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', WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE. ‘ PUNNIGBAMS. ‘ At Malta. ' . A recent visitor to Malta sein‘s the fol- .9. nor-rim:- ‘Inridenf In ('Han-rllon with; Asa ciulo grows; one: ‘13:.- slionld grow glowing interest-mg. lawn describing the un- Franco-l'runlan “ar. ‘ str-‘cuer. Just like i»,i.uw.iiiig-li~)use but- r Scenes he witnessed in ,3“: hippo... ,_ - ‘- - - - ‘ = ' ‘5‘" ‘ e »i 1» 1mm 0" \“aieua‘ “I had List sold nix commissnm in the *‘ , , . h - . ‘ _ Uurapproacito t it i. _ _ t I . , Britiin arniv wlieiithe Franco-Prussian war j h‘m“!_ “ 81“” t “"1 a“ ‘9“ 1“": 11‘s}, ; Malta was made amid one of theSights char~ opened,” Sail-l an Englishman a few days ago . my“? '5')“"“‘\" 5”" I “'33 m "H." lute' iacteristic of an English navalstation. Half to some friends at the bar of the Hoffman A correspondent wants ‘to knowp “how a dozen torpednboats came'uashmg out of House, New York. "I had still some pretty long girls should be courted ' 0n stilts, of the narrow entrance on their way to rac- strong hankerings after an active military course. tice With torpedoes. The sea was a ittle Thonsnuds of Tons of Rock Boll Down Into important village on the famous little island . of St. Helena. The town is built along a 1 narrow valley between two elevations th V rise several hundred feet above the houses l 51 131k “bout Ill? GXIWlitiou undertaken by on either side. I of the {him for _the University of Christiania he career, and as I had been disappointed in the business project that had induced me to re~ linquish the hope of seeing further Service with the red coats, I joined the Foreign Legion of the French army, and in the fol- lowing year any craving I miuht have had for fighting was amply gratified. I had many adventures, some of them startling enough, but one, to which no personal danger was at- tached, stands out at times with unpleasant distinctness in my memory. “ A few weeks before all French hopes of final success were buried at Sedan :1 portion of my corps was detached to engage a party of Prussians that had been harrassmg some villages near Metz. \Ve found the enemy readily enough, but they had been strongly reinforced, and thou h we drove them back after several hours 0 very hard fighting, we suffered Severely. “Night had fallen before the firing ceased, and I was sent with an order to an officer on a distant part of the field. The nioou was shining as I returned, and I was walking my horse, as the animal was very tired, when I reincd him in quickly, because a feeble voice called to me. “Sir,” it said, in very good English ‘I recognize you as an officer of the Foreign Legion. You are an Englishman, I think. \\'ill you do iuc a great favor, and a last favor‘." “I dismounted and found a young French officer lying at my feet. His sword and pistols were gone and lie was desperately Wounded. His eyes were almost closed, the death damp lay cold and heavy on his forehead, and little specks of foam and blood \verc on his lips. One bullet had passed completely through his body, tearing the lungs in its passage, and he was gushed and perforated in half a. dozen other places. “ ‘What can I do for you ‘3‘ I asked “ ‘I am suffering horribly,’ he gasped, ‘and I may live for an hour yet. “'ill you have the great kindness to blow out my brains and end my agony?’ “I looked very closely at the poor fellow. I knew something about gunshot wounds, and it was as clear to me as is the sun at noon that he had no earthly chance of living until the dawn. “ ‘I cannot take your life,’ I said, ‘but if A good many people are coming to look upon original sin and original packages as synonymous. He (despairingly)â€"“I wish I could find something to take up my mind." the (soft- lyiâ€"“Try blotting paper.” Cadiev-â€"“VVhat is it your little boy calls you ‘3” 'Marlowâ€"‘Trettypapa.” Cadleyâ€" “Isn’t he rather young for sarcasm '3" A writer says: “There are some thin 32!. woman doesn’t know.” There may be, ut no man can tell her what they are. Give it Up.â€"Hoffyâ€"-“ I thay, Gawge, how do you pronounce that wordâ€"reelv or reahly?” Rockyâ€""I don’t weally know, Fwed.” Cumsoâ€"“Young Gurley is a college grad- uate, isn’t he '3" Fangleâ€"“I think he must be. He doesn’t know what he is talking about half the time.” Modern Chivalry.â€"â€"Awkward Miss (with an umbrella)â€"“Beg pardon!” Polite gentle- manâ€"“Don’t mention it. I have another eye left.” “Clara Johnson says you and I are eu- gaged, Ethel,” said Chappie. “Clara Johnson always did say ct ery spiteful thing about me she could think of.” Doubtedâ€"“Do you think your father likes inc ‘3” he inquired. “Oh, yes,” she answered. “He said he was going to wait tip to-night to see you.” “Have you read Longfellow’s Resigna- tion?" asked one department clerk ofanother. “No,” was the reply, “I did not know he had resigned.” Fair Bi 'al. â€"~Jackâ€"“Do you remember old Lord Ginnin ‘1” Maudâ€"“N0. He died before Iwas born; but you remember him, do you not, Edith '1” At the Opera .-â€"â€"Mrs. Gushlyâ€"“ How that song carries me back to our home 3” Mr. Gushly(cooly)â€"â€"â€"“How lucky ! It will save $3 for a carriage l” Rocks Ahead for the Lady.-â€"“How is your cook doing ‘2” “Rosa?” “Yes.” “Well, the whole house is sub Rosa just now, but there’s going to be a. change.” Decidedly Hot-.â€"â€"-Cadsbyâ€"“ “'hen you you desire it I will lend you my pistol and 35k8l1 01d Richley 501‘ his daughter’s hand, turn my head away.’ did he give you a warm reception?” Ding- “‘Thunk you,’ he muttered gratefully; le)’â€"““'§ll‘lll? It was hot. Hc fired me.” that will do just as well. I have still enough, “Why is it that whenever a physician is strength to pullatrigger. \ouwillfindaflusk Sick he always callas in another doctor?” of can do vie and a bundle. Cigars in the “\yeu 1 (10m know, unless it’s becausehe packet of my cloak. They are you '5, mon ami. Take them, I cntrcat you. Adieu ‘.’ “Silently I handed him the weapon and turned away. A sharp report rang out. \Vhen I looked again at the Frenchman he had ceased to suffer. I took the pistcl from his hand and rode away quickly. “I have been condemned for the part I played in this t'agedy, but. I have never blamed myself." __.____+._â€"â€"â€"â€"- Census Troubles‘in India- In one of the wilder districts of Bengal, during the census of 1831, a ctirious rumor got about among the Dravidiau tribes that the numbering of the people was merely the preliminary to the wholesale deportation of the men to serveas camp followersin Afghan- istan and of the women to workas leaf pick- era in the tea gardens of Assam. This stlly fable, embellished with characteristic but highly iiidclicate details, created a. general ,aiiic. Many thousands deserted their vil- litgcs and hidtliemsclvesin a "tinge of forest- clad hills, where they hoped to escape the official cnumcrators. The number of the fugitives was large enough to vitiate the cen- sus statistics for that area, and the day fix- ed for the final enumeration was perilously near. Something had to be done, but any attempt to compel the tribes to come in would only have increased the panic. district official used his personal acquaint- ance with seine of the tribal headmen or elders to induce them to meet him and talk matters over. By explainiii 'r to them in simple language the real odijcct of the census, and laying stress on the necessity of knowing, for the purpose of relieving fam- ine, the exact population of a district which had within living memory suffered from two severe families, he succeeded in inducing them to exert their influence to get thcpcople back. So effective was their action and so readily were their orders obeyed that with- in three days the villages were again occupi- cd and whatever may have been the defects of the census in that part of the country they certainly did not lie on the side of omission. The same thing was done, only in a more humorous fashion, by a district ofiicer in the central provinces. Some of his tribes took fright and ~an away, and he induced their licadmen to listen to explanations. Re- lyin ' on the fact that wagers of vari- ous 'inds figure extensively in Indian folk lorc, he snlemulv assured them that the Queen of England and the Emperor of Bus- sia. having ouarreledfus to which ruled over the most subjects, had laid a big bet on the point He. went on to explain that the cen- sus was being taken in order to settle the bet. and he warned his hearers in a spirited peroration that if they staid in the jungle and refused to be counted, the Queen would lose her money and they would be disgraced forever, as ninmbhamm, or traitors to their salt. The story served its purpose, and the tribes came in. How to Wash Windows. Two servants employed in adjoining houses were talking recently about their methods of cleaning windows. The one whosc windows always looked the brightest said she selected a dull day for the work, or a day when the sun was not shining on them because when the sun shines it causes them to be dry-streaked, no matter how much one rubs. The painter's brush is the best article for this nit-pose : then wash all the wood- work bcfore the glass is touched. To cleanse the glass simply use warm water diluted with ammonia: don't use soap. A small stick will get the dust out of the corners, then wipe dry with a piece of clothâ€"do not usclincn. as the lint sticks to the glass. The best way to polish is with tissue paper or llt‘\\."lx\pt'l‘. To clean windows in this way takes much less time than when soap is Used. The l hates to fully realize what desperate chances he is takino'.” Ernestâ€"“I like that girl of yours. She always seems to take things cool,”Jasperâ€" “Take things cool ! I should say she did! She took two ice creams and three glasses of soda. the other night.” It is a mighty unfortunate man who hasn’t something to be proud of. There’s Smirkins who never wearies of displaying his collec- tion of rare books, while Pimny is quite as happy in showing his sore thumb. Mammaâ€"“I wonder what we shall call the baby ‘5” J ohnnyâ€"“I don’t think we’d better call him any of those names papa. called him last night when he was crying. He mightn’t like it when he growed up.” First Messenger Boyâ€"“I say, yer there, wat fur yer runnin’ down the street just now?” Second Messenger Boyâ€"“Ah, come off. Some bloke guv me a push an’ started me a. ,runnin’ an’ I wuz too lazy to stop. so ‘3’ ' Must Have Been Small.â€"“Cholly had an idea. yesterday." “\Vhat did he do with it ‘2” “Lost it. He had his cane in his mouth at the time it occurred to him, and before he could get it out he had forgotten the idea.” Avaluable suggestionâ€"Rev. Longneckcrâ€" “Deaf T '10 wish I could think of some way to make the congregation keep their eyes on me during the sermon.” Little Tommyâ€" “Pa, you want to put the clock right- behind the pulpit.” Not to be Frigliteiicd.<â€"â€"Hc (as they pass I a drug store)â€"-“Do you know, I read in this morning's paper about a girl who dropped - dead while drinking soda water? Sheâ€"- i “Oh, how romantic! Let's go in and die 'fogcther I” ' “ \Vell, I do hope," said Mrs. Parvenu, 11¢ she strolled across her elegant lawn in Clifton, “ if the cholera comes here this year, it won t assume an epidermis form,” and she fanned herself till her chin stuck out above her neck at an angle of 89% degrees. Miss Jonesâ€" ‘ Professor Griddle, do you dare to look me in the face and then ~sit-v that I originally sprang from a monkev 1’" Professcr Griddle (a little taken aback but equal to the occasion)â€"â€"~“ \Vcll, really, it must have been a very charming monkey. '1 Mrs. irownâ€"J‘ I'm ashamed when I think of it, but I believe there's more quarreling among the human race than among the brute creation." Mr. Brownâ€"â€" “ Ali : but then you must remember that the human race are handicapped by the gift of speech." That Waterloo Ballroom- The approaching seventydifth anniversarv of the battle of Waterloo will once more re- vive the interest awakened two years ago by Sir \\'illiam Fraser in the upper story of the now deserted brewery in the {tie die in Blancliisserie, Brussels, which was beyond a doubt the scene of the Duchess of Richmond’s historic “revelry by night.” The room is very large, but the rough beams supported rough and the light, sharp boats cut into TRAGEDY'AT sr. iian A. Jamestown} Narrow Valley. A story comes .frmn Jamestown, the uni v q The slope on the let M (amour: the Australian natives. AUSTRALIAN assassins. I‘ They Are No“ the lowest Species grillin- nnlt) In the World. t‘irl Lumholtz, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences. L‘iiristiaiiia, Noz'wav, s one of the first white men who ever liv'ed In a gener- town is considerably steeper than that on {53bit the other side. One Thursdav morning last 1 “A1 tlk‘ PNSCHI time the Australian ua~ month, before J unlesrown ,lm'd woke u , a tives are the lowest knowu species of human- great mass of rock, weighing thousan s of ; fly, '1le have little 01‘ no reasoning fac- tons, became detached from the upper part 5 QUOTE and their 0!}15' Idea of a higher power of thiswest orleft-handslope,androlleddown i is gamed through tear. They are chocolate the steep escarpment with frightfulimpetus. Colon‘il. “I‘M 110 clothing. and their Wea~ andthrough the water, now tossing it light- ly aside, again breasting the waves till the combers climbing over the bows swept the vessel fore and aft. UnCe inside the harbor, we might have known without other evid~ ence that we were in Malta on seeing the array of battle-ships su plemented by a fleet of smaller vessels, all flying the red cross of St. George, and forming the flower of Eng- lands's navy, here assembled. Here are the Benbow and Camperdown, Colossus and Col- lingwood, Edinburgh, Tenieraire, Australia, Agamemnon, Orion, Phaeton, Dolphin, Lan- drail, Polyphemus,Hecla and Crocodile battle shi a, armored and unarmored cruisers, tor- pet o, depot and transport shi 3, together with a fleet of torpedo boats. ere are re- presented all the engines of war afloat; naval ordnance by all classes of guns from the smallest to those wei vhing 110 tons, firing a charge of 1,000 pounds of powder and a shell weighing 1,800. Here are vessels fitted out- with everything human ingenuity can devise and science supply to preserve the life of friends, and destroy that of enemies; vessels which have cost over four million dollars each. Here are docks capable of receiving the largest ships of war, stores sufficient. for a fleet for years, a city and its environs so surrounded by fortifications that the eye cannot at first determine where the gun-cur- tains end and the houses begin. And so Eng- land is prepared to guard her Mediterranean route to India and the east. Lying moored iu Dockwood Creek is the receiving ship Hibernia, with yellow sides, gaping with a hundred port-holes, each in time past harboring a gun, now devoted to the more peaceful 0 )ject of housing the crews of men-of-war temporarily bulked. Over her ctitwater is one of those famous figureheads, einblamatic of the ship’s name, such as the vessels of old were proud to carry and in which they were personifiedâ€"a fine figure of Neptune holding in his arm the harp of Erin. N0 contrast could be more quickly and strikingly presented to the eye than this old wooden three-doeker affords alongside of one of the modern battle ships, say the Beubow. . I Love Her. “'hy do the birds sing so softly As they flutter to and fro 2’ \ “'hy is nature so hushed and still? Because I love her so. The brook as it flows at my feet, The whispering winds above Are murmuring, murmuring gentlyâ€"â€" I love her, I love her, my love. The zepliyrs kiss the grasses, And as they genth move They bend their heads and whisper : I love her, I love her, my love. The sparrows perched around me, The robiiis chirping above, The humming bees, the whispering winds Are telling of my love. Who, then, will hear my message ‘2 O, spread thy white wings, Dove, And fly with speed and tell her I love her, I love her, my love. _[3.r. G. Hall. Army Suicides in Russia. Another of those mysterious suicides of army and navy officers which have been causing such sensation of late in the Russian capital took place the other day in the pub- lic baths on the Puschkin street, near the Nevsky Prospect. A well-known Captain of the Imperial Horse Guards, M. Lâ€", en- gaged two rooms there, as if for the purpose of indulging in a. Russian bath, but when the attendant offered his services, as is usual in such cases, he refused them and locked him- self in. This aroused suspicion, but no further notice was taken of the matter. Ten minutes later a. pistol shot was heard and saveral of the employees rushed up and tried the door, but were unable to' effect an en- trance. The policc were then sent for, and, after breaking into the apartiiieiit,, M. L. was found dead in a pool of blood. No papers were found on his person. It is not yet known what documents were found at his lodgings, but the belief is current that this is another political suicide, although it is right to say that this is only a. rumorâ€"a very probable one, no doubt, but of which there are no positive proofs. The suicide willbe announced in the papers. Strong Henri Toch Killed. A rival of the " strongest man on eartli,’ named Henri Toch, who was celebrated as an athlete at French and Belgian fairs, has late- ly met with a fatal accident. He was firing a cannon, which he carried on his shoulders, when the gun exploded and killed Tech on the spot The departed niouutebank was a great favorite at the Paris Gingerbread Fair, which he generally attended in his capacity as achampion wrestler. He invariably threw his opponents, who included a powerful fel- low ~alled the “ Man with the Iron Mask" and an equally herculean person named Bazin, both of whom had to bite the dust before the formidable biceps of Tech, who, owing to his prowess and muscle, was entitled the " Rampart of the North." His Litte Compliment. Daimlerâ€"“Did you ever play chess, Mrs. by a row of six wooden pillars in the centre 1w“:- 7" ‘an be easily touched by the hand. The rubbish has been cleared away, and one can clearly see the traces of the temporary pas- Landladyâ€"“I never did." "You would make a strong player." (Highly pleased) “\Vhy do you think so, sage by which the Duchess connected her 311g Tumef" improvised ballroom with her drawingroom iInspecting the bush and the chow-chow) in Ills: h9u50. pow occupied by the Strum “Your combinations, Mrs. Irons,are simply Hospitaliercs in the Ruedes Cendres. M. bewildering." Vangindemchter, who succeeded Sismon. the coach builder at No. 40, is dead, and next month the building is to be brought to the inn mer the upset price being 1923.111”. His \vi ow a comely Flemish matron, such as Jacques .lordaeus Would have loved to paint. is inconstdable. for ever since Sir “'illiams Fraser‘s discovery slichad been honored with many visitors and has started an autograph album. She fondly hopes the l‘llll‘o-‘tnl will find a purchaser among the Duchess of Richmond‘s ctuiirxitriots. I 0 an A Hard Row to Hoe. Now the garden is the target For the amatciir's attack, But he doesn‘t very far get lire a weakness strikes his back, And the druggist is elated At tbe" i‘a'le there‘s to him Sent, For at his time tit-:re's creatul Quit a boom in liniment. Inthe path ofthe rolling mass were two houses, . . built just'a little way 'up the side of the , possessed by two things which protected me They were crushed like egg shells, ldurmg in ' sojurn with the savages. an nine persons, who were sleeping in their i were 363(1)“ afraid of my revolvers and they beds, were sent to death in an instant. It is not likely that one of the victims ever realized for a moment that anything had happened. slo e. was 103 feet long ‘25 feet high and 11 fe . ' It tumbled down a natives did. Most. ofthe victims bed I would shoot, off one of the pistols. That seemed to perpetuate the fear they had of me when I first mingled with them. I One Victim of the League Pointe Tragedy. l The mass of rock that overwhelmed them thick on an average. steep hill about 500 feet. were so badly mangled that they were whol- ly unrecognizable. Ten other persons were badly injured. 'They were in partially crushed buildin s at the 5 tot where the roll- iiigmouster fina ly stopper . All the men in the town turned out with picks and shovels, and V it took them two days, assisted as they were by the sailors ‘ from a Britiin man of war, to recover the bodies of the killed, though the injured were rescued in the first few hours. On the top of this slope are the buildings of the British military establishment. One part of the slope is called Ladder Hill because a very ricketysort of a ladder with 700 rounds or steps mounts the hill from the village to the fort. It is said to be as much of a spec- tacle as any circus acrobatic act- to see women from the interior with heavy baskets of vegetables balanced on their heads dc- scend this ladder as erect and easily as thouin they were walking along a level road. At the top of this same hill is the road that winds around among the mountains to the little mansion at Longwood, famous as the home of Napoleon, and nearby is the Valley of the Tomb where his body rested unde ‘ a group of willows until it was removed to its present resting place under the dome of the Invalides in Paris. Where is Lord Boyle? A correspondent writing from Victoria, B. C., says: “I have been making diligent enquiries concerning the fate and where- abouts of Lord Boyle. I have received two letters which in my opinion indicate beyond a doubt that if Boyle is alive he must be somewhere in Alaskan mining districts, but the probability of his being still alive is not very encouraging. The first letter is from W. T. Manning, deputy United States mar- shal at Juneau, Alaska, dated May 1'2, and in answer to one_I had sent to him request- ing him to send me whatever details he may be in possession of regarding Boyle. He says the lord was there a. year ago, and is supposed to have gone to the Yukon river, one thousand miles north of there, some miners who came from there having heard of Boyle mining in that district and making plenty of money. Mr. Manning said he \ 'as unable to learn whether he was still there or whether he had gone south by \ 'ay of the mouth of the Yukon. The second letter is from Mr. Edward C. Gardner, of Sitka, which I received the same day as the others. It is as follows : , ‘I hear that you are making enquiries about Viscount Boyle, the rich lord who was in the country mining. I knew him very well, and I believe now that if he did not get in among some bands of Indians for the winter months just past he is dead. It was at the beginning cf September that I last saw him. He was then with three other men who had formed a party to leave Kingsford Crossing, 1,500 miles from the mouth of the Yukon, and ascend the river mining for alluvial and nuggets for six weeks, and then l intendinr' to return to Kingstonc, and come ‘ down to Sitka for thé rest of the winter. His l companions were James Roast, of Omaha ; Richard P. “'iiitcr, of the same city, and James Hartley, of Regina, North-west Ter- ritory, who, I believe, came up to Alaska with Boyle last year. Nothing has since been i heard, to my knowledge, of the where- abouts of any of the four men, except licast, I and althouin Keast was heard from some? four weeks after they started by miners coming into camp who had passed him, yet > they state that he was quite alone and never , told them anything about having had a party i with him. “Both Keast and Winter were cx- ; pei'ienced mincrsandthorough explorers. this : is the only hope entertained that they may ‘ yet be safe among the Indians. They could ‘. not possibly have survived last winter’s cold ~, without h'tving substantial shelter, such as, old Indian tribes in the region could afford ‘ them. t is possible, but extremely unlike- ly that Lord Boyle and his companions maii- " aged somehow to sail back and get down to I the mouth of the Yukon in some craft of, their own making, but even if that were the i case they should have been heard from byi this time. Boyle was commonly supposed1 to be makings. lot of money and was un- doubtedly always spending a good deal in the tmvnships. He spoke a great deal about , the prospects and expectations that he had. voluntarily abandoned by (as he expressed , it) burying himself alive and cutting off all 5 connection with his family. He was very proud, however, of his title. and never lost? an opportunity of telling people who and , what he was.” l *.___._ . Few of the inmates of the Longue l‘ointc ‘ Asylum had such a romantic careerus Flavia . Raymond, one of the inmates of the furious ward, who perished in the flames. She was ' a Canadian by birth, and in early youtht married a travelling acrobat namcd Bay- , mond, who was well known throughout ’ Canada. The young wife soon embraced her husband's profession, and together they ‘ used to do a trapeze act which gained them ' both rennincmtive positions in Barnum's , circus. “'hile performing in some Pennsyl- vania town the trapeze on which the Ray- I monds were performing broke, and, the . acrobats being thrown to the 'round, ’uiy- . mond's neck was broken, and 1c died. The wife lost her reason, and was sent to Longue- I’ointe. After remaining there a year or? so, she was discharged apparently cured. A . few months elapsed. and she again present- ed herselfat the asylum, asking to be rca-i- ‘ mitted. Since then she hasbeendischarge-l . and readmitted half a dozcxn times, alwiivs coming back of her own accord when hill: felt the attack of her affliction coming on. I pons an: cruder made from wood. I was They would make every sacrifice for some of my 5 tobacco. 3 success among the wild men. ‘ the northwestern part ofthe territory, whtrs no white man had ever been lefore. I made or a but of palm leaves and lived inst as th) To pistols and tobacco is due my I first went. to Every night before going to For several months the natives were generous and peaceful relations existed between us. I will never forget the first time they drag- ged in some captives from a rival tribe and cut off their heads and ate the. bodies. “The nitives have no religious scruples. They like human flesh better than anything else. Men, women and children partake of the food with great relish. They seldom cat a white man or one of their own tribe. The palms of the hands and the thighs arc. considered the most delicate portions. The heads are cast awayâ€"thrownulmut tlie‘camp in every direction. Lccches are the only things an Australian native will not cat. 1 was with the natives for one yearand had plenty of time to learn their manners and customs. I might have cultivated a taste. for rival savages, but it was bad enough to have to subsist on snakes, grubs, lizards, grasshoppers and roots. The natives are. fast dying off. I hardly think there are over thirty thousand in all Australia. Foot-Prints of 0111‘ Lord. In the Church of Domiiie Quo Yadis, Rome, carefully preserved under a plate glass, bell- shaped dome, three and a half feet high and four feet in diamete ‘ across the bottom, may be seen the last foot-prints made by Jesus on this earth ; those made by Him the. night He appeared to Peter when the latter Was leaving Rome in hot hast-e on account of Nero’s persecutions of the Christians. A. J. C. Hare in his “\Valks in Rome,” says (1). 267): "The foot-prints kept enshrined in the Church of Domine Quo Vadis are only copies of those said to have been left here by our Saviour, the originals having been removed to S. Sebastiaus." St. Ambrose is the author of the story concerning the circumstances under which the celebrated foot-prints were made : a. story quite interesting, whether fact or fic- tion. I quote from Mrs. Jameson : “After the burning of Rome, Nero accused the Christians of having fired the city. This was the origin of the first persecution, in which many perislicdby terrible and hither- to unheard-of deaths. The Christian con- verts bcsought Pctcr not to expose his life, and he started to leave the city. As he fled along the Appian \Vu ', about two miles from the gates, he was met by a vision of, our Saviour traveling towards the cit . Struck with amazement, Peter CXClflllll01 : ‘Lord, whither voest Thou?’ (Domino quo Vadis ‘2) to whic i Jestis, looking upon him with 11. mild sadness, replied : ‘I go to Rome to be crucified a second time,’ and immedi- ately vanished." Peter, taking this as a Sign that he was to submit himself to all manner of suffering for the sake of his religion, retraced his steps to the city. He told the story of meeting with Jesus at the divide in the roads. Some of the fai liful repaired to the spot, cut out of the damp clay the holy foot-prints, and preserved them as above stated. + Fertilizing in Midsummer. The advice is sometimes given to divide the manure for Summer crops, applying a part early to give the plants a start, and the remainder at a later date to bring them to maturi y. This advice is based on a theory that manurcs waste in the soil other than as they are used by plants. This is u. mistake. There is no place where barnyard manure can be kept through the Summer with less chance for waste than in the soil. If it fcrino-nts then its volatile properties are absorbed and retained. Not only is this the case, but the contact of manure with the soil benefits it another way, by making soluble particles that the roots could not otherwise use. Every cultivation ‘of soil in which manure is placed increases the benefit from it. The nearest to double manuriiig that we have ever thought profit- abic was a double application of gypsum to clover, once early, and again after the first. crop is removed. Gypsum is not exactly a fertilizer. It draws moisture and may help to fix ammonia. 'l'hcrcforc several applica- tions in the Season may be more advanta- geous than one. Some good farmers hold to this belief in applying gypsum to clover and to corn. â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"-â€" Destroying the Illusion. Dr. Nachtigal, the celebrated Afiican ex- plorer, was once the gucstof a rich llam- uirg merchant. The merchant‘s i-on, a. young man of a somewhat sentimental tem- perament, said, among other things, that iis dearest wish was to ride across the deli- crt on the back of a camel. He thought such it ride must be very pin-thrill indeed. “My dear young friend," replied thcexplor. er, “I can tell you how you can get a parti- al idea of what ridinga cattle] on the deserts of Africa is like. Takcan office-514ml, screw it up as high as possible, and put it into a Waggon without any springs : flu-n scat yourself on the stool, and have it drivvu over rocky and uneven ground during the hottest Wtzutbm‘ of July or August, after you have not had anything to eat or drink for twenty-four hours, and then you will get a faint idea of how deli'lhtfnlly poetic it is to tide on a camcl in t ic wilds of Africa." 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