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?*-f-f-f44-»-f-f-H~f-f-f-f-f>-f-f-f>*!M-f-f-f-f-f-f-f^^-f-f-f-M"f4~»-f4^ •r- i 1 OR, A LOOK INTO THE PAST CHAPTER V.-(Cont'tl) made her blucxl boil to remember! Derrick Darnley threw himself back with a Kigh of exhaustion as they departed. "You may fan me if you like, pretty coz," he observed, languid- ly ; and Dorothy, eager to obey him, took off her broad-brimmed hat and waved it to and fro. She was not very sorry when slio saw Nancy turn and move away ; but Darnley, who had caught a glimpse of those wonderful blue eyes, with sonu thing very like con- empt for him in their gaze, at once /oused himself. "Oh! do \)C sociable. Miss Ham- fltxjn," he pleaded; "it is too hot lO do anything industrious, and the ihadc is delicious here." "Many thanks, but I must go. Dorothy, 1 think I shall walk down lo the village, if you don't mind; I â- want to see Mrs. Wortley." "In all this heat," Darnley be- gan, but Nancy had already dis- appeared, and with a slight con- traction of his brows the young man resigned himself to circumstances. The smiles and flush had died \way from Nancy's face as she walk- 'd slowly back to the house. It )ained her to see the wealth of love »nd attention pretty, spoiled Doro- Jhy lavished and wasted on Derrick Darnleyâ€" yes, wasted was the right word, for her woman's quick wit showed her tnat he cared for Dorothy only as a child, and with just as much affection as a brother gives to a sister ; while she, who reigned as queen over the hearts and lives of all around her, would have willingly crouched at her cou- sin's feet if by so doing she could have won a look or word of deeper regard. The proud spirit that was so pre-eminently one of Dorothy Leicester's characteristics, seemed to vanish altogether when she was near Darnley as the snow melts beneath the sun. Nancy had often wished during the last few monthsâ€" though the feeling had l>een more or less vague â€" that Dorothy had been more guarded in her admiration for her cousin ; but she had never experi- enced the decided sense of pain and annoyance such as came to her now as she loft them alone together. "It will mean grief to her simie day," she naid, regretfully and ten- derly to herself, "and, oh! I can- that Sir John Hamilton had curtly and coldly informed Henry Chap- lin that the family did not intem.l „• . „„ ., ^ „,„*;»„j„ „„.i i,„„ . xi_ L 1 I i 1 smg out all the gratitude and nap- to recognize the broken-hearted • " i„„_i t„. ,.i,i «n iv,^ ° .,^ , piness 111 my heart, 1 could nil the stag-beetle, an it ran swiftly through the parched grass below, "1 hope 1 am not growing too proud of myself. I want to remember that 1 have done nothing to deserve all the marvellous good fortune that has come to me, I want to remem- ber that I am guarded and cared for by One who has never yet de- serted me. I feel I am not half grateful enough. I must not grow idle and luxurious. I must never forget that. "JJorotliy is different from me. This life is hers by right. It has come to me as a giftâ€" maybe as a loan â€" and as such I must value it. Oh, if I hiul only voice enough," the girl murmured, passionately, yet with true religious fervour, "to whole world ! â€" yes, the whole world !" A glow, born of the emotion with- in her, flitted across her face and made it beautiful. In her graceful attitude, uncon- widow of Bernard Hamilton, when she came back from that Indian grave, only herself to weaken and . die. ' "If she had committed some crime â€"been even of humble birth â€" they might be forgiven," the girl would' . t ii u, * i i„„„ tv „„,.v,* " • . , V, 1 i» .lu 1 scious of all but her deep thought say, passionately, to herself; but ^t i- _ ...i.... _.•."..-, her only fault was poverty, and be- cause my father married secretly and against his parents' wish, they vent their displeasure like this on her and on mc ; but I do not want them^it is I who do not own thera of my own free willâ€" I am too Nancy made a pretty picture enough to satisfy any eye ; and yet there was one, who stood a little distance off, looking at her with anything but pleasure or good-will written on his pale, unwashed face. "Yes, she's alone, sure cnuf. Now, to 'ave it oat with 'er; and r^t ' „„ T.T , „„ „ t vi;„ 1 ' qii'ck, too. I'll let 'er know what t)f course Nancy was not bund ];';^^,_^ '_^ ,^ ^^ ^i„„i „,;*i, ;„ ^„ >> to the fact that her uncle's position had materially added to the difficul- she's got to deal with in me. Still intent on the beetle, and ties which her mother had had to I [«â- "* i" .^er musings, X^yicy did not contend against when she wrote her ^«'^'- ^)\^^^' hasu foo steps cornc ^,,„, ±°\.„, u ...1 ]•„ r„„;i„ toward her, and she started with is extracted. But in inis instanco there were no fatalities. Dr. Philippi states that the pois- on commenced to act two hours af- ter dinner, and the ladies especial- ly were affected. But all the men and women suffered from hallucin- ations. One lady thought herself a living statute and refused to move from: her pose. Another went on her hands and knees searching for an j imaginery object. An English lady, wanted to teach her language toi everybody present in turn. A Rus-: sian lady, who always spoke Ger-I man, entirely forgot that language. | Another lady ran to the tele- phone and put out her tongue at' the receiver as though exhibiting \i\ to a doctor. A chambermaid car-j ried away twenty-five hot water! bottles in succession to her own bed. When a doctor was hastily sum- moned one of the lady patient?, to whom he was an utter stranger, in- sisted that he was. an old and dear friend, and would not allow him to leave her. The men were also caught in the brainstorm. One of them started: out for a chemists, but never reach- ed there, forgetting his purpose, and bought quantities of useless things at other shops. Twelve hours later, having been promptly and carefully treaL<'d. the patients had all recovered, but they could none of them remember their extraordinary behavior. 4< THE POWER OF CO.MPOUND INTEREST. «*Eat and Be Merry I" Stop starving yourselfâ€" stop suffering the pangs of Indigestionâ€" stop worrying about what you dare and dare not eat. Eat hearty meals of wholesome food, take HA-DRu^cosEPsi/iyiBjtETi and yau'n feel like a nev person. Scur stomach â€" heartburn â€" occasional Indigestion â€" chronic dyspepsia â€" all jrteld quickly to NA-DRU-CO Dyspepsia Tablets. The properly digested food restores your strength, your stomach regains its tone, and soon requires no further aid. 50c. a box. If your druggist has not stocked them yet send 50c. and we will mail them. 37 National drug and chemical Co. of Canada Limited. MONTREAL. FOR PINK EYE DISTEKPER CATARRHAL FEVTR AND ALL POSE AND THROAT DISEASES Cur«>» the sic-k and acts as a preventailTe for others. Llqnld given on the lonjrue. Safe for brooU mares and all others. Best kidney remedy! 60 cents a bottle: 86.00 the do:en. Sold by all <!ro??ista and harneM hoa:>es. Diatrlbut. rsâ€" .^LL WUOLliSALE DRUGGl.STS. SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Cheaiials. Goshea, lad., C. S. A. A flrvenoc m«cd the sa-ns â- Â« lcmo.2 or Taa/11r« Ef ^isaclvlBf gratralaCed tuffar In water tod aadiQir Mssttlaa, a daiiooas lyr^y la ira4a 'after tlijan mt ' ~' ' sroccn. U ijt*. acud ^ f ar 1 o*. kottU- as a tyrop bafter tban mart'e. U av'etaa )i aotd ( sroccn. U or*, acud Mc f ar 1 q twipa kMk. Craaaast Mft. Ca.. Saattia, Wa something like fear as a shadow fell across the sunlit path, and, raising her eyes, she saw William the dis- mispod servant, before her. In a moment, however, her sense of vague fear and aversion vanish- ed in pity for the man's poor-look- ing condition. "I am sorry to oce you like this, i ,. , ,, „, , - i ,• •, n-ii- ., 1 u i.1 lu find the number of years by divid \\ il ham, .she began, gentlv, gath- , , • , u „- '' , â-  \u , ' ., u 1 J which wo add .35 years makine th< ering together her g oves and sun ' â- ' "".ihr Here is a simple rule for finding the number of years in which a sum of money will double itself at compound interest. Divide 69.3 by the rate per cent, and add to this .35. Thus at 3 per cent., we ing C9.3 by 3, which yields 23.1 to ALAS, POOR EXPLORERS! r-IEN WHO HAVE PERISHED IN "DARKEST AFRICA." The Greatest of All Was David Livingstone, Who Spent 33 Years In Africa. story to her husband's family Scholar, student, i)liilosopher, gen- tleman as he was, Henry Chaplin still ranked as a petty tradesman ; he had gradually sunk from his pro- per place, dragged by a rash and unfortunate marriage, into the very gutter of life. It was hardly likely that Sir John Hamilton, proud, haughty, aristocratic to the back- bone, would be more eas^^Iy appeas- ed when his daughter-in-law wrote imploring aid from such a place; it was nothing to him how, by a series of misfortunes, Henry Chaplin had sunk to this level; it was nothing , . . .. . . r- ...v^.^»w ..-,., „ ,,,., to him that poor Nellie Hamilton 1 ,'^^''*\*^J'" ,^^ '^'^^^ •^â- Â°" .«^, K<;t "'^ great advantage over simple inter- P^Jj^^f''^^'"- ... . ,^ **"" «i,„„u,...* - e indeed! L °„t :„ j....ui.„„ ^ut _..:. .«' The latest victim of the shade, and stepping to the ground. time 23.45 years. making the ^^ ^'^''^ *^*^' Africa the "Dark I Continent." We might equally well At 3 per cent, simple interest it term it the "Fatal Continent," fur On that day they carried him inta Chitambo's village, built a bed for him, and aired the hut with a good fire. He revived a little, and la> j)eacefully ail the 30th. In the ev- euing he called to his body servant â€" Susiâ€" to bring his medicine chest, and from it took a dose, and then dismissed the boy. His pupilâ€" Jacob Wainw right, a colored manâ€" alepl in the hut with him, and woke earlj in the morning to attend his master. He found him kneeling by his bed- side. Wainw right waited a while, then, growing uneasy at his abso- \ lutely motionless attitude, touched ! him on the shouiUer. The great had nowhere else to rest her broken heart ; it was enough that she was residing at a small grocer's shop, in a fourth-rate London neighbor- hood ; and, incensed and deeply grieved at his son's untimely death, he promptly and curtly cut off all further communication with that son's wife, bidding the rest of his children follow in his steps. Ho was faithfully obeyed, as we have seen. He had been dead for sev- eral years now, and his eldest son reigned in his stead ; but .he, too, was blind and deaf to the cause of his brother's child ; and if he ever thought of poor Nellie Hamilton at all, it was with a sigh of relief that she would trouble them no more in this life. Was it strange, then, that our lioroine, warm-hearted, impulsive The man interrupted her angrily. U„'i.„„ ..o , o "' °"">J"' ""-•>-•"='"• '» j^ j^^^^ claimed the lives of a ereater ... i i i i j tt ••TTor» ctr.«r flint 1" !.« coi.i !« i takcs J31-3 ycars for money to "• ""= '-'"""^'" "-'; uvea ui u gicai^. imissionarv was cold and dead. H« ,nWl ' -rrrl LJl Afil^T n" â-  *'<^"ble itsclf. And SO you wiUfind "'-i^^bc/.^^f e.xplorcrs than all the j^^ -^ j^^^ j^j^ j„ ^^ ^^^-^^^^ solently. Sorry, indeed, Miss Up- ! ^^^^ compound interest has a very /^^' "| ^"^^ ^"^^^ ^^K"^°« "^ '^^ ^"'^ jof prayer. the chuckout : Sorrv, indeed ! I : ^^'f ** ^f ^'J-'t^g^ «v«>- «iâ„¢Pl« l"'*^:, ^ Th. ^aJj^'vintin, .f tb. . .fric.n I Wainwright and the others buried . , . . , V. t^ ^ I est in doubling power, the ratio of ain t to lie won over by soft-sawder 1 - - *^ like that; not me. You've done me not bear to think that she should generous, as she was, should have rush blindly forward to meet it. Yet grown to hate the name of her fa- what can 1 do? She is such a child, ther's people with a hatred foreign she hardly knows herself the truth to her nature, and to regard her a jolly bad turn, and I'll be even with you !" Xnncy drew back, not alarmed, but indignant, at the man's injus- tice and insolence. "Y'ou do not know what you are! saying," she answered, very quiet- ly, but with a full measure of cold haughtiness in her voice. "Let , savaire i^ in Fnirli«binanâ€" I ipiitpn- t^^ir master's heart under a great one force to the other being for all sa^ age is an Jinglishmanâ€" J, k uten- carefullv mummi- ant Boyd Ale.Kancer, murdered byi"?*" , ', j tuieiui..v luummi^ me pass : (To be continued.) of her heart; it would be cruel and worse to speak bluntly to her, and, after all, she is not so much to blame ; he has no right to accept her adoration in that languid, sel- fish, conceited manner. I â€" I did not think he would act like that." She stopped when she passed the tennis court, and half smiled as she Baw Lord Merefield's woe-bcgonc face. "Why cannot that be?" she thought, half sadly; "it would make Sir Humphrey radiant with happiness and Lady Merefield would be overjoyed. He is a nice boy, too, but-â€"" And here, be it said, Nancy col- ored vividly, as she suddenly rea- lized that in that eloiiucnt jiauKe «he hu<l contrasted Ij^nd Merefield with Derrick Darnley, very much to the former's disadvantage; and that, finding the young barrister so fair and manly herself, it was no â- wonder that Dorothy did so also. "I will not bother my brain about it," she determined; "the future will shajie itsclf whatever I may do to prevent it." And with this philosophical rea- rming she went indoors, and, put- ting on her hat and gloves, start- c<l for her long walk to the village. She never neglected to pay a vis- It twice a week to Nurse Wortley, whose kindness to her when she most needed it sho was never like- ly to forget. As she walked slowly along, her thoughts flew to her uncle, an«! the wrclcluvl, sordid place, which for so many <lrcary years she had learned to call home. SometinicH the past rrtiunr<l so vivi<lly that she wouhl fttuit and IiK'k round affright.<<<l, fearing that her happiness was only a dream, and wouhl presently roll away ; but these moineiits were not frerpii'iit now, far more keen w.th a grutitiidn to her Heavenly Father for having guided her into such a haven, and given her such treasures ns iindoiilited love, appreciation an^l trust as her own. She rarely thought of Henry Chaplin without pain. Rho couhl not forget that ho was her hea<l jnother's most beloved brother, that he lia<l done nil in his feeble p;)wer for her gorMl. It was always n b'tJer niTlifieatinn to Nancy to •'k ;»nf M'-r fatli tor's relations •â- a;Iv <li:uiwncd her. It poor, weak Uncle Henry with a still greater afhictiun than she would have bestowed on any rela- tion of her father's? She had stray news of him now and then from Dr. Orantloy, and somehow she felt intuitively that things were not going well with the shop or household, though nothing definite was told her. The tloctor never mentioned either her aunt or Thomas Moss ; and it Xancy ever permitted them to enter her thoughts, she was not long before she chased them away, supplant- ijig their hideous memories with some fresher sweeter ones. Deep in her thoughts, Nancy had walked some way before she became fully aware of the intense heat and fatigue of the journey she had un- dertaken. "Not halfway, and tire<l al- reiwlyl" she observed, ruefully, coming t<3 a standstill, and <lraw- ing a <leei) breath. "I wish I had waited now, an<l come this even- ing, or taken Dorothy's iK«nies. The e.xercise would have done them goo<I," with a smile, as she reniem- bere<l the two fat, sleek, handsome creatures, metaphorically and actu- ally <'ating their hea<ls off in their luxurious stalls. "Just half past four," she con- tinued, looking at a tuy watch hang- ing from a dainty chatelaine, one of Sir Humphrey's many gifts to her. "I have a wvy goiKl mind to retrace my 8t<'i>s. It is ignominious, but immeasurably more pleasant. Monnwhile, until I liav<! <leterniin- ed, I will rest nie a little. This stile bulks comfortable." She gave another sigh, this time of relief, as she sank back against one of the br<iad upper posts. Her little hands lay ungloved on her lap, and as slie glanced down at their soft, smooth white sxirfaco, she smiled. "How different!" she niuHed. "They arc a fit emblem of the change in my life. Who would think, to look at them, that they have peeled many hundro<la of po- tatoes, scrubbed a few floors, and serve<l out soap and soda behind a counter? Well, life is funny I" She leaned her arms on her knees, and put her fresh young face into her opin palms. "I hoiie," she thought, soberly, fixing her glorious eyes on a huge THE GARDEN OF THE LORD. SENTENCE SERMONS. Before our eyes God's garden lies, He bids us share its fruits so rare. The Day of Host yields fruit the best, The day of pain may yield large gain. The day of loss leads to His Cross. The day of toil is fertile soil. The day of prayer makes sweet the air. ordiniry rates of interest about as ,. . ,, ,, , , ^, jQ ^_ .7 natives in the rubber country of the This power of compound interest ^^â- t:?*^.^'^^'^,*^'''^ ',^ ^"f last 'strong- may be illustrated in another wav. ^^'5^ ^^ ^^^ f [ave trade, and is con- Three young men save $50 each ^^^j,^*^ ^^ ^^« dangerous Mohani- a vear for 40 vears. i â„¢^"° .«*-'"«*. ^"^*>' ''"''f," ''^ \'>« A, being a Very cautious youth, ' ^"»"'/ Lieutenant Alexander puts his money in a strong bo.x at ''"*/ '^^ ""^ ^f «;*"' , His death home. At the end of 40 years he ^*^^. °"<^ ^""^ ^ i ^ "^ f bne Kfltwl Jto nnn 1 British martyrs to the cause of civ- I ilization. I "I mean," wrote Mungo Park, has saved $2,000. B places his money with a bank- er who says he will allow him ., u j 1 „;..,r^ia ;.,io..<.cf „t •» „ „„„* w more than a hundred vears ago. to simple interest at 3 per cent. At •, . â- .. ,, c " 1 j ^ â-  +!,« «„^i f tk^ An ,.«o,= k„ 1 -t sail east with the fixed determina- tne en<l m trie 40 years he has at â- â€¢ â-  â- â-  lu i. â-  .l- * !,;„ „.« 1:1^ ai mn I tion to discover the termination of nis credit 9o,z3U. ii. -vt- • l • ii. 1 C deposits his money in the Post^*" ^'8«^; *"^ ^P^'"^^*^ l? *'*^.''*- tempt. Aear Broussa tho natives Office Savings Bank at 3 per cent., compound interest, and at the end made a fierce attack upon his ex- t 1(1 ,.„o>„ I ».„â- , «T 000'""*.%"" pedition, and Park was obliged to cLdit l">- ^"^" ^*'-««"^' ^"^''"S ^^« "^'^ ^^ ButD has discovered a still more' '^''^'''"f ^'t *'a"»"«"VrP'*''- ^'' „_ „n „t „., XI I.- canoe struck a rock, split in pieces, excellent way. He pavs his money. , „ , • j V- • . ., rv â-  • /' it and flung him and his companions to the Dominion Government for .... * • . « » „ n 1 ., \ c r' J- i~< I into the raging waste of foam. Park the purchase of a Canadian Gov-' *• » - fying the body, carried it to th« coast. It was conveyed to Eng- land, and buried in the presenc* of reverend crowds in Westminstet Abbey. LAST OF THE LIEUTENANT. What is perhaps the most dread* ful disaster in all the records o( African exploration befell the French expedition of ISSl under Colonel Flatters. After passing safely through the worst parts ol the Sahara Desert, the treacherout Tuaregs swept down upon them, and killed nearly all his men. in- cluding his thirty camel-drivers, and drove off all' the camels. The. survivors, numbering fifty in all, started back across the sandy des- ert known as the "Thirst Coun- try." pursued and harassed daj. and night by their Tuareg enemies They met a tribe who professed t«' .A •. TT • J made a desperate effort to swim , »_• „. „ j u u ^u ernment .'Vnnuitv. He is now aged â- â-  u *. i. j be friendlv, and who sold themi • "^ ashore, but was swept away and • _. • . . 20, and the Government say to him i ^n^i â„¢, , , , , • 1 that if he dies during the 40 vears i The day of need brings power toj^f saving his estate will be as well TWENTY YEARS AFTER. off as C's estate, for it will receive j Twenty vears later, in 1826. Ma- back all that he has paid in with 3 jor Alexander Laing. another per cent, compound interest, and hardv Scot, made a successful at- Thc flower reveals His plead. frailest jxiwer. Of darkest night He is the light. While nature sleeps. His own He keeps. The pruning knife brings larger life. The day of peace makes joys in- crease. The day that frowns may win some crowns. The day of wrong may make us strong. The day of grief may bring relief. The lonely day may show His way. The day well spent brings sweet content. Tho wasted day drives bliss away. Vexutidii's hour may bring us jiower. Temptation's stress our souls may bless. The day's calm close brings sweet repose. With power alone sad hearts may moan. A lack of power is evil's hour. The power that feels upholds and heals. Solfseeking strength grows weak at length. Pity and power are fruit and flower. To hoard aiul hold makes hearts grow cold. To earn and give is just to live. To get and share drives or.t despair. Tho woixls that please may cause disease. Tho words that sting may healing bring. T. WATSON. Uniondale, Ont., 1911. dates. The fruit was poisoned, and many died in agon.v. At last they reached the wells^ but these were held by the enemy,, and in the fight that ensued all the _^^ _ ^_^ ^^__ ^^ Europeans but oneâ€" Lieutenant tempt to CisiTThe mvsterious'crty j Polg"in by nameâ€" were killed. He of Timbuktu. Before he reached I ^*'""8»'^« "«*''♦" a few native por- it he was set upon bv Tuaregs- | '""' â-  ^^^ '' "*** "*•'" ^"'^• those masked bandits of the desert I T"« starving men went mad. fell ,â€" who left him for dead. But | "°,*'"^ ""^^^er. and the fate of poor each year, give him $500 a year for though covered with wounds, he i "'â- ''K"'" '* *^'" ghastly to be here- less than nine years, and if at 70 pulUnl through, and reaching Xim- i *'^**^'"'b<^*'- Eventually, four sharp- he would find himself without a buktu, staved there for some i ^^''°'*''"* reached the town of War- penny and in debt if he had no 'months until the fanatic inhabi- | f*^.'*' *''^ *^'^^ survivors of eighty- other means of support. This is tants drove him forth into the de-i^'.^l'* persons w'ho had set out full' worth thinking ab<nit. and you may |sert. He reached El Aruan. a small obtain further information on the ' oasis in the Sahara, and there was subject of your Postmaster or by, literally cut to pieces, addressing the Superintendent of Annuities, Ottawa. if he survives to age 60 lie will rC' ceive from the Government an in come of $500 as long as he lives. At 3 per cent. C's $3,883 would if he sp«'nt a portion of his capital MADNESS FROM IIVOSCINE. In Tivelvp lIoiir.s EfToeta of the Drug Wore Off. Dr. Philippi, a well-known Ger man physician, has just puLHshed, in a medical review, soroo extraor- dinary details of the effects upon twenty-five men and women «iiit- ore at Davos pension of some hen- bane root accidentally introduced into their horseradish at dinner. Henbane is the plant from which hyoscine, th« drug uaed by Grip- pen lathe murder of B«ll« Elmore, THE OHPHANAtJE ALPHABET. "We are orphans and fatherless." â€" Lamentations 6 : 3. A is for pure and wholesome Air; B is for Bread on which to fee<l ; C is for kind and tender Care ; D is for Dwellings orphans need. E is for .I'klucation wise; F is for Faith by which we live; is for GihI who hears our cries ; H is tor Health His mercies give. 1 is for Ink with which to write; J is for Jackets orphans war; K is for Kindness always bright; L is for Love so sweet and fair. M is for Medicine and for Meat ; N is for News from those who roam; O is for Oatmeal made to eat; P is for Parents safe at home. Q is for Quarts of flowing milk ; 11 is for Raiment sometimes red ; S is for Syrup smooth as silk; T is for Tables freely spread. U is for Use that in us lies; \ is for Virtue made to shine ; W is for Work that wins the prize; X is for excellence the sign. Y is for Youth that fears no frown ; Z Is tor Zeal which wins the crown. T. WATSON. Uniondale, Ont., 1911. + Captain Clapperton was another victim, but his death was due, not to savage spears, but to the fevcr- ladeu mists of the Niger. His ser- vant, Kichar<:l Lander, tended h'm to the end. and carried l.is papers safely to the coast. On his jour- ney. Lander had many thrilling adventures. In one pl-ve ho wajn^. ,,^,„^„ ^- â-  ^ . caught by natives, and sub,ecteJ | ^^^^ and the vouth fKUSon "- ^ - - â-  of hope a little more than five months previously.â€" London An- swers. to the ordeal bv -that CRUSHED. They were a happy pair, bent o«. enjoying themselves, and they didn't much mind if the other pas- sengers suffered in consequence. Presently the girl started to cri- ticize the clothes wvrn bv an eldei^ wishin.<; t(V V „ k„ 1 ♦.„.*» „«.»; «M II please, entered into the thing lieart- lie had to eat a portion o' the dead- []„ ° ly Calabar bean. By a miracle lie came through it unharmed, and af- torwai\ls. in company with his bio- ther. conducte<l a iresh expcviition, which solved the puzzling p.-ih'cin of the mouth of the great Niger. HOW LIVINGSTONE DIED. The greatest of all African explor- ers was David Livingstone^ whose experiences of the "Dark Contin- ent'' began in Bechuanaland in 1840, and extended over thirty- threti years, during which time ho walktKl tens of thousands of miles over the Africa. His last journey was through the upper part of the Congo Basin. He describes the country as "one vast sponge, intersecteu by countless streams." Tho blazing sun beat down, and raised a constant stream of mist, and being the rainy sea- son everything was saturated day and night. Under these awful con- ditions even Livingstone's iron phy- sique broke down, and his devoted servants made a litter, and stag- gered on through the deep, sticky clay. On April 87th he made his last entries in his notebook ; on the 29th he was hardly conavioua. The old lady's last year't- bonnet and cloak wore fiiHv critiscd with more or less giggling on the young lady'u part; the cut of her skirt was con- demnetl, and there is no tellins what might have vonie next if the woman had not put a sudden stopi to the conversation by a bit of cle- ver feminine stariegy. She turned her head, m.t-cKl that the girl was older than the youth, and in the smoothest of tones said :â-  "Madam, will you please stop> bush paths of Central !>'*'"'â-  son from staring at me I It. becomes irritating.'' Unshaven Person (entering bai»- ber's shop) â€" "I do not want a hair- singe, shampoo, electric niass-igBj. dandruff cure, or he.id wash.' Barberâ€" "Well, what do yow want?" Unshaven Personâ€""', want, a shave." Barber (to assistant â€" "Shave him. Bill. There's no law ta prevent these chaps wasting our time." â- â™¦ ShihlAGim â- â- tckly Mopa m«^. cat** «*'S%- •ka tkiaal aad faMa • • • SA