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Exeter Advocate, 1900-1-18, Page 3t. , NONDERS OF TI1E EYE Dr. Talmage s Sermon on the Ystern's imperial Organ THE WINDOWS OF THE SOUL. The Two Groat Lights of the Human kaco-Gow God 110,10r8 the 140-N0t as Mind tint Stninblinir ThrOUCh 010 Heavens. Washington, Jan. 14.—In this dis- course, Dr. Talmage, in his own way, calls attention to that part of the human body never perhaps discoursed upon in the pulpit and challenges us all to the etudy of omniscience; text, :Psalm xciv, 9, "I -le that formed the eye, shall he not see?" The imperial organ of the hunatin system is the eye. All up and down the Bible God honors it, extols it, illustrates it, or arraigns it. Five hundred and thirty -lout times is it mentioned in the Bible. Omnipre- sence—"the eyes of the Lord are -in every place." Divine care -+---"as the apple of the eye." The elouds—"the eyelids 'of the morning." Irreverence —"the eye that moclseth at its father." Pride—"oh, how lofty are their eyes," Ina ttention--"the fool's eye in the ends of the earth. Divine inspection ---•'•wheels . full of eyes." 'Suddenness—"in the twinkling of an eye at the last trunip." Olivetic sere moil—"the light of the body is the eye." This raorning's text, "He that formed the eye, shall he not see?" The surgeons, the doctors, the ana- tomists and the physiologists un- derstand much of the glories of the two great lights of the human race, but the vast multitude go on frora SO 1.1,1al'Vet lously coastructecl ' can see both by day and by night. Many of the other creatures of God MU move the eye only irons side to side, but the human eye, so mar- vellously oonstrueeed, lias one lati$- de to lift the eye and another mus- cle to lower the eye and another muscle to roll lt to the right and another muscle to roll it Lo the left and another muscle passing through a pulley to turn it round and round, an elaborate gearing of six muscles as perfect as Clod could make them. 'nein is also the retina gathering the rays of light and passing the visual impression along the optic nerve about the thickness of the lamp wick, passing the visual ira- pression ons to the sensoritun and on into the soul. What a'. delicate lens, what an exquisite screen, what soft cushions, what wonderful chemistry of 'the human" eye! The eye washed by ,a slow streasn of moisture whe- ther we sleep or wake, , rolling im- perceptibly over the pebble of the eye and emptying into a bone of the nostril, a contrivance so wonderful that it cam see the sun 95,000,000 of miles ' away and the point, ' of a pin. TeleScopo and microscope in the same contrivance. " Tere also is 'the merciful arrange- ment of the tear gland by which the eye is washed and through which rolls the tide which brings relief that comes in tears when .sorne be- reavement or great loss strikes us. The tear not an augmentation of sorrow, but the breaking up of the arctic of frozen grief in the warm gulf stream of cousolation. Inca- pacity to weep is madness or death. Thank God for the tear glands and that the crystal gates are so easily opened. , What an antheni of praise to God is the human eye! The tongue is speechless and a clumsy. instrument of expression as compared with it. Have you riot seen the eye flash with indignation, or kindle with enthusi- cradle to grave without any appre- asm, or expand with devotion, or elation of the two great master- melt with sympathy, or stare with pieces of the Lord Almighty. fright, or leer with villainy, or droop God 11 God had lacked anything of infin- ite wisdom, he would have failed in creating the human eye.' We wan- der through the earth trying to see wonderful sights, but the most wonderful sight we ever see is not so wonderful as the instruments through which we see it. , It has been 'a strange thing to me for BO years that some scientist with, " enough eloquence and magnetism did not go through the, country with illustrated lecture on canvas 30 feet square to startle' and thrill and over.whelm Christendom with the marvels -of the human eye. We want the eye taken from all its technicali- ties and some one who shall lay aside all talk about the pterygomax- illary fissures, the sclerotic. and tlae chiasma of the optic nerve and in plain, common parlance which you and ,I and everybody can understand present 'the subject. We have learned men who have been telling us what, origin is and v'hat we were. Oh, if some one should come forth from the dissecting table and from The class- room of the university and take the platform and, asking the help of the Creator, deuionstrate the won- ders, of what we are! If I refer to the physiological facts suggested by the former part of my ,text, it is only to bring out in plainer way the theological, lessons of the latter part of my 'text, "Be that formed the eye, shall he not see?" I suppose my text referred to the human eye; since it excels all other in structure and adaptation. The eyes of fish, and reptiles and moles and bats are very simple things because they have not much to do. There are insects with a hundred eyes, but the hundred eyes have less faculty than the two human eyes. The black beetle swimming the sum- mer pond has two eyes under . the water and 'two eyes above the water, but the four insectile are not equal to the. two human. Man placed at head of all living creatures must have supreme equipment, while the blind fish in the Mammoth cave of Kentucky have only an undeveloped organ of sight, an apology for the eye, which if through some crevic-e of the mountain they should go into the sunlight might be developed into positive eyesight. In the first chapter of Genesis we find that God without any 'consulta- tion created the light, created the trees, created the fish, created the fowl, but when he was 'about to make mare' he called a convention of divinity, as though to 'imply that all the powers of Godhead were to be enlisted in the achievement. "Let us make man." `Tut a whole ton of emphasis on that word "us." "Let us make man." And if God called a convention of divinity to create man, I think the two great questions in that conference were how to create a „soul and, how to make an appro- priate evindove for that emperor to look out of. To show how God honors the eye, look at the• two halls built for the residence of the eyes. Seven bones making the walls for each eye, the seven bones curiously ' wrought toge- ther. Kingly palace of ivory is con- sidered rich but- the halls for the residence Of the human eyes are rich- er by so much as human bone is more sacred than elephantine tusk,. See how God honored.' the eye when he made a roof for them, so that 'the sweat of toil should not smart them and the rain dashing against the forehead might not drip into ' them; the 'eyebrows not bending over the eye, but reaching to the right and to the left so that the rain and the sweat should be com- pelled to drop upon the cheek in- stead of falling into this divinely protected human eyesight. See how God honored the eye in the fact presented by anatomists and physiologists that there are 800 contrivances in every eye. For win- dow shutters, The eyelids opening and closing '30,000 times a day. Tho eyelashca so constructed that they have their Selection as to what shall be admitted, saying to the dust, "Stay out," and saying to the light, -Come in." For inside cur- tain, the iris or pupil of the eye, according as the light is greater or less, contracting or dilating. The eye of the owl is blind in the day- time, the eyee of some creatures are blind at nightbut the human ove. with sadness, or pale with envy, or Pre with revenge, or twinkle, with mirth, or beam with hive? It is tragedy and comedy and pastoral and lyric in turn. Have you not seen its uplifted brow of surprise, or its frown of wrath, or its contrac- tion of .pain? 11 the eye say one thing and the lips say ,another thing, you believe' the 'eye rather than the lips. • But those best appreciate the value of the eye who have lost it., The Emperor of Adrian by ,accident put out the eye of his servant. "What s nall I pay you•in money or in lands —anything you ask me? 1 am so sorry I put your eye out:" But the servant refused to put any financial estimate on the value of the eye, and when the emperor urged again the matter he said, "Oh, Emperor, I waist nothing but my lost eye;" Alas for those for whom a thick and im- penetrable wall is drawn across the face of the heavens and the face of one's own kindred. That was a pa- thetic scene when a blind' man light - 'ed a torch at night and was found passing along the highway and some .one said, "Why do you carry that torch when you can't see?" "Ah," said he, "I can't see, but I carry this torch that others may see me and pity my helplessness and not run me 'down." How it adds to John Milton's sub- limity of character when we find him at the call of duty, sacrificing his eye- sight. Through studyieg at late hours and trying all kinds of medica- ment to preserve his sight he had for 12 years been coming toward blind- ness, and after awhile one eye was entirely gone. His physician warned him that il he continued he would lose the other eye. But he 'kept on with his work and said afteresitting in total darkness: "The choice lay before me between dereliction of a supreme duty and loss of eyesight. In such a case,I could not listen to the physician, not if Aesculapius hiraself had spoken from his sanctuary. I could not but obey that inward monitor. I know not what spoke to me from heaven." Who of us would have grace enough to sacrifice our eves at the call of duty? loved ones." 'Wee not that glorious? Only thoee who have been restored from utter blind/lees can appreciate the omnipotent blessing of eyesight, To -day I have only 'hinted at the sPlendoss, the glories, the wonders, the divine revelations, the apoc , alyp- ses, of, the human eye and I stag- ger back from the awful portals ef the physiologieal miracle which must haVe tiexed the ingenuity of a God to cry out in your ears the words of nay text, "1 -lo that formed the eye, shall he not see?" H Shall erschel not know. as much as his. telescope?. Shall Fraunhofer not know as much as his spectroscope? Shall ,S1Vconmerdam not,know as much as his inicroscoPe? Shall Dr. Hooke not know as much as his micrometer? Shall the thing CORUNDUM. Carua(itim Depasits in Ontario -Demand For Abroad -Quaiitloii l'ra,1 fl" 1- Now' I n;r, nira ,t ,'y A valuable accession to the list of the mineral produetions of Ontario is likely to result from receet olflcial estplorations of the extensive corune duoi deposits existing in the eastern seetion of the Province, Thongli it has been known for some time that this metal was yielded by the rocks at different points in that district, its presence in Lanark County having been discovered some fifty-one years ego by the late Dr. Henry Hunt, and subsequent 'fends having been. minle from time to thr.eo the first thorough and systematic explore formed know more than its nia leer? g hot, of the eer,mame, coat* it with ti,i?at formed the eye, sba 11 110 eviev to praetical results was that not s The recoil of this question is tre- mendous. We stand at the centre of a, vast circumference of observation, No privacy. On us eyes of cherubim, eyes of seraphim, eyes of archangel, eyes of God. We may riot be able to see the inhabitants of the other worlds, bun perhaps they may be able to see us. We have not optical in- struments strong enough to descry them. Perhaps they have optical in- struments strong enough to descry us. The mole cannot see the eagle midair, but the eagle miclsky an see the .mole raidgrass. Wo are able to see mountains .and caverns of another world, but perhaps the inhabitante of other worlds can, see the toevers of Our cities, the flash of our seas, the marching of our processions, the white robes of Our weddings, the blade scarfs of our obsequies. But human inspectibn and angelic inspection 'and stellar inspection and lunar inspection' and solar inspection are tame as compared with the thought of divine inspection. You converted me 20 years ago," said a colored man to my father. "How so?" said my father. "Twenty years ago," said the other, "in the old schoolhouse prayer meeting at Bound Brook you said in your prayer, 'Thou God seest me," and I had no peace under the eye of God until I became a Christian." Hear it: "The eyes of the Lord are in every place." "His eyelids *try the children of men." "His eyes were as 'a flame of 'fire." will guide thee with mine eye." Oh, the eye of God, so full of pity, so full ol power, so full of love, so full of indignation, so full of compas- sion, so full of, mercy! Ilow it peers through the darkness! How it out-, shines the day 1 How it giares upon the offender! How it beams ,on. the penitent soul! Talk about the len- man eye as being indescribably won- derful—how much more , wonderful the great, searching, overwhelming eye of God! All eternity east and all eternity to come on enat retina. The eyes ,with which we look into each other's face to -day sugget it. It stands written twice on -our face and twice on mine, unless tbrcugh casualty one or both have been ob- literated. "He that formed the eye, shall lie not see?" Oh, the eye of G-od! It sees our sorrows to assuage them, sees our perplexities to disen- tangle them, sees our wants' to sym- pathize evith them. s If we fight him back, the eye of an antagonist. • If we ask his grace, the eye of an ever- lasting- friend. You often find in a 1)00k of -manu- script a star ialling attenion to a footnote or explanation. That star the printer calls an it eterisk . .14 ut all the stars. of the Right !entails ,re asterisks c.q..!ing your ait..erv,ion God. Our every nerve a divine hand- writing. Our every muscle a pulley divinely. swung, 0 tir evory -sculptured with divine sag.gestiy, mess. Our every eye a reflection of the divine eye. • God above us and God beneath us and God before us God behind us and God 'within us. What a stupendous thing to live 1 What a stupendous thing to die!, No such thing as hidden transgression. He is not a blind giant stumbling through the heavens. He is not a blind monarch feeling for the step of his chariot. Are you wronged? He sees it. Are You poor? He sees it. Have you domestic pe.rturbation of which the world knows nothing? He sees it. "Oh," you say, "my affairs are so insignificant I .can't realize 'that God se,es me and sees my af- fairs!," Can you see the point of a pin? Can you see the eye of a need- le? Can you see a rnote in the sun- bearo.? And has God given you that power of minute observation and does he not possess it himself? "Be that formed the eye, shall he not see?" A legend of St. Frotobert is that his mother, was blind and he was so sorely pitiful for the naisforturie that one day in sympathy he kissed her eyestend by miracle she saw every- thing. But it is not a legend when I tell you that all the blind 'eyee of the Christian dead under the kiss of, the resurrection naorn shall glorious- ly open. Oh, what a day that will - be for those who went groping throngh this world under perpetual obscuration or were dependent, on the hand of a frienor ,with an un- certain d ain staff felt the way, and for the aged of clim sight, about whom it might be Said that "they which look out of the windows be darken - when eternal daybreak comes in! Iihat a beautiful epitaph that was for a tombstone in a European ceme- tery: "Here reposes in God Katrina, a saint, 85 years Of age and blind. The light was restored to her May 10 1840." But, thank God, some have been enabled to see without very ,good eyes. General Havelock, the son of the more famous' General Havelock, told me this concerning his father: In India, while his father and him- self, with the army, were encamped one evening tirne after a long march, General Havelock called up his sol- diers and addressed them, saying in words as near as I can recollect: "Soldiers, there are two or three hundred women, children and men at Ca,wnpur at the mercy of Nana Sa- hib and` his butchers. Those poor people may any hour be sacrificed. How many of you `will go with me for the rescue of those, women and children? I know you are all worn out, and, so am I, but all those who will march with me to save those women arid children hold up your hand." Then Havelo.c,k. said: "It is almost, bark, and my eyesight is. very poor, and I cannot see your raised hands, but I know they are all up. Forward Caevnpur!" That 'hero's eyes, • though almost , Odin- guishe.d in the service of God and his country, could see across India and across the centuries. A surgeon, riding up one evening, gave his horses into the care of the blind groom Late at night the tra- veling surgeon went, to the stables and found the groom Still at work upon the horses, and the -grateful and sympathetic surgeon resolved in the morning to reward the blind, groom with money. But in- the night the surgeon bethought himself that per- haps he could give the groom some- thing better than money. In the niorning he said to the blind groom, "Step out into ,the sunshine! You are 40 years of age. I could surely have cured your blindness if 1 had seen you sooner, but come to Paris, and I will give you sight if you do not die unde'r tlie operation .°' Pay- ing the poorman's way to Paris, the operation was successful. For the first time the man saev his wife and children, and having taken a good loon at them he turned and said, 'La tnrc look 00 MY friend the sur- geon, who Juts opened al i this.beauti- ful world to Inc and shown 01e my undertaken by Prof. W. a. Miller of the Kingston School of Mines, who was engaged for the work by the Proytheial Government during the seasons of 1897 and 1898. - His special report appears in the second part of the Bureau of Mines report for 1899, together with other Papers treating of corundum and embodying some important facts as to the de-, posits of the metal in Ontario, the demand for it abroad, and the pros- pects for its successful development as a commercial product: Wilerii it in FolltIti, A MODERN GIANT Pow tie was Cougaered by Tiny, but Vicious Eneoly. Toronto, December 23.—Among the older generation, in Mulniur end Mouo townships, Sinicoe couaty, ne nan is better known, nor More high- ly esteemed than William Hall, form- erly of' Mono, -but now a prominent Toronto contractor. Mr. Hall, in his younger daye was a carpenter. He WEIS also the strongest man in the two toeviiships. All athletic sports were his delight, and in them all he excell- ed. ills reputation as a meehanic was equally high. ' Tlie principal edrundum-bearing belt runs from northeast to south- west through the counties , of Ren- frew, I-lastings and Haliburton and there are also exteesiVe areas in Pe- terboro and Frontenae. The total area of the inain band where the metal is found, is about 300 square miles. The formation of much of the rock ,being known as ,nepheline syenite, This also yields consider- able quantities of aluminum, a metal greatly' in demand in the 'United States, where its production has risen in the ten years ending with 1897 from 19,000 pounds valued at $3.42 per pound, -to 4,000,000 at 371/2 cents per pound, the cheapening in price being due to the adoption of new and improved processes. Whether the aluminum present in the corun- dum -bearing rock cap be profitably extracted depends entirely upon whether some further reduction in the cost of the process can be ef- fected. Its Value Iii msnufseturing. Corundum is mainly* of value as an abrasive in connection with steel and iron manufactures—being especi- ally well adapted for saw sharpen- ing, roll grinding, spindle grinding and surface work on hardened steel. Large quantities of abrasives are used in the factories of the United States, the principal sources of the corundum supply outside of the do- mestic product being India and Rus- sia. It is difficult to get accurate statistics as to the yield of the American mines, as the producers are averse to giving such information. In S. Goverament reports . give the total home production of corundum and emery—which is used for the same purpose --in 1898 at 4,064 tons of the value of $275,064. The value of emery grains and imported into the United States in 1897 was about $130,000, and in 1898 it was 'about $133,399. Mich of 1 e American corundum is produced in North Caro- lina, but the supply of small, and though prospecting is being actively carried on in that State, there has not been much success he the discov- ery of new deposits. English manu- facturers have some difficulty in ob- taining adequate supplies of corun- dum of good quality. Quality 40 Ontario Corundum. The Ontario rock, from all the facts which are procurable, appears to be fully equal in the perceutage of yield to any with which it will have to conepete. Mill tests of the Hast- ings rock were made in 1898 by Prof. De Kalb, according to which the corundtun obtained from one sample of 500 pounds represented 12.74 pee cent., and in another sample of 1,- ,250 pounds, the metal secured was 15.50 per cent. of the rock tested, The ,yield of the Indian rocks is very low, being but 3.5 per cent. A United States report gives 15 per cent. as the average from one vein, and the material of a larger de- posit is vaguely said to average probably 10 to 1.5 per cent. of corun- dum. The quality of the Optario ar- ticle is said to be superior to that of the Indian corundum, and a series of experimental tests between the Hast- ings County metal and American corundum and carborundum made by the Hart Emery Wheel Co. of Hamil- ton, fully sustained the high expecta- tions formed as to the Ontario pro- duct.. Samples have been sent to different manufacturers, both in the United 'States and Europe, and very satisfactory replies as to its suitable- ness for industrial purposes received. A number of wheels, together with bricks, rounds and triangles made of Ontario corunduM by different manu- facturers have been sent. to Paris, where they will be shown at the Ex- position of 1900." A Boginaing The corundum belt which lies in the Free Grant District, has been To Moho Glosswere Shine, Tumblers and wine glasses should be washed in hot water and rinsed in cold, and should be dried with a clean cloth as soon as possible, and D when perfectly dry rubbed with tis- sue paper. For cruets decanters, etc. tear up some 'clean newspapers into pieces about as big as ten -cent pieces, put into bottles, half-filled with warm water; give bottles a rotary motion. When clean, decant and a little practice throws out the paper. They will be as bright as new. To lean glasses—wine glisses especially' —which have become discolored on edges, use cigar ashes, friction end a damp cloth. ,Some people are equally as dleasereta $I))�s.s the truth. 'TO Hall bad liven, nearly every Atent medicine" on the Market a patient, fair and faithful triol before begin- ning to use Dr. Arnold's L'nglisla Toxirx Pills and that not One of them did him the slightest noticeable good., Then say whether or not we aro justified in claiming that 'Dr. Al..' nold's English Toxins Pills are the Only medicine known to -day that is a positive cure for Rheumatisni, They are the only medioine that kills the germs that cause rheumatism. This is the one and only way to cure the disease. Dr. Arnold's lehig'lish Toxin PiliK,› the medicine that cures disease by ladling the germs that cense it, are sold by all druggists at 75e. a box; sample size 215e,, or sent post paid on receipt of price by The Arnold Chem- ical Go,, Limited, °amnia Life Build- ing, 42 King Street West, Toronto. Some years -.ago, Mr. .Hall was caught in a terific rain storm, while returning home on foot, along a coun- try road, a portion of which was " corduroy," running through an ex- tensive swamp. In the darkness, he got off the road, aud stepped into the slush and mud through which the road was built. Ile sank to the waist, and only with the greatest difficulty was able to rescue himself. Next morning he was in a raging fever, the result of the exposure, which would have killed half a dozen ordinary men. It was several weeks before he was well, and'when he left Isis bed his left leg was four inches shorter than the right. • Rheumatism of the most extreme type had followed his stormy adventure, and, as the doc- tors said, crippled him for life. Only those who have suffered with Rheumatism can imagine the tortures he endured. Day and night, the agony burned into his nerves and nauscles, making his life a ceaseless round of torment. Doctor after doe - tor treated him. Some proposed to chisel a piece out of the bone of, the leg; others said nothing could do him any good. The surgical staff of the Western Hospital, and a score of visiting physicians examined him and decided he could never be cured. One doctor bled him, drawing away a large atiamtity of thick, stringy, dark - colored blood, heavily impregnated with pus. Even this did no perman- ent good. Liniments, oils, and scores Of "patent, medicines" were tried without avail. Every one believed there was nothing for it but to ,suffer till the end. 'Mr. Hall found greater and emitter difficulty every day, in moving about. To walk a few yards was hard labor. One day recently he read of Dr. Arnold's English Toxin Pills, and concluded to try them. He did so, and was amazed to find that his pains grew markedly legs. He purchased a further supply of the pills; and used them. As he did so,- his sufferings ceased entirely; strength and flexi- bility returned to the once stiff and tortured limb, and health came back to him in all its vigor. He is enthusiastic in his praises of ,Dr. Arnold's English Toxin Pills, which did for hina what the doctors and all other medicines in. Canada f ail- ed to do—gave him the power to walk, gave him freedom from pain, gave him strength, health and energy. Though he is nearing the full measure of the three -score and ten years allot- ted as a man's life, he is infinitely more sprightly, more quick and sure on his feet, than many a man in the full flush of manhood. Taking these facts into considera- tion, his complete recovery is the more marvellous. Just reflect that the most skilful doctors in , Toronto and vicinity were unable to do more than give him temporary relief; that differ- ent physicians pronounced his case utterly incurable, that the staff of' a city hospital failed to' find any means of aid for the sufferer, and then re- menaberthat a few boxes of Dr. Ar- nold's English Toxin Pills made a new man of him—practically renewed his lease of life—and say whether Dr. Arnold's English Toxin Pills are not deserving of a place in every household. Remember also, that Mr. , withdrawn from settlement and min- ing rights can 'Only be sectired on lease. . The Canadian Corundum Co., who haVe agreed to lease considerable areas, are under contract to expend $10,0,000 in developing the mines be- fore July. 1, 1902, and will make a series of test exPeriments to 'dis- covei, whether inaterials of comp-tar- t:Jar' value, especially aluminum, , can profitably be produced , from corun- dum-yieldiag rock. Should such a process be discovered the industry will be established on an assured foundatien and the remunerativeness of corundum juiflirlg greatly:, in- creased. , A Rollo of the Light Brigade's Charge. A soldier's mouldy ,hat has jest been found under a huge stone in the ''Valley of Death" at Balaclava. Some boys had shifted the bowlder, ae bees had built a nest beneath it, and the youngsters wanted to get .at the honoy From the d OSI of the badge it is evideut Chat the headgear belonged to a trooper of the. Seventh iancers, a corps which .was included itt the immortal '11,ight Brigta.de. tOME COVETED SCRAWLS, Rare Autographs For AVItiell I ILlen,40 Prices Have Been Paid, The most prized autographs in the world are those of Shakespeare. On- ly seven are claimed to exist, three signatures to his will (each With e different spelling), two to conveyances of property, one in the folio edition a his plays (doubtful) and one iu a Tallow translation of Montaigne. Tbis last is in the British museum and cost overt 3,000 guineas. One thousand guineas was the price) given by the late Mr. Alfred Morrta son of 'Carlton House terrace for ati autograph letter written by Marie Stuart to the archbishop of Guise:. This and two other letters (one to tbe, pope and the, other to the king eel' France) wore! written by the unfortu- nate queen of Scots on the morning 02 her execution. The letter to the Frencla king was destroyed during the daye die terror, while that to the pope is still preserved at the Vatican. The well known bookseller Bernard Quaritch gave £1,000 for an autograpb of Columbus, which was exhibited at the World's fair at Chicago. A Chi-' cago autograph dealer is said te have offered to give $100,000, or over 000, for a genuine autograph of Shakespeare if brought to him within a year of 'making his offer. It was a safe bluff, for since the tragic fate tet Chatterton no forger has cared to tackle' the quaint scrawl of the Bard eft Avon.—Collier's Weekly. A CATASTROPHE. But the Vegetarian Thought That Was a Joke. He clambered aboard the Pontiac car at Royal Oak early. The conductor was mad becaisse he was compelled tie stop long enough for the boy to ioadl on a crate of pigeons that he had sold, to a game dealer on Woodward avennea- bet ween Elizabeth and Columbine streets. , He gave the bellcord a vicious jerk} finally. The car shot forward seeming» ly at the rate of a mile ixe minute to make up the time lost in taking the bolt and his crate aboard. It was a daizzig morning, and the steps of all the care were as slippery as Ice, particularlz? those long sideboards of the suburban At Columbia street the boy gave tbe signal to the conductor, and he jerked' the bell rope again. The car slackened speed. Stooping, the boy picked up hie crate 'of frightened pigeons. Thinking the speed had lessened sufficiently fax him to alight in safety, he stepped down, balanced himself an instant- - — — ! ! I * * * • It was all on account of the rola. He yelled as his feet flew out front under him. Still clutching his wabbig lath crate, he turned a back somersaallf) in the alr and came down fiat upon it The car had stopped at Elizabeth Street. The smokers on the back plat- form heard the crate crack and saw it give way beneath the weight of thill boy. And out from under him, before bei could rise even, rose 24 doves and winged their flight into the higher air. The car resumed its run. There ha the middle of the street stood the boy. nso held the brokeu crate in one hand, and he stared woefully up into the clouds, where soared his pigeons. Maybe there were tears in bis eyes— At any rate, a vegetarian on the haat platform was heard to remark, "Pan dum glad of it!"—Detroit Free Press. unappreciative. ..sran I sing 'Because I Love You?* asked Airs. Darley as she seated here self at the piano. replied , Mr. Darley, who 16 la brute. "If you love me, don't sing." -'s Detroit Free Press, spanish Are Charitable. The Spanisb are among the moel charitable people on earth. Without poor tax, Spanish ccanneunities of 5413se 000 self supporters feed a pauper eatQA ulation of 5,000 or more.' i Outgrown It "Paw," asked Tommy, "what l'osw, Comes of a cowboy when- he grown up7" "I presume he becomes a horseman my son," replied Mr. Tucker. "Doti''d' bother me with foolish questione,"-s? Chicago Tribune.