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Show new teacher. " said Mr. Coles. "I had determined never to gu near tha wu turn-- .! school again shi-i- i out, but I g.iu.s IT; take a iuok in. for once, at any rail'." "It's examination day next Friday," said Sinn, "and that mijht bo tho best time to visit tho scIum!." and Friday at 1 Tho father oclock in tha uflcrnuon ho stood at tho entry of the school liouso iu his h attire. It was with clim-in- , as well as dignity, thnt Miss Nollio Scagnive welcomed Mr. Coles to a rest on the platform. lie hud heard a good deal from Sam about thu new teacher's attractions and attributed much of it to boyish susceptibility. Now he was convinced that Sum LhiI not exaggerated. 'There was os marked improvement in t:io scholars ns in tho teacher since tha old day when "ltoozio" wielded thu ferrule with trembling grasp; and Mr. Coles' cup of satisfaction was full or ho thought it was when Sum, a lender of his class, declaimed a piece of tdneution with merit and effect. That evening Mr. Coles visited the new teacher at her residence. As usual nt the close of the term the scholars hail a week's vacation, and Miss Sear grave's mother came from the city to spend a few days with hur daughter. Mr. Coles was not a homely man. llis forty years rested lightly u;n him, for he had nlwny lived moderately and temperately, and though not educated he was far from ignorant He mado a favorable impression on Miss Ncagravo, and she gave him a sincere invitation to call again. The calls were oft repealed, until ut length it became a matter of gossip that "Coles was the school QUEEN O' MAY. meadow! Homrwurd, o'er lb dew-we- t hour of day, At the g From lier court iu yonder woodland Trij the lovely (Jutcao' Suy; Cart aside the fairy scepter, Wielded with a dainty grace. Faded now the sweet wild flowers, Drooping o'er her smiling fme. 'li'-oi- , rlo-in- Hound her troop the royal subject 8he liaii mini with gentle away; Mock lli'-spretty wlusoin Isssici, Who k.i (nir a (Juccn o May! This hir laddie wblsjier ooftiy. And a question follow low To that lender, earnest pleading, Uuiduk, can yon answer "No! J. Turroy Counor. e TIIE NEW TEACHER. I dor.t inink aha will stay nt tench, log voi x long nlnrut here." remnrkod Mr. Jor.Mhau Cuius. ona of tho 1110m-beof the eehool ooumiitUie of , llr. Miller, 10 hi for their homos tm a as they rtii-ti- d crisp I'l 'n ii.biT rvuninu from a mooting of !l e ami inharmonious disAfter ii j cussion li.i- commit too had resolved, by a vote f three to two. to begin tho neat term with a now tcuehor. a graduate of t!.ertn!o normal school, inste;nl of the edd curlier, nleknntnel "Bangin' vein - dissipated hiiliits mods him unfit to ad ehildren in tho way they ought to pn. Mr. (,'oles and Dr. Millur were the minorily. "Bijoziu'' was a distant - alive of Colo. who adhen'd to him with unreasoning ubMtinnoy, when hit and dissipation aliennt.-i- ' i.il who had tho interests of Ihesehoo! children at heart, and Dr. Miller v t il with roles boeauso ho was his family physiuiun. and was aided by in procuring his follow eommithvtii.-iother practice uspoc-lu.iamong tho town pour. e. The :ir w teacher. Miss Nettie In gun her work after the Christa, as holidays. It was her first engagei,,! nt. hut she had graduated from tho normal instivery t tution. i.nd there could be littlo that, with a fair degree of encourage-mnn- t. ri: would le successful in conducting the littlo crossroads school at liurrilitown Corners. Trained and rduenteil in tho city, the little home on the hanks of tho West river, near tho ruins of nn old factory, had a loiiewiiiiC, chilling air under tho somber winter ky; but Nettie repressed the feelings which, swelled her heart and determined to do her best, mindful of the widowed mother to whom her darling's welfare was life itself. School opened on Monday. It consisted only of two classes, ono mainly other composed of the larger and t! of the smaller lioys and girls. The worst boy in tho school was Fain Coles. Not that he was naturally had, but his erratic, slovenly distHwi-tlo- n fostered by the former had teacher, on account of the father's support ns cmiiinlttocihan. mid, knowing the parent's antiKi1hy to the change. Finn set out to ninke things as ss possible for the new iinplen-uteacher, who was "nothing but a girl," ns he remnrkod scornfully to hi Nil in might have acted schoolmates diirercutly had his mother been alive to direct him. With all her softnoss and bounty of feature there was a good deal of character in the stool gray eyes of Nottlo Foagrave. Nho had come there to tench that school, and meant to be toachcr while who remained. Therefore, when after two admonitions Sam ('olos indulged in loud conversation for the third time, to the disturbance of the other scholars, and even to the evident annoyance of the girl to whom he addressed bis remark, he was promtly eummonud to the desk. Nam stepped forward with an air of Independent and defiance. The command. and especially the imperative tone in which it was delivered, had taken him by surprise, but he was resolved to brave out the issue and prove to tho others that he could browbeat the new teacher. "Hold out your hand, Nnmucl Coles!" said Miss Seagruvo, calmly and firmly. "You're not going to hit me. air you?" asked Sum in genuine astonishment, for he was truly astonished that any teacher should have the temerity to whip the son of a committeeman. "Hold out your hand, I any!" was the only answer, in tho same tone, but emphasized by is gleam in the eyes that did not fail to impress Nam that tho teacher meant business. Nlowly and reluctantly Nam held out his hand. "Nam Coles," said tho teacher in a gentler voice, as with a woman's natural lendernosa she hesitated to inflict the punishment sho felt to be deserved. you know that you deserve a whipping, but if you promise mo on your word that you will bchavo yourself hereafter 1 will give you another chance." Sam looked up at the sweet, young fa bonding tenderly aliovc him. He caught the glance of the steel gray eyes, and ho read In those eyes only kindness and good will. Hopromlscd. Sum Coles went home a different boy. His father was surprised and not altogether pleased to hear him speak well of tho now teacher. Hut Mr. Jonathan Coles was both surprised and pleased to observe. as time passed, the change that enme over his son. lie began to show evidence of knowing something besides bird hunting ntul rabbit catching. Ho was willing to do hi share of Urn chores instead of leaving all that, as in times past, to his father and the hired man. Ono day Mr. Coles hoard his son singing a temperance tune as he sawed away at the "Where did you lenra that?" ho asked, with considerable Interest. The new teacher taught un," answered Nam; "wo have a singing class now." "1 must go down and soe the rs n. assoi-iutu- - i- teacher." The summer passed, and autumn and tho Christmas holidays were ap- proaching again. The subject of engaging the teacher for another year would have to come up at the next meeting of the committee. It was not without nvident nervousness that Mr. Coles alluded to this, one winter evening at the teacher's homo. You vo trained Sam so well thnt I should hate to havo you go," said Mr. Coles, fidgeting in his chair. "I am glad you uro satisfied with o tho boy's progress." said Miss demurely. -- 1 am very much into rented in him." Mr. Ah hern well " uttered Coles, catching at the remark as a long sought peg to hang his suit upon, you're interested enough in Sara to take charge of his education nlono. llem well you know what I moan." Miss Soagrave was too sensihlo a womnn to pretend not to know. "1 thought you told me the new toachcr would not stay very long nt teaching about here, remarked Dr. Miller, jocosely, when ho mot Mr. Coles soon after tho wedding. "And I am happy to lie alilo to say that she didn't," was the beaming re-- p ly of Mr. Coles. Sea-grar- do-.ih- Sen-grav- Iici-hap- Iw-i- e REGREENING OF VEGETABLES. nt fire-woo- Franck Tnduttrj thnt Ha UrkrhlJ Ilaagerou Proportion. It may bo a superfluous task to paint tho lily or to gild the rclined gold, but the regrectiing of vegetables has assumed the proportions of a gigantic industry, which has its headquarters in Trance, gives employment to 20,000 persons, and represents a business of 40,000,000 francs. Nino-tentat least of tha green preserved vegetables sold in Franco or abroad are said to be regroened with sulphate of copper to give thorn tho appearance of freshness. According to the British Medical Journal tho Glasgow health committee have decided that, as tho French Government have annulled their prohibition, It remains for consumers to take care of themselves. "A foolish British public, says the Glasgow report, expects to get green peas at Christmas such as it got from the market gardens in summer. The French manufacturer makes them to suit his whim. The consequence is that it eats stale peas greened with sulphate of copper all the year round. A curious fact is said to be that the largest sale of preserved pea takes place in that period of the year when fresh peas are in season. A h! ""'V r2l,t of ?fusr a ,Vd and E BUSY TELEPHONES. hour and twenty-liv- e minute, it is li of the kind said to he the lurge-,BEN LOWDEN AN OUTCAST ever caught ill that manner. It was (SOMETHING NEW ABOUT TALK-- I INC BY WIRE. AMONG THE SAVACES. 7 feet ;l inched long. ALONE IN MADAGASCAR. ' li-- . Twenty-lou- r Inn I'omrud of III How III tbs FJsrr ll-ot-- Illui Out. Aoi-lst- THE WORD "CARAT." sed Tuula Found Why It Is linl anil The word II Original Mean lug. carat" comes from the Abyssinian name of hram It rorres-Mnd- s in weight with a cerium species of Kat Indian bean and was originally Used only as a weight, in thu manner a our word "grain" ceine from a grain of wheat, and lias also Its average weight. Tho exact rotation of thu carat to thu grain. Troy weight, is in round numbers, us i.lJOS to 1.185; or, in other words, 1.15 carat are equal to 4. 60S grains Troy. By division of tha last number by the first we find for the weight of a curat 8.88 grains very nenrly. Tho carat it tho weight hy which jewelers soli dia' monds. Thu curat is now only used fur weighing precious stones and pearls because thu grain is too small. In ancient times it was used as the unit of weight for gold, but is now, on account of tin greater ubundnnou of that precious metal, superseded by tho ounce. In regHril to thu alloy of gold, it has been accepted to tuku 24 carat of gold or 9: grains, very near, as the standard of pure gold, and to cull gold in which twenty carats in 24 carats are pure gold, gold of 20 carats; s is pure, or 18 when carats in 24 carats, it is called gold. No in regard to the alloy of gold, tha word curat has become similar to tha expression of a percentage, with the difference that 24 is substituted for 300. No gold is Identical to 75 per cent flue; t0 S0 I Tha ttii n,anncr of estimating the valua 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 sic.iking uf the fineness of the most valuablo metal. On the western cost of Madagascar, among the ilanyerou Tuuu!a people. Lieut. Slmfeldt, I'. S. N.. found a white man whom he thus describes ia the Philadelphia Times: In a little while 1 had told him the story of my wanderings, und asked mid answered a host of questions, llo was not a very tnlkutivo person, however, and drugged out his inquiries and drawled out his replies quite out uf . accord with my He took mo into a low thatched hut, in one eor-- 1 tier of tho stockade, and spread out a mat on the ground for us to sit upon, "This." he said, as ho squatted down with his long legs bent under him. is my living house; those on the other sidu are mere store houses. "Yes. ho drawled out, "1've been in this country a good ninny this comyears; going on twenty-fou- r sc.von I since shoved off ing rainy fr.nn Frisco. Quite a nip, sir. out of a life of n man to louk upon nothing but niggers, to eat nothing but fish and riec; to bo a dry as a bone, hot. the year and scorching hot, one-hn-lf wet ns a sponge the other half. Quite a time never to know whats going on out in tho world out there and what's become of one' kith and kin. Why, sir, year after year goes jogging along here, till I have forgot to count them. I was over SIX considerable, and had boon knocking ateut all parts 7f the world in all sorts of packets, when in '59 I turned up lu 'Frisco first mate of a big bark and loaded with grain fur The story of hur vnyago was Sidney. a bloody story. Our skipjicr was a r, from I)iimanisci.ilta. and a brute. Sho wus a hull afloat. I tell you. nud I found inyself afore thu mast Freaks of (Ii llazor. on her before we got in. for being a The finest grade of razors are so a and the parson' preuchor' skipper delicato that even thu famous Damassaid. So I left her and again ship;! ut Melbourne; in a little brig bound to cus sword blades cannot equal them in It is not generally known tlio Capo in tmllnsL We men got texture. the grain of a Swedish razor is there, but wus blowcd up the channel in that a hurricane; her lxmos and her crew's so sensitive that its general direction is chnngud after a short service. When bonus, except mine, are bleaching on the lieneh about fifty miles north of Juu buy a fine razor the grain ntns e"d outer point hu That was in 01. And hero I rom $? n a ho towardM "rertkm j havo boon ever sinre-h- ero and up country among Taualua and such. 1 haven't scon a nowspnper in eighteen the steel until tho grain appears to bo up und down. Subsequent years nor a whito face, except tim j usestraight will drag the grain outward from in twenty. One of those was a Swed-in- h tho edge, so that after slcndy use for missionary and the other a Iurtu-ge- e several months the fibre of the steel trader. Yes, I was married afure I left the stntcs had two children, too, occupies a position exactly the reverse whon I sailed away. God knows what of that which it did on the day of purchaso. The process also affects bccnino of thorn.' We went behind the house and he the temper of tho blade; and when the sets from the lower outor point pointed mo out about twenty natives grain toward tho back, you have a razor on natvn mnts, squatted (nzily out oivhilln wood spread In littlo heap which cannot bn kept in condition, befuro them. "You ace those fellows even by the most conscientious barber. But here's another curious freak that bring this stuff down from tho far interior. They gut it in the forests and will tuke place in tho same tool: swam is whore no whito man dnre go. Leuve the razor ulouo for a mouth, or take il up you will two, and when They bring it gonorally in littls bun- Und that the you hu assumed its grain dles soon as they gut thirsty enough or want a new ragout down here and first position. Tho operation can Iw I trade 'em fur it. Then when they refloated until the steel is worn through to tho back. sleep off their drunk I set 'em of tho piles till they get tired and go t'aunlna klberian Xallvra, back fur more. When compelled to travel all eight Well, yes; I'm marriod into several the Siberian natives always make a of their families too. Ilud to, you of stopping just before sunpractice know; it's tho custom. Come back to rise and allowing their dogs to sleefi. tho houso and I'll introduce you to They argue that if the dog goes to number six and tho latest while it is yet dark and wakes We crossed the hot sand again and sleep in an hour and finds the sun shin-lrup into the hut "Rabado," he called, he will suppose that he has had a and in a moment tho rickety door of a full rest and will travel all night's mom on one side opened and a woman (lay without of tired. thinking to toe from chin in a course Ono or even two hours being at wrapped stop any blanket stepped out Nho was well other time is perfectly iiselosa as the formed and tall, and not without a will be uncnntmllublo from that native grace of motion. Nho hid a dogs time forward until they are iiermitted but i withal black, a somewhat to tako what they think a full allow- very d face. Her unco of sleep. eomcly and lmir was done up in a tight bail, saturated with beef fat and her foreART AND NATURE. head was ornamented with white It fas lieen fuuiul that s small dm of broad parallel lines of cluy. "She's strung nlculiol shortens tha time that food a Tatiain," said Lowdcn, "and I remains iu tha stomach by uiora than half brought her down from up country a an hour. Her father is chief a ago. year big Mananas for Iroakfast are quits as much up there and never comes to the coast" in goMtruniiiuiu order uor as orangoa ever Many months afterwards in New were since tho published article which York, I delivered a lecture on tho sub- claimed for them no many health-givinject of my recent experiences in Great quantities and benelVlu virtues. It is remarked by the English inspector Madagascar. On coming out from thu hall I felt myself touched upon the of explosive, in Lis fiftieth annual report that the number of doath by shoulder and turning around was con- just issued, t fronted hy an elderly gentleman with aerlik-n- in among over 10,000 ersuns entbe manufacture of explosives gray hair and whisker, lie tsikud gaged ha amounted only to eight. mo to name a time und plnce where he The wearing away of the cliff oath could call upon tne. I did so and he shore of England has of lute called promptly. -- I saw," he said. In considerable attention and the attractedis problem one of tho steruoptirnn views at your being attentively studied with the view oi lecture the picture of a white man. preventing the erosive action of tha warm Have you Hint photograph?" I had Hi well a of the stream that trickle down. One of the recent Invention for lifeand I gave it to him. llo looked at it long and earnestly through his glasses. saving apiwratua is the Irvine pneumatic gun for throwing a line to blia in distress Is this from lifo sir?" or to person lu a burning house. The air "It is." 1 Hna this nun a slight limp in his , admitted from a reservoir to tbe cham- llir tH,bin(i th0 projectile at a pressure of . patii-m-o- i j I throe-fourth- nt at at j i down-caste- FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF. Welsh! of an Ad all Bad Othar Particular. The woight of the circulating blood Is 29 lbs. The average weight 150 lb. of an adult is 6 ox. The brain of a man exceeds twice that of any other aniniaL A man breathes about 20 times a minute, or 1,200 an hour. The averago woight of tha brain of a man Is 8 lbs. ; of a woman 2 lbs 11 02. ! ' Five hundred and forty pounds, or one hogshead and one and a quarter pints of blood pass through tho hoart in ono hour. The heart sends nenrly 10 lba of blood through tho veins and arteries each brat and makes four boats while we brenth once. mil-- ; Ono hundred and seventy-fiv- e lion colls are in tho lungs, which would cover a surhico thirty times greater than the human body. Tho average of tho pulse la infnnoy la 120 per minute; In manhood. NO; at sixty years, 60. The pulse of females is more rapid than that of male. i j i ! g, good-nature- "Does ha drawl out his worls?" "Has he a habit of walking up and down when excited ?" and a score of other inquirio. to all of which 1 answered in thu affirmative, and told him tho story. "It is tho man. he exclaimed, it i the sniuo man. Twenty-fiv- e years ugo he came with hto lies and forgeries to our houso ia Snn Francisco. Wo niqarinted him first officer of one of our finest vessel Ho sailed for Sydney. He got the crow in a state of mutiny and with his own i hnnds murdered the captain and threw his body overboard. Hu sold the ship Thousand of Emigrant. German statistics show that in the Bnd cargo in Sydney on false orders first quarter of this year 41.692 Ger- from us. lie (mid off the crew three man emigrated to this country. This times their wages and then disapis tho largest number on record for peared. Ho Is the most infernal scounsix years. drel that ever drew the breath of life- Golden Too. Woman Hr si the Ilrrord. Tea that may truthfully be called d weighing 2tk'i jmunda is some golden tip tea from said tnrjioo to have lieen caught la Fort at was auction 125 sold for a f Ceylon, Meyer. Flu., with hook and reel, a pound In London soverol weeks ago, few days ago by a Kentucky lad gilt-edge- i ; j 24i0 pounds on the square inch. M. Masrart. one of the most eminent French electricinns uf the tiuie, say that the use of the magnetic needle in tracing the underground geology, or in other words, the pust geography of a country, la one of those triumphs uf science which are almost tantamount to divination. Iff an pm(nl for irrigation both in Vp-pand Lower Egypt during the period of low Nile include the building of a high barrage across the river at the Unit cataract. limit opposition ha lieen exulted against this proposition, a it involves the ,ln,-ni- ,n oftli beautifulMand offline and it magnificent monuments for several months each year. The must important improvements in practical medicine made In (he United States of late years have tier in its various branches. Th led the way in the ligation larger arteries, in the rein nal turnon in tho tnw and Injuria (lerulhir spiunl affections as well a: varioas kinds, all. '.we wen the first to show the e of antithetic th most important advau madeVdunug liu century. er Al-uv- In ini iirovBiiiBBti Mail g A varans ; ijihoii .tm Kmlff-Thc- rB Urril THE GARDEN OF EDEN. I'm In s lntru-- L TliMiniid uiruti Hit Tle- lluu of an old mid powerfully built iiiiui. Tn graves ut cither side wen tho lwiu-- uf two young women, mid further uiong in the row were lliu graves of two children, supniseil to bu Miles M ind-- ! ih'tf Mm.' who died in boyhood. oi Oar I'areafa. Vt is estimated that them are over The true situ of thu Garden of Edi-Dahl eities and towns, containing near- ha liei-- the subject of nliniit endliof the telephone subscribers, conjecture. Thu thivu euiitiiu-iitly! 100,000 wyiieli are connected by over loo.UoO Old World have been gone over by niiles of wire, uffurding the means of in a vain search for its iiiort to ifemiuul prolmblo locution. From China to thu (woplu, says the New York Canary Island, from thu Mounluin of News. In New York City ulxiut the Moon to thu coast of thu liultie. suhserlh.r nro eniinei'tod by each country bus lieen thu s ibjecl of usu tbe wjuivh. und no sjHit siipjioscd to cormiles of wire, and 'e'.ephono over loo, ono times a day. respond in tiie slightest degree to the A careful caieulatiou sliows that durscriptural description of thu first ultodu of tho human race lias lieen left ing the last year over 450,(140,000 n were curried uu by Tiie most ancient opinion, J in thu United States. which Is given by Josephus, is that it Tin; rapidly and constantly growing wus in the country which lies liewecn increase in tho extunt to which thu the Gauges und thu Nila This view telephone is used is duo to thu great imagine Eden as being a very widely improvements thnt have been mudo in extended territory, embracing all of its uttieicney for short and long dis- tbe country front the Indus on tho tncu telephono oat to tiie Nile on the wct. As thu tance. Thu long-d- it Garden" is said to have be n "to thu line of one of tho great telephone compmiie emhraee a territory Iwtwcen ent ward Jin Eden," it is placed defwestern iennsylvania mid thu initely in thu valley or thu Euphrates. taking in nil tho principal and You Hummer, ihu famous Oriental ; others iuijMirtant towns in that district on thu scholar, places Eden in western extremity. Thu company has loeato it in Babylonia, at the c.inliueneu Pittsburg, Cleveland and Buffalo, it of tho Euphrates und thu Tigris. now reaches tho important towns in Captain Wilford, a profound studuntof New England and as fur south us liinduouiitiquilies, inis labored to locate Eden in Baniinn. south of the Koosh Washington. New York has always been and is range of mountains. Buttmnn puts it tiie great radial jioiiit, und, in a great down in India: Haider, in hi "History measure, all lines run to New York. of Mankind," identities it with tho Yalo A great deal of New England business, of Cashmere; thu Orientals (many however, centers in Boston, and Buf- sect of them) believe that it win on falo also form another center. thu lslo of Ceylon, while thu Greek Thoso long distance line are oper- place it nt Bcth-Edcon Lebanon. ated in metallic circuits. That is, in- Lastly, many regard tho whole story stead of having a single steel wire us given in Genesis us a myth. using the earth ns a return wire, all tho ordinnry noise and induction of The LirirtL tho old telephone havo b 'on avoided Tito three lallc-- t trees in tho world by tho use of two copper wiri-s- , thus are believed to bo a sequoia near innkiug a complete metallic circuit. Stockton, California which i 32 feet By this means not only are tho out- high, mid two eucalypti in Yictoria, side noise avoided, but very perfect Australia, estimated to ltd 435 and results, indeed, nro gained, so that 150 foul respectfully. lictwoen long distances conversation Tho lHko which has tho highest elemay be carried on and business tran- vation of any iu tho world is Green sactions curried out us easily as if the lake, Colorado. Its surfaco is 10,252 persons were in ono room. A a mat- foot uhovo tho level of tho sea. In ter of fact these lines am often used tenno places it is over 300 feet deep. for holding directors' mooting, a The greatest depth uf tho ocean is number of directors being in ono city, 27,930 feet. Boston for instance, and the oilier in Tho largest sheet or pa:io of glass New York. They can talk together at in thu world is set in tho front of a a meeting conducted in this wny al- building on Vino street, Cincinnati. most as well as if they were all in thu Ohio. It was mode in Marseille!, same room. Bankers and brokers and France, and measure by 101 mon owning large manufacturing ininches. terests use tho long distance linos At Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, thure was racontly roiled a steel spring freely. A New England manufacturer may six inches wide, of an havo the lino put in his Now York inch thick, und 310 feet long. It i office, and for all practical purposes the largest coiled spring ever rolled. bo here as near hi factory in New Tho order was tendered to nil tha England as if it were In tho sumo largo European but none of them would undartuko tho task. building. Tho extension of there long lines in metallic circuits has brought about n Lobsters Afraid of Tbundrr. remodeling of nearly all the tclcpliono Tho lobster is greatly tn dread of exchanges connected with tho long- thunder, and when thu nro very distance lines. In Now York, loud numbers of Ilium drop llu.-i-r claws anil Boston and nil tho larger and swim awny for deeper water. Any places a grunt extension of wire hit great fright may also induce them to boon made underground nud in cables, drop their cluws. Bat now claw begin in which everything Is laid out to bo at once to grow, and in a short time are oporetod on a metallic circuit plan. ns large as old ones, and covered with In New York at the present time; hard shells. Tho lobster often drops its out of nearly 10,000 local sub- shell, when it hides until the new shell scribers, 1,000 are provided with me- is hard it. Boston to WJi.r. Was This Kartliljr raradi-- s - s is ki 25,-(H- ley lelc-plm- d, Hm-trla- n, er iron-work- lffiiia-delph- ia enough teletallic circuit and By means of phone instruments. these they have very much improved local service, and can at any momont talk with any ono of a total of 50,000 telephone subscribers in thnt 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 system. 'Reference is frequontly made," said General Superintendent Gifford of one of the big telephone companies to a Nows reporter, to what hu been done in other countries in regard to improving the telephone. In the last fortnight, however, a mass meeting was held in London to protest against the bnd service there of tho National Telephone company, and to demand that tho company provide metallic circuits and make other improvements; which have already been mado by com panics in the United States." long-distan- protect Budget FIGS AND THISTLES. It is hard to behave la the religion of people whom you know uod to do niran things. "If ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." It domra' t often happen that the piety of n church is suy higher that it pastor practice. Lifo i s great everywhere, can not. joy whim God ran he mm and a great burden when ha God want Hi children to understand that they ran depend upon Him under all cirrunistance; People who ran patiently bear all their mall trial will never break down under their great one. 1 Christ mourned for Jerusalem, and had roniUMdon on the multitude, but be never mourned fur himself. If tbe devil could only find something that would hurt n Christian, perhaps hs could get n little rest. "Ho that dwefieth in the secret place of the moot high shall abide under tlw shadow of the Almighty." Kern's Horn. Th Great Sun Dragon. It is the belief among both tho igno- rant and tho educated classes of China that eclipse of the sun are caused by a great dragon which attempts to de- FOLKS TALKED ABOUT. vour the center of our solar system. Tiie lust eclipse which was visible in the celestial empire occurred at a time when the people were celebrating tho birthday of the emperor. Now, ills the custom to celekaate such an event clad in the best raffuont thnt can be afforded; it is also customary to wear sackcloth and go into mourning nt tho time of an eclipse, at least until tho sun hu been rescued from tho groat dragon which seeks to devour it. Here, indeed, was a dilemma. At lat the emperor wus petitioned. Ho. being as superstitious as his people, ordered hi birthday ignored and commanded tho people to go into mourning until the un shall bo rescued." Miss May Angels Dickens, eldest grand-ilsught- of Charles Dickens, i publishing a serial story in All tbs Year lUiunil entitled "Crus Current. Whenever a circus come along near Aurora. 111., Congressman Stewart, of that town, charters a train and takes n lot of children to the show at hia own expense. Bierstwlt will paint for tbe Worhl's fair n (detura of Walling's iolaml, which many geographers lielieve to be tho on on which Columbus first landed after crossing tha Atlantic. An American ling, mado by Gen. Sheri-dumother nt the age of eighty-sevehn been presented to the lady manager of th World' fair by H. C. lirincr, of Houiereet, O. Julian Hawthorn has already mod considerable progress with hi history of DraWhrr lie Was Burled. gon. It will coiiqirise two volume, and from th earwill rover tbe entire The place where Captain Miles lier explorations downperiod almost to tha pres- Stnndish. Tho warrior chieftain of ent curly settler at Plymouth, Moss., was buried is believed to have been established beyond doutjL According to tradition, he was laid at rest in an old burial ground, between tho bodies the n' n of hi daughter Lora and his daughter-in-laMary Stnndish, tho grave being marked by two triangular pyramidal stone. A grave answering this description was recently opened at Duxbury, Mass., by the local rural society and found to contain the bones w Rev. Dr. KJttredge, of New York, notibearer on Kuuilny recently that he desired to clear off the church del it of and the whole of this sum was subscribed nt once, or before the close of thet day. A house in Olney, England, in which tha poet Cow per lived for twenty years, ha been allowed to fall into such a state of disrepair that the owner ha hail to hs with a noth' from th local sanitary authority a to it dilapidated fied hi sei-Tt- |