"Fortunate Tady~ from ization who, taking their lives in _ their hands, penetrate savage countries in the interests of com- eter to survey and open up the and. : ; These words, once uttered by the 'late Mr. Cecil Rhodes, are recalled ; by the gallant exploit of Captain ilfred well, of the Glamorgan Volunteer Artillery, who, in 1897, left England for the West Coast of Africa to make a survey for the ~ construction of a new railway, says London Tit-Bits. ATTACKED BY "WAR-BOYS." Sierra Leone, and the Kwai conntry. At that were any signs of rebellion, ore Howell reached ed not to enter. But, accompanied by a few native boys and only one thite man, he fearlessly proceeded with his survey. Night after night he was attacked by small bands of natives, or "war-boys," but he still continued with his work, being anx- ious to finish it if possible wthout havng to apply for military assist- ance. One day, however, a _ native schoolmaster rushed wildly into Howell's camp and urged him to fly for his life. It appeared that only a few hours previously five American missionaries had been murdered at a village only ten miles distant, and the band of reb- els who had committed the out- rage were then hastening towards Howell's camp. A PERILOUS POSITION. Hastily concealing underground his theodolites and other valuable instruments, the captain and his followers made their way across the * River Ribbi and in due course reached Waterloo, the second larg- est town in the Colony, after warn- ing the people in Songo Town and Freetown ofthe outbreak. At Wat- erloo Captain Howell raised a body of eighty voluntecrs, and by means of forced marches they quickly reached Songo Town; but no soon- er bad thev arrived there than au- thentic information was received to the effect that Mrs. Kane, wife of one of the missionaries, had not been massacred with the rest of the victims, as she was at first sup- posed to have been, but had es- % _eaped from her assailants and fled i into the bush. To reseue the un- . "perilous position at al] costs was the deter- @ point where its breadth exceeds lov yards and its depth 300 feet. Hardly had they arrived there when a rattle of rifles between 200- yds. and 300 yds. beyond the op- almost im- mediately by a whistling shower of i warned fire; ard almost at the same mom- ent they disoovered that al] boats canoes, and rafts upon their side of the stream had been destroyed or out adrift. ATTACKED BY A CROCODILE. There was only one way in which the little band could be landed up- on the opposite bank in order that it might pursue an' disperse the enemy, and uitimately rescne the unfortunate lady missionary. Some man must swim the treacherous riv- er--full of whirlpools and concealed currents, and, worse than all, fair: | ly swarming with crocodiles--and | wags : bring back at least one of the boats which could be seen moored along the opposite shore. Quickly div- esting himself of all clothing, Cap- tain Howell sprang into the water and began to swim out into the stream. The natives discovered the tac- tics and began to fire at the swim- mer, bift fortunately they were bad marksmen. Slowly and_ steadily "aptain Howe. swam, in spite of the bullets which kept dropping about him. He had covered fally two-thirds of the distance when 'his companions, who were watching him through their glasees, were horrified to notice the slimy snout of a fully-grown crocodile travel- + ling swiftly along tho surface of + the water varely five yards behind ~~ the swimmer. But Howell had seen the'danger, and as the crocodile attacked so he dived. - BEATEN OFF. 'Twise the crocedile returned to the attack, and the captain's com- panions had given him up for lost 'when they saw him emerge from the water and limb feebly up the ap- posite bank. It afterwards tran- spired that he had only managed to _ . 'There is no more courageous . of men_than those pioneers of ort "not perf ane, the American missionary"s wife, never heard of again. Had ot beén for Howell's rompt action in the first instance, wever, © own camp, in Songo Town, in Wat- erloo, and most likely also in Free- town, would have been massacred, ot ormed. Mrs. white man in his| ju sional criminals, but who, r re- i and so sudden and so totally unexpect- peated co ed was the prising. = ; THE CHINESE GIRL. Revolt of the New Woman Against Compulsory Marriage. mussion to "t marriage, the slave of after marriage, and, if left a wid- ow, the slave of her son. She lives at the house of her husband's par- ents. They can force him to div- érce her, even though he loves her, or to retain her at their bidding, even if she has incurred his hat- red. If she has no children her husband is permitted to take an- other woman to his house, whose offspring the wife is expect- ed to treat as r own. The result has been ". marriage strike,"' says Louis Laloy in the "Grande Revue" (Paris), ment toward feminine emancipation spreading far and wide from Can- ton througuout the whole province of Kwang-tung. The course the "Sisters" take, when their intend- ed has been named, this writer thus recounts :-- "To refuse the husband their parents choose would be to rise in rebellion against paternal author- ity, a crime which is punishable with the severest penalty in t Chinese code. The future bride, therefore, pretends to submit her- self. but in three days after the wedding returns to the parental home to take the customary final adieu. From that home it is her resolve never again to depart. It ig a sacred asylum from which it is not permitted even to the husband himself to drag her away." Further particulars are furnish- ed by a Chinese writer who says, in the "Sin Cheu Ki' ("The New the three mC she, sperids" undér Her "hash: root the 'Sister' neither eats nor drinks, i I and refuses to come near him. she breaks this rule the other 'Sis- ters' expel her from their absocia- tion and never again pronounce her name. Some escepe from their dis- grace by suicide." These young women are many of them wath educated in the new echools of China or are, at any rate skilful enough to earn their own living "They work in silk, and many of them earn more than is sufficient fr their wants. This en- ables them to live apart from their husbands. Sometimes they even lend him a helping hand so that he may set up another household. This is the very pity of contempt.' Lib- erty is what they crave--liberty from the tyranny of the man--we are told. and their action is one of the most hopeful signs of reform in China. i---- LUCKY MISTAKE. Grfocer Sent Pkg. of Postum and) jives for a Opened the Eyes of the Family. "A package of Postum was sent me one dzy by mistake. "I notified the grocer, ing that there was no coffee for breakfast next morning. I prepared some of the Postum, following the directions very carefully. 'It was an immediate success in hthe rear of ' | | | | A lady writes frum Blovkline.| mantently reformed characters. | 1 but find. | leaf. \ | | ' n years it in gaol, have seen the error of their eg and have turned over # new Many of these ex-convicts have battled so successfully against the disadvantages imposed upon them by their criminal antecedents, that not only have. they su ed i lifting themselves out of the depths, ut they have even rai m- selves to high salaried posts and poison of trust and responsibil- 1 ry. One old thief, for instance, is now the trusted employee of a big firm of jewellers. He has access to thou- sands of pounds' worth of valuable and easily negotiable property. Yet he has never betrayed the confid- ence of his employers, who have ev- ery confidence in him, although they are, of course, well aware of what his past record has been A FORGER WHO TEACHES. Another remarkable case is that of an ex-forger who 3 serv several terms of penal. servitude aggregating altogether twenty- eight years, and who now teacher in a college, where he has been for some time. me of the stories of successful struggles against almost over- whelming odds by men who have passed the best years of their lives Im convict prisons &re surprising, as well as pathetic. In not a few instances reformation has followed upon marriage to a respectable wo- man. One man who was thus saved from himself has served no fewer than four penal servitude senten- ces for horse-stealing. He has now risen, quite appropriately, to be a foreman horsekeeper. Another old convict who has similarly reformed , through the influence of a good! woman, became a porter in a fam- ous London shop, and has proved strietly honest through a long term of years. » net A man who has served, a other sentences, eight years for coining, made up his mind to "go straight," and he did so, although he was often out of work, had to be content with the worst paid forms of casual labor. Then, at last, he got a permanent job, and stuck to it. He saved money, set up as an electrical engineer on his own account with a workshop ust," is now a dealer in electrical appliances in a large way of business. Of course, other criminals have reformed themselves ere tais, and;jin which persons actually bathed. have even risen to high positions. There is, for instance, the well- known case of the two brothers Wakefield, both ex-convicts, who made world-wide reputations for themselves, the one 2s a general of- ficer in a foreign army, and the oth- er as a successful Austrahan states- man and legislator. And re us- ed to be in London not long since a bank manager who had served a term of penal servitude for bur- glary in his younger days. 13 TIMES A CRIMINAL. But these men were not profes~ naphtha; and They made one! gn ice sional criminals. slip, and one only. The cases dealt with in the report mentioned above, on the other hand, all relate to men who have deliberately. embarked upon a regular career of crime, and, after following it more or less successfully for some time, have; Mrs. Goodart--"You seem to turned from it and lived honest | bave some education. Perbass term of years long]/you were once & professional enough to stamp them as being per-| man?' One man, for' instance, served thirteen long terms of imprison- ment before turning over a new Anovw.er served seven years pre- yious convictions for the fence, extending over twelve years. He is now a traveller for a -vell- known firm in London. Yet another remf@rkable case of my family. and from that day We | the kind is that of a man who, fol- have: used it constantly, parents lowing a long career my three! walked into a allowed to! mediately on his release from Raol and | _ all the prisoners' ai ieti luncheon. They think it delicions,! having Jong since given him up-- and chiklren, too--for rosy youngsters are drink it [freely at breakfast and I would have a mutiny on my hands should I omit the beloved beverage . . "My husband used to have a very delicate stomach while we were using coffee, but to our surprise his stomach has grown strong and en- tirely well since we quit coffee and have been on Postum. "Noting the good effects in my family I wrote to my sister, who was a coffee toper. and after much persuasion got her to try Postum. "She was prejudiced against it at first. but when she prese.tly found that all the ailments that coffee gave her left and she got well quickly she became and re- mains a thorough and enthusiastic Postum conyert. . 'Her nerves, which had becoise shattered by the use of coffee have grown healthy again, and to-day she is a new woman, thanks to : of crime, police-station im- ald societies and begged the = su rintendent there to give him a job. His re- quest was complied with, and he has stuck to the one situation for many years, gong straight all the while. - a Young Husband--"You mark me~ A woman always manages to get what she wants.' Older Husbaed --<] wouldn't mind that so much, but the worst of it is, a3 soon as she gets it she wants svmethiong else."' : times of the year, but more especi- ally.in the summer, when, if given occasionally, they Sct as a pre- ventive of those dreaded summer troubles, or if they do come on suddenly the Tablets will just as uickly remove the ¢ause and baby will soon be well again. The T: lets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 95 cents a box from Brockville, Ont. _ eZ A CZARINA'S ICE PALACE. The Building and All the Furnish- ings Were of Ice. The use of 'ice for architectural purposes is an art that has been carried to a high state of perfec- tion in northern countries, and some almost incredible feats have been accomplished in this curious (branch of industry. Probably the most remarkable building constructed whoily of ice was the palace built on the Neva by the Czarina Anne of Russia, in 1730. The first attempt to construct this building was unsuccessful, as the slabs-of ice were too thin, and aw. ; Subsequently large blocks of ice were cut and squared with great care, and laid on ome another by skillful masons, who cemented the joints with water, which immediate- y froze. The building, when com- pleted, was 56 tong, 17 1-2 broad and 21 high. It was but one story. The facade contained a door sur- mounted by an ornamental pedi- ment and six windows, the frames and panes of which were all of ice. An elaborate balustrade, adorned with statutes, ran along the top of the facade and another balustrade surrounded the building at the lev- el of the ground. The side entranc- es to the enclosure were flanked with pillars supporting urns, the latter containing orange trees, whose branches, leaves and flowers were all of ice. Hollow pyramids of ice on each side of the building contained lights by night. further adorned The grounds were with a life-size tha by night. A tent of ice contained a hot bath There were also several canncos and mortars of ice, which were loaded with ballets of ice @84 iron and M&scharged. The interior of the building was completely furnished with tables, chairs, statues, looking glasses, a clock, a complete tea service, etc., all made of and painted to imi- tate the real objects. A bed-cham- ber contained a state bed, with cur- tains, a dressing table with o mir- ror, pillows, bed clothes, dlippers, and nigntcaps--all made of ice. | ice candles burning most wonderful of all re were fire place contairing burn- ling ice logs! blocks of ice smeared with naphtha and then kindled.-- Scientific American. A PROFESSIONAL MAN. Howard. Hasher--"Lady, I'm a numismatist by profession." Mrs. Goddart--"A numisatist !" Howard Hasher--"Yes, lady; a collector of rare coins. Any old coin is rare to me."' 'When you want to clear your house of flies, see that you get always unsatisfactory. "Biffkins yawned dreadfully when Doctor Doseall was telliog that funny story last night."' 'Yes, but the doctor gut even with him, he sent Biffkins a bill for inspect- ing his throat."' No matter how deep-rooted the corn or wart may be, it must yield to Holloway's Corn Cure if used as directe 7 "How are_thifgs?' the barber asked pleasfntly of the shrinking "Dull, very man Minard's Liniment Cures Carget In Cows. DODDS KIDNEY PILLS --_--_---- WHEN MARRIAGE IS LEGAL. In France the man must be 18 and-the woman. 16 in order to mar- ermany-the mai. must be The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., est the building collapsed in the first |. Wilson's Fly Pads. Imitations are, --------------k----_---- The Pill That Leads Them A!l.-- Pills are the most portable and compact of all icines, and whe. easy to take are the most accep- table of preparations. But they must attest their power to be po- ular. As Parmelee's Vegetable Pilis aré the most popular of all pills they must fully meot all re- quirements. . Accurately compoun- ded and composed of ingredients proven to be effective in regulating the digestive organs, there is uo surer medicine to had any- where. Wife--"Wretch! Show me that letter."' Husband--"* What letter?" Wife--"That one in your hand. It's from a woman, I can see by the writing, and you turned pale when it." Husband--'Yes. It's your dressmaker's REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AKO CHILD. ¢ SooTn 8 yacr MILLIONS of REN WHILE ALLAYS all PAIX is the best remedy for DIARRH solutely harmless. Be and ask for Winslow's Soothing Syrup."' and take mo other kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Towley--"Brown is terribly ab- sent-minded. The other evening he sat up till after one o'clock trying to remember what it was he wanted to do.' Cowley--"Did he remem- ber?" Towley--"¥es, he discov- ered that he-wanted to go to bed early." : nee House flies are hatched m manure and revel in frith. Scientists have discovered that they are largely responsible for the spread of Tu- berculosis, Typhoid, Diphtheria, Dysentery, Infantile Diseases of the Bowels, etc. Every packet of Wilson's Fly Pads will kill more flies than 300 sheets of sticky paper. Shopper--" What do you mean by such items in your bill as, 'One handful, of raisins. Ten lumps of pocketfuls of al- monds?'"' Grocer--"It means, madam. that people who bring their children with them when the come shopping must take the con- sequences !"' Clean Stomach, Clear Mind. -- The stomach is the workshop of the vital functions, and when it gets the Gen- leading place in medicine. will attest their value. . like this I shall certainly lose my 'temper.' Husband (calmly}--"No danger, my dear. A tmag sf that size is not easily lost.' Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. Mother--"Why did you let Harry kiss you?' Edith--'Oh, he was so pressing, an --"" Mother -- "That's no excuse. You must learn to say 'No! my child."' Edith--"That's just what I did say. mother. He asked me if I would be angry if he kissed me." GURED OF CONSTIPATER Andrewe praises Dr. Morse's indian Root Pitis. Mr. George Andrews of Halifax, N.S., es: 2 tion. never comes lc-hauded, and I have been a vistim to many : that t in we traia. Medicine medicine I he + taken in order to fad relicl, but oot «ed oll left coud/vou. It i ih i gf i | Buchanaa says :-- Y|with it, and made it ; Wife (excitedly)}--"If you ge Onl ang > Oo nt ee with the Nisgara peninsula, Dr. on which fruit can 'be well grown, not counting such districts as An- even probably 20 per cent. of it. But very little of it is of m» uze for any fruit. Much can be made fine peach land by drainage, or gqod apple, plum or grape tand; some is oly good for berries, but all of it is in a good fruit climate. The unplanted land is waiting to double or quadruple in value, whenever the market demands more fruit. It may be assumed value of this land for general farming is not over $100 per acre, and that for fruit purposes it is worth § * although average about $20 per acre. It can further be stated that peach Iand at $1,000 per acre is nown to pay a good return on the investment in the hands of practi- cal growers. ed at $500 per Wcre we have a value of $50 Gw,000 for the orchard and berry lands. Now as cur home market crows, and in onr home market we have no competition, every acre of this 258,000 has potentially the same value, and fully half i# unplanted. There are in Canada about 8,000,- people, the United Btates claim 93,000,000. However that age is fully equal to supplyiag Canada. It is safe to say there is not over 12,000 acres of peacnes in Eastern Canada. If this supplies at would take people, but there are 150,000 acres of peaches in Georgia alone. ----___ k___. Mistress (to servant, about to be married)}--'And where did you meet your young man, Mary?' Mary--"Oh, at unole's funeral, mum. He was the life and soul of party oo aS com 'You have two very bright pu- pils, Miss Winsome," remarked Mr. Sweetley to the school-mistress. "Which ones do you mean, Mr. Sweetley ?' "Why, those in your eyes, tu be sure." Pain Flees Before It.--There is more virtues in a bottle of Dr. Thomas' Eelectric Oil as a subduer of pain than in gallons of other medicine. The public know this and are few households throughout 'the country where it eanneot be found. Thirty years of use has familiarized tie psop'e a nouehed icine throughout world. Ladv--"Did anyone was out?" Servant--' Two ladies and seven gentlemen." Lady--"'Did they leave their Servaut--"No, ma'am. Lady--"What do you Servant--"They called jon me, ma'am."' | q TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY, 'for Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eves and Cranulate: Eyelids. Murine Doesn't Smart--Soothes Ere Pain. Druggists Sell Murine Cye Remedy, Liquid, 25c, 50c, $1.00. tte Salv eali when I 'Yes, ma'am. Ln! ye Advice Free by - ©@ ®Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago. Mother--"Oh, Bobby, rou naugh ty boy, you've been smoking! (Pause.) Poor darling. do you feel very bad!' Bobby (who has been well brought up)--"Thank you. . > I'm valy dying.' Minard's Liniment Cures Oiphtheria. RUBBER PAVED STREETS. Noise of the British Metropolis May End. London will be better worth liv- ing in when rubber paved streets have made it a city of silence. Im- agine, if possible, what the English metropolis will be like when the roll of wheels and the trotting of horses no longer make a lasting din and the noisiest of motor buses make no more than a passing rum- le. . Rubber-makers think this para- dise of quietude sooner or later will be realized. The initia? outlay for paving romlways composition will cost only a Kittle more tham the system at present in use ami will more than compen- sated for by the prolonged life of rubber. During many years rubber pav- ing bas been used, with satisfactory results at some of the railway sta- tions in London. Further, rubber { paving blocks are reversible. The opinion is now confidently new product is If we take the very me low estimate of 10,000 acres plant-| <o may be, our present soft fruit acre-|. the western | 9 with rubber| ** H't. and FARM SCALES. Wilson's Scale Works, 9 Esplanade, Toronto. Ur y GLASS AT HOME.--Our new 0 "ned Devil" Glass Cutter ast, a glass, sm A y mail Bc. W. Benoit &t., Montreal. AWMILL MACHINERY, Portable heavy, Lathe M Shingle Hgines and Boilers, M Long Macuf: Co... Wess Srittia, that the | Street. British American Oyeing Co" a satiafy. Address Bex (88, Meatresl. Young Wife (in passion)--"I shall go straight home to my mother!' Husband .4calmly)--"Very well. Here's the money fer your railway turn ticket." As a vermicide there is no pre- paration that equals Mother has saved the lives of countless | children. Magistrate--"You say this man stole your coat? Do veu under- stand that you prefer the charge against him!' Prosecutor--** Well, no, your honor, I prefer the coat, if it's all the same to you." gevuine Wilson's Fly Pads eral Stores sell them. "Now, Miss Agely,'"' said young . Rich. "I should like to pro- ce po "That we have some ice-cream---- "That would be lovely! I like straw----" "Some evening when the weather is warmer." wis Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gentlemen,--In June, T had my hand and wrist bitten and y ed by vick ho suffered greatly for sev- eral a ad the tacts out ie heal until your ve me n of MINARD'S LINIMENT w I sing. ect was in cre pain hed and im two weeks the wounds had he and my hand and arm were as well as ever. Yours 'truly, St. Antoine, P.Q. Ethel--"All is over between us. Here are your presents. A-gokd locket and chain, a diamond TrIDg, and a pearl necklace." Herbert-- "There are some other things i gave you I insist upon being re- turned!' Ethel--"What are they 2 o Hlerbert--"Seven thousand, three hundred and, fifty-one kisses." D. Kellogg's Dysentery complaint, sea sicknes and com- plaints incidental t children teething. It gives immediate re- lief to those suffering from the ef- fects of indiscretion in eating un- ripe fruit, cucumbers, ete. It acts with wonderful rapidity and never fails to cgnquer the disease No one need fear cholera if they have a bottle of this medicin® conveai- ent. lowing people to mount that fne ° safe, sir. ,It was only built last year!" Minard's Liniment Gures Celds, Etc.. any absorbing papers " asked the strange? 'Absorbing "Have you around here? of the newsagent. papers?" echoed the clerk. couple of blotters." joked I vieaow Bee Setter b One Graves' Worm Exterminator. It ~ "Yes, r. Jimmy, give this gentleman a > ved