Show gold medal wed aved ling bake lake cousin amalge writing in london truth about tl e recent cookery and food ech in that metropolis says TV lolette s lovely cales created quite a sensation her wedding cake won von a gold medil medal it was in three tiers jand was asplend adly ornamented with freehand p puig the lowest tier n t 1 design of small white roses the second I 1 er coveted with piped illy of the N valley alley and tl ti e upper one raised in the of a ten pie the walls of wh wit ch mete of tl ti e mobcaps of I 1 ly of the illey valley and the p ailais ikeie formed of 0 clu clustering clust steling eung loses t i L aaa the london lancet thinks that too much time Is spent over golf and men bring ur ing to bear on the game an I 1 austry and a devotion to detail which ought to be expended upon more serious things the new army rifle ot of the united states is alleged to be the most power tul ful in the world but no nation seems disposed to offer us an opp tr of demonstrating the fact at the ex pense of its soldiers since 1790 tl e area of the united states has increased from to 3 2933 93 33 squire square miles the gumbel of counties has Inc increased leased from 00 0 to and the total populate on I 1 as in creased from 39 1 to or almost every adult manchu carr es a connecticut dollar natch matell the united states hadano had no tride trade worth men tion ng with mith manchulea Man Manc chuna hulia until we me be gan an to sh puss a ties balb and engines f for or I 1 er railways lail ways now the trade in flout and cotton is important the friench naturalist sor lortet hortet spent the whole of last w ater in egut studying the mummies of ar rials cattle hogs gazelles b ads fishes etc he ile came to the on that contrary cont iary to the prevalent bel ef the an mals of modern egypt are the same as those of stone times A chicago broker ind and presumable millio milli nane onalle offers a bequest of 1000 1 to an ideal servant gill per haps the discovery of the ideal might be hastened by making maung it boido down on proof of the ideal qualities the servant girls like other people have a business like tile preference for spot c aish a 8 h over the promise of an immense sum in the indefinite fatute practically only tl it e buildings are taxed in england and this tax the oc cupani pays tl TI ere is now a strong movement in favor of the taxation of ground lents tents and site values and the introduction of the plan of lading assessments on property pio perty for local im prove ments as in this country it Is vigorously opposed by tile wealthy class especially by the dukes who own the ground upon wh wit ch london Is built figures hare have just been published which the canad an press claims as an indication of the military sp rit wl ich tell an mates young canada the state of new ew lota it aik oik has i a population of nar ly moie mole than the entire do minion million of cai cat ada 3 et its national guard his has an all enrollment of only 14 men canada on the other hand his has 30 men in its active in I 1 tia and thousands of others who hai e gone through miltia mil tia training and are now on the retired I 1 st the extent to wl ich tell electricity as i a motive power pomer has driben dm en the patient horse horst and the melancholy mule out of bus ness in the matter of street rail way transportation is shown by the census pie leport foi the year ending last june twelve years be toie foie more than half the street railway mileage in les out of was operated by animal power but in 1902 out of 22 miles of single track trach in the united states only miles thus operated what scientist th aker teacher re former ion lo 10 er of I 1 Is vad dd can hope to compete in popular interest with the millionaire the great promoter the so clety beauty or the american girl who marries a foreign title and carries her fortune ind and attractions avei geas aas out of this hubbub of gibat people great doings gleat books great enterprises that will be forgotten foi f 01 gotten next year arises at times i a mortal weariness inflects the christian register an innate desire to return to humbler more modest condl cond eions and a juster estimate of values more clanty of ision vision a sinei sanet outlook upon life Ac Acco iding colding to the pittsburg dispatch a woman who mho has long been engaged in a noil oil wh wit ch is i a pet charity with million alies in new york city de clares that rich women have the least appie appreciation clation of money values of any an people she has ever known they don dont t seem to know what money will do or how bow much Is necessary for a given end she sa d sometimes when a case of need Is explained to them they will hand out 25 when 5 would be ample sometimes it Is just the other way they will give 5 when 25 Is absolutely necess necessary essaiy aly one rea tea son for this Is that they handle very little actual cash and they buy without asking the puce they can buy any thing they I 1 ke and run up any bills they wish but you would be aston dished if you knew how often otten the wives of financial magnates leally handle no cash at all naturals Na they cm can t learn money N values alues under such a sa system stem |