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HOW IOM KING WAS TUKUHI a TALI or HIMI-I.B I'AITII. Krneet Kenan, the great French phil- gopher, oooeiiaid thit the good man headi thr prnceesiou ot humanity, anil that neit oomee the sciraliat, and third tbs phil- osopher. Thu remark remind* me of Tom King, tho beet man I ever knew. Tom was ao old negro who lived in my native village. He had tatted the bitterness of alavsry. There were scan on his wmlt and write on his broad back. When I first saw Tern he was in his prime, a man of 1111*11 1 been t proportions, a Hercules in nature and in strength. He could stand on the bottom of a canal-boat moored to the village pier and tea* a barrel of flour cat upon the wharf. Tha muscles under his black skia wsre than supple and einewy, his giantliks form was as erect as tbe pine, and men turned to look as he passed them in the stseel, says Brnast Jarrold in Har- per's Weekly. la his early manhood Tom was not a good man. One winter a noted revivalut came to the village and opened services in the little Methodist church undsr the hill. He compared tbe quiet little hemlet to Sodom and Gomorrah, and thundered his denunciations in a manner which struck terror to the hearts of his listeners. Tom't only surviving relative was hit daughter Dinah, who became greatly exercised over the epititual welfare of her father, and after week* of pleading persuaded him to go to meeting. This proved to be the turning-point in Tom'e career. The hot rare of the fate awaiting the (inner in ihe future world filled Tom with rsmorse, and be resolved to go to the altar. It was only after a week of brooding that he made up bis mind to taks this stop. To makr the effort as assy as poesibls, hs went to the church eaily and secured a ssat near to the altar-rail. Tom's great heart was beating like a trip-hammer when tbe preacher invited the sinners to flee from the wrath to come, and be was ths fint to prostrate himself at the altar-rail, aad to bend hit gigantic frame in an attitude of prayer. His mind was in a chaps. Hs felt as if he wanted something, but hs oould not toll what it was. For ths following week hs was a miserable man. He began to examine those great problem! which have vexed the human soul ever sines ths birth of Adam. His fseble reason atlacksd such problems at free-will and foreordination. He weat to the preacher, but obtained no relief. Tom remained in this mental con- dition for several weeks, when euddealy hi. mind was relieved. A tense of rest and happiness filled hi* breail. Tbe preacher told him lhal he had been converted, and Turn believed him. He did not know what conversion meant, but be told his daughter, ' Onoe I was dark insids like a coal- cellar, but now I'sgot a candle in mah soul " Tom shook oil the viost which cling to weaker men as a lion might shake autumn Isaves from hit mans. It was the bloetom* log of a human eoul into an exquisite goodness Very simpls, childlike, and beautiful Too 1 '* life became. He believed in the Bible literally. With the eentuou* imagination of the negro, and the occult divination of a mind which dwelt continu- ally on high planes of thought, he even aspired to translate the mytteriee of the book of Revelation. Tom never troubled himtelf about current event*, bat after supper bs would open the well-worn Bible and poor over the wonderful book with coni'-ant delight. And as ths spiritual horison widensd, and all malice and un- uncharitableneaideparted from him, leaving a graciou* kindneas and tweetneea which Irradiated his rugged feature*. Ihe por- tion of the Bible which faioinated Tom more than any other was the itory of the translation of tho prophet Elijah. In theee iconoclastic days, when the hammers of materaliim have been coming down with a crushing force, there are many who laugh at the ttory of tbe fiery chariot and the flaming horses, but douht of its truth nevtr crept into the roomy chambera of Tom't faith. Hi* Oriental fancy taw the chariot descend andrise again within living freight. With beatific vision Tom would close the holy Mink after reading the ttory ovir again, look up with syss of faith through .he ceiling until tne meteoric vehicle wat swallowed by ths sky ; then clasping hit callous bandt in religiout ectlaiy he would >tng: " \Viiur. oh. whar It de K<XX! Klljah I Whar, oh. whar IK .! good Klljah, Who went up In the chariot o' H.I i> T Halts, now. In de promlM-il Inn ' By a prooet* uf reasoning peculiarly hit own the idea took possession of Tom't mind that " when the summon* came to join the innumerable caravan" he would be tram laud just at the prophet had been. Thit was not egotiim nn his part, it ai simply an outgrowth of Ini faith. He had read the word* of the Christ about faith like ths muftanl seed, and it* application to tha removal of a mountain, and he applied tin* literally regarding the fiery chariot. Ti,,-n old age, with id concomitance of partial blindnett and rheumatlain, came upon him. hi* onc italwrrt form wit bent, aiul hi* iin-at arm* degan to wither like the limh* ol a irt<- limit rn by lightning. But hi* faith, clarified liy years of lelf-oommunion and humility, lupported him in In* ad vein- it) . The little oaset of refreshing in the deterl of hi* pbyslnal wearineti Tom 'found at the weekly prayer meeting. He alwayt sal in a high -backed wooden pew near thn door, remembering tadly that h wa* of an li-n and contemned race. One hot Anguit 'evening., when the brethren and utter* were paying more attention to thn moth* fluttering armim! the gaiiels than to the iteraiinn of time-worn lupplualion and exhortation, the preacher awoke from a half-do/.u, and without riling from hie seat, taid : "There tlill remain a lew minute* before the close ol the meeting. If any one wiehei in lay a few wordi or to lead in prayer he i . lie* the ohanoe " I i. .in far away mi the drowiy evuuiiig ami- the uuteiof a whippoorwill. Then ths silcnot was broken by a blundering June-bug, wkioh flew into Sister Jeass't sar, provoking a shrisk and a aaiokir. Then silsnoi again. 1'hs pr eschar wat about to clots ths meeting, when old Tom rving pulled himself, by thshslpof tbs teat in trout, to tn erect position. He Ixiktd like a gigantic oak which was faat decay- ing, and there waa a trembling oadsoce in his voice ss hs *aid. "Let ui pray. " Tom pautad for a fsw seconds, at if trying to gsthsr all ths powert of bie finite intelligence in the effort properly to fix hit feeble utterance to the talk of addressing ths Infinite. Then with profound palho* and humility, be began: "Our Fattier who art in heaven, we Thy lee lie chillnn look 'way Uu' de night shad- dsrs into dt cs'm Ian' bsyon' de sea . To- night, our father, de log* ob unbelef an' ds units ob doubt am beia' twep' away by de strong wind ob faith, an' we can sss dt crystal ribbtr an* ds bloomin' fiel't ob Peradiss. Dt road has been tol'ble long an' dusty. Father. Sometimes ds water hai been soa'os on do road, an' de sun ha* burned hotter dan de fn'naos ; bat, brew ds Lord I ds promts' Ian' am only a leetle ways y euder Our eyes am a-gittin' dim, but we can see de eun a-ibioin* on de jasper gates an' de glory floodm'ds walla ob dt noly oily. Dt tteeples and ds winder* am a blast n wiv dt light. Ws't on'y a esttin" on de iirp* ob heaven to res befo* dt bosses ob nah aa de chariots ob crimson come down to take us into ds green fisl'i whar dr flow'as ia sbsr bloomin'. In do weet nel't ob Eden we can sss de Solomon Illy an' ds roses ob Sharon, an' ds bleedin' heart honeyiuckle,all iweeter dan de honey in de comb. De leetlet bass, wiv gel'ia wings are a hnmmin'. Oh Lord, send quirk de bosses an' ds chariots t> carry as home, 'cause de misery am got m in ds legs, an' ds as'my am a-chokin' ah ' Hers Tom halted in hit prayer, swaysd back and forth, and fsll heavily upon the bench. A icene of excitement entned. With tender, reverent hands, ihs brethren laid him upon tome cushions token from some of the front pews. Already the pal- lor of dissolution was spreading ovsr hu faoa. "Tain't no use fo' to" ten' fo' de doctor honey," he whiipered to Sister Jonee. "1't got m ah call" The radiance of an electric light wai tbining in at tbe window from the strsst. Tbe gleam caught Tom't fading gace, ami a glad mule overspread his face an hs mar- mured : "See ds light of de hossss I See de thins ob de fiery w'eels I Kesrfsl, keerfnl, Osbr'el ; keerfnl, chile I Drive dem fish bosses slow ! 1's cjnuu' Aod so Tom King wa* translated. THEIR PHENOMENAL VOICES. tualaa rrleUi lh CrrsiMI Basses la lae Werle. The singing in Kuan* that ia, ia ths Kuuian church ia confined entirely to men. All tbe monks are singers. For a thousand ysart Russia hat been starched for tbe b*tt voices among tbe monks, and thsy are brought to the most important ceo Ires. A* no person osn become a print in Kueiia who is not the son of a print (the parish print* being married), in near- ly all the training has goot on from ags tc age. Bass voice* in Rosiia are of ex traordin- ary diplh, tome of them so desp and powerful that they have special parti assigned : them an octave below the real part. These are called " ocuviau." It I* not uin'on.mon to find thoss who can take the F. below the C. Most of the** bass voiost corns from North Russia. It is an intoiesttug fact hearing on climate that contraltos of unusual depth and resonance are found in that part also. Trie imperial chapel in Su Petersburg hss a choir, ihs finest in Russia, of ont hundred and twenty voioet. The member* of it have no other buiinost, and preeerv* tbeir voice* with ths utmost care. Kvery day they itndy vocalization fsr an hour ami a half undtr Italian matter* ; betide* this, thsy receive regular iatlruotion in church ityls under nativs teachers. No church music in Kuwia can be printed or i erformed until it ha* firet received the sanction of the proper authorities. Tht general church ohante in Russia are akin to the Oregorian being unbarred melojiei destitute nf rhythm. Thire are eight of them in lite, which are changed ever wtek. Von Moltkt, the great German general, recently deceased, wa* a connoisseur of music, and hs asserted that "the mu*ic of the Russian church is at far removed from the meagre liymni of Proteitantitm at from ths operatic music of the Roman ( 'alholic Church." We have lost no opportunity to h*r ihe belt music the cathedrals and churches ol all religioni hate to offer, In- cluding tht Jtwien synagogues, and hsv* never heard anything sodlilinotive, impret- live, compact, and masslvt, nor any tingle basso equal to that of lh nrlest who wai celebrant at the me < ; oe to Peter the Ureat in St. IV'r (excepting Mailamr Albonila cuu.i i ( ual to that of a woman who tang in the Unman covent on Mount Tabor in Pulettine. Something* Lacking*. A man went into a drug itore and a*ked for a certain headache curj. Thr drui<Kiit did not keep it. But we have somothing bettor than that, Pitiil the clerk. We warrant it to cure, l"0. What do you call it? atked the proipeu- live cuBtomtr, Tin* clerk gave him the mine. Ni-vr heard*"' it, sa'd the man with the In ..i .i-lii-. If it's good why ilun'l ynu advertise it? Then I would know about it. Well, wid the olerk, a great many people do know of II ai.<l buy it. You'll be inr- prised how many of the headiohu powdirl ws sell. I'erliap* ; and you'd h* surprised how many nioro you'd ssll if you'd a.ivertue them. Ami thn man with an ache under hit hat walke-dnui. Thn writer it willing to make an affidavit to the truth of thii itory. Senator Druinniotid hat returned to Montreal from Kurope much improved in health. Tha City Council .' Hamilton has flietl the rate of lateliou at 'JO mills. Good Roads Where the Land is Level The Illuitratien reprsstale an admirable plan forcontlructiog roads in level region*, a a ehowi the level of thi ground belor* working, d d are ditches on either lil of the road, //the roci bed mads of the earth taken from both tide ditches. 1 1 trem-h (or placing tile which carry off the orpin* water. Water from roeidbed na- turally runt into tbe lid* ditob, and then Milling iluwn to MM tile 11 earned off. Very little (all is required forgetting rid of large quantities of water. The width of the tile will of conne depend upon the amount of water to be disposed of, Tbe tile oaii uiually be made near home. Dar- ing theee hard timee when ao many ines are oat of work, it seems to me it would be a<lvieal>le to utilise cheap labor io the con- struction of belter highway*. Safety and Profit. How many aoree doee it take) to keep oowa a year and what a land worth per acre ? A oorreepondent aaye to hii mind tbie 11 the proper way to figure oa the profite of cows. He ha* been handling, on an average, 5."> cows on 170 acre* of land fit for pasture and cultivation. He calculates he make* |ls per acre from r.ie oow* and $-' per acre oa tbe bogi. He growi very little worst. Tbe farm has to keep the oows. He boys nothing but bran and oil oak* meal aod sells snough grain to pay for them. He (rows two acres of poiatoee yrarly, bat they are a separate item from tbe oowa. He keeps, on an evsragi, 90 bead of young heifers, making 74 in all He could make 40 oows do the same work, bat thinks it woald not pay bitter. He feed* along the line ef safety, keeping tbe cow* comfortable. That is tbe watch- word of locates in dairying. No periahmg out in the cold *nd no feed wasted is the table. He has had a ulo seven yean. His neighbor! thought he was oraiy, bat bs WM a little nearer tbe front of tbe proccetion than most of them. Hi has given a mortgage on tbe farm a hunt that nas made him feel happy theee hard times. There are uo bard time* he thinki whire the oow aod pig are properly looked after. not will digested . A hot mess SOSM cold morning iharpena the appatits aod tonee p th digestion. Protection for Small Animals. If large and small cattle or ho^t are fed and boused together the imaller animals will hardly thrive. They will be whipped away from tbe trough and get lew than their ehare of the fo xi ; and they will bs driven around or from tbe shelter, and the large animal* will soaroely profit from the misforiunoi of their tmtller fellow*, as driving the others from fsed and ihelter will " werk off " a good part of the l*sh from the eitra feed. Sometime* the the smaller animate are isrioualy injured ; and in the larger animal* is developed a quarrelsome disposition that is not desir- able, to lay the least. Yst other eoctidir- aliens make it a bad plan to confine mull and large animals IB the lame enclosure. Much better results will bs secured by putting only a few animals in the same euoloeute, and those of the same silt. BRITISH SAILORS. While Bf i.i wniaea- ay the P/ea* of Part* .rt Bern* The* shew Wtat They Can a. At a moment when the press of Paris and Berlin was vilifying British teamen for brutality aod inhumanity in connection with the Kibe disaster, British eeamsn off the harbor of New York were displaying an aet of bravery in which they imperilled their live*. A Yankee eoheoner, named the Josis Reeves, had become unmanageable, and was adrift opposits Long Peach. She had nine men on board, who signalled for help. Their death wat almost certain un- ices relief c uiie. Hy and by the Teutonic, herself misting oame along, iheatbed in ioe, and unable because of the weather to cruei the bar. She saw the eignalt, and in the mi, lit of that fierce hur.ioane four of her crew went in a lifeboat to the rescue. Tbe water frons white as it dashed over them ; but the men itrnggled in vain to reach the schooner. The oars became as clogged with ice in the rowlocks that they becami practically nteless. They were forced to return to tbs TenUiaic badly frosen one of the men's arms was useless through frost. The hearts of the nine men on the little Josis Reeves sank at they naw tbe fail are. But tha Teutonic' i oap- Vsin was not going to abandon thesa. He undertook a dangerous piece of seamanship. Tbe Ttatomo was tailed right up to the schooner, and for a moment her great balk stood broadside againit the fierce hurricane. In the momentary harbor of refuge thus created the Joeie Reeves wns enabled to launch her dory, sad tbe crew quickly crosstd tbe iborl distance and were taken m safety on board tha Teutonic. That fierce anti-British sheet tbe New York Son, editorially says to Captain Cameron, of the Teutonic, and his men, "we raise or beavin high." The pages of British maritime history are illumined with thou- sands of such instances. The Paris and Berlin editors who slandsr British stamen as inhuman aad brutal possibly never have stood on the rocky shore of Albion and sen tii her me ii and sailors man the life- boat and riak ihsir lives to save wrecked sailors in peril of death on tome cruel reef. Tbe thought of aaking whether they were hmuh or foreigners was never eipressed. But lires were to bs aaved sveu at the ezpentt of their own, and they were saved. No people in the world are more sensitive than the hrn nh. to infamous charges of the kind levelled at British aailort because of the Kibe incident, and no charge can be more unjust and untruthful than that. The Britiah sailor has his faulu, it n true, bat hi is brave in danger, reckless of bis own lid where others are in peril, and generous to hie edvonaries, and it it iheee qualities which have put him in the fore- front of the sea voyagers. BALTIC CANAL OPENING, FETES LASTING A WEEK TO CELE- BRATF TL3 EVENT. Kntnvrer Wiiiiim Is Perseaallf aerta- leaeles; *a>e rrenaraileai War Vessels Will tt -prr.r m all the Urea* vi erthe WerM. A deepatoh from Berlin says : .The pripsrations for tbs opening of the Nortt Sea and Baltic Canal are on a grand aeale. Tbe activity all along the lins from Kiel to tbe North Sea shows that tbe Kotperer intend* to celebrate the occasion with a series of splendid fetes lasting s week. The Kmperor iitnper in tend ing persona fy most of the arrangsmenU whisk are stil] incomplete. On Saturday he telegraphed order) to Kiel tn>t the royal reception rooms in the new Kiel station bs deeoratad and fitted oat alter the sty Is of the state rooms in the imperial oacht HeaeaaoUera. Before the inaagrstioa oaremoaies he will again traverse s part of ths canal with ssvsral war ships to inspect the leeks, harbor*, atd forii, aad rehearse briefly tha whols programme as be desires to see it carried oak Rumor has thrown some donbl oa the dsls of the opening. The prolonged cold weather has hindered the completion of the work, it was said, aad ths canal woald not be ia condition before July for the passage of the large war ships. All this i* untrue. The Kmperor visited all ths looks as far as Hruosbuattali on Thursday, and then conferred with ths ehisl eagmssn, who assured him that there was ao obstacle in the way of opening the canal on ths original date. Ths Hamborg baaqset will bs bsld oa the evening ol June 19. The climax of the celebration will he ths reception of the Kmperor with a aqaad- ma at Kiel oa ths 90th. Ths welcoming fleet will include war v ONLY A POOR LITTLE CAT. Me BJs4e s Terrier Tired Borere She Was with HI all the great navies of the world, all the excursion steamers ot the nearby ports, aad a host of yachts from ths whole North German coast. The Kiel authorities as* planning anchorags for ISO Urge vessels. The north German Regatta Society will open the boating week oa JOBS 22. Ths Imperial Yacht Club will fellow this with a series of matches lanting from tbe 94th to ths 27th. Racing will end oa the 38th with aa ocean match over ths tsatss to Travsmuende. Although ths Chauvinist section of the French press is ready with prophecies ef a hitch in the arraogemeaU owing to inter- national jelouy, las officials ia charge of Kiel fear nothing ol the sort. The utmost cars hat been taken to otssrve every minute detail oi etiquette and eoortesy. The intention it to make the eaval parade a harmonious and imposing spsetaels, creditable to every country taking part ia it. Ths Bmperor is now receiving daily clippings from ths Pant journal*, which are devoting apace to the Kiel ceremonies. His purpose is to get % good view of the ssntitive spots, aod then to lay hie plans so uloipe.ro them. Oiling' the Fellies. A practical man says : "I haves wagon of ivbioh tix years ago tht fellies shrunk to that ths tires became loose. I gave it a good coat of hot oil, aod every year mice ! it hae had a coat of oil or paint somstimes both. The tiree ars tight yet aod they have not bttn set for sight er Dine yean. Many farmtrt think that as wagon fellies begin 1 1 ihnnk they mutt go at once to a blackinn h ihop and git the tire sst. In- stead of doing that, which is often a dam- age to the wheels, cauiing tbem to dish, if they will gtl some linseed oil and heal it , boiling hot and give tbs fslliee all thi oil I they ran take, it will fill them up to their ntual *i/.e aad tighten to keep them from thrinking, and also to keep out the water. If you do not wish tc go to the trouble of mixing paint, you can heat the oil and lie a rag to a ttick and swab them over at long as they will lake oil." 310 Pounds Per Cow. A oorretpordent eay* that from the firet of September, 1H9.1. till September, I sill, he made 310 pounds of builer per oow by 'per oow" ht mt-ans every oow that gave milk, whether old or young, fresh or far- row. and (or the entire year. Tbi dairy consisted of five two-year-old heifers, two old oow* 14 years old, past their prime but kept for their calves, and 10 cowt from three to 10 years eld. Nearly the entire heril am dttoendbnts of these two old row*. He gate them grain to the valas of $2 tr}. 40 from the lit of October till they weut to frrasi in May, none after that date. Seed Germination. It ha* been ascertained by ac extended eerie* of experiments that rye and winter wheat will germinate in toil the tempers' ture of which ii as low as 32 degress. Barley, oats flax, clover, and peat will sprout at 33 degrees. The turuip i* as .-i.l.i blooded as the rye and winter wheat, but the carrot needs 3t) degrees, and the In mi 40 legreea befors they will make the initial effort to send ths life-shoot In tearou of air am) light. Advantage of \ Feed. (living warm feed to ) <4 animali not disposed to be thrifty wiil vary often have a happy ellevt. These animals may lullsr from weuk digestion, which in turn i>ri>- duooi a poor a|>i'ii' The animal does uot eat haai lily, niiU wliat it dool sat is She was only a blask and white oat o humble birth, and *hs was returning from a little social party in ihs neighborhood of King and York streets, Toronto. It was rather late at night, bat what of that ? , Cats keep ao count of the hour, and she wa* as dignified and proper in her bearing aa a mature black aad white poos need be. There was noth- ing about her to justify tbs insolent attitude of a Scotch terrier, who sudden- ly confronted her with s inarl aad a snap, Puss tried to MAKIXO Tin rt-R ri T. croat tht ttreet, but t trolley oar was in the way, and the impudent terrier mad* bold to obase her. She inddenly turned, and the terrier stopped. Hsr Wok went up, her tail grew big, aad the spat ont defiapce at her tormentor. Ihe terrier may have been rude, but be was discreet he kept at a safe diitanoo. Two or three newsboys, a "red-hot" man and a police ollioer were mteruted epeotaton. They moet ungal- lam lv tided with the terrier, who was now barking fsrocioutly but keeping well out of pussy 't reach. One of the boyt threw a stoot at the combatants ; it rolled between them, and the terrisr'i attention was di- verted for a moment from his antagonist. It wat hit first mittaks. Huts saw her opportunity and leapt at the terrier, land iug fairly on his haak. In a tscond she hail her ciaws full of his hair, and he was running for dear lift down the ttreeu Puss held ob like a ciroui rider, contriving to nk her iharp claw* into his back at svery lump. The crowd- followed, shouting. As they passed an alley puts jumped off and disappeared in the darkness, there is oue terrier in Toronto who ha* had enough fun with cats to last him a lifetime. Two Spirits Kirn Spirit (at 'he gate) Kvery Lenten season I wore sackcloth and ashes. St. Peter Wait outside until I can examine the rest ol your record, Second Spirit I always put my allies on the front pavement. St. I'eter Come in. The KIM Scientifically Considered. Mother What'* that smacking noise in the parlor ? Studious lloy (who goes to school) It's sister and her young man microbe*. Her Gift. Wife I'm so glsd you like . Oeorgt, for I bought it for youi present. You'd tpoil it in your li!> we'll keep it in my boudoir. It., you'll get the bill to-morrow il't awfully expensive. Thi governing body of Trmty College School hat decided to rebuild oa the prettnt me. GREAT WAR BURDENS. fever as alaav > sTaeler araas as i aas PreMBt Tlese. It is not an unprecedented thing ia late years for ths spring to bring to brng with it i rumor or s presage of war. Bat every year the rumor remains a rumor ia aa un- doubted gain . It is enough to have oae war going oa in the world at a time, aad the Chinese and Japanese have now been fighting for more than a year, with what consequent dreadful suffering tbs imagina- tion refuses to paint. Bverybody eaa see, and, in fact, is tired of looking at, she ee- lessal European paradox ths nations lav- ishing their energies aad resources oa the buiiness of war, while groaning fer the boom of peace. Never ha ths history of oivilixatioo were there so many men under arm*, and never was there a more aniver- sal and genuine thrinkiag from the idea of r. With thi advance of democracy the appreciation of peace has distinctly risen, and war at an idsa has fallen from ths proud position in which it was bsld to bs the noblest of purtuite. It Is now univer- sally accepted at a cares, instead of a gloriou* game. We are content to read ah in history we do not want its a. i realisation in these days, whsn it wouid seem more of an anachronism than svsr. IPBAH or i'M\ ERKAI. Had advance slowly, but it is not impossible that even now we are moving towards a lime when war will become as obsolete ss ihe trial by combat between individuals. Up to tbe Crimean war Kurope had en joyed forty years of peace, and Bad begun to think that peace wae going to be perpetual. During the lubteqneat forty years the Comment bat been the scene ol no less than five great warn, while lor four of these years thecountiy to the south of m was given over to one of the most terrible conflict* in hutory. But there has been of late a growing diftatte for beginning a serious international quarrel. Tbe nations of hiimi e go ou building ships and making yum, but if a ttramed aituation arises, the rHcrlt of diplomatists are at once exerted to imooth mutter* over in the shortest postibls time. Thfre it one view of Kuro- pesnand American armaments which is cal- culated perhaps to qualify ths regret that sometimee be fell al the iinmeaie amount of vitality dovolrd to military and naval preparation*, mid that 11 that tome day in the future all the wettern nation* will have to itiud shoulder to shoulder against thr countless million* ol the KaiL A Telling Test. Citiman It country lifs healthy? (Jommuter Healthy I There are men in our village who have beeu riding back and forth in the tmokiua-car for three years. aud they're not dead yet. The Effect Was Electrical. Manager How diil the thunder act atfeot the audience '. Critic It toek the boose bj norm.