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HUSBAND. " Ct1AHi'Ett l. Swill. Ln.- leaned back on m. k, Id. Vim tho panpirution "myth. in, stud in I mminative, not to my "qtaneltolr, “Ohio. new“ the ulna. It "e not a Win], pianist. rt. m but, it vu " hideous u can .1 I’M and would ban given a "Pt II our on English blnck country Penu, tad beaten it t’llily. For it In " Amun- gold 'Uld; In arid, dusty "i, which would hare been ugly " In] time, but In. rendered nimply 'IP- ”nil. by the dirt, ronfution, squall)! Id poverty of n ditttterU amp. The nun had been glaring down upon thU vhoednl pro-poet during the whole of what had retard An endless any, and no. now linking in I bed of fire. In “I. up for the no“ da 's Morphing. M I." A few trees in. T valley, but 9 I prehod leaf of them moved. " M or two ftew liulauly Across the Whats. but dropped with hnvy wings on to the scorching rock. or the cracking ht poles. If ther ttad dropped into the bull them-elven no man would hare 01:50th them, for every man was too Lind, too dead beat and qtterly es. h-Ited "on to knock down a bird. A group of horns, when bone- otood i the plain toward him an an excuse tor out and" their Okin- like the linu of a . stopping again, and. one more leaning Gothic Will, stood aiee ily in what J upon his pick, waited and mod. ”lain-d of the river, ms the air, The man t".tme up with a laggin pit “and! that broke the natural ““1219le and threw himself down on the (,'td of of thin $17.0.” aout-eruahirttr heat the hole. lie mu inexpensively attired ware the e k of n pick in some cldm, ( in u plir of lrnuwrs made out of meal tho 1isttt.. bark of I dog, and now sad I Inks, a shin. frayed and torn and "the: IRlill u hob]. "oat from Sandy Mae- , blacker than It tinkrr'; boots, whieh no menu”. (In. W, when mm men we" 1' selrrespeeting trump in England or though. my all 'ouottirtg theatselves Ann-rim would haw iiurwd to pick up, with “ohm which Mr. MnegrNtor, l and A chimney-pot hat so battered 3nd In]: . '1'. whieh w.g beyond l nuplus and hrnmhs‘ .n In :10."ch l",' ., A. .. Al M .. ...i.., ..'.b...- mu-v t Lorn Hop. Camp was very much down on its luck. Thor. wu gold in tho ravine. anybody believed. or Mid he did, but for some wooh put no man had .11de in lindlu It, and but for the bat. an 'ldl'l1'al,l Loni Hope Camp would lave up stick. and departed for .0an other H In: forlorn: but thn lent had human: the energy, melted the primate. up”: the perseverance ot hourly nil, and the men of Lon Hope Camp ltlll clung on, digging occasionally duping often. tunnelling at times and drinklng whiskey nlwuys. Neville Lynne'I "elaim" was at then-m1 or the ravine. In" an hour or more from the amp n which he gazod. A rough but of plumb and canvas "ood It a Bttte dUtaneo, and in this Neville Ind Ila partner ttttd an old womanwsu old that the "boys" had (-hristmed her Mrs. Meth, In short for Nahum-lab A had tterd. "Had." for the evening below lovlllo’l partner, Maynard by the run of bad luck. had cleared out and de. this a Mow-nu whit! all prhilf. eatted "whiskey parted. Why Neville Lynne had not gone. too, It. could not In" told. Hiq belief in the ire-one. of thu hidden gold was certainly no Intro-pr than that of the. other dig- pn. and u mtnlnly he Ind not grown to love tho hideous, sandy, dusty, nun- Itricken plain; but something. Bome feel- tmr he could not, have drfinml if his Illa lad depended upon his doing so. had - his reluctant to leave the burn Hope. Ind there he stood, penniless. soli- tar Ind moot utterly hand. on the edge of his baron claim. with the last rays of the sun apltefully uniting him an the bud. and the “in buzzing round his " rs, There were two roam!“ why Neville Lynne'l claim wns n. a distance from the GIMP. The first "I: because he believed In the um! part of the ravine; the sec- ond. hoe-nu he was ditierent from the wt of the men who Pompom-d Lon: To put it nhortly, the young fellow _ he w“ wry ynung. ymmgrr than he looked. I mere lad just under tummy -t VII tt gmtlenun. and the rest of the vamp wan- not. Now, the one grlnllenmn in a society of bluklegl, lags. rough: and with» is III-’8 regarded by them with a eertim .mnunt of envy, Indira and nnchIriuble- In; " in very painful and diudun- tumm- to be the only hoth Ind well- bml 2mm in a party, whether it in I picnic party or a party of gold diggers, Ind it VII very much to the "lie! of the '-siority that Nevin. inched bin tent I In. Ind I III! (Inn t e mIin body. ll ""Ci7UTtloUy they “3::th him with a groundless dislike, m I not alto. pthet groundless envy, they respected -. ___ - _--I.v-.. 3-..... 'l'iiir . 'f"iiiria not K haiku. Jesper. nte. dare-devil 'unonf them who possessed non- pluck than the young 'un. As he w“ culled. He Wu. in their expressive him “um grit," 3nd they knew that he wu " randy with his revolver and hi: fins u my of them, and though slmv at beginning a iight, was slower dill It laying off. “I t - ... xB,, -___ _,_ "ll'-Inv. M with his partner, the least dil- honest nun in the camp. Neville had been rvoervod and reticent. and the man land worked with him, slept in the hut beside him, shared his meals and hopes 3nd dtnnppohrtmentA without Inning " -lll I. 1......" -"e-e nu his first joining the amp Bully Swanger __ " regul-r desperado-had "porw for him" with the altottrther un- looked for result of laying the bully on his back for rather more than a fort- night. and since then the young 'tm had I... uvmly let Home. Then wan- “; the but of the crew. who would "er been friendly with the Ind who had no oHeetively than that he could hold " own. but oil and vinegar will not mix gully. and though Neville Lynne wu civil sud courteoul to ttll, he was not “which _ -. l , A! THE US URPER real mum or "uything about him. Thor. won- two "r three women in the "amp, most” old Ind Uttered, who eyed ths, young mam curiously and 'uimirirtgly, but not own the youngest and lent ill. looking of them had ever received more than [tune or n civil "Good morning" from him. _ “The young un'u in full of pride u Mlc’l whiskey is of fusel oil," rernnrked the wit of the camp; 'thlt'n' what's the mitt" with him. Shouldn't be surprised if he w“ I young (look in disguise. Some of then du- he'll skip nround with a coronet on his head rind then flop up to human. That is if some of the boys don't get too much of hi: pride mm] bore 1 hole through him." But thnugh mnnv. dmrhtleu. would have liked to have perforated the young un, no our had yet attempted it; the retuetion that he was a vary quirk land at the wrfurating process himself de- terred the deweradoes. The nun Ian'( at but. "nd Neville, " lf he had been waiting for its disappearance, dropped into the hole and resumed work. But there was not much hurt in hit strokes. and hr wind the appear-nee of n solitary figure coming slowly new“ the plain toward him as an excuse for stopping again. and. "nee more lelning upon his pick, waited and pad. The mun came up with a laggin ttnit and threw himself down on the (,'td of the hole. He mu inexpensively attired in a pnir of erm-rs made out of meal nap! idea “Still hanging on. Dov," said Neville, with us cheerful a nod as could be a. posted under the eirvutnstam:t4 The doctor stared at the handsome- sun-browmvd {are with its short, crisp hair looking almost yellow against the darkened skin and the clear blue eyes (but met him squan-Iy. and then lot his own blinking, undecided ones drop into the pit. "Seem- us ii there weren't any more luck for this yere rump, don't itt" "Yes, ll. seems so," assented Neville, liltlculy, as he took out his pipe. _ The doctor's vyes glinteued. "Ain't got my 'baea to spare, I sup- pose?" he remarked. "Oh, yes," said Neville, and he tossed his pouch. The doctor (Might it with eager, shall- ing hands. crammed a blukened brim: u full I: it would hold, hid “other pipe- ful in the palm of his hand with charm- ing dexterity. and toad the poueh-r with just half a pipet'ul remttininir-baek to its owner. "Pasrtner's eluted out, ain't het" Neville nodded as he lit his pie, "Tired out at last, eh? Ah, well, I'm not surprised. Why on earth the rest of the boys don't up sticks and cut it, I ean't make out. Appears to me Lurn Hope is glean played out. Why don't you go, young um" -- ._. . .,,4_ t _...,.'..." ths, .Mn lull tb" V” _... iU?ii'ufiFi'le leaned against the side of the pit md looked nbsently across the plain. - - .. . " . A__,|:-.: -5 1.... "I r "I don't know." he replied at last, "I mpg“ I shall presently.'; ... It's what most of 'em says," re- marked the doctor, squatting on his launches and putting away with Pro- found and sleepy satisfaction in the alnmooynary tobacco. "Seems to me there won't be many of us left to go, If we don't look sharp about it. Two more waiting for the undertaker this morning-sun-Urol"; and there's three lying low besides. Guess we'd better wait 3nd bury 'em dl together; it's a saving ot time, though time don't appeor to,» money in this yore camp now." for The doctor was not an Arttericarr-tto one knew exactly why. country could rightly chin: the honor of his birth; but he had been in the California gold fields ind had caught the tone of that country and half a dozen others as well. -'a don't think war} is.” assented Nev. ille, looking down " the hole. " shah” nick to it ior--say two days longer. and "got much sickness about you young un," remarked the doctor, eyeing the slim but well-hit frame apitviuglr. _ mud “Well, I must be going. And so you mean to stick on here, then?" “For the pr.settt-res," said Nevilicu "It ain’t no good. There's nothizg at the bottom of that, young an." [Sickness always follows other luck," said Neville. The doctor smoked on in silence to: I minute or so, then, without any unme- ment, ungukedg . _ _ Nt‘u‘ct‘.’ -~1 sing It s and MIMI-m .11 IO come; um hat the man who would wear it only hare insanity as an excuse lm said, mopping " hollowed by a. long nurse of camp whis. P'? ill --Cogmre, you know -not old Mtuthe-- have you, young un?" Neville hesitated and glunced at him. "Oh, it ain't for me, don't you mir lake'." said the doctor, " promptly an the heat and his jelly-fish condition would permit. "Mac’s poison in good enough for me; I want it for the stron- gar. “Thou what?" asked Neville. "What, ain’t you heard?" rejoined the doctor, stretching himself. "I've not. been down to the camp for the but three days." "Nor. You ain’t wry sociable, young un. Well, Int night, or yesterday eun- ing, the Scumer" tthe gentleman no called was one of the idle “.3le of the ramp, who was always rent. for a fight or a drink, but showed . marked disinclinatinn for anything in the shape of work) "the Scuffler comes down to my diggin'n and my: he'l got company no wanted me, wanted me bad. I thought at first the Scufilpr had been on one of his sprees and was a bit wan- dering. but he took his oath that he hadn't hnd more thnn but a pint of whiskey the whole blessed day, 3nd I went along with him. And it was gol- l truth, for there mu B new chum wing there mhanding in his check. u fut no he could. S'euffler said he'd found him and the gui-----" "What girlt" asked Neville. "Didu't I any as thvre was a childt" acid the doctor. "Well, there wu, a. bit of a girl, like a. young colt. And-where tun I now? Oh, ah, you. the S'euftl" found the old ent-for he’: a real gent, young un, or J",','," forgotten in this God. forsn en hole how to tell a. gertuermuv-- lying in the road, and Scum", doing the good Sanmritnn, helped him into his shanty. and not having say oil or . penny to bless himself with, does the next best thing he (mild. and went for me." The doctor nodded. "Well, here's luck to you." and he. criwd an imaginary glad. "l mttst be Joi ." £91.." rose, then sunk down spin. "There, now'. Hang it 1.11, if I hven't "Inn gone 1nd forgotten what I'd can. for," Ind he smote his leg feebly, caus- ing a great cloud of dust to rise. “You ain't got I drop of brandy-real brandy "Who " het" suited Neville, not cul- lonsly. but with that lack of keen inter. est which becomes natural to a man who has spent my months in a digger's camp, osminlly when tha camp hap- tpens to be one like the Lorn Hope, in which sickness and death are always present. or very tlethr. _ - -- _ "Bit lfitin, 1rl. - I an goqu to give -rots The doctor carefully stopped his pipe, using his hegrimed finger u the stopper, and shook hi. head. "Not knowing. can't It]. Visitors to the Lorn ”UPC don’t, as a. rule, bring letters of rvcommendation with 'em, or call around dropping visiting cards, and the stranger ain‘t no exception. But LN "Pm going to leave you, Syl." he said, Icebly. "My poor child! . , child! It is hard. But God’o " N done. Don't cry, ts'yl. its ' . , t . "i ttrr, tor-tor when I think of you all done in the world, without even me to help and protect you----" up hm. n. 1onrsittlndthet-filledhi- mounts. it in nomhhiig viiry ine- cioul, nad I want you to glad it u It tt In" your "rr life. Don't lose it or a. gent, I'll tswear, and it occurred to me that you, being also a gent, might [eel inclined to part with a drop of the real old stuff-that is, if you'd got it." "There is no resisting such a compli- ment as that, Doe," said Neville. "I think there is a little Cognac left; if I0, you are welcome to it." Ile put his strong hand on one side of the pit, and leaping lightly to the 'tt went toward tlie hut. The doctor fo- liwed him and stood leaning against the apology for a door, while Neville un- locked a. strong box, sud, after some hummaging about, found . bottle con- taining a small quantity oi brandy. "There you are," he said, toning it to the dOCtlH" who caught it as dexterounly as he bad caught the tobacco ouch. "ls there Inything die I can do, El',',",; "Don't ’you be afraid; - "m “I've. young Inn, and I've nrrn 1,0".1113 yr: nu. gospel truth. livery drop ‘h. stranger Jon't drink i'll [mud back," an, 4 confirm, ing the use-nib? with an empu ntic digger oath, he shut! cd oil, It took him some time, nutwithstnnd- ing the distance was so short. to reach the camp, and, passing right t Imugh it, he stopped at " shanty rtttsier more ruinous and tumble-down than the rest, and after a knock by way of announce- ment, pushed aside the tutered canvas that served " a door and entered. The dying man waited until the unvu curtain had tlapped to upon the doctor'- back, then he signed to the girl to come Inner. She laid her head upon the pil- low, a ml: staffed with gnu, and wound her arm round his neck. "No, not a; I brows on, and I'm think. ing no one else can do anything.” Then hiding the bottle under b;-, tattered shirt, he patted it meaning”. A man was lying upon three upturned empty boxes covered with sacks, and as the doctor had said, he was dying. The doctor had called him old, but though the nun’u hair was grey, almost white, and his face thin and wasted, he was this side of fifty. There was that unmis- takable look of refinement about the faae which denotes the gentleman; the hands clutching the rag ed blanket were thin and small and \Vl'Fl-slmped. Beside him knelt a young girl, a thin slip of B child, with great grey eyse and a wealth of dark hair that swept over her pale little face. She was not crying, but there was a world of mute anguish in the big grey are as she turned them from the dying man’s face to the whiskey-sodden one of the doctor. "Want to be alone I bit, eht" he add. "All right. You give me a. can it you want me . Tll go and take a hand It beggar-my-neighbor with the tkuttUr. Just call out 'Doc,' misaie, and I'm with you in a "iek." "Hullo, here we are again” remarked Chat gentleman, with a ghastly at- tempt at cheerfulncss. "And how are we getting on now? Is there such n thing as a. glass about? Ah, no, the Scum" don't go in for such luxuries." He held the bottle to the man’s lips and a few drops passed them. “That’s better. Now, misaie, just raise your father-- he is your father, or grandfather, which.'" "Father," said the girl. As it her voice were more effectual than the spirit in rousing him, the dy. ing man raised his head and looked from one to the other. Then he made n mo- tion which the doctor accepted u a nigh of dismissal. let my one take it from you. Hide it next your heart, aatd--tnd when you "afishw’. "P"? Jt. 'tir--" Hn'voice failed, tum. He touched his bran: and signed to her to take some- thing front lug pocket, and she drew out I small, flat package. It wu covered with parchment stained 3nd creased, but tecurAy tsealed " each end. His voice {altered and broke and his had fell back, but he seemed to indicate by n gesture that the was not to call out and she nsruained silent, holding him spin-t her sob-shaken little breast. While she waited with her winked eyes fixed upon him . mn's head peared in the space between two of It; boards which formed the side of the hat. "Take it," he whikpered. "Put it in the bosom of your dress Auk-and key it there. Some 'at-r" - - It Wls a long, 'etetty,,ttehi,tir, coun- tenance, rendered a l the more unprepoir leasing by a slight east in the left eye. It was not only ugly, but a. mean and villainous-looking face, and the expres- rion of eagerness and cult in the eye- " they glared watchfully at the dyin mun and the girl would have provides a very niee model for a painter who wished to paint -atV, Juan Just before the act of trmclwry. And it would have been I very low tfype otcludet gt tlyst, "Arty-ave you there still. Syl?” asked the dying man. "Have you hidden the packet? itemomber--hide it! keep itt guard it.' It is the secret of your life, Syl-ue secret of your liter. How-how old are you, Syl.'" Her lips former "fifteen." “Three years, than!" he murmured. "Ah, my dear, my dear, if I could only day with you. All alone in the world. All alone! and such a child. But God's wilV---" He stopped. his {am working, bl- W, fixed on her.with pityiug love and ndemess. "Good-by. Syl, good--" “An ovur", seuffler," ke said. “Fetch one of the women; the child’s hinted.” The doetor came in with a Gnd of - card. in his claw: at hte my, and the uncouth dust-stained figure of the Seuffler stood at the hut door. "All over, Doc?" he asked. The doctor nodded with a. gravity which would not have discredited his nourishing pr?fetiyttlyrys. . - nearly stumbled over a third person'; it was the owner of the face which had been thruxt between the boards. "Hullo. Lavarick," he said. "is that . "What's on, Smffler?" asked the in. dividual addressed. "I've only just come up_._Anrt!ody In?" -.. . _ _ .. .“Yes: bad and worse!" retorted the Beuiner, with a rhucklo of surprise at hitewn wit. . . "Hullo. Lavarick," ls rout Out o' the way." "Dear mi." said Lannie}: and ave if I can be of any a And softly rubbing his‘hau he entered the hut. DRUGGING CHILDREN h SOURCE OF DANGER When you give your child . so-call‘ ed "soothing" mvdicine you an: not cur. irg its sickm-SV. You are more? hugging it into temporary insensibi- ity. Soot-hing medicines contain opi- ate: and an overdose may kill the child When you give your little one Baby". Own Tablets you ht" tho guarantee of a Emvern'mont 'yur', that this medicine ia safe. And ion have the word of thousand»: of grate- ful mothers that this media'm will promptly cure all the minor ailments ot childhood. Mrs. L. W. Smith, St. Giles, Qua, says: "I ham used Baby's Own Tablets for my little girl for con- stipation and other trouble. and have found them the heat nteUicine I have ever need.” Sold by medicine dealm". or by mail at 25 vents a Isox from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Bmekville, My little bay has learned 21 lot Iince first he started off to school; Much that l lung ago forgot he has but lately learned by rule; f once knew how to parse, but now the knaek somehow is gone from me; He fairly chews the grammar up; he knows the whole thing to l TV, Sometimes he is inclined, I fear, to look upon me with disdain, But I still come in handy here-l earn the pleaores that we gain. I cannot name the boundaries of Burma or Belooehnstan; He does it with the greatest eaBe, and proudly shows me that he can; He works out problems that I shun, " though I could have solved them once; Sometimes I more than half suspect that he regards me as n dunes; Perhaps I might go back and learn if I had fewer daily cares, But, after all, 'tis I that earn the food he can, the clothes he wears. On the Road. . “In order to when ween-s," remark. ed the uge of Milk», "it bellows . young man to be at his desk early and lute." "That's.me," rejoined the office boy. "Sometimes I'm there only, but more often Ptn lac." My little boy is learning fast, while I forget, your after yen; The reeords of the misty past, to me so vague, to him are clear; He writes a better land than I, his letters are more plainly made; He spells words that I cannot spell with- out the dictionary: aid; He is inclined sometimes, I fear, to think my boyhood was misspent, But I still come in handy here.." foot the bills tutd, pay the rent. w ot t3’13'womcn; the child’s fainted." The " tley gunned. andrir.t turning, Where I Come In. (To he continued.) HI I") in 'lter, Not exactly siek---but not feeling quite well. That'. the way moot Peo- ple feel in the spring. Easily tired, tppetih variable, uoluetiuu-s head. whes and a feeling of depression. Per- hapo pimples or eruptions Hrpear, or there my be twinge: of rheumatinm or neuralgia. Any of these indie“: that the blood is out of order; that the indoor life of winter has left ita mark upon you and my wily develop into more serious trouble. Don’t doee yourself In nuny people foolishly do with purgatives in the hope that you my A MEDICINE Folk SPRING N " Dose Will Nmativer- A Tonic is All People Need. rut your blood right. yumusa. gul- op through the system sad we“ it stud of giving strength. What you need in spring is a tonic medicine that will make new, rich blood, build up the weakened nerves, and thus give you new tteaith and strength. Dr. 11.ullituus' Pink Pills is the one medicine that out do this speedily, safely and surely. Every dose of this medicine makes new, rich, red blood, strengthens the sppetite, clears the skin, and makes Lina, de- pressed men and women bright, Cur tive and It!" . Mr. Harry lust' Oshawa, 8/i".',"ia.d. "I don't ink there is anything equal to Dr. Wil- lisms' Pink Pills u a cure for ”- vousness, indigestion and s run down condition of an blood. For some time I was s est sufferer from then. trou- bles. grind several remedies, but nothing helped me until I began ttsk- in? Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Before ta Ling them i felt like an old man, but by the time I h M trskett four boxes my strength had return.) m_\ appetite lmprowxl, my nerves were steady and I was fooling a renewed mun." If you need a mediI-ine this sprlnf --and most people do 4r, Dr. Wi I was fooling. a renvwed man." If you need a medim'ne thin 5])th ---and moot people do-dry Dr. wir. liuns’ Pink Pills and 3949 how opeedily they will make you Gel like u new per-on. Sold by all the undid!» drab erl or by mail at so ceetta . box or is boxes for $2.50 from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. For 50 yours Bishop deorge Moule and hi: wife have been working tagether in China. Preatcois Henry of liauenberg has giv- en the Battenlserg Chapel in the his of Wight a seulptured figure in stone of Christ portrayed with uplifted hand In if bestowing a, blessing. ' The Bishop of Chicheotor. England, who bu just been consecrated, is the ninety- fifth incumbent of the see. The Btptiata of Atlanta are pluuling tn April campaign on the lines of the great revival now going on In Philadel- phia. Gypsy Smith, the evangelist, who made such a successful tour of this country, has broken down, and will be forced to take I. long rest. The oldest parish priest in Fume is M. Gldenne, of Rooms. who, although 102 {ears old, u in full possession of ttll his ncultiu. The London County Council has order, ed the closing of I!) voluntary schools be longing to the Church of England be cause the buildings an not fit for nu. Preparstiorts a being made in Phila. delphia for the "airframe of the twen- tydifth anniversary on May 6 and 7 of the founding of the Ameriean McCall Mission. The rear Book of the (hunch of Eng- land shown that during 1907 the cum of 837,500,000 was given by churchmen for gmeral parochial business. Special mission sermons are being prenchcd regularly by Rev. Thom” Lord, of Lincolnshire, England. who in . fur weeks will pus the century muk. Near Coal City, Ind., stands Sula Church, which was built of logs back in 1840, and, although abandoned now " I church, is still in habitable condition. Rev. Thomas Spurgoon, the former pan tor of the great Mvtropoiitan Tabernaele in London, is still at Meran, Austria, trying to regain his health, but with lit. tle sumac. The Collegiate ( 'hun-h of the Covenant, in New York, I congregation formed by the union of throw Baptist churches, in now a reality, as the papers have all been signed. The unrest in China. is ouch that the Sisters of St. Vincent de Pun], in chnge oi the orphanage neu- Hazel), hue been forced to take refuge at Shnnglni for the present. Applications for tickets for the Eu- charistic COW, to be held in London the coming summer, we already running into the second thousand and are comm; from all over the World. The Foreign Mission Bond of the Re. formed Dutch Church plans to spend $124,000 this {on and increue the amount alums 1y by $30,000, no that in ten yea: the sum will reach $424,000. Since the death of Cardin-l Richard, the distinction of being the oldest mem- ber of the French Episeopate bin fallen to M-signor Monuier, Tit-1hr Bishop of Lyddl, who became a priest in 1843. The recent royal memorlu service " St. Paulu Cathedral. in London, we! bued on the "Dirge" in Queen Elin- beth's Pruner of 1559, solemnly used in that year in the nme place for Henry II. or France. One of the landmarks of New York, St. Miry's Episcopal Church, built in 1825. but been closed, and the first he. dutch in America will give way to n the Inga structure to be ready for m in September. The formation of n choir of 200 for the new Cttudral of St. John the Divine, in New York, hotbed: stated. though it will not be required until the crooning is completed, which is likely to be two years off. 2N MIN: Court of Arches will shortly be called an to decide whether ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO communion my be refused a newly harried pair who infringed the makin- tied Inn in wedding under the de. ceued wife'u sister not. The Society of Friends in England has homo mission tents, s gospel car, cir- culation library boxes, . summer schooi, s temper-save union and various other modern mum of spreading titanium: sad good work. The first miuion It Kobe. Juan. no anguished by Rev. John L. Atkinson, who went from Iowa in 1878 u . mis. lionu'y and recently died " " poet after an uninterrupted period of 35 years' work among the people of the in cut. For 70 year. . town million In. been curled on at Yarmouth, Eng., at A ooqt of about 8500 I year. an avenge of 800 meetings annually being held, an! the upon-e including not only the minion- nry‘l "lary, but lighting hating and repairs. Dr. H. K. Gang" ended at ierueiatr, when wu held the tnrersty-fourth u:- nml conference of the Methodist Eli-oo- pal Church of that country, this year's gnthering being the - of my "or held there. The church split in Scotland involved the division of over $10,000,000 worth of income bearing funds, of which the 130 ',i'l'y,r,gir,t.,i,7Ji', of the pro-ant but (hunch wil receive outright. a mu. more than 'i,g00,000, the nu going to the 1,100 -ettstios" that adhere to the Union. The Pint Methodist Epheoptl Chuck South, which has jut dedicated a new $125,000 building st Port Worth, hm. has the distinction of Uvintt ruined tho lam-t single day's collection over at. in the southwest, "i,000 uving been given at once toward the building. For 46 years Enid: Lind!” bu has pariah clerk of Burton Jayne, a humid. about five miles from Nottingham, 'ht Yand, and in thut time his tolled 'u denthknnll for three suvereigmrAhsortre IV., William W. and Qua: View Like the furious John Gilpin. tt heir to the throne In: a trad min and, it has been mdido y whin- porod, sees great chances to our cl” this virtue at the expense of the pogr reerqity.. . . . bah.- uaisthf d. ”(Harri-an. moo baptism: and .000 Merlin. Scores of these who come from tho country are drafted oft to the not ducal estate and do their military service there, much of it eomsitrtipg in tnunekeepers' duties in the Arch duke's pheasant preserves. The n- cruits are also used when ttnt meats in the perks and groan on being made. According to one 'tgs squads of them on marched thou and made to do duty to dummy but while the heir to the throne land- at a distazure, md eminent: yt to where a clump of tree. we‘d look beat. The soldiers, being merely human. object all the more became than on no extra rations for thin kind of duty. They have soundly to shift for them-elm In their mime. able pay only procures than food for poorer than that which they wool get in barracks. although that in ad yery sumptuous.-iorn the Lady's appod by lack of modern eaterirri- Ill "ealightmsed eitizeship. Ono cl a). and; encouraging fauna of the coun- teritrtheloweusm in wind: woman in held. A snafu-ax Brazilian (i3)- - by tho time “they are twelve you old and Tar""',',';'.',' long!» fore they are . Woman in re- gnrdeduam and inmy a household of the republic we open- her mouth exeegt It the bidding of bat hussbstna"---Nltimore Am. Certainly a country where (:13 one an in five can read and write only one woman in twenty, bu cause to bit-h d. the ignorance of it. people. A country of enormous sin. yet with a poan of only 16,.000P0il, Breil u sadly let M WAT!” 3m Quid-3M bot-tttnd-trt'"",'-, Women's Rights in Brazil. “The cum of Brazil lion in the glut illiteracy of its men and women,' ' clued Nward B. Norris, an iireife mm who has been many you! I rd- dent of Rio Jmeiro. - EwaTidvrs mu. 1. on an tom " “‘TAcébrding to the oftieU1 govenuet figurerthe illiteracy ill tight? per aagth _h'ld Mr. Stubb never said no“. word the entire evening. "NagguW' said Bonn. ‘you’ve new that story of mine_that'l.r-unnlngthrollgh GT of -iiklrmrnxinea. How wand ia ndvin me to wind it upt I nut to give it [hwy gliding." . .. " "Put all the characters in the story,“ aniwered Ragga; “M u excunnol steamer for s moonlight ride. Bend tho but out to the middle of the law----" "confound it!" growled Mr. Stubb u they tuned off to the theatre. "What is the trouble not!" queried Mm. Stubh, buttonin on her glans, "Why, I have broEen my (sign. but that too badt" "Well, I should my I0. It in too H to smoke in my company. Throw I "my. 4trhtcl', .. "A my,” aid the farmer, reading for " gun, “in a good deal like " was. Something you an nuke him good by giving him I little trinket." '"fi"GiriG he drew a bead on the Mrd and p" it I present of wall shot b “You as] there's no we): thing a nutter? Then them in no web M u I pa meter. Yet you "e pgyin‘ your good money for 8,000 feet of p. "(M by a whine that doit Th_e_ {Quinn tear of -Binheyt ngyAud "And blow it up." Neer be doing "noitcmg.---.sir Watur Will}; there in no such thing a. Tll CUBE A com ll DIE I)" Um for Austrlan Row-1M. Giving Him I Point”. Certainly Was Bud. Rural Philosophy. Floored. IPercy." paid tk "Yem "out Chicago youth north." An Inn-in; Fully. "The Swelltou nan to keep up an imponing establishment," romnrked the, canned tPodt drureer. .. . . "No, they didn't lave me any," an- swered the wayward youth. "Tie on” 'dust' 1 get next to I've got to nine myself." "But have you no - for the stored dust of your ancestors!" queried the good In. "You IA they do," Nplkd the grocery- mnn, with I nigh long drawn out, "and rm one of the fellows tbey impose on." Tommy -- First fiddle, eh only stringing you. lever Quiet. Mrs. Gurttter--Drar me! I sometime. wish I could go on the sage, even if l didn't have n speaking part. Mr. Gunner-you would never Int two minutes on the Matte or anywhere else, Maria, without a speaking Pl“. Playing on His. Pony Pink-But 1 know your cider tlIinkn more of me than any one else, Tommy. Why, didnt she say I was the first fiddle around heret" Alia Ryetolr-Bm-k from 500 York, eht How did you like the town, Hit Ilium Iiardapple--As'ot bunked, br gosh'. Some smart, (imp Enid for . quat- ter he'd direct me to the Flatiron build- ing, where they made fluironu, and when Rum Enough. "Jackie," slid the boy'ts amulet, 'your face is “My clean. but how did you get such dirty hands?” "Wand-in“ me face," said the boy. I Hot that I Emuldn't buy I fluiron to saw my life, be gosh! It's I" right I Emma Goldman, whero can she be if the “charities anywhere except KIM City Mar, Small Johnny-- It Harry Jones won it, didn't give it to me Hebrew Standard. "H "Oh, th there, M r rejoinder. it The " Stick. Mother (surpriwd)-Why, Johnny. how did you luppeu to get, the merit. card for good behavior at, school this weekt Complete Outfit, Mte--Yo' am certainly dressed to kill. He-'Deed l is. I has a mush in Ink pocket. ll e W RNasor-sptntia0ilks of going into businen. [in he any working capital?" tihrMy--Workietg capital! You; bin "working" apiml is his magnificent. power of touch. "Pardon um, sir," begun the portly person in the rnilmnd train, to the III who ttat no“, to him, "but what would you a] if I an, on Four utr' "Suppose you sit on it and than " me," sun-(ed the other. . "I did," admitted the portly pom- ealtnly.--Harper's Weekly. the telephoneund called up his lane the album. A moment Inn-r he fell in a faint. He Ind got the connection at the fit trill " itt "lst', t . '0 wear." When the bills they try to pan Do not budge you from r M When the action. of an an Of no turthwr intend. wove. And Four and to only belt On a tut ill whieh to Moe-- Then it's up“. -- ssttjttillilit It A lino-Ian What time old winter in her [up In lingering- She phinly caring not a rup- The ukulele-u thing! -- We syn-k of her (our joke, myh Au "bu-hum 'spring'." Th The Flown». "So he praised my singing, did het" Wes, he said it was heavenly." "Did he really say that?" "Well, not. exactly; but he probably ant that. He mid it was unearthly." Melbourne Weekly Tim. The thin run Got tangled The The. “lock was too gm Primal“. l'ncle Hank, the runny: have got . v wfely device thu----" Don't one to but anything about Clarence. I've got . safety device My own that but: it all to thunder." What in it, uncle!" Never trawlin' on 'em." Circumstanm Alter Outs. I wish it would min," sighed Ton-y. Why," said kin mother. “I don't like Probably Had Been Worked slender, nervous mun sterped Iephone and called up his mm What to Do With Hor. Thou Gotham Shark; replied Tammy; “but you info a new pair of rubber boot- to Braking " Gently Hit-mu Tragedy. m an guard was slumherinl up the swih-h no on". lo Duty Mat. "me a. long wa‘ x the» Winnetkn. r31," unuwon-d ath; "you're are intermediate on“ rimrmset" mo her fro Some Iigm Unpraplred Arctic right into it, ad in the hair. --thieatto Jam to talk of departing the nudist, but taken? It is doubtful will allow her to luld in Paterson, N. J.-- was like this, mama, and I told him if he Pd punch him.--The d-sa. York Sun. It _ girl. the South my farthest Oh. she w” my“! Journal. freer.irt