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The the sum of $400 bunty, Mmland9 i planted fin toma- 350 per acre, and rield of $72 per we, pox-ts received imfi. .tle less than $40. 50 lots came out. at. s It. was the sense of mdlord should fur- md half the tomato lld receive one-third Iv prohibits women sed in men’s clothes, obtained permission te, curiously enough, le to men parading clothes. This fact ‘0 light by the Paris uitted a man named om charged Wit}! size spiders are firing‘the wafer of for irrigation dur- L‘ne river is at its 3,265,,,000000 or lece to every man, e are 100,000,000 'erage of $10M, as, 3199th and were discovered ,8, then anion pieces composition is than «.43 top Piaf». all _of does not. always 0 39-7 1*: aiIPpIy :re wére rarely :Id at any one Ither {In} itch, mak- thick, all of which is » any shape desired. manta are killed 1e process of win- .ion recently pat- :h the outside mag m: the cleaner to ses anld be re- .rongh the wster an hour. Ly 3101181188829 aken in suflicient in its efiect from nerves may be its way to Bom- s htely delivered >r 33 pages rangf .t. the Amer im not Torricelii, of through the_ir ref .y Compan'y is ofA puloli}: wogk'n hair will turn I if the band is iy least suscepo the shoulder {acted with the o be at least :hina delirium 1y caseéboroâ€" eveg-y Egypt out Then the doctor, addressing the Captain with a. smile of fiendish cruelty and hatred upon his ugly face, said : “ Uur usual way or dealing with such people as you is to chop of? their heads ; but, inasmuch as you are a great hunter, and have traveled many miles to hunt, we have decided to make an exception in your case. In the forest cf the Monowo, but a. few miles distant, there roams a very fierce lion, Who hangers only for the flesh of man. He has devoured very many Of our people, and, although many For some little time they talked together, When suddenly the doctor’s face lighted up under an evidently new suggestion. In a. moment he laid it bafore the King, who, judging from his manner, fell heartily in with in. The next morning he was taken out into the open space before the King’s hut. He was led before the King, who immediate- ly began abusing him in the most violent manner for having dared to remain and hunt in his country after he had been ordered to go away at once. He said his defiance of the King’s commands, was certain to work the greatest evil to the iatter’s people,which could only be averted by offering him as a sacrifice to the evil spirits, and that it was with this purpose in view that he had sent ins warriors out to capture him. The King and the doctor then consulted as to the 1 method of execution. y The capfive was well supplied with food, but he suffered considerable from the com- pression of the thongs which bound him. From the first moment of his capture be had little doubt as to the fate which awaited him, and with the fortitude of a true soldier he had calmly resigned himself to the in- evitable. W'O'“' they entered the krall where the King dwelt. As they entered the place and it became known that they had with them the rredicine man of the noted white men the people gave vent to the mostextrava- gent expressions of joy. They danced and shouted about the litter, taunting the Captain about his bad medicine, and inti- mating quite plainly that anything but a pleasant fate awaited him in the near fu- ture. He was taken to the hut adjoining the King’s, and a moment after the King, accompanied by his doctor,entered. Their joy at having the white man in their power ‘ was unbounded. They shouted with laugh- 1 ter,they poked him with their greasy,dirty fingers, heaped the most opprobrious epi- thets upon him. Well into the night they continued their petty persecutions, as though unableto denyithemselves the pleas- ure which their crafty cunning had brought them. ,-_- vâ€"r-â€".u vua men and a number of native attendants, he had gone up to that country on a hunting expedition, game of all kinds abounding there. For a week or ten days they reveled in the veriest prodigality of big game shoot- ing, without anything happening to mar the pleasure of their sport. One day Capt. Forbes became separated from the others in the pursuit of a small band of the beau- tiful sable antelope. They are exceedingly wary and dificult of approach, and the Captain had a long and wearisome stalk be- fore he succeeded in getting a shot. He bagged his game, however, as was usually the case with him,and a few moments after he stood bending over his outstretched quarry. It was a beautiful animal, and as it was the first he had ever killed he was greatly interested in studying its striking peculiarities. He was thus engaged when attracted by a slight sound at his rear; he turned his head in that direction, and was startled be- yond measure to discover a dozen or more natives just in the act of closing in upon him. He had no time for ashot, and it would have availed him little ag soldier he clubbed his rifle, and the next in- stant it fell with crushing force upon the au’ dicated in a general way the time of its oc- currence. Together with three other white ainst the odds which to face death without fear each one seemed beset him, but with the ready instinct of the like an hourâ€"y ea, a day. Soon daylight gradually began to fade away, and in a short time the forest was wrapped in the somber gloom of night. Strange sounds here and there came from out the darkness, and several times the Captain saw dark bodies gliding steal thily by. Once a prying jackal approached him, and, sniifling along his legs and feet for a. moment, raised his head and emitted a howl so weird and dolorous that to the Captain’s feverish imagination it seemed the heralding of death’s avant-courier. ,A short time after this a large animal approached him, and ; halting a few feet distant stood watching‘ him intently for a few moments. Owing to the darkness he was unable to distinguish just what it was, but the intensely ofi‘ensive odor which soon came to his nostrils clearly proclaimed it to be a hyena. A colony of monkeys in a tree above chatted away at times in a lively manner as though excited- ly discussing the strange situation down below ; while three or four times a great night bird swept by in close proximity, as though endeavoring to make out themystery surrounding this strange, immovable in. truder. And thus minute succeeded minute, but to the man endeavoring to summon to his aid 9. fortitude that should enable him THE EXECUTIONER. ' Suddenly there came into his ear the head of a burly savage who seemed to be distant sound of a low, muffled roar. There the leaderof the others. He. dropped like 333:; 11128:: $313132: 312?;‘1132 3:133:13 8103' Once, twme, three times more the Ebefore’ but never had it brbught to his heavy steel barrel found the heads of assault- , ’ - ing savages, with the same result as in the heart “Ch a feeling 0f sinking, sickening case of the first victim. horror as now. In a short time it was re- peated, and this time it was unmistakably , nearer than before. Then there followed a The odds were two great. however, in a long period of silence, so long, in fact, that - - :the Captain really began to think that a hand-to-hand conflict, and in afew moments ; . . - , - the captain lay prostrate upon the . kind fate had directed the lion 3 steps in ground . ; securely boupd. It had evxdently been the E another d1rect.on. purpose of the natives to capture him alive f In th? meantime “1.6 moor; hgdlnrlsexgg if possible, for no attempt was made atan i but ow mg to the density 0f .t 1° 0 legs 1 time to use weapons against him. lVithout i rays lighted up the surrounding {Emit snly waiting toattempt to resuscitate the victims {3.1V meagefrlyt Elle tree to thrzfen‘te: gr: of the Captain’s powerful blows,the savages ; ainnwas 8" ene “'21:” side of which placed their captive in alitter and started: sma -open. shpalicei. h (1 th ,8 away through the forest at a sharp trot. It i was quit; $133 It y tgheteC:ytain e 11223:; d was not yet noon, and all the balance of ' rays. u on y p IN ms HANDS or THE nxnmv. : l I i l l l J 3 c v a u o o v the day and well into the night they held an agitation among the bushes on this side, a t s b a n 04 F - , - - l and in another moment there glided stealth- , giiiefczg’g: 2:ng i212]: gigggnagylg ; fly into view the crouching figure of a great camped at night at an old, deserted krall, and before daylight the next morning were again on their way. All day long they traveled at the same fast pace as the day before, and just‘at the approach of night AL-.. -AAr --_ _- '_-v It happened up in the Bamangwato coun- try some twenty-five or thirty years ago, I should fancy, although the Captain only in- dicated in a general way the time of its oc- currence. Together with three other white men and a number of native attendants, he had gone up to that country on a hunting expedition, game of all kinds abounding there. For a week or ten days they reveled in the veriest prodigality of big game shoot- ing, without anything happening to mar the pleasure of their sport. One day Capt. Forbes became separated from the others in the pursuit of a small band of the beau- tiful sable antelope. They are exceedingly Wary and dificult of approach, and the Captain had a long and wearisome stalk be- fore he succeeded in getting a shot. He bagged his game, however, as was usually the case with him,and a few moments after he stood bending over his outstretched quarry. It was a beautiful animal, and as it was the first he had ever killed he was greatly interested in studying its striking pegfliarities. , _--.- vsvuc‘ucmO' cmt says :~It was during the closing days of the VVorld’s Fair-that I first met Capt. Henry Forbes. We became fast. friends, and I found him to be an exceedingly inter- esting man, a man with a history in fact. He was a retired English army officer, well along in years, but remarkably well preserved, and in his prime must have pos- sessed great strength,agility and endurance. He had a brilliant military record and had served under his country’s flag in all parts of the globe. In his younger days he served many years in South Africa, and being ardently fond of the chase his many experi- ences in this field of adventure formed an inexhaustible fund of thrilling anecdotes. At first, however, I found him indisposed to talk much concerning them, and only by the most persistent pumping could I induce him to freely nnloosen his tongue. They were all of absorbing interest, but there was one in particular which I recall as being ‘ thrilling in the extreme. . Bound to a Tree In a M A Stage King’s Ina Capital Punishment A writer it} the Sn. I An English Army 0533f s Thrilling Ad- venture in South Africa. TO BE DEYCUBED BY A LION. A TERRIBLE SENTENCE. a Man-Eater's flauntâ€" Diabolical Method of Lonig Globe-Demo- | _ Slowly he began to draw closer to his helpless victim, but after advancing a few ’ feet he stopped, and, as though fearing a _ trick of some kind, he arose to his feet and 'islowly and carefully walked around the ,' man. Three or four times he did this, as ‘ithough anxious to assure himself that he S was not being led into a trap, for the con- 3 tinued immovable posture and silence of the ' man had made him very suspicious. Then .: seeming to have satisfied himself that the éway was clear, he advanced toward thei 5 man again. This time he approached to j ? within a very few feet of him ; but whether E it was the subtle influence of the undaunted : spirit that shone out through the determined 1 white face that confronted him I know not, but the great beast stopped, and uttering a low growl, half of anger and half of fear, slowly backed away from his victim. Sev- eral times was this repeated, the lion on I each succeeding occ;sion approaching his j victim a little nearer. Oh, how sickening and overpowering were the fumes of that hot, fetid breath ! Inspired by the terror and despair of the At last, seeming to realize the utter helplessness of the man, he boldly approach- ed him, the great head was thrust out to- ward one of the man’s thighs, and the huge mouth began opening for the fatal hold. But for some strange reason the men-eater suddenly changed his mind, and raising on his hind legs he placed his huge fore paws on the man’s breast and started to seize him by the shoulder. llion. He had evidently had the scent of 5 his intended victim for some time past, and i as he entered the open space and suddenly cmfronted him he crouched like a cat I about to spring upon its prey. His great eyes glowed and blazed with the fever of anticipation _:his huge jaws, from which saliva. thickly depended, slowly worked to and fro as though in imagination closing upon the human morsel now within his reach; his tail, that eloquent feature of a cat’s anatomy slowly swayed from side to side, and. altogether, he presented the spectacle of a. huge furnished cat justshout1 to spxing upon a. particularly choice bit; of prey. _ Late in the afternoon he was again placed in the litter, and after a journey of two or three miles the party stopped in the midst of a dense forest. The Captain was taken from the litter, carried to a. small tree near by, and securely fastened to it. Then, after a farewell salute of taunts and mocking laughter, the party disappeared in the sur- rounding forest and he was left alone. Just before they left him, however, one of the men, either in bravado, or with a more serious intent, hurled an assegai at him. Its keen blade was imbedded deeply in the tree just above his head. and there it re- mained firmly fixed. 7 able. Truly a. most horrible fate was this, and worthy the fiendish cunning of the witch doctor. Prepared as he had been for death, the Captain felt his heart sicken with horror at the contemplation of this frightful fate. but he would not afford the savage the satis- faction of witnessing any display of fear on his part, and he listened to his doom with a. calmness that Was absolutely impertnrb- ALI __ ‘ ""“J' Tms last was sad in a very tauntmg, densive manner, and was received with shouts of laughter and approval by the crowd. efforts have been made to kill him, they have failed in every instance. The judg- ment of the King is that toward night you be taken into that forest, and there left securely bound. Bei 1g such a. brave hunter, you will probably not fear the lion, as our people do. And should he pay you a visit, why, forsooth, you can use your greet medicine to drive him away.” MIRACULOUSLY SAVED. Miss Aimee Rapin was born in Payerne i a small town in Swntzerland. She exhibited a strong inclination for the study of art in her childhood. When but twelve years of age she lost her parents, but through the assistance of an art patron she was given a very thorough art education. She studied at Lausanne and Geneva and .took many prizes in the academy of fine arts in the latter city. She was passionately fond of the study of the old masters, Holbein being a favorite. She left Geneva in 1893, an artist of extraordinary ability, and came to London, where she devoted a great deal of ] her time to the treasures in the National; Gallery. She soon was recognized among‘ the patrons of art, and commissions from very distinguished people came quicker than they could be executed. Among the latest of her works is a splendid portrait of the Princess May. the wife of the Duke of York, and also of the sisters of Lord Har- rington. The aristocracy of England has taken her into their graces, so her fortune is made. Personally, Miss Rapin is a most charming woman, extremely well educated and refined, and a somewhat sar- castically brilliant conversationalist. Wonderful Accomplishment of a Young Swiss Woman Born Without Arms. At a. recent art exhibition in London there were shown a number of portraits by Mlle. Aimee Rapin which attracted consid- erable notice from connoisseurs on account of their general excellence both in drawing and coloring. Artists and critics united in voting the exhibitor a woman of rare artis- tic ability, never dreaming that Miss Rapin had been born without hands and arms. It was not the intention to let the public know this fact, but the secret could not be kept for any length of time. To say that everybody was dumbfounded by this an- nouncement is to express it mildly. Miss Rapin became the heroine of the day and‘ the praise bestowed on her work was re- doubled. She wished to be judged by the merits of her work alone and scored a suc- cess ; this accomplished, it was an addition- al glory to her when it became known how wonderfully she had overcome the greatest obstacle in her way to fame. What Mr. Balfour "as to Say ol’ the su- nation. A London special says :â€"-Mr. Arthur J. Balfour, leader of the Unionists, in the House of Commons, spoke at length this evening before a meeting in Manchester on the subject of Imperial defence. This sub- ject, he said. was at present of paramount interest. Any nation or combination of nations which was able to wrest from Great Britain her supremacy of the seas could bring her to her knees without landing a single soldier on English soil. He did not believe any Government was justified in ex- pecting a long era of peace. The French and Russian Governments were pushing forward with all speed the work in their dock- yards. Certain movements made of late years in Asia were only. too obviously directed against England. While there' were indications that France and Russia were earnestly bent upon peace, their main l , arrangements evidently were prom ted by ‘the assrnption of conflict with ngland‘ sooner or later, singly or combined. He believed that the English people were amicably disposed towards France, but he must admit, with the deepest regret, the conviction that the French were hostile to England. Finally, Mr. Balfour appealed to the electors to influence their representa. tives in Parliament by all possible means to assist in quickly and efficiently strengthen- ing the country’s defences. He could pledge the Opposition, he said, to co-operate cordially with the Government in its every effort to increase England’s navaland mili- tary power. Britain Must Maintain Ber Supremacy on ths Seas- After two days of wearisome flight through the forest he fortunately found his friends again, who had started for the King’s krall, being satisfied as to the cause of his disappearance, and determined to rescue him or perish in the attempt. Halt- ‘ ing a few days, they. through the efforts of Mapanga, a native servant they had with them enrolled a considerable force of natives, after which they marched on to the King’s krall. The Wily old chief and his doctor tried to ambush them, but failed deplor- ably, and in the conflict which followed both were killed, with many of their fol- lowers. Both fell to the Captain’s unerring aim, and he remarked with a. grim smile as he concluded his story, "It was the most satisfactory double shot that I ever made in all my life.” IMPERIAL DEFENCE. It was soon done, however, and with what emotions of joy and gratitude it was that he found himself free again. His situation even then was very perilous, but he .forgot everything in the overwhelming joy of his escape, and in the realization that he was again free. The reaction from the awful strain under which he had so long labored was so great that it was several moments before the Captain could summon sufficient strength to pull the assegai from the dead hon, and Sever the remaining throngs which bound him. moment, the Captain gave utterance to a most piercing cry. Delivered right in the ear of the lion. it startled him greatly and he sprang back. One of its huge feet had, however, become fastened in the throng which bound the Captain, and in the mighty efi'ort which he put forth to free himself he broke it. It released the Captain’s arms, and with the quick instinct of self-preservation be seized the assegai imbedded in the tree just above his head. The lion immediately returned to the attack, and with an angry roar raised on his hind legs for another try ‘ at the man’s shoulder. HIS arms were stiff and lame from their long pinioninz, but the strength of despair nerved them, and, as the lion’s great chest rose up from the ground, the man met it with a savage thrust of the asscgai. He was always a very powerful man, but such strength did the; terrible stress of the moment give him that he drove the keen steel over a foot into the great brute’s breast. - With a terrible cry the man-eater raised himself convulsively to his full height and then pitched forward upon the Captain, falling dead at his feet. A GIPI'ED AEMLBSS ARTIST. yo new ungiana to be deprived of it. This The outcome is beyond calculation."- The section does not ask nor expect lower rates, shrine is a heap of ruins, and the Holy One but it objects to being deprived of its missing from the earth. The Lama monas- natural facilities. New England business teries of Huelynan and Kemis are situated men Of all trades and of all parties are a ‘ in the heart of the civilized portion of unit in protesting against this wrong which Thibet, and for ages the latter has been the is said ‘0 be Projected.” seat of Buddhism proper. The monastery _. of Kemis was built, it is believed,about . . ~' - 1,000 years before Christ. Its great gloomy neghhfigggsgzge: f ighzngoglg 51:3 ts; ’ pile, it was believed, would .stand imtil the sixty-four feet, and seats 430 persons. end of time. Out of the ruins there have been dug eight pure gold images of Buddha Germany is training hawks to attack ; presented by the Emperor Yung Ching, one army carrier pigeons and bring back both hundred brazen ones, heavily gilded, and pigeon and possible war dispatches of the 1 many othe.‘ treasures and relics of the enemy to the German lines. ‘faith. New England’s Interests Concerned in Its Untrnmmellcd Working Under the heading, " Encroachments Upon New England,” the Boston Herald says :â€"“Thc attempt to procure national legislation which shall prevent or impede the use of the Canadian Pacific railway by New England merchants and other busine s men, it is said, is about to be renewed through the agency of the National Board of Trade. This movement had the sanction of President Harrison in the last year of his administration, but was opposed by Secretary of the Treasury Foster, who de- clared that the Government revenue had never suffered by the carrying of American l goods over the road in question. The Can- I adian Pa ific road has been of great benefit to New England. Goods have been sent over it with obvious advantage from its being the natural and most direct route for l their passage to and from this section. It furnishes a competing route to the f lower railroads like the New York Central. I the Pennsylvania, and the Baltimore Ohio . roads. These corporations are the origins- % tors of the present movement which is ' tended to compel New England people .4 ‘ use their rodtes for transportation. It ; would not only restrict our means of freight- 3 age, but it would subject New England to obvious inconvenience in being compelled to use a more circuitous route. The Cana- dian Pacific is the natural line for the ; delivery here of the large freights like teas, l which come from Asia to Vancouver, as well as the wheat production of the Vi inni- I l pe region. It would be a distinct hardshipl I L0 ew England to be deprived of it. This section does not ask nor expect lower rates, I but it objects to being deprived of its 1 natural facilities. New England business 1 men Of all trades and of all parties are a 1‘ unit in protesting against this wrong which '. is said to be Projected.” : The voice ceased. For nflseting instant Klause had enjoyed freedom of speech and then he was again bound. He could have spoken, but he could not have framed the idea. that inspired him. He might have re- ferred to his assailant as a. street car or used any other incongruous thing. Apparently he realized his helplessness, and rather than lose himself in a maze of meaningless and disjointed phrases chose silence. Thus, with a. great hole in his skull, Emil KLsuse lies day by day battling with death and having but a portion of the brain that nature gave him. - ' "‘ I would knowa him. "The minute I heard him I would know him ” “n exclaim- ’*‘u0 ed vehemgntly. “ He isâ€"â€"” .V _..J -v- The name of the patient was written on a. slip of paper and held up before him. “What is that '2” he was asked. “ Emil Klause," was the prompt re- sponse. Then the Word “ San Francisco” was written lower down on the same slip and submitted. Again he responded ‘° Emil Klause.” “Do you know who struck you? The face of the patient kindled once more. This time’the intensity of his feelings seemed to break the fetters that bound his mind in its snfiering casket. ' “‘ T hthlu‘.1 L_A_ L:,,, r!“ - . v was wrinkled with reflection. He seemed to know that he had made a. mistake, but could not rectify it. Several times the test was employed. But once was be able to name the object, but called the knife a. watch and the watch a. knife. The doctor said that Klause doubtless knew what he want- ed mt? say, but was unable to say it. . _,- -vâ€" - .v ovuuu vvvv UJL|DULU3Q Even the Surgeon does not know what step wxll next be taken. Klause talked to a. reporter only when questions were asked. When he was questioned as to how he felt he snid, “all right,” but did not speak dis- tinctly. Pressed to repeat his answer he said plaintively : “ Twenty cents is all.” And then added quickly, “OE wrong.” Dr. Maguire showed Kiause a. knife and asked him what it was. He named the ar- ticle correctly. Then he was shown a watch, and promptly said it was a. knife. A frown passed across his face, and the part of THE SPLINTERED SKULL had to be taken away. Just the amount lost altogether is unknown. There is a theory among laymen that specific injury to the brain is fatal. Klause demonstrates the contrary. The damaged portion of the brain being in the motor area, and on the left side, has caused partial paralysis of the right half of the body. The nerves originat- ing in one side of the brain preside over the muscular action of the opposite half of the body. Klause is debarred by this par- ‘ alysis from writing, but even if he had the use of his hand physicians say that he could not avail himself of it. Klause can- not think as other people think. It must not be supposed that his mind is blank. He is a victim of_ the malady known as aphasia. His power over language is gone. He can utter words, but they are not the words he desires to speak. He has an idea, but it comes from his lips molded into phrases foreign to its intent. Even when for a mo- ment Klause seems tobe once more in con- trol of himself and permitted to frame sen- tences his articulation is at fault. He enunciates clearly, but from a word.of two syllables he is apt to drop one, or if the word is longer it loses two syllables. A San Francisco Man Able to Think, but Not to Control Ills Words. Since Christmas morning Emil Klause 1hae lain on acot in the Hospital at San ‘ Francisco, having been taken there sufl‘er- ing from a fractured skull. His case is a puzzle to the doctors. When Klause was taken to the hospital it was found that there was a. fracture of the skull. The bone had been depressed over the motor area of the left side. It was evident that some of the brain tissue had exuded. Still Klause was rational. Dr. McLean made an examina- tion and decided upon an immediate opera- tion. This bone had been crushed, appar- ently with a hammer, and it was necessary to chisel away the jagged edges, leaving an irregular opening as great in circumference as a silver dollar. In the process of surgery more of the brain tissue involved with PART OF HIS BRAIN GONE. WAN TS THE 0. 1’. HIS FOREHEAD VISIBLE ~f Famine threatens the land, and the cry for bread is to all creeds and to all people. The greatest misfortune of all, however, is : to the minds of all devout Buddhists, that {which has befallen their sacred head, the holy Shoolhak. He is among the missing from L’hassa,where the monastery of Kemis was,and the circumstance, although zealous- . 1y guarded by the faithful for fear that i knowledge of it might rend asunder the en- tire fabric of the ancient faith, is rapidly . spreading through all the Eastern lands where 3 Buddhism is the religiou_of the, masses. I Eight hundred and fifty houses belonging I to native Thibetan soldiers, and occupied ‘ by them and their families met the same fate. Seventy-four Lama priests and 130 Chinese and Thibetans made up the roll of those whose bodies had been found and identified. There were also many scores of unidentified bodies, while the missing ‘ are legion. The total of fatalities will prob- ably reach into thousands. Upward of 400 were mortally wounded, but were still alive when the memorial left the Viceroy ; and the distress caused throughout Thi- bet by the shock is beyond exaggera- tion. Thousands Killed in Thibetâ€"Remarkahle Result of the Ten-lble Disaster. Private advices received by the 8.8. “Empress of Japan,” give full particulars of the earthquake disaster on the Misterios f territory north of the Himalayas, where 1 Shoolhak,the Buddhist god incarnate,reigns supreme over the hearts of the Thibetans. Owing to the extreme remoteness of the country, information of the tremendous disaster had only just reached the coast when the “Empress of J span” sailed for Jan- ada. The Viceroy of Szechuan, Lou Ping, Chang, who represents the civil authority of China in the distressed territory. has made a public appeal for succor, and in his memorial says that the grand monasteries of Huelyuan and Kemis, the home of Bud- dhism,are in ruins, and seven small lama- series, are buried in the wreck of the for- mer. A writer in one of the English boys' magazines says :-â€"“ Macdonald Oxley is a young Canadian whose tales on the other side have been immensely popular. The editor of the British Weekly remarked the other day to a friend of mine in the trade that Oxley was the coming man for boys’ stories. I agree with him. He will run Henty and Ballantyne hard, if not beat them in the long run.” Mr. Oxley was once a. clerk in the Department of Marine at Ottawa. A curious story is told of him. He was, when a. boy, a schoolfellow of Sir Charles H. Tupper, who became head of the bureau. The clerk and the Minister were always friendly, but one day Mr. Oxley, in the presence of a miscellaneous crowd, hail- ed his chief with a “ Hello, Charlie.” This wats‘irregglar, at least in public, and the Minister did not ‘iail .30 say so. Shortly afterwards Oxley stepped out and devoted himself to literature. l Her Majesty's title in Canada isa matter ‘ of dispute. The other day the Minister of Militia. said “ the Queen of Great Britain was as much Queen of Canada,” whereupon an Ottawa authority declares, in the Jour- nal of that city, that the hon. gentleman is inaccurate. The Queen of Great Britain and Ireland is not formally the “ Queen of Canada,” she is at most only Queen “in” Canada, or more accurately, the “Sover- eign Lady of Canada.” This deSignation, indeed, in English or in Latin Domina Canadae should be impressed on the current coins of the Dominion, so that the public generally may be aware of the correct title of her Most Gracious Majesty. Lord Elgin, Viceroy of India, in a. letter to a Hamilton gentleman says :â€"“I have never failed to call myself a Canadian by birth, and it is exceedingly gratifying to me to find at this moment, when I have been called upon to assume a heavy “re- sponsibility, that my appointment calls forth kind memories of my father, whose example I shall strive to follow.” Lord Elgin was born at Monklands, on the out- skirts of Montreal, in 1849, just about the time that his father was in receipt of the famous rotten eggs. The former Earl, it is interesting to note, died just twenty years ago in India, where the present Earl reigns. Rev. Mr. Salton, of Stratford, preached in the Methodist church on Sunday to the Freemasons. He took the ground that St. Paul was in all probability a member of a secret society, for the reason that the Apostle frequently uses selections from society rituals to illustrate his arguments in favour of the true religion, in like man- ner as he had adopted and rebaptised the Greek word “ church” and “liturgy” to make himself more clearly understood by the people whom he was addresslng. 5 It is predicted that Rev. Dr. Mackay,the famous Chinese missionary, will he the next moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, which meets in Halifax in June. “ A reportrthat a son of Rev. W.H.Cooper, ot Calgary,is about to be married is denied, and apparently on reasonable grounds. The denial says the rev. gentleman has no chil- dren resident in Canada. To strengthen thin statement, it is added that the rev. gentle- man has no son at all, and, as a final broad- side, it is announced that the rev. gentle- man is not married, but is a recognized and confirmed bachelor, the beloved of all who know him, and perhaps the most popular parish priest in the Diocese of Calgary. Doing. Sir. William Dawson has been delivering lectures on geology to crowded audiences in Boston. The Herald of that city says the distinguish Montrealer is one of the foremost scientists of the day.‘ Where They are and What A GREAT BABTHQ (JAKE. WELL KN OWN PEOPLE-