-@ CURRENT TOPICS. The rapidity. sof s Japan's aScension ae from obscurity to the immemorial has been the cradie of quick- | ly developing empires, Considerably less than half a century elapsed, for instance, between the daté when Cyrus the Great emerged from his “highland: principality of Persia proper, and the death of his son Cambyses, yet in thal interval was created a monarchy whicl Berean to’ Sn Caspian to the Second Cataract of a a Less than fifty yeans was nec 4 n the ruins of the Hellen: bai kingdoms founded by Alexander's successors thé immense Parthian realm which stretched from the Euphrates to the Indus, and which in historical fact as well as in the imaginative picture drawn by Millon in “Paradise Regain- 43 remained for centuries the uncon- querable of the Roman H world, Koos ta the than (wo generations the enormous Be 4 minion evolved by Genghis Khan a § ti: descendants “extended from the i _ Neighborhood of he Vistula to the China oie Si keeep' int wlew these pre- (sour: astonishment al the devel- ent of Japan. in. prestige au influ- Aa within the short spa forly 7 years is considerably qualified, ‘ That Japan would beat China to the ground in the war of 1894-95 might ¥ have been taken for granted from the moment that the former Power adopt- \ - ed-the military and naval methods An the perfected weapons of the West. But that the island empire of the Pacific, ‘wich as lately as 1967 had no war fleet und whose warriors were still limited for weapgns of offence to the sword and the bow, should have been*able in the war of 1904-05 to defeat on land ~ Powers was undou ment which under all the circumstances Must be pronounced unparallel in Mw Tustory of the Western world. Even LetdHe the outcome of her contest with Russia had justified Japan's claim to a place in the first rank of nations Ihe de- mionstration of military and naval eff- ciency made»: to Telieve her from the odious regime «f exterritorialily “by which China and Turkey are still humiliated. Not until Augtist 12, 1905, however, had any Christian State entered into ment based on the assumption that Ja- pan would have quite as much {o give ‘an. ally as she could receive, ‘The Ang! le-Japanese “treaty, sigued on thé date just named, was based on that assump: tion, and it has been followed by ne- getiations for sini tena not iden- tical compects with Russia and ‘France. When the Staite fie tee attach- q es Negotintions we shall ‘wit. » ness thé amazing spectacle of a nation hal which forty years ago was centuries { behind Europe or the United States in { the arls of offensive and defensive war! {are linked by treaties not merely com- mercial, but political, to some of the most enlightenee and. mighty States on earth. SUICIDE FROM BARBARITIES, Systematic Il-Treatment of Soldiers in Au The large number of serious cases. (f pe earaans of soldiers which have re- q ntly been renorled have caused a con- q aldeeable scandal tri a hustar, shol himself within hearing oC aaeiltice toa ef, who was reviewing . lis regiment at the time, ‘The archduke ordered. an immediate enquiry into the circumstances, A young recruit in the dragoons ride, call as ‘cattle’ and ean as such.”. The letter 2 == 2 ; wand the } man's suitide appaaed at the. fant time, ig 1 ge PERS QUEEN MARGHERITA'S: REDS ave a An amusing story is Ine eh E irae that AGE has had dress -w! ee atin familiar to het, minutes’ thought convinced ber that Be an agree-} sion, - Nhe A “Blessed is tho people that know the foytat aust ‘they shall walk, O Lord, in’ the li thy ‘countenance. cod Psalms, hen the man ot ee painfully pious aes tells us that he is so mu : ayes Anat he has no tim: fo th thine of politics or of national attains es ntment by “reminding us that he is seal. a fra m of a cipher that religion ne oihen for a mon ine and political affairs none the poorer ty $2 for losing him. man can be religious who neglects the. world in which -he liv e na- tion of which he is a part. - Piety is nol for the closet or the hutch, pat for the Separate places alone, very re lation of human life, You scape gk in a compartment by itself; it is a spirit, a principle which mu eat diffe ation which-reli-. aap and ecclesiastical organizations very eburch and state national life with the spitil of MORALITY AND. RELIGION. ecdene sfhom religion: in history and in human atfai panes no difference whatever w: the name of the deity De in the constitution wus impulse and motive remains the mention of «rel ious but you could tover tell the g S013, ‘OL the lie ota Feople if refuse to recognize this mighly Spirit, {ide in human affairs, the movb- menla. that mi ark human progress cession, these are of far greater impor- tones. tion athee and dntes,_ buildings and. cars Fats, And bé of these ides: ai mighty, forces, Ana i all com- pelling hese forces we ¢all tra edition. religion, patriotism. ‘The true histor Hee peaks for the ee what we are to-day because of deep peat tions that our fathers held, because of aspirations and ideals which sary the-deoper permeation four whole a la nation or not, the fact of thg ie I ‘or re-| an =e AND NATURAL LIFE i “They Only Build Wisely Who Build From the Base Up. they cherished, because of the phere of spiritual beliefs in ante ey iets and bec ives weig! leals hav. fod as nothing in the balance, r dominated the world an deter rane ane real conditions that should be. The freedom {| constitule They are ag other ian clay’ ase being of humanity is aver No greu ideals of liberty, the conception of | human rights, the, conviction as to the the “conscience, these all esventialiy: religious princi- of the recognition and Of the infinite justice that all. ter folly could befog our minds to-day ene to oe that es isan attain APART He does f histo! rosperily and permanency FROM aie aes not love his land who desir reney other than character ‘The mo: 8 ake men who hold pi ideals abo aicave Shade. our country inciple an ave hil else, who so. love honor @ lie, 60. look tothe things that are hither fie turn from Tse that are lower, values in their ow of the pit’ e path Mili tho. fulfil see0 most bigh for 1 he vision of infinite in socisty, and in 10 baits or brbes indiv idan, 's devisi of duty a ing a iment rat the purposes ofthe people. HENRY F, COPE. THE S. S$. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, X 2. Lesson I. The Ten Commandments, Golden Text: Lev. 19. 18. THE LESSON WORD STUDIES. Based on the text of the Revised Ver- Classification of the Commandments,— sine sepiien pelt the, tagée at God," origin uggeste Classification of the oaeandtibe Lakica a8 com- mandments fall into. two 1h ups, the first a which includes comlmandients h define Eures auons to his Selb fiiah “duty, [a-closely. altied:to. ceding four, and them may placed in a group selting forth precepts of piely. In harmony with this grow ing, tho remaining five, which empha- size ethical, raat nan religious Obliga- tions, constitute a group containing pre- y lie second roup is sometimes subdivided ing as the separate commandments con- demn, PaRaaNICY in action (6-8), in word @), and in thought (10( Verse 12. Honoe thy father and thy mother—Since the time as Augustine the Roman .Catholic. Church, and subse. quently the Protestant ‘churches, have regarded .thes fifth commandment 5 m the were doubtess much more: nearly..equal | © in te ‘that iy days ee be ne in the ger. yah th, i tached reason for. obedience may. pe haps be a later amplification. ing of the commandment in Deiloror omy, Pa nae is_strongly. in fay ver a eae igi comm t in God aiveth Horethe-original tnd ate Inter ren paral nteehestions aap utabe atin’ leo ie 10). ee 2 neighbor for] Didden ta aaege, Jas pe eee aa “especially an intended, ing that wale nN of | Be commandment. the order different. sior slightly reading sire thy ane ve words: “Thou shall upa false report: put not thy S sa ta be an unrighi- Ny plac itself on higher level eeond men. ®, servant, ox, and ass be- simply as exemplifying all is to he understood under the lence also the nor: anything thal is ae nthe Deuleronomic ve ove thy 1 de- neig) giibor's house, his fled, his mianservenk, or his maidservant, his Ox, or hi! ass, or anything that is. thy |, neighbor's.” Mow the On Fe et a stal E Row a ret been foun ence. An Vice- ——— SAVAGE a DocTons. Yellow Fever Was Cured by Certain Herbs, 4, 1902, the Lancet. publish. fender from Sullivare aul at Bemba. telling medy ior iackwater fever ad d, but 5 chips he michal preparations repean. sci- there was none on which reliunce could be placed. eat ae that the natives of some rict, possessed a cure, a followed to Jand: disti Beare heard from an intelli- foes Mek a ee ae ans 100 ily; and quite hina in six jacques of danger in 48. hours x days, Cartier tells how a friendly edian pointed out lo ‘him a tree when i of Di ot Bam Ano ne in the mutes also. buply to agination 38 Bs nearly all his avage doctor Special elas Screw hi Infusion of ils So the yellow fever ee ossel po the Caribs na wrve him “certain, herbs we the runing howling, dane. aa. and ne ideas might ney would ‘heer him UN. abject avowe ae reptiles but diverting er would bean excellent explanation may the comic performances, Im- has grea Be have lon; ni his deliverai m yah thy God commanded thee, ‘whieh Ai seems to point specifically 1 a preceding | PY..R. Chunese, practitioners. and he de. ies ee aT gbysie is compounded of grotesque ma- z p {erials. ‘The treatment is most careful,” 0} & the panel of pom lite neges- Bilis Boake tsgued: ty the Ca i sarily precedes sense. of other dutles | snment in 1885 states positively on. tho ae » obligatio mec te ie fellow =n, Piigencerok. maglatraiere mscorhihe Manic ise swe should expects ine 204 Waders, that the Bantu. medicine porated ‘in all ethical eodes which pen tee Si iiots have a pemedy ‘by man has. put into permanent, written $ 2 “cast-off fade aii was dela giv= ‘ ee en to her, to 5. Not. commit. adulte: (lo eee s American women, stipulating “hat Hes alse ee oye SDC a THE "STRENGTH? OF FLOUR. should not be ln ay, onda was ect for family. te his ‘1 cay the breach a ige on the | m tur “oats leads to a recognition ba tleneuces ehish anon aro that large |D ioe Bulla that of 1 personal ownership of wheat flour with regard to baking value, ant ugh! aback "Baccarini’s discomfiture, | all fe see ie a pena house} ov st ; appears {! nly Sy bold Sic Bol ment: recent: an re coutplete chemical tests LAR B20 n made letermine why a given Lescol R. 16. Bear Hise tines Th is possible} quantity of flour of one bri wi ro. ‘The largest book” yet printed is a colos-| +2 bear fal iness both in a public ‘4 loaf nearly one-third larger than sa! atlas of beautifully engraved alent and formal Ta ir 4 private and infor- same quantity et another brand. Dutch maps. It takes three men to move| mal way. y perjure himself and | According to exp the depart: it from the giant boo! it | test court, and li@ outright | rent of agriculture he Cambridge, Eng- is stoi 1 the brary of the. h | in public about his neighbor, or -he may] tend, the volume of 'a loaf of bread de- i Museum. This a ound | in social intercourse wi fellow in ni ' a featha magnificently deporated, haat simply speak disparagingly about & with cote of solid silver, ne individual without just ground or tg stints, il, It is unlikely to be stolen, | r ile the commandment ‘3 naWENe , for it is nearly ave fie es sande Hee pee to false witness- | sq: 2 and weigh: pou 5 ie | i er kind, it does a oS fargeel hook in ‘orld, vet bites ented Jaad in i 1660, Abies Ww eel mM) hich. a RA inthe ny, WI to. King ie youre te elale Een Hol- — yen Ai Maas rael specifically spears * aR th ‘Tat rie a el him Jn the asylum the following specific things such as wifo ry added Be | rise GREAT CHIEF CATCHER Jor said Mr. Walsh in answer to a question ine. “It is hard to Fate but pernens THE TRAGEDIES OF STEEL he arrest, ian rubl ES " gounleriellers deserves. that distinctions ones a housands of these notes were put in KOYALTY LOSES ITS PROTECTOR, | circulation on the continent. by cata PITTSBURG CORONER'S LOG BOOK INSPECTOR JOUN WALSH. 001 of Russians and Poles to the] ~ nut of ten, living in Paris, Berlin, DF CASUALTIES: — Miemna, and Amsterdam, So cleven we — - ey that 3 - Has Been. Brought Face to Face With] {iyi gyi inuany shonthen Tho Ieadory ot {Filly Per Cont, of Fatalities Comprises Death. Many Times in His this gang ad been in the Uniled acy Human Sacrifice to Industral osinoski havi ime’ in x ‘Thirty Years’ “Recor; ‘ork, and Dempskt having had the ae Progress, ee gaiion dollars’ worth of stolen | Xperience in Chica; ‘he. grim and tragic side of Pitts- recovered and 3,000 men ar-|, “Eventually finding: things pretty hot barge industrial supremacy, as reflect- pene Coe them many of the clever-| [2 them on the contine: _ Bang} e the coun' y coroner's lo; a «f est. and most eevee criminais of }ame here, but made frequen a ‘ips be- Valent deaths, “is beginnin arouse modern times Thal record whi ge tween London and the ilies across | feeling of horror al the frightful cost shared between half a eden puales ies the channel. They did not attempt 10} of the wealth which ils millionaires are would suffice to give each one of them ass any of their fake money here, how- | piling op a claim fo more than oitilbary distine- | ever, and I stumbled them quite by] When the coroner closed his log for ane ‘as the work of one] accident, I was at the Alexandra Park | 1906 he Hae thot inthe year he had anak lamps Inspector John | tees one day when a wellknown erook | Leen, called on to record a total. of 2 Walsh, the famous Scotland Yard sieuth, | ‘whom I knew came up to me, and hand-| G60 deaths. Of Shee 919 were the re- as a verila leon of his profes-| ing me what was apparently’ a. Russian | sult directly of accident tn gl, mine ci ‘a London, England, corres-| note, asked me it it was fi railroad, the industridl’ mast oe Thirty years of Mr. Walsh's lite have gone to the aS ‘of this record, in the which, incidentally, he res been Pate face to face with dealh ver a score of times. And now he has tte ti yous opportunities He told me cometh the other day, and I found {ascinaling and interesting: than any do- [ fiction, It deals with thelling edveitires and haisbreadtn es- capes, and caplures of world-famous criminals. rings one in oan with royally, with tho’ sovereign of- nearly every n in’ Ei It takes one scurrying rer the rsuit of it would make a most inteesline book, but I haye space only for a brief chap- ter, Walsh is a big man, He stands 6 225, Mr. feet 2 inches and tips the scales at 22 Bs cottbs Ene could ni that he tis a embracin, slightly ped, suggest great physic slvengiit ae that. ar ula that sq hls impress ae ‘Altogether he 9 : ig HT formidable ig Walsh is peo ably the most fa- mous protector of royalty in the world. He is the favorite of kings, of queens, and princes. THREATENED QUEEN VICTORIA. “Royalties, and especially Severcigns, are a receipt g reignin ae Es shooting a man, and 0 day got away atlendanis. 1 traced ith. front iplion and his letter and landed again. lieve that he really intended to shoot the Queen. “Royalty is nol guanded os strongly ® common belief. Usunlly { igned, excep! Bec instance, when the ih m and Sard ere sent out to i men at Scotia) be in personal atten fiance upon him, His guard consisted of {en detectives in addition to his personal staff. be ny tight places, but dy, that Drought my nost he arrest of gang of safebreakers in the oud Dials in the early days of my‘c vas attached {0 Ihe Bow Street lation. The Seven: Ditls. in ihhose days: was one ‘of the worst, if not the worst, places f criminals in’ the world, Every typo of crook sa fie theres ‘One of the gangs of this dis- tril. included, nog lions rout tno mast desperate -epecial sale aman. in yo Tin avey al meel, flashily Gieaiei ana: with plenty of money, Subsequent watching showed that the men entered the house only from the reary iho tront being perfectly dart, nally decide okey As ap ito Davey an our Hie to only ono se Si ie Test in the fa y Put’ Your pendeuffs on the Moor,’ he said, ‘or you" sane tee waco! cael gang 1 ing a bluft to obey, I} me, ‘You know it may be our. last, jur nped at Dav ey, and bofore oe pot john.’ We shad ti oe and it un: pull the trigger knocked the revolver | goubt ly ed our lives, for while we from his hand ina moment was} delayed Francois tok oie of ay W rolling on the floor with him. My com-| excursions from i poms. He passed Banton grab! gun and held the other. four oe at bay. I broke two ot vey's. ribs in the fight, and we finally handeutted the rien and took them’ the station, DAVEY IN PRISON AT LAST, entually identified as the man who aug a bx rglary in Bit. mingham ot in and wounded him in the ‘phoulaen: sugihee of the gang go’ other ten, and another seven, found among dup ‘Plumby’ the most notorious. re- hae of stolen sae in the country, an ed stolen goods, “ fAnalen case in which I had a very despair ired of for sor T located’ Dempsey in a house in Queer Street.in en Dials, and avoided t the tip ah ne and was prepared. Two of his id. even- HIS BEST JOB. a T consider my best Te England all the avallane | $50,000 worth of |g t | aay ie he to the Bow Street s| ya f the aggregate Aion which he had got it from a young ho had in return received ot i never city, v eacoH us: with which the: "continent ded, a the quest for the found that it was one of the was being ees as 7 touch with the girl, and for aye pan Gay was, with Neri pa- hanceeva rewarded when she 1 itmie, ands inally, we had enough evi- fot, und le- xi ington house. { the gang were'in Europe, but_on the night we entered eight of the men ‘were in the house, We. ha viously POR eRe ang, and, unknown to them, had ob- tained impressions of the keys to the front and back doors of the house, UTILIZE FIRE BRIGAL “Now, and could "not figured on going through o tho ind sire house and thence to the “Six of us ener the ots leaving nee a the front ai case of cape, The oe vd us, and, Ding alarm, passed through the blind deors to the third house. es nteought they had gone upstairs, and were about when, in the sis me fell ging door, and it gave way. De Beye Lunn winle ee cont aolatey tees ah oe through the blind door into the pe verntine the gang-hed av bythe front door of the re third house tae meee SUE salon WANE On eS arm was given and we all filed into the eet. We got five of the gang, but Posinoaels Dempeel, anit A telioyy aained Leveshon. refused <to come oul. ‘The men we had captured said ail three were Tet yepnenos qi arpe camara 40 i taken alive, “We were at a loss how to get al the ae ve were not anxious {6 lose our ives, until it on a novel scheme. Three of us went into {he middle house ofore the three men emerged through door, to be promptly cap- nspector Walsh's arrest of Francois, a ae ig nich anarchist, t the most sen: rime. In be: pe ptr auve.. In telling te the arres Walsh said that a Boley few moments unpoub ey bere) tis life 3 well oer opr of a hous cores nid (6 of is. W weak down there. id not want to ap- proach ths: pons openly, would have it while we wei plus the tenant al the Tieccae I got into conversation with him, finally” got-hicy into the public house on ne as. luck cu He told me that ‘ancois RT eit tise avew ane baal ieriooked at the street door ho jooked out-of the windows, and that he had taken the carpet off the stair one could go up quietly to his no rooms, it was evident {hat we were going to have. trouble, and it was finally ilecldeed that {yspector MeIntyre and T should go up » Melville ee the other should remain beloy TOOK A LUCKY DRINK. “‘One more drink,’ said McIntyre to man a Minti ae we seretged Von the Pubic eter lif ik ot Oastic Rie haan Ws Jet him: pass and in a few minutes he relurned. As he passed us I spoke to him and h Ww ia strength. get the handeulls on him, und to make matters worse the crowd that’ had gathered sided with him. ‘There was danger of interference until 1. yolied jon't. meddle. Jack the Ripper.’ iu ‘hen aie ied all aN Passi do to prevent @ lynel realize until we made a thro eles wr. Walsh Aohned ae Metropoli- ir. police force in 1 was. se lere he early won his: spurs ty reakin: he famou: mina) te zations. that in six months he was made a de- 3 he was: transferred During his thirty years oy the force covered in money, precious ie: plat iy property does not fall short of 310, sears Satie ‘There are many large tales connect- el with small fish, to understand just what hap-|” Hoa nee Waiwielo dey weal not ol has 7 jer sential ta the ‘city’s prog ént more of the total numbeot deaths in i city. were indirectly attributed to the same Soujees io make mde than 50 er cent, of all deaths the cost in hu- man life of in Pe tracare Appalling chances are thai ne obs and money: made a8. se figures are, the will be Alrendyon-the haye elapsed, 1,095 those laid at the or of the city's industries numbered 250 DEATHS EVERY MONTH. While e aggregate these figures may Reena they are recorded their ma, 18 le yoriation from this from’ year ear, mparing the sos cot te by cei and production fe has tons: ‘of hiring, Ponti one hou ‘of coal that is shipped, and the annual thought, they had hire v Shioneny: is al 50,000,000 tons, For houses above them on t y}every 3,800 cars dhat carry freight out had cut econr ger? doors: betwee of or ants. Piltsburg some al as giv- three houses, but t! ver Son up host. This is exclusive ¢f eats’ lint ate ourrylng freight through lo other point every 7000 tons of the 73000000 to1 gnaual production of tron, and aie bave been put the cost o i ‘of one of the ‘nanipulairs rehereier in ils. manufacture, and of the 800, (eis annual: quiput ot eleel tale: every 87,000 fons have been pon. the market only after some one of its pro- ducers has laid down his life. FLESH AND BLOOD IN RAILS Although the coroner's sometimes a ae apes set teitean the: woveners EK upselling of @ lilge Wale oltmol (en steel is no uncommon thing in the Sarnelitice: in a man yanishes. But ralls go, out slves; is everyw wary workman, ‘The record contains also the names of men who worked, for an instant, too near the a ae = S35 2 three. men’ from Sco! ing Supt. Melville. ~ Franc GREAT ELECTRIC CRA? ther man named Mennier w ikose huge mechanical arms that, with of dynamiting a cafe in Ps almost human precision, pick up mas- fo. England. They were desper-| sive pleces of structural steel about tho tb niet anid bY esnoula had sworn never pins and place them wherever may 19 be indicated at the simple moving of a lever, The mines and the ene ee their quota to 1 6 slate, gas explosions, deri falls from scaffolding, in the, shunting. ¢ and other accidents. o 1 te pan ai to swell the cost ee hun HARD ON PARKER, oung fiend. Parken, went round the Nee evening to visit the two Miss Aller conversing fella aU 6 ft for Pre- he heard her slipping bebind he suggested Bat the Sus the door, ther ja Smith frat he had gone. —it old @ lopked atour(d, and gone, has he? Good riddance! 1 was jst eau down to keep my eye on him. 1 hope he hasn' buch: proposing to’ you; Mary. deine. don't want any such tantern-jawed, red- headed idiot as that knockin’ aout here. bean got the, sense, o nip mines cneuatnie: roy clean iinen, or He gels none of fay ages Just as “he juded Susan came Fest arin ee peat ane Parker, she said, “Thank goodness, he's gone. “That Tu is enough to provoke a ine was: awfully: alraldhie-was going te aly and spend ihe evening. | Mary Jane iene sou ln wedi etc cor a ie os ‘Then “Parkers didn't Aeiow ‘wneltento i shed to the hal, thee the front see and ww home meditating upon the emptiness of ea happiness and the uncertainty of th peas Sia AND CHILD LIFE, During the last quarter of a century notable in+ statistics jaye shown a Crease of “the average expectation of the fonath of human life from birth. It appears that within 100 years av- erage for most civilized countries has grown from 28 to. 53 yeurs. ‘The sta- tistics vary for ere countries, but all show an advan i French geientifie Sat points out, this ore neh mean that the chances have beer enly. increase throughout the mibalian of life, bul Tae fant mortalit Ne been lar, gely. Sina, the ree! L the commencement o} voyage of tile ure: Wie bin. Wvgided, Und ye Pee cons ist ies tounting: oa the cused for all fF who left her money, STRANGERS AT ALTAR PARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CEREMONY. Amazing Romance of Real Life — Bride’ Married to Oblige a Brother, ance of real life, unsurpassed by ine ee improbable: of sensational’ ovels, was reveale courts the othe: It es a by, Mrs. Ada Olivia; ‘ phia Brine, who claimed £684 from} her husband, Mr. Hatry. Brine, of East! Cowes, irs, Brine’s pte story may tee summarized as follo he married a man in Onder to oblige his brother, with whom she was in! love. he never met the bridegroom before) her y and they parted im- 1m h the medium of an adv vertise-| ment ate met Mr. Brine, who arranged: a divorce and_marrie: She wi imprisoned him in a heuse, cruelly treated, id made to. sign cheques, but ¢ Mr, R. J. va ee the eats Sane that she first mai In addivionste. this, she had MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISEMENT. Mrs. Brine, wie is an elderly Irish. woman, said Mr. Witt in 1903, lived with him, She d. found out that i had not lived with Mr. Wilt, and. said he could “get her out of it” it Me, With, bo ue force pas Mr. rine Mr. Wilt an the “worked up". by. and fore escaped with one of his daughters,” ed: crossing ey Ene she said she started the matrimonial coreespondene e “for fun,” with a you marry Mr, Will?” she, was as eh tl “really say that?” the lady 2 Pawel said Mr, Bower, “I suppose; because leved| you married ‘him him?" “I never him belore tf my life,"* wot (he sufprising: reply, LOVED HIS BROTHER, heard such a thing in my; S. cxplaliied: amid roars of laugh-| _ knew. the faraily well, and-t) loved his brother, Francie Witt “1 was| fer the sake of ried into the M Bower then. Brine with rega with her husband. brotherthat 1 mar- ee questioned Mrs,; ner relations|, “Is this your diary?” a book, ling drama- woman's diery,, 1 had Jost at for years, and here Counsel dhen read tho following ox- 4 I inseparable. The two of eewunaen to seaward. Found 4 nook, where. we rested ti sundown’ an ush of peace was over a little boat Ave alighted, and “My lover and I went va He ca me a melon ale, sai Mrs. Brine, when he was my TER that he became a devil.” enie tons, Hey said he had spent: the cordance ywith her instructions. Prigene ent was given for Mr, Bring with ty FRIGHTENED HIM. ‘They had a joke on young Griph at 8 boarding-house roan ‘They de- tected ‘him raiding the Jarder, and found that he had taken a mince-pie, somo ‘The landlady and her, daughter togothel lve ven: geance, ‘They waited till Mr. Griph had devoured the food that he had taken and made his appearance in the sitting-) room. ‘Then the landlandy said to her» daughter — “Mary, you I:now thal mince-pie that) we made oub of the meat we bought of} the bah ise sy and which poovedl to be cat's. HG z 8 vith it?" “Put it aside eee to the tramps.” They made Gap, ae overheard, un+ en “Andy, Mary, you know: (hose tarts that the ‘cook carelessly srilled the me m? ‘Then, with & melancholy howl, Griph sprang up, rushed to bis room, an very ill indec a headache, and went to here for two days, time the landlady and her daughter laughed right heartily “ on WAR DOGS FOR TURKEY. iene Richardson, of the eek my, who recently took he nee dogs to Turkey and instr albu tho Albanian. soldiers of the guard al in their use, g the Sultan a eee ol! of the Medjid Sultan, a wit nessed the benemang a ite oa great, shor Ticharde ps with w there knowledge f dogs: The ee has been adopted he the Turkish Arm; x Lake’ Ontario is as large as_ Wales; Superior | us the dear ie i acd ie 4 olla coinbined, No oll a