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TORCIIES WERE LIGHTED
Rev, Dr. Talmage Speaks on the
Parable of the Virgins.
A despatch from \Washington says:
*-Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from
the following text : "Tile parable of
the ten virt iris,"- alt. xxv. 1-12.
A young nicin and a young woman
have been affianced, according to
to the Oriental custom. The time oR
their rnurrtnge has arrived. Calmv
sell. beautiful eigee comes 110 WA on
the eastern bills. The bridegroom
invited hie moat intinl'ete friends to
come, They are colpo from the.
life of the hills, and they are boister-
uus in their mirth, They have such
clothes a4 (heir rusticity affords
them. Each one has a fhtmbeau or
rod of 11112120, With a plena of wood on
the top of it, the wood wound with
linen, the listen dipped in olive ail,
and a onp fastened under it, so 1.1301
the ail may not d*op upon ebe man
who bears it. They strike the flints,
the sparks fly, and the flambeaux
blaze. With these torches the pro-
cession starts, flow beautifully the
lighio'glaoce in and out among the
leaves, and in the air redolent with
line. and frankinceuce. There are
songs, and shouts, and glee, such as
young men Seal on their way to at I
marriage. On and on they go. It is
twelve tt sleek tit night when they
(une within hailing distance of the
bride's house. In the languor of
these eastern nights all the brides-
maids have fallen asleep, when the
:wood (mins through the dwelling:
"The wedding party is approaching,"
and the light of their torches pours
a stream of fire an down inwards the
blouse. What excitment there is in
the dwelling, a running to and fro,
and a great Buster. Setae uf them
'eke up the flambeaux that ore
standing in thecorner, and in the
excitement and in the darkness, they
eennut. Lind the flints with which to
strike the light. S„mr' cry one thing.
seine cry another, and they jostle each
other and stumble about in tee dark-
ness. Some one takes a flambeau
and puts fire to it;
FOR AIIOMSNTIT BLAZES,
and she holds barb hands over It. so
us to keep it from the draught of
the opening and the shutting doors;
but it burns only a !11110, and goes
out, 'Then they begin to cry : "Whu
can lend us a little olive ail 1 Who has
any oil to spare 1” There are none who
have any to lend.
Ne.w' there are same people who get
one thing uut of this parable. and
there are or hers who get another
thing; but f get tile: the soul needs
light. f. you see the bride n•oom's
party coiningdownthe hill. what do
yen find :? Torches, If you see the
bridal party coining nut of the door.
what de you see ? Torches. What
dries the sant in its midnight of sin
arid suffering need? 't'erebes. Confucius
tried le .e1 rite a light for China. and he
did kindle 11; but it went out and left
her untie -tinted millions t0 make the
ecnluries dismal 'o -i:11 their wailing.
Zeno, Chia ',thee, A cis, ul le, each al ruck
a light, and passed it along from
hand to hand but it went out; and
f hive to tell you that. the universi-
ties of the earth, while they have in
theft chemical laboratories made the
blue light, and the green light, and
the yellow light, they have never yet
been able to make the while light of
pardon, and peace, and hope, for a
lust world. Peeve; where le it l
ing hells have gone two hundred feet
down, and not found 11 in the depthe
of Che Bea. Astronomers' leleacupes
have ewept 0(102,5 the heavens and
not ftiunil it in the air. From a eon-
sunling brand of Calvary 1 pick up
the only light. for a lost world. The
fart that Christ died to save sinners
le the flambeau, which flung on the
darkness of your sun;, will scatter
Re gloom as by a daybreak.
A1] the flambeaux of the gt'ooms-
inen and the bridesmaids of the text
gives no such piercing, leaping light
as is (u he found in the tossing.
f I, :L'B,U,AUX OF TH11 GOSPEL,
whieh flings light. into the dungeon
ofthy sin and comfort out on the
ocean of Lbe: trouble. A blind man
sat down by the way -side, and Jesus
sat down by the way -side, and Jesus
enure along, and the blind main cried
out : " Jesus, Thee sun of. David, have
mercy on me." "hush up," said the
people etanding around. "You ore a
beggar, and you are blind, and this
le a Ring." But so much more he cried
out ; "Jesus, thou son of David, have
mercy on me." They maid: "Be still;
11 is indecorous; you are disturbing
the peace." Bu the more he cried out
",,esus, thou son of Davit), have mar-
cy on mo." Jesus turned to him and
20id: "Thy faith hath made thee
whole." Oh, that to -eight, from this
audience, teere might go up such a
deep, all -compelling prayer for light,
Mel . it would Isere 1(sus upon, u5Witll
the resunnae , "'thy faith bath made
thee whole.'
.
ut 1 learn elm,, from th
.R his ', nub -
jive., that the emit needs a movable
light. These toreees (turning out of
the door are in motion. These torches
of the bridegroom's party o4 the hill
are in motion, hoisted, lowered, glance
leg in and out among the leaves, all
Movable. The soul needs a movable
light, and in 'the Gospel of Christ
we have it. That Gospel is not a
lamp -poet standing on 0110 Street. It
le nota chandelier hung iu anemone
It is not a lighthouse set at har-
bour, It is a flambeau --a movable
light—something to be carried, And
we need to take it into Out' bottles,
and we need to take it into our stores
and shops, and into our schools, and
Into our churches, and in the cellars
where the poor freeze and in the gar-
ret where the fevered languish, and in-
to the hospital where the wounded die,
and far out in the wilderness where
the emtgranl struggles. Do you know
that the lights of the world are sta-
tionary, and that soon you and I will
have to ((art on It road where all
these lights will fail us? The lights of
earthly amusements are stationary;
and all those that are kindled in the
most brilliant halls of earth, cannot
flash one spark of cheer un that path
w131eh you and 1 will soon have . to
travel. The lamps of our churches
are stationary. All the chandeliers of
Christian sanctuaries in one flannel
light could not throw
A GLOW-WORM .SPARS
upon the path which you and I will
80011 have to travel. The domestic light
is stationary. If you should take it
to the dour on such a gusty night as
this it would Immediately be blown
out. mind all the lights that
cheer me in the home circle will
cast on that pathway on which you
and I will soon travel. Oh, God 1 when
we turn our back upon our amuse-
ments, and our cburehes, and our
homes. give us the flambeau of the
Gospel—a movable light 1 Lady Rachel
Russell was eamfurted by that light
while she was arranging the papers
as her husband was preparing for
mertydom. That light John Bunyan
held up until by it he saw the gates of
the celestial city, It flamed on the
blind eye0 of .John Milton until he saw t
the battle of the angels. Oh, movable
light, glorious flambeau of the Gospel,
pass it up and downthrough all
hands, through alt ages; pass it from
hand to hand, and from mountain to
131 001aiu, and from x011 10 sett, until it
shall be told everywhere that to those
who sat in darkness a great light hes
sprung up. 1t 11111at have been a
'brilliant seen( when the first morn-
' ing
orn-'ing dawned on the world, Our planet
had been a great black hulk — there
Lyme not even the gleam aft star or
the flash of a fire fly. But the cum-
wand came forth: "Let there be light,"
and flashes of Brightness quivered'
through tee gloom, and the darkness
;was lighted, and the mist arose, and
'there was a faint gleam on the N011-
! ter,
va_'ter, and there was snow on the crest
of the wave, and the remnants on the
!night rolled off the sky in splendour,
land the bridegroom of the light ap-
peared in the heavens, and all the
:glories of the earth with lighted torch-
es went forth to meet hint. "And the
evening and the morning were the
first day,"
1 next learn from this subject that
no man has any light to spare. I sup-
pose if suite of these obliging brides-
maids had taken the linen from the
lop of ibe flumbeaux and wrung
them out on 111e lamps of the improvi-
dent ones, that after a while they
themselves would have been in do rk-
themselves would have beau in dark-
ness. So they did not lend it. There
was
NO OLIVE OII, TO SPARE,
Neither has anyone any grace to spare,
"0h," says some one In this house: "1
had a very good father and very
gond mother; if there ever was a good
woman, she was; and somehow I hope
through their piety to get into hea-
ven." Had they any surplus of piety ?
None. Had they any goodness to spare?
Nona. 'You cannot borrow ail out of
their lamps. And, 1 suppose, if at
the last 111 the redeemed of heaven
were gathered in a circle, and some
pour soul should go around and say:
"Have you olive oil to spare? Give me
some for my lamp?" I suppose they
would all answer: "Not so, lest there
be not enough fur us and for you."
"If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise
for thyself; but if thou acornest, thou
alone shall bear it." .Every man for
himself, every woman for herself.
I learn also ,from this sub-
ject that Same people apply for
t.be light when it is too late. Hew
silly those britlesmaide must have felt
when they could not 'get into the
wedding, It was not n secret wed-
ding to which, pethaps, they had only
a few hours' invitation, I suppose
they hod known for weeks antd mantes
that they were going 1-,4) be invited,
and yei they ire mat prepsred. ±iough
they kneev, where they could get oil,
and they had the money, as the text
'intimates, yet the wedding roman,
they are unprepared for it, and all
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their pounding et the door does not
get 'them in, I see them oomtng en
up tot the door. The rabble begin to
jeer et them. 'rimy say: "Yee are
late. Don't you WW1 300 could' get
'in? Where are all your flee olutbes
now? You are 110 better off than we
are. We clitln'texpect to go in, we
only name to see this bride as sho
moved into the benquettleg hall." A
type of lith predieuinenI, a good many
shall find themselves about theirsouls
at the last. Five saved) Five eased!
Brothers and sisters; some going 10
the right end some going 10 the left.
Father and mother; one going up
and the other going down. Husband
and wife, one tot in and the other shut
out. Chanting! ohantingl chanting!
Wullingl wailingl wailing) Five saved)
Five lost!.
1 suppose that those slily brides-
maids were moral, respectable; or they,
would not have been invited to the
wedding.: .But their morality did not
get them in.
TIIIIY HAD NO TORCHES.
All our good works, and all our mora-
lity on earth, will not take us into
the gate of bew^en, Salvat'on lost,
my clear brother, is lost for ever. As
the tree falloth, so ii must lie, Bow
these virgins must have felt:. whon
they came up and heard inside the
music, and 111e dancing, and the clash
of the goblets. and the laughter, min-
ing in quick percusaien ou the night
air, How they must have felt, Their
sisters Inside; their brothers, and
friends, and neighbours inside, the
gate of heaven and they themselves
out. A type of bow we wilt feel et
the hast, ,f we do not get inside, 1
suppeee every hour of the day and
nigh, there are souls going into eter-
nity unprepared. Oh, whet excite-
ment it must be about the death -bed
Crying out for a lamp, and for the
and for the light; throwing hands
out, throwing them up, throwing U om
around, until the nurse asks:
"What do you want, water?"
He says shaking his head:
"No." "Bathing of the temples?" He
shakes his head; "No." \What does
13e want ? Oh, he cannel get his light
burning. lie must start ; he is
started; he comes up to the gate of
heaven ; be knocks; he cries: "Let me
in 1" lie is not admitted. He says:
I want to see the bridegroom." The
voices within Say; "You can't see the
bridegroom; he is busy with the
guests new'," says the man; "r must
tome in; ray children are in there. 11
roust come in." A voice within says;
"You refused the grace that would
have brought ,you where they are."
"But," says the man ; "I must come
in; ail my friends and kindred are in.
Hark! 1101" I hear the sound of their
voices, mod the bounding of their feet.
Let me in." And a voice from with-
in says; "You are too late 1" It. says
to one man : "You are twenty years
too late;" to another, "you are a
month too late ;" to another, you are
a minute too late ;" and the mob of
destroyed ones outside the door take
up the chorus, and cry; 'quo tate!
And the hot wind of the de-
sert sighs: "Too litter' and the
bell in the tower of eternal
midnight tolls and tells: "Too
late! too late 1" And the torches of
the silly virgins begin to flicker and
hiss in the storm, and one by one
they go out until in the suffocating
dorknees they cry: "Our lamps have
gone out I" And they go wandering
through eternity, ages after ogee,
feeling out fur the light, for com-
fort, for peace, for hope but finding
none and Crying: " Our lamps have
gone oul i" and there horning In an-
other diret'rion, and wandering on, age
after age, age after age, feeling for
hope and comfort, end light and Heav-
en, but finding none, and crying:
"Our letups have gone out !" -
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BURNING' BANK NOTES.
With the Bank of England the de-
struction of its notes takes place
about once a week, and at 7 p. m.
Formerly it used to be done in the
daytime, but owing to the unpleasant
smell with which the burning was at-
tended the noigbbouring stuck brok-
ers petitioned the Government to do
it in the evening. The notes are pre-
viously cancelled by !lunching a hole
through the amount (in figures) and
tearing off the signet tire of the chief
cashier. The notes are burned in a
closed furnace, and shavings and bun-
dles of w0o71 form the only agency
employed. For future purposes of re-
ference the notes are left for five
years before being burned, Tee num-
ber of notes coming into the Bank of
England every day Is about 50,0011,
and 350,000 are destroyed every
week, or something like 1,000,0110 every;
year. The stock of paid notes for five
years is about 77,745,00 in number,
and tbey fill 13,400 boxes.
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DIPLOMATIC,
Mrs. Dodd seams always to have her
own way,
That's because when she dant have
it she pretends that the other Waris
'her's.
OUTPOSTS DON'T SALTJTN.
Troops on outpost duty do not eel -
ate their superiors, or notice them,
unless addressed,
- Voun Folks,
ESi IMO DOLLS,
A piece of wood with strips of hide
tied on for legs and arms, the 'face
serateleecl.into the wood will* a splin-
ter of bons, a sorap of fur wrapped
around for a garment, mild all bear-
ing visible proof of fondling from
many a greasy, dirty little hand.
Weed do you 1uplioso an American
child would. say If aue11 an objeotwore
piked into her' arias for a doll 1 It
would cut but a poor tiger's among
her Parisian ladies of high degree, in
their silks and satins, and how the
demure bisque babies evoutd stern at,
the uncouth stranger 1 Yet in'far-off
Alaska these hideous images are trea-
sured by the little Rakine> girls with
astender u mother hove us was ever
lavished upon the flaxen -haired, blue-
eyed doll beauties of our own Bind.
All of the Eskimo children have their
noses•pierced so that they can WOar
rings or chains o£ beads, and nearly
all of the dolls are in the style in Ibis
respect:The tidd chief's 03111S are
not scratched into the wood like a
common person's but tiny hits of
polished bone are inlaid in the fare
Aar eyes, nose and mouth, and give
him quite an air of dietinotion.
Another is a chief's squaw, dressed
very much like the chief, only her jac-
ket is of soft marten shin, and about
her throat she has a queer ruff of
white moss that looks like coarse vel-
vet. Her little Eskimo mother must
have been afraid of evil spirits, for
she leas hung a.eharm about her neck
—a tiny piece of flattened lead, with,
it whale's head scratched em it,
The Eskimo girls evidently care fur
boy dolls best, and there is only a'
stray little squaw here and there,
poorly dressed and neglected -looking.
One gentleman doll is the dandy of
the company, and presents a truly
imposing appaoranoe. His owner must
have possessed deft fingers and a
marvelous patience, for he wears a
long robe that .reminds one of the
fairy tale of King Roughbeard, whose
Princess had a cloak matte fro,u iits
of skin of all the mnimals in the
world. The skirl. 0f the robe is of
the softest deerskin, with 0 fringe of
reindeer bide aground the bottom. All
over the robe, in unexpected Maces,
tufts of silver fox fur are sewn in
cleverly, and the collar is a rleh af-
fair of red fox and 01 ter skins, while
the sleeves present a striking combin-
ation of marten skin and white moss.
One little papoose wears a peculiar
kind o8 costume that unites bonnet,'
shoes, Blockings and dress all in one,
and she has the jolliest face of any in
the lot. Strange to say, the dress
is made of calico, ordinary blue calico,
with red flowers in it, such am any
china -headed doll might wear in Am-
erica. 'Probably her mother gotit
from some sailor from a whaling ves-
sel, and thought that such a remltrk-
able, beautiful creation should, be used
in a brand new style..
Several of the dolls are made of
hone, polished until it is as smooth
and pretty es ivory, and the Cares on
these are even more expressive, than
those carved in wood. Save for one jol-
ly, round-faced medicine man and a
cross-eyed, grinning papoose, all of
these stranger dolls from the arctic
shores look melancholy and dissatis-
fied, its if they Lound lite a bore and
a burden. Perhaps, the little moth-
ers who made and loved them may
have felt somewhat that way them -
:mimes, for the Eskimos are like the
Indians in their dislike of girls, and
travellers have told how when afam-
ily becomes loo large, in many cases,
n
Door, little, dark -faced girl baby has
hurl her month stuffed full of moss
and been laid out in the snort^ and
mild to die. So it may he that these
ugly dolls, with their sad eyes and
drooping mouth, 11eur silent witness
to the lately childhood spent in the
great, bleak land of the midnight
sun.
INVISIBLE INKS,
Dissolve one fluid ounce of commpn
oil of vitriol, sulphuric need, in one
of soft water, stir well, and allow
to enol, Write with a Clean steel pen.
and when dry the writing becotnes
Invisible.
To read same bold a in front of
the fire ped the writing will turn
black.
Writing done with rice water is in-
visible when. dry, but on the apple.
cation of iodine the writing turns
blue.
Writing done with a elean quill
pen dipped, in onion or turnip juice
is invisible when dry.
To read same hold it in front oh the
fire, or otherwise heat/ it, and the
wilting will turn brown,
A WISE MULE.
Lady Burton,. a famous Engtieh
woman who) has made a great many
long jotulrneys, was once traveling in
Syria when a mule, whittle was in a
great pain, hobbled 'up to her in spite
of tie heavy load on its back and held
up the hoof that it had hardly been
able to use with a look on; its foe^
that Spoke plainly, not only of egony
but, oleo! of hope 'that she might mire
it. On !oohing ei the beet Lady Our -
ton Round It pierced with atwo•Inejt
atoll, whieh, She pulled out et 0400,
and from that then on the grateful
autmal followed hex tlhopt like uylg
dog.
NEW CATCH. GAME,
Here is a nee, 'game of "catch" the
boys will enjoy, It is Balled "Stags
and Hounds,' and in playing it one boy
is at first the hound, and he mush try
to touch the other players. Moo he
has touched ono, thetwo hounde join
hands and try to eat'oh another. When
they bave caught, the three join Minds
and run after others, until all except
one have been (taught and joined
hands. Then the ops that •has not
been eaught'has to be first bound for
the next mime,
OPENING NEW BOORS.
To open 0 book properly hold it with
its back 011 11 smooth 01' covered ta-
ble. Let the front board down, then
the other; new hold the leaves in one
hand while you' open a few leaves at
the back, then a few at the front,
etc., alternately opening back and
front until the center of the volume
is readied. If this is done two or
throe times there will be no danger
of breaking the volume.
SOUTH AFRICAN SCENES.
Heliograph Conveys Mester the News -The
' (menial Purees.
Most of the important 'news of the
South African wet', and especially
that received from Mafeking and the
other cities, which have beenin a slate
of siege, as wale as that transmitted
from camp to camp, has been hello -
graphed, says the Ne.w York Commer-
cial Advertiser. The intense bright-
ness of the South African sun is so
seldom obscured that the heliograph
is practically in daily military serv-
ice. Lt is not a comvplex instrument.
It consists of a movable mirror plac-
ed in the sun so es to flash a beam
of light to a considerable distance,
just as boys aro fond of doing with
pocket mirrors in idle moments at
school. In transmitting messages the
flashes are caused to follow 0n0•an-
olher in accordance with a signal
code. The mirror is mounted on a tri-
pod and in the centre has a part of
the silvering removed froln the back,
Two lights are provided in front with
a screen. The distant station is sight-
ed through the hole in the inirror.
The beam of light is then directed
through both sights so as to be re-
flected exactly at the other station.
By means of tea Morse key, which
causes the mirror to move through,a
limited are, telegraphic signals can
thus be flashed' to a dist name of many
miles.
!:u a recent letter from Kimberley
to the London Daily Mail, Julian
Ralph, the American war correspond-
ent said:
"I prepared you for the knowledge
that the colonials would do the best
work, in elate war, and you will find
that they proved themselves worthy
of the eolumendation in the short and
sanguinary siege of Cronje's rabbit -
like retreat. It is a grand thought for
England that after this war each of
her colonies will maintain a standing
force of soldiers unhampered by tra-
ditions, bravo to the last degree, and
taught to depend on themselves and
not. on their officers."
Among the rolonial forces now in
South Africa perhaps even the gallant
Comedians themselves have not ren-
dered mare effective service then the
Australian troops,—sturdy, rough -rid-
ing fellows, toughened by the hardy
life of the Australlan bush, and NO
better fitted no doubt than many of
their comrades in the Imperial army
l0 endure the hardships of fighting
under: the burning African sun. The
Australian forces have been fortunate
thus far in escaping serious losses ,on
the battlefield. Yet they have been in
the Lhick of the fray, and have sacri-
ficed brave men.
Even in South Africa, it is not all
Lighting, and now and then, when itis
not necessary to storm, kopjes or re-
lieve beloagueeed towns, 'I'ontmy At-
kins leaves off stalking liners to get
a shot at leas u0mbaelve game. Wild
animals abound, (fresh meat is nob by
any means the usual fare. Refriger-
ated beef is mere apt to be the hill
than venison, and in the hard fight-
ing anti. Lot't'ed marches of the recent
campaigns Tommy often has been
grateful for a bit of dry biscuit and
hate tried tc forget hunger In sho ;e-
lec'+e of his inseparable pipe:
A loan and it memo appeared in a
London Police Court charged with
having stolen property In their )los.
session. A citable attached to the
house in which the pr'lsoners resider!
at Islington was searched, and it is
Alleged khat property valued et
between 2000 and 1000 was found.
'There were 100 table titivate, 150 bales
of flannelette and cloth, oases er
champagne and other wines, balese1
leather, and several hundreds oe rnite-
kintoshee, intended, it is thought, /or
South 41101011. All appeared to he the
proeeeds of daring van robberies.
the prlsonef't weer, remanded.
HEALTH.
(FAINTING,
Feinting, er ayne0p0, le a temporary
loos of eonsoloueeess, ocsurriag with
enfeebled .and retarded action of the
beart'as manifested by it slow and
almost imperceptible pulse, extreme
pallor oR the face, ospoaially the lips,
and a pokiness and lividity of the
hands and teat.
The attack of uneonsolousness le'
generally preceded by a Reeling of
slight nausea, a Swimming before the
eyes, noises in the ears, a fullness of
the head, and an indescribable fooling
of "all -gameness," of the extreme
wretchedness (*1 which no ens can
have any idea )vee has not exporienood
ie in his awn person,'
The voices of those around gradually
become lndistinet, objeets 'grow dim,.
the breathing is oppressed, and finally
darkness closes in, the muscles relax,
and the sufferer pewees into that mys-
terious and awe-inspiring state called
unconsciousness. This lasts for a
variable period and then the mind
gradually resumes its supremacy, the
patient coming again into possession
of hiis suspended faculties, like one
raised from the dead rather than like
one aroused from slumber.
In its essence 'the act of fainting is
merely a symptom of anaemia of the
brain, with Which is associated a
greatly weakened action of the heart,
both dependent upon acme usually
disagreeable impression from with-
out, such as the sight of blood,an un-
pleasant or very p011001ul odor, a sud-
den fright, pain, oppressive aeat of the
atmosphere, the receipt of bad news,
less often n great and sudden joy, and
the like.
'Young women, people in delicate
health, the nervous, and sufferers
from heart disease are mora prone to
syncope than others, yet faintingmay
occur in the strongest men from the
effect of slight causes.
Were it not so familiar a sight a
person in a faint would fill the by-
standers with terror, so closely does
the condition simulate death, but for-
tunately the state is one usually of
short duration.
The patient should be placed flat on
t.he back, with no pillow- or support
under the head. These not in imme-
diate attendance should keep at a
distance and fresh air should be ad-
mitted freely.
The clothing should be loosened
about the neck and the waist, tee face
should be fanned, and respiration
should be stimulated by flipping afew
drops of cold water on the Lace and
chest. The bare chest and arms may
also be slapped with a wet towel.
Smelling -setts may be held cautiously
under the nose, or a few grains of pep-
per blown into the nostrils. Any or-
dinary swoon should quiekly yield to
these simpie measures.
TO REMAINS YOUNG,
Take a brisk walk every day ; se-
cure fresh air, a glimpse of fresh
scenes and fresh faces. These aro
worth more than doctor's tonics to eel
overtired and nervous Mau ur Womitn,
and give a prettier glow to the
cheeks than the Finast nituntfaOUnred
rouge in existence.
One W110 keeps tided and body on
the alert willseldom need to have
recourse to science or diet to de-
crease size and weight If you have
a thin face, and the flesh seems un-
willing to become plump rind round in
response to muasage, build up the
system by taking a half pial or mare
of sweet cream every day, eat of cer-
eals which have been ooukud for sev-
eral hours, u. raw egg beaten up in
milk 01100 a cloy, warm drinks of
milk diluted with hot. water, and bak-
ed sweet apples or ripe, sweet fruit
at each meal.
FOX FAltr\LS.
The fur of the blue fox has become
so valuable of late years that "fox
farms" now exist on some of the is-
lands off the coast of Maine as well as
on the Aleutian Islands in 13t'hrino
Sea. One of the problems now (con-
fronting the fox ranchers is how to
provide inure abundant food for the
faxes in the winter time. On the
Aleutian (51ande they have been fed
with dried salmon when other food
gives out. 'I'hey will even east sea-
er0hins, searching' for then) on the
beach at low tide,
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Whether 1110 following story, told
by Ole Deily Chronicle, be trueor
mot, it is et any .mile amusing. The
other Suuday evening, :warding to
the late, an elderly lady returning
from ehuruh, stood aeon the door-
seep of bee house in Kilburn; in the
northwest of London and diseuve'ed
that she bad forgotten Ilei latch -key,
It was the servant's evening out, and
there are several bad quarters of an
hour between eight and ten on 11
February evening. )ler dilemma. ivas
noticed by a group of men on the
other side of the etreet. With thein -
bled courtesy of 110111 1'e'0 11x11)10111011
I hey (*milled to her assistance. In
one instant six lkeletun keys hashrd
in the air. lit the next instance the
peediesl upnrntar hull (Monod the
;runt door, tied otos ,receiving the
1lhanks of 1110 elderly Indy, who Was
ranch pleased, bol further reflee lion
dim in181ed nor pleateertl in this proof
of the influence of Human under-
standing on the look.
FRU EIGLAMM.
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WHAT JOHN BRIJ AND HIS
PEOPLE AHE DOING,
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Repord of Aeeurrenees i, the Land
That Reigns Saprerile in the
Colnmerelal World,
Several ofthe inhabitants of Bede
ford and Be neighbourhood have pee elite
titloned tee Queen to use her royal 1
authority in prooloimlug "a day of '
humiliation" Ror the whole kingdom,
in oonnoetion with the war.
The Queen knits beautifully, end bad
made several woollen wrulks', the
Princess of Wales has worked ouch -
Ions, and Primus Ch1'ietiau knitted
a number of comforters for 1100 in the
hospital train :equipped under bar
supervision.
Sir Reginald Palgrave, who has just
resigned the clerkship of the House
of Commons, was one of the most
genial and agreeable officials at West-
minster, He entered the servioe of
the House as far bank as 1253, hav-
ing been previously admitted as a go -
111110r.
Within the Metropolitan area in
1899 there were 37,316 cases of infec-
tious disease, Of these 31,821 were
eligible for admission into hospital,
and 20,849 ware admitted, or 05 1-E
per cent., as against accommodation
for only 32 1-2 per cent. in 1890.
Ia is proposed to erect a mesaorial
to Timothy Bennet, a humble shoe-
maker, of Hampton Wick, who ,suo-
Ceesfully resisted at his own cost an
attempt, :about the year 1750, to
Atop the right of WILY by closing the
footpaths lending from [tampion
Wick.
Lord Methuen is 55, and Is reputed
to, have a private income of (bout
£11,000 a year. Ile hes a charming
place In Wiltshire, called Corsham
Court, which he Is unfortunately cob -
owing to the exigenoius of his
profession, to let. He married hid
cousin, Miss Sanford, of Somerset-
ah ire.
The Rev. J. l'. Flanagan, :be min-
ister in charge uf the South East Lon-
; don Mission, bas within the last twe
years travelled over 311,000 miles, and
preached over 700 times. '-to raise
money for a building in which toc:tr-
ry on his wurk in one of the poorest
districts in London.
Lord Dundonulrl's gallant exploit in
the relief of Ladysmith recalls the
bravery oR his distinguished but un-
fortunate grandfather, the tenth Earl
of Dundonald, who, in 1509, engaged
with his one vessel and destroyed four
French ships, and time led to the
crushing of Napoleon's maritime po2v-
er.
An eminent engineer has pointed
out that it no earthly' use building
great blocks of workmen's dwellings
in .London, because the more babita
tines there are, the Inerts vegetat'ome
up from the country to occupy them.
Ilia remedy, bold and simple, is to
remove both workpeot,le and their
I work from London. He would have
all factories removed from town 40
a short dist( nee in the 00%111117, and
the workpeople with teen,
Lord Sulisbnry is a very stoat man,
weighing fully 1110 pounds, but
curiously enough, he wits of slight
physique in his youth.' Lord Rose-
bory, in a speech a select time ago,
narrated bow when he w'aa a boy be
visited the library at Hatfield, and
was pointed out t1 tall, slightly stoop-
ed young man, olio w'rs immersed In
study, and told in a half affrighted
whisper by the housobold that :his
was Lord Robert Cecil, the younger
set of the household. ' !'resent mein -
berm of the )louse of Commons. who
were there in the days of Lord Rob-
ert Cecil's membership, confirm the
smile tale, and say that )bey remem-
ber Lord Salisbury with something of
the same figure as Mr. Arthur Bal-
four—and Mr. Arthur Balfour' le one
of the slightest of men.
Mr, lileant Maxim's name is well..
known throughout the world by rea-
son of the gun which he invented,
and which bears his name. IL iss111d
that the invention of these guns was
the result of his having his shoulder
bruised by the remit; 1n firing oft old
military musket. Mr. Maxim is aim
an enthusiast on the Subject of flying
matohinos.
MOST 'WONDERFUL Olt' ALL.
The broomstick train Dr. Holmes
called it, the electric ear operated by
the overhead trolley system, had just
been introduced to Aberdeen, wbua
two farm servants name to the Sea.
Iisll city to 0rend a holiday,
They made their way at 01100 to the
terminus of lin street railway, and
looked with much wonder at the. now
rrealiou. Fintlly they resolved. to
have, a ride, 'At the end of the ride
one of thein exprceeed their united
opinion,
Well, he said, this is -a griturl' lui',ne
tints, in Edinburgh I sow them
drive the ears wi' an reps meth
5)x001; Ln Dundee rl: 11'l01
'st'
nn engine; but, 121110, ..t,a, 'e,,:'' 11;,4
n lncbt they could ea' 'Item el' a f
1ng-rod'1
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