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Block.
Night calls answered at office.
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COLD MEDALLIST IN MEDICINE.
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And children,
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D.D.S.,
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College of Dental i-
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onto, and goner
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Taroughout tho eutiro (tours° of • lava oeetirred to nr, um' lie spOke. "Do
my crimioal career, welch Lag in- yen 'Ulna you coula geed your man
chilled all sorts and contlitione of between 5 :Loa (3 this evening ?,'
ups Wel dowsle I have mucountered "elertainar, sir. Will yon be .good
aeveral very discooraging (allured. 1 enough to etato your name anal bw.
will endeavor to reeora the history tol?" ,
of the moat lanuiliating or Weep re- "Here io my card," 1 returnetl, ns.
I preatteal a pot' of pasteboard,
pulses in• the linee that follow*
Early in September, 1885, 1 foutul soma:illy printed for Cite purpose,,
lteyeell sitting in my den in at. and wirieli boro the inane of " The
(Mesa discuseing the state of our lIon. Clutriae Paget?' "1 am stopping
inertua,1 financee with Tea Baetteg, my at the Recherche."
oldest chum and telethon Basting "Thank you very nmela sir, The
Was inclined, to take a pessimattie reeeeenger ehall wait on yofl at the
pea time you name."
view ot the oituation, and. be
Ile bowed politely, and insisted on
feel eavagely at Ms glowing clay.
and accompanying me In to the street
"Hoverything's played hoot
uoyerdonet. he remarked, in tt antl holding open the flap of the
gloomy tone, "ana theta; the bloom- hanaolo Willie I took my seat in the
In truth. Blow, mke if •B don't feel Illte Yolacie. I drove back to the hotel
Jolnin' the ounce avec mm eImmo. and told Bagting that all was in
thin' trails up before I'manuch hold- ftt•tiapItttiftalgetnirft.innifsoie• ytell
livi 1°Ir'lliiinigvit0112 tat
el e-
01'.» . .
"My clear 'lad," I remarkea, with a heat. .
. ,
mile which I coultt not supprese, "Blow Me, gavaior," he Muttered,
"barely you would not disgrace "Illf you airet a worry Norpoleon o'
yoete family in that manner ?" dooplicity.
"Iluele I said, quickly ; "remena
"Well, gev'nor, 1 dunno. A cop,
per's life ain't art bad when 'e hap- ber, the game is not ended yet, and
pens to get 'ola ot a good beet, ouo false stroke may briug every -
with plenty o' cooks and aork-ples thing to ruin. Have you the chloro-
form ready ?"
""Ere it is," he replied with a
in tow." .
"1 wit° agree with you," I re -
chuckle, producing the vial from his
plied, "but 1 filmy that a. amt on
will bring 0.3 in suffielent to rensove "UK the bag for the „stones," 1
the verge of &twang a icoup whit*, pohkets.
the vaotiney for evermore, or, rath-
asked.
er, to fill it up 'satisfactorily. Whitt "It's in the eittinaroom. Ileyory-
t dot yOv say to I:lecturing £20,000 thing's OM right as a trivet, guy'-
.
worth of jewelry from Stoner', the DOT."
big Bond atreot firm? How would "Goodl" 1 eriede."and now there
le nettling to be done bnt to await
thrift mat your book ?"
the arrival of Messrs, Stoner's
,
"TIVOUld. Gat mo down to the
, grottnd, guv'nor," 'he answered, "but ma,n"
1* * * * 0 '
the queocion is, 'owl do you propose
at a quarter p'atet 5 a waiter en,
•
. to work the job?" .. tered and informed me that the jeer -
"By a =cane which is simplicity It- eler's assistant was below.
• eelf," 1 returned slewlY, "alai 12 Ycal "Show lam up," I replied smart -
will liotea foes a few minUtee I think ly. The men boreal and retired. A
you will agree witlil me." ' moment later a tali, pale -faced
"All right, gov'nor ; Oro away and youth mado las appearance beneing
titentiald your tail, as the setae wiz," a paacal, in las arms.
he muttered, with a grin, "Good afternoon, sir," he said
"I propose to take a'seite of roome adftly. "I haw brou'gla some stones
at the Hotel Recherche," I began, for your inepeetiou.'
speaking in a Mow, deliberate voice,
wife will be dawn, in a moment, and,
"Oa ale yes," I exclaimed ; "my
so that ho might follow, 'my mean -
meantime, suppose I have a look at
nig, "and when I have ISOCUMI the
the things. lanfaston the parcel, If
apartments in question I shall at
tire myself in gorgeous clothing and you please."
He ooeyed silently. While he was.
pay a visit :to Metters. Stonor 8G
untying the string Beating walked
aons."
into Lite room aud busied himself
"Very good," he qattatered, "and NVot
• with stelle imaginary work in order
then ?" to accouga for his presence. Direct-
,
"Then I shall ask to be shown some
ly the paper had been. removed from
linens of their best work. I shall
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trouble tor nothing, seeing that
the stones Wait* filsplayea con-
sisted of paste goods worth ,at most
some £50.. It would seem that the
assistant cliarged with the errand
in question was also commissioned
to proceed afterward to another
hotel, whore he was to show some
Paste goods to another possible
clialaraner, but owing to the fact
tiler( lie was suftering from severe
neuralgia and sleoplessnese he teeth(
• a leolty mistake and displayea the
slum stonen to the thieves, the
genuine articles being Securely
placca In las breast pock.et. Thus
Ims It wine teboot that Messrs.
Stonor have boon preserved from a
loss of sozno £20,000."
Basting stared at me with a clar-
ions expression in bis oyes.
"GuvIzior," Int intrttorod, "I shall
like to have that clerk all to my-
self for abaht two minits."
"Bo should I," I answered.
And thon we lot tho matter drop,
,for, Indeed, it was too painful for
farther comment. .
liday cool,
•••••••pwo.•
talTallNATIONAL LESSON NO. XIII
DECIerd1311111, 28, 1002.
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summitry—Leg/On I, Topic, Joshua's
divine commiesion. Place, the Jordan,
opposite Jericlio. After Moses was
deed Jostua, was told to arise and
lead the people over Jordan into Can-
aan. The Lord tote Soslina to be very
eourageoua for no man would be
sale to etann against aim while he
dyed. Ile was also -told to carefully
oboy the law which Goa had ei.yeu
him. aositua then commended the pee-
ele to prepare vietuala for in• throe
days they were to vase oyer joidan,
will grandly reward las followers
11. lerael entering Canaille
Pince, the Jordan, opposite Jerielig. wao always aring back agood
Before they ozoseed the river two /Vara" •
epieu were sent over, who brougat V. The man -slayer and his refuge.
tmek were that the people were iTnlieoreciletriostogrartefaugleiniwiteitaoeastopabilritethe'd
ailed with terror.
lit. Topic, the capture of Jericho. revenge, while at the sante time pros
Place, at (algal; near Jericho. The vision was miscle for the adequate
Lord gave Joshua oareful directions 1111rashment of crime. There has al-
as to how to take the city of Jericho, coirviltiiredvnattititeloroisr
v strong oenxgI act °on caenip toinogn
and. tben Joel= told the people
what to do. They veer° to march hunian life, and the punishment in -
'amine the oita once a day ftir six Meted upon the murderer bas always
rieye, and on the Seventh day they boon severe and sometimes even
vlfl-
wcro to march arouecl seven timem. attritive in ite character. The cities
Then tho prieste• were to blow with ot refuge were net (ennead tp pre-
gio trumpets and the people wprp to topt the guilty, but for tho shelter of
eboutThey (lid as the Lord had the trinocent.
commanacd them, and the walls fell 71. Rededication to the service pf
Goa. The consecratien qf the fathers
Dat,
Topi,o,. Caleb receiving his ip-
point to One place la their pilgrim-
age and exclalM, "There God mot
es aria Itrought us through tho
Waters dry -shod, There tlie MOM,
seat, the syMbel of Goa's law and
mercy, tied settely did the pil-
lar or fire in the wilderness." How
'blessed it in to have these clear,
delimit° experiences pc God's leve
and mercy,
III, Jericho typical of tho strong-
holde of iniquity in the World. The
city was straitly shut up. No. ono
could go out nor could ana one
enter in. Tile whole spirit of the
people was resistive. Their attithae
le very suggestive of the resistance
of the human soul against tho
higlier powers which' would con-
quer it aml lead tt to a higher,
nobler life. It oven far more
suggestive of the more conspicu-
ous social and ponlical evils which
have become so securely entrench -
ea in our national life. HOW are
they to be clislodgecl? Some Joshua
man of perseverance,
mast, aPPear—a man of fatal and a
IV, Caleb and las leheritance. In
his nervice of God Caleb was, 1.
Indopendout, 2. Trueldul. 3, Cour-
ageous. d. Uneolfish, 5. Wholly de-
voted to. God. leer taie service he
was row,arded, 1. With long lira a.
Continued strength III gla age. 3.
Restful poseeesion' of lets portion of
the land, Tao sure rewards of eon-
soeration : 1. A heroic sPlriti char-
acterized by virtue pad manliness.
2. Good jnagment, growing out et
experience in coping with difficult
problems. 3. Sincere rospec.t of 011
friends and even foes. 4. A noble
fearlessness that looks undismayed
at seeming uesurmountable diffi-
culties. Before the Christian hero
all enemies become some:Lets, all
cliffieultiee 'Iseeceme helps and ell
terrore become sources of refresh-
ment. The children of /Soak still
live iri• the spiritual world. Do not
fear them. efeet them hravoly, con-
fiedntly, aud conquer them. Christ
neriLance. Place, Mtge'. It 'Jae been --- ages
.Nbout six years since the Israelites
in a o entered Canaan.
explain that my wile is lying the jewe1 ease, and
tho glltttering
I took . V. Tope, Divine protection. Piece,
somewhat delicate state of health at
contents displayed to my view 1; a tiny diamond br000li and cl. hold of Levi was d8 cities, which were
:Shiloh. Too inheritance of tho tribe
the hoteleaod that shecut desires mo y
' to chooseSscato stones foe her. After le; up to the lieht, t
some deliberation I shall go ou 1:0 "Er—leok here," I said addressing tribes. Six of theee cities were chosen
Mate evenly distributed among the
t ti t I would prefer mY ' the youth ; "juot examine this Mee of ef ge Inedeeli Sbeehem
, point out c ; a • •
wife( to vtew the things herself, and brooch. 113 1101 the stone badly and Hebron VirDVO ea) Wagt pJdi
that Levrould suggest their sending Lea
• den • told Bezer, itamotb and Golan
1
an assistant With a large asslrt- Ho was all attention inn mein- on: the east.
meet to tho hotel during the after- ant, and Basting, having overheard VI. Top'c, Joshua renewing the .cov-
noon" the preconcerted signai, , crept up onPl
ant. ace, S110011E:Ea. Joshua was
Establishod1340.
Head Moo GUELPH, ONT. "1500," he replied, =riding behiud lam, pressed a 'chloroformed now an old nein, and before he died
/IP
• "and when the ellaP Ilatatlaereillef 10' hitt nose, and drag- he assembled the people at Saectient
god tam to the groued. The young and gave them las parting advioe. Ile
man eteuggied itelplessly for 3.1 few called on them to cheoee whom ehoy
seconds mei then, eata a heavy sigh, would serve, Jehovah or the geds els
because anceneeioas, the Canaaoftes.
Withoue a moment's delay I grab- VII. Top:a tae appstagy qf Waa1.
bed the mows and placed them in 0 Place, Canaan. Soshuta, died, betng 110
meal bee. 1 Iola Bastleg to qua -the years old. While he lived the people
hetet and meet me outside Clewing served the Lord: A few years after
Cross etation. ale obeyed with a gala his death timen,
Ierelites forsook the
and tee minutee later we both (stoop Lord and served Btiallue Because of
eir the peetiorm of them
big terinus U31331.11° Lord delivered them Into the
awaieinO- time haall express eo Trolke- ellen& of -their enemies, and the Ilene.
Stone. Arrive4 at the latter poia, we then natioen •eretelly distressed them.
journeead to 13ou.og-ne, peal' text Tao Lerd rayed 1.0 aidgeentylaeli ale-
/33.ortileg eaugat the first train to. the livered them, bot Wilful tad 'I11a/n6
Dutch capital, . was dead the people coprupted thm
e- ,
We brelaasted at the railway hotel selves .wore than before,
in Anteterdam and then set out for VIII. Topic, the eye effepts of wine.
Groby' g den, situated in the east end Melo 0.. Probably jernealem. The Pee
of the city. Oroby, though poesessed tiomi. had been prosperous,• but in tile
of an Eiteeeli name, had liVed 60 long midst of the prosperity the people
ite elegant' that he -evoke' our tongue had forsaken the Lord. They were
like a foreigner, afed when we entei ea e•epecietily given to drunkenness. The
tau "office' Ile areeted'us with a very land was filled with filthiness. God
=slang accent. pronounced a woe upon them because
"Alt A guto maerning, thentlemen,"
he -seal, Logi, ina. "Aial vett brings you. • of their terrible tame pliritlie. should
be destroyed,.
.
hero cas fine morging?" . pras tattle, the trintnpli of Glaeola
"Business, as usual, Air, Groby," 1 Place, at the feet of Mount Gilbga,
repatel, an I took the greasy band Tao taidianites weee greatly opprega
which IIO exteeded to me. "My friend ing God's people. The Lord eallea
and I have been engaged in the dia,- Gideon as a deliverer. Gideon called
Platal trade of late, and Nye brought leo Israelites together and essern-
you beer very excellent stones." bled an army or 82,000 men; re-
"neae l' 1 dat Vas gate—very gate," quests the "fearful and afraid" •to
crieci Grotty, ruebisig his llama. return home, and the army was thus.
KtIONV me, iiientleafen. Yoti lentiee that "You
redtmed to a0,000. The Lord, then
I give do beet price le Halland 'tor tested them at tile broqk ant only
good tiage,h 300 men were releined, and with this
"Well, nere is your opportueity tp small fame aideon put to flight the
Risks te.ken on all classes of insurable pro . comes rotread
und with the stuff you 11
perty on the cash or premium note system. knock him on tho head and scoot with
Wm Gowns, CHAR. DAVIDSON, 1,110 swag. Ha, ha'he 1" and here
President. Secretary. the worthy fellow, laughed long and
JOHN RITCHIE, loud.
AGENT, WINGICAM, ONT "Your Surmise, is perfectly correct
eaveln: in one aetall." I made ans-
wer j "1 sball not knock him on the
head, as you elegantly suggest, but
shall administer to the gentleman a
nala sedative in the form of a close
of chloroform, which will render him
quito tameless until we havo made
good our escape to the continent.
Or rether, I shall leave you the
task, of drugging our friend while I
divert ble attention in some, manner
or other.
"'Ow aro you gotta to alepose of
the stuff ?" Le asked, as he eyed Me
narrowly. •
"Notting will bo easier. Our friend
Groby, at Amsterdam, will discount
the atones for us, after deducting
his usual infinitesimal profit of 400
Pei,• cent."
Basting emiled approvingly.
"You've got a good 'ead on yoa,
guv'nor, and no mistake," he mut-
tered, "but there's jus' one thing* X
should liko to mention, what poet
do I play in this 'ore tragedy of one
hat? I ain't got to tog =self up
as your missus, 'ave I?"
"Certainly not," I replied, laugle
Ina at the idea of tho burly follow
attired as a woman; "you will sim-
ply figuro as my manaervant
the jeweller's neeiettent arrivere The
signal for putting him to tamp will
bo the words; 'Is not this stone
badly act ?' Yee understand ?"
"In °Ours°, I do. Direetly you
igitters them words the bloaral turn
to examine the game, and then I
pops up behind 'im and does the
triele." •
"Exacta...a
k week later I aro-3-e up to the
Hotel Recherche in a hansom, ac-
companied by some baggage in the
slivipo of 0 trunk egotaining a large
consignment of stance, a perlman-
term wherein there repesed a fetin
necessaries of the toilet, and Inat-
ly ray faithful assoeiate, Ted Bast-
ing, Nebo, garbed in black, repro -
seated a, valet to the life. Aseum-
Vtgt,t to '-nown It "lordly"
J. J. ELLIOTT, V. S.
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corner Victoria and Minnie Streets,
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be generouo," returned, as I opened meliorator Dense.
the bag and drew forth the big, actl- es
theee." Moab, Bethlehem. Mere was a fam-
la.. Topic, Ruth's choloo. Pieces,
leotion of "annexed" jewels. "Look at
eirobo eyed the stones for a few Me in tho land of Israel and Naomi,
minutes narrowly. Teen he burst with her husband and two sons went
into a hoarse, irritating laugh. to the land of Moab to live. The
40"\14aut. do yoa etal tap ?" he aeeed sons married Mottbitish women, but
' • • • after m few years both sons and
, e
"I cell •tluen diamentle, rubies ana their father -eiea, leaving the yeomen
topileemle,1",,I answered. "What dp you pall widows. Naomi then' clecklea tq re-
• tern to Iletalehem. ()real! remained
"Paete, my goot air—paste, and In Moab, but lIntli elave, to her moth -
noting more." ( - et -In-law and chose the true God.
"Potato I" I thundered, as I turned X*1. 'Jamie, tho doom of the ungodly.
delt with apprehension, while Bast- Placa Shiloh. The child Samuel Ew-
ing eyed the merchant as though he slated Eli In the tabernacle service;
"Pilate I Are You joking?" Clod spoke to Samuel ; Samuel at first
contemplated des -Igen upon las life.
"My gclot folow, I never choke. in mipposed Ell bed called bine oes after -
Menem. Ali aid Stuff in a, good hoita- wards untlerstooti that it was tho
tion of the real ting, bot I drh net Lord; the Lord told Samuel what
lio Intended to do against Eli, be-
cleal in imitatiene. Zs) playact pram cease his sons had "made themselves
135 iiig manner, I engaged a couple of of the lot would bo pee thefts:lad vile," arid Ell heal "restrainecl them
sleeping apartments for 130,sting marks—clat ire flay pounds in your nett', •
and myself, together with an Engleese money. Not et groat =rah -
At fleet I would. tot believe this tor- XIII. Topic, the birth el* !lases.
elegant sitting -room adjoining.
We lemobel in the greet hostelrY, Male troth, Dut when I perceived Pince. Bethlehem Mary and Jos
my chum of course taking his meal that Groby abeoluttly reamed to ets- cell were at Bethlehem; nearby wore.
tie the eervants' teal°, and direetly cold the stones and reiterated hp ate ahopaercle keeping watch in the fields
tho elaborate refection was conclud- ciefon that they were merely paste, I over the figeas; the •angel qf the
ed 1 attirel myself in a gorgeolte realized 'With an overwhelming' pangLord • appeared to there; e light
frock coat and silk hot, and Minna that my table Ilea been doomed to 'shone around them; they were toli
a hansom wlach was passing the ha !exam With heavy hearts inV Diann a( Saviour was born; if they would gq
tot was driven rapidly to Bond end I departed from.the dealer's of- to Bet•hlehere they would find the
street...e young alma in a. manger ; they
flee
Messrs. Stoner & Sons' eetabliab.
Wo sat in our little room discus- wont and found all as tho angel had
-
sing our incident with mournful sofa
meat was a huge douletefronted tamp
coataining more wealth In the thaw SPeeeh. Neither of us could fathom alootightoraohoso who fully follow
of precious stones than any other the myetery of the affair—neither the Lord will receive rich spiritual
half-dozen places of the kind in Eng- of us coulduniterritancl how it had bleseing•s. Whatever God commands
lona, and the arms of royalty ebone COMO about that atoege & Sons had (us to do Ile is ready to assist us in
brilliantly over the door. Tolling the 1 sent paste 'maned of genuine goods dots
ng, Wo illiould always remember
cabman to await my mauls, X rovag- to the Hotel Recherche. God anti las goedness to us. Tao
gored into the emporium an•t1 ap- Next morning illumination came. Ohms that aro linriessIblo for us to
preached the long, glittering mull- Beating, who .1104 aeon enjoying ftn do aro vory easy kir tho Lord to
ter. early potatien at a neighboring was pot a eard thing
A. gentlemanly egg etan t 1 . aned to. cafe, returned to the hotel cintele, Perf(irm—it
wamel me, naltiog in a low
,low, mellifluom inn; a oaPY of fsallealltat's Monseeher few Cod to everthrovr tho Walls ofe . 1 . .. ,. ..••• just 40 .0,ohy
in lila hand, whIle his eyes gjearted s enema rout llo can ju
tono what be could have the honor w013110S laalay;
04
of showing me. / hinted my require.. • ith fury.
"Road guv'nor,
meets in a few peremptory words, that paragraph, "oVertbrow Mitt
IE
SITvr4y,
w•hieb eeemed to imPresn him very he yelled, "and you'll understand it Les(em 1. !rho len,derts -pronliee.
deeply, ond during the next half hour all." Moses was demi •naol a osNv leader
I kept tho youth busy displaying to Ile pointed to a passage that was demanded. This loader ,prOved
mo all sorts anal conditions of pro- ran thug: : to be Joshua. Ho was commanded
ohms stones. "STRANG-In SEQUEL Tr) A DARING to bo strong and of good °enrage,
Wiletill had susta,ino,t1 the farce tongJBWEL,ItY Bonnlinve." riodee moults° to, Iran was ealculat-
enough X sbrugged my shoulders die- "A very 'extraordinary affair '• 114 Oa to inspire lam v. itli idulomitabio
reported from London, Xt WOUld strength. "AS I Was with Moses SO
'
elefituries ;bearing doWn ion us,
great Mange are rewired, qt us, "Unto ill
THE WHY OF THINGS
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Eyes have a zanguago all their
Own and tell heape of secrtots, In
Mon they aro not apt to betray
the heart, but a weeman's eyes are
'Veritable telltale%
The women of variable emotions
generally has brawn eyes, but
oaten they are gray -blue, With it
laugh, In tkeir depths. The Holt,
quiet, brown eyes mean a wealth
of affection, wail° sharply briglit
brawn ones indicate that the own.
em' Is na easily won by an ardent
levee as silo is loet to him. She
is all adept at flirting, and does
not hesitate to smash a heart at
a double blow, Tbe • womao who is
true told faithful in her love has a
frank and wistful expression, and
wins by her soul quality rather
than by her physical charm, ,She
radiates 'a fascinatioln of magnet-
ism wherever her oyes dwell foe a
moment, and betroys her love na-
ture wben elle looks Lao the oyes
of the man she 'would choose of all
dthero to 130 her lord and master
!through 112 e,
Light blue, lautgiiing• eyes seldom
belong Ito intelleetual women or
women of much insincerity, while
in man !this is not true. Earnest
blue eyes indicate gentleness with-
out flinch demonstration. Brown
eyes tell or a Mighty force or love
ana soul depth ln 'their owner's
malmosp, and makes them ideal Wo-
men tor oourting or loving, as they
respond to a man's earnest devo-
tion and are full of the sympathy
a true inan craves in the monoton-
dus grind of his daily routine.
A man adores a sympathetic Wo-
man, and finds it ttometimes ill
gray eyes, but oftener in brown.
The, gray-eyea woman is eold, en-
respOnsive and calculating. Dreamy
eyes of any color mark the posses-
, sow as loarpspeetive in babits and
rarely practical. A blue-eyoa man
Hods it eaea to leo° a welean
with etsat brown eyes, bemuse he
knowes, naeltively• 'that the little
oi
nope-.. a ps" in their natures would
fit.ages. eal acoommodate themselves
KW 1.0 eatch'. lie knovrs that 1.R
SECRETS OF A
WOMAN'S EYE,
Old Gentleman—I'm
begging for?
poldunq PeclderA nickle, sir
.
A. READY
surprised.
ANSWER,.
What is a great big
man Dice yen
Neill tea suffloe for the sena Joshua -I future years, when adversity cdmes
wag now nearly iu sight of the oeles- and love seems tempted to fly from
tiol city, anti Ills heart's strongest • tho window, he will always find a
desire was to leave behind him a na- soft eland within his own.—Vaneou-
-then wholly devoted to the service of ver -World.
the living God. The people "presented
themselves before Goa," and in an- • •
swer to the earnest exhortations and
appeals of Joshua, promised, 1. "God ONION FIND— A D E . .
ferbia that we should, forsalie the
2. 'way, but we will serve the Lord.". Odor iferous Root.
xxl.. 3. "The Lord our God will we The onion is one of those strenuous
serve, ana Me voice will we obey." vegetables about ;which one cannot
VII. Disobedience wrought man's be indifferent. One either yearns for
ruin, forfeited ,Paradise. Obedience is it ;with passionate longing, or else
the 0013r road that leads back to Par- ottorly repudiates it and every,body
adige and eternal life. Christ's obedi- wilt° has any trafficking with it.
elate in meeting the demande of lam af one never aad to take one's
opened the possibilities and privi- - onions at necorld hand it svogla not be
lege of obedience to. man. "If thou eo Tr. ;the law would only sot
vsouldet enter into Ilte, aopp the next ono clay a week for the con-
congriandinen ts," emotion of .onions, and forbid it,
Intemperance is a national as under penalty of fine and imprison -
well as an indtvidual crime. God pro- mentapreforably imprisonment— at
nouncea a woo on the drunkard and mit other times, it would be a boon
dminkard maker. See flab. IL 15; T. to the world. Tile onion hater would
Cor. vi. 10. A fearful fate awaits both, at tenet know \Wien to take to the
while the nation that for revenue or wooas and how long to stay -there.
whatever selfish 0°11,0140ra:1:Ion ore- As to .banishiner tho onion from the
tects and perpetuates the saloon and kitelien, that (would be a crime. There
the liquor traffic., leaves a bItteting have been ,poets who have sung its
heritage of climax°, crime, insanity., praises, but perhaps some oX the
mieery and poverty. to the genera- prose ,thapso,dtes are ,iust Ma-
tione following, reoulting In notional quent. Foe ipsta,npe, if yOu sv,ant to
clwroy and rein. • Othesh year neighbor who regards
• Whet on 'new •gathered at the yOur dial or onlens ;with a superoill.
tall' of Gideon, apparently reatly to oes eye just ask aim if he knows
d‘e and aerie for God and Israel. But that the onion is ennui " the rose
a law days of eoldiers' fare and among roots',"
threatening' perils from lialiaies fore • Asa him if he knows that "with-
midablo host, dampened its ardor out it there (would be no gastro notate
and courage. Plo that wizen 'Gideon ant" ; that its areeenee lends color
gald, "Whosoever is Xeerful aed afraid, and coaliantnient to the modest dish,
lel him re•tern and depart,' twenty- its absence reduces the rareet dainty
two thoosand returned imam. God to hopelosa' insipidity and the diner
would not only redone them to •snch to despair,"
Fanall numbers that the vtotory over It is quite possible that your
the (melee meet ,i30 ascribed to haughty neighbor may decline to
Self, het Ms ahoson instruments must follow this hint and may show signs
be reliable—of good metal. Ouch is of not being plunged into despair
pending the addition of onions to his
invariably the divine prooeclure.
X. "If a man love Me, he will keep 04VD. nionu. The anti-onionist Is a
au. coMmandmenes," said Sestet And stiff-necked party.—Peevidence Jour -
saki Ho to the eroding Sews, "YO
have not the love of God in
Ah I that te the .great lack, tho cause • Ile Blade a Mistake. •
df all the troable. We Mal have all The nian who wag solletting for
.anewledge. all tattle 'Do able to work charitable institution argued long
miraclog, rinetOo great, eacitifides. But and earnestly. to wanted a en
ir Ivo nave ilot love, it arofiteta traotttton of.. Firtallytho
nothing, • client reached tea c e tie book
- Some GoodQualities Possessed by the
Lora to soryo other goes," V, xvi.
DOWN IN VENEZUELA.
wiverliev(aseaWalaetigifedWwwwlelsaleilWiall
Me seat of trouble In South AM- -
erica, is celebrated both in history
nett notion, Drake's visit to Care -
caw was characteristio of the
Mut las time. It was his arnneeraent
to plunder Spaniards, end, if they
dal Ilot consent to be plundered, to
slay theta Brave and patriotic he
was, but las proceedings cannot al-
ways be sanotioneel on high moral
grountle. In "Westward. Hal" there
te a fine picture of La, Guano and
the mountain, La Sala, that separ-
a.tes that 'poet from, the capital.
From the day when' it wog founded
till 181.1, whew tt became the centre
of tlie =Tomtit for in -dependence,
Caracas had the usual ups and downs
Of «Spanish Atneriean cities. The ter-
ritory ot Which it woe the centre
was long known as the captain.-
generalcy of Caracas and, althougli
it attracted loss atteetion eluring
this' period than the precious metal -
yielding portions of Spanieli Amer-
ica, 11 had ite share oe violent muta-
tion, despotism and bloodshed. Some-
times. the oppressions of the govern -
ore became intolerable and the peo-
ple rose in- revolt, but until the
war of Independence began to em-
brace the whole of the Spanish donl-
aeons, the insurgents gained worse
than nothing by resistance. In the
middle of the 1.8111 century, Nveal-
thy and public-spirited planter head-
ed an in;surreetion which, however,
only involved hinmelf and others in
ruin. In 1781 Venezuela, joined with
ECUEUaOl• anti Peru in an attempt to
restore the okl montarchy of the In -
ma by raleing Tupeet-Amara Ate-
hualpa's descendant, to the throne
of his ancestors. Whaitever may have
been the fault of Amaru for this
rising, the fate reserved for him is
to the Lasting disgrace pi a people
elalmin•g to be civilized, The wretch-
ed 'captive (for the rising was easily
suppressed) was taken. to the cem-
tral square of Cuzco, where his
tongue we eat out, his ears lopped
off, Wad he was made to witness the
slaughter of his Wife and cbildren.
Ile was then,laid flat OM the ground
with thange attached to his wrists
and anklete and Doing tied between
Lour horses, tNeo on each side, his
body was slowly wrested ID pieces.
The barbarously torreremain•s were
then exposed as a warning to any
other subjects of the King of Spain
who might be tempted to imitate his
example.
Spain's hour was surely ooming,
nevertheless, but acme years had to
pass before the victims or its tyranny
weep etrong enough and united
oPetigh to persevere. in throwleg off
tho hatea yoke. Frani= Miranda, who
bast a share, though an, abortive one,
in the war of Independence, made his
feat attempt at resistance not long
after Antaru's atrocious execution.
The public mind was as yet too much
terrorized by cruel viceroys to sup-
port a revolution, aria Miranda luta
the country with tt power
Rat time to eseape the Inca?e, fatal:tie
more than mtmarehical for
history tiering the next thirty years
forme 'a romance et real life, which eighteen years. • 'While observing
In love, war, adventure, and the vi- the law of 'the constitution, which
oissitudes of destiny is not unworthy ferbacle president to be las own,
or the imaginotion of a Dumas. it surseeesor, Guzman was able te
maintain las authority, generally
is as the lawless consort of Catherine,
the Czarina of all the Bagelag, tbet .from Europe, where he acainnect
the sometime colleague ea acalvar ia during the enterval in whiols a dep..
beet known. He heel oeoe to the Itua uty 'kept his throne for hisn, the
elan capttal, as be goiight other care position of a minister plenipoteneeea
'tale ef Europe, to ask sympatby and Clary. But Itojeia Paul, being too
hela in the oat= of his downtrodden conscientiotoi -to keep up this fraud,
fellow-oountrymen, but Catherine the reiari ar ono of the strongest
took a faney to the man himself, of Modern selfanade autoerat&
which precluded any good will te- came to an ena in 1880. Since then
war cla his people. Whatever Moe Mir. the hietory of Venezuela 3,e frarae
antic, was or did, he never forgot the well known.
his J. Man cannet live unto himself oohs tool loatheh 0140%,,iii •giv,..•
alone, neither Mtn he die to lamtielf e "t- 2
alone. 'frail leaves this ;world wit 1 , ,
ert' emoted tap solieitor, with cheer -
angels, guardian angels or light to rn. sal'isfsaPtr,"'
IDoes Lo ?' asked the merchant,
ItorvacItt atiolrobilieosnaleilivaunejoror ihottvitniogivelloint! beam:400g, ,
4You'l1 find it In the Bible," as-
flummes and helpful deeds in earthat
pilgrimage; or in ,tbe dark ehaele.) of sorted tho solicitor.
a ruined life, goee forth into the 'The Merchant pat back las cheque
eight of 'etereal death to meet the book.
"I was abotat to rasa you* $100,"
"IteallY, 1 (lon't care to deckle en appear that a few clays ago 0 well- I will be warth .eo , w fruits of his sinful, selfigh life art ,
consolately and Observed.
wife, Unfortunately sho 10 kept to Stoney's, the well-known DIM& he strong, 1. in faith. a. in OXPOOLII,- SOntment and ;hatred or his fallen,
represented in the wieltedness, rile 00 eaPlailletl, "but I etstildn't pos-
it would be more pleasing to the
anything without consulting my dressed stranger called at Messrs, thee nor foreake thee." He Wag to sibly do that cheerfully. Doubtlegs
the hotel by a bad cold nein( caDeelt street jeWellers, (ma commissioned tion. P. In seat. 4, in ondurneme. 5, ruined :toilette men. Thai probably is
stir Out." the Dem to forward 0 contignment In r"..tier‘te. ' 0. In (nalraeo. There am egarae or the rah mews &sea eyea of tho Lord if I kept down
It Wets then thilt the eaglet/int of atones for his wife's approvel is no pittee 'Sae weakness in God's tlatt his brothers Might not cense "to to a point Waero I can be cheer -
nettle the eaggeation for Which X was at the Hotel Recherche, On the tetteleie. "Let the weak 50y,'1
am this plate Of torlitent." NI."
waiting. clerk arriving at the hotel 110 was Strong.' ". XII. Our privileges are groat. The Thereupon he handed a $3 bill to
"We Could end aroluld an assort- set upon by twto mon and drugged, Vt. The passage of 1110 Sordanan,gelte message to the llethlehent the solleiter and smiled pleasantly.
=eft by one of Our people, if you and needions to athi, he found un Tho eviutto tonneetcd with this re- FluVliolulth and glorlotis beton 01
tate, rle," Ito remarkea affably, "ann recovoey that hie aesallante Irea ' Marktible nimbi:me w'ere Oaten- "eeasse rind good will," lute been swell- " What makee Men with money So
thou tho lady could see for berself." Made tht•Ir ettcape. The 011(5007- • laied to make n deep and lasting tng In the grotefel 'COMM Of the Searee 7'"
"Ah, an aidnfirahlo plan," 1 tried, (Unary sequel to the episode Iles In impression upon the Minds of tho ages, and ,r;:ith the converging ex- ' l' Pitt, 4uen twito*ry to borrow from
'speaking aS though illo arrangement the faet that tho rognon had their Israelitoti. TiloY COula cortaint$, tiortenoo and (tektt1,r40n,v. ot nineteen ;them° • . , . 1 ! I o
°regain' motive of las nil/salon. It
was Catherintee interest in the re-
volted English colonice that had led
him to iteek bit' belp for thotie or
Spain, bat a woman's caprice stood
in the way. Subsequeritly he made Ian
home in Onalusal, but neither there
nor in France nor even in the united,
Seatee Nvag lie reeeratati with favor.,
Ile Made friends". , and collected
inency enough, sleowever, to be able
to organa ea 'force in 2,306 to (wean
tor,
tho Spain/ ()Verner or Caracas. The
latter off alai big Sum for bis cap-
ture ally •• or dead, and Miranda
only got °Icier by puttingjantself un-
der the Prot ration of actuarel ear A.
Cochrane. It wollt4arcl, with •eimer et
las friends wlio werertaaeo. She Am-
erican (V. 14.) citizens lost tiOr.,,itiatio,
it second attenvt in which lie beaded
800 Englishmen was temporarily sue -
casette, but just then British policy
underwent a change and Miranda's
nievemenit was alscouraged.
The patriot was in extreme dis-
tress for a wane In London, but
Young Bolivar, wile had plenty of
MODAIS, opportunely met him. Then
WAS orgaailzod the scheme of agita-
tion, which, taking advantage of
current events in Europe, ended in
the long struggle which drove
Spain from Cho American contin-
ent. By a coincidence the first
part of the continent easerved by
Columbus, serving the Spares]]
oroNvn, was the first -whose inhab-
!tante determined to oast off the •
Spanish yoke, 'It was in Caracas,
to which the thoughts of civiliza-
tion aro now ea,gerly turned, that
the first rovollitionary junta that
really bare fruit was held On the
5±11 of July, 1811. The house—an
old building with thie,k adobe wail*
Is seta shown in which the conven-
tion met, one gide of it facing the
Bolivar &mare, Simon Bolivar,
then in las 26th year, did not long
stand dictation from the older sol-
dier, and tn. July, 18e2, after the
failure of their combined plans had
led to charges and reerliniatations.
Miranda was handed over to the
tender mercies of the Spanish gov-
ornor —a slur on BOlivar's charac-
ter. Ho was placed •in irons, sent
to Spain, and in 181(3 closed his
eventful life in the fortress dun-
geon of -Ceuta, opposite Gifbraltar,
Bolivar himself ended his days ln
a lonely lett at Santa, Marta, •ool-
omble, Paez, another general ot
the war Of liberation, died In ex-
ile lin New- York, while Palcon clos-
ed hie eyes le that still mourning 5.8 -
land of Martintque. The recent itis -
tory of Venezuela was sufficiently
cairvaesed some years ago during
the Guiana bounclikry controversy.
The most remorktaile of its rulers
was the dietator Guzman, a man,
of many-sided interest, who, after
oonquering his open, end baffling;
his secret enemies, =eyed)
A.04.0C•Wwil.N \ A e• -A
ev1WIWWWWYWV,
TriE MARKETS p
6t?. ~soNnwe.Z,-,%"."3
Toronto Farmers' Markets
Dee. 20.—The street receipas of
grain to -day were moclerate, with
prices generally unsteady. Wheat Is
unchanged, 200 bushels of white sell.
ing at 70e, 00q ,besheis ,rea
79,e, a,,nd soo hoshels of goose at 69
to We, Jaarley is unchanged, 600
bushels selling ot 42 to 47e. Oats
continue steady, with sales of 700
bushels at 34 to 85e. 'lye sold at
me a ,bushal• for one loaa, and buck-
wheat at 53e for one load.
Hay is steady, with receipts of 2Q
loads, which sold at $13 to sla
ton for timoth,y, and at eal to $.9 for
mixed. Straw sal itt $1Q to $11 a
ton foe three loaels,
Dressed hogs are steady at $7.50
to $8.
Following Is the range of quota-
tions:
. Wheat, white''bushel, 70c ; red,
700; spring, (380 ; goose, 64 to 6Z5e ;
oats, 34' to 35c; peas, 74 to 70o;
barley, 42 to 47e; rye, ale; buck-
wheat, 53c; hay, timothy, ton, $13
to $15 : do., mixed, $6 to $9; strays,
ton, $10 to $11.
Soeas, pr bushei—\141k0, eli11o, No.
1, $7 .to $7.30 • cle., No. 2, $6 to $6.75;
red clover, $6.25 to $6.75; thuothY,
$113.5p0plettao, ptit.8,153.-4trrel, $1.00. to $1.50 ;
dressed .hogs, $7.50 to $8; eggs, new
laid, 20 to 83o; butter, dairy, 18 to
22n ; do., creamery, 1211 to 20a; chick-
ens, per pair, 55 to 71o; arteks, per
pair, 60 to .11(le ; turkeys, per 11)., 12
to 140 ; geese, per lb., 8 to Oe; pota-
toes, per bag, $1.10 to $1,25.
Leading Wheat Markets,
'Following aro the eloging quota-
tions at Important Wheat metres ±0 -
Deo. tiny.
New York a ... a 81 5-8 81
Chlda.go ... 74 1I -E4 77 1e4
Toledo a ... ... 77 1 8 811-8
Duluth, No. I nor.. 731-8 76 1-8
British Live Stook Markets.
London,Df.o. 20.—Live rattle steady
at 121-2 to 13 1-2e per lb. for Ainers
lean steere, dressed weight ; Camel:tit
deem 111-2 to 12 1-20 per 11).; re-
felaeratar beef, 101-2 to 1143 per 113.
' Expo:41°d ongttillet4, chile:: eSertomcylgt. 11196alart'
tog5 se
... 3 5'0 t1o0 45 0000
do medium
s es to 6 73
Butedgero°'°;Yagney
Butchers' export 4 75 to 6 25
Butchers' cattle, picked ..... 4 103 to 4 o 4 39
Butchers' cattle, choice 32
Butchers' oattlo, fair 3 25 to 3 80
do common — ........ 2 0205 to o 6000
Bulls, expert, heavy
4
3 60 to 00
(1(10 012iffahating
do stook
12 7660 too • 0025
Feeders. shortkeep 4 25 to 76
do medium 327256 107265
do light
Stockers, common 22 2736 41 . oo 7265
stockers chotco
35 23 0a083 111 005 5 62°913
81%11,1 echo, ceoww:s, .epaceth 0 w 0
Bucks,por my t
2 So to 41
LICIALInallgovisbe.tice: la: )peoceit tit ir oi 1°, 1\111 ,e4d; c w 0 ...... g . . 5340 01075050 to 1 005000:
HuOgs00:21atichpkups0rwetivt
... 4 74 to CO
100 attotawritsp,112orowcwtt
54 54 it oo ( '0 50
o stoge, par pwt 9 00 to OD
, 'T.,1%.*::• -
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Iosee. \
/Oar
etroass-:
A HOT COME -BACK.
Drummer—Does this train go to
Punkville?
Conductot—Do you want to go
there?
Drummer—I don't want to go—but
a have to.
English as She Seems.
A etudent at Berkeley contributes
the following: Many lualerous mis-
takes aro made by Sereigners in
grating the meaning or 'some of our
cetamon Engisltexpressione. A. young
Gorman attending the state univer-
tity translated, "Tim Pallet is will-
ing, but tho Beet is weak," into "Tho
ghost is Willing, but tho 11)0111 18 hot
able." And n FIlisiino youth Salley
set the °loss in an uoroor by' the
statement that ' Out of Sight, out of
naiad' meant "ale invi IOW is insane."
A class of little se:cowl-grade schol-
ars bad been learning the lines,
'illotwever It be, it seems tonne," eta,
etc., repeating it together as a
elnes, uutll. as the teacher thought,
it wag well learned. One day she
tieked es little girl to eecite it alone,
and Beatrice, prond of the distinc-
tion, declarea that,
However it he, it seems to me,
'Tis only noalo •to bo good, •
Kind hearts aro more than corn or
nat•g,
And !ample faith then Norman blood,
And the teacher thanked her lucky
Mates that the eountry superintend.
put hail not made his expected visit
that atty.—Las Angeles, Cal., Tinlea
And Neither Won.
Determined to outstay ettett oth-
er, the two yeong mon remained un-
til some time aftor midnight.
"Goal grticieneel" exclaimed one or
them at last, looking ett the Mock,
"1111 y,orn* know it was so tato as
that ?'
"Why, no," replied the young
man. "Seems,a to bo ti." utter
aoAsnit
1Thereespon they turnea red alma-
teneemiely and witialrew. In like
mannero--Chicago Tribune.
Tommy—Can We play at keeping
a taxop in hore, Mamie ?
Mamma (wit° haS a Itenelaelie)—
Certainly, bat you mutit be very,
very toilet.
TomMy—Wall, Weal metend Wd
don't advertiste., . t