T H E C L I T H E R O E


BNQ and the pope •il autliuiitic


|ng Kdward VII fOTOrdottl,, aeriji


l^rcl. 30th-May Stfc m. Charle. Hm*,/:# r ’ *“1


om i t l . .a “ A S h o r r w J * '* ' ’" '


llrlet hf) I.^r tbo


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|r»d t.K« | lv for pnv.-vto ante.rrs«^


l lu s M.i),.aty. T lu ^ a o S ^ t o h ull Ills Iialo faco, Lllv^r


rvranl. full of M -iiT lie ChrEtmas ‘number of is t


BEVIEWS. n


London. Anyone on the look-out for a the " Strand n .'i'VlilaSaiine,’’ attracts attention from, the fact


©■ ’tiiab'^too familiar anew, on the front cover this month in colours. T h e big


!,« nuSfi’er opens with another of the revivilied ^ S l ia lo c k Hohnes’ uiimitable detective


^■ storfe “ T h e Adventme of the Dancmg T h e mystery is as evciting as anyr


»l«


I t the siKlit of wliun. |s of the Papal Cour- aUn,'?;''- li' a most sol,■ mi. :,, ..i ir.""'''*!! usual complim. ats, £ * >


Into Ills pnva to rnon,. and a!* | .ty - f .vn minutes in priTate^f


Int for tlie "P'nibers othi. in turn to tbii Pnp„ »m


troin i.is ctiair, anil’ .ad,.,_ . ‘f lM if t l iem . He t h ; n f e .


I«aj..sty for all'- t l„. | U,


tl.eni’Vliat^ho ■ l.aa'ai?,,.^^^^ ^ *oinu thf King, .11,(1


iL .tNCK IN JOUHNAUSM Iwrito r of “ Tl,„ Truth About t,


|•ril>l'.s bis <’.\perienccs ot wtatia *ij “ frco-lanciiig” :


*


a tramp touting for odd !o^. |u{T wliicli i.H ..1..- ..


of who.so lt*sH coinpl»*tc


l ii 'itan t ly to the f


.Imp,T s -buy ..,;.” „ is iiiim iiltil u iio; It must be so-tl


. . i commerdu insolence of g,


„ . tli.i iliilT-Iial. till, ready-for-m. ip th - crumbs lliat fall from tb r.l! ■


bought usually hi ./ •


pro.lucor emlo.ivouring u, comlitions he ij j,


l i& e f c o u ld desire, even for Christmas fare, made to tium on a series of hterogly- composed of figures of funny little 1 Hava


g a l & g men. In' “ Sovereigns Jiidlle. Helene Vacaresco. discourses


^ f a ^ i a r l y of the German Emperor and StEmpress, and enhances the value of her con- j^'ttib'ution by a number of striking illustra- “ My Lady Guide” teUs of a youthful


r iW ^ e o millionaire who engages a lady


^ # a ^ n e whom lie marries at the end of the Sfe;i-33? very striking contribution is “ T h e


.iif s iS Ironclkds,” by H. G. Wells. I t is an


^limaginajy’ battle piece, in wliich enonnous of war of a novel kmd produce


'^' tr^rtiiiiarv’ results. “ A Eamous Test, by iS r r ; “ T h e King and I ,” by Max “ on ; and “ T h e Transit of Venus,


®A^fMorley Roberts, are amongst the citliCT ®^^St6nK iu a part which one might almost call a ^ um e , for it contains over two hundred ' ' of reachng matter and xjictures— surei-


^ i^ f r e c o rd for a Christmas nmnber. “Mas- ^ 'T ^ ik e s of Humorous Illustration,” “ T h e the Enigma,” the true story o f an


™|Sfa&rdinary shiiJwrcck. T h e views of our ■— Ill,- H.d.irird. jealous, i».


he .^jtH down. MOnoured, when til III- imviT (-0"B to bed; ho dim


riiiiili would f.ill. His ('.vneriniM .1 rompi- iitivi, cx.imination, sad


; than that o f tlio black-and-whitt •S Kli-i.t-etiri-l with a portfolij M.l :1a- ihaiiii-of till' fri'c-lanaij I'l'cauBii hi'alono witnesses it-


I hi


|iii. that pi.Rlmaii with olonrileil [ti'iininy, that I'ismayin.


rapi 111.' rap of appn'Iicusioa bi.\, oiKht, and even lireln


'T ll'.'it li.ail |iaid me fxenty l.eei'iioiis 'lapre.s.ved a polilj


I llu' l\r.-


d 1 gi tid re


.«• I '■ f hi •II .ill <!:»y in drawing up billi


d.'i' iiiv ..rliele., and 1 liogiata ili.'t: iiiio litiraturr; nj t.'iUgJlt lUC lh(> trict


1 iin| «*•.«■ <i!i a taxing-uiastcr to • an<l-!(*uri“ 'r.rf : and there wu niind a lauyer’sbill Bmi UDd^


It ua.-«


i-. <'r.i\wj u|s” a irifinj r whudi I lahiiuriHl for t t«Mj, prinUHl, and


T t«Mi hliiliini.’!" on the eniuisy v.ij id «'|,.-n:s'E It' fore tne lib i f ni> -aiKinint* i^noruce!


rt l i rg '.Mici i with a carW .1 ras*‘ is prfjtarf*! fortrill,*


..diT its toil sliillitigs. But tie • d. M%’ th dkding fancy COIllddo . lid 1 ir.;--t .d>uul in filtilebliai.


M M!\.


-Ti ’ «d* IIKU'O.N’SFIELD. • mill in “ My .Moinoir*" 0!


intorivslin;: for homff of tbi li«. ;>ivi'n, .such aS Uut of


i,u .O’ th<-


•'•oniiMi>di.i iMii and fiirrgotic, isd


I’.iHiJLirck as saying: ^•.\^r;u)rdina^y


| . . !1 i.. I*- (iistiirix'd Ijy anytha. ,uis.- admiraiily, and wliffl * l.r.d.i-n nil. 1 .l^Ji’uUhU' t ill- I'nd


h.- W |i.


:ind 1 . I’c


u-dit


war. l l was tb« Shnvali ff have boli


fl r«*ady to Inl


h.ivi- h i'll Snvinl tbfO l lv. inv onlymeritil ftau-.-th.T at a tnoiatf


p -7t j.OKMi.l.- fc^r thorn to a[-ppc5


/' T-.vn v.’P.rv a-o, mIh-o : 1m t i ’ - f tin*--. I said to hia: p,,. v. <i io Hns'ii. You njistt w i t h liiT. Ilvouldt*


i.ii .i-ci .lint Ir.itJf.* III


ronni rns. U'hydojco .vovjld not \■ r^T you ,r v.TV !oiU'.


\v 11 ! II "I Iliin'l'i


Turki v. which n r . - 'o f A


hut I saw ,1.' af .-ar. I lM VM 'U - : JOCKKVvS.^


rk.'Vi in Hih b')ok " I., i ’ l , .y - l , “ -Mr. IMwurd for


.„..ation-Ti:nis orSjTA Add at w


Mijmj h brief artidi


S r ie a S n g architects on “T h e English House i“ of-the Euture,” are popular, readable articles S^iih'the sober vein, which go to the make-up ‘i^roffail cxceedhigly hiterestuig number.


’>:fgfi;lJnder lire suggestive title “ A Ra ce with S a l& o u d -B u r s t ,” tire Christmas number of # t l ie J '‘ Wide World Magazine,” opens witli MthS^^storj- of an equestrian e.xploit beside t tw h i^ the famous “ Ride of Paul R e ve re ’ fe fa d ^ into insignificance— how two young ^'fira i'ers rode a wild race with a raging flood S fin order to warn tire liapless towns and vil- |isiag& that


lay in its track. li :|Ta^JGo:


'-^i x^ ve s. gleaned from every part of the globe |v-arg,“ChrEtmas


in a Bear Trap,” a Cliristmas E v e Exirerience


“Touch in


^ItiielSouLli Seas, few ip n g ,” Adrift on a L o g,’' “ Wha,t Hap- at Bridge 21,” etc. etc. The number


j:t’'^fCO&tains seventeen stories and articles of


‘ i^^^id>s6rbing interest, and is published at 6d., a s ‘u su a l .


„.j„^.The Cliristmas “ Captain,” S seasonable matter, one of the most remark- t^'^’abla contributions being “A Christmas Es-


w |.|f » y / ’ by C. B. Fry, w full of


^ _ ^ ho leaves athletics for i ic i ic e and turr.s liis attention to ChrEt-


fmas sentiment. A l l the best known writers ........ Captain” ccuivributc to an uitcresting


Vl^posium of vieivs on “My Ideal Clirist. ■ ims,” which is illustrated by Gordon Browne


t f ;X & Browne, Felix Leigh, T . M. R. Wlut- ;uid others. In “ Clirisunas with


i l l^ i l ’ .,” tile interviewer, A. B. Coojier, re- M p e a number of diverting anecdotes


.'Ufred Pcarse, the famous black-and- S h i t e artist and sjiecial corresi>ondent, die K-’ti« donkey hs had to sit on die sleigh, and l^steqi liill, and.


lltfiius artist and quadruix-d arrived home m ^g r& t style! Mr. Cockbum Reynolds tells te'a*£ouching tale of two monkeys who escaix-d iSfrom an organ-grinder and found ilieir tvay ISirifo the monkey-house at die Zco one


^MfeKristmas Eve. “ The Sea-Poacher ” i.s a fggtini story of the Iceland fishing grounds, by


“ "IIa I e . lohnson, and “The Picked Seven at ’^ilHatf'Band^’ a- Cliristmas .tale of 'the 1-ar


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“ 'l iiave K. J-TOiiiP'


..vniiUl wi..»


• LTea-TjtK


; » h e “ Sunday Strand.” Christmxs num- makes a very bulky s’lXiicmiywortii, and is not a dull page m it. The cover one of tire most striking on the


th ae ujiening ----- -


Fiction, as becomes a Clirisunas holds a foremost place, the niaga- witili a finely written and a


,


■’ii’aSltiied “ClilrEtmas ----- Riddle’s Happy


c lu u -a c ie ris lic s to ry b y H a r o ld B ^ b i e , Sritxihc.i,”


axe: “Eneas fifTficught,” by C. Edwardes, illustrated, with pist il'3


J.alt' his well-known skill by Tom Browne, I f K l ; “A Bcl.ated Freight Car,” by Htu-riet Cox; ‘The Making of a rmm,” by


|S^ u e l .Merwin ; .and “ The Dodos Party, yb)|tiiat true successor of Lewis Carroll, G.^ ^ | l ‘arrow, the creator of the “Wallyjiug. Besides this there is a complete religious


p ^ e l by A. B. Coopqr,- entitled “ A Double ^Tojiosal,” and we are quite sure tluat tlrose fffio commence to read the adventures of I tivo heroes and tire one heroine will not


^i^t content imtil they have finished it. P|iomincnt among the articles i.s “ An Old-


fashioned Cltri.stmas, as Depicted by fam o u s Black and FVhite Artists,” wliich fiovers of the late Raiidoliili Caldicott


■ •ioi.ii.M,w..s W ' , ‘ ' ' i.i.ii; III"


lu-PtariiH’S ; I rUSNV j',,; tbe ■


Ipl^ecially will read witii great jileasure. |fl^ere is also an article entitled “A Century Ipfi Sunday Schools,” with some surprising |jwd most ingenious diagrams. “ Siuiday in Si^nstantiiiople” is a most up todate and Ln- ^t&esting article, while “Derelicts,” written Ijy. the Cltarit)' Conimi.ssioner of the “Sun- '"Say Strand,” gaves a thrilling account of the rk at Medland Hall, in the East End of


!!f Si


W e s t . )V !•'. W. Calk'uis, which Bret Haxte lSi\lMiDself iniehc have j>enned.


ALL SIDES OF THE FISCAL CONTROVERSY.”


A book which slioiild yirove invaluable to


all people interested in the great question of the day is “ All Sides of the l'‘Ecal Con­ troversy,” whicli Messrs. Lawrence and Bul-


len, Ltd. are issuing on December is t Not onl)' doeb it contain: all .ijhe inqxirfant sjieeches— delivered for and against— but it has a complete index of tlie subjects dis­ cussed by Mr. Chamberlain, Lord Rose- beny, Mr. Balfour, Sir H. Caiiqiliell-Bar.i- nernian, Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Mr. John Morley, Viscount Goschen, Sir William Harcoimt, etc. The book is editetl by Mr. T. L. Gilinour and is to be ptiblishetl at is. net


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jjl^t^t amusing yam relating to donkey ■ %ffiuch .Mr. Pearse took out in a sleigh on a Coming home tiiey reached a the sleigh overtaking Noddy,


snowy day. The Wedding that Went


fine recitation for Christmas should be care­ ful not td miss “Christmas Eve,” by Mrs. C. N. Jackson (Jim’s wife), winch is not only finely patlietic but beautifully illustrated. These are a few of the attractive features of tins ever popular magazine, for there are poems, music, tlie completion of the serial “Rolaiid Trevor’s Secret,” “Bible Talks,” by Rev. W. L. Watkinson, and all the usual features of the magazine besides, wliile the editor announces a “Criticism Comiietition” for the N^ew Year, with over four hundred prizes, many of them very valuable, the f^ t “


prize being an upright grand piano, tliis for sixpence is certainly a record.


Tho “ Tit-Bits Perary Christmas Song


Beck,” cemtains 'the full vocal and mstrumen. tal score of “The Star that Shone o’er Betli- lehem,” “The Bells Ring out,” “Cl-u-istoias Eve,” “ Christmas Bells,” and “ King Christ­ mas.”


T h e “Tit-Bits Monster ‘Vegetarian


Cooker)' Book” is a wonderful pennyworth. Whether we agree with absolute vegetarian­ ism or not, there is no question but that one of the weaknesses of EnglEh Cookery is the want c f knowledge displayed in the prepardr tion for food of the cheapest and most nutritious of die common elements placed witliin the luiiits of the lower middle-class


jiocket. Part 17 of the “Ccntuiy Book of Gar- Seasonable nar-


denuig,” cooitains the conclusion of Mr. Bean’s useful article on “ Trees and Slirubs in Garden and Woodland.” Mr. Bean E no lover of conifers and advises their disuse. One of the most important contributions hitherto hicludeti in the work is an article on “Beautiful Deciduous Trees :uid Plants.” This is tile group wliich loses its foliage, and includes many varieties ol great beaut)’, i he notes of eacli species and its varieties have been compressed into tiio smallest space, without curtailing any nocessaiy’ infoniia- tion; die article is concluded in Part 17, wliich also contains a valuable .pajiur by Hon. Vicary Gibbs, M.P., entitled “ Sugges­ tions on Planting Trees and Slirubs.” 'Iho illustrations are excellent, and as Mr. Gibbs has spent many years hi forming a collec­ tion of specimen trees for an English park and garden, he is entitled to be read with attention. T o meet a considerable demand the publEhers have got ready die complete volume in tune for the ClirEtmas season, and as a gift book to garden lovers, it would be difficult to find a better guineaswortii.


The ChrEtnias number of “Tlie Christian


Realm,” is one of the best yet produced. The place of honour is given to a most in­ teresting article by the Rev. \V. C. Chis­ holm on die Rev. Dr. Dallinger, the famous BiologEt and Microscopist. Dr. Davidson contributes a briglit and instructive article on “Radium.” The story of “The Liver- jxiol D.Tily Post,” and iu-j Editor, Sir Edward R. Russell, is told by Mr. Jesse Quail. Mr. Thomas Kirkup continues his brilliant series oif “ The Uses of Life.” Letters from a NaturalEt, by l^rofessor E. Ray Lankes- ter, Dicken’s ClirEtmas Stories, .Mainly about Writers, and die Bairns’ Magazine are well worth re-ading. Theology is represent­ ed by Deim Lefroy and the Rev. G. A. Johnston Ros.s, M.A. Christmas Stories Ivtve a prominent place in tlris excellent number. The “Chri.stian Realm” should find rcaxlers in every home, .and as the jirlcc is only threepence it is within the rcacli of all.


t I m e S


SABDEN. BAZAAR.


T h e Baptists of Sabden opei^d a bazaar


orj Wexlnesday, ta raise funds on behalf- of a new chapel.


Sitimted, a i jd th© sclicojls ajre a l tC o e t l lc r ^ fool and wasted his house and impoverislicd his su i ta b le to r p r e s en t d a y requireinentsi.


eireiCfced ikl l7Q 7 i . ■ ,


many ycard the idea ct a new p aoe o ___ ^ j Jf __1


ship been discussed, and many feel tliat he shall give her nothing.** if the Uaptisis are to niaintaiiD their posiden in the ireli^qus lifei of the village, a netw^


[i^ulr ’ adapted’


for medem aeeds and more centrally situ­ ated are neceasary.


B AN D O F l-IOPE M EE TING . a ; well-attended meeting of tliei Wesleyan


Band of Hope was held in the Wesle>’an‘ schcol cdi Saturday. A n attractive prot granime was gone tlirough by Alisa 3Hiod.es, of Cciine, I\li&sel3 L. Stuttard, L. Aiarsb, E. Hall, Et A . Cottami, H. Duerden, arH A^ Parsons. A n address was delivered by Mr. Jolm Shutt, of Blackburn, Afr. Edward Hall


presiding. TEAH^ERANCE SU N E A Y .


Alt the Baptist and Wesleyan Ciiapels


speciai reference was made to the temper ancei question ori Sunday. A t the Baptist Cliapel a special sermon was preaciied by the B.ev. A, H. West, who referred to tlie peril watli which the counUry was mernced in the sliapc of the prc|specU\’e legislation of tire Gavernment deading with the d r i^ traific. A t tire Wesleyarr Chapel a special temperance sermonj was preached in tire marring b}' Air. J. Picktliall, of Burnley, lir the afternoon a temperance meeting was held, when air address rvas given by Air. W. Pratt. Air. L. Brothertoni presided,


AIUSICrVL SER V IC E . A musical service was giveir in the Wes­


leyan Cliapel on Sunday afterr.oC‘ir' by the Coli:e Prize Quarteue Parly, assisted by Air. R. W. Stigar, organist. T h e ser\'ice was a ricii musical tre^rC, tire quartettes being ext cei>tioinally we-il rendered. Aliss Paimy Wilson, soprano, was in excellent vcace, and was heard to rare advantage in “ W t l i ver­ dure clad," and “ Renrembex tlry Greater,’’ and Aliss A lice Hcliiweii, coirtraltci, rendered “ Behoid, I stand at the doer,” aird “ Tire better land” Mitlr good effect. Air. C. Pierce and Air. R. Stuttard, tenor and bass, were much appreciated. Air. J. Picktliall presided, and also preached a sermon on “ I ’lre ministry of music ” in the evening, when tire Quartette Parry again appeared. T h e caUecticots amounted to tJt’er ^£5 15s., and will be devoted to the liquidarion of me cliapel debt.


CH O IR SUPPER. T l ie annual clioir supi>er in cuni>ecticn


with S t Nichoias’ church took place on Sat­ urday, when the members of the choir and tlieir friends to the number of 100 were eir^ tertained to an excellent repast. T h e sup­ per was daintily served by Airs. Boden, Airs. J. Ingham, Airs. E. Aldred, Aliiii J. Atkin­ son, iuid Aliss Edmondson, and tJic room was beautifully decorated. After supper lire evening was spent in a social manner. Glees were sung by the choir, imder the leatlersliip of Air, E. Ralcliffe, tind songs were rendered by Atiss Edmondson, Aliss A. AI. Haken, Alessrs. AI. Hulmes, W. Uysoii, W. Jackson, and duets were sung by Alessns. Crabtree and Jackson, Ratcliffe and Holmes and Alisses Edmcaidsoii and Xutler. Mas­ ter 1'. Kntcliffe centributed comic songs, and Air. "W. Ratcliffe, tire organi.st, ably accom- jraiiied tire vocalists and lilayccl for dancing, which took place at intervals.


EHHl. Shortly before seven o’clock on Tuesday


morning a fire broke cut in tire gas-house at tire Union Alill. I t appears tliat a tap cominunicaring with tlie gasometer had been left ojren, and the considerable quantity of gas esaiping in this way ignited and set fire to the building. Plent}’- of lreli> being at hand, tire flames were soon subdued, bur. the gas attendant, Air. Jas. Airey, and tiie man­ ager, Mr. H. Barnes, wira happer-ed tc be in the place at tlie time, were rather serious­ ly burnt ab(;ut the face. T h e trustees of the Wesle^'an Cliapel hare


appointed Air. Jolrn W. Fentoni, of Sabden. as caretaker in the place of Air. John Cooke, rvho has retired on account of declining hcaltli.


A DOUBLE BAKBBLED CAKNON- A curioua cannon, te d Uio only doublc-harroT^


one of the kind in tise world, is to bo found in Athens, Ga. (U.S.A.). I t embodies an idea of considerable ingenuity, but entirely impractIcaL The ends of a 50ft. chain arc attached to two cannon balls, wliich form tho charge, and tho idea waa that when the.so balks emerged from the cannon they would have a tendency to diverge, drawing the chain taut, and as they proceeded on their Bourse would mow dowu a company. The cannon was taken out into the country to test :t. I t waa charged and fired. Unfortunately, one of tJio can­ non balls got out a little ah«id of the other, and the icsult was disastrous. Projectiles and chain bad a kind of circular molion, and ploughed up about an acre of ground. Tho spectators scat* tcred in all directions to avoid being bib by the flying chain. The cannon waa never used after


that. A Carlisle mother said to her fivo-ycar-old float*


** Come, Freddie, and get your face washed. “ Oil, said Uie knowing juvenile, “ don’t waeh


0iy face j everybody knows me M’hen iPa dirty, and nobody will know me if it ’s washed 1” Bu t rnatcrfainilias did nob look upon the dirty


face from her son’s point of view', and, despite his protestations, Freddie’s faeo was made closely ao- ouaiiiUd with tho cleansing powers of soap and


--------- ^--------- Tiik Faiini-isf. Ewer.


One of the most precious objects of ancient ar t


now known to tho world is tho famous Farnese ewer, whicli is kept in t!io National Museum at


Naples. The ewer is of onyx, and represcuts an Egyptian scene, with Mcdusa*s Isead and other figures in relief. I t is an exquisite specimen of Greek arc of the Alc.'^audrian epoch.


FLEi-rr Animaes. A correspondent says that ns tlie result of experi­


ments he has made under careful timitig ' he finds that the greyhound is Iho fastest of all four-footed


anttnaK. When going at full gallop i t can cover twenty yards a second, or .about a mile in a minute and twenty-eight seconds. There are a few thorouglibred horses that can exceed nineteen yards a second. Greyhounds have Im'imi Iviiown to better that by four yards. Foxhounds have a record of four miles in six and a half minutes, or nearly eighteen yards to a second. This si>eed is to somo extent an inherited g i f t , ns wolves cau run at tho rate of a mile iu three minutes.


A Califo .max Prison. America is a land of (‘xperinu'iits in prison


reform. In a certain Californian t«iwii whenever a new guest of~ tho Government is received he is informed that th03* have three different bills of


fare in the prison, and that it is optional wilii each man as to how well ho Uvea. If he is imlustri«)iis, •well-behaved, orderly, and in all things conform.^ s tric t ly to tho rules of thojirifton, ho is served with excellent, well-cooked food. He ean Jiave chops, steaks, eggs, tea and coffee, milk, and white broad. I f ho is only fairly well-behaved, and docs not do liis allotted task prop(»rlj% i.« incline*! lo growl and grumble at the r*‘gulations of tho institution, lie is given ordinary prison fare, wi th, perhaps, soup and corn bread; aiul if he is insubordinate, ho is per­ mitted only to feast on ui*limif**d quantities of cold water and a rather small allowanee of bread. Till! offect is to produce great rivalry* among the convicts to enter the first class.’


IlottsKS Wmcii Never Drixk. • There are hundreds of horses and thousands of


cattle in the Hawaiian Islands wliich never take a drink of water throughout the whole course of their


lives. On all tho islands tho upper altitudes of tho mountains are given up to cattle ranges. Except possibly two or three months in the rainy season there art! no streams or jiools or water in any part wfiere the cattle range, but everj’whero there grows a recumbent, jointed grass known by the native name of Maniuia. This is both food and drink.


Curious Kussian S uim-irstitions. The Russians are an essentiallj' religious people,


and without their religion the^’ could not exist. Tho most marked feature in connection with their


Church is the sacred ikon, or image. Tho ikons represent our Lord, the Virgin Mars*, and various samt.s, paintoil im wood, canvas, or metal, and, more often than not, surrounded bs* an inlaid plate of gold studded with spleiulid j«‘w*els, ss'hich have been loft at various tiine.s bs* rich people for that purpose. These ikons figure in large numbers in all the churches, and there is one in ever^’ room of each house, put up in the corner furthest from tho door, so that anybody on entering can see it. Some of the more important of these images are believed by some to b*? callable of working miracl«?s, and if anvbotiv is ill in* will not hesital*! to pay ? immens** sum of niorie^* to tlie Church in order I iiave a sp«*cial ikon brought to his room. One ikon in Moscow, known as the Holy Virgin of Vladimir, and crediteii wiJh liaving healinu powens, is known to have prixiu****'! an incoimt o' £10,000 in onesingio year bv “ visit, ng.” ’Pile Kussian^, agiiin, :iro very superslitious, a.ui w I f ii a man cli**s he is buried with a paper l•la^pl■ d in his hamls, on which is written his Christian name, ami also a prayer for his soul, and this curious custom accounts for tho old Kussian saving that “ The Kus«ian when he dies Ins his passport to St. Nicholas Imrinl with him.** M'lum erecting a brid;;e the sup-rslitious Kuss always throws a piece of new inoiie\' into tho water first;’ and, again, when a horse falls down in tho street, the driver, as soon as In* lias got it on its feet again, wi l l make it, pass t hree times under tho harness before he readjusts it.


T he F lack Stone of Mecca. Set into a coriRT of the Kaaba (the tempio or


Blirine) of Mi-cca is wh.it is known a.s the “ black stone.’* It is an irregular, oval bouUler, about


7in. in iJiaiiiotor, 3in. bn.a«l, and deep reddish- brown in colour. It is .•ncireled b^* a f?ilver band studd.'d wi th RilviT nails. Ir has been split by heat, carried away bv KarmathiaiiH, .iml broken by a blow, but the band ami nails hold it. together. Some have declar.'d it a fra:;meiit of lava, others a pi«*ce of volcanic b a sill. ^lillioiis of kisses liave worn its rough surface Homewhat smooth. Tho Mohammedans believe it w*as a hj'acinth brought froiiv htavt?n by Uabri.d to Abraham, and contact with the human raco lias


that changed its properties. AlIOUT Firk. Consider what fire does for mankind. What would


the civilisatinii of to-Uay bo witbout fire ? Wo should be in darkne.s.s a large portion of tho time,


tho nort.horu n gious wouhl bo almost uninhabitable during winter on .-icrount of hack of warmth in our homos, steam locomotion would be impossible. W9 are ab.solutoly (l.*p‘*iid..-iit upon fire for a large portion of our comforts. 'rii**re was a tinie when men wer«! not acquainted w'it.li fir*i. ilie first lire doubtless came from lightning. Mre w:is kindled by tlu» lightning in some combustilne material, aiid earlv races of nn-n, finding this warmth desir­ able, learnt to pres**rv*: tho lire y* ar after year, ago


after .vn*. Sine*; they knew not how to kindle a fin; they were comp**lled to preserve the lire. I t is not strange, therefon*. that early men should


worship fire. It is possible that the first buildings were ek-cted for the purpose of pn-sorving firo. What is fire ? Wh.at is light? The scientilic man ^YiU explain to vou his theory, but after ho has finished you will know bu t liUlemoro about i6 than you di*l before. Firo and light are mysteries


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