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Jackson -Where are you going tonight?
Goodeoul-To a revival.
jacksen-Revival?
tioodsoul-Yes. Sb --revival or the "Black Crook."
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• 'TWEEN EARTH AND SKY.
He wets a strong, quick lad of six- measure of labor for every hour of
teen years. If big nones, blue eyes and
a. tow -head count for anything, he
had Swedish blood In els veins.
It was las duty lor eight hours of
every working day to fetch. and -carry
ewer the girders and crossplecea as
the great co.utilerer eeriege orew,
It by foot, out over the ravine.
Boits, toolawater, ante what not he
loot; nireely from place to place at
the call of the workers. Most ot Ids
waking roues were spent in perilous
places, high in -the air, where a
step meant death.
Nobody knew who he was, and web -
the foreman knew where he came
from. The men of the gang called him
"Johnsons kid:4 Johneonahe brueque,
gigantic foreman, called hint plain
"kel," and, curiously, seemed to value
lite dumb affectioa ane loyalty the
waif gelve him. The foreman was
ready enough to reepond witb bis
lists when the kid needed protection
from tile Letting of the men, which
Waft often; but a ,sitow of tenderness
was far from bine.;
The kid's regard for Johnson was
past tb.e understanding of the ga.ne.
In the sight of the men, who hated
hint foe his abusive tongue, the fore-
man had no traits So win love. It
was commonly put down to a queer
twist in the toy's nature that he
shoull care for Johnson. As a matter
or feet, this affection had its source
in a happening of two years before,
when the White Reek tridge was tail:
over one of the great rivers in the
far Northwest, and the kid was new
at the work. It was there, one day,
when he was walking a tweive-inch
girder two hundred and seven feet
above the river, that the kid lost his
presence of mend for the first ani last
time..
This Toss of courage, or self-posses-
sion, may come upon any bridge -
builder, no matter b.ow used to high
pitice,s. It is unaccountable and comes
suddenly. Genernlly It puts an eni to
the man's career. Either he falis to
ilia dea.tit, or; so fearful is the slicek.
lutecan never again summon courage
to venture out on the structure.
On tale measion the kid had arop-
ped his pail ot water and sank to
the girder. He law •flat on hie stout -
Terror of the space below had ut-
terly overcome him. It seemed' inevi-
table tha.t be shonli faint of sheer
tear, and tumble through 207 feet
of space to the river. His arms
were fast becoming nerveless.
It was johneon who perceived the
boy's predicament. He was quit•k
to act, and his experienee made lema
fertre in expedients. Cala:ale. and
whistZing,, he waLkei along a por-
nUeL to where the kid lay.
jest out of reach. Then. for as
/wig ae he dared he lookel up and
dawn the river. Lemming the eirerete
of :ea oel song. He observal that
hie near preFert2 nal stir -posses -
Man sear.el to quiet the Lte'e ter-
ve.
"Here, kit," sae] fee foreman.
quietly. "get to land an' tell Bill
0:FS0a to hurry up with them riv-
et -a and eny," 3e addel. ellarply."
alettet yea :case any time about it 1 -
Tee Ley did not more. It was
evi !eat, itevs•ever, that the firm, fa -
retina cornmeal had Mendied hen
someroretat.
"Hear me?" rearel the foremen.
'Get up TriBell I ten 70a! }terse -
there rivete tp, now. an I be
Then the boy got to he ree-
'Whitle, pale ani steak:tee he meee.
hieway oar the Mts.- feet of nar-
row footiall, the force:ma kept
roaring hie ememan3 to make
haste. 'When the bey rale -eel the
plate -ism of tee:lb:await he fell in
a fiat: bet tbe foreman was there
to Vete:I Vali, =el earriel tm Me-
rest of the way to the Were
It Waff for this that the kill lov-
ed Joiteemt. It was foe weat oe-
earred the nest thy that Johneon
came as near to teeing tee kid
to; he aria I come, peritape, to ler-
ing anything.
an the Leon hour, which is the
tame fee. &keit:eke g.
ti.1,7, eltr:-...opt upright, Lent
peeve -a las aitrnge. titet :to veiget
pet a Stelp te4 tee gibe.; er tee
ft: ea eat ree al. Teere Wal an iS-
Inee plate rivetel seeertay to the
tg:Pi. Es: t!.et4rgLt.Upia the he
elactierea. peese.verlea agateet the
warrong eries ef tee tan, war: hal
otetred
tato' I. TLea he
etood *reeltookel at tee sky :tee
the river atel a1 ire -eat an -1 :Lea -
ed a, treakelowe.
'Whatel yea de that fere' tlet foro-
zoaa
aeked lalm angrily, svean he Lad
tome +lows.- "Eh? Whatel yet tiet
that fore thing fer3 Dent „yea krenv
anv better ee
'My feet was cell, besee' atItite
kid, with a tweekie in M.: eyee.
the tiay. The hatred of his enemies
grew more mena,cing, and their num-
ber lacreagett
Front suspicion to threats of ven-
gantlets is a short and easy path for
mea who have already undertaken
a. lawless course. Johnson was thrice
anonemousiy -warned to seek work
ea:ea-here, and that quickly. A tor-
th. en1 bleeding heart, rudely serawl-
ea in black and red on the last po-
llee, ga.ve point to the warning. Up -
Oa each oecasion the foreman ead
taken pains to show his contempt by
a more flagrant abuse of the worst
of the maleontente, whom, recklessly
he soca roused to a. pitele of fury
that boeied Ill for elm.
The kiJ observed this cloud of den
ger teeing. Be had nothing to fear
for himself, but Ile was no less dis-
tressed on this eu3couat. In ids owl
way he made himself guard and
watchman for bis patron He nosed
here and there and everywhere kept
his ears anti his eyes open for signs
of some overt net, and lay awake in
the amok at night, feigning sleep
when tee men were talking in un
tier/Dees. At last his vigilance was
repaid.
Ott the October night which just
preceded the first day of the big
strike, the foreman had gone on some
small errand down to the snperin
tendent's office in the ravine, under
the bluff opposite to that upon
which the workman's shack was set
There was but one path; running
along ths edge of the cliff fon half a
mile, it then deecended steeply to the
gorge, and Ied over a rickety bridge
to the *apposite side.
At various points the path turned
sharp angles, and ran all throtagi
a fringe or bushes. The night was
A thin rain had fallen in the
afternoon, and the fog non- lay like
a blanket In the ravine. It appeared
ty the kid tha,t the forman's return
being made at a late hour, would
be attended with some danger. Tee
mere had made a tire in the big box
stove in the rear of the *tack, for
the night was med. Gatheredaroun
tbe fire, a group of the foreman'
pen:tonal enemies began to talk free-
12a-aatt. eicarteworked_thetera
"Where's the kid?" exclaimee Big
Red Smith, suddenly and sennewha
anxiously.
Several men turned and spied 'eh
ieee Hflng innocently by the door.
"He's ail right," one of them wide --
eared.
An intense close cons-ersation in
whispers ensued. The kid heard the
mate of Johnson coupled with the
word "even" spoken with deep pas-
sion. It needed nothing more to
make him prick up his ewes. The
stray words that came to him in-
ereasol his uneasiness. lie fancied
that the men were to 'take it oat
,-f Johneon" vadie they had the
eltance.
.Soen Ione Men paSSE-..1 him on tbeir
way wit into the night. Tiair faces
were flashed and seewang. One of
them
tile fc,reman had thrasher' for
Lee iber lieation three weeks before.
Wha they had gone, the boy felt
himself to he under the suevelliance
ef red the men lett in the room.
Nevertheless, he made up bis mind
that, cost what it might. he wonid
be god to jahnson, We° had been
geol to tine.
-Fetch the Me here." be heard some
on' Fey in a wbisper..
'Nava" was the reply. 'Leave him
elene. He can't get away. Keep
year ate on him, Bin."
Th.' was eufli 1 ea to convince Idea
teat tome evil was awaiting the
foreman. What a•as it? How could
it be averted? Possibly it WaS a
laating at tome tura in the road,
where Meil (07111 easily lie in wait,
nab attaek from behind. Certainly it
was Lot murder. eio man ot them was
io ft-olearey as to pat leis own neck
05 ilengee. But might not the en 1 of
it, when paseions were at -pestle to the
ha ileg-peent, be murder?
The lad began te edge toward the
a70er. He reeved with exceeding care-
t:re-Ale, slowly, mei as if aimlessly
When. he Lai (-wee near to the three -
toed Big Red Smith called sharply:
"Where's tbe kid?"
'Here e- tame me shontal. 'Come
back lierer
Tee kid was making speedily for
the..! EZotor. Four teem Big Red in the
1--a4, renewed in hot haste bet the
toy was not to be eanght. He escaped
throlgly tis" open door ate ereeirlowit
the path to the cage of Lite bluff. He
Wei renewal eleariy in his mind -what
to do, nnol in ail he till that night
he hutitatol not once.
The path to the ravine was cloeed
to iera by the four men who had
eerie ahect He could not suray avoid
...eat., oat eteateeee eaetaace them, beeateee he del not know whet*
movel to oatce to maims:este, ",yea they Jay in titter ambeeb. ea, at
elf •k to me ani ril Mani by yen: the dlt i ea, he left the path to the
tittleretami? 'roe stick to tee." . ravine foe that leadent to the bilge
Itt th:e Way it entitle abeat that the etatinente The men, not as naive as
fOrter,an aal &el tree -dial East in
cornea/1y; an I when Johnson waepet
to work on the lig cantilever at
Reeky Gorge, they were etat to -
1 go yeti ean roma" the
fOretnan eati Raid to the boy. eltotere
te bridge -builder born."
The big cantilever j ibwee a Mee -
telt one, and Johnson Wee more harsh
abeeive than ever. As a eon-
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ground, hele the ropes taut. It was
the preetica at the loteeking-off
hear, to leave the arnt so tbat the
repel /lung within rateli from the
Me. of the last girder put in place.
The plan of the kid was to Walk
tite girder to the NOM :lad descend
thence by the "standing fall" to the
bottom of the ravine.
Tee night* bad cleared. Low in
the sky to the west the moon was
breaking through the thin cloutie. It
would be broad light soon. The boy
picked his vray over the encumber-
ed abutment platforms He bad eome
to -the eaked girder, which protruded
iuto 'the air, When his persuere 'amid
him ona
"Yotere all sate, kld I" Rig Red
shouted. "You're as good there as
anywhere!"
lit, were a cafe dastazete behind; but
Ise feel: hear them stumbling on,
Wei he ran at the top of his speed,
to make geol his tead.
The eastern abetment of the big
eant tree* r load at that tem been fie-
leitree Tee hanwork of the structure
etretr Lel oat (tile itunered feet into
the air, tem -beta for threetaiddle of
the gotge, witere. It Was to meet the•
oppotete seet.oe then unler ton-
t:vete:ma, when the mai v. ere real:- etruetiott. Heat -way up the blefe, an
ing ready for the great strike wet ea ia hreatl ledge, the leg eteamelerriek
toe: plaee tita.t eear, three or four . heel Ito pleva. The lean, black area,
*camps in Joineenes gatet, who earel welch lifted the pentieroner girders
wither for one Aide nor the other, !eon the bailout of the ravine to thetr
thought they hal •totand their op- etatioun in the span, extealee front
portneity for revenge. ; ilea iesige heyoal the pant to 'Which
They gave lone .4...Nitres:i1em to their t the Strueture had been eartied. Prone
mete:Lao sympathy with the teem lite estreanity hung the ;nighty taekle
awl toen aectuatil the beefy foremen and biota The reties fail to the
or Laving tetelteetel the strikersplans !' groutel btiow-where, for etelvenie
to the 1.,uperatten lunt. eolonson aid • eter, the iron -Weak had beat tranet
Lot tale. the traffile to Sony the portal teem the town above Deer it
eitargte, eat be resentea it with rely- ': rank:ate:ft railrowl. beaey bleek
teteleefell comet:11AS and a brantrangeoe the and, WhEell bit eleAral the
The men sat down, penting end
laughing, for they were tired with
the rna aad amueed by tile Iseult.
The kid made hie way cautiously,
balance -1g himself with bis arms. The
light* was barely suffielent The path
he must tread lay darkly before hint;
but the girder was solidly fixed in
ite place. It did not sway under his
weight • Titus far, the way had not
been, diffloule to hilt experiencea feet
n.nd trained nerves. He saw tile
ropes eanging Just beyond the end
of the path, •
Far below -two hundred and fifty
feet below -end far beyond, the
lights In the superintendent's house
and in the group Of the executive
offices shone cheerfully. Ib was for
those lights be was bound, When he
came to the end of the giraer he
paused for it moment to breathe. Bbs
feett rested on an iron plank, sixteen
incites wide. There was nothing
above -nothing on either side; all
about; was misty apace, all that was
solid was underfoot
"Ht I" Big Red roared, or a sudden.
The kid had reached tor the tackle.
W was now. plain to the mete on the
bluff that he meant to descend by
it They moue after him, threaten-
ing him with violence if he should
persevere.
"Come beak, or throve you 011 1"
Big Red shouted, boarselY.
'Unhappily for the kid, he could not
catch the ropes. Three times he
tried vainly to grasp them; each
time, so desperate was the effort,
ho placed his bale,nee in fearful jeop-
ardy. At last, his finger brushed
the nearest strand. This gave him
an idea. He brougbt his feet to-
gether, and advanced them until the
tips of his toes were flush with tee
end of the girder. He reached again,
and failed again. He allowed him-
self half an inch more. Then, by
leaning out so fax that a breath of
jtlr might have toppled him over, he
was able to touch tire rope again,
and to push it Tees nearly cost
him his balance. He tottered for the
space of a breath; but recovered,
cleverly, and leaned forward again,
nothing daunted.
Meanwhile, Big Red was tiptoeing
after him. The kidi felt the girder vi-
brate. Ha turned his head, but kept
his feet in their place.
"Get out of there!" be said, grimly.
"Let, me alone, you! Don't you come
here! Get back r
Big Reel came to a stop. His -nerves
were not then equal to a tussle with
the kid at the end Of the sixteen -foot
girder, two hundred and fitty feet in
the alt-. The lieginning of a struggle
would haTe precipitated both into
the depths below.
"Come back, kid," he widned. "It'll
bo all rWet if you come back. We
won't hurt you."
For answer the kid reached again
for the rope bearing himself as if Big
Red Saaith were nowhere about. He
was teeteriegeepeateetheaembeetpeleemi
his balance amid sustan. 'Another
push on the rope set the block below
swinging like a pendulum. He pushed
itt again ---and again -and again. Witb
each touch its swing Was greater.
Atlast one rope came within
reach. He crooked his forefinger
about it, and bed it.
The weight of the block, on its re-
turn swing, was se heary strain to
put upon his delicate poise. For an
instaut he was on the point of leap-
ing foe the rope before he should be
wretched from his place. He met the
• eowever ; fixed his grip, pored
the atat of the derrick in, and select. -
ed -the standing fall -the only station-
ary rope of all the tackle. It wa.s but
the work of a moment to wind this
ebout his leg, swing far out and slide
swiftly toward the ground, leaving
Big Rod 'to- vent his rage as best he
might. •
Zointson was bedding the superin-
tendent good -night when the kid, out
of breath, brought his warning to the
offiee door. Johnson was saved, and
you may be sure his friendship for the
kid was not diminished by this latest
mpIolt.-Norman Duncan.
%Inn No Stronger Than GIs Stomach.
The strong man was doing some
of hie most sensational "stunts." Eve
gently his performaoee was (tee from
ri kery. The mnaeles spoke for that,
end there wee ease and enjoyment
on all his movements.
"What a spieneal Whew," exclaimed
a college student to a front row to
his older companiott. "I'd give all I
expect ever to knave of the eiassies
in exchange ter that pbysique. east
titink -what it means -unlimited en-
durance and strength. With that and
a fair share of brains, there igen
inything a, man couldn't accompilah."
The older man smiled at the young-
ster's enthusiasm.
"You're doing very well as it is," he
eald. "The tattle may generally be
to the strong and skiltul, but it isn't
last mutruiat strength that counts.
To tell you the truth, you've itilierit
isi eomething that is worth more to
ylta than ail the niere musck you
eould pat on in a lifetime. I mean
your stomach."
"Yes, of course, that's iteportant,
but" -
"Ws everything, ray boy. Novo *lute
pose I should tell you that that big
fellow up- there is in greater date
ger of collapse than you are ever
likely to be if you take fair cats
of yourself and exercise in modera-
tion."
"IloW is tied possible? He's the
picture of health and strength."
"And whet tio you may to this fel-
low ?" asked the physician, drawing
a photograph from Ms pooket. It Was
the likeness of an taltiete, not much
the physical interior ot the strong
matv.
"his Chap," continued the utede
eal expert, eace to me tor treat.
meat reeently. Ile needed it. The
flesh was literally failing off him.
Ele was losing a pound a day. You
see. he had Suddenly eellapeed."
"What was the trouble?"
"Stomach. I'm not telling you any
tialtg neW, lett it's atinenishing haw
mutat an demean, truth is Mar -
looked. A ;nen le no stronger than
tJv stotnaeh.
"If eoue stomach isn't tar better
than that a twat ArrierNtris, Took
Out! Tele petient et mine) had
changed his rood, Mid it came near
costing hint his lite So don't be too
iluiek to eney the etreng men mid
go ahead vvitil your elaeeiee nor for-
getting twenty minutes or- ea a day
et well directed eXerelse."
the beginning the Christian life is
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INTERNATIOL* NAtaliSSON NO• l• then at; referral to in the
verse. Like many in these dare
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The Giving- of Manna -Ex. lilt W3.
Corilieentary. Connecting Linke.
We row /eau% after six months in
tee Acta to the study oi the history
of tee children- oi Israel. We left tile
Israelites at the croesiug 01 tile Red
Sea. Alter their deliverance Hoses
and the !mats of Israel sang a BoAS
of praise to God, in welch they mag-
nify His power eo glorienslY maid -
rested in the destruction, of the
Egyptians. Ithe people then make a.
teree days' joureey In the wilder-
ness of Shur and find no water. They,
come to Mame, bat finding the
water bitter they murmur against
Moses. In answer to the prayer of
Hosea Clod shows late a tree by
Meet) the waters are sweetened;
aeenhotunp.
ey then journey to Ellin, where
they find twelve welle of water and
seventy palm trees, and Imre they
1. Wilderneee of Sine -"It Is supposee
that thee wilderness, or desert, had
Lts uame frora it atrong city of Egypt
called Sin, near welch it lay." But
botore they came to Sin they had
an encampment by tee Red Sea, atter
they left Elim.
2. Mmeaured-For want of bread.
It seems they had takeu a month's
provision ween, they reit Egypt u,nd
110W this was gone. Against Moses -
In additioual proof of the hardness
of their hearte.
3. Flesh pots -Tee Ilebrewe when in
slavery were doubtless fed in com-
panies, In places where large pots or
boilers were fixed. for -the purpose of
cooking their foed.-Clarke 'Ye have
brought us -They seem to have actu-
ally lost the sense of having been de-
livered by the band or jehovah.--(e,
H. M. To kill with bunger-People
when murmuring often anticipate
evils which never will happen.
4. Unto Moses -God made known His
purposes unto Moses: in order tha.t
might rest easily and not be tempted
tot discouragement. Will rain bread,
Mo. -Efforts have been made to do
away with the supernatural aspect
or this lecideut by suggesting that
the zuanna was notteng else than the
gum of tamerisk tree, to which tile
name manna has been given.; but we
are ce.rtain that this gum could not
have oeen the bread that Is here said
to Wee e, come from heaven. And
gather -The manna was like a stuna
grain. A certaaa rate -Every person
was to gather "according to his eat-
ing." V.16. Every day -It would breed
worm's and spoil if thee undertook to
keep it from one day to another. It
was necessary Wee to gather it early,
before the run had, arisen. May prove
them -Thus God tried them to see If
they would truet Him and depend
upou Him for fresh supplies each day,
aud to see if they would serve Him
and keep leis commandments.
5. The sixth day -The day preced-
ing the Sabbath. Shall prepere-
The people gathered the manna and
"ground it In mills, or beat It in
a mortar, and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it; tend the taste of
it was as the taste of -fresh oil."
Num. al. S. Twice as much -On the
sixth day of tea week they were
told to gather and prepare twice
as muctt as usual, so there would be
no work done on the Sabbath'. No
manna fell os tee Sabbath.
G. Then ye shall know -That the
Lord had brought them out of Egypt
was plain enough, yet they were
aseribingt It to Moses and Aarotiet
glorious work of God -fi'.1 givivg you
bread from heaven, or the glorious
appearing ef God In the cloud, men-
tioned in verse 10. -Benson. Against
the Lord -From this we see that
when we murmur against God's ser-
vants we are really murmuring
against God himself. What are we
-Only Hie servants, obeying His
commandments. We have not
brought you out of your slavery,
Goa by His own ahnighty power, has
done that,
S. Shall give you -Their needs were
all to be supplied; they were to have
fleet in abundance that evening and
bread In the murning, and sia morn-
ings each week thereafter for nearly
forty years. Heareth your murmur-
ing -s -How offensive to God must
their mum -twinge haie been, aud yet
He bore with them and had mercy
upon them.
9. Come near before the Loed-Evl-
dently some particular plact wheel)
had been designated, where God
appeared to them in the cloudy pil-
lar. Time tabernacle was not built
until some months later.
10. The glory of the Lord -A glori-
ous manifestation of God's present -a
In a "thick cloud."
12. Ye shall know -When God
plagued the Egyptians it was to
make them know that He was their
God. -Henry.
13. Qualls -Quails were then as
:WM" considered a delleacte "Among
the Egypttens a quail was an emblem
of ease atel plenty." Covered the
camp -They flew low arid were so
tame that the iteaelites could take
as many as they chose. The children
of tsrael were again supplied with
quails about a. year later.
11. A. smell round thing -It was
like eoriatder seed (Num. xi. 7), and
white like "hoar -frost." The people
gathered on an average about three
quarts for each matt. It was dry
enough to grind and bake like grain,
and was pleasant to the taste.
15. It is manna -"What is it ?"-
V, They said one to another,
"Mbit -hu?" whice raeane, What is
117 The manna evas e type of Christ.
1. It met a great need. 2. It was
Lot undeestood by Ierate go Chrlet
was not understood by those to
whom Eie came. 8. It was for all
the potpie,. Christ is for the world.
4. 'et had to be gathered early, each
day. 5. It was white and sweet, no
Christ is pure in Etineeelf and street
to the taste Of the refined soul. O.
It gave life to the Israelites.
Teachings -A murmuring soul de-
stroys Ma own happiness and the
happinees of all around him God
heare OUT iiitirUlUrilige and will call
us- to an aecount We shoulei learn
to trust God day byt dsy for the ne-
cessities of life. The Lewd is able to
supply all our needs, even thouglt
.We may not be able to understand
helve it is to be done.
PRACTICAL SURVEY.
Having read the preceding eimptere
and seen the repeated and miracul-
ous manifestations of divine power,
and the wonderful deliverance or this
people from a lite of bondage, anti
how God de/leered them in thee of
their neat trial at the Red Sea, -Would
lead one tie conclude that they venue)
never give way again to doubts or
murreturi no.
Mnrinuringe. Tee are startled bit
reading the Seeonti and third Verses
of the lesson to find the -whole con-
gregatien giving wee- to netrinur-
Inge- and in such sell tones a tie:Mete.
It beat beattonle One Month ante
they had telt tho 11;01 of Myra, nal
tiles tar every need had been sup-
plied. and every reason given 'Mein
to believe that G'od would continue to
be with them au they Walked in, obe-
diente to hie etnarnandraerits. From
they seemed void of reation, and
del not stop to consider that If
it bad been the will of God to de-
stroy them He could have easily
done 00 while they were crossing
the Red Sea.
Gars forbearance is abown and
Made known to Mt:00es In the fourth
verve, and ineteed 1 leserved
wrath, He coinforts Moses lest he
might be diecouraged by their cent-
pialhte, be aseuring him that Bit
would rain "bread from heaven"
for there. This is but one of the
ntany instances that shows the
wonderful forbearance of the Al-
mighty. •
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I MARTINIQUE LIVES, I
4. FROM DAY TO DAY. 4.3:
++++++++4.4.4.4.+4.4.4.+++4444.4.4.4.
Here iS weere you might expect
to find people lietng to -day as if
they were to die toatilorrovo writes
a correspondent in St. Pierre. Pelee's
dust autl rocks wake tireen at night,
:tad they are prepared to sacrifice
all, saving it robe de uult. to esealie
to sea. Yet by day *hey put up prices
and arraege sehedeles of profits
like persons weo -were to live for-
ever, and lettere riehes would buy
everything, Whena. black cloud ap-
pears, they are thl'atra MAO an at-
titude of mind fit for Judgment Day,
but, because noteleg happens, they
resume usual ectbLts, not always the
meet fit for dwellers by a. terrible
volcano. At least, this is ones first
thought Ruto xnay heap hige aud
tumble upon them, but until it is
actwally velthin sight they are not
.jot more solemn- about mortal con-
ditions, than if they lired in Central
Fork West, away from subway dy-
namiting, with only the quiet green
drives and trees before them. In their
circumstances, you would think that
(as Stevenson saki) "even 'Sheen and
salad could eardly be rellethed with-
out sone -eating like defiance of the
Almighty," Tbey a.re not hermits
dwelling le prayer and maceration,
long -faced, unhappy. I da.re say that
there are more people at this mom-
ent In Madera worrying over where
to spend a two -weeks' vacation ehe,n
there are here thleking upon where
they are likely to pass eternity.
Some black boys are frolicking in the
water off tee beach, while police-
men try to compel teem to wear a
clout; the main men of the , town
are taking unhurried coffee in the
park pavilion; 'same American pro-
fese,ors aad writers are bargaining
for transportationto a mw sprung
-crater.
There are only warships and sup-
ply ships in the harbor; and new-
comers are here on special duty,
like bringing the mail, or succoring
the desolate, or keeping- the world
Informed as to what goes on, or
pushing as. far toward the angry
crater as they dare, to take a
look _for science at a volcano In
action. Masters of merchant ships
give the dieturbeci islands a wide
berth, and refuse to touch at them;
they fear them, ap in tirues back
they did the buecaneere.
nett geology futuish the only
adventurers. There is something in-
teresting In what they attempt.
An hour ago Prot. Hill sent in run-
ners to ask that a cerrlage be
e, „Teo
despatched to him; he was tired
welch he hoped to observe "on the
spot," Nearing the spot, night be-
low) last, he witnessed the latest
eruption of an efflorescing cloud,
charged with exPlosive gases, that
sent down lightnings to the earth.
Ai. dejeuner now, with the vision
of it Vivid, he concludes that he has
been au near as he wants to be to
Pelee -has "seen all he wants to
See." Some newspaper correspond-
ents were within several miles of
the crater during the same demon-
etration. They were dining with a
priest at Horne Rouge in a MIAMI.
Running out, they found an artia
lery officer with a in.ntern lead-
ing the people away front the town,
and they followed, abandoning their
horses, and fleeing in panic, the
artiet throwing away his elaborate
camera. Both came in afoot this
morning, not curious about Pelee
any more.
There are special inquisitive de-
sires rshich each has to satisfy In
and for himself. To look down the
red throat of Pelee -standing on its
Ilp-bas become, among the Ameri-
cans here, the thing to do, as 11 It
were riding along the Strand on the
top of an omnibus, getting a good
seat for the coronation procession,
seeing the sunfiee from the Rigi, or
taking breakin.st in Central Park
Casitto, some fine June morning. It
would be rash to say that none of
teem will look down Pelee bur snap
his koda.k at It vertically. There are
men here-Borchgrevink, Kennan,
Prof. H11, Prof, Heiiprin-who would
adventure as far for a pbotograph
or a piece of deecription, or an ob-
servation ot volcanic gas explosion,
as would, in war, suffice to capture
it citadel. It has come to this, that
to go by boat td the hushed and
buried city of St. Pierre, one must
first gale the permission of the QUV-
ernor, and to make a tramping tour
up the lower slepes of Pelee le to
meet with resistance front the gend-
atones, and be turned back regaralese
of science, instruction and the Im-
pulse of energy, in the interest of
mere human rte.
Dottiest le Ability, eestre
An aristocratic- Haat Superior
street woman, who hag had the me
nal number of failures in, the way of
domestics, baying tried nearly every
nationality; heard the other day
that a number of girls had
come here from England to seek em-
ployment as servalets, and that they
were highly recommended aa sarong,
intelligent, capable anti generally
eXcelleat
With high hope the housekeeper
held her to tile office whom these
paragons wet° onelelabitioh, and
wae soon ,brought faee to face with
it brawny specimen, wlet) Mad not
speak it word of Englisee With the
aid of an interpreter the following
toneereation took place;
"Can yea cook?"
no."
"Can you wet*. Mud Iran ?"
eNot
"Can you sWeert and dust or Clean
ttouge."
"r Iteive never &nee anything 41ke
that."
"For goedness sake," exelalefed the
agtonished matrons to tho intetpre
tor, 'ask bee what She te,tt da."
With calmness ithmleoinplace.ney the
,,replY hallet back, "/ can Milk rein*
deers 1"-Dniall Nolve-Ttlenne,
•
They had been keeping company for
rdght years, add when- he finally
.propaged altd was accepted, 10 the
ardor of his eh-MIMI:tem be eiteinitn.
Ied; "Daribig, you are worth your
tvelgla ,in gold."
With almetit creel feteettottanese
alte repeat!: "That eit 'haying a good
deal, for 11 WAN an 410111 long wait,"
0,1VAlingtain Until=
4,4•4•40444,..++++, +44++, 444. jtet'
Theo. Etat Proprietor.
THOSE BEAUTIFUL
SUMMFR BELTS. II
The belt has come tato prominence
as a feature of tite dress -up gown.
It is worn With the handseenest
drosses and peat:Wee of their ele-
gance.
The tea -hero of the holt, now and
for all tbne, is and haft 'Rica the
buckle. Cleopatra, unquestionably
wore exquisite belt buckles, and pert
Imps the Queen of Sheba did the
game. At all events, there are nO
plearres too old to show tracee itt
tem belt le oue form OT another, be
it chain, or cord, or the ancient bead
of Stuff resembling ribbon, says the
Brooklyn Eagle.
Upen the princess( tlio belt is worn
rather high, ill Josephine fasItiou,
awl le Is finiebed with loops of rib-
bon and long ends.
There is au Empire belt, which le
worn with the princess ; a. very wide
belt, wIlich comes up well untie; tat,
arms.
An exceedingly pretty little belt
Is one seen with the dome contume.
et is worn vvitlh any bodice, and is
pulled low, but is quite independent
of waist and skirt, which aro joined
together in their own fashion and
perhaps finisbed with their OWD
method of joining.
Then comes the little independent
bell, welch Is narrow and of nevi -
site finish. Otto of these belts was
In gtay suede, not over an inch wide.
It was pulled very low In front and
the ends crossed ander a eery band -
some little buckle, in welch sparkled
real gems. Suchbeita, as this are
really very costly and are articles
of jewelry Da well es of temporary
beauty.
It would be Idle to try to mention
tee many forms which tee belt is
taking. One of these is a series of
cameos, joined with tiny chains, the
whole to be Looped over a ribbem
which is fasteped aroued the waist
and clasped in front.
Here little womenare v,t their
best, for they ean wear these belts.
It la the woman, with the barrel -
like waist ev-ho is a.t it disadvantage
in them.
For the fat womtan, thm narrow-
er the keit the better, anti the black-
er- it is tile more becornlug It will
be. .
A VERY MEAN TRICK.
How a Pre:telt Covernment Clerk
Was D ra Wu 0
An instance) of the use to which
the marriage advertisement method
enta be put for spying purposes is cir-
cumstantially related In Paris. The
innocent man, in sen.rch of a wife,
was, in this caae, a alert inl it Gov-
ernment office. When a supposed
yoang widow with e300 a. year jump-
ed at bis offer of marriage he, sus-
pecting nothing, wrote giving foil de-
tails about himself, ills faintly, Ms
friends, his manner of living, hls oc-
cape-eon, and complete information
aboue his chiefs, end criticising the
methods and personnel of the office.
All these particulars were deemed
very useful by the police, and are
now reeorcled in is. special Classier
duly ticketed anti stored away. The
unfortunate young man's spirit, if be
ever ha,d any, is oompletely broken
now he has found•out that he was
anburthereng himself, not to a. fair
lady with a nice little income, but
tit tt. pollee official. He has foregone
-ess ..00301f, "War 'AVM ne
lucky. if be does not lase Ms post,
while tite pea or his natural life,
whatever may become of him, will be
overshadowed by the knowledge that
there is en telly too true and com-
plete dossier about him on a shelf
at the Police Prefecture. It it' af-
firmed that the Paris detective ser-
vice largely and systematioally
makes use of tile marriage adver-
tisement oolumn In the above man-
ner. Ilene° the warning to Parie-
iang in search of Wives.
THE MEM
Toronto Partners% Market.
j11111! 80. -There were 000 butheis
Sotfeagdrya.itt recelval on the tareet
market this morning,.. Priers were
Wheat -Was steady, one load of
red selling at 77c per bushel, and
two loade of goose at 09e per
buehel.
Oate-Were steady, GOO bushels
selling at e8ec to 50e pee bushel.
Hae -Was steady, 25 lava sehing
at $10 to $12 pa- ton for timothy,
and $8 to 89 per ton Inc elover.
Straw -Was steady, selling at $::l
per ton.
Dreseal Hogs -Were easier, selling
at $8.75 to $9 per cwt., a doable
of 25c per cwt.
Weltoenat;gv
, ioiotalte,4
e, 71 too 87:0%;; n
;reelaiii7g2
to ,
67 to Sae. Ree, 50 to 621. 11.trlen
Matt, 5f3e to GOV.; free, 53 to 5.1e.
Oats, 4834 to r:De. Pena, ale, liny,
timothy, eit to $1e; clover, ee to
$0. Straw, $8. Butter, 11. roai, 15
to 17c; crocks-, 12e to tle. Eggs,
new. laid, 14 to 15e.
llettlidi Lira Stu Cc tIct.k4.4
London, Julie :XL -Cat tie .-Toelna
American cattle ere quoted tit from
13 to 15c ; refrigerator beef is
quoted at 11 1-2 to 12e per lb.
Toronto mrult mua Vegetables.
Fruit hero Wee (inlet to -day, re-
ceipts beteg StIrtil, OW11111; t o la6
weather. strawberries, 5 1-2 to
8 1-2e per quart. (exist -beetles, tor
batiket, 50 to We. Pineapples, ease,
$3.25 to $3.i10 ; do., envie 5 to 14e.
Batten:et, $1.50 to $2.50. Oranges,
Serreeto, box, $I to Stela Lemons,
Meseina, $2.50 to s8.50. Cocoanuts,
eteks, $3.50 to $3.75. Cabbage, crate,
$2 to $2,25. Tom:dope, 4 -basket car-
rier, $1 to $1.10. Curmnbers, crate,
$2.25 to $2.50. Beane, wae, crate,
$1.50. Pate, basket, 35 to 4(1'. eleet-
twee len% each, 40e. Pot:at/ea new,
American, $8.75 to $4 Kr Uhl.
Leading NVIte !It 31arkets.
FollovvIng ere the closing quote-.
-Lions at important Wheat centres
to -day ;
• earth. Sept.-
Cele:toe a a to ... ---- 71.11-e
Toledo %. 4$ 0 *40 000 ••• 78 8-4 71 /-8
New YOrk... .., ... ... ----- 77 1-511
Dithrtle No .1 north. 15 1-4 11 .8.41)
//ulnae Neql bard ... 71 0-4h ---,
Toronto biro Ntoelt Market.
neport, ogee thoice, per ti,.w..t: el faeti totoe if 5000
ed: mecodwheun...... ... , ........ .. 4 60 to A 00
BliDutcher' rattle, .pleiced ,g(2,45 109 g roc
ttregtrill'eltektittlit, feallitti.e.6... 1 Lel it000 ois oen
42 nom ttoo 53 1,1
do cOolteoh
demerit
4 IQ te 1 00
3 ie to I 00
reerornitort.680
do Medium
24- 00 to IS 11.1
ftefikerri, 1,000 01,100N
5 75 to 8 81
1.1 30 to 3 aft
Mitch °ewe, Okob
himetwritnitotreh a
8 87% 0 Old
Op, thole., par art
oprs,)tint. pot °et,
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