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It has boon a standing charge against
the Chinese that they term <letifd of pa-
faohsm; that they did not lave their
naLlv,e land enough to be willing Le die
to it, or °yell to ;lake le noxious sae -
einem for it,s sake. The charge has been
well 1oundeci, and yet the Chine.* ought
• not, to be reproached too bitterly for the
Mack of love for and devotion to China
taken as a whole. There are reneonS
why it is dtlneult. for the average China.
man to grasp the idea of China as an
entity. The inhabitants of other pew..
(noes than his own speak dialects he can-
tiot well undorstand. lie has never
learned to think o[ teem as "fellow citi-
zens." But he 56 Plitt chcd to Ills owat
Village or city. That Is his Mantra', and
for it he ;night be wilting to take up
arms.
China has often felt the heavy hand of
foreigner. Forts have been battered
down, pities of plured, and territory seized
end held. There itas been'inuch intense
teethed of foreigners in China not because
of these things, humiliating es they were.
They have hated foreigners simply be-
cause they were foreigners. Therefore It
is a symptom of national life when a
boycott of Japanese goods is set 011 foot
because the country has been disgraced
by the weakness displayed by its govern-
ment in yielding to the demands regard-
ing the Japanese vessel recently seized by
Chinese officials. If the boycott begun al
Canton, where the seizure took p)aoe,
stall become general throughout a great
part of the empire, it will afford evidence
of the existence of the patriotic sentiment
which it has been asserted was a stranger
aft China.
There Is another interesting phase of
the boycott. The Lbtnese are as road of
making money as any people under the
Bun. The commercial spirit is highly de-
veloped among theta. Yet here are
wholesale and remit dealers who by re-
fusing to handle Japanese goods hurt
their awn trade and profits. Some of
them have destroyed the Japanese wares
they had in their stores to show their
patriotic spirit or that they might not be
tempted to sell them. In the course of
tine the dealers may be able to gat goods
(Wade in other countr".es that will take the
place of the Japanese goods they refuse
to touch, but in the meanwhile they are
malcing pecuniary sacrifices because of
an affront put upon China.
It is perhaps an indication of the com-
tiiercia:l spirit that the originatons of the
boycott have figured out in dollars the
ism 10 which Japanese trade should bo
mulcted becattee of the overbearing eon -
teed of the Japanese government. The
Monetary value of the humiliation to
?which Celina has been subjected is put at
pearly 8200.000,000. When Japanese
tnede shall have suffered to teat extent
the wound to Chinese honor will be
. healed. It remains to he seen whether
the originators of the boycott can carry
le out in a peaceful manner without lay -
'ng hands on the person or property of
a Japanese subject. If they Can they will
have given evidence notrnerely of organ-
izing ability but of a spirit of nalionel
pride and dignity which it has always
been assumed Was disgracefully lacking
in China.
RECORD ELEPHANT SHOT,
Abid Rogue That Was Killed by a German
Hunter in Ceylon.
II. (Deland, tete German big game hun-
ter who came into prominence et the
recent elephant kraal, has returned to Co-
iembo alter a month's shooing In the
tiambantoia district, say's the Singapore
Tines, He secured a capital bag, inciud-
tng tete elephants, two buffaloes, two
crocodiles, one leopard, one boar and
sore snakes,
One of the elephants was a rogue and
B tremendous brute the measurement of
its fore feet. going Ie show, according to
$lowland \\'artl:s standard book on big
Same, that tie unlined rues tie seooxid
n size for the world's record and con-
8iderably. the biggest shot In Ceylon.
The elephant.shot by. Mr. ffieland was
pine feet high, end the meesurcnients
taken at the Colombo Museum and ecr-
tilled there are as follows:
Inches.
Height, of skull 43
Breadth of skull 20
:Bono iii of trunk 28
Circumference of foot
The measurement of the foot was token
atter drying and before being stuffed. Mr,
HTlelnnd claims that when stufl+d with
Fend it will be 58 inches; but laking 11 as
6530 inches it cormee second in the list
sef Rowland Ward's records.
It was barely light., Mr. !upland says,
and owing to the comparative darkness
lie had, to go up gttice close to the mantel
before shooting, and as 17 was he was
net able to get good aim. The first shot,
however, was (a(al, but, not instantane-
ously so and the elep1tant oharged. Ito
(slopped the hrutee progress with a but -
,let on the knee end then he rolled over
(lead.
SIMPLE, LIFE Alelletrr.
A oabineernaker, George elurr, who
has died at Grantham, England, at the
lege of seventy-eight pears, was em.
eyed, by the salve term for thirtysev.
e h''earl}. Iia not onl\vorked"in the
same
but, actually same shop, ,y at the sumo
1lyeneh.• Muer took the only heliday of
this. ILtO tteenty-s1x years ago, when he
event to Skegness, intending to stet'
stortnight. He returned the sante day,
Ihewevet, saying Thal he ceuld Hat set.
ale any Mole oaten.
ISYOUN PWTY fl P1NfU I
we Take Our Religion NotToo Seriously
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g Y
But Altogether Too Gloomily.
"0, come, let us sing unto tit+' ford"'
Psalm zero, 1.
These words of the old singer of long
ago, tttie call to glad uplifting of voices
in song, constitute part of one of the
best known and beat loved passages of
worship amongst. all congregeliotus in
out day. They recall to warty every
memory occasions when they have loon
fan from empty words when they have
Leen laden with happiness, gratitude, and
peals° giving,
Whoever nag said or sung I.hese words
with any freedom of mind has tell the
uplift of expressing an exceedingly de-
sirable thought. Yet somehow they 0)n-
trast strangely with the place it which
they usually are sung; they ;,,rut rather
M belong to some far upland or sunlit
grove, where men ;tight come worship
with garlands of flowers.
We too often picture the Hebrews as a
people wholly innocent of langhler and
lightnees of heart and thele religion as
pmoulJarly one of gloom. We forget how
nnteh of joy there woe in all their 'term-
moneai lite, how all their feasts and little
days and joyous social °cessions were
essentially religious. Piety to them
meant not pain, but the highest, noblest
form of pleasure.
It is easy to sen that much of the bible
belongs to the childhood of the race, le
P e days when men took lifo leas seri-
ously and when they cared less than we
da for the scientine explanations thatlie
back of phenomena. Life was simpler;
THE UNIVERSE WAS SMALLER;
their gods were noaner and more easily
tmderstood. As we have passed from
childhood perhaps it has been unavoid-
able that we should lase some of the lrre-
sponsibility and simplicity of those days.
Sometimes it seems, however, as it the
race had lost childhood and passed over
ntatthood, es if we have grown prema-
turely old. We have forgotten the child's
smile. but have not found in the man's
heart deep happiness. It is a poor kind
of progress we have made, as a race, if
we have found in the passing centuries
no deeper springs of joy than we imew
long ago. It would be better to evolship
with the ignorant simplicity and the
genuine gayety of those who once danced
before their altars than to continue per-
fttne(orily to go llutugh the motions of
a ntanufncluted and mournful mimievy.
If your piety is a painful l(ting to you
and a pleusurrless thing to others it
1110101)1y is all pretense after all,
11 we have forsaken aha garlands of
Greece and the festivals of Judea, what
stead? if the Chrhslianlzalion of the me
tons means that the whole world is 10
be uni('orntly clad in somber suits of Sun-
day Maples, with countenances to match,
it can only be regarded as a doubtful
benefit,
It Is no ne talking about the blessings
of
faith unless wo look and act as It we
really are blessed. 11 is .no sol believing
i1 a cloudless heaven it we peas all these
days in 111,0 shadows.
'1'tlli "JOY OF THE LORD"
is of little use in tide world unless it LS
the kind of a joy that a Ulan can see and
006(re te share.
We am the people of the stores of
Mem/lodge and the laden hooks of
•g,utls, but, alas, we walk Lhreugh them
with empty hearts, fon- we have not yet
learned how lo lite. We are picking up
life's lead and despising its gold. Wo
are blind to Lite sweetness and light In
life, to the wayside Gowers of joy, to iho
deep sources of thankfulness.
\\'e need t1 lift up our eyes la see (tow
good a world this is, how fair its morns,
how bright its noons, how glorious Its
evening light; we are too much with the
little, tangled thane of Orir own tnaking,
too little with God's great glowing uni-
verse that compels rte uplifted eye. the
expanded chest, and the singing heart.
\\'e need to Lake our faces from aur
ledgers and to look Into other faces, W
learn finger faith, and love for man, to
rejoice in friendships, to find the thrill
of the broad and upward way, to 1t 0
((me to live and let the making of a He-
ine lake cure of itself for awhile:
After 011, all our shadows cone from
our suicidal selfislmess, and gladness,
deep and enduring, is found only In the
life of self -giving. There will always be
a song in the heart when the hands are
busy with love's service. The best way
to sing to the Lord Ls to serve our fel-
lows. for so our song starts another and
scop there is a chorus of heavenly hap-
piness. HENRY F. COPE,
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY 3.
Lesson V. Our Heavenly home. Golden
Text, Sohn 11. 2,
THE LESSON WORD STUDIES.
(Based un the text of the Revised
Version.)
The \Vey, the Truth, and the Life.—
To nightly apprecittic the opening vers-
es of ihls wonderful chapter wo must
remind ourselves of the peculiar cite
cunstances under which the words
whioh it contains were spoken. Jesus
and the eleven d.lsciples wore still in
the upper chamber an which they had
partakee of the last Passover meal to-
gether, and from which Judas, the be-
trayer, had just departed. Thereupon
the Master had spoken once ntorewiltt
his disciples' of his impending depal
lure from them. Then it was that Pelee'
declared, in response to an intimation
from Jesus, that his disciples would
not be able to follow hint this time,
"Lord', why cunnot I follow thee now?
I will lay down my life for thee," Sad.
13', no doubt, Jesus reminded Peter of
Ins r,wn frailty, and at the same time
foretold, his threefold denial, T'lle eon.
versatlon at this point was such as
would be likely to disturb the panto •+f
min 1 of the disciples., who begat/ to
have gloomy forebodings. concerning
what the tnmediale future might have
In store for then. Hence Lite speolal
appropriateness of the oont[orlhcg
words with which Jesus turns lite con-
versaiian from the thought of hiss de-
pat'turo from then;, to the thought. of
their ultimate reunion and lite heaven-
ly home which Jesus declared wasin
store foe then( with the Father. The
entire chapter, together welt the throe
following chapters (15.17), belongs 10
the seine group of farewell discourseso!
Jesus,
Verse 1. Troubled ---The prediction of
the impending departure of their Nies-
ler from them, together well the .pre-
diction of the betrayal of the Master by'
a trusted member of their contently,
had filled the disciples with sorrow and
amazement .
Believe in God --A fitting exhortation
lo abiding faith 1n Jehovah, in whom
they lied e}weys trusted.
Believe also in me—Tho apostleshave
now been with Jesus sufficiently long
end have come to know his divine char-
acter and power sufnelenty well to
a,arrant faith in hits also, evert in a
time of uncertainty and after he shall
have left them,
2. My Father's house—The eternal
dwelling place of the infinite God, and
hence an expression which we are bane
ly warranted in interpreting in any lo-
cal, heavenly sense. The essential idea
le that of tate nearness o[ the heavenly
Father to those who ,]taro his love and.
favor, and consequently his abiding
place.
Many mansions ---Not necessarily the
tarent Spheres of existtttce or mime'
dogreas ofblessedness, but ..referring
primarily to the ndogtroey 01 the roam
ler alt et. CIirises tollltteers. 'j'.ie. weld.
In the original was often fused to dc\sig• granting a fetter revelation rrl,his.g race
in 1t the suggestion both of rest and. of
progress.
1 would have told you—An, appeal to
their faith in his candor and, the truth-
fulness of his ,previous teachings.
4. Yo •know the way—Wdrds spoken
to test thele uuderstanriing of what
Jesus had already taught (item concern-
ing himself and his relation to the Fa-
ther and to the Minuet race.
5. Thomas saith-Thomas 1106, fvnl
what wa know of hitn In the gospel
narrative, In the habit of seeking die
re:Mlies, and demanding explanations.
Iia was thus of a critical turn of mind,
and in the present crisis cones not quite
see (he relation cf what leo Allister has
been saying to the bnme01110 neat, or
1t his fulfillment of the Messianic prom -
lees.
3. No one cement unto the Father,
but by rue—Jesus continues to speak in
spiritual terms, not consenting to be
drawn into a discussion of objective
details.
7. It ye had known. me—Their rein -
don to himself as the revealer of the
Father was of supreme ,importance,
and unlit they had come to regard him
as suet' they could not be said to really
know hhn.
From henceforth -11k revelation of
the Father and his infinite lot'o would
now soon be complete, and, thee' un-
derstanding of the great purpose of leis
life and death would henceforth also bo
more nearly perfer. t.
8. Phiitp--ln Join's Gospel mentioned
four times, usually in connection with
Aro rew. Ile was like Thomas In Ills
loneness far insisting on 7110 procticai
test of personal experience,
11. Dost thou not know enc, Philip?—
The vett "to know" In this verse, as in
verse 7 above, Is l0 110 Won in the
sense of "lo recognize." '1'110 d(r't'e, pole
sena] 0ddrees of Jesus to Philip fndl-
caire the surprise and ptrin caused by
Philip's question,
11. Or, else, believe neo for the very'
works' sake --An appeal to faith on e
higher greeted being of 110 avail, Jesus
reminds them of the more material
find (tangible evidence of heir divinity
and his relellon to the. Father, which
the miracles of his entire public minis,.
try had furnished
112. Verily, verily—The usual formula
or Antonin assurance.
(WOW' works than these shall he do
—Referring to miracles of a tpir(lual
nether, such as still occur to -day in. the
trenslm'mnal(on of character 'through
faith in Christ. though ;probably includ-
ing also reference to the entractes. of
healing and similar nets performed by
the disciples inthe early apostolic. days.
13. Whets/lever ye shall ask in my
name—The emend phrase is inseparable
from the final, 11 resters to the spirit in
which prayer, In order t0 be effective,
must be offered, That spire, is the same
w'h(oh Jesus exemplified In iris own
e
prayer life.
10, &netitetr Comforter --Cir, "advo-
cate", or, "Helper"; ferule,pneaclote.
Who this Comforter and Advocnte is Io
be La indicated! in the next seek/nee.
17. The spirt, of truth -Whose refla-
tion it is to fndet'prat and maintain, the
tenth.
21, lie that inch Inv e.nmmantinenis,
anal ice/meth them --Again the seemed
cense 1a Inseparable from the nest.
Obedience is (lie oft-reileroted condi(lnn
of disoiplesllib,
W(11-innnrfesl ineeelt unto"ltim eB
y
tate stations on e journey, thus ltavingand et faller urrdetetal.ding of the truth.
22, Judas ;not Iscariot---1'he 5011 of
Jam,!;, smnoisttes nailed 'l'ltadda'tts ttr
1.tibbwtui cotupmt'u Math Ile 3; pia k 3,
Ltij.
23. :Make our meek with him— The
1n.urt of the believer thus Incomes tate
Father's dwelling place Icoipnrc verse
2 teem). We ntttst not in either verso
fume the interpretation of the llgtlrulivo
l.-ngung,t employee.
2G. Int env Hence --As toy representative.
27. Not as the world given Wilk tut
ulterior meelve of oiliest -mess,
28. The Fatlter le greater then 1
Jw,ul is speaking as their fe:env-man,
one who still dwells tyith thein on
earth. In ander to thus become one of
ahem he had gleam tip Itis peeiliolt of
equelil:v with the Fathete
3u. The ptinee of the n'orld,—Saten,
netting in 1111 ---Nothing of worldly
passion 01' ambition to appeal t.
31, Arise, let us go nonce—Tie dis-
course of Janus is not ended, brit is cote
Untied cu route to the garden.
BIG FAMILY ON $4 A WEEK
TALI: OF THRIFT mom A VfLLAGE
IN DEVONSHIRE.
P.ourlirttn Are Lilting and Maven Sit11
Live Under the Family
Root.
Annually the repave; of the Beltish
Registrar -General draw attention to the
decline in LIue birth rate, says Lhtyd:s
Weekly. Families wlt0.sa 01)0tl)01' l'u115
Ink two figuret are becombtg more
and amore rare. Still, they exist, and
a. notable exemplo Ls to bo found in
the pretty little Devon:Aare village of
ti•Ruxhont, England.
Air. and Mrs. William Copp ate the
parenl3 of Io fewer than 21 sons and
daughters, of whom 14 are living, Slo-
ven of these are still gathered under the
fancily roof tree, and e. brighter or heat
Thier looking band it would be hard to
And.
The quiet little village of Ifuxltam,
some ;tiles front a Mallon, with its
Ulalohed cottages and Lts ivy-covered
ehoieh, has a peaceful, old-world as-
pect, and at Mr. Copp's cottage (writes
a Lloyd's a•epl'esentative) I had that
ktndty, hospitable welcome which De-
von people know tee well how to give.
THE NEWEST BABIES.
Mrs, Capp smilingly inteoduoed mo
to the twins, tete Lwo Latest confers In-
to the family circle, a boy and a girl,
who wero sleeping side by side.
As to Mrs. Copp herself, she looked
far too young to be the mother of such
a fancily.
"That is what everyo•no says," she
'remarked, and the soft Devon accent
sounded very pleasantly in Iter speech.
"I marrled at 21. My eldest girt—elle
is 23-1s a eao.k in a good sorvice at
Exeter, but the most of then( are tit
home still, 11 altogether, counting dill
twits."
Like all true sons of Devon. Rites.
Ccpp's boys have a natural turn for
Lite sea.
"Aly eldest boy is In the cavy," said
Mrs. Copp; "lie is stationed -at Matta
now. No, 1 have none ie. the army;
my boys are all for the sea; the little
ones aro thinking, of it already, but
they'll have to wait and grow a bit first,
"I had another boy in the navy, but
he was drowned when he was tmly 17
years ale; he was jerked overboard by
n trope, and they were not able to pick
him up."
NO I-1 BLP FROM CHILDREN.
None of the children al home ate yet
able to earn anything to increase the
family Lnoontc, and the problem of low
le bring up so many in health and
strength would to most townsfolk ap-
pear impossible, But Mrs. Copp speaks
Oldie cheerfully and contentedly about
it.
"I've got a good husband," she said,
"and that goes a long tray. Aly hus-
band works on the coedst he's been on
the roads for 21 years now, and he
gels MGs. a week, but itis regular wages.
"How do 1 manage on that? Well,
sometimes t have wandered holy we
do manage. It is a di0icult thing; but
there's a great deal in the way you
manage. Theca's others I know that
have no children and yet don't scent to
do as well as we do with our large
family.
"No; food isn't particularly cheap.
Bread is 5;ad. a querLern, and we have
-two quarterns every day replier.
"But we always coop vegetables for
supper; we grow our own; we've got
a good oft of garden. I don't know
what we should do withotat that, and
then when we have a be of meat 1
make the most of it watt a good crust
and some onions.
"1 go Into Exciter when I can to buy
what's wanted; you can buy things
cheaper there than in this little place;
'besides, you can °loose what you want
Instead of just taking what the trades.
men bring. Oh, i often ,soy t could do
much ballot' there."
"Only the 10111 might be higher?"
*35 A YEAR RENT.
"We pay £7 a year rent here," said
Mr's. Copp, "and that's rather high for
the country. But its a good cottage,.
it has gr)'L three rooms, this—nand the
one next loot'—ts one of. the taw cot.
',ogee here (.hat rent is Mild for. Nearly
all tie others belong to the forms, and
the men working 011 the farms live in
them; the cottage is in their wages.'
Then I make and mend everything
for ell the children," Continued lairs.
[Copp, "including (Ito boys' clothes;
was always very good at my needle;
and that's a great thing, for clothes
run into money, But the loots—well,
they do wear them 0111, walking two
mdies every day 10 sCihool, •but my
htisband he cobbles theta up againand
again. and 'falces tltcnt lost wondeertil.
"T havo one of my girls, wile is in
eervice, home for a fortnight to look
.atter things while I've been laid up, r
011011(0 like' to have her always -5f Ne
1Cculd efhrrd t1,
"''t TL{F `,"
N(1 \ .FOR C'0";5rh,
Nope 0f tho,Se at Monte i now are
earning anything, 'Tito eldest who Is
;just 111141011 11, had rbeu.inatio fever
very badly, but he is getting sleongs'r
now, though
o won't ewe, to quite
o
!same as he was before; it has
made
tune leg a Mlle shorter than the outer,'
"So that tvitlh a fancily of eleven at
home you are Inept pretty busy?"
Mss. Copp admitted It was 50, JAIL
\v(10 a pleaiunl senile saki site ty05
)tette contented, Ilei cltildrea were
vert' goad.
"But ordinary days," site added, "it
dee% seem as i1 there's no time for any-
thing. Certainly there's no time for
ges(p, but, perhaps, that's 110 great
less, Often (.hb)gs will be going on In
the village that eve never heard of;
eve just ne time to listen, 111 have to
trait a good while before 1 can leave
111'1 tv0r17,'
Then a plaintive trail [term One of Pm
twine drew Nee. Copple mention, and
I went downstairs to tinct _\ir. Cupp
ht ills another little youti ,ter in ]cls
arms, but lately deposed from the
proud position of "lite baby" of the
fancily; while Eli, Daisy, Charlie, Meek,
'font, lapel and Sidney-"wo don't like
then( called Out of their names," sahl
Airs. Copp, so there aro no "tor shorts"
et the Capp family—were amusing
themselves in the kitchen mid in the
garden, while (heir elder sister kept a
motherly eye over theta all. 11 was a
(appy fancily group and one that Devon
(County may well be proud of,
SENTENCE SERMONS,
Folly congeals faith.
Character Ls controlled will.
Silence will end almost any quarrel.
Faith ands its fullness in friendships.
The test of religion is for the weary,
not tiro lazy.
Things readily believed are not often
really believed.
A. man's age depends on the ideals
he still cherishes.
Alen tend Iro approximate to their own
expectations.
Living for others is as imperative of
the higher life,
Your 'foes will not fear you as long
0i you fret over then(.
Ile who gives le be soon usually has
much he wants to hide.
Lying usually Is a plan of hiding one
blemtstt with 0 bigger one.
He who follows duty ever may find
danger often, but defeat never.
TL le better to give without thinking
than to think without giving.
When the church is only a place of
rest it meter Is a place of refreshing.
Ile who does not look 1orwamd with
reverence will look back w(llt regret.
Faith is the power to weave the music
of 'to -morrow from the discords of to-
day.
There ,always are few friends 'o
mom'; the loss of tete mom who made
no enemies.
Keep the wolf of worry from your
door and the rest will take care of
ihemselvos.
Few men are in morel danger as
great as those who Proclaim religion
so strenuously they reel no Meed to prac-
aka it.
WHERE LOCUSTS ARE FOOD.
Table Luxury in Some Places -How They
Are !Made Palatable.
Locusts are a table luxury in Palestine
and outer places. The Jews fry them in
sesame oil. In Arabia Petrea locusts are
dried in the sun and ground into a kind
of flour for baking. In Central Africa
certain tribes make tttent into thick
brown soup.
In Madagascar they are baked inhttge
tars, theft fried in grease and mixed with
rice. In Algeria they simply are boded
water and salted to taste. The Arabs
grind and bake Item as cokes, roast
them in hater, of crush thein with Cam -
pr's cheese and. dates. But they only re-
sort to this fare in times of famine. In
scnthern Russia, where locusts still arc
eolensively eaten by the serfs,. the in.
sects usually are smoked in the first in-
stance like fish.
when required for consumption the
legs and wings are broken off arid the
bodies area toiled, roasted, stewed, frtcd
or broiled. The flavor of locusts, while
strong and disagreeable, becomes mild
and readily disguised. when cooked.
Some locust soups scarcely nee to be
distinguished from beef broth. Friec(in
Iheie own oil and slightly salted they
acquire a pleasasl nutty flavor.
Locust, eating tribes invariably grow
Mt when the food is plentiful. Grubs
and caterpillars are eaten with avidity
by Parisian's, and butterflies are eaten by
the nallves of Australia, silktvot'nts in
China and harvest Gies by some Afric-
ans.
A
TRIAL BY BREAl) AND CHEESE
There were many odd ways in anci-
ent tunes of detecting criminals. Our
anoeslors had not lived long enough
to lose their faith in the gntawings of
t ens0i0nm, and Divine interference an
earthly justice was superstllously re -
weeded as a daily occurrence, sayS Pear.
son's Weekly, foetid
queerer example of
Mitis could c than the ancient
triode of trying 4ii'isoaners by bread and
cheese. The unfortunate offender was
led, with a halter round his neck, to
the parish church, and there itt the pre.
space of all the people the priest pal
,pteoes of cheese and rye bread in a
flatfeet on the altar. 'Chase be blessed
and than the supposed criminal had' l0
oat them dry before the congt'rgution.
If he managed to swallow them easily
he Was acquitted, but It he choked ho
was condemned. Naturally enough
scores of Innocent tolls were thus done
le death.
'F-
MUC11, MUCH BETTER.
"i'd like to knew," remanded the irate
passenger, "why you don't give better
sereleo On (hits [1110? Heed 1 am forty
minu(es late i.hts morning)
" VVe Oro (115151(1 hotter 0011 00," retort-
ed the staton-master. "feet tnonlh this
train eves alwaya fifty minutes ink,"
'ler v
T } o ere � 1tipro ulcer unci 10-ieal'tivrw
les in the Argentine ffepn(I1. , The ('res,
!dent 1tae ti oiolary of $304001),
RICHEST NUGGET
YET
SEVENTY-FIVE POUNDS OI' 501dD
,SiLYI'1R DISCOVERED,
[ londikers in Cobalt--Prosprclors Starl-
ing for the Montreal
River,
Tho Cobalt camp has Indent a cosmo-
pciilan eines of people. William Brown,
a former I3rockaillo boy, and for the last
tell years a resident cl the Yukon, ar-
ched int (own this week, d before
11111113' hours htt<I run 0x1006 a grnueat many
lelondilcets, a few of whom are: J. W.
Young, manager of the Cobalt Central
e(lceute[e; Jmnildos erti 01t; , J1115t1 tsEt lmeert', il(1a0ti11e00a0t
manager of the Cobalt Central, although
no'. In the ramp at present, Is also tt
(Uondiker; \\'eldy Young, of I laileybt rya
.1»11.;
13. Phillips, tot•me,r1J o[ too Argyle
111)10; 'tom Kennedy, of M0tlirenl, au)0
Sem MacKay., of Napanrc, Ont.; also
Wilfred Donaldson and his brother, Billy
1. :one Idson,Superinlcndent of Lime City of
('Obalt ;tine; John and George Donald -
sen, of the Soo and Li. \V, Cobb, for-
merly Superintendent of (ice Bonanza 10 -
tall, have alt been in, the Klondike and
tato experienced the itordshipe of the
curly days In that great gold country'•
writes a Cobalt correspondent of the
Globe.
Mr, Brown, Tom Kennedy end S,im
MacKay had a very joyful meeting in
the Prospect hotel and recounted their
eeperieneaa in Dawson. In discussing
the toads in particular, they oouunentecf
that the roads in 1110 Cobalt camp are
101'y inadequate compered to the Yukon.
A waggon road 80 miles in length was
built out of Dawson during 111e hast two
years of the boom, end to -day the roads
ac In first-class condition and a,lomo-
biles ere llticicer on (hese roads than In
engem and southern dike. 13y com-
parison with otter camps as regards
reads and other iniprovemenLt, the CA -
bolt camp was commented on by the
Klondikers as being sadly neglected. The
elate of the road frons Earlttn to Elk
i alk0 is a case in point. Ronde Commis-
sioner Kerr of New Liskeard Le said to
have estimated the cost of the road to
Ed Lake team learlton to have been 8200
per ;tile, and the Government let the
contract to a man by the Hunte of Cray
et 888 per mile. Set.leve say that but
far the energy of Mosses. (11111(11 nncl eo-
dcin Lite road would Have been left in
very had shape; in fact, it (A claimed
these gentlemen put on their own men
and cut a rend two miles around the
hills, but for which'1 would have been
impossible to haul freight by the road
laid out by the Government coutractote.
TAKE SAMPLES OF ORE.
Mining Recorder [lough, of Lader
Lake, ons a visitor in the Cobalt, camp
this week, and brought with him some
very rich specimens of quartz with free
gold which he is credited with saying
was struck al a depth of 83 feet in the
Harris -Maxwell properly. 11 is quite -
an unusual titbtg for a alining recorder
To booming any new ramp, and while
everybody al Cobalt hopes that Larder
Lake will yet tualce good, no great de-
gree of confidence hos been established
in the Larder district, and it has been
suggested by many in the camp that the
Caovernntent 11114 be s)l'iously consider-
fr•g the closing of Lite Larder Lake re-
cording office. -Tlie spending of plenty of
money In det'elopmeet work during the
conning summer will in all probability
ea(ablish confidence in the Larder cantm
but it is to be hoped that the mistake of
a year ago will 1101 be repealed ihe com-
ing spring and summer. During last
winter prospectors were nothing repine
trips to Larder Take, staking claims on
snowshoes and bringing down spci'lntens
which they represented 1111115 from the
claims which they staked, but 11te triter
knows of many instances where it was
admitted teat ihe samples displayed
never 011 011C from [.order at elk ani in
many cases the same sets of 'samples
were used in connection with lho sole
of a great nunlike of different properties.
ACTIVI'f.Y ON e10NTRE:\1. RIVEll.
Everything pohtls to great activity die-
ing the coming summer ui the Montreal
River district. Numerous inquiries re-
oelved by brokers from day to day from
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and
other eastern ci(les go to ht0icale that
it real Interest is being lak011 111 lids new
croup, and that firnLy of money will be
forthcoming for the development of this
louse mineralized area, Notwithstanding
the deep snow, a considerahleantount of
development work has been carried on
all winter and quite a. goodly number of
DPW and riclh finds have been repot'leci
during the winter and the greui01' num-
be" of these have been verifier( by re-
sponsible parties. Prospectors are be.
ginning to leave almost every day for
the new belt, and it is calculated (hal.
before spring starts there will be more
nen at work than wore ever at, work
During last summer.
Quite a healthy boom has elrcady been
created In Lower Lorrain, and some very
flattering reports have been made by
many practical ruining men who trove
'replied the 01011111. Preparations are be-
ing node to continue prospecting during.
the spring and summer. The deep snow
stands in the way of mach Oros/meting
just yet. -
SEVENTY-FIVE POUND NUGGET.
Manager Cohen of the Kerr, r.elk° Crown
Reserve brought in a nugget to town
[.hal is coneidcred by many the idchesl
louver nugg01 yet brought into lite camp.
The nugget weighs about 75 pounds, and
is practically solid silver, Manager
Cohen slates that ho etas pieces of the
same material on the property weighing
several hundreds of pounds. A corked
of this rieh ore le now ready for ship.
meat, end will be sent out at an early
dote, Al the Coniag05, n force of 110
Teen is employed, 'this includes the Car.
peelers working On a new shaft -house,
which Is now well under 1103'. Another
((Tee of men is employed putting in tits
fannclnilcn for a gas producer pettier
plant in furnish power to the 01111. The
urdeegrotnd det'elopmenl week is being
(rept ftp with Ihn usual'regularity, Abonf
3.00e' Wee of underground devel0ptneni,
s• teric 1111.4 been Bono en 11111 lh;sl 10501
and about 00 beet oft -flap. emend level.
WiLL STAnT UP ACIAIN.
Development work was suspended at
11:e North Cobalt ;tine on Meech 14th.
Peke to that L111111 the mien shaft had
been sunk to a depth of 130 feet, with
feet of drifting rat and 100 toot of
(,rifting west, bestdes a ernsseul 75 feet
to the north al, the 75 -foot level. Tho
vett in the delfts is from fern' to six
Mabee (vide, of calcite unit very rich in
sfvl'r, In Ilio north ctswscul ono small
vein tuns encountered of rule,.° 11.0e 110.
Lire silver, The company lin, put In a
g4.od supply of coal and other snpplles
ready to start up in the course of lite
next few weeks, Since the installation
cf additional p01101' purrhaset( from the
Cleveland Cobalt (nine, development work
and scoping are again in peewees on the
first level at about 05 feel, a3 ty011 as at
L'ta 1t level. ancy iTole::
lust
145-fook a ear of A11,11111,11; Ntons o[
grade ore was 6144)1)00 to the smelter at
11 C.
ro
MONTREAL RIVER LOOKS 000D.
Many Prospectors Aro Already Mating
Their Way Back.
As the season opens up the Montreal
River dbahlct pears It k alt Ito
mere tncourag(napg, as avidcnolooed by flu+
prospectors already making their way
back to the townships of Smythe, Janes
and 'I'ndlope, which were very much
alive this time yast year, and again to
the uusueveyod in the township of \Vll-
Iette, where more new ands have been
etude and with recent development, 11av0
proved to be valuable, says a Cobalt
despttich.
Prabnhly the most important find Ir
the last-nnenlloned locality, which ad-
joins iho townships of Janes and Bar-
ber, is that made on the "Goldie" pro.
perly, which consists in all of 100 ems,
and - in which aro interested Messrs.
West, Jamieson, Neill, Greer and Alcfn-
tosh, all of Cobalt, From various re-
perte obtained here in the camp this will
in all probability be one of the future
sl.,ippers in the new district.
This property was lateen bold of early
lost summer by the present proneoters,
and passed inspection on sight in
August. Only on one lot so far has any
work been done, and this consisted al-
most entirely of prospecting, which re -
sidled in the discovery of a big vein of
nickel and arsenic, and carrying from
ail appearances a high percentage of na-
tive silver. To date the only farther
week done consists of sinking a hew feet
on the new Gid. At n depth of tliren
test the vein is remarkably well defined,
and Is six inches In width. Just below
the surface an excellent sample was
taken from Ilse find by one of the par-
ties and brought into Cobalt to exhibit
and for finely:es. It ran fifty -sip cents
in nickel and forty-four cents in arsenic,
and is also Icing assayed for the silver.
t
GAMBLER'S FEARS,
Superslilions That Alot•e '1'I1e Hardest
Hearted.
Gamblers have a reverence for odd
numbeie and none more 341 that the
habitues of Monte Carlo. On entering
the famous Casino you are given a ticket
at the cloak room for your hat and sleek,
The 1(clmt• Is stamped with a nunnber.
Should the Ggtnes on 11 be even. the old"
gambler returns it with it polite "Alert[,
n ''.stent`!" and promptly walks out, not
h, return that day. If, however, the num-
ler b,, odd, and under 30, the owner of
it will probably hasten to the morn and
.-linen heavily on the corresponding nem -
her on tho long green cloth of the rou-
lette luble. The strangest part of it all
Ft the fact that the number invariably
ceinles rpt
Most brides long for fair weather for
thea' wedding day because of lite old say-
ing: "Blest be the bride the sun shines
oh " But the rainy -day bride may con-
s le herself with the fact that in some
countries lhe bride prays for rain, tak-
ing it for an oaten that all her tears are
shed before marriage, and that there will
le none other. Tile Germans say a new
;oy comes with every raindrop.
'I'hete le also a universal belief that
tt is very unlucky for a bride to see her-
erlf in a mimeo eller her toilet is com-
pleted. 1f she so far forgets herself as
to do Ibis and wishes to nppense the
fetes, site ntny do so by turning away,
thawing a) her glove, and having some
tiny ribbon, Gower or jewel Hastened to
her gown.
JOYS OF SLIMMER.
The flies will soon
Give us no peace;
The butter will
Resemble grease.
'1'he picnic lunch
Will be the rage,
Wrapped up in some
Newspaper page.
We'll sit and linger
By 111,e shores
And eat ihe hard
Boiled egg once more.
One spoon for eight,
Some maid will pass,
With salad in
A pickle glass.
Smmer's coming,
I declare;
.1 feel it pulsing
In the ate,
1 ,tot's the pleasures
It reveal, -
Rut, Ohl f dread
Those sticky meals.
—M-.
i:SAR'STHRONE A bili?SENT.
The Emperor Nicholas 0f Russio )tea
many thrones, Tite three chief ones and
(hose at the imperial palace end the Win-
Jer pekoe el St. Petersburg and in the
Kremlin at Moscow. The lust was a
pewent to rte Gear Alexis ii 16G0 fnbm
the Shah of Pcreln.- IL is eft lively cove
need with thick pintas of gold sot with
piec(ous stones and- altrt'nttlilg with
plaques of ivory chiseled in high relief.
Tee raet iiad data of the prroenfptien are
recorded In at hlsarlpiktn on ihe bark
of the throne, Justabove are the glis•
(ening double Heeded eegles., of Ilttssla,,
frith angels 001 either side supnnl'tng the
hnperlal oroVJn,,
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