eae. rae, arf Pe Man Is Built to “to Successfully Buffet the Seas of Life, “Set your mind on Pes are abeve.’’—Colossians iii, All the ways in which we ought free, though often they be found rugged af great Kelson chusting! werent Lt men went up the other day. It was} driven helplessly by the strong} ead dangerous. wind on an unfortunate course, and | that we can go are kept rtl ore, as we a ‘ Suk “the same hour a ship Sanita ad masters, from tho same yicinity in the siren wind, and, in See of this | fits, wher pres on to her destina- | ES Bet ‘successful jer n we will c a roy ost, he. solileat Re Laie parable of life. Ts \iuien, quest of the wind do blow, whatsoe’r way ages! But men make it is. Tt is 0. Go east, go west, go pee is our sakes, and on Late wees © IF WE MAKE Rh. every C3 A where they drive , Great and fine as i o with the breeze, but live birds fly | ties, we can wreck or waste it, whither they please. So the ships | fuse and blast i of the sea, despite winds, Now, we think w. rents and billows, work their way there,” to the things|we truly desire and heartily go af- er. eternally safe-|and dangerous than anything this al in our way; and, re it’s appoint- they are here for our d convenience and bene- ompel them. yal excursion — yage, the mightiest cam- it is in po e want to “‘ on till the anchor is cast at the port | But do we? And if so, how! Wi wilich they ‘started. | We must mean it, and mak e highways for are divine-|Teasonable plan and ly appointed and guarded, and the | @n¢ sentinels a DE. ante LIGHTS. s determine. iven warfare heaven-sent gale—and we are tk gencies ae len children of battle and storm. Ours| crated 1 to accept equipment to take stores, | charts and course, to set and man-|ing, the course planned, age sells and to capture and mas-|we are trimme and currents, and to con- | Tars trans an ‘ictory es, hi by r we are apt to get what =O. d start right, at least. of life are kept by angelic|in @ moral and spiritual way, w ‘need the heavenly equipment and n —a| ever sf to meet all t 6 shis omeward to the port of peace. RE Of cours So, ie per matter is the point- | whether Q. WRIGHT. ti wed, when The winds that blow and the cur-|one has adjusted Fimeclt to the die ine will is pointed righ | And this higher Providence will the emer- to such a conse a sheeting | assembling of Parliamer ng | anxious to show them what was so long ag aS ° nad surpassed even only had wo an Arar ted generosity in sitte of money, when| their extreme poverty led him to hope for only slight aid. Best of had made an saretihols- | proporti Din # eek a silly prodig leaps a man’ to your means. iw sal of sli es rim ment of a 13, brotherly love. ne Sea [vi BEL pte who have | sbundan 6. Insomuch—To such an ext that those nia Tbk the Munadbiiacis eepondad 14 Corint th: im couraged tounge Titus, who, ape salem: ntly , had’ -|Mlusbrating the omp) interrupted bj stay at Corinth. Made a beginning and complete are sacerdotal word referring to the initial rites and th a sacrifice, and used in con- ficial offering | Titus also She TRIAL OF SUFFOL achieved, | merey. ar nection with the sac: It was Ay English trials for le that of the ms to have had unusual | The two prisoners wi e in the ability of Titus eal “ the trying conditions on point eae of “the blan ackle to give some’ takes the gift acceptable’to God a due gots of the law of giv eniey 5. Quoted from Exod. 16. not by miracle, witchcraft was Suffolk witches in 1665. ere accused of babar young children, a great the prosecution being that of an infant I aoa not by way cfd com- An enforced liberality | 10 it. must aes up for Materia is, and actually complete 0 begun. to Out of your Able Aceonanie here there is the proper dis- what thing, oe od does n 14,. The true communism of |t There | that any should be distressed, pro- vided all practice equality. is no eae K WITCHES. interesting of Consistency re-| scorched and m: |. There was no better way of] were - convicte proving Pe their loye for Paul eee health ab aimed of liberality as| unsatisfactory eaten, the tw 1. In spite st Whereupon the once: began to a |insuranc e tax. y which over- need Those ce must share h those who want, not forgetting bounty av change “places auaanlt for Kid. tha Paulswae oes ia the tlt stl Bhapeeaa eter acl 18, and principle of equa y from the miraculous _bestowal fe but “by PROPOSED INSURANCE BILL. Opinion of the Montreal Produce Merchants’ Association. All readers of this: paper will be interested in the following. letter, sent out by the Montreal Produce Merchants’ Danes eee and resolution adopted by them in con- nection with certain i of the new Insurance Bill, nay. before the Somprnient at Ottay ay cestomoits was sent out by the Montreal Board of Trade to the Butter and Cheese Boards throughout and to all other it would ere rural community in the country: ably Dear Sir,—Prob awarenthat AE She Eapiompate o others than Content es licensed in Canada ; in other words to prevent | y from seeking or unfavo rable loe: he conditions, offered by | Companies. qT Bill was referred Banking and Ganieatial chal ie tee of the House of Sommapny the ganized and well represen’ public for the most part was un- aware that any yee = jauses were being introduced, and for this rea- Seat ete wea cesparly: TPMT! ed opposition. The result was that a compromise was arrived at, and a tax of 15 per cent. was placed on the premiums paid for all insur- ieee placed with Companies Bs: woe: in Canada. The Bul tp e Senate, and so did r ene cae at last session, but it is understood that it will be re-in |troduced in the Senate on AN re- not lid te. stringent condi! oe eeibadied in it | ‘The members of our As sociation | |feel that the original object o government legislation was the pro. tection of the public, and whils they do not ask that any injustice But | should be done to the aut S| terests, they feel very strong], sire to get there is no justification for a possessions, and | striction of the present oondicions, a that | nor the imposition of a ee sin y | It is the aim of th ciat to reduce the cost of teaser faee and dairy produce to the very low- est possi the greatest benefit to the farmer. apart from those insv to mount have been Saad to seek out-| side insurance on Sceoim of. ex- or the stringent co ecstaeethis Batiste by Companie! bg no Gusstion but ip at f the ith |tected against. excessive rates ertain knowledge that the own- Any al- | sting insu ne, w, which would restri sy taining of fire insura ing and farm- : on of the in reased cost of to the ge produce Geir atie at ie ie. time insure ontside. of the but it would also satel eral Onniuenion un writ pineal that the nies and ‘ould shor if Sereouttioe: wer i ose herewith a copy of the Min: am to suggest that you call a meet- ing of your Board, have the resolu- tion approved, and forward samo Agriculture, with le. Tk ‘members to- but the matter is of suffici ent importa to warrant your making a cial effort to Be a suf- ficient nalts of member: ether to form a se: to give waa au- rity to take ac' The matter has ee fully ute ed by our Association ang b ous pienibes who hay cons: rable amount ats ge to: the anestion, and Hf there is ‘arther information you, shall Be ‘ole too happy to do so. » De ts a RE STANLEY. NOOR, Secretary. RESOLUTION. Whereas certain secti Bill called ‘‘An Act respec surance’ that is to bo introduced at the coming session of Parliament, will have the effect of increasing the cost of. fire insurance to ever user thereof Whereas any ii in the rates oe pe a on farm and dairy pro- iL an injurious effect, erie erence become burdensome to the farming and produce indus- tries of Canada; Whereas the general fire insur- ance companies located in Canada: legislation which a8 Es oe Be BE kee om Be pe compan: throughout Oa: Whereas the Fre. anaes Com- panies, known as. the Regular or Tariff souballics; have an organiz- aren n known “Qanadian Fire oh with unregistere Be eo ihce ible figure and so procure | large concerns 2 have been compelled to seek a ce sol sratente: pines n- | Association fixes the rates of insur- ee to maintain uniform rates and condi- 8 the original object of aeauament regulation was for ths protection of the public and not for = sens efit of the insurance com- yNnerent it has frequently been aeently limit or refuse the accent: of risks which do not si em ; M]horeas it is not proposed to tax tered insurance companies for Se SRaRae a parhign: of their risks companies, the should have the pri- insurance with mpanies with- for so do- o (1 @ Gee a, such unregistered ut ‘having to pay a a Wiewese tie many _ years past eventual recourse to Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, or other uz HERES: concerns, has been the wners’ chief safeguard against the ve rates of a virtual combine, dad. the only means of placing all the insurances required ; Th refore Re ived. that this Asso- ; |ciation places itself: on ‘record as strongly opposed to any ion in the insurance laws that site in any way restrict the freedom of our members in securing insurance to the fullest extent of their require- jments, or that will deprive the as- |sured of the right of placing such insurance with strong financial com- | panies operating outside of a nd } aril er, Res olved that a copy of | \¥ hich, re r ffected if the pro- posed Teton be enacted. Ste BOWL 7,000 YEARS OLD. tat | cottestion of Antiquities to be Seen Strand, London. There is a most. fasci ce ool- lection of antiquities found by the eae of th ypt Kxploration [Pua now on view at Kings Col- lege in the Strand, London. | While engaged on excavations at [Abydos Mesars. E. Naville, E. R. | Ayrton and L. Loat received infor -dynastic Sensis ay @ mation that a pe about eight lepat -stdsdume tere tos eteut | month with splendid resulus, as the exhibition proves. Among the finds is @ unique bowl | with four hippopotami on the rim, a triumph work for the | period. s are beauti- fully sade, ab are in a wonder. ul state of preservation. Yet the owl was made nearly 7,000 years | Jago. There are beads in plenty, a ‘ew of gold and silver, some of am- ber and many el One Hong st elated mod Heaney Eealdouabla Horr ui grave of a hunter were me weapons, mostly of stone ; | Canada, would not only eee laadaatat pec alers a cogpes fir | park from which the ascent had been | poon,, which i8 of the greatest st. A clay gaming Sse with | |18 squares and 12 men show that; I ‘draughts” is a very ancient in- | stitution Me nit a later Boraas 3500 B £0. is e fof ihe burnsiees entral teeth ok: jaw are worn do horse dias notiode Moers aanaba a quan- tity of hair on the skull showing | ¢, Ghat thé cepligalwparw ions DOLLARS OR HEADS. Mulai Hafid, of Moroeoo, i is a Grim Tax x Collector. cal Mulai Hafid, Saas and Shereef pectanc: His latest victim is the Kaid of Laracie, who has. ae on @ visit in of his po- sition on the coast and uncertain of his Sovereign, the Kaid of Lar- ache had heretofore refused all in- eect a pay pe operas to the new Sul of Fe hi came, and with him came a peac: offering of 5,000 and a bale of silk. Mulai Hafid gave orders that his visitor should be lodged sumptu- ously and fed at his own table. Hach won the conte of his Sover- eign, and boasted to his companions that he had never been as give an account of the Delentawat his office. At last the day came ¥ aid of Larache uae te rots home. ‘The ¥ fice so unprofitable that ie es ceas- ed to yield rey warmly tongratulated iim aoe rr added the Sultan, a collection of chee or of heads law: at Ei ghteen mules laden with $100,- 000 have arrived from Larache, and the Kaid of that port is talking of the risk that attends on the friend- n- | balloon asc Ame i Palle Lockhart, not long si 10,000 FEET IN THE AIR’: THRILLING ADVENTURE DARING BALLOONISTS. They Have Hairbreadth Eseapes and Terrible Experiences Last summer Mii ha thiilling after an a byshire, says ter rising to feet, she found her parachute would not release, and while she essayed tingham, the balloon descended. = Rearsby, h ss Spencer’ ape minutes in the after seventy-five in and omea TWO ADIES, ONE PAR AOU aa hepherd spectators ent from Rae on one descent ‘0 be a double yee they known ae. kind of ex- perience was in store for t how and where they would des | they would in all probabilit ha fn- | given up the idea of such a pectinetine history of R ut they could not foresee \eha was to be the sequel ‘to their ent, any Bt |the sightseers who had as aabled to witness the fair perp re- alloon great height, when it became Pree something had gone wrong. ‘The | young fedies ittieds in the clouds in a south-easterly direction, and at Longton were not again seen. It afterwards transpired that they nad had an experience that would have eee the bravest man. ‘the parachutes became cording of ‘the bel 11,000 feet “the young lady involved. to: course open to sayvé her made a flying leap for he both ch ion, descending par ever, caused the descent to 'y |¥apid, and Miss Shepherd was ser |ously’ injured, while her compan- |on fortunately escaped. The scene escent was APS LANDED ON AN OAK. A couple of years ago Mlle Nellie Neille, another fair provided: some. thodsar specta- jtors at Pontypool with a thrilling | sight scending by means of a ones balloon, she proceeded to down on her parachute. But an oak tree, standing in the Qua- kers’ arial ground at Penygarn, ed her passage, and she [slighted on its topmost branch. This caused tremendous excitement amongst. the crowd, and as quickly as possible attendants from the |made, went to the rescue number of ladders. jbeen firmly roped tagetties and | raised to the tree, the lady y jcessfully brought [but not before: with 12,000 FERT IN THE AIR. a Maud Brooks had at. least | two thrilling escapes while parachu tin; nk one occasion she made an scent from Trafford Park, Man- chester, only to find horself being arried away from the neighbor- hood at a high altitude by strong currents. Soaring higher. to avoid with a ware- ham, nine miles away, but oS lady had thie good oe escued without havi sus- teined wines tien tating snitiys In some respects a still more alarming experie befell Miss Brooks, at Derby. Before she at tempted to descend her balloon had reached an altitude of 12,000ft. Then she discovered that the parachute would not work, and she hung to it while the balloon covered several ey By dint Fe great e. aN he suis ed bac! o the car, whe eld fast eet he alloca itself aeesaded at Stonesby, near Mel- The descent proved a rather pain- tul experience for her, for sho was aeiayed through a hedge and bad- ms, though | " e cyclists, mee Mer ‘0 her eaiviancn oie: Ener progiving her a cloak, she being clad only in gymnast’s costw ‘ook ie dover tite: Malqna stew. beng oul able to proceed to egy SEA SAVED HER FINGERS. other rican Baresausty Miss e had a. terrible i When the balloon left the ground she was thrown from her seat on the car, and went a ae and a half in the air, hangi only: by ber hands. After ike balloon had par- tially emptied and commenced, to ® Jal techn’ = a [of one, and let the ose. Then a life-preseryer about SES LAWYERS AND DOUTO ie waist caught in the Bee x and| Enormous Fees Whi | hei nbting Them Re S oe wonde uN there - Sets Bid rom 2 Log } ES at many wo- men amongst the spectators at the sight, UST ESCAPED DEA Some readers will perhaps remem: ber the extraordinary case of Mr. les Woolcot, when n alias a | parachute descent Venezuela, ill-luck would have it, his pa ey refused to open as te dropping from a height of 3.000 feet. To the spectotors seemed to drop like a stone ua within about 180 tes t of the ground Then strang y the apps opened, ae ante it, parachutist receiving fearfal injur , though he escaped with his life TH. meseurur ) ROMAN JUSTICE. the Courts, in ancient Rome ; the ate, whose right client in court ¥ Soeded: Sla R Grecks i | pend | Their innovations had originality, but these the ste and benth. It is noteworthy | that during a ve toma no exact counterpart of our Judge. The magistratus was a publi offi. opis AWG of referec istrate to hear particular c: arbiter who ac others, in ari tria). th nar opka denteted inte questions the judex was the species ng before thes lex was earing before the mag perly so called. The ni zens qualified for s ces wi public m. More: Saee an he permanent tribunal; Tf the Roman Bill Sykes never thought o putting forward the dema English congener t pr avorite of the Ju |was most reversed on apr |strenuously object to the ot | The point which calls for our attention’ is that ROU Gee profession- e set | jof civil ¢ jistrates of the reat panels were seldo: between jus and judicum had d appeared, and tho functions of mag- istratus and judex wero merged in| one official, there is no evidenc that. the bench was recraited from the bar more frequently than be- 5 oe e RE SSNS Nie aaa aes HE okay HIS WORTH. Mail ascalfeady ber of Parliam yw waiting in the reception-room, was attracted hy aed: Hoge “much Be you earn a week, me boy?” he inquired. Haute vonage 0 the mueiuber 6 ‘8 then, the v to be getting ten. pounds a pe. he remarked. “Why,” said the member of Par- lisment, “he gets only twenty-two hillings.’ Sine ha Mall ame (ube ate you ere giving him ten pounds a eck,” te won sa Paliament, ai hee tousiead tus xe Tilly, * he said, gentleman I was pounds a, week a “did you tell this paying you ten “No “You a da’ t? Well, w! say ? te meds it* at did you was Sonate ee ts teu SOME OTHER DAY. Some days I can’t be happy, matter how I try And yet it helps a a lot to thin f laughing by and by. SAID UN OLE Siz SILAS; “When a woman it’s a purty good plan to min, she speaks.”” are a man into being ¢ SaMaraniisrar eArelabbay which ship of kings. descend her hand caught the a et beast of his-virtue, inted abas Tow Technicalities Were Avoided in bar was an open pee ee njoy- d the utmost ititnte in tee choice By did not com- e connection between long period in aw there was ed with the administration mn ages d decemvirs,. sitting on te have a voice in making the laws | as we suffer by,” yet we may he| well assnred that he would not fail | 0 a sporting chance, make a none Hing “the OB | wr want a lot of beating.—London: Tit, « "| Bit 1 that in force in Rome iding mag- criminal tri- pa fpenoens ih mown of that ci tendance on tl the Cal -|known on the “Tucky Baldwin. a | dy Hotlior 15K | ought to receive doub! ne New York doct 1 ot 030 lon attending to the fractured find of a ved § Another re= operation in millionai polo-pl layer. 000 2 0 $75,000 fi ess hip of | bia doughter Compared with these facts, the $75,000 to $100,000 a year made by 8 number of “London: \ sp ts seems rather small. But, of ee 5,000 and $50,000 cases are found every day si as ined don eben ucts the average running from Famous Eng past, however, ike Sir 4 t, Bir James “P eee Mackenzie, Dr. Dinsdale, and 4 Andrew Clan rectived fees whi ; | the father Of is 1 that aC MO WOE over $1 an well pelaae it, in ‘view . }of the fact that they usually receive ,000 as a retainer s ya M defanding Thaw | has been given as f| from $100,006 to $200,0v0. }. Tomlinson, a New York law- has received three fees 300, 000, $100,000 and $50,000 re- spectively, Mr. © Depew was 2 t for his s scncant ape handerate ci ue Root, the in the States, mn 000 for negotiatin, [ment of the late Russel! Sage’ 8 eB- t ¢ business took him Biss. hours, which works a day—a record At h, Neill successful \ DR AGGE D iN TH A Wines Aeronaut’ 's T yentui Mlle Marvingt, a F. ing at Nancy (France), |known as wimmer, fencer, i. TaN’ London after an extraordini dyenturous bal- loon iearaay: “duting/gatt ob whi the car was dragged along the 5 face of the sea. She had as companion, M. nier, a neighbor of hers at N old. ze The balloon, after seals in contact with the ligh struck some telephone wires ev pera jumped out and |ed her ankle, Ralseeed oF hee weight, fees immediately rose. again, Garnier about two miles ‘where it caught in a tre he also managed to jump out, assed Metz and Luxemburg without any trouble,” said the lady in a telling of her trip, “but soon a | Thad Ther ig out ballast and ey- errthing we could balloo ‘ise ae |