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WE“.- on bill!!! Mamet by c and 2:. LOXTAL. i-Pcrtable Inga {iii} 1‘01; pad “comp!!! is“ NADA. IONS “TUBA p .4 mg. RIEND E WORK. um I. flattens In carter ‘.'.‘m§:$or. at CA\ x}. 39‘3” OMS HERS’ 'AI 63 WORKO let. (D no Gmmles mall: chosen u known To moieribed by "I... 0-1- FORD. CANADA “6“ mascflvely. ‘13.! an and 34:00 ill Gnu 23:: mucu- [1 ny of the .ntu. some. “£38:- The London Lancet in a recent. Issue expresses regret, that the list of peer- agos announced on the Queen's birth-‘ day did nnt. contain the name of at least. one Pminenl surgeon or phys- ician. 'l‘hn House of Lord: is supposed to represpnt. nol. only the great histor- {cal and laud-«l familiesrmt afib" the great men of all England. no matter in what. field of activity they may have rendrtml xervir-z- or hnnnr to their country. "n 1110 whole. this theory Of the principle on which the upper chamâ€" bPr L3 I'm-mired is borne out by facts. so far as mldiprs. sailors, statesmen, dinlomzuim» laww-r“. olergymvnflmnk- 21's. awn-llama. and manufacturers are concerned. Nay. in our day was have 89011 a poor and a, painter raised to file pooragc: we allude, of course. to Lord 'l‘vnnyson and Lord Leighton. But only one scientist. and not a single member of the healing professions. has been doomed “ort‘hy of a similar (lis- tmctinn. ation ot' sniff-aria: and the» proservation of lifa If we ask. b'v- says. what Eng- land in Hw prvseur. century has u-onâ€" tribuh‘rl ot' most value #0 the progress of th» wnrlrl. competpnt judges would probably )zivv a fm'pmost place to physiml shew-v. In no other period of the world's history have the discoveries in thia field lVF’t'n N“ numerous. so maâ€" jestic. or so fruitful. [n no other per- iod has :0 iargv a proportion of the hxzhpst m's‘llaut taken this direction. In no what department have English ac- hievements by the acknowledgment of the \\ hul“ sx-ivnrific worl-l been so splen- did. Xworrhvless. th doors of the Housp of [.nrtls were. never oppned to Siophanson. whim- engineering gainius (lid mot» than that of any other man to rvvnimmnizo rho eronnmical and in- dustrial condition of England; nor to Darwin. who transformed man's conâ€" capm-ns m‘ the universe. and whose in- Mr W E. n. Lev‘ky takes occasion to his "DPmm‘rncfi' and Liberty." f0 mndemn ibis tii>«‘riminarion against the princes of srience and against those most nsvfnl servants of the public who apply \‘po't'ifil knuwlndz» to the allevi- fluenm is felt. to the furthest. frontiers of spevulativo thought. There is only a. sing!» very rs‘cent example of purely scipmific ominnncp being remgnized by a pperagp; it is. of course. Lord Kelâ€" vin whom Mr. [.avky has in mind. anmng to other and perhaps more imporlanl olrmem of national well-he- ing. the, great healing professions. Mr. Leaky points. out that, here also the present century ranks among the. most illustrious in the history of the world. It has sewn Ihv dim-ovary of anttestvheâ€" tics. one of the greatest bnuns that. have. ever been haste-wed upon suffer- ing humanity. It has produced the gvrm thmry of disease: the antiseptic. treatment in. surgvry; a method of re- movmg tn'armn tumors whxch has suc- rrxafully vomhated one of the most ter- rible and deadly of diseases; a method of brain which surgery has already avhievpd muvh and promises inpstim- able progrvss‘ in the future. It has vastly extended our knowledge of dis‘ east- by the invention of the stetho- sropo. the clinical thermometer, the laryngoy'ope and the ophthalmoscope. Yet. axthough England may justly claim a. foreman! plave in I his lmneiicent work. in not a single instant? has this kind of amateur» how-n recognized by a. peerâ€" age. No room could b? found in House of Lords. for Simpson. whose rovery of chioroform. has averted amount of human suffering which it wouid need the imagination of Dante to depict; nnr for Chadwick. the fath- er of that sanitary reform which; has already saved moro- human lives than the grvatesb conquerors were able to destro y . The Lnndnn Lance! is nhviously right} When 'n my tum. “I. luv prcsvnt. day, when law: rvlntin: to H1.» Dublin hmxlth ongage so much n: In» attention of leg- islators. the exclusion of. the mrdirnl pmfegaion from on» Hungr- of Parlia- ment, is especial); regrettable. Rightly to deal with matters on which the pub- lic health depends .nvolves a. knowledge only to be gainvd by the study and practice of medicine. :1 ml althuugh there 3” in th? House “f Lords a. few men able- to take a scientific View of health questions. sm-h dvuiis As can only be thoroughly undPrsbwl mg a medical mg. have to be left to those who have. nnly a theoretical a-quaimance with them. In Certain rm expert advice is 39,ch to he abSOlllf-ly necessary. and special committm an appointed to ob- win it, but much tame and expense might. be saved if hot; branches of the legmtive body ““1"“ partly (nmposed of men whose training gaVe them’ the power practically to (16.1 with sanitary regulationS- It appear that. a. distin- guiahed member of th Upper House acknowledges the destability of the creation of medical peer, We refer to Lord Reay. one Of the tWo simultan- eons discoverer-3 of the}; rays, who, commenting at a recentlinner on the absunw of P1133168” a13‘.‘11-1'gtaorm from the House of Lords, decked that ex- parts were needed there and that it would be better for the umtry it up roll of the W oltained the VOLIIL NO 30 N0 TES A ND COM M E 8' TS. recent isfiue P90". THE CAUSES WHICH AFFECT THE "Tth' DESTINY‘OF COMMUNITIES. in the )se dis- an The Star of Wormwood In. An" m. l thing Talon Than $0.5 Individual-â€" Manama. mm hy n».- as an Arugula“. Washington. June 21,â€"lt was appro- priate that this sermon on the destiny of nations should be preached in what has long been called the presidents' church, because Presidents Jackson and Pierre and Polk and Cleveland have at- tended it. Dr. ’l‘almage chose for his text Revelation viii. 10, ll: " 'l‘here fell a. great star from heaven. burning as it “ere a lamp, and it fell upon the third pmrt of the rivers and upon the. fountains of waters and the name of the star is called. \\ ormw‘ood.‘ Many commentators. like Patrick and Lo“th 'lhomas Scott, Matthew Hen- ry and Albert Barnes. agree 111 saw ing that the star \Vorumood. mentioned in Revelation. was Attila, king of the films. He was so called because he was brilliant, as a. star. and. like worm-wood. he imbittered everything he touched. “‘9 have studied the star of Bethleâ€" hem. and the morning star of the Re- velation. and the star of peace. but my present, subject calls us to gaze. at 1th“ star of Wormwood and my theme might be called “ Brilliant Bitterness." A more extraordinary character hisâ€" tory does not, furnish than fhis man thus referr'ed toâ€"Attila. Ihe king of the Huns. One day a wounded heifer came limping along through the fields. and a herdsman followed its bloody track on the grass to see: where the heifer was wounded and went on back farther and farther until he mum to a. sword fast in the earth. the point downward. as though it had dropped from the heavens. and against. the edges of this swurd the heifer had been rut. The herdsman pulled up that sword and presented it. to Allila. Attila said that sword must. have drop- ped from the heavens from the grasp of the god Mars. and its being given to him mean? that AHila should con- quer and govern the whole earth. Other mighty men have been de-g lighted at being called liberators. or' the merriful. or the good. but Atlila.‘ called himself and demanded that; others call him the Scourge of God.= At the head of 700.000 troops mounted ‘ on (‘appadncian horses. he swept every-: thing from the Adriatic to the Black: Sea. He put his iron heel on Mace-i donia and Greece and Thrai‘e. He: made Milan and Pavia and Padua. and‘ Verona beg for mercy. which he be-; stowed not. The Byzantine castles; to meet his ruinous levy, put up at. auction massive silver tables and vases of solid gold. A city captured by him. the inhabitants were brought out. and put into three classesâ€"the first (lassh those who could bear arms, who must immediately enlist under Attila or3 De. butchered; the second class. thei beautiful women. who were made capâ€" tives to the Huns; the third class, the aged men and women. who were rob- bed of everything. and let go back to the vity to pay heavy tax. THE NATIONS KARMA. It was a common saying that the grass never grew again where the hoof of Aitila's horse had trod. His armies reddened the waters of the Seine and the Moss-lie and the Rhine with carnage and fought on the Cata- loninn plains the fiercest battle since the world stoodâ€"300.000 dead left on the field! 011 and on until all those who could not oppose him with arms lay prostrate on their faces in prayer. and. a cloud of dust seen in the distance. a bishop cried: “ [t is the aid of God!" and all the pe)ple took up the cry. "It is the ainl of God!" As the cloud of «lust. was blown aside the banners of re-eniurcing armies marched in to help against Altil'l, the Scourge of God. The most unimportant occur- rences he used as a supernatural re- source and after three months' of failure to capture the city of Aquileia and his army but givrn up the siege, the flight of a. stnrk and. her young from the. letter of the city was taken by him as a sign that he was to cap- ture -the city, and his army. inspired by the. same occurrence, resumed the siege and. took the walls at a. point firom which the stark had emerged So brilliant was the conqueror in at- tire that his enemies could not look at. him, but shaded their eyes or turn- ed their heads. u [AIILM .....V blood, cuttinr themselves with knives and lances. _ e was put; into three. mffinsâ€"the first of iron. the second of silver and the third of gold. He was buried hy night. and into his grave were poured the most valuable coin and precious stones. amounting to the. wealth of a kingdom. The gravedig- ers and all those who assisted at the urial were massacred. so that it would never be known where so much wealth was entomhed. The. Roman empire conquered the world, but At- tila. conquered the Roman empire. He was right in calling himself a scourge. but instead of being the Scourge of God he was the scourge of hell. Be- cause of his brilliance and bitterness the commentators were ri ht in be- lieving him to be the star \ 'ormwood. As the regions he ldevastategl were parts most opulent With fountains and streams and rivers. you see how gra- phic is the reference 1!: Revelation, " There fell a. star from heaven; burn- ing as it were a. lamp, and it fell up- on the third part of the rivers and upon the fountaius of waters. and the name. of the star 15 called Wormwood." Have you ever thought how many imbittered lives there are allehout usâ€" misanthropic, morbid, acrld. satur- nine? The European plant from which Slain on the evening of his marriage by his bride. Hdico. who was hired for the assassination. his followers be- wailed. him_ not. with_ tearsn‘put‘. with ”U r“ . 2 Some of you are evening stars. and 8- ? you are cheering the last days of old ut'l people. and though a cloud sometimes ,fi womes over you through querulousness ‘ Mr unreasonableness nt your old father DPthd mother it is only for a moment, land the star soon comes out clear again is_;and ts_seen from all the balconies of ithe ~mflghlvorhm’xl. The old peoplowdl an I forgive your occasional shortcomings, of r for they themselves several times lost. ' their pa l ience when you were young and slapped you when you did not deserve it. flail. evening star. hang on the l :15. l {darkening sky your diamond coronet! l l l dy he ‘ck l 3 ,nt But are. any of you the star \Vorm- growl from wood? Do you scold and . the thrones paternal or maternal 2 Are your children everlasting at? »\re you always crying. "llushl" red ‘ to the merry voices and swift feet,gmd 1,9 1 their laughter which mgcasionallytrtck- “ ' ‘ les through art. wrong tunes and Is sup- Lad i pressed by them until they can hold it. up 1 no longer, and all _ ‘ tnto unlimited guffaw und cachmnatlon ly peeked lli'lati in high weather the water has “V tt'tvkled through a. slight opening .m‘ 1511 the milldam. hut afterward makes wtdâ€" : rent“? and wider breach until it. carries 'nnâ€" ‘ all before it with irresistible. fresheth Do not. be too much offended at the :noise your children now make. It. Will do- ‘. be still enough when one of thern is or 1 dead. Then you would give your right. ‘1 ‘ hand to hear one shout from their silent. t ‘3' votces or one step from the still foot. hat. l You will not any of you have to wait 0d. 1 very long before your house is stiller td than you want it. Alas, that there 9' ‘ not known to the are so many homes M . l. . n,, .J f‘rnolfv ,_-_A ..._ the barriers burst‘ I‘ . v~ it _ _ <|Ongest 11f“ on earth ts not more. than ii" mlll'!t8- What are embittering the l‘mfllemm "r social or pnllllcltl foun- .lzuns, or are we like Moses who, when "h9.15r?wliles in the wilderness com- plained-(hut the waters of Lake Marat) were hitter and they could not drink ithem' "‘1' Off the branch of a certain lire? 11nd threw that hrant-h into the. fivater. and it became, sweater and tSlaked the thirst of the. suffering host? l4" “'8 with :1 brunch of the tree of inf? S“’r‘f‘lcningz all thc brackish foun- tains that. we can touch? l .D‘Z‘” Lord, send us all out on that 291183109. All around us imhittered ‘I‘YES-Jmhittered by persecution. im- ibltmrf’d h." hypercriticism. iinhittered 2,1‘3' l"“‘9rt.}" imhittereii by pain. imluh Itered by Injustice. imhiltered by sm. 1“ h." not an forth and sweeten them lby 51111165. by inspiring Words, by ML 1 l I lnefact ions. by hearty counsel. by prayer, by gospelized behavior? Let. us remember that that if we are :WOrmwood to ourselves. and our life :fy'tll be bitter and our eternity bitlverer. ' ”39 205M“ of Jesus Christ is the only :sweetening power that, is sufficient. It. :S\\'eet.ens the disposilionfl 11 sweetens lthe manner. It sweetens life. It. sweetr-ns‘mystcrimts provitlenms. it. sweetcnsa‘fflictions. It sweetens death. It sweetens everything. I have heard people ask me in social company' ”If .Vou could have three wishes gratified. : three wishes he?" ll“ tell you what they would be: lirst. more of the grace of God; $0- 30nd. more of the grace of God; third. ,qu'epf the grace of God. 'Whut. would your Tnkn .L,_ l l vvjormwood is extracted. Arlemisia ab- smthium. is a perennial plant, and all the year round it is ready to exude its 911. And in many human lives there is a perennial distillation of acrid 9x- periences. Yea, there are some. whose whole work is to shed a huleful inâ€" fluence on others. 'l‘hcre are Attilas of the home, or Attilas of the, sovial circle. or Attilas of the church. or Al:- ‘tilas of the, statn, and oneâ€"third of ithe waters of‘ all the world, if not. two- lthirds the \Vulf‘TS are poisoned by the: falling of the star \V’ormwood. ll. is not complimentary to human nature that. most men. EH soon as they get great. power. become overbearing. The more power men have the better if their power be used [or good. The less pnwm‘ men have the honor, if they use it for evil. ,1 __.l « on, may SOME POWER THE 011mm (:12 US, TAE SEE DORSELS AS ITEERS SEE US.” lb 1U]. CV11. Birds circle round and round and round before they swoop upon that which they arr aiming for. And if my disvourse so far has been swinging round and round, this moment itdro is straight on your heart and asks I. a question. ls your life a benediction to others or an imbitternwnt‘, a. blessing orrn curse, a balsam or wormwoodfl Some of you, I know. are morning stars. and you are making the dawn- ing life of your children bright with gx‘m‘ious influences. and you arr lleam- mg upon all the opening enterprises of philanthropic and Christian endeavor and you are heralds of that day of gos- pelization whivh will yet, flood all tho mountains and valleys of our sin-cursed earth. llnil. morning star! Keep on shining with encouragement and Chris- tian hope! ,, __ .A.. -n our] .V‘HAL lCBL‘IUubOI l ... vâ€"r,’ _ lare a star of Why. What kind of- rI‘aYS do you shoot forth a Do you-use ithal. splendid faculty to eradiala the ‘ world or [.0 rankle it? I bless all the. apostoliu college. humorists. The man what makes me laugh is my benefactor. 3I do not lbank anybody to make me ‘cry. I can do that, without. any assist- ance. Wr- al] cr enough and have lenougn to cry 3. out. (10d bless all .2“. _.._- A..- ..II rlxnurlonisls. all ualncuul‘; .‘n‘v .Vllul u. But are any of Sun lhe star \Vorm- wood? Do you wold and growl from ”an lhrnno.‘ nntm‘nnl or maternal? llll‘hIUU lull'lléll n. .<...,...- -xriw k. the milldam. lml afterward makes widâ€" or and wider breach until it. carries all before it with irresistible freshet? Du not. km too much offended :11 the noise your children now make. It will be still enough when one of lhem is dead. Then you would give your right. hand to hear one shout fromtheir silent. voures or one step from the still foot. You will not. any of you have m wait very long before your house is stiller than you want it. Alas, that there are. so many homes not. known to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. where children are put. on the limits, and whavked and cuffed and ear pulled and senselessly called to order and answered sharp and supâ€" pressed. until it, is a wonder that un- der such processes they do not. all turn out Modovs and Nana Sahibsl “h be still enough when one dead. Then you would giv hapd to hear one shout frm voures or one step [mm 1] “fiat i; 3:0111'7 influence upop the DEIJhborhood, the qun or the. City of ynur residence? lwxll suppose that you are a star of wit. What kind nf- M..- A“ ..m. chnnf fm-tha Do van-use am-e. \Vr- all or enough and have enough to cry 3. out. bod bless all Slglllul punslers. all reparteeists. all pmpoumlers of ingenious conundruws. all lhose who mirthfully surprise us With unusual Juxtaposition of words. Thomas Hood and Charles Lamb {ind Sydney Smith had a divine mission. and so have their successors in these times. They stir into the acid bever- age of life the saccharine. They make the cup of earthly existence, which is sometimes smle, effervesce and bubble. They placate animosities. They foster longevltv. They slay follies and absur- dities which all the sermons of all the pulpits cannol. reach. -~- - .. r,“l_.‘1$ Inn-ah who Lulu»: \lauuvu A“ They have for example Elijah, who made fun of the Baalims when they called down fire and it did not. come. suggesting that. their heathen gmlhad gone hunting, or was off on a journey. 01‘ Was asleep, and nothing but. vom- feration could wake. him, saying: “0ij alarm. for he is a. god. Either be Is taking or pursuing. or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked.” They have an example in Christ, who with healthful sarcasm shnwed up the. lying, hypocritical Pharisees by sug- gesting that such pnrfect people like themselves needed no imprrvcmenig, saying. “The whole need not a. physi- man, but ‘Lhey that. are Sick." k _...\.2nn nf Clan, Uul. Lucy Luau «up onvn- . But. what use are you maliing of! your wiL'l Is it besmirched “'th pro-lI fanity and uncleunness‘l Do you em-j ploy it in ainuseinenl. at physical clap] fecls for which the victims are nolw responsible? Are your powers of mimicry used to put. religion in conml tempt? Is it 9. bunch of neltlesome investive’! ls it. a bolt. of unjust. scorn? Is it fun at others' misfortune? Is it glee. at their disappointment. and- defect? [s it, bitterness put. «lrop by} drop into a cup! Is it like the SQ‘IQQZ-, ing of Artemisia absinLhium into a: draft already distastefully pungent/I Then you are the sLar Wormwood. Yours is the fun of. a rattlesnake lvry- ing how well it can sting. IL is the fun of a hawk trying how quickly it, can strike out the eye of a dove. 3 But I will change this and suppose you are a star of worldly prosperity. Then you have [ergo opportunity. You ...-...-..~ 4 con encourage that artist by buying ‘ dpcelvu his picture. You can improve the enuSness fields, the stables. the highway, by ward G introducing higher style of fowl and 1 We for: horse and cow and sheep. You can i to this bless the world with pomologica‘l and im achievement in the. orchards; You can that ha advance arboriculture and arrest this i as a D? deathful iconoclasm of the American SO!) nei. forests, You can put a. piece of scum-1 epldemx ture mto the niche of that public ‘ scourge academy. You can endow a. college. ‘. cyclone You can stocking 1,000 bare feet from 1 081 car the winter frost. You can build a fquntal: church. You can put a missionary of slimed Christ on that foreign shore. You can 3 making help ranson a world. A rich men with ? 3113mm; his heart 1' ghtâ€"can you tell me how 4 If the much good James Lenox or a George i that Beabogy o a HEW Cooper or a Wil- i streets -.- . ”1.2). I: ..... M. :5 , thev w up _. "30t did while living or is t he is dead? There is itw . town or neig hhorhood that; -,._A..¢ OMEMEE. ONT. THURSDAY. JULY 2. 1896 a the ll the man actor. :c- me issistâ€" have SS all s. all 1111113. SP US vords. ) and ission. these. never- make .ich is ubblc. ill the , who , they 1 ‘upon the harronness. where Once she ‘challengpd the admiration of all naâ€" coma. ml had urney. j voci- : ”Cry he is ml urn ; wormwood a'nd has fallou. . -,«-‘..;..,. ._ ,._.V that thi'sn‘roli-gion of 6mm. a more ‘wondorfnl emperor tree. mighi 0"?“ §hadow all your lives! Are you lowly ;Ln ambition or circumstance. 9“”ng ovor you its vrown‘! Are you high ‘“ talent. and position. puning 0W!“ X0“ li-S crown! Oh. for more of the sac- charine! in our lives and 1665 Of the wormwood . Tyre. the atmosphere of the desert. fragrant. with spices. voming in Cilm' vans to her fairs; all sous cleft mto '[oam by the kools of her laden mer- chantmen. her markets rich with horses and camels from 'l‘ogarmuh. her hara- ars with upholstery from Dedzm. Wlih emerald and coral and agate from Syria, with wines from Ilelhon, With foster 3 embroidered work from Ashur and Chilâ€" 1lisur- , mad-Avhe‘rp now the gloom of her tow- ers. where the roar of her char10LS. where the masts of her ships? hot the fishermen who dry their nets: where once she stood; let the sea that rushes tions; let. the barbarians who set. their rude tents where once her palaces glitâ€" tendâ€"answer the question. She was a. star, but by her own sin turned to AdJ cruled wail Lb“ bns not glqrious sperimons of conscâ€" L’l "4qu u. But. suppose you grind the face of the poor. Suppose when a. man's wages are due you make him wait for them because he cannot. help himself. Suppose that, because his family is sick and he has had extra expenses, he should politely ask you to raise his wages for this year‘ and you roughly tell him if he wants a better place to go and get it. Sumse by your manner you aét as though he were nothing and you worn everything. Suppose you are selfish and overhean ing and arrogant. Your first. namei ought to he Attila and your last name Attila, because you are the star Worm- wood. and you have imhittered one- third if not three-thirds of the waters that roll past your employes and oper- atives and dependents and associates, and the long lino of carriages which the undertaker orders for Your funer- ,al. in order in make the occasion reâ€" ispectahle, will he filled with twice as many dry, toarless eyes as there are persons ovcupying them. There is an erroneous idea. abroad that there are only a few geniuses. ,There are millions of them. That; is lmen a'nd women who have especial {adaptation and quickness for some one ilhing. It. may he great. it may be ‘small. The ('iY’ClP may be like the tcircumfpronvo of the earth or no largâ€" ler than a thimlrle. ’I‘here are thou- 1sands of geniuses. and in some one ithmg you are a star. \Vhat. kind of _a. 'star are you? You will he in 11118 lworld but a few minutes As vom- lpzlred with eternity the stay of the ilongest MP on earth is not more than it" minute. What are omliittering the i‘iofllesilt‘ or social or political [oun- ituins, or are we like Moses “-130, when wth. Israelilos in the wilderness rom- i'litlnwi that tho waters of Lake Narah Werv hitter and they muld not drink ‘them. cut off the branch of a certain “‘V“‘ Vl 'ur '|u\.(‘. u. vvu. In ”19 ‘erfli rd of m ' brother. John. missionary in Amoy. C ina, there was a tree called the omperor tree. the twp characteristics of which are. that, it, always grows higher than us sur- roundings. and its leaves Lake. the form of a. crown. If this emperor tree. be planted by a rosehush, it grows a little higher than the, bush and spreads out above it. a. crown. lf 11, he plants-(l “3' ‘11? side of another tree, it grow; a little higher than that, tree an sprr-ads above it. a crown. Would to God WULLLIHUUIJ auu “an Luuu . Babylon, with her 250 towers and her braz‘en gates and her embattled walls: the s lendor of the earth gather- ed w1thin er palaces. her hungmg gardens built by Nehuchadnezzar to please h}. bride. Amytis, who had been hrutght up in a mnuntainmls country and could not. I‘ndure the (lat. gountry round Babylonâ€"these hang- mg gardnns built terrace above ter« race, till at the height of 400 feet thtjre werq woods wavxng and [ouutmns Playing. the verdue. the foliage, the glory Inching its i{ a mountain were I 7-__ . 17;“!1' elul‘v “run-u... um .. u. -_rr,, on the wing. On the tipmp of a king walking with his queen. among staltues SHOWN 'white. looking up at birds. proughi fr‘om distant. kinds. and drink- ”12.: _.-.1A nl‘ 'JIKI\ABHI> A: u u y .. <._-.rv ing out of tankards of solid gold or looking off over rivers gmrl lakes upon nations subdued and tnhutary cyymg. “is not this great Bahylrm which l have built." l pray that. our nation may not copy the crimes of the nations they. have pPrished. and our cup of blessmg turn to wormwood. and like them we go down. I am hy‘uature apd by grace LIAAA ALL. \Ivnu. I (mun ”J u... ....... .__.__ r ._, an optimist, and I expect that this country will continue to advance until (‘hrlst shall come again. But be not deceived! Our only safety is in right- eousness toward God and justice to- ward God and justice toward man. If we forget the goodness of the Lord to this land and break his Sabbaths and improve not. by Lhe dire disasters that have again and again come to us as a nation, and we learn saving les- son neither from civil war nor raging epidemic no drought nor mildew. nor scourge of locust and grasshopper nor cyclone nor earthquake. if the. politi- cal corruption which :has poisoned the fountains of public virtue and he- slimed the high places of authority, making free overnment at tunes a hissing and a )yword in all the earth; if the drunkenness and if‘centiousness that stagger and blaspheme in the streets of our great cities; as though thév were reachin after me fame of a ornith and. a. dam a re not re- pented of, we will yet of the. smoke “'0 81'?- our life bitterer. the only of our nalion's ruin, lvhc- pillars of our national and stain cupilols will (all Imm- disastrously than when Samson pulled down l)u.gnn, and l'uluro hisâ€" torians will romrd upon tho pagv heâ€" dewed with generous tears Lb“ story lhal. th from nation of tho weal. arose 1n splendor which made the world staro. [It had magnificent possibili- tins. It. forgot. (Ind. lt ha.l,ml_jusl,ic9. ll. hugged its (-rime. It halved on its high march. ll. rt-eled under the blow of calamity. ll. in". And as it was going down all tho rlospolisms of earth from the lop of bloody thrones began to shout, “Aha. so would we have it," whiln istruggling and op- pressed people looked out. from dun- geon bars with wars and groan: and Cries of untold agony, lho scorn of those and the woe of these uniting in tho oxvlamalion: ”Look yonderl There fell a groat. star from hmwnn, burning .as it were a lamp. and if, fell upon lha third part of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters. and the name of. the star is called \Vormwood." nun-go People Get. a View of kingnmn l‘pslllr [lawnâ€"A Bonulll‘nl “Irngo 0‘11 Lulu- "Mario. A dnspnh-h from Oswpgo saysszug before 1110 mm mnk to rest. in fhe blue waters nf Lake. Ontario. on Thurs- day night persrms along: 111‘’ laka from and from the luWor bridge. wifnessml one of 1b? must bountiful and rarest phennnwna, witnessed in this cliulate~~ a rnirug». H was first‘ discovered short- ly nflfir 7 n'clm‘k. 'l'hr‘ ”110k and GaL lnup “lands. Hm vntrnnvo 1" Kings- ton harbor. 1ho masts of veswls, and what appeared to he buildings likw- {rm 1ifir'nlinns hung: susw-nvierl in the sky. I! was :2 rnnmrknhlv' pivhlro and was wimexeml fnr mow than half an hnur by hundreds of'nvoplo. and 1th gratin nll)‘ faded away. Records of surh phennmena are not kept. and data. re- garding Ihom on Lake. Ontario are not to he. had. That of Thursday evening. hmwve‘r. is said to have been the r-lvnr- 051 and must distim-i sewn in mam years from Oswegn. A mirage. on 'hP lake is nm infrequent in midsummer. but is rarely germ n! this smswn 0f the yea r. When first it was awn on Thurs- day owning. it. is mid by some. who were. on the old pier that the reflection 93‘ the sunlight upon what {ppe‘avred tn w “r .........C,. ,, W . 1» church spires could he plainly seen. Ono [en‘gw building. pvidv‘nlly a chun'h. had tho spires hanging down almost to the water. The mirage: L: most fmqlwmly seen in hm climates. more nsmcinlly on 1he sandy plains of Egypt. It is a. pheno- monnn 0f refit-(:1 ion which resnhs from the unequal density of the differâ€" ent layers of the air when they are 9xpanded by contact. with heated soil or water. The hot sun has warmed the water. and no doubt, Thursday afâ€" ternoon the cool currents of air that, came into mntnct whh it, were ex- panded. a r Iv- ,, .,, ~__..._._“I To see. the city of Kingston suspend- ed in the. sky over Lake Ontario. and iis inhnhimnts walking: about its sirvols head down. is .1 mghl, Seen but once in a lifetime. However. is was not. quite as vivid as that, but. it was all very beautiful. )lr. “Von “1“ Stan on an lntorn‘sllng Expullllon in the “pissing: lush-Iciâ€" lluporlanl Results Expected. Alex. Niven staried out, on Monday with a part.)- to survey a. line north- ward on the boundary between the disâ€" trivis of Nipissing and Easl. Algomu. This line has alrvady been surveyed to a. point 30 miles north of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mr. Niven will con- tinue the line theme towards James Bay. and if. is expm'red that he will complete. 100 or 125 miles of it this year. This tract of country is almost. wholly unknown, but. there. are 9xtensivcareas of Huronian rocks. and ii. is not un- likely uhut, they may be found to he mineral hearing. Mr. Edward Rurâ€" wmsh will accompany the party to ex- amine. it as to its geological structurfi with a. View to making out the several rock formations and will do eXplora- tion work for a distance of several miles on either side of the line and note carefully all occurrences of veins and minerals. Th9 line__will rundown ‘ n',,__‘ avuu LLlIu\-A “A... ._-V the head waters of the Montreal River, whit-h is a romising field to} mining explorers. ‘his mrvoy, when com- plvterl to James Bay, will give useful information of :1 part of the Provincc which is now little. known. (It. may possibly prove that. bore is a re- gion in that. locality as largo and as valuable for soil and timber as the tract, of 50,000 square miles recently," discovered on the Quaint! side of the line between the two Provinms. In a summary report of tho Geological Sur- vvy for 1805 Dr. Geo. .M. lhwson says: â€"“'l‘hero van now he very litt 1c doubt. that vvory square mile of the Huronian formation of Canada will sooner or lat- er become an ohjei-t, of interest to the prospector and that industries of con- siderablp importance may yet. he plant- ed upon the foundations for to the north. whirl; for other rr-nsons arr at: present. regarded as harren and us?â€" less." From a, minim;r point of View it is :i matter of groan importance to iknow tho. locality and limits of the ‘ Iluronian areas and the survey of the .projm‘tml lino Would have that. as one lot its principle objects. Mr. Niven twill be vngaged in the work for six tor seven months. i Another Gold Vein Discovered. A CITY IN THE SKY. A NEW SURVEY. Interesting ltcms About Our Own Country. Great Brit-In. the United. Statgs,.annd All Parts 0' the Globe. 00-6:an and Assorted to: Buy Reading. film <m_~< _x>._.mm._. “N03 >5. Him sowâ€"Lu O<mâ€"~. Rr‘prcsenlafivo stmfikmeu of Ontario met rm‘ontly in Guelph. and selected I‘hat‘rity in. which 10 hold their win- lm‘ show, «In Decemlwr. Rth. 9th. and 10m. Mr. Thomas Harris, for more than 1/\\'t-nlyâ€"fivo yours laykkefiper for Mr. J. E. Spugrnm. =\\':iLorlon, Uni,” was found (lvad in his bad on 'I‘hursday morning. Thv (19,098de was 65 years of age. and his death was caused by heart failure. Rev. Fathnr Gill of Grnnhy has won his alumni] in the mm of Bout-hard against. Gill. iha (‘ourt of Appeal up- holding his right in refusn to amnmr questions wm-erniug communications that touk place in 'hv mnfessional. The H. (‘1. 8; Po. HIM-Hit" Railway (‘mnpuny is asking 1110 City of Ham< ilton In rviease Ihe bonds of $20,000 hold by the city. owing to thnc‘nmpany undprmking tho th,en,sinn nf 1}]? line from Grimshy Villain". by way of Grimshy Park, In Rmmsvillv. It is reported t.h_:i,1 1hr: (‘Eragd Trunk 11:;â€" Th? H. (‘1. 8; (‘mnpuny is As? ilton I,“ rpieasv hold by the city. Grimshy 1.3.)- , In Rmmsvillv. It, is reported that 1he Grand Trunk management will appoint, Mr.1"itz- hugh mastvr of transpormtion for the lines east of annnto, and Mr. Cotter mnsh‘r of transportation for the lines \w-sl nf Turnan and that Mr. J. DI. Riddcil. assislnnl Superintpndem :H h‘Ionirml. and Messrs. Morris, Tiffin :mvi \Vfihfitvr. disirin'l, superintendems, wiil resign. A London costarm'ongeg was strang- led by his shirt collar whlle. asleep the at hvr (lay. .ioseph'Presmaoh. 110.14., was. the celebrated English geologist. and auâ€" thor. is dead. aged 84. Dean Farrar is making an appeal for funds to restore Canterbury cathedral. which is falling into decay. The House of Lords has passed the. sewing} reading of the bill authprlzmg marriage to a deceased wife‘s sister. Queen Isabella II. of Spain. pessessed a4 140-grain black pearl. whir‘h was re- cently sold at. a London jowvller’s for $5,750. w 'th Pan; Presbyterian Council. racem- 1‘ in Sr‘ssinn in Livnr 1. ha: accept- ed the invitation to had its next meet- ing in \\ ashington. .. , , __ _‘ .ua u. n -~»._.Â¥ ’l‘hv mming Wesleyan Conference at. Liverpool intends taking steps to 9x- t-end 1b? terms of ministers on circuil from three to six years. The London. England General Omni- bus Company has mntracmd for 5,000 Canadian horsos. for which they will pay an average price of $440 a head. Sir Donald Smith. the Canadian High Commi§ionen and sex-Premier Macken- zie Bowel] will dine at. Windmr castle 3:00:11 after the Queen’s return from Soot- an . - 'l‘he‘ animals diseases hill. under which Canadian live cattle are exclud- ed from Great Britain, pa$ed its third reading in the Hons-1 of Commons by 23;! votes to 75. The. Bow street grand jury on Wed- nesday found true bills against Dr. Jameson and his. companions. on the charge of viola‘tin the neutrality laws by invading the 'Transvaal Republic. At Ventnor. Isle of Wight. the skele- tons of three human beings were found imbedded in chalk cliffs near the rail- way station. They belonged to an early British period. The new edition. of. Byro‘n's ,__1 works. I -. “>111 vu The new edition of Byron's wurks, which is to he. published shortly. will contain correspondemw which is exâ€" pected to throw some light; on the re- laj.ions between the nuhle poet and his “1111. ‘ It was announred in London on Thursday night that the British For- eign Office is expected to take decided action in regard 1.0 the arrest of Mr. Harrison. the, Crown Surveyor of Brit- ish Guiana. hy the Venezuelans. All the recent Parliamentary election in Frnmo. England. the agent of the Lilieral‘party predicted the vote. 10 hp; r [\l“, r -_.l A ’I‘L ..... The Canada Company has declared a dividend of ten shillings per cent. The business for the half year, congmred with the corresponding period in 1895. shows an increase in the land values of the company of 9 per cent. uunuu-n nun»: ynwrrurv ,_ â€"Mr. Barlow, 5.064: Lord A. Thynnv. 4.810. The actual vote waszâ€"Mr. Bar- low, 5,062; Lord, A. Thynne. 4,763. Mr. Balfour has withdrawn the edu- cation hill in ihe British House of Commons, but promises to reintroduce it next yearn! The action is looked upon us a, iiasm, and Mr. Balfour’s leader- ship of the House is severely criticized by Unionists as well as opponents. UNITED STATES. Twelve tramps_ were killed by the. derailing of 3 freight tram near San Francisco. Great. activity is reported in the. Brooklyn navy yard. and it. is believed preparations are being made to sand ships in Cuha. At New York the jury in the vase of Mrs. Fleming. charged with having poisoned ho‘r mother, Mrs. Bliss. has relurm‘d n verdict of nol guilty. In Montpelipr. VL. a locomotive tire hangs in a vhurch lnwm‘. and is uspd as a fire alarm. giving a very clear and penetrating sound when struck by the striker. The Illinois Appellate (‘ourl 3.}. Mount. Vernon has decided that where a, secret. society expels a member. rue mutt may enquire into the justice “of the expulsion. A\Viseonsin land improvement com- pany, with a main irrigation canal 20, feet. wide and six feet. deep. has ref, claimed 25 square miles of good farm-v ing land in the Muskegon Lake region. All the New York anthracite produe- ing and carrying companies have m4},- ified the trade of an advance of twentyâ€" five. cents a ton in prices, to take. .'im- mediate effect, The advance is mi all points east and west. , GENERAL. { The mother of the Emperor m cmna. is dead The Czar of all the. Russians is an!- fering from jaundim. Former Chancellor von Caprivi will G REA'J' BRITAIN mother of the Emperor of China. CANADA N A NIHSHHL CHAS. W. RICHARDS l'nhllullor 4t Proprlour (ban _ the he a, candidate. for Ihp. German Reich- smg at, the next election. The report of last year's Austro- angarian budget will show a large d5.â€" flml. the first since 1889. 'rhv (‘zarina of Bush! has recent! ,7 order-m a typewritey with gold I 3%: "Hrs and 1h" frame inlaid wiih pear. An 'mei of friendly natives has de- feared a form, of Matahele insurgents at the Naziane river with great. slaughv Jhei;lrk\ ih‘EXheé..é}:§ markifig the .5hqps of (‘hrislinns WM: 3 cross. anfi II. IS feared that a general massacre 15 In contemplation. ~ A duel was fought. near Berlin ‘he (”her day hmwenn two army officers. Pistols were used. and one of the com- batants was instanlly killed. I! is slated in Madrid that, the. Gov- ernment has decided tn send one hun- dred thousand additional troops to Cuba by 111.- end of the present, year. Advises received from Korosko say that cholera has appeared among The Egyptian trenpx‘ in that, place. and It is feared 111m the. disease will spread. It, is now stated that twenty-seven thousand persons were kielled and eight thousand injured during the recent tidal wave and earthquake in the northern poriion 01' Japan. The Queen of Pnrtugal's medical liâ€" brary is thfl best of its kind in Portu- gal, and she is said to know as much: about medicine and surgery as any of the physit‘ians of hur country. The ohservatory on Mont Blanc is now vompletr- with the exception of one large. telescope. which cannot be taken up the. mountain unLil the snow is less deep. Regular work will. therefore. be begun in the summer. Professor Falb. of Vienna. annm that the earth will collide with a. lon November 13:11, 17399. The itself will survive the shock, but every! living thing will be choked with pth- onous gases, and be. finally cremade It. is re rted at Havana that fhn insurgent eader has burned 5,000 tons of sugar cane, and that the ins ant. Major FranciscoVarona has been 'ed in an engagement with the troops near Sadnd. Library students in Paris wear f‘muâ€" zles" when perusing old books 111 thb National Library, "not because there ll fear that they will_ bicp pm; 9151 voh‘mieé Ace; Luna uupv "u. wan, ._ v-â€" hut to prevént the inhalation iéfivttn‘ book microbes into their lungs." Acmrding to despatches from Madrid the Spanish Government is determined to resist any interference with Cuban affairs by the United States, and com- petenl authorities consider that a. wad between the two mutt-ice is menstru- bly near. The struggle beiween British and Franco-Russian syndicates for the con- stniction of railways and public. works in China is being waged with varying. success. Up to the present the Franco- Russians appear to be getting the bet- ter of the competition. . “ore Than 350.000 Tons Taken l-‘rom II. Yet It I! \‘m Kant-cab]! Reduced. The are; of the Trinidad Asphalt Lake is only 110 acres, and its depth is unknown. for. though borings have been made by experts, they have as yet. failed 10 find the bottom. The pitch is taken out with the pick- axe in hard lumps about the size of a man's head, and thrown into large iron buckets which stand on trolleys. These are conveyed to the company's buildings. where each bucket with its contents is weighed and checked by a represen- tative of. the Colonial Government, after which it is hitched up to an aerial railway, which conveys it to the end of the pier. about. three quarters of a mile distant from the lake. As each bucket arrives it is automatically tip- ped up, and its contents shot into the hold of the ship which is being loaded. By this-process as much as 600 tons can be shipped in the day. After being in the hold for a. few days the itch be- comes again congealed into a so id mass. and on its arrival at the port 0! diflr charge has to be cut out with a. pickax. The walls and bottom oi_ the _str_ip er‘e Among the many curious ceremonies of the coronation is the salutation by the Czar of the tombs of his ancestors in the Archangel Cathedral. The learn- ed in these matters consider the cus- tom to be a relic of a ceremony which took place in tho coronation of the Byâ€" zantine Empire, which formed the basis upon which the order of the Rus- sian coronation ('cremonies is founded. The anriont Byzantine Em )erors were presented with chippings n marbleand with rich gold-emlvrnidpmd cloths con- taining earth. the object in both cases as in a Roman triumph and the bass- age of a mummy through an EgyptL ,atu banqueting hall. being to remind the iCzar that. even ill-that moment of his rife when he attains the summit of this world's glory he is yet but mort- al The municipal policeman in Bula- wayo. South Africa. is more fortunate than his fellowg in many other parts of the world. Promotions in Rhodesia are rapid. and a capable man am soon become a sergeant and draw from 13 to 15 shilliggs a, day, or about 3100 ,, â€"â€"-_‘_)_J o.- 4. |t| LU Gun: II“: _ a month. Tips are also regarded as a legitimate part of the income of "bohhy,"a nd be can accept a. gift. with no fear of. being called before/ board. ( annual POLICE MEN IN BU LU‘VAYO GREAT ASPHALT LAKE.