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*HS TIOSIt X PRAY( i
T. Miller4 riv,41
X open wide this temple soul owl eleito
Thy searebing gaze oi ell tide mound
realm,
Wind of Clodsweep through tide wide
domain,
That I may prtey.
I will not bring a single deep desire,
Thy presence sisal my very soul inspire,
Consuming earnal elousis with holy _fire,
That I may pray,
Titan contest not alone, but With Thee
bring
A train of gifts which melte my Itearb t 0
sing,
So that I mount as en an eegle's wing,
In wordleas prayer.
welemee thee! 'Tis all I Can receive,
Ilaving.Thee, all that 'I'hou cense
give,
Divided not.,. Thou contest home to live
A life of prayer!
Enricb, entarge, expand this growing
soul,
Horizon widens ae 1 seerelt the whole,
Gellea of grace urge to 'final goal,.
With ceaseless prayer. a
PRAYER.
Straight from the throne my prayer
eomes clown,
My cry gees up in quick refrain;
Swifter than gleam Of tempest light,
I reach the centre clothed in white;
Itt resurreotion power is mine,
fleet on wings of life divine. .
How sublime is the contact of the
soul with God! Moses sold, "Show me
Thy glory." Isaiah said. "I an undone
for mine eyes have seen the Jing." Eze-
kiel said, "The heavens were opened and
saw visions of God." Daniel said, "I
saw in the visions of my head upon my
bed and behold a watcher and an holy
one eame clown from heaver."
"When thou prayest enter into thy
closet, and when then hest shat the
door, pray to thy Father which is in
secret, which seetb in secret. What
dost the Father see? Ile sees a person-
aliay. He sees millions of thought cells
and counts them. He sees untold wealth
and weighs it. He touches and there is ,
a cry, a birth -throe, a response et wealth
which outweighs the world, of music
which gladdens the heart.
"The secret of the Lord is with them
that fear Him, and He will show unto
them His .covenant." What is Cove-
nant? It is it secret between two. "Shall
I hide from Abraham the thing. that I
do?" It is not necessary to go into the
wilderness to be alone. We are alone in
the midst of others, calm when they are
troubled.
Is it not ours to hold Him near though
invisible. Are we not lifted into the
Divine life' share our purpose was the
purpose 'ofJehovah and possess an. au-
thoritative power which is new to us?
Ite this realm of life and love we leave
behind thalimitations that hold us and
put on the mightiness which comes feom
nearness to Jehovah.
As we think of this sublime contact
we enter upon a study of wonder and
worship. What a difficulty was involv-
ed in the prayer of Moses, "Show me
thy glory." "Them canst not see My
face, I will put thee in the cleft of a
rock and will cover thee with my liend
until I have passed by." Here was a
tax upon the Divine ingenuity. What
disrobing, laying aside unbearable glory.
Note thet it was a secret transaction,
no witnesses in this high court; none
then—uone now! for the principles of
revelation to the individual are ever the
seine.
The first touch is a biding touch;
then comes an overshadowing cloud that
the vulgar may not see. It Is even so!
Paul was caught up to third heavens
and heard unspeakeble words which it
was impossible for him to utter. Com-
mon readers think that the Marvelous
thing belonged to the apostolic offiee,
not to be repeated. Nothing of the
kind!. It is repeated in every woe of
itclult regeneration. Each one by him-
self goes into the secret piece of the
Most Righ. How netteh can one help
another in the real beginning of this
most vital exercise of prayer and com-
munion? Not rnuch. I can lead AV
brother to the door of the secret plaid,:
but I must leave him there; "darkness
taarre and nothing more," he millers
"done as the high priest entered the
mostl holy place. In one sense it is
dark, but the light that never. was on
sea or land is there, iti tbe soul. A. gen-
tle whisper, a trembling impulse, a
dawning, 4 discovery, a movement and
a meaning.
0 voice that conies to sacred inner tar,
0 careful oatiook of a region wide,
The vibrant rend responds to signals
dear
0 Meet rapture of a rising tide.
This is the beginning of all trite pray -
et; it sacred, secret, personal, delieate
union, under the shadow of the AI.
'nighty, not trertsferable and not ter-
minable, All other kinds of prayer
spring front this. Let us be strong at
home. And it ie our regret that We are
not nine to tell the secrete imparter:I, it
is our unspeakable comfort to know
that no man eau Itieder our entering itn
to the secret Presence. Wo can build it
sanctuary in our own breast,be ottr own
priest, our heart the sacrifice, mid the
k011uri0n earth the altar.
"Light serene ahd holy,
Where my steal may rest;
Pttrified and lowly,
Sartetified eta blest."
II. T. Miller.
SAFE IN' MS HAND.
There is ft finality about tbe past that
Always gives it touch of solenmity to
the passing of the year; the opportuni-
flee ere gone, As are also the failure,:
and tempts:tines. There le in these
beerte of mire thet whiiehtraVee some-
thing new; a new start is elwaye hope-
ful. We grow' tired of work and the
en -Meeting monotony of life, and the
nielt to begin over again itt a natural
one. 11 we enly tould.
It is here that the gospel eaves in
with ite great food thlinge. In Christ
oll things are new. The heart ie Matle
nenn' born egain tie little ehild. It k
deadto the old life ant Ilurflhing with
et new Beta -Memel life. Old eluthut are
broken. Ohl habits are deed. The face
ie set toward the Meriting, end the duties
of the tiny ere taken up with a new
Irina in Hint wilt) inaketit all things
tow.
Iild in the eltadew el" We hazel;
Oh, bleeted hiding plata,
Or ot the sea or en the Note
Thet 'grottier+ teeth ell feet' efttua
nta in the eine:low Of hie bend.
4,14
eflIMINNEMOMMITIO
eel
'The Late- Dowager
• Empress of China
lee ore
2041012i
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(Fortninhtly Review.)
Truth beeoines etronger than fiction,
history Moro feeeinating than ore -
marine, When the late DoWeaer Ent -
Mss. of China, is the biogtapher's
theme. bier Tim Hsi was otte of those
massive world-figuree—deneiurgee 01
Vete One might perhaps term them—
wborn the ancients were wont to wor-
ship and the moderns ere willing to
immortalize. As n ellbernian admirer
Of bets once relnitelted, ‘'we have to
go back to very ancient times for a
Parallel to Telt Hsi, and even then
We do not find one." A. sltetelt of
the mein episodes of her living and
striving,. her .reverses and triumph
Painted in colors sufficiently deep
yet faithful to the tones 01 history,
would stir the smile of impressible
readers with strong oraotione. For
despite many serious defects of mind
and soul, Tim Hsi was not only a
Commanding personality in her age
and country, but She was also endow-
ed with sine of the sterling qualltiee
of absolute greatness. Like the green
leaf of the lotus that sprouts up from.
the slime'sem raised herself aloft by in-
nate worth, tact and will-powee from.
nothingness to a dizzy height, where she
maintaineel. herself for forty years itt
epite of th.e rigorous prohibitean of Iter
country's laws ancl the stern disapproval
of her country's enemies. Alone she
fought the battle of individuality
against a nation of 400 millictes of liv-
ing men and myriads of the dead, whose
spirits are still guide and influential
there. Aitsl by dint of energy, resource-
fulness and perseverance she scored
signal victory oyer.them all.
Seventy-four years ago one of the
busiest, wealthiest and most populoue
heads of xnen was Haulcow, on tbe Han.
kiang. Even at present it is one of 'the
meet prosperous marts in China, but in
thosehalcyon day.s its inhabitants,
eounting the aopuletion of the two ad-
jacent towne, numbered several mil-
lions with not a white -skin among them.
That however, was before the rebel
Taepings deseroyed it, before foreign
consuls were admitted, when only 'sail-
ing shies and houseboats plied on the
time One sultry evening in Augttst,
1834, a quaint. Chinese houseboat, bear -
big a widow with ber two daughters, and
a coffin, was moored to the left bank of
the Ileatka.ing - The lady's husband had
been serving the Crown in the provinee
Jo emeett et sem. ell se vet eretupeze Jo
Peking, his body limit° be buried in the
latter place. They had halted there on
their way to Peking. Their stores weed'
exhansted, they lacked the wherewithal
to replenish them, and, bereft of funds;
had but slender hopes of pushing on to
the empital, And the widow s only
ehence of saving her little family from
starvation seemingly depended on her
reaching Peking. For there she intended
to petition the authorities to admit her
little daughter to the palace as a can-
didate for the imperial harem: The
girl's qualifications were her Mandelm
extraction, her rank as daughter of re
third class official—of him whose body
was now beingconveyed' to its native
soil—her comeliness, aptitudes, and
grace. Presentation at court under such
.condltions is more than a more privilege
—it may be the starting -point of a bril-
liant career. From among the numerous
girls upon whom this honor is conferred,
the Empresa Mother selects for the fa-
ture Emperor his first lawful wife, two
other spouses, nine Concubines, and a
goodly number of handmaids. Hence
hundreds of families that possess the
requisite qualifications strive after the
honor for their daughters.
Next day aboue noon another boat
lay to alongside that of the widow. On
board was a functionary front the pro-
vince of Myth, who had just been ap-
pointed to the poet of Ta.o Tai or Gov-
ernor, and was on his way to the cap-
ital to do homage for this mark of favor.
A new Governor is a, monarch itt minha
ture, and many officials of his province
make 11.11 early bid for his favor. First
in the field here was a city eadge, Wu
Tang by name, who despetehed bus 'ser-
vants with eefreahmehte ancl a present
of about 430 in money. The messen-
gers, boarding -the wroug boat, preeented
the widow, with the edibles, 'the coin,
' and the good wishes of their master.
Pleasantly surmised, the lady mentally
set down the offerings as tokens of ehe
gratitude of sonisafriend of her deceased
husband. She aecordingly charged Wu
Tang's messenger to express her in-
debtedness 'to their master, and. to say
that she would be much pleased if he
eould do her the favor to come and re-
ceive the .eepressiens of her gratitude,
The servants returning delivered the
widetva message to Wu Tang. Wu's
anger knew no bounds. He cudgelled
them mul threatened the chief one with
death. But his wrath subsiding, he con-
sulted a certain councillor of the trite
nnal, who advised iiiin to look upon the
money as lost, and. to call on the widow.
Boarding the houseboat next meriting,
the ludo peeformea the traditional eere-
montee before the coffin. Meanwhile
the lady cameo out of her apartment,
fell on her face before him, end offered'
her heartfelt thanks for the kindness
which had prompted hint—the friend of
her deceased husband—to help her in
her hour of need. The presents he bad
sent would enable her—she said—to
reach Peking, where she hoped to ar-
range her affairs, She &mild not teenit
him adequately in words but "as a token
of any gratitude and devotion, I hereby
give you my eldeet child as your
adopted &Weida." Now in Chiria to
give one's child to be dopted is a
mark of gratitude for a favor too
great to be over repaid. Thermion
the lady made a elect to her eldest
daughter—
A GIRL FULL OF LIFE AND 'CHAIM
AND 'GRACE. -
who, glancing with 'wistful awe upon
the strange. benefactor, prostrated her-
self before him ana ealled hint father.
We returned the greetinga, recognized
the child tie his datightee by adoption,
and soon after took his leave. The
dilute day the 1161180110a sailed delve
the Yetegise, bearing the girl, whose
mime was etelielutle, (At her birth, e
Chineee girt receives a teetpotaty
IMMO, wheat ie generelly suggested by
an object just seen by .oue of the par.
eMs—ae, for inetance, a flower. St*
or teven vats later another pante
containing a fletteving itiluelong-ii sub-
stituted for this, but nobody may utter
it exceptitig her grandparents, parents,
and profesora. Iler brethers are not
exeepted),en le the high tette of
life, where, *ander the name of Tau Hsi,
elle wile to grapple elleceffsfully With
fireurneteece,
TWEnty eeare letter the curtetin was
refried tin the eeronct nano of this little
dretne. neettowlditi 4 deep dent had
been left oe the hieterty of the
*Vire, (loner there one the pretteding
Iseparate Native to the mother of hev
grandson, who, was thereupon promoted
to the rank of a "western consort" --the
first spouse belug termed tile eaetern, .
Oa the hteppy mother the Court eleo be.
stowed the IMMO of Tsu 'Hsi, or "element
benefactress."
At this period of her tarter, Ten Hsh
native ehr011ielere tell us, WAS ft girl
Willi the budding charms el en ideal we.
man. Prepossessing in peat:ea-elm waa
ee kindle' le manner antl suave of diepo,
sition that she won every heart, per-
suaded every beerer, &atom(' euvy and
Itetred, All who came in coutact with
her deseribe )tet' as a fascinating talker.
tier langnage abounded itt witty' saline),
quenit ;tenons clothed in raey worde,
embellishes' with poetic images, bright
with burete of musical laughter. People
loved to listen to her, were proud of her
notice, and captivated by her smile.
While elle feentke an intense fire lighted
her eyes, kindled her mobile tongoe, apa
as into of her .eotintryineit mete it, anted°
her lips drop honey." People of cletrac-
ter were drawn towarde her despite
their wiii, and clever steteseien were
swayed by her deepite their intelligenee.
A magnetic force eeeine,e to go out front
her, hypnotising her enviroemene, and
making Instruments of all wile eeine
wihtin the ratline of ite operation, It
was thus that while supplaneing the
chief sponse in the affectione of the Eno
peror, site contrived to win her friend"
ship and to keep it. Ann it itt. worth
noting, as a proof that she eliebeWed foul
ineene when fair methods were obviously
adequate, that that same lady, with-
whom she lived and worked in amity for
many yeers, died a natural death in
1881; The eulatelts, who are an all-pre,s,
ent, all-powerful, and permanent eke,
ment et court, were the next to yield to
Tsu Ieses feseination, Their obedience
was prompt, thorough, elteerful, their
tle-°nPet rartito°10k
1 Plefeeit°hiels'ultalluoreligious
dre f
their attach -
worship. And in this bowl -aloe devo-
tion of the powerful body which carried
out all the palace molutions, lies a
clue to much of what Seelned myeter-
ioue about her inervellous success, The
Empress remained their statineh friend
until her death. Last year, when re-
forming or abolishing other antiquated
institutiona, she refused to meddle 'with
th(sieneenlithuecrhsfive. yea-rs passed into his-
tory and welhnigh dragged the efandchu
dynasty with them. ' The Taging rebel-
lion, which stirred the nation to
its founeatione, made upon the minel of
Tsu 11,si a deep aud lasting impress.
Its victims are computed at twenty mil-
lions. The foreign invasion of Chine
administered another
painful shock, For
the first time in hietory, it was borne
in upon the rulers of the Einpire that
their naive faith in their superiority to
the rest of
MANKIND WAS A DELUSION,
The Anglo-Prencit campaign „against
Mina culminated in the capture of Pe-
king, the humiliation a the imperial
family, and the insertion of the thin
edge of the wedge of western civilization
in the massive realm cif the far east.
But in the midst of the wild confusion
at court there was one person who re-
mained cool. Mien the Emperor was
making ready to flee his capital, awl
Itis panic-stricken courtiers were urging
him to lose no time, Tau. Hsi strove to
disseade him, She would have had him
hold his ground. and make a fight for
the eights of his house and his em.pire.
But her advice was disregarded, an.d
Helen tong repaired to Jehol in Mon-
golia. Tsu Het, ever a model spouse, fol-
lowed her lord and consort, zealously
guoading her priceless t,rettenter, the
five-year-old on 'through wham slie
had won title, dignity and power, and
bereft of whom she would again become
the merest cipher—secluded for the re -
'mind& of her life in a palatial prison.
Such was the politeal debut of the
enarming woman who, as a pretty raaid-
en, had a few years before so narrowly
eluded the grip of misery on the banks
of the Hankiang River. 'Within that
brief span she had rinsed herself to a
loftier eminence than that once ocete
pied by Semiramis or Cleopatra, Cather-
ine II, or Maria Theresa. She now held
the destinies of a fourth of the human,
race le the hollow of her hand. And
she bore good fortune eplentlidly. In
the new as in the old role, she was sim,
plc, ready, resourceful. That she re-
tained her modesty is proof atilt it Wae
deep-rooted, for Ime advisers did tneir
ntraost to cure her of it. Fitness for
great opportunities and it capacity to
create lesser ones were among her main
characterietics. Success never seems to
have intoxicated, nor failure to have
demoralised her. In polities, which may
be described as the art of the possible,
Text Hsi, like the world's great states-
men, was an opportunist. She made the
most of changing circumstance, and when
tumble to alter conditions to
suit her ' plans, she znodified
her plans and adjusted them to
the conditions. Home she Ites been
charged by the Conservatives with ex-
oessive readiness to humor the white
men, and by reformers with harboring
rancorous hatred of everytning that was
neither .
CHINESE NOR .MANDCHU.
In truth, she merely utilized the foveign
element for the good of her empire, her
dynasty, her personal weal. It was ever
her way to use mankind as a bridge over
which to pees to her goal, and enving
reached it she generally tried. to draw
her people after her.
During her first regency Tsu Hsi, then
ht the flower of her age, indulged, it is
inid, in the passions of a Mestaline and
the cruelty of a Bluebeartl, putting sev-
eral of her obscure favorite to death. A
priori the story may be true. 11 13 safe
to (memo, bowever, that ninny acts of
the regent, which Europeans would con-
demn and Chineee condone, heve been
Magnified • by enemies into II:elle:Me
crimes. As a 'western etitie once cau-
tiously put it, eltelf the calumnies eptead
about the lady are in alt probability
untrue." Dottleeneee Tau Ind perpettlit,ed
crimes enough to kindle raptures of
moral indigestion in the West. But it
would be Well to rentember ant Mee
had not only ue serttples of any sort,
but no indwelling soutta of l',11:t. A con-
steienot formed no pert of her eqp.ipment.
She dwelt beyond the tionertin of rialet
and wrohlt,
Time Tett Hsi, who was the first Em-
press, was oleo the lase entomb of
China, rin enteetat by nature as even de
by leW. In ft cottetry where centuries
of perteeful toil and ittilitery quieseehee
bail tentribated to the decay of ener-
getic passions, she Wee Mt epitome of
much that was Kreitt in healthy humeri
kingship. Aria her death eves worthy
of her life, Stich was Tsu /De's evil
for the 'public- service that during her
beet egoter she insisted on being present
at a state count% raid, lying deceeed on
Iter toech she took Ruch pert in its
deliberations lie the ravia advance of
her malettly permittea. For the fresh.,
Ilene of her flout Wet imintretiree in a
body that years had enfeebled and die.
eliee undermined. "I eon beer ito more,"
were the lest Attic -edge sonde thnt
mooed her Iips. A few lilielitea later tleb
fellitterlar figure thett hail dontlitated
Chine, for over forty years had feeted tet
it memery end 'it ehaelow, And the Delai
LAMA befit llown neer her pale, rigid
fiteet it silent planer,
r., J. Dillon.
lilludred yeele heel mile. HalthOW heti
beeu destroyed lu the Taeping rebel -
lien, which east the nation twenty mil-
lion lives. China, theretofore an
eni-
balutd corooe, enfolded itt silk cave-
meuts, covered with ancient inscrip-
tions, was being slowly- ehakeu out of
the lethergy of agesletenarehe had
come awl mid:eel, the dynasty had
been endangered, the throe° shaken,
the empire itself lied well-nigh gone
to piece. But Wu Tang hae surveyed
all Outages, plodding tamely ou with
the flawless serenity of spirit which so
ntany of his countrymee, Aeon to how
ever at coneniaml. Dogged perseverance
and lengtheof service at last won recog-
nition. Wu 'Pang wee promoted and
transferred to the province of Kan si,
Sued he set out on a visit to his new
chief. But tne Marquese Teeing—a pole
isited. man of the world sow moderate
reformer --was &gusted with the demo -
nese of his new subordinate. %noun, who
was striving just then to gather
around him .a band of enlightened work-
ers, had no use for WA 'fang as sub,,
prefect, arel deemed it his duty to get
the appointme.nt quashed. The Viceroy
accordingly dismissed his visitor curt-
ly, and despatched a damaging report
about him to Peking.
In tele fullness of time there came
A strange reply. Tseng was informed
that the Empreseellegent had been
pleased to raise Wu Tang from the post
of sub -prefect to that of Prefect. At
this the 'Viceroy marvelled. The Em-
press, he concluded, could tot have re-
ceived his report. He therefore wrote
again. Quicker than before came the
answer. It was another edict of promo-
tion. It now pleased her Majesty to ap-
point Wu Tang to the post of Tao Tat,
or Governor, The mystified -Viceroy sent
for Wu Tang. "Who are your influen-
tial friends at court?" he asked. "I pos-
?esti no friends, no influence, no Impale-
tances there," was the answer, and its
accents carried conviction. "Then it Is
a mistake after all," the Viceroy ar-
gued, as ha turned the matter over in
his mind, "and it must be set right.
So he despatched another letter to the
Empress, this time melting that her
Majesty would vouchsafe to honor Wu
Tang with an' audience,.
Shortly afterwards the new Tao Tai
was summoned to Peking. On the morn-
ing fixed for the audienee he entered
the value in trepidation, his eyes
downcast. In front of the imperial
throne, congruously with custom, lie
fell upon his knees. The Empress com-
manded her awestruck- subject to rise
• up and draw near. Startled at the voice,
which cgusea A dim memory to flit be-
fore his eyes, the new Tao Tai did as
he was told, his gaze riveted to the
floor. "Look into my eyes," was the
next behest I hasty glance brought
back Wu Tang's thoughts to years gone
by, and he recognized in the all-nowerr
ful monarch the girl who had once pros-
trated 'herself before him as his adopt-
ed daughter on the site of old Hankow.
The helpless little Yehouala had be-
come the mighty Tau Hsi, And he trem-
bled -with tumultuous emotions. But
the Empress, 'in -caressing accents, told
him how glad she was to meet again
the benefactor whose friendly hand was
once stretched out to help her from
among the weird shadows of the grey
world, at 'sight of which her child's
heart was swelling. She theu.dismiseed
him to his post, promising to turn a
deaf ear to all calumnious denunciations
of him. e
But to return to her early career.
Soon after her %titer was laid to rest
itt his native soil, Yehonala was pre-
sented at court. The maiden's good
looks, blithe tempertunent, greee of
gait and bearing, and those winsome
ways that elude analysis and are eons
noted by the word charm, induced the
palace authorities to receive her. Acs
cordiugly she entered the "sacred pre,
oincts," which no girl candidate, once
admitted, .can ever quit alive. Like the
Roman vestals, they are cut off., from
the world 'whose pleasures they have
renounced. Miring several months of
probation under the eye of the Empress
Mother, their aptitudes are noted, their
defects corrected, their manners Melak-
a. They are taught efandchu, ere in-
itiated into the ceremonies and rites of
ancestral worship, 'a.nd trained to con-
duct theeneelves as behooves future coin;
panions of the mightiest mortal on the
globe. The names of those Whose short-
comings appear glaring or incurable, or
whose positive qualificatioes seent in-
adequate, are gradually struck off the,
list of candidates, and eyed of the
many who are allowed to cora-
nett, relatively few are ulti-
mately chosen. Yehonala's name,
however, remained on the books to the
last, rising in relative position as time
went on.
On the tlecisiVe clay the liras of the
lueicy were issued. One girl wee gazetted
Empress, two became lawful SpoliseS,
and the little orphan with the magnetic
eyes; soft feline wee% royal felicity of
utterance, and imperial voice
IVAS MADE A CONCUBINE
of fifth reek. Splendid suceceS for
the little maiden who had had such a
narrow escape from etervation, this
might 'well seem but it poor start for one
whom Fate destined to raise to the
throne of Chine. For concubines enjoy
fee/ privileges. They are eloisterea itt a
pavilion, where they fill In their day
with sewing, embroidery, breeding elk -
rams, sauntering almnt the spaelous
grounds, or boating on the melon lakes.
They rarely receive their parents, and
never anyone else, if, however, one
among them becomes the mother of male
offspring, she has establiafted her rigItt
to a high-soueding title during the re-
ineinder of her life, it tablet over her
grave, end honeelteld worehip after
her tleath. And thet seemed the cliteletit
height attainable by Helen fertg's fifth
coneubine, who was then a wine:nee girl
of sixteen.
Five more yeare rolled over the 'Eno
plre of Chine mia the harem of Helen
free', nod the fifth concubine had be -
tome a &volt?, The Son of Ilearee,
yielding himself .more end more to the
soothing spell of the daughter of earth,
Made her hie 110011 eoinpaltiOlt, his eolitee
itt freebie, hie eouroeillor et ell tiptoe.
Within theltareet she beget to diseherge
-Certain of the funding wItielt belonged
nf tight to the chief gnu% yet without
arelleing the envy of her rivel—a meek,
loving, devoted wife, who felt remorete
ful regret that she had not yet home
her lord end Meter a male heir. At
lett the fifth eoltenbine presented the
Emperor with 4 boy, end rose et it
boundto the niglieet petition in the Eno
pire. lastivitiel were orleauized at tenni,
wile rejoirsings MIlowed in the cepital,
and art amettstet Was granted to erimin.
eke The Dowager Empress inseigritel
STOMACULDICESTION.,
Pg.ell•na Strikas at the. Root ofrihe
Thzti
NM, S. J. MASSEY.
Mr. S. 3. Massey, formerly a resident
of Toronto, and it well-known' business,
men, writes from 247 Guy street, Mont -
reel, qttellect.
"I wish to testify to the good results
I have derived from the use of Pe.
runa.
"Having been troubled for several
years with catarrh -cif the head, 1sle.
eided to give Peruna a falr trial and I
can truly say I have received, great bene-
fit from Ito use. It evidently indices
at the very root of the trouble aud good
results aro soon noticeable, •
"I have also found Peruna a very
valuable. remedy forstomach troubla
and indigestion,
"I have no Imsitaney whatever in re-
commending Penne as a, reliablecatarrn.
remedy."'
There are iseveral kiede of indigestion.
The trouble may be due to sluggish-
ness of the liver, derangement of the
bowels, enlargement et the pancreas, or
Ib may he due to the stomach itself.
In nearly all cases of stomiteh indiges
tion eatarrh ot the stomach is the capse,
The only pernument relief is to remove
the cataiale
Peruna has become well-known the
world over as a. remedy itt such eases.,
4.*
Ghosts in Scottish Houses,
Scotlana 5 rick in ghost lore. There
igperhaps hardly a castle or ruin which
has not some epectral story clinging to
it, and the strange part of the matter
Is that many of the legends are substan-
tiated by latter day experiences. Dun -
robin Castle, the Highland home of the
Duke .of Sutherland, boasts of 4 haunt-
ed room. The spectre there is invisible
and denotes its presence by an awe in-
spiring laugh, •
The story- goes that one of the Duke's
ancestors causea the :thief of a rival clan
to be atarved to death in his room, visit-
ing him periodieaely during his suffer-
ings and laughing at his tortures. As
punishment for this crime the unscrup-
ulous chieftain nas to lutunt the room,
—Ceseell's Saturday Journal.
THE
"CHAMPION"
OAS and BASOLINE
ENGINES
It must give satis-
faction or you don't
pay for it. 'a
.- SOLO ON TRIAL
Th the only eissoune snow that you eat we
before you, bey. I know what the "Chem.
Moe" will do, sed I want yen to be fully
e ntisfied with et before you pay for it. The
Dries is low. Full particulars free.
Wm. Gillespie, Dept. "M"
90 Front St, East, Toronto
.41/./.1•11/4114/4/110M0.1,
When to Thaw the Fire Plugs.
Fire Chief Wallace, walking deowe
Superior avenue the other niorniuge met
an old friend who now lives on a farm
a short distance down the State.
They got to talking aboot fires.
"Geerge," spoke tip the luau from the
country, "supposin' one o' them fire
plugs was to get froze up one of these
cold nights and you couldn't get any
water. What'd you do .then?"
"Oh," says Wallace, "there's no dan-
ger of that Every water plug in town
is tested two days before a big fire,
and if it's foetid frozen we put a man to
work thawing it out."—From the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
A Woman's Sympathy -
Are you discouraged? Is youredoctor's
bill a heavy financial load? Is your pain,
O hettvy physical burden? I itnow What
these mean to delicate women—I have
been discouraged, too; but learned how to
cure myself. 1 want to relieve your bur-
dens. Why not end the pain and stop the
doctor's bill? I can do this for you paid
will if you will assist mo.
All you need do is to write for a free
box of the remedy which has been placed
in my halide to be given away. Perhaps
this one boX will oure you—it has done so
for othere. elf se, I shall be happy and
you Will be cured for 2e (the cost of a
postage stamp). Your letters held confi-
dentially, Write to -day for 1111" froe trese,
tnent. MRS. F. E CURUAH, winasor* Ont.
When the Tank Went Dry.
"Well, that's another horse on me,"
said the automobilist as his machine
stopped dead in the road Mies miles from
anywhere.
Merritt/Mit he began to look around
for a- farmer,
' • I • *
MillarcPs Liniment Cuees Dandeuff.
Flocks of Wild Geese in Oklahoma.
Large flecks of geese still ringer along
the Arkansas River between Muskogee
ana Keystone, Tula even above the point
of the Cimarron's embouchure into the
Arkansas. Opposite Turkey Mountal»,
on the Midland valley, eight miles below
Tulsa, it flock of seventy big honkets
has been gentling the last Week 1» the
fieldS in the daytime arid roosting tm the
send bare ett, night—Prom the Kansas
City Timm
...11+.4•1.••••*
OUR FORESTS.
Their Impotence is Now.11ecoming
Keenly Appreciated,
The effete of the forest upon its sur-
roundings, writes A. H. D. Roes, M. le,
lit the March Canadian Alagaicille, Are -RO.
Important and. far reaching that it rutty
well be likened. to "Nature's Balance
Wheel." Its importanue does uot cam
stet merely itt Lite immediate output of
lumber, ties, timber, £tue, pllipWOOd end
other tomb products.; Lunt else fp itt
reguletion of salt erosion, the formation
of Agood game cover and les enteilorat•
i
inn ntluences upon elimate. By retard-
ing evaporation, checking the drying ca
feete of winds, renderieg tite eon more
perette end fertile, reteining the mois-
ture favorable to agriculture, and rege•
leting the flow of water in the streents,
it le of the itighest importance in the
pinned economy of nature. Through
mighty cycles of One Vegetable growth
and tree growth have wrought incessant-
ly te elothe rocks with life and beauty
and to prepare the ettrth for the habi-
tation of„man, Wherever man has die-
tutbed the uice Wane(' tleet exists be-
tween the forestal and non -forested
areas he has restored the proper
belenee leis efforts have been generously
rewerded, by better climetie conditions,
increased fertility of soil, and a more
equable etrearn flow. •
The Conlurer Confesses.
That "the band is quicker than the
eye" is one et those aecepted sayings
invented by some one who knew noth-
ing of eonjuring—or, as is more likely,
by some cunning conjurer who aimed
still turther to hoodwiuk a gullible
public. The fact is that the best eon,
juror seldom makes a rapid motion,
for that attracts attention, even
though it be not understood. The
trae artist in this line is deliberate
in every movement, and it is mainly
by his actions that he leads his and.
knee to look not where they ought,
but in an entirely different direction..
Mr. David Devant, who for a number
of consecutive years has entertained
London with his ingenious tricks, has
said: "The conjurer naust be an nctor.
By the expression of his face, by his
gestures, by the tone of his voice, in
short, by his acting, he must produce
his effects.—From the "Simple Tricks
in 3dagio" in the March St, Nicholas.
SLEEPLESS LITTLE.BAIES
ARE SICKLY BABIES
When babies, aro restless, Steeple -es and
cross it is the surest possible sign that
they are eot well. Well babies sleep
soundly and wake up brightly_ Sleep-
lessmsa is generally clue to some ailment
of the stomach or bowels, or cutting
teeth, A few doses. of Bit by's Own Tab-
lets will put the little one right, and give
it sound, natural sleep. Mrs, Jos, Goneil,
Sc, Evaristo, Que., sap: "I Imre found
Baby's Own Tableto a eplendel medielne
for coustipatioo and stomiteh troubles.
I give them to nty little girl, and they
keep her lively and welt." Sold by medi-
cine dealers or by mail at. 25 cents a
box front The Dr, Williams' Medicine
Coe Brockville, Ont, •
Queens as Artists.
Two interesting exhibitions are to be
hole in Paris this spring. Queen Alex -
entire is the patroness of one, to con-
sist of a hundred portraits of English
tind Prenelt women of the eighteenth
century. The profits will go to the fund
for the widows and ohildren of French
naval officers sea seamen.At the sec-
ond, to conetet of the works of royalty
only, Queen Alexandra will be repre-
sentee by some of her water celors.
Princess Louise Duchess of Argyll by
sculpture, and the Queens of Italy and
Rumania by sketches. Quetre Amelie of
Portugal will send sonte of her charm-
ing pastela—From the Lady's Pietor-
ial.
Mineed's Liniment Co., Limited.
Gentlemen,—My daughter, 13 years
old, was thrown from a sleigh, and in-
jured . her elbow so badly it remained
stiff and very painful for three years.
Four bottles of ALWARD'S LINIMENT
tompletely eured her and she has not
been troubled for two years; '
Yours truly,
13. LIVESQUE.
St. Joseph, P. 0., Aug. 18, 1900.
Knitting on Steamehips.
The old fashioned habit of knitting
with steel needles is coming into vogue
ou the passenger -steamships operating
bettveen Boston and European ports,
and the stewardesecie mostly baxom
Englishwomen, are engaging in the
homely work mith commendable zest.
Thick woollen socks tinder their busy
fingers take form for :mane brother or
sweetheart in Liverpool, or other sea-
port of the British biles; for these stew,
araesses as it rule come front families of
seafartrs. Heavy mittene and tippets
are also the product of their spare nem
meuts.—Boston Herald,
C
1%0' A nevrdiseovery. leas mere
.4—'1 • • liggettittaar eeirIezfi;irie
been offered Sufferers from lack of vigor and
vital weakness which sap the Pleaseres of life
should teee C. N. One box will show wonder-
ful results. Sent by :nail In pinin package only
on receipt of this advertisement and one dollar.
Address, The Nervine CO.. Winc120T, Ont.
Point of Difference.
"Yes," said the bride of three short
months, "t had. made up my mind to
remain in the spinster claws then john
appeared upon the scene ana 1 aeeepted
nine because lie Was SO Unlike other
men,"
"Oh, of emirate he's different," rejoined.
the envious lady friend. "Ile proposed."
--Olikeigo NOVA, 0 0
Mufti's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia.
1«
Why Steel is 'Painted Red,
"Why is hoe or eteel it:mark:My paint -
ea red /*
This question has been asked by seoros
of 'nen and, women recently who have
tvallsea over Itungetford Bridge on the
way to 'Waterloo station from Charing
ertm, fine of the workmen Was flaiti'd
Why the bridge wee beipg painted red.
"Oh, it's not the color thet countee" he
sald, "but it' s what the paint 13 eompos-
ed of. Tide is red lead, and any steel
man will tell you thab red leed ie the
beet pteservetive egainet derepucee end
met llecentlo ft dark green leed lute
teine WO Use it; a fleet toat for iron
funt steel, but After all red lead entitle to
hola ite oWil As 4 coveriug to preserve
steelwork, When the teal lead is ottee on
it the etrizeture rall b.) pa.inted in Any
tither color to met the taste. The red
keel lasts years."--TiaBitt.
IBS UE NO. 12 .1909
09?
.11041$0 GLEANINQ
instead. of Wog a mono..
tonotta drudgery' becomes. A
labour of love when Sunljght
1400s Yoh, Remember—S4M.A
light does all the work,
at half the coat .4nd ha
hall the time et *hop
Sops,
ee-4- 10 advertise our geode, Clp
WieeiTgn IN ICVAttY
ihow-
earl,in ail censpicueue pless end 'WO'
Mite Mali onvertiolas matter. Commlsolvo
or solory. St13 per mouth, eaa eXpeeses,
Per dee. Steedy work the year rotted; ett.
Met,' bey.' Plea; po experience required.
Write ror perticulare. Roysl Remedy Co.,
feindon, Ont., Caueee.
4.44.4440,44C,441.11.,*
A BloNTB WANT.OD TO MOAK A.TOA.
aee route. Alfred Tyler, lionikon, Ont.
A N AGEINT WANTIPD IN WRAY TOWN
to beadle eer Ilea ofseeceeltiee; row- ,
mous ewe among business men; write for
perticulere; iitcribple, xtt eeete. Sterliag See-
eialty Co, 23 Tore; -to street, Tereeto, elan.
14 RN AND WOUDN—TO SSW.. TITUS
enteblittningeodirtnioitigiteQexierVI7biliMg
fit. .e.. Joatiee Chealter, Port Items'. Owe
OR SALE.
W 0o1.41JEN MILL PUS SA.T.A1-1113IST
• custom 4%04 tnall order teminees le
State; age comeels setirement; eon't Write -
unless you meau bt1.341333. Wrtt. 1.44113tVt.
Bead QitY, Ulebtsaa.
Sugar Fuel for Motors.
Suggestions are being made to the
sugar phintera Of South America and
elsewhere that industrial eloolud.
Making excellent fuel for driving en-
gines, might be distilled from their
surplus stock of molasses. According
to the experiments made itt the
United States says the Dundee Ad-
vertiser, where the output of beet and
Cane sugar combined reaches some
400,000 tons, about one gallon of ize
dustrial alcohol can be obtained from
three gallons of molaeses; and Ile tile
price of the latter is quite nominal
on most large sugar estates, the eseo-
hol would be cheap. Launches on
South American and African rivsrs,
winch must at present trust to the
troublesome and lengthy' process of
cutting timber for their fuel, could
thus be superseded by motor boats—
a change which would be in many
ways welcome in the rubber trade.
-•
NERVOUS PROSTRATION.
Of nervous .prostration we hear raueh now-
adays, and it is comforting to knee, that
there are places specially equipped aed located
foamMuting this pease of modern life.
Oa the male line of the Grend Trunk Ittlit-
Ictcy SYetern, at Catharines, Ontario, are lo-
cated the curative Saline Spriegs known as
the "St. Catharines Well," Connected with
the Springs is "The Weiland," where treat-
ments for nervous prostration, rheumatism,
eto, are given by skilled attendeuts itt
enarge of a resident physician,
Sr. Catharines is the mildest poiet in Can-
ada during the winter months,
A Grammar Lesson.
We study grammar, Tom and I:
We know an adjective and noun, ,
And we can eonjugate a verb,
As well as any boys in town.
First person, present tense, "I see,"
'I saw" for past tense is the law,
But Tom and I, We conjugate
Both verbs in one when we seesaw.
When Tont goes up, then I go down,
When Tan goes down, up, up I go,
Each is the first person in his turn,
And both, in best of moods, you know,
We love our books and teachers, too,
And never at our teaks are late;
But after hours, when school is out,
, Seesaw's the verb we conjugate.
Why
NJosh Billings, the quaint • 0
philosopher whose max-
ims are full of homely
wisdom, once said: "The
believea good set ofbow-
els are worth more than
a good sob of brains." oth
longer e live the name I
Celery King makes good .
bowels. 25 eents.atdeal. 320
ere or by mail. S. C. Wells & Co., Toronto.
No Chance for a Romance.
.A. young woman living in the neigh-
borhool of -Thirty-third and Cumbevland
streets the othef' morning bought at it
nearby grocery a dozen eggs. On ono
among them there was scratched the
name, with address, of it young farmer
up the State. Ire had also written on the
egg a request that the person buying it
write to bizn.
The young woman wrote a letter to
the tiller of the soil and received an
answer in which the fanner declared
himself pleased at having heard from
her, eto. Re wound his letter up with:
"1 hope you did not eat the egg, as 1
wrote that on it a year ago," —From
the Philadelphia Record.
amminds., mit
Gold Laid Watch
errardeedfor,20 years
EE foraelling4 dozen Ca-
b t Gold Inkless Bent at
each. These pens write a
beautiful miler by simply dip-
ping in water. No ink re -
mitred. Write to.daye We
trust you with the pens, tfell
thein and rat:truth° money
and win this little beauty
Gold Finished Watch and
seso a lovely Ten Sot Pres
COUALTOtOLD PENG%
Bept • ego Detente, telt.
-
Chinese as Poker Players.
"The Chinese play poker like fiends.
That's because it fits them. Sttange to
say," writes Lineoln Coleord in the Am-
erican :Magazine, "of all the tresh we've
put up to them the game of draw poker
re the only thing that fits the Chinese
character at every turn.
"It's as if they had vent all these
years just to perfect themselves for that
game. rt eppenes to them, it's Odle.
sophical, it's got Bonsai and so they
play it, inscrutable, smiling with plea-
sure in their hearts,
se te,
heirtard's Liniment Cures Burnt, etc.
Remembering All.
An earnest young preaeher in a re-
mote eountry village concluded a long
and -comprehensive supplicetioit by say-
ing: "And now let us pray for those
who are dwelling in the utunhabiten por.
tion" of the earth."—The Standard.
„es
,
PLVInnit101-,-AN AXIED P14,31,BEn,
oen his Old eetebliehed bustrese and
stock', rattle aliteit Pee. XcicenelrY, ODue-
des *trete, Toronto, Oat.
LCMS IN PRINOR RI3PRIeT, altele'D
Trunk Pacific terminus, will be Put Pe
the market in May or June neat, l'ersoris
tate:Wing to Invest 'Mould write for leen-
metier ana advice to the Prieto Rupert, Reel-
tY-Comoteretel Co., Limited, 434 Richard
street, Vangewer, et. C.
TO Ft EN F.
0 nenter—COMPLIIIT, ONE Sin WOOL -
A Jen mill; water power. ARMY ttllI 4b
Bro., Frankfort, Oat. far further particulars.
.11110011.1.1.110•••••••••••••••
LAND WANTED.
B=VIVO ISIoreLINO YOUR. SOKIP, wutn
me quantity and lowest price you will
take. subject telegraphic acceptance, you to
foreard subject sight draft; any bank. Ken -
354 Main, Winnipeg.
ANTRD—SOUTH AFRICAN VOTER -
ADS' land warrants; .pot cash paid. W.
Redgers, real estate agent, GCS McIntyre
block, Winnipeg, 51am
Partners in His Crime,
The hard looking customer had been
arrested for steeling an umbrella.
"What have you to says for yourself?"
aelzed the police justice. 'Are you guil-
ty or tot guilty?"
or:Trn T reckon"no'asw
theanguielrted pYbbs r'irsohnoenr-.
"The umbrella had the name of J.
Thompson out the eandle. ele IL Brick-
ley- damped on the handle. et. H. Brick -
an '1 etele it frem a man named
Quimby."—Chicago Tribune.
g •-•
IT IMPARTS STRENGTH.
Just think of the enormous strength-
ening power Ferrozone posseeses—ron-
eider what it did for IL V. Potter, well
known in Kingston. "I was subject to
spells of dizziness. For eight months I
had intense pains in my right side be-
tween the shoulders. I was almost in-
eurable with evnaknese ana heck of.
vigor. Often I scarcely ate any break,
fast and felt miserable all day. Nerv-
otte, easily excited, troubled with heart
weakness, I was in bad shape. Feerozone
restored and nourished me back to health
he short order," Whatevet your weakness
may be, Ferrozone will euro. Price 50e,
per box ete all dealers.,
.4 Bank's Night Force.
"Yonder goes the night force to work
over at the bank," remarked a man
waiting for the owl ear efter midnight.
"Night force! You're crazy!" came
back the man with him. "Who o'er
heard of a. Right fore in a bank?"
It was the night force and they were
going to work at the bank, They tart
itt every night at 12.30 and work on till
morning. Their job is to open up all the
big -volume of mail that comes to i big
bank and have it all distributed to the
various departments Teatly for the regto
lar day force when the bank opens for
business in the morning.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
A WINDSOR 41:Iik'S APPEAL
To All Women: I win send free with full
tnetructions, ray borne treatment which
postively curet Leucorrhoea, Ulceration,
Diaplacementa, Falling of the N'Temb, rain-
-Ali or Irregular periods, Uterine and Ovare
hie Tumors Or Growths, also Rot Flushes,
Nervousness. Meleneholy, Pains itt the Head.
Beek or Soweto, Kidney and Bleeder troubles,
where caused bY weakneas peculiar te our
sex. 'You ean continue treatment at Maras at
O oast of only 12 cents a week. My book.
"Woolen's Own Medical .Adviser," also sent
free on requeet. Write to -day, Addreos,
Mrs, M. Summers, Box It 8, Windsor, Ont.
Where It Landed Him.
With a dazed look he his bloodshot
eyes the man who had been on a. jag
for a week or more and had wander.
ed over the country in a half delir•
ions condition without knowing where
he was going came to himself.
He was in a strange eity.
Everything. around hint looked un-
familiar.
"Officer," .he said, stopping a pol•
iceman, "what town is this?"
"Anaconda," answered the police-
man.
"Then I've got 'ern again!" he
groaned.
Paradox.
eler—Why en earth del they call him the
1:411elnger—rtteulti,11rilt isn't. t asked hint hole ottlefi
Iiiin—Berause that's hit job.
you had ha the batik, end please to give It
to Me, aud he wouldn't tell and lie Woultie'l
"l.—itrtlsfiLinimenteeVelrka(Leldtrf
felif1or sale everywhere(
THE FAVORITES
"Silent as tho Sphinx'!"
THE MOST PERPECT MATCHES YOU EVER STRUCK
Always, nverywhera in Canada, ask for Eddy's Making