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peon Brick Co., 1 t::)phono Maia TO7T MAIL,4 ) and vill im measure LA S|w good commisstons. via‘s Largest Tatt away these watches ® u«k you to please ind are more than all run down, nd a tight hide, his blood is out animal econoâ€" in good health. nd we will send hen sold you 8 stch with a mas !ry. t Instructors. indiâ€" r handsome Cataâ€" RFEE PpPLÂ¥Y CO., amilton, UOnt. aCkace SEâ€"ANY QGANâ€" suitable for brick from Ocean to ifnot satisfactory .A M E, Agonts, Montreal, LEGE, Toronto 11 tell k‘s powder for ch without paying Taronto, Ont. Oy away, !t You lid Ocl: 'flf iwree to sell only E sSYRUP. RIFIER roSs., agree to sell oflk at 2¢. a box. conditions of the veakness, nervous ind tonic llfl““z © easy to se‘ receives a Prize oy away, If you YEARS ultry. Co., Agents, «tate cash price In every towns e best results be obtained. em, rids the ns and other he life blood In every town and village in i clothing; good rown TailorIng Est. 1854. Poronti ¢t$, FOR g9.35 Don‘t migs v xl.l.smd e Leadiag profesalone ss for s of inâ€" s most x ladios x tenaive . includâ€" nd h". Sun ‘Ourse, cution, d Phyâ€" o Rev. aldent, t.. for Toronto s yYOu Lk ence, Fing »ll« of butter ta per ~ l J gle. No man is going to brook inâ€" terference from his motherâ€"intlaw, at least for any length of time, ind what could have been smoothed ever in a short tims, had the wife exercised common sense, is likely to wideon into a breach that cannot be hoaled. The young wile ought Bot to descant upon hber husband‘s peculiarities to the neighbors. To use a homely phrase, it is none of their business. If John is kept late t the office, and his wife has her euspicions, let her keep them to Werself and not confide them to RBer best {friead. In fact, let her If she would keep her husband ber lover, she will allow him to wait upon her, and do ail the litâ€" tle things for her which used to give them both so much pleasure. Women, in their great Jjove for their husbands, desire to serve them, and they make the fatal misâ€" take of giving way to the desire. The Scotitch say men cannot be shivâ€" awlrous without opportunities to eultivate the quality. This does not mean that women should impress their husbands with their helplessâ€" rees and carry it to the point of the ridiculous, as in the case of the wan who called the maid, saying, "Take some Of ‘the sugar out of the sugar bowl; it‘s so heavy Maâ€" mie scam‘t lift it." The Motherâ€"inâ€"law Question Above all things, the wife should be icyal to hbher husband, else the two are not rightly one. At Joha‘s first cross word lat ner not go weeping home to her mother to teli Rer of her great unhappiness and ZJohn‘s brutal qualities. As is satural, the mother will think the daughter much abused and will atâ€" tempt to straighten out the tanâ€" | mot After ~theo sAirst Dright" sirxy6 Of CC * * te 2o anut ar HEPadlll_ L y3 static happiness xu'ugovel\",‘ §oh,, (fiZ_ It is toid of Madame Argo, who covers that he hasn‘t married an | Y*" * infatuated with the pianist angel it all, but what is, or should | L‘.S":t in his yoOounger days: that she be, infiniteiy betterâ€"a womrn. At | saki to a reproaching friend : " Do the a&:me time his wife discovers that / not blame me for seeking distracâ€" far from having a god for a companâ€" | tions outsiie my homas., I have a husâ€" i0n, she has a fleshâ€"andâ€"blood human band buried up to his ears in busiâ€" beingâ€"just an ordinary man. Jo‘in, ; nosw. It broke my heart to find that bowevrer, can be made to think his i. m,'-" next know his own children. wile is an angel, and she should see H,.e did_ not even know how many to it that she approaches the angelio : , them there were." as nearly as possible. f ‘”\urortl,‘\“,flflzu‘l;’}‘stz_mct lf,mn' whlom I resint aPisn oi tk diicAdndud lhey may refer to the kind mother ndged to make, but John never would be so rude. For doesn‘t Jolhun admit he thinks she is an angel ? So she goes biissfully on, perhaps making her own wedding dress, sewing in all the beauâ€" tWi@l thoughts oi hor John, how happy they wili be, and Oh, how different from most of the married people of her ascequaintance ! They never will cougo to be lovers ; no, indeed ; and John will be just as tender and careâ€" ful of her and love to wait upon her fully as much aiter five years of marâ€" ried life asg he does now. Of this she is quite certain. And so she dons her bridal gown and with a proud and happy heart goes to meet her John. The beautifu‘!, solemn words â€" are spokon, they belong to each other for better, for worse, in sickness and in health ; the rice and the old shoes aro thrown, and she and John are Wear 1 ‘That‘s "the greatest thing in the world,"â€"in anything that‘s worn. You & fit and finish too, in ou get style, â€"â€"But the one thing we emphasize is their / ualities. 4 iho«! n“gcr?nyhbhm wear like iron." Things she Must Do. The Attermath . pé Among the daintiest and most deâ€" licious of hot ibreads for breakfast or luncheon is the rusk. The making of rusk is almost a lost art, preâ€" served only among the cooks of the south. Hore are directions for makâ€" ing crisp and appotizsing little rusks mwhich will be found most satisfacâ€" tory il closcly followed: Dissoire a emall cake of compressed yeast in a gill of mwarm water. Put a pint of warm awoet milk in a large bowl, add a teaspoons‘ul of salt and sift in enoogh flour to make a light batter, then stir in the yeast, cover the bow!l with a towel, stand it in She was a member of a literary club and a musical society, and secâ€" retary of a charitable association for looking after orphan ehildrenâ€" this while her own were almost as badly off for a mother‘s personal care and iniluence as the orphans, whose sad lot she portrayed in touchâ€" ing little speecches at the meetings of the association. Society makes so many demands upon us, sigh theso la@‘es in the highâ€" or walks of life, And, indeed, this is true. These demands are not alâ€" ways or chiefly ol a frivolous nature. The society woman who fills her place is a being of{ use and influence. Sho is a patron of the arts; she sets in motion charitable enterprises and makes these popular and sucâ€" cessful; sho encourages literature : she glives grace and beauty and reâ€" finement to life. Yet it is true that all these duties and occupations may infringe upon her sunreme dutyâ€" that of giving the most of herself to her ch.ldren. Neither "bonnes" nor governesses ean supply the place of the mother‘s personal care and subâ€" tle sympathy. | Ho _ was a Wall street man, with hallf a dozon irons in thoe fire. and two clubs besides. f A woman distinguished in â€" social and literary eircles ~onfessed that she had nrever studied the disposiâ€" tions of her children. "Suzette, their bonune, knows them better than I," she said. "I am really sorry and ashamed that I have no time to get better acquainted with them." a writer in Sunny Souti He went about the room, looking bewilderedâ€" ly at the groups of children, until a little girl stepped forward and said: ‘"Why, papa, don‘t you know me?" "Now I do," he said. Then turning to itne hostess with a weary smile, ho added: "To tell the truth, I see my childron so seldom I can hardly A portly, handsome man, whom I knew in New York, had gone in a carriage to a children‘s party to bring home his little daughter, says Ktebdednded db d t 44 t t t i i it ++ i44 x * eyf 4 $ STUDY THE CHILDSs _ _ } <bs > * â€"â€" DISPOSITIGN. $ :+++++++++++++++++++++n+: wear the little bow in her hair which so taught his fancy as a suitor; let her be happy ; let her be cheerful and greet him with a smile, instead of a frown, if he is late in his home coming, and it is sate to say his love and tenderâ€" ness will enfold her all the days of her life. 4 is to be done. She makes a fatal mistake who becomes careless in her personal appearance. If she was painstaking before marriage to gain a husband, how much more careful should she be after marriâ€" age to keep him! The orthodox Jews have a custom, according â€" to Zangwill, which compeis a woman, immediately after marriage, to shave her head of all her natural hair and dorn a wig, frequently hideâ€" ous, in order that she may not gain the admiration of other men, forgetting," _ says Mr. Zangwill, "that their husbands are also It is very simple and easy to be a good wife, when one wishes to do so. The husband should feel free to tell his wife his business cares, and she should be capable of symâ€" pathizing wilth him, and enter into all his plans with zest. Let her 8o many wives think, "Well, now I have a husband, nothing more is to be done." Nothing could be more .foohflh. more senseless. Everything The Dainty fusk. to be a Good Wife. un " or "I," but * we." : Baked potatoes with cheese are reiâ€" | ished as a change. Seloct large potaâ€" toes, serub well, and bake until done. Cut them in bal{ and scoop out wilthâ€" out breaking the skins. Mash and | beat up lightly with sait, pepper, a ‘little cream or milk, and grated _cheese. Fill the skins and brown in the oven. These are said to be very ;euslly digested.â€"â€"N. Y. Evening Post. eter fabrlcated, the pelerine is a bewitching addition that leans to the pictureeque, while in jet it has an The decree of the collarless corâ€" sage has gouns a long way toward advancing the cause of the demiâ€" toilet, a deletion of this detail makâ€" ing at onse for a distinctive daintiâ€" negs and dressiness. Again, and quito of recent days, there has come most valuable assistance in the shape of the pelerine, a thing most amiâ€" ably adjustable, that suffices of itâ€" self to immediately alter the aspect of the most decollete bodice. The pelerine of the present hour is a shapely enough seduction, one deâ€" fining the shoulder line sharply and boldly, and thereby balancing the subsequent characteristic droop over ‘ the bend of the shoulders. But, howâ€" streaks in it. Eat mwith hard sauce. This is as rich qs a plum pudding and somewhat resembles it.â€"New York Evering Post. **At the suggestion of a friend of my mother‘s I began to take Igdla E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Comâ€" {round, and it is simply wonderful. felt better after the first two or three doses ; it seemed as though a weight was taken off my shoulders; I conâ€" tinued its use until now I can truthâ€" fully say I am entirely cured. Young girls wfy:o are always paying doctor‘s bills without getting any help as I did, ought to take your medicine. It costs so much less, and it is sure to cure them.â€"Yours truly, ApErAIDE PrARL, 174 St. Ann‘s Ave., New York City.” â€" $5000 forfeit if original of above letter na aenuinensss cannot be produced, in a large store, and I s:gfiosé standâ€" ing on my feet all day made me worse. A Youn%vNew York Lady Tells of a Wonderful Cure:â€" **My trouble was with the ovaries ; I am tall, and the doctor said I grew too fast for my strength. I sutgered dreadfully from inflammation and doctored continually, but got no help. I suffered from terrible dragging senâ€" sations with the most awful pains low down in the side and pains in the back, and the most agonizing headaches. No one knows what I endured. Often I was sick to the stomach, and every little while I would be too sick to go to work, for three or four days ; I work Mrs. F. Wrigkt, of Oelwein, lowa, is another one of the million women who have been restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound. A mincemeat pudding is a novelty. Two cups of mincemeat, one and oneâ€" hal{ cups of flour, and gix eggs are required. Whip the whites o‘ the eggs and stir the yolks into the mincemeat. Thoroughly incorporate these, and then put in the wwhites and the flour alternately, beating well. Butter a mould, leaving room for the pudding to sawell, and boil for five hours steadily. If the pudâ€" ding is allowed to get cool for even one minute there swill be heayy rather a warm place and let it rise over night. In the morning beat to a cream a hall a cupful of butter, one cupful of" sugar and three eggs, and stir this mixture into a sponge, then stir in enough sifted flour to make a soft dough, put it on the pastry board, which should be well dusted xwith flour ; roll the dough out to the thickness of tea biscuit dough ; swwith a small cutter cut out the rusk, put them in a baking pan, let them rise again till quite spongy and light, then bake them in a moderate oven about â€" twentyâ€"live minutes. Dissolve two tableapoon{uls of sugar in a little milk, remove the pan from the oven, brush over the top of each rusk with this mixture, then stand them back in the oven just a minute till the glaze is set. Beorve the rusk hot.â€"N. Y. 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The Coliarless Corsage. $2.50FOR A BOX OF 50 K. FERRIS $ kiz A Potato Fancy. Mincemeat Pudding. for Toronto Canada King IV. A great deliverance (vs. 25, 260). 25. Prayed and sang praisesâ€" Their wounds were undressed ; filth and vermin added to their pain ; their position was one of torture. Sleep was out of the question. They passed thoe night in devotions It is a sigâ€" nificant fact that the most joyous of, Paul‘s cpistles is that written to the charch at Philippi, born out of his experience of suffering. 26. An earthquakeâ€"Thus did God answer prayer and prove His pres ence and protection. â€" No doubt all Philippi heard the sound and felt the 24. Thrust themâ€"All sore and bleeding. _ Inner prisonâ€"The dungeon â€"a dcep, damp, chilly cell, far unâ€" derground, opening only at the top, without the fresh air or light.â€" Mitchel!. _ Stocksâ€"A heavy plece of wood, with holes into which the feet wore put, so flar apart as to disâ€" tend the limbs in a most ‘painful manner.â€"Hackett. 23. Many stripcs â€" The Roman punishment . was not limited to "forty stripes save one," like that of the Jews.‘ + TL zaual and Silas arrosted (ve. 19â€" 21y _ After tho evil spirit had teft the girl she mro longer had powor to make money for her masters by fortuneâ€"teliing. _ This made her masâ€" ters angry, and they seized Pavrl and Silas and dragged them before the magistrates into the marketâ€"place, where legal business was trangicted. III. Paul and Silas beaten and imâ€" prisoned (vs. 22â€"24). | 22. Multitude roso upâ€"An excited mob. This was dono without any form of law. The very magistrates who were affectâ€" ing such groat zeal for the law woere amohg the first to disregard _ it. Ront off their clothesâ€"They violentâ€" ly toro the cothes ofl Pagl and "lins. RBoeat themâ€"The words mean to "beat with rods" (2 Cor. ii. 25). The Roman custom was to inflict bows upon the naked body. Paul ard Silas at Philippi.â€"Acts 16.4 2 Study Acts 16 : 16â€"34. Commentary.â€"IL An evil spirit cast out (vs. 16â€"18). The _ missionarie® made their home at the house of Lydia (see v. 15) while they continâ€" ued to preach» the gospel at Philippi. They had good success and in this city the first Christian Church in Earope was founded. But their great victories did not come about withâ€" out great opposition. _ There was in tho city a certain damsel who was a fortuneâ€"teller, who brought â€" her martors great gain. â€" This slve girl followed the missionuries and cried aftor them. Paul was grieved beâ€" caugka of this and commanded the evil spirit to come out of ther. _ And he camoa out the same hour. Sunday School. A lot of ribbon embroidery is used on evening gowuns. It is effective in all cases, dainty on a foundation of mousseline de soie, and rich on broâ€" cades. It is sometimes combined with pailiettes, for â€" paillettes are com ing back into favwor. On a dinner gown of white brocado is an embroiâ€" dery of several shades of red ribbon combined with red paillettes. _ The dress is trimmed with a lot of white chiffon flounces and touches of red velvet ribbon.â€"Paris cor. Siberian squirrel fur is a prominâ€" ent element of millinery departâ€" ments. A hat with a soft crown of blue velvet has a broad brim of the gray fur which finishes in wide tabs held close to the hair by a long siecl ornament. The lining is shirred blue «atin. There is a new hair binder on the market. It is a combination of two emali tortoiseshell combs, which opâ€" erate on the principle of a scissore and have a little curved stem at one end to which an artificial cur) or switch may be attached. The most admired new fur is equirrel head, a lovely,â€" soft fur, emoke color, and wonderfzally smart when relieved with ermine or chinâ€" chilla. Squirre} â€" back and moleskin nre also very fashionable, and perâ€" fectly new. INTERNATIONAL LESssON NO. 1 JANUARY 4, 1908. Glove handkerchief@. which until last season were shown only among exclusive goods, are fouml this year in great variety. i Lisle thread stockings with emâ€" broidered front, lace insteps and .ace ankies, are pretty to wear with fancy house shoes and elippers. Many of the new collars have the little tabs in froot studded with tiny steel buckles or silk buttons. %Q'H +++-l~l-:-++++++++m+ 4444 : Fashion Notes. : e ofe ol uhh se of o ofe ofe se oo af e eB age oha the ce ohe ue oo ie she ope e ue ofe grub, & ie tA An‘ if it waas me, Oi‘ll be thinkin‘ Di‘d go on a sthrike wid a club." Mre. Dooley‘s Advice. "An‘ phwere is the‘ childer this marinâ€" Teresa anw Patrick an‘ Mike ?" "Ah, shure, an‘ Oi slapped Patrick lasht avenin‘ An‘ they‘ve all gawn out on a athrike." "An‘ if thot be th‘ case, Missus _especial plea to our consideration in the cause of the theatre gown.â€" Paris correspondent. ; uller Skirts The prediction of extra fullness in the now ckirts is becoming marked by favor among fair Parisiennes. The shapely, wellâ€"cut upper portion envelops the hips and is even more charmingly accentuated by the lower broad flat pleats in the back, a wide box pleat forming the centre of the corsage and skirt decorated on each side by a smalNer pleat. Rraided trimmings or passementerie is also a modce likely to be much in vogue. They give length and preserve the straight line in front, which conâ€" tinueos to be cultivated.â€"Paris corâ€" rospondent. a 1 surely come back after TORONTO The glorious deliverance. "God is greater than kings, or prisons, or all earthly powere, and can deliver His children when He will." It is not in the power of the wicked to make the rightcous unhappy or deprive them of communion with God. _ From within that decep, dark, stifling, pesâ€" tilential, old Philippian dungeon Paul and Silis broke out into prayer and ture events. Her masters received ; **~* much gain by her fortune tellim:.i T9 "Men are more anxjous to KnOW | ang their fortunes than their duty." | Gospel work arouses opposition and | T brings persscution. "They caught| Paul and Silas," etec. "And the muilâ€" | The: tlirdo ross v»p against them" (verses | 19â€"24). The â€" carnally minded, the1 A1 desizning, the unserupulous rojectors ; of.,t.ruth and violators of morality | And unite in (;q?[)r)eitljd!r to the gospel The gospel interferes with the plans of the wicked. While Paul and his companions were preaching the gospel at Philippi they met a poor girl " possessed with a spirit of divination"â€"a â€" divining demun, or evil spirit, under the influence of which she professeqd to foretell foâ€" Teachings.â€""Wicked men _ delight in. making good men suffer. Ali that Christians suffer for Jesus sake will work for their good and God‘s glory. Suffering Christians often reach the hearts of more sinners than those do who are free from trial. Christians find a house of praise wherever they go." foop PRACTICAL SURVEY. 32. Spake unto IWiamâ€"Then â€" they proceeded, more at leisure, to pour into his attentive ears the history of Jesus Chriwt, to declare His dooâ€" trine, and to explain what it was to believe in Him.â€"Kitto. 33. Washed their stripesâ€""He had not concerned himsel{l about their suffering condition when be put their into the inner prison ; but, now that his sins woere washed away, his thought was to minister to the needs of those who were inâ€" strumental in ns salvation." 4. Bot meatâ€"As they were the instruments of bringing health to his soul, be became ‘the instruâ€" went of health to their bodies. 31. Believe, etc.â€"The sum of th whote gospel ; the covenant of grac« ur a few words. ble or his office, but for his soul, which he folt was in danger of eterâ€" nal loss. 30. Brought them outâ€""From the inner prison, where they were conâ€" fired in the stocks, into the court of the prison, or into his own apartâ€" ments, having no fear that â€" they would escapq, but rather convinced that God was overruling all things for theom." â€" Sirsâ€"The Greek word imâ€" mies on acknowledgment of great suâ€" poriority. f ‘"‘The homes make a nation, not the castles." _ Is your home {m) rly protected ? If not, do not delay, send in your a;ipncnt,lon to the nearest Council ur:he CANADIAN ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS. his order is worthy of your hearty endorsation for the following reasons : 1) It is purely Canadian. zfl It will protect your loved oues. 8) It is progressive and "up to date." 4) It has the best kind of a gurrantee, $225,000 SOLID CASKH 5) It telis you what you have to pay and when you have to pay it 6) It furnishes insurance at the lowest cost compatible with m’:%w. T) It is equitable, all members pay the same rate according to their ages. 8) It is managed ecor <mi#caily. 9) It is under Governinent supervision and fully authorized to do business throughâ€" out the entire Dominion. (10) It furnishes a "personal protection" if you are 111. For fulliaformation apply to the nearest Council, the Grand Recorder MONTAGUE, Hamilton, or to W. F. CAMPBELL, Grand Organiser, Hamilion. * ORGANIZERS WANTED, LIBERAL TERMS 29. Called for a lightâ€"Which coum be carried in the hand. This care for his wellare begat a tenderness in the heart of the keepor. It was the arrow of conviction which had reached his soul. Came tremblingâ€"Not for his life or his office, but for his soul, singing did not awake Ifm but the earthquake did. He evidently slopt in full view of the prison doors. â€" Drew out his ewordâ€"The Roman law transgâ€" ferred to the jailer the punishment duo to an escapad prisoner. 28. Paui criedâ€"Anticipating the Jaler‘s fear for his own safety, Pau} raised his voice to sccure attention at onee. His purpose of{ suicide was a groat sin. Al hereâ€""Strange for a prisoner to be solicitous about his keeper. But Paul was passionately trying to siave mon, and the whole gospe! is an appeal to men to do themseives ro harm." 20. Called for a lightâ€"Which carm _«..Khakonâ€"As (God shook the founâ€" dations of that old prison so He is glill able to shake the foundations of cvery power or influence arrayed againgt His truth and the spread of the gogspe}i in the earth. We need have no fear of in{idelity or falso reliâ€" glone. Johovah lives and reigns. Doore were opened, cte.â€"The chaing were made fast to the wall and the shock which burst asunder the boits of the doors also rcloasod the fastenings which held the chains in the masonry. V. The jailer converted (Â¥s.xxviiâ€" 84). 27. Awakingâ€"The praying and forcee of the earthquake. 'Foundations "What cured it?"" _ "podg‘ Pills cured me completely." uon ols c PC OB VC PPUKs t Thern a hotelkeeper advised him to try Dodd‘s Kidncy Pills. That hotelâ€" keeper didn‘t see him again till last August, and thon his first question was "Angus, how‘s your back ?" "As well as ever it was," answered Angus, MMWTivcc ol cclclclc m ob us waie us CC tor, twentyâ€"ive miles away, was sent for, but he could do little to relieve his euffering. This was in October, 1901, and he couldn‘t do a band‘s turn of work tlgl the spring of 1902. ; Dec. 15.â€"(®pecia1.}â€"Angus D. Mebonâ€"| _ SIR JOHN‘S QUEEN ANT. ald, son of the postmaster here, is | «_ + prominent among those in this dis A Charming Little Story by Dr. trict who swear by Dodd‘s Kidney ; Menry C. McCook. PiJe as a sure cure for those terrible: _ReV, Dr. H. C. McCook, of thiscity, pring in the hack that are one of the &rttsl:;g ;n the Inuependent of a vislt m*“fim&m Of KiGney Disease. | Says. ohn _ Lubbock in â€" London, for the.na‘;;d llll‘:,}dtah:;m reaso6 ; ‘This distinguished naturalst hbad While at work in the coal pits h succeeded in preserviag two ant strained his back, a_ | was len?h.um: queens of Formica fusca, to a groat in an agony of pain. ‘The nearest doeâ€" lt‘ 2D°, O! these having reached Laid up all Winter, but Dodd‘s Kidâ€" Strained His Back and was Sent Home in Agony * ACCLIDENT I ney Pills put Pim on His Feet Again | and Now He is Completely Cured. : Indian Brook, Victoria Co., N. S., ASSESSMENT SYSTEM TO A MINER "Dodd‘s Kidney Do you know which they are ang their meaning ? I‘m sure you have made a shrewd guess That these four little words you are using * Are plain "will" and "won‘t," *"*no" and "yes." Small, but Mighty, There are four litile words in the langnage That volumes of meaning express, And we Tind oftentimes in their ut terance The magical power they possess. They have made or marred lives without number Ard settled grave questions o state, And so potent for good and for e Their umws is the passport to Fate. "Can‘t think what ‘~ wanted a pinny for, ‘e ‘adn‘t nothing unddeâ€" neath bult an ugly old petticoat. I know, cos I watched ‘im tonk it off, thro‘ a crack in tho door." And yet a third, with an obvious seoff : "Miss,"> asked a small girl, "why do ‘o woar ‘is sash round ‘is neck inâ€" stoad of on ‘is waist ?" The comment of another little maid was more original ; "When the angel brought ‘im the white robe, wot a pity ‘e left the wings bo‘ind in ‘eaven." The London Express says Miss Chitty gives some funny sayings of her scholars in a "larrikin" Sunday schoo!l upon the ocrasion of their first sccing a clergyman in all the glory of ccclesiastical vestments ; 10e Uhrisimas c.osing concert of this college was a fine suceess. The atemlance of the cititens was good, and many exprossod their surprise at the success and ahility of the stuâ€" dents that toox part in the proâ€" gramme, showing as it did fine tatent in the teaching stafl. Large numâ€" bers of the people of the city seem only lately torealize that priviieges equal to be had anywhere exist in Demill College, and are beginning to avall themsolves of the opportunities that are at hand. An increased atâ€" tendance is expected when it opens on Jan. 6th. It is worth while inâ€" quiring after this school, where there are daughters to be educated, as we understand that special rate® aro given, including an â€" extensive comurske. Perhaps ths may seem trivial to the ordinary lay mind ; but to Nir John and to the writer it was a matâ€" ter of some moment, for it ended one of the most interesting experiments as to the prolonged life of inverite~ brite creatures that the world has ever known. "May 1 see the queen?" I asked ‘"Yes, she is just here in the ad joining room.* Turning aside from the waiting company of eminent persons | who were 1to sit with us at breakfast, we wont to see the dead queen. She was in one of the chambers, or opes spaces, exeavatai by the workers within one of the artificial formi caries which Bir John had provided She lay on her back, with her six legs turned upward and bent in the rigor of death. A crowd of workers surrounded her. Some were licking her, as though in loving care of her tollet. One would nip an antenna, anoiher a leg, and thus by various solicitations they sought to arouse her. It was curious, and muchlnf 8 well, to watch theigp methods of exâ€" pressing their manifest emotion "They bhave not yet accepted the fact," said Sir John, "that their queen is really dead. Indeed, I doubt if they are fully persuaded thereof. They have been surrounding her, and irying to get some responses from her ever since she died." And thus it was still when we left the royal death room.â€"N. Y. Sun. ed Sir John on the morning _ reâ€" ferred to, in response to an invitation to breakfast with him and some of his friends, 1 inquired at once about the l-leajtlx of his ancient queen. "Alae! Doctor," he replied, "1 bhave #ul news. My old queen is dead." ‘"Dead !" 1 exclaimed.; "that is sad news, indeed. When did she die ?" "Only laet night," was tke re sponse. "And I have not yet told even my wife about it, for 1 dara miy she will fce! as badly over the loss as 1 do." This distinguished naturalhst hbad succeeded in preserviag two ant queens of Formica fusca to a groat age, one ol these having reached the vast antiquity M over 14 years. Her songevity was due to the careful protection extended by Sir John and his attendants; for it is true of emmet herds, as well as of domestic animals, that they thrive ll(_ukl" human protection. As Igreetâ€" Balvation by faith. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt tbe saved," was St. Paul‘s reply to the penitent jailer‘s inquiry. God‘s plan of salvation must be accepted. The great question. What must I do to be saved ? is the most importâ€" ant question an accountable being can consider. It involves his highest interest in time and in eternity. It is an important period in a person‘s life when the Sprit of God convinces him that he is lost, that he needs salvation,. and earnestly inquires how he may obtain it. praises to the Go@ in Whom they trusted for deliverance. a In a Larrikin Sunday School. Doemil Ladies‘ ColHege, St Catharines, Ont. mas closing concert of was a fineâ€" suceess. The (the cititens was good, prossod their surprise at â€"Bertha Stine f Fu 1.