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* ki4 'of' mental idiosyncrasiea more ~orhaseri.ous. - : 1t&.n'yýqueîtion îg whethgî' âo- "Çiéty-oughtto feel too muh eaon ;sibi.y.iit. case of the. million- aire. ne lias leisur, aud- neanu 'fd*vrÎopportunity -te infr~ aste what la -go.odfobu. if . fais tiLvilhîjmself of the op- portuinity, lie mayfairly orne 'under XNeitgsclie's adédPÏkc 4f a" -ea person 'who is- invariably -draivn to what is bad for himas th". base. Whetlier nature'â- Weediùàg> 'out procens -onght miot to e ee- couraged rather, than. retarded lu *Uvi cases is stii au open: q.ein 'S'rious1y, -however, ti"ere is mù(ch to lie said for the follies of the very ri~[ au le argued that their 'fo,1ies keepr-the aristocraley virile in 4ev61y age, and oniy-wheu theyar ~ti-side as ýoo troublesome cdoes. 'hearistocracyl decline and fali. The. ~~ kuight kept himself ffS yoouchirig i lance iu tlie jousts when thee in- .1uiitely fluer sport of war wasn't to be hiad. The millionaire o! to-day- -his son, at ail events-keeps him- Self. up to the mark and his. mettie fine -by risking bis valuable neck in aeroplanes, sixty horse power mo- tors, and racing yachts, not to men- tioni the market pit, which le at least as deiiglitfü}ly peellous for au apoplectie person, as the Spanisli 'bull ring. It is a law of life: Notb- ing rie, nothiuig ýaiued, aud ihere l littie evidence -80 far thift ihl 1plillionaire ils fail4ig te ta.ke eladly lbis share o! tlie lisks. -The son of thé authior o!i'<The 'Scarlet Letter" -writes, lu a perio'd- bcai pubished in the 'eitentiqrv. where he is now servirig a .terný ý the misuse cf the mailsi recommend- fiug "modifications" -ii the treat- nment of "the. new order of -prison- er." These are "men of good -edu- -cation,* geudle -byeeding, anI,Êigh- intelligence" suff eringincarce ration - for "offences whicli have been iu a manner created by the. newborn 'scruples o! lawmakers and the subtle distinctions of public prose- Probalily the men and women who -are oýut o! poeket -through thia. gen- tlemsn's offeuce will not appreciate this appeal. A correspondent sug'- .gests that "a conscience witli a col- f lege education" ia no more sensitive than any other conscience. It la aise fair te adic that if "goo>d eclu- cation, gentie bree'diri'g, and- high intelligen ce" do not keep. a man's biaud out of* otiier people's pockets, .t-ii late to use.them ini the peuh- -tentiary as grounds for speciai con- sideration. In fact, the clemency of -this gerieratiori extends rather more crent- xling, I!I3e- wî b have > - irowni tat îa ted e y on- ipara, clown - ' for - yin-l ngo! Iu recallirig-the swond wbich Na-t poleon presen-ted te the Russian ' -GadDuke Constantinie- et Tiàt -bu' the* occaio<n ,o!the treaty lie-î tweeu Na-poleon sud Russis luý 1807,1 a Paris uewyspsper assents that ai- VioUh Napoleon alwsys -carriecl -Vwo pistole' lu his sacdle-, ho veny j Treiy used' them. Ris service sword, as he ca.iled' it, va -sa e. nusted inluts isheath thavt ati 'hs' batieo! Arcis-sur-Aube in,-1814 - f he b.had to call anaide-de-cam.p to -- 'help hlm draw 1. IV ia alsau selithat the Enuperôr,3 -~figure in s long grey elos.k - ' 4bicorne" in ev-enywbe-ne fa-l L mui u ad mad e for hlm-self saliel- - - -met an, tpla4e, cet with'-ener-1 a-Id. sud o-s. ' 3ut on fin rying them on hieA fouud hat ho. 1' tee0 muchlik11k. s Roman warrior, . b. disesudedx -tb'em. .Thi-s armort Napoleon - bcd ou but once la t-day ündr g1..intire Army "himmer"ai~istefi in a nýost _at-1 -tra<tivi way. A beautiful hpoirVedt chiffon *veuing gqN ,n o!f-yellow,- *ith a paauel'îlu th#ofront o! thei4 ski-ft oi. purpile, showea border about the top o! thle straiglilounCe', ou the skirt o! briglit peacock col-4 oreci embroidery, masked with yel- low,,chiffon sewed on witih golden y-ellow 'rope sOk. OnQe o! the iiew ail blaclc hata ahowï'sra ýdc*ubl4e brim o! stëâw. A pleatirig o! tuléi.slfastencdlie- tweithé two pieces o! the brim, -wbièhi met firïmly 'rreab id ' > the -tulle frî1. The -fnill-stands Dut, or rther f aUs, about an fnh W'b. yeInd4the. edge o! the straw brim,, ari&the ouly otiier -,decoration .t» >the bat is a big, stiJf blaek silk, Tii. way te descrilie the mariner iu whichb bets are zuow 'woru is *o say that they are hung about the waist. This description is quite 'correct. Many o! the. belts actuallY are iiug. Tbey are fastened at the. weist hune for a few luches lu front and biang dowri at the back. Ti method o! wearing tii. belt gives a stranýe downward and back- ward lope to the figure wliÀch is seeri in many o! the lately îiýorted gowus f rom Paris. Featheir decorations for straw bats in modified sailor sbape are 'made up o! a baud of fine os tricb feather joiried with a buckle o! the same feather. Tbey are madle lu tan and bhue and other W4Qrs sud are effective for morninÎ bats of white or bi 'ack straw. If you waut to gain the up-spring- iug coilar eff ect seen on se many of -the. new Frenchi modela imitate it witb s strip of f'iliug or rucb- -ing. A plece o! stlff -net- frilliug can lie !asteued aboeut tlie coaït col- ian o! the. 1inen suit to !orm a amant finish. ' Itsbouid lie fastened straiglit - up in the back sud it sliouid lie full enough so that it wil1 lie oa. over the shoulders; oth er- Wise it wili pull the. -back f r111 ahd take away the ver y effect it ought to produce. Tbere were predictions eàily lu tbe season that very littie linen would ie * een tua asumxÏer. But linen coat suits have not ail been superseded by epouge -aud poingee and crash sud linen one-plece !rçcks are also seen. The linen frocjcs are ail com'biued witb net or emb±oidei'yïin suph 'a way tbat it' takes away ail stiffuess f rom them. One made with high wvaisted shkirt sud short, scant bolero bas a bod- ice of net sud lace. Another, a Frenchi mode], ia made lu combi.n- -ation witb aliover eyelet embroid- ery. There la a white lilen skirt, sud wide emboidery -is us-zd to- !orm a tunie, exteudiug below the knees lu back, gradually shortening toward the front sud eatireiy cut away at one ide. This tunie is gatbered into the. beit. Tiiere la a panel of the embroidery on both the. back sud front o! tii. sieeve- lQss lilen bodice, sud em.broidery forms the thiree-quarter length sleevei. SPict-ure frame veils are appre- ciated f by wvomeu who wean face veils for motoriug, yachting sud other forma o! outdoor recreation. They are made with a square or oblong o! plain Eilk mesb, sur- nou'udea witii a figuired border sud flgured meali to compiete the rest of the veil. They are o! -silk aud are very carefully and weil made. Som etimes they are tiirown over the bat instead o! woru over the flace. There has be-en of late, ia Eug- ard _gréat inçrease lu tii. huai- neas o! iu-suriug tire varion- impor- 'sut parts o! tiie snstemy o-f pro- fecsional persona. Tii. latest i;s M4iss Grace TysoDn, an actress, now appe-arng at tbe bondon>- Opera Blouse., who bas insuned ir e yc for £5,000. 5h. ha a reputatio-n for eunotlous- expression o! th-e eyes, henceliher care o! tbcrn. According to au insunance mana- ger, Paderews - has bis. bande- lin- surcd for about £40,000, Caruso bas insurec hi-s voice, sud. the case o! tuis actress is noV the first wliere a penson has lnsured the eyes. A po-iicy was receutly taken out by s scientifle man on lus eyes o-w- ing te the. f ot tra- bis researcb work was a constant satnai-u, snd in thîs instance Vhe prem - um waa 'ratiien iilgi. Poh>icies have. been taken eut by sevenal vell-knowu artiste Who vre a! raid tbat tbey xuay loe -the ure o-f tiiein bauds. The. most rernankabie client of a-il waS -8 lady ýrhoinî:ured ber nose. 8h., was veryProd o! it-'it wasTa Rloman nose-4--and as se. -d cc9z- s1idéra-e aiWunt df,iùctnlg there was alwsys ýa posi biiity that ash. -taight imaleet itli naccidlent. Be- aides inuning lier hife, abs took ocut s phcy enliher nose, sud for ton years pid b re minm regulaly An armlb aS nawho diii- al:hi b writiug witI ie. toes-,,insured bis feet for-, 50). QuOe eve.niug,-wie h. was 912t ,Walikiug, hli .stu-mbled sund' 1e11 andf injurec o-ne-o! li toftee soboily tit l h toe b. s .u tate~.Heclailmed hie issurauce =Doey&n o V Is a lng houeyxnoon that dbonit è t écllped -onlyregar thn tl-o.pger corhý pest, but. 'o , romnulgite pliïna duoed, -if not whoily av.rted. Reela o!-môtion pictures, deschi-'- iug and -illustrating. th ii, l..o!'th the ûltb o! ý-tiiebaru-ysr r .a pool untilit hasreahedisn- -trity -sud -eerds-its tlme lu- fiiùgý from a déeomnposed lio4y eVh û have -'been >rpre ed. n aire row, iehibiitiou nt t iei oir i 'c tli 'theites ini Denvr. -S-ientiste hâve fouud that frein 16 'to 50 per- cenit.' ,o -tue typhoid, fever -caseslantiié large citi.es çmnli ,traed, diraeCtIy - ;ie the -hOUSee -fly, aud lun iuitary camps .the. per cent- age ia very'mucb langer. -The commi-t-tee a!orcs "ilies plre- pare4 somne very -sugges-tive rulea for the extermnaution of t-bis, the chie! peat o! the. sumimer nuonths, which should be o! intcrest' te everybody whe-rever located. Firat kil aIl the fles luthe house by olosiug the doors aud indows sud heatiag s small osi -shovel sud pouriug say 20.-dropa o! carliolic acid -ou it. The fumes f nom -the acid wiii capemdily kili ail the files bun a large roofh, wheu they cari be swepttu~p sud burned. Wbere this is, for auy nea.aon, impracticable, kiIl them with "swsttens." A very simple swatter eau lie made o! a piece -o! wre wludow ecre-ening four or five luches wide sud six or seven luches long inserte.d iu s cleft iu the end o! s two-foot stick. For tâ- etray fiy use stcky fly papen sud poison. The best fly poison le maqCle o a solu'tion -f for-- malinrini the proportion o! 'eigiit tes- spoonfuls to a-qua.rt o! waten. Thia bs a sale poieon whene sanalichi1i- dren are about, for should they drink it it wouid do no banm. Break a sinaIl aick lu the edge of a bottie mouth, fil thi. bottie wth thie ý!oiutou sud stand it invented lu a saucer. -Enough -o!-the poison wi11 flow into the sau<iceNto answer the purpose. A plece o!fliread' oov- ered wltb sugar ahould lie _plood lu the saucer to attrsct the files. 4 Fly traps, are easily made, on eau b, had at the stores at Vifing ex-- Screen déoonas are a favcrite gatb- ening place for files, which are ai- ways hauging about lu couutless numbens, waitiug a chance te slip into the houze. T-o remedv this evil mix a te-aspoonful of canbolic acid with. a quart of ker<>sene snd rub the solutio>n ou the screen doon, and the flies wiii givre it a wide benth. The samie solution may lie used lu au ordinary piaut-aprayer te, spray the garbage-can, which is the principal attraction for out- door fliles. A good plan la to put a, fly trap lu the cover o! the ganbage ca' - It la safe to say that 90 per cent. o! ail flies are bred lu herse drop- pings, sud this suggests thie ne-ces- slty o! keepîn.g th-e stable tightly screeued, usiug trapa ou the win- dow seceeu3. Sprày the. floors around the stalli wl-t-h aeood disin- fectaut, c-uch as pyroligneous acid (a by-product o!f turpeutine), wili be found veny effective sud la non- inflammable. The stable refuse should lie kept lu a bin tightly covened with wire netting. This'wiii prevent Lic fe- niai. fiy f romn gainingaccess to-th-e contents te ilay her eggs. It la mo-st important to kçeep the. tic dipterous iusect pre-seuts. Flea are always more abundant where fiithii 1 greatet, and- there w'ould be> no files te -kili if there were no filtii for them te breed lu, so le-t us join bu ou-e grand united effort, te "swat" the. cause, sud thieu "swat" the fiy, b! any ne- mains. Denver, Colo., 1913. - $urprised at lier. "HSere is un inistance o! the soft an- swer that hbould- turu away wrath': .Wl!. (at 3 a.m.)-"lThis a'nice time fdr a iiusbaud to c&ime home2' hues- baud (good-hiimoredly) - "8h', ;Mary! TWls La noVta nice time for à huaband -te coùin. home., I am sur- prisec at you sayiug sucli a ihbing. You ouglitVo set your 'h-asbaQd s betten exÉample." -"Ps, what ila awoma'a !ay '1' ~réalze. -ih*!màny' oebiiêrý ioubles eau 'liebenet4dby' aeiotheràiapèWt- flocbors nxow->îauI them l4f it- '- peu rtL' teracilfras suo 'ser f rom anemia -or poour ýu'< tr Q.ç),bènedft greàt.y ' roýu tus kidneye'-'or thbar.vital>-or-gails. AUl 4 e ptients aré> much 'rùir'com- in -the. Opea' air, sud theifr lives c-C olten lie greaetly,ý prol-oagai by do- Ohtinate nervous troubies-like' insomiiia, meisucholla, sudarieur- asth.enia-ofteu ield to thé treat- meut; rowz o! cota on roofs sud porches are as -mucb a ruatter o! course iu the ioxerni-'saàatariurn -as the nurses or the diet sli'eets, W.e are -se uséd to> thlukiug o! bouses as essential te comfort that dkeut , wrIton bp p ract~ . 4 -ut if 4pivdo-that,. even for çeaàs.;Here are sobe Q4 L e fl#t r ,4es jor as- qpu nza orec V Of o lreatii-, ing, ,as givri y ;ppc 1.4 S ,ms made-an -exçiut~c sdyq ii. suîbWet, s ys a wniiter in' nîgiit 7rlease ;bc4y sud minci !rom aIl teýisiîon*, aud-take f ull sud ré,'u-- la-~ rdsltinath'ogh -yolir noüs- a-il C- ~thé breath s bô>ut o talc a hé"tii. -Uyou eau te exatIt;keejp.tus up urit u - w'eary or f511 aieeép. en you wselu the mornlng repeat -the exercise at iea-ýt for five Min- utes; longer 'if'tie permits'. Dur- iug the day takoe as many fuilWres- pirationi as psillexerciaing cane with exhalatkýns. While Vak- ing these exercises bte shouici beat in mind the tlougbt that haýis lu- tilihng new l!. sund-po-wer. LA TEST AND I3EST PICTURE 9F 7TJJe KAI SER AND EMPRESS 0OF CEMI4y THE KAISER A-19 EMPRESS. A new picture of the Emperor and Empress of Germany. He celebrates a' twenty-five years' reign of peace IYoung FoIkj The Willowv Brauch. IV was a holiday, sud the. ciild- nen wcre plautiug trees lu the gar-1 de a. ast in it sud sang-, and bulîIt thein neats lun its branchies. -Yonth's Companlon. C1TY'S ODD ENDUSTRV. Biruminghai Manufactures Wold'a Supply of Jew's Happe., The pne-euiinence o! Birminghiam, Engisnd, lu tiie manufactuýre o! guns, jewelliery, pena sund bedate-ada, "My tre. la an rc-k', said I'cn- is known ail ove-r the wo-nlc, but a ueth, "sud the eak la the king uf numben -o-f sm-al articles are aise tre-es. " pnoduced, some o! whioii are o! a "Mine is a pine-tree," sa-id decidediy curions ehanacten, sud Bertha. "I love te bear tie pin.- for whici tiie Birmingham rnaler trees siug!" bas te -some exteut createdbis own 11I am goiug te plant a maple," mark-et. said Rose, as she flourisbed her Fer exampie, it îs, not generally littie apade. "tiien it will have known that Birmingham la the. pnin- pretty red leaves in the auturnu." -cipal source e! -the. jew's-harp. For 11I wish I haci a littIe tree," said sixty years the iudtustry lias been [Baby Dot. carried ou lu the viciuity o! Asiite- Tii. ebilcirer wene liusy sud did drow, a veneraile quarter of tihe noV notice Baby, Dot till ah. came city, by - memecrs o! tiie Trovuan up sud waved- a long wiliew stick, family. Grigiuali' the idsr with whicii Keunetii iad be-en play- came f nom fiaiesowen, a-ad the iug horse. je-'s-iarps are stili. macleilu'a littie III Iouud a tre. !" sbe said aga-in home » smltiiy-strngly neiiniscent 'aud again. o! its Black Country onigin. Gre-at Bertha sud Rose smiled at esci Bitain is ne longer Vie be-st mar- other wile the. baby dug a tiuY ket, enenmous Êquantities bein- ex- hole, la wiiich she set the wlllow ponted, especiaily te half-civilized bnanch; then eh.e tampecl dow±u ceuntnies. The Zulu xnusiciau, for the. eantb witli her little soft shees. example, iras taken very kiudly te "Dou't tell hen that ber -tree the jew's-hanp, sud needsas spe- wor't .gnow, " whispered the c4aîîy large -size te suit bis s-cme- thougbtful Bertha. "Sh. will for- what capacieus moutth. get ail about iVt-o-mornow." True eaough, Baby Dot did forget - ----- - ber tre., sud mo 'reoven, tien. camne ing George 10 iHave a M1oi- a wqek o! nain, so that the-cb;ild-ren ceulci net go irito the, ganden. But Foilowing V-h- example o! Vie the. willow. brancb liked the. nain;- Kaiser sud Aifounso, King George iV pusbed a littie -"white reet irite$ as given orens for a pictune the ground, auJ a littie gr ,een' les! theatre bu miniature te b.e fitted U~P îuto the- air, ;tnd iV grew juat as at Buckinghiam Palace. Thi9 la fast, a4 iV could. -maÏniy inteudeci for tiie ]loyal chil- "IWhy, ses ber. !"'cri.d ert7ha, dren, but their .19ajeâtles Éem-_ -.eue day, wben ah. ýwâs lookiug at selves are v-ry fond ci seelng the the trees. "Baby' Dotg tree. iz world onthe filin-. Thie YKa.Iser lia .alive and g1rowing! Who ever heard baci a pietun. palace ail tô hium~if o! -auytiiing se q ue-en - at Potsdamu for over a- year, aud -Every one woùdered at the. baby's during the recmit wedding f"svi- ree when they *ea w I put ut jiew tie-a tus wa-s'i very popu1ar haunt leaves,- sd shoot up se Iasat that it- -for auguat gue*s ainxiou5 vwas soori fan ahéead.of the, slowI thernselves ou the ecrten. .ple ap.d 'tiie slower o ak. AndI w Benbsby-,Dotgré"*te.lie a tal - Evemthing -yeu do-couts-sýEee gir, 1ler wîllo-éëneewasà- great that it èounts for sud -noV .agaix.st deltaller than ahe.' Thre robins yu iii~~~~~~~~~ ti.wrlsd lc r1a t h ôiede~Î v~~ O ~tii. XDI50Ol f ll:fsére ýa9 or easeiè'ýh n"Â r, W. find it iossb0etodo the koà "talâ:, Baya -oOfteflW '!Yi'r1ê f l4fastr 'oay -rth "demande-a"gréei àiuh" ud roas~i th~a tii. orecipe oui the 8ame token, ta-greaý1ahtiL t hý i ci l s1,0une it ý-hagé, o!'en ' bupsiein-d therfr Byurensnil, ht o fl~l ~i cvôôt (Oun naî. WehaveWn,'ahâv 1d ie us iln' --- sud fit htlfih e Cpile UpRurle ënr ilhmaelatrionships, w&ra- mous armamenton lud nciseaihedace pjuincébiertd to~~~W thluteùeto ti onsadio et xigihd ijsk u thsiess oead meutotef wrkers. hatred everywlier-re f ightà- W.éêýé- haeoaih 0ha "o atlOf ecueneawS an.d goevery'wès he macle ý'o! one lood ail r-aces o-Jjthf1brouGi.ive us .ifaibliud me,"anh térfrbe wpra -nte o oldhvhe ll_ eu o1 r Surior and Infeio Peopes tow ornin. Gvd U fth andthe oaprn ui e aga1 il u k4e ue tue otpbdo.-snl-r have o faih tha tir ileraiýh ian o-reltoùbs-- or.-pw *bes a tme wiéies n elallnot81d haie1 odo drace re; faic'h ir ellow-, tothe poor ith us'ent ohnatonsrae aertmen-inghei apaciÉt fo asnm the, expeisohe t hed mauyr. "atd overy-w'.here-'e v is te ,We havno faith tliat men cathe ratnedoiimiiy matded ofh0e boonflibaertofyJuslt tuin 'iùouathg &nd ,wei mn and t âtefore we ul p*r tyran- tlha eushead illn nmdtwlmenx-7 nierior anexcuseior iaees We aid, if y. have fathaas a grai îî en fih inhuman atur e aud ofmustarf Gd s -d, ye shaldyut tbefoerMi ie ose ves o t he thisdont anremove îh h,-ü eceo fte that wtne can neyer4he mciyodrpac;adit hh e thet 1tanthe aret reemnt. We move !"oe.JhnfIus he INTERNATIONAL LESSONÀ,' JUNE 29. Lesso-n XIII. The Victoies of! Faith-Revicw. Golden Text, 1 John 5.4. Before the Class. This quarten'a lessons are pecu- lianlun that they are coutaiu-ed withhbitthe, tnme o! about seventy years sud rhave te do mainly witii tweo me-a: Jacobi sud Joseph. If the history iute-rveniug betwe-en the lesso-us bas be-eu gathered up as w. bave gene along, we have be!ezle us ~wo Vvivd picture-s,---tw'o atonies ne- mankable for their int-ereat sand ne- liglous significance coming dowu te us fron tiiearernote ps-st. Jacob is the chief patriarch, the fatier o! tii. twelve, the prototype o! ail the Jews. fi 15bigit sudi shnewd. Net morally sacrupulous, he pursues his ends at ýfinat with litVle regard for the rigiits o! others. Whcu hei. la rougced he bas ne hesitation lun et-urning cvii for evil. fie- gets -on liy outsche-ming bis oponents and succeeda by is wits. Yet he la religious--deeply se as be- developa. At Bethel -he- is1 astols.ýhed to flud that lie has no-t1 ieft Jehovah be-hiud lu Beershe-ba and that the divine Pre.sence 'se-1 co)mpanie-s hlm te bue-as hlm. HieJi rises te thia revelati-on sud is ap-f pareutly a better mn. Long yea-rsj afterwand, at Jabbok, he- cornes te 1 th-e moral crisis o-f his career. Self- confident liecaus-e o! tiie succe-as of bis past plana, he proposesa Vo enter1 tii, promised land iu bis owu stne-ngth sud without Viehibe-ssing o! God. Bu-t Go-c cornes te hlm aud slio-wshlm hi5 weakness sud bis sin. Iu an aIl-night strnggle with is bo-wer nature-h. gets tiie victery over sel! sud is profonndly inniblei. fie 'neekiy pie-ada for tii. blessing that was awaitiug bis surrender sud la ackuo-wledged by J.hovab as a Prince o! God. Thua be entera Canaan, aud this e-try was s great histonrical ove-ut, for he bore witbhlm the future religbious destinies o! tiie worl. Abrahvm's arrivai had- been only tiie fin-t w'ave -o! tiie Relire-w moveinent, and it bad for a time recedeci. Ia Jusc' returu it flowed bs-ch wltii perma- nent resuits. Ewald comparas Vie newcomers, contrastec with ot-ti-n Arali immigrants, te the - Franiks among the Germa-a luva-ceas o! ,westýrnu En-ope - th. f re est, sircwdest, mc.-st advauced o! thein nace; unden a leader,.who- r eficcted iný hil.-own character 5V once tiie nolbc a sd moat imperfeet traita o! is descendants. - Froni now ou Jacob is la otable&12ad a worthy figu re. -'Purified sud prove- y trial, tic highcn quiahities o! bis na- ture for the most part ahine o-ut mon-e aud more-, till it is felÉ,t t]e b lu perfect- keeplung witi bis laVer, l!.e tiiat h. siens o! Vhs patnianchs,1 as s, ripened-saint, le-ave-s a solema prophetie blessiug te bis childrnuam. h.e dies." yosreplI was the . petteci sou of -Ja>oli's favorite wife.fie, waa chanmiag i-n bis disposition- aud marveliouely endowed witb talents. Moreover, h-e was a sou o! Pr.ov- cleuce sud possesseei--deeprlgou iusigiit. fis atory -is.oon-fý-Vlie choicest idyls ol thé world'-s litera- ture. IV la !asciustiug lu bts -nter-. est sund eàteniiin«Irkch i n i morýa-1l lscu.' s p'a-harilter mëasurédbyrthiep oers dard là no-t rm«44I flW1oW9ùii. .Olt- eci. Nothing that b. ever didCi <n lie criticized, ex-ceptiug, - -perhýpps, sone -o! uis officiai sets as vbitero)y ol Egypt-aud t-les. mnuýV le inter- _- preted by theïr enviromnut n with a-il the. data st hand. ; 'H llves for us as a -shiniag -exponLut o! bniglitneus, -fiial affectiozi, bro6th6r: ly kinduesa, -morelpaiiy' and lty. What migit- b. callec- bis business ca-reer is seo stiiking an illu.-tration o!fVthe, effect o! chara- ter on sueceas, that it îs' pertiinent and pote-ut luur da;y, aa if bas been iu every ps-st day. Th -ese - eight charact-enistics o! Joseph have be-en enumenateci: ( i. Filial devotion. - (2). Absolute purity nd hon-estLy. (3). Unselgshnesesu ad readines te help otiiera. (4). Huniulity. (5). A cheenful !aith jlnGocd and - is destiny. (6). Faithfulness in littie thiugs. (7). Re-solution sud enterprise. (8). Patience sad penseverance. These qualities are within -tue re.ach o! sny nsu sud'?vill nia-ke-auy man's h!. successful. AWFUL ATROCITIES. Resuit of the Withdnaval of Troops Froîn British-Soma-liland.- A terrible stony o! atrocities lu British Somalilaud la toid by a Bri- tish officer wiio had been serving iu tuis district. The British posta were withdrawn by tiie Govennme-ut from thei inter- ior o! Somalilaud lu 1910, sud the. administration is now coufined Vo the coa-stal region, including the towns o! .Brbera, Bulhar sud-- Zeyla; wiiose protection is entrust- ed te a-,arali garlson o! Indian tnoops. The. Mullah, the British officer iu question iaid, haci be-en our euemy tiiere for mauy years past, sud several expeditions had be-en direct- cd agaluat hlm. But s the co-untry wa-s net a valuable oie, sud our policy iiad reeently been to wlth- draw f rom the hiuterland sud cou- centrate urpe Berbiera, tii. natives mad been le!t at the MuIiah' m-e-r- cy, sud h. iiad burut sud sa-cked fthe. villages, kiiled bbcerien, taken away Vhe womeu, and Ieft a miser- abie remuant o! mutiiated old wo- men and ypung-chiidren wbo' wez - ,sta-rviug, su'd unable to> remain In the decimated villages. These wrethched peaple we-re mutilisted liy ha-ving s croeseut f rom th-in t<>hmte sabdomen, aud Ieft te find their wa a- beddt tley coulc, te seek Bnitiali protection. P'ý frequentiy did -hs lappén'that tMe veny hyeuas, the nËioè,cowardly -- o! beaste4, bad pluekei- up è-orage to dog snd attack tfies. ,nigaralle plgnizus -a-s Vhey came-,down to the coasat. The . read - !or he condi- tion of things iisthat Soniailsnd i8s au absouùtely wortbie5secou-ntry; jI ia i-lbnain whch the BBn- ,tishi wished 'tley wvere, well out of;- sud it is biecaueé-f»,te epse that the hintelland haa"beeýn abantleued lu ýthis à y lra. (IÏirly-I ùtere.-no way you eau -breakyourMil .fo!that habit-o! talking 1n' your sleép I Mr. -GAnIY - - (trîmulously but, - hope!ully-7-Do -.,u think it would lielp, anly, -mýy dean-,If you'd let me talk mqte wlieu 'I'm awake 1- - 1APOLEON'S SWORD RUMT. -plateg, But Dlmearded IL. mye was ¶ i <- Y 1' a 1 - - h - 163 à 19 mm %Z