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"he; take bx-lh n Mr. rough and agents ruling h ood I nd w Ite, he 1nd room he Six bt man 9 " ty " tr He n d m lull m or at alt of lkt il,:"".'"'?'.""'"'?""'"'"'"'""""""""'", ith Simple l A If” of t iF . retty 6 t Country Maiden Nan own. 'it' Tue king rupp d hls stick upon the floor 1mp.stientiy-alrnoat angrily- nertuinly with dignityms he thought). "What mean you, sir?" he cried. "I -your king-penitent t" Rochester heaved a great sigh, the ion-o of which shook his doublet till tho gold fringe upon its borders rat- tled. He raised his eyes to the cell- ing with a mock Iugubrlousness that was very diverting. while he said: "I' tuith. Your Majesty. I may have hoped tor too much; but Your Ma- Jtmt.r, will, I hope, torgive me for at- tritrutinq to you the only virtue which Your Majesty does not possess." Free tram Any Pntlclo of Coloring latter; I. Dainty IJ. In the only To: that mite fut! dia- mm and in we mt delicate with". , H In I i I. V ttsesttilHtassasoisoirsomsoaasosoooiasii'i " trust. sir." said the king. grave- ly. Ittuyt you Ire propel-U penitent." "Aye, sir. 'tia true there was plenty to ipdl’B when His Grace of Bucking ham had cudgelled his brain Into a brisk trot, and when My Lady Castle~ mnlua was trying-not without suc- ceatr--to comp.:te with Neil Gwyn in that form of repartee which lindeth great furor In Lewknor Lune." CEYLON AND INDIA SALA DA fi1'pfll,p,'rt,, "That was the bon'amén'in with): I hoped to find Your Majesty." re- turned Rochester. "Saucy as ever." said the king. "Think you that I sent for you to exercitgty your satirical humorg here, you rascal] We have had enough of this same wltlesn wit In the old days at Whitehall." "Weil. perhaps I did you an injus- tice. my Lord Rochester," he said; "bat '3 life, sir. could impudence- even your impudence--iro further than it did in that mad quutrain of sour" " have a good mind to ring for one ot the follows to show you forth. I tell you your vile versa in In every- body’s mouth." " um a poor man," said Roches- ter, ' bat I dare wager Your Majesty n guinea that Your MalnAy cannot rep uat the four lines that have done more to make you popular am. ong your 5111))th than all that you have done since Divine Providence re- nun-ed to them their rightful mon- arch." " 'am, not even in my memory," said Wheaten "Nay. nor In Your Ila. but)": either." h The king trmilcd, and examined the huge amethyst set in the top of " long cane. - "frmmantt,r It but only too well," laid the king. "I take your wager," said the king' quickly. P' ‘llere lies our mutton-eating king, Whose word no man relied on; He m-vm' said a foolish. thing, lie never did-----' dad's Me, sir. I'tt not gratify your impxdeuue by completing the nocurs~ ed hue. Take pour guinea t." and he flung " coin upon the floor. Rochester picked it up and looked at " tor a moment. wnile the king went in high dudzeon to the further and of the room. "Alt. sir. couui you but know how I have longed tor this reconcilin- tion'." cried Rochester. “Indeed. I feel at this moment like the re- turned prodigal. I have been for long among the husk. which the swine do eat. Thank heaven. I have now forsaken my prudlgmity end have returned to the place where that vice is unknown." Charles went to him and laid a. hand upon his shoulder. . s A "'t's sue, Rochester. I am glad to see you back, it I must tell the truth." said the king. "May it please your majesty." said 1va favorite, "a departure from ,um- mujuslys usual mum Is not to bu duwurged. a) long as it con- ‘wyn' nun-n pmasure as your last phrase hath done to one no un- worthy, but devoted, as myself.” "And now," said the king. leading Him to a gilt suttee. "give me the tan of your adventures since 'ef, "eu'ilfl"tii'i' GT tair "faiarst of a. quack taking his own medicine," said m- mrit."i"ioiTtGoiuat you had' as many adventures us will keepalIl tlt" court laughing lor 1.119 winters" ”Aim or crymg. sir. But the rar- "tit charm of the may to be found tn the circumstance of Its laughing at ail that should call for tears." “Lud! Jack, art thou become mel- timthmh: all in a turn t" "Nay. sir; who could be melan- "lln'lu wlnsn--when Mistress Eleanor Gwyn breaks in so granny upon our audicnce?" a . .. "Ayn or crymg, sir. But "st charm of the many to m the circumstance of It. at ail that should call In Ur huwml to the noor at the titanium. apparition which filled up "riy a small space in the carved doorway. The doorway was too spacious a frame ntr such a dainty Picture. Nell Gwyn stood smiling beneath the his tapestry represent: lng. very quaintly. the Judgment of $mumon. The King was now and again persuaded that the needle- Work monarch bore a striking ro- tsemblance to himself. It was Nell Gwyn who declared that he wan llker the Infant that was "pre- sented an being ton in two by the litigants; and aha added. concur. that one ot the ladle- wu Lady Castle-am. and the other llade- Douala do anrananle." . r“ "I iiiii I; 2i;iiiTti2iaeamur, Ellen would be the "rut to welcome me hock to Whitehall." gold {may}: luck to Whitehall." am noon»- ter. when Nell Ind advanced. still inlay jarnlntp‘t-hq roan. _,' A. NATURAL LEAF GREEN TEA IT IS ALSO A BRITISH PRODUCT not that 'ou 1% Nell Gwyn saw that ho was gazing as as will keep all with eyes full of admiration at Miss I lor the winter. iMnllett. but that she had not suc- sir. But the Tartceeded In arousing more than the m“! lo be found casual interest of the king. Frances :8 of Itt, laughing Stuart was resuming her conversa- I call for tears.",tion in no measured tone with thou become mel- l Rochester, but he was barely listen- turn T' [ing to her. After she had put halt could be melan- ' a dozen questions to him, and found Mistress LLuuor that he was not replying to her, she _ prettily upon our . shouted in her usual frank way: I "Betrtt-Beturr, look at this line the floor at the! gentleman who is giving you all his m which fitted up; eyes. He is the wickedest fellow in De in the carved the world. and the wittlest as well. )orway was tool 'Twaty he wrote that funny eeiae " such a daintri about the king: "m stood smiling! "' Here lien our 'ptt_ttsyn-eauryr"'t- B, F. Fuxxrom- Moon, CeylonIm an sold In Sealed Lead Packets only. Black. Mixed. Uncolored Ceylon Owen Free “moles lent. Address "snuat," Toronto I "That suzgoatiou should convincb, I thr? young lady of His Majesty‘s kind heart," said Rochester. . ', " 1s't possible that my Lord Roche» , tor has returned to court T' cried l Miss Stuart. ' i .. 1Pwas an inspiration, madam," Isnld he. " "PM now quite clear to mo that I returned tor this moment. M's; Stuart hath at last found a cumpnu- ion worthy of her companionship." what Ls his medicine, and we shall Irs to read your riddle," sald Roches- I' You are the quack, and yet by your own account you did not shrink from prophesying to yourself," she said. "But lam not sure that one should aceopt your account as true. You always were a. dreadful liar, my Lord Rochester," she added, with that simple directness of language which was one of her most plquant charms. . "Nelly is quite right," 'raid the Irirq., " That vile, 1tyapoon--" ’- r "Nar, ‘twas only in "that verse that my Lord Rochester drifted Into the truth," cried Nell. " Let ls haze no more of the lumpoon," said His Maj My, manly. .. What, is there more of't? It the-re is, we must have it at any cost." cried the lady. ' "I say we have tiad over much ot it already. Zoumls. madam. I insist on; lying: op?ttu,'leried ttek/ng. _ "Oh, Ind! both your Maljrsty 1n- Ueed funny that 'tls in the power of a. monarch to control the spread of a ballad through the land?" cried Nr‘ll. " Your Mnrmty's edict did not stay the great plague." 't Would to Maven that It had car- rind oft all the p'xeanters and the lnmpooners in my dominion: 'twould thvn have been a blazing rather than a eurso," Sail His Maysty. "Get thy ways, N':ll."' . ways, XVIII" . "1 want not to hear a rehearsal of my Lord Rochostcr‘s adventures," she prim}. “Lud, nor. I am not squeamish. having lived in the neigh- horhood ot Lewknor Lam- and White, hall, bat my Lord Itochestor's stories urn just a trifle too rank for my nuvtrilu." t ' N0" remained in the doorway. glam-ins: b-hin:l her with some degree of curiosity. She had never before are" this Foung person in muslin, though, of POllI‘SP, sh“ knew Frames Stuart. Sho an“ that hath tho Kina. and Rochester wow greatly inter- ostr-d in the atrnngvr. ' She was at the point of exit, when, the door at thae lurther and of tlm room oponed, and the lovely Miss Stuart éntered, having by the hand a very protty young- girl, drenrwd in ttttt rtttarrttinir, simpllclty of muslin. “I have brought my frir‘nd, Miss Elizzlb"th Mullott, who is (lying to hnvo the honor of kbofmut your Ma- jwty's hand," Hall Miss Stuart, lead- ing in tho b'ashinut and trembling girl, who glanced br,hind her once as it she were contemplating a hasty escape. Nell Gwyn, who held kings and their entourage in very llght esteem. vouhl warmly refrain trom n laugh at tlw trnpidation of the girl. l " My hand has nnver been so hon- ored before," sum the King. " You hour that, Emma ?" said the maid of honor, 'stuaouragin,urly. "TUo pour thing has had no experience ot kings and such lib," she added, apologetienlly. "That Is why she is overcomaB at this moment." " Would it make It easier tor your {Hand if I were to kiss her cheek instead of her my hand ?" said the King. - _ l "Hush .'" whlsp'vmtl Miss S Hurt. "You will frighten tho little thing away. Bhs? is the, daughter of a simple Somersetshlre squire, and though she hath a fine fortune, she hath never heard a compliment whispered In her ea P, -iir she live till she is a. hundred she will never hear a finer one," said Tloehester. . . "Oh, that ."' cried Bessy. her In- terest quickly roused by the refer- ence to something with which she was familiar. "'t5 it!e!,am I ever to hear the last of that jingle t" said the King. " wonder. Miss Mullen, it you no as {anilin- Tith Din. KyyP2y,1eee - laulilul vv-v-- -'e- _-_ _ as you seem to he with the rihaldry of my Lord Rochester. Methinks that Dr. Ken would come with bet- ter - iron such lips as yours." The poor girl was overwhelmed with confusion. Frances Stuart came to her assistance. “I did not carry her here to he scolded." she‘ said. “I tell you I will not he" her scolded." “It seems to me that nothing could one with ill grace trom such In" and 1toeehater, bowing. . %?3_ the» thoqrh you pr Dainty and Invigorat- tytd is wholesome tor my_ Lord Rochester." cried [In t5ttt- The King laughed. He looked at Roche-tex- for s moment. and then laghed _aataim, - __ - “Hie thee back to Dr. Ken. Ills- Mymatt--are, and as quickly as you plan." he laid; "toe " 'tlu true that nothing could come with lll grace from your ups. 'tla more than true that nought that ll grtsetslesrtr ahould approach those same llpn. Take her away. Frtuteett; take her !"rar, as tar as ls possible from all “Nay." laid Rochester, "l disclaim being associated with the agree. If Mina Mullett do but stay. I vow that one will win more converts than ever Dr. Ken hath done." The girl looked at him curiously for some momenta. and then her eyes tell. “I am a simple country girl," she said. "But 1 know. how to make cow- slip wine." _ J'Mar it please your Majesty. the whole secret is in the gather- ing of the cowarliptr," said the girl. “They must be gathered fresh to be ot any va1ae--the least taint Bpoileth the brew." The king looked at her trettehinigl.v. "You are the simplest girl that ever made a. fool of u wise man, and me- thinks you know it, Miss Mullett," said he. "Ah, sir," said Miss Mulletat. "I protest that' I am country bred: I cannot think that a wise man would need my help in that direction." “Take her away, Frances: take her away," said the king In a very audi- ble whisper. "Your friend’s sim- plicity In like to overwhelm as with its wisdom.” "Como hither and make your meat. eat courtesy to the klng, and thank him for his gracious words," said Frames. "Prithee, let us Into the secret, 'nr_dett" {and the Kim; 7 __ The girl seemed to be once more in a. fright. She went backward by the side of the maid of honori and made a Mastered courtsey, say- mg: " thank you, sir, for your kind discouragement." Then she slipped through the door. "By the Lord Harry. Miss Mullett hath a pretty wit," and the king. “I Cattcy she looked at you with some admiration in her eyes. Rochester}: "How could it be otherwise. sir? Did not Miss Stuart tell her that I was the nrurt alimirnh'en man at the court Ir" mid Rochester. “Your Maelsty was ever fond of Itair-erplitttntr," said Rochester. “Look you here, you rascal,” said the king "The girl hath a fortune. an! you can make her a counteav." "Only wlth Your MaJeety'tr help." “You shall have it, Jack. Know you how to make cowelip wine Y' "r would rairracnuire the secret. Ar. By my soul, the fragrance at n meadow breathes through the room already; the air is fu'l of the scant ot cuwehps fresh crown.“ n. Nell Gwyn, without making her presence known, had been an inter- estcnl observer of the whole scene; not one word had escaped her qu.ck ears. but she had sl‘pped away with- out hem-lug: it Rochmter had any re- ply to the bold suggmstlon of the king 1'0]than to the future of Miss Mullett. . fl 'iisu, said tho most wicked," cried the Iruttr,. - A _ - Two days Inn-r she observed trout that high torrncer of her garden which overlooked the husky walks of St. James? Park, the Earl of Roches- ter by tho side ot the girl, accom- panied by n brilliant train of cour- Liors, among whom were Frances Stuart ant the king and quvcu. set- t'ng out with the well-known em- bruldered bags, which she. knew con- tuimvl the ramming of bircult and cake 901' the feeling; of the foreign birds in the king's aviary. It wan a favorite patrtinw with the dwellers in Whitehall an! St. JumrW at all seasons of the your, - The party “um tt Iu"rry one. and Nell did not tnil to notice that Miss Mullett's face was phyla untly flushed. ttttl that the expreaulon upon Roches- ter'w face was IMF.' of unaccustomed earnestness when he addressed a re- mark to the Mining Indy or answered one of her innumorable questions. That mmr- owning: she learned at Whitehall that Miss Mullett was par- taking or supper with Frances Stu- art, uni that Rochester was of the party. She herself hm! sat down with an equally brilliant party, that 'tn.. cluded Lord Cartrtity and Smiley and Tom Killigrew, anl the conversation turned more than once upon the re- appearance of Rochester and rd the rumor that he actually. meant to re- form, taking his first step in this " rection by entering into the bonds of matrimony with a young woman from the west whose fortune am- ounted to several thousands of pounds a year. Before the evening had missed the ling entered the apartment and seated himself on u serve Dy the HIP of Nell Gwyn. "Your 'Mnjesty is the must gener- ous ot mamucus," an” she. - _ "What," she cried, "have you not received my Lord Rochester back to favor, giving him a liberal en- dowment T' - A “Nan," said the king; "I have nought with which to endow even the least deserving reprppatp." - "To be accounted the king‘s ta- vorite is ample onlowment tor any man," said Noll. "So as least that pretty child who is now supping with Mina Stuart will fancy.” 'Pour soul T Hail the king. "Poor soul, indeed I" said Neil. “She knoweth nougat of the wickedness of man." 'sNay," said the king, “this in her second visit to Whitehall." "And she hath been by the .slde ot any, Lord Rochester for about to-uay already. 00th it not seem to you a shame that so sweet I crea- ture should be flung in hls path tor him to pick m: as one doth an young peach in the orchard ot Hampton Court?” A - . ..... "I' faith, Madam Mien, I um begin- ning to believe that you speak the truth; though why you slunld on y now have. become aware of this tact I cannot tell," and) he. . VTHSVBE you teln'Thex-e are u had RIM! In the country: as over Lid 'dwelt inthe town. I do not so no In an to any there ere any hitown (who no bad " may be (out: wlth- out the aid of a. lumen: at the Palace ot Whitehall. '8 llle. my dear, the girl ll not my daughter. that I may give to whonooever I please. " she hath another lover. tet him show Manse"; she lhull marry the one she favors, whether he he the klng’a lavogite or another. And dear, the girl it that I may trim please. " she tet him show 1.1m: the one she an the king's favor now to upper." “if 'riafWei; Your “deny to your word," and Neil. _ (To be cautioned.) , . All EGYPTIAN HIHY W. THE DOINGS 0F Sl-OSIRIS. Curious Echoes of Biblical History in Ancient Papyr. In the Fear 1895 the trustees of the British Museum purchased a fine papyrus roll, written on both sides. the obverse bearing a series of revenue returns dated in the "T" year of the Emperor Claudius. B.C., 46-47, and the reverse a series of magic, tales written in Demotic. The latter, with " tine facsimile, have been published try the Clarendon Press, Oxford. accompanied with a translation and commentary from the pen of Mr. F. L. Gritnth, the Egyptologist. _ - . The stories are part of a series which centre in n. hero named Kha- muatt, High Priest of Memphis, the historical original being the Prince Regent Khn-m-uas, the son of Item.. ees II. The writer of these stories, says the London Standard. has col- lected a great quantity of folk leg- ends which were current in Egypt at the time when this manuscript was written, about A. D. 70-80, and the pnyyrus may certainly be de- scribed as one of the richest collec- tions of first-century tales ever dis- covered. The stories relate to Khnmuas uno der the Home of Sctme. derived from his title of Sen), priest of Memphis, and his son, til-Osiris. The story of the birth of this youth is given. He is the miraculous child of his mother, and his name is revealed to his father in n dream-'Hlt' name shall be Sl-Osiris (son of Osiris). for he shall do many marvels in Egypt." We are told that "he grew blg, he grew strong and went to school," and "that he rivaled the scribe who taught him," and he began to talk with the scribes in the House of Life (the library of Memphis) in the Temple, ot Ptah, and "all the hum wondered at him." The resemblance betvmen this ex- tract and the story ot Christ is most astonishing. and it is still more so when we read again: "Behold, the boy Si-Osiris reached 12 years of age, and there was no scribe in Memphis that omyld equal him in reading or writing, or magic." It in the passages we have an adaptation of the story of the birth of Christ as told by the Disciples, it is eertain- ly the earliest record tcnowm being less than twenty years after the in- troduction of Christianity into Egypt by St. Mark ct. D. OT). The wonder working youth takes his father to the regions of Amenti or Hades, and the cycles of the land of death are described. Hero we have n, mass of valuable legendary matter derived from Egyptian, Chris- tian and Jewish sources. The judg- ment scene differs much from that described in the 125th chapter of the Book of the Dead, and there is woven into this portion a curious story, very like that of the parable of the “Rich Man and Lazarus.” The doctrine of future punishment. not found in Egyptian rituals. is clearly stated in the words: "He that is good upon earth. they are good to him in Amttrtti--ite that is evil upon earth. they are. evil to him." The latter part of tho papyrus contains the account of the magical contest tustwoen Si-Osiris and the magicians of Ethiopia-resembling the traditional contest between Moses and the Janus and Jambros. Here we have two curious ttchops of the plagues or Egypt. The magi- cian said to his mother, the Negreus. as a Sign: "When thou shalt eat and drink, thy water shall he the color of blood and the floods shall turn to the color of blood, and the Haven shall be the color ot blood." Here we have certainly the echo of the flvst plague (Exodus Tii. 19). So, also. in another passage Is the plague of darkness preserved. One of the magicians, who ls in prison, says: "I would cast my spell upon Egypt and I will cause the people. of Egypt to pass three days and three nights without seeing llght," words which certainly resemble those ot the plague of darkness. (Exodus, x. 21). - The treasures of this curious document are not exhausted, for we have also the story of Moses and tre bulrushes, tor one magician re- bukes the other with the words: "Art thou not Hor, the son of the Negretm. whom I saved from the reeds of Ra?" The manuscript con- tains many more valuable glean- inga from tho traditions current in Egypt in the frat 'century ot our era, a period when Alexandria was the emporium ot the literary wares ot all the known world. This valu- able papyrus is but an earnest of what We may expect as the rub- bish. heaps of Fayoum and Lower Egypt are explored. Willing to me on a Full Stomach. Colonel Kekewlch. during the siege ot Kimberley, was approached by a ptitpte, Tho flaked; - "Colonel. when do you expect We 3131391ng to ggt sqmgthl-ng to _etrt t" The officer understood the Joke and replied l, "All right, .colonel." “Eat!" exclaimed the colonel, "did you Join merely to get nomethlng to eat t" . "Well, that‘s about the also of It." "Bere," calling an officer. “give this man 'romethitttr to eat, and then have him that.” The private exhibiting no alum and, "Bon me a ham, cap’n. "ew up a coupie of chickens. bake two or three pounds ot potatoes, fetch a gallon o' beer, and load yer guns. With such tttdueettterttg the man what wouldn't be willing to die In a. bli- thely}: Idiot." - 7 A hiarty meal , u K',".'."" for the .oldier, but he mu "I. ' "iiiiihkiiid ARCHIVES ' TORONTO tmo King'- Acceuion Oath ha- crested quite a political storm 0w- intr to itl amnion to religion. Pret- ty much the some kind of oath, however. in nude in other countries. The King ot Portugal takeran oath to be futhfui to the Catholic Apor. tolic and Roman religion. In most cotton-it}. the King hwears to re- The whole subject of oath: in a curious and Interesting one. They presuppose. ot course. that man ot every degree in liable to break the Ninth Commandment. And even Kings and Emperors tall under nus. pinion. Whether an oath makes a man more truthful or more i‘aithtui to his promise is questionable. In Germany oaths have been abo.ished altogether. In England, America and Australia, the aitirmution has now as much force as the solemn oath. 1n francs no oath is required of members of the Legislature. And it cannot be said that German wit- nesses. French legislators or Emp. lish Quakers are more untrustwor- thy than other poopm. Yet a great philosopher once said that when the oath ceased to be binding, no country could subsist tor a year. upset the ammutmn. Gi Geiiit in Greece and Portugal, no refer- 'e" In pade t9_religmn. The-re la a. great variety in the method, but the object ls always the same. namely, to call down un oneself the Vengeance of God as the penalty of untruth. But there la a concurrent and very lively sense of the vengeance of the law as well. Anyhow, the taking of an oath is a very ancient practice, and it has been fodowul by the peoples of all countries. The Medea and Per- sians swore. The Egyptians and Assyrians swore. Christian and Pug- an, savage and civilized men. all swore. and still swear. The Bible teens with oaths. And probably a time will never come when the oath will have altogether died out of the world. The Oath of the Christian takes two forms. In England, Bpaitt, Italy, Austria and Amwiea, among other places, it is taken on the Bible. But the English alone kiss the book. In France and Belgium, the Scotch method ot mixing- the hand over the head is practised. Jews swear very much like Christiana. But, while the Christian swim” on the Bible, the Jew swears with his head covered, and on the Old Testament alone. And where Christians any. 'B, help me God," Jews in thia country say, "So lulp me Jehovah." Curiously, they do this unwillingly. To a strii'tly religious Jew, the name Jehovah is too sacred to be spoken in a law court. But our officials 1-D- tertaln the notion that this is the correct form ot a Jewish oath. Par-aces sometimes give rise to much perplexity in our courts. They strongly ob) ct to be swurn on the HMO, and claim the right to make the oath as in theie own ttountrr- nnm ly. by holding the tail of acow. Tho cow being a sacred animal In the eyes of the Pareee he can com- mit no sin while touehing it. But there is fortunately an alternative. In the city of London courts some years ago, it being impracticable to produce a cow, " Parse" took a sum-rd relic out from his bosom and holding: it aloft, said imprustiively, "By God, and God Omniscient, and God Omnlpresent. and G "t Almighty." or all the oaths the Buddhist one tom b" n aunt to what an I a~hsh u d be. Although we wear to til the truth, we either do not understand what We promise to do, or we evade the Ol ligation. The Buduhist cnnn it Cull into the form -r err-l r, so ti;'arly does his oath indicate what henna to do " swear, as in the prisoner of Puldha, that I am unprldi:vd, and if what I speak prove fame, or if by my coloring truth others shall he led astray. then may the three Holy Eristeneeri, Buddha, Imamma, and Pro Sangu, together with the Devotees of the Twenty-two Firma- ments. punish me and also my mi- grating soul." Hindus, like the Chinese, have a variety of oaths. The Laws of Mann say: "Let the. judge cause the priest to wear by Iris veracity; the soldier by his horse or weapms: the merchant by his cattle. grain. gold. or other pos- sealons; and the servile man by mime-eating curses on his own head." When the Gentoo swears he touches his hand to the toot of a Brahmin. while the Brahmiu swears by touching another Brah- min's hand with " own. In Mexico many apple still adhere to a (Illi- ous old form ot oath. They swear by touching earth with the fin- Ber and then placing the finger on the tongue. whim signifies, "it my tongue speak falsely may I be re- duced to dust." Until comparative- ly recently a priest in France sim- ply. swore "Ort the word of a priest." The thuese have the greatest variety and most curious oaths of all nations. The well- known one of taking u. saucer and breaking it, while the clerk says, "You shall tell the truth and the while truth. The saucer is cracked and It you do not tell the truth your soul shall be cracked like the sunmer" ---tiecmt' rather absurd so us. But it is an extremely binding declaration to the Chinaman. for he believes that the soul can be divided into trag- ments. In this country and the Uni. ted States the oath on the scum-r is one commonly used. More effective, however. in the eyes of the Celestluls is the loss-stick. The pas-stick is set alight. and while it burns the Chinese- swearer wishes that his soul may be burned like the stick it he gives false evidence. The Chinese swear in many other ways. A very solemn oath is made by writing cer- tain sacred characters on a paper and burning it, praying at the same tine that he may be burned if he does not speak the truth. Sometimes he swears by burning a piece of straw. But nothing is so forcible in draw. ing the truth from a Chinaman as getting him to cut ort a cock's head. This. like the breaking of a saucer. has a religious foundatl9n._'rhc (his: age believe that If their bodlec are mutilated an earth their soul: will be similarly mutilated In Birtrvett.-- at. Jamel’ mane. The Board of Education of Wood- stock In making arrangements tor the ttstrodttetimt of manual training and (10th science Into the schools upon . than! mate. . M ,‘H‘ "erftoqtttddettttMeheths ',t2ltgrltl'Nalt','g MM1NtttRmttrtttrtt' Me lane Ndmuc uMMchm £0:th MALL & RUOKEL. MONTREAL, tiiiiiiiiitgt Mrs. Bousitep--Thut was a very small quart of punches you sent no. an] besides they were very gnen." "Oh, no! Ours is one of tho most fashionable congregation. In tho city."-Auiieago Ileeord-uerald. . Deta1er-Yva'm: l untied ther, Were gre in. to I Itoupnl I'd better hot sun Jou umugh to do you any harm.--Phiuuiciphia Press. . i ml "I J""" ‘lul-n . I “That was the trouble. Whlle I was trying u, traumate the time itahle the train palm] out."-ititotlt I Journal. -----. o l In. wander-its our new cool In an agrtury good girl. but I can: we I. almowt fanatical. Mru. Adm-How's that? It". Wonder-Why. she I. no op- posed to trrtimt that do will not: much the iGtata=--muu-e A.- erimut. ' "Did you observe 'childrerN ur- In your church?" "Do you take cook away with you in, the summer t" “No. oh, Ito; we can't afford to go to the kind or place that would satisfy 1ter."--cuicatro Record-Her- Deacon Dunkirk-Brother Summer is having his church pew upholstered. Damon Dunbury-ls. oh , Deacon Dunkirk-Yea; he'l been losing sleep on Sunday: becuule Ill. seat was so uncomfortable.--' State Journal. _ "If you would like light reading." said the girl. "Uere " a very good Mk 'A Trip to the Mea'." -- __ Tooth and loath "I prefer 'romethimt deep," and he; “something like 'Twenty Thou- sand Leagues Under the Sec.” - Chicago fteoord-Herald. ( "What verdict did the coroner-'0 Jury bring in W' inquired a. man who had seen the lynching. "Suicide." answered Bronco Bat, promptly. "He must have known peh lectly well that stmiin' a boss ill Crimson Gulch was bound to prove ttttal."---.'-'" Star. Abomco of oecuputirm KI not rent: in mind quite meant in a mind dil- tre-d.9'arwpc'r. i, "I understand that he was once . baaoball pitcher." "Yes; and a tino one." "Ah I I suppose that's whe-e he and his good delivery." ' "Oh, yes, the Rev. Mr. Kurvei ll u very eloquem prmcheg." The poet In nut glad these ttagar--- ' You may don nl upon it. . It’o hard, with summI-r‘s mm aunts. To write a (‘hristmns sonnet. _-... ' t Tho pruannco of the best headl II often defeated by the tondernell " the beat (3 tteartti.--Fie1ditt. - Johnston, Toledo. has ruined the tax valuation of Hanna:- “met all": from 8000 000 to “M “Why didn't you Kt, table and than 'Ott W ml not] your tluin '."' When a full Mn mu] rob: B. bird's lit-ct, be Is not In the a... category as the Imnll boy. He bt at- lnded tofu an ornithoiotrut.--Waa. tme-There'. I knew I had forgot. ten mmethl . 'Te-What , It t l T line-My bath'ng suit. ' 'bt-Oh, I wouldn't worry over . mm thing like that. . Frugality In a tair fortune, and hub- ltn of Industry tt good estate-Fr) cyn‘oal old maid. "Yes, I suppose all men lone Alli. to you," murmured the trivalent young thing. "The legleel man is always put- ting his foot in it,"' observed the Living Skeleton to the Snake Chu- mer. ' "What has he done new?" "but night we were having I friendly game. and ho asked tho armless wonder to take a tttuid."-. Baieatore American. , lln. Conn”! “Men are nil, aliké," declared tho TRY THIS SCHEME. basin. Times- .'toattr" Fun. Doctor (anemia): Ja study the “no you would not In". l FE