tation. e paar yaw g out who is genuinely, and not super- ficially, a,friend of the Bridegroom, will pay gladly what it costs to be ready to meet him, and not come clamoring at the gate when it is too late, 12. I know you not--We are not told whether the foolish virgins ob- tained their oil, or whether the Bridegroom relented and opened the door later. But this solemn word seems to signify, that the be- lated attempt to fix up so as to look like his friends was unsuccessful. "The mere wish to enter the king- dom, and even the request to be allowed to enter, is of little avail when the prescribed conditions of obtaining admission have been -per- sistently neglected." He is sure to see uS as we are, and-not as we try to make ourselves appear, and to recognize us as his own by our abiding his coming. 3 Watch therefore--Our Lord knew full well that the church would not be vividly awake upon his return, that '"'expectancy would flag and ardor burn low."' "But well for such as carry in their souls a deep spring of, faith ad love, and, when the cry is raised at midnight, awaken with glad surprise to greet him."' 3. S. LESSON = INTERYATIONAL LESSON, oct. 2. Lesson I. The Wise and Foolish Vir- gins, Matt, 25. 1-43. Golden Vext, Luke 12. 40. Verse 1. Then--Indicating the lewpoint of the parable. Jesus 'has just finished speaking of the coming of the Son of man in judg- ment, At that time events will take place as described in this pic- ture and the one following. The kingdom of heaven--Consid- ered both as a present and a future reality. The ten virgins represent those who are members of the king- dom as we see it in the visible church, and who are therefore can- didates for membership in the kingdom which is to be. So, in pomo sense, they are all friends of the bridegroom. Took their lamps--Oriental wed- dings usually occur after dark, and one of the principal features is the procession, when the friends go forth to meet the bridegroom and accompany him to the house of the bride's parents. All the details are, of course, not capable of imterpre- he number ten, Standing for completeness, is the entare num- ber of those who make up the ex- pectant church. Among the Jews, ten constituted a congregation. The lamps stand for the outward pro- fession of church members. To sarry a lamp is to announce to the world a definite purpose to be coun- ted among the friends of Christ, who of course is the bridegroom. The bride is not mentioned, simply because the church here is depicted in the wise and witless virgins. 2, Five . . . were foolish -- Not bad, but improvident and careless. 8. Took no oil with them -- The oil symbolizes all that is inward in the life of the Christian. With- out that grace which is infused by the abiding Spirit all the externals of religion, such as philanthropies and creedal confessions, are lack- ing in warmth and light; indeed, are a cumbrance to those who bear these empty lamps and a cause of stumbling to those who may look to them for guidance. Jesus is not speaking of hopeless hypocrites ; the foolish had a little oil, that is, a modicum of true religion. But they hadn't any to spare for an emer- gency, and have been well compar- ed to those of the parable of the soils who had no depth of earth. 4. The wise took oil in their ves- eels--The lamps are probably to be understood as torches, consisting of poles wrapped on one end with oily rags. These, of course, would burn only a limited time, and so would need to be replenished with oil THE CUP THAT CHEERS TRA-DRINKING 1S POPULAR IN CANADA. People Don't Understand Drawing 1t--Not Always Freshly Mads. The hold which the tea drinking habit has on the Canadian people is not generally realized. From a recent official document dealing «ith the world's tea production it is learned that Canada stands third among the tea drinking nat}ons, being beaten only by Australia and the United Kingdom. The following figures show the consumption per annum in pounds per head of population: Australia .... United Kingdom ... CAGaGae icc, ces ccs is Ghat 5: «ew ee re United States Russia .... Norway Denmark .... Germany .... .«. PUENOG sss dae «eee WE DON'T MAKE IT RIGHT. In one respect the high place Ca- nada occupies in showing & prefer- ence for the cup which cheers is not surprising. Canadians drink tea morning, noon and night. The consumption per capita would be much greater if the properties of good tea were as well understood bo te PO we cn CORR RH nnoursd - Oo ee S 2 & SIGHTED SINKING SHIP CAPTAIN AND FIVE DYING SAILORS RESCUED. \ ' oo Brifish Vessel From Barbadocs Brought to Light a Tragic Story. During the past summer the Brit- ish steamer Ikalis, two days: out from Barbadoes, sighted a sinking sloop, flying signals of distress, and in a few minutes had come upon one of these mute histories that make the terror and the romance of the seas. The sloop was the little Sunlight, a wandering cargo carrier between small ports of the islands of Anti- gua and Barbadoes. She lay yawn- ing helplessly in the light puffs of wind, her canvas flapping, her wheel idle, her master and his crew of five flat on the decks, There was no water and no food in sight. In a few minutes the men had been hoisted aboard the steamer and, after an hour's work, revived. Then came thanks and explana- tions. VINEGAR AND SUGAR. Captain J. Frank, owner of the Sunlight, said that he had run in- to a fog a few hours out of Anti- gua, had lost his bearings and for thirteen days he and his crew had been living on vinegar and sugar. How long they had been uncon- scious before the Ikalis bore down on them he did not know. "A member of the crew was to have been married to his sweet- heart when we reached Barbada,'"' said Captain Frank, "but I guess that's an interrupted romance." As the fog came on the sloop began to take water and the crew worked at the pumps until exhaust- ed. Distress signals were set after a storm washed their wood and water supplies overboard, and for nearl ytwo weeks their sole susten- ance was sugar saturated with yine- ear from a barrel which had stayed lashed fast. DYING ON DECK, When the storm cleared it was found that the compass had gone with the provisions, and the crew pumped water and sailed reckless- ly until, one by one, they were overcome from exhaustion and star- vation and each, in his. turn stretched himself out on the deck to die, Captain Frank was the last man to give in. "Without a compass we were sail- ing wildly, in the mad hope that some vessel would pick us up," he said. "L was at the wheel the last I rewember with my men lying about me, dying. I guess I keeled over in my turn, too. The first I knew was when they brought me to on the Ikalis." When the rescued men had been : MINES DRIVEN UNDER SEA. An Ever Present Danger to Miners Along British Coast. Mining under the sea is continu- ed to a considerable extent in Great Britain. It was only a short time ago that the overhead seas of the Whitehaven mine burst through the sea floor and drowned scores of men in the workings, making the fur- ther resumption of work impossible. Workington, a near neighbor tp Whitehaven, once had its under sea mine, into which one day the waters of the Ivish Sea suddenly burst: drowning the thirty-six men who. were working out the coal. In all of this mining the sea floor ordin- arily is only a few yards above the workers' heads and the uncertain- ty of the ocean bed lends the chief risk to the workings. One of the most famous of exist- ing sea mines was the Bottallack, a copper mine at Penzance. The coast is rocky there amd shelves sharply down into the water. Into this hill ten galleries were driven: each of them stopping within a few rards of the floor of the sea, As the mine work went on at different levels the hill became honeycombed with galleries and mine rooms un- til the Atlantic began to leak in at scores of places, causing its aban- donment. Stories are told of the times when under influence of heavy storms breaking on the coast the Atiantic drove in with thunderous sounds upon the thin strata lying between the miners and the water. Mighty boulders were flung about, crash- ing and grinding on the ocean bot- tem until the stoutest hearted workers in the mine ran in terror from their work. Among the work- ers deafness because of the thun- ders of the ocean was common, and men left the mine often in hysteri- cal condition. To this day, however, visitors in quiet weather may explore many of its galleries for considerable dis- tances. Originally the drifts ex- tended a third of a mile under the ocean, The late King Edward en- tered it several years ago, and un- der the quietest sea rolling just above his head he discovered the temper of his subjects who once toiled there in all weathers merely that they might earn their bread. Within a few miles of the Bottal- ANCESTRY ON THE KING DIFFERENT STRAINS TRACED BACK BY GENEALOGISTS. _-- One Back to the Flood--Others Bring in Scoteh, Lrish, Persian and Norwegian. Enthusiastic genealogists have been busy since King George's ac- cession tracing his ancestry to rul- ers who flourished before the Ohris- tian era, and some of the most in- genious have persuaded themselves that they can fill up all the gaps between the King and Noah, from whom the theologians declare, of course, that all mankind is descend- ed. There is no doubt, however, that King George's ancestors, <i- rect and through the all-embracing medium of intermarriage, include every kingly name of importance from the days of the early Saxons, long before William the Norman's expedition that changed the face of the map of Britain. There is plen- ty of evidence existing to show that King George can trace his descent almost directly to Cedric, who, in 534, A. D., was King of Wessex, exactly 532 years before the Con- querer set foot in England. From Cedric descended Egbert, the first King of a united Hngland. He was followed in 871 by Alfred the Great, whose name is indisso- lubly «nitted with the progress of learning in England. In the same direct Saxon line came Matilda, who, after marrying Stephen» fought with him for THE ENGLISH THRONE. which was ascenden by her Henry Il. It is here that the Conqueror's sony of King George, for William was great-grandfather to Henry, who was the first of the Plantagenet kings. The line now is direct and incontrovertible. It passes along through all the English kings, em- bracing Plantagenets, Lancastri- ans, 'Cudors, Stuarts and Hanov- erians, until we have Edward, Duke of Kent, the son ef George Il], and Victoria the Good, Edward's daugh- lack copper mine is mine, one of the richest ever opened in England. Copper and tin to the value of 810,000,000 have been taken from its ferty galleries extending under the bed of the sea. Its lowest gallery runs directly out into the ocean floor for a mile. A few years ago a geologist who was one of a party of visitors under escort of of- ficials of the mine wandered away a few yards as the rest of them talked. Discovering something which resembled a plug overhead he was fingering it when ene of the officials rushed up: "My dear sir," he exclaimed, the Levant | itrace King Ge majesty. But there are genealogists who | Cedric the Saxon. Going back to | those distant monarchs, Gyges and | Lydian and Byrus the Great, they trace the relationship in this wise: Croesus, fourth in descent Gyges, who reigned in Lydia in the year 718 B. C., had a sister named Arienes, who married Astyages King of Medina. Their grand- daughter,-Bardave, was united to Cyrus the Great, who reigned over Persia in 559 B. O., and was killed by Tomyris after a sanguinary bat- PHOTOGRAPHING A "RHINO." Operator Took Great Risk to Geta Good Picture. ; : Regarded merely as a matter of sport, hunting with a camera is in- comparably better than hunting | solely to kill, although it may some- : times happen that, inorder to save his 'own life, the photographer 18 forced to shoot. An instance of this sort happened to a writer in Everybody's Magazine. He and his party were stalking "rhinos." Al- though the wind was in their favor, they had to use extreme care, be- cause they must cross a bare, open stretch of ground, utterly lacking in cover. They were crawling 25 quietly as possible, when they sud- denly discovered a third rhino al- most directly down-wind, and only a little more than a hundred yards away. _ A few steps farther, and the wind would have given him our scent-- a int the gentienan WOULd Pos-' sibly hail by charging upon uS full tilt. Lhis would have placed u& between two fires, between him and the other two, in case they did not run; and hardly relishing the idea, we turned and crawled the other way. Once out of range of his nose, however, we turned, and with the telephoto lens I took a number of pictures at long range. In the midst of this, we were de- lighted to see the old boy get ready for his noonday nap, First of all he began turning in his tracks just as a dog will do, sniffing at the ground about him. Then, when he had made sure it was to his liking, he finally laid himself down. No- thing could have been more satis- factory, and exercising every cau- tion, we moved forward until we were within twenty yards of the huge, unconscious slumberer. : Our hearts were beating as if to blood begins to flow into the veins | break when we stood up and gazed | at him, for we fully expected a) sudden and dangerous charge. Clark, who stood beside me, held the big rifle ready for instant use, while { trained the camera on our friend. For some seconds -- they seemed like hours then--we stood absolutely quiet, making no sound ; ment. islept on, breathing lalthough not quite so beautifully, | ter and grandmother of his present, orge's ancestry to 2| 'more remote period than that of | from | 1 although we trembled with excite- 4 2e rhino, however, still as peacefully, as a child, and utterly oblivious of the presence of his enemy--man. Then, when we could endure the suspense no longer, I called aloud to him, "Come on, there !" Never was an order more prompt- ly and explicitly obeyed. At the sound of my voice he was up like a flash. One look showed him where we stood; he emitted a petulant snort, raised his waving tail, and --came ! fo stand and focus the lens on him was not so easy as it sounds. If you have ever by chance stood directly in front of an oncoming express, you can imagine a part of the feeling. On the big brute came; GREAT PALAGE OF PEACE) MAGNIFICENT BUH DING BE- ING ERECTED NEAR RAGUE. ees ae ---- International Coxrt of Arbiltation. In the grounds of t¥s beautiful little palace midway brtween The. Haguo and Schevenrsen, where! lived and died Princess Anna Pau-_ lowna, the grandmothes of the. Queen of Holland, 200 men are at' work building the Palace of Peace, |. which on its. completion in 1913>_ will become the headquarters of the International Court of Arbitration. , The Palace of Peace will, if Mr. Andrew Carnegie's dream come true, says The London Daily Ex-- press, be the future battleground of all nations, and here in its mag- nificent council chamter the great-| est international jurists will arbi-' trate on the quarrels of the world. | . Powards this happy end the Am-; erican steel king has contributed £3000,000 to assist in the erection' and maintenance of the building,/ "helieving,"? as the deed of trust: of October 7, 1903, puts it, 'that; the establishment of a Permanent. Court of Arbitration by the treaty of July 29, 1899, is the MOST IMPORTANT STEP forward of a worldwide bimanitar-, ian character which has ever been, taken by the joint powers, as it) must ultimately banish war, and further, being of opinion that the cause of the Peace Conference will, greatly benefit by the erection of a courthouse and library for the Per- manent court of Arbitration." The site on which the Palace of Peace is being built covers sixteen acresy and was acquired by the Dutch Government at a cost of £58,000. The architect, whose design was selected by the international jury from' 216 others submitted, is M. L. M. Cordonnier, of Lille, and with him is associated Mr. J. A. G. van der Steur, of Haarlem, as resident architect. The plans pro- vide for a building of brick and stotie, with roof of blue Welsh slates, in character partly Flemish and Dutch, ef a type reminiscent of some of the old Belgian town halls. 'The main part of the palace is the ground floor. 'ne entrance is ap-' proached by curving slopes, flanked by a magnificent terrace, extending on either side. On the left a tower, rises to a height of 260 feet. The court or council chamber is a hall 70 feet long, 40 feet wide, and 33 feet high. Three windows on one side face three IMPOSING GALLERIES on the other. A dais for the tribu- nal rises. at one end, fronting @ great window. This chamber is connected by a corridor, lined with Greek and Italian marble, with the Wil! Become the Head-uarters of ' b rom the little earthen jar carried for that purpose. If the inner life ~*is nourished by the Spirit, there will be light for each day and for all that the future may require. 6. The bridegroom tarried--The cause for this delay is not given. The one thing certain is that, tle in 580.B. C. From this union came Artaxerxes, Memnon, and Araces Magnus, | King of, Parthia. From this house | descended Basil, the Macedonian | Emperor of Constantinople, whose | granddaughter, Luitgarda, married bigger and bigger he grew on the camera's ground-glass screen. I dared not remove my eyes from it for fear of losing the focus; and so I stood till it seemed as if the beast were ready to step on me. When I thought he was about to | refreshed and strengthened they insisted on returning to We doom- ed Sunlight, which had been kept in sigst. Accordingly they were put aboard with a store of water and provisions, but while the Ikalis was bidding them adieu they called 'vou must not do that, you know !"' "Hr--but why not?' inquired the visitor as the official caught his | arm. 'Why, it will let in the Atlantic, you know."' as they are in England. One of the requisites of good .tea is that it should be fresh made, and there is hardly a restaurant in England which does not contain the legend "fresh tea for each customer." smaller court situated at the base of the tower. The remainder of the floor is taken up by reading rooms» consultation-rooms, and a vast map library. The upper floor is set apart for the rooms of the Admin- though his coming may not be at an hour expected, it is bound to eccur. All slumbered--Both wise and foolish. It was natural, and in the _ story may be regarded as "a mer- ciful concession to human weak- ness. It is impossible for creatures such as we are to keep our relig- ious life always at high pressure."' Others look upon the figure as meaning the repose of faith, a "se- rene confidence in God.' Some- times all we can do is to wait, and, if all is in readiness,: it is well. But the slumber of the foolish is a false complacency. 6. At midnight--The cry breaks uponthe drowsy senses of the wait- ing virgins with startling sudden- ' ness, Our Lord had just desoribed his coming as a lightning gleam, the swoop of eagles, and the surge of a flood (Matt. 24.27, 28, 37). The time for preparation has gone en- tirely by; now, all that is left is to go forth to meet him. ' mt. All arose, and trimmed their lamps--Both wise and foolish at the last moment required to do little trimming. Who of us in the Md but will feel the need of, and be grateful for the chance of, a _ hurried prayer? : 8. Our lamps are going out--It is an artist's touch which makes the going out of these lamps coincident with the coming of the bridegroom. A formal religion may barely do to get a man through this life, but it ~jeaves him in darkness when the summons sounds, 9. There will not be enough for us and you--In that day no man will have more than enough for himself. And, even if he should, he would be unable to communicate it to another. Each man must buy for himself. The personal experi- ence of Christ's grace is only for _ those who are willing to pay the price. 10. While they went away to buy ---Why is it that men put off, till some great crisis forces them to it, the thing that they can do so easily at any Moment' Lhere 15 an interval between the warning ery and the actual coming of the bridegroom, but it is not long' enough to transact the business for which there has been ample time iven before. These five were fool- ish to the last, for they ought to _ have considered that the merchants would be asleep at such an hours and that the bridegroom would have come and gone. The door was shut--For those that were ready this meant secur- ity and the delights of the marri- age feast, For those who were not ready it meant banishment and darkness. 1. Lord .. . open to us---Their ; st, then, is just in being adl- - mitted to the feast. There are ety people who want to get to ven, but they make very mea- "yer prepexatious for it, The man ts tas cl SS. Judging by the boiled concoction which is served out as tea in res- taurants in cities, a very consider- able saving in quantity at the ex- pense of quality is effected. The custom of having five o'clock tea which is general in the old country is also doubtless responsible for the prominent position the United Kingdom holds among tea drinking nations. ALMOST A NECESSITY. The Canadian Journal of Com- merce, in referring to tea consump- tion, says that although it is not absolutely a necessary of life, it is absolutely a necessary of life, it is so considered one of the principal lux- uries for the table of all classes of people, especially those of British race or descent. When it was first introduced into England at tne time of the later Stuarts, the price was so high that only the wealthy could afford it, a present to the second Charles costing the donors $10 a pound. In the reign of William and Mary a duty of $1.20 per pound, with a 5 per cent. ad valor- em, was imposed. At that time not more than 5,000 pounds per year were imported into Great Britain. To-day the annual importation is more liko 300,000,000 pounds. Dd SENTENCE SERMONS. Love is the secret of loyalty. he rage for gold defers the gol- den age. Heaven hardships. A good deal of honest impiety is due to sham piety. No man wap ever yet led into truth by shaking. a fist at him, The only way to make others good is to make good ourselves. The pessimists are the people who analyze the game, but never get in- to it. ; None get on the heights with the divine who are not on the level with men. A man who has many strings on his hands is sure to around his feet. Our poverty is more likely to be due to the good we miss than to the goods we loxe. The best way to meet some ene- mies is to slav them first and argue with them afterwards. When the church goes into the circus business the side shows soon swallow up the main tent. Nothing will keep men from _be- coming saints better than the sight of some who are dead sure they are. is often hidden in our eae Mrs. Howard--"The walls of your apartment are very thin, they?' Mrs. Coward--"'Oh, very! We could actually hear our 'neigh- bors having celery for dinner last L nightla. See ee get some, aren't | for help. The storm-strained little Sunlight was sinking. The Ikalis took them off again, the Sunlight was abandoned and the shipwreck- ed were brought to port. a. UNCOMFORTABLE BEDFELLOW A Trayeller Tells of His Troubles in Abyssinia. A dog may be man's best friend but one can have a bit too much even of a friend. At leapt, such was the conclusion Mansfield Park- yns came to while travelling in Af- rica. He tells his experience in "Life in Abyssinia.'"' The whole country was moistened by rains; in the low plains the deep mud was highly disagreeable to bar: feet, softening the skin and rendering it more easily penetrated by thorns. The reader may ask how we man- aged to sleep on the stoppy bosom of a bog. It was quite simple. We got hydropathic treatmect gratis. Our mattresses were pieces of wood and stone placed on caough stones to keep them out of the mad. These, with pieces of tanned hide spread over them, formed our Leds. When the rain came the hide was our covering, too. Now this may not seem a comfortable sort of a couch; indeed, it is nv; luxuyious, and requires a knack of turning round like a dog, and an adapting of the body to the ris:igs and heol- lows of the bed. One couldn's sleep well if he rested his hip ne on the apex of a conical pebble. My dog did not like rain, so when it stormed he came whinning, determined to get under cover. He was a good, friendly beast, but he was rather large for a bedfellow, being as big as a Newfoundland. His long, thick, coarse hair when wet was odoriferous. The day's tramp rough the mud did not tend to cleamse him, and he was never very choice in his dirt. So, when he would attempt to force his way in, I would say, "Maychal, so far as board goes you shall share iny last crumb, but, really, my bed is just large enough for me." But he would never listen to rea- son. He would seize the corner of the leather in 'his teeth and tug away at it, letting on to me a few quarys of water. As the best of a bad job, I would at last let him in, but he would not be satisfied until he got the best place. Fifty times, roused by some sound, he would plant his great paws on my nose, eyes, mouth, any- where, bark with fury, dash off, dragging the comforter with him, and then come back, wet and reek- ing, and demand to be taken in again. This was a jsample of my nights. * You've got no kick coming of you deserve the mean things said about It is believed that the rosy Brit- isher didn't regain all his color for two days afterward. From either side of the Frith of Forth coal mines have been run under the water until the ends of the galleries almost meet under the sea, Off the county of Durham are sev- eral great submarine coal mines, of which the famous Monk Wearmouth colliery has workings so vast and intricate as to make it approach the size of a city of bleak streets. On one occasion the North Sea gallons a minute, but the flow fin- ally was checked. At the present time a 200 horse-power engine is required to keep the mine clear of water. LEAGUE FOR THE SEASICK. Discovered That Prevention is Easier Than Cure. There exists in Paris a league against seasickness, which was founded three years ago, and whose continued existence proves that it has not attained its object. It has discovered no specific against seasickness. In fact the journal it publishes hardly ever recommends anything in the line of drugs. It advises travellers by sea to sing, talk, play and amuse one an- other; in a word to find occupation for body and mind. Do not he down is another recommendation. Wear a wide, tight belt which does not squeeze you. If possible choose your time of travel by sea. In winter the sea is generally rough for five or six days at a time and then smooth; in summer a high wind may be counted on every fif- teen or twenty days. The last quarter of the moon is considered an unfavorable time, especially from November to March or April. The equinoxes, March 21 to 31, and September 21 to 30, should be avoided if possible. Smooth seas may be hoped for when the moon is fwll and after the spring and autumn rains have eaten down the waves. The league advocates preventive tréatment. Get your sea legs be- fore going to sea. For this purpose it advises two hours a day on a swing for weeks or months before sailing and a free indulgence in rid- ing the merry-go-rounds found at every French fair, Take as many camel rides as*you can; if camels are not handy devote yourself to the toboggan, switchbacks, water- chutes, looping the loop, and when you are at home use a rocking chair, The league is very strong on the rocking chair, a thing almost un- known in France, and maintains that Americans and English are less troubled by seasickness than the French, not because they travel é J 'Elector of Hanover, broke into it at the rate of 3,000) 2 ¢ Arnoph, Count of Holland. From him the line proceeds through the royal house of France to Isabel de Angouleme, whose marriage with King John of England united the blood of Gyges of Lydia with that of THE CONQUEROR. This erudite genealogist also trac- es King George's French ancestors through Hanoverian channels. George I: of England, who was married So- phia, the daughter of Eleanor d'Olbreuse, one of the beauties of one of the most ancient families of Poitou, who was maid of honor to the Princess de Tarente. Still an- other French heritage of ancestry brings in Charlemagne, while the House of Trajan and that of Ruric of Russia also contribute their pat- rician strain. Irish people, who hesitate on the threshold of loyalty, might remem- ber that King Georgo is also a de- scendant of the Irish kings, his first ancestor of whom we_ have any knowledge being Conaire Mor, or Conairy the Great, who lived half a dozen centuries before the Chris- tian era. From him came Malcolm Can Mor, who married the Prin- cess Margaret, sister of Edgar Ath eling, the Saxon. The Scottish an- cestry includes such mighty histori- cal characters as James IV. of Scotland, James V. and Mary Queen of Scots. do not scruple to trace the line of Noah, by way of the' ancient Nor- wegian houses, of Elidure, King of Britain, and of Antenon, King of the Cimnerians, but as the ground is insecure it were better not to probe too deeply into an ancestry dating from the flood. *. NEW MOSQUITO DESTROYER. Returned travellers from. the Panama say the mosquitoes are rapidly disappearing. They keep putting oil on the swamps, but no longer petroleum. Instead, they use what is called there "mosquito oil,' which is a mixture of rosim and carbolic acid. It is cheaper than petroleum and is made on the isthmus. There are between fifty and a hundred men who are kept busy spraying the swamps by means of little pumps. ' Ly »? poison in your system, Patient-- "Shouldn't wonder. stuff you gave me?" Yeast--"Does your wife ever sit with her chin resting on her knees?' Crimsonbeak--"No; my my wife seldom sits with her chin more, but = they pass hours MeTOCRUNG CUMNIBe foe a resting at all' There are even genealogists who | George of England to the patriarch | | dangerous in the collection ! |ing calmly astride the great, strip: still | Doctor--"You have some sort of | : i walked What was that! : stick his horn through the camera and all, I released the catch of the shutter, and there I had him! The click of the shutter was the signal for Clark to do his part. At the moment our friend was aimed head-on towards us. But Clark fired,--rather gladly, too, and at the shock of the bullet the rhino turned aside, He was so close, however, that although he sheered off abrupt- ly, he passed not more than a doz} en feet away, o ee me RUBBING DOWN A TIGER. Tho Great Animal Thoroughly En- joyed the Experience, It has often been said that a wild beast will not attack a human be- ing unless the latter phows sigas of fear or the beast is very hun- gry. The following anecdote of- fers some evidence to support that statement, Some years ago the manager of a menagerie in Moscow required an extra assistant to clean out chges. The manager, a Frenchman, knew no Russian, and the Cossack whom he hired knew no French; but by dint of vivid ands practical panto- mine on the part of the one and ready attention on the part of the other, they got on admirably, While demonstrating how the work should be done, they came finally to the cage of a very tame antelope, which was the pet of all the keepers. Rake, broom, sponges and buckets were carried into the cage, and the manager, without any idea of set- ting an example, but merely as a treat for the antelope, brushed and sponged the animal. He then turned the instruments over to his new man and went to hip office. On returning an hour or so later, he was horrified to discover the Cossack inside the cage of a full- istrative Council and the perman- ent officials, and for the library of 200,000 volumes. In the centre of the building is a courtyard 144 feet long by 111 feet wide, with foun- tain in the centre, through which all the air used in the building will. be pumped. The whole palace iy 260 feet square. At the suggestion of Baron d' Estournelles de Constant, all cotin- | tries are contributing towards the internal decoration. Tt . UNIQUE TAXIDERMY. Stuffed Birds, Beasts and Fishes Placed in Dramatic Groups, Beneath the shadow of the ruined}, castle at Bramber, England, there/ is a novel and interesting museum. | The exhibits are principally exam- ples of the art of the taxidermist says the Strand Magazine; but the subjects are treated in such a hu- morous manner as to rehder the museum unique in England. From a child's point of view it isy a veritable Wonderland, reminis- cent of the strange gights seen by Alice when she made her journey into that delectable country. The adult is no less amused and agree- ably surprised at the wonderful in- genuity there displayed, The idea of thus combining the art of the taxidermist with that of the humorist was generated in thel brain of W. Potter. In 1861 Mr. Potter set to work to construct hi first set piece, illustrating the "Death and Burial of Cock Rob. in.'? 'The work was done in Mr. Potter's spare time and was not! completed until seven years had elapsed. The whole of the incidents in the, story are graphically portrayed, { and as evidencing the patience and grown tiger--a splendid, untamed brute, recently brought frem the jungle, and considered the most | stand- | : Be hg ed body and vigorously scrubbing | its thick fur. Transfixed, the manager watched while the powerful body stretched itself out aH full length on_ the | floor of the cage, the great paws sprawled comfortably, the fierce eyes closed, and the savage throat emitted a series of mighty, but} whole-souled and grateful purrs. The Cossack' did his work thor- oughly, and when it war completed to his entire satisfaction, he gave the beast a good-natured pat on the head, gathered up his tools and unconcernedly out and} locked the door, Riisrcermencyaaenmeveny Willie--"'Pa, why is it the great writers and poets always refer to peace as 'sweet peace'? Pa--"I suppose it is because peace should always be autora hie Sree aa, | cmbarracgad peuseverance exercised by Mr. Pot- ter it may be stated that no fewer than 100 specimens of British birds are included in the setting. In addition to the birds which figure in the story there are the cuckoo, nightingale, goldfish, hawkfineh, bramble finch, whyneck, ete. Much ingenuity is displayed in ithe arrangement of the "fish with his dish,"' the 'fly with hin little eye,' the owl, the bull rendered in miniature, the rock, and the mourn- ing birds all a-sighing and a-sob bing. ne ela A Hard Moment. . 'Well, Jim," said Bingleton, as ha yroudly showed off his first-born, "what do you think of that for a kid?" "He's some kid, all right,-all right," returned Jim unemotionally. "Think he hooks like me, old man?" persisted Bingleton. : "Fi-m | Bill, I----well, old pal, to tell you the | truth, I'm aftaid he does t"' replied the -- =F : « Well--er---ah --hum-- well,