. Christian herald and signs of our times . for,na n interest in getting him under con-tro A few weeks ago he disappearedtro New Haven after raising a loan ofseval hundred dollars on the security ofon if his houses. He was accompaniedDywo strangers and went to more was heard of him until lastwhen a telegram came asking aidire his friends. He savs that the strang-ers ith whom he left New Haven intro- duced themselves to him as messengersfrom Queen Victoria. They informed himthat she desired him to visit her and hadprepared a castle for his residence. Hewas to sail by a vessel then
. Christian herald and signs of our times . for,na n interest in getting him under con-tro A few weeks ago he disappearedtro New Haven after raising a loan ofseval hundred dollars on the security ofon if his houses. He was accompaniedDywo strangers and went to more was heard of him until lastwhen a telegram came asking aidire his friends. He savs that the strang-ers ith whom he left New Haven intro- duced themselves to him as messengersfrom Queen Victoria. They informed himthat she desired him to visit her and hadprepared a castle for his residence. Hewas to sail by a vessel then in a Canadianport. As the man has alwavs claimedthat he was by birth an English lord, hesaw nothing improbable in their story andwent with them willingly. When theywere over the border they robbed him ofall his money, but fifty cents, and leftjhimto make his way home as best he had walked until he was tired out andwas obliged to appeal to his friends forhelp. Men, who are mentally sound,would not so easily have fallen victims to. SURVIVORS OF THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION AT THEIR HUT the swindlers ; but thev often carry theirincredulity too far, and will not believethe messengers who come to them withan invitation from God himself to enterthe mansions prepared for them : Now are we ambassadors for Christ, as thoughGod did beseech you by us; we pray you in Christsstead be ye reconciled to God. (n. dor. 5 : 20.) Light-Carrying Birds. A sportsman writing to a Philadelphiajournal describes a phenomenon which hasbeen suggested but not previously con-firmed. It is that the heron, and probablyother birds, have the power of emittinglight. On a recent shooting excursion hewas belated one night near a marsh,through which ran a shallow river. Themoon had not risen and the night was in-tensely dark. He was astonished to seelights at various places on the marsh. Hethought at first that they were the ignisfatuus, but as they appeared to be station-ary, or to move with precision, he conclu
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