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Ho came down tho road walking
'with a slow. Intl/has slop, as if nit
invIsibla wore bound on his
Soot, EN wife, looltIng from 1ho
window, was struck hy his
in 14 (lotting glimpse sho 15141(4 Wi 1.11
eyos suddenly illuminator!, that. Wit.
11010 was vowing oh!. agg, 1,1
fa', thomo stooping shouldors, that.
look or diromitragoinont, wort( W1101IY
i1 il(s hos blithe, choory husband.
William Forbes did not, as usual,
antor hi8 1101.1811 by the trout door.
Ile wont round to the back, and
stood al 1 he 11.0(1 or tho lane, look- your job, did I not?"
ing down and waiting for Lilo hirmi "Yos," ho answered, "dottiest wife,
man, Silas Boum W110 wits driving you did."
homo tho cows, Tho 1(tt.lo delay
gate (\h'8, Forbes her opportunity, PARTIES IN JAPAN'.
"Molly," sho said, "not ono word
to your rather to -night about your, Is Party Government in That
new suit," Country a Farce?
"13Mt mothor," remonstrated twen- Tho peach treaty having become
tY-Yoarsold Melly, who had sot her the football or Japcsonso
tloliIiCal
10(0(1 on a lowly India silk with rt parties, it would bo intorosting 10
hlouso trimned with laco and om- point out exactly- ohne they stand
brnidory, and a jacket besides, how and for what they stand, but this is
can I go to Aunt Phoebe's unless I Nary almolot, Thor, arc oil 1, thole
got moo now clothes? Now can I, two principal parties around which
mother?"
rovolvo a numbor of porsonnd groups
"I don't know. dear, I only 1010)8 stoking prom 140101 and spoils whoa
you inust not bother papa this oVen- the opportunity presents. Tho pro-
ing. I mono 1.1„ Not a single hint, grossite patty 18 loci by Count Oku-
Molly. And you, jack, don't ask 1)114, ,,1110 sage of washed," who, it
your fo ho. for a ocnt."19 11(1)10011e01.1, will oppose the
"All right, mother," answored
Jack, putting ills Latin roador on
Ian shelf and taking (loon his al-
gebra.
Mr. Forbos onmo in, As his wirn
met him cluerfolly, taking his hat
from his lintal, and drawing roV01.11.11
easy chair, ho sm1101, but wanly.
In Ittenty-lion years of inartiago, ho
bad not failed to answor the chat-
lengo 01 1108 smile with his own oo-
sponsivo brighlmoss, Dot latterly,
dearly as they toted outs another,
an(1 complete as was their mutual
comprehension, Ellen Forbes was
awarn that William was keeping
somothing back from her; thal ho
was not wholly at his ease, that
thorn was a distress of soino sort
tugging at his tranquility. fah° re-
solved to lind out what it might bo.
When dinner 110.114 mow, the good
plain dialog that was so appetizing
and wholesome foo a Hied man, who
daily enrrind a cold threhoon from
home to the store, Molly 011(1 Jack
W13))(. o tho Christian Endeavor
mooting, and their parents ')Vero loft
notokablo talent, for buying 111111 9011-
118 W51 1 EIS raising prodine, this},
woold havo lost all they inve4d10th
Hero sho proofs' herself cm oxainplo
of whin; Et woman 0011 110 1111011 511)3
14) allowod to eider an open door of
Emportomity. Ynt (ho oxporimont
Was not all 10318, for the ontdoor life
and 1414'r)' 15 1111010 fl, 0018 7111111 pliyal-
cally of Mrs Forbes, who had la -on
shut In most of his mature yoass,
((omit for ((((1 (11)18, which lovolood
obsonco fro111 long railway
rides, 0 ig 11 143 in 1'111 (01410(4, 8)111 110)014-
1411k 171,15',11 1114T lo hotels,
Ono (loy Ills Forbes alcoved a U4,-
101% 1 1. 3141(1 from. a 171151170S8 11011170
In town, rind (Moroi blot a positain
superior to 11(9 former ono, ball 1)1
emolumont and honor, At Dui ond
of tho totter thole 3(409 11118 annonco,
'Wo want a Christian man, ono who
respects and Iceopm tbo Sabbath, a37
W0 (10 011 VS01 V5.8. '
":1 told you, William, the hand of
Providence 5508 in it, when you lost
0/011./.
1"Wi11," said Ellon suddenly, '`what
troubles you? is anything wrong?"
"Nothing tocropt. that W11151 this
month ends, I 811911 logo my job."
She ((might her breath la surprise
and diamay.
"Why, Will," she exclaimed,
"you'vo boon with Rite Kildaro
since you wore a lad."
"Yrs, (hat 114 truo."
"Of 03101 do 1 hoy complain? Whn
have you dont, amiss?" Tim wifit's
1.ono WEIS indignant. Tier oyes 9118(1-
'70(1. Slio know that For husband
lout soloed his employers faithfully,
that, ho lied no1 stinted any labov
nor satsum'd any scowler].
"It is of what 1 cannot do they
Complain, Nellie, Sinec old man
Rico Mod, and Mr. Kildaro senior
retiroci, tho younger men intvo come
into powor, with 110W methods,
and too slow for 1110111. They want
nut to go on thn road as T always
have, two or thron times a year, but
thoy insist that I must travel. on
Sunday, and I hate declined,"
"Cortainly you coulcl not go back
00 '(10(1)' 11100811, trample tie Fourth
Commandment under Foot and tray, 1
on tii& Lora's (lay. You did porfect-
ly right to stand lip on your tiro -
long convictions, ancl I'm proud of
you. Noor mind about scouring an-
other office. Thero's work, eriough
right bora on this bit of a gardell
and farm,"
'l'm no farmor, (Alen,"
'T 001. I was raised on a farm.
Wo'll lot Silas go. ITo can fliol work
without any troublo. Wo'vo a little
sa1'o(1, a 111.110 morn, Will, than you
know about, for I'vo always been
putting by somothltig for a rainy
day. Wo'll all pull together, anti
boner() you'll Iffici there's inoney in
garclon stall and chlekons and eggs.
Wa'r0 7100r enough a flan maritot,
'Why, William Fortes. Lim wholo
thing 8113011 130101.0 1113, eyes, a vision
of prospority, 1 0111 thankful those
young Inen don't: want you, and
thankful lot tho reason. There
would bo no blessing if you wont
against principle,"
Tho young pimple, camn gaily in
from their mooting to rincl their ra-
ther rind in.othor chatting as eagerly
as if they Were children planning for
a plenio,
"You two are real loom's, aron't
you?" said Molly, as slio Rinsed tham
goad -night.
''Icovors1 why, YeS,'' said hor
mother. "'riot's what makes our
110010 SO 11(1(111 11(1310, WO are very
hal/Py Molly, and 110 aro going to
be happier."
Molly did not got hor dainty Emit
that Egerton, Ina sibs looked like an
openiiig mei) in her old ono nicely
made over, and. So thought young
Louis Pavia], who bad long covottly
atimirod her, but 140(1 foaled to talco
on 131111811r the rosponsibilily of Mar -
Ewing a girl brought Up in tho groat
omnfort and history which Mr.
!Forbes, by good managarnont,
o1 (('03'41 providod for hoe holm, A
olinme roinark of big 518(01°1), that
Molly Forbes 11511 ".1001.0 roonrimy
(Mout her Own most clocitind
Louis, that a poor rooms nom might
vonturn to kelt 1101* for his llro port-
lier, Mid ma Molly had Mod him
from School-daya, lovo Wag all 0053/
caticco of tho troaty. ()Imam is
bill or figh OM EL Oita mite numb in
tho hands of"a pot i t. Ron opponent has
blowo 111111 physically to piecos, but
no1 abated ono jot the uncomprona
ising mauls) and texture of his opin-
ions, For a docade his cry has boon
"Russia in the far East must bo de-
stroyed," ond cruel must have bah
his awakening whin apprisod that
by tiso treaty signori on Amorioan
soil Russia is only crippled.
The most powerful party, and the
one most numerously represented in
the diet, in tho constitutionnl party
created and really led by tho Mar-
quis Ito, though the actual dotios of
leadership are apparently left to
Marquis Sarotij1 or aomo 01.11011
young and usoful man. This porta,
the soi-yu-kai, swoars by 'Ma consti-
tution, which is perhaps the , most
inefrootivo instrument that was over
&wised as a. palladium of popular
rights, Marquis fto, who is said to
have drawn up the instrument with
his own. Italica (hose as Itis model
the sham constitution which Bis-
marck conforred upon 41 ('(1100113', and
in putting the provisions of this do-
cument into Japanese ho loft out
or weakened those whIch would
soon Lo alfoct in however slight
measure the supremacy of tho mon-
archial principlo.
We aro orton btformod by Japan -
0941 statesmen that theirs is a con-
stitutional country and that the
power of WO 11, rosorved to the
poopto ancl is an inalionablo tight.
Thy do not add. In:moven, that the
present omporor has distnisseri throo
or four parliaments that woro not
pliant lo 1314 Will, and that up to
Lh prosont ho bas (loan so with 1111-
ptiffity—not that this wEtve of radi-
calism is not inoroasing 10 violent°
and may, in opt:a/log.0 peace which
falls so far short of japaneso destro
as to ho pronounced ignoble, actu-
ally got control or 1110 ship of state,
to tho confusion of tho peacemakers
and the quiet of
STITS EASTERN' WORLD.
After all is said, party govornmont
in Japan is, a farco, or rather a
sham, and the older statesmen who
secured. tho confidonco of the mika-
do in thn stormy days of thn revolts-
Hon and .rostoration of 13(38 rule
the country an unguestionably as
over did Grecian oligarchy or that
cotorio of Russian grand dukes or
18111111 WO hear so Much and know
so little. Ito, Yamagala, Tnouyo,
Matsukate. and ITyashi, tho ambEts-
saclor in London, aro the' names of
those prIvy and most potent coun-
cilors, root in the namo of Um em-
peror they 1,111414 tho empire. These
statesmen mons or loss in their
party allillations, brit they ono nod
all belong to tho Satsuma, .tho Cho -
Shin or ono of th7 smalloe affiliated
clans of southorn Japan which plae-
od tho oroperor on 111 throne a gen-
orhtion ago and have moimpoliacal
118 attention and his confidonco over
sinco.
TI has boen thought by many that
ono of no most potent caoses of tho
Russian 111),1* was tho nocessity which
thn southern clansmen bolt of con-
solidating thoir powor, instood of
consccratiiig it by tho succossful
leadership of a popular war, While
tho constitutional rights of the
/Tam/nests prwl° 4140 purely illusory
and tho restraints opon (.ho power
of Um omporor ale inolicetivo, still
tho peoplo of ,Tapan have boon cba-
(missing these mattors for the last
(Ivo yoars, and in such 44, 10(1(1 as
suggested to tho loaders of Cm clans
the dosirability of changing tho sobs
loot. /1 is a meat joy for tho ,T-
3141130413) (10 to 1100 1141), their beloved lana
has] Roomed 313(1 position or EL world
power, hot they know batter than
nnyonn rise at what 11 terrific rost
tho position has been attatood. Tho
mon of 80I1103na and or Cho -Shim
who for a, hundrod gotinrations hate
beet tang1111, os were our Indians.
that 11E10 iS 1110 only worthy pursuit
of num, socurn 1110 honors, the pon-
51.0318 0711-1 1,110 &coral ions which
soma Nom vial ory, but it ia tho
poor riro grotto's of 113(4 paddy Acids
who simply lhe human rood for pow-
der and pay tho 3ax05.,
"Your honor," said the attornoy,
"this ainn's insanity takes the form
of a' bettor. trial avoryone moils to
step 'forward, rol3 .tle W011 t, even mo,
Willialn 3(13)1'1)p14triod It 1.380180° his 4101113501,10apprciooli him:" "Mnsa
»math of 111(14110111' forming> but 110 he 1108 104 50 crazy after
'(4(15 (101 not tt shining suCCeas bis, owned the ',Court, in a Ju'dicial whiff-
Xr 11 11 Wife had not developed a ro- por,
HE IS A MAN OF MYSTERY 181)0 his bora- to save his
IlfoNand thora WW1 )10 billarross, o
'C4"1-1+1k-H"k+41".4' 4731"114.which was atlow ebb. , nFROMBONNIESOTLAND
Thu mun rallicol, and in a feay
w fls A limit sTitTING NATultle,
GEROME NAS--pftEN SILENT it was (TOMEI that lits would livo
FOR FORTY YEARS. lie filloko 11, little to the fishorfolla It Etoomol 45/81 0111 1,10.1.t 110 not only
but. ass n„shi„g of hhuneif 0(4,,' u411(1'r.,1 ood 3,11,4 Frontli 1 lot I aim
aullennoss, only the retssalonsit,
-4 a
.NOTES OF INTEREST FROX I -ash lora
IIER BANES Arl) BRAES.
round by Pfshermen on Nova, a wook or (104)0 (0' 14001 11101,151 1'80111
81gb5' Netli: 1,1 11151/1/01101 01111 1./11155/1
in (.110 elare of a faintla of 010 811-
Ing1',
Tho palost, ronowod (118 01 101111011f
0101 now that tho first roar had wor
MI many villaisors vis(tor) his los
aido and tried. to hold convormatio
with hInt. But She 110111015/1 17114
1541158a (0 11 1 14 (.0 any' one, and fit
Scotia, Shore With Both
Legs Amputated.
Walling in anomie-, lar death, RS
he has walled for forty-four years,
it mysterious man sits in a lit 1:10 cola
tago 14,1, Motaglino, Nova Scotia, Ills
coining to tho littio villago that Iles
on tho throe of St. Mary's bay, a
laud lociail body of water soparated
from. the Bay of Fundy by a 1104k Or
land soninty milts tong and film
miles wide, was a mystery. His loug
stay ill a mystery.
This mail has not 83101(0(3 to any
ono for forty 310515. Yot it Is lcnown
the he can spotlit. For forty years
tho vlilagora have puzzlod over his
Motility, For forty Yeal'H they have.
endeavoied to broalc down tho har-
rier of silence. Ho is aow appar-
ently moro than seventy years of
age, A. Novoinbor aftornocm, forty-
four yours ago, saw EL V05801, 1811 101
L1'0411.4i011 has was a gunboat, enter
1.118 bay 0)141 S14 1.88 1110 511010, 'rho
curl om ty of tho fishorawn was
arrooloa, but fog was shutting down,
an(1 night soon doopening tho dark-
ness, no ono could find out whether
Iho vessel anchorol or not.
When morning dawned Moro Was
no ship to be soon, It, Was frosty
weather, and none or tho fishor folk
cooed to put MY in tho bay until tho
day was woll advanced and tho sun
had warmed the air. Some. limo
luring tho day n fisherman drew
noar Suncly e01'e, WhIC11 18 a (loop 111 -
let. 001085 from Motaghan, bo-
twoon. 1110 bluffs. With his mind
11 ilocl 11(1 11 romembrance of the
strango visitor of Om night before,
tho fisherman had his eyes sharponol
for anything unusual along Ulu
coast. 7/111 110 5111p 100711041 up in
that harbor. Only, on tho shelving
beach, lie saw
A CURIOUS DA.Ttli: OILIECT,
With some foar 110 pulled his clory
close enough to see that 1,110 (Mice!:
was14 man, 111111610(1 into a curious
posit ion.
Tho fisherman pulled closer to the
;hare, and then fun a moment his
boast stoocl still. 'Pho shapolosa ob-
ject was, ho thought, a marl 5 hotly,
a hulk without logs. Tho fishorman
departed in haste, but toward (Well-
ing ho found a. loath to roturn with
lion and investigate the object,
As the Frenclinion drew neer the
bank thy heaod tho low snooping or
tho creature on shore, and made
haste to go to 111s asaislance, ily
1110 look of his garments bo had
eon an ollicer on 1110 war vowel, but
both his legs went gore above the
!moos, either shot away in action or
amputated by a surgeon's knife. The
'wounds had been dressed in, a skill-
ful 01011011'. • Tho man was clad, as
the story goes, In officeo's uniform,
and by his sido 110,5 a bottle or
water ancl (1, package of soft biscuit.
When they went to roan's ns-
sistanco they found hirn help.
loss with cold, too (41111113 (0 Sneak
011 111080. ro.sponso to quostions
he made only low moans, so thoy 1
carried 111111 to their boat and pull.
od for hone. 111 a cot the strong()
man was made as connortablo as 1
he could be 0(1(1 14180)1 stimulants to
restore 111111, 'Tho fishermen tried to
got him to talk., but 1.110 man only
maancd and tuned his head. 0.381131.Wondoring and afraid tho man wd
oul,t
die, the fishermen put across the
bay to tho village. lining Catholics,
they wont at onco to tho viliago
priest and told hint 31110111 strange.
story.
The priest awl tbo village doctor
went back across the bay to render
aid to the strange man. When they
reached tho fishiirman's house they
found the man quiet and apparently
suffering less than 31111130 ho was
found, Tlao doctor looked at his
wounds and declared thorn skilfully
dressed, though both legs wero tak-
en 01T above the knees..
Byskilful questionint
g hmn
o a
was induced by tho priest to toll
his 11(4)11(1, 38111011 110 said Was 001.0mo
or Jerotue. Some say 110 gavo his
last name ataboney. 1To said ho.
11418 a Catholic. Thu priest tried
to got from hint a statement of how
he canto to bo in such
spolom to 1(11)),but also Et/gilt-ill
words.
Arrollior son of Mrs. I 'l(111''10(, tolio
81 lia.Y111g fol,' the prnatimod in
Halifx
a, cu
ono
t ut on 31,,' loam anti
;1 I told Moro 110(0(1
to toll of tile truth
I-
111(41 110)1 1,0111(11.111 guost, thirty.
ally, 33,111,11 lin was 11,1.31)41 ('(1 by 1'")1)151(1)3, ques(lons, ho 1(441,',v(1 WS t01
M011 LOI'S away and oven struck a
them savagely. Ho 11144)401 to 13
1(1)111,10 to unclorstand anything Hat
was said to him, and maths strong
91,11(191,11(1(3(4,N,
tnot5 (1001(10(1 hy 1110 authorities
of tho tow)) to humor 1141(1 until h
got ready to talk again of his owl:1
will. But this ha notes did. ME
seven years he lived with 1110 fam-
ily in which he had been placed, and
then, as Only 11e(113 going away, Lhor
111)41 1311111 of moving him to tho poor
1101150.But it was not to the pourhoun
that tho unfortuortto Gomm° was 1
go. Tho family argued amen
themselves that ho was a gentleman
or had boon, arid to send him tier
would bleak his spirit.
Tho fatally of .1(10113)3) Comeau took
‚111)1 unfortunate 111, and has kept
him ever S11110.
There hate been many linguists to
visit hint at the farmhouse at (11011-
°'l'), Digby county, six miles along
tho shove road front tho
11lown is a scholarly Italian barb,r
in the littlewn villago, who is said to
sign% solanguages, but ho 1108
never hit on any words to winch 411
8110)1 Occronto will rospond. 'rhos
is an Arabian shopkoopor at the 841)(1(171, and Owfle PO many poor Iris
in tho romoto districts who spool
flo1'15) yPitrli. C158011/5 111(1) iloyor
(((1(10(1(1) any 011''0411(')' 418 the Comeau
family in all Glow somas, though it
ix bola -tool Ito 1111 4108010d W11/1 W118
said to him
11,4 W botIPV Pa to be a Catholic,
land smoothies ho was soon to pray.
Ho would make t117 sign of the cross
t ho 710808 aceepted tho rosary for
q
0
g
Ins prityver. Nor would lo( road
the p-ayer book, nor any Whig book
,
or paper. Soma voars ago ho would.
go out .on the j;roll paid sit 111 the
sunshine: on a (110(18)3,111 clay. But
for (14(1(4(1 than fifteen ('('(311.4 110 had
refused to ko beyond the door. llo
sits all day by tho 5(08,', 0)1131 tak-
ing a nap for an hour after Manor,
In tho nigh140)130111110140)13011111031t 140)1140)13011111031 :r
000ms (14.1bo talking to 111,101.1!, 1)01 le is so
sensitive to 1101808 that he divines
the approach of a person and grows(d1ott, l'IllrnLa
Afa in 11(21V Orionis communi-
cated with tho Common at, one
111110, living hoard of thoir 818(101
from (t travoller. Sevl'1'0 1 totters
woro toreloingerl, in whirl) 11105,, peo-
ple, told of having lost a brothor
who ran away to sea nt tho ago of
twolvo or fourteen. But they wore
vonvinood that this could not be
thoir )'010113'1' becauso of his ago, and
Cloy 110V01' 1101110 on.
"You ran 5")) that ho is a 4110,11 of
intolligetwo beyond the 0701(110,''a said tho young privst, "011/1 Whal-
n
0(40)' (8 the ants... (If Inn silonoo, it. is
- Inot 11(401,' 1h4. it if) inalsility to tell.
h 1[c, would have 1014000(1 03111 lonatia)1e
' before this. Ile is slim 1 110003)50he
11(1(11(1)3 t4) be S11(111 1, 111)11110 olio
can break down a 1,•8111 ninth an his."
SOMALI CHIEF'S WONDER..
Think England is Very Great, but
do not Like Climate.
Tho 1 too principal Somal i chiofs,
who aro at present in London, Enia-
Aand, and guests of the English Gov-
ernment 38011011411011(131 Interviewed by
a reportor in Heir native tongue at
Cm Crystal Palate,
Groat was thoir surprise at hear-
ing a. white. 11100 spook their langu-
age, and their joy was unbounded.
A torrent of quotations was show-
ered 071 the roproaentative, 'who 5)1111-
111)11,5'a.skod those physically splendid
men to "speak ono at 0 11100."
T10)re eras thon an altercation as
to who was to begin tho convorsa-
Hon: but t1115 was soon settled by
the Med oilier, 11,110 commanded sil-
icate hy a haughty warn of his hand.
" m Salaaalikuni," said this state -
1 ly man, and on (1011033.1(1)1 the conven-
tional answne. "A I iltum salaam,"
immediately 1(11(11(41(0(1 0)11 with the
Gaelic,
Thole 15 a strong (1113'l'4'1481011 (111413,
C,orome s Mat nano] is Illahonoy, and
that ho is an Irishman, but, he will
not rospond to any language, lin it
aronch, Italian, Spanish,
Gorman or English, Ito has lapsed
into a 8(1(1)100 that is never broken
except in anger at being molested,
when ho s.reams itt gibborish that
is (4101 ably mere
INARTICULA.TE1 SOTiNDS.
Tha villagh
ers ave forgotten what
sort of uniform be W01.0 When f011/111
of what, rank he appeared to ho or
what not ion bo might lily° hatted
from Shoe wort) no papers nor
trinkets on the man, and till) 3)01"'
80)134 who found him aro (1041(1hav)> moved awny.
An American recently wont to see
Chm
omysterious man, At tho door a,
ploasant-facod elderly woman 11.3)-
0(101011,She spolco Isrenoh. Sho
relied d
a aughter'who rocked a
101130 In (1 low, old-fashioned 171)0(11111cradle by occasionally touching it.
with boo too. She was making 0
laco cm a frame. Sho called to sone
one 015(1, and a comply young wo-
rm canto front 11 far room. She
admitted. 101 C11051'111113', and 110 walk-
ed into a kitchen scrupulously clean
su1 simple in furnishing.
At first tho visitor did not un-
derstand, but suddenly 110 80.07 tilo
ioor unfortunate. He was seated
on the floor hy 1110 cook stove, and,
though tho day was warm, 110 scann-
ed huddling there for warmth,
Ilo 111111 (3(�d in a looso jacket and
ionisers of homespun, his wasted
lands resting on bis knoo, Iia gate
c1, startled loo14 upward, and (lam
loopped 1115 eyes, nor woulcl ho (1(1
ham again. Nis while hats was
brushed back from a high forehead;
ho W0157 la 1811110 mustacha and a
board of while was cut otos° to a
point on his chin 10 the 'French
fashion. Timm) was a delicacy and
refinement, an intelligence and son-
sitivenoss, about hiO3 that made it
difficult to remain 111 his presenco as
a spectator of his misfortuno.
The viaitor had brought him some
tobacco and candy, at the suggos-
tion. of a French boy, who said ho
occasionally took theso articles. But
loaning' over tho poor man and tl-
clieSaing hint gently and offering
these small presonts elicilea 110 sign,
licavevor, of human intolligonon.
1110(3 blushod. Tho crimson tido
rose from bis neck and flooded his
face.
Tho visitor drew back, and would
have stoppod a son of Um house,
who approached and spoke to thn
poor nem, crowding tho gifts on his
attention. At this .11010010 cried out
in a strange, unearthly scream, and
violently pushed and bent the hands
oxlended to him. But In this ges-
ture nod cry of repulsion against tho
A STRA.NGE PLIGHT.
The. roan ro(usod to respond to
questioning, Ho grow irritablo when
pressed, and finally turners his lead
away. Ho Roomed to think he was
about to dim as, inched, the priest
thoughts But as nothing provailod
over tho man's silence, Um priest
loft hira in the hands of the doctor,
PI3A01.0 MAYNOT DE WOOLLY A
POINT
irrtox vin CZAR'S
013'
following questions, at the same
limo kconly watching the reprosenta-
tiro.
Pointing to the vast crowd, he
sa11(1
11)T1 ayna yoj yun fookall itscer"
("Whole thoso countless number
of people come (roni?")
On being 101(1 that London was Et
very large place, and tho spot in-
clicatod was but () hundrod-thou-
sandth part, 110 gazod around and
murmured:
"011011 hu q . Allah A kba.r, "
("God is g0011. 0101 is )1reat.")
On bring asked his opiniov of
England, he said: "Qad sirna
1113,1 la-
ath-thcLl'all bi auzmuti inkullorra In
kunna al howa matitgivayyara jid-
clon,'' which, being literally trans-
lated, means. "England is very
groat, very powerful, and two 0141
much impressed. hut," (wit(1 a gri-
mace) "your ellnatto is exceedingly
changeable."
RELICS OF ANCIENT OFFEIR
Rhodesian Ruins Nat Site Where
Solomon Got C -old.
If the conolusions as to tho origin
and history of the mysterious ruins
in 3.1110dosia put 1)0(0(0 the British
association at Buluwayo by Randall
MacIver aro corroct, they aro not re-
lics of ancioat Ophir, and wo mus
sotilt chewier° for the region whence
Xing Solomon, proctorial his stores o
gold anti precious stones.
arta Macrae,- wont to illtocioula last
Apr11, motor the ausPices of tho as-
sociation 01111 the Rhodes trustees,
and examine11 minutely tho ruins of
Nickerk's farm. (sixteon
miles north of Insanga), Khaml,
DI110 Ohio, Unatall, insiza and Zim-
babwe. After careful invc stigation.
he has decided that norm of tho oulns
141 Southoon 111101)40143 is older thao
tho fifteenth or sixteenth century,
and that thoy aro the handiwor'S or
African nativos of tho nooro or no
geoid taco traler tho dvitioity known
by tho collect -NM name of MO1101110-
tapn. base of theso ronelustons
was turned on the following ilato,
Tho Ininclings aro essentially ot a
nativo kind or typo co0110011 to -day;
nearly alt retain sorao original wood
en stakes embedded in tho
there is no trace of inscriptions 011
any of tho ruina; stono and iron ina
phonons wovo found togotholo neither
tho buildings nor the artielos round
show traces or early oriental or Etna
oponn »Outman finally, tho disrovory
of j)10005 of 1(1110 and whito Nankin
china nod other articles or modiotal
manufartalro of tho lowost parts of
the 1011111113 loll proves 1 hat such
00111111 0114 ien Wore the object of 13411'-
340' berme 4140 buildings worts (gaoled.
Mr, Macilver 111)117(1111 144 that tie
ruins were originally fortified places,
usually inelosing a kopje hum 111 1.h
form of a rough ellipso following
mainly 1110 contour or .010 sorrountl-
ocitintr,y. 'rho so-called slave pits
cbosrrlbcd Lao!) t 0 tcl vt1.1(.17(1,111rn gos,ii.otit:gerieri
)i0000ss'
round which coneentric circles of
walls woro
1Te—"TTer hair is like -sunshine "
$110—"Ves; it's brighter some days
17
What Is Going an. in the IIielt- ,,q: ;
lands and Lowlands of 4. 't
Auld. $;31 )tia, 4: 11 i fits.
4. „...,
h
it,(;?,,i,,,,,,,!,,:,,,,.(,,tr.licli(.1t.i::(igillv..(:,ii1.1111,ciiiri,1,ft:T.tif. i,r,,,a,Inf,t,:::. 4-(11"1"1"1"4"1";444-17caolsial 414744
Th,:llgt.,1111:11:.-1,1',A1,,1(4.11:111011.1(7ulgi(8.11 111111;),11-11el:S44i.11
night, ouch tho result. of out lug raw -
111118Solii,
I444,' velbrOillerion Of the 1.,10.14 An) tO
'rho .nako Plehmond and tiordon 1:umizi""4,410 I....14114"d 1,1118 sea"
is to 14)4"') 41(1 visits at (Jordon Gastio stm-
during 313,' 1j4' (1 row wo(71/8 from tho A8 lhe grant. iimnn m1111°111-4'8 Pan'
sai,,co of woo, ami from /alms dioted, the Didion V.1141 I. 01' '4110
thor of Connaught. coss of Wales hos calmed 01311)1011'.
'31110 "London Ouzo( to" announces
The Princess of Wales herself has
placed lavish orders for beautiful
1.01 1041.0S, 11)3)1 though in the main
010 has rortatincol faithful to tho palo
blues and 11101) 1'03( that she wears at:
Immo, arilliStIS to be W0,841 (ea ear-
()oonial occasitms and for visits to
OIL: Indian prinoos aro reported to
be of groat magnalconco. British
silks and clot 118 have boon chosen,
but t /to ern ro /158108 Will suggest the
luxurious coloring of tho Rust, and,
will, indeed, 1;o the keynote to tho
Winter fashioos for those who 1'0-
Inallt at home.
Of (mosso, most of the drosses im-
ported froin lho East, with their bi-
zarre coloringn and wealth of preci-
ous stones, aro only suitable for
evening wear. Bare old lace. care-
fully (Isnot to match tho gown it
trans, is an Indian importatiOn, and
lho J'1114-stutided taco Which promis-
or( to bo so popular for (Evonia)1
(Irossos is another 11s1 ')i notion.
Soft embroitioted gauze glistening
with gold Ilasuo sugoosto the samo
trend of fashion. (]old tissue 18 tea
ing applied to gowns for day as troll
as eveoing wear.
Indian silk, cot Empire fashion,
and trimmed with bands of wonder-
ful Indinn embroidery, will be used
for evening cloaks, while the now
cb,Ieopu,s,os aro of Indian embroidered
l'oo gowns are boing made from
Indian designs, and of the most °f-
leetly° 1s the Jinja:, that has been
evolved by Hoary Holiday, of the
Healthy and Artistic Dress Crusade,
It is mach) of Indian silk, WW1 LIMY -
that General Lord E itchomw has
boon appointed to (1111 honorary (1311'
01(1.1031 of tho dth Vohinloor Battal-
ion, tho Royal Soots (L,othian I(ogi.
moot).
Dr. Hoary, one or tho bostoknown
medical gentle/1= in 14141 Kenmay
district of Abordoonahire, bas Men
meson:oil with a choma for 1110
and a plow of allter-p11111 suitably
lose/Sled
Mr. John D. Mellott, 11T.A., has
bcon appoifited to a mastership in
Glasgow Academy. Ifir. .T. Ble-
Beth, who had a distinguished aca-
demical comer, is a son of Mr. Me -
Beth, .8 chool-nmstmr, Falr, Inver -
110641.
boing towed from Duncloo to
South Shiolcis by' tho Ronown
the tog Excelsior foundorod off May
Island, going clown in 113 fathom]: of
111(4 0)', ler crow had a 11 ar nitY
escape front drowning.
'rho loishooy Board for Scotland re-
port thut from 1st Julio to
August tho total of herring landed
wart 3sa11,0112 erans, ns compared
with 1,0017,880 C111.1114 f01. 1.107 00rr0-
7,poncling poriod of !oat year.
Lord Ronald Su t !'111n 111.1 Cower,
the uncle of t110 Buko or Stilhorlancl,
has just onlobtaloct his sixtioth birth-
day. '(1314 Lordship is a many-sided
man, on author, a sculptor, and a
14000 judgn of art bric-a-brac.
Tho monument to be cleated as a
tribute to tile gallon try of Lord
Lovat and his corps of Scots during
critioal time in 1114 nation's his-
tory is now in courso of erection in
tho centre of tho Squaro of Boauly.
The work or esesting 010 Pinsn nl Eng angel sleeves and Indian ein.
the North Esplanade, Lerwick, for Welders(' 011 1175 shoulders.
tho Ilenr fish market is 710W '1,110 lace scarf worn passod over
Pushed forward, so that it is expect- the crown and fastened beneath tho
031 by 11118 time noxt sear w"Tk chin WW1 a sparkling jewel is also
shout)! be well towards coinplotion. an Eastern innovation.
Five 11011 jOillt stock companioa In striking contrast to 1110 rage
were registered in Scotland last an Easton/ colorings coal rich cm -
week, wall a total capital or 8131,- broiclorics to be worn at home, tbo
500, making 187 companies with an outfits orclOrod for India are in the
aggregate 11113)11 01 of X(7,735,8'2'7,
registered since the boginning of the most dolicato colorings.
Silk, muslin, white cambric and
year.
suede cloth in cream, white, chain -
The post office are inviting tenders pave color, palest "fruit. red," and
for tho conveyance of Iffitors, news -
the nosiest turquoiEto bluo havo beim
papers, 'parcels and all othor post14,7.1 chosen, and 110 show -room of the
packets by motor van botwoon Edi -
fasbionablo modiste just now is sugs
burgh and
Airdrie, and Coatbridges also for
Cilasgow via gestive of the h_olght of summer,
services beta -von Ilatagato and Ed-
inburgh and I3athgate. and Glasgow, 11011. TIDO, FALL 131171111.
1303 3) ways.
P.m and dainty aro tho things of
W11011"14' "Paralle"s 11(11 th° 10"a rt, bride. Nothing can be too nice;
whaling companies engagod on tho no pains can be sparod to prooMO
west skin of Shetland continuo to the "nowest thing" in this and 1110,1.
111001with good success. During the, co,e is au kka. The bride., of
past 'weak -Loom ty whales woro curse, has her chest of linen—such
brought ashoro at different stations.
hordes of snowy lovoline.ss! Sim has
Owing 11" a' 11 Waranaa as to plans, her embroidered pieces, her drawn.
tho girt of £16,000 by Mr. J 1S..
work and her fine hemstitching.
Caird for a, physical lahorn.tory at
„ What could bo more approprlato
College, Dundee, than designs of clover—and four -
is understood, bo withdrawn uilloss
loafed at that? Supposo, when sho
agreement is come to botareen tho
is "at home" next slimmer, after
partite.
Moy Ifall, Inverness, the seat of (01' 01'
tmt,rizploao_f, joys, Whether it won)
sho gives Lt luncheon,
The Mackintosh, whore the Prince or
Out como sonic( bats of loveliness
Wales has been spending a week be -
from that linen chest, and her brand -
fore going to Aborgeldie, is of his -
new polished table is spread with
torte intorest as tho spot where
centro cloth, doilies and napkins all
Prince Charles Stuart sought ming°
cdosignial in clover. A bunch of pink
after his defeat at Culloden in
clover nods gracefully In tho cornsoi,
1746.
A46brass hanclsthinpetition open to and wreaths of clover bloom. trail
off from it to Um comers of the
Scotland was Veld at Kirkcaldy re-
tabla, Little sprays of white 010800
cently. Thor° :Wore 111110 entries, and ,
1p ace. Tha bride eh -
tan prize monoy totalled .2,1 02, thole "am 0,31111
tortains ender most auspielouS cam -
being besides, cup for tho .host
ditions, surely.
Ono mono grotty idea is to hay°
band. Tho Foltou 1(1111 combination
carried oft tito first priza for tho see -
von), * succession, asioacalso her 'bon bun dishes, comportier, etc.,
1I°P1-(ctidcs band. coming next. rind Clyde-
' of Austrian. glass, the designs of
which aro colored clover blossoiroi,
baAnt.11 tho01301(1(1(10Town Council it This is a, waro than can ha procured
in any of the stores, if the brido
was agreed by a largo majority to
does not alrouly possess same pion -
proceed with tho schorno of widening
Union bridge In Union. street by the
f addition of grunito masonos, giving
an extra width of 20 feet to the
thoroughfare. Tho burgh surveyor
estimated tho cost widoning tho
brialgo in granite at $17,000, and
1,110 17051; 01 all alternative schorno4114
iton girders cm 1.17,000.
MOTOR CARS AS BOOTS,
Swiss Inventor Turns Out Fast
Footwear.
A clever voting onginner 11013 S8C-
ceor1041, says the Bathe NachrIchten,
in manufacturing a pair ot motor
boots.
The new Invention, which has boon
triod with the greatest, success, con.
sists of a Pair of stout boots, each
of 38111011 is nothing more or loss than
Mittiaturo mot:maces mounted ca
four wheels of nholit a foot in dia-
meter. Tim 1.10o foot work quito in.
depontlently of each othor, and shoold
ono motor boot brook down 111(4 othor
will carry 1110 traveller nlong with -
01.4 (11144011 ty.
Tho motor boots 0110 excoptionnlly
light, compact, tool strong, working
by patrol on a new plan, which the
inventor loops socrot.
It 15 claimed thnt an ordinary
pecloslaian enn travel all day over
avorage country roods at Et pare of
twelve milos 1,111 10018 w11 (101131 easter»
loncing the toast fatigue. Tie motor
loads ran lie start ol stopped In an
instant by a spring attached to tho
bolt of the traveller.
doesn't :teeth to 13.3
getting. rich at poult..y raising." 1111 -
ton --"No; but ho angst his bens hatos
talcori 10 OM Ing 131811' eggs, 411d
be 1018 1101078 that Lboy'll W=11108011-
thall 0 theta ." (31111P 01'1 illg .
os of it in her horde of wedding
treasures.
NEW TJESE OP ',Ikon SHAWL,
Tho old lace shawl is something
well worth hunting up right 11011,
for whether it is of Chantilly, thread,
or Spanish lace It can be put to
many uses in tho now fashion&
Nov that thn overskirt is coming
into fashion again, a lace 811011( 1)15.31
bo usiol effectively for this purpose,
draped over a skirt of Ratio or soflj
silk, if the shawl is partially worn,
and there is not enomsh of it to uso
in this Way, 1110 best pieces can bo
made into 11. fichu, which may glare
Just ibo quaint, captivating tooth
neotical to all evoning bodice, And
then lace medallions aro in the
holght of fashion, and the 811011'1, for
thst1 matter, may ho cut up into
separate 11101118 (31141 111111 1110(1 pv1'-
11008 Willl a MI 10 111 71.1110g or piping
of 31 1111011, and tool 118 a trimming,
for (141 ovonlog gown, 0141 br000loffi
me also much in doniand 11115 scat.
son. Tho girls aro oiling 1111'!u 4)5
101 11 011S 10 1'1111 their 11014, frOC145,
tons arc( soon 011 many of floc new
sloovos, and they also trim—that Is,
the little ones do—many of the lat-
est. collars,
White -cloth coats for evening aro
braided With designs in W17 110•Silk
80111ache,
l'he most (harming little coateli
of Wu 'MI*0 shOwn, with Or without
tfleeVeS.
A black -Into robe, spangled with
sequins in alittunn-leaf colorings, is
gorgeous,
New stockings of blark 441114. aro
sirawn with a few stay little twigs
embroidered red and green),