The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

^^^BV'^ifm^mmm'Sffimmmmmm^^^^fVKm J lOST FOR HALF CENTURY VKSSKI, SENT IN SKMW.II rOU SIH JOUN i'iUNKIJN. Slriiii(jc Hlmy ot Hk" Invp-iliaalor â€" She llus l»C(«ii IOhik) aiiJ is Scaworlhy. A Morv nt IIjo en-nlpst liilorosl is tnlii by riii^ l.oikUjji niiily T<-lo(,'riii)h Cmii-ciiiiiin tlio ii'iippi'ni'unoo ot the loii(,'-lo.>l II. M. S. IiivesliKiilor. "In Uw) ttutimin of IHr.l h.r M:ii'"'l.v'*' â- â- '"l'., .'"' vcstifjiitor WHS frozen in Ih' ico in 'I he Ray of (;<vi.s Mnry,' in Itio far north, vhilc f-iKloavorlnf,' lo fnul traces of Sir John Priinkhn nn.l hin rouruK*'""* coin- paiiioas," siiys 'I ho loicgraph. "Now all tho monioiios of Umso anvioiis, lic- rcic tiiiifs havi! Wen orico more revived ty Iho rnp<irt Hint whalers haw touna Ihe uhiiMii<uio(J >tui>, nn<l hope il may be j<issi|.li> to Ui-*: h-M- from the icc- fjrip after the lapse of fifty-six y-ars. Our \i-w York correspondent tio^ -sng- gosled. that tlic oM nmn-(il-war may even be sulliciently iound to he navigal- ol neross the Atlantic to her old lionie. country. PACKF.D IN' TIIK IftOZKN NOnTII. "Packed away in lh«* frozen north, the lius l)e<>n practically in a retrigcr- fltjr. muintainin« her youth and the sloul heart ot tier vdiera'ble tmibcr.s. wliile in icvs frigid zono.s tho word has been getting older and older; ».»il-'' have bet;n superseded by steam; wood li.-us b.^'on ivpluccd by .^'el; llio old salt <.\ Captain Marryaf.s no\eU has had to Jiiake way for the modern ;hailor-mo- chanio. In tlie lore of tl>e. sea every- thing ha.-i ehunged since her Majesty .s sliip Investigator began her long res in th* ice. If sho is really r«sci«Hl frhP will l)e Ihe Hip \m) Winkle of the world's Heels, .^he will need lo bo re- fitted, of cnur-.o, at some Canadian or nihcr Hrltish port on Iho other sid« --i th.: Atlantic, and then, under iail, wdh 11k, White F.nsign and the I'mon Jack buttling Willi Ihe bro<'ZP.. she should n.ake lier furrow once more actx)ss the water lo hor long-lost liome. "Praclically all wtvo saile<l in her have gn:ic, "though Admiral Sir Vesey llamilton, who was the nuile of Iho companion .ship Assistance, is still alive to tell the story of Iho .struggle with It-., elenienls over llftv y<virs ago. The Invesilgator wa.s commanded by one of tho heroes of Antic exploration - the lute Vice-Admirnl .sir Hobi-rt .lohn I.e Mesurier McCMure. who was born at Wexford llfiec!! months aftei' the bat- tle of Trafalgar. IN SEABCll OF FHANKl.lN. "In 1S18 he was offei-ed and accept- ed an aj>poiiit'mcnl as lir.sl lieutenant in her Majesly'.s slup Investigator â€" the nip Van Winkle of the British Pitcl. .She had been purchased 'roin the merchant .service, and was about to leave lOigland In make the liisl o' many efl<irls to pierce the veil which hid from the worlds view all traces of .Sir John Franklin aiui liLs cornpan- ivns. ICnglaiuI at the moment was in a fevrr of nervous excitement; all eye? were on the pathetic but courageous ngure of I.ady Franklin, hoping against hf.pe and prepared lo risk her all on the faint ehJince of re.scuing her hus- band and Ins during parly from death, Gv at lea..-! (inding some traces of them. Sir Jauies Clark Iloss was Itu; captain of Ii'T Maje.styV ship Inveiligator. This rflleer, his (Irst leutenanl and .\dmiral Si" Leopold McCllnlocU. oneof his mast daring assLslaids. have all jin.ssed away. The Inve^tigalor, in company with Iho F.nterpri.se, went out 'by way ft l.aiica.sler .s<iund. and wintered at Leopold Island, ne^ir the norlhea.sl point <if N'<irlh Ilevou. The two ships mnde n frudlcss .s<Mirch, and in the fol- lowing year cam© back. LAST VOYACiF. TO TlIF, NOHTH. p "By thi.s time the (lovernment and the whole nation wi-re in a condition <.•', reekle.si-i delerniinall«n to solve the mystei'v; II iiad to be solved. Plans 'i'.- a renewed effort were inmiedinlely fiellloil. Ciiplain CoUinson wais given the command, with Ihe Enlerpri.se us thr .senior ofllccr's .ship,' and NIcClure, x\ho liad show 11 himself well lilted f<ir the post tiy liis re.s<iurcefulness ond en- ergy, was given Ihe command of the companion ve.ssel, the old Investigator. The expedition alsj mcludcd Ihe .\s- fiistau'C, in which .\dmirnl IlariHlUin served, and llie UesMlute; but the lat- te- ships ha<l a mure <ir le.ss indepen- dent conmrssion, under * aptain .\ii.s- tin; they were lo search the Itarixiw Strait. Our cim'ein is with MeClure, and tlic Investigator and Fntei'pri.se. The \e.s.scls sailed from Plyirioulh <in January 20, 18.50, and .since that event- hll day no one in England has cast pve.s on llie former lltlie iMau-<if-war â€" .^hiViis only of 500 or 600 Ion* displace- liiunt. n.\Y OF OOD.S MERCY. "llltlm.'ilely the Investigator was forc- ed into what proved to bo half a cen- ti;ry's bantshment in an InUd on the iiortl»ern slioro of liainks' Land. Mc- CliHx; had be<>n so buffeted uUnil that he uiccepted Ihis fate with .some nniount r-f .sati.sifaction, becau.se hi.s lot luigiil have been worse. In IIh! feeling of re- lief he named the inlet 'the Bay <*f Gods Mercy,' and there tho InvesUgalor has Uiin. ubsoliilely frozen up, undergoing a i>roc>c'ss of refrigenation for upwards of half a century. "From .Sepleiriber. 1851, until the foi- l<.wing suMimer the frozen-iip .ship was .McClures heudciuhrlcrs. At la.st the siliialion began to assume a grav<^ as- pect. Food wa.s running slioil, and Iho crew wcix) suffering from illness. Thci'c was no prospect of reUef. Me- Clure at length (lecided that tie had no cour.se but to a.baiidon the little vessel to her fate, and seek safely for himself and his con>pnnions, if such were lo lie found anywhere in these si- lent wilds. Tin: cp.EW HF»scuEi). "lie had come lo Ihis detenninalioti wifen Ucutenant Ii<-dford Pirn appeared rn live sceno by chance. lie had come acro.s.s from the He.«dule, which by Ihis time iKid got into .Melville .Sound. McCliire found all his doubts come to lite ono.1 more. HLs liOf«;.5 were cen- Iwd on wailing t-T save Ihe Investiga- tor, and l>o thought of gelling slores fr.'in Ihe Hesolule, and seeing the in- cident out lo a finish. Before coming lj a linal decisfon, he went across lo Ihe Besolule, wIlel^e he wjnferred with Captain Kellctt. By ihiJs limn the ill- ne.ss among his men liad increased, and lie had no allernalive but to leave the Ifivesligalor to Iwr fate, and con- v<»y his niea acrcss tho ice to tho Be- .<*jliite. "Thus it came about that (he Invpsti- gntor was left in the ice pack, while her captain and crow took passago in tin.' Hesojule. 'I'hey were afterwards Irnn.sferred \f\ tlic .North Star, ami reached ICngland on Seplcuiljer 28, IS.'it. aflei- an aivsenee of f jiir years and e ght iMoiUhs. It was an eventful voy- age, and now Ihe hormo-coming of the Inve.sligalor. after half « century, wilt IM'ove an appropriate secpiel to IIk' dis- Cfvery of |h« .Northwest Passage." now KI.VK KILLRitM AW; KILI.ED. 'Ihe Dreadful Faic Whirl) Scwiie o( Them I'jidrrgo. Tho*" Hninng.st Ihe a-sassins of the lal-> King of Portugal and las sou wfio â- fell viclim.s Ifi IIk- twibres aixl bullets ol Iho soldiery ami police were lucky. I'ui' even in Ihe.se hmmiianitarlan days the lot of llie regicide, wh-^n caught, is nul usually a very enviable one. To be liung<'d is the least be can ox|xh-I. Pcr|>etual .solitary imprfeuiuuenl is a fur more dieadful fate. It drove Brcsci, tlw' assassin <if King Humbert of Italy, lo .suicide; raid it has tran.sformod l.ue- chiii, who murdored Ih- Em|)ress of Au-slria, into a hojx'kvs iinl)ecile. .'VmoTigsl the pl/dti^rs implicated in the murder of th<; kite .«liah of Persia, uw. was Uirlured to deatli in prison, wliile another wa.s iiK'a.«<Hl in wet plas- l< i-of-paris, w'liieh, on siHUng, slowly crushed Ihe life out of him. Three o( Ihe .assasins of a pivvtous .Shah were boiled alive in huge copper cauldrwis. So latK as the year 1831. the tw<; Mavivitnicliaeli.s, who slew Count Capo d Islria, the firet pre.^ideint of Grtxjee, were immure*! witli close brick wall.s, huill round lliom up to their chins, and .'â- upiil.ied with .sailed food (but no <lrink) imlil they did. nauiens, who allcmi>le<l the life ol K ng Louis XV.. was lir.st barbarously loilured, and IIkui lorn to piis-e.s by wild hordes. 'I'hi.s awful pimis.hment wa.s luiblicly carried out in one of Ihe [irinciiial sqiiaiv-s of Paris no longer ago than Vlaivh -'Slh, 17.17. Bavailac, who o-ssassinated Ilenry IV. of Prance, suffered a similar fate. Tbt! murder of .Selim III. of Turkey wa.s pu'blicly impaled, lingering five and a half days in <lreadful torment. Those who di.l l<i death his immedijitc siic- K-e,ssor. MiLstupha I\'.. were torlure<1 ami starved on alternate days, and de- priveil of .slicop l)y night, unlU death came lo their relief. THE WAY WITH IIEB. Theres jii-st no u.se iii talking. When a woman starts to cry She can have most any baublo That a pile of gold can buy, II she (Icsliett Ihe <iceaJi .\iul it melled inio tears S( mo chap would try to scociip it up 11 il look a million years! \\a\h\ a noise liko a dollar bill and the world will give you llie glad haiul. .\ woman .'vUloni Uuiglis al a mnn'.s j( kes unle.s.s s1k» has an axe to grind. That hacking cough continues Because your system is exhausted and your powers of resistance weakened. Take Scott* sS Emutsion, Lit builds up and strengthens your entire system. It contains Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites so prepared that it is easy to take and essy to digest. ALL DRUCaSTSt B0<. AND (1.00 IN TIIK lli:.\L.MS OF ANTIOliTY. (By A. Banker.) To those lo whom the Tnighly past pri'M.'nU* greater attractions than the less ri-llned and classc i.lilitttrianism of 11m piv-scnt day, Athens, the cradle of li!stlM>tic ap;liilecturc', and Iho biilti- fdace of cha.ste and graceful statuary and ornate de-sign, far .surpa'.v..* any other capital of Euroiw in interest and in real fascination, llejc the visitor is in the midst of Ihe siibLinest crcati<ui.- "f man whieh the world hii.s ever so<'ii â€"not massive and vast, as the .slii|)cnd- ous pyramids of ligypt; not gortjeously embellisti â- .! with all manner of prec - ous st ifK-s and ovcria d with .solid gold as .Sokmion's temple at Jerusalem; not e\en dfcornled with elalxjrale mosaics .â- >â- â€¢ sfimc of the old Iloman masterjiieces >l structural arl, but erections of the liUj.renicsl and the most <'X(|Uis:te re- fiiiement and elegance of dc.,ign. I'irst ascending to the summit of the Aci-opohs, a conical hill near the cen- tre <if Ihe City, Ihe visiUor is at once tran.sf<rred into tha realms of anli- f;uily. Here th'O pieturesf|ue minatiir.' temple, the Erechthcum, w.th its portieo of Ihe fiaryutkies, known the w<<r.d over, and wImmi imitated in modern buildings giving a distinct ve graw! ond artistic cliarm; here tho handsome teni- pk' of Victory; and here. Its superb and lofty marble cvdumns towering up- wards and staiiding in bold relief agaiu.st the wonderful azure of Itie Giccian sky. the inagiulicenl temple of .Vfinerva, d mbPeasâ€" with [O.ssibly the one exceplon of the great lemide ol Diann oi Ihe Ivphcs an-.â€" tlie sublime.st si>ccimen of llie purest classic art ever erotled on thia earth. But alas! the de- scendfinls of those vulgar barbarians who .stripped the Pyramids of their marble casi/ig lo 'build il>eir palaces, with an equal savage vandalism dii-eet- ed their cannon against this priceless monument of tfie jiasl, and iinlwppily achiev<Hl the disgrace of irreirivably <lamagiiig it, the cruel rents made by Ihclr projectiles st 11 bearing witness to their lasting dishonor. .And at va'-ious points in tl»e city ore olhi^r line r.'Lios of Grecian art; the spkml.d Temple of Theseus, still hap- pily in perfo'.'t repair, built iinnioili- alely after (lie great viclury of Nfara- llion, which it com nis-mo rates; the Tenipio <.f the wimis; the tiniph theatre, Ihe names of the stallhilders in.scribed or. tho inarbte scats .still legible; with many another noteworthy and hand- some creclton. But lo .^ome. siu-pase tng them all in interest, is the Arco- ,pagus, or Mar's Hill. I"or <m this rock- pulpit al lh<! fool of llie .VcropolUs the great .\ioslle lo the ftcniilos .jvreacliovt. <:hrist crucified, shewing llie old Greeks 111* folly <if worshipping an "unknown Crod," and convincing many of Iheni that by suffering that ignoniLnious death lie, Iho Bedeemer, was l>earlng Ihe pmiishnienl due by us in <iur slead. And that Alonemeat st II avails for al! who will. BABY'S TEKTHINS TIMB IS A TRODBLOUS TIME When baby is teething llie whole h< uselvold is iip.sel. The lender little gums are inllanied and swollen, llie |<or little chiM suffers and often crie.s day ami night, wearit»g the mollier out ami keeping tlie rest of Ihe family on edge. In tht* lioines where Baby'.s Own Tablets are used there is no such wor- ry. The Tablets allay the inllamina- lion, sooth the irritation and bring the t<H>th through painleivsly. Mrs. .S. Wil- liams. .SI. Joseph, Ont., says: ".\Iy first baby suffere<l lerribly when cutting her tiN'lh and the doctor couhl do nolhing fo" her. I got a box of Baby's Own Tablets and they did her so much good tluit I cannol say enough in their favor. You may be sure tlial 1 always keep tike Tablets in Ihe house now." .Sold tv' all medicine dealers or by mail at 2')C. per box from The Dr. Willianio' Medicine Cm.. Brockvillc, Onl. IIOllSI': RKVr IN PKHl!. A Travcllw's Kxperiencc Wilh Too Muny.I.Andlords. In a village «n the upp<r .Maranon, m Peru, Mr. C. B. EnocU slaye<l for seme w<'<^ks in a Ihatclaxl adcdile hoase on Iho liank of the river. In "The .\n- des and the Aaiazon" he recalls certain umusuig facls i-egurding his stay. I hired the place, writes .Mr. luiock, at tho not exorbitant renlal of twenty cents per week, which amount I liand- isl lo the owner on receiving llus key. I had just had il well swhs|)1 out, my ba.ugage Installed and Iravelling col pul up, and was enjoying full (x).s.ses- sion of tlie premises, wlum n wrathful senora appeared and nskeil my servant by what right I was theiv. II transjiired that slie laid claim to lh« ownership of the place, saying that the .per,s<in lo whom I paid the rent was an inipositor, wIk) had uhstdulely no right lo llie house at all. Weary, at length, of Ihe voluble argu- menUs of the woman, who went back into the ticmot<- hisUiry of llie village l.i prove her claim, I hit upon Ihe simple loelbod <d gelling rid of her by paying iKi Ihe njiiount of Ihe rent, Ihe ili-simt- cd twenty cents, in full; but I took the pieea\il:on lo obtahi a reW'iid this time. The dame liaving deparUMt. I again la) back in my c:il. and was jusi fal- bng into a siesbi when nKire wrathful v<iices ai'oiH<'d me. BdioUlI thnxi other w<.men and a man were lax ing claim to th â-  tioi.se and its reid. and were only liieveiitisl from enleriiig by Ihe kmiw- l<dg^' that the patron was as'is-p with- in as my men informed them, and isleei) is much re.siiecled aii.ong Ihc-'-e P<(V)>1<>. This was really loo much, and I sent Bam Roofing Fire. LltthtnlDii Rust and Storm Proof Durable and Ornamental Ut us know the size of any rcof you are thinking of covering and we will make you an interesting offer. Metallic Roofing Go. Uimltad MANUFACTCRERS TORONTO aad WINNIPEG my boy for th© G-ibernad'.r. After much siftini; of evidence, it appeared that Ihe iH.st claimanl.s. the man and hi.s three cousins, held juobably Ihe most ]M<)]y right lo lilU?; and lo get rid of the whole affair, I .-itjain produeod a twenty-cent c»iin, and deposited il tem- porarily in Ihe kee.ping of the Gort;ern,v dor, until such time .ns a judicial de- cision on his part .should be arrived at. This particular hou^e afforded me yet aiiollw;r ineidcnl. Wishing to encourage liabils of c!eanliiies.s and decency aiming my men, I had, upon le.iving, given ord'M-.s llial the i>!,ice should be thoroughly swept onl and clcar.?d ot the litter of departure of my ni'n and bag- gage, and went on alu-ad. When tho arriero and my .vrvaiit joined me I in- quired if iny indructions had been car- ried out, and saw by their an.swers thnt .such had n«il Wfn Ihe case. F<jrlh- wilh I ordered a riglil-about-tum. and the village w&s shortly asl.oiiLshed at our re-arrival. I .set the men lo worlx. and had !lie place left in thorough or- der, whilst the villagers crowded round W'knderingly. "Know," I said, grandiloquenlly. "that ''.Il Englishman always leaves a house tU aner when he goes away than when ho ent<.'reil it.' \VI1.\T SWKD Till-; MISSION \RIES PEN SKETCH OF EMPRESS I.XF'ORM.VTION ABOLT CIII.N VS (;IU:\T LKVDFJt. The Dowager Eiiiprt>ss is a Pliy^ical Wreck, Aut Heiains Bri(fhtnr-.^ of Milid. To-d.iy the Dowager Empress of China i£» a ph.vs:cal wre<jk. but her mind retains "not only its wcnt.nl aubl- Itly, but sprighlliness' whiAi ah" still niiU into her much-adnnied el^gic^. The r><iwager Empress is descended in unbrok.n sueee.ssioii from Ihe foun- der of I h.> oldest .Manclui family known lo geneakigUts. lier fealuies were al- way.s chaiaeterLstieally Tartar. Her iHaiity IS a tradition to-day. bui au- Ihenlic accounts of it slww thai in her .v< iilh Iho Enipre.s.5 l))war;er was lull, Lila: k-haued, lari^e-eyed, flm-Ty funned. Siieh trails iiKide her available as « Ih^rd-cla-s wife for the .son of heaven, a d.'st action stiu .shared Willi eighty oth.r wonicii of about Iwr own uge. Tsj ii.sij bicame the mother of a line loy and Ihiis earned promotion lo the slali;s of a moi'e or less lawful wife. The reigning Empress failei to present InT lord wilh a son. His .Majesty djeJ, He son of Tsi Hsu was the .jnly avail- able hoir, a regency und-Tlook the gov- trnmeiit. and al last, by a Hal dellanca of tradition that set all' Chinese e.xp.'ri- ence at naught. T'si Hsu bcn-sclf uu^ ilertaok to rule the country. .SPANKED .SO.\ OF IIEAVE.N. She has dono il ever since. She had niaiTw>d her meek Utile son to a meelc- er girl of twelve. But when her owa [Ower .s<v?iiied u.ssur.sl. Ite .source ot all of it. twr S'jil, died suddenly. la Ihe ftuorgency she .set up Kwangdisu, then thri^' years old. Toi Hsu had to Miat-h Ihe liny crealuro from his sleep end hurry with him into Itie Council- chamber. Every lime the nominal Sovereign •iUlgrow his dooiUty he was soundly spardied. To Ihia.^ery day, il is hinl- .u. he is liable to corporal puiiishtnenl whenever the stale cf her Inipeiial Ma- j.sty's Uialtli warrants so much e.xer- lion. Indied. the wife of tho son • f iK-aven is said to have 'bc^m slapped in'o meekness by the Empre.ss IKiw- ager. whose authority both in and out C'l the domestic circ'c has always been baseii upon Ih â-  theory that to spare Ih-- rod i.s lo spoil the dynasty. I nOUGED E\EBY MOB.M.NC. Tsi Hsu has always been e.xtromely vain of the gCKi-d Ixjics to which her Had lo Make .Soap lit Order to Stay in Madagascar. Tlie inlrodiictinn of a»rlstianity into riso lo powel- would seem originally heathen ixiuntries has been more or Iv.ss | to have been dutj. Thi cosmetical ta- closeiy conneet<^d wilh trade and Ihe'cililios of her palace lo-day afford an arts of civilization. The government I t.uHel for the t>.:autifying energies of has often been keeiilv alive to th.- ad-ino le.ss than nine yoimg ladies of tho vanlage. of science but hostile lo rdig- ] luij cr.nl su.te. Hu- .Majesty ls roughed ions teaching. Such was the ca^c in »very mornui',' rogul.irly after bieak- tiiSt until her ch -eks llaiiie d<dicalely agai«-l the creamy coiuix.tsilie.u with which th.^ lest of her face has been coated. .\ huge mirixir is t!:eii rolled lo tho couch upon wliieh Ihe soui-ce o( al! power in Cihina ivclines. Tsi llsu • studies the effect of 111.; labors of lier ycung ladies so critically that it is .said "tu bo necessary occasionally to i-oug« 'c.'er"s 'mu\' were'tokU''*^'' ^^^'''^^ <^'" ""'''^* ^'""'^ '^^ technique gor.s ana Wir. WiM,. operation quite rea!i/.e.s the iin- n long lime in the .^_..^, J^^^ ^f,;* monotony is made tess tedious by song, the narraiinii of court jiossip. and not infrequent appli- cation of her .Majesty's rattan cane lo sensitive surfaces. The pencilling ot Ihe eyebrows and Modaga.scar lifty years ago, as- Ls told in Ihe pages of Bev. W. E. CuUi>in's biok, ".Madagascar of To-day." Oueen Banavalona was beginning lo fiel uneasy about Ihe growing inflinnce ,d foreign ideas, and wished t<i L-ot rid of Ihe iiii.ssioiiaries. She sent s-niic of- ficers lo carry her message. Th.? niis- s onai-ie.s were gathered together to meet the queen's me.s.sen that they had been a long country and had taught nunh. but that 1 1 was now time for them in think of returning lo their native land. Th* missionaires. alaniu-d al this message, answerevl that they had only bcguji to teach s< me of the elcmenUs of . fvclafcihes has had to be a'bandoned, •{ knowledge, and that much remained loj^^",^ ,nav trust French sjiirces <,l infoi- b..' imparted. They mentioned sundry branches of ei'uciition, among which were the Orrek and Hebrew languages. which had already been partially taught ti s-inve. The mes.sengere returned lo Ihe queen, and soon came back wilh this answer: "The queen does not care much for Ciiieek and Hebrew. Can you teach saniething more useful? Can you, for example, leach how lo make soap?' This was an awkward -Tueslion lo ad- dress to theologians, but after a mo- ment's pause Mr. Oritnihs turned to .Mr. Cameron and asked him whether lie ctiuld answer it. "Give mo a week," said Mr. Cameron, and the wtvk was given. .\t its close llic queen's messengers ogain met Ihe n.i.ssionnrles. and Mr. C^ameron was able to pp(\sent to Itienn a bar of tolerably good white s<jHp, made entirely ftxim materials found in the country. ThU was an eminently .satUfactory ar^wer. and the in<inufacture of soap wsus forth- with introduced. .Mid is still continued to the 'present day. altlwugh no one would now venture to call Ihe soai) "while."' .\s a result of niakiug this l>ar of soap the mission gained a respite of aloul five years, during which time Ihe queen .slill lo!erab\l Ihe pre-enco and teach ng of the missionaries for Ihe salve of Ihe material advantages derlvt>d from Ihe work of Ihe artisans; and it was <li:ring these years thai the first church- e-i were formed, and Ihe Christian re- ligion began to lake deep rool among the people. Biv'cr .si'a'rrmTE. "Tommy Tuff!' cried llie teacher, se- VI rely, "why dd you chalk your name on Pi's new d<sk?" "I tiao U'V." reidie-l Tommy. "I ain't ^ot no penknife ter carve il wid." K.<iin;ng money is one thing and ac- (luirdig II is quite an'dher. The man wilh a Iho'I e.n Ihe hack of I I.S mvk vierives no plea.siire from sn-an- n ng the heavens for oiisliii's. niali on. owing lo She growing weak- ness of the old ladv's sight. B'.il the hps continue to be carmined. Thd elightly slubboi'n growth of liair on fhin and upijer lip is dealt wilh ufler Ihe fashion of those western ariisls wlio. cl'lilerale black ey s by the application of heavy paint. I.O.NO Kl.NGER-.NAII-S. .\o attack cf illness could be too se- vere to justify the slgh'e-l omission nf co.snielcal deilil ly ih^ several la^..- <s conceriiei with llv> Eui; r. ss Uow- ager's toifc^l. Tlioiigh Tsi llsu be .s« ill that her day niusl be spent in bed. .'Ik is rouged, pencilled and ma.s.sagea en the flat <d her back. She emerge.s fioiii her toilet looking "perfectly na- Iwal." IK'r appearance, even in Ihe severe stag-* of th«^ nvent par.Tlytic sycU. was tliat of the "blooming tiiaf- nn in "an autumnal glory of enchant- ing womanhood." To a critical sv^^lern ey<-. llie complexion of Tsi llsu would >eem "gn^Miish." But that coloration lenders a feminine eutiele all Ih > leom M.<luclive to the Manchu e>e. Tsi llsu teing .Manchu herself to Ihe lips of Ivr extremely long lingei-naiU. Her Ma- jesty weal's feeuilarly-contrivo^l gUiVes In led. not, as has been inferred, lor Ihe ibcautillcalion of lier supple, delioale hands, but for the pic-ei'vation of that unparnllelW tenglh ti which her tin- (;er-nai!s liuvo attained. The nuils wi'l break al limes, lh<^ phenomenon |)or- lending. in her Majesty's opinion, a caL*- niity lo llio country.^-Cunvnt I.ilcra- ture. "Br.dgel," sftHi Ihe niislres.s of |ii« hou-)e. "soiee of the beJ-linen i.^t mi.v s ng. Was any if il left on the line?" ".Moltior." criini her little daughliT, "! know whoiv il is. Ealher's gol it." "What do Vvil mean, child?' "1 ln'ard ..<un<' id the neighlvnrs say this nwrn- ng that Ihey saw faiher la.-l n gill with thiet? sh'cls in tho wiiull" A man never bormws Pie sca!e^ of jii.sliiv for the .(jurpose «d weighing tlie shjricom nt-. ^f lis ne ;;hb'.r.