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CHAPTER XL.
Philippa, Duchess of IlazIewood,
was sitting in the superb drawing-
xooni at Vere Court. Ikwas some time
-since she had left town, but she had
brought some portion of the gay world
back with her. The court was filled
with visitors, and nothing was
-thought of but brilliant festivities
and amusement. The duchess was
'queen of all gayety; the time that had
passed had simply added to her
beauty—she was now one of the hand-
•somest women in society.
It was a warm day, the last day in
June, and Vere Court had never seem-
ed so brilliant. The lovely young
,-tluchess had withdrawn for a short
time from her guests. Most of them
had gone out riding or driving. There
Was to be a grand ball that evening
and her grace of Hazlewood did not
'wish to fatigue herself before it came
-off. As for driving or riding in the hot
sun simply because the day was fine
and .the country fair, she did not be-
lieve in it. She had retired to her
drawing -room; a soft couch had been
placed near one of the open -windows,
and the breeze that came in was
heavy with perflthe. On the stand by
iher side lay a richly -jeweled fan, a
bottle of sweet scent, a bouquet of
'heliotrope—her favorite flower—and
one or two books which she had se-
,/ lacked to read. She lay, with her &lir,
1Pe queenly head on the soft cushion of
crimson velvet in an attitude that
'would have charmed a painter. Rat
the duchess was not wasting the light
of her dark eyes over a book. She
had closed them, as a flower closes
its leaves in the heat of the sun. As
she lay there, beautiful, languid,
graceful, the picture she formed was
a marvelously rich study of color. So
thought the duke, who unheard by
her, had entered the room.
Everything had prospered with his
grace. He had always been extremely
wealthly, but his wealth had been
4 ncreased in a sudden and =expect-
ed fashion. On one of his estates in
d.be north a vein of coal had been dis-
•eovered, which was one of the richest
in England. The proceeds of it edded
wonderfully to his income, and
promised to add still more. No luxury
was wanting; the duchess had all that
her heart, even in its wildest caprices,
could desire. The duke loved her with
as keen and passionate a love as ever.
He had refused to go out this morning
because she had not gone; and now
he stood watching her, with some-
thing like adoration in his face—the
beautiful woman in her flowing dra-
peries of amber and white. He went
up to her and touched her brow light-
ly with his lips.
"Are you asleep, my darling?" he
asked.
• "No," she replied, (meting her
eyes.
"I hate something to read to you—
something wonderful."
She roused herself.
"Your geese are generally mans,
;Vere. 'What is the Wonder?"
"Listen Philippa;" and, as the duke
*canned the newspaper in his hands,
he sang the first few lines of his fav-
orite song:
" ' *Cement...Philippa. sat in her bower
—MeV ---
"Ah, here it is !" he broke off. "1
a man eiouwyl MisedP 5o.LTE
am sure you will say that this is
wonderful. It explains all that I could
not understandseand, for Arleigh's
sake, I am glad, though what you
. will say to it, l'cannot think,"
And, sitting down by her side, he
read to her the newspaper account of
the Arleigh rotna.nce. •
He read it without interruption, and
'the queenly woman listening to him
knew that her revenge had failed,
'.and ethat, instead of peniehine. the
man 'who had slighted her love,she
!had given him one of the sweetest,
:noblest and wealthiest girls in Eng-
land. She know then her vengeance
eaad failed—that the had simply
jrowned Lord Arleigh's life with the
IQ Ve of a devoted wile.
When the duke looked up from his
earinereinesee whatnetatathonettestLef
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CUlelED BY
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Mrs. Willard Tower, Hillsboro, N.B.;
writes: "I have suffered something Awful
with sick headache. At times I would
become bilious, and would have setiete
pains in my storeach afttir `eating, aid
have a bad taste in my riloutit every
morning, 1 told seine of my. friends
about it and 1 Was advised to use Mil.
buries Lam -Lever PilTs. This 'tied 'laid
And they cured me."
When the liver beeeniii shiegiat
inactive, the bowels became constipated,
the tongee betomee enete, theettornach`
;foul anti efekend Hilleeplactrdethee ocvur,
Milberiee Laza-Livei 'Pills clean the
IOW coated teepee and Stomach and
littniseetlie til8airtneeliteittlifalike
Milburn'e Lehi -Lever Pills are 25e.
per vial, 5 'vials for e1.00, et all dealers,
or mailed direct en receipt of price by
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e sew the etse'll-ieenelte
had quietly fainted away, and lay
with the pallor of death on her face.
He believed that the heat was the
cause, and never suspected his wife's
share in the story.
She recovered after a few minutes.
She did not know whether she was
glad or sorry at what she had heard.
She had said once before of herself
that she was not strong enough to
be thoroughly wicked—and sbe was
right.
• *
• • •
A year had elapsed, and Lord Ar-
leigh and his wife were in town for
the season, and were, as a matter of
course, the objects of much curiosity.
He was sitting one evening in the
drawing -room of his town -house,
when one of the servants told him
that a lady wished to see him. He
inquired her name, and was told thai
she declined to give it. Ile ordered
her to be shown into the room where
he was, and presently there entered
a tall, stately lady, whose face was
closely veiled; but the imperial
figure, the stately grace were quite
familiar to him.
"Philippa!" he cried, in astonish-
ment.
Then she raised her veil, and once
again he saw the grandly -beautiful
face of the woman who had loved him
with sr oh passionate love.
"Phil:ppal" 'he repeated.
"Yes," said the duchess, calmly.
"And do you know why I am here?"
"I cannot even guess," he replied.
am here to implore your par-
don," she announced, with deep
humility --"to tell you, that neither by
night nor by day, since I planned
and carried out my revenge, have
known peace. I shall neither live nor
die in peace unless you forgive rare,
Norrnan."
She bent her beautiful, haughty
head before him—her eyes were full
of tears.
"You will forgive me, Norman?"
she said, in her low, rich voice.
"Remember that it was love for you
which bereft me of my reason and
drove me mad—love for you. You
should pardon me."
Leaving her standing there, Lord
Arieigh drew aside the velvet hang.
ings and disappeared. In a few mo-
ments he returned, .leading his wife
by the hand.
"Philippa." he said, gravely, "tell
my wife your errand; hear what she
says. We will abide by her deciskea."
At first the duchess drew back with
a haughty gesture.
"It was you I came to see," she
said to Lord Arleigh; and then the
sweet lace touched her and her bet
ter self prevailed.
"Madeline," she said, quietly,
"you have suffered much through inc
—will you pardon mer'
The next moment Lady Arleigh's
arms were clasped round her neck,
and the pure, sweet lips toothed her
own -
'11 was because you loved him,"
ithe whispered, "and 1 forgive you."
The Duke of Hazlewood did not un-
derstand the quarrel between his wife
and Lord Arline; nor did he quite
understand the reconciliation; still he
is very pleased that they are recon-
ciled, for he lilies Lord. Arleigh' bet-
ter than 'one friend' he has ever had.
He fancies, too, that his beautiful
wife always seems kinder to him when
she has been spending some little
time with Lady Arleigh.
In the gallery at Verdun Royal
there is a einetinih'Picture palled
"The Little Lovers.."The figures in
it are 'those of a 'dark-haired, hand-
some bcy of thine, 'whose hand is
filled with cherries, and a lovely little
girl, with hair like sunshine and a
face Ince a tesebed, him is aeoepting
the rich, ripe fruit. Those who un-
derstand smile is they look at this
pranting, fee the clerk -haired boy is
the son amt herr of the Duke of Ha:1es
wood, and the fair -faced giri is Lord
Arleigh's, daughter.
' 'The Reel of Mountdean and his
wife, nee Lady Lily Gordon, once
went to Bee that ptcture, and, as they
steed' sitailitig Wien ' it, he said :,
"It may ineeimte what lies in the
intenee. Let us hope it does; for the
greatest g.ift of Heaven is the love
of a good and pure -minded wile."
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437. 1 have Been gum wonderful tithe
eitte.h Were 'lin Sole with 'awe
(whoever that is)e 1iineet a babied
guars witclelieenrfainereileth top shone
When Ater father dryly her !tune his
dein eager in the furst reel. SeVeri.
YeOte biter
wen She srettrned 2 Wee
Vila, ed.:bye (he *agethe redly 2
Croak; She had au thee stem shoes.
VietelielihOwn'tietthieele'lmposaible In
:the rrefilts.Inigelial buy -me Nutt
Oboes. likeeetherbenTenveioIIlns, Jr.,
ID ehede and hievie ,lienthly.
• • Sten and the Camel.
When Min flrst saw the camel, be
eratiktfriglateeed at his vain size 'Hitt
aWaY, After a time, perceihthg
elteemeeknees en& gentleness of 'Mt
tele**, ituiliseeited etherize ens:teen
tietiPlittineh bine Beenhtfterwardeote ;
*erring that be was ati anlatal mite -
each boldness as to put bridle in Ms
liestith Ind to set child to drive hies.
17se series to Overeene tread. -.-Front
Aetiop*s Fablen
PUFFING UP THE OYSTER.—
Showing How Easily Four Quarts May
Be Swelled Into Five.
Adulteration of oysters on the half
shell, freshly opened, might be thought
as difficult as adulteration of unpeeled
fruit. But the purists to whom all
things are impure bave discovered that
oysters are "adulterated" by soaking
them in fresh water, It is not suggest.
ed that the water is unwholesome,
either for the oysters or those who
eat them. But that is not to the point.
These things are all arranged for as at
Washington, and the department of
agriculture, which is particularly de-
voted to oyster culture, has issued a
formal statement to all and sundry re-
garding the heinous practice of mak-
ing oysters look plump and white by
soaking them in water. It is official
information that if four quarts of
oysters and a quart of fresh water are
placed in a five quart container and
the mixture allowed to stand for sev-
eral hours there will be a marked
change in the appearance of the con-
tents of the container. To the naked
eye there will appear to be five quarts
'of dry • oysters, for the container will
be full and there will be little or no
water in sight, it being on the inside
of the plump, succulent looking oys-
tors. The average purchaser has no
means of detecting the addition of wa-
ter.
That relates only to "shucked" oys-
ters. Half shell oysters "drink" water,
and thus undersized oysters may be
converted into "select," beyond the
detection of any but a chemist The
purpose of publishing these facts is
to make it known to all lawbreakers
and oyster caterers that all such oys-
ters are "adulterated under section 7
of the food and drugs act," which pro-
vides that food is adulterated "if a
substance has been substituted in
whole or in part for the article."
LAW OF MOTION.
Why a Ball Follows You if Thrown in
the Air While You Walk.
When you throw a ball into the air
while moving your body forward or
backward, either slowly or fast, the
ball partakes of two motions—the up-
ward and the forward Or backward
motion of your body. The ball possess.
ed the motioxi of your body before it
left your hand to go up into the air be-
cause .your body was moving before
you threw it up, and the ball was a
part of you at the time.
Itytiu ate' Moving forward up to the
time you throw the ball into the air
and stop as soon as you let go of the
ball, it will fall at some distance from
you. ' Also if You throw the ball up
from a standing position and move
forward as soon as the ball leaves
your hand the .ball will fall . bebind
you, provided you actually threw it
straight up.
Of course you know that the earth
Is moving many miles per hour on its
axis and that When you throw a ball
straight into the air from a standing
position, the earth set' yourself, as
well as the ball, move with the earth
a long distance before the ball comes
down again. The relative position is,
however, the seise. We get our sense
of Motion by a comparison with other
objects. If you are in a train that is
moving swiftly and another train goes
by in the opposite direction, moving
jest an, fast, you seem to 'b going
twit* as fast as you really are. Itthe
train on the Other' 'Week, however, is
going at the same rate of speed and its
the same direction as you are ycin
appetieto bo standing still. '
Going that to the ball again, you
find that it always partakes Og
the Motion of the body holding it in
addition to the motion given when it is
thrtiern np.
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Old l'ime Crinoline.
:The erinollavenndee an0thername-
ns
known and denounced in the
eighteenth century,' as witness the
Pamthlet Pliblished in England in lit415
Maier title of "The Enormous Abomi-
nation tif thee -Mtge Pettleotit,`)4id this
EashionpNow • 4i
4t -that tirat the boole eleutille
Whalebene, wag often "so large as,t0
011 the space of six men," and in 17$4
a" writer in the Connoisseur Speaks— oe
'46sopft" capable of contracting or ere
rending 'Troia the Bien of a better
churn id thedrenaiferente 'Sat' three
hogsheede."
4 !Opined the Kim& Eyes.
Wben Pomelon, was almoner to,tonie
%LW. Me realest* wit it' 1'_
*Id one Sunday, ‘Initead of the tenet
firovrded congregation, On1y himself,
and the West. "'What is the nelent
thier said the king. "I canted it tie
he:bvinanet," !tidied the prelate, "that
Yofb majesty did not attend chapel
Way, .that you might se who it waif
that came here to worship Oisd sil
rilko to latter the king."
Many Women Suffer
From Pains In'the Back.
When the back begins to ache it is s
sure sign that there is something radical',
wrong with the kidneys.
What You want is a kidney medicine.
Doan's Kidney Pills are not a cure-all,
but a medicine for the kidneys only.
Mrs, L. Melanson, Plympton, N.S.,
writes: "I am sending you this testi-
monial, telling you what a wonderful
cure Doan's Kidney Pills made for me.
Por years I had suffered so with my kid-
neys I could hardly do my housework.
I used several kinds of pills, but none of
them seemed to be doing me any good.
At last I was advised to try a box of
Doan's Kidney Pills, When I had
taken the first box I found relief. 1 have
used five boxes and to -day I feel like a
new woman. I cannot recommend them
too highly."
Doan's Kidney Pills bear the trade
mark of a Maple Leaf and are put up in
an oblong grey box. See that you get
"Doan's" when you ask for them. ,
Price 50c. a box, 3 for $1.25, at all
dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of
price by Tug T. MiLnuata Co., laurrgn,
Toronto, Ont.
When ordering direct specify "Doan's."
The Attainment of the Best.
Earnest desire for the attainment of
the best is rightly accounted one of
the mainsprings of the progressive
Christian life. Directed toward noble
ends, and given worthy channels to
work in, Christian ambition leads to
the summit of highest blessing. But
in every plan and purpose the divine
guidance and blessing is conditional
upon ac,knowledgment of God. The
path must lead, not self -ward, hut
God -ward.
The ambition of James and John
was unholy because it was selfish.
How it all comes out in their request
to Jesus: "Grant unto us that we may
sit, the one on Thy right hand and
the other on Thy left, in Thy glory !"
They, sought their own exaltation.
Jesus shows us the better way, and
his ideal is fast becoming the ideal
of the world. Ile points out the ambi-
tion that will always bless and never
curse: "Whosoever will be great
among you, let him be your minister;
and whosoever will be chiefest, let
him be the servant of all." That, He
went on to say, is my law of life, for
"the Son of man came not to be min-
istered unto, but to minister, and give
His life a ransom for many." The holy
ambition that leads without fail to the
highest levels is the ambition to serve;
to do the largest amount of good we
can; to give all that we can possibly
give; to lift every pound that we may
from the shoulders of those who are
crushed into the dust; to wipe away
every tear that we can dry; to right
every wrong we may right; and to be
a blessing to every needy soul we may
chance to meet on the highway of life.
He is the greatest who serves best.
That is the path of highest honor and
truest satisfaction.
Every man makes choice of his own
way as well as his own ambitions.
Jesus asks: "What would ye?" Let us
be careful to forget all about seats
and choose the Master's cup and the
path of service. That path alone leads
to the highest levels.
Norse Anchor Story Correct.
The finding of a Norse anchor at
Crookston is now an established fact,
though how it came to be there can-
not be satisfactorily explained. It was
lying in clay, which apparently had
not been disturbed for centuries, and
the discovery will be carefully follow-
ed up with the hope that other relics
may be unearthed. The anchor will
be sent to the Smithsonian Institute.
It is thought the anchor may be a
relic of a little band of Norsemen
whom Leif Erikson left at the coast
of North America centuries ago, the
presumption being that at that time
the Red River Valley was a portion of
Lake Winnipeg, making navigation
from the Atlantic to Dakota possible.
The Paint of View.
"The darkest cloud hes a silver the
Ing," remarked the optimist.
"But it is a dark cloud, just tint
same," insisted the Denim/et—Ex.
change.
Silly Fellow.
"Yon ere the only girl that can make
me happy."
"Are you sure?
"Yes; I have tried all the other." -'v
Philadelphia Record.
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PRISONERS OF WAR
In Firmer Tidies They Were Held
as Virtual Slaves.
HAD TO EARN THEIR LIBERTY.
Then the System of Ransom Arose
and With It Cruel Abuses and a Law,
less Traffic In Captives—Rules That
Govern Civilized Nations Today.
Tho prisoner 01 war in our day is
subject of an elaborate code of ru
drawn up at meeteags of The Ha
peace conference. No property m
be taken from hina except arms a
nailitary equipment. He must not
kept in close confinement if that c
be avoided, and if possible his par
must be accepted. He may be set
any work for which he is reasona
fitted—although officers are not bo
to work—but he must be allowed
similar standard of life and credi
with a similar scale of pay to tb
which obtains among tbe soldier -a
Icer s of the conquering nation.
When set free the cost of his main
mance will be deducted and he Will
ceive the balance in cash. He may
shot when trying to escape, but
caught alive he must not be punish
except by curtailment of his libert
These are a few of the many rules
which all civilized nations are no
bound in regard to their prisoners
war.
Among savage men the destiny of
prisoner was to be eaten, massacred
cold blood or tortured for sport, until
dawned one day upon some primiti
political economist that a live capti
had labor value, and so arose the les free tution of slavery. Among peopl
like the Teutons, war prisoners we
the only slaves allowed, and th
might in time earn their freed
This idea of commutation became t
custom of medieval Europe, appli
as "prize money" to ships and "r
sone" to individuals, All office
could claim the right to offer a reaso
able ransom, which went into th
pocket of the captor. Sometimes o
cers would ransom a whole troop
their men.
Kings or great captains were ra
somed by their nations. Richard t
Lion Heart had a woeful time of
until England ransomed him from t
Emperor Henry. King John of France
taken at Poitiers by the Black Princ
was held by England to ransom un
the Duke of Anjou came as hostag
while John went to raise the neces
eery cash. King David of Scotian
captured by Queen Eleanor, never pe
suaded the thrifty Scots to pay th
whole of his ransom and became a d
pendent as a consequence.
In Froissart's engaging claroniel
you may read how bands of mexcena
troops quarreled with gallant and ire
petuous commanders, whose only o
jest was the destruction of the enem
The mercenaries were out to take pri
oners and trade in the ransoms. Th
traffic gave rise to infinite abuses, in
eluding torture and all manner of Ms
honesty. Six John Falstaff—Shak
speare's Falstaff—was notorious fo
an extensive and unscrupulous traffi
in ransoms. Yet it was not until du
ing the eighteenth century wars tha
an agreement to end the custom Iva
come to between the Etroueati com-
manders. Even then it lingered on in
practice until the eve of the Napoleonl
wars, when it was swept away for th
newer idea of exchange of prisoners
rank for rank.
One great cheese brought about b
the new system was that the Prisoners
became a state care and responsibility
Whether this change made for greater
humaneness of treatment depended in
part upon the conquering nation, but
even more upon the individual gover-
or or jailer; This may be seen in the
varying accounts eve have of the con-
done of prisoners of war in' England
uring the long struggle with Napoleon.
In these prisons the inmates made
arieus articles df commercial
uch as straw' plait, which were
ought of theta by dealers for a renter-
ble sum, the proceeds procuring them
few trifling comforts and the luxury
f tobacco, or affording the bribes tee-
ssary for the smuggling out of letters.
Mere tolerable Wes the fate of those
Wed 'on perole in seen. towns as
heeterfield, where they endured ac -
al confinement under gated Only at
ght, being free 'within certain bohnds
urilag the day, en many cases, iis time
ent by, prisoners who had won the
nfidenee of their guards became
lrtually free hi all respects, starting
orkshops as cithinetutakers, ete., or
eftehinn music on 'tench to
e children tiethe 'to do. Their
itlity and Paliteness boon wade
ee15very pee:tine with the bliffit and
carious Derbyshire toik, and (mite
umber of them married and settled
own in the Chesterfield district, where
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For Infants and Children.
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FRAMING PICTURES.
rh. Art Reached 1;.s Climax In Italy
In the Sixteenth Century.
It is a significant sign of the unim-
portance accorded to picture frames
that in attempting any research on
the subject me can only discover an
occasional notice of some individual
frame among a mass of detail coniprie-
ed under the generic title of "Frames,"
which lenges from chimney pieces,
door furniture and girandoles down to
the designs employed in book illustra-
tion, called by the Frencli "car -
touches."
Only in Italy was tbe art of picture
framing a fine art, and the examples
worth studying belong almost entirely
to that country.
Picture frames are of comparatively
modern origin, for during the long per-
iod of the middle ages such portable
pictures as existed were inclosed in
wooden cases with doors and had, con.
sequently, no frames, while mirrors
were not yet in existence. It was not
till life became more settled and
houses were considered in relation to
peace as well as -war that the custom
began to prevail of placing pictures on
walls. They start, therefore, in the
fifteenth century and are at the height
of their perfection in the sixteenth.
From the earliest times Italian art-
ists knew that for a palating to be
rightly appreciated it was necessary
to inclose it in e kind of surrounding.
They knew, too, tbat it could never be
a matter of caprice *What that particu-
lar surrounding should be, but that it
must be chosen scientifically and with
due regard to the effect of the palating
on the spectator and of the whole as a
work of art
It is only necessary to study the flue
examples that are still in existence
frora the best period of this art, which
appears to have been exclusively Ital-
ian, to realize that neither chance nor
fashion entered into it On the con.
trary, it was the outcome of an in.
stinctive aesthetic sentiment of feeling
for the beautiful in conjunction erttla
an almost scientific appreciation of
what would enhance the intelligentim-
derstanding of the picture. Whether
we look at them in their richness or
their timplicity, we shall note that the
structure of the frame was first stare.
fully studied and adapted to fts per'.
p085 of suitably inclosing the picture
and that its subsequent enelehmeste
whether by modeling, gilding, painting
or however, lost their native character,
and coming under French intestine" be-
came more and more debalied until all
sobriety or tteatment diss0earede-
Sctibner's.
Didn't Try Any Soft Soap.
"Cro!" sald the giri. "I wash 3329
handsi of yob."
"Before you do aily band washing
better take or that ring I gave You." De
retorted frigidlY.
Memory Trainine.
"I have decided," remarked Senator
Solghtim, "to train My teetoory."
"What systetn will you user
"I don't know. I'm looking for one
that will enable me, when 1 am inter-
viewed, to tentenaber what to forget.*
Meth en the trees:
Chetilltieh
was 1 theme% naide 01 •
extent:10e among most of tee old lea.
Hots. It Wats in constant practice.
esPedally15 Altai* Carthatthia end
the itonian einpiro.
Treat.
elatsseetlitien to See the teeter?
Richert—Mara thing.
"Did he treat your
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ROADS FWD THEIR. USES.
Likewise Their Materials, and Also
Some Sarcastic Comments,
road is a device of long standing,
which in modern times is used fort
autos to wear out. Roads are also
used to raise dust and taxes and kill
chickens, dogs and children.
Roads are very common, almost as
common as accidents. We see thene
everywhere. It is quite difficult,
deed, to go any distance without re
fling across one.
/loads are made of various materielni
In the northern part *1 this country'
they are made of bluestone and macad,
am. In the southern part they anti
made of mud. Of the two kinds
material the mud is likely to be morn
durable, which, as the Scripture as
beautifully expresses it, "sticketla tat
one like a brother."
Roads are not always friendly withi
each other, and, although they can be
seen constantly mingling together, theyi
are likely to be cross. When a road
enters a city it becomes puffed up with)
Importance and is then 'mown as al
Street, a boulevard or an avenue.
Life in cities, however, in spite oe
the society, is not always agreeable to
roads, which are then likely to be *f-
illeted with various diseases, among
which we may mention ,gaspipeitiere
telegmphitis and graftonomy.—Life.
How Big Was the Baby?
I had heard great stories about the
pyramids, but after seeing the stoned
at Baalbek those of the great pyramid
looked like children's building blocks.
In the quarry is a stone on whose up-
per surface a troop of cavalry could
stand (if it were a small enough troop).
It is squared on four sides, but Is nob
yet detached from mother earth.
The crude Arab story bas it that se.
female giant was carrying it when she
heard her baby cry. She dropped it
there, and no one has moved it since.
If that baby hadn't drawn its mother's
attention from her work there would'
be today in the walls of the temple a
stone seventy feet long and fifteen feet
square. It is a large stone and will not
doubt some time justify the amount of
*work that has been done on it. At -
present it helps six hotels, a dozen
curio shops, a. score of muleteers and a!
etation'master.--Christian Herald.
Dickens and Women's Clubs.
There is a certain connection between
Dickens and the origin of the "wo-
nreia's thlb" movement in the United
States which will interest his admirene
The New York Press Club in 11368'ven-
tured to give a dinner to hint and tor
exclude all- women workers on tho
newspapers of the eity. The affront
yea felt kneenly. It led straightway to
the oegankeetion of a Wornetes club
called Sorosis, or which the 'chief inetne
berg Were mints Women, among them:
Jenny _June ,:o1.', Kate Field and
Alice and Phoebe Cary. The seecess of
Sorosei was such and its influence in
expanding th o range of tvomet's inter-
est and infitience was sO marked that
it at once 'had itaitatotil.--Christian
Science Monitor." -
Meeting* en;i Matheniatiose
'eYes,"11d the old mathematician,
with a gleam in his eyes, "Pio inwitee
looked at.1l Way. Muth** it ad.
dition, 'Oen the little one* vote
innItipliotion, when dissension comes
te clad the hoilKon 01 their hats*
nese WI division, and when the Sita)
Went elinei its subtraction."
°dad bow *Wet ditoWnir tusked the,.
listener.
"Oh, that *Wald wine melee the 404 -
norainsdeis at tract/Melee, t