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Dutoh Astrinomer Says | A gremonds tack ribed {and bl i} {from the troubled heavens. i g : Ceylon." Buf was the prospect of a change. of small clouds which el n over the hills had been fol- ed by others larger in volume lacker in color, until at h the north was darkened with and unbroken stretch of 'ominous Vapor, Presently the foliage, arched and drooping, was. stirred the first .ekirmish of the 'ap- whing storm. The wind stead- JInoreased in force, and the ouds rose, darkening the region over which they passed. There from base to summit, a streak o light separated for an instant the .ck mass, and a.moment afterward a distant rumbling reached the ear steady subdued ligh ne was a subdu t castin, around well defined had: on the dry earth, . But few persons were broad; and except that occasional ng. his destination hefore the npest burst, the road. was left to the dust, which was blown along in gonal lines, says a writter in the Mall Gazette. : n one of the native dwellings that back from the road, embower- 8d in palms and a wealth of tropical Yegetation, a young man lay be- tWeon life and death. . He had 'been' t BITTEN BY A COBRA. thal ®nd an inclination to sleep 'was | over-powering him. More than once he had closed his eyes and al- = 1 lowed his head to dro ,-and for a Number is Yoos time had resisted the frantic efforts of his friends to arouse him; ' The papurals had been sent for, and| had just arrived with his company. of dancers, tomtom = beaters 4 preparations for: the céremony Ry means of which they would en- eavor to drive out the evil spirits which the sick man was invested. y covered him in. leaves and wers, and erected by his side a re represerting the demon they ght to exorcite, and, near at d, they placed an altar, upon ch 'they arra; 'offerings of wers, rice and flesh, by way of ropitiation. Then they left to don the | their professional attirement, Meanwhile; the storm had brok- [| en with terrific violence over moun- is- | tain and valley. The rain descend- the {ed in torrents, saturating the parch- A 88 lood Gorpus- She total at rage being 8 ar degree as further the. total light «ed jungle and causin welter in floods of muddy water that rushed along the conduits on the wayside. The black soreen of cloud which had cast a shade over the roads to land was now merged in the natural : darkness of 'the 'evening. The; lightning became . more .and more vivid, 'and the'thunder louder and more terrible, . Flogh: after flash shot through the black mass; illym- inating the surrounding' countr and revealimg the outline of the ad- jacent mountains and then again eaving all 'steeped in darkness, h The thunder made the heart of the My black piccaninny made all the' bravest leap. It wag a Wal purgis night indeed I--a night when | the 'whole company of evil spirits | vere Jwake and boldmg_ com) munion in the ne ring 'jungle. | The intermittént ght, Showed in each puddle, in each drop of rain, each leaf, a sudden sparkl- 'SOME DEMONS GLANCE, » | Who lay holding hands on one mat- g | tress th associates still night orgies over unconscious di Bt ya Suclie hurried'by inifie hope of |: { hoped to see them again. theif triokets tinkied Shaken night: Then ments wou become more vigor- their 'move- ous, until they had worked them- sad selves up into a frenzy, in which the tomtom beaters fully participated. The latter struck their instruments with bare hands and with great force, all the time contorting their faces until they assumed the most demoniac expressions. To the ac- companiment - of the storm the scene was impressive in the ex- treme, for the devil dancers clapped their hands, screamed 'and hated in a manner so wild that it filled with awe even those who had wit- nessed the ceremony many times before. , At length they desisted, and tg inmates of the hut grew more com- ; : The storm, too, had shown signs of abating. The lightning was less vivid, and, except row and then for a flash unusually dazzling, it was passing away to other districts. The th distant rumbling, and the dark bank oof cloud. which- had. heralded -. the approaching storm had travelled on until, through its 'silvery fringe, gleamed the welcome rays of the moon, The light shone down upon the fresh earth, sodden by the copi- ous rain, and stole among the na tive dwellings and through the open door of one' whose inmates had se- eured no rest that night. The Kap- urala 'was stooping over the pros trate form of the sick man. All ap- parently was still, for coma had &upervened, respite the extraordin- ary efforts of the devil dancers to prevent it. The face was set, and here was 'a tranquillity about it that caused the beholder to gaze at ! and | it earnestly for some minutes. Then, Singers, and they were now mak- ang Seeing that his rites were unavail- ing) he turned away and taking the offerings of food and flowers from tue altar as custom allowed, stole out into the cool night, followed by his sompanions. The cobra had ailed. CHILDREN IN EARTHQUAKE. Affecting Tnoidents Related By an a Eye-Witness, At the time of the earthquake at Kingston, Jamaica, in 1907, Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster and his wife were visitors at hingston. In her memoir of her husband, Mrs. Arnoid-Forster tells of some of the memorable happenings in the stricken city. . re were so few helpers in com- parison to the dreadful number hurg hat we had just to turn-to and as- sist, even in the operations, and ive the chloroform to the doctors. iny children were brought to the wharf hospital. One mite of a few weeks old; as black as a little coal, was weeping sadly. It had been picked up in the street, and went to sleep in my arms as we carried round the food and oranges that ad been sent by Sir. Alfred Jones. patients laugh, even in their misery. One little boy. only seven or eight, was there with his niother and two other little ones. The mother's legs were broken as she wag pinned under the fallen brick- work of her house; the little boy had' scrambled back over the totter- ing walls and "debris, "and had saved both the babies. He was on | very little hurt, and took me to see oy babies,"' and watched .. me feed hem with much delight," Ev- erard and Gerald de Souza were two other little brothers, very re- fined and swéet, both of them hurt, eo first night I was in the hospital. When I fed 'them, the | ingisted on knowing my name; an [ holdiag my. hand, they said their |. rayers, ing for me very sweet- A Td Poncked them up, and A ptm ; ning their people mus r or tha aan: or' they wots gone; and, I did pot see them under was heard only as a! soldiers m ment officer government inspector. In and out, across, up and down the field they went. They pitched their tents and built theit camp fires. They showed all that they had léarned to perfec- tion. Not one made a mistake. The | officer was "reviewing'{ the com- pany andithey were reviewing what they had been: learning all of the year. oh Lesson. Story. We have come to aay like that'in our lesson study. We are to review what we have been learning' and "to prove our faithfulness along the way by what we know now' that the review day has come. If we have really studied we will know the answers to the following questions: "What prophet was called to be a watchman 1 : What was the meaning of the vis. ion of the great stream that flowed from benedth the temple? Who led the children of Israel op their return from captivity 1 Why they lay a foundation for a sec- opd temple! Who wrote a song of deliverance for them 1 Why! So What brave queen risked her life for her people? . What was the meaning of Bel- shazzar's vision and wha interpre- ted it? What kind of a leader did Ezrs prove himself in the long journey back to Jerusalem? Why did Nehemiah make his | noble, unselfish prayer to God? How was his prayer answered! What difficulties beset him in his work and how did he meet them? 'What was the Feast of the Trum-_ pets and how was it first celebrat- ed? What King came as a fulfillment of prophecy 1 } Why did he come? How long shall he reign? Whom did he come to seék and to rave? ! ------ PAY OF PARIS SEAMSTRESS. | Midinettes Keep Body apd Soul To gether on 50 Cents Daily. The midinettes, or seamstresses, of Paris earn from 2.50 to 5 francs (50 cents to $1) a day, and the lat- ter amount only when extra work | is given after Yours, From this i small sum these girls, most of whom | are from fourteen to twenty years of age, must find lodging and food, clothe themselves and pay carfare from long distances, as they can 'afford to live only in the outlying uarters of Paris, where rents are cheap. \ The Paris seamstress is called i midinette because she is seen on the streets dt midi. or midday, | where she strolls along, smiling, | chatting, often singing, as she munches her noonda; 'usually consists of fried potatoes ° or a piece of sausage. She works | long Po under conditions which ! with few exceptions are deplor- able; some of the big establish-- ments, however, have already done much to better conditions. Each midmette is a specialist her line, as ehe does only one thing and can hardly hope to learn how ito make a complete dress. This plan {of work, however, results in. a méchanical "expedition. : All work is prepared for the geamstresses by the premiers and the seeondes, who ° after i kis "done, --~ e meal, which in ~