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The Signal, 1898-10-27, Page 3CONSOLATION. Now Was the MN the Itty &epe, rhe delay sleep,; M sky in rale vain deer erase. denelotig, weeps Not dreaming they will rise ag*tr. Pour weepy skies, be cumWrtedl Boon will rrtara the daisy star; The ruse sed Illy ars not dead. But sleeping where our longings are. 'T1s but a little weary while Of sullen aloud and Malmo earth Before the awing shall wake *4 .)nue And brief her pretty baba to birth. Aad thou, poor sky, with eye of blue, Balt ere retrieve the new lowered year Arid drop an April beer to. two fur Joy ewe mon to Ind her here. Thy happy tears shall gently till On ell the buds that charm thee moat; Meat spring brings all -or *early ell - wblch wftb last wring waa loved sad lust -15 Beebe la Literature. A MAN'S MAKING. The "judge" paused long enough to shange the position of the stick be wax whittling, shift the chew of tobacco from one side of his mouth to the other and then glance around at the two young men sitting Oil tbe plant side- walk ou either side of him. The judge was 60; not fat and 40, but fatter and 60. lin six feet of height was burdened with the painful neoetsity of carryiug 800 pounds when be walked and of supporting the same weight when be did not move. Ttie judge supported it usually, and that eras the re•un his clothes wore out so Bloch more quickly at one oertain place -- -men at any other. He want up and oat from his feet 10 his waist and then ap and in from his waist to the top of bin head -an hourglass cat in two and pat together again with the large. ends in the middle. A fringe of loop, dirty looking hair showed from under the bend of bis slouch hat. Through the bole in the top of the hat one caught an oocaeiuzal glimpee of • bald and shinning spot, the peak of his head try- ing to get through iuto the fresh air. But tbe strength bad gone, from his hair to his beard, for his whiskers were long and busby and his mustaches equally so. Judge spoke, not with a drawl, bet witb that slow movement peculiar So fat sed lacy people. Yet tbe little gray eyes sparkled all the time, a. though they had absorbed all the energy in The mks: "Well, boys," be ooetioned, after completing hie surety, "wiare'd you be now if you'd ouli,ted?" The younger ot his auditors answered • "If we'd gone with the ..tato regi merit, we'd be ■t Manila probably. Bat if we'd gone with Grigsby's cowboy, we'd be at ('hickamaoga, judge." "Yee, that's it, boys. And it'sd-d hot there ice the rammer time. I spent a oonple of summers in 'tut country iu 1868-4 with .the army. Had a good plane, too, boys, where 1 didn't have much hard work to do, but it was hot all the same." "What did yon do, father?" &eked Charlie, who was tbe judge's yoangt. ; e on. "I was judge advocate of the regi meat. But soldiering is bard work, nt 'ter what mayou've-aft-AD It's s tib dog's life." "Yes, we know that, judge," the oth- er boy, Henry, said, "but we decided we oonld stand it and bad sand enough to do what we were told to do withnn; kicking, and we thought if we did nil that and did it well we might have it chance for promotion." "W -e-1-1, boys, I don't believe I'd g, as • private In any company. Yon can's bell what kind of au as you're going t' have homing you. Some of the homes *ay be all right, bot there's bound t. 1t,11tjplla can't get along with." __Mew father, we kuow it would he _kg& but we thought we could stand it. VIM tf we didn't like it." "That's all right. boys, but you don't know anything *boot it You've got tc enlist and see for yourself. It's burl enough wben you are an officer, lint when you're just a private it's d -d "Did you enlist es a private, judge'" Heory asked. "No, Hal; I organised s company mud was elected captain and held that rank until i got to be jodge. Yon see, I come out to Iowa from Ohio wben I was quite • kid and had been living there for omit time when the war broke out. so every- body knew me, and as I was always a gond natured toss they all seemed tc like me." The judge's stick and tobacco needed attention, and he was silent while b- looked after them. Then he went on: "We bad a oulonel that wee tbe big- gest ass I ever /an. He got the office through political friend,, and he didn't know B from ball's foot. Our lieoten• ant colonel wa4 a pretty decent sort of a man, and the two majors were fair. But that colonel I He was so mean 'bas I never saw him, but 1 didn't want t.: snatch s gun from one of my men and shoot him. 1 had enougb sense not tc say anything, although the colonel did know I didn't like him extra well •Finally I got the chance I had been longing for to tell him what I thought of him. But gee here, boys, if you rivet get into the army don't you tbtak of do ing anything like It I was young then and a little foolish." "The colonel -1 shan't call any names -got Ce into snob a bad fix ou the battlefield tint he had to resign to keep from being kicked one And there was a big feast In honor of his depar- ture. Of course it was supposed to have been got Dnp me a token of his under officers' regard for him. After we had finished eating -It was in the lieuten- ant colonel's tent -and the whisky and wine and cigars were on the speech making begs''. 'Phi colonel made a lit- tle talk, aylag bow sorry be was to leave p and all that sort of thing. Then the lieutenant oolnael and the two majors made a little speech. They all said something about the colonel being such a fine man and officer and bow . Orly they were to me bis leave -every bit a d -.-d lie." The ledge stopped end laughed. HM langb newt lend, and one rotted not get the Lull benettt of it milers elm one him. His whole body shook with We antnaement of it. and his features tank en meth ■ cote/m1' etpr esio0 that it tootle one laugh jest to gee bim "Theo," De matt need, "they Called Ca me ter a mash. 1 didn`t want to raPCnd •ad MN than so. They would bot 4* gni i%n11y 1 told thedn I hod ..vow made an Mum"el•eenb or a depmr{ush ill Mg}ih lentilldn't k•ew 1110 j -need teaks ewe MIS Mdli It 1 gat til I'd say sem. tbiallk 111 . and. I didn't Mir. about doing that. But they woulda't bear of it, so I gut up." 4 The judge stopped &gala, abut alibis knife and took the reweiiir of his stick in his right hand, boldiul 1t on a level with hie 'boulder. "1 began, told them bow long 1 bad known the nolonel and whet kiud of n man 1 used to think be was before be got his commission as rolouel of our regimeut. And then Ist,oted in. 'l;eu- tleweu,' 1 bald, if 1 had kuowu this Mall Will going to have command of my regiment I'd enlisted as a raw private in another one. lie's gut no more buri- no.r being iu command of men than a yellow cur deg. There's not a man ill the army 1 would rather see kicked out than our colonel. He'r the most ornery man, officer or private in the whole army, and it would have been a bless. tug to every mother's' run of us if he'd been killed before we left Damp.' "Well, buys, I kept up this lick for about 80 minutes. When 1 l.rguu to talk, the faces of all the compauy were just normal -what facer of men ought to be when they've had a good dinner and are drinking good liquor and have not had nuythiag to ruffle their tem- pers. But wheu I began to launch forth against the eolouel the faces changed. 1 knew there wasn't more than one or two men there who didn't feel just as 1 did. But the colonel -hu, ha! It was the funniest thing I every saw. He got red, then white, 'ben red again, and kept on changing color this way until 1 got through my talk. I spoke pretty loud, too, let me tell you, -and it wasn't long before every man in the regiment who could woo around the tent 'teem- ing, and everybody in the regiment knew I war -blowing up the pulorteL" The judge stopped and laughed again. "There warn'' any more speeches after I got through, because the love feast seemed •to break up by mutual agTrewent. Soon a. I stopped 1 saluted, got my bat and went out The boys met me at the door of the tent, hoisted me up on their shoulders and carried me round the whole camp, shouting and yelling like Sioux Indians. Oa next colonel was a good man, and we never bad much more trouble, except oboe or twice with our brigade t ,m- mauder. " "Did you ever see the colonel after that, judge?" Henry asked. "Y -e -s, 1 saw him when I came back home, btlt we warn'$ very friendly. and Pret �m• alt.T 4.F Itggt„e When I coo o aha, I ran up against bine again. fie was one of the big gone of the place. wealthy and re- spected, and was a good man; seemed to have reformed. He met me down town one day and asked me to come up to his office with him. When we gut there, he shut the door, turned around and held out Lis hand to we saying: 'Judge, I want to thank you fur that speech yon made back in 1889 when I was Leaving the army. It was the first time anybody ever spoke so plainly to me. It hurt then, but it did me more. good than anything that ever happened to me. 1 want to thank you for making a docent and respectable man ont of a oonten.ptible cur who called himself a gentleman.' "Well, boys, I guess it's about time 1 for supper. Come ob. Charlie; there ain't any weed cut, and we want some• thing but tunight. "-Philip Rutherford Iles in Omelet He a a World -Herald. Tb. Path of the Earth. The overman idea as -tattle path of the earth being "fixed in space" is taken exception to by astronomer,.. on the ground that there are few, if any, things in the domain of axtrtoomy that can really be called tfked in space -the fact being tbat unceasing «henget. are going on, though these changes are pen - orally so slow es to escape the notioe of a superficial observer, but are fortunate- ly periodic, so that they fall within the poseibility of computation..- Thus, the earth's path is tot fixed, since the ecliptic changes its position among the stars, in consequence of which the obliquity of the ecliptic un dergoes s very slow change, so that while at present it is a few seconds more than 28 degrees 27 minutes, in about 15,000 years, astronomers calcu- late it will be reduced to 22 degrees 1 minutes, after which it will begin to tncrease again, • change so slow and within snob narrow limits that it can produce no sensible alterations in the seasons. The foot Irmains • positive Doe, 'bat, even if the earth in its orbital and cou• the sun in its apparent mo- tion in the ecliptic were circular, neither tea 'notion in declination nor in right ascension could be uniform. The Streets of Seoul. Street., with a minimum width of 85 feet, with drop, stone hoed channels nn both sides, bridged by stone slab", have replaced the font alleys, which were breeding grounds of cbolera. Narrow lanes have been widened, slimy runlet" have been paved, roadways are D0 1013 - ger "free comps" for refuge, bicyclists scorch along broad, level streets, el press wagons are looming 'in the near future, preparation4 are being made for the building of a French hotel in s fine situation, shops with glean front" have been erected in numbers, an order for• bidding the throwing of refuse tato the Streets is enforced -refuse is now re. moved from the city by official maven - gen -and Seoul, from having been the foaled, Is now on its way to being the cleanest cite of the far rasa. -"Korea and Her Neighbor'," by Mrs. Bishop. 'aleble R.eerd. When (be furniture of Charles James Fox, the famoa* Etiglish orator and statesman, wee old by auction, there was among the hooks a ropy of the first volume of Gibbon's Renate history. It appeared by the title page that the book bad been prevented by the author to Fox, but no 000siderationa of send meat deterred the recipient from writ- ing on the fly leaf this anecdote: "The author at Brookes' said there was no Mlvetion for this o00ntry until fix headset the principal parsons in ad- ministration were laid on the table. ]Eleven (days after this mate geatlemso aenepted a place of lord of trade, under those very menisters, and has acted with {horn ever eines." Such wee the avidity of bidders anx- ious to mecum the lead wrap of the writ- ing and rnmpneitiowe of the famous own K of the ropy that owing to tbe addi- tion of this little record the book sold for • Mune. a large sum for the those. -utTo4t0'i Oewnpanlnn. Rubles tan 1* crooned Ifko diamonds, Skew.* entenMda, and, In fel, most moi• wed Moose, w118 the .*napttoe of the tar phew, eblsb requires • little diffored tuaselest. Mee *presidia Halr. Wbeu Mrs, Norton war is the beyday •f her toveliutwl, a very beautiful hai- ku wmuau calve to Lou leu. briugbng lettere of iutrHIuctiuu. Mrs. Nortou raked a small party td farbi:,uahle peo- ple to nowt her at dinner. mouse sebum was Lord Normachy. a great admire' of pretty women. All themen were eu obauted.witil the beautiful stranger and 411 the women rather jealous One of her great beauties wee a profusion of splendid bier, dressed fu innumerable plaits. Zia women decided they were not all her own. Before the evening was over Lord Norwauby expressed hie admiration of the wonderful hair and intimated how much he should like to tree it let down. "Sim* you wish it, my lord," said the woman, and she forthwith unplaited one mannive aril after another, while he ether women looked on, devoured with envy. "I am duiug for you, my lord, what I do not do for everylxdly," said the boars, mooting ap her due eyes e t the euraptured Lord Norulnnby from under her mantle of flowing locks. "It it three weeks now "ince 1 last un- did my hair." Which auno0ncement in some degree oonboled the English dames for their Inferior locks. Oure t■ the Palplt. The tenets of John Wesley and his disciples were eagerly embraced ill Nor- folk, nod (isles frequently became a Lo cal preacher. Oue "local." ham by name, is described as "a born teacher," though his similar often dropped to the burlesque. Ou 00e occasion he took for his text, "The wages of sin is deatb," and prefaced his .ermea 'fetlowa: "My fri'ode, Brother Paul tells no that the waages u' siu is death. Now, let's see wether we kin grasp wet be mean by't. S'pose I wor t0 go au da my haarwe'at for Mr. H. (• local farmer), an arter all the wok wor dun go an ex Mr. T. (another fanner in the same vie lage)fur my waages, wor da yeou thiuk Mr. T. would sway? Sure-ly be would up and may. 'Sam, yeou air a foie. Go an ax Mr. H. fryer waages; yeou be' dun yer haarwe.t there. Wot du yeou oome an •x me far y(sr waages fur?' An of I wuk all my loife for the daavil an go to God fur my reward be wool may, 'No, no, Sam; yeou go to the daavil tar yer reward; yeon bev waked fur him in the baarweet o' loife; be must pay yew "'-WettinimtterOastAte. A aseeleat Diet. A quart of milk, three-quarters of e pound of moderately tat beef -sirloin, for inatanoe-and five ounces of wheat dour, ell contain about the same amount of nutritive material, but we pay very different prices for them, and they bave different values for nutriment. The milk oomes nearest to being a perfect food. It contains all of the different kinds of nutritive materials that. the body needs. Breed made from the wheat flour will inpport life. It con- tains all the necessary ingredients for nourishmeut, but not in the proportions best adapted for ordinary ase. A man might live on beef elope, but it would be a very one sided and imperfect diet, but meat and -bread together make tbe eaeeutials of a health diet. Such y are the results of experience, and the ad- vancing science of later years explains them. This explanation takes into ae- ooint not simply quantities of meat and bread and milk and other materials which we eat, but also tbe nutritive in- gredients or "nutrients" wbicb they ooutain.-New York Ledger. Malde■ Sheridan, one of the greatest of Brit- ish orators and who entered parliament after a conepicuouslyanccessful literary career, so nearly broke down in his maiden effort that the general verdict pronounoed upon him was that "nature never intended him for an orator." Brueghaw and Canning were equally unencreesful, and many of the most celebrated speakers of the present day displayed no signs of oratory wheu they appeared for the fret time before the critical aweembly at St. Stepben'e. Mr. Gtadatoce's maiden speech, de- livered Feb 21, 1888, was ■ nervous. hesitant and almost inaudible effort. Vire and Water. Water will extinguish a fire became the water forma a coating over the fuel, which keeps it from the air, and the conversion of water into steam dtawa off the heat from the burning fuel. A little water makes a fire fletoer, while a large quantity ,of ,rater pate it out. The explanation is that water is com- poeed of oxygen and hydrogen. When therefore the fire can decompose the water intoits simple elements, it serve* as fuel to the flame A tale.. alga. A sign which was productive of much discussion was read by the patrons of • small laundry establishment in • Mas- sachusetts town. It was printed in targe lettere on a piece of brown paper and pinned to the door of the shop. It ran thus: "Closed on account of sickness till next Monday, or possibly Wednesday. 1 am tint expected to live. Shall be en- able to deliver goods for at least a week in any case." Why Re Ra.■ed to Par. "One dollar, please." aid the olalr- voyant "Not much," be replied "I'll not pay you a oent. "Do you think 1 reveal the future for nothing?" "i don't oare anything about that You told me I was to marry three times, and I don't propose to pot a peemtam on bad news. "-Chicago Neat A shrewd old doctor once said: "If 1 wanted to torture an enemy, 1 would {ell him be bad an incurable disease Ills life wonld be Wearable, and he wonld be almost certain to die before kio •r.... Meats To Porte Rt.a. There are only two meals • day in Porto Rioo among the well to do. Breakfast, served at 11, and supper, served et b. Of the two breakfast 1s the Woes pretentious, being taken with Etdeliberation and solemnity, intro d with soup and aronmpaolyd by wise, of Spanish Outage, as a matter of eoerrie. To get • meal In Sen Juan M any but the tegete'. hones world be sett to an impnaatbllity, and it would be oat tie the question to do any Mist - n ewt a1 boding time. That all pnHio elliebell may breakfast at lelieta the 401110*are elated between 11 and ad tit Wee* gee THE "SON OF HEAVEN" TIMELY INFO1MATION REGARDING CHINA'S DETHRONED EMPEROR. awaugse le tke •tis e:wsp of China of Ike Manchu Ur neat~, 85 bleb Hee Furnished All ler Pauperore/One& 1044 - An Unfortunate Ruler sees Auut, the Dowager aaspre.., New holm. The young Emperor of China, whose downfall has sal a'.1 Alla world to tatking, Dawe to the throne ou the death of the late Emperor, Tung t hi, Jan. 22, len. He is now 27 years old and 11 the sun of Prinne Chun, the seventh brother of the lImp.roz Hien Feng. When he futon Kmperer the young Chinese -eater •sewn e d the mons of Kwang.0 „r Kuang lieu. (it should be maid that Cnlnes* names ale spelled phonatically and in rendering them Into English letters there U no rule to be followed.) The present I)owbg. r Empress, who is the aunt and ow; .he stepmother of Kwaugau, tiered( wheWd Re prince for the throne when the late Emperor died. Although nominally in control of the Government. Kwangsu did not take fua charge uj Ch.nese •tide% until 18(0. Kwang.0 is the ninth Kmperor of China of the Manchu dynasty, which has furnished all 1te emperors to the coup try since the overthrow of the Ming dynasty, In 1644. 1 here 1s no hereditary . ueoeasion, and It is left to each wverelgn to name the ruler who is to follow. 'the chola Is made from amoug the members of the Imperial family of a Yoenger gen- eration Outs hie own. The pneee•t "moa of heaven," tt 1s Reid. 1s a weak-minded young man, who dr -awed beg drean.e of making China the equal of the civilised nations of Europe. tits desire was to in• troduce steam power into the eonfttry, dveelop the resoun•es of his domsln, e LwARO•a, 'PO'( or HIAVI.e." build railroads. open mloea and aoeom• push other works of this kind for his people. His good aunt, however, put • stop to all that, and now rules the ruler with • hand of Iron. This young man has been unfortun, ever since he ascended the throne had been declared Emperor but a short time when the Irnpetlel temple itself was struck by :Ightn)ne. The priest and medicine men declared that the gods were offended at some hidden .1n, and the keepers of the temple were beheaded. But all this did not help the weak young ruler. Mistake after mistake was made in the Government, and the grand disaster of the war with Japan came as a climax of climaxes. China I. split uo tato pail load factious that hate one another bitter- ly, and the poor Emperor ens dragged until he was as last Dither and thither a changed bodily from hi. throne. Kwnigeu Is not deal, but he mi ret net well he dead as in the elutehem of hie wily aunt. THE LARGEST T-IERMOMETER. It Is 70 Fret In 1 e.,cth mud 1s t rert.d at WJnrh..t.r, 71a*.. The largest thermometer In the world Is that at Winchester, Mase., belonging to Colonel Knight of that place. 1t 1s 70 feet In length, and with 1t will IA mean ured the temperature of the body of the earth. This giant Instrument 1s gunk to Its own depth in n great shaft dug into the earth. It will register the degree o1 haat of the earth at a depth of 70 feet and will opea an, excellent opportunity for scientific men to observe the changing moods of the great mother of all Ilse The principles upon which this matnmotb Instrument 1. constructed ars ;be same se those which govern the making of smaller instruments. Alcohol will t,e used and careful comparisons will he made between the large thermometer sued otben which will lea pygmies be - nide It. The largest thermometer ever made prelvous to that conetrurted for Colonel Knight was that built by Forbes. meaeuring nearly forty feet in length This lnetrument watt onnatdered one o' the oggtheins. of science, but now the Wlnobi.*er tube gape into lest plass LA•OWIT TR*RMOYRTRa IN TN* WORLD. The data, It le expected, gathseed from observations with tet. Instrument will be Of unusual value to sel.ne.. How to 1 1„111l '.lee.. To eland a gloss for the sake of voter tion pnrpos7e, as in • bathroom, band yet to preserve the BIM, a ,,an who works In glair says that It 1s done wish n ao 1,ltlnn W Epsom salts and vloegar applied with • brush. Tble shonld gt.' • fronted look thin bases.. dtseskie-44 -44 is...eeewer we' ono* wish 'tamer or white varnish. Na urneok.r,1 (.w Merry. Is Valdese, w Hale Uanaan prinalpal ily, • decree has been ptorialmed that S lbalb 1n marry will new be granted to any lndtvldnal wbo has been to the habit of getting dame If anyone -who bag been ■ dean ear 1 sppltee for mica a Comm he mine prnddne anfielstt proof of re - striation to wsrr.nt hl. taselving WORK OF ANARCHISTS. Is •1ltee. Years Three Yafeee.. Rulers wave RNs AMaa.Inete4�R...i., l 1114 Resin see'.rod. During the last emcee yearal throe mien of Rarep.aa noontrle. Imre perish- ed by the halide of aeoweeins, one, Alex, ander 11. of Rosafa, being killed M Nihl Hoes, sed President Medi Carnal of ?ranee and Premise Canova* of Reath Meng the vlettnee of Anarektem. A). -sailer TT., Mmpsree of Resta, war b1111ed Mame 111, 1x81. tea the nil. Is of Mt. Po tasters' by Minnie*, platten wblh returning 1a a anlage from a tiro of • parade of tea Marten aria He wsa saeroaadN by Ma goad* and while erorslhg a bridge of the ('stbsrtne sar,•t) was kllltti Ly a tomb 'blown by a Luau uawed Urenevlt.ky, who himself was killed by the bomb.. The assa•dds bed planted w mine under • street where 11 was euppoead the royal party would lass, and a lane number of rdbeplratore hod provided theui.ei.ea with *tele to qts In rant the p.,rty did nq�1il over the aline. The pt.lia' ran due tbe,ewihors Sf the plot, nod of .er a tr:a ve of ahem were executed. Preston's to the a•xa•si1.• Bon of Alexander twee other encu pts bad been made on his life without .m OSSA. Pfaddent Carnot, of Fraser, of J Ina 94, 1694, war stabbed t y a young liallru baker, while driving thruumb the .bust• et Lyons re • guru of the city.. '1 be I'reeldrnt seIb. . I.d in a 1errlage with out guard., aril the a..Itseln leaped frau the crowd and strut k him with n pun lard. 'ibe murder was pisened by An• archtete, betsas, of the refaced of the President to y..rdon other Auorshtsta wbo hal . been coudumeol 10 'death on account of reverse explosions they heti caused In France, designed to till tons tent persons. At the trial of the assassin he denied that he lad Leen fulcra' by plo{,to eommlt the t'ee'd. tut said ,that be had done 1t soiely in revenge fur tie death of other A naiehi• a fie wait gtlllo tined at Lyons. Aur. fid. Premier Oano,lw, on Aug. 8, Iro7, wee, d ict by • Neapolttau tunspirator in the hotel of the Lath. of Santa Agucd., al Qutmalltnar, In the Barque province' The •a.usaln said that 1t 'was done to avenge the Barcelona Anar.•hl*ta, five of whom had been shot and Gibers deported and imprisoned. The assassin of Premia t'atiovaa eau garroted Aug. 20. May 7, 1894, while Prinw Ijiegp.rct wine returntng -to -tett- nridsnee 41rt1. Wilhelm strewn a young man • few feet behind him fired two shots at him. The Pr!nee grauple l with bet aaiy!lania01 In 11.e struggle three more shoes were Fred, without, however, -doing thePr!n.e any Injury. ifs held the young roan U.11 111 • battalion of eNmnls arrived. and the would•be a.aaasln wto lo,Igad in t.r,s.n He proved to be Ferdinand Cohen. s steptur, of a man named Curl 1111ml, who was a noted socialist. Cohen temmltted suicide the earns night lu hi. cell. In August lax a tiering attempt ens made to asru*atnate the Czar of Huai* at Moscow. The plan of the cunspfrutors was to allow the gee to escape in a house on the route of thy Czar's proeeeeton mitt] the atmosphere was saturated, and then to strike a light while their %Tattle was passing, In the hope that he would be killed by the flying debris. 'lee con- spiratur who applied the light would of cour.e be killed himself. Tb., plot was carried out by a man -nardfer'T(ol.uoff, hat when he struck the light within the hoose • nal? Offs er and lilt wife Wen prating, instead or tbe Czar, and bath of them were 111:ed by the supine:on. as wt 11 as Kolanoff. besides thirty persons being injured.. The ('zar and Czarina drove by twenty•five minutes later. This het occurrence. togethat alth the ae.arelu•tl,n of the Empress Elizabeth. point to a rovival of the "propaganda of this deed'' among the revolutionaries ut all Europe, sash as took pleas in France and Spain h,•ginning w`t4 the attenipt to kill Marshal Ntartin z Cereals and ending with tt.o kill Dj of Cannot. JAMES J. HILL. A Ca.ad,.e who 1. Extending RIs Rail way twat 1n the 1'. C. Tb. accompany h.g portrait' of Iter. James J. Bill, the Western Railway nn, o ot.ol R. PAR•I?t. MR. GEO. 1t. PA 1i.K 1 N. SKETCH OF THE CANADIAN APOSTLE OF IMPERIAL FEDERATION. A ideelalp 1t4aetratlea That 01ves the Keys/A& MVOs Saldeet'el'h ter -• Devoted i.tkuleet to the belving is/ the MMienar t'ulty-A Man of Fars - sight sad of Uasel0•b 7.156. "As we walk up the barren road- way. Soaked by atp:ings of one year's growth, welch forms the approach to Upper Canada College," writes Mr. Arthur H. Lei, In Black and White, "my boot speaks with calm and oonldent estbastaun of the avenue of esasely elms wbleh in bis mind'■ cyv he already sees arching over oar heads. And it la just this lnlaglu{h' fcrero'IghI and the un selfish faith which le happy le sowing acorns in order that poaeri-y may sit in the 'Made, that supplies the keynote 50 Mr. J'erkin's ehararter. For the peel twenty years he ha' been pereist..ittly sowing the seed of Imperial Federation, and though n,uoh of 1t has fallen upon barren ground, mach also ha* taken root fu the wiser minds of this generailot. and the gulden harvest, so patiently and confidently awaited, 1. even now ripea- Ing. We who talk w glibly of Imperial Federation as a question of practical politics little realize bow largely we owe our enlightenment to the ImtIonm of Mr. Parkin and a few other devoted enthusi- asts. The problem of national unity, which in the minds of the Brttbeh people now seems so cry fur speedy aulutlon,was generally peeled at u a lantaatht 1301814 lees than ten years back. and prophets of the cause, like Mr. Parkin, were tndeeil volres crying In the wilderness. But, Irks anetbrr volae, tbey also 'made straight the way' for others, and *bean versed lenders of British politics are now reaping the honor and glory of the great national awakening which they dl.:rusted and held alof from up to the last moment possible." A sketch of Mr. Parkin follows. Born in New Brunswick in 180, of United Empire Loyalist stock, on his mother's sloe, bis early education was gained In the public schools of that provinoe, but being anxious to widen his knowledge and sympathies, he took a supplementary teems at Oxford In 1873-74. On leaving Oxford he returned to Canada, and was fbr several years head master of the chief publlo school In New Hranawlok; but he did not allow h1s educational work W JAMMI t J. HILL. King, who 1. doing In the United States work similar to that done hen by 10, William Van Horne, la a epee►Ing hks nes.. Mr. Hill is a Canadian and former- ly lived In Guell h 00. Marl In Ited Heir. It 1e • curious fact that red•hslre1 people ate far 1*.. apt to set held then those with other colored hale. 'I he aver age crop on the head of a red-haired per an is only 99,100 hairs Ordinary dnrk hair 1. far finer. and over three dark bale take ap the 'pace of one red , net: 100,000 are about the average. But f.,ir haired people are 41111 bettor off. t4o,Iuo to 160,000 resettle a common nt.mher of! hairs on the scalp of a fair hashed roan or woman. A cartons calculation has been made, to the effect that the halts' on the heed of a fair-haired moon, If they oonld be plaited together, would &Detain a weight of sotnething 111. se SODS, equaling that of 5,13) peAole. LEGAL DECISIONS. A dollar bill from the upper left hand owner of which a place an inch and n hall by an inch end • quarter has hewn torn Is held, In North nucleon County kallnm.d company versus 'Anderson (N..1 ). 4u I. R. A., 410, to be ton ranch mutilated to eonatltute n legal tender for oar fare. The reasonable use of the streets of a city for the equipment of a telephone aye- aan, including poses and were', le held, in Magee versus Overehlnor (Indiana), to I. R. A., 870. to to a lawful tea, and not a Dew and additional servitude for which the abutting owoer can claim oompense Mon A lino fence maliciously emoted en high be to cut off the light and air from the windows of • neighbor's house Is held, In i,stu vera[. Keeler o), 40 L. R. A , 177. to be with .o lee of a lege' web,- *nem. Dresemtg 105 authorities on the 11a111ty for malicious erection of • fence Payment of a check after the maker he* been dealamd to he insane and is so le held, In American Trost and It. Company vireos Boone (Georgia), 40 1. R. A.. No, to he at the peril of the hank, although 1t does not know of the Inainttyof the draw or, and although the adJudkuetton of in S anity was made In another grate. Rsv/ee.a. "That was • gond old motto," saki the elateeman who was considering the Phil- ippine gns.*tion, ' 11. Imre you're right, and then go ahead.' " Yea." replied the frtt'4 a safe guide for every ooeatton." I don't agree with There a4•e circumstances wt. must be reeked to stake 1t fit. ache n find 'oneself la • position where yon Isn't be ahenluts', nth, my motto Ie, ' Be sore you're Ivrea( before you back out' "-Wimbledon glsr, The big Malan bridge of Topeka L the Ms woriL ft 1•1144 dsls hens' Arid Ike tMtge* lenses 4s1� IR this "shuts?. stifle hie letcrest in national polities. Whenever upportutdtles offered he made flying trips to England, where he speed' 11y 1stablebd ■ reputation as an author- ity upon Imperils' questions. Espertaly dld be attempt to eroaem.yahba opinion - to appreciate the importance of Importa- Fe ieratlnn, and so great became this sub- ject that he 11388 he wan Invited by the Imperial Federation League to make a tour of the Empire. studying thequesti on the spot as well es advocating It. Mi. Parkin threw himself Into this mission with all the energy and enthusi• arm of a true epn.tle, and ahandonln his home and income he embarked upon • propagendl.t tour through Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other colon- lee. in each he conferred with and ft quently converted the leading puhlle men, and addresed meetings of every clam of the community In all the prls- olpal towns. Everywhere his powerful and persuasive advncaey o' the cameo made a deep Impsllr7*loa, often Anton ing to enthu4fattn, and he di oabteily succeeded in rend icing the 6oiealal mind that the problem of national gritty hadsiren from a sero harmless theory into a queetlon of practical politicsaffect- ing their most -PA! Interests. This wee Indeed a trlmmnl., and on hie return Mr. Parkin wit. described by the Pail MalL1 Gazette ns thee only man it knew of who had ever "stui$ped the Empire." For the Out tour or flee yeare Mr. Parkin remained In the United Kingdom earning • livelihood by iiterary and, newspaper work, while devoting himself: em otely to presehlng the doctrine of national unity. In 18811 he had written • took for school. eallel "Hound the Empire," which 1s now In IM eightieth thousand. Ha oleo published about this time his well-known work. "Imperial Federation -the Pr:bletn of Natlenrl Unity," whleh has had • very large cir- culation. In Mee he made a tour of Can- ada at soortal oorreepcndent of the Lon- don Times, and eontr,buted to that journal a notable series of letters et ter - word. pnbllehed in hook form under the name. of "The Great DJmllllon." Ilia literary style le di tingulehed by great lucidly, and a tone of calm impartiality pervaded hie moat forceful utterances and adds much to their weight. Ills arguments. while* lacking nothing of eloquence. Impress both hu hearers and hie readers alike as the convictions not of a mere patriotic. eniMteiaem, Ant 41 • ane, herd headed, business men, and,• herein 11.. mnnh of hie strength. in 1898 he was offered a mat In Parlia- ment by one of the great pnlleltmtl partied, but was prevented from aeneptfng It by personal end private oon.lderat)e?a. In 18118 Mr. Parkin returned to Cabala and moaned the charge ret Upper Canada College, and he Is now devoting to the mishit of the tone of ('anridtnn stAnnl Ilse the same energy that he has lavished u pon Imperial Bglasa&Jan. Leprosy 1a Not Hereditary. That Meaty 11 a conteglc/rr4 Mime D unanimously admitted by the best author. Mee, but the exact manner of 1t* 00nta- gion Is certainly difficult to understand. There are many examples of persona liv- ing for years In the moot Intimate family relations with lepers and remaining unin- fected. And often hat one member of the family will aequlve the disuse (1w the other hand, the hien~ of the diem In different pert. of the world atoms 1 1t never originates spontane only, that 1L origin an always he traced an tmportetlon. There are also a • number of recorded made where le has resulted from a single enntaet 0f en &heeded rnrfane with some legion or secretion of an Infected Indlvld- ual. Thea apparently contradictory feels meet hoe et plat newt on the theory Qat some pet'.nitar Inherent predfeplaftion, whish extort only In a Vaulted number of Milt tkloeb, is neesemtry ter the develnpmen* et this atrwet►Al eau Vbere in nn reason to beterr. that Iprogy Is • hereditary sits van. -North Albertan Bedew I.x{.Iltwrvl 'v Kra s. Purely CANADIAN a. National in its character. 3 A e limit -u8 to 45• 4. i-ixed Premium. No Death Asses.. meat. Jy Gitel $Son. $1.000,$1,500 or $?,floe Insurance. L Over ONE MILLION DOLLARS paid to members and their.dependeatssince organization, 1874 4. Careful medical selection. Death rate for the 18th year of its history', only S{y Per 1,000. tl. Hoa a larger Se pkla on 14-61"10" tech .41,oan .nett than any aches - Society of the kind in Canada,. ,. Sr.-t'RITY or INVESTMENTS. Not a dollar of die Surplus invested oat. side of Canada. to, Premiums and interest accruing therefrom used ONLY FOR PatMENT ler DtArH CLAIMS. I 1. At a cost of from z t0 q cents a day any healthy man (an acceptable risk), can .,'cure $.,coo Insurance for his family or dependents. Pvlt ink nnatA,e sent on application to R. E'tlara H. t'nw/f'Iegers,dl, Ont.; 1 MOIL WHIT,. H S., Brantford, Ont.; Ea tat GtsTcsu. Suprnntend..t es Organised... Branttod, 0,c. SAM SHUNS SCHOOL. As Ad.eataew That Showa Ailttsr.tleu Carried to Itldlrult.. mimeos. Sultry September esotatb Sam *orfs& seeking school. Sun shoes( eersuely; .117 soft sapphire; stream sparkled. Sas strutted, sporting Sunday cult, shoes, stockings. noon Sam saw .wallows skim• ming swiftly skyward. Seemingly swal- lows said: "Silly Sam; stay, swim, Sam." Sam elghed sadly. Sohool.uggege- d slate, sum., study Sam sauntered slowly. slower: stopped •nddenlr; Goon scudded southward speedily. shunning school. Some saucy squirrels seeing tiara scolded: "So, so, Sam'. surely .kipped sebool! Sorry sight, sorry might! Shame! Shame!" Startled, Sam stood still. Spy- ing squirrels shouted, .lung steaks sav- agely. Sportive squirrels, seared, seamp * red. Smiling eoornfully, Sam sought shin- ing stream. Seeing several splendid swan. swimming Sam slyly .tole .oft, shady .pat, staring steadily. Sedate swans.temrned stream, swayed, .topped -surely superb! Suddenly Sam sneezed, . potting silence. "Shaw!" said Sam. Swans splashing, scattering .pray, ewes speedily, Secondly Sam skipped stones, sung Sunday school wags softly; .con sat still soliloquising, safe, snug. Silence seemed sweet. Strewn smiled, slipping, sliding sleepily. Small sinner snored. Soon Sato'■ sister Sue, scarcely seven, . trolling, saw Sam slumbering sweetly, Surprised, .he said: "S -a -m: say, Sam!" Sttppoaing .choolmnstor sent 81. search - Ing. 8.,. 11111 ■upremdy deep~, dapped Sue smartly. Shitting se Sam slipped, slid softly. sprawling, scrambling, mantels - ins ■Loose Stickle. Splash! Boase, am sank, struggling 'stubbornly. Slater Sue screaming shrilly, sought auotor success- fully. She sueun mod Samuel Senior. e'en lowing seed Sam, striking shallow Meant, started shoreward. .pluttertng. Samuel Senior, scowling severely, •bak- ing .tiff switch, seized yam's sleeve strongly. Sinter Sue stood sniffling sheep. !ably. Sam stood sullen, sulking. Stooge, elocking., goatee,. Sunday sults spoiled, school shunned. Such solemn situation seem sad. Surmise severe enemies. Soto ending Santtwgo's Spanish soldlats, Sas swlftly surrendered. --Susan Knox. U.I.g 11,e 15*tell at ( "tapas.. For the benefit of those who ars fond d bunting and who are apt to lose their wap In the wt,od.. a sportsman tells how he finds hie way tuck when he 1a placed In auoh a roadie/smote Two thing. are neessaary-the sun and a pocket walob. A man who know* the Our points of the eotnpasa Oen work his way eut of the woods with the asetttancs of the sun; bet with his watch he eau de it ®uob t eller and more exactly. 1f it Is morning and the bun;amen wishes to ,get clear of the woods bo a southerly dlr*ottltti, he must open hie watch and bald It In his band fan Sp. If the small band pointe to 10 o'clook, for Monne, (1t makes no difference where the large bend pointe fol, ;he watch must be set so that the small hand points armlet{ to the sus. The shade must bo exactly under the small band. Take the dietetics from X to Xii, divide 1t into equal parts, and the result Is, of 000,,e, Xi, whlab pointe to the direction In which it Is desired t travel. If the destination sought Is to the north, the direction of V, the opposite 01 XI, most be followed If It Is towards avenins and the southern direction Is wished tor. the w•teh must be planed so • ■ to jet the shade tinder the small hand, as in the morning. If the email hand pointe to IV, the distance front IV to XII around the nenre.t way mUrt be divided; the rexult of this Is II, which gine tbs *outhatly direction, 10. mortbnr- ty direction befog indle•td by the oppo- site ViII. if the sportsman should hap- pen to have left his watob al home and is uncertain an to his wherabonts, ire sborld examine the forest trete, and he w111 find that on the aide where the bark is darkest the northerly winds blew, While the wind for the south Wows en the side where the bark le light. The wealthiest Inhab'tant of Berfla bar as Income of 4740. 000 • year. A HEALTHY WOMAN. Nine -tenths of all the 'differing disease in the w comes from the nays. Tot bow few people there ere abs take any eegagstheal delicalelltdeetiort Back•ehe, Igl■e back, headaehes,lh4 lowness, an signs of kidney trouble, w almost antvrsal. Tltargn's Kidney Pills Tone and regnlate the kidneys and help them to throw off the poison* treat the s• tn. A. prawn, p 0 Hot t s, t r Poe years I w1e d trouble each easaM fa. dlsleael t hard of peoael B1�ley gForew.. ga a sea of them M 5014..,', 1 oseeest sa*W-.' te be�.ay t M1kbe*wa- l.yt- tae it bow's . Mier"