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amozymeatsxmixotormaym tint tioletiatItteheo. rattan to. liend, hie wife
By Their Dee.
A. tattered lal,fgar in the etreet
Sang Ova).* e0010 04 crooning hymn
And hold te thoee wheel he nape 'Inca
His hat with ragge4,. greasy brim,
Two men -two mighty men -eante inen
Two hottored healers of the town;
Came, too, a dame cf lignite high --
Each pissed the beggar With a Omen.
But still the beggar sena away,
With awkward its! n »aeh word;
And through the balance of that day
ale three that chanting eh o heed.
They beard, aud held the fading :innate
Ate memories of things that bless,
Ami added to their other gains.
The golden eite of aindlinees,
Now, by nom° careless praek of fate,
Thom four met On .the Waxy to Deena
And jourimged to the Joyous Gate
Where but the perfect entereth.
The warder halted thew, end told
How all who entered must be known
By goodly deed -by deeds oh gold -
By itelpful actions ell their own.
The honored men explained that they
Had given of their ,earthiy wealth
To help their fellows on the way
To lcuewledge, peacefulnests apd health
The women told of vitae made,
Tim saffering nud imor to greet- -
All three told how the world had laid
In leureled tributes at their feet.
You may go in," the warder .smiled,
"Although your fame we dia riot
know,
A cup of water to a child
Is more than _all the peeing thew."
The beggar turned to take his way
With humblett mien Mid (keeping
Irene.
The warder called to him no stay,
"Come in We've heard you sing!" be
said.
-W. D. Nesbit ht Chicago Tribune. .
Prayer.
0 Thou who art our God and Satiour,
we thank Thee for the love that will
net let us go, that follows us into the
farthest oeuntry, the not desolate wil-
derness, arK1 strives continually for our
redemptiou. We praise Thee that Thy
love is strong enough to send us the
suffering necessary to warn us againat
sin and ehasten us for aur good. Yet
Thou dost delight not in our misery but
in our happiness, and our iight afflic-
tion, which is but for a moment, work-
eth for us more and more exceedingly
the eternal weight of glory. Not the
stroke of Thy fotherly- correction, but
the awful retribution of sin, teach us,
o God, to dread; and bestow upon us
grace, that we may flee for refuge to
the holm set before us in the gospel.
Bless and help us, 0 God of Oursalva-
tion and make tie a blessing and a help
to Others. Amen.
•
The Charmed. Chamber.
It is in every house, some time or
other. No home can be long without it.
And when it discovers itself it rules
imperiously over every one belonging
to the family, and even exerts its
power far beyond it on many ethers.
It gathers about in eager, •anxious and
sometimes, we might more truly say ofe
times, sleepless thought. It is the cen-
tre of attention. Uo it an unabated
streamof sympathy flows. It cone
raands low -Voiced, speech, noiseless foot-
steps, subdued. light, a muffled knocker,
ever open eyes, , ministering hands,
loving hearts and everything ib wins.
Its sovereignty is an undisputed sover-
eignty, and its law is the law of love.
All bow to it, and no burden it lin-
poses, however heavy, is ever spoken of
as grievous. All wait on it, and delight
in becoining its ministering angels,
What is this derma chamber? It is
the sick room. That part of the liaise,
whether lofty or low, specious or nar-
row, magnificently or meanly furnished,
wher disease contends with health and
seeks to overeome it. The sick one
there, in his weakness end helpless-
ness and danger, gathers about him the
strength and wisdom antl skill not only
of the individual dwelling to. which he
belongs, but also that of the whole
neighborhood. This gracioue sympathy
is ons of God's natural laws, and it.
is unspeakably grand. It proclaims the
true kinthip and brotherhood of man.
lt brings to the surface, what the hustle
and business of life eoversup and in a
great measure hides out of siltht, the
genuine human affection each has for
the other. Ralph %lido Emerson
speaks a great truth in these words:
"We have a great dela more kindnees
than is ever spoken. Maurge all the
unselfiehthess that , chills like met
winds the world, the whole human
family Li bathed with an element of
love like fine ether. How Emily per-
sons we meet in houses, whom we scar-
cely speak to, whoni yet we honor, a,nd
who honor us! How many we see in
the street, or it with in church, whom,
though silently, we rejoice to be with!
Bead the language of those wandering
eyebeams. The heart knoefeth," All
this kindness in revealed when one is
thrown down by disease, and trampled
upon by pain, and threatened with
death. Then all hearts are touched,
and express their sympathy by doing
all that can be done to minister, so far
as in them lies, reeteration to health.
Ard that is a touching sight to look
epon.--Itete J. A. R. DiekSOrlD. ID '
, n
Dominion Presbyterian.
• ••••16.1,
he True
and e False
* te
The Met thought eud, worde of Mend.
on reeevering her recollection Were:
"oh, my Mother!"
ne And the poor hild etrovo hard te
eon-
trol liereelf, end eagerly took the restor.
.
he. atweeoffered her, and suppressed the
foes, grist' ready to buret forth or the dead
fataer that she minht go awl •coneole
her living mother.
She went upstairs to Mre. linnter'e
chamber.
he( - lihe found the lady sittieg in the sarao
- still way -tatting back in ber chair, with
leaczczcsta.caccz,czcz•cra§grzczcorerestenetereereheieriege' hande careletisly folded iu her
alaps
aaAtajdaarnaAahaaadhalikalfailt nt hev eyes gaziug en vacinien,
The maiden fondly, tenderly and oh
Jenny embraced her. But she took no
notice a her child. Maga looked at her
In grieved tunazement-embraced hee
again, More fervently than before, and
looked in her face. She waa till, geeing
vacantly. Maud knelt before her, and
embraced her knees, and einciatiped her
hands, and kissed and wept over them,
and throw them around her own neck -
and palled her by evertender, loving
epithet, and tried every affectionate do-
om to win her notion
But Augueto, gave no sign of recogni,
tion. IVIaud started up in alarm, and
claspedher around the neck, exelaineing
wildly;
"Mother -dearest inother-ohl don't
loot; so; el:teak to lute It is your Maud!"
' Tho lady's lips unfired, and the words
• issued from them in a cold, low moue -
tone, as, without meeting her oyes, she
said
"The life has passed away; the light,
,and warmth, end strength have pissed
away, and left me here in the cold and
,dark, and falling, falling, falling, whith-
err
In the utmost distress, Maud fell at
her feet, embracing her knees wepeing
bitterly, and cryhig:
"Mother, mother, my own dear moth-
er, don't look so; don't talk eo. Look
at me, sweet mother, Speak to me.
It is your poor Maud, You used to love
me; you used, to—"
Slowly the lady's eyes deecended from
their fixed, attire, arid settled on her
daughter's sorrowful face -slowly the
light of reeognition cisme into them, and
she raised leer hands and placed them on
her daughter's head, and looking at her
did 1 ever tabor for thanks, or love, orall'Ine reary a g • . in the same still, tearless wayuss said:
"Mr. Winter."
• sink faster any where else but here.'
At the sound of her loved voice his looked at her, her hollow eye,
•eyelids uivered and unclosed.
and eheelos, mid temples, her esben hue,
q
-The convention have nominated their and dropped her wrist, anti turned away
candidate," with a deep sigh. The lady saith
Ms eyes were fixed upon her fondly. "Be easy about tile, deer friend. I am
"The nenlinee la tieueral—" well enough. They say 'the heart knee',
It is doubtful whether he heard, or un- eat its own bitternesea I say it knowetl
dersca
tood, Or red; but bis eyes were its own blessedness as we'll"
fixel most fondly upon lier-his lips
moved. She lenett Own by him and At noon that aay Falconer arrived by
liGWed her head to his. His eyes lin- the new railroad at the Summit etation.
gored. over her lovingly; idly he toyed. Here the young man made inquiries, and
with her silken ringlets. And she bent received information that raised kis aux-
and kissed his altered brow again and iety to the highest pitch. Re procured it
again-inany times, repressing the flood horse and galloped. rapialy to Howlet
.
of tears rea.d.y to burst forth.
lie spone iti it low, faltering, broken Ate he crossed the Barrier, entered the
voice, with minty interruptious. He sold: • Hollow, and approached the houies every-
'aly Augusta, 1 was strong and ahould thing revealed the passage of some me -
have sustained • thee -wise (in men's mentous event. Four sir five •carria.ges,
opinion) and shouta have Ought thee -mud spattered and with wearied horses,
Able and eltould have cherished, and' stood ueglected before the door. The
shielded, and comforteh thee -but 1 footpaths were unswept, and the stairs
have deprived, thee of rest, of Wends, of leading up to the portico unwashea for
home, ef all that: makes up the domestic many days,
and. social happiness of a woman. And The front door was ajar; the knocker
thou haat nvisea the rule-thoe haat was muffled, No servant was in at -
cherished, inspired, and strengthened tendance. Ile entered the baut that, too,
me." :there was a pause, during which was dusty, empty and neglected. Ile
he contained to play ally with leer ring- rapped gently with the end of his riding
lets, while he gazed into her faoe ivith whip. Then a man aervant came Out
a look of mournful, remorseful tender- from a, side^rootn. Falconer knew him,
ness; then. he resumed: nely Au/pietas addressed Win by name, and asked, after
all the rest, comfort, happiness I have hie master. Henry shook his head, and
know n in nfe have eoine from thee. Since answered that there had been no change
1 have known thee, all, Auguin,stall. since yesterday morning. He then led
Do you think the .people ever thanked the way into a parlor, placed a chair for
nie-ever loved me for the health, his visitor, and took his card to carry up.
strength, life, expeuded in thelr service? Falconer looked around him; even in
Never, Augusta, never! (Nor, indeed, this sumptoous roum everything wore the
Tbe riob
The Joy of Lite.
The man whose heart is filled with
:kind thoughts for others, and whose life
deeds reveal that inner fountain of
sweetness, must be happy, for, after all,
it is only selfishness in some form or
other that can kill tae joy that every
man was meant to knoW. If you will
live earnestly wishing, not in any rune
tow or trivial sense, the happine.ss of
others, and will let no day pass without
some deed, hotvever small, that seeks to
fill out that wish, measuring up to the
opportunity of helpfulness as it comes;
then, by that great divinely -ordained
eequenee that never fails, you will drink
the cup of human happiness held in the
bend of 'God '
Oh! -but you say, sorrow must come to
every heart and every home. Yes„ indeed
it must; it is the sunshine and then the
shadow, and sometimes that shadow
deepens away into the biotic:test of
night. But the strangest paradox of all
life is, that joy and sorrow may find
room in the one heart, the one an ftbia-
hag and the other but a passing guest.
If when sorrows eome we turn our heckm
upon our blessings, and in so doing inag-
nify our troubles and our fears, We will
succeed in making ourselves genuinely
miserable; but if, en the other hand, we
leave the sinulowe behind us and look
into the sunehine, we will find how pod
and eireerIng and helpful it is. The ilark•
est shadows in most lives are those that
emit matt mitts by etending in his own
light. And every true philosopher of
flf ultimately makes the diseovery that
it ie the good things of life that are the
most real, while whit Seen% to be nvile
ere, iti the long lag, but bles.sings itt
dieguise.-Chrletien Guardian.
any other refinement of pay.) And you ve ve -CON ered cflars we .
-did you ever reproach me for the loss dust; dust had gathered in the folds of
of home, neighborhood, familiar triends, the satin damask curtains; a superb
al that makes even the poorest laborer's Chinese screen of stained glass that
wife happy? Never, my own! never, I atretthed =owl the room was dim with
am sure ot it, even in thought." fly specks; the vases on the tands were
She had not as yet replied to him, lee. filled with dead flowers, emitting a faint
cause she could not trust Iterself to do and sickening odor, and two tall silver
so; her heart was too full. Bat now she candlesticks, with their guttered wan
lifted. up her heed and, spoke, in a cholc- eandle ends, sated mien the centre table,
lug voice: • left" then from the night before.
"Oh! did ,you not know I knew you He had scarcely rnade these mournful
loved ale all the time? That your love observations before the door swung
Was the best, dearest, crowning blessing slowly open, and his beloved Maud en -
of my life?. Oh, don't you know that 1 tered the rooim
never depired anything better than And oln how thin,' and pale, and sor-
just to be with you, wherever rowful, and self -neglected she, too, look -
your duty called you? Oh! must I tell "II Her ivir was that of one who had
you now, at .thie late hour, that there watched and wcpt for many days and
was nothing earthly I valued so much nights. She wore a white wrapper, very
•
as your presence -nothing I dreaded so
carelessly; d her )not
•dishevelled, was certainly disordered. She Let such an one remember that there
was an hour when the blessed Saviour
cried: •
- "Why •haat Thou forsaken MeV'
Mrs. Lovel entered with a servant,
bearing wine and crackers.
• "Here, Augusta" she said, "Dr, Henry
says you must take something,"
. Maud took a glass of wine and put it
in her mother's hand.
Augusta raised it to
me -blessed me riohly her head, wiped er s, t inn
tears, and wept abundantly. Presently mediately replecee it onhthelipwaiterbu, say-
"He has blessed she lifted and her eyes, leg;
in thv love." •
and said: "1 cannot swallow." -
He remained silent so long that she- ,
A. sad greeting I have given you, dear- Mrs: Lovel lot ked at her, and, notic-
thought he had dropped off into a doze, est Falconer -a sorrowful, sorrowful ing for the first time tee awful pallor
but when she looked up., his hands were greeting. But you are welcome. I ant of her face, sire beetune frightened, ex -
folded, and bis eyes reuted-he was en- very glad to see you. Yet -to meet in claiming; •
gaged in ailent prayer. This was likr - ,..,..
Mich an hour as this. My father! oh! "Augusta! My sieter! My dear sis-
longest conversation that they had held my dear fathern' she crie1, dropping her ter; Oh! do not do eo--do not, Angus -
since his attack, and it was the last eon. head and weeping afresh. tat"
fidential one. .
"How is he, Maud?" inquired the "Now what would you have? X tun
• For there were fresh arrivals of -ng n, hi the meegete
t ntle, nder, very quiet." ,
tors at thellall every day, and vish youma
almost synapathizing tone and manner. "How "Naos, yes -too quiet -that's. what 1
every hour. Since the news of Mr. is -e, ltdearcot Matte!" ' object to."
Hunter's. illness had been bruited abroad "Ales, Falconer!" "I might well weep and lament. Ile
the great statesman really lay Il•
And especially einee it was known that "No better, Maud?" deserved all my teare-but I cannot do
is
" his N.
deathbed his -friends end admirers from . h"as been the despairing answer 'o; no better. Oh! Falconer, that so."
to all "Augusta, you must rouse ylf
ourse,
all parts of the country flocked to ale inquiries; how, many dreadful days! No and take soutething-if you do not, in-
neighborluxel and called at the Kali. better, for, Falconer, sines his first deed you will sink. You have much yet
Mrs. Hunter received all coiners with attack he has grown daily worse and left to live for. Think of your child."
her used air Of suave and stately eour- worse' I don't believe the doctors know "Now what is it you Nvould have ine
tesy, and the compoeed manner of the
lady misled them at first sight to argue that is the matter with him. They said do.? 0,111 I ant no weary!"
a more hopeful condition of the invalid his first attack was apoplectic; now "ThinIc of his child, Augusta -think
than had been reported. In -which respect they differ itS to the nature of his of his orphan child, her kneeling by your
illness. They agree only upon this, Fal- ewe,
they were soon undeceived. The most fa-
coner-that he miist die." Again she _ "I do! I do! God bless her!' God
wired of his personal aria political
friends had the entree to his chamber, wept convulsively. Presently she said: foiekver bless her -so He surely will--:
' "I have not seen -him for two days, Fah she is such a good child."
or, to speak exactly, with well -mean- .
ing but mistaken zeal' they obtruded miter*" - "Ohl then, Augusta, for her sake, and
themselves upon the dying stateaman, 'Net seen him for two dayea" her father's sake, do try to bear up."
"Oh no!" Letty came in -carne up to the lady in
filling his room to the exclusion of his awl'iy
own family, effeetually preventing I is that, dear Mftud?" her quiet, soothing Way, and gently took
al "Ohl I have no self-control! none at her hand and asked:
private communication with them, ex "Oh!
it were obtained by the formal cera- all, I think. When I see him I cannot "IloW do you feel, dearest Augusta?"
mony of turning out .the intruders: and refrain from weeping,. I am not like "Contented, Letty. Contented."
summoning the other, and .6ntair hind. my dear mother; she has not shed a tear Letty held her wrist, and, fixing her
ming those little impromptu words Of since Inc illness, I sonaetimea wish she genie° grey eyes steadily on her face,
affection or expressions of his will would; for_ohl Falconer, sho looks so read her counteuance
which it might have ooinforted his afflie- strangely. It seems as if the shadows ."Nay, now, never. look . at me im
ted wife and daughter to • have remem- of death were falling upon her, too!" mournfully. •Indeed, I am not unhappy.
bored and fulfilled. Tenderly and reverently canoeing her, am very well, It makea no difference.
It wee in death as it had been in his he led her to it sofa and sought to soothe Ah! do you think I washed him to live
life. her grief. ,
Them the illustrious statm
eean had While yet they conversed, tht ba old and infirm -to sea those weary
ere was weary days in -which he should say, 'I
hover been able to keep an hewed hie a sudden opening of doors and a hurry -
have no pleasure. in thein'? No -no -at
'time, an event of hie life, scarcely R ing ot steps. Impressed willi a prophetic teast I mean -it is not right to with ,it.
- feeling, Falconer arose and sitepped to
thought of his brain, or an affection of He has one in his glorious day of hfe
' his bearh apart from the intrusion, the
espionage, tlae criticism or the sympathy had repidly descended the . stews, mid
the door and opened it. .4 gentleman
end &nage, ere_ yet. one laurel. leaf had
of the multitude.
was hurrying through the hall, Falconer dhooped upon his brow. And I,t, NLet me
NOW they invaded his chaniber-they stepped out and accosted him. Use Lord %oath all things well.
"Sir, will you inform me -has airy- lieLdert7; MI ell :lel
7 tired."
crowded around his dying bed to the ex- .'s__1„mli_..11 her wrist, and
elusion of his own beloved ones. thing happened?" .
hdovel to tako Mandher countenance,out and leave
True, Augusta kept her station near "Mr. Hunter has past expired,ihed,
shy etht',dienow desind
the head of his bed, but she might not answered the gentn
Mrs.
henan, hurrying on.
Falconer stepped back into the room. Angeeta in her own charge.
poor, pale at death
epeak to, or hear from him one warm Maud get up an kissed her mother,
heart word, for there was always a afraid was at the '
el rah
She caught his arnh and and left the room with Lucy. Lett thee
• ' two bonding ' p'l with dread,
- low, ti. hegihosen brother senators and gazed into his facet in the speechless, gently undressed the suffering la y, tit -
d breathless agony of Anxiety.
sisted her to bed, drew the curtains, and
Repreeentatives and others. near . an
"The Lord. bless you, my child -the
Lord forever bless you, Daniel Bunter'
precious child!"
"Dear mother, are you better? How
do you feel? Shall I bring you any-
thing?"
"Where he it gone, Maud?"
"What, eweet mothert"
"The life -the love that lived with us,
and blessed us so, ahittle while ago'!"
"To heaven, mamma; surely to heaven.
Ah! dearest =tame -you that were my
• guiding spirit -what has so dimmed your
faith?"
The lady did not answer. She had
• raised.her eyes and fixed them afar off.
Sorrow, by prostrating her nervous
system, palsying her heart and brain,
had dimmed her vision of faith. Let no
Phitrieee, hill of self-righteousness and
•spiritual pride, blame her too severely.
paiting
"And vet. Augusta, we must part." looked -not near so pretty as when he
had seen her last -but to him -oh! how
"No, no, not so -I reel it. -the grave
much more beautiful. lie sprang to meet
cannot divide thee and me," thought the her, as she advanced -slowly, holding out
lady, but she did not speak. her fair hands, And "Falconer!' and
He was gazing on her with unutter-
"Dearest, dearest Maud!" wore their
able affection -he slowly raised his simultaneous greetings, as he folded her
nearly powerless hand and laid it on her to his bosom. They spoke no more for
bowed head. •
it little while; for as soon as her head
"God blase thee. God bleas thee, as I
a.iim sure h'IIfell upon his shoulder, she burst into
"
MILES OF STRAIGHT BOAC,
A Condition Which Makes Motoring
* Delight in France.
There aro nieny iseetione of the thief
renal% in Prance which run for mile* in
an absolutely straight line. ;no eountry
it invariably rolling and it is nothing
unusual to come to the summit of some
Mil and see the road stretehing away
in front as straight as a die as far as
the eye can reaeh.
Another feature of the French roe&
• le the •entire absence of fences, says the
Outing hlagezine. Idelele come to the
very edge of the graea bordering the
rows of trees that line the rottcle and in
Norinendy end Britelane, eopecially, ev-
ery foot of the acerege neeme to be
tilled in many plaees both gutters of
the road on hills are carefully paved
with stones so that the water may be
oarrled eff without cuttban lute in the
mececitem at the edges.
Motoring is ideal when it oast be en.
jeyed ureter mile after mile of mashed
foliage, prAt fertile .fields and pletur-
esque cottages.
Maud." left her to repose.
Wobse than all, two reportere, tievering "'Be compoaed, my dearest'
In the phssage near the chamber door, Still that wild, wild gaze of inquiry.
and peeping in and stippling down their "Dearest, dearest Matta, it is all over!' 411She lay there with her hands clasped
4 above her head, not sleeping,
hieroglyphic every time it was opened. Het grasp relaxed from his arm. Ile but preternaturally vigilant . She heard
As Daniel Hunter had lived hi public, caught hsh
er as e was falling, and bore the hurrying to and fro, and the 'stokes
so he must die in public. •And he was go. her, swooning, tea the edbelow stairs, and she knew that theyge _
%MO about. She lay many 'hour* in that
ing fast -hourly his senses welled- he CHAPTEIL XXXII, u t ldarkened thamber, With only oho
fell gradually into the stupor preceding Datkiel Hunter had expired I I
e penis . •
death. dealt a in her heart, to Ho-
of hie Augusta.
Ile lay in this state for several hours, Wheh his head sank forward on het' dewil by theside of her dead.
during which all ettempte to attractm
hie bosom, and they perceived that hAfternoon waned into evening and the
e was -room beeame pitch dark. And then some
attention preyed utterly • futile, except dead, Mr. Level approached, ithd gently one eoftly opened the deer and stele
when hie wife would bend over him, take and reverently relieved the lady of her unto the room to see if the were asleep.
his hand and look into his eyes -then the , beloved burden, and took her hand to Augueta called:
fast atiffer411.4 fingers would try to close lead her from the room. .
"
aroundhets-ana the failing eyes wolfid She gAve no sign of resistance, or "Iit that you, Lettyl"
soften with affeetion or lighten with even of unwillingness. Pale as marble Yee, dearest Augusta, }low do you
intelligence. Long after he was entirely and eeerningly as destitute of feeling:
leliegeweer 'have they kid him, Lettyfe -
insensible to all othhe er external impres• ssuffered herself to be eenducted "Per the present in his form, on the
eions he reeognised her touch and her from the chamber of death to her own. bedstead where Ito died. The conunittee,
glanee. Ile knew her to the last. The And there she sot down, SS white, RS etill who haim antuned the direction of ell
• heart! the heart( it in the first to live, as though she lieraelf were lifelese. the arrengeniente, twee deckled that he
the lea to expire!' He knew her to the Mr Level Stood by her, bending over
late.shell lay in atate in the ealoozi the dayher, holding her hand, mtirMuring in her
* Awl, therefore, site never left him ' ear the commortplaees of sympathy and atm. toestorrow. They have sent it nite.
again
comfort -well meant -but so vain -to tenger exprast for the undertaken and
, ,
Alter betting tspent days and nights utterly vain -that they must have vet. 0Phel'terere'" ' •
. .„
by his bedsidh innitest the expoetulationt ed her, could anything have done so. . "Iii state le -but it. bes. not matter.
of friends and physleitins, Dr. Henry, But she was past all that now. Nothing l letty named some half-dozen gentle -
Who watches by hint to -night, Lettyf"
their old family praetitiorter, took her vould disturb her more. She answere
hatil end felt het puttee not, she uhdentood not it word of the men who had :lammed that dty.
"Mrs. Itunfer," he Raid, "most pee:Rive- gentle flow of soutul that fell upon her "(live them my thanks and dosirethein
1y 3:ou must leave thin room: go tufa ears. She mat back in her ehair, and •from me to watch, not ixt the ehturiber
tette some refreeliment and He down and rioted her eyes. Where he lies, but in the adjoining front
Oleo. You yourself, are sinking fest." ' Mr. Level thought the locked Weary roan?
'And II ii5filite you, doter. X shwa and hi need of rest. Ite premed her (To he rontititted.)
Lake on Rock of Gibraltar.
On the eastern side of the Took of
Gibraltar there is a curious looking
white patch which recently led an Am-
erican touriet to ask whether the rook
was being armor -plated, It is really a
catelanent for rain meter to increase the
serve water on the rook. The catch-
ment clovers ten acres. It is made of
galvanized corrugated iron fixed to piles
anddriven deep into the shady elopes
above the village of Catelan. The water
collected at the foot of the catchment
rune through the rook into a tunnel two
thousand feet long and is delivered into
the reeervoire on the western side. The
yield to oath inch of rainfall is 240,000
galions.-Baltimore American.
7 I
,1,-431-11
gauge, Prairie 80rateltes sad every to el
ecategous Itch on human or anizaels eared
in so *minutes by Wolford'. Sanitary Wien.
It over fails: Zatd _br_ _druggist:1.
New Bridge at Cairo.
The Island of Rodah, in the Nile, where
tradition says Moses was found in the
bulrushes, bas just been connected with
Cairo byhthe largest bridge ever built
over the Nile in that section. The
Rodali bridge, which took three years
to build, is 1,740 feet long and 65 feet
betted, There are fourteen spans, be-
• sides it turning span of 209 feet, which
Is swung by an electric motor, and
which when opened gives. a clear 70 feet
on either side for the passage of ves-
sels. At a recent official teat every
square yard. of the bridge was subjected
to a, weight of 400 pounds. In order to
give this weight the footpaths were piled
with sand, while twenty train cars load-
ed with cement, twenty:four water carts
filledwith sand and eight traction en-
gines were kept on the bridge it whole
day. - The defleetion of each span was
noted, and after that the whole of the
huge traffic was driven at full speed
across the bridge. -From Zion's Herald.
Minard'sCures
zinimen: -
Diphtheria.
The Unlearned, Leeson.
Just a title skater,
Blithe as he coulel be;
Just a siga of danger
That he failed to see;
Just a little venture
Where the ice was thin;
Just a little flicker
As he tumbled in;
,Tust a little dear one
• Who will not returnt
• Just a little lesson
Boys will never learn.
-Chicago Record Herald.
The Fish's Punishment.
Deleon (meeting a boy on Sunday
Morning carrying a string of fish) -
Johnny, Johnny, do these belong to you?
Johnny-Ye.e-s, sir. You see, that's
*hat they've got for ehasing worms on
Sunday t-?iek-Me-tYp.
_
Lure for Weak Lungs
"1 lialre 1111041 your Beyebine for about
six months,
and hese fottud it an ex-
cellent remedy for paettmoatit and weak
lungs." Ronald Johnson, Farewell, 04.,
April 10, 1901.
"Peyehine is one of the best medi-
cines on the market, and for all throat
and lung troubles is unexcelled." --
word from a man who Me tested it.
Pneumonia, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds
and all throat, lung and atoinach. trou-
bles yield to Psyebine. At all druggists,
a,nd $1.00, or Dr. T. .4. Slocum, Linn
Red, Toronto.
REMARKABLE CRIMINAL RECORD ISSUE NO, 1.0. 1.9081
In One Chinese Family Seven Sons
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Opening Darkest Africa.
The Congo Free State contains about
800,000 square miles et territory, and a
population variously estiniated et from
twenty to thirty millions. In favor of
the govetinuent it may be said that,
along commercial Iines, the state is being
greatly developed, an important step in
this direction being the suppreselon of
the Arab slave trade. The capital of the
state is 13orea, a alty of rieverea thousand
people, situated forty -Ove utiles front
the mouth of the Congo River. Just
below the first great rapias'an impass-
able barrier to ocean vessels, is rooted
Alatalli, a city of about 3,000 people, and
the point from which is shipped most of
the rubber and ivory brought down from
the Interior. From this city a railroad
extends 240 miles; to Leopoldville, from
which point the river is navigable for
900 =nee to Stanley Lake. From Stan-
ley Falls to Lake Tangauyilca, a distance,
of over 700 miles, a railroad hi being con-
streeted which will connect ultimately
with the Cape to Cairo railroad, thus
opening tip a vast district, and furnishing
much needed additional transportation
fatalities for the enormous luraber and
mining interests of the state.-- C. F.
Stoddard. in Leslie's Weekly,
More proofilia,t Lydia E. Pink-.
banes Vegetable Compound cures
Sick whine%
Mifit3 M. it. Morin, 886 Ontario St.,
Montreal, writes to Airs. rinkhara:
"1 was in very poor health and doc-
tored for menthe, receiving very little
benefit. I had lost all ambition, was
nervous, and subject to dizzy spells and
painful periods- each mouth.
"A friend suggested Lydia. E. Pink -
ham's Vegetable Compound as the
proper rctedioine for me. X procured a
bottle of this remedy and began tak-
ing, and before it was finished, I felt
to much better that I eentinued its use
and gave it a thorough test, with the
result X sen to -day Well and a much
healthier girl than I was three years
age. I have n.. more painful periods,
dizziness or nervous troubles."
FACTS root sicK womEtt
For thirty years Lydia V. Pink -
ham's Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, tdeera-
Lion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear -
ng -down feeling, flatuleilortindiPs.
ion, dizziness or nervons prostration.
Why don't you try It?
Mr& Pinkhant invites all skk
vomen to write her for adviet.
;he bag guided thousand* to
loath* Addres4 Lynii, litaa*
FREE
REAR DE your
namo and address
for I 8 pieties of
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$..r.s.o and we willeend you these TWO SOLID GOLD
tided MIMS. We trust you ietth the Jewelry and wIllsond
it SD charges paid. Send us your name end address new.
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Vacuum From Blow Out Shot.
Experiments made in Austria, says
the Engineering and Mining Journal,
shoes that a vacuum resulting from a
blowout shot may amount to as much
as 1-2 inch of mercury, which Is equiv-
alent to 8 lbs. to 9 lbs. to the square
foot. This reduction of pressure cre-
ates an increase in the flow of fire-
damp in the ratio of 235 to 100. larn.
der the conditions stated blow-out
shots may furnish a considerable
amount of gas that would not be driv-
en from the coal under ordinary con-
ditions.
Red, Itching, Skin
-clumped hands -blotches on the face
-scalp irritation -all are cured by
',11.1.,Ag4.11. h!, 1 1 1 Ida
TRADE MARK REGISTERED.
SKIN SOAP
It heals as it cleans. A medicinal and
toilet soap combined. Soothing and
antiseptic. Blegantly perfumed. In-
valuable for babies, to keep the delicate
skih clear and smooth.
es a cle-at druggists or sent on receipt Of
price. The Chemists' Co. Of Canada, I,imited,
Hamilton. 24
Tae Judge's Turkey,
During the civil wen especially during
the last years, the Southerners were
often in sore straits for supplies of all
kinde. During bhis period a Southern
'Judge wile rather surprised to find a
turkey on his table, stuffed according to
the beet ruin of the art. AS he had no
turkeys in his poultry yard, and he knew
that the sum he Intel given to his cook
for household expenses did not run to
a turkey, ha called the sable servant and
Raked for a,n explanation. "Why, mama,"
replied &mho, "it is like this: Thart tur-
key has been roosting three nights on
our fence, and lest night I grabbed him
for the rent of the fence." It is not on
reeord whether the judge was satisfied
with this explanation.
•
Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cows.
Made by a . Convict.
In the gardens attached to the
Rouses of Parliament. Melbourne,
there is an elaborately sctilptured
fountain, embellished with human
figures, birds, flowers, and various
other ornamental work in stone. This
fountain has a remarkable history.
It was constructed entirely by a con-
vict named .William Stanford, with-
in the Walla of the Melbourne jail.
When a young man of twenty-one,
Stanford, in a weak moment, joined
a band of bushranging desperadoes,
was captured and sentenced to terms
of imprisonment amounting in the
• aggregate totwee-Ay-one years. One
day Colonel Oliamp, the governor of
Melbourne jail, was astonished to
find a beautiful angelic.figure which
Stanford had (+laved out. of a meat
bone. He showed it to the leading
sculptor of Melbourne, who declared
that the young Man was a natural
gerilus. The sculptot visited the jail
and gave- Stanford some lessons in
• the art. A petitionfor pardon was
influentially signed, and. Stanford
was released. He became one Of the
most successful sculptors in Mel
bourne, and completely lived down
hie ktivenile criminal escapade. --Dun-
dee 'Advertiser.'
Glad He Wasn't Mad.
A notorious mountain intxmehiner,
!clown as "Wild Bill," was re-
oently tried before a Federal coUrt itt
Georgia, and was adjudged guilty.
Before prononuclug sentence the judge _
lectured the prisoner on his long crim-
inal record, cued at last, informing 'him
that'the court entertained no feeling of
auger toward him, but telt only mixed
pity, sentenced him to 'spend six yews in
the Federal prison et Atlanta.
Bill stolidly shifted the quid bf to-
biteco in his mouth, and tweed to leave
the eoutt room with the inanshal, Once'
'outside the only thing he said was We:
• "Well, sualt am glad he mad
et Ine I "
I
Following nstru ct Ion e.
She was it little girl mid very pelite.
'Twee the first time she had been on
visit alone, and she had been told how to
• behave.
'ow, Mud, ehould they ask you to
• istay and dine you must say, 'No, thank
you; I have iiiready dined."
/t turned out Net at papa had antlei-
pated.
"Come along, Ilthel," tutid the hot,
"you must have a bite with Us."
• 'No, thank you," tam the dignified
have already bitten."
Executed for Highway Rohbory.
To -day a remarkable exution has
tawhiciedixi Iptlhaicenk ihnasiplelysoc.ibatyp, petnhede lievenkeoinf
the annals of Chive. eeeentione.
.The man who was executed was found
guilty of highway robbery and sentenced
to be beheaded. Ile is the seventh of the
family to suffer the extreme penalty in
th".jablcltria'
The rents gave birth to eight boys,
and from whatever cause it la impossible
for me to say, the whole family have
just given themselves up body and soul
to evil. The poor old mother escorted
thin her seventh, son to the execution
ground wailing her dreadful fate the
whole way. On arrival the magietrate,
fearing the Might calm trOuble, had her
forcibly removed outside the crowd until
alt was over, when she ran back to the
bleeding, Iteedlese body of her poor boy
turd again took up Iter
correspondence Shanghai Mercurv.
SHILOH'
Quick eau° for the worst cough -quick
relief to the beeviest cold -and SAFE
to lake, even for a child, ge
That is Shiloh's Cure. %Aires
Sold 'under a guarantee COUghSt
to cure eolds and coughs AR, rt
.quicker than any other ene a--hoinnat
meditine-oryour money back. 34years
of success commend Shiloh's Cure: 25e.,
816
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A Perfect Identii !cation.
Signor Arditi, the well-known inimical
conductor, tells the following adventure
he had with a bank cathier in an Amer-
ican city, He wished to have a cheque
cashed; but, slime the bank cashier did
not know Signor Arditi, he told him
he must get himself identified before
he could receive any money.
"But I do not know anyone here," pro-
tested the musical" conductor.
"I am very sorry," said the cashier.
Signor Arditi tb.ought for a few me-
ments, and, presently said:
"Do you ever attend the open, young
man t"
"Frequently," toad the eaehter. "I am
• very fond of music."
• 'Theo you must know me,"and, tak-
ing off his hat and turning his back upon
the cashier, Signor .A.rditi beat time vig-
mutely to an imaginary orchestra.
"Oh, yea!" exelainied the cashier. "I
know the back of your head very well.
You are Signor Areliti." And he handed
out the money to the 1111.1SiGiaa without
further ceremony.
Minard'e Liniment Cures Distemper.
Toys Children Like Best.
. A hundred and thirty-two boys and
seventy-two girls in a Parisian school
were invited to describe their prefer-
ences ha the way of toys. Among the
former 31 voted for a railway. train,
23 for tin soldiers, 10 for steam en
gines, nine for building bricks and
eight each for toy -typewriters and me-
chanical horses. Forty eaals-e, solid
majority --declared without hesitation
that a doll was superior to any other
implement of recreation, The super -
child seems happy a long way off.
And as diabolo had only two boy and
six girl supporters, the 'Devil's Dis-
ciple' may still be called an infre-
quent object of the playground. -From
the `Schoolmaker.'
Fairville, Sept. 30, 1902.
Minard's Liniment Co., Limited:
Dear Sirs, -We wish to inform you
that we consider your MINARD'S
LINIMENT a very superior • article,
and we use it as a sure relief for sore
throat and chest. When I tell you
would not be without it if the price Was
one dollar a bottle, I mean it.
Yours truly,
CHAS. F. TILTON.
King Frederick and the t,entry.
Frederick the Great of Prussia often
told a laughable story of an experience
of his own. During one of his cam-
paigns in Silesia he made it his habit
to stroll through his ca.nin in disguise at
night to come in touch with hie soldiers.
One night he was stopped by a sentry,
but giving the proper password was per-
mitted to proceed. Instead of doing so,
however, he endeavored to tempt the
sentry into accepting a cigar, -saying
that a smoke would solace bile long
watch.
"It le against the rules," said the soh
&en -
"But you have my per:nice:1cm," said
the King.
"Your permission! Who are you?"
"I am the King."
"The King be hanged!" said tbe in-
oorruptible sentry. "Whet would my
captain fay?"
An Obliging Patient.
The day the dootor called to treat lit-
tle Kitty for a slight ailment it was
only by the 'moist persistent persuesion
that he succeeded in getting the child to
show him her tongue.
A few days subsequent to this the
child sold to her mother: 'Ma, the doc-
tor don't have to tease me to obey' him
eny more."
"Why not r
"'Cause ever/time I see him going by
the house now, I stiok my tongue out
et him t"-Lippincottes.
HELP WANTED.
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SA.A.R.Y AND
cfainflolie$1014
ite The J Nlobole Co., niraitederoroute
(Flew menden tale inner.)
Man's Fashions.
A Tuxedo waistcoat has a deeply
pointed front, The pattern 18 asolseaut
of diegonal lines convergieg to the on -
ire, giving to the wearer a slim, trim.
appearance.
Fall dresa mufflers and proteetora are
handsomer than ever this season. One,
of peau de crepe, takes the reefer form
and is a very long way in mimeo of
the ordinery.
Tab collars with riMnded pointe are
suffieiently distinctive to make them
welcome in dressy quarters.
Soft hate in every shape are popular
among echeol and the younger college
boys, hut enen are favoring the etiff
yarieties almost exclueively,
Red, green and brown are the =duo
entat colon in neckwear.
Corabbiation suite in Underwear like
the coat akirt were it long time gaining
a foothold In popular esteem, but their
fortune is fixed -they have got there.
Beautiful are the neve shades he half
hose. Gray, hello, garnet, azure and tan
in holes; pearl, gun metal and old TOSS
in silk. For best dreee of course we are
atill weaning-talttk silk.-Frora Brown-
ing's Magazine.
ENGLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT
Removes ,all hard, soft and calloueed
lumps and blemishes from horses, blood
apesin, ourbs, eplints, ringbone sweeney,
stifles, sprains, sore and swollen throat,
coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one
bottle. Warranted the most wonderful
Blemish, Cure ever known. Sold by drag -
Lints.
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Where a Man Can Kick.
Away from home I am compelled to
smile,
Though in my heart itt bitternees and
Be nice to people I don't like atall
And speak quite softly, though I rage
the whik.
At home 1 freely manifest my bile,
If thing* dont' suit me you hear some-
thing fail,
Yes, there they all come running when
I call,
And meekly listcrn if I should revile
len • boas -supreme. Who shall disputet
my sway,
Or talk back when upon some fault
I pick?
When I demand, who darea to say me
nay?
I'd settle it rebellion mighty quick,
Ah, home'sweet home; I love it, I
inuet say,
It's just the one place where a. Man
can kick.
-Chicago News.
PILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS
pAzo 0INTmENT is guaranteed to owe enr
case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-•
Mg Piles in 6 to 14 days or mono)* Intended.
600
:
THE DIFFERENCE.
se was a dog
But he stayed at home
And be guarded the family night sad day.
He was a dog
That didn't roam.
Be lay on the porch and chased the
&tsar -
The trazo,p, tho burglar, the hen away;
For a dog's true heart tor that house-
hold beat
At morning and evening, in cold and
heeL.
Ho was a dog,
He was a man
And didn't *star
'ro cherish Ws wife and children fair.
Ho was a man
A.nd every day •
His heart grew callous, its love bate
rare.
He thought of himself at the close
gay
And cigar in his fingers, hurried AWAY
'to tho club, the lodge, the acre, the
But be had it deft to go, you know.
He was a man.
-new York Slots.
WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE
From October to May, Colds are the MOS
frequent cause of Headache. LAXATIVIII
BROW) QUIXINB removes ca.usit. B. ve.
Greve ee box, 25c. _ _
Exceptional Instance.
Golkifee-I've got to move my dwell.
ing 'house a quarter of a mile or more.
Have' you any idea what it will coat
me?"
Goseh-It dependsentirely on the
mode of traienortation and the diffieuh
hies in the way. 1 onew a man in Jacks
eon county, over In Missouri, who ewe
had his house moved 300 miles by the
shriek proem of building it it Itttie too
close to the hanks of the Missouri Bios
er, and he &let leave to pay it cent for
-
Minatd's Liniment Cures Gelds, etc.
-
Defying Age,
That's the story I am told:
"Gittin' Gittin' ohl"
Well, mebbe so, but seems
I'm apry as what X uster be,
Git yer fiddle -draw yer bow-
Rosum up an' let 'er go -
Louder! Faster! Let 'or eingt
Watch the or time pigeonwingi
What's the inatter-air ed done?
Cmcky, I have just begun!
Whe.re's that weazoned up o' soul
Telt me I wuz gittin' or ?
-Buffalo News.
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