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Stuck Pounce sun’s. To separate postage stamps that have become stuck together, dip them in water for a few seconds, shake on the water and heat them with a match. as much as possible without burning. The heat expands the water between the stamps, and they are easily pulled apart. I. series of minerals quite dimerent from those in which it had been hither- to found in India and Brazil. Instead of lying beside tourmaline, anatase and brookite it was mingled with a breccia of magnesian rocks which had evidentâ€" ly been pushed up from below, and a great variety of minerals, such as diopâ€" uide, mica, zircon and cornndum, were imbedded along with it. Cowper was very fond of his dog, and we know how Charles Lamb. who was a prose poet, loved his Dash and how Mrs. Browning appreciated the little Flush to whom she indited a poem. The Earl of Shattesbury kept his noble collie in his library with him at all times, and Samuel Rogers al- ways walked out with his dog. Scott declined an invitation to dinner when his dog died, saying that he could not accept on account of the “loss of an old friend.” , The Ton-Illa. Germ. The germ which causes tonstflth b the mphxloeoecua. a L____:_.‘_. Some have supposed that the dia- mond was originally formed where it is now picked up. and the presence of carbureted gas and carbonlferous rocks is in favor of the idea, but, on the other hand, the broken condition of some of the stones and other facts make it far more probable that the diamond has been ejected from a deep- er source. Poets Ind Dots. Poets have always loved dogs. In this poets and boys resemble each oth- er. Walter Savage Landor was de- voted to his dog Giallo. and. Byron’s epitaph upon his dog Boatswain we all remember: To mark a Head'- remajns these stones I never had but one, and there he lies. The Origin of the Diamond. The diamond is still one of the mys- teries of geology. When the South Af- rican fields were discovered there was much astonishment to find the gem in ‘W. F. MCCARTY The music ceased, and when I looked up the piano chair was empty, and on the floor lay Chopin’s unconscious form, and beside him, smashed all to pieces, was the skeleton I prized so much. The great composer had swoon- ed, but his march was found. Then, drawing the white cloth round himself and the skeleton, he laid the latter's fingers over his own and be- mm to plan. There was no hesitation ix :- 0 slow, measured flow of sound “'23! 1: he and the skeleton conjured up. As the music swelled in a louder strain I closed my eyes. for there was something weird in that picture of man and skeleton seated at the piano, with the shadows of evening v deepening around them and the ever swelling and ever softening music filling the air with myster.y And I knew I was lis- tening to a composition which would live forever. The Story of How Chopin Composed His Funeral lurch. Late one summer’s afternoon, said Ziem, Chopin and I sat talking in my studio. In one corner of the room stood a piano and in another the complete skeleton of a man with a large white cloth thrown, ghostlike, about it. I noticed that now and again Chopin’s gaze would wander, and from my knowledge of the man I knew that his thoughts were far away from me and his surroundings. More than that, I knew that he was composing. Presently he rose from his seat with- out a word, walked over to the skele- ton and removed the cloth. He then carried it to the piano and, seating himself, took the hideous object upon his kneesâ€"a strange picture of life and death. _ HEB WEDDING GIHS INSPIRED BY A SKELETON. PAGE in silvvr will always bb a‘mem- unto of nm- of the happiest events 61' her lifeâ€"doubly so if she knows that thuy came from McCarty's. for our munv is a. Synonym for mr-rit. and value. The buyer, too, may in: assured of getting full vulnv I'm' thv money hem. We have Silwrwaro. Cut Glass Fine China. lwauti'ful Clocks, Gold Watchcs, Jewelry, etc. Engage- nwm and Wedding Rings. The hnnular Juwvlry Store. popular on. About three years later, The} Wiarton Fl'ho is informeg, a fine specimen was caught on the Seufleen River. With manly pride, the lucky angler sent his. catch to the authofiâ€" , ties at OttaWa. for which he received ' a. tonâ€"dollar bill as a prize. In so far as The Echo is aware. this was the only one caught up to last weeki when an Indian 811ch in landing, at the poWer house near Southamp- ton. another fun specimen. The strangest part is that this latest f catch resembles tm Pacific mm .mome closely than it does the Atlan- tie species. ~ A acres of wild doc that used to feed the wild ducks and bass are becom- ing diminished. The carp loves no- thing better than the tender rootlets of the rice, and he destroys hund- reds of them in a week- The Fishery Commissioners hax‘c had many a complaint from earnest sportsmen, but it. seems to be impossible to do anything to eradicate the pest. Some seven or eight years ago the Dominion Fisheries Department de- posited a quantity of Atlantic sal- mon fry in some of the rivers run- ning into Lakes Superior and Hm» Exploration and Invesflgauon unuu _.. Direction of the Burns: of linol- Plans for the season’s work of the Bureau of Mines have been matured. and are being put into opeartion. Proi. Coleman has already gone to the Sudhury nickel field, of which he is continuing the examination begun last year, his Work this season be- 1113 directed specially to the northern nickel range curving in a. northwestr erly direction from Lake Wdhnapitae. It is expected that the result of the work will be to define the range and perhapl also Wmine its relation! .. on- nnrfhm belt. HO Wm 31” 5 vvâ€"vâ€" ., gar, the manulacture of calcium car- bide, sulphite pulp. etc., etc.. are every year becoming more extended. and the deposits of limestone in the Province are not only numerous, but varied in quality, and it is believed and other uses can Without dimculty be obtained in Ontario. Maris and clay for economic uses will also en- gage Mr. Miller's attention. The great importance of the fuel question has led the Bureau of Hines to take a special interest in peat, lignite and other kinds of fuel {ound in Ontario. A bulletin has just been issued describing the most modern and improved methods of preparing peat for fuel, and also how to burn it to advantage. To determine definitely the question of “0 WA ago-“v V-.â€" the existence in Northern Ontario 01 Worhble deposits 0! liguite, the oc- currence of which in many places is already known, an expedition has been dispatched to the Hudsmi’s Bay slope under charge of Mr. J. M. Bell, M.A., with Dr. W. A. Parks as as- Iistant. The starting point of the party is Missanabie on the C. P. R., and it is expected the party will reâ€" main in the field until about the lat of October. They will visit the His- sanabic, 'Abitibi and other branches of the Moose River, and will also keep an eye open for iron ores, gyp- sum beds and other deposits of min- eral known to occur in the North« ern regions. , ,1, 1-1, v-â€" _- The Summer mining classes which have been a feature of the Bureau's work for several years, will this year be under the charge of“ Dr. W. L. Goodwin, Director of the School of Mining, Kingston, and Mr. J. G. Mcâ€" Millan! B.A.Sc., Fellow in Mining Engineering, Sohool of Practical Sci- ence, Toronto. The following is the approximate program; Black Donald Graphite Mine, Brougham township, May 26; Olden Zinc Mine, Long Lake I’.O., June 3; Belmont Gold Mine, Cordova P.O., J unc 11; Copper Clil, June 20; Massey Copper Mine, Mas- sey Station, June 29; Big Master Gold Mine, Gold Rock, July 9; Eli:- abeth Gold Mine, Port Arthur, July 20: Tip Top Copper Mine, July 28; Helen Iron Mine, Aug. 8; Rock Lake Copper Mine, Aug. 19. These classes wore very successful last year, and have done not a lttle in providing working miners, prospectors and othâ€" ers with a rudimentary knowledge of mineralogy and chemistry. any taste to his flesh, even though he be stewed in red wine‘ after the German method. But he gives nourâ€" ishment, and the poor of the cities consume many a hundredweight oi carp in the winter time. The trou- ble is that where he lives there is no room for other fish. His is such an insatiable appetite that theA other: are left to starve. Lake Sdmcoc. once full of gamey black bass, is be- coming moro and mom given up to the German interloper. 'A miller on one of the streams flowing into the lake stocked his pond with carp, bo- lieving that they would keep down the weeds, and would afiord him a change from a meat diet. The plan worked Well until ‘a spring ireshet came along and ewcpt the whole teeming pondful down into Lake Simcoe. That Was a few years ago, and already the many hundreds of The demand for agricultural lands is causing the Department of Crown Lands to lay out some 40 townships in that part of the clay belt south- west 01 Lake Abitibi, just over the Height of Land. Advantage is being taken of this work to have the coun- try examined for its mineralogical possibilities. 'A small party with a competent geologist at the head will be placed in the field, and it is ex- pected that much information will be acquired in this Way which will be of value in intelligently opening up and settling the country. As a food fish, carp will never beâ€" come popular, for no cook can give Carp Not 3 Popular Food Fish. Caught 3 Salt “’ater Salmon. THIS SUMMER’S WORK- The body was lying in a. clump or cedar bushes, about one hundred. yards from Urea-railway track. and an equal distance from the edge of the bash. It was 86 placed 'emg the cedars as to be entirely obscured As she had nOt been seen during the day, her parents. instituted 'a search, which was continued until she was found about daylight this morning. This was the last. time she was seen alive by her parents. She did not. reach the ‘school. but it was not. until the evening; when. as she did not return, her parents became aux-4 ions and made enquiries among-her school mates andJeamed this fact. As was her custom, she started ou‘ from her home yesterday morning with a lunch on her books, taking the usual course across the fields to the tracks of the Grand Trunk Rail- way. The victim of the awful ufller lived with her parents on the town line, between the town and the township of Nottuwasaga, and attended the east ward school in town. which is about a mile and a half from her home. What at. present appears to have been a foul murder was brought to light this morning by the finding of body of Gloria, the 13-year-old dau- ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wha- lcn. in a bush at the southern limits of the town. Terrible Dad of Wei C Tramp is Thought to be Guilty A Collingwood dwpatch to the Toronto News of Thursday says: i5} was a case, This woman h'ad ma?- ried him nearly seventeen 'years ago. The tap house! ln'thosc: three words you guess the cause-0t, it all. “mutt Bonding. he kissed her good-bye. the ta she did not. heed. for she was un- for a v conscious. Sorrow follows hate asldim's the calm follows a storm. and, n» he lefI gretting'that he had felled her with tap h( ‘a blow. he had bent and kissed her. do ? I Then he went. out. It was cold and Not. 1 foggy. The scene. was in London, 11ml, : Engmand this was a little drama in you kn that great city. Here‘was one of friend. the unexplainable things of- lifeâ€"a home. woman who loved a. brute. " Loved lineâ€"ac: ‘a. brute? Yen. we have'an'm the lie was phenomenonâ€"the woman 'true' 1m) unit. It! faithful. yearling 10" the liege lord; love. of in finite of his kicks and cum" m... ‘34-!» . little. time before death. On learning of the horrible disco- very Chief Wylde of the tOWn police and Coroner Stephen went to the plea; and had the body removed to 'I‘rott’s undertaking wan-rooms in town, where an examination was made by the coroner. The body bore some marks. but the most serious seemed to be a deep gash across the forehead and o. frac- ture of the bone under the eyebrows. evidently caused by a heavy blow. The eye was black, showing that the injury must have been received some little time before death. Her books and he} iunch ch‘e ing by her side, the latter being tact, as when she left. homv. rue. LOVE 09 A womm in- naeâ€"scrawled the information that. He was :-in Torontoâ€"and-she, with thdt strong, uncontrollablc~lovc. the love of 'u woman, had-60M imr {ow Hula-helm and shipped L6 (7oâ€" n'ada: Alone. I said ? -'l‘hat is an errorâ€"she had a babe by heir side: Toronto won. her .dootimuk‘m.’ ‘and She. in her simple love Ind ignor- ance.-~ thought that; everyone- in 'To- footy "would" know Jim-3101' love. Ho work his way over with Him. He knew his ropes. Jim thought of ‘America and her golden possibilities. Tlic thought of his wife bing‘ypon the floor. The tap in the house Worked well. lie left the real for the ideal. He saw gold glittering elsewhere in the streets of America. Ile would become rich. He thought of his wife again. 'L‘mph ! that would be easy ; he would surprise her with a ticket. So Jim come to Americaâ€"shipped that Very day ; shipped undei a halo borrowed from the tap house. The unconscious wife became conscious and walled his absence. Through the influence of the tap house he had often left her top house. Whot mono could she do? But Jim was on mid-ocean Not long ago there landed in Honâ€" treal. A woman done. You think you know the story now. No, my friend. "Jim ‘hos' not sent a ticket Thirst came. He went ,to the tap house. . Here he met a mu who spoke to him of America. of Canada. The nun was a Iricnd. and wanted Jim to work his way ovu- with nlm. He knew his ropes. Jim thought of America and her golden possibilities. 1030'.- is .very mini faia Ex; woman alone. You think ' the story now. No, mv Vim has not sent. a ticket But he had written her a m WAW'MABDER. JUNE 4th ’1 WW 3 garden l’uldm 13y C1098 clipt yv“ and That holds the sunshim m winds move gent} Theme, like‘saved souls Whom peace is made, ‘ ‘ _ SI”. 4310“ the bending IiLV Light-treading S’md‘m“ fl‘hia is amt MC" ‘3‘" Bath a $31.3de Smi M mm the scent 0‘ mm and ’4 wonâ€" The white-atom! mic» m ”wen hoart be“) its» the carnations 3' d whore the dark 5" They say it “am a | ”tilt when Jim mut kiddie. Ho kiesod hvr 30" Unconscious this lH Jim's wife al'x'in‘d m What a .surprisc! What a “0.9.1.5 . ‘sceue ! Why, Tu “3'89. and no om- know 3'33 an in the l'ninn Stu Whole day, a clnld by hm J im on her heart. lint, by a peculiar uninc "8 call it. that) Bob liar m to know Jimâ€"4‘01). bk man with the genial one who takes tho tit-Rots perm, you see, forgs the kicks am arrived m w ! “will! a [figs 0““ before t .1903 ism“c °‘ l Ill“ Station soft” I‘oronto m J an side h.» l to 2.75 per pair- Embroidefifi and Inns Front Shirts. summer Tics in Strings: bys and Knots. Tailoring We have still a few suit worth from $14 to $14 $12. Flt Garameed. A well selected stock of and Fancy Worsred Sr: #317, 318’ 520 Also Worsted Pants to or to $600 per pair. Highest market price paid Butter and Eggs. Ca: given in exchange. Dry Goods. Groceries, Shoes, Hardware, Palm Ookery, Glassware, Pater lhady Made Clothing , thugs etc. all well assort Terms Cash or Tra Pascoe McLen McLENN AN Builder’s Hard bhcksmith’s SI spades Shovels Washing Mac Chums ‘ Tinware Granitewa: Glued sewer Portland Cel Fire: bricl lowest'Ptio OAKWOOD. C 0-.