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IHE WALL 0P DAMASCUS Lessons to be Learned From St. Paul’s Remarkable Escape. A dcsp std: iron Washington says: ~Rcv. 11:. 'l‘ulmage punched {tom the Iollowing text: 1!. Corinthians In. 33. "Through a window in a bus- ket was I let. down by the Wall." Sermons on l'uul in Jail. Paul on liars Hill, Paul in the shipwreck. Paul beiore the sunhcdrin, Paul be- ch Felix, are plentiful, but. in my text. we have Paul in a basket. Damascus la a city ol white and glistening architecture, sometimes called "the eye 0: the East," some- times called "a pearl surrounded by emeralds," at one time distinguishâ€" ed for swords oi the best material, tailed llamasmm blades, and uphol- stery o! richest fabric culled damask. A horseman 01 the name oi Suul, riding toward this city. had been thrown from the. Middle. The horse had dropped under .1'. flush from the shy, which at the same time was so bright it blinded the rider {or many days. and. i think, on per- manently injured his eyesight that this detect 0! \‘i‘wi‘l'll became the thorn in the flesh he afterwards speaks oi. lhe haid etalrted for lla- moscus to butcher Christians, but after that hard full tron) his horse he was a. changed man and preached Christ in Damascus till the city was shaken to its foundation. The mayor gives agar-viii}; (or his urn-st. and the popular cry is: "Kill him! Kill him !" The city is sur- rounded by at high wall und the gates are Watched by thv police lest. the Ciliciun prisoner cseupv. Many of the houses are built on the Wall, and their balconies projected clear over and hovered above the gardens out- side. It Was customary to lower baskets out of these balconies and pull up fruits and flowers from the gardens. To this day visitors at the monastery of Mount Sinai are lifted and lx-tectives prowled around froml house to house looking for Paul, ma his lriends had him, now in one place. now in another. He is no coward. as {my incidents in his life demonstrate. but he feels his work is not done yet and so he evades as- sassination. "ls that preacher here?" the foaming nmb shout at one house door. "Is that fanatic here '.’" tl.e police shout at another house door. Sometimes on the street incognito he passes through a. clrud of clinched lists and sometimes he secretes himself on the house top. At last the inmniuted populace get no sure hack of him "lhey haVe positive c-vuleuce that he is in the house of one o! the Christians, the balcony 0! whose home reaches over the wail. “Here he is! Here he \s !" 'l‘lte Vocifel'ution and blasphe- my and howling ol the pursuers are at the trout door. They break in. "Fetch out that. gospelizer and let us hung his head on the city gate. Where is he 1’" The emergency was terrible. Proviilentially there was a guml stout basket in the house. Paul's friends fasten a rope to the basket Paul steps into it. The basket. is lifted to the edge of the balcony on the wall. and then while l'aul holds the rope with both humls his friends lower away. care- fully and cautiously. slowly but. S'll’t:|y. further clown and farther clown. until the basket strikes the earth and the apostle steps out and afoot and Mel: starts on that fa- mous missionary tour. the story oi which has astonished earth and hea- \en. Appropriate entry in Paul’s diary of travels: "Through a win- time in a basket was I let down by the wall.” l nbsvrve first on what, a slender tenure great results hang. The rope- maker Who twisted that cord {aston- ed to that lowering basket never blew how much would depend upon THE STRENGTH OF IT. How it it had been broken and the .postle's life had been dashed out? What would have become 0! the Christian Church? All the magnifi- cent missionary work in Pamphylia. Cappaulocia. ialatia. Macedonia Would never have been accomplished. All his writings that make up so in- dispensable and enchanting‘ a part 01 the New Testament would never have been Written. The story 0! resur- rection would never have been so gloriously told as he told it. That example of heroic and triumphant endurance at Philippi in the Medit- erranean l'luroclydon. under flag- gellation. and at his be- heading would not have iindled the courage 0! 10.000 mar- :yrdoms. But that rope holding that basket. how much depended on it 2 30 again and again great results have hung on slender circumstances. The parsonage at Epworth. Eng- land. is on tire in the night. and the father rushed through the hallway for the rescue of his children. Seven children are out and safe on the ground, but one remains in the‘con- suming building. That one awakes, and finding his bed on fire and the building crumbling. comes to the window, and two peasants make a ladder 01 their bodies. one peasant standing on the shoulder 01 the oth- er. and down the human ladder the boy descendsâ€"John Wesley. I! you would know how much depended On that ladder of peasants ask the mil- ;ions of Methodists on both sides 0! the sea. Ask their mission stations all around the world. Ask thei‘ hundreds of thousands already as- cended to. join their founder, who would have perished but for the liv- ing stairs of peasants’ shoulders. PRACTICAL INFERENCE : There are no insignificancies in life. The minutest thing is a part on a magnitude. Infinity is made up of infinitesimals; great. things an ag- gregation of small things. Bethle- bem manger pulling on a star in the sky. Ono bod: in a drenched F’flor's mouth the evangenzatior. of '- “nude. 03. b9“ of-‘pupynu ‘ . Oh I“. MM“ 11th events to: LET DOWN IN BASKETS all ages. The late of Christendomi in a basket let down from a win-1 dow on the wall. What you do. do‘ well. I! you make a rope, make its strong rnd true, for you know not how much may depend on your work- manship. I! you fashion a boat, let it be waterproof. for you know not who may sail in it. ll you put a Bible in the trunk of your boy as he goes lrom home, let it be rememo bcred in your prayers, for it may have a mission as farâ€"reaching as the hook which the sailor carried‘in his teeth to the Pitcairn beach. The pluinest man's life is an island be- tween two eternitieyâ€"eternity past rippling against his shoulders, eter- nity to come touching his brow. 'l‘he casual. the accidental, that which merely happened so, are parts of a great plan, and the rope that lets the fugitive apostle from the Damascus wall is the cable that holds to its mooring the nhip of the .(‘hurch in the storm of the centuries. went out ol mortal sight long ago still hold the rope. You want a wry swift horse. and you need to rmwl him with sharpest spurs and to let the reins lie loose upon the neck and to give a shout to) the racer if you are going to ride out. of reach 1 of your mother's pm} ers. Why. a ship crossing the Atlantic in six Guys Can't sail away from that. A sail- 0. men and women, you brag some- times how you have fought your way in the world. but I think there have teen helpful influences that you have never fully acknowledged. Has there not been some influence in your early or present home that. the world cun- not see? Does there not reach you from aunong' the New England hills or from the western prairie or from English or Irish or Scottish home A CORP OF INFLUENCE that has kept you right. when you would have gone astray and which. after you had made a crooked track, recalled you? The rope may be as long as 30 years or 500 miles long or 3,000 miles long. but hands that. or finds them on the lookout. as he takes his place and finds them on the mast as he climbs the ratlines to disentangle a. rope in the ten'xpest and finds them swinging on the ham- mock when he turns in. Why not LRLIL L nun C$‘VO|~Y lllllll \llItllo .- ww-- . v or finds them on the lookout as he; The Burlington.llorticultu'al So- takes his place and finds them oxyciety through he Secretary, Mr. W. the mast as he climbs the ratlincs' 1". Fisher and lr. Arthur l’eer. who to disentangle a. rope in the tempestJlilS the work in charge, has also and finds them swinging on the hum-E3011! in the first large display from mock when he turns in. Why notithut district, which will now be fol- be frank and acknowledge it? The-lowed up by regular weekly ship- most of us would long ago have been I ments for the r :nuinder of the sett- tlashed to pieces had not graciousison. and loving -lmmls steadily and lovâ€"l There me also a large number "if inqlv and mightily held the rope. exhibits from various exhibitors 1n I'Au A _ __A-A ..1 Al.-. ........ 8-..nn But there must come a time when we shall find out who these Damas- cenes were who lowered Paul in the basket, and greet them and all those who have rendered to God and the world unrecognized and unrecorded services. That is going to he one of the glad excitements of heaven. the hunting up and picking out of those who did great good on earth and got no credit for it. llere the church has been going on 1'.) cen- turies. and yet the \VOl'ltl has not recognized the services of the people in that Damascus balcony. Charles (l. Kinney said to a (lying Christian, “(live my love to St. Paul when you meet him." When you and I meet him, as we will, 1 shall ask him to introduce me to those who got him out of THE DAMASCUS PERIL. Comc, let us go right up and ac- cost those on the circle of heavvnly thrones. Surely they must have killed in battle a million men. Surc- '3' they must have been buried with“ all the cathedrals sounding a dirge and all the towers of ail the cities; tolling the nutinnul grief. Who art thou. mighty one of heaven? ”1" lived by choice the unmarried daughâ€"I ter in a. humble home‘ that I’ might; take care of my parents in their old: age. and I endured without com- plaint all their querulousness and administered to all their wants for 20 years.” Let us pass on round the circle of thrones. Who art1 thou. mighty one of heaven? "I: was for 30 years a Christian invaâ€" lid and suffered all the while, occa- sionally writing a note 0! sympathyf for those worse off than I. and was general confidant of all those who had trouble. and once in a while I; was strong enough to make a gar-Z meat for that poor family in the; back lane." Pass (a to another' throne. Who art thou. mighty one o! heaven? "I was the mother who; raised a whole family of children for: 'God. and they are out in the world1 'Christian merchants. Christian nie-i ;chanics. Christian wives. and I have had full ' reward for all my toil.” Let us pass on in the circle of thrones. “I had a Sabbath school class. and they were always on my heart. and they all entered .the King- dom of God. and I am waiting for their arrival.” But who art thou. the mighty one o! heaven on this other throne? “In time of bitter persecution I owned a house in Da- mascus. a house on the wall. A man who preached Christ was hounded from street to street and I hid him from the assassins. and when 1 found them breaking into my house and 1 could no longer keep him safely I advised him to FLEI“. FOR HIS LIFE. and a basket was let down over the wall with the maltreated man in it, and I was one who helped hold the rope.” And I said: “Is that all.” And he answered: “That is all.” And while I was lost in amazement. I heard a strong voice that sounded as though it might once have been hoarse from many exposures, and triumphant as though it might have belonged to one of the martyrs, and it said: “Not many mighty, not many noble are called, but God hath chosen ‘he weak things of the world to con- Iound the things which are mighty. !and base things 91 the world and {iihgs‘whrich a]; despised bath God chosen, yea, and things which are not-to bring to 33th -_thi_ngn- 3'1)th i. {but n; flesh “You“! 310?)! infiis presence.” And I looked to see from whence the voice came, and 10! It was the very one who had said. ”Through a. window in a basket was I let. down by the Wall." Nothing unimportant in your life or mine. Three naughts placed on the right side of the figure one makes a thousand, and six naughts on the right. side of the figure one a million. and our nothingness placed on the right side may be augmentation il- limitable. All the ages of time and eternity aflccted by the basket let down from a Damascus balcony. ONTARIU'S FRUIT EXHIBIT The Entries Are Large and the Samples of Fruit are Very Fine. (Special by Martha Craig.) At the Ontario fruit exhibit there is a line fresh display of cold stor- age apples of about twenty varieties. Peaches, plums and new apples of many varieties have-been sent in from Essex district through Mr. W. W. llilbron, horticultural specialist, of Leumington. ‘ CANADA AT THE PAN-AMERI- CAN EXPOSITIQN. -â€". "-â€"â€"â€"-' curly apples and plums have. been :cccivcd from the nurseries o! Mor- ris Stone and Wellington at. Fogt- hill Large supplies of peaches, pears plums. early apples and benies have come 110111 the St. Cathmine dis- t1ict.111 this :ollectior. special men- tion may be made of some very line samples of one of Mr. Burnank's newei creations, the "Climax " Set- end plates of this new plum me on exhibition. They are indeed beautiâ€" ful, the majmity measming’ ovrc seven inches in circumference. These fruits have attracted considerable at- tention for their beauty. large size 111111 earliness. Mr. James 'l‘ittering- ton has shown considerable enter- prise du1ing the past few years, in secuxing many 111velties of meat value in the holticultural wo1ld and his success in this 1cspcct is VERY GRATIFYING. Queenstown and Niagara are to the front this week with peaches, ‘pears, plums, apricots and berries of va1ious kinds The display from -,Mr W.A1mst1ong and Mr. W. H. Collinson being esyecially good. There are mso a large number at exhibits from various exhibitors in dim-rout parts of the province. if the patriotic Canadians who so kindly send from time. to time a niagnil‘x cent tcollection of cut flowers, could only icalize the pleasuic they Confer on Mr Bunting, the energetic sup'eiintentlent and his assistants, by helping thwn to beautify and kC(]) up the standard of the ()ntaiio exhibit and on tl1e_public generally, who always turn away reluctantly from the Ontario display, they would be ainpiy repaid. Amongst the most beautiful Iloral deco1.1tions “0 may mention a large assortment of gladioles from the vast collection of Mr. 11. 11.610", of Sinicoe. whose famous selections from his 10.000 collection of diflerent species of high qualitx are being greatly ad- mired at the horticultural exhibit. Mr! Charles I". Wycr. superintend- ent of the fruit exhibit of Fresno County, California. speaking of the Ontario fruit exhibit, says that “those who are behind it DESERVE GREAT PRAISE. 1 it is at revelation and will help to? establish true impressions in the minds of the people. who knew very little concerning the climate and productions of Canada. Those who have Sent and are sending fruit, deâ€" serve to be highly commended, and those who have not. sent so far, ought to realize that it is their duty to help, not only to keep the exhibit up to the standard, but to outdo it possible other exhibitors. Mr. Hunting and. his assistants Work hard in the interests of the country, and their efforts ought to be appre- ciated by the people at home. who should help them in every way to keep up the display and let it be the very best every time.” Mr. Bunting and his assistants have been very busy nrrangmg their large number of fresh exhibits and preparing them for the jury of uwm‘ds. The entries éo far have been large and the average quality of the exhibits very high. There are {our principal diseases of the appleâ€"apple scab, skin blotch, root rot and bitter rot. The two former are easily controlled by spraying with the bordeaux mixture. Spray early in spring. Continued spraying is better than spasmodic cn'orts. Bitter ror. is not so easily controlled. The bordeaux mixture is good for this, but hardly satisfac- tory. {out rot is a very subtle di- sease, with as yet no knohn remedy. He-Vhy the professor has spent three years investigatipg sun spots. At Panama the average rise and {all u! the tides is 2ft., the lowest. for ocean tides; but the Mediterran- ean has a tide of Gin. only. Veils for full mourning in the Roy- al family n1cas_ure_ "(1)9. _ln length; Sheâ€"r-Goodncss! And people say women are inquisitive ! wThere vare on‘y 1,024 Americén bi- son now alive out of an estimated total of 10 m‘ilions thirty years ago. - All... .A ,_ ‘,-_‘ __.- _-_._ Melancholy Stronger: You are sure this poison will kill a man? Drug- gist: Yes, sir, I Can guarantee it. By the way, if you use going to commit suicide, I wish you’d put one 01' our circulars. in your pocket. It’ll 'be a. big 'ad.’ for us when’your body in .iound: hlSEASES OF THE APPLE THERE ARE OTHERS "Reggie! How are you ? Stop minute, man ! ” The speaker was hurrying into Victoria Station, in the entrance to which he encountered a gentleman who was just leaving. The latter stopped short and allowed the speak- cr to grasp his hand. “ 'P‘t'm nay word I hardly knew you without. your board and moustache." said the first. "How’s your wife ?” ”By Jove, I hardly know you at all,” was the reply. "And I am not. aware of the state of health my wife enjoys, as l' m not municd. 1 may add that my name ’5 not. Reggie." “What on earthâ€"I really beg your --Do you really meanâ€"~’ :‘I do indcod. You are evidently confounding me with my brother, whose name is Regiualq._” “I’m awfully sorry, .l’m sure, for the mistake, if it is a mistake. But. are you sgrious ?" a C‘ I _ A “Perfectly. My name-is Robert. Wakefield, and l bearâ€"or used toâ€"a strong rcscmbfancc to my brother Reggie.” “Jil'arvcllous! With his beard and moustache you’d pass for him any- where. I had no idea he had a bro- thcrf’ “Very likely not; he was never par- ticularly volublc about me. I'm the fool of the family.” “Since you introdum yourself I mu.3t. do the 341110ny name’s Dick Lnsbm I’m an ugly duckling my- self but. I may tum out. a swan yet." ”Perhaps you can tell me my bro- ther's; address '2” Wakefield suggest- ed. "1 have only arrived from New anlandâ€"or, more strictly speaking. from Paris-a {cw minutes ago just. to look up a few friends while 1 an) in Europe on business.” “Ah, now I seem to remember Reggie telling me he had a brother somewhere out New Zeuland Way; he wasn’t quite sure where." ”I’m not. surprised; I wasn’t quite sure when: I was myself for a long time. And I didn’t mun. any- one else to know till I had done something to demonstrate that it isn’t always “10 fool of the family who is the failure.” .. "No, thanks very much. I’ve a more important call to make first. By the way, you implied that Reg- g’ic Was married ?" U “So he is; been marriedâ€"I for- get, how long exactly,” replied Cas- sen. “At. all events, a son and heir turned up some time age.” "Struck oil, ch '? Reggie will be delighted to see you. Shall I take you round to his ofiicc ?” "()h. a Missf-Miss Fcnshawâ€" Fer- shawz” “Farcour ?” suggested Wakefield, sharply. "I"urcour, of course,” said Cusscn. "Florence Farcour.” "Reggie with a son aim heir, ch?” said Wakefield. ‘.'\\‘011, I’m hanged! Do you know whom he married ?” "Florenceâ€" Farcour !" Wukcficld’s face suddenly grew very pale, and a strange, wxstful ex- pression came into his eyes. "Know her? ‘ Jolly fine girl ! " Caisson exclaimed. “And she’s most. mvl‘ul spoons on Reggie. But I've a train to catch. Awfully pleased to have met you, Mr. Wakefield. Hope 1 shall meet. you again Must go l" Wakefield said nothing. He stood limply, watching the {[nfl‘lc around him like a man in u drc 1m until a norm 3 "By VCI‘ lcwc, sir,” mouscd him, and he went slowly back into the station. "This comes of being the fool of the family and afraid to ask a wo- man to wait,” he muttered. “What a fool I have indeed been that I nev- er dreamt it would end like this. . . . I‘ll get straight back nguinâ€"l’m out of place here. . . . Married, and a. mother. “And married to him ; to Reggie. . . . I’ll get straight buck.” ‘ ’ ‘ All w'as hurry and scurry aboard the Princess Charming. She was duc’ to leave in twcnty minutes. A tail] man, with 'a sad face, clean- shavcn, a bundle of rugs on his arm and a small bag in his hand, was just stepping up the gungway when a. man accosted him. Somewhat. reluctantly the traveller allowed himself to be led out of ear- shot of the small crowd Waiting to see the boat sail on her journey to .France. 'l‘hc' traveller looked the stranger over, and nodded his assent. "Not here, sir; it is a private matter. Will you walk a few paces down the quay with me ?_” “Excuse me, _sir, but. can I speak with you a moment. ?" "\Iou are Reginald Wakefield,” said the stranger. “1 am Detective- Inspector Morris, and arrest you for fraud." . “I am not." "Pooh, sir, it. is useless to deny it. I know your face “ell, and I u;5 cognised you in spite of your having shaved your beard.” ‘ 'l‘hc traveller started and looked keenly at the detective. It. was evi- dent from his expression that he was thinking deeply. "Well,” he said at last, “I suppose it is no use arguing the matter here, as I can hardly expect you to ac- cept my explanation. There is’ a mistake somewhere." ”Very well, sir. I must now warn you that anything you may say will be fgpeattec} _£_1t yqul trigl.” "I can’t go into that, but I may say that there is a very strong case against you, and that in attempting to leave the country you have done a very foolish thing. You must please come to London with me. It wouldn’t do you any harm now; at the same time it would oblige me it you would admit your name’s Wake field.” “My trial,” said {he stranger, with some surprise. “Then I am not ar- rested merely on suspicion ?" “My name in Wakefield,” the trav- eller replied. with a taint smile. "I suppose it's all rum.” said the “But you; how is :it 'chat'you, inspector-inlay“, whip. had just ch?” sent the prisoner Wakefield to the cells : "but. you know there are two Mr. “'akefields, and they're generally supposed to be very much alike ?" “1 know that 'replied Detective Inspector Mort-1.. “Cuine. who has this case in hand, told me so. But Mr. Robert Wakefield has been in New Zealand for years now. or else he’s dead. I understand no one has heard anything of him for a long while.” "Pretty cool. 1 don't think he] twiggcd what I wanted. When I told him he went very white and looked a good deal put out. He turned moody and thoughtful, and hardly spoke to me all the way up. But. he made no attempt to deny he was Reginald Wakefieldâ€"in fact, he ad- mitted it." l "I suppose it’s all right, then." “Besides. the three chief witnesses identified him the moment.\ he enter- ed this romfi." ”That is 30." Later in the day Reginald Wake- field was taken before the magis- trates and charged with defrauding 'three I" ‘ ws for whom he had acted as lega. .iViser. Only formal evi- dence of arrest was taken, and he was remanded to Holloway for a week. " I suppose it’s all right, then How did he take it ?" He had not been under arrest a full day when he was imurmed by a prison warder that a visitor hm! presente‘an order to see him. and was waiting for an interview. Wakefield nodded his consent to the interview. and a few minutes later wan alone, face to face, with the wife of his brother. She was dwssed plainly in black, which accentuated the pallor of her complexion. But, despite these dis- advantages. she was as lovely as when Wakefield had first known her. Robert, Wakefield gazed at For and she at. him. Neither spoke for some seconds, but the silence was more 01- oquent. than words. 7' :‘Yoo did not expect. to meet. me?" he suggested. "Perhaps you have even forgotten me ?" "Oh, nâ€"o.” she replied slowly. "I thought. it must be you, for I knew it was not. Reggie. He has gone." “ )one 1’” "ch. He heard the night before last. that a warrant had been issued for him, and he went away at once." She put her face in her hands and began to sob softly to herself. "Then he is not prepared to de- fend himself ?" he said gravely, in a tone of mild reproach. “No.” she said in a whisper. “No; he confessed everything to me before he left." "How came he to do it. ?" “Oh, in desperation,” she replied, dropping her arms to her sides in a way which emphasized the words. He was in difficultiesâ€"dreadful dim- culties. Things have been game very badly with him ever since our marriâ€" age. He thought he could refund the money before he was discovered. He couldn't, he couldn't !" “1' see," said Robert. thoughtfully. whom everybody believed to he on the other side of the earth, come to be arrested for Reggie ‘.’ That is what I came to ask you. Tell me that.” he responded. “I was in Paris on business. and I came over to see all my old friends just for an hour or so. When I arrived in London I changed my mind and decided to get, straight back.” He paused. as if his explanation hurt him. "1 was going back. just getting aboard the Channel steamer, when a detective, who was watching the boats in the hope. that Reggie might attempt to leave the country by that. port, stopâ€" ped and arrested me." - II'I ,I! _‘ ,. ““hy did you let him? Why did you not. tell him who you “cw ? ” ”Firstly, because he would not have believed me; secondly, because I wanted to give Reggie a chance to get away if he were guilty ; thirdly, becauseâ€"oh, perhaps I didn’t care.” "You have allowed yourself to be arrested. charged, and brought here to give. a chance of escape to your brother 7" she said. - "And your husband." She raised her eyes to his and read in his expression something which gave her understanding. She turned aside. sadly, asking :â€"- ~ ‘And what .110 you going. to do now 1’" ”It rests with you, Florenceâ€"let me call you that. As your husband's brother I have a. right to call you Florence." “You have a greater right. than that.” she replied. “You have done for Reggie and for me a thing no one else would have done.” "I would do more to save you any sull’ering, and I think I can," he said tenderly. "So long as the po- lice are satisfied that I am the man they want. Reggie is safe if he keeps out of the country; but. the mo- ment they learn that I am Robert. Wakefield Reggie will . be pursued, and the world will not be big en- oug‘h iorghim to evade capture." “1 know, I know ! " "His disgrace would be your disâ€" grace. Florence ;‘ and your child would grow up to learn he was the son of an ex-convict.” - W“Oh, don’ t-~don' t ! How can vou say such things ?’ ' she said, burying her face in her hands. DOV. -â€"-v “I want you to understand the po- sition of things.” he replied earnest- ly. “On the other hand, I have no wife, no child. no friends to share a shame which may befall me." “Ivmetu; that I love you, Flor- encc-â€"" “Stop ! 09 “That I left England to make a fortune that I might be in a posi- tion to ask you to be my wife." he went on, passionately. “I have not yet made a fortune, but I have done very well, and the fortune in only waiting to be made. Well, I .311 here, charged with -my brother's crime, and {or your sake. Florence. I am ready to pay the penulty in his stead. You can doubtless and him. Go. to him and tell him. Take your child with you. Take them to New Zeal-ad."and.let~himotm my place while I take “I; M will "What do you mean by trust" cried, laying a hand upon his and gazing eagerly into his face by this?’ ' she be no dimculty in_ that. _In qu- way you will benefit by my hard work; and all my lonely hours 0! labor and all my dear dreams of its being all for you will not have been wast- edâ€"not quite wasted." " I couldn’t do itâ€"l couldn't." "Not to save the man you loveâ€"- the father of your child ? Not to save yourself and them from ruin and disgrane_?_”_ - ‘ (mu "Why should 1 lot so great an inâ€" justice be done to youâ€"you who have just. shown yourself to be the noblest. of men 'P" ‘43-- 'IUIJIVUU v. "Do you think that the injustiee'xingdom. and the imprisonmentâ€"ii it comes to .ere are 1 thatâ€" will be all \vretcliedness for 'eerned in the me ?" he said, taking one oi her garine in Cm hands. "It’s not the reward l sidering all I thought my love would bring ; butlexttnsive, bu it is for youâ€"for you alone; and for “11010 of the your sake I would do it gladly. Out Of the That is why you must and shall ed last year. agree. You will prepare to leave ’ Holland. whi England to-lllOl'l‘OW, to Join Reggie. industry. Send your lawyer to me in the Against U“ meantime and 1 will arrange every-‘you the difle thing with him and he will see you ordinary bl before you leave." (oieign coum ”0h, Robert 8 How can you tempt l Ollies for the me to be so selfish? llow can 1â€"- ,].V 3.500000 thinking what it means to Reggie ' 0‘ 0V“ 335. and our boyâ€"bur can I refuse ?" than ha" i ‘m1\m I Inna-nan I i “Then agree and go, or we may 'l be surprised when it would least: suit us. A new home, fortune, and; future are waiting for you in New : Zealandâ€"a home and fortune which: “Ul‘p I‘OWl-‘u 1 IIU‘V \lIII ’Uu Lulu-'1‘, o -----_. 7â€"- -__- V -_ , - '_ me to be so selfish? How can Iâ€",I.V 3,500,000 0‘"... 6110““ a value thinking what. it. means to Reggie ' 0‘ 0"" 335000.000. rather more and our boyâ€"hpw can I refuse ?" than hall 0‘ which was imported “Then agree and go, or we may i from Denmark, the home 0' WNW” be surprised when it would leashmwdc butler. _ suit, us. A new home, fortune, and, COUII’MIM U38 0M commodity tuturc are “Ouiting ‘0'- 3'0“ il‘ Row W‘tt. the Otlwro 't ‘. “twat“ ‘h.‘ Zealandâ€"a home and fortune which ; ‘9") 25 per cent, of the margin"!!! .18 consumed. and while the average are really yours, for they were made . lrom me, and may Heaven bless ‘ abroad "up about. 325 per “Vt. that ol margarine wu about 813 (or the '0h." 3/ _ _ -- “J- m...” same quantity. These flzures. a! There were sounds of feet up- proaching the door. The woman hes- itated. llcr (ace was radiant with hope, her eyes glistencd with tears. She bent. forward suddenly and kiss- ed both his hands. "For Reggie." she murmured. She quickly drew down his head and kissed him fervently on his brow. "For my baby boy," she sobbcd.~ “As for Incâ€"my whole life shall reflect my gratitude.” JV“- “Oh, and may Ilcmcn bless you! " she cried, seizing both his handl passionately. ‘ â€"‘ l--‘ An, At. that instant. the door opened and, crying gently to horse", she went. out. . . Throughout the proceed-' ings the demeanor of the prisoner: has been callous to an extraordinâ€"i my degree. Despite his plea of in-, noeence he has refused all offers 0!, legal assistance. and he has appeared : absolutely indillerent to the evidence. . Even when the sentence of three‘ years’ imprisonment was passed up- ' ‘ ‘ ‘ - 4L,_4 L... on him he made no sign heard or cured. The only has been heard to utter were his ion-murmured '1 cent.’ "--Lm)don Til-Bits. In a recent issue of the London] Chronicle the question of what. the man of sedentary habits should eat, Was discussed at length. llousekeepâ€"i ers know that no man is so difficult to cater for as he who leads the in-‘ door life. His appetite is erratic; and if his food does not suit him his temper is likely to be erratic also., As to the question the Chronicle says: "There is a. mistaken idea that3 we are always trying to «heat the doctor by smuggling forbidden dishâ€"| es into the dietary. The real dim-f ,cnlty is to know what prescriptions to follow, and when to take the pre- seriber seriously. There is a story that Sir Andrew Clarke, on one oc-l casion, laid down a severe regimen: for a new patient sull’ering from indi- ' gestion. When the consultation was over, Clarke discovered that the vis- itor was the son of an old friend, land invited 11in: to dinner. “ “But. what. about the regimen?” asked the other, nervously. " °()h, never mind that,’ said the genial physician. ‘You dine with nu: tar-night and begin the regimen to- morrow!’ "This apparent lack of scientific precision may be included in what Dr. {obcrt Hutchinmin calls ’pcrsun- ul peculiarities.’ 'i‘he peculiarities, both of the doctor and patient, seem to olicr a rather extensive margin. When you are told by an eminent surgeon that the smallest". quantity of alcohol, even at meals. is A SLOW POISON. is this a warning you cannot afford to disregard, or is it only the ebul- lition of u temperament that. wants to make your flesh creep?" “The sedentary man is asked to give up one or two cherished illu- sions. Lobster does not stimulate the brain. Oysters do not breed :1 metaphysician. In point of nutri- ment." says Dr. Hutchinson. “four- teen oysters are equal to only one egg. In spite of that no man will lm.;,"(.{un.m.d u eat an egg as equivalent for fourteen ’ is reached “lit oysters. And what about the brown milk is turnvc bread and butter? llesides the oys- [low and ming ter lives in poetry and heroic tradi- in the vat. tion. Pistol compared the world to The churnilll an oyster to be opened with a (”“0“ Veg-M.“ sword: he did not compare it to an churned. “~th egg. to be cracked with a spoon. 'l‘he ished, the “(1.. egg is a great. symbol in science, but again into n ‘ in Shakespeare it is a term of con- before ”mew", tumer, followed by murder. Thus an opposing 5‘ in Macbeth a villain addresses Mac- wherehv it is dufi's little boy: "Phone“ (““bs’pai-Licles “f 3'. him).' In food, the m is a useful I on the surface lesson to vegetarians, who, with the l tank and are : help of eggs and milk. are enabledwkimmors. a; comfortably to support life. Dr. then put on w Hutchinson admits, however. that we veyed to the I owe a debt to vegetarianism. It it is worked showed us that we were too great . sistency by he eaters of beef; that a mixed diet of! It is at this one part animal food to three parts 0' . little but vegetable food was essential to I per cent.) is health. and that our meat should be that done. Ki! restricted to a couple 0! 'moderate {or the marke sized platefuls' a day. Pea soup is labels on it, nutritious; but, to live on it. you guish it Irom would need a daily supply 0! twentyâ€" Divided into {our platefuls. A purely vegetable ‘ stands thus ; diet is too bulky: yet “- M? N and milk one. good {or the gouty and the obeee. It‘ _ is true that the Scottish peaceatry.‘ their country's pride. were nurtured . “"3" e m ”c on oatmeal; but a eu liberally cup- 3 wine “ff” :‘plemented by W. Rational are is 19.380 m “3' ‘ -_.e 1“ 9 mph! ; compromiseâ€"you want. the happy men between the tiger pacing its case and "the cow lying upon the grass. To the oedentuy mu, 0! pa- cific disposition but unqumnc spirit. the choice to cum”- ADVICE AS TO DIET. the Man of Sedentary Hub- its Should Eat. thut he words he in court am inno- THE P301! “[8 BUTTER. WAC!!!“ OF “BGAB- IIE IS 301‘ A “SEXY. In Ionulnturo. A oormpoudoot who has been studying the queotlou express“ Wt at the quantity 0! mar- garine consumed within the United Kingdom. There are one or two firms con- cerned in the manufacture of murâ€" gun'ue in Great Britain. and con- sidering all things. their output in cxttusivc, but practically nearly the whole of the sum is imported. Uut o! the 1,000,000 cwt. import- ed last year, two-thirds came from Holland, which in tho home of the industry. . Against. those 010m. just to show you the diflcrenoo. tho quantity 0! ordinary butter imported from (oneign countries and our own col- Immense thiuu 0nd in Great Comparing the one commodity with the other. it is estimated that {all}, 25 per cent. of the margarine is consumed. and while the average value oi the butter imported from abroad was about 825 per cwt., that of margarine wan about 813 (or the same quantity. These figures, as concerning margarine. represent a marked increase upon those of fur- It is characteristic of the Brit- isher that he should adopt an atti- tude of suspicion towards a food which is surrounded even yet in the opinion of a great many by an ele- ment of mystery. despite the notable increase in the demand ior it. Thous- ands imagine it to be anything but what it is, a really WHOLESULIE FOOD. lt resembles butter in color and texture and even flavor. yet it is not butter, nor, of course. may it be sold as butter, although it does ire- quently happen that an unscrupulâ€" ous tradesman palms it of! on the unwary as butter in contravention of the specific Act of Parlim..mit governing its sale. People who have not tasted inur- gnrine look askiuice at it. and, in- netent of its manufacture, repaid it simply as a something impossible in the way of a nutritious and Whole- some food, forgetting that if it “we not sound and good, the uuthoaities Would not allow it to be sold, or even exposed to view on our pro- vision counters. But it is by no means the gross compound you im- agine it to be. The writer has seen it made. and noticed that the rooms in which the ingredients were mixed Were spot- lessly clean, all the apparatus wash- ed and purified daily. and that clean clothes Were served out to the wmkmen every morning. What is; more gratifying still, margarine is almost exclusively made by machinâ€" ery ; at any rate, the ingredients are not touched by hand till the mix, ture reaches what is called the kneading _.stage. Using the hands then cannot be helped, nor can that rule even be obviated in proper dairies when the kneading stage has been reached, as no mechanical method oi attaining the same end has been as yet made periect. -. n [I -l ,w- __ The compound is composed of but.“ fat. at certain vegetable oil, and Sometimes lard is used. The bee! (m. is really beef suct (mm which the stenrine has been extracted. The oil used is either sweet nut. oil or cotton-seed uil, both of which Indeed, either or both these oill are used in the manufacture of spe- cilic foods to a greater extent than is ordinariiy imagined. In the mm of margarine, oil must be used to blend the ingredients. With regard to the milk, it in again necessary that this should b. very fresh and pure. while the lurd. too, must be of the best quality. It would not pay margarine makers. to use any ingredients that “us not pure and Wholesome. Those four. then. are the inuxinnnn ingredients used in the munuim-zum oi margarineâ€"not a very lorniiduble concoction. The {at is placed in vats untl nn-lt- ed into a liquid by heating means. It. is then drained oil to the churns 7! simple machinery, all chance o! impurities being intercepted by a huge filter through which the liquid passes on the way. AJ -...I AI.. 1.“ The churning is done by stonin- driven vessels just. as butter is. churned. When the churning is lin- ishcd. the liquid is then drained uli again into a tank full of cold water, betore reaching which it. is met by an opposing stream 0! ice-cold water whereby it. is converted into small I'Vw râ€"" â€"~ - Then the oil is added. and the two are churned together until the stag. is reached when a cascade of sculdod milk is turned on and allowed to flow and mingle with the compound in the vat. . Then: flout. on the surface of the water in the tank and are scooped of! by wovden skimmers. and the whole muses is then put on wooden trucks and mmâ€" veyed to the kneading rooms. when: it is worked up to n proper con- sistency by hand. It. is at this stage that the mixing 0! a little butter (the Act, says ten per cent.) is proceeded with. and that. done, girls cut it up into rats {or tho market. where but for the labels on it. you could not distin- guish it. from butter. “A ‘- -‘-n\ n‘ n- ' Divided mm five N “and: thus : bee! {at "\¢am~-â€"v -â€" - There are now 1,112 dift‘crcnt sub- marine cables. with a total length 0! 19,880 miles. owned by Government. and 818 cablel. I1 1C6.000 miles long. in (how 0! com- ponies. Tho Wt 90¢__ln_ Iii-I'm. h at. 4-..- Brim.â€"Inpedionu Used G 001) A ND H A RM LESS. V. in buns. mart-tart“ at three. oil o'ne.