The Brussels Post, 1901-10-31, Page 7r*N.
NOTIM ARID 00.4111ENTAS.
eeeeememeeeseese.a.e.,--eames-eieee,e,
Tile repine of the Minieter
efittee of Dritieli Celumbia, for the
Year 1900, bears withess to the Ma
tuall and prosPeetive importance of
the copper end QOM aepoeits in that,
province of the Dominion of Cana-
da. The orneeut of gold, silver and
Meal during the twelvementh was by
no nuitene uneetisfactora, but it is
teeth the ;minerals firet-named that
the prooperity of the Province seems
eepecially connected. Although Itrite
isit Columbia does not, yet count tie
a faneor of prime significance in the
stIPPIY Qf eoPper to the markets of
the world, them is no doubt that it
poseeesee great capabilities, consid-
ered as a future purveyor of that
nuttae. In 1900 the output of copper
from ite mine was 9,977,080
pounds, as against 7,722,591 pounds
in 1898, It is true that the Ross -
land ores seem to be much less rich
titan they were, their average yield
et metallic contents during 1900`be-
ing no more than 10 pounds per
ton against; 88 pounds in the preced-
ing twelvemonth. The result was
that( although the quantity of ore
shipped increased by, 26 per cent.,
the production of coppemmetal in
the Roseland distriet was less than
half that in 1800. There was also
a diminution in the shipments from
the Noleou district, but this is pain
to be only temporary. On the other
hand: the coast mines showed an in-
crease of more than 100 per cent. In
their yield of metal; and tho Bound-
ary Creek district, which figures for
the first time in the official report
Produced 5,672,177 pounds of cop-
per. A new ranee to.,attrant atten-
tion is Coppee Mountain Clamp in
the Similicameen district, where the
ore is said to bo of groat extent.
Then, too, the deposits on Vancou-
ver Island are still virtually
untouched, and they, like the ores
of Copper Mountain, aro asserted to
bo far richer in metal than those
whic1s have been worked with so
much evecess in the Lake Superior
disetiet of the United States. On
the whole, there is good reason to
believe that, with the investment of
more capital in the work of mining,
and with the erection of more
smelters, British Columbia will at-
tain a leading place among copper
producer...a.
Te is well knoNvit that coal is found
in many parts of British Columbia.,
To the west near Fairview, in the
Olcamigan Valley, there are outlying
indications of the mineral at Swan
Lake, at Okanagan Fails, up to the
North fork of the, Kettle River and
in the Fire Valley and Okanagan dis-
triets around Wauchope. At the
places named the rims of coal basins
ere cropping out, and boring is being
oarried on for the purpose of locat-
ing the deeper parts of the deposits.
There aro similar indications In the
west of the Province, from Prince-
ton in the Simalkameen Valley to
the Stump Lakes, North Thompson
River and Hat Crook. The coal ba-
sins in the Hazolton district are
said to equal those of the Crow's
Nest in quantity and quality. Juee
now the producing coal fields nt
British Columbia are those of Van-
couver Isiend and the Crow's Nest
Pass. Although the deposits in the
last-named area were made access-
ible only last year through the op-
ening of the Crow's Nest Pass Rail-
way, the output of coal was 206,-
803 tons, of which 103,281 tons
were used for coke making. In Van-
einemr the yield was 1,888,376 tons,
of which only .17,053 tons were eon-
vetteib into coke. The Crow's Net
mines are capable of a muth greater
output than those of Vancouver; in-
deed the estimates of some engineers
have placed the quantity of coal
within this area at twenty-five bil-
lions of tons, which would permit it
delivery of 70,000 tons a day for 1,-
000 years. This coal is said to be
better adapted for coking than any
other in. Anierica, tho coke produced
poesessing high calorific power, and
groat =thing strength, As for ita
sitourn-procludtig quality, the Crow's
Nest deal, is said to have borne the
'hard tests applied to it by the Brit-
ish Admiralty, which has •agreed to
eubetiLute it for Welsh coal so soon
as the compleeion of a railway
should facilitate the tranemission of
It to the coast.
Hitherto iron has not been reckon-
ed among the mineral treasures of
33ritieli Columbia,. It is ceetaire
however, that there is in the Prov-
ince e plenty of Jetta ore ol a. good
deem which may be turned to ac-
count, one they in an tron-manufac-
tering industry, opeeteted in eon-
junetion with the coal 'mines, of the
Crow's Nest Pros, Aceording to the
import ePn proviecial minevelogist,
depoeita of voey good magnetic ore
IleNO Rime diecovemil recenely la the
eeighholhood of the Albeeni Clunal
We repent, howevee, that, tie yet, ie
is pelimipally as a metiveyor elf cop-
per and coal that Withal Columbia
&trade allention in the mineral
minikeis of the world.
6,700 ---4+
feel, of Wien Were reeeittly
Made from a place 01 ceplaie the size
Of a pettily,
ABC IN
THE GREAT CITIES
The Rev. Dr. Talmage Describes Some of
the Scenes to be Witnessed.
Eintieoig telt%?L'lrlgegigrelgOectilirtit
drod andOo, by
Wintaill B111114 of Toronto, at
the Department of apioulture, eletienel
A despatch from Washington saye:
—Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from
the text, Isaiah xxi, 11, "Watchman,
what of the night ?"
When night came down on Babylon,
Nineveh and Jerusalem, they needed
careful watching, otheiwise the in-
cendiary's torah might have been
thrust into the very heart of the
inetropoliten splendor, or enemies,
marching from the Mils, might have
forced the gates. All night long, On
top of the wall and in front of the
gates, might be heard the measured.
step of the, watcliman on his solitary
beat ; silence hung in air, save as
some passerby raised the question,
"Watchman, what of the night 7"
The ancients divided their night
into four parts—the first watch Mem
6 to 9, the second from 9 to 12, the
third from 12 to 3, and the fourth
from 3 to 6. I speak now of the city
in the third watch, or from 12 to a
o'clock.
1 never wearyof looking upon the
life of the city in the Mist watch..
That is the hour when the stores are
closing. The laboring men, having
quitted theseaffolding and the shop,
are on their way home. It rejoices
me to give them my seat in the city
car. They have stood and hammered
away all day. Their feet are weary,
They are exhausted with the tug of
work. They are mostly cheerful. With
appetites sharpened on the swift
turner's' wheel and the carpenter's
whetstone thoy seek
THE EVENING MEAL.
The clerics, too, have broken away
from tho counter and with 'brain
weary of the long line of figures and
the whims of those who go a-shoP-
ping seek tho face of mother or wife
and chile. The streets are thronged
with young man setting out from the
great centres of bargaib making.
Let idlers clear the street and give
the right of way to the besweated
artisans and merchants I They have
earned their bread and are now on
their way home to get it, The
lights in full jet bang over 10,000
evening repasts—the parents at
either end of the table, the children
between. Thank God, "who setteth
the solitary in families
A few hours litter and all the
places of amusement, good and bad,
aro in full tide. Lovers of art,
catalogue in hand, stroll through the
galleries and discuss the pictures.
The ballroom is resplendent with the
rich apparel of those who on either
side of the whitm glistening boards
await the signal from the orchestra.
Concert halls aro lifted into en-
chantment with the warble of one
songstress or swept out on it sea
of tumultuous feeling by the blast of
brazen instruments. A beautiful and
overwhelming thing is the city in
the first and second watches of the
night.
But the clock strikes 12, and the
third watch has begun.. The thunder
of the city has rolled out of the air,
The slightest sound cuts the night
with such distinctness as to attract
your attention. The tinkling of the
bell of the street car in the instance
and the baying of the deg. The
stamp of a horse in the next et 1 cot
The slamming of a saloon door. The
hiccough of the drunkard. The
shrieks of the steam whistle ilve
miles away. 011, how suggestive\
my Mende, the
THIRD wATOR OF Tan NIGHT
There are honest men passing up
and down the street. Here ib a city
missionary, who has been caxrying a
scuttle of coal to that poor family
in that dark place. Hero is an -un-
dertaker going up the steps of it
building froni which there comes a
bitter cry, which indicates that the
destroying angel has smitten the
firstborn. Here is a minister of re-
ligion who has bmn giving the sac-
rament to a dying Christian. Here
is a physician, passing along in
great haste. Nearly all the lights
have gone out in the dwellings, for
it is the third watch of the night.
That light in the window is the tighb
of the watcher, • for the medicines
must .be administered, and the fever
must be watched, and the restless
tossing off of the coverial meet be
resisted, and the ice must bo kept
on the hot temples, and the per-
petual prayer must go up from
hearts..soon te bo broken.
OM the third watch of the night)
Whae it stupendous thought — a
whole city at rest Weary arm pre-
paring for to -morrow's toil. )lot
brain being cooled off. Rigid mus-
cles relaxed. Excited nerves sooth-
ed. The white hair of the octoe
donates:In in thin drifts across the
pillow. fresh fall of flakes cm snow
already fallen. Childhood, with its
dimpled hands thrown out on the
pillow and with °limy breath taking
In it new store of fun and frolic.
Third watch of the night; 1teodie
slumberless eyo will look, Let ono
great wave of rdeoshing slumber roll
over the heart of the great town,
submerging care and anxiety and
worrlinent and pain.
LET THE CITY SLEEP.
but, my friends; be not deceived.
There will bo to -night thousands
Who will not sleep at all. GO up
that dark alley, and be cautious
where you tread lest you fall over
the proethate form of a drunkard li-
ttle. on his own doorstep. Look
about you, lest you feel the garrote
m's hug. Look thvotigh the brokee
window piffle and see what you can
see. You say, "No t hing ." Then
listen. What is it ? "God help
us ?" No footlighte but tritgecly
ghneLijer .and neightiev than Resting
or ledieln Booth ever enacted. NO
high 1, no fire, Ito bread, no hope.
Shiverlog in the cold, they have had
no food fee tiveney-foer hours, You
say, "Why don't they beg ?" They
do , biit get. nothingYou say,
"Why don't they deliver theituielvea
over to tho almshouse ?" All, you
Would nob ask that if you ever heard
the bitter cry of a man or a child
Nthen told ho must go to the alms-
house, "Oh," you say, "they are
vicioue poor, and therefore they do.
not deserve our sympathy I" Are
they. vicious ? So much more need
they your pity, The Chriethen
P001', God helps them.
Pass on through the 'alley. Open
the door. "Oh," you sey, "it 1$
locked!" No, it is not locleed, It
has never been Mcleod. No burgles
would be tempted to go in there to
Steal anything. Only a broken chair
standagainst the door. Shove it
back. Go in. Strike a match. Now,
look.
BDASTLINESS,AND RAGS.
See theme glaring eyeballs. Be careful
now what you say. ' Do nit utter.
any insult, do not utter any suspi-
don, if you value your life. Whatie
that red mark on the wall? It is
the merle of it murderer's handl
Look at those two eyes rising up
Out of the darkness and out from
the straw in the corner coming to-
ward you, and as they come near
you your 1Mht goes out. Strike an-
other match. Ala this is a babe,
not like those beautiful children pre-
sented in baptism. This little ope
never smiled. It never will smile,
A Rower flung on an awfully barren
beach. 0 Heavenly Shepherd, fold.
around you your shawl or your
coat tighter, for the cold vand
sweeps through.
Strike another match. Ali, is it
possible that the scarred and brute -
ed face of that young woman ever
was looked into by maternal tender -
1105,1? Otter no scorn. Utter no
harsh word. No ray of hope has
dawned on that brow for many a
year. No ray of hope ever will
dawn on, that brow. But the light
has gone out. Do not strike anoth-
er light. It. would be a mockery to
kindle, another light in such it place
as that. Pass out and pass down
the street. Our cities are full of
such homes and the worst time the
third watch of the night.
In the thirdwatch of the night
gambling does its worst work. What:
though the hours be slipping awae,
and though the Wife be waiting in
the cheerless home? Stir up the
firm bring on MOTO drinks;
..•-
PUT UP DroRE STAKES!
That commercial house that only a
little while ago put on it sign of co-
partnership will tMs winter be
wrecked oit a gambler's table. There
will be many. it money till that will
spring it leak. In the third watch of
the night pass down the streets of
these cities, and you hear the click
of the dice, and the sharp, keen
stroke of the balls on the billiard
tables. At these places merchant
princes dismount, and legislators,
tired of making laws, take a respite
in brealeing them. All clesses of
people aro robbed by this crime—the
importer of foreign silks and the
dealer in Chathazn street pocket
handkerchiefs. The clerks of tbe
store talc° it hand after the shutters
are put up, and the officers of the
court while away their time while
the jury is out.
In the third watch of the night
also drunkenness does its worst. The
drinker will be respectable at 8
o'clock in the evening, it little flush-
ed at 9, talkative and garrulous at
10, at 11 bliesphentoue, at 12 the
hat falls off, at 1 the man falls to
the floor, asking for more drink.
Strewn through the drinking saloons
of the city, fathers, husbands, sons,
as good as you are by nature, per-
haps better. In the high circles
of society it is hushed up. A
raerchnnt prince, if he gets noisy and
uncontrollable, is taken by his fel-
low revellers, who try to got him to
bed or take him home, where he falls
fiat in the entry. Do not wake up
the children. They have had dis-
grace enough, 6 Do not let them
know it,
HUSH IT UP.
But sometimes it cannot be hushed
up when the rum touches the brain
and the num becomes thoroughly
frenzied. Such a ono came home,
having been absent for some time,
and during his absence his wife died,
and she lay in the next room pre-
pared for the obsequies, and he went
In and dragged her by the locks and
shook her out of tho shroud and
Pitched her out of the window. Oh,
when rum touches the brain you eon -
not hush it up!
A great deal of what is called
Christian work goes foe nothing, for
the simple reason it is not practi-
cal. As after the battle of Anle-
tam a man got out of an ambulance
with it bag of tracts, and he wont
distributing •the tracts, and George
Stuart, oho of the best Christian,
nien in this country, said to him:
"What, aro you distributing tracts
for new? There are 3,000 hien
bleeding to Mettle Bind up their
iwounds, and then distribute the
trivets," We want more common
sense in Christian work, taking the
bread of this life in ono hand and
the bread of the next life in the othe
or hand, 310 such inapt work ris
that doxto by the Christian man who
wont into a hospital with tenets,
and coming to the bed of a man
whose kip had been amputated, gave
him it tract oti the sin of dancing,
litit there is It man who will uot
reform. He says, "I won't re-
form," Well, then, he,W Many acts
are there in a tragedy? I believe
there are
FIVE ACTS IN A TRAGEDY.
Act first of the tragedy: A young.
man starting off from Mime; parente
and sistees weeping to balm him go;
wagon rising over the hill; fareivell
kiss flung back. Ring the bell arid
let the mania fall.
Act the second: The marriage
ni-
tol full mer,an, bright lights; low
white veil trailhig thorough the
aisle; prayer and congrattelation end
exclamation of,, i'HOW Well the
iooice!"
AO, the thirch A Wonlan weieing
fee staggerieg eteps old garments
Steck into the broiteu WincloW pane;
Marks of hardship an the face; the
biting of the nails of bloodless an-
gers; neglect, end creelty and dee
oeupraiarin 14111.1ing the bell and let the
t
Aet the fourth: Three graves in
a dark place—grave of the child
that died for lack of Medicine; grave
of the wife Chit died of it broken
heart, grave of the man that died of
dissipation. Oh, what it blasted
heath with three graves! Plenty of
weeds but no flowers. lling the bell
and let the curtain deep.
Act the fifth: A destroyed sours
eternityl ho light, no mueie; black,
ness of darkness forever. But I can-
not look any longer, Wool woe! I
close my eyes to this lame act of ehe
tragedy, Quick, quick! Ring the
bell and lit the curtain drop. "Re-
joice, 0 young man, in thy youth,
ad let thy heart rejoice in the days
of thy youth, but know thou that
for all these things God will bring
you into judgment," "There Is a
way that seemeth right to a man,
but the end thereof is death."
THE S. S. LESSON.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, 170-
VEMBER 3.
Text of the Lesson, Gen. 11 15-
26. Golden ,Text, Ps. xe., 12.
Again we itre called to pass over
many most interesting and profitable
items; but we trust that all teach,.
ers will note at least the following :
God's granfous and comforting in-
terview with Jacob at Beersheba as
he was Shout to leave Canaan, the
meeting of Joseph and his fattier,
Jacob's interview with Pharaoh, Jae
cob blessing Joseph and, his two
sons, his parting words to all his
Hle5r.ot
..
SODS, his death 'and his burial at
"Joseph will peradventure hate
us, and will certainly requite us all
the evil which yee did unto him."
One of the hardest things on earth
to bear is to be misunderstood, mis-
judged, slandered without cause; to
be falsely accused by those to whom
you have shown only loving kind -
nese and for whom you have in your
heart nothing but good Will. Jo-
seph had given these men every evi-
dence of his forgiveness, he had
wept over them and kissed them
(xlv, 15) and had done all that love
could do for them, but thy did not
believe that he really meant it, af-
ter all. What Manner of men are
these who cannot trust such a bro-
ther? Do we act, like this toward
the Lord Jesus? Ho came unto His
own and His own received Him not,
but they Hated Him and called Him
it devil and would not believe that
lefe was their own Messiah.
16, 17. "Joseph wept when they
spoke unto him.' The treatment of
his brethren was enough to make
him weep. If his father told them
to say what they said he did, to ask
Joseph to forgive what he had al-
ready so manifestly forgiven, that
would be it cause for weeping ; if
his brethren were lying to him con-
cerning their father, that would be
sufacient to make him weep. Let us
lay it to heart; if we have truly
received and do put all our trust in
the precious blood of Christ for our
salvation, then such words as John
vi, 37; 1, 12 ; I. john ii, 12; Isa.
xliii, 25 ; Acts xiii, 88, 89, should
give us perfect rest concerning the
forgiveness of. all our sins and our
relationship to Clod; but how many
believers, just like the brethren of
Joseph, axe ever questioning their
relationship to God and wondering
if their sins aro really forgiven.
This is ungrateful belief and grieves
the Holy Spirit and our blessed
Lord.
18. "Behold, we be thy servants."
This they said as they fell down bei
fore his face. This was not grati-
tude for his love, but seeking, thus
to obtain that favor which he had
already freely bestowed upon them.
For 17 years the brethren of Joseph
had enjoyed his favor (xlvii, 28) and
loving kindness, yet now they come
abjectly before bine to obtain that
which had been Wells fully all these
years. There aro Christians who 15
or 20 oe 30 or 40 years ago receiv-
ed through Christ the forgiveness of
sins and were made children of Clod
and joint heirs wieh Christ, yet aro
'never sure that they aro saved, 1MV-
or rejoicing in Him, but hope some
day to be good enough for heaven
if they can only prove faithful.
19, 28. "Fear not, for am I in the
place of God ? " Whet they needed
was true penitenee.'ebefore God,
against whom they had So grievous-
ly sinned and to whom perhaps they
bad never yet truly tarried. There
bo no, peace of mind until we
are vitro that all that was against
us before God has been put &teeny
(Col. ii, 18, 3.e)ee Covering sin from
God never provers, but confessiug
and forsaking it always bring mercy
(Prov. 'mane 13.).
21. "He comforted them and spake
kindly onto them," Another " fear
not ' and assurance of continued
care and more kind words and no
iipbraiding. How Manifestly the
spirit of Christ was in Joseph, for
only the great grace of God, such
115 wo read of in IT.. Com viii,
ix, 8 ; I. Tim. 1, 16, could enable It
man to act aS Jeseph did toward
those brethren. Ho of whom Jo-
seph was a wondrous type will com-
fort you and speak kindly to you,
whoever you may be, if you will
only come to trim, Mr 170 is tho
rather of mercies and the God of all
comfort; (II. Cor. 1, 3). I-TOTO We
have tho last tWo of these precious
" feat' note" in this book ; allots
are found in chapters xv, xxvi,
edit, xlvi.
22, 28, "And joseph lived an hue-
dred and ten years.' elee also verso
26, Siam he Was 80, when be first
stood before leiteractit (ecu, 461, he
had 81) goers of pres.perity
gypt ; enough to make him forget
elte few yeees of slavery mica
enema, and We know that tho ode
Wings ot this present time are tecit
wortilY to be eoMPered With the
glory that awaits us (Rom,
18). Jacob lived 147 years, Iiinee
180, Abraham 17d, $0 that Joseph's
Ille was cemparatevely short, MA
hole Much Of 'blessing Mr thoueends
and tens of thousands there 'was in
it, and vital: on aliment of fellow-
ship with Christi If we are here for
Christ, He will see to ie that lve
abide Ms appointed time, then we
setall rest and ellen etiend in oui, lot
at the end of the days (Dan. xii, 13).
24,, 25, "God will surely visit you
end bring you out of this, land,"
Cod had told. Abram that He would,
and Joseph, like Abram, believed
GOC1 (chapter xv, 14) and took an
oath of his brethren that when they
Went they Would take itis bones
aJong. This they did as they had
Promised and bitriecl them in Sho-
ehorn (Joshua. xxiv, 82). This Is the
one thing .mentioned of Joseph in
Hob. xi, 22, "13y faith Joseph when
he died made mention of the depart-
ing of the children of- Urea and
gave commandment concerning his
bones." Joseph was sure that how-
ever long the waiting time might .be
the promises of God would be foie
filled. This he had learned In his
own experience, We are reininded of
II. Sam. xxiii, 5. Those who have
like faith with Joseph and David
expect to kleci all the unfulfilled pro-
mises concerning eared yet literally
fulfilled, See Isa. ix, 6, 7 ; Jer.
'17; xxiii, 5, 6; Ezek. xxxvil, 21-
28, and all others according to Acts
fie 19-21.
26. "They embalmed him, and he
was put in a coffin in Egypt," What
a strange ending to this time book
in the Bible I It oegins with life,
but ends with death, but the Bible
ends with life everywhere on earth
and death destroyed by the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ (Rev. xxii,
3-21 ; xxi, 4, 5), who because of
sin became a sin offering, a sacrifice
for sin and died for our sins. When
Re slutll come to His throne, there
will be life for all Iseitel and bless-
ing for all the world. As long as
that coffin abode in Egypt the prom-
ise to Abram in Gen. xv, 14,, was
unfulfilled, and as long as the body
of it saint remains in the dust of
this earth some. other promises re-
main unfulfilled, such as I. These..
is, 16, 17; I. Ger. xv, 51, 52. But
He will come and fulfill every pro-
inise.
MAN'S BEST FRIEND.
The Lemon is Good for a Great
Many Ailments,
The traveller's best friend is that
queer little yellow boy named Lemon
Go down to the nearest grocery
and you will dud him dressed in
travelling cent of white tiesuc paper,
all ready to start with you on your
journey, and to do many a kindly
deed far you.
In the first place, if you feel it lit-
tle "out of sorts," and as though
you can't put ono foot after another,
squeeze a little lemon juice into EL
glass of fresh water, drink it and
feel refreshed.
Or if you have a case of genuine
malaria, when every bone aches, and
you hem a "brown feeling in your
mouth," besides being "so tired" all
the time, squeeze more lemon juice
into fresh water—enough to make a
very sour beverage—and drinic freely
ofit many times in the day.
For this little yellow boy is 11 foo
to a sour stomach, and always rea-
dy for a fight against indigestion.
If you have a throbbing headache
slice a lemon and rub the bits over
the brow and the pain will soon go
away. 3.1 your hair is falling out,
rub slices of lemon thoroughly into
the roots and over the scalp, wash-
ing the heed afterward with war=
soft water. Squeeze lemon juice in-
to milk, rub the mixture over the
face and neck every night and you
Neill rejoice in the fresh glow of your
complexion.
Mix lemon juice and glycerine, rub
your hands with it at night, and if
you are not too nervous wear large
old gloves and you will wonder at
their dazzling whiteness.
When a bee stings or a wasp sticics
a erong into your face touch the
hurt spot with pure lemon juice. If
you have it wart or a vexatious corn
rub lemcin juice on with untiring
zeal, and bid defiance to mosquitoes
with the touch of your little yellow
Mend.
A cup of tea is always improved
by slices of fresh lemon and Nee all
know how a well -mixed lemon sgtash
can revive the weary stomach. If
you go oo a water voyage you must
certainly take it with you, for pure
lemon juice will rout all giddiness
and seasiekness.
And the little sour yellow fruit is
as good as it doctor's help to cum
sprains aud bruises, or a lady's maid
to remove brown frecicles and red
patches and sunburn.
These wre only a few of the many
kindly deeds of friend Lemon, and if
you once try lain 53 .0. travelling
companion you will never again go
away without him.
WIDOWS IN SUMATRA.
Tn Stunatra tho wiad decides the
length of time a widow shoul(1 re-
main. single. Just after her hue-,
band's death she plants a nagstale
at her door, upon which a ilag is
ealsed. While the flag remains
tui-
tormi by tho wind the etiquette of
Sumatra foiticis her to marry; but
at the first rent, however tiny, sho
coat lay wide her weeds, assume her
most bewitchiug smile, ated accept
tho first num who presents himself.
sucoEssrw, SMOKE HELMET,
smoke helmet, or German origin,
is likely to be widely used by fire-
men On burning premises in futuro.
la appearance it somewhat resembles
a diver's dime. Air is conveyed by it
ere -engem. By its means two inee
Peneerated (Mese clouds of Smoke at
11 wareltotese fire in Back Gore°, Liv-
erpool, recently, and wore successful
in discoNiering the seat si tho fire,
thus greatly fecilitating the opera -
Lions of the brigade.
The rental al Beitnin's 21,000 Mist -
eines mansions aggeerettee 14.
iitll-
lloriit, while the next 088,000 bring
only 28e MilliODS,
ROSEDEDY ON KING ALFRED
SPLIEQg AT TEM 1INVOIL-
ING, 017 P17111 1101Th111127'r1
Secret Pi Alfred's Eame—Hie Chem.
actor as it Xing—A Brillinnt
Eulogy,
Following is the report of the in-
teresting address delivered by Lord
Rosebery at Winchester, lhinglansl, on
the octheioe of the tinvoilirig of
Hamo Thorneycroft's statue of Xing
Alfred in eoneection with the Millen-
ary of Alfred's death:—
We are here to -day to consecrete a
great memory and to raise before
our countrymen the standard of a
great example, for 1,000 ye(1re ago
there died in this city ono who by
coinmon consent represents the high-
est type of Xingship end the highest
type of Englishman, It is meet and
fitting that WO should celebrate such
an occasion. Around Xing Alfred
there hae grown up such a halo of
tradition such as would dim it lessor
man, though his personality stands
out pure and distinct amid the leg-
ends. And yet for our purpose even
the ti edition is perhape eufficient.
The noble statue which I am about
to unveil can only be an effigy of the
imagination, and so the Alfred we
reverence raay well be an idealized
figure, for our real knowledge of him
is scanty and vague. We have,
however, dratted round his Them not
without reason all the highest attri-
butes of 'manhood and kingship. The
Arthur of our poets, the paladin
Ring, without fear, without stain
and without reproach, is to us the
true representation of Alfred. In
bum, indeed, we veneritte not so
much a strikiug actor in our history
as the ideal Englishman, the perfect
sovereign, ,the pioneer of England's
greatness (Hear, hear.) With his
mune we associate our metropolis,
our fleet, our literature, our laws,
our first foreign relations, our first
efforts at education. (Hear, bear.)
Ile is, in a word, tho embodiment of
our civilization, and yet so narrow
was his stage, so limited his oppor-
tunities, that he would have marvel-
led not less than the son of Jesse or
the son of Rish at theprimacy to
which he has been called and at the
secular reverence which embalms his
memory: Even at his' best he ruled
over but a province. He made uo
great conquests, he wrote no great
books, he knew none of the splendors
of wealth and dominion., there was
nothing in him of the Alexander or
the Caesar, he had none of the glor-
ies of Solomon sieve wisdom alone.
(Cheers.)
SECRET OF ALFRED'S FAME.
What, indeed, is the secret of his
fame, of his hold on the imagination
of mankind? It is, in the first
Place, it question of personality. He
has stamped his character on the
cold annals of humanity. How is
that done? We cannot toll. We
know only tbat two homely tales of
his life—the story of his mother's
book and that of the neatherd's hut
—have become part of our folklore.
His life, tuo—for at one time he is
hunted with the deer as desolate as
a defeated pretender, and et another
he is the predominant prince in his
cot -retry and ono of the lame Sover-
eigns recognized in the darkness of
Europe—his life has those romantic
elements which Saw:Mete successive
generations. 33ut when all is said
and done we cannot wholly explain
it. Tho magnetism of history is an
unexplored secret of nature,. Prone
another point of view we behold in
his career the highest and best type
of the qualities which we cherish in
our national character. Note first
his absorbed devotion to duty. "This
will I say," he writes, "that I have
sought to live worthily while I lived,
and after ray lite to leave to the
men who come after me a remem-
brance in good works"; and he gave
himself, we are told, wholly, Imre-
servedly, to his royal responsibili-
ties and the charge of his people.
Then he was the first Englishmaa of
whom it is recorded that he never
knew when he was beaten. (Cheers.)
Sometimes the Danes crushed him,
sometimes he crushed the Danes; but
he won in the end. (Cheers.) Nor
was it only with these he had to
contend. In the best twenty years
of the half century that was his life
he struggled against
AGONIZING DISEASE.
and the paralyzing apprehension of
its recurrence. That he should have
done so much is wonderful; that he
should have done se much under this
disability is amazing. (Hear, hear.)
Then he had the supremo quality of
truth, frankness, candor, an open
heart. His word was his bond.
That is a quality which was then
rare eanong princes, and it is never
too cenution—(hear, hear)—but it is
ono which Englisinnou love. (Cheers)
Ho was known as the Truth -teller. It
is a. noble title, more distinguished
than the vapid and prostituted epi-
thet of (ireat. (near, hear.) 110
history he stands as Alfred the
Truth -teller. Then he was a man, a
complete man. What strikes one
most iu him, Mcleod, is his COM-
pleteness. Complete is, 3. think, his
distinct epithet. Though profoundly
pious, he was no anchorite. Though
a King, nOt LI pompous and myster-
ious phantom. Though e passionate
seeker cater knowledge, not it pe -
Molt or a prig. Ho lived as a man
among men, for he wag, "all things
to all men," in the best sense of the
word; rejoicing in the society of his
scholars, his peiests, his huntsmen,
his craftsmen, hie farmers; interested
itt all worthy interests, mixingfreely
with his subjects, working and play-
ing einem them, but With a little
scroll of high thoughts always in his
begone A emu among men., dealing
all day with the common affairs of
life, but with the high ideal burning
at his heart. (Chem.) is it not
thus that moat things are clone? ls
it not in the prime:Mal charader fired
half uhconeciously• with bnagination
that the best of the Briton is men?
(Ilene, Mum) And is there a higher
spectrum of this potent amalgnen
then Alfred? (Hear, beam)
11114 CHARACTER AS A. XING.
,•
Then he was a King, a true Xing,
the guide, the leader, tIM father of
his people. Tee did for thera eel that,
In their berbitroue eonclition .they tee
quired, and in so wen:lame it limited,
work for them he wrought an intihor,.
,tai work fes' us. (Cheers.) lee wee
the eaptein of all thine =teepee°,
tiger industrial fereinain, their selmel-
meatier, ISM, lay Bishop, their Peg
their nchnirel their legislatore
On a email scale tend therefore lees
but witintet distortieg vices and
therefore greater he was to his Enge
linn kingdom what Peter was to
Russia, Anil in working for his peo-
ple, raiain5. theni, strengthening
tliedciecittthaIll
u,entleaigtlioilr
bu9
rude couneillors were the 'ancestors
1Qelysouverals)4trhilec"froWunitia ahelisenil°0111041,11"0110:t171
he first won an English victory at
soa. He formed his casual levies
to it powerful militia, if not an ar-
my. He breathed the earliest inea
filliration of oducatioll into England;
an inspiretioa vitae then, whish
,e0heers.) And he, with an eye for
would be sefireedleyssi
felnew, gave
eloutie s .
connnerce and
don, not as the first founder or the
secoed founder but as the
founder of the London which
we know. (Hear, hear.) it is indeed
less for whet he did, great as were
his achievements tin relatiOn to his
opportunities, than for whet he en-
gondered that we now honor his
name. He was cheered, we aro told,
in the distress of desertion a.nd de-
feat by visions of the saints, who
bade him be of good cheer; and little •
indeed, could the hunted Xing in his
rushy concealment, amid the boom-
ing of the bitterns, have realized the
awful destinies which awaited hine
and his people. '(Eeer, hear.) But
suppose that in POMO such dream a
seer had led him up into a. moun-
tain and shown him the England
which was to be, the England of
which he had laid the foundations;
had not concealed from him the erst
dark hour in which his kingdom and
race should bo overwbelmed by a
Norman invasion, of which the iron
should enter the English soul—not to
slay, but to strengthen, to introduce,
indeed, the last element wanted to
compose an Imperial race; funi then,
passing over the ages, had solaced
him by showing him
THE NEW ENGLAND
as we see it, had led him to the
banks of the Thames and lied shown
him the little Saxon fort developed
into a world capital and a world -
mart, inhabited by millions, often
crowded and distressed, but familiar
with comforts unknown to a Saxon
Prince. Supposing that, guiding him
through the endless tuaze of teeming
dwelling's, the seer had brought hint
to a palace where the descendants of
his 'Withal conduct it system of gov-
ernment which, remote indeed, from
perfection, is the parent of most
constitutious in the civilized world.
(Hear, hear.) Not far removed,
again, the Saxon Ring might have
beheld another palace, consecrated to
that jurisprudence which he himself,
with it solemn invocation to the Al-
mighty, had raised from the dead.
And then passing clown and beyond
the Imperial river, he might have
been brought within sight of the
British aeet, the offspring of his own
Poor boats, charged. Nvith the ward-
ship of a ilfth of the world, with the
traditions of victory and supremacy;
and not unequal to the trust.
(Cheers.) Suppose, moreover, that
there could have been spread before
him the ogulent and brilliant vista.
of English literature, that promised
land for which he was to prepare but
scarcely to enter. Suppose that ho
could have seen in an unending pro-
cession the various nations which
own the free fatherhood of the Beit-
ish Crown, and.not merely these, but
thoso descendants of his spare sub-
jects who, aggregated no doubt from
many other races, are yet the Cen-
tral source of the American people--
(theers)--that people, which, always
divided from us by the Atlantic and
often by differences of policy and as-
piration, cannot, if they will, be
wholly separated, and, in supreme
moments of stress and sorroNv, irre-
sistibly join, hands with us across
the centuries and the seas,' (Loud
cheers.) Suppose, in a word, that
he could have beheld, as in an un-
folded tapestry the varying but, sue
perb fortunes of that indomitable
ram by whose cradle he had watched,
Would he not have seen in himself
one of those predestined beings.
greater than the great, who seem un-
consciously to fashion the destinee
and mark the milestones of the
world? (Hear, hear.) And as he,
loolcing forward, would have mar-
velled, so we, looking backward,
marvel none the less, but proudly
and gratefully cowmen -tin this monu-
ment to the memory of Alfred the
Good. Allred the Truth -teller, Alfred
tho Father ot his country aad of
ours. (Cheers.)
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INFANT'S SHIRT, BOOTED) AND
BAND.
Every infant's outfit, should con -
thin shirts of linen lawn for wear
neet the tender skin. flannel bands in
i, hbh to swathe the tiny body and
soft bootees for the little feet. The
ITIOCielf; given aro all aehnirable ana
aI1 adequate in every way.
The shirt is out in one piece a.nd is
without seams on the shoulders, and ,
slams all the tree edges finished with
uarrow lam,
The bend is cut in one piece, finish-
ed with seallopeci edges, cool is loag
encmgh to allow of lapping oto end
woll over the other. The bootee is
in moceitelit shape and can be Matie
of st1l cashmere, chemoi$ or soft
leather,
To out this shirt § yards of laws
and 3. yard of Ince will be required;
to Cut. six beads t yards of anneal,
and for the bootee * yard in any