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, Queen Vi5t'ori_n has outlived nun-ly `all father contemporanea This is perhaps`? n0t.a.f.resb piece` of news. But,it ls: brpught ta mind ins: now in zmculiarly E yivkl umnuer by the fact that "of those paer:1`amip&3rsonnges who mt-:n~.ie the? uxnnagion of her .\1::jr-sty, only four` remain u\ gure. in the grzuul diamond i celsbmtinh irhich will be held on June Q on ` . , ..'.\-. u.u.1uu'.u UU uuu.u4u:K1u.u.x }'ecent1y'"h'axir-been thougt yvoifhy 5? place on the tables, the majo1'ity hesve . -nrnvn`R fn Tun ,knnn]ac v-nhiuln __T.nn:3n`n (NUDE U} uuu yuuup. I Royal relics are_muoh in fav_br_\\'ith amateur collectors, a_nd,/`though some of the curiosities 5111} H 4.1.... L... .....'..n... .4: .. mitted to tlxegzusmvzgr l IJJHUU US.I CJIU LOIDJUB, IILIU Ll-l&lJVAVJ LJDVU _ ,etLtQ12e_hopelgsuuhbish.-_-Longi I rn;+_pi+u 0.; `UHIHKHVMUVK IN! LNBI U113 U4. IILIULII ll : 5. - `Well, the drinkjhre onimie. And at ` ` `shower that _it's fi1zxnVy."'e:-A-_Washin1ito11 .Sta;j. -~~ She Klieiv. - 'Y1hg'Mrs. Torkips Bad rad"tHo paragraph through -twice. '__The1I she` broke into ,iaArippl9,,afgxla,11gJ;}t_er. . " -What m-n vnn 'l'nn-n'|v\ii'i'a sit?" \n_" NIISUIVUUUU H} PIN]! J}Ual' IIUU uupy'uu1Uu:)l ; press notices of suicides, as `it has been, \ 1 observed shat epidemics otfrioideb,` so ] oa1led,, come V from "._anggeut!qns, no-7 1 I qzirgd, throuxh P91111206 ao,0_ tanks of ' i Am ' v. - . ' " . In Jamar, nu` VqlotoimAod5 > 1 "mum : ...,..,\., .. . ,.l. . 1%.... *U1`UKU LUEU ,5 _F1pp1W1`}1Q;UI. ~ quimd `her husband:, ` ` ` Sou'1e`thing funny.. _ j x 7 ';How dO-yon_kx;xow it 9fj1nny?" was, ;th,e`_bax1teri1ig'rejoix';d`e}c'.A ;j`: I ' "M '9 T-T|1|mnhl.I.nnn` inn Kmlnzthrinavnlz it D `-`what are you,'l'a`u-`ghiiig :.itP] inf Ll-IV AIIVUIUMJ DUUIUU] U1. 1391' Hill Ill` [ augurated aj plan fox-`the suppressioixof mnn nntlnhn nf nninidm. mi `N: Hm: bnian . , - - . - . 1 iovh the Land of the uvh_1g-- Noihiibelcenr, Gladstone ulud `Y1!--E ` `liars--ow England Ha: G`:-own Great ' ` Slll Ylctiwla Wu Mmlc Queen. g ins" Medical Souiatybf Brn ha; in-' Innnu-ninth! n` nhuu fnrlthn annvh-nuuinn 11 1 0:10 you on: u blown toun. O U. kl EUII EJLUJJ5 VULJ VVCII. \V.ll.'lI 1-|U UULIUI . but" the in_ch.--Cassi'er e Maga-/` Mu7sUM CRANKS. IN THE sukoow. t1;_L1\\'1:lL-u.-L Ixutmng, :1mlxt111.xy nu your mlpty 1K)\'k:[ book. V ` ', The Bradley-Garretson Co., Ltd, Toronto --- uu .u u C. Marseilles was so enlightened and cultivated ucity in the time of Tacitus that Agricola had been educated there, and it possessed temples as majestic as V{u]W11 SlEllj76f'lVI7l1`El: Gjgcia. 7 U01`-W got an its-1nedioev:1laml modern associ- ations when, paging. the streets and_ quzuys, I `see again" those dark eyes, those strongly marked fptoles, the black trssos with blue lights upon their coils _ " and brz:i:l_s and the _`elastio tgpad and measured steps which still make Mar- 5 soilles Pl1ge2eg_n__a_s far as conomn umny ` 1 among her" working population. No in'~ I" termixture of paces has snfc-ed to elface '| the old Greek couzatenance and gait. ' I You will see. the same men and women -' und`e1-Moan": Carmel in tmiok and ab- bas and ombroiderell shirts as you meet `here going 11;; to "_Notre Dame de la Gardo or arounclwho. Bassin do lam Joliette. ; ' " ' ,...... HEB MA_JES'!Y'S DIAMOND JUBILEE` ~ `AHRIES "Qu`c:-11 Victorizx. Hex` Lit}: and ' 1x'c1gn' into -wry. home. Person.-' who n.-nr sold bcrokstukc urders {:L~:L Preface the xmsu-luque1n<-1' Lord Dul-ri1x's awlnievennellts. .\'u bunk so highly praised. 'Vg- nu--u lnurc um- vu E;L~_V to make e`1.1uu to ::10.w-u \'eek.. WV!-K I: W ugxgg |:`U uuucsuy.` _. \ ` '~ ;A1 , bYz,9!!3Y9 93*-"i,X5.`111%1.f91l9W.~;. F wit1a`yacuou,e;pz`ession, drifted into t.hovaoant_p1gc9 at V'tbe`_tub1Ve._ \f`Jm}1_ag,. g ` -ey, g and thbe~;1ose'-r of 4:119 `fig ' k ``here s _a big; dollar and herds 35. little " . Mround.,holeln`a9ard. Beyou I`oan_pgt b 1. the dollar ehropsh; the_Vh9le just ae_1t us 3H`-1qser,fi`9 BI! Ill ton!-of~oarvoheoks._ _ |` - D0130. .34.`! J030- .T.he_other pro- ; ;;..5>d!i to!-`elm *1-gsotrloxx `or tho first? .:iAr10kI.hl- `lgldton, Imwled Jonosoy 4 3 angxg1d1y;\ you oona9t_ip_to`put .uhg ]`do_1lar, thrguga `thy hole. ._I aiancbeg ` {it>u of_)`1;21}1; .DIllh 1H5|"-`Nth t,ho.perorny . _on on M. glegr hey.,I_vely_sp,:;; ': ggainst, the game. hxtharoo. --._Ph;1gd1..;_ nhM1e9rd*` ` < -: v o =3 D I , Its" Spleixditl Site Discovered by Greek! Twenty-five Centuries Ago. Every sort of commerce is represented upon the qunys and in the warehouses of Marseil1ss,'writes Sir Edwin Arnold in the London Telegraph," but her prin- cipal commodities are cereals, oil seeds, coal, sugar, coffee, hides, wool and silk, which 6,000,000 tons of shipping bring take or away. Often and often, usi hove myself visited this stately city, the gran- deur and beauty of her situation, the brightness other sunlit hills, mid the grouping of her white rocks mirrored in the blue sea always have for me :3 fresh churmmid alwaysll me with admira- tion for those wise Phocrean Greeks who came upon this splendid site in their wandering galleys 25 centuries` :~.;:o and saw at once, with the `eyes of sailors and with the courage of empire iounders, what an opportunity, nature had here granted to the makers of his- tory for a maritime metropolis. They untines. to defeat even the Cnrthugini- equal allianceswith the rising power of Rome. They planted their tln'ivin2: col- anios all along the sunn_v'Rivirr:i. at Tniirueis, which "is now Cviotnt; xx! 01- bizi, which is today `.EIg:crus; zit Animo- lis. which the Freuolimun of the present tin;e_ names Antibes, and at Nicea, which was Italian and known as Nizza, until it became French and fashionable as Nice. - IT,.,..A.'I1__ ____ _- ,,_,x:' IL _1 1 were soon strong enough, those old Levi- zuis in Corsican waters and to conclude I The Possibilities of W01-kingla.S1znplo _ Trick Two Ways. ` Three vyoupg men were seated at a table in a Marketstreet restaurant. One of them drew from his pocket and laid upon the table a silve1'. Beside it .110 placed a visitin . card, with a roumfr hole `about La haf inch in diameter" pierced through its centor." Said he": See the fat,` white dollar? S_eo`the lit-_, tlga hole in the card? Betyou the cigars `I oan push the big dollar through the little hole, P11 go you, f said dneof his companions, `_`but, remembr, you are to `push that dollar. through that hole withoi1t'en1argi'ng' the~ hole. . '1`hat .s what,'. responded the proposer` of the feat. 1 .......... LL- .:,.11....'a-;. :._ u,`-,.;:u-.11 Laying the do_lIa1"at;6nrthe-gable," h held the card on edge jus"t behind it. Qlhen `he produced as penciIjvhic1i"he _, shqyed .throughathe.ho1,e` in the card un'- ` _til `it touphd theA:_edge. of;;tl`e coin." .3 .Pushii1gtha dollar:-throng}; the hole, L : see? " `Herevdomes J onsey; . said lt_h. ;' . losers -.Iez`xdT ma 'y9i3r~:`dk21_1rgr a,1idvy6)nr; 5 funny ttrdi .11d`I }1'9'7'r.9Y9H8?Ohgi 5 L._Aw0.i1't cw thing to Joneseyi _; M. " A In hv` nhldumvnwm 131-nun 0n'l1n-Q I The Albert Toilet Soap Co., Mfrs. Montreal. BABY S OWN ; SOAP CAUGHT BY A woR5._ FK highly pl'1lISt`(l. Wt` HL`-`U =. b;:\.~y :`1.3._uu'ru on ttmu. l ro:Ipectu:l tree to c:\11\'assc1`s. Ag- in L-u.~:t nutlung, and it nu)" ll ::n1pty" '. NONE BETTER gs w FOR J .3` % VDELICATE SKINS MARSE|LLES. Ubllllhliihllll lLl`\'iUl,-_)'. ` ' } Thtlrellgluus [)(3i`Li()ll uf {nu '(Tk'TBIlll`)l1y i.__W_lll-he short, the gll1}ectlnn t,hH'euf huing ' 'entr1xs`m3(l' mi tl1g__;r(:l'lll`{.~llstulf lit` ,C`:mtu1'- bnry,.a'nd of York,-In the lliclxrip of Lun~ donzmd to tl1(3 (lQ1lll nf" tlm Ahhuy, all vfour of-\g;vl101n'-fvm this uccnsiun will \'ve:u' "_th:55e_ nzzxgllillcnxlt gold enxlmxlilm-ezi, .purple vlvet; mantles wltl1.-l0_n;.: rr:_:ius _ than are known as their co:-onucmxl rnbes. It will conslsl; nl - q T1: De11m _" .ocmp0sed by glie Quc:en s lmifamed - hus- f- `band, oi it superb clmmle lil;ewise by the : Prince Consort and cmnxun-nclng with .u Pfaf wordss, ,Bec:mse shy God loml _i;W l,theref0ren1nde He-`the King to ` 'tiliQi1 0I1211 Bnthun nelng intm-r:ilnce(l ix1,;.n manner pcliizrly thrilling and 0ffect.iYve_'. V Than fli Ar:-.TE E3 of (?:mfm'hm-v, `Mi; ..,.,,,, H , \ ENT; an={HEReoRoNAnoN T ,uu-u n yI.u, uuw vau w-an (vvvvuu vnu - 1 m3iE- rS3xe`dur_Ipm!he tahreb s3ore`yms whaoii . iii}: 1` `"3 1i)_Y9_1lm!2L!J119e than }Gzt`eat<'Br1tnII'q M ,, ~`omm:m1a1\V_mnnsae bu 1nqr9B9d;vb! I Ilog9 tmat:10o0'1Ieroeng. V - '-5` , t emxxynousu 9: uumpu. . . 3 I If a: that moment he: lip oommenqu ; to quiver am tears (mbldglon wall up to 3 later eyes, and mum down her wrlnkled %cl:e+3lss.~no dne_T?e1' in the leat'snr- TQ7T Xet' ` I _ have been wmuglit Jdm-lug the three-" , more yams that have elapsed since aha _ ! Xlrst a.~;ceu the throne, she ~cannot.bnt . [ sorrow over the disappearance of many of (lm.-Iv `.s`En were pgv.-r;-nc~ at her lgolden "1 ;:2lailq.~ in cups:-If-sanse abl>oy_ only ten , wars lnivk. She will look ln vain for her l l gallant. and Slttltmrt sdn-ln_~lmv, Em- l ipomr Fn~dm-lck qt Get-1nnny, tlxe noblest _ l3x.:xm> ml the pzlgemxt in 9387, and hls `n..5.:iv ll.-rjth will he` rvcalled to her mem- pr!` by the \vi:!n\v< s \'s'ec-'_ds worn by her f (`him-71 (lilllj..'lL!1'l`,"lllt.` 1lo\\'nge1'- Exnpress of ' cjerlngnlmy. The .~`. lIl)(` .~'mnl:-er garments of Prluess` I :-;~;.".- > will ru-\'i':e tl1e'.<-Jnsu of the loss _ \\'l.'i--`*2 ``:- u-`mim-:l tlnuu-_rh the death if`1`.::m- llunry oz` Bilm.-ulmg. Gone, ' I paras, vov(allVtl;xn1-I Imtxn h6useI_!_nEurope. - 7 7 : If n` that mnmnnt bar Mn commence: %-|CUr0l.l\ 22 next. ll`;-..c~- u Whihr no ;;n~::L mu-s have marred the . 1u.~m- of Vi(:tu1i:_1'n` reigzn, yen in may be V cu--si(11'e t11's1x1<;s;t gluriom period in , iv vxltim hiscnry of Gm-at lirimixl if one `r .4) jml_;e by thy ;u'm\';h of, [I19 u1'i>n, `r: ]ruI\I11ElE10!l. and ,z1hm'v 1111 of the I 1; thus vx11'1'i 1`,c Upon which `the ` uni m-\nI' <.>l'< llltf P"[ lllll1lIH UL llll` UIllL`Jll JLlHg' f.('.u:n ::`.-J1`-" hm \$`ull-1131.311 dm1I)1o i, as has i 'n1:~'n tin-~m5n;'.).-:' of hex" Mztju-.-:r"\",_s` lioges E in India mxdin her (.`.nloni;11 dependen- 1 .r _ 2 vws, t1mgzrzu_1dtoml of those who now 3 accord her am willing nllegiance. amount- [_'1m: to the (:'olossu1 iignre of 3r3I'),O00,000. i In 1837 th0:1I'e.';_of--the British Empire ";'z'xnoutMt0"?3,U0'U;U00 .<;qmm.-. miles, . whm'ea`< to-any it is five tin){e.< that; size, its S\1I)(`,l`('i(`F a.,>_x 10,(')U0.UUO s`q'11a1'A miles, Thv angglvgzxto .pro}u-rty ofthe people-of the Unfu`- Kingdom,` <'n1cu- . 5;] 3-1.`. ~ m.~'..- 111' tlmjm-m.'uLmy_l I-H-a~t`H UH H-H7 Hit` H'H"rHiHB hi ,1ig.i\1res ,., has trubled in tVl1cl:is'ts_ikt_v yours, as has also the m-,ven1'10 of 5 the - Smte, \vhilo, thu zu1`.'unc'<.~ in the forrgign trmu of (irmt Bri'.ni'n dm-ijng Hws:u1::51)e1`iod has been more than A150 per cents. _ 'I'hn nnl'nf1r n1" nnnl fmrluv it mmnkhr UHF!) ]{Ul't`- lllilll `IVJU [JCT .L'UlllI. Thy output. nf C0111 to-day is exactly t\ve~11tfy~fl\`u times as large its it was when ' hm` Blznjusty z:.<::.>1ulv(1 the throne, and \\'}1ux'k-us, at thnLn1mnent. t;h0zmn1m1 con- .s1111!]Jt'1uI1~uf <-(M011 1mrel_v execs-(led 4,- 000,000 prmmis, Lhe 1'u3t11i'11.~`. for , the last yeur S1l()\\~ u cn11.~fum1:_r,iun of more than four` tinws th2'.t- amount. And all this ndditlnn in land, i11"m-zxlth :mdA in popu- lutiim has mm :u,-q11`x1`c(l hobby great zmd smxgzuinm-y <~runli(-,t,s.'1n 0zunpuig11:~', hut dllring u1'ui;.m H1.-1.5 on the whole muy he described as the most. peat-cful in Eng- lish }1i > Ivvmu] it iaithia nhunntin nf ' Hvnn him llh Ul`IUl") _ > - lndeecl it is}chis u1>_svnL`e of t11'ose.l)ig wars which .conu'ilJut.e .=o.m'uc11 to ob- struct L110 }11'zg:;`ess and _f0 ' iIx1'i){xi1'`i`i1 p1'osparit_v ml the Imtions involved .t'.11ere- ~in,_th2w mu.~u h xegu1'(1e a:i"acc.o11I1tn1)1e `fur 111:: pm-,1;*u1m+uu1 dry;-101nm-`nt: 0t*Grez,1t I_?r1_t2':1x1 s 'm"n1t1i,.. ill_(1HStl`_\`; 'tm(1o nnd (`ug1;[e1; `ex . ' 1y;_t.11e;1usLJh,1& , H. 901099211 ta. y on-11 to zgvtogixpn to Emu- ` _1ijerat. the clumgcs clans 11a\'e,t111gau place ` since -ViCE(J3I1I!.--1)}Ca11!lC~Q.l1431l11-~-= -.---- - Thorn um: nr'\ i'(-rrn1;n- mv m-nnm-Iv nr-. kl HUG - V-IUDUKEIlt-~)}\}El-I-llU~\v\{-{Rik There was no rt-gu1mV. or '1n'opo1-Iy 0r- gzinized pnsfnl S Ul'\'_'1CG tlnw fsgm1-e years ugo, and flue prir-e-])uid.fm- _tl1`.~_ -:o11v:y`- `once of tlm~1ms.ils: was V(:ll0l`IlJ0l1S,' people" .I)e1rgg_c0'111[mlI<:d to'p`ny us much {'18 B0 u"rii1'~10'ce.-uts 1131' `the tr;u1sport3 'of 11. letter for It few miles Qnly. It was not ,unti`l" "1839 that, [ienI)y. postzxgt svnslnprw _dt1ce(1, and tlxustxcdesx of the.s cl\e1ue, so .WiL1c1y~ dml3llI)(}lf(I, ut t11ufz=cixur>,- mity he gzitlleted from `111: fuel`. than adul-mg _'6he - - twelve n1-miths which lmvb just, `been brtmght to nulosa ` 'i1'o' less 't)h'm 2,323,- ddm through the ,post; o!Y1ca,': 830,610 letters, posts = c}u'ds 'm1g1 , Iupcela nave been tlliverecl in the `Unihtzed ing: In IRR7 tht-\v*n tvmva nn iiitih-nnq rind n` f ta vI2_c)i1;1tJ`n'7'Es `uogwgpliahed `by `fhciilx of ` .n much mid .o11r,`f _wl1_ile th_sjtr1pZI:t3_ross =the `Atlantic to NewsYox;k was ` tegtzid`e6.f `it; takes to-bdnjr by ateam. . I , . < J. . , ., . Vinfntvin lmd lmnn--na1vnvml vnm-n .41 HUM} UHL'UllKIl IIHU ,yUBlI U.Ull.U.V ~ ` : : . 4 In_1837 tl1u1e \vex'e no ifailrgads and 119' stemn'hips. The journey Ix_*p1`x1`191 `xiutuiryk on-gs 1t__doi;a.w1t1nr;'; six, Weeks unI1rfsu1),'ix`1 hq1'1 ' of `the l_x'l:;ya which` v "intakes many by atemn. J ,1` V -I V `Victoria (had "been" several .'y'eryr5ga' ` quen before peleg}-,aphyM was` ;1.ntrocI,uuevd,- while it was not until she`1w.d be'ooma' a gxandxnother that .subm`nriua` com1nuni-` qatlon,w1th_thia U'nHzed':States' was estab- 1xehe31_.- Photbzraphy, nleo_tz1-1oTght, `bale-, iih?Jm !Ir1Ih0no _ a.phs,'etoL; lwere all un-. known when 5 e became Queen, and than tint Jgmry of! an iron-builgz, amp on] LI; mragister who made when Quae L -V . x-we roi`gn;wab only six weeks dig: w1;i1e`!u1~_I_nmFhe tzhreb a`ore`yma `whioh ~Iui\mn'|t:nn1l nlnnnmfn Giant` 'RnMmIn`.n uu nu \ The 1 1 >113. rplglfinll " \lI.V ....I UIIUCLIIVU. , ' of V C:1rifei`7J111'y, himself now on the threshold - of his ghi;ieth' year, V-\_vilI, intone the,J,f,,1Ihz1'nl;s:, 7 giving-, i'\s'cI1ns- the prayers vfnr.the Queen while the s_olmn blessing deliv~ 21311 ft0X1{l_th0_11l(i11' by clip aged .p1-hnnte, followed. by.slow and sl1stainudAn10n's" ` ted by the choir-_ of three Ix11ndr_cd _ I l1c.ed_jI1`1en and'boy9, stationed. 1n_t_he btgan gallery, will` bring to in. close this jmptessive and unjque `divine .561-.vioe. - Thrqughout this service the Queen will the throne./of King.` gddxvard "them _ ` sor.,mzer._Syh1c1;..\sg11l_L>g_za11nown the robes of 1')IlI')l l11_1(1 o'rx_nine.- In will hairs%.'o!~f3tataj'tor~~tha' -* Pr'in`-,1 ndgasesiqf eh Roy;u family, i _mustr1oi_1s1 1-elatiyea) from each, _can1Verxof-g the ,dam_ will M - b. . `thegzameously.Iegiaiilbttodt. \'l (-turizfs Reign. |;`A{,_l'|fgll,U -1H`(ll)l'l`l:y' U1 UIU I ~. .1 J. I the `I 11 dm United King- ln11I)1o'i, my-.~:r;v",_q liogzes 1i: dmmndcln. If nwumtunuxmeauyuumu-:h._ {birth 9! the `Prince of Wales` that ph_1om- .- Ie form and other anyathotim `dune inho ` noeinr any-gm). opazaons, .IDC_'N11gh it is scarcely croditnbls, within the mem- ury of Victorlamrgoonl havobbenpblised brbar9g_g_1_eth6da as thoie .p1-uotlqed In ` dealing mph the wounded d'nring,the r 1 battle 0!` Trafalgar--namely, to plunge lthe bleeding stumps into hot pitch to stay the humonhagcg. ' _ Thnmanndn mm thnmmndn nf hmmimln stay we uumurrungu. Thnusands upon thousands 0! hospitals and analogous charitable ~, iustitmins i have been called into existence in the British Empire duqing the last three- scure ymrs, partly through the inuence of the Queen honaoll, and xmrtly through int of her eldest son, _,bhe Prince >0! \\'ales,`th people, having beenxtaught by their illu`su-ious ruler, and by her chil- dren. us well. to believe that the best and ; sun-st way to royal favor`-wigs tdvote ` ?n fhn .-..1a..e nf fhnm nf Hmlr ugn. , ` _ Tho sumo polloy has been pursued at! home, and by this mezm millions upon millions of dollars, which would other- wise lmvo 1'e11mix1oL1 inthe pooliet-s-of their donors, or llozmlctl ln banks, have been lm"iShe(l upon charity ud phllun-s tl1!'0p_V, and it is`1n"LTe])lng with the entire tenor of the reign of Queen Vio- torin tlmt`tl1oSixtlotl1 anniversary of her uc(:(+ssi<`u1 to the throne should by her porticullu` wish--so oloq\1ontly expressed ' by tho P1-inco of \V'alv.s--.l)o slgnullzed by` gifts to the poor, to tho hospitals and to philzmthropic umlortakings. of every kind.` A" so".Tg' 61 'r'rixuu`lr 0ve?'ie"7r.hiaveT.l'; intents Qt the Reign. I V 'A writer in the Edinburgh Review chmges down upon the pussimists of the tiny with a c]eu.1'-toned song of. ` triumph ov'er-the uchievc111encs'0f the Yictoi-iz1.n reign. He begins by telling of_ the mm- vollous growtli of the Briizish Empire. In India; in Egypt, in Africa, in Australia. liuttereki conditions of life h_ave* grown up here under thui shadow of the ag; A and them, is no glxzlmntee that they would have reached these countries had the flag never been Planted there. Can- udzi, us we know it, has pijucticully come into being'du1'ing thereign of V'ict'01'ia. In '37 we \ve1_'u ii fgyy detached settle- inmita, turn by civil war. In `11 came ~%hL~U1\itnreH'1it;~zu1:L(izw:u%7, ' fmleratioii of the four provinc-es;= and to-..; deny we own half a c0utinnt;,, 1nz\gni- ' cently equipped . with m1l1'ou(1s'and l mliuls, where there is use for- thexn, and poi-Lunity for civilized `Id ' ' ' _ 7"` V"'_"%-'w""' 1 yu{,JU3u'U1 VHO llgll,` uumgurg `:1l`l.lJL'lI U1 1),1_irlu)ulu11a.'.' Railroads, .111` the `modern 3 'sena(a",;)fiel:p'termare the f)rq,g;_i1cts~.of ` `bh1a.reign`.. In 1% 4. we `i1*e"'t;qlr1 _thgt'a th1;'d-slabs milwuy ,1-ld from _ Lfmdun" to ` Execar tank: sixteen h0111'sv"nnd ta huff. - Stenn1 ipx, top.u1evalc')pe(1 into useful- ' hens much the Qmenfa a`c,oe`3a]ion. The j`i1-hm and the, Great \Vest5ul`n crossed. the _ At2Iitnt;l_a'1n --1,838. .11: took the Sirius .e1gMeun daya`to_ travel from Cork to New York. ' The record now is wearing, ve .di:ys,"1`alegrapl1{n`g, `cabling, Hchenp posb_`-` nothing of. 11343, are all Victorian, to any ` v thnwonglex-5 of these last days, 113 which the htinltm voloa may be stored up in a hex or carried" across as ugntziuent, in whinh dmhrn vnn : rm 1 and Hum. 33 UUXL ` a `l"ne_v'a`n> the Earl -.\"v1snn, who, as 2| 18~yerxr-nld 3-.w\r drmnud his .~ .l\`cr coroner for the only time in his life an `the mo~ g mom wlwn the .-Xrchbishopof Calm-rmnry ` solemnly xzlzuixgxl the om_\\`n of Great Brf tam upmxjhe head of the `Queen; the patriarcixnl Earl of Leicester. \\`1`J0 acted ` on that 0c<'as.i0n as pago of-!mx1-1- hnd 5 "Han ;n\~.urr:iurn`: Inwln fh { Uuurnlg um: uuuu up1m1`l;uuu;y 1w:un'u1zeu .<:('ftT+fiii6'1'i"ih"i 'i&"-'1"ld.' _V M__"m ' 1`Jm'Edinbu1-gl1 1 mvim.v 'w1"itex-. poixm ,PM.Il!Q-Jb$.,;1)!ME!LEi0n, of the United . I\'inmhn1\ h.-m*`|Y\T>.T*F#E1 T17-intr `Thu nv-nu. V V_lJll>lA>7lX_JVl_||I_7l yggggz mg, U1 um UHli,bL_l Ki11g:dmix h2_1s`i11`(:TF:`-LT(1(ii1"I'iT;.."`1il)43 pres- ` out relgn by one-lmlf; while the addition E of territory to Lnkhu Iu`1`npi1',o has been trg ` xmndous. Two hundred and seventy-ve ` nhouszmd squux'e>__1n_iles have been a`dded- 1 u territory larger nhzmAustr1a--_ln India; " 8U,00U sqmu'u mi1es-zi space 119- vast as 1 Great Britain--in_ the: nest; of Asia; 200,- ` 000,nq11zm: 1niles--a reg1o1)v ins" lmjge as ` Ger_'nmny'~-~iu South Africa, and .in,East ' _'Afritm'1,000',0U0 .sqmu'em11cs--.o1- about < .hnlf_`the -`extent. of European R11`ss_iu.- [The a1jeu'y1o\_v totals soxnethlmmg V like 10,; I000,0U0 `squu1'e'J111lofs,' zmd- nearly everins V-fourth pexfson on earth ,o\v;as allegiance, directly or ind1rect1y,_to_ the Que'6n. _' - ~, ~GEm1i'ng to tho.popd1ti_0n 20! the people`. t:hq_:_t_dvance '13, when menau ` V the .t.,.,\.....,...n A H... .\...u, m.m.....` :\l; ..c, ,.a, , IIHU, l|ll\`lIllUU ll! Wlllill [I19 H I j )i`Q,g1'6SB'0 the pn_s'b,` nothing `I),1_irlu)ulu11a. ; Rzyllrouds, 'sena(-.",;)fi8hVQ/b termam j `bh1a.reign`.". `fx1*o"w f.h'|I'd.nl2'1`i:-1 milumv 1-Mix` ,1 :-nun uus nu vuuwu (minus a uguuluuuv. III which eleotrloy pulls loads, and lights ho\1aea'and qtrqets. inwvhioh dlseaadlll `W lied to its lurking place and klllx. Ivan ma vmw` nllnunnhfvn om-ma mm mu . I uuunun uuu quqvun. Ill yvnwu u1sea8H,l'l _ me veny suggpsgfve, figures are Avon, TH}; vI`CToR [A'N AGE. VQueenVIctor!n ni1 }Tex' Great-G1-nmlson'. Prince Edwhgtl 07i'nYl)VlLig: nothing " `short lnilrnndn. In hhn Fmndcv 011 um: ()C('i.\ U!) as }.I2:gt' U1 uuuur nun = trslin-!w;m=x"t<)""'thn. . llmrlo, the Qld Dukv of .~'u.<=ux: .\lr. Glad;-'m;)e. now I in MS ninth ycxu`. and Mr. V'Hlioi':~ .' tho Father nf ghe H.m.<:," who at the nge of 5 355 still r:11:-"3 ysfllic in me "dvlih r:.:inns of`; `I` ,, ;}'E:;3zmii; mv;gsi>AY,T I I P ) on this day hav,/Queen; Thro all thsryears of weal and woe She lives beloved and r.rue;. A woman` every inghn Queen, The Queen a woman, too, lung In l_.W1' uuuuuuuu duuuwvr - All honor to om-_Queqn! H :1hanku4LQQd._,,_.-..,.,. r mu thin an have men: A Queen with most supreme contempt For all shmgs ljase and mean! Alwoman with the teuderest heart, ` For auering sorrow `keen! A sudden tefror in a mine, A 3ad.cry..fram tge gea; ' And, quick asthought, the Queen : kind hears . _ ' ` Responds in sympathy. I Well may her people feel with her,- ' Que both in joy and woe; | And couldthey only beat her grlefs, \ i No sorrow should she lnow; , f But-,` ah! ll: n`1us_1t_ be ever thus, 3, `No lot exempt. from palu: But paln, God-given, (ind sanctified, Brlngs blessings in lbs tmln. L {pun QU,EEN'SDlAM`0ND auusg : F R|ng in her Dlamound Jnblleok L All hnnnr tn rmr Damn! | With team she hears them hull her Queen`! ? | ~ Tears for the Widowed One, 3 Whose bitter lpss prepares thefway 3 V Thm -which she nlounts u _Th1'one. ' Most faithful daughter! loving wife, ` And lmppy mother. we g See in our Q'u`e 1)"s`greziH1`imj)iness How deep her grim` could be.- And learn mlove the sympathy _ ' Born of ho.-`r own grunt loss, " The grant rening tire, Iivmx-I1-sent, Thm: burned up All earth's dross. And`11q\\' the Qnuun th1nl<;~' of-her poor . And plum that euxwwsn way, That, choy um) spa shqthinks 9f them 09 that nuspiciollsj duy. `nod l)1ess our 1un'd'. and l51iI$:.s`"d1i"x" Quen, `And keep her long in life. ` To rule in peace and use her power Agzuinst unholy strife; And wh.=.n hvr long and happy life Shall close in joyful peace, : Great Heavenly King! rL-c ei\'<.* or Queen, When Love can never cease. I s rnruu:m~u:. ` Both I\;r.'(ilud, zmd Q11`. \'illi0x's witne-.s.~.l\ thu Queen`: cufolmtixm from thzztdpwtiuu of \\'e;~`(I11in<'Ier .\1:b(*)' ro- served far zhu zxccoxmxmdntiun of the mt%xnh:.~x'~:uf11:e11rst Pu1'1iauz'n-n1 n1` the .p1e.~5mx: reign. Wm: H.-w fmlr nnmialu o_\`<`-r)tiu1x's. all totals 8-15,000,000. sonogt. of every 3,! too, bearing on tho. n:1nc'1n1 position of the -people. Pampers .in England and ,\Yg@s, n_uInl)1je(L_1n_1b 9, 1,187,000; and in.184f3, 1,420,000, but now only $00,000:` with a populutiolfneurly doubled there are only two pzmpors for every three at the Q\1uen s aocssion. The convict; poptllatlon in [1833 svas 50,000; in 1893 it had falln to 4,345 prisoners, and about 2,00Q_tioket-of-lezwo-"men. As for educa- tion, the first annual grant in B1-itxiu for - that purpose `was made "in 1839, and nnxountd to $150,0&t%--Now tho . grant In _1850\one child out of every 89 people `wits at school, but one person out of every 20 was a--ptu1pev,~~ and one out of every 700 was a crixmnal. In 1800 one child` out of every oight W08" nt school, but{ only one person out of every 36 W213 n pamper, and only one per; 00 -xygxos comngitjggal. for 4-uL-.1 3 - `In thc face of such gures, whd dare talk of -i.h c slegeiicraicy of the times? It is only by imagining certain features of V 11.1,-ash zige imbc'_i(lcd 'zuni(lst inotlern con- - 1lit:irxns'tlnit' arylzxiisiblc case is sometimes 1` rain cut for llllll. In such parts of the -.a Jill n.' :2:-on ca} wait in tliq sxvecp cl :` \\'li:1t'\vu ._Cdl Eutopcan civilization, llw vundiiimi of Him has l)ee1ilii`in'i`s - 25* L2ettci'c.'1 in the; last; half contiiry.` If any im'.11iy._ has been dcne us as amce, it is due. to the fact that . science `lm:a been so kind-has surrounded ,us with so muny. of her good gifts ' that we are out oif from namrc and "her streams of "vital- ity.- But: if thishe true, it is our own fault, auidccnstitiltas an abtisc of "genu- inc benefits. '1`hc.i;i'me will-. oon:c,.too,_ when we shall learn better. Any age of mpid__c_1iange or ntlvance must b1`iIl}. ,'f0l'I'h f it host of fresh diiculties sjuidv new `evils which .th_e commonsense of`nios`oT _ will in time overcome, .A ' boyjuiny. c1z ofhim_- self with l1isi__rsti knife, "but `that does not malmii knife a}b'ad*tliing or render c it,(lsif_nble~thut;the lad` shqiildialviiys be keph kniisles V ...' -vv 1. 1 i I 1 turnimiie marvels 6! axis `year into the` 'coii1mbnplmSon of the` next.` We are no, 1 ibnger very much aurprisedms` e_\nyghi_pg.`-- ~ 'Roalitry.ia,gm-potually` tripping` on the ` i a_ da1'ingfa.nQy;'bui2 iielwouid have barely. , arrivad" befoxt the man qt soienoe. It i "i`` `: e i` ii 1 ?;3a'"` ~ ,5 n e , ' ~ .f.....1u am! 1...... ..iu.. i...."i"" "heels ofialievmost agile imagination; The " t` vspyed as vvliloh xlvioiaai-S 1i15bgxressi1ig'| M novelists who would have ihapped his villiali ll! months nae by photqgraphingg ` proofsiot his guilt. gthrougir an bpa ue_ ' substance. woilid havebeeli Oliedited W hh woul be bravado today to dgolara any- thing imposalble,- ahor_;_9! u 1-e_v.iaion of the multiplication table. .0 cannot sun at what magjiumi yell. dent ` J I i l. I. i ~ jmir: 71-:._ E $397. mid wind ex1.Csurc. Tunneling the Strait of Mcsslna; Engineeiing uchio\'om0zits and possi- bilities, fI`0l.Ilk[ll0 Ill0(lt`1`11 point of view, are receiving an auiditiouul illustration in tlie.cn.~:o of the prajoctul tunnel be- ' hveeu the nxuinluml ot"Izv.ly and tile is- land of Sicily, plans and details of Which, in model, as (`XC(`l1lCfl b3:_ the Ita1i:1n"ci'.'il Oiigineer De Johuunis, `have zitti'z:<'t(-cl much attention in the U11i\'orsit_v(:f Pudua. After tliorougli and careful >`t11ClL`S (if the .~:miit cf Ellw- aina, its `varying tluptlic, the nature of tvlie`p;roii1i and of all otlw CUl.(iiKl(`llS VVlll(`ll migrlii zivsist or iu1r2x'i`(;ro with S1lCll an ll1l(ill`fzlll1l_f, De Joli-minis dc- ` cided that (luv L-<`g11ii;in`g of the tunnel Should bcm-air Laii Giovailui (ii Sani- `tello, git ti}? foot of tho Aspromonte c, the mouth on the oth-~ mountzzin 1': or side to be ioczimi on the dogli Ingle- Slpitllll. The entire tuuuel\\`illbc.1iear- ly t\\'(1 miles _l0i_=;z' and will consist in the main of two shafts of about 10,000 _ feet oacli, desccmling at 21` grade not ex- reeding: 32 int in (fzxll 1,000; Such a -tunnel is lli(,i:;~:l:t pl (_"{C1`lllJlt! to a li1'i(lge' that would i:,'.'<~!w 1(`ll agreut span -lIzifper s Round Table. Maryland Rice and Tutnacao. t According to the Baltimore News. the farmers of Maryland are becoming in- terested in the movement for a general ':I11ti\'ui0n of tobacco and forthe intro- duction of the ruisinf; of rice. .In earlier --days tobacco was grown throughout the . state, but for the last half century it has been conned to the` counties of southern Murylund. Rice has never been : grown in the state, but the recent suc- ' bass with this crop in 1ower'New`Jersey- hasvled many to think that it can be ' protably taken _upt tn])4l`z{rvareA zm . M Maryland. The yieldof rice is from 85 to 60 bushels an acre, and the net mom id said to be from 835/ to,Q45'.an next, g ' illllllill -Ill a|IIlJIIlJU8"`-IILU v panted by loss of energy 1 glad: of thoughbpower, :11 Q is deficient supp! of` nourish- jment.` The vita force i`s.1o_st.} _ It i_sn taquestiori ofmgscle and` isinew, but of resistance and. `endurance. At any age butf especially in youth, it invoIves ; the risk of lung disease. Loss 3 of esh and a cough are threat- ; fening signs,` . ` T _ (- `g4 A Q` lllllff ".1 gill 111 95 ran Pnrliaznnzt. l).'\l. \' .. 't'1|.u LT VVVVWV,'I'.'l`Y".' of Cod-liver Oil with the hypo i- gphosphites, meets these casesgf T perfectly. It tones up, fattens: : and stren ens. A ` 1.. o-..g`1:.._.:1_:-_ `1.-.-..-}' :npTe 1 \ 1 Q . , auu OLI SIISUIC-IIDQ In Scott S Emidsion the taste `of the oil is fully di uised.} making it-almost as pa atableg . an nan -. V aw uumwnwu, uvwvvcr. sup vnsmu Ia usgv-uw. , . t I Just why.;ieopl should riskthelyat liveato th1Ir_ ' .` 'rdreaddiseeandgo_togreatcxpen:qa1\efwardn ` fl toch9cklg.itisVhardL to conceive`. `Itiainuoh r easier prevented tLhanfcured. '1`hroatt'roubliu r 9, and mm: coldnaroitniiual foreruunexn. A I I gas-e9nthott1o'ofnc.n;'mswrytro:.Lnnnogc; f`l':lI.T01`D|ltlno vr'l11'.driv9 than FVMY-`T ` 1* `Is 1; writhoutidoubt,thqVbea:V~;mto1ho.o1fthn L ITHB TRAIL 01= limn 1 `J It{b?egfns Iaf te -Throiatg andends at ~th Grave .3` HOW } Vmarw-.ae__l1uma1i life is ; ` W51` `tn. "-1 ` J13" 7 `I; I-1 [7 _ flflxeire hrE`Ex;f?ihEdie on tgaeyxiiqrliet _f r' 3 hre of consuxnpion, `bu; ponsgmptiory onbc it` r eachpsya captain stage. caginbttbg duredg` `In _ ` pi'ofesin'g. therefore.` to`dd.what j_ixnpo;sit;Ie, `these; tl1fx11`e{yes_'fo be si; np_ly hu.mbugs.. _ . 3 j ; - C9ns`_ump1ion=~is~4 x`d'iease_ x1}`1'1ic}1A?lesiroysA.th'e: ; `.is)su 'of th(-.lungs.` Once gone, nomedioine can ='rep`1afe_:ha: tss_ue. Good mecncme my may ihe disease" even after ode 1uhg7is;who1ly gone. ` ' is long as` the other` femins sound. Once boil! 1 n.re`attac.ked however. the victim isoomed. I...` ._I. - -I......u ..:..1. ant. I:..`.... ca ml. . The pz\l`Tl(?ll1'flh!~` 2" t - .p'r(`.<`1`l:z rel-:11. _ 4h ` u . . ` \\ns; 11:. .~- leur XlUl:ll.`l1` 0Xt`t`])llHIlS. 5 'tl1c.~~e who ~.=m;l lltnll` tile >`H\'vl`I":._fll dur- ' km the flrs: molt-ty of her 0l'('ll}I:llll'_\' of . Hm fl).'u1l.- lmve t (lop::rtvtl [fur unother S - World , pru-mlitlgz her to that land from Whun('~c- no trzweltar-'-x1ot \`\f(`ll .\n\'2i:xml of the Lnrd""--v~r rv[llI`llS. The Qlrchblshop \\'hU(`l`n)\\`llI'(l ht-r, the mifzistnrs .-and stzxfesnu-It Ir;x:n_ whom she songsht tofu... :l in her ynuthitll inexperi- *.{_`.';i), thw ~,:rc:Lt .~:oldier, .\x'tl;ur. Duke of ' Welllmton. wlni performing the func- tions of Lord High Con of'the Ronlgl Cill`I`l('(l the gum .\'\\`ot`tl of State llcfrure her , my even the very titled nmitlc-ns who bore her t1*nin_ 1lll`I\\'('l\ l,` of flit`!!! lllllll.lll( I'S pf (lul;e.~',~ lmvo every one of chetn gum-, down to the gzmve before her. ln itwlf (`gunner--fztil to endow the `gor,;z-nus . =p.-<"t:u~le ln \\`u==tnxin.=ter Abbe)` a few \\`9e}(S hence with n eermln degree of pathos. ` e.=peci:Ill_v wh`-n the VT,e":`1\l,>l0 Sex :-rqigtl of the British Em- -plx will he seetl mul;lm_.r her slfm`. und (lllilcult way up the nnw-.~0 trul_\' nlune `anal lu.=te. in the znitlst of the vast and ttn:sgtllli<:e11tl)` nttiml t-hmng--to'tl1e_ thousztttd-ye-;u~-oltl throne of King 1`.'d\vurd' the Confu... V In '\Y_cs[ll1lIlb'l('|` Abbey. 01`. .. - -.:Few1wlte llzwo 59.l:11 \l'c;~:uni11ster..Ahl1ey, '0n QI`(llI;(ll`j.'~ orrezn-"ions would. - l`4 -('-(JKllZ(`- the ancient fane on tlmt day. upon tler of 2-`eats, tltrrmyzexl .\\'lTh hemttl- , fully zlttlred women, and nwn mrnyetl in .ut1lf'zrxns gllttrr1'in;x with 2-\`-ry (lu`;1l'u? of mngztifzcenee will lill ull :n':1iI;lhl:- . .tho . For tier ; ' = !`.lqlll*-]){l<.(`1lIlD, .~ *2 ` Rnzm` unx. C. I`. VILL11-;RS. K. It too, nre hvr .\lnj:-st,y s son-in-luw, Louls, : the lnn'1_\' (lru:~.nltl11ke' of Hesse, her [I h1'1)lht'l'-lI),-lz|\\`, the lute` Duke Regnout ' of .~`uxl--Uolmrg-l_iotlm, and her favorite $;:ruml. the llulge of ,L`.lnrence. She v-will likewise look in vain for ex~King\ ;\n1:ule\1s of Spztitl, Duke of Austin, who I`t`pl't S0l\t(`ll l\'lng"Humherb nb hergolden l t 'uhilt-<-. and for the lll-fut(-tl -Crown 2 1 rin('e Rudolph, who attended the cele- ln-utlon in helmlf of Ms fzttlfer, t-he Em- pun)!` of .'l1tst1'iu and of Hungary. Nor ` nre, these the only sluulo\vs which will at that moment weight down her heart and `(ll-p1't'.=.= `hr-r's`pi1`itI~'. For the abbey is for her :1. Wnlhullu peopled by the ghosts of ` the illustrious (lend, who in` their lives l t,lmrt- up her hnmls so that they should ; not full. Most of her `Prime Ministers- ` l3e2xcon. Peel, Pnlmerston, Aberdeen and ll11.~'.~n,-ll--111:xny of her tnosb gallant . sultllvrs such as Lawrence, Ontram, '- llalvvlock and Clytle-aye, well nigh ` ('\'L'l')' one of-those whose existence was f (lt`\`(It(`(l to her serirec and to endowlng `T112-r r-ush \'\'itll TllIStI'e ll(,""l11II'l,Cd` 'wishin~: Hhe '\\`:1llf: of that um-lent fume, and one I I Z l 4 con .~!:::osl; pi'ti1:'e to l7ll6ll` spee- vw--. lm\`.I`lI)gz in the Mr, and towzirtl the . tinrnttv ll} (5)`(l(-.`1`tY<) l`l`('illl t'l.vmselves to ' the Lintlly metnory of their royal mis- :rs~~: hy a species of .~`111wrnut-urul `horn- 4..... to: :5. at ,5 ma 3:1 by all hmggtsu. scan a aowma, Bcllevilk. Ont. Wrapper Competition for every mohth of the yea; 1897 ` 9,0Q,,O9j,QOQ9000OO9990`9`W .' 3 Q . `."f '>' rt*>'W`\"_-`I uuvwf vn uyyny tu I < 3 LEVER BROS.. LTD. 1g 8T.. . , TORHONITO` AA'AAA'AAAAAAgAA~AAAAx A - - - g0_N,O9_N3,9N9ooowww*3 Ivnvlyll 3 o"oo'o.933' 9f996o "~' 3 0 g-5~,;mppm. j F_qr`fu1Ip'ar,`cu1a_i` seq advts, v.)V1:;a';'>1y;V'to n --.. -.n pg -4- 'Bi-cycle5';.wafcl)e5. FOR 'ofAssra:s;L - _AiKd c'7cl,7\?iTl"l]e s(>_(ElB,<<>l5'i 1Ai;\ c l':"(>' l6Lrel:li(>r ` cm: Path gilt-iiic Lmiim of :~:roi1:~ will lmvc ` its dam. n=,; living 1.~iI:l11m, .\\'iIliU' thv -,hoar.y \\`illl.~ of l-n:l:i:z(1 s grzuul old metropolitan mini.~arc1- will seem hidden by it spLcie.=/of. living curtain. sparkling, " nnimaml and linarzllly ,p:|lpi`[zxti`ng' with entluusizistics I<..w_\-'z:lt.y; 7 T 'I"hl-. rbliixirulie hm`-1'un`u.*' slur 'l'I`ri1T)\l'\'Iv i 1 fvmudovinhwthodoq. uzkngnm .- 93 1I~rlII1r.,__..../_._ ` .. W. =_ Y6:-Tn:i:'h`: lr upmt dwells n:neI hite( M` ` , ' 3 Aadhelllalnihohopehu hauvenofthatlogt syn-1t`nk1s. n Ehehzhtge monyt1lhSnI!1epalm,thehol1ow imudgmumhm `dlmnthaxnronhaa-` i " t Andohlhbocknpogher bzjunhntu-his 9 "home. * `1 l Andono you out into the nighnnd iwswind . . ` . - No `Ilse For tho Metric System. _ I 7 We have` little to learn orgain by ::atldpti1ig_thsLmoasnres of continental I Europe." Three-quarters, or nearly so, of ' the commerce and tsrafc of the world is carried on by some fozfm of appliance, I whether moved by wind, \vat'er 01' | steam, which has been built from Eug- lish measures by some'Englisli speakiiig people, and the proportion is all the ___,t_ime incregsgzg, _ , . ` ' Why adopt another and nioro incon- WBI1l'E$11lT' system which will render ..all systems of screw `threo`ds,'gcar tooth, `foundry patterns; shop drawings; etc.', obsolete, as well as` shelving tho most valuable collection of mechanical liter- 8t1I1' _"lIF "th Wvorldi*'a.ud requiring all its tables` to be translated into a foreign measure, xnorely to obtain the Aadvantqges of` a decimal system `which we already have to all intents and purposes in a `far more, convenient ` ,form than We should `obtain from the intiodnotion` of tho meter'.a`nd ` its derivatives? Beojdes`these'two unit measures-the 'inolTund the foot-we ` also use the ou_bic"yurd, in civil en-` 5 V gineering,'fo1`f excavations` and "earth- work, but for mechanical purposes we could get olong very well. with no other . InH'f. lvnl-.' H-Inn `lnrrln .__{.ncc'no~ n Mu:nn_? And is (lure mi` hdme for ' iathn night? . And is xnro Anfpnca for endless ight? _ 0 wild. lad bird. 0'wind upon the` wave, - A ` L Q14-n1 .who`e `p<$:t'i9n _: ` i him wh oso doom is`: ` spent _b1rd.yO bird ; mm; in mi home for the. wild bhd. but in ' `generally has an exaggerated idea of i eoyle Who Want to- impose a! Allged Valuable mncs. - l The amateur collector of curiosities! the ynlno of, his_ treasures." No sooner- does he get hold of something which he considers unique and interesting than he` fancies that every museum in the country will jump at thenlmnce of put chasing it from him. With this idea he is continually "calling npon nmseuin keepers nnd trying `to persuade them into exhibitingilzls so called rarities. ` ms... nu:-ntnwnf u nnnnlar nnv-Ohm-n the Thar is 1:6 home thee, vfild the cold sea (grave! `-"Tho Hill o: Drums. " by I-`viana Mncjod. ` LLILU U.\uAu1uu5;um nu Lnucu Lluuuua. The curator. of a popular northern 1 museum hasvbeen much worried in this ` way during the last year or so. Only the other week a white haired old man came to him and showed `him a dagger which was said to be the weapon used by King John in stabbing the boy Prince Arthur. The dagger was quite :1 modern; affair and showed no signsof ago, hut the old maistuok to his de- scription strenuously. ` Liv (`Ia-aw Fnilnuy kn unit} fn H1: m1- . n_un:_uau,wr1ug Iu,)y1u_qu,r.' ., ' ' =..I-Iumphl loan` tall(by1oking at it, - ,It_ s- ahouttwo mLenl who' meet on the I x -` street`, They stand there and shy _a lot oiathingsfand at l_gs't'0ne` of themsa 5.. : `Wall. tht-1 drink: vim nn`mn_ And is at `I Luuuuunv uuuuj Autu Luu uuu. - * i =, On being asked for anexplanationd the visitor said he had decided to pre- sent the museum with a priceless treus- u e me in the shape of in writing table used by Sir Francis Bacon. He had bx-n pre- serving it for along tirne, he mid, in, order that he might write ifs lfstory, which he had at last comp1ei._.l in a manuscript volume of B20.shee1s. The curator, who is, of course, an expert, _i examined the desk and deelziredit to`; be worthless. -It had apparently beeng Iused in xhschoolroom until it had got 1 '._too ricketyfor service and was then dia- pensed with. At any rate, it coulxin t_ have been more than 70 years old. This report was comm_uniczite'd to the visit- or, who thereupon took to raving like .a madman and became so violent that he and his treasure had to be moved along by the police. - Pnv-11 1-nlinu mm mnnh in `Fnvfw -u'iH1 --.-Few`- whu \Yc.=.Lmi11st prdhzm'j.'- occua-"ions wvuuld. : {ancient thrrmged .wir wun1en,~um1 u , mngnificenee will ;n'a1iI:1l 'f7~' rnique