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-GREAT BRITAIN. Grand Master of_ the Order of Bath is the Duke of Connuughvs new title. [Everything is ready for the census: of England, to be taken March 31sc.| Tho R.-:+::.1. nu...\`.-_...._l - -_ _.......-.u., -.v :10 Lanuu uaucu olsl. The British supplementary naval es- timates. amountinj; to 1,200,000, have been issued. A r\-, -....... -....,..,,..,.. uui we us guypu. . Kingston ratepayers are to vote onl : a. by-law. to raise $60,000 for the com~ 'pany, which is to build a smelter to. {cost $200.000. If is a Chicago com- pany. ' , Hamilton retail merchants` want the `Police Court to be made acourt for the collect ion of small debts, the Di- lvision Court being too costly for -the lcollection of $25 and under. T` e Brantford Board of Trade will Egnemoriulize the Government in fav- for of "the 1-cent rate on drop letters. I A report has reached Edmonton from Fond. Du Lac. in the north_, that `thirty natives are dead from a dis- `ease. thdught to be la grippe. I Wznoafnn v-nl-A.-........... _._- I-A --`r ._...... -n.ns~AA.\J London expects to se_cure the _1`e-. r moval to that city of the Ronald En- ` gine` Works ' ' 9n-n_-n .- -_ - lzuuaupox D: i Ste. Marie. ' _.__ i Tl-1ere are said to be 50 ismallpox between Ottawa : 1 Sta. Marin - a...-...u Irvtzf LI!!! 115%. . the 921st year 74,635 gallons o.` liqnnr were At-al:;mi.n to Yukon. Ottawa : police force will be in- creased by the additidn of five men. -rs... e....:..:.. -n- .a.~__=w - - - --........ ., yuc u.-zuzuuu 0!. Info men. The Society of Engineering and Ap- plied Science has been formed at Lon- don. ` ' ' ..---nu-us.-cu-II; V was encx Hnbaoul. an uu lI.l\uJo .., Burdock Blood Bitters` trms-`I forms impure and watery `lood into rich pure blood and builds up the healtli. Must Bear Signature of- 5:9: Pu-Slmlle Wrapper Blow. in-esung lteszs miss: on: On: Count:-1.(!lut&in.thellni:ed Stx1es,adAhP.1-:t.scl:.I:ei&ohe.A as my LA'l'ES'l' mom Ar1.mEwo1u.n>ova.` % ~ in uuum. ran DIEZIHESSS ,1: run nnuusnzfs, rE mu TDRFIB uvzn. mg. I rag cnsnmlon`. ran nuow sm, Fol Ill! com-I.:xIon OIRIIIIIII uvlvgoul uuun inrulv Vanuatu, $1 UNITEVDS-TATES. Genuine` _. F ' the lakes. wuuj n All IJEJ IIUGJLIA) . If the blood is impure the whole system becomes corr_upted with its I impurities. `D.....J....1- D1--.) nu. , I has sue-g burglar- to prove V ax:d Sault the name jiietly emstitledvto a place. The trouble is 01 course, that it in .genero.lly -earrie_d a long way Otllt of its place. Friendly discussions on the weather and one : healtlh may `seem father silly and decidedly common- place, but they give one a. little time to concentrate shei intellectual forces ; and size up the friend before tread- ` inn` on more uncertain ground. Thi; universal topic is generally meaning- leIa' and should. t,h'ere1lore, only be carried 18.!` enhuh` boo_'prov_ide one Conviarsatiun is a fine art and not- wvihstanding all the hard knocks the story writers and-sages have levelled at wthart is designated "small talk Hhn bvnn Ls -:....d.l... __..L!LI, u . - ___,-....- -......._,. "The emperor's bed-was here not a. bench, as usual in China, but a real sleeping sofi, a couch covered with dark brown. heavy silk. which was torn off to the rlgo of the couch; Everything pillaged! Chairs, `benches, tables were made of a very hard-, valuable da.rk- brown wood, adorned by wonderful carvings. They were: broken, knocked about by Hundreds. ' The work. of barbarians! By which 5 nations wa. it done? It is impossible 3 now to say." ` _........v. vu\.s) uurunscu 011.. I Q-`on the other shore of the Lotos! -lake, was the `private mansion of the lomperor, since bbe empress dowager kept him prisoner. ` The _emporor's apzfrtments consisted of three rooms -reception room, bedroom and library full of costly books bound in the pre- I cious yellow silk, the privilege .of the.i i_mVperi.'Ll family. ' wm........_-_-,,- - - ' - I __,_ I Near the Lotos lake of the im-E perinl palace in Pekin stands a small : house with :1 sort of Belfry, _with clocks of various dimensions. They} were struck by a. hammer and pro- duced a most . harmonious 'concert. The big clocks are still thefe, but the I snmller ones areltaken off; I 'u{\_. LI... _LI, - l...........\... vv\,|\4 muanuvu. ` V I Objects too heavy to be carried! .'mv_u y were broke-,u, and only -the valu- j able parts were carriedyoff. _ The; Ghinese are very fond of clocks and 3 watches ingeniously constructed so as to nuke music. Some are heavily gilded. In the imperial summer pn1- ` ace: were two big Vclocks, under glass`, l in the apartments of the empress?! The figures were.on a big sun; whose rays we're made of the `best and (heav- iest gold. Sun. and clocks are still there, but the golden 1'-'l_\`S were taken I away. u\*r--,, -I ""- ` ` I .__...,.... -.u.n.u;uIl_\'. _ ' Cupboards, boxds..'(1ra\\'ers, were pulled opt-n, broken and ransacked.` [Barbarian work! .'Bronze statues? 'jVe.I_`e thrown. down to find the gold in the interior. , Sometimesi it was n'oun.d, sometimes not. Very often. I in order to simplify the work, the istafzucs were smashed. ' 1 un1.:._L,, 1 - , . --- .......u guy Gerzxmns arrived, were nearly bare. There was hardly enough furniture left to fit out the` dwelling of the staff. Only very heavy tllihgs, such ias' big looking glasses` and screens, 1 were there. Beds and bedding `had i I, to be rprocurcd from e]sew;here-not without `difficulty. If the blood is pure the "whole! body will be healthy. TF flu: lxlnnrl 1'n I.rV-nos`:-4:` LL- ...L-J- -.1 'Ilal Clvlllmllon llas Dune fur the II ' pt-`rial l':|l::-vs In (`l|ln:v. "The sacking of the imperial palac `at Pekin," says a` military writer a. Bayarian paper,` "was tdrough a. complete. The walls, even when t} bar rurnitu I.1 . - J1 scnozarsnxp for girls` H i.- founded at Cape Town` as efrzunded at Cape Tow!) as {African memorial to Queen V 4", _.. ...,..,- ._,...... The Portuguese foreign, debt is nearly $20U.0f!0.0U0, and five Govern- ments are uniting to compel paymgent. El.ect'ric street railways have been instituted in >Cardif, \Vales; Man- hrDI'.!YI (En:-rn...... .....J .-,7 -_..--........u an pa: uu..L, \Vl hci-m, Germany , and in Auck Z_ea1a'nd. A scholarship for Cnnn '[`n\un I- vv-I454-4vllll'.yo Cape Town is t cleansed so that" 1 may be wiped out. !l`1. _ TI , I` _..a_..- An attempt wild be made to lneot Paris and Brussels by win telegraphy. (`nnn 'I\....... 5- I ` 1 -- ......, uvu uuauua 111 D0 duys 400 were due to plague. ;_ ,1: - .. -1... -...uu.a DU {.146 UIJILHCI DCIIEG I The recent German census shows z 'eq-ua1_di~vision of population as 39125. Rindcrpest prevails in the Philip- pines. , . The bubonic plague in Cape Town is :'preu.di'ng. _ ~ ' Th-roe tho~u.a:1nd dock latbourers are on strike at Marseilles. , . Spaniards believe that the Cubans wi'1l.1'c-bel against the United States. Denmark h.'1s_finally agreed to sell its VVe._st Indies to` the United States. Th -g-npun.l> ll..u........ -._ .,_.--w v. 4156- Ilnllll` crusade agzinst the . Q unnsmxza Barrie Iv St:-cud -. LVJI Of the 800 de 1 I\.`L THE TRAIL 017 THE VANDAL. (. :. 1:. sum: I -g !;`=.a _ ` _ ,I.,. ._ ... ---an-Z! `Q!-`II `I953 inotga ind CraI_e,"1nd .11 Funeral llequisites furnished pp mums; Mnnnget. a'f...1dv " _ snow an was Shop. St. Barrio. CONVERHYIYEON. il i:i:e.jriew defended of Its. Carrie Sudan in 1 -.:_.4 AL- ,-,9 -- upt; W4 -LI con- wireless ... .,u uu Luuluuglll -that" the bubonic plagu (1 AGEDJETII/AL. deaths in Bambay in Lw urn Ann .4... .1... 1_,,., . to b _thorouh ,' 1.1., L I M palaces .a....... -..-2x - - > in Kansaa.` 1' Augzkland, ........._y .u ulv u the bubonic ,_1.: LU Uq s aSouth .5 a South Victoria. .......y. ax-1d L the 1.uru\.L\J.I.V M LVLARLULV Patent Experts and Solicitors. -` _ Ne Yo! Lil B'ld .!'l t cal emu { A.r:....V:5;g1,?w....::.,t::1;.c.3 %/\J Luau u. nus ,-neen Drought about by the insti atiou of the Kaiser when he_wns over are. It does not niean, of course that the officefs will aI\v:1ys have to appear in scarlet or win have to wear their long braided frock coats and peziked caps. The whole th' ' is supposed to he an incentive to r cruiting. Earl Rob.-' arts and the King have had m...... y... wu umuuuvo [0 recruiting. Earl Rob King have had manykng dinougalonl on the_aubjecL . _. ........ ` This is the great topic of conver- sation in smart society at present. The order comes into force on April 2. It oridains that all army officers shall. wear their uniform in public, and in theatres and places of entertainment as well. This applies; to all Household. regiments, foot guards and cavalry. It cannot be said that this order is at all popular. It is generally thought that it has ,-been brought about instigation whon ho Inna` {All Brill.-sh 0lll-er.-1 Must App:-an-_ln Imi- rurm In Public. ' A despntch from London says:--So- fciety parade grounds in,London. will _'be much brightened soon by reason ;'of the forthcommg army order` that all officers shall dress in uniform in- !?stea'd at mufti in public, jugt li}:_e pri- V I vates. .Just imagine the embarrassment of 'a. young girl who is asked by an old `riermd of the falmily, all abaut her f;inanoes', and must either insult the `questioner by declining to_ answer or lay bare her private affairs before peo- `uple whom she prefers molt to know ` `them. In such a case, which is by no meavnsv imaginary, the young girl is `surely justified in politely refusing the information. It is 21 business mat- ter. bmt none of his business," to use 3 very commonplace expression. ,_-.<.. ..v....~.ua.u5 uuu uzu.u.1'y quesuon. lt Ls at all times dangerous conver- sational ground and one would require ' to be exceedingly intimate before dar- to breach such a subject.` Even then it should be done very, very gurardedly, and not without some rea- [soriable object in view. Older persons ,often take an unwafrranted liberty in Jlputtivng this question to their young !`friends, when not qwalified to do so iby reason of f'he'Lr relationship. In I fact, unless one be the parent or guar- dian, such e. oqueytion is decidedly infra dig. .......u uuuuuuug vvu.u nu .l`Jl1glL`51I friend the other day she quite sur- prised me by saying, "Do you know, what I dislike about Canariians is their boldness in asking inquisitive gquestions." She meant that friends at {very short acquaintance thought `nothing of asking what rent she paid, [what salary her husband earned, and similar queries equally impertinent. People often unwittingly commit a. [grievous breach of etiquette in thls ."ve=ry way. To show a friendly inter- fest in one s worldfy welfare is good, Ebut it sfhouldbe s'hrict_ly confined to` 'generralvities.. Very dear friends are often led apart by undue inquisitive- ness concerni.ng"t'he salary` question. i3 at H! fivnnla Roma. n u A . . n . ~ - - --- OK In DIHOU, Int] ITIICIB 3 I"|\V man 0! me. ` - heartily recommend them to any one Iuffering from the after effects of `Grippe, or any other severe illness." ___,._-_...,., _..,r.. nu u_y Luu name LUK` le.n`the mentally indigestible subjects !with which some people continually strive to entertain us might be oom- pafed to six `or seven courses of beef- steak. A judicious assortment of in- tellectual `refreshments will always prove refreshing. widih an bppolrtunity to 511p out of the beaten tracks, onto some subject which it is judged will be of mutual interest. Once fairly started the con- versation generally flows along eas- ily and the subject shifts without el- fort. A conversation made up of tri- vialities and what appeals only to the "=no.usensoIriam, might be likened to a. dinner composed of soda water and chocolate drops and by the same to]:- A-n-Hnn n.....4..11.. :....::_._.-u,- - uuu moat oosunate cas_es. I Rev. M. ~ P. `Campbell, pastor of the I Baptist Church, Essex, _Ont., says: From `my orsonal use of Doa.n's Kinney Pilli, whio I got at Sharon : drug store, I can say they are a. most excellent remedy for kidney troubles, and I recommend them to auorern from such complaints. Strengthen and `invigorate the kidney: '--never fail to give quick relief and cure the most obstinate casps. 12.. 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Take it Joshua can t." say; `. the 1inbel~icvcrsL_ This cu-mpaign "is; planned by the Lord Almighty. There; "` are to be no swords, no sh-ields, no: battcrin.g* rams. "1`h:ere is-to: be only_ - one weapon, and that is to be a ram s 9 h.-orn. Now the `command is, tllatii seven of the priests should take these} rude musical instruments, and for} `six days they should go around the] 1' walls of Jericho once a day, and then i on the seventh day, they should go; around sefen times blowing this curi- I o-us, rustic, musical instrument, andi the peroration of the whole scene is: to be a great shout under which that wall tram base to capstone is,to ,; tumble. Around the walls of Jericho . the priests A go once, and a failure. , Not so much as a piece of mortar or E; plaster drops from the wall; not so H much as a crevice opens. not so much I as a. rock g'e.ts loose. Around the city the second day, and a failure; `there third "day and a failure; the _ fourth '2 day, and afailure; around the fifth .'l day. and a failure; around the sixth :i day. and a failure. Joshua's stock; was down. But the seventh day :1] oame-the climacteric day". At 1ust,5i: the hourhas arrived. The priestslh with these rude musical. instruments 1: go all` around the city of Jericho once ' xx .-_... _..... . . . ~ V...--ua I M But we cannot stop here. - . It is no i =p-lace for Joshua s troops to`stay.] i\Vh:.1 t is that in tihe distance? At` t_he end of :1 grove of palms eight ?1nf11es long, is the chief city. `.....,...,. -9--J ..\.uu uvuy Lu uuu u.L:a..I.- The same "gate-keeper that_ s_w-ung ;back the crystal and amethystinie `door of Jordan to let you pass, _h_:).th | bolted and barred the crystal and am-! [ethjstine of tho Joy-:!;u1 to keep you! 7 from going back. I H.-sclare it to-day; Victory ahead. D:u'kucss, flood, ruin] and death behind. ' } l'\._1_ _, , "FORWARD MARCH 1" 9 I cries Joshun to his troops. They pass` on toward the tit /er; and it seems as` if the light-armed troops and the spearman and the archers and all ' their leaders must be swept down in? the fearful flood. They reach thotbank. and they pull themselves up its steep? thirty or forty feet in height--they` `pull themselves up the bank by tho oleanders and the tamarisks and the? lwillows until they reach the top. No} ! sooner have they climbed up this high ` `bank than with `dash and roar and] terrific rush the waters of the Jordan` break loose from theiristrange an- _ chorage. `Why`did not those waters stay parted until Joshua and his`. troops could find out whether they` ,could cope with their enemies or`no_t9 lihear one of the unbelieving` Israel- ites say: "Lord, why didst thou not I "keep those billows parted so that if 1 we wanted to retreat we could go back .1 1 dry shod, just as when we_ advanced? 1 VV+e are engaged -in a very risky ex-- { periment. How if these` Canaanites ( eat us all up ?" , ' '1 His first undertaking `was to cross ' the river Jordan in fa spring freshet. 3 At;_certai.n seasons in the year, and _ at certaiupoints, that river could be easily forded, and the wziter would only come to the knee or to the git-` dle; but atthis season of which I.am speaking, the snow of Mount Leban- .on`had melted, and they were pouring ddwniuto the valley, and the valley -had become'one raging flood. The M Canaanites on the other side felt per-. ectly_securc. -They looked across the; river and saw the Isrzielltes, and they said: "Aha! you ca-n t get at us-we are safe anyhow, until this spring ' freshet falls. But one day Joshua' orders out his LFUUDS and tells them to fall into line. ' 1 daysolthy lE1e."-Je:hIai.i '1 noses was dead. 5 beautiful T t tin_neaysthatG_odkiaedhiII.aIIdin:r that not drew forth the soul. of the ; dying lawgiver. He has been buried. ' r only one person at his funeral; the, " sameone. who kissed him. But God: ti never removes .a man} until he haa'a some one ready to take his place. God 1 " does not go around seeking among a 2 ti great variety of candidates someone ; g to take a vacant position; he. just I w "makes a man to fit that particular tl place. Moses had passed off the` at stage. Joshua, the hero of thetext sl comes cult to take his place, and puts hi his foot ieo solidly on the" platform=.m of history that all ages hear (he $110.; of his tread. He was a magnificent_ fighter, and he always foughton the ui right side. `He never fought for per- J: sonal` aggrandizemcnt, and never di fought unless the Lord toId.him to st do so. ' ' 'e rv -. i___.-_.___.._.... `Rev. Dr. ___._ - c. I III?- These little pills work while you sleep, without a [ripe or pain, curin bxliousness, conslipatlonfdysgcpaia anti 3 cl: hgadacho, and making you egl better in_the morning. mi 4 STANDS BY ms PEOPLE.?:' stand `tin sav: r. almage Says? Alwys! Fulns His Promise. A 1 Washington say: and: fnihra - Aroundthe.cit!g`-5 . FILE humthahjree Hung: f.-r c:-.. -..A _ .:..:v.._. 1 ,--v. -v >- --- I" Joshua _;`ises,' his face radi_ant with :'prayer, and he looks. at the descend- _` in sun over~_t of Gibeomand he looks at the faint crescent of the `moon, andein the, name of the'ALor_d, who sp5.kethe wgrld into" being, he Q -_- ,..,..,..\. uvuu IVULU uuiu LLH3 Cltyi 3 g to Joshua: "Come -right away; there` are five kings going to destroy us. `EC-ome right away. Joshua makes a three days march in one night; The E The Canaanites look up and they say; i"Ah! it is Joshua, -it is Joshua who `conquered the spring freshet, and j the stone` wall, and who took the city iof Ai. '1`here sVno1 use; he s a terri- ble man; there's no use ; and they` ,sounded a retreat. Oh," says Joshua, "this is a victory! But it is getting `towards sundown and those Emiserable Canaauites are going to 'get away from me, and they will besiege us, and perhaps attempt to destroy us, . Oh for a day twice as long as any we have ever seen inthis elim- ate. What is the matter with Joshua? i'I_1asV-he fallen in an apoplectic fir} ` No, he is in prayer. ' I V .- I I fnnhno. ...:-_..' L2- . .. . -... J 0shu:1 s troops caxinot stop E ; yet. "Forward, march! says - Joshua, _' for there is the city ` `fof Gibeon; it has put itself. :_under the wings of Joshua's protec- tjon, and Joshua must defend it, and jthe people send word from this city i "Come-right Earn Hm. Ian... .....:..... L- sub, ` ........5.. Lucy were Irigntened, , fall, back into the` strata- ._ gem. No sooner are all the 1 people of the city started in : pursuit of that battalion, that Joshua . standson a rock, and. I see "his hair : flying in the wind `as he `stretches ou_t his spear toward the doomed`city, . and all the armed men behind the rocks rush for the city and they !capture it and put` it to the torch, 3 and no sooner is it on .fire than those I Isra-elites `in the city start down, pur- isuing the men of Ai,_ and the ilsruelites coming out of the city on `one side,'and' the battalion that had , [fallen back suddenly, coming up: -from the other side, between those two wzwes of Israelitislx` courage, THE VICTORY \VASJ GAINED. , Joshua cannot 9 J 3 1 E of itself: 4 '.....J.... 1.1., , I - " ' -- . . , I T This is no place to stop, Joshua: `cries; "Forward, march! There is: the city of Ai to `be taken. They got} up in'f1'ont of the city when the men? of Ai came ou.'to and gave one yell, and a.w'ay ran the Israelites like reindeer. ; I see Joshua coming out that day off his encampment, and 'he looks up and` !sees the people running, and he puts his ' bend to -his forehead, `_ and he says; -Why, I really I l believe those are . our men. {They are `running in retreat. And :soon the retreating army come. up. They say: "0, General, we are all '3 cut to pieces. Those men of Ai are ':uwful people. \Ve are all cut` to ,'pieces. Joshua falls 'down on his "5 tace in chagrin. But how didVGod arouse Joshua? Did he address him :in some complimentary apostrophe? !No, he s'1`ys ; "Get thee `up. .\Vhy liest thou thus on: thy face 7 Joshua .arose, I suppose looking mortified; but his old courage came back again. ` He marshals all the -Israelites, and he (says: "\Ve will go up en masse, and we will take the city of Al. He_ takes most of his army and hefhides it in the night behind` a. ledge of rnnlza, Tn 4-ho --..-u-...:..... I... ...-_-IH ...... annablla ucuxuu u. uzugt: rocks. . In the morning he marches -up,a small battalion` of troops in front of the -city as by stratagem. The men of Ai say: "Ahl we will conquer these men very soon, and `the people of Ai pursued this' little battalion, and the Israelites, ` as though they were frightened, into amn N}. ` ........_-.. hr Laxa-Llver rials. RAH.A`B LIVED THERE. ' She had been noted-. for her c1-Imes.; Yet she` was saved. Because `she had} been a great sinner? No. because she; . had repented, and to prove to all the -r ages that there is` mercy for the chief of sinners. All the other houses went down but Ra.hab s house; that stood. She repented. She trusted in .God.! She was saved. Mercy for the chief of sinners. V -`--~~- ~-Hz :. use a A1_n:Ke 1:: ` ;-Iy car-on (high he < -_ th_t'n togivea gre`ntshuut.Joehna: | rises.up to his full statureand he} {gives the cannula. He _feels the i . right moment has come. and he am I a; Shout for "the Lord hath given you 7 I, thexcity, and the command is heard. '1 s and the people alt together cry; :; `Li"DVown. Jericho! down, Jericho"! And .5 I .' that long-line_ of solid masonry be- gins td quiver, and then crash go the g -5 t walls, the templesgthe palaces, `until_1 the earth quakes and the Heavens'c ' are blackened with the dust. and the ` 3 shriek of the crushed `city and the! huzza of the victorious Israe1ites_com.- 1 tmxingle. ' , . J i; I People cross the ocean to see a ruin.` 1; _ You need not go far. Stand_a m.in- c ute and look at the ruins of this city b Jericho". There is one house that? o am not run. I wonder thatone house! k stood while an the rest of thecityi s` .'1:e11, , ` _,.__.-`.;...- ...-`_ But said the `Syznpathizin-g Friend, thik. of the social prestige it-gives . vnii .' Yes it is terrible,-moaned the '\Vee_$- ing Mother. It is terrible to `think of our little son i_n the hands of the ki.dnapprs.`_' ' ,,-,-111,-)-`u .... _. 2.51.` cuuxur 1'UsB-"AII1 1 80 Dl'0\ `You call me pretty yeller. Indigo-nant aha left the town, f1`hus went hia'Umber Ella. He vowed he'd ne'er Sienna. one lHe d give his life to tail, ` He keeps that vow in violet, His; name is Lynn 0. Doyle. A-painter who a store did keep `Was such a. jolly joker, V That when he found his `giwl asleep He with a yellow ochre. ._--.... .u, `M... uu:_y iueusv gqu: Q6111`. It is sometimes` said that English sovmeivgns, being of finer 'qu::Ii`r.y tihuarn continental gold pieces, are put 'i1D.t0 foreign -melting _ pots and re-` cmfiustened. This is not ' frequently-I ,'do.n.e. Like the B.:xnk'o,E England it-E self, the great banks of France and ' Germany often store great suinsj of r I fdre.ig'n money when it comes to them `art a favvouxable crate-of exchange, and . let it go_ again when a fair: profit can be made on the transaction. "IA-n equally effective way of keep- ing a big reserve at the Bank of lEng- ' land would be'tAo hold all gold receiv- ed and make payments in silver. This is done by the Bank of France, which, in times of like emergency, can pay in` .five-franc pieces. Fortunately, oi` unto-rtu-nately, the Bank or Eng-- ` land is not alldwved, to take similar ac- :tim1. It can only make gold dear . Tf in an-pn-t-:.......- ..._:,1 LI 1 -r- -- - In Bunk Raises Ilu-. Rule of Interest In Keep the Metal at llomo. ' \ Vhan the tide of gold ebbs from the shores of Great Britain there is only one course open to the Bank of England, says a London newspaper. It raises the rate which it is` willing to `pay foui gold placed on depositf in dtihecr words, it makes go1d'dear in England. By this `means persons `having gold are induced to allow : it to rem:1~i:n` in England, where it can earn a- higher" rate of interest than 'else- I wher. J n"vea Lm1e.'u.(l u:t:.r,cy tn the whole 5 '?t:"2l).,.l'.~I. V\'iu.=lr.w s Sr.-nlhinur Syrup ! for chik ron teething I." pleasam to the la.-:14 and is the m e.~-nplion of [ one ofthc oldest :1:1 hc'~" femnfe yIh_vsi(-ians and 'nur.' in the Unitrzd Slates, Price 25 cents a bottle. sold by :1}! dru:;gi. throughout the norm`. Be sure and :1sk,f0r Mrs. Winslo.w s Sootlnng Syrup. ` ` . n '. . 4' .Here's people free from pain and ache Dyspepsia's dixyeful ills. _ It in because they always take Esr choler ro.se-"Am I -brown `Von pal] ma nv-AI-fur unlim- nun [mm or (-umng: tcclh smid at once and got :1. how:-.ot "Mrs. W1na!ow s Sn-uthnug Syrup for chiiulrcu tevthmg. It mu relieve the poor little su'cr.-1' lmm-idiatcly. I100:-nd upon it. moth!-I . .IhL-reis no mi; its about H, `II: c-ur+.= (Ir-.rrlm::1. I".--,-"u!-.1'.o.~: um .mm`1ch zuvtl howvl=. cu:-M wind cum-I softens the gmn-3. reduces iu-1mmn!I'on.:md zrivea lone .'u.d s't:"'.x).,."?\I1'.~s. Syrup x-hilt run lnnfhincv 1.-or uvar s-':n_v Years. Mas. \VINSLOW S Soomma Svnup has hvcn used by Imllions of mothers for their (-hlldr-.-n when roethinu`. If disturbed at night and broken ofyourvre$L by a sick lhild sulferi with pain of cutting teeth 5 ` Sn.)thnug4 Syru !r-.nth:`mv, If uvifl u-nluaun Mn. .... - ~ -v -~~-~-----v-J- - He is a hundred and ten years old, I Touch 'him very gently. Stretch ` rout those `old. feet that once walked the dry path of the parted Jordan. Close those lips` which blew the blast 'that dropped the walls of Jericho. ; Foldthzit a._:rm that stretched out the l tspear, against the doomed city of Ai. I `Fold it across the heart that exult-l ed when the five kings fell. But I where 'shall we get the burnished igranite fit to be the heizdstone and the footstone of this greatest of warriors? Oh, I 'bethink myhelf ,1ww. I imagine at his head it shall` 1'In.f'1nn Qiivl &1n'.~.L ..1.___) -_.:_--n 1 ` --- 1...... ;. 14u.{xVb'Lll'U al. 1113 D.C.(l. II`. snail {be the suu.thL1t stoodstill above Gib- eom apcl at the foot it shall be the moon that stood still over the valley of Ajalon. ' I ,,- _,- ,..... ........A..m.u Luc szgmeg S ' cave amlthe same stone is rolled P/against it again. __ V i 3! Now, it is'timo for Joshua` to go `I. v-F home. He is an old. man. He is a I hundred `and ten. Now give Jos- '5 .-" hua, the oldest warrior of the ages, a - ' chance to rest. No! The greatest E; r!batt1e of all his lifetime opens... He jg H comes out now against the greatest 3! king" on earth, a king who has more If vi subjects than all the 'p;rcsjent popu- I t "lation of the earth. It is the king yc A4.` r|1,.......-.._' [of Tecrrors , the conqueror of thous- Q" ands of years. Now, Joshua, yo have your match. No! _ For if! .this is Joshua's greatest battle it, fie` JosI_1u.a s greatest victory. . He} 'gathers his friends? around him and! he gives his valodictory, i E- .'_ _ 1--A " ` ._..-_-.. .. uuu can Lu. ll. 15 L110 King U. i I 191-a`-nay. `.:}m 1.`... 3... int. NF` flnerals Wiare are" '- 535* kings tlntjcnhngn took] .3110-Jthgre in final ..._.,n.. -._'_.--. 9'65 _ . . 4 THE TERRIBLE OLD KINGS, {and they are beheaded, and their '1 ,bodies are put backinto the same i` [cave .1: no-z:i.nu+ :4 .......:... ` on. wows "`" "`' soothes thelungs NORWIY PIKE and qures the _ . worst kinds of svlu" coughsandcolds. .ENGLAND MAKES cow DEAR. -n-In cc -- .-_ /- lstaul um um Ao*rorGihe_on." and! !l|0ilI!IgtheollIe;'hand to tlieupoon, says: `_`And Iliou moon shad still our tho valley of Ajalon." And [ox-I Itamilro lulu: the-plznelary uan..a_ - . - V 7, ' . 7 . V Iii" Inc had and says: Sand! ' than still our Gibgon." pointing the Olhei hand the moon, ' '" fhe says: And stand still - , I ,., .. - GOOD CREDENTIALS POE-TIC COLURING. For over Fmy Yearg. V1Klnuv a Qnnn-nun 0..-..- To buy well, watch the latest prices and hi. formation in the special TRADE PRESS. I The cenadlen Grocer and Storekeeper The Hardware and Metal Merchant The Dry Goods Review ~ The Bookseller and Stetloner. ...--..,.... ._a-.a,_au- I A... .4! L`I._..- I f Carter s % A Little Liver Pills. w-_ -_-,....v. .A, mob at Mateawan`, N. J'., tortured! a man in: an effdrt to extorta can- fession that he started a fire which` _destroyed' a portion of the town. _ I Ex-Governor John; .P. St. John 01' ..-.... ....,3.`..`.....c. John Hnmtnerling, a car starter in the Cleveland City Railway Co., was shot and killed by his wife after a family quarrel. ' ."lVL.. `D:...._._ ..__,1 1'7, 1 . u. _ . . _.......; `gum; ; us- The Rivers and Harbours bill which -has pas_sied. the United States Senate, provides for appropriations of over I $150,000,000. .1.-. -- -- "A 'I;ill providing for a whipping- poat has been _introduced in the Mis- souri Legislature. IAI... Y1,___ ___ IL, A dog decided a case in the Police Court in! Chicago byvanswering to `its name. { ` ..,..--. ...-...-,,....._, nu.` uv qx,;u1,uuu,u.U. I -uuu u-wu many IOIIIOGIOS, but none 0151' them did me much good. B.B.B. has: made me so well that I feel like 9. new! woman and I am constantly i-ooommend- ! ing it to my friends. - Yaw small and Many lotakeasuugu. L.- ___ -__ Thc capital of {e United States Steel Conipzany will be $l,154,000,000. A An... '.l....:.:..:I - _-__ 2_ `L, 1-|,~|0 The War Office has made a contract} `with an Amu-iczu_1 merchant to suv ply. 3.030 felling axes for the British troops in South Africa`. I 1- In Lancash.Lre 9. company I cecded in making fire and I proof glass, and expects it t a great commercial success. ..--.....,, u..,_, u.. u.1L.u\7J.b an. clgul. uuurs.| l The gigantic steel {rust is receiv- ing great attention from "London papers. It causes widespread uneasi- hang I -__.. --...... -..u...... ;_n.Ju.u.u.u uu uxzgutuu. | The British House of Commons has read a `second time :1 bill fixing the working day of m'u1ers at eight hours. I Tho n-L-.-n..l:.. ..L....1 4.'_....:. :4 __,- , `.__........... u;.u.uu;.ucu|.u.L uua.LitUl.U1'. A promincmt_American railroad man is seeking sanction to build. an elec- tric road from London to Brighton. I Tho n...+:..1. 11....-- ..e n-_-_.-..- L - ' Queen Victoria's sergeant-`surgeon, Lord Lister has been gazetted as such to King Edwgxrd. ` . VH1... ._..L!_,_,1 - - - A ___-__ ..- `;uLlIB Jl\J."`|-lL\`I The .n:1tional `memorial to_ Queen Victoria in England is to be o .9. personal mgnumental character. I , ____,,,,.. `7 . uxc ucauu. Ah`! h G d 1; `Disease germs cannotlurk in the ' my earer never ma es -` any provision for the Christian's re- system when B'B'B' 15 used treat. He clears the path to Canaan, Miss Ee McDonald, Liscomb Mills if we go ahead; if we go back, we "die, 3"; It a the bloo'd and curing sick headache. I! She and Pebbles 1` `"19 di`'etin- `It -had tried many remedies, but 6E1` is water forty feet deep in the reai`. mood. B.B.B. hmahuu... _-...- ---s.- ----_-_. L-UL