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EOPLE AND NDY K E. ha t BM&NTS, €l; BDuty Will &e Takee in to Creek, \ few on he 60 , O00, 137 Lo 1 fore early urasd ut P% 1 r w tr Minis K Of & ) 000 Lanador oneluded X DC ME ® st year, ed rush an Goyâ€" & 1 N N n n says: Departâ€" tails of earned Hea ngei i tlons LS8 U€ ) the it of Th »f The midnight hour had struck.| Uncle B Throuzh the rain, wind, and highâ€"piled somethin‘ sanow. Dr. John had bravely mado his er. ‘Then way, and reaclhed the Grange as the when it ai mysilc hour had struck. Amy met him with a whits, scared face. "Ste is dyinz, John! Oh! if you _ Beware could have but comes sooner! Nothing it; there‘s can save her now." No man "Nuthing co time. â€" My co Ske fell back; there was a fierce conâ€" vulsion that seamed rending soul and body apart, and Isabe!l Vanâ€"e lay on the pillows like one dead. looked at Mrs. Sterling; she looked around the strange room, at her ow n dressâ€"~and all burst upon her like a flash. _ She sprang up in bed with a ery those who boeard it migbt neser forget. ‘"What is it?" still in that faint whisper. _ "What has bappened ? What i« it? Tell m>â€"tell me!~ Sle looked at aAmyâ€"memory seemed atruggling back in her dull brain :; she ost But Isabel Vance pushed away the cup with her delicate hand, and fixed her great dark eyes en the matron‘s face. ‘"You have been very i!H," answ Mrs. Sterlingâ€""ill of brain f Don‘t ssk questions ; drink this an to aisep,." For two great. dark eyes looked up at her weirdly from the bedâ€"two eves in which the light of deiirium shone no longer. "Where am 1?" said a low. faint voice. "What is in? _ What has hapâ€" She siopped short with a thrill terror. "! am afraid the roads are impassâ€" able," she said. _ "The smo>w is higher than the fences, and John wilt perâ€" sist in coming the most tempestnous Mmights. . How is she ?" As the short winter day fadedl irto early dusk the am»e cersed: but the groumt was heaped high, and the bitâ€" ter wind shriskea icily. Amy a rose to draw the curtains and lig‘. , s ue sreamily oul at the {astâ€"falling siow. Ao infivite talm had setiled upon her vea Jeop coment; a sironger, trwr., more ferveni love tkan any wila hm-l tasy she had ever known. was slowly ; dawning in her heart, U*ar rogcrows | bad been beavy. her dis@ppointments bitter; but new hope blooms so soon in the hearl of young persons ufnine-) teen or twenty. I 4 Mp nlerliing sat by the beidside, watching ber patient with a very grave frace. The erisis of the fo.er had arrived, there was little chnace of the sick woman‘s recovery, anl they did not even hope it. Better for them, better for her, that death should release her, than that she should live to end hear darvg in a madhoyse or a prison. Amy sat by the window, ga: ing Areamily out at the ‘{astâ€" falling sa ow . As infivite salm had setiled upon her wea degp CO@Went: & SLVODHAGL Erar At. lkt:(’l' fo that cdeath s that she shkou! in a madhoyse bad wronged ; TMs wild . Sterling sat b ber patient wit erisis of the f was little chn. recovery, and i[- lktt(’l' t¢» weeks, those t the bedside of t bad wronged on TMs wild Ja somethiag ludior but there was m» foreed to tak> he; And by day ana i ut lowed to The ama ‘o. A2 l dor Sterliugâ€"L d Mrs. Sterii guess preity They did ; horrible susp was the mur Buch ghastly nocent ears ; that if they ¢ Mrs. Stertin and the docis d f ‘ng coul1 bhave saved her at any My coming soon>r would have tha n ksgi i IGre P are not to be t abiii C O M omuence < ChVCL â€" eVerisecny, ' In that spacious chamber, hung vith salin damask, carpated in mossy green,, adorned _ wit} exquisite pictures and statueites, the mystery of Blackwood Grange was a mystery no longer. IJ-' ing in the low, French bed, whiter than the snowy pillows, lay Isabel Vance. Victor Latonr, that mockery of man, was n» more, Isabel Vance, in the white robes of her â€" sex, lay tossing there, ravtag in delirium, or sleeping the beayy, unmatural sleep produced by drups, { Amy knew ail. The unutterable | â€" wonmnder with which <she had first )Ie.‘ll‘ll.‘ | fhexr wild Incrodulits haw anorkes. s. th. lvâ€"a madman‘s wife!" ‘What !* exclaimed Mrs. Sterling But Amy, witk a frightamed c vored her face with her hands. i‘Ked lay sick upper | rooms, him; but the grave was aro forgot their . In that spaci 8a 1 in dlmaw‘k. 1 Pomey _ oT â€" wIAREAe sheet. | The old bouss â€" was very stillâ€"the stillness of death surely, for dealh, stood grim on their threshold. The will-: ing servants bated their breath, and | bushed their voi es and muffled lbeir. tread, for the master they bad never‘ liked lay sick unto death in one of thel upper rooms, They had never liked him ; but the dread majesty of thol‘ grave was around him now, and they || fnnonews sX x s ABl P 9e onl SNow fjeil fastar and f wild, whirling drifts, u. B:ack wond Grange lay mid wintap winding she Phn ies cxtrity it Thank _ Heaven ok Heaven! tha thing than be h whe sbrieked » convi FOR THE THIRD TINF Dy + not it. Sh elf upon her, i »muld realize it I DyX ecret Een CTD RHUECY » i "Shall we send for a clergy man, Miss 0,’ he‘. Nores ley lo.ss.mg Vance?" he sai ben(lingg’over her ; & in delirium, or slceping "your hours on ea ‘th aro numbered." niturai sleep produced by She shook her head. 'l "No c!frg_ymam can belp meâ€"LI am sn k ong that." ail. _ The unutterable | “"l'l‘:zgh your sins be as scarlet, which she had first he nrcl.’ they shall be come w hite as snow.‘ The redulity, her absolute in~‘ inlinite mercy of God is beyond our vince herself of the truth, | lfl:}'; l‘:}llnpll;ellk‘nn;;)n.dlsabgl.“ M | _ She shoo er head again. . de seribed. Et proved the ‘"You don‘t know ! d;guu don‘t know ! Sterting‘s assertionâ€"whatâ€" | I have committed a greater crime than et she had sworn to keep| deceiving and making wretched the life t it. Slowly the truth! o an innocent girl. _ John Sterling, o l I am a murderess ‘I ipon her, day by day, un-’ "C know it t" realize it at last. Sh""i Sheo stared at him wilth wilt wlsle. uce seubies . t ce in o ud N h s n P thauk Heaven A ands _ in CH A PIER w hole ‘lost ! lost 1 +y bad been hopelessly All the morning the ind complaining winds f through the barse 1 [ had first heard, ‘ ins wered 2CSlCl, and in unotil all around y buried in its mmdescribable eried 1 theugh coming storm. t. _ The wind gale, and the face alight j AO " Li e sds ly. save you that trouble." .\‘l”" Amy slept loing and se hing | When the sun was shinir The| O the snow, the houseke here; her the breakfast she ha an‘s | L. Amy ate, refreshed hope | Sleep, and hurried to the hKer, f F1 was very, very stili. hap| Were still â€" closed, the _c tavg| drawn. Mrs, Sterling ; | about ; Dr. Johin met her c inu.‘ ho’d‘ Better se o on ooo it; there‘s safety in numbers., No man is high enough to be above sympathy, or low enough to be beyond ite waaaxk Uncle Bobâ€" sometlhin‘ ve er. ‘Then she when it ain‘t Uncle Bobâ€"Yes. my wife allu ed in tyin‘ a string to bher fi rememiber things. Uncle Billâ€"She has one on 1 ger most of the time, I notica ts noves posdls s o l S 1e OOE HHHNC â€"ft ~EHEFRSORL ol married perfection ;. and Amy Sterlâ€" ing is the happiest liftle w ife, the blessâ€" awlest little mother. in Merry Engzland. * They went abroad. Three y spent on the Continent : then baby and a Swiss nurse, they : home, and Blackwood Grange the happiest home in the lan Dr. John is a mode! and a ol married perfection ;. and An ing is the happiest little wife, t bride, and â€" bec; last. CPFNg, iIving very retired, and preâ€" paring for a marriage and a long tour abroad. Farly in May, Dr. John Sterling left his patients in St. Jude‘s for a very prolonged holiday, and joined his mothâ€" er in London. â€" And | a woeek after, thers was a quiet wedding ; and Amy, for the third timm> wore the starry veil and orange wreath of a virein L uxt . L ever transpired. Amy Earle left Blacky and Mrs. Sterling â€" with took up their abode in I spring, living very retir c z4). Ogop, _ Noh Steriing,. "ftor Arn._‘s sake, felt compelled to come out with the truth. Far and wide people talkel of the wonderful tile, and doubted, and were amazed. _ It was the moâ€"t unbeard of cccurrence that had RVAYW Pramustcls Oh was dead, and, on the t stately procession â€" left t Blackwood. But in sor story leaked out, go/ whispe crent into the news; .pers, rted, until John _ St Arn._‘s sake, felt compelled with the truth. Far and talkel of the wonderful Fuki.% & li' of ;( tifu 8t iu "All is over," he died this mernin« 1| net and whits, in the _ death lay Isabel Va ful in death than sb ‘e, the cold features Ic an exqiurn ite statue c; It was given out thai ut stt unds ns w 10 If ver,. he‘said. ‘"] ed this morning, almost ruggle,‘" Hfe led her to the hasd w he» r‘epem.'v'-"” N K. I.:hn,'l don‘t repent. again, if it wers to be Wildair deserved his f WIS MA thiee sthle r "You skot your failse lover, George Wildair, the nizht before he was to have married Amy Earle.: You deâ€" ceived kler to possess yourself of the fortiune Dorothy Hardenbrook should have left you. You see I know all." "And yet you talk of forgiveness," "Because there is forgiveness for all whe repent," eyes ‘lee‘, and, on the third day, a ly procession â€" left the gates at wood. But in some way â€" the leaked out, go: whispered abroad, into the news; .pers, warped and h aa d TCOR OO TAE P« W W F 1 . "IMMes ] | od. If r | soe you, , ane mol a | and don‘ | Go|" l He tur; 5e vinida u. 4 Catk .un(? «on t you begin, mademoiselle. | Go|" ! He turned her toward ber own room, | led her to the door, and left her there | with a parting threat if she dared disâ€" obey. _ Amy smiled to herself as she went in. It was very sweet to bhe taken possession of in this way by Dr. John. In ‘*the sickâ€"roon fluttering between thing could save | whiter than snow, entirely conscious, great black eyes fore ber at the wa The dark eyes tu doctor as he entere of "Ihnte was thara 1. "PNCâ€"to wear herself to Go and try to sleep,." "But, Jouyâ€"" "Miss Earle, I insist upon b ed. If my patient expresses see you, you shall be called time, go to bed, amd go to am mot accustomed to teing ¢ and don‘t you hearin wives ol 0â€" Y es, ‘ceptin® whehflshe has very pertikler to rememb she leaves off the string, an‘ h 16 slpÂ¥e cesc Ti 2 n "My poor little said ; "these death much for your te your ‘own room,. down:; you look _ want my precious so longâ€"to wear | (Ghe» LN tFrw ks ars. mmfi a s Still, with that face, Amy told of t ening. . She trem terror from head to 4t HER METHOD there she (The end.) ; you look worn out my precious little tre ol little @> Lhe bed. St rangely a, in the solemn ma jest y abel Vance. More beauâ€" than she bad been in atures looking like those Dr. John Sterling left St. Sude‘s for a very . and joined his mothâ€" And a woeek after, t weading ; and Amy, w»,. wore the starry wreath of a virgin K eyes turned upon the young be entered, but the old light as there no more. e send for a clergy man, Miss C 107 & Ch with one Lad habâ€" elween life and death. save her now. She _snow, still as marble, scious, entirely calm; eyes looking blankly the wail. T haitle girl!" Dr. Sterling e deathâ€"bed borrors are touw your tender heart. Go to our sins be as scarlet, come w hite as snow.‘ The y of God is beyond our ‘«pers, warped and ohn Steriing, for st mpelled to come out | * ‘ar and wide people | 9T nderful tile, and %7.‘.] mazed. _ It was the | "~ ceurrence that had :ll; Blackwood Grange 15 with her. _ They | KA e in Londor unii) | M# Fetivecd and wu. Fha she spoken yet ? Wifg allus b‘lieyâ€" remembers why, room Isabei Van him with wild, wid ind sound‘!y until, shining brilliantly usekeaper brough; ie had so used her eshed by her deep o the sickâ€"room. till. _ ‘The shutters hat white, frightened of that dreadful awakâ€" tremtzled with nervous use. My mother is with irdenbrook should l _see I know all." _of forgiveness," forgiveness for al| and go !t)fla[pep,fiâ€"[ little treaxu'roâ€":I;sE herselif to a shadow. expresses a wish to finger to my Army, and lie her finâ€" foot as she ;ec-a.li;fi upon being obeyâ€" d iSU':_dy(‘d ; It is not sufficient that a y convinced her hushand loves votedly unless be assures her fart at least a dozen times a can hardly believe anything. delightful, unless it be incess peated. Proprietorâ€"We think of opening a hospital on the sixth floor. Friemiâ€"A hospital ? Proprietorâ€"Yes. Customers in jurâ€" :.d in bargain rushes will be ireated gram in the same ed at five guineas 1 don‘t Meanâ€" In the year 1858 a signature of Shakespeare was purchased by the authâ€" orities of the British Musenm for 300 guineas. In June, 1891. a letther af Har so a noteworthy fa natures in the past considered more val Royal potentates. IN A DEPARTMENT STORE In looking at autographs of celebriâ€" ties of the past it is interesting â€"to note that the signature of Queen Ejâ€" teabetl is BOW WOFKh £LIS â€"whila thot "otve thal the signature of Queen Ejâ€" izabeth is now worth £15; while that x Queen Anne will only realize 30s. 1s a striking contrast to this. it is alâ€" lay No lay, but the beâ€" nesia_t, _ _ "", EAZPORCG 10 erect several experimental â€" heaters in Trafalgar Square, near London bridge, in the W hitechape} district, â€" and other cenâ€" Lral locations to test the public conâ€" venionce of the scheme, To each lampâ€" Lost _ will be attached an â€" automatic machine coniaining _ smalil packets of Lea, coffee, sugar and beef extract, which may be obtainesd by the pennyâ€" inâ€"theâ€"slot proce=s, so that a bhungry or thirsty man for a few farthings can obtain a cup of some bealthfnul hot beverage at any time of night in the streets «* London, and go on his way rejoicing. IT IS ALWAÂ¥XS FULL,. A thermometer astached to the reâ€" servoir indicates the temperature of the water, and to prevent explosions safety vaives are provided, which parâ€" mit the steam ic escape. The illuminâ€" ating power of the lamp is not imâ€" paired, and the experts will tell you that every cubic foot of gas conâ€" sumed will heat so many gallons of water. It is proposed to erect several experimental â€" heaters in Trafalgar Square, near London bridge, in the W hitechape} district, and other cenâ€" Lral locations to test the public conâ€" renleonce of the uthamea‘lMfte t u.e Hid turning the key of an automatic arrang from the supply pipe the reservoir is imm that wodfag. 220 00 CAAAE dHG ~ Che other furnishess an escape for the overflow into the sewer. By slipping a ha‘penny into the slot a valve is opaned and a gallon of hot water is released, which can be drawn off by turning â€" the key of the fZucet, By an automatic arrangement the valve Fustudie AWCTLL I 1 TOET u0 REmMIRT than _ detracts from F‘his hangs about one gas jet, so that it recei and is large enough t« lons of water. T‘wo pi reservoir with the pi them taps the water u5. __ o _now on exbibition in working order at the COrystal Palace was invented by w London sanitary engineer, and is being thoroughly tesiâ€" ad by experis, anot only from London, but _ from Glasgow, ‘\I;nlxa'f“-,-flter, Birâ€" mingham, Sheffield ond other cities which usually take the lead in muniâ€" clpal reforms, The system is known by â€" the clumsy mame of "The Pluto Waste Heat Economizing Company." The hot water nrranzement is _ an adaptation of the "nickelâ€"inâ€"theâ€"slot" idea. A vopper reservoire of ornamenâ€" tal design is placed at the top of the street lamp, which adds to rathar K1 Â¥i4 1 ‘ to practical I 120,000,000 gal) year, or about Wilhout any a expense of pu If this water c of |a ”ha'lk‘fldly lon, the savinn Lo _ __Nae fer and coffec as often as they anwed it, and to provide an opporâ€" tunity for working men who are kept. out late at night or have to turn out early in the morning, to obtain healthâ€" ful and refreshing beverages al a nominal cost. _ At the same time, the proposed plan. if successful, will conâ€" siderably reduce the expense of street iin{hling, which ame ats to several milâ€" lions of dollars a _ apr in London. pu c F L. 0 c C 00â€" uen‘ OHnPrEEY Rew r on Exhibition in che Urystal Patace, London â€" 4 Nickeiâ€"inâ€"the Klot Idea. _ The latest novelty in municipal charâ€" ity in England is now on exhibition at the Crysta}] Palace, in Lcudon, and is attracting considerable attention from philanthropists and social reformâ€" ers. It proposes to ctilize the heat generated by the ordinary gas lamps of the streets to furnish bhot water for the poor, who can illâ€"afford fires Lalcst No Ravos lrom its appearance. ngs about ons foot above the so that it receives all the heat, arge enough to hold four galâ€" water. ‘I‘wo pipes connect the r _ with the pavemeni. One of ps the water main and _ the ¥¥eile Eue l 5 HAVE HOT waTEr oN ToP. ‘cal account, wou 0 gallons of bodilir about 125 gallons a | any additional cost of putting up the i‘ autograph teleâ€" handwriting is valuâ€" t that a woman is and loves her deâ€" «sures her of . the n times a day. She anything. however cliy in pipe is opened, immediately filled would be $1,200,000. It that there would he equal amount in the essantly o AC at wasted cev iamps, if turned unt, would furnish of boiling water a gallons a lamp daily, Muntcipat Charkiy to rather afford fires WHAT IT MEAX3, The above regulations seem to leave no room for doubt. It would appear that a sealskin saeque, cap or other [article, either worn or carri»: as bagâ€" "gage. will not be permitted to pass American customs officers,. Of course {no one can tell whether a seaiskin sacâ€" ‘que is the fur of an animal caught in the prohibited waters or not. meals in the waters of the North Pacific and I'those on the Pribyloff Islands are of separate and distinct colours. Examinâ€" ation of the pelts would disclos> no parâ€" ’timlar difference. _ Henceforth of course sealskins taken from ths Pribyâ€" Jloff Islands will bear the mark of the Nortkh America Commercial Mamma ... By valve and d, so ind L4 es ut . qae 0. o WOes OHOY® sX at , ., _ Cle, while one is jedallin for dear life + 4. AlH articles manufactured _ in ; i B + ‘ hfl.‘- _ whole or in part from our sealskins, NEW UsSE Fror SA WDUST and imported into the United States, It i id that. the â€"present shall have the linings thersof so arâ€"| (h:Stt "‘at the present generaâ€" ranged that the pelt of th» skin or lion may witness the extraordina ry skins underneath shall be exposed {for | spectacle of dredges being employed to e‘_f"m'{'fit"f’n‘ Isdki peth | reclaim the enormous deposits of sa wâ€" * :4 ur seaiskins. whether raw, | n Y2i dressed. dyed or ot herw ise manufactur. | dust at the bottom of the Otawa River, ‘ed in whole or in part, whether _ im | By a new process, sawdust, siahs, hark |ported as merchandisâ€" or as part of a ‘ and all refuse from saw mills can te Jp:msguger's effects. shall be sent to the ! rapidly CORNErted inin aiel.. nape | public stores fOF CRFAfAL avanitmari_® sealskin will have to divest him or herâ€" self of the same before setting foot on American soil. .unat is the opinion of in one large gulp and prepared to set in action forces which would dovioâ€" lence to the sealskin Lrade of Canada. That they have done well. As is wellâ€" known to manufactures of _ sealskins will be imported into the United States and just now it looks as if any man, woman or child having about him or bher garments made or partly made of sealskin Will hava t Aloask Lis. Lh . It was a sore blow to the Republic England‘s refusal to join in a treatyâ€" making performance, when the United States, Russia and Japan could sysâ€" tematically outâ€"vote her. But _ Engâ€" land was firm. She was no party to the decision arrived at by the other nations with interests in Alaskan watâ€" ers. So the United States, Russia _ and Japan went ahead and made a little treaty of their own. _ Subsequently Britain. Canada and the Republic likeâ€" wise agreed on a set of facts. _ That England, because of _ Canada‘s indisâ€" position to do so, would not agree to the suspension of pelagic sealing, anâ€" gered the diplomats to our south. _ Yet because they must needs do so they swallowed |â€" When fickle Uncle Sam mak which operates against Britain er leaves his work half done. not neglected to put the very of finishing touches on his reg governing the importations o skins into the United Stata« rtou may find yours border and stripped or both. | [ CE CCCR sows., TYatek ’ Wearers of Sealskins May Not Evadeâ€" | Pribyloff Island Seals%ins or None, _ Have you mapped out for yourse!f a trip to the United States before winâ€" ter is overt Do you intend wearing a sealskin sacque or a sealskin cap ? If 80. either change your mind about goâ€" ing or about the garments to be worn. You may find yourself held up at the L lt L 1 CB. Uncte wWHEN Â¥You STARr On A . FOR THE STATES. LEAVE Y00R sRALSKINS, THEIR OUTWARD aAxng laken from the Prib): hear the mark of the Commercia} Company . made in whole or in _ and taken from this reentered on presenâ€" ficate _ of ownership r of customs of the WeR ESC ONTARIO ARCH TORONTO touches on his regulations he importations of sealâ€" he United States. sore blow to the Renmnblic BRas Made TPactured shall bae adâ€" s part of a possenger‘s unless accompanied by ied by the consul as de lron Laws Which kins May Not Evadeâ€" Seals"%ins or None, , when the United Japan could sysâ€" ber. _ Bui Engâ€" Sam makes laws t Britain he novâ€" alf done. He has the very neatest of sacque or cap, raw and | ‘Then ] id pur. Snake‘s ] the Republic iER JOURNEY _A AINVIIIUNAL AGREEMENT ‘ Mammaâ€"Now, you must | not â€" grahdma for cake. Johnnyâ€"I won‘t. if she burries and gives it to me. | ture is subjected for iten bours q | intense _ electrical current, _ s |enough to convert iron into a be | mass, and lead into an explosive | The result is calcium carbide, Ca| carbide is already familiar to the p as the substane from which acet gas is made. . The process of the 1 ufarture of the gas is being so c} ened that even now, it is sauid, a tâ€" Alyâ€"five candleâ€"power acetylene | costs only 1â€"2¢c. an hour. If the m sess unrivaled advantages for facture. y ,_g;, _ C CJpH nOW, If is said, a twenâ€" lyâ€"five candleâ€"power acetylene light costs only 1â€"2¢c. an hour. If the public can only be reassured as to the satety | of this gas for domestic use, _ there | should be a great future for it, and_' Ottawa, with its unlimited water power | and supply of raw material, would posâ€" | mokee »imad in Lt a ds ie n e n ® . L 5 100 P20 CCC SurFs, Tark ‘and all refuse from saw mills can te jrapidly converted in‘o carbon. This |carbon is powdered and mixed in equal ;quamity with limestone, and the mixâ€" | ture is subjected for ien bours to an Re: ’ â€"""*Oeumm ‘:f.'.?." ~_| Having Completed our New Factory we are now prepared ire win | to FILL ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY. :1 We keep in Stock a large quantity of Sash, »h) Doors, Mouldings, Flooring and the differâ€" + «an| _ ent Kinds of Dressed Lumber for outside sheeting. is Ir::f,i Our Stock of DRY LUMRE is very Large so that all orders ::,,'::: can be filled. ) \inbnntal tnW s on ki s 81 4 snake‘s head was gone as far as t spectacles on the bood. pounded into jelly by the hard road; on the rig! side of the wheel the snake tapered n into a few fleshless vertebhrae. Two herdboys in the fields came â€" see what had bappened. and with stic helped me to remove the careass froj my wheel. I think there can be n« thing more frightful than to have cobra in the front wheel of one‘s bicy cle, while one is edalling for dear lif A CONDITION A1 C ene L ,~ y C00 OO AHC FIGBL, The one idea that pressed me was to accelerate this process, How the bicyâ€" cle did fly down that hill. The trees by the roadside passed me like a ribhon., The level ground at th»e foot of the slope I sped across at raciog speed . and I rushed up the opposite slop»e as long as [ had any breath left in me _â€"_ Quick as lightning it struck at the front wheel. and as it struck 1 instinet iwely lifted both hands from _ the handleâ€"bar,. _ the thought _ flashing through my imind that shoes and hose gave my feet and legs a chance, but that my hands were naked. The instant my hband was off the brake. the bicycle shot forward, for in my fright I had forgo‘ten to continue to backâ€"pedal. With unutterable horâ€" ror 1 saw that tha snake was halfâ€" through the front wheel, and that the wheel was drawing it through the fork with a horrid "swish." Then there was a thud as the head of the snake was drawn through the fork,. and a second later a flap of the tail end of the snake as it was drawn through antd bit the roud an the wiebhi too greal, and the hi« er the snake, which to meet me and axtamn im the Madras Mail : It was impossible to some replile by swervin the slope was too steep ing too fast. I backâ€"pe whole weight, and put with all the force that could exert; but the : £00 #reat anaiercjus . Indin, Bicycling in southern India is atâ€" tended by peculiar dangers. A wheelâ€" man, whose way led him across the Anâ€" namally Hills, was spinning along when suddenly he saw, lying directly in front of him,. a large cobra. ‘The lively enâ€" counter is thus described by the cyclist n Tha Muilras E.+i : An â€" Incident | a« Those may pass freely into the Reput lic. Provision is made for this by th reguiation which enacts that a portior of the pelt must be exhibited no mat ter what the garment. AN AWKwaARp POSITION. Let anyone who wants to imagine ; very awkward position picture to Kim self a person wi aring sealskin cap o sacque with no mark thereon stoppec at the lines. There would be no ad vancing with body or head piece â€" at. tached till evidence was fort heoming t prove that the fur was not from animâ€" als caught is the North Pacific, To bring â€" such proofs might |remire a month or a year, perhaps a whols lifeâ€" time would Tali short of the necessa ry time. and such delays as these any inâ€" telligent person knows _ would mean much personal loss and inconvenience Altogether it looks as if Canadians who would go to the United States in wintâ€" er. weather must leave their sealskin belongings at home., Lumber, Shingles and Lath always bash and Door Factory ventured to RIDING over Fpasoy .___s,. C006 VO nnagine a vkward position picture to Kimâ€" erson wearing sealskin cap or with no mark thereon stopped lines. There would be no adâ€" _with body or head piece atâ€" till evidence was fort heoming to bhat the fur was not from animâ€" ght is the North Pacific. _ To such | proofs might |remire a >r a year. perhaps a whol> lifeâ€" wuld fall short of the necessa ry id such delays as theue nme L. "Catln lelt in me. ured to get off was gone as far ne the bicycle went on ovâ€" te, which rose with a hiss and extended its hood. lightning it struck at the and as it struck 1 instinetâ€" both hands from the the _ thought flashing mind that shoes and hose t and legs a chance. but , and put on the brake force that my right hand ond later a flap of the snake as it was drawn l the road on the right. that pressed me was to 2 0C~ Ppernaps a wholo lifeâ€" fall short of the necessa ry ich delays as these any inâ€" rson knows â€" would mean ut Ca 2 iz Swoerviing to either side too stzep, and 1 was goâ€" I backâ€"pedalled with m y the fields came to ed. and with sticks e the careass from there can be noâ€" 1 than to have a m into a boiiing n explosive gas, carbide, Calcinm lar to the public whzi('h_ acetylene the momentum was ad; on the right snake tapered off Biexole _ Riding A COBRA its manuâ€" avoid the loath * manâ€" cheapâ€" ‘s bicyâ€" ar life. 220 IS W@Lâ€" y~gen a man is a Mullah, one of the A wheelâ€" Class who exercise an influence over the ss the Anâ€" inbabitants of the Afghan hills so pasâ€" long when Ssionate and wide that to Europeans it ly in front i8 beyond belief. The Mullabs are colâ€" lively enâ€" lectively known as the Ulima,or *arnâ€" the cyclist ed4. They are the schoolmasters, lawyâ€" is the up '.h'e Repubâ€" is by the a portion The In Stoe N. G. & J. McKECHNIE My opponent shouted the or has seen fit to refer to the fact my mother took in washing. She and what is more to the point. sh ways sent it all back ! After that there was notbing 1 but cast a majority vote for the whose parent showed such eviden perfect honesty and Mtentioy to . "Ing gag$, ;. O ATEMnEperson of hay« ing beeh in some recent caiasirophe â€"which the lawyer hoped to prov» i t the particular affray then befor» the court. !_"Ob, OPII be aii right in a day or | two, said the witness, cheerftu|!y, 1t \was jist a friend of mine kicked ime , the other evening. and Oi‘m, a Lit stiff | in the j‘ints that‘s a}}! P OPHbnahth, bntuataces 2s 113. "Are you habitually lame Or is limp caused by some temporary 1r inquired the lawyer in a cass of as and battery addressing a witnoess the defendant. The man bore ever dication on his face and person of ing beeh in some recent cailasiq which the lawyer hoped to prov« the particular affray then befor: court. bas a frantic army follo flag, willing to go any anything their leader a Mullah dies, the pla« becomes a sacred shrine meles are worked . True friendship has fluence, and takes things which might se charms of mere acau matâ€" commumecate hi. bring the unhappy the Muillahs don the carrying the green prophet. go up and the land. proctaimir an war ery, and ca fu! to avenge tha h ‘amund s3 . ;0__ 0_ PSC TB AUored <or Mioh. ‘mund sitting with a Muliah and vigorâ€" ously repealing a charm or perfor ming [a subtle incantation to enable him to fix the affections of some fair lady who is not enamoured of him. A Mullah‘s most sensilive point is the dignity of his office, When that is out raged there is trouble in the land. Hs calls the brethren to a comneil, They sugâ€" pend all the rights of public worsbip, denounce theip enemy as a dog of an infide!, cover him and his people. 9900 e allg their maledictions 0M 4owes ced oag s t iiactincs Bil One rich source i priesthood is their charms and incantni common sight to see mund sitting with a ously repealing a ch a subtle incantation fix the alfections of : is not enamoured of most sensilive point his office, W hep there is trouble in 1 the brethren to a c tinn, 13. _ _i C HF passed an examingâ€" tion therein. The principal part of tre ceremony consists in the most saintly Mullah present investing | the novice with a wide-flouing gown of \ ite cotton and a peculiarly shaped tursan., The Mullahs marry and live like the laity in most j ajpi wlars ; though some ol them assume h. most ridiculous ausâ€" terity, frowning on the simplest amâ€" usen nts, and #even tondemnng all music. except the warlike drum _ nyd BDAMDEL, AS Helng aaffonnferncqu Apal success‘u!|y tion therein. Th ceremony consist Mullah present ‘ “‘(,h A wide-nnu e‘rs, judges as well as th 0. them being men of E1 scholarship; and as they ed to their order, it cann their influence is altoget are tbe great peacemal where fighting is the br. nostrils. T‘he position o{ Mullah such candidates as have special course of studv i. Cr HONEST PARENTs | ure carries a staff, and in his lef :l.'irgee volume of the law accord to Mohammed. Whep the process reaches a publi« place the leader se ’himsvlf; his disciples stand around sit at his feet; and the general pu asseimble at a little distance to hb the gems of wisdom that fsll from holy man‘s lipss. Such a man is a Mullah, one of â€" class who exercise an influence over | inbhabitants of the Afghan hilis so P ioi ie ind vlaie bhisk n ansl . 01 4 Some thing About FRIENDL Y MOH A M M EDA N mmed. Whep the procession a public place the leader seats being eff souree of mp has a broadening inâ€" takes small «ccount _ of nnthiPew S s is d _ To those who Llsek to Y promise eternai bliss, guore their apponis aw_ >"°°C° tholr appeals eyâ€" re. The _ Mullah‘s ised in vair. He soon my following the green go anywhere and do leader pleases, W hen the plass of his death INDIAN MurLLARS. their fine collection cantations. 1t is p , to see an Afridi or i iL serve to weaken H; acquaintance . ATTENTION Mullah i as have study in mporary troublet ° as Uns pmiests, many n of greai ability and s they are ali devotâ€" it cannot be said ‘that altogether evil. They acemakers in a land the breath of a man‘s arly shaped Lursan. y and live like the ilars ; though some most ridiculous ausâ€" 1 the simplest amâ€" notbing to do fTor the man h evidence of ntion to «duly, point. she a} bore every inâ€" sh rule. These Mulâ€" le men and exe mCisSO & er their followers, the towns of the 10= will often see a ven. minale "N: orator t ‘ his death which mip» fact that lhruughou. Mohammeqdâ€" i the faith. the apostle OF is your nue with the «»f :.mocit‘ 40â€" Eround «op general public tance to bear fcll from the conlferred on underoone & the in« ica te in his left & did; l or ol the