. he ly removed 10 another part of the bud flbes have:-been carefully washed 2. ing. was the worse for be Areat advocate of vegetarianism, has washing “ine spots with mi pul his principles Into practics tor | the milk ill itis no longer stained and of 1904, he being then over eighty years | then ot age, ie rode from aera ar lary “polish veith Pus tinseed ellen burgh ‘and bagk upon a tricycle, doing | vinegar, eeks. The whole time he lived om green food such | moved ano and only drank milk and|made. de aocuitut-oveneit-onth-aeveret applica- "that festng is the cure for dyspepsia eine I iment of Dr. Wilkinson, of al —p—_ w “It Smith undertakes to. pull my |2* ‘ ears,” said Jones. “he will jugt peve MY |good fumiture polish. Wring the cloth hands full "The crowd tooked at the man’s ears, and thought so too, 10 he Ee Serene oe the} i hotographi 2 ft} firmly 1 reme tee and the sixth is under observa- ne child’s pain, and the caller said shortly,” -|hem. ‘The rod will go in easily with- .| out injuring the fabric 2 2 til thotoughly sary. then pound it and 0 3 radish is ‘propery dried it will keep ig while : smooth, ri these materia) dipped through a solution of gum. arabic all into = Ba Sates 2 2 k im fentee it once, and, keeping at it practically jroast joint, add to the on! ryiked ‘Minced Rallis i quite’ officer of health for the City of London. dainty cish, which c de Dr; Collingridge is enly-about fifty years scraps, of et ke} carries off myriads of cattle. Swine W|diseases which the herbivora cannot y [avoid. Vegetables themselves ot agg | Dolling two minutes and add {wo ounces | C52 of . Anely, shredded eltron, the grated of hi ne Seas gait, defective sight, convul- do wi such desertions than An ane The} man who has an established business,| have becn put,” and suggestions will be {for instance, very Sarely abandons it,/made as to the hanging of the pictures, however Deep ety 7 may e by his} the dutias of” the servant, an wife. Mothers-in- are not go often) bers the cause of ceeded between man an wife as might be supposed. In only 29| his wife can act upon her own initiative, that the eine will desert it. ease and com: e & runaway husbands only two ad bie ion A man will put himself out a great deal © 4 five years are probabl fore, “tna Ait temptations io part. Hy cause his wife spoke so slowly that she ahoald turn out avbole upon e platter, Serve wi made him nervous! One hundred dis-| js hard for his wife to dae the paprses lotte “is made in the same way, paras 15 {in a few of the peach stones to flav ‘ough 50,000, spans, thinks that the first a peaiy capable a reaching ‘Mars will ort as when new. | soap one of lemon ne been. hem with a cloth, a rater Sone the ence belween man and the lower ani- mals, but appeal with litle success. | Ghaine ‘ommy,” e said, coaxingly, to a little hap, cay uu know the difference be- tween, say, ae a pig, or any oth rat in, be mtg: but another teacher standing by quite new and bright, and he fue un-| laughed. ed.” a plaint int that her sl give Wildered ae Bee you gave'it to me, sir,” replied the-man, without mov- answered: ing 4 muscle of his The shine that shows a serge skirt or jacket to be no longer new ean easily be removed by spOngOg, the garment with blueing water such as is us’ en der clothes. While slit damp press th goods under a thin cloth. To slip the rod of a freshly laundered curlain into place try moistening. the vhen using carboli¢ acid as a disin- fectant, mix it with boiling water, RENOVATING NECK RIBBONS. Neck ribbons and those used for belis }’equl a “ine €s sashes are best cleaned by .wash- HINTS FOR NEWLY-WED jor = : ; [A WORD OF ADVICE FROM ONE’ : ~ WHO =e iS. Mt Is the First Year Which Makes’ or Mars the Happiness of > Married Pedple, " During the first year of married life errors ney be’ “made which affect the the Great thing is to avotd a first quarrel, which in many cases arises over tees posta matter, some act of omen prefer cleansing them in gaso- line. ether freshened in water or | thoughtless or selena whieh, with benzine, after the ribbons are dry frough TERRIA creates a gulf tween the two which, onte formed, is i) and creases, To do this successfully and | difficult to dissolve. th two - three thicknesses of brown paper a pas theshands to keep f¥om: breaking or al aces for the neck, as well’ as : doilies and hat trimmings. should first}S€¥ no true love exists without jeal- -|be soaked in lukewarm water and dis- | 0US solved in soap, then carefully washed waar oe! faith and trust, and to the in| Beware of jealousy, the root of many evils. The jealous woman is one to be Kes essed smooth with a moderately |Foot on no foundation, and the slightest acl i who places implicit confidence straining the meshes, ‘When thoroughly in her Huda jealousy will be un- may be quickly vire rinsed through both tepid and cold. wa- she aeons sibs tightened; “I will ae | Ls fa [steve half a round i cold potatoes, and | for “ % mi usbands make a great take, nal although, they are alventive to and water and then carefully puke their wives at home, when in company wi $ it to dry. dificult part of freshening laces, ie endeavor by their manner to show that each little part of the design must. be} in their estimation she ca the most ime & olden board or pleve of cantboant gat & pin. When ihe whole ples Vegetarian enthusiasts assure us that n- if we abjure animal food we shall ban- | BOs ish disease. remely susceptible to _ tuber ut vegetarianism does e it, Sheep and cattle are infested by hyda- Black quarter is a horrid disease that fever, pleuro-pneumonia, foot-and-mouth isease, cowpox, diphtheria are ‘other person in ‘the ro; - GREAT BRcheHES F| pulled out in ths way it Aaah gs th is needed in’ a wife. She should learn ae pee Sree nadebleachs just to manage her husband_at- al ar. ; Umes, for man is @ changeable being, and needs a goad deal of coa: VEGETARIAN DISEASES. not the time to fill his ears wilh ha woe,.. or with yossip about the neigh whe comes hone freee and tired, with business worries, of which she knows nothing. Mothers-in-law aré often the cause ot unhappiness between the newly-mar- husband's " mother; and _onsequently when she is near will be al her very Warsi, lntowving the maternal eye is upon her, fair for a man to invite his cist and often trarisfer them to: thelr: ote to stay with them about a month owners, g 8 EE 5. z z Ca e whole family, and th @ youn wife will use discretion he gee he relations to spend week-en with them, for this creates an expense heat in the throat, headache, giddiness, |yoy"counted. upon, and which ‘she ea m, and ery often death, ——— WHY HUSBANDS RUN AWAY. not afford, A VERY IMPORTANT LESSON for both husband and wife to learn, ‘s made a’ deep study|domestic life, the opinions of all bul of the problems of home ilfe investigated |themselves should be. eonsistently. i! t wife desertion with the ob- | courteous! Relations, with the best intentions it trouble. She discovered that lack of} the world, will freely offer their opin. mn id eral; is, @ man Gage to feel tha’ ft re wife's mother joined the family circle.|echo of a stronger mind; a feeling etal Of the 574 deserted wives. only 20 were|a wife shares in thinking of her hus: To Charlotte, — Thickly. butter a} hildless, 103 had one child, 154 had two | band. cl ay and 125 had three, e Di, Both have to give up much for thy the family the smaller is the seach other's sake, and many old customs of ren. - The majority of desertions occur be- — he loves; but when he firids thut tween. the third and fifth years of mar- relatives have whims also, which his ried life. a couple who live together for wie is repeating, MARVELLOUS MEN OF MARS. Marconi believes that within a decade it will be Possiole 10 6 miles 8 ‘ople th habited by intelligent creatures. who Could understand or answer us. For in- of the ge se ets our earth before the age of steam was not in a condition to be in-) particular attention to the kind - troduced socially to the other planets.| tans worn by his “headache eaten As answer to this Marconi refers to] and in very many instances the change - ed,| Professor Lowell: | Only very recently to jower “and. easier” fitting collars he succeeded in photographing wae ay d | ¢ called Martian an en” Mano.” replied Tommy, know that this ually @ wen lighted to Uc anything for her newiyved husband i! . whe . wish 4s. preluded with the evondsy it mother was saying this afternoon.” appeared just before or just after the} tion with the same cheerfulness, birth of a child, Each newly-marric« ouple shoul realize these smaller things SG Bes Sant eas which go to make that life of peace and happiness in ial fb thea come after, —Pearson's Weel — RESULT OF WEARING HIGH COL LAR‘ te, dace that § among both men and seine ‘tr the afost recent discovery of 0 equivalent. But, while the hetiograph well-known Viennese physician, Xoutte will be the path-finder throug! im-| accidentally ‘the doctor's “attention was st to believe that it will simply be the fore- style of collar worn a i patient ate runner of ss _lelegraphy as it is] aways complaining of hea now being develo; It may occur to and gid ‘he collar was Sue ome peop! t ob be to pp Struck by this result the He paid brought immediate relief. In the case of women wearing high stiff neckbands it straightness he is cerla! in thay, aah Saar Hisihal Ue corrprctretee was found that doing away with: these ‘hi in, eir stupendous size, he asser's,| gootor ED that nobody~with any proves that the diggers are not only| tendency: to headache should wear high creatures of great size and strength,| conars it greatly vance in _ thi of 2 chanical devices, bi could “came searme easily communicate their answer to our CHAINS UP. TO: DATE. . Lelong, elgian dnvéntor has de- : vised whal is said lo be, the first suc- i sae ena AOR FS 34 cessful apparatus with which, by the use A teacher was fAstnicling'a close of OE EE One tusece and one Taachfhes boys, and had spent haff an hour cae Serie finishea peated ane ing to drive inlo their heads the differ-|t the machine an the shape of straight rods, and comes out a complete. chain, any size may thus be made, from. the smallest ears ae lo the i‘ huge chains used in Ethel: “Who is that man you jus! bor a to?” Penelope: “That was aut well-known judge dined at a res-| Son, “ faurant where the man who takes care ¢ e}of the hats is celebrated for his mem- ory about the ownership of agen 8 fhe great composer.” Ethel: composer be you say?” Penelope: manufactures soothing on minister was a low do iy reat hani hat?” the judge asked, as his silk het shake rs tt 's| was presented to him. “I don’t Imow it,| day. h 3 ae ee Ae ‘ < with ee