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Jams, Jellies and Pickles. I Gooseberry Jam.~â€"Top and tail the gooseberries and boil one hour, stirringconstantly. To each pound of the uncooked fruit youvshould Lhave aIIOWed three-quarters of a. pound of sugar. After the hour’s ‘ boiling is ended! dip out, any super: ffl'uous juiceâ€"which will make do- (dicious jellyâ€"~put in your sugar, and cook an hour longer. Turn the jam ’into glasses or small jars and seal. When this is served with cottage cheese or cream cheese it is a fair equivalent for the imported bar 1e due. Plum or Damson Jam.- ~Stone your damsons or plums, and after this weigh them. Be careful to save any juice that comes from the druit while stoning it. Allow half a pound of sugar to each pound of fruit, unless it is exceptionally tart, in which case increase the propor- tion to‘ three-quarters of a pound of sugar to a pound of fruit. Stew the fruit for half an hour, put in the sugar, and simmer gently for an hour. ‘ By this time the jam should {have cooked down until it is quite thick, and may be put into glasses or jars and sealed. Small, tart plums may be used for this jam. ' Peach Marmalade. â€"â€" Peel and stone peaches. The smaller or yel- low varieties will serve for this. lWeigh the pared and pitted fruit, allowing to every pound of it three- ‘quarters of a pound of sugar, and cook the fruit by itself for three- quarters of an hour, stirring it conâ€" stantly. At the end 'of this time turn in the sugar and cook for ten or fifteen minutes, taking off any scum which may rise .to the top. You may either put it up at this stage or you may add to it the kernels of a dozen or so of peach stones, chop- ‘ped fine, and the juice of a lemon for every three pounds of fruit, or you may put in a tablespoon of pre- serving brandy for every pound of fruit. With any treatment the mar- malade is delicious. There should be agood deal of extra juice, and if this is dipped out after the addi- tion of the sugar and of any flavor- ing and sealed in bottles it makes a fine sauce for baked or boiled pudâ€" dings. Apple or Crabapple Jelly.-â€"Quarâ€" ter and core ripe crabapples or any well-flavored, tart apples, and heat v slowly in a preserving. kettle. Uni less they are juicy add enough water to protect them from scorching, and cook at a gentle simmer until the apples are broken to pieces. Put the pulp into a flannel bag and let it drip. If you squeeze the pulp the juice is likely to be cloudy..Measure your juice, and to each pint of it allow a‘ pound of granulated sugar. Put the juice on the fire in a clean kettle, cook it for twenty minutes after it comes to a boil, skim care- fully,,and add the sugar. Let the jelly return to the boil and cook for one minute and take frorn the fire". Have your glasses ready and 'fill immediately, but do notclose or attempt to cover with paraffin un- til the jelly is entirely cold. Peach Jelly.--â€"Ma‘ke‘by the preced- ing recipe, but add a tablespoon of lemon juice to each pint of the peach. juice, and put this in after strain- ing the juice from the fruit. Small Cucumber Pickles. -â€" Lay ,firm, small cucumbers of uniform size, none of them more than three inches long, in a large earthen crock, with a layer of salt upon every layer of cucumbers. Pour in enough cold water to cover them, placing a heavily weighted plate on. top to prevent floating. Every other day stir the pickles up from the bottom, and leave them in the brine for ten days. At the end of this time pour it off and pick over the pickles, throwing out those that are soft. Put those which are left in fresh water and leave them in this twentyâ€"four hours, change again to fresh water, and let them lie in this another day. Line your kettle with grape leaves and place the cucumbers on these, sprinkling each layer of them with a little owdered alum, pour in cold water, ay several thicknesses of the grape «leaves over the top, cover the kettle closely, and simmer slowly for six hours. Don’t let the kettle boil. Take out the cucumbers, which by now should be Well greened, throw “them in cold water and leave’ them in-thi§ for acouple of hours. Pre- pare a thick pickle vinegar of one ,cup of sugar, a dozen blades of mace, a dozen and a half whole allâ€" sp‘ice, three dozen each of whole black peppers and cloves, and four quarts of vinegar. Boil all these together for five minutes after the boil begins, ,and pour over the drained cucumbers, 'which you shouldhave packed into small jars. «The vinegar must go on them scald- ing hot and the jars be covered closely. Let them season .for at least two months before eating them, and keep in a dark, cool place. Mixed Pickles.â€"â€"Make these by the preceding recipe, using string beans, nasturtium pods, clusters of cauliflower, and tiny onions. The onions and the cauliflower do not need to be greened. Useful Hintsi Brittle nails should be rubbed with vaseline every night. If vegetables are put to cook in ho water the flavorwill be des- trokyedr ’ Seeded raisins cut in half and,add- ed to the nut salad will. make it tastemuch better. Crackers covered with grated cheese and toasted in the oven are good served with salad for lunch- eon. When the knob comes oi the tea- kettle lid, try putting in a cork; select one larger than the hole, soak it, and force it in while wet. Linoleum which has been rolled up for some time should be placed before the fire for a few minutes before unrolling. 'It will not crack. If rice is cooked in water it will absorb about three times its meas- ure. If it is cooked in milk, at least "half as much liquid will be necessary. ' Perspiration stains can be re- moved by .‘l solution of oxalic acid and water in a proportion of one drop of oxalic acid to 20 drops of water. i A fish that is to be boiled will be improved if it is placed in a dish containing melted butter and al- lowed to stand for an hour before boiling. ‘ After boiling salt beef leave two or three carrots in the liquor until cold. The carrots will absorb the salt and the liquor can be used for soup. When sheets weir thin in the mid- dle, cut them in half down the mid- dle and sew the outer edges to- gether; the sheets will wear twice as long. Before ‘cutting buttonholes in thin materials, baste a piece of In- dia linen underneath where the but- tonholes will be. Cut the button- holes through both and work. When finished, cut away the piece of goods underneath. To bake cakes at home success- fully but the cake mixture into a well-greased tin, then stand this in- side another tin. The cakes will never burn at the bottomor stick, and will be} successful whether baked in a large or small oven. A cretonne shoe bag made the size of the hat tray in your trunk is a great convenience, It can be attached to the back of /the trunk with thumb tacks when you arrive. For-economy excellent lamp wicks can be made from men’s 01d soft felt hats cut into strips the proper width and soaked in vinegar for two hours and drying before using. A steamer box is a delightful pre- sent for an ocean-going friendâ€" each gift being wrapped tightly in paper and marked with the day on which it is to be opened. Sash curtains, after they have been starched‘, should be folded down the middle, lengthwise, and ironed double ; then opened out and x the fold ironed. They handle very well when ironed in this way. To keep the color in linen dresses launder them in bran water. Pour scalding water over half a pailful of bran, let. stand for half an hour, then drain the water off and wash the linen in it, using no soap. Cold cocoa made without cooking is a good invalid’s dish. Mix one teaspoonful of cocoa and another of sugar to a smooth paste with a. little cold milk; then beat in a glass of creamy milk with an eggbeater. Everybody doe-sn? t know that huckleberrry'i cake, baked about two inches‘thi‘ck, in a large oblong cake tin, can be served as. a delicious pudding simply by cutting it squares and serving with a sweet white sauce. .3. Made Him Homesick. A man walking into a. restaurant inadvertently left the door open. A big man eating his lunch immediate- ly yelled, “Shut the doorhyou fool I Where were you raisedâ€"in a stable 2” The man who had left the railroads in Canada. door open closed it, and then, drop- | eon of the that pictui‘esque spot known as the Bulkley Valleyâ€"surveyors and en- ALFRED WALDRON SMITHERS. Important Western Division Point Named After G.T.R. Official. Right in the heart of the great fruit orchard of British Columbia~ Its name. I . . The first is the fact that it is the only general freight and passenger division point between Prince Ru: pert and Fort George; The second isâ€"Smithers. » ._ mar-.1” And a very good reason the town has for calling itself by the name of its godfather. Not only because Mr. Alfred Waldron Smithers is chairman of the Board of Directors ‘ f the Grand Trunk, although that alone would seem suflicient reason. Not only because, as the highest officer of the Grand Trunk Pacific, he is called the counsellor of the Grand Trunk official family. Still, that is not the only reason why the first general freight and passenger division point east of the western terminus of the new railâ€" way should be called after the good counsellor of the official family. He was asked to be the godfather of many western townsâ€"towns which look calmly on huge glaciers and rushing torrents, on mighty A. W. Smithch. cascades and forests of cedar; towns which are springing gradual- ly from canvas and tent prosperity into the more substantial forms in lumber afid brick. And now comes the reason 'why the last town-and most decidedly not the leastâ€"«came to be named after the'great man who is quick to recognize good work, and just as quick to clothe criticism in silence. “Serve the others first,” was his motto. And that is. how thby have Edson and Watnous and Bigger and Wainâ€" wright, not to forget Melville, named after the great man, Charles Melville Haysrin whose brain‘ the whole Western scheme originated. It was all so characteristic of Al- in fired Waldro-n Smither-s’ to wish to be the last godfather on the Westâ€" ern line. . But we must speak of Smithers, the man. His modesty has been hint/ed at above. Forty years ago when he was a youth of 23, he join- ed the London Stock Exchange, and remained a..member until four years ago, when he resigned, to devote his energies to the development of Being the late William Henry ping into a seat, buried his face in : Smithers of the Bank of England, his hands and began-to weep. The llt seems natural that he should be big man looked somewhat uncom- recognized as a financial authority fortable, and finally rising walked up to the we-eper and tapped him on the shoulder. “My friend,” he said, “I didn’t intend to hurt your feelings. I only wanted you to close the door.” The man who wasweep- ing raised his head and grinned. “Old man,” he said, “I’m not cry- ing because you hurt my feelings, but because you ask me if I was raised in a stable, and every time I hear an ass bray it makes, me homesick.” Men who/can be bought imagine .they can’t be caught. throughout the British-Empire. In 1895 he became a director of the Grand Trunk, later being elected vice-president and chairman. England still claims much of his attention, he being a director of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, and chairman of the Eng- lish Association of. American. Share and Bondholders. And apart from all this, from his interest in things of national im- port, he is possibly the‘most inter- estingin his private‘life. Children are his weakness, and wherever he is, he is seen surrounded by Ian ghâ€" ' He will be. as Moses of old, permitted only .J ‘ ‘ .WINNIPEG « ing tots, all delighted to be «enter- tainted by the “big man of finance.” IHE wumn IN REVIEW Sir John M. Gibson. whose ‘term of ofice on September 22. will, it is reported. he asked to continue in the office for another year. An ointed ori inally by his polit- ical frlen s..hie cont nuance in ofllce will be a tribute alike to his qualifications for the post and to the non-partisan attitude adopted toward the position at Toronto and Ottawa. By a year from September it is ex ted the new Government House in Cpl-Icy Park will be completed. Sir John himself Wlll not likely be‘privileged to occuny it. to see it from afar. As to who the Joshua of 1914 will be only Rumor yet speaks. And Rumor, as ever, has many tongues. One report is that the position hash; ready been offered to Hon. Frank Coch-‘ rane, now Minister of Railways at Ottawa. but Mr. Cochrane loves the freedom of outdoors and the mental stimulus of business too fondly to consent to a. round of gold braid. satin breeches and corner- stone laying. He is said to chafe ,even at the social functions his position now re- quires him to attend. Hon. A. E. Kemp's name has also been mentioned. but he is said to have political ambitions. and would regard a Lieutenant-Governorship as a side-tracking. Dr. G. Sterling Byer- son, a former member of the Legislature. has also been mentioned. And 'another shadowy rumor. probably pure specul- ation, has it that Sir James Whitney Will himself accept the position of honor, to he succeeded in the Premiership by Hon. Adam Beck or Hon. W. J. Hanna. Still another rumor mentions Mr, Beck himself as a possibility for the Gubernatorial House. _One thing is certain, that either future incumbents of the position will need ,to be. like .Sir John Gibson, men of wealth. or else the present indemnity of $10,000 a year will need to be increased materially. The new Rosedale residence will eat up a good deal more than $10,000 a year. The Death of .iames Comma. i . The death after a long illness of James Conmee, of Thunder Bay district. removes from the public life of Canada~a remark- able figure. For many years he was prom- inent in the Ontario Legislature, but about the time the fortunes of the Liberal party were waning 'in that body. he; was re- moved to, a new sphere of activity, in Ot- tawa‘. For any lack of advantages in early life. Mr. Conmee amply made up by an unusual shrewdness and remarkable force of character. He was a born. fighter. In later years no antagonist lightly en- tered with him in any battle of wits. The most contentious piece of legislation with which he was connected was that. to which his name has been given as the Conmee“ Act. For many years it has been vigorously attacked as giving undue privi- leges to franchise-holding electric corpor- ations, but Mr. Conmee always as vigor- ously affirmed that it was a meritorious enactment. greatly in the public interest. He could talk by the hour and produce manuscript by the ream. replete with ar- guments in favor of his contention. Tradition recalls stories, probably ano- cryphal. of the experiences of Conmee. as .a youth. in the American Civil War. Of his career in Northern Ontario, with which he was identified from the early days, there are also many stories. many doubt- less also apocryphal. others resting on a basis of truth. It is said. for example. that,“ fate would have it. shortly after Mr. Goumeo had been made a Justice of the Peace. there was brought before him on some trivial charge a former personal antagonist. The story goes that the new J.P.. with great enthusiasm. spent days conning the Statutes of Ontario which came to him with the office, in an effort to discover if a J. P. had power to inflict the sentence of hanging. Labor Party Decllnlng? Critical observers report that the Labor Political Party. which with meteoric swift- ness flashed into the firmament of British politics in the famous election of 1906. is making no progress. It is- said. on the contrary. that its influence and power are actually on the wane and that, while there are still some forty members of the House who subscribe themselves as members of the Labor Party, the time is within meas- urable distance when the Parliamentary Labor Party will practically disappear. Thls, if true, will be a shock to those who hoped for the day when Laborites. con- trolling a majority in the Commons. would actually be responsible for the laws, of the land. There is no doubt that so far the in- fluence or legislatiop of the Labor Party has been disappointing. It is doubtful if. since 1906. there has been placed on the Statute Books one plece ~02 legislation which could not. probably would not. have been put there by the Government un- supported altogether by its Labor allies. Not Through Parllament. Besides. there are arising grave doubts in the minds of labor as to whether Par- liamentary endeavor furnishes the line along which it can most easily secure the things it wants. namely. higher wages. shorter hours and better conditions of labor. It is doubted if. in the great re- cent struggles in the railway and coal and other disputes. the Parliamentary Party has been any strength: whatever to the labor cause. Some'say it has been an actual weakness. There has been a dis- persion of energy. at least. bound about by forms and procedure and interests that they furnish a moderately slow way of securing certain kinds of re- form. This is but to say that reform must come from the peoplefithat it results only from the pressure of public opinion. Par- ticularly for soclal reforms such as are desired by labor it has become a. question if more substantial progress will not be efiected by the efforts of the Trades Union organizations actin directly in the inter- ests affected than y attempts to control unwieldy Parliaments. Lesson For Suflraglsta. .,. . Si. ilarly some students of the Women's Sailings llrlovement are convinced that as Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario expires» I l l l l l l . BEST YE-Asv- in “THE _'w'o‘ RED". , pacrm’s :THE NUMEROUS? INFERIOR .. *IMITATIONS‘éT'HAT” ARE? BEING'O‘EFWD " AWARDED HIGHEST HONORS AT ALLEXPOSITIONS = EE.w.c:ILL:'r'r COMPANY LIMITEESL I TORONTO ONT. MONTREAL ,. . there are many methods of influence other than the vote which ofler much easier re- sults to the Suffragists. Apartfrom the abstract claim of equalit with males. the only ground for advocat n: votes forl‘wo- men is the influence the new voters would have on legislation. Whether a say in the selection of lfarllaments ~is the mood effective way of influencing such legislaJ tlon seems to be a uestion. The expat-J ience of the Labor ovament in‘ this re‘ gard Will be interesting to the Sufirazlsts.’ Whore LabOr Rum. In Australia and New Zealand they at doing’things‘dilferentlyr In politics. there) Labor has things its own‘way.~_.True. the Labor Government in Australia hasjusfl been ev1cted_£rom power b . a-‘narrow my jorlty. but it is succeede b‘y a-Govern‘ ment which is said to be scarcely lend. Radical. Governments do things as a. matlf ter of course in Australia. thatwould be regarded as rank Socialism hero or in Europe. .' ~One may have been surprised to observe that_ it was. the Labor Government in Aua‘ train which inaugurated compulsory military training and which began the establishment oha navy. for in these parts labor unlons,ate generally in the toreai front or peace celebrations. The explan- ation is that the Labor Party camelnto‘, power on the cryof‘a "‘wh‘rteifiMttalla"; they want no immi rants from China or a an or India. 0 ber‘consiste'nt the La or Party in power had to provide the means bv which a “white Australia” could be maintained. Compulsory military tram- ing and a navy were the sequel. Similarly the party which in opposition had opposedl 1mmi ration and was indifferent to 1111-; peria ism. quickly recognized in office that development of the country depended ' on new settlers and that the maintenance of the Empire was necessary atJeast for. many years to come to the very exist- ence of a white Australia. Hencethe az- gresslve immigration policy and the Im~ perlalism which marked the Fisher reg gime. No Eleellon In Sight. Any talk there was of a general Domln- . ion election this fall has passed. away. There is now no sign of Parliament being terminated any time before it has run its natural span. This will give time for poli- cies and opinions on the many Blded navy issue to crystallize into definite shave. , Down in the Eastern Provmces the In- tercolonial Railway has again developed into a considerable political issue. The employee are askin more pay and men. chants and other a lovers are complain- ing of increased freight. charges._ - Naturally F. P. Gutelius, the railway exv pert who was not long ago placed in charge of the line. and who is paid $20,000 a year to run it on a business basis. does not, always see eye to eye With the road- customens. who have, however. always the . right‘to appeal direct to the Government. a privilege which they are not slow to take advantage of. 7 _ ' - Elnanalal Outlook Better. The otlier dayan advertisement for' two unskilled laborers in Toronto produced 150 able bodied men applying. for work: The incident inspires speculatzon as to .what the condition of the labor market will‘ be in the dull season next winter.‘ Reports; too. from some of the more .prcnounoedly b00151 centers of the west are not any we, ‘ goo . - , At the same time. during the past month there has been a distinct improvement in sentiment as to the financial outlookJ Many well informed commercial experts now look for no serious effects to follow, the money stringency and expect that the; country’s remarkable development will‘ continue without abatement. There is. however, little possibility of the money ' tightness letting up for the next few months. ' ' What Is a Lobbyist? Revelations by Mulhall, self-confessed 1,. lobbyist. have come as something of, a, shock to Americanpolitical circleâ€"which, are not easily shockedâ€"and have aroused; an ,animated discussion as to e whole, businessâ€"or professionâ€"«of lobbying. The word lobby is one of those which. launch" ed in purity and innocence, has come through time and usage to have a sinister, meaning. And yet. asks some one. what is. wrong with a legitimate lobbyist working: in a good cause. A lobbyist, says our old friend, Uncle “Joe” Cannon. former sneak- er of the U. S. House of Representatives; , in one of those flashesof cynical shrewd-‘ ness with which‘he so aptlyilnts off a sit-g nation. a lobbyist is a person who is our posed to the particular legislation you are seeking to advance; anyone who is. aiding you is a “public spirited citizen}, For himself. Uncle “Joe” does not want any protection against lobbyists. He thinks anyone who is smart enough to get elected to Congress ought to be trusted. to look after himself. - . .Lâ€" qtâ€"d-;-_â€"- _ Why People Travel. Because they think they are going to learn something, and it is only by travelling that they can discover that knowledge does not come by,» travel. Because it helps them to, get better acquainted with their; neighborsâ€"some of whom they are bound to fall in with on their m, vols. Because the doc tor tells them they ought to. Because it gives them the illusion of superiority. and furnishes them with topics of conversation. Because it costs more than they can afford. Because ’ they don’t know all the disagree. able things that will happen to. Parliaments are conservative and are so them. Because it is the only «way in which they can discover how comfortable they are at home.“ Life. ’ The deserving poor are usually those who don’t deserve to be. A Stylish Weddingâ€"“The,” her wedding beggared- desc , “Oh, more than that!” s “Yes, it beggared her