The Signal, 1897-7-15, Page 7L
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-....---6 THE PESSIMIST'S PLAINT.
ONE MILE,ON MINUTE
'WL. CYCLISTS EVER REACH THIS
RAILROAD SPE EDI -
Assampts at Sloe ltewy'ds la41 1 a lomat
geduoUoa as tie T1>•e 1n tee Near
intoes -gutter ragtag peede0-The
y„arlbtUtler of Witold Speed.
Will bicycle riders ever reach the
wee ut a mile III owe -minute/ asks The
reee•ugu Timeeiissaid. •
Wath pacesnaking, yes; without peev-
e/skint, /skin[. D0' to be we way the expert
That seems It oat Tbey are con-
fident •
atfigpts riders of
a1 that II pea. le at nu very
eagle wt&7 10 ti*,.l over a tulle of
_duite
track der and they are
track ill nfidsixtsleeved', ray will ever
roam oo do the
that
h,. aide to do the trick without pacin[,
but relyeue aMngel''her au bio own re•
sources. t seems to be Mutest as much
a matter of peeing as of on the
part cid the rider. Thep matithee
creates, w its wake &WW1 & Tata ole
and in that vacuum tbe litessibineles R
speed have not been reached by any
weans, It M beiieved.
It will be remtmberete-ghat Last year
a rider named Ander100, paced by •
maimed locomotive. traveled a mile in
0411 minute end three seconds, act -end-
ing to the mine sent out from St. Louis.
where the trial was made. 01 course.
that kited e4 pacing is not permitted
under the rules of the League of Am-
erican Wheehuuen. *tad theperformanc
wanot ot se•cepted ur recognized by tbe
'lNot t.a great whle before Atrtleta'oI i
ride it wbeelmau out in Montana claim-
ed) to hive ridden a milk paced by a
merge birecie in 1.11. but the ouudi-
tee. of that trial went not
in a Mkt' Meth the reels. rules.
bone War not arcepteti.' Tbe mord for
Ow milt' as it row stand, M 1.39 1-5,
aid by Hamilton. a Deaver rider. He
n ode that time in a puQUc trial and
rimier MI the condition* regained by tee
L.A.W. ,rsteng tegnlations. lo
.entiereun'■ ride behind beeline
-
tee
by tb-
tete. etltlun1gh it is not accepted
e
league as a proper attempt at a biry:le
treed, indicates nevertheless the speed
that is pomade on a .bicycle under the
right vi*d ut cutdluuaf• Tb*t Limit of
.peed i. not believed to have been merit-
ed by ate. means. and then -ane f ty of
people who tb&nk the raring Well will
mot sem clipping pieces off the reomelit
until they get the figura' for the mire
nee cootie
T. re one pronate. Is
vethe lowerryy anon. probably
the records the harder they are to break.
loqt that it will come lime n
,h1 of
well-informed bicy
ms
dent et alt. t more than Ave
It was though •Qt
ce,ars ago that no bieyek rider would
ever be abler to go a mile aider two
menthe. He i. a slow Mau Hose MMust&
the profewrioaaJ Thaws who make pre`
to miens to [greed wbo cannot go a mil_
in considerably under two minutes. All
id the fast sees do It with comparative
esae.
Tom Ick. the the speed
the
out and deYilo44d spt cele-
brated Johnnie Johnson, brtle'ee that' the
records trader the present emildons of
pacing are not tar from stationary, bet
ea rnifitient that with better methods of
setting the owed Meth will be able to
clip a good deaf off the present figures.
"Not until new peeing devices are n -
v. nteel and lieeenued by the League of
-.tntrrkyn Wheeetmen, ar the body that
is to have content of cycling in the
futon., can ear look tor much of a clip
in the existing track rewords from the
i"urer-mlle_npe __ mos_ * rk. "It seems
e • if goer attachments and Ellielielteeter-
or proofing a lazg'e eeougb bicycle to
cense a Might yaconm in tbe rear qt
the meek -yen for the rider that M fel-
ng have pretty nearly teethed their
highest ilevelopurent, and certainly hu-
man endurance and speed cannot go
molt further. In my estimation John -
nee gnarter of twenty sernidr mad
Hawthorne mile In a fraction over one
:Ind ■ half minute, will not suffer mn•4i
of a dorres*e ander the present arrange-
ments' for ptovMing and taking pare.
Nothiug to do but won,
Nutblug to eat but loud.
Nothing to wear but clothes.
'1'y keep mutt from Wog nude.
Notbtag to breathe bet sir.
(!inch as a lash 'tb goer,
Nowhere to fait but oA.
Nowhere to stdad but on.
Nothiug to ring but wogs,
A4 Well! Alas! Alack!
Nowhere to go but out,
Nowhere to sumo but beck.
Nothing to read but words,
to thing o cast but votes,
Nothing t hear bit sounds.
Nothing u sail but boats.
Nothing to tomb bit hair.
Nowhere to sleep but In bed.
Nothing t. weep but team,
Nuthlug to bury but dead.
Nothlag to see but sights.
Nothing to gavach but thlnt.
Notjljug to have but what we've got.
Tbu. through Ills we're cursed.
Nothing to strike but • gale
--Everythlig moves that goes.
Rendus at all bit COmmmu nesse,
Qua Byer withstand these woes.
-BEN LING.
APPIAN WAY.
M Most C 1.braud '51 the Ancient
No ma& BSo.dwais.
By far the most celebrated road Way, the
tthe
Oki World' was the Appian y,;ad e
f: iaruw ltegiun, or Queen of it
which nt the period of its greatest ex-
tent stretched from home w Brundt:-
slum, the modem Brindisi, a distance of
sonar 350 mites. As this mud was be-
gun in the beginning of the fouhh cru-
tury, B.C.. says=-Pearwn's Weekly. and
forme the great highway from Borne to
the south for several centuries, it must
therefore have been connected with, and
ufte•u have been, the scene of met of
the events of the great Romau Empire,
which for n lung period would deserve
to be calked the great events of the
world. It would have witnessed the de-
parture of the armies which set forth
to conquer the donning of Alexander and
the Pharaohs, firstJulius
Caesar.
passed
ass d,
along it to the
which Was to -result ill his own temWr-
ary congaed by the charms of Cleopatra.
inter tea it to d not supersede the or
_ would
a fee The
, too, the tritiMpohm 01 the re be this one of prepaying rel
is h had led the leldus t need of this sumo bar been suggested
k mr t4e over its well-worn l I,Ndon, who writes fret, there to The
HISTORIC QUEI3(C• 0K074&10tth"
rash we It b.aggetry •t aesaai la the Brace mea are they who posh had climb
Uld World. Beyond old formulae,
WDtte the piwidlui ranks Goat serve old
From Quebec, Canada, 5 currespoadent Tlaw
writes to The Perls Dally Messesget I
Pull back for Time's old ways:
"id on park traumata" 'night be writtenof Biros. amps an shsr who Dula Walt mesa
1s this
Iii"lling tin tewe` I Ti t6�ewotles d�bathegoo ttbe►restatare grows
on the
old f
m
eit
t easily lanty yO°rseh the false was true.epee la r upper town
icing lsh but everywhere an hopeful were tura who cast
their lot
m tate. On the ealRl,� card
lo the heart at a wlldemear.
You w read "ddaiwu t haat, doer
Amid -homesick -10 their toll forgot
neer This bilingual necessity cameoscb Tkrn lifted their ryes to the gold
little extra painting and printing. _ like And died to tker oettlug sun.
U rowing•' must be mar
"House t lee"
ou one able die tae T uJ, bewe'r blesagurea,
o ut an oodles quest
"Par d'r "Nu ad rasa ssexceptto nb s - Great faith had these
the other "Nu admittance except • Who mashed UII the years were done -
lifted ra wort
raw c 41uJ
wise, averse du ebemio drter.rioted Brave men -great souls--Uud's suns -an
every Omcig) uutice' Y tall-
ies
The b d tit tied passing /trued -
shops
our
also in full as art"Ave..' rioted
Full ll roe
Ie, often curious, as when two adjoining '1'bry have taken the laud/ and are lords lir
shops have their announcements one ill Mt -
the
and the other in English. Alois. They have chanted their deeds its mug;
the duo of Atte, rant right hto b in They have told their tale with a sounding
Plains of A o nlia u might be tongue,
Bru••ela or Paris, onl t ('Niton Ter. u. Have printed their Doers and fears
race" seems to recallto you p I is too �d r- Yet. when hath a word or a note been r0n1
'travelers for whom Europe it too Of the bravest pioneers!
tont are odvised to go to Quebec. there
to find a bit of the medieval Oki World How strong were there on the wear) rtxd-
transplantede to the new, but still eat_ How brava 1n the dlrnt laud!
baluntd in its ancient religious senttmen What smiles bestowed to lighten the Wad
Whim upon which the rush and roll/ of
That could newer • tear -drops stood:
modern unset produce as little effect Pe What hopes saw they tbroigtt drought ane
tbe Atlantic breakers op the cliffs re
flood'?
Cape Breton. b'rettch eoatinues upper -
Did they Wok In the future wide,
most until you pass Moutreal, but from
When their throats were paithedand their
Ottawa and Kingston to the Pacific the fevered blood
legend of the nearly universal tongue is fibbed last .with the final tldeT
like that of tbe I'aris shopkeepers,
inneunced "Englieb spoken.' " le Moat I,ba did they -yea? these anent uaea-
of the best schools English it taught The women of the west'
cawl a onversant large
ithruberroth I ftuagt people of the iii tit Lord! let that heart beat In their son•
indispensable fur commerce.
Wblcb counted patleuct' brot-
heing Wen God give them courage measureless,
From heaven came tbeir faith: _
An lnternatioaal Postage atss►. 'White was their hope In the wired dela,
If you write a letter to a correspo°dent And their great love congite
you can ewiclose -HENRY wALARN'
is the United litotes, But suppose you '
a ata [dor 00411 e.bnw4,
.write two vomeres' and wish to
CHURCHGOING IN 1Citi,ANO•
prepay the answer' How are you to du
1•
1V atnnitto° this month, endsession
s a Folk Who Trivet Mans
The Intervatiautl Postal Union 1s in ss!B-a� nett
Mime
o. l- to w ttstnl
i
d
Towalthlee
Oat., a llfast ,.Yd
rstege. esti-
ranted at 514.000. to terming progeny
in that WOW sem' dpoltttaa
«.. este d . t�ytaats eft Ga-
lati,
t sainseet avis.
lits. ie Moldavia. w the Isle bank of
W Daaube, are Menelaus as the result
of remelt Scuds. The destitute are
camped on the streets. sad are being ted
by the military.
A near aid col/Woe took place sear
C,hk,sit0 between two trains���
delegaela to theCbrbtian
(',mention at San Francisco. There
persons were kited and 36 lujured
They went messy ail from Wisconsin.
N DLr1N Wosrliip.
it is d e a .he it is deserted that t shall anthodse Jerrie Ackerman, i, the fourth of her
Issue of a" isteesatiessi Seeta[e rtAOSP articles ud "Three R onion ID Icehtn
which Will eery thio purJmI' of pre9aY' in The Woman's Home Companion, tells
ill[ the reply w a biter v a :maim cis` how the attended a country church n
reapiedent. Such a stamp should genii the northern part of tboti•.irlaud.
u, carry a Latter from any one of ' eo "The Sabbath dad wars foil of interest,
had not attend*
c tate Po•t•ol i'uioc to otic
�vutt:e* 1" for we service in the
other. It should be her sale 1n MI cotta rural districts In the early morning
]lark Antony traverWU tries, but tient !d
lose the world f the samewoman• it' denary etamiwt cu, its chief use
turning genera who ao
of Ami the quest of halt the t fore 410'1 a1 American resident n
known world, a
pavements tate unhappy Zenobia, perhaps Eve•eins Feat about the matter, tells of
the Most pathetic figure in history. was the queer little detail thrt has heretofore
led to grace the triumph of her conquer- p1 fw•ted its inane. It ethane that of
du, Aurelian. Hut the gagt0IRe 0t which present the rnriotta stamps w'bicb Berry
theAfttsirhae been the scene letters betwei n the cQnntries .1 the Postel'
might be -multiplied almost indefinitely, i are nee 01 prece el. -thee �h
and it 1s certain that there is no road 1u a akne. 1'b a„1le11pt .,f Rind 1e an -L7,--
fm,„ ancient modern world to compare veru ton w40 buy 98 stamps for fol 15n
the
'1 can are old '?horses' now. with his
side Making. let tthougbt his Star was
the fattest-M•tntae is tbe work!. text
to a 'locomotive, and would have de.
mended a race with steam before
I cane
nutting 'sea that more speedy.
or o
with it in this respect. ��pp�nmmAnldand. 100 in France. 101
Qaet aodt i la
wi
tee tewtaitted 1)tates.
This &Moak of Menace. wday ttrrvay
tido iperpnnlit y trona making trouble la
An eruption of the Meese voictvuo
on toe of time Philievipe Weeds
lled
120 of the lapabit ti of the the bo'
Mem
village
I.e sod
vicekalao ham been Ailee9
mo cscr oP•
d one 1617.
Tbe recent trotecal taroado and hail-
storm in Essex County did w mach
damage that Partimbent will be *eked
to grant a vote for the .ii'_eriat farm-
ers. mad the Lord Mayor of Landoll
will open a Napalm House fiend for
their relief. •
u N eLAUUI1IED.
The absence Of rain is cambia anx-
iety throughout lndia.
There are two canes a i alCloz is
the Montreal Homrtttal.
Fifteen of the Frees LR! a J; lith
esnnetiee have been
syndicate.
Sir Charles 'roams. bas arrived in
'London. but was note present at the
Dominion banquet Oven by ><orNI•-
coe.
A retention was liat, Oxford Uset-
veraity, and the colonial
among, the recipients of Innovate
de-
fine/. • _
Foster Bros.. ofK inistee n eon
Lawrence
line of steamer*
between Montreal and Clayton. com-
mencing July 7.
A number of the French *Mennen
of Montreal ere making a determined ef-
fort
in theCity Hall.
llthe lah sP,akinR
lo
'fewtII& Pasha has announced W the
"eft nieslrader.0f, the Dowers *bit the
Cingnet maintains the indefeasible right
of 'htrkry to retain Theme's by virtue
�/i ls-r TO OitD�JR
Tavli.AT, Jai] 16, 1897. 7
119.500
API
AY
w
we betook ourselves to the front of the
house to watch the country folk assem-
bIn the distance we saw them f..rd-
IiIthe rivet inseado 1 Um. a+M•-ut the
oer direction mete, women and children
rode slowly over the'moeutltins down to
the harm.
'What the Sabbath day means to these
people few can realize. Some of them
never see a face besides those of the
members of the family from 00. etch
day -until the other. What
fh„ss_ t t hetero toel aaeeatble fully
culler form of salutation tnevaile his ear out-
side of the cities.
hail
not yet been made familiar. and our as-
tonishment can well he imagined w
hen
br and
}
'yen the world a shuck. It is ort that 1i deal li a 'lathe more for the inter-, kiss
wsaw the men
dk*rnedt, later
hoe
natinwal stamp than for ordinary etarnps kiss each other. I learned ltethat this
Tbe suicide or Barney Barnato has
he was a great p et a .peeciaUy sd be Mr 14oree t oe-MJ R trate in lit.
seems o have the %'eordi ary sort t , enlist'''. Instead a[ 5. +rd tree ID
,.cress to herr been an ordinary sort -f . !England
'instead 0f 2 pence OMI pound
lig m, endowed with a genius f r mak- { But whether this pr•eecention tx nee.let
-- money ae.1 blessed, with Inc! pf ex- 1
or not. demo mode to
be an rh
e lable
ceptiotal opportunity. let whim this stamp by which the reek to a foreign
Wino, known only. by reason of his 5P0r letter may be prepaid. Thin is "elenrly
ones wealth. plunges into the sea to his a matter 0f b°wioeta eonvenlenoe that
death, mankind feeling a lar. (;.mtiLiouNy the International Pomta.L Union shonl.t
or uneonseiotaly, that jar is due to tbe I provide for. It Is said. but wears
s al-
reflection
1-
n erges that it One hid the mono frost intend/bin the American au -
nolo so tragically relinquished life conk) ' tb:nritlM npgosea the interuatirrrtal %ramp,
be mode a joeone boiklsi. There is woo- )eeeanwe it woteld krterfere with a rvxn-
der that }man with power to cornmeal foyt•I►le Mute they now get from the
all the good tkiags which !honey Wil' 1.
chub). postage reelected on totviiii let -
bile should voluntarily cast this powb tors lasutile4cim ly prt grid. -Hatter's
nml awN tClRet Weekly.
her Ye
wealth, w Stitttata, beerese of
previous poverty. 'holed have beep par
eeelarey fit to enjoy, brought elm at
Inst either despair or madness only.
It is the old. old story. Possession din•
appoint} and no than really' is to himself
what he ap ear to be to can truly
only human beings who t
happy are persons to whom nature ,has
given no nerves, no imagination end a
solemnly good opinion of themselves.
They enjoy calm satisfaction with there.
,eelve*. and serious pledgers in an oxen
peen. existence. Barents) tried to de too
much: he worked and worried hi self
to death. There is no contentment 111
the struggle's of the ambitious, no mat-
ter what material themes may be se
ed. Better, far better, to be Victoria
lbaa to win all the dceeicng triumph
end ib i'i 't11`tt -N -Yolk
Joar°aI.
un the mteq, Y It waa then e04Ill. e
mark, i sve, bang something Yke
2.114. This wade the low bicycle the
acknowledged mount of the league, sad
scaled the doom of the high h •what West
an ewe* lot d comment when
great Wean or 1100b1 wan rake
Jollities, a little later. almost at the
start of his carter oe the track, follow-
. .et gorses around the mile gonein am 3-5.
alive
"How records have gonear the
Jr s Mils is 1.42 rase
ck•tl► of the 'ilii season. and Gardiner
Mont two
wrest aim better good
redwetion over TTl-
ee, p
was s go°° the y� berme, but
W-
ee, eye[semapor ofto appteciete
the fymlltag world sear were almost
the fact that the m
r*-aehing their 'bait. Hamilton erase est
ire the spring with his 1.31). a.°d there
the mark remake to -day. I went John -
win for the 'word tour times in one day.
and every Mk was alder 1.42. pet he
reed not in a single in.tance de the
effort of the Devvef rider.
"Followers of path have atrrnt made
the tarn on the track a. fast as
cat p0 lade he made, end tee first man
nn for gss.i has i dak'd as fast am lois
hint Will travel. We w Ul bare td have
n miniature lricomot105 on tbe dtctet
lifter the fmmhi0n of the Anderaov i
ds
methirmethis "then anywhere near
hien' of s r•'1e n minute. It is all a
rittestinii u1 Cic.tfut, na r think the rider
in the calm am elm go almost as fast
na anything 1#•i,.1k•tl by stem power.
"When i 'meek of immorebinee 0d a
mitteb faster male on a track than the
mirk ieognieed at ,rcient, I confine
nay predktlnn to the cir'tnlnr track. (I
lee
me Monmouth Park with it Mirk pave -
meat or an asehatt siirfnee. preside fel'
with forte tetittone ofth it° leo ines
all on remota. Olid
sea 1 will guarantee a mile nearer
ese rn .15
eine 1.'2(e. it I enn't get the pitvo
n e with a tet+rldc wind sad�o proper
Ml*era. and i will prtwtae
mark."
Eck's hope's for }lettering the theorem.
'theorem.term w be, t:*. �entlspeed. whits
keens of
. Cbta•s. Obotaelew•
1f a home ie to he repaired. wonder -
tat forethought is necessary. The evil
spirits which are supposed to occupy each
dwelling that mortals brier inhabited
cause the carpenter no end of trouble
end no trifling eapenae. First, an astro-
loger must be consulted with regard to
the moat lucky day for beeginninw th<.
work: then a square suspended from the
ridge -beam is a notification to the spirits
of dark_ nets that tbeir dwelling place ix
be ilixtnrted, wherefore the semen•thing for them to do 4s to move out rtniet-
ly and peacahly. Next,the carteniers
litter-Ito
make offerings to these unseen residentsThese gins seem to say, "It you pleas.
s
merits of darkness. accept this bribe and
trl)I,e ou�Alght." Next. the
eneil influences are about en be turned
tooth, perhaps to seek shelter under n
Mew as Me greet. neigbb0riwg roof. Every house on that
1. Make a rule to keep the hack of street receives a 110110 that upon a the
the neck close to the back of the cellar. talo day and hour repairs are to begin
2- Roll the sbouldera backward anal nn the dwelling of Ab Sin. Ench house-
downward.- ' hold can then pay the imps not tq cut"t
A. Try to sgbeese the shoulder blades. their doorway, but to go to the next
together maty times a day.I mei_ ghbor.
4. Stand erect at short intervals during Evea the farmer cannot begin his work
the day -"head up, chin in, chest out, in the sprier until after the national
festivals are celebrated in honor of the
epeeist gods who are oupposed to make
it their particular business to look atter
the welfare cot tbooe who till the noir.
in a land where more than one Minden,
million week are s°pporteed hy agricul-
ture. where many farms have been in
cultivation fotetirree or even four mil-
k'nninms, we naturally expect to And
skill In that lino of work. In deo we
awe 'sot diAppppoointed, for the Chinese
farming is wientille handwork. -Dors hi.
W. 8pratt, in Lippincott's.
is the only form of salutation among
men in the inland districts.
The hour with the preacher, who woreia
ompany
high ha n loose, flowing gown buttoned
from chin w hem. and a great white
Elisabeth ruff around his neck, we en-
tered the church. From the. back !eat
we had full view of the congregation.
and, not being familiar with tbe lan-
guage, the time was passed in medita-
tion on the situation.
"In the pulpit the pastor was sweated
into a long, white robe, which fell over
the black one and down his back hung
a large smrplce of brigh( velvet. upon
which a [oldden cross was wrought. On
alter etwa peat candles, about a
pard long and three inches thick- shed- (A-
light.
`
tdtii��ti light. These were the especial
clarge of an *initial who gave ont the
hymns and between times snuffed the
f einnf-
fere. Aftenes can �hurhctheme pairworshipper; dis-
persed and many of them did not reach
their homes until night."
shn°Mers back.
5. Walk or stand with the hands clasp-
ed behind the bead and the elbows wid?
a rt.
lei. Walk about, or even 1) pi.teatrs,
with from ten to forty W
of the basad. of your high
7. Try to look at tbe top y
cut vest or your necktie.
$. Practice ' the arm movements of
bre'akt stroke swimming while standing
or walking.
9 Hold the arms behind the hack.
10. Carry's cane or umbrella behind
the small of the hack or behind the neck.1 lavas Abets! tremae.
enhnxon is not the fastest rider 1n the
btcyiie• blanket. Three *re p1R4te of
ram. who think be.1s be-
lt
ot.
iter u.;t a all wane
t oat
of the hundreds of Wiwi amnio
fences who ..fes ad with dResia
one .r mare M7l
11. Put tbe hands on the dpa,
elbows back end Angers tr
12. Walk with the thumbs in the arm-
holes of the Teat.
13. 111 'ben walims ng awing the arm and
shoulders Armagh backward., .he day
14. Qtttsd now tend
est ports 411' tine Newby.
with a11 the'�Ible, toucbide a vertical
so tar u»°
j5
, Look upward as you walk on the
sissy side of the street. .
11015 aptttd t r�I:w P
spw.
meaaeee t0 eat �wra
Areal
feek*
O
itil!t It nee be right to await
it.iutatls 1a' paiale
dials
against e. coned iRale NOM tluclbil _soh
se.? .? 'neve le ao reasei sal Ws PO'
Mt
new tsars? is 7riltareed.
}y In which cigar is made per -
Ms brund out
in a curious
itt. Al ben that had gone
in ovirinae a wet,.
a clay mad puddle went with
her muddy feet Into a sugar home. It
was 0served hy some one that
r-- the tracks were the auger woo
whitened. Tbwcen is ledto some experiments.
The tenon was that lbs wet clay tease
to lee used is reining els are
•
It Is noel le this w•t t�- The 0tapr is
pat into earthen jar. trkp'1!S M Yee elle
the saga• WITCO are. ''l�A��!!ee
ads
The moaner Virltnve a
are tpwant.h,The jet M filled with swear,
the clay then.Out over the top and kept
we et. Themoister, gone dem dethrotigb
wthe bole 1n tae
a gnome and drn(jpN fr0rrn
1 Nutt•
Otdeat Mack in tI4 World.
It would probably surprise a good
ms&iy people to karst tnat the uldeet
bank n existettce is the Bank of Navies,
which has lately been pluming thr'.wgh
sscb trouWons times. Tne Bntleh Goo-
sed at Naples, is his report tor last year,
furnishes some details of the foundation
of the bank..ih the sixteenth century,
whit•. l *eo Mancbeater (kegned) Guar-
diapp nsentsons, dtid ptiw3 11li tkss1 eits-
earller banks. the Monte \ ecdiih of
Venice and the Banco San Giorgio
Ge-
noa, establinihed in the twetftb cen-
tury, and the .Bank .d Barcelona, emtab-
tidied in the fourteenth century, have
all ceaseed bi exist. The reeport fixes tbe
h;undation orf the Bank of anktht; at
1f.39, and the institution is
e.
far older thari the Bank of England.
which woo ewtabliahetl in 1(IB4. Icttceis
in tine nnigo position of having
sidender rttp eat to which no d Lips s
any claim. For the ezpiaaatioa
clarions state of affairs one has to go
trick ' to the tine when the Neapolitans,
in order to ret ere` Charles V. with gra
polup and anagNAceence, obtained
loan* froau the• Jews agninet valuable
pledgees. The ditfen(ties of repayment
Wert- so lcol in right royal emblou by
the Khoo haniahi ng the Jews. but the
Jew'. centered before leerier( to &stew*
of their "e.•ntities to two Neapolitan% oa
eery en%i• tenet'. Thee hotel% Offered
the pledges' to the origtnnl owners et n
vMaotahte profit on the trensertbon end
ahem oRcr 1 further loans without in-
ben•et 011 the 014 security. rhilanthrntric
gifts Weer then matte- to. the inatitntien
nn emelt/en that it advanced loans
without htterent. nivel in the* way the
bank stnrted prectirafle is a charit•thle
pawnbroker. Graeuerlly, however. it
develeoptd into a teak. doing oldluare
cemower-lel bnsinese. and tp to tw•itty
the rod of the seventeenth century proet-
pertd oven tly.
Nekton wan born Sept. 29,. 175x► at
Burnham Thorpe. a village in Norfoth.
of which his father wail rector.
At the siege of Calvi Nelson 10et the
miseht •f an eye. a %hot striking tiro
ground nese bun driving some sand andl
gravel violently into otic of them.
Nelson commented lib see lifre at the
tarty age of twelve, going at his own de-
tbe abLe, a obi of 6.4
pmeg, 0which was e6nomanded pby his
mete.
When still a young man he volunteered
his services for an expedition Which w•as
twine fitted out for a voyage of djtaea.-
ery toward the North Pole. rind through
hie Uncle's In6bence he was admttted as
coxswain.
1t was when 'storming S•nta Crnr that
NAOMI loot hs arm. lie was bending
the' attack. and wan nn the pent of stele
ing out on to the shore when he wwa
and fen.
Merl `to
%dement
o to teal
above- the
Ids rotten to 'Sneer* he
wait grant d'X a penolon.df f1(i)O pp� rear.
The lendeh coffin in which leNelsen's
bod!t was brought home after thee bete •
of Tratalmtr was end in pkeea, wh'eh
ere dlat,fbsted mm rv4ign ref Ft. 'Melon..
to the runner M the Victory railed nla-
and when at his Interwient blm flag wag
nhmtt to ate l0reee0d into the gree.. t
e milers who asserted at the eleretwnttT err It
ane accord rent 1 le piece. in order emelt
' Ntight'/fe teres • jrea rat while be !h ell.
'loo 1ea0dMl5Ot.
"Wiggins bad to bare his tebphi e
MWkiT" ' • -
"'prrl--be had told hie wife _ they, Molt
Own rcpt ase+l, eo she celled in
atteraaa4- *o see whether t
M b be:6
CEYLON TEA.
RT ALL 1.004 Ella -toe. 4sc. and Ms.
IN BICYCLES AND ,,tin
WATCt10 FOR
u m m e r- i s ire.
Vt4U4N
So�P
tAppE
During the Year en.
For tall particulars eve advertisements, or apply to
Una UR0&. Ln.. 23 Ikon Si.. TORONTO
FARMERS & TRADERS
(LI1ID AND ACCIDENT)
too oe prepared to meet it with a
good Hat or Cap when it comes.
We have put in stock all. the Latest
Styles of Spring
HATS
ASSURANCE COMPANY, ltd.
Jahn H. Sahel., President,
J Oldr Gee rszee, Vice -President,
111. (iAL.1.ATTH. barometry,
eowr,
P. Y. FiumeYanagteR
HEAD OFFICE, St. Thorne, Ont.
Lowest Rates. Up to dote Policy contracts
Energetic. reliable local agents wanted.
dress the seoretarr.
PLAITING MILL.
Ei*Ri1$!O Mb. _
which for d uality and price annot be
equalled. In stock are numerous as
sortments of the latest in
ithot through the
1 He wowld have
aha: .w
r�i� 4►tl r:_
'^wongda'
ie of tbe or. ')'his makes the
msll ct�
sugar p&er Iy
gyetara trots arab gaalea .
A revs ltel� iltid "Pore
lid schen! went
Parte. _ est the
Net
w
the stale
which ease'
alar, that
the
bread
GLOVES COLLARS.
SHIRTS. HOSIERY.
bUITS, CUFFS
APS NECKWEAR.
C. R. SHANE & Co.
BARB$; DOOR. and BLIND
NGLES
las .lar. to alt kin
LUMBER, LATH/ SHI
r-asertat tet *veer
The tellable Hat and Furnishing Emporium
1..010.4 *1.tw1.01s $ermine
The tmrsr'wt estate In the Dieted King-
ltShe lantohip of Nutherleal. thea
property
the Duke of Netherland. The
estate no km than 7110.20R USW if
extent. The eotete of Reay. in the same
part of Peotiand. le Alen 0007 Wren OA -
tending Owed a10 mile% M knttlt and
15 to 20 meth In breadth. Tres. ro-
tates far exceed in extent any contine-
ntal 'sin5M ransom 1a Rowland. One rot
the largest M eke latter country ie who
Aileebnrr, nr Rabertlahe. estate. In Wibt-
aMre. it comprises. besides the pork in
whtr'h the wnefolon) Mtaaaio° is altnateri.
at least thirteen parishes. the whole es-
tate r•num4wvttI5 tit about )16M00 sere*.
one ext.n4it►g for a distance of more
than 12 miles.
Canadian
Telegraph
Patronise
True
School Fi1PIlltue b. GMT.
Competition.
.coag..
always oia hand. The Beet
and only Scraton Coal in this
market. Hard, Soft and Black-
smith Coal always on hand. All
Coal weighed on the market scales,
so that you are sure of Good
Measure.
TRs OaSADIel PActrl0 hertwee Co
'ra�gss�tAr Wm loan .steblltded to give the
a nsiseiarM�isrvtes wttk air nasi per
mu i 01 w patrons. ;third en sad la
the , .rest ether peraob who
4
yetionada
whir is all pyao�(nt• Is the
p aadPaelfio (least
green.
�e Al,e�g
eamas •r (i sdarloh
Aliaae so the O.ea4...
A teaciaer ogre stmt one of her mho -
tars, who was a baif'wttted boy, to her
hone with a bottle.
When the Tony are'ved hack at school
the thatcher tcher sr to ke d
•'Weir. Acne lr, dM yes tate that bottle
to our hoots . '
George (atter hesitating) -- Please,
ieseher, 1 let the bottle 5011 lad basis it
ha
be the ta•east wallhe 111I•f m
iglu bhlit
Atwllr
J:14-1.44
.r. eta A►riR.s,. ._4•' • 3
STM. LEE.
or Harbor Quay.
$1123e8, b LIM'S Stove.
DIABETES
cu50D sY
DODD'S IIDIBY PILLS
Among the many tltlpssand
t out remarkable cures ars the
Mrs. J. .Oliver, Mrs. B. Stock,
Ptd11pylle, Ont. Ba'T11tg's 13ridge,Ont.
Wm.41.Cbnrch, Arch.McFaddeln,
Renfrew, Oat. Napus•, Oat.
Thomas Brooks, Arthur Colby,
)beth Herds, Osd. Soberest, Man.
James K. Nesbit, Charles T. Bye,
Staynar. Oat. Gortyowen. Ont
A. M. Holman,
Taboo, Oat.
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Sewer and
Culvert Pipes
AU bees from t d. se ea No. ala
Una teesreas.
yours POR PRIOES.
THE ONTARIO SEWER PtPE CO
SotF ADeLAIDI 11. .ONTO
Monogr AT arterio _
The IIREOLIBE
Medicines
le
n
Tru ONLY AleeOYtTT1LT1 paa7311•
01000 00 Tw* 1t1.R*tt*L1**LI'P.
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Peal rtha
14,414 tirril. Cif Lr RI 1 I ,
rim sad /Nlalitat
p,sroataed t0 este
Rlleow abaM
Mantle
1H 1
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Sebum. Lamhago,
Gout and
Neuralgia.
A sore ear* ..e
lltsadaebe, Dissipate
Csoatipatieo, Jodi-
. Ise. WMreesess.
PO
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tis�
Oeneelst0*., '$Saki
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enbeellsonnwe r Mee a Ned seri airs
esti la %brisk (Ealy by LlIMiibsis
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