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‘ I, i v A. long‘pole. amends swan}... .. ‘jfvoleG FOLKS- lessens“... .$§§“Efop:ifiié“é§2 échute, and, by an arrangement of traps. l COMING PARIS EXPOSITION. A DELUDED BEE. listook the Flown-s of Art (or Thosc of Nature. POPULATION OF THE GLOBE. Statistics Showing the Distribution of the World‘s Inhabitants. The Financial Scheme by Which 830.090.- FLOWER MISSIONS. 000 Is to Be Raised. Young people who live in the coun- ty)- ncar big cities can do much to help in such a sweet mission as the: lollowing, dsscriiyes: "A pretty sight might have been wit- cssed by anybody who took the trou- oto look, one Sunday afternoon, when I. group of girls sitting in an old sum- mer-house on a. green lawn were ty- ing up bunches of roses. heliotrope, and mignonctte. and laying than in flat baskets, to be sent to the city the next. day. The flowers were freshly gath- ered, and, after they were bunched, the girls had them carried to a cool dark place. where they were left for the ht. Such color! such fragrance! such 00ml such beauty! “As the girls tied them they chatted merrily, girl fashion, not of the flow- on. not of where they were to be sent t of their own affairs, their frien , heir little jaullts, and plans for t e next week. I~.‘-.cry Sunday through Hie summer, either with their own (18 or by some substitute, they arâ€" ange these flowers, whatever kind are in mason. and every Menday the sweet {hinge start on their blessed errands make people happy. "The flowers are taken to a general eccivlng place in the town to which he .are addressed, and other girls are w f.qu there to speed them on their way. i umbers of people pick them for e mission, so that a great many big ketfuls come in to those who take gharge at the distributing end. They clipped from an exohange. vs a list of beneficiaries in viewâ€"the e, the halt, and the blind. There will E cots in hospital wards brightened b e touch an whiff of perfume whic the blossoms will bring. Hardened hearts will grow soft as the sight of .- flower recalls some memory of child- hood and innocence; and so some of the dear flowers will go to the risons. to brighten up weary hours 0 durance, an carry a real message of human love and fellowship to those who have put themselves outside the pale of sym- iaithy, except as Christ-like pity finds em. ' "The city missionary has her people in the tenement-houses. for whom she begs her share of the flowers. Up the dark stairs, into the rear apartments, stuffy, close. and crowded, she takes her way, laying a knot of flowers on tho sewing~machino where a pale girl stitches all day lon . leavi the rows for the cracked pitc er on t e mantelâ€" iece to make the children better be- aved when they see them. "You cannot walk through a down- town street with flowers in your hand and not be besieged and bcsought at every step with, 'Lady, please give me a. flower; just one. please.’ They like the daisy and buttercu as well as they do the garden beau ies; and chil- dren who .live in the country might think of this, and send the field flow- ers to cheer the spualid areas of-the bricked-up town." HIS \VAY ,OF DOING IT. "I can’t make out how it is that Jim Johnson always gets such good places," said Harry Smith, the carpenter's son. to another boy. as they were returning liome one afternoon. And Harry was not the only one who thought thus, for "Jim’s luck" was the talk of the neighborhood. Jim was cer- tainly no pattern of cleverness, or beauty, or strength; he could not do more than others, nor could he do so well as many; but for all that. it was quite true he always had good places. good wa es, and a good character. When .e left: one employer to go to mother, it was generally said: "I would not part with him if I could help it; he is a good boy. and so obliging.” This was the secret of his good luck tâ€"hc was "so obliging."' Did the mer- chant or 'lhe wagoncr want. an errand boy. or did anyone want a job done at a. moment's notice, it was only to get a. sight of Jim. and it was as good as done; for Jim would hurry through his own business in order to help. “ hen he was at home he ept the wood-box full of wood. and his mother never had to ask him to bring a bucket of water, and many other little things did he do in a cheerful manner, so that he was a great favorite. And if he saw youn er boys in trouble he would try to be p them out; and he at on his shoes, after taking them 0 f, one gurlng. rainy night, to walk two miles the town for a parcel containing a new gown the carrier had neglected to brin to the kitchen-girl, who was cry- ing or eyes out because she could not have it to wear next morning at her sister's wedding. But it was not so much what Jim did, as how he did it, that was so agreeable. HOW ORANGES ARE PICKED. Everybody is at. work, and if the crop, as it is this year, is large, everyone is feeling cheerful. The orange grove of the imagination is a stretch of trees filled with golden fruit, where one can lie in. the soft grass and luxuriate in the sight. The actual grove. when beautiful to the eye. is not a for lounging, as the ground is, or should be. kcfit continually plowed and irrigat- ed. ut the trees are attractive. Lver reg-n. often showing ripe and green ruit and white blomoms at the same time. they are an enigma. A gang of men. under a leader or overseer. takes possession of a grove bright and early' in the morning, two or three men be ng appointed to a tree, and the icking begins. Tall ste lad- ders and la the pickers to rose the foil) branches. and each orange is care~ u ly cut from lho tree; if it is pulled and the skin. broken it will soon de~ any. The picker weuirs a about his neck. and into this the fruit is dimmed. \\ hen the bag is filled the fruit is handed to the washer or scrub- ber. The latter washes the black stain or rust from the fruit. polishing it wilh a cloth. after which it is pissed to the assorter. Sometimes a simple machine is used, a runway so that the oran es of the same size will all collect togci war. This accomplished. each orange is wrapped in variously color- od paper and p coed in the box ready for shipment. A counter keeps tally of the lures. ‘ In some groves various machines are mad. Thus one patent is '- l-‘nifn on - drops from one to anozher. and finally rolls info a box uninjured. ’l‘hc ordi- nary method of pllkillg. however, is by hand. ‘ lhe orang: pickers are usually jolly 10', there the spirit. BARON ROTHSCHILD'S MAXIMS. The. following is a copy of the alpha- betical list of maxim: framed and hung} in llofhscnild's bank. Baron Rothschild used to recommend these rules to young men who wished to “get on" and achieve success in life; Attend carefully to details of your business. _ Be prompt in all things. . . Consider wall and then decide posi- tivcly. Dare to do right, fear to do wrong. linllure‘trials patiently. I Fight. life's battles bravely. man- ull . Gg not into the society of the vicious. Hold integrity sacred. . Injurc not. another's reputation nor business. . Join hands only with the virtuous. Keep your mind from evil thoughts. Lie not for any consideration. Make few acquaintances. Never try to appear what you are not. . Observe good manners. Pay your debts promptly. l Question not the veracity of a friend. Respect the counsels of your par- ents. .Slacrifice money rather than prin- ci e. I’l‘ouch’ not, taste not, handle not in- toxicating drinks. _ . Use your leisure time for improve- ment. 1 Venture not upon the threshold of wroug. _ , Watch carefully over lyour passwns. t_‘Xtend to everyone a indly salutaâ€" ion. i Yield not to discouragement. . NUTRITION IN FLOWERS. How They May Be Used for Food as Well as Bounty. \Vhen the violets of Grasse, France. are grown all the old and stole violets are sold to manufacturers of confec- tionery. In Roumania violets, roses and lime flowers are utilized largely for flavoring preserves of different kinds. The most esteemed sherbetin EZYPt is prepared by pounding violets and boiling them in sugar. This violet sherbet is of a green color and is called the "Grand Signor's Sherbet." Rosebuds boiled in sugar and made into a preserve are eaten by Arabian women. Rose petals are candied like violets, and so likewise are jasmines. The common yellow pond lilies make delightful preserves, and from them the Turks prepare a cooling drink. lhese flowers have a perfume like that of brandy, and hence are sometimes called "brandy bottles.” . The petals of roses thrown upon cold, light. .wme. float away from the lips in drinking. Every lover of 00001 and fragrant beverages knows the luxury of plunging the heated face into a of fragrant green mint. A scientific publication recently said that: by means of musical vibrations forms of flowers and trees can be pro- duced upon sand dand semi-liquid sub- stances. . Imagine the pleasure of see- ing the image of a flower grow to the sound of musical notes while one en- Joys the delicate flavor and odor of the daintiest of nature's products. All flowers of pleasant flavor, and semi-solid substance, like the camellia and orange flower, can be used in salads, preserves and sweet fritters. Not. only must the form and flavor of foods be considered, but also the nature of the elements they bring into the system, the proper proportion of chemicalsubstances and their laxative or constipating nature. For we do not require food of either too concen- trated or too bulky a nature. It reâ€" quires also a due admixture of foods. Thus, pure albumen is not desirable. We may be made to starve on cheese. Experiments as to the relative solu- bilitytof animal and vegetable albumen, even if correctly conducted, may be in the highest degree deceptive. The amount of albumen which we daily require is relatively small, and needs a large quantity of respiratory food to be taken with it. The latter is of various kinds, which differ very much in the rapidity of their action. _For instance starch is slow and alcohol is quick in producing its effect as a supporler of combustion. If more al- bumen be taken than is required, the excess is necessarily not digested. Na- ture takes what she requires and leaves the rest. VICTORIA’S GOLD PLATE. Number of Pieces and Value of the Service. The gold plate which was sent up from Windsor Castle for the State con- cert last Monday amounts to about 10,- 000 pieces. It com from the gold pan- try, which is an iron room situated on the ground floor under the royal apart- ments. The clerk of the pantry gives it out in iron boxes and_receives a re- ceipt for it. It is carried by special train. under escort of a uard of sol- dier's, and delivered to t c butler at Buckingham Palace. He gives a reâ€" ceipt for it and is responSible for it while it remains at. the palace. The same formalities are observed in taking it back. and all persons concerned are glad when it is once more restored to the ‘safc-kee ing of the old pant . The total v as of the ate in try department is nearly 2,000,000. great deal of it dates from the reign of George “7., but am .' the anti- quitics are some pieces urine were tak- en from the Armada. A USEFUL SPIDER. , The silk spider of Madagascar spins threads of a golden color. and strong enough. according to a well known na- turalist, to hang a cork helmet by. Small textures woven of these threads are used by the natives for fastening flowers on sunshadcs, and for other ‘"--.¢.$ . a . .eing something about. :!he bu>iness, apparently, that enlivens A new computation of the population of the globe has recently been made by the French statistician, and savant, P. d'AmfrevilIe. He figured out a to- tal of about 1.450.000.000, distributed as follows: Asia, with $25,954,000; Europe. Willi 357,370,000; Africa with 163,933,- 000; America, with 121,713,000; Oceanica anl the polar regions, with. 7,500,400; Australia, with 3,230,000, or a grand to- tol of 1,479,729,000 souls. In connection with these data the English statistician, Schooling. makes some interesting comments. He states that of every 1,000 inluilntants of the globe 555 live in Asia. 242 in Europe. 111 in Africa, 52 in America, 5 in (Joeâ€" anica and the polar regions and only 2 in Australia. It then appears that Asia contains more than one-half of the to- tal population of the earth and Europe nearly one-fourth. Africa. contains on- ly one-ninth and America only one- twelfth. In Australia the entire popu- lation is less than the number of inâ€" habitants in the city of London alone or in the cities of Paris. and St.,Pet- ersburg Combined. In Europe the number of inhabitants to the square mile is 95, in Asia it is 48, in. Africa it. is 15, in America. it it 8, in Oceanica and the polar regions it is 3. in Australia only 1. Accordingly Europe contains for each of its inhab- itants 2.8 hectares of land. Asia, 5.2 hectares; Africa, 17.6 hectares; Ocean- ica and the polar regions, 84 hectares; America, 31.2 hectares; Australia 235.6 hectares. (A hectare is equal to 2.741 acres.) THE YEARLY INCREASE of population on the globe is about five to every 1.000. At this ratio the popu- lation of the earth would be doubled every 139 years. . 0t over 1,000 Europeans 262 are sub- Jects of Russui,_139 of Germany. 116 are Austro-Hungarians, 107 French, 100 English, 84 Italians, 48 Spanish, 17 Bel~ gums and 121 of the minor countries. .In reference to the density of popula- tion Belgium takes the lead with 546 to. a square mile, followed by England with 312, Italy with- 263, Germany with 2:67. France with 184, Austria-Hungary path 171, Spain with 90, Russia with 49. The average of all the other countries is 47 to a square mile, and the average for all .Europe is 96. . InAsm. the 826,000,000 are distributed in the following manner: China takes the lead with 300,000,000, British India, With 278,000,000, Japan with 40.000.000- East‘. Indian islands with 39,500,000. branch possessions in India. with 10,000,â€" 000, Corea With 10,500,000, English Bur- ma_h with 7,500,000 Persia with 7,500,000, Asmtic Russia and Turkestan with 7,- 500,000, Siberia with 4,500,000, Afghanis- tan with 51,000,000 Ceylon with 3,000,000, Arabia .w1th 2,500,000, all other parts of Asm. wrth 43,500,000. Of every 1,000 Asiatics, 424 are Chin- ese. 337 are Hindus, (subjects of Engâ€" land), 48_are J apancse, 48 are Indian is- landers, including 23 in the French pos- sessmns, 13 are Coreans, 11 are Siamâ€" ese. 9 are Burmaus, 9 are Persians, 9 are Russmns, 5 are Siberians, 5 are Al- ghans, 4 are Cingalesc, 3are Arabs and 52 belong to smaller nationalities. STOWING AWAY. _. A Foolhnrdy Method to Get an Ocean Voyage. In spite of the fact that the punish- ment usually meted out to those who try to steal a free passage on a ship is several weeks' hard labor, with the option of a fine, stowaways, are even more common to-day than they were 50 or 60 years ago. Big passenger steamers, with their hundreds of passengers, and their scores of stewards. sailors and stokers, afford innumerable opportunities for: stowing away. Three years ago a stowaway was dis- covered aboard one of the Allan liners running between Liverpool and Mont- real. He was shabbily dressed, but beâ€" ing a big, sturdy-looking fellow, he was put to work about the ship. \Vhen the vessel anchored below Montreal, waiting for daylight, before entering the har- bor, he, it was presumed, slipped quiet- ly overboard and. swam ashore. In any case, when the boat touched at Mont- real, and was overrun by detectives looking for a notorious jewel robber, it; was immediately suspected that the stowaway was the robber. and that he had escaped, taking the jewels with him. He was captured some months after- wards, and confessed that when he swam ashore he hadmore than $10,000 Worth of jewels on his person. The favorite hiding places of stow- aways are the coal bunkers and the nar- row passages lcft when vessels are load- ed u'ith bricks, tiles, drain 1pcs. or oth- er similar cargo. These p aces are ex- tremely dangerous, and many cases are recorded where the shifting of the car- .‘go has resulted in the death of some unfortunate wretch in hiding. During the passage of a cargo boat. from England, the sailors were start- led tlu- third day out by a curious scratch' . which was imniediatel at- tributed o supernatural muses. \ 'hen the hatches were lifted at the end of the voyage the emaciated bod of a man .was found lying on_ some 3 of cement. The poor. starvmg fellow had itfigggled frantically to get out of the o . EGYPT'S RULER. The Khedive of Egypt looks a short, round-faced. rosy boy, rather dark and serious-looking. He is writes one who has just returned from the East, of taking long drives into the country, making the carriage go for miles at a. fast pace. His horses are magnificent white ones, with flow- ing mam-s and tails. lie is very short and looks better when riding than when he walks. says the London Telegraph. sitting. with a niunber of other gucsls. very fond,‘ There is something provocative of much reflection in the incident com~ municated to us by a correspondent, .He was upon the lawn at a garden party in London, when he observed a large bum- ble bee winging its flight. toward the cluster of many-colored flowem upon the. hat of a young lady who was one of the compuny. He does not mention what :‘p:Cl.iI flowers were imitated upon the hat in question, but the present fashion is to display so varied a col- lection of forms and hues that a credu- lous bee might easily think himself in a well furnished country garden on alighting upon any out-of-door coiffure of the present time: The insect in this case was not only deceived in the first instance by the exact mmblance of the work of the modists to that of Dams Nature, but evidently found nothing on closer ac- quaintance to prevent her from ran- sackmgthe bloom in search of honey; and. being disappointed in a first, sco- 0nd. and even third essay, ap cared to have gone on esum‘ ' euc bud of Silk. satin or muslin until she was seen to meditate disconsolately upon the edge. of the last fallacious flower, and then to fly away, honeyless, and, no doubt. extremely embarramed by the discovery that; the world contained such illusions and deceptions for hard-work- ing bees. THE INNOCENT INSECT ought not, we think, to he laughed at. One would have thought, of course, that a bumble bee was far too good a judge of the products of the field and the gar- degto be taken‘in by the very clever- es Simulation of them which the fm- gers of a Parisian hat-dresser could put together. The coarser texture, the de- ficient fragrance, the faulty tint, the absence of proper stamens and. pistils ought. one would have said, to have made that London bee ashamed of such an error. Yet, obviously, it is not so. The bee, accustomed to find honey wherever she spied certain sorts of blmoms, detects her favorite species. and takes the false for the true, as so many of us also take it. \Ve can fancy the bogujlcd little crea- ture plunging into the first artificial bloom with eager expectation, into the second without surprise, into the third with disappointment, into the fourth. fifth and sixth with dismay, disgust and indignation, until finally she crawls out; upon the Tuscan straw of the lady's headgearâ€"an astounded, angry and dis- illusioncd bein' . "\Vhatl" we may imagine her exc aiming, "IlO\VeI‘S With- out honey, and of such a color, too, and such perfect shape 1" \Vill not that bee, too wise henceforth for its kind. wander over the flower beds and hedgerows of England misdoubting everythingâ€"taking the red clover globes for arch imposters, and the pur- ple fox-gloves for hypocrites; disbelicv- ing in the sweetnelss of honeysuckle, and not daring to trust herself in an uinbel of meadow-sweet? Such an ex- perience must be as if we should find the ram' falling from the sky black and bitter, or the river running salt from the hills. The modern art of millincry has had no more magic triumphâ€":if we will just consider itâ€"thlan in this litâ€" tle passing story of the has at the London garden party. WEATHER AND BRAIN. gâ€"nâ€"n Efl'cct of Extreme "out or Gold on Our Faculties. Many a business man, no doubt, has been forcefully impressed during the hot spell that the state of the weath- er governs to a large extent the vol- ume of commerce and trade. \Varm weather brings in an inertia that one must be very vigorous, indeed, to ward off. The psychological 'cffect of the weather has long been a most interest- ing study. Most people feel the influ- ence of dull days, east. winds and ex- treme cold on their spirits and energies, mental or physical. An arctic cold and tropical heat are unfavorable to liter- ary composition, for example, and we speak of the cold ” freezing our wits," an expression which is not altogether figurative, but rests on a common exâ€" perience. Goethe found that his cap- acity for mental work depended on the height of the barometer. and other in- stances of meteorological influence on the mind could be collected from the writings of celebrated men. . Suicide occurs most frequentl in summer, perhaps owmg to heat an ex- haustion, and not. as might be supposâ€" ed, in winter. The American Journal of Psychology has an article on the sub- ject, in which the head of a large fac- tory is reported to state that a dis- agreeable day causes a reduction of 10 per cent. in the output of the works. Fine days make people generous and accessible, and opinions given on such days are held by some to be the safest. The influence of the weather on the logical faculty, the nerves,_and the eyes has also been recognized in a ‘rfunc- tory and vague sort_ of way. crvous, exc1table, and irascible persons are prone to feel the influence of bad weath- er and blame their circumstances. Cer- tain functional troubles of_ the. liver, :1. chronic catarrh. a rheumatic jomt, even a had corn. predispose persons to suffer from weather changes. A womrs MEIIORY. Mr Umbellâ€"Even the worm will turn. His Wife (scornfully)â€"You are scarâ€" cely a worm. _ Mr. Umbell (reminiscently)-â€"Possibly not now. my dear. but Icon remember away back yonder hearing folks say something about an early bird when you got me. RETURNS NOT IN. I _congratulate you, Wigginton. .on hfifving your three daughters married 0 . Just wait a while, Hopkins; I can't tell yet whetht-rl hliv» lhzec daughlers married off or three sous-iti-law marri- edon. sculptors and photographers.- | The organizer of the Paris exhibition of 1900 have launched a financial scheme which would seem senSelem if lht‘l' could not count on the passion for lotteries. They have announced the isue of 3,250,000 bonds of twenty francs each. The 65,900,000, thus produced. coupled with the subsidies from the Paris municipality and the state, amounting to 100,000,000 francs. are to be employed in starting the buildlm operations. These comprise two Pala- ces in the Champs Elysees in place of the Palace of Industry. 8. bridge over the Seine. and the buildings which will cover the immense area from the ex- tremity of the Chump de Mars to the chief entrance in the Champs Elysees. Each bond will entitle the holder to twenty admission tickets and to a chance in twenty-nine drawings. The latter, which are certainly the great attraction, include money prizes 01500,- 000 francs, 100,000 fronts, 10,500 franm and smaller sums down to 100 francs. The bondholders are also entitled to re- duced railway fares from the provmcea to Paris and back, reduced rates of con- veyance within Paris, and reduced rates of admission to the cntcrtauunents in the exhibition itself. There will. of counse, be no return of the capital to persons not winning lottcrv_ rizos. Now the first. question wblc _ arises is whether there will really in six months be 65,000,000 paying entries, or about 300,000 a day. Some Will doubt- less go twenty or thirt ' times, but_ in 1889 there were only 2 £00,000 payin entries. One million two. hiuulrc thousand bonds of twenty-five francs had then been issued so that. about 2,â€" 000,000 tickets were unused. though they could latterly be gurrhased for twenty- five centimcs. trictly speaking, m- deed, the admim' ions numbered only 25,- 500.000, but on certain spec-nil days the charge was five or ten francs. and 031011 visitor. therefore, used five or ten tick- ets. This will again be the case in 1900; but in 1889 lhc daily average of tickets used, “as 140,000, whereas if the 65,000,000 are to be used in 1900 the daily average must be 300.0000 "To a certain extent, however, the inoVitable fall in the selling price of the tickets will swell the attendance, and it Is obvious that nobody will pay a fmnc at the turnstiles when he can buy a ticket in the streets for a quarter of the price. ‘But whether the great bulk of the tickets is used or not. the exhibition coffers will receive the 65,- 000,000 francs. Of course the organ- izers do not; count on any further re- ceipts from admissions. They will however, make money by letting Sites to exhibitors. _â€"__..____â€"_â€"â€" A BAD "BITTER." \Vhon the Princess of \Vales was a young bride she was constantly in re- quest for sittings to portrait-painters, She was not, however, a good "sitter," and used to pout when compelled to endure the ltediousness of sitting in a studioi Mr. b‘rith, the painter, was engaged to paint a picture of the marriage of the prince and princess, and he givos a pleas- ant glimpse of his tribulations with the Princess Alexandra: The princess, says Mr. Frith, was very young and very beautiful, as all the world knows. She graciously consent- ed to come to my house. and to afford me every assistance in llhle way of sittings for my picture. The princess was also well known f01 her kindness of heart: Oh, how that heart would'have achcd if its owner had realized the aching of mine when I, too soon. discovered that the illus- trious young lady did not; know that keeping her face in one position for a few minutes even was newssary to en- néilet lan artist to catch a resemblance o i The first sitting can 1 ever forget? ' I did not dare to complain till after two or three fruitless attempts. \Vith downright failure staring me in the face, I opened my heart; to the Prince of Wales. . said the ' "You should scold her," princess was )rince. Just at this time the sitting for her bust to the celebrated sculptor, Gibson, R. A., in a room at Marlborough Hansel I was sent for by the prince, and before I was admitted to an interview I was shown into the sculptor's studio, and found him wait, ing for a sitting from the prinuuls. The bust was already in an advanced stage. I did not think it was very like, and in reply to Gibson Said 80. "Well, you pm," said Gibson. "the rincess is a delightful lady, but she can't sit a bit." At that moment I was summoned to the prince, whom I found with the prin- cess; and I saw, or thought I saw, a. sort of pretty, smilin pout, eloquent of reproof and of hal -anger with me., The prince had something to show me,‘ â€"pliotographs, I think,-â€"and then he' led the way to Gibson, the princess and I following. . No sooner did we find ourselves in the sculptor's presence thanâ€"after after some remarks upon the bustâ€"the prince said: "How do you find the princess site Mr. Gibson 7" "Now." thought I, "if ever a man was in an awkward fix, you are, Mr. Gib- son, for after what you said to me a few minutes ago, you cannot, in ion! presence, compliment the beautiful in - el on her sitting." The prince loclkod at Gibson, and Gib- son looked in dead silence at the prince and then at the prinmasl Then he looked again at the prince, smiled and shook his head. _ "There you see, you neither sit pro- perl ' to Mr. Gibson nor to Mr. Frilh." “ doâ€"I dol" said the lady. “You are two bad men!" And then we all smiled; and Gib- son went on with his work. the princess sitting admirably for the short time that I remained. .-__.._._. . Blinksâ€"“Your nephew is quite a prumi~ing young man, isn’t he?" Jinksj. ?-â€""\\'.«ll, ii“ has never done anything «else as yet." 44 l 4 1 1 l _ 4 l ‘4 4 l l l l l