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quarter deck with Buddhist collects embossed on the tires. so that the blcycle Will become an instmmeqt of pleasure and a pray- erâ€"book combumd. has adopted the bicycle to serve the needs of the praying Wheel as used by the followers of his creed. Instead of attaching the written prayer to the mistamary wheel which is generally turned by a convenient stream of run- ning water. the new vogue is, to fix the prayer to the hub of the’ bicycle Wheel, so that the faster the rider can pedal the better ‘he can pray. Although there appears to be a spice of sacrilege in the practice, it is apparently catch- ing on, for rumor has it: that American To so great an extent have the J ap- anese adopted European methods and models that an enterprising Buddhist earthquake or tornado. There shculd be sympathy with the suffering and resignation to God’s will, not impatient anger against heaven’s laws. Sub- 1111198110111 is an essential element of Strength, and should be shown in thought as wall as in motion. ity is unattainabfl-e, the. chance of acci- dent must always be taken, and when catastrophe occurs, 21111 that remains is to consider that something beyond hu- mtw prevention has happened, like an earthquake or tornado. TDbere should There is no use in growing impa- tient and resentful over accidents, and to do so omlry reveals a painful lack of [moral stamina. So long as a percentage of risk against which knolw't that God reigns a weakness is his strangth. But there is. Otnilay too: much reason to of hiystez'ia bomn ‘of selfishness, that is, of horror wt the thought that we maght be involved in a. similar catastrophe. Sympathy is a. part of the imagination and excited in our own- behalf, invents horrors which curdlle the blood. It would be Wiser in such cases toculti- vate resignation than to give way to resentment, to sit down quietfly and ask ourselves Whether we are hon- estly sympathetic or only fearful and us. Death comes mice to all men,: when and how is beyond our controil, and the mmt useless at all things is to IPRAYING BICYCLE FOR BUDD- of sympathy with sufferilng, or! a shar- ing of the horror felt by relations. and survivurs, it is perhaps to {be condoned. It is perhaps only natural that, with our limited View of the divine purposes. the feeding produ ed by catastrophes involving unusual loss of Me should P3611. with nothing to take its place that. shocks the miimd. ought only to increase the feeling of dismay and hormr. The reason may be found, we believe, in the suddenness and magnitude of the loss, and. the utter [flank left behind. The indivi- dual; dies in his bed, after an illness which prepares the mind for the shock of his departure. He is only a unit in a vast aggregation of «population. and he leaves a successor to fill his place and duties. In a great catas- trophe a hundred Ilives end suddenly, like the snuffimg out of a candle. There is no warning or preparation to miti- gate the shod! of their exit, or to di- minish the sense of [flank which it leaves behind. It is this sense which, more than anything else, appalls the imagination. .W'e have grown used to thinking of the decease of the indivi- dual as a necessary part of the proâ€" gress and growth of ' human society. But sudden destruction of agreat numb her (if llives seem to threaten an arrest of that growth, to introduce an eiemient of incoherence and incompfieteness into the plan at the universe. It is the ‘ abrupt and apparently purposeless ‘ breaking of the continuity of this ‘ It is insular how much more the imagination is affected by the loss of. a. dozen or a hundred lives in a. great catastrophe than by the gradual: death during a. long peribd of the same num- ber ofpersoms. In theiiatter ease the sense (If loss is less, the places of the dead being quickiy filled by the con. stant repnxiuction of society. But Why should the pain and suffering and death of a. hundred individuais, even if spread over months or years and with the renewal of society assured. impress us less than the concentratiml of all this grief and loss in a. single experie'mm? The never-ending deathl 3 OT ES AND 6051111153" TS BeltlerOPHJx: how much more theiTHIs INCIDENT HAPPENED DURINu silver and gold. Of the former the value was $2,100,689, as against $977,- 229 in 1895. : The production of gold increased. from $1,266,954 in 1895 tq $1,- 788. 206 in 1896. Thus the total produc- tion of the pmcidus metals was 33,- 888,895. ar $1,644,712 more than in 1895, From the great silver-lead district of According to the annual report of te Minister of Miners of British Co- lumbia, the value of the mineral out- put of the province during the year ‘AA‘ Value of the l keep «the enemy in check, while the noble crew of the Simcoe was brought to shore in boats. The Yankee fleet passed along not far from the shore, and the artillery moved along at an equal pace, and a hot fire was inter- changed. As the enemy’s shot came pouring in thick and fast it smashed fences and trees and went bounding and ploughing up the ground in every direction. It was the general expecta- tion; that the enemy would attempt to land, and every preparation was made to receive them. But the occasion was not as favourable as they expected and after nearly a day’s skirmishing they RESCUE OF THE CREW. At once a. heavy cannouade was op- ened upon the Simcoe and every ship steered to cut her off. As each came tacking towards her she gave it the slip, taking her peppe-ring as best she oould, and plunged on into the next circle of fire. To the great wonder of the spectators, she passed every one of the enemy’s ships in this manner, and was apparently out of danger, when a round shot carried away her main boom. and a moment later another crashed into her and Went out below the water line, tearing a great hole in her side. She went down with her flag flying, and as she sank her heroic Aâ€"- __â€" 'uvv the midst of her foe. She had safely passed the first two ships, when from Chamnoey’s flagship was flown the sig- nal, “Take her or sink her. She carries despatchjes.” for the harbour, running under the guns of every ship of the fleet, and this was just what Captain Richardson undertook to do. The British flag was hoisted to the Simcoe's top~mast, and the gallant - little _ vessel dashed into “T'AKE HER. OR SINK HER 1” Half a minute mom and the Stars and Stripes were flying over every vgesguel in the fleet. The Simcoe car- ried a. crew of only five mén ail tail, a'md‘ thepe Eras but, one old musket the protection of that port before Ohauncey’s fleet left Sackett’s Har- bour. As the Simone bowled down on- ward her look~out man saw the Yankee fleet tacking off the head of Wolfe Island; but thinking that the ships were Casn‘adjan, the vessel sailed on to meet them, and was nearly abreast of the enemy when the American flag fluttered to the masthead of the nearâ€" est ship: and a round shot was sent Just then a small schooner was seen coming down the lake towards the fleet, apparently Without any fear of danger. This was the Simooe, a small trading vessel that plied between Kingston and Toronto. She was speed- their stock. At length one morning the Yankee fleet, composed of fourteen sail, large and small, and Led by Commodore Chauncey, appeared off the upper gap. \V-ord W313 at once sent to the city, and the inhabitants along the shore weave ordered into the interior with all was hard at work building a stronger fleet to overwhelm his Canadian oppo- nents. In an incredibly short time the American ships were afloat. They proceeded at once to attack Kingston. :W‘hiiCh was then the most important part on the lakes. Herkimer’s point is distant from Kingston about five miles, and it was considered not improbable that the Am- ericans might land there and endeavour to enter the city. To prevent this, the Canadians had placed there a signal, and two cannons. One of these was! afterwards removed, lest it should fall ‘ into the hands of the enemy. From this I point a fair View could be had of the upper gap. pire, was invaded by American armies. Aft the beginning of the war a small fleet, having its headquarters at Kingsâ€" ton, held command of Lake Ontario. This was a serious check to the Am- erican advance, and at Sackett’s Har- bour on the opposite side of the lake, the energtic Commodore Chauncey BRITISH COLUMBIA MINES. How a (‘anadian Schooner Ran the Gaunt- let of an American Fleet-Ban ller Flag [71) and Sank. During the war of 1812â€"15 between the United States and Great Britain. Canada, which seemed the most vul- nemble portion of Great Britain’s em- BANK WITH FLAG FLYE‘SG. THE FOE ARRIVES. Mineral Output for 18915. THE WAR OF 1812. way to Kingston to gain THE DURHAM CHRGNICLE, May 6,18979 the Year gvu W U vuuvu WULlllu “Bl you find the murderer ?” . “NO.” replied Miss Lancaster, “that is not my work at all. That would be clairvoyauoe, which is quite a dif- ferent matter. But I will tell you What I could do. Had I been travel- ling by that train, and the murderer -W... “but.“ JLLDDLLLW. “Tell 111,3, Pestle Wit-hr Wh' ' - - ', murder was 1011 the r 8061.11; r2111“ 21) bands, do you asse t ,.‘ in‘s‘tmgt was again justified.” T611 m,e, .Mi58 _I_;ancaster, if the Mei-In “44.1. r was standifi‘g. . “Instantly I was convmoed he was a man. but had got 0 term at Imprisonment. a detective of Inspector Byrne’s force, I started as a man. passed us, and ex- claimed, ‘That man has committed a murder 1' The detective laughed, but when I pointed out the man I meant he grew suddenfly serious and told me that the person who had caused me to make the exelamatiom had indeed killed a man, but had got off with a short An Interview “'ith a Woman Telepathist “'no ls Greatly Interesting London. Here is an interview 'had by a London reporter with Miss Maud Laneaster,a telepa-thist, who is just now greatly ex- citing Great Britain by her exhibitions of seemingly marvellous powers. “I am not attached to any force," said Miss Lancaster, “and have cer- tainly not done any work for Scotland Yard, as a London newspaper recently r*3'Z901‘ted. I might begin by telling you of an experience I had in New York, in one year. Most of this surprising increase was contu‘ibswted by the mines of the Slocann and the Trail Creek di~ visions, though Nelson comes in as' well for {honourable mention. In 1895 Slocan’s pirodtuctidn amounted to $1,- 057,677; in 1896 to $2,010,048; in 1895 Trail 'Cure'ek’s production amounted to 702,457; in 1896 to $1,243,360; in 1895 N elson’s pcr'odiuotion amounted to $63,- 608; in 1896 to $545,529. \Vhat is fun; ther encouraging about this increase is that! it is nearly all the result of lode- mining, which, as ‘th-e report says, is just in its infancy, Of the $4,801,205 worth of product .obtainjed from the gold and silver mines of the province ‘ last year, $4,257,179 was obtained from lode mines, “the other half million dol- lars being “the yield of placer gold. Now, before *‘th-e year 1893 there was not an ounce of gold obtained from. lode mines, and from 1887 to 1892, in- clusive, the quantity of silver raised from lode mines did not amount to $75,000 in any one year. But in 1893 lode mining commenced in earnest especially in Sâ€"locan and Trail Creek, and. last year, as was shown above, its account of itself was $4,257,179. these mines in 1896 Was worth $4,801,- 205, as against $2,824,080 in 1895. That is, the gold and silver mines ylelded more product in 1896 by $1,977,125 than they did in‘1895. - Their total output fell short only slightly of $5,000,000, and was nearly $2,000.00!) more than‘ in the previdus year. To Kootesnay, and especially to Kootenay \Vest, belongs the credit for nearly the Whole of the increase. Save Cariboo, Whose placer mines yielded gold to the value of $384,050, as against $282,400 in 1895, no! district outside of the Kooteanays shows ' great gain. Kootenay East raised the values of its production from $17,575 in 1895 to $154,427 in 1896. But in Koo- tenay \V est, Where» the great camps of Slocan and Tfirail Greek are, the value of. the gold, silver, copper, and lead produced rose from $2,223,206 in 1895 to $4,002,735. Thins this district almost . - ' l DOUBLED IT‘S OUTPUT I though it is now very little ahead of silver. the quantity minedâ€"846,235 tonsâ€"being valued at $2,327,145. This shows a. fallimg off from the figures of 1895, there having been 939,645 tons of coal raised that year, worth $2,818,962. Leaving coal dut and dealing with the product obtained from the gold and silver mines, which product comprises lead and copper aswell as the precious metals, we find that the output of the Slocan there was a. large output of lead, amoumting in value to! $721,384, as against $532,255 in 1895. Copper also shows agreat gain, rising from a total production worth $47,642 in 1895 to one worth $190,926 in 1896. COAL RETAIN S THE LEAD. CRIME AND TELEPATHY. ' that Wrflll help you to A hall full of. people mimic crime. as in my No. other remedy possesses such per-A fect cleansing, healing and purifying; properties as Burdock Blood Bitters. 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It: is unnecessary to ask madam to 190k pleasant ; she could. not look otherWL'se. Then click goes the camera, and the result: is nevw ’ doubt. . er m A? certain Paris photographer never says to a lady customer, ‘Now look pleasanjt, madamh If. you please. H93 knows a formula lnfmltely better than Original men are not contented to‘ be governed by tradition. They think for themselves, and the result often is that they succeed where others fail. “Tibet depends. If it was the same night, or even the next morning, it would be easy. But when other people have passed and repassed above the scene of the crime, the magnetism left by the murderer is disturbed and oblit- erated by their mgnetnm. I should like to have tried my hand at that mur- der,” added Miss Lancaster, in a. re- gretfwl team. “but it is too late now.” ment in Which the murder was com- matte-,d could you track the man in that case ?” gherry SURE TO SUCCEED. 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