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Show after s hard and gallant fight of one hour and twenty-fiv- e minutes. It is said to be the largest fish of tho kind ever caught in that manner. It was 7 feet 3 inchej long. Woman Beat Ihe Hcrord. a tarpon weighing 20o pounds is said to have been caught in Fort Meyers, Fla., with hook and reel, a tew days ago by a Kentucky lady, V of an old and powerfully built man. In graves at either side were the bones of two young women, and further along in the row were the graves of two children, supposed to be Miles Stiud-ish- 's sons' who died in boyhood. Where lie Wan Burled. The place where Captain Miles Standish. The warrior chieftain of the early settlers at Plymouth, Mass., was buried is believed to have been established beyond douljt According to tradition, he was laid at rest In an old burial ground, between the bodies of his daughter Lora and his daughter-in-la- w Mary Standish, the grave being marked by two triangular pyramidal stones. A grave answering this description was recently opened at Duxbury, Mass., by the local rural society and found to contain the bones QUEEN O MAY. Homeward, o'er the dew-w- meadow, At the closing hour of day, From her court in yonder woodland Trips tbe lovely QueenV May; Cat asido the fuiry scepter, Wieliiod with a dainty grace. Faded now the sweet wild flowers, Drooping o'er her smiling face. Round her troop the royal subjects Hlie bus ruled with gentle sway; '"Mofig these pretty winsome lassies, Who so fair as Queen o' May!" This her laddie whispers softly, And a question follows low To that tender, earnest pleading, Maidtn, can you answer "No!" J. Torrey Connor. THE GARDEN OF EDEN. Where Was This ICarthlr ParadUe or Our Parent. The true site of the Oarden of Eden has been the subject of almost endless conjecture. The threo continents of the Old World have been gone over by the-ologians in a vain search for its most probable location. From China to the Canary Islands, from tho Mountains of tho Moon to tho coast of the Baltic, each country has been the subject of search, and no spot supposed to cor-respond in the slightest degree to the scriptural description of tho first abode of the human race has been left un-examined. The most ancient opinion, which is given by Joseph us, is that it was in the country which lies beween tho Ganges and the Nile. This view imagines Eden as being a very widely extended territory, embracing all of tho country from tho Indus on the east to tho Nile on tho west. As the "Garden" is said to have be?n "to the eastward Jin Kden," it is placed defi-nitely in tho valley of the Euphrates. Von Hammer, the famous Oriental scholar, places Eden in Bactria; others locate it in Babylonia, at the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris. Captain V 11 ford, a profound student of Hindoo antiquities, has labored to loc-ate Eden in Bamian. south of the Koosh range of mountains. Buttman puts it down in India: Hoidor, in his "History of Mankind," identifies it with the Vale of Cashmere; the Orientals (many sects of them) believe that it was on tho Isle of Ceylon, while tho Greeks place it at Beth-Ede- n, on Lebanon. Lastly, many regard the whole story as given in Genesis as a myth. THE WORD "CARAT." Why It Ii t'sed ami It Original Mean In It . The word "carat" comes from tho Abyssinian name of bean. It corres-ponds in weight with a certain species of East Indian bean and was originally used only as a weight, in the same manner as our word "grain" comes from a grain of wheat, and has also its average weight. Tho exact relation of the carat to the grain, Troy weight, is in round numbers, as 4. (50H to 1.183; or, in other words, 1.183 carats are equal to 4. COS grains Troy. By divi-sion of the last number by the first we find for the weight of a carat 8.88 grains very nearly. The carat is tho weight by which jewelers sell dia-monds. Tho curat is now only used for weighing precious stones and pearls becauso the grain Is too small. In ancient times it was used as the unit of weight for gold, but is now, on account of tho greater abundance of that precious metal, superseded by tho ounce. In regard to the alloy of gold, it has been accepted to take 21 carats of gold or 93 grains, very near, as the standard of pure gold, and to call gold In which twenty carats in 24 carats are pure gold, gold of 20 carats; when three-fourt- is pure, or 18 carats in '24 carats, it is called gold. So in regard to the alloy of gold, the word carat has become simi-lar to the expression of a percentage, with the difference that 24 is substi-tuted for 100. So gold Is identical to 75 per cent fino; to 50 per cent fine, etc. That this manner of estimating the value is kept up is simply due to the custom of following the duodecimal system, in making alloys, which naturally drives us to the expressions, 70, 80 or 90 per cent when speaking of the fineness of the most valuable metal. new teacher," said Mr. Coles. "I hnd determined never to go near that school again when Hnozie' was turned out, but I guojs I'll take a look in, for once, at any rate." It's examination day next Friday," said Sam, "and that mi?ht be tho best time to visit tho school." Tho father assented and Friday at 1 o'clock in the afternoon he stood at the entry of the school house In his attire. It was with charm, as well as dig-nity, that Miss Nettie Seagrave wel-comed Mr. Coles to a seat on the plat-form. He had heard a good deal from Sara about tho new teacher's at-tractions and attributed much of it to boyish susceptibility. Now he was convinced that Sam had not exag-gerated. There was as marked improvement In the scholars as in tho teacher since tho old days when "Boozio" wielded tho ferrule with trembling grasp; and Mr. Coles' cup of satisfaction was full or he thought It was when Sam, as leader of his clas?, declaimed a piece of elocution with merit and effect. That evening Mr. Coles visited the new teacher at her residence. As usual at the close of the term tho scholars hnd a week's vacation, and Miss Sea-grave-'s mother came from the city to spend a few days with her daughtor. Mr. Coles was not a homely man. His forty years rested lightly upon him, for he had always lived moder-ately and temperately, and though not educated he was far from ignorant. He mado a favorable impression on Miss Seagrave, and she gave him a sincere invltatiou to call again. The calls were oft repoated, until at length it became a matter of gossip that "Coles was tho school teacher." The Bummer passed, and autumn and tho Christmas holidays were ap-proaching again. The subject of the teacher for another year would have to come up at the next mooting of the committee. It was not without ovident nervousness that Mr. Coles alluded to this, one winter even-ing at the teacher's homo. "You've trained Sam so well that I should hato to have you go," said Mr. Coles, fidgeting in his chair. "I am glad you aro satisfied with tho boy's progress," said Miss Sea-grave demurely. "1 am very much interested in him." "Ah hem well " uttered Mr. Coles, catching at the remark as a long Bought pog to hang his suit upon, "perhaps you're interested enough in Sam to take charge of his education alono. Hem well you know what I mean." Miss Seagrave was too sensible a woman to pretend not to know. "I thought you told me the new teacher would not stay very long at teaching about hore," remarked Dr. Miller, jocosoly, when ho met Mr. Coles soon after tho wedding. "And I am happy to be able to say that she didn't," was the beaming re--p ly of Mr. Colos. THE NEW TEACHER. I don't think she will stay at teach-ing very long about here," remarked Mr. Jonathan Coles, one of the mom-be- rs of ihe school committee of n. to his associate. Dr. Miller, as they htarted for their homes on a crisp December evening from a meet-ing of the committee. After a long and inharmonious dis-cussion the committee had resolved, by a vote (f thrco to two, to begin tho next term with a new tcachor, a grad-uate of the state normal school, instead of the old teacher, nickname! "Boo-zio" whc.se dissipated habits mado him unfit to lead children in the way they ought to go. Mr. Coles and Dr. Mlllor were the minority. "Boozio" was a distant relative of Coles, who adhered to him with unreasoning obstinacy, when his shortcomings and dissipation alienated all who had tho interests of the school children at heart, and Dr. Miller voted with Colos becauso he was his family physician, and was aided by his fellow committeeman in procuring other practice especially among tho town poor. The new teacher, Miss Nettie Sea-grave, began her work after the Christmas holidays. It was hor first engagement, but sho had graduated very creditably from the normal : . ml there could be little doubt that, with a fair degree of encourage-ment, f'ae would ba successful in con-ducting the little crossroads school at Burrilltown Corners. Trained and educated in tho city, tho littlo home on tho banks of the West river, near tho ruins of an old factory, hnd a lonesome, chilling air under tho som-ber winter sky; hut Nettie repressed the feelings which, swelled hor heart and dotormir.ed to do her best, mindful of the widowed mothor to whom her dar-ling's welfare was life itself. School opened on Monday. It con-sisted only of two classes, ono mainly composed of the largor and V.wm other of the smaller boys and girls. The worst boy in tho school was Sam Coles. Not that he was naturally bad, but bis erratic, slovenly disposi- - tion had been fostered by the former teacher, on account of the father's support as coniml'ttooiiian, and, know-ing the parent's antipathy to the change, Sam set out to make things as unplensr.nt as possible for the new teacher, who was "nothing but a girl," ns he remarked scornfully to his schoolmates. Sara might have acted differently had his mother been alive to direct him. With all hor softnoss and beauty of feature there was a good deal of char-acter in the steel gray eyes of Nottio Seagrave. Sho had come there to teach that school, and meant to be teacher while she remained. There-fore, when after two admonitions Sam Colos indulged in loud conversation for the third time, to the disturbance of the other scholars, and even to the evident annoyanca of the girl to whom he addressed his remark, he was promt lv summoned to the desk. Sam stepped forward with an air of independonco and defiance. Tho com-mand, and especially tho imperative tone in which it was delivered, had taken him by surprise, but he was re solved to brave out the Issue and prove to tho others that he could browbeat the new teacher. "Hold out your hand, Samuel Coles!"' said Miss Seagrave, calmly and firmly. "You're not going to hit me, air youP'' asked Sara in gonuine astonish-ment, for he was truly astonished that iny teacher should have tho temerity to whip the Bon of a committeeman. "Hold out your hand, I say!" was ... th only answer, in tho same tone, but emphasized by a gleam in the eyos that did not fail to impress Sam that the teacher meant business. Slowly and reluctantly Sara held out his hand, "Sam Coles," said the teacher in a gentler voice, as with a woman's natural tenderness she hesitatod to in-flict the punishment sho folt to be you know that you deserve a whipping, but if you promise me on your word that you will behave your self hereafter I will give you another chanco." Sam looked up at tho sweet young face bending tenderly above him. He caught tho glance of the steel gray eyes, and ho read in those eyes only kindness and good will. lie promised. Sam Coles went home a different boy. His father was surprised and not altogether pleased to hoar him speak well of tho now teacher. But Mr. Jonathan Colos was both surprised and pleased to observe, as time passed, the change that came over his son. He began to show evidence of knowing something besides bird hunting and rabbit catching. Ho was willing to do Lis shitru of the chores instead of leav-ing all that, as in times past to his father and the hired man. One day Mr. Coles heard his son singing a temperance tune as he sawed awav at the fire-woo-d. Where did you learn that?" ho asked, with considerable interest 'The new teacher taught us," an-swered Sam; "we have a singing class now." "I must go down and see the ALOXE IN MADAGASCAR, j BEN LOWDEN AN OUTCAST AMONG THE SAVAGES. , Twenty-Fou- r Year the Aorlat axd Comrade of the Fierce Taulat How IIU Dlacovcrer Found lllui Out. On tho western cost of Madagascar, among the danjerous Tauala people, Lieut Shufeldt, U. S. N.. found a white man whom he thus describes in tho Philadelphia Times: In a little while I had told him the story of my wanderings, and asked and answered a host of questions. He was not a very talkative person, how-ever, and dragged out his inquiries and drawled out his replies quite out of accord with my patience. He took me into a low thatched hut, in one cor-ner of tho stockade, and spread out a mat on the ground for us to sit upon. "This," he said, as he squatted down with his long legs bent under him, ' is my living house; thosa on the other sido are more store houses." "Yes." he drawled out, "I've been in this country a good many years; goin'g on twenty-fou- r this com-ing rainy season since I shoved off from 'Frisco. Quite a nip, sir, out of a life of a man to look upon nothing but niggers, to eat nothing but fish and rice; to bo bj dry as a bone, hot, scorching hot, one-ha- lf the year and wet as a sponge the other half. Quite a time never to know what's going on out in the world out there and what's become of one's kith and kin. Why, sir, year after year goes jogging along hero, till I have forgot to count them. I was over 80, considerable, and had been knocking about all parts of the world in all sorts of packets, when in '59 I turned up in 'Frisco first mate of a big bark and loaded with grain for Sidney. The story of her voyage was a bloody story. Our skipper was a down-easte- r, from Damnrasootta. and a brute. She was a hell afloat, I tell you, and I found myself afore the mast on her before we got in, for being a 'parson' and a 'preacher' the skipper said. So I left her and shipped aguin at Melbourne, in a little brig bound to tho Cape in ballast. We men got there, but was bio wed up the channel in a hurricane; her bonos and her crew's bones, except mine, are bleaching on tho bench about fifty miles north of here, That was in '61. And here I havo boon ever since here tind up country among Taualas and such. I haven't soen a newspaper in eighteen years nor a white fRce, except twice, in twenty. One of those was a Swed-ish missionary and the other a Porta-ge- e trader. Yes, I was married afore I left the states hod two children, too, when I sailed away. God knows what become of them." We wont behind the house and he pointed mo out about twenty natives smuattod on native mats, -- tffrj out orchilla weed sproad in little heaps before them. "You see, these fellows bring this stuff down from the far in-terior. They get it in the forests and swamps where no whito man dare go. They bring it genorally in littb bun-dles soon as they get thirsty enough or want a new ragout down here and I trado 'ein for it. Then when they sleop off their drunk I set 'em of the piles till they get tired and go back for more. Well, yes; I'm married into several of their families too. Had to, you know; it's the custom. Come back to tho house and I'll Introduce you to number six and the latest." We crossed the hot sand again and into the hut. "Rabado," he called, and in a moment tho rickety door of a room on one side openod and a woman wrapped from chin to toe in a course blanket stepped out She was well formed and tall, and not without a native grace of motion. Sho had a very black, but withal a somewhat comely and good-nature- d face. Her hair was done up In a tight ball, saturated with beef fat and her fore-head was ornamented with white broad parallel linos of clay. "She's a Tauala," said Lowden, "and I brought her down from up country a year ago. Her father is a big chief up there and nover cotnos to the coast " Many months afterwards in New York, I delivered a lecture on tho sub-- ject of my recent experiences in Great Madagascar. On coming out from the hall I folt myself touched upon the shoulder and turning around was con-fronted by an elderly gentleman With gray hair and whiskers. He asked me to name a time and place whofe he could call upon mo. I did so and he called promptly. "I saw," he said, in ono of tho stereoptiean views at your locturo the picture of a white man. Have you that photograph?" I had and I gave it to him. He looked at it long and earnestly through his glasses. "Is this from lifo sir?" f "It is." j "Has this man a slight limp in his gait?" "Does he drawl out his words?'! "Has ho a habit of walking up and down when excited?" and a score of other inquirios, to all of which I an-swered in the affirmative, and told him the story. "It is the man," he ex-claimed, it is the samo man. Twenty-fiv- e years ago he came with his lies and forgeries to our house in Snn Francisco. We appointed him first officer of one of our finest vessels, He sailed for Sydney. Ho got the crow in a state of mutiny and with his own hands murdered tho captain and threw his body overboard, lie sold the ship and cargo in Sydney cm false orders from us. He paid off the crew i three times their wages and then dlsap--i peared. He is the most infernal scoun-- I drel that ever drew the breath of life." TJKE BUSY TELEPHONES. StOMETHING NEW ABOUT TALK-- V NG BY WIRE. nfcrovoment Made Lately In the Tolc-iho- Service There Are a llun-- I dretl Thousand lutru-- 1 nientft In I'se. M Is estimated that there are over lOpO cities and towns, containing neur-ry-f 100,000 telephone subscribers, which are connected by over 100,000 roiles of wire, affording tho means of personal to people, says the New York News. In New Y'ork City about 10.-(M- )0 subscribers aro connected by 25,-(l-miles of wire, and tUey use the te'.ephono over 100,000 times a day. A careful calculation shows that dur-ing the last year over 450,000,000 con-versations were carried on by tele-phon- o in tho United States. Tho rapidly and constantly growing Increase in the extent to which the telephone is used is duo to the great improvements that have been made in its efficiency for short and long dis-tances. The long-di- st mee telephone linos of one of tho grout telephone companies embrace a territory betweon western Pennsylvania and the sea-board, taking in all the principal and important towns in that district on the western extremity. The company has Pittsburg, Cleveland and Buffalo. It now reaches the important towns in New England and as far south as Washington. New York has always been and is the great radial point, and, in a great measure, all lines run to New York. A groat deal of Now England business, however, centers in Boston, and Buf-falo also forms another center. Thoso long distance lines are oper-ated in metallic circuits. That Is, in-stead of having a single steel wire using the earth as a return wire, all tho ordinary noises and inductions of tho old telephone havo bjen avoided by tho use of two copper wires, thus making a complete metallic circuit. By this means not only aro tho out-side noises avoided, but very perfect results, indeed, aro gained, so that between long distances conversations may bo carried on and business tran-sactions carried out as easily as if the persons were in one room. As a mat-ter of fact these lines are often used for holding directors' meetings, a number of directors being in one city, I'oston for instance, and the others in New Y'ork. They can talk together at a meeting conducted in this way al-most as well as if they were all in the same room. Bankers and brokers and mon owning large manufacturing in-terests use tho long distance lines freely. A Now England manufacturer may have the lines put in his Now Y'ork office, and for all practical purposes be hore as near his factory in New England as if it were in tho same building. Tho extension of thoso long line9 in metallic circuits has brought about a remodeling of nearly all the telephone exchanges connected with the long-distance lines. In New York, Phila-delphia and Boston and all tho larger places a great extension of wire has boon made underground and in cables, in which everything is laid out to bo operated on a metallic circuit plan. In New Y'ork at the present time, out of nearly 10,000 local sub-scribers, 1,000 are provided with me-tallic circuits and long-distanc- e tele-phone instruments. By means of thoso they have very much improved local service, and can at any moment talk with any ono of a total of 50, 000 telephone subscribers in that part of the country east of Cleveland. In Boston a new exchange for 5,000 subscribers is about to be opened, and it will accommodate as many local subscribers as may desire to change to the new systom. "lleference is frequently made," said General Superintendent Gifford of one of the big telephone companies to a News reporter, "to what has been done In other countries in regard to improving the telephone. In the last fortnight howovor, a mass meeting was hold in London to protest against tho bad service there of the National Telephone company, and to demand that tho company provide motallio circuits and make other improvements, which havo already been made by companies In the United States." The Largest. The three tallest trees in the world are believed to bo a sequoia near Stockton, California which is 32) feot high, and two eucalypti in Victoria, Australia, estimated to bo 45 and 450 feot respectfully. The lake which has tho highest ele-vation of any in tho world is Green lake, Colorado. Its surface is 10,252 feet above the level of tho sea. In some places it is over 300 feet deep. The greatest depth of tho ocean is 27,930 feot The largest shoot or pano of glass in tho world is set in tho front of a building on Vine street Cincinnati. Ohio. It was mado in Marseilles, France, and measuroi J,8u' by 101 inches. At Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, there was recently rolled a steel spring six inches wide, ono-quart- of an inch thick, and 310 feot long. It is the largest coiled spring ever rolled. The order was tendered to all the largo European iron-work- but none of them would undertake tho task. Freak of the Hazor. The finest grade of razors aro so delicate that even tho famous Damas-cus sword blades cannot oqual them in texture. It is not generally known that the grain of a Swedish razor is so sensitive that its general direction is changed aftor a short service. When you buy a fine razor the grain runs from the upper end of the outer point in a diagonal direction toward the handle. Constant strapping will twist the steel until the grain appears to be straight up and down. Subsequent use will drag the grain outward from the edge, so that aftor steady use for several months the fibre of the steel occupies a position exactly the reverse of that which it did on tho day of purchase. The process also affects the temper of tho blade, and when the grain sets from the lower outer point toward tho back, you have a razor which cannot 'be kept in condition, even by the most conscientious barber. But here's another curious freak that will take place in tho same tool: Leave the razor alone for a month, or two, and when you take it up you wil! find that tho grain has assumed its first position. Tho operation can be repeated until the steel is worn through to tho back. LobMera Afraid of Thunder. The lobster is greatly in dread of thunder, and when the peals are very loud numbers of them drop their claws and swim away for deeper water. Any great fright may also induce them to drop their claws. But now claws begin at once to grow, and in a short time are as large as old ones, and covered with hard shells. Tho lobster often drops its i shell, when it hides until tho new shell is hard enough to protect it. Boston Budget. fMining Siberian ftutlve. When compollod to travel all night, the Siberian natives always make a practice of stopping just before sun-rise and allowing their dogs to sleep. They argue that if the dog goes to sleep while it is yet dark and wakes up in an hour and finds the sun shin-ir- g, he will suppose that he has ha4 a full night's rest and will travel all day without thinking of boing tirod. One or even two hours' stop at any other time is perfectly useless, as the dogs will be uncontrollable from that time forward until they are permitted to tako what they think a full allow-ance of sleep. REGREENING OF VEGETABLES. A French Tndaitry that Hm Reached Dangerous Proportion. It may bo a superfluous task to paint the lily or to gild the refined gold, but the regreening of vegetables has as-sumed the proportions of a gigantic industry, which has its headquarters in France, gives employment to 20,000 persons, and represents a business of 40,000,000 francs. Nino-tenth- s at least of the green preserved vegetables sold in France or abroad are said to be, regreened with sulphate of copper to give them the appearance of freshness. According to the British Medical Journal the Glasgow health committee have decided that as the French Government have annulled thoir prohibition, it remains for consumers to take care of themselves. "A foolish British public," savs the Glasgow roport, "expects to got green peas at Christmas such as it gets from the market gardens in summer. Tho Fronch manufacturer makes them to suit his whim. The consoquonce is that it eats stale peas greened with sulphate of coppor all the year round." A curious fact is said to be that the largest sale of preserved peas takes place in that period of the year when fresh peas are in season. FIGS AND THISTLES. It is hnrd to believo in tho religion ot people whom you know used to do mean things. 'If ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your tres-passes." It doesen't often happen that the piety of a church is any higher that its pastor practices. Life is a great joy whan God can be seen everywhere, and a great burden when ho can not. God wants His children to understand that they can depoud upon Him under all circumstances. People who can patiently bear all their Bmall trials will never break down under their great ones. Christ mourned for Jerusalem, and had compassion on the multitude, but he never mourned for himself. If the devil could only find something that would hurt a Christian, perhaps he could get a little rest. . "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." Ram's Horn. FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF. Average Weight of an Adult and Other Particular. The weight of the circulating blood is 29 lbs. The average weight of an adult is 150 lbs. 6 oz. The brain of a man exceeds twice that of any other animal A man breathes about 20 times a minute, or 1, 200 an hour. The average weight of the brain of a man is 8 lbs. ; of a woman 2 lbs 11 oz. Five hundred and forty pounds, or one hogshead and one and a quarter pints of blood pass through tho heart in one hour. The heart sends nearly 10 lbs. of blood through tho veins and arteries each beat and makes four boats while we breath once, One hundred and seventy-fiv- e mil-lion cells are in the lungs, which would cover a surface thirty times greater than the human body. The average of the pulse in infancy is 120 per minute; in manhood, 80; at sixty years, 60. The pulse of females is more rapid than that of male). The Great Sun Dragon. It is the belief among both the igno-rant and the educated classes of China that oclipses of the sun are caused by a groat dragon which 'attempts to de-vour the center of our solar system. The last eclipse which was visible in the celestial empire occurred at a time when the people were celebrating the birthday of the emperor. Now, it is the custom to eelelate such an event clad in the best ralniont that can be afforded; it is also customary to wear sackcloth and go into mourning at the time of an eclipse, at least until the sun has been rescued from the great dragon which seeks to devour it Here, indeed, was a dilemma. At last the emperor was petitioned. He, being as superstitious as his" people, ordered his birthday Ignored and com-manded the people to go Into mourn-ing until the sun shall ba "roscued." ART AND NATURE. It has been found that a small dose of strong ulcohol shorteus the time that food remains in the stomach by more than half an hour. Bananas for breakfast are quite as much In gastronomic order now as oranges ever were since the published article which claimed for them so many health-givin- g quantities and beneficial virtues. It is remarked by the Kuglish inspector of explosives, in Ws fiftieth annual report just issued, that the number of deaths by accident among over 10,000 persons en-gaged in the manufacture of explosives has amounted only to eight. The wearing awny of the cliffs on the shores of England has of late attracted considerable attention and the problem is being attentively studied with the view ol preventing the erosive action of the waves as well as of the streams that trickle down. One of the recent inventions for g apparatus is the Irvine pneumatic gun for throwing a line to ships in distress or to persons in a burning house. The air is admitted from a reservoir to the cham-ber behind tho projectile at a pressure of 2,400 jKiunds on the square inch. M. Mascart, one of the most eminent Fronch electricians of tho time, says that the use of the magnetic needle In tracing the underground geology, or in other words, the past geography of a country, is one of those triumphs of science which are almost tantamount to divination. Plans proposed for irrigation both in Up-per and Lower Egypt during the period of low Nile include the building of a high barrage across the river at the first cata-ract. Great opposition has been excited against this proposition, as it involves the submersion of the beautiful island ofyPhilne and its magnificent monuments for several months each year. The most important improvements in practical medicine made in the United Stntes of late yeors have bet's in surgery in its various branches. Tiuountry has led the way in the ligation f lorae of the larger arteries, In the remf I of abdomi-nal tumors in the treoy ft of diseases injuries peculiar mL fmen, and of affections as well asUtlefonnitiei ol Iand kimts. Above al!,we were the to show the oe of anesthetic the ' most important advance aiadedurlng tht FOLKS TALKED ABOUT. Miss May Angela Dickens, eldest grand-daughter of Charles Dickens, is publishins a serial story in All the Year Hound en-titled "Cross Currents." Whenever a circus comes along near Au-rora, 111., Congressman Stewart, of that town, charters a train and takes a lot ot children to the show at his own expense. Bierstadt will paint for the World's fair a picture of Wotling's island, which many geographers believe to be the one on which Columbus first landed after crossing the Atlantic. An American flag, made by Gen. Sheri-dan's mother at the age of eighty-seve- n has been presented to the lady managers of the World's fair by H. C. Grinor, of Somerset, O. Julian Hawthorne has nlready made con-siderable progress with his history of Ore-gon. It will comprise two volumes, and will cover the entire period from the ear-lier explorations down almost to the pres-ent. Rev. Dr. Kittredge, of New York, noti-fied his hearers one Sunday recently that he desired to clear off the church debt of $20,000, and the whole of this sum was subscribed at once, or before the close of that day. A house in Olney, England, in which the poet Cowper lived for twenty years, has been allowed to fall into such a state ot disrepair that the owner has had to be served with a notice from the local sani-tary authority as to its dilapidated condi-tion. Thousands of Emigrant. German statistics show that In the first quarter of this year 41,692 Ger-mans emigrated to this country. This is the largest number on record for six years. Golden Tea. Tea that may truthfully bo called gilt-edge- some golden tip tea from Ceylon, was sold at auction for f125 a pound in London several weeks ago. |