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However, I had put a very keenedge tndeed upon my appetite one bitter November afternoon, when, prowling along the Coburg Dock Quay, I was; suddenly brought up “all standing” by a most maddening smell of soup “'ith dilated nostrils I drew in the fragrant breeze, and immediately lo- cated its source as the galley of a, barque that lay near, loading. Imustl have looked hungry as I swiftly came; alongside of her, for the broad-faced. cook, who was Standing at his galley-l, door swabbing his steaming face after 3 his sultry sojourn .within, presently; caught sight of me and lifted a beckfi nninx finger. -I was by his side in. two bounds, and before I had quite, realize-.1 my good fortune I was load-E ing up at a great rate from a com» fortably-sized dish of plum soup. My benefactor said nothing as the cage! spoonfuls passed, but lolled; against the door placidly regarding me with much the. same expression as. one would a hungry dog with a just discovered bone. When at last Iwas well distended he asked me a few questions in a 'queer broken English that I immediately recognized as the German version. What was Ii “There did I come from ‘2 \Vould I like to go to sea? And so on. Eagerly and hopefully I answered him, much . to his amazement ; for, like every oth- , 4 er seaman I fell in with in those days, ‘ , he found it hard to believe that Ihad already been nearly two years at sea, so small and weak did I appear. But the upshot of our interview was that he introduced me to the skipper, a £1 burly North German, who, looking}, stolidly down upon me, between the" regular puffs of smoke from his big pipe, said' "Vail, poy; ju dinks ju like du komm a 3 l ( coherently, I am afraid, for the pros- , pect of getting any ship at all wasl: just like a glimpse of heaven to me.’ Fortunately for my hopes, Captaini‘ Strauss was a man of action, so. cut-t tin-g short my faltering reply, he re-i sumed: "All righdt. Ve yoost loosd: a leedle Engelsch boy lige you. He‘: pin mit me more as ein jeer, gabin-‘ poy, und mein vife lige him fery vell. :‘ Ju do so goor as him, you vas all 1‘ righdt. Vat ju call jorsellufâ€"hein ?” ‘ “Tom, sir,” I answered promptly. “ "Ya; den ve calls you Dahn. Dat ' oder poy ve calls Dahn. und so ju 1 l i t 1 That seemed to settle the matter,’= for he turned away abruptly and was f‘ gone. I hastened to my friend the,‘ cook, and told him what the skipper ‘ had said, with the result that in an- ‘ other five minutes I was busy laying ‘ the cloth for dinner in the cabin as if i I had been the original Dan just come. ‘ back. A pretty, fair-haired. little;1 girl of about ten years of age watch- : 1 ed mt. curiously from a state-room] door with the frank straightforwardgl curiosity of a child; and I, boy-like,§£ was on my mettle to show her how:l well I could ‘do my work. Pres. 1 ently she came forward and Spoke: t to me: but her remarks being- in Ger. ; a nan, I could only smile feehly and in oak foolish; Whereupon she indignant- ; d g shamed out. “Schaafskopf.". and 5‘ ran away. Sheâ€"returnedalmost dihid :cti; with_ her mother. a, lumen, 11 But. first, in order to launch my story properly, I must premise that in one of my vagrom voyages, while I was only a puny lad of thirteen, I was flung ashore in Liverpool, pen- niiess and, of course, friendless. For many days I livedâ€"or, rather, I did not dieâ€"by picking up, bird-like, such unvalued trifles of food as chance threw in my way while I wandered about the docks; but as there were many more exyerienced urchins with sharper eyes than mine on the same keen quest, it may be well imagined; that I did not wax Overfat upon my findings. Unfortunately my seafar-j ing instincts kept me near the docks. at all times, where most of my as-; sociates were as hunger-bitten as myâ€"; self; had I gone up town I should; probably have fared better. a ed a far than any Vin ues. But my intention in these pages is far from that of discussing the econo- mic future of China. Such a task would be indefinitely beyond my powers, besides being utterly unneces- sary and out of place here. Besides, i do not really feel sufficiently in- erested in the Chinese collectively. My story is about a single Chinaman who played a very important part in my own history, and who weti deserv- ed a far more powerful tosiimony than any I am able to bear to his . placid-looking dame of about .thirty- ‘ 6‘“ five, who addressed me in a dignified s tone. Again I was in a hale, {or she . AFTER spoke only German also; and if ever a CE I. poor urchin felt nonplussed, I did, Regarded collectively, the Chinese This drawback made my berth an un- may safely be classified under the comfortable one at first; but, With head of unpleasant races. 'Most peo-' such opportunities asIhad and such a pie who have had personal dealings'powerful inducement to spur me on, with them will doubtless admit that, 1 soon picked up enough to under- while there are to be discovered stan-l what was said to me, and to among them a tiny sprinkling of real-. make some suitable reply. ly decent ’men and women, taken “by; The vessel was a smart-looking, :33 disasters" ‘itn‘f: exaggerate“ 0,. six m. e. . . . ,' ' ; re tons, cal ed the Blitzeu of 3:) {32:34:13.9 1115 shade for 319V‘Ft9n‘fltostock, and. carried a crew of four- of main st: “1:. “,arnyecufifi leg teen-all told. Each of the other thir- course ythe angexdlnos-O- 0? w 1° ’ 0 teen was a master of mine, and seldom , .. ’- .m "1 “3‘1 13 ”1 no way allowed an opportunity to slip of 3.3-5 reswnsrbleâ€"it may not be ‘00 b°ld Berting his authority' while the skip 3 an assertion that the Chinese are a per’s wife and daughter evidently bee; PBOPIL‘ who onl need a littl real ' _ a leadership on Vitestern lines :0 be- ilifvfi that 1 ought. to be perpetually; come a truly great nation. They was nouon, Consequently my berth, possess all the necessary qualifications napffo ?!‘le‘{u{e~ and, whatever my ; for such a splendid future and few of Q It} lcations may have been, 1 have ‘ the drawbacks. Many virtues that 30 ,‘QuPC I earned myzfool and the! are among us only inculcated by much in; triangular la”: “mt” th" com- ; laborious tuition are the Chinese sui DanIOdladdt-r wherein l crept -â€" I was! generis. No one will deny that they gobing to 38"? when my work was done I know how to die; were it pOssible to _. u. a rather better term ‘0 use ‘ teacl them how to live such'a revo- would be, in the short; intervals be. ' ’ tween gobs. lution would be felt in the progress, - . of the world as it has never yet wit-’ how, the story of the next nine nessed; Of course, this does not months on. board. the Blitzen is by no ; tOUCh the vast question as to whether means develd of interest; but I have ' such a resurrection of China is to be an uneasy feeling thati have already I welcomed or dreaded. ”.1851 the reader’s patience enough - â€" --- but: JUN-.5. and investigate. They obey- ed unquestioningly. as was their wont. and presently reported that she was unmanned. but apparently full to =the hatches of assorted Chinese cargo 1n mats and boxes. The skipper's vou-e took an exuliant ring as he ordered the vessel to be well secured alongside. andher contents to be transferred on board of us with all possible despatch. Meanwhile the strange mist~ had vanlshed as suddenly as it had arxsen, and. the full bright moon shone down upon the toiling men, who with won- deriul celerity were breaking out-the junk’s cargo and hurling it 39“. to our stipulate for any when l joine' i it was on a lovely night ’thatg we iswung Clear 0f Annoy harbour and, 'catehing a light; land-breeze, headed across the strait towards lé‘ormosa. iMany fishing ssmpans were dotted about the sleeping sea, making lliile fsepta-spiashing on the wide white 'wake of the moon. Little tare was taken to avoid running them down: :nor did they seem to feel; any great fanXIety as to whether we did so or not. and as a consequence we oc'CaSI- ionally grazed closely past one. and glooked down curiously upon the pas~ : sxve figures sitting in their frail «raft like roo.~tir.g sea-birds upon a float- ing log. Without any actual damage to them, we gradually drew clear of. their crmsing-g‘ouud, and, hauling to the southward a little, stood gent- l); onward for Cape South; the Wind still very light and the; weather per- fect. But suddenly we ran into a strange heavy mist that obscured all the sea around us, and yet did not have that wetness that usually char- acterises the clinging vapour of the sea-ng. Through this opaque veil we strong blast of wind burst out of the!; brume right ahead, throwing all the ; .sa‘ls abs ’1: and dii.ing the vessel Stern; te that seemed out ; at all proportion to its force. - ' i For a few moments the watch on? deck appeared to be stupid withs sur-g prise. Then the skipper roused by the f unusual motion, rushed on‘derck, and; his deep, guttural voice broke thej spell as he issued abrupt; orders. Ail' hands were soon busy getting the vessel under contml, shortening sail and trimming yards. But, to every- body's speechless amazement, it was‘ presently found that entangled side lay a small junk. a craft of some ; twenty to'thirty tons, upon whose desk ‘ ' ' nds f ' , staring: and mut- : tering almost incoherent comment' upon this weird visitor that had so; suddenly arisen, as it.- were, out of the ' void. As usual. -the skipper first re-Lr covered his work' '1'. -.. ed unqd'estioningly, as was their wont. Ont. ....... ..4_ln _ _vâ€"â€"°-.v .“ bm‘~u~‘K‘6 “0‘ father and mother by calling me strange-sounding, Teutonic names of opprobrium; and l was beaten regular-l {1321101 apparently from any innate ibrutality. but from sheet force of habit, as a London costermonger 'beats his faithful donkey. , The oly fthing that mad-g. life at. all tolerable éwas that I was fairly well fed and genjoyed robust health: while I never Elost the hope that in some of our ,Wanderizngs we should happen into an English port, where .1 might be able to run away. That blissful idea ? I kept steadily before me as a beacon... ' light to cheer me on. Happily, dread of losing my wag-33 in such an event did n01 trouble me, because lhad none to lose as far as "I knew; I did not Rf;n.l‘lfl‘z\ t-.. -__ . Now, the story of the next nine months on board. the Blitzen is by no means devoid of interest; but I" have an uneasy feeiing that. i have already tried the reader’s patience enough with necessary preliminaries to the story of You Sing. After calling at several ports in South America, look. ing in at Alagoa Bay, visiting Banjoe- wangie and Cheribon, we finally ap- eared to have settled down as a Chinese coaster, trading between all sorts of out-of-the-way ports for na-. tive consignees, and carrying aqueer assortment of merchandise, Finally we found ourselves at Amoy u:.der charter for 110-110 with a full cargo of Chinese “notions.” Owing, Isupi. pose, to the dociiity of the German crew, and the high state of discipline maintained on board, we still carried the same crew that we left England‘ with; but I must say that, while Ii admired the good seamanshi‘pn display- 1 ed by the skipper and his officers, '1‘ was heartily weary of my lot on board. ’ I had never become a favourite, not! even with the little girl, “ho seemed , to take a delight in imitating her 3 {alla/t... __.j .. . ,__ no doubt l eaxued my fool and the tiny triangular lair unlzr the com- panionladdcr whe1ein 1 1:1th â€"- I was going to say when my work was done â€"bu1 a rather betLer term to use would be, in the short». intervals be. tween jobs. tural voice broke. the sued abrupt; orders. Ail soon busy getting the control, shortenmg sail Mr. Borem. 11 p.m.â€"My Pay as you go. Miss Cuttingâ€"Well, I’m 1 lend you a small amount if i you out. ' It is not generally known that in France it is forbidden under severe penalties for any one to give infants under 1 year any form of solid food unless such be ordered by a written prescription signed by a legally quali- fied medical man. Nurses are also forbidden to use in rearing of in- fants confided to their care at any time or under any pretext whatever any nursing bottle provided with rub. her. tube. Several other and equally 'Strm_gent laws have recenflv hag“ M. fed as if the position heu'hadâ€"held jthroughout the night had left him 3unwearied. and to all appearance the Estrange and sudden change in his? :environment possessed for him no? 1 ,3the surly-looking mate approached éhim and looked him over with em- significance whatever. But now, when ' ;dent distaste, he slid off his perch: fend, kneeling at the officer’s feet, kissed the deck thrice in manifest .token of his entire submission toj fwhutever fate might be dealt. out to fhim. The mate stoorl silently looki g idown upon him as if hardly able to fdecide what to do with him. While this icurious little episode was being en- meted the skipper appeared, and, has- itening to the mate’s side, addressed {the grovelling Celestial in what. he 3 {Supposed to be the only possible ; 4medium of communication -â€" “p-idgin” English, which, coupled to a German gaccent, was the queere'st jargon con- iceivable. ; “Vell.” he said, “vot pelong you pit- ‘gin â€" hay? You savvy work. one“ Edime?” i Lifting his yellow mask of a face, -3 Ebut still remaining on his knees. the 3“'alf made answer: “No Shabbee. You Sing.” -â€"_â€"-â€"._ - _ .. â€"~-M- ' ! O A l 1 l v t l O 5 'the slightest, had occurrei to increase the mystery whose environment all felt. more or less keenly. .. As the ad- vancing glory of the new. day. dispilac- Cd. the deep purple of. the night, the awakening crew recalled, as if it had been a lifetime ago. the strange hapâ€" pening of the past few. hours. But it was not until thU‘olear light was fu‘ly come that the significance of the whole affair was manii'est. For there, sealed upon a mat-boulzd case, stamp- ed all over with-rel 'chops,’ was the Chinese youth, whose existence had up. till now been unnoticefl~ from the' time he was first bundled. on board, lmpassive as a wooden image, he look- __ -“-_ ed a perfunctory note or two on the! log-slate, and bundled, “all standing” ---that is, dressed as ho wasâ€"into his bunk, pu'ling the upper feather-bed right ovier his head. as if to shut :out the terror that was upon him; Slowly the remainder of the night passed away; but when at last: 'tho tiny sug- gestion 0.5 paleness along the eastern horizon gave the first indication of the day’s approach. no chalge, not; even ‘tO the mate's theory of any sudden ,‘ disappearance. of our late compamon; 'but, having done so and failed Lodxs- lcover: the smallest speck against that ! dazzling surface, he too was fain to ad- mib gthatg the thin-3‘ was not comfort- ing, Right glad were those two men When the mterminably long watch was OVP’I‘, and the sharp business-lime notes) of the bail seemed. to :dls- Sipate In some measure the chiihng- atmosphere of mystery that hemmed them in. - To the second mate the re- tiring officer said nothing of his fears, bin hastened beiow, hurraejly scratch- l Some sort of rough stowage . was ? made or the treasure-trove thus pecu- ;lia.rly shipped; and, the excitement 5that had sustained their unusual ex- : ertions having subsided, the tired crew fflun-g themselves down anywhere vand ' sleptâ€"slept. like 'dead men; all except ,the officer of the watch. and the jhelmsma-n. They had at first little to 'do that might keep’ them from sluma ,ber,. for the wind' had‘ dropped. to a istark calm, which in‘ those sheltered :‘waters, remote from the duturbing Iinfluence .of any great ocean swell, i left the) ship almost'perfectly motion- {1988, a huge silhouette against the glowing, surface of a silver- lake; But] presently it dawned upon the met who was in charge; of the ’deck. that although the vessel had! certainly not travelled: more than a mile smce the Junk was cast adrift, that strange craft was nowhere to be seen; and, stern martinet though he was, the consci- ousness of something uncanny about the recent business Stcle through h'm. shrinking his skin and making his mouth dry, until for relief helsought the helsman and entered into con- versation with him on the’ subject. That worthy, a stolid unemotional Dutchman named Pfeiffer, scanned the whole of the pvalpixating bright-é ness around before he would assent: Impassable for the queer-1001:1133! ”boxes and bales and bundles of all shapes disgorged from the junk's hold. Then they 1nmdsed the evil-scented cabin. and ransacked its many hiding- . places, tmdxng numerous neatly-bound parcels wrapped in fine silky mat- ;tmg. And, last of allâ€"they; declared he ‘must’ have suddenly obeen materla- hsed, or words to that effectâ€"they lighted upon a lad of probably: sur- teeu years» of age. He showed! not sur- prlse, after the fatahstio fashion: of his countrymen, but stood gravely be- fore them like some. quaint” Mongolran idol carved out of yellow jade, and ready for any fortune that" nght await him. ‘With soan't ceremony, he too :was man-handled on deck, :for the command. was urgent to finish the work; the busy labourers followed hlm, and the junk was cast: adrift; .' M‘ERELY A HINT, FRENCH BABIES. To be Continued. 'MY motto is willing to it will] heip For a time one heard but little of Delagoa bay, and then the place was once more brought 0.1 the tapis by the ' zcoufiim which arose in Connection Ewiih the railroad. now ruining from Lorenzo Marquez to Pretoria. The Transvaal portion of the line was gi2uilt by German capitalists, while the :forty miles of Portuguese territory ‘Jwere constructed by an American con- icessionaire. C01. McMurdo, with the :help of English capital. Before the line :had been opened very long (‘03. Mc. :Murdo suddenly died. and the For- .tuguese government took advantage Ethereof to cancel his concessions on fthe ground. that the McMurdo Com- fpany had not carried out all its en- ggagements, Both the United States jand the English government there. jup'on intervened. and eleven years ago lit. was agreed to submit to arbitration gthc question as to the amount of com- ipensation dua by the Portuguese gov. iernment to the McMurdo Anglo. {American Company for the seizure of !the line, the arbitrators being selected I . iby the wass government. They have failed until now to give an award. But g'it is certain when granted to be ;against the Portuguese government, gwhich will be mulcted in heavy dam- gages to the company, damages which it will be unable to pay without the gassistance of Great Britain. For the éPortuguese treasury is on the verge lot bankruptcy. ' CENTENARY 0F ELECTRICITY. “Electricity as we know it” is ,just 100 years, old. In 1799 the Italian the method of producing the current, and it is from his name that we have the term “voltmeter" to describe the instrument which measures the force of the current, and “volt" as the unit ' 1 V 1 Y ' g ‘The nggers News says the oe.ay in ~ 1 the occupation of Mafeking is causedf by suspicion that dynamite mines have ‘ been laid on the outskirts and inner circles of the town, and that the sec- tion of the town which is occupied by the female population and the Red! Cross and ambulance organizations 13. offering concealment to a large body of British troops. er ierzitmy south of the Zambesi that is to say including Delagoa Bay gon the east coast when; in 18223 Cap-t. {Cunliffe-Owen, of the royal navy, ob- ftained from native chiefs a cession of €Dexagoa Bay to Great Britain. England :founded a town on the bay, to which lwas given the name of Bombay and fin 1867 Portugal refounded immediate. ily opposite the town 013 'Lorenzo Mar- ;qucz, on the .ruins of the old-Lime gtrading station of that name. In 12:63 :the Portuguese concluded a commerci- Jstage the dispute as to the owner- ship of Dalagoa Bay. The question 'was referred to the arbitration of lhe president of. the French republic, the . English resting their case on the con- i cessions obtained by Capt. Cum’iffe-Z 8 Owen. in 18715 Marshal MacMahon,§ then chief magistrate of France. gave an award in favor of Portugal, which was lay-ally accepted by England, an agreement. however. being conciu'ich between the two nations, according to ; which England secured from l’or- ; tugal a preferential right to all of; vficer named Capt. Lorezico Marquez. {Until the beginning of the present icentury Portugal exercised a more 501‘ less nominal sovereignty over the ébay as we'd as over “the entire coast {line of Africa, but had. completely ab- fandoned its posts and trading Stations use a substitute. Sold by a‘l de'x‘ers or 03 ' ,‘ ‘ ‘ - t and a 593‘“ for $2°5Wfiressmg the Dr. vailliargs‘ M - â€"...-â€"-.~â€"- More pale and aneelfiiéwp; and strong by Dr. \Villiams’ Bit of "(story That Is This Time. Mrs. M. N. Joncas, Berthier. Que., writ been restored to good health through the was very feeble,her blood was poor and wa aches, poor appetite, dizziness, and alwa; Dr. \Villiams' Pink Pills she is enjoying a' and we are glad to give the credit to your no mistake it'lhey insist upon their voungd BOER CAUTION. DELAGOA BAY. J ‘ . “mores are 1 Health happy oil-1 ‘. 0 “used hsign" Ian uid d (1 ° 8 Often b - o: a 16““ I \ g an eSmedent f - - the papers ‘ - ’ mm 110 . m the mt cause In the -1 “PP 09" °f , H 881 5 daye of their 9,, the coun“ hood. lheydrag along alwws t1 (You) whxle tric><ieef¢31fti r ; \l . ( " r In hungry, breathless and with 1 . ”513 “he has th hearts after ehght exercise so mp: 1mm. 8"” to drive 229‘ 7 . ‘ , (l t '1 . t the f3 I)" walk up stains IS exhaustim, 0me “3:11;: minutes, ‘ tunes ashort, dry cough ieads tooth . ' m. is an er that they are going into 0011811 a ganey lels b ~ . . r DOCCOJS tell them they are anaemic mm . gh Tr??? fame. means that; they have too littl; ‘ “gm ”“9”” :2, Are you like that ? bio havmg '5 and anaemic people have bee ° _ __ . . _ nmade hm x. was? the Dr. \Vllhams’Pmk Pil ‘ » ”ht’acn by hm hm “ 1115' other 9°09” in l . iel H ’ ll :3 .‘ f .h , ' ne Pills. ,her bloed was poor and watery,and she was Lroigli}:4pl.‘:§' Sm 2081-221” insurable get‘ltc dyzzmess, apd leways‘el tucd AAer ug;W {23“‘”-§e2d ~ Bright's Dlsease : . mx lels she IS enjoymg as good health as am 2r: 1r one”! ' any 0‘ the Oth-er f‘ d to give the credit to your gtdnd ncdicine. M'otjhgrf‘. “a 338: ' Rheumatism, ey msxst upon theiryoungdaughte: 5 taking D;~,\\';11iér;:.‘lpr?fi“;‘ Urinary and - m . Interesting at pimple got Ldfl 1â€"-L . Mr Staler, softlyâ€"NO my d?" taken ill with the grip 33" Mrs. Stealerâ€"And it"se ‘_ Mr Stalerâ€"My, my! Herc’s a. of a man in the prime of found a small pimple o " scratched it wiLh his finger a few days afterward was In Mrs. Stalerâ€"And died of ‘0 oning. I knew of a thing that. It... - _ _â€" '9” H“ A\ uvv -â€" V... mercury £11115 in a comm silver spray from a basin sewn feet back up into this 11111 “endless crh1in, " upon 1.111 ened 28 tiny i1u1-.kets “h the mercur: 11nd carry it the other. The entire fp_ painted bi ask. and “119.11 at night the si. ver rain “1"“ 1d the electric light against a bad background is very pretty- TWO an a half tons of mercury, bit is the amount used in this ”remark“ fountain. 11-10118 A fountain (:f mercury is the mm: 'bitm interesting sight. in :4. big @1121 now being held in London, nnd’ it w; tracts large crowds (sz1‘)’ dz?!“ 2:2 cury, or quicksiiver, is nearly 14 t heavier than water, and it mus? 5‘93 strange to see fiat irons and W3" chunks of rock floating around up“ its surface in the lower basin. T1” mercury falls in a constant showrl’ A {not Plat Irons Will Float on Basin. CCU“ \Vll I U] éltt'wtl "Jesus Christius. Defis. 361930;“ Ragnat, Imperat. ” ‘\’bqu V‘ AKMLJ. These crosses will he cut out granite, marble or whatexer stone indigenous to each locality. and each will be grmen me inscrimfigm The. Internmionnl Committee, the fore. has determined to place c010 crosses on the Alpine usmmits of ‘ uzzo and Ivrezt, in Piedmont; Bresc'ti in Lombardy; U\;ifl€, in Veneiili Genoa, in Liguria; Faenza, in the 30 magma; Pistoria and Grosseto, ll Tuscany; NOU‘i‘l, in Uuflnia ; Anqum and Sulmonu, in the Abruzzi; Fossom borne, in the Marches; Cimino. W Viterbo; Mentorella or San Genam near Tivoli and Rome; liaranola, net! Gaeta. and Otranto, Reggie di Cab bria, Caltanisetta and Nuoraâ€"in oth er words, a mountain cross for ever! region of Italy. -_- . 1 -..$ A The imaginative piety of the La races has been foiiowed by the Eng' College in Rome by erecting and mi taining a cross on the summit 01m culuzr. and by the Irish Cottage int! same way on the mountain whit dominates the panorama of Tito] Other mountains around Rome, sun as the Mentorella, Monte Gennaroan the Soracte, are without the Chnstta symbol, though they are nearert Rome and more imyosing to appeal ance. than those of 'i‘uschulum an Tivoil. The Cross on Monte Ta taccic has a pious society for its pr: tection. The carrying out of this ideal its inception in the Home branch the Internaiioml Committee 0f? “fork of Solemn Homage to Jesus‘ deeemer. They Are to lie Era-ted on the 'm] flaunlzun Peaks in Italy to com orau: (.‘hrlsmm Era. Among the. incidents of the allq closing year of the century will be erection on the tallest mountainw of Italy of nineteenth mammoth crc es to commemorate Lhe nineteenc turies of the Chriszian era. POSITLON’ OF CROSSES‘ STRANGE FOUNTAIN. LLOW-DO'WN MAN his Em ' E” I131” 30 cents heme Co. me Liquid "' hi8 many. it was but just and fitting that he “actors should turn 10 the min to during these forty years had lab- M With Mr. Rammy L0 make the 3:19am the magnificent success it 15 Eday. Starting in as an agent tithe Flpany at the age of, :21 yearv, Mr. F at once brought {0 bear on the 581119.33 that. tireless energy and [n- hjmble will which have ever beer: Fractensuc of the man, and L; \n hu-h P position in the world of {man-an: is May largely due. 1);}:-cum-igvmf‘m . ‘ fatigue which would have (funni- 8 less courageous spirit only served 341 Incentive to greater effort When fire was aprospevt of securmg he.- 0 we Company teak effem on :he 31»: December. The Bsard cf D.re.tur.~; their first meeting of the }'e;u‘ mid Wrday, On proceeding to fill the 0fâ€" 50 .01 President eleczed the live- reSIden‘t, Mr. F. \V. GaLes of Hamo ”n. to that p05itiou. Mr. Gutem Waver, on account of he advam-ed tars and impaired heaith, (9.1: (pm-- fled to decline the distinctiun. unfi hare have Ls announced some time ago, the irement of Mr. A. G. Ram a;; fun: i Offices of President and General Wager of the Canada Life A rur- I . LONG STANDING ERROR (UR- RECTED. 311018. said one of. the khxl‘xii‘eii, h: the difference betwee-A a 03.1 and z? what“! [ i53111“th What is in your mind; chi; Phed'the proi'easor, yet the old ;~. Let, to the effect that; the elephzz. Ii’t climb a tree, is not aliogeL‘n mt. An elephant may no. g“ to ‘aimb to the the branche-g 3: in?“ 89". as high as the Buick. I lessâ€"courageous spxrxt only 59 $11 Incentive to greazer effort \ 1‘8 was aprospert of serurmg 8.. Personal conzonience wa~ Bldaredâ€"it was the. az'eifare u} INDY that was; a: 51:110.). and tilt 'of his faithful, exergéizfi t_he business grew 3:11 yrrOEp tune weht by Lhe sump-any r "18 the devoricn of Mr. C0). 1 Ear [hemefesson it any ‘ e 0"" *' .. .-; in .118. is loaded for all ki «is of id flierâ€"So my. daughter Wilfred: to me: The. Suitorâ€"Yes. just am! More: form. . i Letter Published prospered child, hat her Figures 1 girl looks pulls the s» something The opini? no value. b1 est. A girl is! she refers gloaming. The stud: finds it is: ing it dam Some me carrying stick or a The W0 and the fool only 0 A bavhel‘ not becaus: but becaus‘ Men of be Lhankfu of the pians. pe thuugh son sex Bramble-i be. My “'11 week: to '/////,774 \V E AN U2 Heâ€"You fu- for wk home'- r be ‘. \V P POIN' 138.