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J + â€"Tétrry. reziz‘a The « word "Pefez," "breach,t" conveged:. t‘ tln:§lebr thgfiuen of & ~fgreat calamity. fraid;>â€"Eegr,,0r,,; terror foll@kved a.‘éer:-’m-t?{fi:e judgâ€" menis of 1 were not yet _ ended and~ wouldiBbe. e¢tended thmsel. and~ peop How shall, %p-flsd 4 David as this question On% would hawei® been better, ‘He exhibits h@@ility and admits his fiecd= and &# and unhzz‘g ; triumphal rC breachâ€" ot sudden e â€"Téerry. re: uPefilz.-- o.b the Hebr [4 calamity. fr: {foll@Aved a menis of 1 and= woul e LCO Aeimme s CCC We Comarame UE had longEad charge of the ark, should â€" ha been familiar with the law forbidding to touch it. #; Uzzab ctoodwum representative position. What he did was public, in the sight of all the people. c a roof and a stock of fodder.â€" Lange. Uzzah ,..... took bold. His conduct indicated irreverence and presumption. The Levites were forâ€" bidden to touch the ark on pain of death (Num. iv. 15â€"20). Oxen stumbledâ€"The _ roads _ are very rough in Palestine, and the ark was evideat‘y about to be thrown from the cart when Uzzah took hold of it. Anger of the Lordâ€"Not passion, but rather indignationâ€" that feeling mwhich makes him hate sin and compels Him to punish it. For his errorâ€"The error consisted of touching the ark, which, as the symbol of God‘s presence (I. Bam, iv. 7), none could look into. (Num. iv. SO; I. Sam. vi. 19), much less lay hold of without peril of life. There he diedâ€"*"The reasons for <this sgeverity were: 1. That it grew out ‘d0f a procedure which was in direct wiolation of _ an express statute (.x‘:n. Iv. 15; viil. 9) which required t the <ark _ should, be carried by <Levites. 2. Uzzah, who had longlflad charge of the ark, â€"R. V. "Cherubim" is the Hebrew plural form of cherub. The cherubs represented God‘s presence. &5. They set the ark of God4 upon a new cartâ€"This was contrary to the legal requirement (Num. vii. 9), according to which it was always to be carried by the Levites and veiled and covered from sight. Gibâ€" eahâ€"A hill of Kirjathâ€"jearim, called by that name. Uzzah and Abioâ€" Probably the grandsons of Eleazar, the son of Abinadab, who were set apart to keep the ark. Went before â€"While Uzzah walked at the side, Abio went before the oxen to guide and manage them. Before the Lordâ€"The â€" ark symbolized God‘s presence, and those who went beâ€" fore the ark are referred to as going before the Lord. _ Instrumentsâ€"The whow proccssion, David at the head, moved forward with music, song and dance (1 Chron. xiil. 8) 11. Uzzah‘s error (vs. 6â€"9). 6, 7. ‘Threshingâ€"{loorâ€"A fixed _ threshingâ€" floor, which did not change its place like the summer floor (Dan. 1i 35); and therefore probably had name is calledâ€"Better, as in R. V., "Which is called by the Name, even the name of the Lord of hosts." Dwelleth between the cherubimsâ€" "That sitteth upon the cherubim." Bborek valley as far as Kirjathâ€"jeaâ€" rim, where it had remained ever aince," 1. The joy{ful procession (ve. 1â€"5). 1. 2, againâ€"A former gathering was at Hebron when David was anointâ€" ed king. Thirty thousand â€" Repreâ€" sentatives of the whole people. Noâ€" tice the deep reverence in this phrase. The ark did not belong to David or Israel ; it was God‘s, whose y cz c _ 0 °C @270 ‘UHGC and oneâ€"half cubits (2 feet 3 inches) in height as well as width, plated within and without with gold. The lid was of solid gold and was called the mercyâ€"seat. Upon it were two golden figurep of winged cherubim, with their wings etretched out over the ark and their faces turned toward one another Within the ark were deâ€" posite| the two tables of stone enâ€" graved with the ‘Ten Commandments (Deut. x. 2). According to Hebrews izx. 4, the ark also contained Aaron‘s rod that budded and a golden pot of manna. It belonged in the holy of holies, the innermost room of the tabernacle, and was to be visited only by the high priest, and by him only once a yearâ€"the day of atoneâ€" ment. It was thus the most sacred uymbol of the true religion. t Commentary.â€""For seventy years the ark, the central point of religious worship, had lain in partial neglect, away from the Mosaic tabernacle at f&hilch. The sons of Eli had carried the ark from Shiloh into a battle against the Philistines, hoping that God would give them the viectory for the sake of this symbol of His wor ahip. But God did not reward wickedâ€" neses in that way. The Israclites were defeated, and the Philistines captured the ark, but the Lord would not yerâ€" mit them to retain it. Their idol Dagon fell bâ€"fore it. The people were emitten with severe sickness wherâ€" ever the ark was sent. Finally it was restored to Israel, and sent up the Mhamatks c eu. 2 _> David Brings Up>the Ark.â€"2 Sam $ 18 Study va. 1â€"â€"19, M# i Introduction.â€"Having eamitten his enemies#, ana xorutilui Mmount Zion, Davic most wisely too! measures to make the capital of his kingdom the central plagce of worship for all the tribco. He doubtless knew Jehovah‘s promise to choose out of All the tribes "a place to put His name" (Deut. xil. 5â€"11). Therefore the ‘ ark of the covenant @hould be brought érom ite obscurity and placed in the ity of the king. Thus did David inâ€" augurate a genuine revival of reliâ€" 104. s * ® t * The Ark.â€""The ark was a chest of acacia wood, two and oneâ€"hall cubits (3 feet Q l';l'hhu‘)uln length, and one ‘bam‘s Vegetable Compound . "It is a mmdiflm in thoroughly »\~*I have seen M&Ww\-;m mfloctored for years without permanent hig t n hfi uenA Te in t i ¢Viere aro budt ow wives and 4 s men huow or t hh soth womer mothers who have not at times enâ€" Some incidents connected with this event are entitled to notice: 1. The "rew cart" shows us that God should have the first and best of everything. 2. The death of Uzzah for simply takâ€" ing hold of the ark, and that eviâ€" dently with a good intention, shows us that there are no small things in the sight of God, and that he will not suffer men to regulate, control or suppress the manifestations of His power in the work of God. 3. The dancing and leaping of David was a direct manifestation of God‘s power and of his approval. The conduct and condemnation of Michz! was a sad but emphatic finare to this the most glorious day of David‘s life. After his public duties he retarned to his house to bless his family and to receivo their congratulations, but in the place of reverence he received ralling. She. despised him in her heart (v. 16). * t Connected with this moving there are many things mentioned which show its great importance as a reâ€" ligious act. There was a great gathâ€" ering of the people, including"all ‘Israel from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath" (I. Chron. XIIL, 5). There was also a recall of all priests and Levites who had been scattered everywhere after the slaughter of Saul (I. Chron. XIII., 2). There was a great musiâ€" cal display, a great procession, great sacrilices and a great feast. David himself wore the priestly ephod, joinâ€" ed in the musical display, offered sacrifices, and himsel{ blessed the people in the name of the Lord. alw :y : rema‘a~d in 0â€" with th> taterâ€" nacle until captured by the Philisâ€" tines ; and, when afterwards returned by them, it was not replaced in the tabernacle, and was never again reâ€" turned to the old tabernacle, but reâ€" mained at Baalah till brought up by David to the new, tabernacle at Jerâ€" usalem. This bringing up of the ark of God was the greatest and most conspicâ€" uous religious act of David‘s life. This act was considered by all conâ€" cerned as the moving of God to his permanent resting place at Jerâ€" usalenm. ‘The ark was the most sacred object that the Hebrew possesed .for God was supposed to dwell on the mercyâ€" seat (I. Chron. XIII., 6) It had its location in the "holy of holies" and contained at first the two tables of stone, a pot of manna, and Aaron‘s rod that budded (Heb. TX., 4). It had buil Awal;," 1L_ _Was intended to be a dwelling place for God. It had _gone through the wilderness forty years under Moses, had â€" been carried through Jordan and into Canaan unâ€" n Lsk._ ulc Tess A pas 7 .. WOrUggles and darker times ghaa,om.rgt now hbe is firmly esâ€" tablished in his kingdom, is at peace with all his nelghbors, has fortifled Jerusalem as his permanent capital; and after baving been three times anointed hns. i# at last a mighty) monarch, and at the height of his power and populartty. The tabernacle bad also a yaried history. Built by Moses from plans and specifications furnished by God Bllnself. it wasr intandad +a L2 2 Wigeq Z7 2T_aD existence. There had bees times when he mfl? the wure road to sucéess, perity and peate. ‘These times, gov:aver. were only"temporary and were followed by o nt® at u.. .Â¥% 7 &{h mwin has approached the Polé. within two hundred and my-elxbt- miles, no one has yet withir less than seven hundred and seventyâ€"two miles of the South & little gold mine, for hundreds of films may be printed from it, and they are went all over the world and exhibited®before millions of people in the colrse of a few months. The trick photographs are certain to be popular, ag ‘the Â¥ariety off subjects that may be produced is endless, and the wudfiodreams of the imaginâ€" ative conjror may be realized. "The Arablan Nights" stories of maglc carâ€" on Sybhich their lucky owners navigate air lose their savor wher co red with ffeats the bioâ€" graph wilÂ¥ imnake possible. â€" London Mail. Â¥ 0; . of \?011:}\::: result is obtained, as "In the cas® o[ the boxers, by the comâ€" bination of two films, Acetors ol some considerable abilâ€" Ity are required, for it is by no means an easy matler to tell a story enâ€" tirely in"panlomime so that everyâ€" one car;e?eal'lv catch the meaning, and careful rehearsing is generally necessary belfore the actual photoâ€" grapk isStaken. A really successful biograpt.., "negative,* however, is worth striving for, as it may prove All the scenes areâ€"enacted in a etyljo illuminated by what is perâ€" baps the most unique electric lightâ€" ing apparatus in Londonâ€"how e(â€" fective can be Jjudged when it is said that each of the thousands that comâ€" pose a biograph moving picture only receives about one © fourâ€"hundredth aprt of a second exposure. _ but as acrtexample ol irick photoâ€" graphy itÂ¥ an extremely clever piece There is a quarrel, the flash of a weapon, and the girl falls limply to the ground as the‘ "real" prisoner starts fr his sleep and stares wildly at the dream picture of himâ€" self and is victim. The vision fades way a in its place the ghostly }}qg of the girl floats across the ‘"‘The Prisoner‘s Dream" is the name of another piece of biographic jugâ€" gling. The prisoner is shown in his cell asleep. On the forbidding stone wall mistily outlined figures appear. Gradually they become more and more sharply defined, though the wall can still be seen through , the subâ€" stanceless forms. Obe oi the figures is recognized as that of the sleeping prisoner, the other is a girl The face smiles recognition and alâ€" lows the hands to take a few hundred ordinary sized eggs from its mouth, for no particular reason except to show that it is capable of further miracles. Then it looks longingly toward the neck and shoulders from which it has been exiled, and is finally lifted into its place. The comâ€" plete man then bows to the audience and disappears. It spoils a good illuâ€" sion to describe too fully its inner mysteries ,but it may be hinted that this effect is obtained by the judiâ€" cious use of black velvet curtains. Black velvet, in fact, is the material from which the modern biograph; magician shapes his "invisible cloak,"; and the garment is quite as effective as the one the prince in Anderson‘s fairy tale wore when he set out to diiscover the wicked doings of the witch. But even more startling illusions than this can be produced. For inâ€" stance, the biograph throws upon the screen a picture of a headless man standing by a huge egg, from which one might expect a healthy young roc to emerge. The decapitated man cracks the egg with a mallet and discloses his missing head outside. and then another biograph photoâ€" graph is taken of a boxing match, and the two rolls of films are then skilfully placed together. The difâ€" [erence in the size of the boxers and the onlookers is accounted for by the fact that the latter are placed _ much â€" nearer the camera thar the former. and commence sparring in the most scientific manner. The two Gulliâ€" vers applaud the Liliputian pugiâ€" lists as they fight vigorously in a space that might be covered by a dinner table plate, and when at last a fiveâ€"grain glove inflicts the "knockout" blow, on a head thiat is emaller than an early green pea, the conqueror and the conquered are picked up and ignominiously replaced in the waistcoat pockets of their owners. This clever effect, the manager of the biograph company explained, is obtained by~ superimposiag two (ilms, which are exposed separateâ€" Iy. First the two men seated at the table act their part of the perâ€" {ormance ia front of the camera, seem to be carrying on an excitâ€" ed conversation, but, after some discussion. agree to make a wager on the cause of their aispute. Then each takes from hiss waistcoat pocket a tiny doll, dressed like a boxer ready for a championship match. The dolls are placed on the table, immediately "come to Jife," It has become a juggler, or, ‘as It might prefer to call itself,‘ an "lllusionist," and the uncanny feats it performs will soon put its more human competitors to shame. It commences its performance by showing on the white screen two men seated at a small table. They The biograph, having depicted most things in the world of fact, has now found new realms to conâ€" quer in fiction. "CALADA" Ceylon GREEN TEA is pure, delicions and hbealth{ful. It is as far abead of Japan tea as "SALADA" black is ahead of all other black tea. Lead packets enly. 25c and 40c per 1b. By all grocers. . 3 WINSâ€"INSTANTâ€"AND _‘ ""0 *=~__ ./. _/ â€" ~CONSTANTâ€"FAVOR subject is somewhat morbid, METB ALL JAPAN TBEA DRINKEERB . â€" â€" at the right time. .3 All old maide are assumed by the unthinking to be crusty and sour, _ and jokes are made about their fondâ€" ness for cats and parrots. The asâ€" @umption is a libel on the sisterâ€" hood. Woman for woman, there are probably more eweetâ€"tempered old maids than wives; they have less to worry them, and their liking for pets is merely an evidence that their bearts are tender and in the right place. They may be fond of pets, but they love humanity. Unâ€" selfish and devoted, they give time and talente to charity and the church, to home and the wchool, to parente and relatives and friends. There are no oid maide in Japan, but there is in that country a code of morals that would be unbearable in a Christian country. i _ _ For some peculiar and inexplicable reason, which is not well based and _cannot be well dofended, the old maid is wont to be derided and made the butt of shallow jokes, as if her spinâ€" sterhood were a grievous fault. As a& matter of fact, she is not appreâ€" clated and not understood. The old maild fille a congiderable and imâ€" portant part in our society fabric, and we should sorely miss her if she were to take her leave. In many instances ner celibacy is a matter of choice and selfâ€"gacrilice in order that she may devote herself to the service of othersg. It is the old maid who, with tenderest â€" solicitude, mothers the mothorless, nurses the gick and assists in burying the dead. It is the oid maid, without frivolous notions and a constant angling for beaus, who brings brains and enâ€" ergy and high purposes to the trainâ€" ing of the young in the ways that ough: to go to make good men and good women. It is the old maid who, in cage of emergency, can be dependâ€" ed’ugon to act with cool judgment ‘$ perence or 6 L d A Japaneme sociologist delivered a lecture at the University of Chicago the other day. Among other things, he waid: ‘"In Japan marriages are arrtanged by the parents of the inâ€" terested parties, and we have no such galaxies of old maids as adorn institutione of learning in the Uniâ€" Uted States. There are no old maids in Japan." SBo much the worse for Japan. saye the Savannah News. Her civilization would be higher and more worthyr oi ¢commendation if there were old maids. C242 %%%e%4%%% %%%% # A Pleasant Duty.â€"" When I know anything worthy of recommendation, 1 conâ€" gider it my duty to tell it," says Rev. Jas. Murdock, of Hamburg, Pa. " Dr. Agnew‘s Catarrhal Powder has cured me of Catarrh of five years standing. It is certainly magical in its effect. The first application benefited me in five minutes. 50¢."â€"9 A LONG RECORD OF SUCCES$ in curing all sorts of cuts, burne and bruises, as well as all bowel complaints, is neld by Painrillerâ€" over 60 years. Avoid substitutes. There is but one " Painkiller "â€"Perry Davis‘. my example. But she had to give it up; it was no use, she was too fat. From that day to this, she hasn‘t told me I‘m â€" growing stouter â€"in fact, she hasn‘t spoken to me at all.‘ An Achievement. Buffalo Commercial. "I don‘t see why you should be so proud of winning that case," said the intimate friend. "You were plainly in the wrong." "You don‘t understand â€" thege things at all," answered the lawâ€" yer. "That‘s the very thing that makes me so proud." "‘The Tepetition finally made me rather angry, so a month ago Igot & Beat just by her and watched ber closely. There was a good deal of kneeling dMown, and I confess that I dreaded the attempt so much that the first time I didn‘t get upon my knees. Then I happened to notice Mrs. Prattleton. She wasn‘t kneeling either, and I suddenly realised that this was simply because she could not. When the time came to kneel again I got down the whole way, hard as it was, and then looked squarely into Mrs. Prattleton‘s face. She blushed and squirmed, and at once tried her level best to follow "*Every once in a while," pursued the narrator‘ â€"who there was no denying really was stoutâ€"‘I haven‘t time to go all the way to my own church, and so drop in at the one across ‘the street. There I always see Mrs. Prattieton. She weighs fiffty pounds more thian I do, if she weighs an ~ounce, but she seems serenely unconscious of it and alâ€" wayse greets me after the service with & honeyed smile and the reâ€" mark: ‘"‘You‘re fatter than when you were here last." Stout Woman Showed Her Neighbor She Could Kneel in Church. "‘I don‘t mind being told I‘m stout,‘ she said. ‘I am stout and 1 might as well acknowledge it. But there is a wrong way to do everyâ€" thing and there is a way of telling a& person that bhe or she is stout which always grates on my nerves.‘ ‘The speaker paused and looked over her muditors in a manner which plainly indicated that this remark was but the moral of a fable soon to {ollow. Nor were the listeners disâ€" appointed. ts SHE RAV A SWEET REVENGE suggest the proper thing AN OLD MAID. ONTA TORONTO 4# 1 ME T " F sWwo _ [ OpITCVORLA To which the lady, whom the mediâ€" "Can‘t you wake a redy cal magnate had forgotten, anewerâ€" a robber." . ed, with a demure twinkle in her “W lh.t:o E::â€" to do aye;â€" * s perha "Bie Andrew Clark." | . coguized the profess:on." He asked if she did not like it, as it was excellent. &he replied ; "Oh, yes; I like it, but my physicâ€" lan forbids me to eat it." "Stuff and nonsense," said Sir Anâ€" drew.; "it would not hurt any one. Who is your physician ?" At a dinner party one night Sir Andrew, Clark noticed that the lady next to him at table passed a dish to ‘which he helped himself plentiâ€" fully. In Oittawa the volume of business in fall and winter goods continues to show a fair expansion. Conditions of trade are healthy and promising. Trade at Hamilton, as reported for Bradstreet‘s this week, continues to show a fair amount of activity. Fal} orders are coming to hand freely now, being stimulated by the strong markets and the cooler weather. The outlook for business is promising, based as it is on the good crops and the active demand for labor. Business at London is not as acâ€" tive as it was last week when many buyers were attracted by the Wesâ€" tern Fair, but orders are still numâ€" erous and the jobbing trade is busy shipping goods. Yalues are firm. ‘The weather having become more settled and favorable for the harâ€" vest, there is a better feeling in trade circles at Winnipeg. A large portion of the crop will grade No. 1 Northern or less. Labor is well emâ€" ployed and the outlook for generas trade for the balance of the year is encouraging. Vancokgverâ€"Victoria _ reports from the Pacilic Coast cities continue satâ€" isfactory. The demand for fall and winter goods is brisk and the prosâ€" pects point to a steady demand foy the next couple of months. At Quebec, weather conditions durâ€" ing the past week, appear to have benefited general trade, both wholeâ€" sale and retail, and the sales in the former are reported as large as this time twelve months ago. ‘The sorting trade at Toronto conâ€" tinues quite active. The demand for domestic staple goods is greater than the supply in some cases and reâ€" tailers will have to wait for some weeks for deliveries in certain lines. The market for al\ staple goods is very firm. The demand from inland water points is no beginning to make itsgel{ felt. The Cheese Markets. Cornwall, Sept. 26.â€"At the Cornâ€" wall Cheese Board toâ€"day 1,891 boxes were boarded, and all soldd by two lots at 11 8â€"4¢c to 11 7â€"8c. _ London, Sept. 26.â€"Ten factories ofâ€" fered 1,500) boxes; bids, 11¢, 11 1â€"2¢, 11 5â€"6¢, 11 1â€"6¢ ; 200 soid at 11 5â€"8e. Bradstreet‘s on Trade. Trade conditions at Montreal conâ€" tinue fairly satisfactory. Theâ€" outâ€" look is for quite a brisk sorting trade for the next couple of months. There have been some demands for renewals of paper, but owing to the excellent trage outlook, retailers have experienced little difficulty in this respect. New York...... ...... CHIC&EO.., ..« ... "TOIBOO..s..s > > .+ +«» Duluth, No. 1... Vegetablesâ€"Potatoes 35 to 40¢c per bush. ; tomatoes, 20 to 25¢ per basâ€" ket ; celery, 35¢; egg plant, 25¢ per basket ; green Spanish onions, $2.75 to $3 per large case, and 90c to $1 for small ; peppers, green, 40¢ ; do., red, 75¢ per basket. Leading Wheat Markets. Following . are the closing quotaâ€" tions at important wheat centres toâ€" day : Orangesâ€"Sorrento, 200‘s, 300‘s, per box, $3, do... Valencia, style, 300‘s per box, $3.50. Lemons, $3..to $3.25. Bananas, $1.50 to $2. Canteloupes, case, 65c to $1. Watermelons, each 20 to 25¢. A eggs, per dozon, 20 to 23¢ ; bitter, dairy, 17 to 20¢ ; do., creamery, 20 to 23¢ ; chickons, per pair, 6) to 8J¢ ; ducks, per pair, Tuc to $1i ; turkâ€"ys, per lb., 12 to l14¢ ; potatocs, per bag, 50 to 6uc ; cabbage, per cGozen, 40 to 10c ; caulifliower, jer dozon, 75e to $1, celery, cozen, 35 to 40¢, ‘baef, forequarters, $4.50 to $5.50 ; hinaâ€" quarters, $3 to $0 ; meCium, carcase, $6 to $6.10; cuoicso, carcase, 56..0 to $7.10 ; lamb, yearling, 87 to $1..0 ; mutton, per cwi., $5 io $6.530 ; veal, per cw!., $7.50 to $3. Toronto Fruit Markets. Receipts of fruit were more libâ€" eral and prices easier in spots. Peaches, yeliow, basket, 30 to 45¢;, do., Crawiords, 60 to 0c ; pears, basâ€" ket, 25 to 30¢ ; do., Bartletts, 40 to 50c ; plums, 25 to 40¢ ; grapes, small basket, 20 to 25¢ ; do., large basket 40 to 50¢; apples, basket, 12 1â€"2 to Dregsed hogs are unchanged, light seliing at $7.75 to $8, and heavy at $7.50. Wheat, white, bashel, 81 1â€"2 to 82¢; goose, 7Ti¢ ; red, 81 1â€"2 to 82¢ ; pess, 76 to 80D; ; oats, 37 to 37 1â€"2¢c ; do., new, 3z 1â€"2 to 3%¢ ; barley, 49 to 51c ; rye, 54c ; hay, new, per ton, $9 to $11 ; straw, $10;, sseus, alsike, $14.75 to $5.50 ; applos, per bushel, 75c to #1.25; dressed hogs, $7.30 1to $8; Hay is unchanged, with sales of B0 loads at $9 to $11 a ton. Straw easier, with sales of two loads at $10 a ton. at 814 to 82¢, 300 bushels of red winter at 81% to 82¢, and 100 bushâ€" els of goose at 75¢. Barley, unâ€" changed, 3,000 bushels selling at 49 to S5ic.. Oats steamdy, 1,500 bushels of new selling at 32% to 33¢, and a load of old selling at 37%c. Dairy produce firmer, with egge selling at 20 to 28¢ per dozen, and choice dairy butter at 19 to 22c. above the average, and the changes in prices were sliight. Wheat is easâ€" ier, with asales of 500 bushels of white The receipts Of grain toâ€"day were Why She Passed the Dish. see tss TD sseees / BX +# Cash. 77 5â€"8 83 76 1â€"4 the bold mxans, as he entered ihe t‘?ll;h domll" Ilotol.d red ‘the a are ." responded ttec.pr:prletor. A Arans ; n‘t you wake a reduction * sWhat has that to do l m with it @" _"Why, 1 thought. perhaps, you reâ€" How minute these particles are it is barely possible even to suggest. ‘The thinnest part ol a soapâ€"bubble, the centre of the little black spote seen just b.{ore the bubble bursts, is prob» ably about thirty times as thick as a molccule. The molecule, or uitimate particle, of any one of the sevent clements of which the universe (l made up is f‘s<lf constructed from at lcast two or more primitive particlca called atomsâ€"or, at any rate, must be supposed to be so to account for the phenomena of chemical combinaâ€" tion a,nd the parent matterâ€"particle of all cannot bo larger than a tenth of one of these. Its diameter, at the outeide, is onertwoâ€"hundredâ€"andâ€"fifty» millionth of an inch. â€" Castor Oil as Medicine for House» hold Plants. The fineâ€"leaved variety of {ern, like the maidenhair and others, is not to be sprinkled on the leaves, says a {lorist. Houge {)lants of larger foliâ€" age, bhowever, like the rubber plant am:ldpulms. need careful and comparaâ€" tively frequent sponging and sprinkâ€" ling with water. A further suggesâ€" tion in the care of house plants is contributed by a woman who has phenomenal success with ber large assortment. "I‘ i find that a plant seems weak and il!â€"nourished," she eays, "I give it a dose of castor oil some mornirg instemdl of the usual water, repeating it, perhaps, after an interval 0f a week or ten days, if the improvement does not seem suffiâ€" clently marked. The suggestion was given to meby a florist a long time ago, and I have tried it repeatedly with excellent resultse."â€"New â€" York Evening Post. The habit of engaging music hall performers and, later, noted actors and singers to use the phonograph, made the announcer more important than he had ever been before. He has now to pronounce correctly forâ€" cign names and titles of arias in different languages, and he must do all this in a way that will be unâ€" derstood. For these reasons it beâ€" came necessary to have capable men ; so the new profession of the phonoâ€" graph barker came into existence. " What are your rates ?" It is in the factories of the mansufacturers vf phonograph rolls that this new employment is to be found. Some of the men at this work earn as much as $25 a week, and two get twice that sum. Both of these are able to enunciate clearâ€" ly and have very good voices. Both hbave been on the variety stage. The duty of such an employee is to announce into the receiver before a soig the name of the selection and of the person who is to deâ€" liver it, not forgetting to mention more emphatically than either of these facts, the name of the maker of the instrumentâ€""as sung into the Blankâ€"blank phonograph"â€"he must say with both feet on the namg of the machine. "I was only a farmer, although I had plenty of money, ‘The girl‘s father chose for her a man in Ottawa who not only had â€"money, but beâ€" longed to the aristocracy. Â¥Yet I loved her always. I‘ve never loved gince, and so I‘m alone in the world, and my world has become pretty small," When his marriage to Felice Le Meaud was prevented he left Canada never to return. Unhappy in the extreme because his betrothed felt that it was her duty to obey her father rather than follow the dicâ€" tates of her own heart, he foreswore marriage. He came to Michigas broken in spirit, and he has ever since lived in or near Owosso. Once energetic and ambitious he has, ever since Owosso people first knew, hbeen apparently shiftless and without a friend in the world. For years he conducted a small charcoal kiln from which he was able to get money for his few, very fow, necessities. Now bhe cultivates a twentyâ€"acre farm and occasionally he makes a trip into the city. ‘There are some in his part of the county who smy that when the old man dies a close exâ€" amination of his hut will reveal some golden secrets, $25 a Week and More to be Now by Men Powerful of Voice There is a new employment in town for the iumcky possessor o1 a . powerâ€" ful voice who can use it with suffiâ€" cient impressiveness andâ€" dislincetâ€" ness. Some stage experience as actor or singer is ol great assistâ€" arce, but not all of the men who engage in this vocation have enâ€" joyed this preparation. The marriage was prevented by the girl‘s father. Speaking of that phaso of his life, Aymer says> _ 997. daughter of a wealthy Montreal merâ€" chant. ‘The young people were beâ€" trothed while Aymer wasattending a school in Montreal. He is far past 7O years old, but almost anybody else, living as hbe lives, would have been d.J a quarâ€" ter of a century ago. It is doubtful, now. that the Dansville bhermit is dead, if Michigan contains a more squalic, forbiddingâ€"looking man than he. Yet even he has had his romance, Bomething over fifty Iel.n ago, young Aymer, the son of a former member of the Canadian Parliament for the county of Brant, was promâ€" inent in the society o[ Paris, Onlario. He regiged on a Tine farm on the edge of ‘the city, and was the accepted Who is Said to be Former Well hnown â€" _ Resident of Paris, Ont The Chicago Biade of recent date had tho_tonow.lu from Owosso, Michâ€" "mqro lives a few, miles eanst of this clg"h a miserable broken down hut » mit whowe face beare a strong likeness to that of Count Leo Tolstoi, the Ruséian writer. In no other way will John Aymer bear comparison with the famous forâ€" eigner, except that he is even more PHONOGRAPH BARKERS. Wize 01 a Molecuile. MICHIGAN HERMIT. DOSINGi A FERN. womi ie t atitip