| Show EDITORIAL NOTES talmage talks about a haz hag malting making mouths to heaven 1 I see bee is telegram from new york if any anyone one can mako maho worse norse mouths than altier to heaven or hll hall bar num ought to secure the phenomenon there is not a mouth like he the brooklyn harlequins harle quins in any tabernacle in the united states bible questions and answers for children Is the title of a comprehensive little book by gister sister E V R snow smith just published at the juvenile instructor office it takes in the leading event events in bible hi atory and conye conveys vs avast a vast fundor fund of information from the old and new testaments it will bo be found very useful to teachers in conveying instruction st to classes tho the mark lale lane express after div ing a summitry summary of ava averages rages of tile the various crops in england this year remark remarks on the whole we regret that we cannot congratulate farmers and t lc e nation at large on a successful harvest if wheat barley peas and potatoes are superior to last years yeara 4 and mangol man golds dg a little tw ietter letter other crops are decidedly worse even the superiority in the quality of the grain which was con ti dently expected may not be real izad izail a the weather has L icen ioen been oen cen so wt wt w t since the harvest became general an instance of the fluctuation of one branch of the iron trade 1 Is worth recording in 1835 some gome large rolling mills were erected and costly plant placed therein near the river tees england A reverse of fortune threw them on the market and at a forced sale they tiley realized only they were then m worked profitably were greatly extended and were valued six years years ago at they have now stood idle for some years and it is now probable that they may be broken up and the metal sold for scrap iron A most unflattering view of now new yok yo vo k is taken editorially by the 77 igoe luct ll ct iver that even new yorkers are be begin gin gln I 1 ning to recognize that I 1 manhattan island is the poorest apology for 9 great city to be steen seen in the civilized world from the same source it I 1 as learned t at there Is not adiong among the races of men a more squalid ignoble uninviting stretch of indi gence and industry than ahe noe water fronts of manhattan 16 island nd from p buyten i ayten duyvil duyvis to the B battery on both I 1 t h river rivers pierre kropotkine a russian ni hillst ref uee also known as levas levai c holi holl who has been expelled from switzerland b a deerve of the federal council was chief editor of the tile revelle reu Rev olle ulle a violent revolution ary p paper ape r published in Gen evalt was also alao principally due to his that the tile walls of this city were covered lart lasit april with proclamation couched in the mot mo mott fc violent and protesting against jile the execution of the assa sms ams of tile the WO jato czar kropotkine was one of t e de delegate legatt present at the tile revolutionary congress gress kress 9 recently held field in london and greatly contributed towards the adoption of a resolution ba approving the use of dynamite as a means to accomplish the objects of the socialist party India indiana hag has a very sensible provision in the tho new code which is about to come into practice in that state it 19 ls is 19 that any railroad watchman or conductor while vi lille on duty on a running train may arrest any person engaged in violating the law and detain him until a legal warrant can be obtained id after notice of an intention to arrest him all necessary force may be used if he tie ts ti to escape the pr practical ac ti anch a law will be to insure the same protection to person and pro property penry perry on a railway train en route as would be enjoyed in a town or city the states and territories traversed by the overland roads where trains often run for days day through virtual deserts should enact laws of the bame ehme important scope A new city hall has hag been erected in philadelphia of ot which the inhabitants of or the city of or brotherly love are very proud its dimensions are given as follow A from north to south feet 6 inches from east to west vrest feet area aj 4 acres acre height of main tower feet width a base 90 feet ceil cell centre tre of clock face hot het above pavement diameter of clock face 20 feet height of upper balcony feet total number of rooms in building total amount of floor room Is 14 acres height of each centre pv pavilion illon feet lol 10 inches height of comer corner towers feet height of basement story 18 feet 31 3 inches height of principal story 33 feet 6 inches height of second story 35 feet 7 inches height of third etory centre illions 2266 26 feet 6 inches height of third story wings 24 feet 3 inches height of third story curtains 20 feet 5 inches height of attic of centre illions 15 feet height of attic of er err 13 feet 6 inches height of crowning statue 38 36 feet height of figures on centre dommers dormers dor mers 17 feet 6 inches height of flig figures ures unes on corner dommers dormers dor mers 12 feet teet 10 inches A new lamp has bas been invented which ia is helping the gas compa companies nies to hold their own against the formidable rival that threatens their interests the sa s1 S louis republican gives a favorable account of six of the new new lamps which the gaslight company of that city have imported from london where they are in use on the street in front of the houses of parliament the sugg burner ia Is a recent invention and its use in london has been successful though it ia is as yet not used except on that single street where it comes in direct competition with the brush electric light having heard very adorably avor ably of the tho lamp mr sir socrates newman of the st louis gas company sent the inventor an order in answer r to which the lamps were received they are the first ever ve r brought to america and results given by trial were very satisfactory the lamps are of two sizes and candle power the former being about twice the dimensions of an art ordinary street lamp each contains four burners arranged in a square at a distance of about three inches one from the others the light is very brilliant and mr newman thinks that with them gas can more than hold its own against electricity 4 |
