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In so many families all this is brought torth at meal time. The husband and father is told how naughty his children have been, and they in turn are scold- ed and reproved. It 18 hard to enjoy a meal when bears are very near the surface, and it IS most disagreeable to have to gulp down the food m a hurry that; one may get away as soon as p03. sihle. There are so many pleasant sub- jecgs whieh _ could be dlspuseed While a pretty picture of comfort and happi- ness, and the evening lamp sheds its warm light on the. same. These people have. made it a. point to never be cross at the table. They reserve Whatever troubles the ' have until later; if they wish to sco‘. each other it is done after- ward, and all complaining and grum- bling is forgptteg for the time. , .v..-“ v' uslv éating, and it has been said that laugh. ter and content are spiend digestion. Halve] a piegxsan-t id aids to light din- “A“ ing room; let thefe be neaioféloths. napkins and dishes, with flowers and fruit, if possible, and cheery Words and faces always which is best of all. Not long since a. young man, being invited out at 6 o’clock in 'the evening, remarked: “I cannot come then, for 1 would miss my dinner, and I should not like to do that, for meal times are the jolliest of all in our house.” And he was right. He sits down to a very carefully appointed table, with immacu- late lines, neat dishes, and best :of all-1, a row of smiling faces. Hiis moth- er and sisters make it a paint to al- ways dress for dinner, but not elabâ€" aon somewhere on this table, and flow- ers when they can be procuredâ€"in sum- mer from their little garden at the back of the house. In the morning the sun steals in through the_u'hite:drapeg windows over age of strong tobacco and pour over it boiling water. When cool the plants shoul be set into the mixture and washed, leaves and all, besides being thoroughly soaked with it. Another remedy is a strong soalpsuds made of carbolic soap and water. Plants must be kept clean, if they are to be healthy. The leaves should be washed occasion- ally in order that the dust may be reâ€" moved. The leaves are the lungs of giants, and of course they camnot per- orm their work correctly if the pores are obstructed by dust. In order to have nice plants one must ive them much attention. Decayed ' lossoms and leaves should be removed, and they ought to have plenty of sunâ€" shine and moisture to thrive. A few flowering plants in the Winter do much toward the cozizness and comfort of an apartment, and lend such an air of It is a task to keep Winter plants tree from insects. and one of the best termed-13$ is tobacpo. Take_ a. small pack- 1f papers are put up against the Win- dow panes much of the cold will be ex- cluded. It the plants should freeze they should be taken immediately into a cool room and sprinkled with cold water. By no means should they come near heat or fire until they have re- Vived. Some people recommend to sim- ply carry the plants into a. cool room and allow nature to do the rest. 0m severely cold nights it is safest to lift all the plants omt of the window to some table or stand in the center of the room, Covering the pdants with newspapers will also protect them, and ‘homeiness” .and warmth that (me can- ;ot help lovmg them. ‘ in every crack and crevice should be sealed or filled up with some kind of material. Strips of dark paper pasted over all cracks will keep out much of the cold, or paper or cloth stuffed tight- ly into the cracks will also answer the same purpose. on some severely cold morning and find all the sweet things dead, or almost so. If one has. not ample space and can not give plants the right condition in which to live it is best to carry only a few over the winter. If one sunny Window can be kept exclusively for plants it is best. Before winter sets Every woman who has the time and space loves to have a. Window garden k1 winter, and in that way keep a bit of the beautiful summer with her. But what a disappoin tmen2t i1; is to wake up No marshafling troop, no bivouac song, No banner to gieam and wave! But. oh, these battles! they last so long-â€" From babyhood to the grave! But deep in a walled-up woman’s * i heartâ€" Of woman that would ndt yield. But bravely, silently bore her partâ€" Lo! there is the battiefield. WOMAN ’S WAYS. The bravest battle that ever was 3 fought, Shall I tell you, where and when? an the maps of the world you’ll fmd it not; 138 fought by the mothers of men. Na. not with cannon or battle shot, “With sword or nobler pen! Nay. not with eioquem; word or thought From mouth of wonderful men! ». As this poesetxs to promote THE HOME. THE WINTER PLANTS. AT THE MEALS. â€" â€"â€"Câ€"' as the streets of a European city after sunset. Some deepâ€"sea fish have two parallel rows of small circular phos- phorescent organs running along the whole length of their bodies, and as they glide through the dark waters of the profound ‘ abysses they must look like model max] Vslnps with rows of shin- The fauna of the deep seaâ€"with a few exceptions hitherto only known as fossilsâ€"are new and especially modified forms of families and genera inhabiting shallow waters in modern times, and have been driven down to the depths of the ocean by their more powerful rivals in the battle of life, much as the ancient Britsns were compelled to Withdraw to the barren and inacces- sible fastnesses of \Vales. Some of their organs have undergone consider- able modifications in correspondence to the changed :conditions of their new habitats. Thus down to 900 fathoms their eyes have generally become enlarg- ed._to make the best of the faint light whlch may possibly {penetrate there. After 1.000 {fathoms these organs are either still further enlarged, or so great- ly reduced that in some Species they disappear altogether, and are replaced by enormously long feelers. The only light at great depths which would en- able large eyes to be of any service is thek3 phosphorescence of deep-sea ani- ma . ~ ~ ‘We know that at the surface this light is often very powerful, and Sir W’yvrlle‘ Thomson has recorded one occasion on? which the sea at night was a “perfect blaze of phosphorescence, so strong that lights and shadows were thrown on the sails and it was easy to read this small- est print." It. is thought possible by several naturalists that certain por- tions of the sea. bottom may be as bril- liantly illumined by__ this sortpf light __ L‘I EVEN GROUND SHARKS, brought up from a depth of {no more than 500 Iathoms, expire before they gain the surface. in full chase after its prey, happens to ascend beyond a Certain level, its blad- der becomes distended with the decreas- ed pressure, and carries it, in spite of all its efforts, still higher in its course. In 'fact. members of this unfortunate class are liable to , become victims to the unusual accident of falling upward, and no doubt meet with a violent death soon after leaving their accustomed level, and long before their bodies reach the surface in a distorted and unnatural state. er than that of the atmosphere We live in. At 2,500 fathoms the pressure is thirty times more powerful. than the steam pressure of a locomotive when drawing a train. .As late as 1880 a lead- ing zoologist explained the existence of deep-sea animals at such depths by as- suming {that their bodies were com- pose of solids and liquids of great den- sity, and contained no air. This, how- ever. is not the case with deep-sea fish, which are provided with air-inflated swimming bladders. If one of these fish The Enormous Pressure Exerted by the “'aier in the Deepest Places. The temperature at the bottom of the ocean is nearly down to freezing point, and sometimes actually below. it. There is a total absence of light, as far as sunlight is concerned, and there is an enormous pressure, reckoned at about one ton to the square inch in every 1.000 fathoms, which is 160 times great- Haricot Soupâ€"Put half a. pint of beans in a. basin, add a quart at wa- ter and soak over night. Next day put them in a saucepan, add an onion if liked, pepper and salt, and boil, for three hours. Rub through a. sieve, add axlittle milk, boil up again and serve with croutons of fried bread. Hungarian Beef Gulasch.-â€"Take two pounds of beef from the round, wipe. trim off the fat, and cut in finger lengths. In a stewpan put one table- spoonful of olive oil, add one medium- sized 0111011 chogped fine, and cook slow- ly until golden brown; add one heap- mg tablespoonful of flour and brown well. Stir into this one teaspoonful of salt, one scant teaspoonful of gaprika. and one pint of water or bee stock. \Vhen thickened and smooth, add the meat, cover closely and simmer for two hours. Serve with potato baglls. Bread and Butter Frittersâ€"Bream- and-butter fritters are deiicacies that chiidren appreciate. Make a batter of sweet milk, eggs and flour, just as if for muffins. Cut some slices of bread rather thin, and yet so think that there 1s no danger of their crumbling. Spread them with butter, and half of' them with jam. Put the plain half over the other, then cut them in squares or in round pieces. Dip them into the bat- ter and fry them in hot lard. Drain them well, and While they are still hot sift powdered sugar over them. Chestnut Soupâ€"Remove the outer skin from a number of chestnuts, care- fully excluding any that may be in the least tainted; put them to boil in salted water with a handful of corian- der seeds and a couple of bay leaves. \Vhen thoroughly done, remove the in- net skin and pound the chestnuts in a mortar, adding a little stock, free from fat, now and then. \Vhen a smooth paste is obtained, fry an onion in but- ter to a light color,~ add the chestnut paste and sufficient stock to get the soup of the desired consistency; put 111, according to taste, salt and a little sugar as Well as pepper, then pass the whole through a hair sieve and serve. Chestnuts \Vith Cream.â€"â€"Â¥Bofl about two dozen large chestnuts until the skins come off easily. Pound them thoroughly, mix with a little cream, and rub them through a. sieve. \Vhen done, stir in nearly one print of cream and a little vanilla. flavoring. Frosted Apples.â€"Stew some apples until the skins can be taken off easily. As each apple is peeled, dip it into cla rifled butter and cover it with caster sugar. Bake them in a. slow oven un- til they sparkle. pergpiyation, give it to the patient when. IN THE OCEAN’S DEPTHS. or trees, especially so to immature strawberry plants; immature because [they have not roots hardy enough to bear transplanting at th'at time. New plants which have formed since spring will have just fairly secured foothold In the southern states fall planting usually gives good results; through the eastern and middle states it is occa- sionally practiced but strongly con- demned, While for this and northern latitudes, if the conditions are favour- able, fair‘resu-lts may be obtained. The two main objects of fall planting are, to secure a part crop the succeed- ing season, by setting the plants in Aug- ust or early September, or to finish some of the next spring’s work by set- ting late in the fall. Ifi ordinary yearé, August is 'too dry to gttempt the .trgnsplanting of vines our farm journals are. often misleading owing to these facts. STRAWBERRY PLANTING. The question as to Whether fall or spring planting’is best for strawberries depends largely upon the local condi- tions as well as on the individual who intends to grow them, writes B. 0. Wood. Many articles Which appear in The amateur growing berries for plea- sure, also gets close to the heart of nature and in common withI every work- er of the soil may receive her smile. Many a bright boy may receive his first incentive to business and earn Ihis first money by growing berries or vege- tables. Give them a patch of ground 3111.9. encourage them in this work. l\:'[any women dependent on tzheir own efforts are securing substantial aid from their garden; hen 1es and flowers thrive best under the gentle touch of wom- HLâ€" -~-- ".l.“he market gardener selling his own products can often make an acre 0r two of berries very profitable. They are suitable companions for their vegetab- le "friends: and sell well together. This business or professional man, al- most broken with: care, may recover health and strength in the pleasant walk of horticulture. It is restful to bop‘h: mind and hody. _ .7â€"" .â€"vv Berries shbqu be grown by owners of all .VIllqge homes, and acreage pro- perty 1n Clty and village may be pro- fltigibly usedfor that purpose. The growing of berries for family use is easily done. The growing of berries largely, and selling them in good mar- kets, requires considerable skill and a special business tact. Only those who have good. location, good market: and a taste for the business should attempt it. Many small farmers so situated are making a success by commencing mo- derately and increasing acreage from season .'to season as experience warrants. ___-_.â€" w v- v Farmers can never have ideal homes Without the fruit garden. It teaches the lessons of intensified farming, and results in better tillage, larger crops. better stock and improved met‘h'ods in every way. Good gardens and poor farnrns never keep; compapy 10118? and to it'hle extent of his own family, has the best market in the worldâ€"a home market. He can select the best land and location on his own farm, and is “sure of a profit with: bait a_ c_rop. First of all, farmers everyWhJere. for family use. Farmers must grow ber- ries or do without. No one can grow them so cheaply as he. They may be produced ready for picking, at two cents per quart. The farmer saves cost of picking, packing, boxing, crating, freighlt. express and profits of growers. He gets them at first cost, fresh from the vines, no eyes are left to start afresh more slhloots. \Vhen the leaves are off, a good View is had of all parts of the tree, and a. little practice will show not only where branches are too close now. but small twigs whfich evidently Will be too numerous when they get larger; and these should be cut out. ~VVitven sawed in this way, three or four shoots will start out from the part left, and instead of. reducing the number of branches, an increase 1s made. Cu’t clean to the base, so that no dead ones “to Ube cut away. Many trees are far too crowded with‘ branches, and it will be better to make a mistake, and out out too many thlan to leave them crowded. Air and light must get to all parts of the tree if we would have fruit over all. Lower branchies are apt to overtop one anOther 'too much, and In this case some of them suffer. The centre of the tree is often too crowd- ed for the best results. In these cases the saw and hatchet will be needed. And here is where a word of warning is re:- gulred. If a branch! is not wanted, cut 11; off completely at its base. Do not saw it off an inch or two above where it starts out, or you will not effect your object. ‘1'- n In the winter season, when the branches are bare of leaves, it is easy work to see just what a tree needs. It may be that nothing at all is required, the hranches being properly placeqtand use, and these are better cut away. Many young trees can have their growth regulated very well by watching them in their growing season, and nipping off the ends of growing shoots and cut- ting away of others. Trees of beau:- tiful outline are produced in this way. W‘here pinched off, there are several new shoots take the place of one, and when done intelligently, shoots can be had almost wherever they are want- e was to be done every year. In or- chards growing freely there may be branches too close together, one or more of which should be cut away. And in older orchards limbs may be. decaying, or Where they are of no manner of \VINTER PRUNING. During the winter season a good op- port-unity is afforded to look through one’s orchard, and do pruning, should it be necessary, writes Joseph Meehan. in the “Practical Farmer.” It will be as well to say at starting that orchards do not need pruning every year, as many suppose they do. I am often asked, “\V’hen shoxld my trees be pruned 2” the questioners evidently be- lieving that, as a matter of course, it WHO SHOULD GROW BERRIES? PRA’L‘TICAL FARMING. The average amount to cash depositâ€" or in Ontario was $212.23; in Quebec, $254.30; in fiova 150011.21:1 $243.53, in Man-4 Ltoba, $152.53; in British Columbia, The amount on deposit in Ontario was $18,700,691, in Quebec 4,478,695, in No- va Scotia $1,627,291, in New, Brunswick $1,298,263, in Manitoba, $163,058, in Prince Edward Island $13,623, and in the territories $108,413, - Last year there were 88,115 deposit- ors in Ontario, 17,612 in Quebec, 6,682 in N ova Scot'ia, 4,442» in New. Brunswick, 1,069 in Manitoba, 1,904 in British 00- lumbia, 101 in Prin‘ca Edward Island, and 703 in the territories. i â€" The special- sahvmggs banks which are in the Province 01f Quebec sham devel- opment even during the past tw'o years of depressed trade, Wm ich‘ must have- affected the earning campity cf the people. SAVINGS OF THE PROVINCES. The record inf the provinces in con- nection with postoffice savmgs banks shows as follows: x From these figures it will be seen than, in 2.10 yeams from 1875 to 1895 the savings of the people have increased till] the. are now four times What they ware a the bagitninng 0f the period 114:5ng qf_po:pu_lsajti01_1. cai'htered banks, the progress of the. savings may be Seen by taking itihe amount per head of populatiom in 1871 it was $3.96; in 1881, $5.44; in 1891, $10.42; in 18931, $11.02, «and in 1895 it wgs $11.32 par‘heaxd. ‘ ' On lst April, 1868, the Postoffice sav- ings system was introduced with 81 offices. In three months there I’VE-1'8 no less than 2,102 depositors, who had made 3,217 deposits aggregating $204,- 589.1n 1870 there were a million‘and ahalf millions on deposit; ‘in 1875 $3,- $26, 805, 5-12. 26,090; in 1885, $15,090,540 anid, in 1895 other Government savings banks and; $13,128,483 i111 special savings banks, and it will be seen that in 1895 the people of Canada ihud deposited in savings banks aflone (apart from deposits in cihiartered banks) the sum of $57,578,981, or nearly $12 per ”head of population. SIZE OF AVERAGE ACCOUNT. Last year there were 120,628 de- positors in flhe Postoffice Savings Bank, so that; the size of the average account was “.2222, the highest; ill] any year since Confederation. Taking into account all the savings banks in the pounpry' outside of the In both these classes of savings banks the rate of interest paid was formerly four per cent.” but in. 1889 it was re- duced to 3 1-2 per cent. Under the provisions of the original act no deposit must be less than $1, and by an order-of-council of 1891 no deposit must exceed $1,000 in any one year, neither must the total deposit ex- ceed 3, 000. ‘ GOVERNMENT SAVING BANKS. Government savings banks under the management of the Finance Depart- ment have been established in the Mar- itime Provinces and in Manitoba and British, Columbia. In these banks de- posits to the extent of $1,000 are al- lowed. Under this system there are 35 offices, viz.: 22 in Nova Scotia, 2 in Prince Edward Island, 1 in Ontario, 1 in Manitoba and 1 in British Colum- bia. Last year there were 54,932 de- positors, with $17,614,956 on deposit. Arrangements have been made for the transfer of the Government savings bank i-n each province to the Postoffice Department, as the position of superin- tendent in each place becomes vacant. {FHE RATE OF 1N TEREST. of Ontario and Quebec. In 1885, how- ever, the system was extended to the Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and now there are post- office savings banks in all the proâ€" vinces, distributed as follows: Ontario, 448; Quebec, 123; Nova Scotia, 48; New- Brunswick, 34; Manitoba, 25; British Columbia, 23; Prince Edward Island, 8, and the Territories, 22, making a total of 731. The Post~0fliice Savings Bank System and Its Growthâ€"How Small Savings Grow to Large Amounts. Tzhe postoffice savings bank system has been in opeiation in Canada ever since the year 1867. At first the savings banks were lim- ited in their operation to the Provinces OVER SEVENTEEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON DEPOSIT. my new beds and should the weather be dry then, it is rarely possible to make a new one live in its place, but With! some such? tool as this transplanter'it would be an easy matter to secure a perfect stand of plants. MONEY SAVED BY THRIFT or if a sandy loam can be “had. 13568 fall Planting with a winter mulch ‘Wlll often bring good results. . . There is a hand transplanter winch 18_ being quite extensively advertlsed With which it is claimed, plants may be set any time when it is possible to Work the soil, and are guaranteed to live. Such” a. tool would be of much serâ€" vice to a great fruit grpwer, espemalâ€" 1y when it is necessary to set in plants Wlfiier‘e some have died. “-v If I can beâ€"Bbfivincga that it will do What is claimed for it, I shall surely have one the coming season. Often dup- lng the sprqmer _I fi_nd_p~]a_.r_1ts dead 1n , pa ' from the mother plants and the roots disturbed. If the piants are set at this time of the year they are not apt to start enough before winter sets in to be able to protect themselves from being Win- terkilled, but should they be fortunate eonugh to . winter safely, .then the ground in Which they are set will have become packed so Zherd that the plants will not make as rapid a growa as those set in the spring. Starvation caused seventyâ€"one deaths in London the last week of October as against thirty-nine in the previous year. In only a few cases was the plivation that led to the fatal issue due to self- neglect. The majority of. cases were women. and over fifty years old, and several were Widows of laborers. None of these poor creemues had applied for or received relief . ‘Great Britain “'1" Use It for the. Army E and MW 3’. In view at the movement recently lmade in favor of the military pigeon gmessage service, it is interesting to inote that the Br1tish government has idecided to establish a service of car- :rier-pigeons for use by the army and gnavy In this matter Great Britain i ihitherto has lagged far behind most iozf the continental powers, which, of re- ‘cent years, have made considerable out- glay upon the development of an effi- icient service of carri er-pigeons. This Edevelopment has reached its highest ipoint in Germany and France. In the lformer a sum of $12,500 is set aside gannually from the war budget for the :training and support of carrier-pigeons. iEvery fortress and. m11ta1y camp of the frontiels has its co. umbary su iplied with trained birds, housed rea Efor emergencies. The birds aggregate iabout 10, 060 and every bird is num- ibered and registered, and can be claim- ied by the authorities, shout d the need occur. Not one of the birds can be ta- ken out of the coun r31 11' ithout offi- [cial sanction. It is estimated that from lthe reserve so formal the government ican draw from 25 000 to 30, 000 birds, tall trained and ready for use. Equal Scare is bestowed on pigeon trainin 1n France. The princ 11:1: station is a ithe great military camp at Chalons, :but there are depots in a l the frontier Etoyyns and fortresses. From these out- lying posts a regular pigeon mail ser- vice to the headquarters is mailm- tained. Three times a week a number of birds are taken by trains to cer- tain points on the frontier, Where they are liberated. A careful record is kept of their number, and the time 00- cupied in reaching their destination. The percentage of losses is very small. Such confidence is p aced in this ser- vice that it is calculated that if every line of railway and every telegraph wire on both sides of the frontier were destroyed, by means of this system of pigeon post the authorities could be kept abreast of the progress of events. The rearing and training of pigeons by the people also is encouraged by the government. Almost every town has its society or umon, generally un- der official patronage, and for the perâ€" iodical flying contests thousands of birds will be entered. The state has the Option of taking all trained birds. should the public service require it. -_.... -v---uv;uw WU.UH0 1 O The balanbe of deposits is not now required (as it was formerly) to be in- vested 1n Canadian Government secu- rities, but forms a part of the unfund- ed debt of the Dominion, and this amount of this floating capital which is at the disposal of this Government necessarily fluctuates. The withdrawals from Government savings banks in Canada during five years, 1890-95, inclusive, averaged $1.1,- 788.683, and the deposits $11,804,616. The withdlrawatls in 1895 were $508,648 less than the five yeers’ average, and the deposits were $889,911 more than the average for the same five years. SAVINGS BANKS IN AUSTRALoA. A’ comparison between the savin banks returns in Canada and Austra - asia shows very much- in favor of the latter country. But it must be remem-a bered that there is no adequate means of getting at the total savings of thb Canadian people, as no return is re- quired by the Government showing the deposits with special Savings Banks, Building and Loan Companies' savi branches and the savin branches 0 the chartered banks. .. ese returns would doubtless swell the Canadian re- turns to large figures. - Following is the return per head of pepulation of deposits in savings banks in Australasia; New South \Vales, $28.38; Victoria, $29.43; Queensland, $253.25; South Australia, $35.39; \Vestern Australia, $9.13; Tasmania, $19.01; New Zealand, $29.14. The average per head of population for Australasia 1.8 $28.13 and {for Canada $8.74. . SAVINGS IN OTHER. COUNTRIES. The savings banks returns of the principal countries in the world Show Denmark to be in the lead. per head of population. Great Britain has an average of $15.55 in savings banks; Sweden, $16.76; Norway, £3.71; Hol- land, $7.50; Austria, $223.73; Belgxum; $10.22; Italy, 55.11.60; France, $19.04; Don- mark, $63.09; United States, $26.75. Combining the returns. of both Post- office and Government savings banks there was on deposit last year in. thew institutions $44,450,498, with an awerb age to each depositor of $253.19, and an ave-rage amount per head of population of $8.74. New Brunswick has the largest amount to each depositor, both; in the postoffice and the other Government fixing} bankSs \ ' THRIFTY DOWTNi-EEASTERS. . ' The amount on deposit in the Govern- ment savings banks, including postal and the other, per head of the popula- tion by provinces, ‘is as follows:â€" Ontario. $8.75; Quebec, $2.89; Nova; Scotia, $18.87; New Brunswick, $24.09; Manitoba, 54.30; British Columbia, $9.02; Prince Edward Island, $20.27, and the“ ter‘rifiorie5 $0.92. I The fiMéiii-iifig “flo‘éi’hé‘é’s make: big showing, however, wifchmeg‘ard to the 441,137 on deposit, with an aV'erage of $%.05 per head of populatfi‘ n, and Prince Edward leand has over $2,000,- 009 on deposit, with an awerage- par head of $20.15. Combining the retunjns. of_ both Post- $218.09; in Prince $131.38, and in eye» t . STARVATION IN LONDON. PIGEON MESSAGE SERVICE.