"Ths Love ae a Sympathy. That C@scivle whom Jesus ce said unso Peter: "It is the Lord."' --John xxi. 7. A young man, a stranger, comes to a howe that has lost its child. Some twick of manner, a flash of the eye, seizes the sorrowing mo- ther's heart. She cries with tears, "Tt ia my boy !" A like beauty of recognition, raised to the divine power, lies in the simple story of the text. The Lord was once a little hnman child. How ws the Christmas baby greet- ed! He came into a world of love, home, purture, forebodiag, of peril, of | burden- bearing. Mary, grasping Him to her beart and picturing his future, growth. A world of | from nies our Seer comfort. We open to a ragged, weary, hag- gard child. 'It is the Lord,' the Lord of Man's common need and common devotion. The glory of the Christmas time is a two-fold glory. Have you caught both its motes? : There is a nearer truth these Christmas days. Ws: find Him to be Lord as we strive to climb to the eights where He lives, rather than a3 He comes down to us. We find Him in the child, the carpenter, the lteacher, the healer, the friend, so revealing what it is to be divine. We find Him in the least of His brethren, whom He loved, whom | a ceesuuss in 'the Burton-on-Trent towards the Lord Burton memorial. ed anywhere in the United Kingdom for payment in Papua or Tonga. and other jewellery, an unknown woman was found drowned at Wes- tonsuper-Mare. creasing Reading proprietors have ordered flags for use on horse-cabs in that we serve as our trust from Him. WE FIND HIM IN QURSELVES Looking at our own lives, we may share again the joy and wonder and hope of Mary, may bring to birth the divine. There is something worth redeem- ing in men. The stranger whom we dimly see on the shore of life's cloud bank speaks: "Cast the net cries, "'{t is my dear one! It is my prontised blessing !"' Could anyors, oven the virgin mother, foreknow that future? Oould any- one seo the Lord in the infant? God was mos# human in the manger, ON THE CROSS. Tt is am untrue temptation to find Him ™ marvels. Pub amother text by the side of i ours a we rds es Kava done ito" the. right side of the ship.' in Surg Cees Keep at it! Be brave, be steady unto me." Both are Christmas texts, if wo be able to see it: 'It is the Lord ?'; "Ye have done it un- to me,"" The firs) note of Christmas is & &3. your work, whether it be teach- ing or study 3 whether outside la- bor or homekoeping. Let it not be a hard done duty, bub a willing Ee, t £ + he homage a life that is a trust note of joy, an illuminated picture. Lic RSmags A 1 < 2 from on high. Songs of angels, shepherds with "fe : ee } Living can never be as if there flocks, a star leading wise men. All Bi ae , 1 had been no Christmas im the that story we believe, we follow : world. On the shore, in the with them, we find Him and wor- ship. But He comes again in another The beautiful German myth by the fire, in labor and doubt. monote ony, we minister to no s ger, no tyrant. Everywhere guise. ea s ES oles ais ' 1h,2 : He 4 a, 7e ace fo) of the @hrist Child is true. In the pea nite 2 a y and pea ; darknexe and the cold, in the driv-|°"~ Bo aoe ing wintry storm, @ cry, a knock REV. H. P. NICHOLS Red Sea coast that Sir Arthur, ENGLAND'S NAVAL LORD then a Captain, won the Victoria | Sfak That |) Reigns Supreme in the Com af mercial Werld. Over $15,000 was subscribed at Money orders can now be obtain- Wearing two gold wedding rings "Sixpenny cabs" are steadily in- in Lendon, Eng., and town. Several of the Ring's and Queen's South Africa war medals for men of various Imperial and irregular corps are still awaiting claimants. Forty pounds was found in the clothing of a femals lunatic who has just died in Stoke workhouse after being an inmate for two years. Lieut.-Col. Haines, commandant at the Detention Barracks at Alder- shot, will shortly visit India to in- spect and report on the military prisons system. A gift of $3,000 has been made to the Earl Beaconsfield Memorial Cottage Hospital at High Wycombe by Mrs. Wheeler in memory of her husband. Dameges of $120 were awarded to a jeweller named Blasher at the Hull County Court against a bar- ber for sufferings and loss due to barber's rash. Mr. pacrase aug late town en land, see us BS Fis banded: and forty-two boys attended cookery classes in English schools in the year 1907-8, and all qualified for the grant given by the government. The 240th anniversary of the be- of John Bunyan's impris- onment in Tedford gaol was cele- brate ginning Cross FOUGEHT WITH His Fis! ; AO CYL AAN SIR ARFHUR KNYVET Wissen | | - ; t Wa 1&4 Lee i mei Re i ah "ez ' 1 : a Corpe ae * bad - sn tor 1 : eer" lle Wee tie 5 ria Cross" abjand throuch t the i of Fl Tcb. on tl ea op Lor ts pour ant eer turn th tle inte ab; ut nea Nea Wilson spfang into the bre id 7 } 1 a 7 wv + Whe celection of Admiral of the single handed as he was lay wbout him with his sword and absolutely held the enemy in cheek until some of the soldiers of the York |Lanecashire regiments to his assistance. age sword play his sword snapped off at the hilt, Wilson drepped the latter and began knocking over the dervishers with his fists. So full of admiration a his brav- ery were his fellow officers that they presented to him a superb sword in place of the weapon he Fleet Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson to OG Lord Fisher of Kilverstone (Sir Joka Kisher) as First Lord of | the Adwralty has been hailed with general Bat istaction in Great Brit- ain, wheee ib is regarded as heraid- ing the eessation ut the disputes and bickerings that have kept Brit ish naved circles in a turnroil for several parte. Sir Arthur had retired from ac- tive secvice, and it was on the King' s ewn initiative that the ap- pointmenus was offered him. He 1s hed sats ae and the af C. yaa riven him when he next reachec said to e the confidence of the | : : a England. Sir Arthur was Lord o navy sad of the British public as agin v nat As a strategist, Fajen aad Commissioner of the Admiralty and fakes of the fleets the new | Comptroller of the Navy from 1897 First Load is regarded as the high- ee 19e1, and for two years there- est authoriby in the British navy. aft ae Sess Se umander of the Chan- Like his prodecessor he was grad- Sw haba one |, His home is at uated im tho torpedo school, and he Gey Fe ¥s tke inventor of several appls- A NERYVY TH ances coanected with the use of torpedses. : : SIRE eS : : ee to # Him Re alia By those who know him he 1s Got Police to Help Him Rob Pelice characterized as "taciturn, secre- Station. ; an } +) ¢ Cer ; = . ae * z tive and independent," and in ap Germany is acquiring a celebrity pearance as The "BRABDED, GRAY Tt waa only Lond GCharies own for "hoa comes all its M." | latest du. from where the celebrated Krupp Wor AND GRI that Admiral who is story recently Beresford, are situated. Going with a h England's most active naval critic cart to the central police offi and oftea her severest, announced where about fifty special offic to the ofectors of Portsmouth that | #° engaged, a man said he there was no organization of the | been sent by the electric British fleob for war. Sir Charles |company to remove the bulb that they would be exchan new dusk. He lowed to take nearly 200 bul} moreover, several of the of tually helped him to remove pronounced the battleship pro- gramme inadequate, the fleet short of meddam cruisers and torpedo craft, stores insufficient and dang- erously depleted; said the dock ac- ones before 1 they tHE. commodation was deficient for | When darkness arrived, heavy ships already afloat and that | new bulbs were not forth; there was no proper provision for the police rang up the elect heavy shipe under construction, no} company to remind them ca the adequabe war reserve of coal z und a |"omission."? The company replied shortage ef men. Admiral of the | that they had sent nobody for the Fleet Sir BKdwrd Hobart Seymour, | bulbs, and knew noth of the who was over here for the Hudson | matter; in fact, ly a fortnight Fulton eekebration, on the con-jago they exchan the old bulbs trary, ia « speech in London a few }for new and expensive ones, cost days age affirm ed that the state of | ing Halt a erown < each te heh the naey was completely satisfac-| dawned upon the police that they on oa ae tl tory. % wm now up to Sir Arthur|had allowed, and even assisted, a and , 1 rushed over j J, When in his sav- | ed by congregations and Sun- 'day schools thr Satout the coun- try oe coaches that The Lil undisputedly the by the public, Thumb. footlights, grandmothers, t of 68, Lavina Warren. success, that t for a more tender married in 1862. OS 10 ne. M1sso pe ue aE hand » be o1 ad ate the end of ike oceurred at Penrhiwce & dire and the BY scene ai sastrous of management have int mated that the men will be prosecuted for | breach of contract. While driving in a taxicab be- tween Paddington and the Strand in London, Eng ee at night, a well dressed old g who is said to have come Ss om Devonshire, was taken ill and died. In the churchyard of St. Bartho- lomew-the-Great, West Smithfield, London, a grass shake 2 feet 2 inches Ileng was found and killed. The church-yard is completely hemmed in by houses. It is stated that the Cunard { p Company have sold to ssrs. T. Ward, Limited, of Shet- field, for $90,000, the old Cuna rder Etruria, which will pass into the hands of the breaker-up. Mrs. Harvey MacLeay won ori ul prizes the De al fi sea angling ae the seale with six 27 Ibs. 4 ozs., and thi -a total weight of inquest on Isa2¢ stated phe 1 88 lied sudder poor relief ce ied to qualify for an 10n, . oo ee ENGLISH SERVANTS' MENU So Many Pounds and ces a Head, a Weck. The om of allowing yunces of food 50 many pound: ba week to ser ss is practically lunknown in thi fee The | Queen contains the following ex- | plicit figures in reg ard to s servants' Wilson te determine which ts right. |} pold thief to steal many Sen allow ances: Born ow March 4, 1842. the new] worth of Ewneisive oO elatnes) "The usual allowance for tea i First Lerd has an chvinkio record | aes un Tae (tes ; ae It is} quarter of a px und' a head a y and he haa achieved about all the}, EP to ee Cot os se 3) pe and as-long as the servants keer honors and decorations that can he | 4 oS ball = me Saha within this. I should not bothe ~ hoped fae by British naval officer |y_ f : ge es 6] * ton ~lmueh about when they have their Besides having 3 LoStuidoy Seana water ae tea; butter; half a pound a heada eae 7 week for eating purposes; sugar THE VICTORIA CROSS. TARIA'S BIG THIRST. eee half a oui "a a Sane a A deoeention given usually for Bavarian brewers made 488 261, head weekly; cheese from half a > : . FOF"! 369 gallons of beer last reo They pound to a pound a head weekly, pene bravery de batie; he 18 | exported 73,289,502 gal nainly | according to whether you allow ae hes ss gre er of tr + Victorian to other German yes. the con- | meat for supper or not. Order, Ho got his As B. sg imacle: | sumption at home being 248 quarts "The cocoa you would reckon sep and Mee mado a Knight Command. | foi each man, woman 2 ad child, |arately from the tea, as you allow Cho the Bath five years later and | ve te mn it instead of beer; the amount of a Grand Gommande rin 1906. LEVER. this required depends greatly on ie uncle, Gen, Sir. Archd lale ce ree ee cone the quality of the cocoa, but with a ee ee ee god bran jou woul allow 8 te ny ORE ee. Cae ante Oeste oe spoon or rather under to each cup, ing tho fetches mutiny as capturing : Yes, he can arve a turcey so that if the servants have it once Delhi. Siv Arthur is heir to his | Without standing up to do ot eee _ tae pint @iald- +6eon TAU Biles = ae. brother, Sir R. K. Wilson, whe is professor of Indian law and his .tory in Cambridge University. An- other brother was killed forty years ago whilo ascending the Riffelhorn in Switzerland The first experience of Sir Arthur was gained in the Crimea War, when ho served off Sebastopol as a twelve-year-old midshipman, along with Sir Edward Seymour. He took part in the storming of the Taku forts in China, and served in the Heyptian campaign of 1882 and in the Sudan campaign or 1884. It was at-tho hattle of Il "eb on the He's a mean man who will snore in church and keep others awake. Getting in a tight place doesn't improve a loose character. One can't judge a man's religion by the rent he pays for his pew. Did it ever occur to you that book worms are awful bores? The first step toward keeping your mouth shut is to close it. It takes a genius to invent a tale that his wife will believe. It's better to have a poor rela tion than it is to be one. u Ulka a head a week. For met the usual allowance is from one-half to thrée- quarters of a pound a head a day, the latter including bone; - any- thing beyond seven pounds a head weekly indicates waste or dishon- esty. CONSOLATION. Mrs. Knicker--Oh, Bridget, you have broken that dish in a dozen pieces | Bridget--Well, mum, let's use it for @ pictexe puzzle, which was recently the | to double its we ight of coal, yet oc- most miscellaneous assortment of ne pee cupies less space. There are no ts. sewing cre re perfect die Ge Sera ; ig | dirty fires with liquid fuel; a ship ry detail, one and one-half}. Ses Scan Riis is better kept to speed. Fewer in height, was given to Mrs. , 5 : : ; : hands are needed, fuel can be car- Tou. Thumb by a manufac- 1 na : ried in the nae i¢ bottom, and the gatins, ul su tle lady, life Gen. wero t Queen fhe royal rppear eventful > child bring ture f $t for the exd ENTERTAINED BY KINGS Then began a dazzling career tex the twenty years Mrs. charming the cel he form, ana BA Gen. Thom Thumb Perhaps no living occas 7 was dispensed the dignified queen wa Is a Lovable ee a = 'Years of Age. iputian 'village, now one of the features of Paris life, is a liv- ing dream, and as one wanders| around this toylike city with tiny houses, no larger than dogs, and to. mind the transformation of the pumpkin, and the little people themselves, one feels like a giant who in his wrath might crush any one of these mid- gets with the uplifting of a foot. The queen among the 300 mites is Countess Magri, or, as she is more generally known Gen. This little woman is to-day, er fifty-one years of life behind the the Parisian public and the hordes of tourists from all countries by her swestness of manner and natural charm. jay in the days of our mothers and ebrated Lil- liputian, who has reached the age is as marvelous as ever. Age seems to have touched this lovable little creature lightly. still retains its dark brown color, and although she is stouter than she was, her buoyancy and spright- ness of step are those of a young woman or of a child. DISCOVERED BY P. T. BARNUM P. T. Barnum first discovered her and immediately engaged her appear at the old American muse- um in New York. At that time she was known by her maiden name-- So great was her wily "| grasped the situation and realized that the "little fairies'? would be one of his strongest features. After a prolonged and painst others he found Charles Stratton and engaged him for the American museum. The professional these two little people soon took 'They were Rich citizens vied with each other in showing their ap- preciation of this wonderful little couple by presenting them with a Her hair aking search : : see ae 'Marine work is backward in the the midget ak guano of ere were a piano no Rs a buy ae ot awas\ Rae nex lrauid heap € W coal. With li ap- | plied to-th: x there would} be twenty-s< firemen instoad of | and his wife.| 312, room for 20: Ore passengers | ceslebrity has|and 5,000 tons of cargo, that it travelled more vies than this lt- who is only 33 inches tall, of their married Tom Thumb and his wife he pets of royalty. Victoria, were in Kngland, never order before her at Windsor' ca with 8 like when entertaining whenever fail th jens g) in comparative a ere Has Advanced From 1 to 64 in Seven Years. "No turbine steamer has been towed into port and no sailing schedule has been upset by failure thus far.' : This tribute to turbines was giv- cn at the recent meeting of mechan- ical engineers at Liverpool. There are now sixty-four turbine steam- ers in the merchant service of 603,- 200 horse-power, this is up to De- eember, 1908. In 1901 there was but one such steamer of 3,500 horse- power. In discussing the advance in ma- rine engineering the speakers de- clared that "very little is knowa about propellers. The improved results with the great Cunsarders, which at first were in a sense fail- ures in regard to required speed, have been got by varying the pro- pellers. his reminds one of the steamships Iris and Mercury in 1878, when huge improvements were made by changing the propellers. '"Roilers have not changed much except that they are built of larger plates with fewer acted The larg- est plate rolled measures 42 feeb by 9 feet 6 inches i 134 inch thick. It weighs nearly 11 tons and is in the boiler of a Liverpool tugboat, the Knight Errant. "The lower pressure possible with turbines has meant a saving of 120 tons in boilers alone in the great Cunarders, as compared with what would have been required for recip- rocating work. Tom af- Just in plata By to Rarnum moving and firing of coal. Liquid fuel of course gets over all such dif- ficulties, and suggests that if coal could be bunkered in the form of fine dust and burned in that form it might be possible to arrange some mechanical means of conveying it to the furnace. "Liquid fuel is prac tica ly equal}; ag water as the frel can always ship trimme: 21 fel is by - never re- gaining the health which he lost| during his undeserved -- Hep eOn Fs ment. SSeS ae MORE TURBINE STHAMERS. rate earthwards through space, hits | the earth? For this it may possible Flammarion, the eminent _ French astronomer. Be According to his Gajonintianes: "hal comet is now only about 140,000,000 Comet, now careering at a terrific|' do, in the opinion of M. Camille miles away, having- covered 187,- 000,000 miles in the last seventy-six days, and travelling at the rate of about 2,430,000 miles a day. ; At present its course is towards the sun and the earth, but in mid- December, while still hurtling sun- wards through space, it will recede from our planet, only to SEproack it more nearly later on. After passing through its norihes! lion, the comet will again draw near to the earth until it passes between the earth and the sun. The date of this passage, M. Flammarion, supported by several other astro- nomers, places at May 18, when the comet will be only 6, 250, 000 miles from the earth, A MOST DELIGHTFUL DEATH. It is then the danger of a colli sion arises. Comets have tails, which vary in length from 4,000,000 to 8,000,000 miles, and these tails invariably stretch away from the sun. The danger is that this peices 8 tail may touch our planet and en- velop it for several hours. What will be the consequences of it? asks M. Flammarion in the New York Herald. ; M. Flammarion has to confess that he does not know exactly what fate has in store for us next May, but it is comforting to know that it is not probable that humanity will be wiped out by poisonous gas- es. But, though not probable, this may happen. 'If the oxygen in our atmosphere were to combine with the hydrogen in the comet's tail we should all be suffocated. Or, again, we may all perish in a bruly delightful manner--M. Flam- marion's description of the death might almost tempt one to wish that the comet would really strike the earth, For if the atmosphere became de- nuded of nitrogen every brain would experience a sudden feeling aT; the ax to avoid a list. Bunk- } ry t oriun should be wo £7,000 a voyage. ------ Kk CHASED BY ai HANTS. into Herd. Cycling in pte occasionally has the charm of ~adventure--if there is much charm in the excite- ment of the chase when the chased is the human rider, says the Rhode- sian Herald. A eyelist wo was riding from Bro- ken Hill to a on the edge of The late a Baby of the they led to at they and the stle. On i Cyclist Ran state nd an an en- Ndal: a bush clearing almost ran into the y fter the death of | hindquarters of a baby elephant-- her husabnd, Sy hich occurred twen- } | half = Soke of hands high. , ty-five years ago, she Fe rried an}, . Very likely I never got off my fialian Count Magri, of Lill iputian | ke so quickly before, and I sup- Soca SHESe aoe Ge aa con: | Pose both of us looked rather bam- sort for her, speaking Auently | Coodled. : ae ere alee case Italian, French, and Englis erccaine is od heed cee GF ENGLISW DRE YFUS| | [ebse an old tusker and three cows 2 ahowsing on the opposite side of lthe glade," he said, in telling of hik = ady enture. | "Ty wonderment I stood rooted 12 The wind was blowing and the bull, a magni- to the spot. i toward me, dead, in| ficent monster, swung his trunk to ve ul. London, | and fro through. the air to smell me Enelanc 1. Soin bronchitis and pneu- | out. tt appears that elephants can- monia. He was destitute. inot see very far; besides, the sun The story of Bee al jm. | Was right against them. As soon as ient stirred .s6 much nublial ene now whimpering youngster ar- 7 . =" . 1 mn and indignation five years ved by his protectors they fumb- age thet it earned hin the name ar ed with their trunks all over him the "English Drevfus."? to find out what was wrong, utter Ho was horn a Molter bale the while a curious rumbling ee ete pe aa |notse through the long nostril. spent a cons rt_of his life ' eee s4 ; ane es 8 rete ' y this time I thought it was ia England on business connected! ,: : with tl <1 time. to .return. In swinging my with the mining industry. In 1895 ] ; Tic : = ji +) | eyele around some dry twigs broke h» was arrested on a charge of de-} : } e ah i ; under me with sharp cracks. The frauding women, and was sentenc-) ..,5,) Wed ¢ éd atthe Ol ator ctn the hails {puzzled bull stood for a moment eg a ne alley it tHe TO DW - iF Ae ae : Eiaheoae te gig Selnoe a ee imotionless, with his huge cars ex- ng year seven years' penal ser- | 1 "4 : a eer en. years penal ser-;tonded like some topgallant sails ; 'itude. | the s a es oF : lthen, as he heard the chink of the 3 saypve Vv rears ¢ <r :} ' } fe served five years and a half, in through my mounting the protesting his. innocence all the} . the huge animal lurched for- ot , y= eco ha ) or while, and was released; then, how- jward with a grunt that rumble das evér, he was arrested again in 1904 | distant thunder down i AS unk. on a similar charge. n he was| "I waited no longer, but pedallead convicted ; but, provide tially for) for dear lite, ae wonder rn ae now him. Mr. Justice Grantham defer-| how I dodged the many objects on red his sentence, a1 nd while he was; the twelve foot path. i | re ia custody awaiting his second com-| ~ Rehind me came a evashing of mittal to prison another man was} trees. i did not look back. but put arrested on_a similar charge, and/0n, as it were, more steam, until happened Wass in front of-him, | after a retreat of some four miles, The mai hot his double this | bearing nothing. - morn [ nearly was the « part ot the case Same ao Nees cropper' ¢ over an anci- for Beck Hea been hed hy: Aaeoiene tree stump. : po etaas fe OP ene ee eral women who glaimed to be' his| cree trifle flurried, s dis victims, but the stranger walked | mounted, but. except the sighing of 'the forest and the buzzing of tsetse al ad a sma Scar ne oo a: i * = See flies there was no other sound. A ee Wal thes somambe \few m'les behind my carriers came West enlvadnlous vas cant bellowing along with their peculiar cate lol the. tWo moh aan Bactel swinging gait. 'As I believed a yarn ; furthe cLcthyde suroke a Se = of those elephants might frighten : ea aa ' clear-| them further, 'mum' was the word Lae: See yet) "However, I halted them on pre- ecient SRS tence of desiring a rest, and after inspect a €gin | an hour's delay we all started once ' police enq 8, which) more My 'cycle enabled me to proved beyond doubt that Beck had scout: cautiously in advance, but as} suffered for the crimes of another|] expected the elephants had gone man. to some more sequestred sylvan re He was granted a "free pardon"| treat and nothing more was seen of which established his innecence ; but | them. -| would perish | HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, - of activity and the human race in a paroxysm ot joyous delirium, of universal light- -adedness,' and would probably be quite glad to do so. "What will dppes if Halley's| | whole = apes and sa | for several : Whit e-pa England announcing principles. Previously of the General Staff" designation of the strategic director of now that each Domi the Regular Army ine perial'" is added to the Some interesting s particu now available concerning th Imperial General Staff. The quarters are to be in Lon each Dominio will have the forces of He together for wa confusion of ideas. the same strategic m: litary. tion, and the leaders will therefore be The ideal to be all divisions of th should be capable as parts of a whol. be realized when all the trained by « one brain ae all members will bagti school of war. . over-sea troops ficers selecte: S. seetion. commander: in- hick the elBosss comprisi gs 'staff, headquartered i1 will he' the pick of the stat of the whole of the bee. 8. leges, on the. model. of Camberley and Quetta, tablished in Canada, Sou New Zealand and Aust. ficers will be exchanged b 'the various parts of the that a very broad Roe: tained by all. As a beginning, nominated' veral officers te on the a staf " and whites of thers Or <i Te yR-One and times more. rush of arbor i gas Ae re tion auld do its work on our 5 after unfolding all these per- id eo us, and arousing our fears, M Flammarion bids us not to be uneasy. Immense as are comets' tails, they are so light, so rarefied, that the terrestial atmosphere is as lead ia comparison, and even if our world were completely immersed in one, we would doubtless be protect- ed from any disaster by this atmos- pherie shield. In fact, the comet would be just like a dense mist and the. earth like the railway train that dashes/¢ through it at full speed. Perhaps there may be a display of shooting stars, with a beautiful view of au- rora borealis. And the earthy twice had experic: through a comet's tail, 1861, and it appears none the wor for the experience. L, hat it will he the s»m after, all, at ANGLED FOR BANK N¢ Englishman Arrested in Paris for an Ingenious Crime. ino ing lishman has been arrested An E here for an ingenious crime. He was well dressed and carried a cold-headed cane, and was caught pocketing £800 in bank notes which did not belong to him. E or some time past the ce had been trying to find out how es numbers of bank notes disap- ne ated from the counters of seve ral banking institutions in Paris. The notes always vanished as the clerk Paris po- lic ls away from a clerk who was count ing notes. Apparently he wast very busy with some calculati Hs, anc on the desk Jay his goldef-nobbed cane, with the fer under | way'shand. The detectives. were surprised to notice a from the gold handle of spring issue the quietly drawn towards Galoway. SaaS > mae ae debt | thing to run into to crawl out. It's one and another An engagement ring is surely one kind of an exclusive circle. As an eye-opener what's the mat- ter with an alarm clock? Love makes the heart light even when the moon is behind a cloud. A pigeon coos without opening its bill. Don't believe everything you hear over a telephone wire. One never réalizes how elastic iy busy. sick at tion ; was counting them, and their dis- appearance was the more remark- able as no stranger Was ever "no- ticed near the bundle Recently two detectives notices the man at a desk several yajals| Cane and tuck itself into the band round | a parcel of notes, which were then | the truth is until the gossfps- = ts aol knowledge of the iE oa Mm we any ee. Field Artil} distinetion in staff, goes from Captain H. A. S, 'Wilkinson, 4 commands the Western Austral Infantry Regiment, also goes as volunteer representative. Two ovs sea officers are already serning the staff at the War Office, Yyp Sir Wiliam Nicholson, these be Captain C. B. B. White, Australis and Captain H. Kemmis Bett: Canada. PERSONNEL OF STAFF. The new Imperial General -$ when fully constituted, will be follows :-- : Chief of the Imperial Gen Staff (War Office): General -- William Nicholson. (Duties fence policy and organization f the Imperial Army; training, of Imperial Army; war plans; edues selection.) . : 'tor of military operati on Office): Major-General J. 1s al to3 Daa ) f Se Be | Ce) GQioi aet a i call, Direct: of milit (War Office): Brigadi: J. Murray. Chief of the Imperi Ge wt staff in Indi: 4 onera tar a; Lieut.-Cienera oh Chief of the Canadian s G. 8.: Major-General Sir P Chiefs of the Austre'- ra} the 2 Fd- Afr ice an and New ™ m ns : EF oGes iers' Vietoriz ass to Joseph LORD KITOFAustag ia, hy 5, The chicf of 'an Over-sea eels will give advice on local policy; will organi ze loeal forees on the accepted. State policy, prepare de- fence Alans, train troops and edu-- eat "and select officer: He will be, Feo8isted by a divector ot operations who will prepare plans for Lowi ence and for contingents joi ing Impe1 'ial field force. There will} ) be a director of training and tall duties, who will train the! troops. Regular Empire confor: ences will be held under the chief « ithe Imperial general staff who, i Labout two ars' time : ae when the will no 10 doubt. af ay whe ; ; plan 1s complete, Loml Kitchener, ws Seopa tok, Oe ~ ve X CAN You -B She--"T don't see oe to marty. more ¢ ee He--'But, my: dear, Be spamething to eat." : ; e (petulantly)--"Tsn: that j if like a man. Alwa [ fy, stoma." Ww ys thinking of Every time a man _ fails | good he invents: 2 ne deen, four bo ed from 11: partly aR af age o bay year et by het +