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Show j!WbrlJMP$iDj H Tibet's (1,000 (NMI people have to sup- H port an nun) of I'IIKMN) pilesls, who H produce nothing but beautiful' Ilium- luateil copies of the sacred writings. H 'ihe.v hold nil the public olllccs. H One of the show bottles In n Derby H (Conn.) drug slore contains the same H coloring mutter that was placed lu It H lu 1M. II Is Just as Might a blue as H It was the ela.v the bottle was closed. H 'Ihe number of timber sleepers nn J the rallvva)s of the vvoilel Is calculated H to be about I, lit I 000,000, and their H value Is estimated at nbout $1)00,000,- M 000 Tills Item makes a serious drain H em the tlmbei supplies of the world. H A bell cast by the Huston patriot, H Paul ltevere, bungs lu the bell tower of H the Chapman street schoolhouse, at H Greenfield, ihere is another of his I H bells In the cliurih nt Sunderland. A H third one was In the chinch at North- H field, which was humid several .vears H The saints have no fewer than r,!7 B streets iiaimil lu their honor In I-on- H don. There nre 10.1 Church sheets, H fifty-six Chapel streets, 100 Queen H streets nnd nearly as many High H streets. If n letter were aildcssM to H one of these without further ilctliiltlcui M It might take some months before it M would teach the address. H In the archipelago of Mcrgul, on tho H const of lower lliirma, Asia, live the H "sea gpsles" Instead of carfs they H own covered boats, In which with their H families, dogs, eats, chickens nnd pets, H they lloat about on the sen and w under H from Island to Island. It)' day they fish H or harpoon turtle or dive for o)sters; H but every night the) put luck to tho H What Is believed lo bo the largest fl white sapphire ever discovered lion H Just been brought to llerllu by M. M Ilcppiner, who hns resided for many H )cars lu Hrarll, where ho hisscsscs M many mines. Heforc cutting, the stone B weighed l'-l.'O karats, but n Haw caused M tho cleavage of a piece weighing 400 M karats. This piece will produce a cut M stone of 100 karats. That cut from tho M larger piece weighs 118 karats, Is two M Inches long and ono Inch nnd a half U wide and thick. U |