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Let "He‘s got parents that don‘t care how often he goes swimmin‘." "The Levant is starving. This is the literal truth." She describes the plague of locusts in 1915, which deâ€" stroyed the olive and grape crops,‘ and adds: "Toward spring cases of | starvation began to be known. Peoâ€"‘ ple were found in the streets uncon-; scious. It was a common thing to: find people searching the garbage: heaps for orange peel, old bones or| other refuse, and eating them greed-l ily. We even heard that in a barren | district of the Lebanon range casesi had been found of eating human flesh." l Inhabitants of Asiatic Turkey Are in Terrible Plight. An American woman who recently returned from Beirut, Syria, by way of Turkey, Bulgaria, Austriaâ€"Hunâ€" gary and Germany, contributes to the London Times an account of her two years‘ experience there. She says: That this shrinking from the splenâ€" dors of a crown is older than his kingdom is proved by the following story: On one occasion, while reâ€" turning from the annual family holiâ€" day at Copenhagen, _ conversation turned upon a difference that had sprung up between the Danish King and his Parliament. "Well," exâ€" claimed the youthful Czarevitch, as then was, "a king‘s bed is not always one of roses, that is plain to be seen. There are many more pleasurable ocâ€" eupations than that of a ruler; and, so far as I am concerned, I have no desire to be either Emperor, Czar or any other potentate." And yet the owner of all this ultraâ€" regal magnificence is a man of such modest tastes and such an averâ€" sion to pomp and display that, as he has confessed, he would much rather be a private gentleman on the equivaâ€" lent of $5,000 a year than Autocrat of the Russias. He finds little pleasure in the splendors of Peterhof, of the Winter Palace; and makes his home, whenever it is possible, at Livadia, a modest country villa among the Crimâ€" ean vineyards, or in a secluded house in one or other of his stately parks, leading the simplest of lives and ideally happy in the company of his wife and children. The empire over which he rules comprises oneâ€"seventh of the entire land surface of the earth; his annual revenue is a million and a half pounds; the state domains of which he is lord, with their incalculable riches in forests, vineyards and mines of gold and silver, cover an area larger than that of Scotland. His palaces, of which a dozen are in or near his capital, are the most magniâ€" ficent in Europe, miracles of costly deâ€" coration and furnishing; and his treasures of precious stones have no rival in the world. Czar of All the Russias Has an Averâ€" sion to Pomp and Display. Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, of Moscow, Kiev, Vladimir and Novgorod, with five separate titles of czar, 17 grand dukedoms, almost beyond number, hereditary prince and sovereign of the princes of Circassia and other mountain princes, and successor of Norway. Such is the dazzling array of titles owned by Nicholas II., the "Great White Czar," and, in the eyes of his subjects, "the cousin of God." "Jimmy Green‘s a lucky kid." #W hw 9" The Germans will continue military instructions, which are compulsory, but they will, in all likelihood, reâ€" model their army upon the democratic system of France. _ There is no miliâ€" tarism in France, and every position in the army is open to any private soldier in the ranks. Up to this date it wil. be shown that Generals, rising from the common people, are, after all, superior to the "hochgeborâ€" en" (high born) aristocrats of Gerâ€" many, to whom all commissions in the army have, so far, been confined. After the war is over, and the Gerâ€" man press freed from military cenâ€" sorship, there will be very free criticâ€" ism of the awful blunders of the miliâ€" tary caste, and the shocking sacrifice of the best German blood in these blunders. _ The earlier victories of the military caste dazzled the German people, but the diasters which are certain to follow will bring a day of retribution to those who have wantonâ€" ly wasted so much of the German blood and treasure in a causeless, wanton war. _ The result of this may be the overthrow of the Hohenzollern and the military caste. The German people were making rapid progress toward a government responsible to the people, and not to the Kaiser. â€" They were following the footsteps of the English in making the ministry responsible to Parliaâ€" ment, instead of to the Emperor. They had made the most striking curtailâ€" ments of the Kaiser‘s prerogatives of absolute rule, and were in a fair way to reduce the Emperor to the condiâ€" tion of the King of England, who is a mere figurehead in the government. The Kaiser and the aristocratic caste, of which he is the head, saw ro way to stem this movement than to bring about the emergency of a great war. There is a probability that the war will make arepublic of Germany. The German people are more nearly and naturally republicans in thought and action than any other people on the Continent, and are better fitter for a republican form of government. The military caste, which has dominâ€" ated them and precipitated them into the present awful catastrophe, is a survival of the past, of which the peoâ€" ple are at heart sincerely tired. It is highly probable that the only reaâ€" son for the aristocratic caste bringâ€" ing about the war was to stem the rapidly rising tide of republicanism in Germany. NKOTES ANDCOMMENTS PREFERS TO BE A CIVILIAN. STARV ATION IN LEVANT. Lucky, The first time you see a destroyed ‘ and deserted village you have strange feeling, especially when you know| that the smashing process may be: resumed any minute, says a writer in : Cartoons Magazine. Can you imagine a village which has no inhabitantsâ€"| houses with only parts of walls| standing, perambulators, chairs, bed-l steads and pictures heaped up in confusion, churches destroyed as if ; stepped on by a giant, tombs a‘ tumbledâ€"up heap in the churchyards,| no children at play, no shops,« no sounds except the echo of your foot-‘ steps and the roar of distant guns? You‘ll find them in the war zone. ' The board of directors (to which the Government made two nominees) has on it some of the most clearâ€" headed and successful business men in the countryâ€"leaders of the textile industry, the dyeing industry, a disâ€" tinguished accountant and famous scientist, with James Falkner, M.P., as chairman. They acquired a large dye works in Yorkshire, and have been making progress, not only in the actual manufacture of dyes for present use, but in farâ€"reaching exâ€" tensions for future production. |\ _ Exercise should be taken night and ‘morning in the privacy of your bedâ€" \room; remove all tight clothing and |have plenty of fresh air. | _ Castor oil will help the hair â€"to | grow. _ Apply it in drops to the scalp, rubbing it in well. It will, like any ‘oil, make the hair seem darker. The $10,000,000 worth of dyes which are required for Britain has an importance far in excess of that which is indicated by the amount, large as it is. Dyes enter into the manufacture of a hundred articles of daily lifeâ€"clothes, furniture, carpets, rugs, blinds, curtains, wall paper and many other things. Without dyes British exports would suffer treâ€" mendously. The Government decided to give support to a company which would set out to build up the manufacture of British dyes as a new national inâ€" dustry. Government is Behind Enterprise to Supply Demands. "British Dyes, Limited," is the name of a new British enterprise. Before the war the annual amount spent on dyes in Britain was about $10,000,000. The bulk of this material came from Germany, about $1,000,000 worth only being the British contribution to British requirements. This state of affairs had to be alâ€" tered, so far as Britain was conâ€" cerned, and the result was the estabâ€" lishment of British Dyes, Limited (with the help of the Government). Plenty of water taken both externâ€" ally and internally is good for the complexion. A glass of hot water taken before breakfast is good for the digestion. _ Fruits and green vegeâ€" tables are also excellent. Lemons are supposed to be good for the liver, _ One should not partake of lemonade too strong or too regularly. Unsweetened lemonade is more wholeâ€" some than the sweetened kind. Apples are the most useful of all fruits. _ They are corrective, useful in nausea and are also refrigerants and sedatives. Blackberries contain a large perâ€" centage of iron and are a valuable remedy for Summer complaint. But after counting out all these classes, there are still a great many people who must work _ steadily through the day and who do not get all the sleep they need; they are the persons who are in danger of the hypâ€" \ notic habit _ The worst thing for .them to do is to attempt selfâ€"treatâ€" ‘ ment; here is no crisis in life when | the advice of a wise physician is more iurzently called for. The condition can often be overâ€" ‘come by a thorough reform of the mode of life. Some people eat and drink too late in the evening; others need to eat and drink a little just beâ€" 'forc retiring; to some a warm bath }will bring sleep; many people cannot ‘ take tea or coffee in the evening withâ€" out hours of nervous wakefulness; sometimes heated discussion or arguâ€" ment has the same effect. _ It is alâ€" ways better that you should spend the hour before retiring quietly in order that the brain and nervous sysâ€" tem may adjust itself to rest. When a hypnotic becomes necessary, let your physician prescribe its nature, its quantity and its frequency, and follow his advice serupulously. Then you will not make the mistake of takâ€" ing an analgesic, which is for the reâ€" lief of severe pain, instead of a hypâ€" notic, which quiets the nervous sysâ€" tem.â€"Youth‘s Companion. Many people are unnecessarily trou. bled on the subject of sleep. They believe they need more than they realâ€" ly do, and are terrified every time they miss a few hours. _ Others deâ€" liberately train themselves to take an excessive amount of sleep, and still others forget that it is neither necesâ€" sary nor natural for middleâ€"aged persons to sleep as long as do the young. ! Hypnotics are sleepâ€"producing medi~ 'cines. The tendency of our present form of civilization, especially in the great cities, is to interfere with the normal faculty of sleep. When that harm has been done, the victims naâ€" turally struggle to regain the lost gift, for they soon realize how much they are handicapped without it. To take refuge in some form of hypnotic is the easiest thing to do. It seems to the sufferer that a dose or two of "something" will reestablish the habit of sleep, and he does not foresee how fatally easy it is to form that worst habit of allâ€"the habit of depending on a drug for a natural function. MAKE DYES IN BRITAIN. A Deserted Village. Health and Beauty. Hypnotics. _ Five men went into a shop recentâ€" ly to buy a hat each. Seeing they were in ajoking mood the shopman saidâ€""Are you married?" They each answered "Yes." "Then I‘ll give a hat to the one who can truthfully say he has not kissed any other woman but his own wife cince he was marâ€" ried." _ "Hand over the hat," said one of the party. "I‘ve won it." "When were you married?" "Yesterâ€" day," was the reply, and the hat was handed over. _ One of the others was laughing heartily whilst telling his wife the joke, bit suddenly puiled up when she said, "I soy. John, how was it you didn‘t get one?" All this is of particular interest beâ€" cause it was In his notorious letter to Lord Tweedmouth that the Kaiser showed how the snubbing he had reâ€" |cei\'ed from _ Lord Esher several months beforeâ€"the letter was written in the spring of 1908â€"still rankled. x "Drains and Navies" In this letter the Kaiser venomously seized on Lord Esher‘s capacity of |‘Deputy Constable of Windsor Castle ‘to build on it a deliberate insult to \the man who had snubbed him. He expressed himself as being doubtful | "whether the supervision of the founâ€" ;dations and drains of Royal Palace is ‘apt to qualify somebody for the judgâ€" ment of naval affairs in general." It | was rumored at the time that it was | through this gibe at Lord Esher that ‘the fact became known to the public | that Lord Tweedmouth was corresâ€" ponding with the Kaiser. For the First Lord is said to have thought the | slap at "Reggie Brett"â€"as Lord Esher: |\is _ still â€" familiarly â€" knownâ€"rather: |smart and to have talked about it at \some dinner. l _ At the Kaiser‘s own court, howâ€" 'ever, the "slap at Reggie Brett" evoked a good deal of laughter against the Kaiser himself, it being said that he was not the man to have talked of the unwisdom of mixing of drains with high political affairs, in view of one of his own experiences. For it was at the height of one of his own political crisesâ€"after the dismissal of Cafrivi from the Chancellorshipâ€" that the Kaiser explained one day at his luncheonâ€"table : "Here is a nice state of things! This city of â€"â€"â€" (naming a small town) proposed to empty its refuse into the river just above the bathing establishment. Nobody in the Home Office saw the mistake, and it took me four hours to got out a better plan." Here was the Kaiser bothering about the sewage of a little town, while his Empire was in the throes of a crisis,. And yet, with typical lack of humor, that very man sneered at Lord Esher‘s duty of "superâ€" vising drains" as disqualifying him for a knowledge of naval affairs. | ly supposed) _ prematurely disclosed the British naval estimates to the Kaiser, to whom, in fact, he gave no information which was not given to Parliament at the same time. Still there had undoubtedly been some inâ€" discretion, and the incident led to Lord Tweedmouth‘s relinquishment of the Admiralty. But at that time the late Lord Tweedmouth was First Lord of the Admiralty. And he either lacked Lord Esher‘s sagacity or was more amiable to the Emperor‘s soft soap. Anyhow, he was illadvised enough to allow himself to be drawn into a conference with the Kaiser on naval matters. This became noised abroad, and Lord Tweedmouth was. popularly credited with something like an act of treason. On the full facts becoming known it appeared that he had acted with the knowledge of his colleaguesâ€"Sir Henâ€" ry Campbellâ€"Bannerman was Premier â€"in replying to the Kaiser‘s letter, and that he had not (as was popularâ€" tion of British naval programs and| But the "roachâ€"back," as the Canaâ€" defences. dians call the grizzly bear, slid down Snubbed the Kaiser. bagkwt?ln;d at thedcorner of the shed, However, Lord Esher is no fool. °4C & puleued the" Juckless man, He realized that "fine words butter no WNO_Wa8 obliged to give another de‘ parsnips," and that beneath all the monstration of his sprinting powers. Kaiser‘s soft sauder lay dark and‘ The shed was dark, but he saw light sinister designs. _ Hence, â€" although | ahead at the place where the bear had usually noted for his tact and charm C!®bed Out. The hunted hunter made of manner, he let the Kaiser see pretty | for the place, and, in fum, tried is plainly that he saw â€"through hh;wha.nd at climbing. Necessity spurred crafty game. He put the Kaiser where| him on, and he was able to crawl out he belonged. And the Kaiser never| 4t the hole a little in advance of his forgave him. 1adversary. The two planks that had But at that time the late Lora PC@" removed lay beside the hole, and Tweedmouth was First Lord of the th® man from the East lost no time in Admiralty. And he either lacked Lora @f&EEiNE them over it, and thus pre Esher‘s sagacity or was more amiable V@Mt@éd the "roachâ€"back" from comlng‘ to the Emmerar‘s soft saan | Awehsa |UP after bim. ( Now, it so happened that Lord Ester, at that time, was Deputy Conâ€" stable of Windsor Castle, and, in that capacity, was at Windsor during the Kaiser‘s stay there. He happened, moreover, to be as well a member of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Of this latter fact the Kaiser was, of course, well aware. All urbanity, he sought to discuss with the Deputy Constable of Windsor Castle the quesâ€" tion of British naval programs and defences. Fon makers not to discontinue their‘ The hunter climbed to the roof of efforts. 'thc shed, and as he walked leisurely __ His warning about doing the job along was enjoying the beautiful view thoroughly derives especial signifiâ€" down the valley, when up through a cance from the opportunity he posâ€" hole in the shed roof, where the trainâ€" sessed for becoming acquainted with men had ripped off a couple of planks the extreme artfulness of the attempts | to allow the smoke of the locomotives made by the German Government to|to draw out, a bear thrust his head, weave the meshes of sleep wherein | with the evident intention of climbing they hoped to catch the British when out. It did not seem to be a very large the European war, for which they head, and the man from the East, hastiâ€" were steadily preparing, actually ly concluding that it belonged to a broke out. In the early winter of 1907 younrg bear, snatched up a piece of the Kaiser visited England. He was board and aimed several blows at the â€"as usual when he paid one of his animal. The bear struggled up 111!’011811] frequent visits to Englandâ€"overflowâ€" the hole in spite of these blows, am.'l| ing with loving kindness towards displayed a body that seemed out of the British. At Windsor Castle he was all proportion to the size of his head.] a guest of King Edward, and was au! So big was the animal that the Eastâ€" grace and graciousness. |erner thought his best course was to Now, it so happened that Lord beat a retreat. It appeared, moreover, Ester, at that time, was Deputy Conâ€" that a very rapid retreat was necesâ€" stable of Windsor Castle, and, in that sary, for the bear began at full speed capacity, was at Windsor during the to chase him back along the shed, and Kaiser‘s stay there. He happened, so closely that on coming to the end moreover, to be as well a member of the hunter had to jump offâ€"a distance| the Committee of Imperial Defence.| of fifteen feetâ€"to the roadbed below., Of this latter fact the Kaiser was, or, A good deal shaken up, he regained his course, well aware. All urbanity, he footing and ran into the shed, along sought to discuss with the Deput.ysthe track, thinking that he would get Constable of Windsor Castle the quesâ€" out of sight therein. Lord Esher has recently issued a very emphatic warning to the British relative to the desirability of their not being "caught a second time in the meshes of sleep" by the Germans. He is very insistent that the job must be thoroughly done this timeâ€"that the snake must not only be ‘scotched‘ esc *T but killed. His k ) warning was writâ€" & > f ten from headâ€" a m quarters at the : front, where he has been staying | for some time g â€" 6 and whence he * 3B has written some wEf very graphic letâ€" ~ â€" W ters descriptive of a ¢ the fine _ work , done by British * ammunition, and Lord Esher. ; urging the muniâ€" | Con makers not to discontinue their efforts. | Ways of Emperor William Were Seen Through By Him In 1907. NOBLEMAN WHO SNUBBED THE CURIOUS KAISER. ESHER URGES A THOROUGH JOB An Embarrassing Question. ?{%“'2?{ on It is no easy task to down an right man. The Curse of Knowledge. "Earache," wrote Harry in his phyâ€" siology examination, "comes from bits of information getting inside the ear tubes." Natalie, aged five years, for the first time planted some pansy seeds in, small boxes. _ One evening she rushed to water them, and, on her reâ€" turn her mother: "You know, after a rain, you don‘t have to water them" Natalie‘s reply was startling: "Oh, I take them in when it rains!" Irish agriculturalists are interested in the alleged discovery of a method of converting ordinary peat into a highly concentrated fertilizer by a simple and _ inexpensive bacterial treatment. The discoverer is Proâ€" fessor W. B. Rottomley of the Royal Botanic Society. Professor Bottomâ€" ley‘s principle is that bacteria faciliâ€" tate the chemical processes connected with plant growth, and the peat bacâ€" terial culture immensely facilitates food absorption by vegetables and other farm crops. Me has exhibited specimens of mature potatoes grown in seven weeks by the use of the peat fertilizer. Women tram conductors have now appeared upon the electric cars of the Leeds (England) Corporation Tramâ€" ways. The first corps, composed bf twenty young women dressed in blue serge tunics and skirts with red facâ€" ings and wearing uniform â€" caps, proved satisfactory, and it is stated@ that the number to be employed may reach 200. The rate of pay proposed is the same as that of the men, 54d (11 cents) per hour, which for full time means 27s 6d ($6.68) per week. The Territery of Hawaii now has in hand reclamation works that will cost about $300,000, with several other proâ€" jects in contemplation. At Honolulu a strip of land half a mile wide, startâ€" ing near the wharves and extending for about three miles along the shore, is being put in ganitary condition. Anâ€" other project well under way, known as the Waiolama reclamation project, will improve the water front of Hilo, on the Island of Hawaii. It is anticipated that large quantiâ€" ties of oranges and other citrus fruits will be available for shipment from South Africa to England during the coming season. In another four years the South African shipments of such fruits will, according to the estimate of C. du P. Chiappini, British governâ€" ment trades commissioner to South Africa, amount to 400,000 boxes, and in ten years to 4,000,000 boxes anâ€" nually. A Few Interesting Items From Foreign Parts. New piers begun by the City of New York during the last two years will furnish 36,550 feet, or almost seven miles, of wharfage space, and apâ€" proximately fortyâ€"five and onehalf acres of dock space. Very hot and a good deal alarmed, the man now began to call for help. Presently three trackmen came runâ€" ning to learn the cause of the outery. At their approach the bear moved leisurely off, and disappeared in a swamp at the further end of the shed. Thankful for his rescue, the hunter handed the trackmen several bank notes, incidentally telling them what he thought of ‘ bear hunting in their country. Somewhat less than a mile from the station the line was protected by a snowshed that ran along the base of a mountain. The snowsheds are enorâ€" mously strong structures, built to reâ€" sist avalanches from the mountain sides. In many places they are nearly flat on top, and offer a fine planked surface for a stroll. If it had been a "train day" at Glaâ€" cier he would have departed at once, so disgusted was he with his luck; but he was forced to wait ancther day, and after supper he started out for a walk along the railway track, disdainâ€" ing_ to bother with a gun. Here, accompanied by a trusty felâ€" ow sportsman, the man from the East hunted for five or six days, but still without success. He did not so much as see a bear track. Discouraged and not a little irritated, the Easterner came back to his hotel about noon of the sixth day, declaring that he was "through with the whole foolish busiâ€" ness," and in carnest of his resolve he threw his rifle behind the door of the storercoom. An Eastern man who was visiting in British Columbia was most desirous to meet and shoot a fullâ€"grown grizzly bear. He had hunted unsuccessfully throughout the Sierra Nevadas in Caliâ€" fornia, as well as among the mountains of Washington and Oregon, and at length had come to Glacier, in the heart of the Selkirk Mountains. FACTS FROM MANY LANDS. Hunter Had An Interesting Race With AN EXCITING CHASE. Really Caréful. TORONTO "Sea butterflies are without eyes, like some species of fish, and, unlike the butterflies of the land, they are rarer in sunny than cloudy weather. In midsummer, indeed, they leave the surface and descend into the deep, many fathoms down." | The Minute Hand, the Racer, is the l Useless One. | The hour hand of the clock seems ‘a ponderous, deliberate fellow comâ€" pared with his swiftâ€"going colleague, who sweeps clear round the circuit while he makes his way painfully over five of the minute spaces from one hour point to the next. Yet, though one goes ever so much farther and \faster, again and again the minute | hand, for all his speed, is merely overâ€" taking the patient plodder, who, with his stubby finger, is the real time giver. You cannot tell from this gratâ€" ing minuteâ€"man alone what time it is. But from the position of the hour hand in solitude you could very nearly know. Moreover, except for two hours in the whole round of the 24 hoursâ€" at noon and at midnightâ€"the minute hand, though he races all the way round the orbit, finds to his dismay | that he starts increasingly in arrears behind the other hand, and must overâ€" come an always lengthening handicap. And what is the use of proudly passâ€" ing and getting to the goal first, 22 times out of the 24, when the victory . is only apparent and not real, since both hands tell the same thing after all ? And the minute hand, the racer,. is the usoless one. | "There are a number of vn'ieties,l the most beautiful being known as | the ‘needle butterfly.‘ Its body conâ€"| sists of a shelly substance clear as : glass, to which are fastened the wings, composed of a gauzeâ€"like maâ€" ; terial and as full of color as an opal.‘ Besutifal Creatures That Live Below the Surface of the Sea. "Just as there are sea flowers," said a naturalist, "so there are sea buiterfliecs. They are beautiful transâ€" parent creatures, found in the Mediâ€" terranean. They are caught in nets much as you would catch land butâ€" terflies, but, of course, it is necessary to collect them in jars of sea water. Just so one sees strong, silent men | who plod their way, undramatic, ‘ serious, while others brandish and | ficurish like nervous semaphores all | round them. The world is depending| on those who seem ‘"no painful inch. to gain." The useful ones arse apâ€" parently making no headway at all.! The brilliant and superficial run afâ€"‘ ter, overtake and outstrip them easny.! again and again. It is the old fable of the hare and the tortcise. [ Mr. John Ouston, for forty years coxwain of the Scarborough lifeboat, has died in his 74th year. He had helped to save 230 Mves and twice had the experience of saving his son John, the present coxwain of the lifeboat. * Owing to the abnormal condition caused by the war, an advance of 72 cents a week has been given to time workers engaged as laborers and semiâ€"skilled workers in engineering shops on the northâ€"east coast. At a garden fete held at Farnâ€" borough Hall, Warwickshire, in aid of the Warwickshire Ward at the Star and Garter Home, a hunter was sold for $275.20. Warwickshire has conâ€" tributed $25,000 to the fund. The Royal Patriotic Fund has disâ€" tributed $16,500 at Portsmouth to 470 widows, 680 orphans and 109 mothers distressed by the Jutland battle beâ€" reavements and is arranging for the education of the orphans. About 250 Canadian lumbermen of the Regiment of Canadian Foresters, are at present employed daily in fellâ€" ing fir trees on the Stoner estate of Major H. St. Maur, near Newton Abâ€" bot, South Devon. The Port of London Authority has made a grant of $1,250 towards the fund for providing food and clothing for members of their staff who are prisoners of war in Germany. Lord Shaftesbury, Lordâ€"Lieutenant of Dorset, has started a movement to provide war memorials by the restoration, where existing, or the erection of village crosses in the county. The Thetford Town Council has appointed the 15â€"yearâ€"old daughter of the town crier to fulfill the duties of the office during her father‘s absence with the colors. Owing to the protests of 125 Britâ€" ish workmen, five Czechs employed on ornamental metal work on the new Commonwealth Building on the Strand have been discharged. Members of Parliament who are certified by a medical board to be unfit for general service, are not to be called up under the Military Serâ€" vice Act. About 300 members of the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistâ€" ants, Warchousemen and Clerks have been killed in action or have died of wounds. The Islington coroner handed over $400, subscribed by the public, to the widow of a man named Custance, who lost his life in attempting to save a cat. Sixteen thousand garments for the wounrded have been made and desâ€" patched from Stoke Newington War Hospital Supply Depot. The degree of LL.D. was recently conferred at Cambridge upon four Russian lecturers who are taking part in the summer meeting. Lieutenant Stanley Wootton, the exâ€"jockey, recently had the Military Cross conferred upon him at Buckingâ€" ham Palace. The Lord Kitchener Memorial Fund in aid of disabled officers and men now totals over $1,117,500. 2 Colchester‘s corporation ratâ€"catcher has in twelve months caught 5,547 rats. THE HANDS OF THE CLOCK Buckinghamshire has given $72,~ 165 to the Red Cross during the war. NEWS FROM ENGLAND Occurrences Ir the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Conâ€" mercial World. XEWSs BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. SEA BUTTERFLIES. 21. The information of their amiâ€" able intentions no doubht cost these forty zealots some delay in getting their dinner. _ But there were casuâ€" ists ready to extricate them from A vew so praiseworthy when it failed of its object. * 20. As though thou wouldestâ€"It is better to follow one of the two greatâ€" est MSS., and by altering one letter read as though it (the Sanhedrin) would, ete. _ This agrees with verse 15. _ Lysias would nob take Paul down to the Sanhedrin because he wanted to get more exact knowledge; he would quertion him in the barracks., I Verse 14. Chief priectsâ€"More exâ€" |actly, high priests, a close oligarchy ‘including, besides the acting pontiff |living, exâ€"high priests and priests beâ€" ‘longing to the two or three families from whom the government selected the new one. Of course in Jewish ‘eyes the office was for life, but they had to be content with keeping it in the families which had held it siace \the Maccabee:, _ Curseâ€"Greek, anaâ€" \thema; the formula would be, "God ido so to me, and more also if 1 eat or drink before we have killed Paul." 19. Lysias‘s interest in Pll;l, and his determination to see fair play, beâ€" comes apparent. 16. Paul‘s nephew is the only relaâ€" | tive of whom we hear. He must have been deeply interested in his , uncle, and employed great shrewdness in getting this information: a relaâ€" tive of Paul‘s was the last person to | pick it up casually. The case with ; which he secured access to Paul shows | that the apostle was no longer in rigâ€" l orous confinement. 17. Young manâ€"â€"The term used in verses 18 and 22 is slightly different. Paul speaks of his nephew to the cenâ€" turion with le s familiar tone. 15. With the councilâ€"The Sanheâ€" drin, which contained many well disâ€" posed to Paul, was only to be asked to pass a resoultion requesting Lysias to give them a further opportunity of examining the case. â€" Signifyâ€"Rathâ€" er too peremptory a word; it only imâ€" plies putting a suggestion before the officer, who, of course, could grant it or refure it as he pleased. Comes nearâ€"â€"The Sanhedrin therefore would not be suspected of complicity. Lesson Lâ€" A Plot That Failedâ€"Acts THE SUNDAY LESSON‘:* May and Sally groaned together. "There go all the little biscuits," May said. "I hope that blackest one will burn his nose when he turns over the teaâ€" pot," whispered Sally. "Oh," see him gobbling cakes !" But the pigs were so funny that the girls could not keep from laughing a little, until suddenly May gave a scream. "Sally Anderson," she cried, "what a dreadful thing you‘ve gone 23. A very large escort for one pri Their teeth chattered as they setâ€" tled themselves and peered down at their enemies. The pigs had really | come after apples, but they were not at all displeased to find the tea party.‘ They grunted and sniffed about, pushâ€"| ing their wet black noses among the dainty dishes. | Without another word they were out of their chairs and scooping up the dollsâ€"an armful for each, and one arm left to climb with. Then up the tree they scrambled. They were just in time, for Sally‘s slipper almost brushed a bristly ear as she left the ground. climb Sally looked about her wildly. The limbs of the apple tree grew close to the ground, and she made up her mind in a flash. "The tree !" she gasped. "We must The grunts grew nearer now, and, looking round, they saw that the pigs has squeezed under the gate and were making straight for the tea party. Sally and May were very, very frightâ€" ened ; there was no telling, they thought, what these noisy, bristly aniâ€" mals might do. And there was no time to be lost. * They glanced quickly at the six dolls. All of them were very quiet, but the eyes of Alexander, the rubber doll, seemed to bulge from his face. Sally began to tremble. "We must run !" she whispered shakily. ‘ "What, and leave the children ?" May â€" answered, looking â€" shocked. "What would become of them ?" The two girls lived in the city and did not know much yet about the counâ€" try sounds on Uncle Richard‘s farm. May put down the teapot with a thump and craned her neck round. "Oh," she said in a scared voice, "it‘s pigs ! They‘re pushing under the May was pouring tea into the tiny cups, and Sally had just asked the rubber boy doll, Alexander, if he would have butter, when a queer, grunting, scraping sound was heard over at the side gate. "Whatever is that ?" cr dropping a piece of butter blonde doll‘s silk lap. They sat up very straight and did wink an eyelash. INTERNATIONAL LESSON OCTOBER 1. 1 23. â€" Golden Text Two Pigs and a Party. Jer. 1. 19 cried Sally, er into the not The more aman brags about himâ€" self the less use he is to his boss. The opening ceremonies of the Chinese Parliament marked the jull turn of the circle to republican simâ€" plicity from the antique formalities and gorgeous ritual which President Yuan restored in the brief period when he was Emperorâ€"elect. But the frock coat of the President who walked in and sat down while all the members were standing around gossiping was not such a surprise as the geniality and courtesy which prevailed. Old rivals shook hands and chatted of the prospects in a manner which was impossible when everybody was wondering if his neighbor had sold himself or would sell him. There were present 456 legislators and not a pigtail among them. Very few were in uniform. our midst to create national disunion, may perhaps draw public attention to these meetings, which are held with cornplete immunity in one of the most popular of London‘s playgrounds. Strolling through the park last Sunâ€" day evening my attention was arâ€" rested by several crowds, and by one large one in particular. To my amazement and disgust, I found myâ€" self listening to a fluent speaker whose every _ sentence, however cleverly cloaked, was apparentely perâ€" meated by the desire to attack this country, to whitewash Germany, and to dighearten the civilian population. The Daily Express, which has done such excellent work in arousing pubâ€" lic attention to the intrigues and ignoble efforts of the proâ€"Germans in Are the readers of the Daily Exâ€" press aware of the meetings that are being held in Finsbury Park every Sunday evening? soner, but Lysias was determined that a Roman citizen should not be murâ€" dered by these hated sectaries. A Roman cohort would include a conâ€" tingent of all kinds of troopsâ€"regul~ ar infantry, cavalry, and miscellaneâ€" ous native troops. The exact meanâ€" ing of the word rendered spearmen is not known. _ Caesarea, on the coast, was the seat of government. 24. Felixâ€"Antonius Felix, procuraâ€" tor of Judaea from about A. D. 52. He and his powerful brother Pallas were freedmen,. Tacitus says that he "wielded royal power with the cpirit of a slave, with unbounded cruelty and lust." Without Interference. A correspondent of the London Daily Express sent the following letâ€" ter to that paper:â€" | _ Alexander lay on the ground beside her, and she picked him up tenderly |HMe was not hurt, only a few dints in ‘his rubber stomach showed where the wicked little teeth had pinched him. Address Crowds _ Without another word she stooped and picked up a long stick. Whack ! ‘nnd whack ! againâ€"she had shut he! eyes tight and rapped the black pig \ sharply across the nose. . A third time she hit him, and suddenly, with ‘a equeal and an angry grunt, he was off, followed by his brother, She heard their feet running before she ‘opened her eyes. "I don‘t believe," said Sally, he would have eaten Alexander didn‘t want to take any risks know."â€"Youth‘s Companion. Then they picked up the dishes and had another tea party on the back porch,. Alexander sat in the seat of honer, and the pigs stood by the side gate and looked at them hard ad grunted, but they did not try to come nearer. But May still looked ashamed. "I‘m sorry I scolded," she said. "No," Sally answered. "I left him down there, you know." May climbed slowly down, looking ashamed. "How brave you were !" she said. "Put him down !" she cried loud!y stamping her foot. . But they on!y looked at her out of their little beady eyes. The doll‘s head and shoulders stuck out of the black pig‘s mouth, and Sally could stand it no longer. But Sally was already | slipping down through the branches. . She landed on the ground below so sud denly that both pigs jumped, and the rubber doll squeaked again. "What are you going to do ?" May asked, wondering. Bally‘s face was very white, Sh leaned over and crowded the dolls i: to her sister‘s lap. It was true. The small black pig had the doll in his mouth, shaking bim ; and as May spoke Alexander squeaked sharply again. squeaking. "HMe‘s got Alexander!" May cried "O Sally, he‘s got Alexander !" avli 7(0 nose about for"apples ; perâ€" haps they would soon go ofl. The two girls felt better and began to talk # By this time the pigs had finished every crumb of the party feast and turned over the table. Then they beâ€" "I must have dropped him when we jumped up," she said miserably. "May, do you s‘pose for one minute that pigs eat rubber ?" May said that she supposed pigs ate everything. She was cross with Sally for her carelessness. her Sally gazed down in horror. There, sure enough, lay Alexander on his back, his eyes bigger than ever. She felt that he was staring straight a; and done! _ Alexander was sitting right next to you, and you didn‘t pick But presently, above the grunting se a sharp soundâ€"the rubber do}} PROâ€"GERMAN ORATORsS Not a Pigtail Left. in London Parks "that but I GRE xprnA} RUT ¢ 166 early ed the hind +] The w po Th Foe‘s