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A small hole In the ground with fire
kind:et ,in it constituted The primitive
shove, The dish of the quarry, wrapped
with water in its akin, wee boiled by
pontaet with headed stones, Cewlckng
, by glories was also alone ht wooden yes
-
eels, . Hollow puede we ppolecled
from the fire by cents of clay, Thus,
Iron, the burned clay .aceldentally ort-
plated
rtgln.ated the enveloping pot, which rem
deed the gourd superfluous, .although
fir a long time thereafter the clay was
stilt 'spread over the gourd or pressed
Into wiokoiwodc before the Antler's art
a,umed Its finadep n deem, Even
then the wickerwork was tvtatnd, a. a
sort of attest of Its origin.
Thus it is by accidental circumstances
o^ by such as lc.e without our purpose,
foresight, and power that mart gradual-
ly is led to the acquaintance of Improv-
od means of satisfying his wants. Let.
•the reader picture to himself the genius
of a man who could have foreseen: wine
Soul the help of accident that clay hand-
led in the ordinary manner would pro-
duce a useful ccok:ng utensil. The ma-
jority of the luventions made in the
early -stages of civilization, including
language, writing, money, and the rest,
could not have been the product of de-
liberate, rneUhcdtcal reflection, ter the
snnple reason that no idea of their value
sand significance could have bean had
except from practical use.
The invent'oa of the bridge may have
been suggested by the trunk of a tree
which had fallen athwart a mountain
'torrent; that of the tool by the use of a
stone accidentally taken into the hand
to crack nuts. The use of fire probab-
ly started in and has boon disseminat-
ed from regions where volcanic erup-
tkns, lot springs, and burning jets of
natural gas afforded opportunity for
quietly observing and turning to practi-
cal-acc?unt the ,properties of are. Only
atter that had bean done could; the sig-
nificance of the fire drill be apprec:ate.t,
an -Instrument which probably was ells -
coveted from baring a hole 'through a
pieoe of wood. By the powers of obser-
vat on and comparison which he alone
possesses man was able to preset by his
ext:er'enees. A step at a time he pro-
gressed, adapting here, changing there,
molding natural things to his desires
and nee -settees.
But granting that the meet important
dnventicns are brought to mans notice
accidentally, and in ways that are be-
yond his foresight, yet it does not fel-
low that accident alone is sufficient to
produce an invention. The part which
neon plays is by no means a passive
me. Even the first potter in the prime-
val forest must have felt some stirrings
of genius within Min. in all such cases
the inventor is obliged to take note of
the new fact, he must discover and
grasp its advantageous feature, and
must have the power •to tum that fea-
ture to account in the realizall.in of his
purpse. He must Lealate the new fea-
ture, Impress it upon his memory, unite
end interweave it with the rest of his
thought; in shunt, he must possess the
capacity to 'wont by experience.
The capacity to profit by experience
might well be up a$ a lest of intel-
ligence. This power varies consider-
ably in men of the same race, and in.-
creases
n-creases enormously as we advance from
the dower animals to man. The former
are limited in this regard alsn.st enttre-
lyto the reflex actions which they have
inherited with their organism; -they are
almost totally incapable of individual
experience, and cnneadering their simple
wants are scarcely in, need of it, The
moth plunges again and again into the
flame which has burnt it. But a pike
sepauated from the minnows of his
aquar era by a glass partition Learns
after the lapse of a few months that he
cannot atbaok these fishes with impun-
ity, What ie more, he leaves them In
peace even after the removal of the par -
Wien, though he will belt a strange fish
at once,
CAPTURED BY ,BRIGANDS.
A Clergyman's Adventures s In the
Mountains o1 Peru.
Tho Rev. Arthur Miles Moss, who re-
fenrtiy gave up his position as Precen-
k,r of Norwich Cathedral, England, to
twice up the work of chaplain at Lima,
1na4 sent home a thrilling account o1
bis capture by brigands in a lonely
mountainous district of, Peru.
lie was travelling from Oroya to
Luna when the train in which he was
a psasongnr was stopped wt Calera, 15,-
ern feet up in the mou.ntatns, by an
armed brigand band.
Tire fullest precautions %vcrc Inken by
the bandits to put'Ilea passengers. cern.
pleIe'yfn Ihteir power. The ra Iway eF
1Tlcials were all either in the pay of the
b'igands, or don frightened to resist.
The telegraph wires had been cut, and
the bridges Nem/en/eating with the
nearest town were blown up.
There ware fifteen soldiers in the
hale, but they 511 gave tip their awns
when ordered to do so by the brigands,
except one, who was shat: dead on 1110
spot.
Mr. Mese, with Mn. ,Newillen, the sea.
n .n's rnlssloner at Callan, and six
friends, avers ait taken prisoners, and
le! to the ;robbers' mountain retreat,
Their absence, however, causecl the
Peruvian Government to send troops-
teem
roopsBrom Ltm,r in smell of them, and they
15ls' at length ukases).
FFFOM AN
Often Our Ideals of Freedom, Seem to Con-
flict With r
Iz Our Obligations to Others.
"rhe truth shall make you tree," --
John will„ 32.
Freedorii is one of the esstliest things
to gain and the shoat difilcult to ere -
serve. TIlare can be no fullness of life
where ]llerty is unknown.
We ask how corn one be free and yet
he bound by Ilio laws of out common
lea, how can he enjoy nbeelute liberty
when he must ronsianlly consider du-
ties
uties to ether lives
Then life is hedged about- who other
restrictions, with laws and codes of
conduce. These may not be formal
codes; we may have freed ourselves
from the authority of tcnaditonalism,
but every man who reasons on l's lila
sets up standards of goodness and right
and these standards constitute lewd. to
him, How can one be free while seek-
ing to live by his laws of the right and
MS true?
Whet, after all, is lrecd•em? Is it the
absence of all restraint? Is it Life with
set the fences down? Is it ungovirned,
unguided irresponsibility? Freedom is
simply the capacity, within .us, to choose
cur own way, to will what we will do,
and the opportunity without to put into
lire and conduct the results of such free
Chc,osing.
The ,power to choose is the fist thing
in inoral freedom. This belongs to us
all and none can take it away from us.
\Ve may lose the power through dis-
use. habit and oppression may make
it sluggish, but stili it is there. In
every man is this divine possibility of
saying he will or ate win not.
YOUR WILL IS YOURS.
one of elm eternal tests is, What are we
doing with our wills?
Such a power constantly involves the
reerose of choice. Wo elect every mo-
ment between possible cwrses and we
always elect on the ground of some
good,
which
offer the g ates! gdOideas of
geed may be poor, gross, perverted; we
may choose death, but wo choose it be -
calve it seems good.
As the powers and the intelligence de-
velop Mho choices of freedom involve
widening consldenaticns. We choose the
gond In the light of experience; we
choose the good, not of sett alone but
of society, first of ]tome, tit n ot -Mende
and neighbors, until the vision widens
to embrace a world and it, obligations;
wa' choose un ilea ground of the good of
all
The shot o en the ground of the good
of all involves the Neaten erten of that
which would :sorra the highest geed on
the grenurd-of my own individual con-
ideral.iuns. Because higher motives
cuter in freely cheese to be bound by
Wein, to &pofve myself, to be govern -
el, controlled by the lives of others.
The; is ria loss of freedom; 14 is its
Sigh st grin. It is freedom from lite do-
minion of the lower self rising into the
liberty of the higher lite of nIL
So freedom bec'omos not an external
ccndtton, but an internal function and
process by which in constantly making
end carryon out the choices of that
which wins good I learn lo know the
laghest good and form tlae habits of
cl:oosing and willing that. Out of my
consciousness of a world of moral obit.
gallons, a consciousness discoverable
only throu.git the exercise of this free-
dom,
I RISE INTO TiIE GREATER LIVING.
Evidently this tu'<edom is something
quite d fterentr from tieense. When the
exeret'e of the right to di as I will leads
one to will to do that which is eternal-
ly right 1 voluntarily piece many
bounds about my doing, 1 sc.Icnawkdge
the laws of Julies to others, of the
rights of others. I am truly free because
I submit myself willingly to the obilge-
tion of the gond of all,
Out of license freedom never grows;
subjection and slavery lin Thal way.
Where none knew any obligd:ens the
kw strong force the many wreaker ones
to do ther will. Where freedom reigns
the imperative of the highest good, as
gradually it dawns on all, competes each
one to will to serve the good of all, to
Sime the lusts of the lower ter the good
et the higher.
The light of truth gives this liberty to
all As men come to see themselves in
the light of Mac glorious life, as more
than dust, as truly divine, come to see
their fellows 5s of This same family,
they catch with joy the vision of the
possibility of doing great things, of giv-
ing their lives away for ideal ends; of
so living as to Iced ell to the highest
good; they enter into the freedom ot
the truth, the freedom to will and do
the best we know.
1IENRY 'F. COPE.
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, J ULY
26.
Lesson IV. Sall dejected by the
Lord. Golden Text,
Josh. 24. 24.
THE LESSON WORD STUDIES,
(Based on the text of the Revised
Version).
Saul's Campaigns. — The people
had not overestimated the powers of
their leader Saul, who at once began
a series of brilliant campaigns
against their enemies on all sides.
One of the strains of popular report
even has it that his selection as
king was the result of a successful
calling of the clans and leading
them out to the rescue of the men of
Jabesh-gilead at the time of an
Ammonite invasion (1 Sam. 11).
Much of his reign was taken up with
battles against Israel's foes, and
Chapters 13 and 14 are devoted to
the record of these conflicts, First,
there is the Philistine campaign,
wbieh is one of defense. The appear-
ance of these powerful enemies with
their war chariots and overwhelm-
ing numbers fills the heart of Saul's
men with fear, and they either de-
sert or folow him trembing (1 Sam.
13. 6, 7) but he gains a number of
important victories, Severalstories
concerning Jonathan — Sanl's son
and a popular hero—are told. In
a wonderful exploit he and his ar-
mor -bearer start the rout of the
Philistines single handed (1 Sam. 14.
1-16. Later, when he breaks a vow
which his father, unknown to him,
has made, he is saved by the demand
of the people. At this time also Saul
shows signs of the self -dependence
which was later to cause his rejec-
tion (1 Sam. 13. 8-14). In succes-
sion he meets the Moabitos, the Am-
monites, and the Eclomites, the three
great people whose territory :flanked
Israel en the south and east, Fin-
ally., he goes out against the Amale-
kites, with whom Israel has an old
score. They formed the firer line of
opposition .to her advance from the
wilderness into Canaan and she has
net forgotten (Exod. 17, 14), Te is
the part of justice and religious
duty to visit upon them the sin of
their fathers, and titin San) sets out
to cm impelled by the command of
Jehovah through Samuel, The war
is ono of extermination, and is to
include none but the offending na-
tion, so the ICenites who live
among the Amalekites aro given an
opportunity to flee before the final
attack. Dermal' victory is decisive
and complete. It; is the disobedience
in the disposal of the spoil which
enema Smutted to leave his place of
retirement, and come hurrying clown
with the weed of. Jehovah against
Saul, whose selflshneee has prompt -
ed it. The brilliancy of David's con-
quests and the shameful death to
which Saul finally came have tend-
ed to dull the lustre of hie own life,
but it must be remembered that he
was one of the very greatest of Is-
rael's military leaders, and that his
victories laid the foundations for the
successful reigns of David and Soo -
mon,
Verse 13. Samuel—The aged judge
is still regent in any time of crisis,
a.l+.t",,,nh he has given up formal
power.
,... ed—A gracious form of greet-
ing, though it savors of hypocrisy
here.
Thou of Jehovah—He represents
the conscience of Israel and is the
ono link between them and their
God.
I have performed the command-
ment of Jehovah—Samuel, speaking
for Jehovah (15, 2), had renewed the
old command given to Moses and
handed down to Joshua (Exod, 17.
14-16) to fight against the Amale-
kites till they are destroyed. It
was essentially a religious act and
Saul was accountable in its perform-
ance to Jehovah. His word was un-
true, as he had not followed the ex-
plicit command of Samuel (1 Sam.
15, 3).
15. Amalekites—Israel's oldest and
most hated foes. They wore a rob-
ber, nomad people living in lower
Palestine who harassed and molest-
ed the twelve tribes from the time
of the battle at Rephidim, when
Moses prayed while Joshua fought
in the pain, all through the period
of the Judges, till their final exter-
mination at the hand of David. If it
is true, as is thought,that they were
at the head of the confederacy of
Canaanite tribes who possessed the
land, and represented them in the
conflict, the bitter rivalry between
them and Israel was to be expect-
ed.
The peope spared—A falsehood.
They dare not have done so except
at Saul's command
The best—A suspicious selection.
To sacrifice—A flimsy pretext, for
their destruction would have
amounted to a sacrifice to Jehovah.
Utterly destroyed Put to the
ban. This was the execution of a
religious sentence; hence the seri-
oneness of disobedience even in a de-
tail. Achan's sin with its tragic re-
sults corresponds to this and is of
the same sort. There were degrees
of acverity in the enforcement of the
ban, but in the case the exbreme
penalty of absolute annihilation of
every living thing was imposed,
17. Though thea wast little .. , .
of Israel Compare Soul's oven
words in Chapter 9, verse 21. His
elevation should have increased his
sense of responsibility to Jehovah,
Jehovah ---The agent of God's will
is overlenked. Aceerding to He-
brew thought all things were due to
the direct action of Jehovah,
19. Diehl Ily upon the spoil A
graphic expression indicating lack
o` self-control and personal greed,
20, Agag This was possibly the ti-
tle of the king of the Amaiokitos ra-
ther than a pelsonal name (compare
Pharaoh in Egypt).
21, Devoted things—Or, as some-
times translated, "accursed,'" "con -
secreted," ' "dodloeted," and "holy
to Jehovah." The ethical meaning
in the English words was nob part of
the original one, which morn nearly
corresponds with the idea of taboo
among modern tribes, Anything
was "devoted" which was utterly
given to Jehovah. This might be
done in either of two ways, (1) by
giving it to the priest for personal
er ceremonial use, or (2) by render-
ing it unfit for any use at all, Com-
plete destruction was the most thor-
oughgoing form of devoting to Je-
, bovah, and as every war was a holy
war the fate which often awaited not
only•the property, bub the persons
of the vanquished was annihilation
in the name of a religious vow.
Gilgal--A town prominent in the
history of Israel at this time. It
was a sacred place (1 Sam. 13; 9.
10) and was the scone of Saul's pre-
vious crowning (1 Sam. 11, 14, 15)
as it is now of his rejection,
22. And Samuel said—This reply
lwhich is in poetic form is worthy of
the groat eighth century prophets
and greatly resembles them in its
emphasis on moral rather than cere-
monial excellence (compare Amos 6..
21-24; Hos. 6. 6; Mic. 6. 6-8, and
Jesus's words in Matt. 9. 13),
To hearken—Means the same as
"to obey" in the previous line. So,
the fat of rams corresponds to "sac-
rifice." The repetition of thought
in parallel expressions was part of
the poetic form.
23. Witchcraft — Or, divination,
was held in disrepute among the
Hebrews, especially in Iater times.
It was a Canaanitish practice and
condemned by Jehovah — indeed it
amounted to apostasy from him.
Idolatry — The worship of images
of which teraphim seems to have
been one sort. They were probably
in the human form and were sternly
denounced by the later prophets.
25. Turn again with me, that I
may worship Jehovah — Samuel's
placation was necessary before any
approach could be made to Jehovah
so completely was he Jehovah's rep-
resentative.
27. Laid hold — That is, Saul laid
hold on Samuel to detain him as he
turned to leave him to his solitary
way.
Skirt of his robe—Compare case
of David and Saul (1 Sam. 24, 4,.
Rent—Was torn.
28. And Samuel said—It was an
accident but Samuel at once saw in
it an "omen" of God's purpose to-
ward Saul and used it as such. It
was common to take any unusual
event as an indication of divine com-
munication.
A neighbor of thine — That is,
David.
ROYAL SPINSTERS WELL OFF.
Baehelob Princesses Need Net -Enter
Clolslers Now.
Daughters of Royal families wlto re-
main s ngle from choice or because no
prop r sutler is forthcoming have by
nc• means a hard time of it now -a -days
and need not seek the cloister as old
time unmarried, prhncesces used to do,
The English Royal spinster, Princess
Victoria, ie a great favorite with both
her father and mother, and it is not
likely ,that she will ever leave them
now. The same income has been a.lol-
lett to her as her married sisters re-
ceive, so she is independent and need
net marry for a',nsnney settlement as
sand et her aunts were obliged to do.
Hie very delicate health renders a
scmewha.t 'quiet life necessary, so she
travels very Little• and avo.ds all excite-
ment.
Royal sp'ns'.iers are horcesing in
musters in all eourerles. They now
have a position that was bnpossible
only a few generations ago, and they
'generally find plenty to occupy them in
the world,
The venerable Prince Regent of Bee
voila, who has long Leen a widower,
has his household looked after by his
eldest daughter, who is by no mains
young, and has never nsarried.
The icing of Saxony has a spineler
tester who is his devoted companion,
the Princess Matilda, who is quite 45,
There has been no thought of a mat•-
riage far her for many years past, and
as she is independent lit regard to In-
come her lot is pleasant,'
Drake Robert of Palma left a number
of unnnanrled daughters, and the Duch-
ess has not yet succcoded in finding
matches for any of them. Some of
them are well advanced in the thirties
and the others ere corning on apace,
They all lead busy, happy lives, and
aro not in the least disturbed by their
failure In the matrimonial anaileet.
A very gnat lady at present is the
Archduchess Marla Annunciate of Au-
stria, now In her (htnly-areend year, and
still unmarried, She holds the position
of deputy Empiiess, which may bo hers
for many a year, The Emperor Francis
Joseph Is a widower, and his nephew
end ha;r-pnesumpttve has contracted a
morgaante marriage, so a change et
sovereign need net immediately affect
the standing of the Archduchess, who
may continue lo act as new till a seal
Empress comes,
Princess Victoria of Schieswlg-r-!o1
stein is nether spinster and it is clini-
c -let to see how her home could beman-
aged without hate It le net in the least
likely she wilt ever marry,
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Wheat you are willing to ca in debt for
things you don't need, just because
year neighbor has them, its time to
Mop,
Cult -Wets the habit of detecting true pos-
sibiltttos of good lb things and people;
also the habit of lotting people knew
how much you like them; 11 makes the
world a pleasanter plea),
SWINDLER LANDS IN PRISON. l FRUIT -CROP PROSPECTS.
Est rifest n It l l e r ��
alb aftk
V si l Did w$22,
000,000 Business.
The oorteetonel tribunal at Le Mans
Mance, has r•,entenced to two yeeive i
prisonment a swindler awned Aimee
Cegn..l, who leas had a sweet advcntus
otts Life.
Oogncl, wlto le of humble, origin
canna ,;0 Le lvians in 11Aki, and unde
(ho ¢tomo of Oorbtneau started es bank
lite had no capital, but pretended to
have relations with big Pares bankers
Heti enate,ita were nunherthu,S, and, 1
1'003, at the time of the Rues -tun loan
money pouted Into the lank, us togne
was selling ,tiro bonds several fermis
cheaper than they', ate- worth, In ubou
a year the business of the bank amount -
act to astotal of $22,000,0)0, A big diva
dead wars peed.
But call, the money received to buy
decree the beaker spent in keeping up
a find esLablislnient, and, setmrai cane
plaints having been lodged against trim,
he (led to Lucerne and dopes:led the
money in a. book, under the brilliant
nem of Count Pearn de Frenlse.
Having the pollee on, his Irark, tdhe
"(munt ententes t his travels and, want
to ,'Wan, Ilea oe and Corfu, Whore Ito
became interested In induslrini levet
,teens, and published books which were
translated into Greek. At Athens the
"count" was appointed Consul ter the
Republic of L•Iberl.ia, and had dtpiwn•a-
tic relations. with Menace, Norway enc{
Argentina,
+lowcves', French detectives discovered
Ws whereabouts, and he lead to fly to
Salonika, where the was arrested, in
spite of his title of Consul ab Liberte.
Ifs wtrs "placed on a stosmer Jeaving
fat Morse:Iles, but while the ship was
slapping at the Ptreus the prisoner es.
caped, went to Corinth awe then to
'Brind°tf, where h( was .o.gntn ave. eted,
oxir'adi'ed, and neatly handed over to
the French authorities.
BACHELORS AIlL FI;i(:11TENED.
Five minter' Cernnsyhs Foap' Tisat Tex
Weather Conditions. — The wea-
ther conditions throughout the Do-
, minion for the past month have been
fn- geneeally favorable for fruit, The
d first three weeks were exceptionally
dry in the fruit districts of Ontario,
but occasional showers after the
t; 20th have prevented serious injury,
c, except that the samples of strawber-
ries in some cases are not so largo
as usual, Light frosts on the 113th
n` did only a very slight damage, Nova
Sootia and Prince Edward Island
I have had exceptionally favorable
4 weather, In British Columbia,
though the weather was cool and
..1 wet till the early part of June, con-
ditions were not seriously affected,
During the latter part of the month
the temperature has been higher,
with occasional showers.
Apples, — Prospects are not so
good as was expected, and the dry
weather has probably increased the
June "drop," A fair estimate of the_
present conditions would be an av-
erage or slightly above the ,average
Drop of early and fall apples, with
winter apples somewhat below a
medium crop. The districts produc-
ing the larger quantity of fruit in
Ontario, such as the counties of
' Hastings, Durham and Northum-
berland, have -rather a light Drop of
winter apples.
Speaking generally for the whole
apple belt, Spies, Baldwins and
Kings will be light or very light;
Russets a medium crop; Ben Davis
nearly a full crop; Greenings a me-
, diem crop; the Famouse above the
average almost everywhere, and at
least an average crop of fairly clean,
good-sized fruit in the Ottawa and
St. Lawrence Valleys. .
In Nova Scotia the prospects for
the apple crop as a whole are parti-
cularly good, this being a bearing
year for the Gravenstein. There
are no unfavorable conditions in
British Columbia, the prospects
showing a medium crop.
Pears and Plums.—The prospects
for pears and plums are only medi-
um. Barleta and Keiffers have the
best showing.
Peaohest—Early varieties will be
fairly abruadant, somewhat above
the average; late varieties a medi-
um crop. In the early varieties,
Alexander, Early ,Rivers and Tri-
umph are reported bearing full
crops. Of the latter varieties, Si.
John will be only a medium crop,
the Early Crawford light, Smocks
and Elbertas show for something
over a medium crop. The Elhertas
are beating heavily where they were
sprayed for curl leaf; those not
sprayed have in many cases a very
light crop.
Tomatoes—The prospects for to-
matoes are excellent. Should there
be plenty of moisture during July,
there seems nothing in the way of a
full crop this year.
Cherries.—Sweet cherries some-
what scarce; sour cherries more
plentiful.
Grapes.—Grapes look . well and
promise a full crop.
Small Fruits.—With a moderate
amount of rain small fruits will
likely give a large crop. The con-
ditions are so favorable over all the
fruit -producing sections that the
aggregate of the crop will likely be
very large.
Insects.—Insects are not more
prevalent than at this time last year
and fungous diseases are not speci-
ally in evidence. Up to the present
time most injury has bene done by
the cigar -case bearer, the bud moth,
milker worm, groan-fuit worm and
oyster -shell bark -louse.
Foreign Crop Conditions,— The
United States will have only an av-
erage crop, but very generally dis-
tributed over the apple -growing dis-
tricts. The prospects for stock
suitable for marketing daring the
winter months would indicate about
an average crop or somewhat less,
The prospects for apples in Great
Britain, and for the fruit crop gen-
erally, are particularly good, and
there are no serious adverse condi-
tions reported from the Continent.
A. McNEILL,
Chief Eruit Division, Ottawa.
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\V'fl1 be Impoyeel. •
A reoesat speech of the Kaiser, in
whicih he hinted that a. tux niay be im-
posed on add the bachelors in the Em-
pire, has sent a distinct shudder of ap-
prehc�nsion through rho ranks of Ger-I
mdny's 5',000,000 unmarried men the
other day.
They argue that the Kn.'scr wog not
given to joking in his spe'cheie, and,
regard as very real the danger of their
being coned upon 'to bear a substantied
that a of the $112..500,000 nolo taxis
which the Imperial Government desires'
to levy.
According to the census od 1000—the
latest figures available --4,604,005 males I
ever 20 were then treading the Mealy;
paths of single blessedness, while Imre
were 5,023,1.36 single women ot over]
18 Beckoning 20 years as the average
age wiser Germans .begin to think et
matrimony, the unmarried element in
the Fatherland -on Dec. 1,4000- repro-,
:seated 15.31 pew cent. of the popular I
tion
A seclien of the prase treats tile!
Kaiser's hint seriously, intimating --ani
German idiom -that "when the devil is
hungry he oats, fee" But the preset dig-;
approves of the edea as unfair class keg-
islate n. One journal suggests that if
such is tax is imposed the inevitable
complement would be the Imtrosition of
an equally heavy tax on fortune-hunters.'
MARRIED IN HANDCUFFS.
Extsiaordlnary Scans at a Weddiaug f t
France.
The extraordinary scene of a Wedding
where the bridegroom was married in
handcuffs wns witnessed at Sl. Mettle, I
Ile do Re, France, recently,
Theophile Fray, agod thirty-four, had
recently been caught in a daring bue-
glary, end sentenced lo ten years hard
labor. His fiancee, Alexandrine Sadel
man, aged nineteen, was heantbrolceu
al. the mews,, and declared that nothing
would induce her to give up her sweet-
heart,
She accordingly petitioned the eu-
lho'rites to allow the marriage to sake
place at once. Her request was grant-
ed, and the prisoner was conducted by
four detectives to tete merle, where the
bride and her fiends ware awaiting
him.
After the ceremony he bade her faro -
well for len years, and was lateen back
to hie eell, while his bride returned to
her parents' home.
QUEER MEN AND WOMEN.
Call a girl a chicic and ska smiles;
can a woman a hen and she howls.
Call a young woman a witch .and she
is
,pleased; call an oleo woman a witch
and she is Indignant. Cali a girl a kit-
ten and she rather likes it; call a wo-
rnan a cat and she hates you. Women
are queer. If you cell 0 meat a gay deg
fl will flatlet. him; can him a pup, a
hound, or a cur, and he will try to Mler
the mop of your face. He dca;,n't mind
being called a bull or a bear, yet he will
object to being mentioned as a calf or a
cub. Men are queer, loo.
SHORTHAND WITHOUT HANDS.
A youth of fifteen, named Possneek,
who two years ago lost both his hands
in is. rnechfnery accident et Arnstadt,
Germany, hos accomplished the retnarlk-
,abio teat of gaining a'speecl certificate
for shorthand. After his mishap, by
which his hands were cut off et Ila
wrists, he was received into a cripples'
home, The Duke of Saxe-Moiningen,
one of the partons, tack Inc active in-
terest in the lad and paid for two aril,
ficial hands, 'I'he cripple soon became
se, expert ist their use that he is now an
excellent penman, and can write csSotrie
head at the nate of 115 wards per min-
ute,
if a woman wants is make her hut.
bend sit up teed take notice she tells
him he hos been talking in his sleep.
Wealthy Aunty --"Oh, f know you are
ail jest wetting for any death!" Niece
"Why, aunt, what an Ideal ire a male
ter of perfect indifferenoeto 1nel"
An ex bacholer says that it may not
cost any /tyre le teed two than olio,
511t it costs ton times as much, to dress
them,
"Geography! G'ographyl'' snertedi the
ale another who had been called in
nsultaton with her daughter's teach-
s-. "What do 1 care If Gorl.te don't
Lever (know no g"ogrephyl I don't know
ography an' I got a man. Sally, she
on't know teegrapthy an' she's get a
an. You know gography an you ain't
ot no elan, G'ographyl Gant tent no
ch foolishness to inc."
SMMIL.ES.
"Smile owhlle;
While you senile
Another srnllcis,
And soon there"s miles
And miles
Of melt •;
And life's worth while
If you but gentle,"
NEGLECTED,
Mrs, Stiles—.1 do wish you'd try
keep yourself neater.
,Mr. Stiles -13u1, any dear, yoteee not
se earefub---- yet cs
Mrs. it —
� 1'nT nal? I'm certainly
More °emroftrt of my clothes than you,
Mr, Stilrsr--lexacty, Wherca.4, you
should be more careful of m]e,
suppose; but she's behind—holding: the
reins."
Laiighatn--"Yes, tido' poor tallow led
three doctors attenctin hen before
cited," K11are---"Weil, ea't ate he
evlitch ossa was to blame they
end out
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FROM BONNIE SCOTLAND!
NOTES OF iNTERI;S'1' FROM UE.l
RANKS AND MACS.
WIsar Is Going .On in the Illghlands
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia.
A 13oshoro lassie has found
a liorin ofrwiekrho rcigu of Queen Eliza-
heth,
Nearly $3,000 has been received
for the Wallace memo/jai fund at
Lidorslis,
A masonic temple is about to be
erected at Wishaw, Lanarkshire, at
a cost of $12,500.
Y'etholm's chief interest is that
from time immemorial it has been
the headquarters of till) 'Seettisl>j
gypsies,
Mr, James Beaton, termer,
Middlathird, Methlick, has gifted
$10,000 to provide a public ball for
tlhab district.
'While several stacks lying out in a
field on the Mains of Edzell were
being threshed out, over 400 rate
were killed.
"For permitting a terrier to be at
large alcor sunset," was an offence
which coat a man a soveriegn ab
Abbrgeldie.
It is said that the Scots Greys are
very tired of Salisbury Plain. They,
would be happier in their old quar-
ters at Jock's Lodge.
There is a plague of adders in
Western Ardnanurchan, Scotland,
and a three-year-old colt has died
from the effects of a bite,
An otter was killed on the rail-
way a short distance from Oupar-
Fife. Tho animal had been struck
on the head by the cowcatcher of
an engine.
Three thousand tons of whinstone
rock have been brought down at en
Airclie quarry by a blast of 180 lbs.
of gunpowder Bred be, an electric'
battery.
A Dundee trooper of the Scottish
Horse had two of his teeth kicked
out by a horse while on the march
to Blair /Mole camping ground
last week.
The great feat of walking round
the island of Arran is now season-
able, and one Glasgow visitor claims
to have done the necessary Sixty
miles in eighteen hours.
A Kilmarnock man who injured
Isis arm while playing dominoes dur-
ing his meal hour claimed compen-
sation . from his employers. Tho
judgment was domino against him
Besides losing their copy of the
first edition of the poet's works, Kil-
marnock is threatened with the lows
of its Berns statue, due to the
erosive effects of the atmosphere,
Mr, and Mrs. Andrew Clark,
Galston, celebrated their golden
wedding recently by a gathering of
friends in their home, and were
made the recipients of numerous
presents.
AN EMPEROR'S JEST.
Comm Court Dignitaries MIT to
Run Races for Enjoyment.
Recent Japanese papers recount
an incident of palace life in Corea
which, according to Japanese inter-
pretation, illustrates the delicate
wit of the of Corea. It
appears that the Emperor was about
the only one in the palace who ap-
preciated the joke.
Some weeks ago he got the idea
of entertaining some of the school
children of Seoul within the palace
enclosure. A clay was set for the
entertainment and a general invi-
tation sent out to the two wheelie
that pass under the name of public
.institutions in that shabby old town,
Aboub 400 children went to the pal-
ace grounds.
Some of the palace chamberlains
received the youngsters and arrang-
ed a series of atlslotio games for
their competition. In the height ri
the running and leaping the Em-
peror, accompanied by the Empress,
her court ladies and the soothsayers,
astrologers and court ountachs, ap-
peared on a porch and seemed to
enjoy the spectacle hugely.
The Emperor became. so interested
in the races that he went down
among the children and took per-
sonal direction of the events. After
all the competing children were red
with eithaustion his Conan sense of
humor asserted itself.
"New," said ho, "we will have
a race for the court' chamberlains
and another for the soothsayers:"
There was no gainsaying orders
of his Majesty, and all the chahnber-
loins had to pair off inteams and
run the required distance, irrespec-
tive of girth, weight of years or of
dignity the grave court attenclants
bad to grin childishly, gird up their
'flowing robes and give an extra tie
to the strings of their outli:iulish
bonnets—and then run.
"His Majesty seemed to take
pleasure in the spectacle," says the
Nichi Niehi Shimbun of Tokio,
Somehow a compliment le pleasingf, le
a, woman seen when she. knows It isn't
aineere, '
A girl will forgive n young conic
giulektr for kissing her s ga nit h'r wit
tree
for rest betty, ti,J0:, st..d ealaugb le
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