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paents, Ad schosol autiorî'tÀe.s to çpnCe?4ç thppie crightco! iset-.' aîg nd dismissing teaehers adto' t'o- theS ubstitution of -1iç inl, 'public dormitoriee fer jtaoftet i The la8t denan-d is eignificant- -or-out-, duriiîgz ediocl dnys or after, the fault le conmonly lid o a o! lionietr,.infng- and -to tie Par- ents' neglecli o! t1heir duties. 'The ýd h (lViemna, -on rthe eéjirarY, aA the uicîide dormit.ory-- -or a 4--voere )l Ia-V life whiicicomne * oJ tihe aetîn-Jaan escape friout tIc domination o! homne influ- ence, Thte pre:ssure lliey bring Wo bear ib tlie menace o! suicidle. (O- %v onders whut tonte life in 'Vienian înav lie.like--w}îetler it i s M' eiii treli thaîî elsewhere, with Vienncýe parent,, faililli more egre- gîeuly tntaothers, our whelhe Alutatia, hther#I regnrdcd as a Sthtlrconse'vativc land, lesuir- 'pas ;.iig ailte regt ipi the suibstitu- 'ion o!f pet sînal prefer4iîce for dis- * diinc. of fi- c-ling arid sentiment fo r exp 'rîence, and of willfulness for Ji)niont»law and-erder. The hiuit ai tsý-.i2rd adde the last.rnorbid oui effervescent and some: tne-rce5 , One hopes that ttîeyryungstraLcegsts, oer bulidoz- <-s- îIl forego tileir plan to rule ctit rels.e te îruin theme-elVeSý. TmheïL4,t110 lafotunately differenit, in Fcue important respect, from -tîtat (if <jur own beys and girls, but lprragc:a tih com'ing o! a new daY nuire Lna me parto!iewold - vý b-l ave te adjust tlîcraselvcs. Tlhere a re tîtose wio view witli pain an.d aiarm the manifetLations * o! aAu-ild i rrc spoîýiiible tem>pe r m art f ais-iions and social amnuse-i *net.Arewe degeneratingiffHave * beau ty, niasFsica1 formn and grace * lest all attraction for usi 1e an- * àcjý .1h hedhM;eny moraliste an- swer tics-e questions with gooômy liut certain congervative and learned~ writersi in England nnd .continental Eûropeare disposed eo Lake a rpas-sqlîllzg view of the fade an-ad freaks now raging. There us * no decadent-e, the.v say, - We know Lglinfoi swien we 2ec it, and we do --net really like iL., Ours is an age of bigla- spirite, of hume5r, ci ratiher - boisteroits plaY. W~e are amueinIg oirselvles and others. Wc arc try- iguercomb)inations f1), the fun. n! the t!îing. W'e arc n(ûL evemi laanghty Wc- are at bott-0m eni- îîus brveun~lfilî,progressive. Wýe cati live,1 woî-k aad die for noble causes. Balloon skirts, llue wilig;, btt *erlyý dresses, Culais-t paintiag5, ftt'trtst mjF,-uc, and the like, are nareituides O! relaxationi. Vie are a incrs lu ittie compdies and far-ces. bt Uwp know whcn anad wIrins hilo the be2,-teaters cf Pealand îad thorsatisiage-fcd Ger- inan ba4ais liavc roved thtir bravory w « Ietîclîranîceon a t a- cired 1, ubo-y-ccte F-tcd fie-ls. XcL, ec'n t1ii rili am it.3 xcep- tionsi, says lie tamnily Doctîr, fur I o îî at iny c :ntains im better eoli'es ici Ciaio!ftt eSctc,,Iïaid -Ir:h î-egimeints, tO wloîn Insa-t was- a Inxtiry u irtil îhey femcndil in their *- daily rratiu. Pc,' a-fie-r aU, what- * ver lte pîîys'ohegists tnay sayý, - acientiiat.î have- fouu<I ndtint a fle&ih 4 ct mny fi-ot bis- parti'cularly conclu- cive to fsî-oeity o-tf cliafa-etor. Lord Straficona Tt1axinîs. B3e coat'nat witi_your lot, but al- V ways jbo fitting yourrehf fr eoînie- týt-hînigier. Only oheerful pers-e- veraluco wi.l bring you jo a. bottber position; grhanbling %on't help you an iatsh. Do Vibe 'uork yourself; Don't de-pe,.nd upon tihe 'nfluence o! friends ou y-ou-r beh&îf. Qpportuu- iby Coules tcu mobn men more f re- quc-nU;Y tua-nteo ohexs, huit the-ro 'aeviry few it dm oe. U yigi*ag- is fasteiàed ape 'ths.t hangu il i4triehi e;to thebips» ,Tii. 'jaeket, and cape. both',ekd a ibvut eig'ht'inches below the h'ips., Theïra ie a etitched and buttoned beit. o! the material'and »eIf-coverYed but- tons. The cape is lined wit.h'lemop yellow eilk. Pieated Fabriefs Popular. Pleated fabr{cs are much use.d in- the present f4eliiune. ~tr " straigit. pleated eskirts wth faring inie or puff*ed panniers-at the hips that are gcod m~odels for taf- feta frocks. Some'times the falin is îe held in with a hip yoke SOM 1e- tues it ie not held in, but is rather accentuated by the panniers or tuTIiCs. Accordion Pleats Ufîed. There are some attrAetive net and -lace blouses that inake, use ef accordion pleats. The sleeves, set into low arniholes, are made of ao cornion ; pleated net. In other blouses there is a dleep yvoke of ac- -cordion pleated net that .3xtends froni hack to front. . TalTeta Flounccd Skirt. Ilounced skirts are attraeting attention. (hie that je really very effective le imade of magneta and black taffeta. The ruffles are about fiv'e inches wide and here are eiglit of then'. Those at thie bottoni are 13ant,-s-o that the'line about the ankies le 'smal. Thoe9e ai; the hipe are full so that -the present ilhu- ette, wide at the hipa, tight iýt the feet, le inaintained. Greck "Iîiflencce' Coming. There may nom- be an influx of ('irecian and old Egyptian stYlcs, for Poiret bas costuzned a pla, l'Aphrodlite, in these periods '. S-ore feat.ures of the frocks in the play are like the frocks of the day. There are many with no aleeve,, sonie with on@. ,leeve-aznd-iu any gathering -of -fashionable WOinen this condi &n can be witne am ed. T1e .pl&y m, bave, some influence on -the -eoiffu"'. -In the -play -Tecian! ornaments were naturally worn in the hair * Tulle to be XMuch Used. *Tuile îe used in wondrous ways this year. Especially in bright shades e i effective. Many of the new evening Jrocks have tulle sashes, tiecl in huge bows in the back, with long ends, Then there are many. tulle leeves-no more than saehes of tulle faling f rom the shoulder, clasped to the wrist,ý somektimes. Bande -of-folding tulle are uged for ahould,'er strape. and tulle fiower8 arc fa.itened at the belt. l. heeks Are Correct. jChîecks have not given their place entirely to plaidg_ There are many suite umade entirely o! checked cloth- ia 0dd cornbinations-brown and gray, gieen and brown among theni. Romnan Striped Bag. The smalbag of bright, Roman striped or plaid silks is a novelty from Paris. It is a good aocesso)ry to carry with a suit -of dark plain color. IVORLD'$ BRIEST STA MP. lssite(l in Illec olony of Britimb Pricle o! place namong the nimy valutabîra.nd unique specimens lie- longs to asingularly unpretenîtous aiK sorry-looking !itaMp imued in ther~ Co1ile.of British iGîi.yanaiii lifrprovisi.onal is-0, Fpctd.ixZig the arriual (ifa -fresh &C'pusigament -;i'sgrcateet s-ampcllii, Wilo lbougt it îîia1ny yar agoïfor an aqmc'unL Oihatlias neyer he-n di4- lvebut it is believed to hlave beeh at ýtlat p,-riod a 'rec-yrd one. I1.- initrinsir value to-day, in the v'ery unlikely ecintingencyr of it cver coming into ftuc arliet, is certaifly in excese 1cf 2.0W0 pounds. N report t,-i ibis famious etanp by a celebratz td exp)ert taLes that "Lie c4>py iýs a puor one, dark miagenta in~ color, anid soniýewhat rubbed. lti j initialed .E.D.W.' and dated Aprl Ist, the ycar not being distinct enough to read." Neverthe.less, it îthte rarut atarnp in the world. Wlî>'Seup Ile Flrst. kt was a very youth.ful el"-se in phiysuology. ".Why, " asked the. teacher, 'les it best te 'est soup firist, when one ie hungry 1V, The puiplRs stared at ber blankly. Then Jemie enlightened them froin the depths of hie experience. "lYcu eau get it dOwn faste r," hoe ne dout Inelude ceeré bolides the0 tiwe 1 ré. - J Aceton rieh man-The. ow ner o! thse tae Po»I*ly h. lived in tOWD. 'Itii net easy to ses just what'the owner represents in thse parable. Yery hIikely ho bas no, SPapellMJB&nng. 'A43 ni a- ypar- ables,, thsio0son le to - bedaw *ir<om the wh*Ie 'st>ry a-dad the-e- taisa-ri eedmeroly ase a;settins- À tewa rd--4Or.'nma-nager. . The pOeijtiqüI o! thio stewàAdw aehigh- er tisa-n that ce tisa man re!crred to in Luke 12. 42, -w-ho wae a slave or freéd m=n. Tuis steu1a'rd le a-n cm- pioycd man, wbo bas entire mn- agement of tice etate.* - The sa-me was accused unte i tha-t ho wa-s wasting hie goods - Scome one rcported Voticth owner tia- thle .steward, citier by the!t or mieranagement, wa-s - robbing hlm o!f hii profits from tic estate. 2. lRenler the account o! thy Stewardship-This wpuid show whe- ther or net the charge wa-s truie., T-ha expression might alse refer te tic final accoua t, preparntory to the surrender of hie ete wardship. 3. Tic steward, knowing himsecf te be guilty, <due s net waste tume trying to disprove the -charge, but begins -Vo devise plans for is own future. To weak Vo dig, -te proud Vo bag, toc guilty teo expect another position, hie immedinte coaccra le hie own food and sheiter. 4. They-Hls loi-d'a debtors. Hoe endeavors Vo put. these men under obligation to himscîf la thc hope that they -wilî feel in duty bound to care for hlm whea hie position le taken from hlm. 5-Hie lord's debtors-Probabhy tenants wio hmd not pa-id their rent. It waa cuetomary Vo pa-y this iii "kind," 'ifile wner !urnishing tibe seed a-nd reviviag a s3ha.re o! 1l~~oucto. - H aadte thse firot, How mach ý&weatLthou Unto MY lerd ?-Cafling tise -dobtrs <me at a timne, bc Te-, duccd tic amount o!f-Lhe la-st--puy- ment te be mnade under is steward- ship, whereas on previeus occasions he had doubtes taken more than he ha-d put down in tic acouats. As tie debtors did net knoyw tic extent te wiich t.iey had lacca rob- bed in other years, they consider- cd theaecves highiy fa-vorcd by t-le steward. 6. A hun'drcd measures of!cil- Tic mensure cqualied about -igit and. tirce-:quarter gallons. Olive cil was aný important produet o! Palestine. 7. -Hundred meagures o! wicat- A mcasure o! whcnt equa-hed a-bout tea bushels, a-ad a- iundred would lac worth about five hundrcd dol- lars. Tic arbitrary wav lu which thc steward dca-lt witi ils mastèr's property shows !how unscrupulous lie wa-s. Tihere wcre probably other debtors - whosc accounts were re- duced, burt tic-se examples are su! ficicat. 8. It was for lie sàtewardt pru- dence ini providing for hiniscîf that he was commcnded by tic owner; se Lie sons o! this wenhd are shrewd a-ad far-sighted ia their transac- tions for tie promotion o! their temporal welfare. Tic sons cf light eliould lie equîaîîy alcrt la .promoting spiritual gocod. -. Make te vourselves friands by mcea-ne cf tic mammon of unright- eousness-Ta> expression the Miam- mon o! unriglîteousniess is used ia the bock o! Enoci a-ad later became a comm,)n ralabinicai expressi-.n. It doenet necessariîy refer te wenlth uarigiteousiy accîuired, but ratier te "deceit.ful weatli" ase wc somet-imes use tic expression 12. Enrtlily wea-ti is not ierely temporal ; it is simplv Ion-,ned Vo us, but if we ae unfitiful la tia-t which je aa-othcer',,ca'> wc toctrust- cd with a permanent laheritance, tint le, tic "kciagdomn prcpa-red f rom tic fouanda-tien cf tic world" 1 13, No ;servant ca-n serve two mas- ters-As ecd master wishçs un- divided service, it would beý impos- sible for a servant Vo lac loyal Wo twe masters. Tic wloe Farable ha-s empiaeized the ticugit via-t c-artihy wealhisl but tcmpora-ry; tiait it i. a-nover's, a-nd net our owa; but If lent Vo us it siould be uscd wisely and ma-de le iserve the highear pur-poàte. o! thc Ringdom. lert&inayyVils could not bè donc if & na-n beca-ne the servant o! hie moliey. Compare. Matt. 6.24. Thf,, FamIiy Ca-skIer. Mudge-Éere'sa ma-n ftgured out tiat I! a-l Vie money -la tihe wouId were divided equally, ca-ch aduit weuld get about-thirty dollars. Meek-Ha's wrong. My wi!e would Set sixty dollJar.. and tie joint aligisthy iwolhe or fever, k chai i-lbi Vit >alighti onD, cacia.ttâkcknaAI than b6!dre, -4eçaw ever-inereapifg tee La-st the rhe unmttî -dletres»ed wheneveî a-t a-Il wet. Tic besZt way to matism le le take it ly on iLs, very .fir Wh- a a joint belôn wea-tlcr go te bcd for twcnty-four or eight hQurs. Com important, for it ih o! thc bones on ,ei the joint 1b only s1 wlich de-a the'dat thc 11mb quiet and wîth icithyci oîintix tic pair nd -ad i la a short tima. During cold dam joints sieuld lac pror er, -underclotlaing. - tcndýency te ricu wea-r wool alheic flhc skia, but a soi weigit mnay la ued lier. I-t 1$ n misLa> wea-r very hcn-y ec tends to bring cut -h-oulders and elu Wa-rmth witiout w tic aim o! cvery nh whec hoosing cIeL]I lent pi-evetive is t. bta-akets. 'Ticels sîtimulates ticesir t-ha eirculation. Fu rtic-r', the 'ni> mua ic c a-re fui ns and drinks. Bt-eh alSollare -Lotis-b6 if libe il [Wimlie wi, strlctly lùinited qu stimulant must -lac w eil mntuncd whisk ter. Ale and stout up entircly., la ti limit tote eamea once or-twicc a wea by fis-i so,..iuci the s-egcta-bics a-ad stee te, be acglectcd, In partieularly use-fuI taken da-jly a-t thc Tiey will a-id la kep open, a-a imortgpsf ricumatà s ecoince 'NI(IERIAN Quaimit super-stition A;,friviin N P. Ama.tiry Ta--hot pcîIiticai service, iv] mîîci tinough Afi vanîctus tî'ibes, vay.% tives ocf sDuthe->a N of such a lt-w typu ca-lIed inudcfisdi, rai mnos-t anclint o! s-ou tribe!s. andclspe-ak d O! a s-ciy old a-nd p the rac-,As- a pi- c-îsed *uet lie loi l'ckigmp -i" ?groi ciao, p-o)ured oveî i le gis-en lha,:k t lîua.g tp Ï umre ec onY tic plant-atin. t-he thi;cf (reii <oe Lima-t thi Ti:agic hou, ha-ad. U nstlt cIasp thenvélves a Ife le3 benIt down b; us neo e -tnaný foi-cd egýa-ist ie ho>'. Net foýr:a nmn even Vo attraigh.tuo I a-s a sungla w lee2d farto, a sge am ire-,tilselwves A ýiom6bl incmréeaî nu n There niay b mab" in tfie utberoe 'o uee on well as the Pain,- duty OÙtetsidBu.ckingham Palae - ied may appear Lord Ro.eber-y, *fo h I.regained ,xamine d, but his'ncrjal hea&kth,, mýeturised to:- ric of -e ee Lond on >r'cnn L aghto o u it "aY or so it mnaY poÎters in public libreriee in Loo- fflm Off , bu t the don i. being a.sked by_ theWs 't.tie:jo n oOfice. ý- fore. $6, it SeI It l n. n ,anI h h l- ïg-a 'litt s'Oýr8e turc t -radé' union l1bo.r W-ii be ema. se it atOBIaupioyednÈthe printang dpaS#net pdency. till .,tf the Tirnes. patient je eorely -Fc r eigh -'nt2s-,traffle on the r the weather i r Hounilow branoeh o!f'the Iittriet »ward off rheu- Railway wa.s he1d up rece.nLly., by an in hand sros earw îg. ss pearines- A donation od $2,500 ihas been nes stiff in bad made by the Bansk o! Engla>nd to and stay there the St. Paul's C'athcedral Prezeýýrva- even for for.ty- tion Fund.- 11 plete7restt us alI The Lord Mayor cf Manchegiter gthe, movement has reoceived a letter _wking iim if achW- ot her whena lOIca'-' nd a healthy male bb for ightly inflamed, Tdo>ptiçn. nage. To keepý Paper mxade fr«crn seaw-a-d a wrapped in lint been ,inv«itedby an Engl.ieh chesn- ent will relieve s9t. It ies acid to be fireproof j6d ce any. swelling waterTroof. Mt>the* Eiex EdiuetiçinComm!t- p -weather the tee it waa repurted that some head tected by warn'- tettehers in seoondary sehc-'ls did Anyone with a net teac~h at ail. matîsin should Th7e late $ir Wm. Agnew, o! >ear round next Bradbury, Aginew & Co., proýpre- mewat heavier tors o! "Punch," le-ft prope'rty o!1 during the wun-- the grs value of $6,767,960, :eé, however, te Three nmen were buried by the fal ,lothing, as this of a large quamtity of rnaaoýnry frora reight êhould be A hero o! Seba-tol, Mr. Tühn heumatie subject- Ainswcorth, aged seventy-six, 'wa>s '>îng. An e-xcel- L>îîîicd at Rnmsbottom Ccnntery ýo sleep between witlî fuil zilit-ary 3lonors, ight -roughness In the shecp yard a;ttüie Zoo there n and promotes is now to bho Sc>n a s&pecimen of the eiimt'-esubjà meriflen, -or wild eheep, whiohinl- tîimt~c ubjeL la bitm Cornica and Sardinia. îer' mat h and Te li4ht ait the Needies Liglit- Jed for hlmd il£>US, laie o! Wlgýt, -l t at' ier- Ilfo itand.'cd f roin oea octn$a>ion in» e*el il aethem 'n in~ute te t-wc 'n ecvery t-wisnty bec- iantities. If -a n- taken let it be d.therert-l!Ms. . y wit'h soda wa- r oe ! Chia éprle- i r.W shudbe g*enStovo-id, o h, sHillI, lstead, e way o! ment Surrey-, in her 10 ht. ycar. She iiad ti a day. and- if lived in the reigns of qix Englehi k it be replaced monorehe. ebetter. Green Qtiaen Alexandra was'airnong the ved fruit are-net PuceessfuI ex-hibit>rs ut lip annual akcd apples are M1anohe-zter Iog Show atb 1elle Vue, and slculd be carrying off prizes ln the open dog ineal preferred. clas-s. oping thie bowels After being xnarried fdor only te-ri kt->namter where weeks to a girl aged taventy,. Gor- erned-A i>hysi- Idocn Jones, agedc twenty-t-wo, was - Irilled by a fal co! roo! ab the Swan- - wîick Collieries, Derbyshmire. TRIBES. 1 Mr. Wsa. Lid an auetioneer, of Sunderlnand, and Mr. Henry i~ RueeTrbeofSt(koc-, of!Durham-r, werc- înstantly ALUCS iIU Oskilled vhcn their m-otU;r >-ss oolided afives.with a uinppct near Sealuain. ,t -t! the Nioerias Naval officers azld mc&b aitie îo lias tî-avelld N)ri' 1hav'ee c-4'd a hnin ica Ertîîd3 inigtVie meniorial la tii-ZclapeIat t-lia 'Naval tl111eIhibiw n-Barrark%, Chha-ain, te the laite sue , nîoae Cîpt. Scutt and hie party. Wla htya- It is annoîîrîiced tht negc+ttiene ýnk anîong the are proûceding for flie piir4c!hn.aof îtlern Ni gerian 200 or 3M0 acres of lanrd' on Scatcya [ifferent dialecets Sno4ok, neari WegL Hartieposil), by a rhxLî-iv to"gue rm nwùoinrid ptttng dov. n Iet ii1nata -the 11f e of in'rks 'tetiJIt a galastl % ruinawav ntrcrdai 't ii-pt-)Ils arc rz- a 0ip wnrdow ait \X'ps-ýtHrLpo ag huce ucd f rî'- dhlcsdrbedenga i 'dan1 n~a imaia'id vi wi slio i-e aik- a r l-hXit ng 4'i1the paivemrent ai i h:-lii t:. nner t-bC ~u~ nird cn.cpiccuts pace Bi hen( r<rak e ap- No su-x-ner dor'p-ovc- p1:xn3 for the ontritct&.ii (4 r tLie lîoîiîdarva lieu and-anc n-i cncert haill P:irînflg f. 1ý ni, t We.-tPiet-, wliile the 1Palece id fitads lainarcî,ýf as-iII to ho-t- a.id it can lac a-ie ils bac-k, s-c> lo-ng -renia-tas <c-ngthe necds bakiog or ci ho tic bttpbi- g itstlistc- vil- oîk for te ina-t * tii the lits-uc'If I-lae t-41i (-f . h ;_.nuit iSa d s-s-eLutui ,-, magie fitis tscie - aîkd. Slave-s a-nefrceîutly s 5ac-iiticu-d a - flic dcla-tufda- cliii!ar-cl huit-i binai. Ua-îil îîrohibiled hl'is-- 't arnmc-nt, chiicfs wci-e but-lt--clniii ir huomes s---t-h ci-ange rituel amnd sacri- fice. -A butria- chia-tber s-sa-s pi-e- uarc.d unde-neati-une -of Vie r nome, a-ad lai-tis tiecoie-f's bu-dy's-a-s pla cecd. Hie best loe-d wife andc two o! tic mos-t beaurtiful o! ic claves ent-ercd t-la roeni, -a-ad a-ca-ted themseîves at a table eq>pos-:ite tbiri lord. After conie cereaaon iah al b u t tic womca w-itbhdrem,, tic chanier was Eeed up, anad t-le unfortunate aomen w4erc îft te a liigering <[catih. Easy For MUin. An Inisihman whie aas oae day en- ga-ged at - âlone-breaking on tic roadside a-ad not bciag usedte 'tic work, ccuý,d net' get oz veny fest. A friand of!lils wie chancad Vo paso by es Pat; a 'as behaboring a- iugc stone wit4u renawod vigor tiead 1 sîhow 'him he right way, a-ad, taldng tic lia-mier !rom him, brake tic atone withi caga. -8al1 P-at <"sure aow, a-ad tm-e easy for you ~ break the atone af-thr I hava been eQîften- lag it fer ýic la-et halt hour..-'> lThe Iiea-uty o!f îslluduss Thte stoi-yisl to'ld o!fti Ltjt -i wh4,-'ont-'- reign-ed ini Paris ,-lt Vitl iw aa-s so very Itsal tituat lien an mtbus--sa-Id eue day. 'Mv p4ij»<mChîlid, ysmi a-i-e 1.--aîgIy foranov oue es- ente' faitllo 1-ve witliycmi." Fi-un iluat tirne Madaume de (im- ('01111 .began Io be ver ' iîîd ui(t» thIt ulauper c-ilidri-o of t-ie ilag. he Eerv-art-s cfif thît Iîoîehol, eveun i-ie b>irds ihat ltiu-pped ab-outî ihe gaid-ci w îlki. !hc wiv aliv-ulys its-ve if suie iapprt'ct-o lue unabla't-o, renu-ra t-us :e.Tis gctp-c-a-i1i -nm :îrd cvei -hî dv oaade 1h"r le 1l> o! titi- city. Tii-uigî lu-i- ouaplrx-îon wassf eiil 1, cigrevcy ~5s mmil a!id uitkei s t -l'e iel i - tut-io- bier- t.'îîgrio.zt--,r -b mn()!flutt-timc. lier iin.iielfi.zli iat2reist i o-t ,-i macle li-r, Ilï,; s--aid, perfet--iiy lit*-- itil.Het- l-e suirely utlsbs valta-bicles-o> l'eisoiîg a Lest Art. P.tisoning naay be reg-ardced a--s a leïst art. Thxe most sixeceuceful pi-a-- tiiojn-or on record fitauîled the & se- venateeti enmtury witii tic magni- tude et-lier la-bons. Tiis was Te- fa-nia, an Italian lady whe gav heur na-me Vo a deadly poison-aqua teo- fa-no, a kew drepis o!ftwiih were suifelent. 'S&huo soldhd i ýciuton ut smalI pilis to disillueiboaed wecn wio were tired ofe! icr bsbn Ia Ohila way, asm ihe coafesecd, 600 pefsn -wre aoounted for. A!ter ici- contceein tiéepublic execu- tiener wa-s cxerese-ly buey wlth han eugtaemers. W-hait thoe dru-g was ne- body ha. ever been a-bic te say. Tie pope described it as aqualortis ,dietilied in.to arsenic-an uns-atis- !a-ctory definiton.-Lonndon Daihy one .# -nknd ; th ise lî1 p iiim ~,ter slde of'tihe grave 18 quite an- ethèr tlsng. Iînmorta-lity, li etheir wcrds, -lias been takea by us te - mean a new lind e! existence upon -which weý were t-o enter whea this Çexistence wa done. To believe Mî ora eternallife ha-a beca Vo ba-ieve t 0iat- mailSurvives infto the future; Vo investigate thus eternal life:Ia been t-, andeaVor te pieree tic heavy 'vcil which liides tic future Irom t-le present; te prepare for tic eternal lfe bas been to us-ctitis world as a kind e! A Train-ing Sehool for lie conditions iici a-ne sup- posed toecxiît in the werld t-o conte. Immorta-lity le -soethinig - upea which, we enter or wîici we "Put -on"; tO-msorroy. As Sha-kespea-ne, lan "Mcaeure for Meusure," makes t-le proveet express àt when he an- nouaices t-o Claudio hbia ppnoaching "Look, here's tic warrant, Clau- <ie, for thy deati. 'Tie now dead miduight, anad. by eieht to-m'orrow Thîou mul e ha ade immoi-tal." la leookiag at immoi-ta-lity fr-octa t-hil3 point cf s-iew- we are d,,ia-g tie natut-aI, but nc ma-as thte a.ec;ratc, tiing. On tie'c contrany, we are plscing in the foregnound what pro- perly heîoigs.An iltmbaekgrountd, or ratier we are pltacing la -tic background o! thiS liadefi aile ilea- c-f fîîturity tint wliclî preperly lac- lonigs la tlic immedilte Iforegr-ouad o! present reality. "The fueture staite," enys BIlphu W'aldo Emerson. in hie e-ssay on Inarliy'1s an illusion for tic ever preseat IFI 1II-IIBfTCOAST WVHA1 TIIE WESTERN I'EOI>LE AIRE UULNG. Progrosa o!fthe Gi-c-t 'Wet Told In a Fewi Poiuted Agit-atien i3 on fooit te bas-e Orien- ta-h punpdls s-gregated in scliciole on tic Pa-cifiececas-t. lhc Vanîcouv-er world ads--c-a-tes cîîtting dois--ntie salai-es oafthi Mayor anad a.deriue! li ta-t eity. Vancouver police believec thene je a gigentie ýsyndficate c, f OrictLais en- gaged ilatVIte opimai -nuggliiag Ira!- a-i thc B.C. pena½entiary furi-11 years, s---s presan-ted wl-tii an hui- periai Service Medca-i. This le going tl e haare i-lvcr for fîs-ing ton fl,'acfi--e- itive,-, if the nu-mien o! Iice-n, sap-'-i-cd fc>r laq a-nycriterion. A ca-nres c'cpy.Ky fet a.11 Vie wirc rope at-tacheci w,> - ue d rcdge bîîcket rita oui;and feuil, andcl -lc di-edge &, N-es-vWe!r--pmmoeer n-as laid tip fun a as--iole cl-y bef4,re t--e datiage oouhd be re.pairedc.- C'onîsiderabie alaran wa-s tau s-d at R-usi'laad. '1.C., by an eatiquake uhocl. No <la-mage s,-as donc be- yodsmashiang of crockery. Tbe City Couacil of Va-acotîver tiat j-fi-ac would be given Vo firi-tmts-hidi cnaployed oîily s-viitc ,Sabis>r. The salai-y o! ('iîy Eagince.ýr Fel- leuws, of Vaneotiver, was-cut $2,>J00, te $6,000 a- yca-, aaad lie was ordcr- ed to geV t s-vs-n-k at 9 a--ni after l'or 46 va-ns liti silceesiuan, New ~Vesniirs-ieB.(. ailI voie te ose-e wlîal yc-ag lady -o! tuit eit-y hl be cros-s-aed Queca o! t-lac- Ma-ytVils yen-r. Tie (P.l. lin-t Empre-si o-f Ruts- sia, mwiic.lî arrived a-t Vaneouven frein Yuoliama. brou.ght 510 I- nes, 150 V-ns <f (lainese eggs anad M~ amr of êdIk. Tic -Medicai HezL!ih Office-i of Vie- t-a.B.C., rportýed that cni t15iuin VhaLt city we.rcenoen 1:,- goikd, lt--e aeit- being a case ,îf orîguisdi ýcwqe wiii iiitcI-iiits jî-y le coiaIn i a1Vieu,(lare <Ciimie, co! Vaneco.uven, eouii-e s-iicidtv. le was a nautisee!fWind- ya-agi). Tîte B.O ---ieî- xucs s-aitIi a afeav weekS bt'thnomv. upc-a jo10,000 ac.res cjf la-ad il'a t, i-i pr vin-ce for pire-cuipîlcr. This aini- clude 80,eO(it acres <'f fertile a iatu tn ticj( vaîley o! the Frar RHivai-. A nan named S-îei-ên Plecouýts-s working on Great NieRola-il- ivay cocatruietieon on SidayN. J1"4 was killed. Hie rela-tives suctic decfeudauints Celaiining they 'couik1i1dnot reover beotsuse tie inain au-a-s viola-t- ing th i onds Day Act bY working on Suada-y. Judge Grant coinddeà wituh îVat view, buLt hie judguient wae set arjide by Judge Gregory. The fornaer judge hia-s niw -fcund againt the plaintiffs, holding tiat the deccased <id noV tako reason- a-bc 'preeaution te find a place cf ta-ety Zhen thie blast, as a resuit cf whîeh ho wns killed, was a-et off. Peopie 'cap enjoy IiVingclos3e Vo natunre if hey,,dea't have te. a-Il; tic exeeuti'n tie.n alinounead C.'Yuld -ne more,#nrakc him jaiiortal thlan it.eouýld deàtroy hLig 4birit aind- make Iutumnta&I; 1.trnal li fé, front the Véry"- nature ofVIîe îphlrase> self-, inceludes netfpl§ûiy the future, but flic pa-t as wciI, a-admo's-t cer- tainly - Peat Eit el-fiLM means net yêestcrday, xîor yct 'to-mnornow, but -ahwfaystody As Petrarci expresses it, in i ofo is great sonietste "Notiting ii-lierc to cerne, and ne- t'hing pa-et, But an eteýrn«Il Now dos-s ahways Immortalitv :-thÎnefore, -le some- tIhipg more titan àature lîfe. la tic trust sê-nsc of the word -a presant reality. "Now ara we the sons e! Qed,"> enys thlce pestie with thc enplaaEis upen "now." Evua now ha-s tic glery-cf tie Ïpiritual inhe - itance desca adec - upon us; even now are wa in.thé nidsi <s!4 thtintcLaa Ilie for ÎLmecomingïj wlîicla wc pray; even no-w are we -cntered upDn-Via-t i mmaartality j whiihs--e have long- dierncd only 'dintlv ia t-le future. AIT cf whieh Means ls td thtig présent exist..-cnc, &îYntaios "ail cof gcod' taL a-ny ex- iytence ca-n evér have -,last the 11ke o! aie spirlt. muet lac lived ici-c, if anyw icre; tint deathisl indccd on- ]y "it sleep a-ad a forgetting" a-s we paffs frOn one day- o! etennityt-o. 1a-net-hem. --Rev. John Ilayce floues.î IYoung, Fo1ksj The R~ing and the Miller. Once there was a wealthy iniller who Iived near the hicgh rosd. 'Abovce bis doo>r lie had written thesie words:-"Here lives a man who ise free of srrrrows and trouble.'- One day the King, happening- to pase3 -thc hou&e,, stopped. and read the insjéription. 'Iis-hall-give- him trouble, " thought he; and, h&aVing ordered the miller to appear be,»ora hlmi. Ife gave hin t-hreequtkn tVo be ans-wered ý th e King's tiati;i- faction wit-hin t.hree days., Ifl ho failed toù answer the questions lie msmt-ir-tM4hi-a-e- As the miller walked aboujtlt ic %e fieldi pondaring tue i5 l-fcu)t pro-- bleox. hiesiepierd ask. whab grueved Ihlm, alc eloeig trouhîcci. '*-i le o! ne use te t->Il yeu, an- muercd Lie mihler, - f(on ycu cannot - ,', sa-id tQue àsiepherd, "if yeu Iv-ill 11 telylaume ait a4out ut, I amn rea-dy teo heipye" "0 i mllr told i ira a-Il. 'ýh îsit itut, w-orme Flexclained youir clothes, Iavili an.aswer lIhe quies-0uons -ûfr you." On ic heaprîointed day the king returneci aadIie siephterd reccel--c him n th aic ller's clobies. '121>- fi-st cucstion uva.s-_' {ow lonig as- iii lu ta-ke me to makle a voy,-- age arîouîîd tiche nd ?' _Ma-v 1 take tiïn;e to coasider V' askedth ie s-ephli dThe lime wae grayitcd hlm, a-adii a lititle wie le sa-id :-' 1 yoîîr maje5sty f0lIowevý th ti t w -ill faýe oaly twenty- fuir hoirs." 'Tiat is well caorugh." ca-qid the king; buit ca-a yoîî tell mre 1i-1,W much 1 a- avrtfi in my fullii quip- ment' Tic aielheid a-asavc-ed:- "Ouir Sa-vietir M_. 1;-".Id for tiirty pic-cs of eliven. Therer-ores-ui inajesty ca-ncu he worti more tian l-waiynia."Thi3answer wa-s aiso, welI neeivcd: but aitichelest moment thie king e&W 1 '-Q> shall asIc tic third quiestion, and voit mueathaNe no tinte fer-consider- a-Lion. CIàn vot-eutlme avîtat 1 amu ti tii ting T" -Yes," replied tic 2herffhard, 6'lyour najesty tiike yoîi aie speaking toe' icailer, but Inam oiui issbepc-d -Thc khlg t. -onîce declar-ed uim-' i selattisfled,' and tic anllen'escap- !ed fîiît-hicr tromuble. 'The ii-nsoftuuui io lie Imit1. Thte- SxotlIvsord ,ina,"ta-ken ia t lt- pi-escn ess,tva-s ptuubably,ila ,,Fei before t-i- Cuqiiest. aîlîereuc ti u-cyFrenoli svend'lte"nu genei'mlly appiicd Vow '-u"an tuf >1s-le wnîd pi-e tenýsdon," ates o-uiy fi-oui about vie tins-e ailien officers o! the B13î-slîarnîy o! Occupation i-etii ne4f nom Paris aiti entittel- asIle a-ceouats cf ?>euruce 's- adna dozea otlier hos-Vlnice ef!ttic Rue. de Rivo-ci an-adtie, Rue S-t. H1-onore w'li-ci qui-te tlirew the humnler ac- commodation effed by tile-as-er- age Bnitisoa inaoff tint period int:e lte siade. At t-he comme.cncement et tic, ninetecti çctuiiy-yFrench- me-n taugit tie Uadca iitankeeper - tic science -of!- otel ke.cping, b-cre tle, begining -o! the t.en lieth h Englhman-ia- hd begun to retuurn Vie oeipiueita-ad now Vthe moet.lux- umiaeue aaan l appointed Parleuat ieOWS e bhellir oengin t<> Bnitisi ARCHIVES, 0F ONTARIO TORONTO 0 '4 -r -c' -1, --r 's- 'a "v o-' .~ cl "i I -I 's 9 r. - a .4