NOTES AND COMMENTS reported recently that the Cheorybte House in Cannon Street, Man- chester, was tobe one paste and pe Manchester.” ‘They were’ then ot’ much SORROW AND PAIN COURT LIFE IN GERMANY THE DULL ROUND OF THE AVERAGE PETTY CAPITAL, in the paring and scraping that has When the young princesses approach matrimonial age, the wire pulling be- ns. They awns in the great me of diplom They, are batlered for political Shar es. QUESTIONS OF WAR AND PEACE» MYSTERIES OF MINERS THE BLACK DIAMONDS. WEIRD THINGS THAT OCCUR AMONG y fu the hope of ‘nding peiromum. A 4) Was reacted when: cae of 1,135° fe suddenly the drill was blown out by terrific h of wat the com-) pany was forced to abandon work. Five! ars. i i ‘eved quite hy as chance that the stil flowing well ‘wi building was, dese «|How Much That Is Lovliest in Humanity ay be settled through them; thei producing water ‘charged. with, ratneral! Dickens landmark, "Noting is pellet mI : 5 Si sone and were as ‘ < un ne Grr galls ot site very penta value, and! : ; es . ,.{@ppratisal as themselves. pout th established ‘with reference to characte Do We Owe to Them. Olten Poverty Stricken; Pompous, HoW-| ony thing that is never weighed or |UAderground Workers See Strange | lcetags sa rapidly “growing and ir fiction than that Dickens founded his . s : : i : Teicanine health. Feeprty han that ‘ zs ever, and Ruled by High msidered is their hearts. Things, and are, as a Rule Cheeryble Brothers in “Nicholas Niclsle- ad “Here is a husbarid for you,” the é ‘ SEE ete by” on the brothers William ane: Daniel } + Dignloaniees young girt is fold. “You will have a Somewhat Superstitious, 4. ON THE BAGDAD RAILROAD. rilliant station as his wife and the al- : : Mast Grant, calico nd we know that all thin 3 Germany is ruled by one emperor, we fepak ae Most of us. doubtless Meat that the need hertoreent ta then ee right world? There can be no freedom | kings, six dukes, seven lance averts a four house being | igss of tife in a coal n explosion is | Cheerful ie! lee — Home of 3 ron dacehgthAde where there is enforced righteousness, !and one simple count. These ey mediatized at lea: ra generation. It! caused by the fing sat a Reaitoaote ey house, We have the proof in Dien BPS vals no manhood where there is no moral| occupy very different egress of and. be ae vapoy ne, Yess look, cheerful gases. ‘This. happens. comparalively own hand, for when he heard of t No man fravels far without meeting | responsibility. No one is to blame for} portance even in the r thelr own |4nd be as happy as y rarely, The gas Cerna ils aif is usu-|, AS yet in in ss a the. aan travel- «death "of William gn ae fithcet pain, IE it lay not ite hand ‘on | the wrong but ourselves and no one can immediate subjects, bul in one degreo| According to the siinahianh ‘te Dollie rally Guiiscecemuite meneur Ite ee eee are very few ar between, Neate of the noble |1'@ wrings. his sympathies for an-| remedy the wrong but ourselves. It 1S!» another they all. enjoy ne dignities | {here are at” presen: ighly- “ive Gry coal-dust mixed with air tat is the wots t the London : 5 Hite is tie void at the table or) not a spectacle to be deplored; it is &/ and privileges of kingship and all have aes eee le pee fore al stand | ocd So losive agent, tis to prevent |i (eiing of his Journey on the Bag: hearts who sel for i r cheseule Bro-}the hearthsides” here the gone /oondiiian, capac gioud..on everything to tipo: Boise at ihe respomatpnities of [108 ermany to thirty eigose a is ais antae ay it is to prevent land railway, he one and phe train thersis dead. If I had heen in Englana | with the family lett to struggle alone,| that is high and noble in us to eronse| state aquet birh a savebetan peinoees carefully “watered, Bat cron ca the (10 Konieh there was but a single com- T would certainly have: yone into. mourn }.}6re ne who must bear the rack-! ourselves and rei every one of them. has. capital. anda cannet marry below her station, it loo total death roll in'a bad accident ig duc |Pos!2. carriage to carry the whole of ing for {he Joss of such a gloviduis ité? PE Pains for long years, and there the| uy what of-sotrows caused by death |court af his own, Some of the capitals |@& if more than half the entire number tc other causes than the whiing blast {he passenger trae, sine eee) ah tt et breaking hetsheart over the way-| ang: {hose things beyond our power. lo /are bat very, bia oliles, but they are all |7€ condemned to old maidhood, a¥} “0 Sppinhoras) tong train consisting of closed vans for rd child. On every soul sensible !o| aftect? Whats of the vigile ven! pioud: , Something of to. which recorehed end ones at? |the transport of grain, and one troop ries are still told of the benevolence | life” fiers: isa deep and weary record against the forces af ate rier Among hen are e places sith papa hese tiny ourls sre reduoéd mt ay be Hs sae ident SS Spt Bea Luh, which contained some prisoners of these men, who were able to sucdeed [Of sorro Hensls ape answering. tho question, ‘As{t 1.000, 6,000 fudged from an advertisement wihch ce es <a deooplion is that the cheek | 20% {heir guard in hiisiness while actin Business | | is By when skies are fair and life] {he years give new per: @ 10 © a Appeared Sone: time ago-in the German | ong’ skin gi Pencee's et en The prisoners, a ragged but by no prineiples that left them free to exteid pons a ‘pleasant. song. lo sing of the| sorrows, even aur’ bereavements: ow. yaldeck - } BewWspape none of the leaden pallor of death, | Nemms villainous looking lol, | were tee fe aed he Most “Hig is hard | ers of comfort are pringing up|babitonts, ‘The entire Sadao ot ite 1} dae foilettes of the late chained together hy the neck. But the Re cy ware Teme Je elieve there: is any heart Mm the wni- |r, theie sways candethe sweet perlume | principailly, on Lamteneete est Madaine the “Grand Dilehekewali be pals POISON IN THE AIR, Were well treated: for-when. they tefl thie Nasmiyth, an eminent engineer, related | vérse when sorrow, sickness, or death! at sympathy is in the air because here {At theet atic ie anet acon’ gitie” “Adress the vitiees nt ls train on’ their’ wa, @ fortress cf in his autobiography how he had been|Cuches us, when adversities beset. they” Sr RCeee The eupilal is Vaduz,..with 1139 in- paper.” Ee sine this phenomenon was |Icutaki we saw them supplied with tea si she path where honest are treading,| WE HAVE SHED TEARS *TOGE I Ey | Carmen Sylva,” memoirs | * my it is known that) and coffee, and Fhcy were also allowed helped by them at the outset of his |Win tho habitants. ‘The reigning prince of Lich-| oi ne f H y when the long struggle with aisease ALL tian tauah Anas Selden tens hae: ist heh oEneeood ra ee 8 iat of what ‘ite a in a small DN en ie this appearance have | losmok cheerful tha career. We said that they carned Ang lust bows the heart in despai jovslyen al ae humanly is pp has not much of a court envied “court r girl- | been killed by @ poisonous. gas of which | prison-life had” evINEntIy few terrors for good Will of thousands, the gratitude o! r i ¢ Ka a ue ah a ae ta Nate these iz 1 a u- | the Boienliig oe is carbon monoxide. Hier although the sentences of all ex: many-and the respect of all who nae i fis ih dA at berm ited to | pelly States are-atmoat as onteroscopie | mama, ay arbon. monoxid ust not be eeded six months. hen ee ee ee ied ae er ae ae te ets. le ae GELS a Pr ga fused with carbonic acid gas—the “Retween Bek!’ Ghele’ andl SAMOM tra al ships are bound taster together by theleourt life. depends a good deal on thefor-| {l#Hy Jacked gayely. ‘The evenings | Peuting gus which is given ou : he junction with the Smgma Ra ene datas tees of The st mba: breanhaasin atti All that. the | tune ooo nant A few ak} above: all were mournful when my f4- the human lungs, . and which . by far (he most interesting fe ae v Where pride and lust continue 0 blight ot comfort means re “Us we owe them have suite eae fa civil list, | er Bob-back ing. tired out | “stuMness” to a crowded room e is cave dwel- Dick@fisian these facts are brought to- | the lives of many, where the beauty. and if maid thitre = and slept upon the. sate while his wife| he Jatter gas is only suffocating in a There are big townships of them, gether, and there is an interesting ac-|Joy~of tife sanRnoWit fo Cn ARE Ta Thane HIGER-WE hav and doughters sat in dead silence in|@ction, the former is a deadly poison| with accommodations tor. thousands of Poor the coulas of iheworms's tol Wie" % i dslavghler.and. song anc | tote eter te he teem peice A fen OF PATHOS ond to awake him. with a most ¢curiovs notion, It hes, Ab tncople: Same. af «the rock drowned in through dur losses. Had’ wa ébeansahle y one was waiting on every one |®Xtraordinary affinity for the red color-|haye the appearance’ dropped more than-boys and had left Scotland to their fortunes. Upon. reaching ‘w ih place. in their travels they were undecided which way to take, and finally s$eastick in the air-and to Spot that weary, hungry and almost poanitene: they hit pedient just mentioned, determining their future course.” It has often been said of the Cheeryble be But if the characters were over- drawn_it is evident, that.Dickens. worked much fact inlo his delineations. Nasmyth testifies that Daniel had away of referring to. William relish this manifestation of affection, but it is cerlainly a dosefrom real life. The temple ruins at Rhodesia are puzzlers. The erudite folks used to say. they were ancient, but Dr. Randall Mac- To -understand how. archi- ts ce the finer Rhodesian buildings can have been achieved by the precursors of the modern South African natives it Is necessary to assunie that in those days there was ‘organization of a far higher character) than has obtained ears, organization under great intelligence | | were of a rélativeiy high order. the ‘Portuguese andthere records this the days of the Monomortfipan empire of the middle ages down to the close of.the Even more remarkable than the; ait castles are the terrace» walls, ie, tone built walls form irregular rings round {he hills” upon ies the villages were siluated, and, although structurally simple, cover an enormous area, extending in close for- mation over @ space of. upwards of fifty square miles. 2 “ he MIND PUEDE) BY SURGERY. 4 Skull of Ete ‘Trephined—Had Become se From a Fall, An cdlecine instance of surgery the cute of inSanity is quoted in the Lon. Lancet. The stake wae. pifieelt 0 doctor. Aflag a fall, from which no ex red. he igre : suffered develo 88K le grew siete es eat and sutra in this ES ars,” during: which ned al possible miele ‘trealment. jollander, a well-kn ist. then Aiagmosed the a. clrctmnseribed yerforiied ani he prevented the arteries of the eeat ig. isifluid was let off and the resi of ihe ad Being found healthy the Soure was closed, Three “weeks later. thy patient wascquite well and hos contin: ick $0, Sens aes RINCE’S VISIT-TO AFRICA. nee “and: Princess of Wales, ey. carry out the intention with whieh? ene are. credited, ga visit. to. South 4n ‘is regimental eapacity, oe the war. George of present ie -apparent ‘and his rots fie laie: Duke Clarence, saw {own lusts and ov i phes deceive THE CRUSH OF COMMERCE, where the hearts: of mi te make the iniquito any are crush on es y to answer that righ! Ba ih ta orto is clare that this is a world as divine love. has. desi First. sl us all rests the mificen' rn is’ bility to. make*this a Might world. “It will wever becomes better b cree. A world thus compelled to be absolute- ld not be right a tt just be bathed right, because w e will il to. be, or’ not at all, If improvement ane be Decauise we our vercome our sin: te we praying for an aulomalically. @ have gained or {to gain i bareen and emply vould our hearts and memories be. 2 sweetness has come to life from our pain, so has. strenglh come from cur struggle wilh nature. Out his sal has come character. Where lite has been hardest men have been hardi- s loom. of life seems. y-but is not by {nat we shall un- derstand its sore the finished pattern justifies the process; a nea URE he Ie ees the good end. man glorious and great in moral character. HENRY F. COPE. THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MARCH 31. Golden III. Easter Lesson, Text: 1 Cor, 15, 20. THE LESSON WORD STUDIES oO on the text of the Revised Ver- Lesson } probably — not} sio1 a i in e- Resur- ecti n the fine i che Lord aint ‘trig = decades immediately foflawing,-the capital of an important Roman provine ch was probably in many vomit ini- portant even than: Ale and. of the: actu busy Jife.ot- the sited Corinth on 18. 1-18), and value of the city as a centre from which the Inflertae of «strong Christian churet probable date of Leal, 's first letter to the SER A in. the New. Tes. tament isthe Christian doctrine of the regurrection ual forth with ‘ an ar this Epistle. nized in is doe! trin ‘ine the ke ystone of ite moepél = Avot 88} gonsequenlly formed tne" cet "fénture“in’ thelr preachy br pBttles recog: It was clearly the dominating note ever ta the teac! scp - Paul, who here ie answer considered, at a tribunal of his. fellow countrymen@=his mark was : resur retin ‘of the, dend. Hs L called. in question.” argument in the . chapter a whet ica er a rene in brief is as follows i dead lianity, no-eseape from the consequences of sin, no fulure life. ‘To the vestirrection. is to de- clare false allthe preaching of the. apos- les, He therefore takes especial care.to bear witness je fact and places the ‘hole emphabis of his argument upon is great miracle. ¢ 12. “It is important that the ‘stu dent ah carefully ane ue chapter in connection € a 3 nd ee of the Agostigs masterful argument, cay, solnpinbiony/ yor thiat there 56 _esurveclfon:of ead 2 doctuing of the resurrect a the body ie ae tumbling block in the way arly ween of Christianity by fic Reatigtarord. polenta, om ‘ise; > way ee noo ils cris a. if yere be no. 1esurrection It Bpi- cureans, Stoics, Sadducees, and Plajonic ohilosophers and skeptics within the tian fold are right, then necessarily the other ‘apostles must be Paul wrong. 5. Yea and we aré ou a mug 3 = Eiier — imposti Neithe er hath Christ been raised— Nal only the point of Paul's ment, bul the faith of the Christian ay this question of feel, We must. bear i mind that (hi was, written wvithin one Wve the event to refers: whieh fool makes confidence of the author n_ in..their sa days Shs the Bacchante toushad a faithfulness in Seg i | “The | ~ ‘whole angu-| cae all:-sueceeding centuries hinges | challenges {he members of the Corin- thian church to look squarely at the fu consequences of disbelief in the resur- rection. of Christ, without which they have no advantage over their idolatrous ats neighbors. Fallen asleep in Chri sion apparently-used 1 usly, the apostle, yel for that very reason rsiieotne the more strongly his own un- Wavering faith’ in Christ and ‘his nesur- pe “i. deluded and self-dece: an idea 20, 1 ived, and livi ed— The triumphant testimony. of the apostle, who for a moment drops the thread of argument, forced ‘by an inner. compul- sion {fo thus register again his own pro- ruits (Lev. corn, under ths rses B54 ‘which are. omitted from our text are to be considered. a: Part of the lesson_and carefully ehidied, aht: ‘radiate: set oitverta: int eath, where is thy victory ?—The tH apr ats FOLUE ThE. afesth has in, mint doublisss, the hurch which he. organized ‘ine Gentile | Words of Hos. 13. 14: “Oh de r eleme Te a ely predominated, ‘he | are. thy plagues? O- te ee 4 2 Chy his life, death, and resurr 58. Whe ‘efore — In... view. that Tisha and in Christ Christian disciple may eath i is life to be Stedfast, unmovable in the faith, always abounding in {he work of the Lord, Thus the conclusion of Paul's. argument |™ is an- exhortation to _sleadfasiness and Chi ice, ART OF GROSS-EXAMININ' “You a you know Mr. Sharp?” a&ks th ta “Your swene you know him?" n-that you are. acquainted “Shai ras fi sone dont Gkaadw timsseoli tte. nerely Acquainted with him, enor that you are on oath, sir. reful. Yow dont mean to tel the Cauet that-you know all al ir, Sharp, and every- thing. he. ever St with sss “Yes; “1 supp “Never ee you re fee sive ty lon, Do you t_ knew Cabins that Mr. se aid ‘ “Thabit do, sit No, good. So you are not fequainted with au his acts?” “OL course—" ae here. “Are you or are you not 2” the Jews also’ the et aliev ed le - the {0 say, you are not so sito Sostthed mE the. - delérnined argued him as you thought you enemies: of tie Bespel ora risen’ eae we i ince a chiurelr tke fie sah at- Col ssiply ith. composed’ princi ‘of Gentiles, a Naw te begin to hecura le roti panels be eat to the subtle ao other, If you A know anything Tuttueabeds df fibs iiprost aiavaleal Als. Sharp's acts when you are not belie e this dct shivéd by their with Dus you can't swedr that you en citizens outside their own - filtle | Lim. ALAS, natural!sulsa, that very oe you put it that way— shotild appear. in the roh me, sir, don't seek to evade my white, one E will put it to you “again. Christians, | When you say: you know Mr. Sharp you ign thks fundamental an't uaa to say you know everything . ihese, es- | By, does 2 a his 1 an BE fetter is} + of course nol.” $0; course*nol. ou were Tee quite were: you, when | You knew. Mr. Sttarp 2” ‘No pnt of fact; you don't know Mr. Sharp oF “No, as 1 though ‘80, That'll do. Stand 2 he An’ Irishman was recehtly travellin, in accompanied by i one on each side of ho was, of course, much crushed. “the minister, on Seeing, him so placed, said,. “Are. you Sure you are comfortable, Pat?” question Pat quickly replied, “Sure, va tag jor, I haven't mucb a more convincing. Moye vel iy “gai sins Paul bre all men most pitiable—Because ing for | no) it) ot ancient lin the dons a coat covered with gold em- {| broidery and wer Of sin is the law—That | ae whish given sin lls power is the Tact that it is the tra i of the fact] One “ sort, perhaps four or five ‘maids-of hon: .| Teven forbids them to be done to bring up the little cree Ungs, who are all serene highnesses 02 some such high sounding thing, in con- formity with their’ rank. The education of the girls is, in par- fieulan, a maller of imoponanabeg mone; garded as a sort ctlamuily. investment for lle pndneaLaal tiem ietst regal care may marr; a ime make ees ot Ls Sep “by a Lane allia s are of far less seamnimerojal jalue, but easier to oirovnle ve hatever the cheeseparing, hew- ever biter the privations in. the family publie. {he prince, the pase of rulerstilp- when ue eyes cl his. subjects are upon him. He may: have no money to enjoy him- self.and no political power worth sp ing of but he and at begirt with an-armor of quetie, — throw not even non-regnant @ to reach them. variations is are about @ rec! tion of the household and the man- agément of the estates enjoys some high sounding title such as Grand Master ¢ i¢ Palace or Grand Marshal of the uur, He is invariably a Count or a Baro cage. On’ Slate occasions KNEE BREECHES OF SILK with broad bold lace bands dow seams office, he act and ushers important visitors into. the presence of his sovereign. ome of the courts have other grand dignitaries, chamberlain sake the social ‘distinction, which Then there are the ladies of the court, or as well. The princesses as they reach maturity ir too. maids of bh © nobility of the little Slate itself does sibs furnish enough ladies to hold these atte hte e true ruler of the whole court is neither the prince nor sae wife, nor yet the Grand Mata shal. It is the Grand of the court, who is usually a majestic person ST eualne: sere and im posing: mien who fairly incarnates stiguelte-a Bites precedent and ceremony She watoues over the doings of the princely family and its servitors: of the princely family ang ifs Servitore twen- She plans ceremonials according to im: were “asta she regulates matters ot spree Gonided. on what may and what my nol be done without derogation of hy the royal family. She is the eee ‘of the ladies’ in whiting: the TERROR OF THE MAIDS OF HONOR a Yhe scourge of the actual servants tthe household, ¢ is the nightmare le who have ti rd ppinces ‘as so high: Ariane Wie eluty erin: ste sein Way in which the average royally cH’ eeonpe from the leading strings is ne taki ee in ses he reigning h No esca, Me uauette fegnlgs bie {RO Gul alone: sit alone in thei houdoirs, unless: they ae oben 1 dogging her iptelens ene ae te the day. When. she marries she. exehaises thea fai Hai any of her} Their life is often much to be Le ane mother loses her sons w! are hardl: e el wait unlil the mistress of the court decides that. etiquette requires an expansio1 ie maternal instincts. ‘hen the mother sees her boys in the presence of their tutor, who does most a the talking for yee and of her own len ns sometimes. trample a fran ane ies ese hildren. Petty princesses never | Nord i who is charged with the di- and come ou into the social a have | Waitresses . | tinually ch the the | confectioners’ 1 com-| fj be} these are heard of, but I MS|a great many of them.’ n that court and no exception was LONDON. Journeymen Bakers in World's Metro- polis Work on an Average 80 Hours a Week. The under dog in all trades in London pai s the opinion-aiven by. 8 lead- union official regarding. the i inthe. vedent Tae. question, ‘raised ein ¥. the London Daily Expre of the hours of labor which prevail in London, In connection with that case it was sel that the average working hours of bakers are eighty a week. case of the bakers is by no means the worst, and more than bear out the statement quoted above. LONG HOURS, LOW WAGE me-of the surpri give the average hours worked id wages paid in certain traues. C 9a large number of work though the average conditions trades in question” ure shetter Y ‘Trade. a, £ s.d. Omnibus drivers (up to) +. 100 2 12 6 Omnibus conductors 100 2 20 rm 9 0 190 - | Electricians (lads) 80 0 13:4 Drapers’ assistants “(men in) , 013 4 1082, 0150 150 100 150 120 ese D0: 0 18 0 0-70 resses. . 0 10 0 Kitchen servants in res- taurants m0 100 Home workers, matchbox making, sewing, ele. ... 0 20 CHILDREN WORKERS. “I fear the available figures give but poor idea of the hours women work in London? said-Miss Spmuels,-of the Yomen's Trade Unions League. though the hours of work in factories are limited, the law is broken to a far ean extent, than overed. tory inspectors aré certain that in large number of dvess-making establishiments. of the “small, bul ullra- fashianali Seat girls are satin kept al. work pocket al ni “Yel, aout a inspectors ane “con- h they sidom: ough evi eidenee ‘or a nln in an obscure ana “thiekly covered in oa o conceal the light, “Again, k to take home, hiastgh {ing again lg ve GIRLS’ HARD LOT. ever disec a : = obtain ¢1 casi shane “the employe: omnes, wi acl. inslanice which det_my muee amar a gitl in _shop-who sparky the tol: nay the me uae one day a week, one day a week. “She had no time for meals, al- though these were her fpfnlfials ones lo gbre-up hier hale holida: “A girl work at 5 aam., and the case sof two oys, age. fourteen and a half and fit eons employed. in a- baker: very They started work at nh on Sunday aiid not later a.m. on ptt ays ie Sonne a started Work in the m Friday, had-break- out witha. 40 a.m, on nay isconiy ‘aocactonally That € eeerue fear there are Sa ava as » _ GAUSE FOR PRIDE. aie ee are accused of hav- nm you OE mee “id, your Honor, and-T'm ise, your Honor, she is nearly pings {for children. “We stood so much yents the blood from carrying sufMici- tat a wonder our legs were not|@nt oxygen. 1! sears up into our bodies by our weight lim falls down in a pa Uke ;lcleseopes. Sometimes we were | tion soon dies. bored and sometimes fatigued. That} One of the sleigost effects of this was the only-variely.” boreible gas poison towhen a halt dead miner is carr Ho the open-air EO a ag a” ne falls: into convisions, GRY OF THE OVERWORKED |» AMAZING FACTS OF LONG HOURS IN 1 is scandalously over-worked and-under- | us ess,|descend a mine near. recently. trom reliable | caused e ing statisties which | g S| quake accompanied “Al-|m esvit is dificmt to stato}? they were often epeeenede. and she had | ji th ina flokists™’shop" had-to start worked tron 12 a cg ae nine.” Men been ta vale aller ken cut alive from the poison- ous atmosphere, often r they pave the vast galleries ‘which pierce the earth iu all dir THE MINERS’ “GOTH.” These ike oe by the settling of the disturbed. strata, uti by ei yeni igo more than two hundred men penis Glamorganshire. Th haunted. Some of them had seen 4 spectral woman lighted us and Bad hers entu- lly it-was proved that the, “ight was ed by a Eunos ailgrowth of phos- phorescent fungus, while was no doubt the creaking of a under the enormous’ pr rocks limes ey de ee gall Nery the enormous and heavy pressure some This causes h_ miners valk a ae mine. timber re idenly shitver red to matchw He! years ago si i all kinds is, ina way, gamble with Nature. wi when he in looking iL it was not until pie more than two years’ hard wor it was ae ach. Bag? en, sie eats shumbied upon it at} @ some other the Drayeott Colliery at a dopth-ot only nk ee times nee ics sing ® novel. electric appara: lus, rediscovered tho lode. Stmueltaies 47 ok aveinco coal canhot be located by ming Small Points a depth of cver @ thin. of hard coal was found, but he ates of the soft coal sy contee KS slill a complete mystery. UNDERGROUND NIAGARAS. Miners. never know what they may : sant bea ing the print of a nakéd human vik lesa chance, of course, b was perfect. The man was so fright- ened that he eft the pit and sought works esa tthe Twin Shatt “Mine, also in Pen: akan strange Noises were heard for som oil boom ‘Gushers” were struck which flung up iat of petroleum: bund: of-feet: into 'o their trot and amazement they got nothing ft salty THE eeatcey OF SALT, Perhaps the Base soe that, Mo: ther Nature ever pla; They then got laily, and ti made a large fortun In the seventies. Hee the oil boom, step ete Thomas do so. It would be = ous tot a tian Tam and much heavier.” ing matter of the ble ane and soon pre-|o) the scream |¢® s| Edueation Authority, ning of them ged op) ‘Afsive ponies © resemblance | © . | ter a witness identified T | fol odi, twenty vanes ani ot the S| mentary . seem to have they are of every. fantastic shape’ con- ceivable, . fon Kara Hissar there is now, however, a hotel, explore the There is one re ing to ut the Turk, be te workers see many | Hissar, the black castle situated on, the and it is small wonder {summit o} imp black hat miners are, as ule, somewhat | Pinnacle shay vin “itself if tion: uinds are often {Tost extraordinary. place, n ei runes ae Often Teo gata fist be La Bene Hits with a guard in attendance. Beyond the line enters the great plain of Konieh, and frequen were long strings of camels bringing grain from the more distant parts of the stations. . Though if tio “years, and unet this year, a far as barley and maize ed, the harvest has been alent} a record, s the sun sank in a cloudless sky we passed on immense expanse wf impene- ee Brites: (retllag ong cloap stoeiiecealt Ho was yellow avith the mud he had been rolling in. ‘Then a ea and at last Kon IN MERRY ( OLD ENGLAND NEWS BY MATL ABOUT {ONIN BULL AND WIS PEOPLE. Occurrences In (he Land ‘That Reigns Supreme in the Commorcial The King of Siam is expected to visit London about. the middle of next month. , the famous Norwegian com: esent at the irtennial} wut conduct several o} gongs instead of nrototomns as been tried. by the their ies omnibuses and found more 00 effec with ‘he throat out, the body of Mr. err Bell, a prominent resident ¢f| ymm, and a well-known Dana uch was; found in Lym Bi mount of a legacy, free o! duly, bequeathed by. the late Mr, Tonal Nicholas, the ary secretary ott Ring Edward's Hospital, Fund for “on- don. has. receive ,000. There is a strike of clerks employed at the headquarters of the Glamorgan ing rebelled agoinst the ale office. his bieyele skidding, @ » Whose m lasgow, showigas ‘culosis, according to ©) report of the city -bucteriologist. Mr. Buxton, the Postmaster: General romised Scottish the mbng rican Products of eta cone by. the SAtbanY, Far ation, Gra! BGR Cay el Colony, ‘and “mnolinted by Raw lan ‘ard, of Picet fener | ae Colne, who fol. but one old gentleman, who dro her pare ee aie ‘she had shaved regular years, up lo ites days. ago In a fowlstenling case at Manches- the corpse of a, hen by ue Deeniariy y of a double claw én. its cae Sean whom urdered his brother-in-law in a Nlersey cornfield, was executed, ‘ing confessed to the crime before stepping ‘on to the. scafe For insti ruction es nS to ele: day ollats, irpington Bdutcation Committee has Se cided to, pay forty pounds a year to the baths’ ae ae The Local Government Board auditory has obit that the vane ler stoker use ii al Workh icial, and is, therefore, entitled a pension, have recently oc where! erinary- surgeons to attend their Sarpraty He PTS says. wht and the Thomas salt well was rebored pare: os ve ‘strelly viaiihen carr Une: eshibits "at th > South At : ’