s————————————— ——-————————— ——_—. The railroads of the United States have cost nearly ten billions of dollars, Some of the largest ocean steamers san be converted into armed cruisers in thirty hours. There are four natives of Georgia and seven of Kentucky in the United Btates Senate. New York furnishes eight and Ohio six. The report that the Panama syndi- cate has been rehabilitated is not borne out by the facts. Employes and mer- chants are leaving the Isthmus and everything is at a standstill. Miss Kate Hilliard, in a paper read before the New York Theosophists, speaking of hypnotism, says that no one while under the influence has ever been induced to surrender a vital so- Many tried with this intent, but without suc- cret. experiments have been C088, A New that he and his fellows victimize more York confidence city men than hayseeds. The rural to i suspicious and on his guard, while visitor, when he come wn, 1 the 4 §1 city man, who thinks he knows it all, is a much easier victim. does not run to the poli y “‘pinched A Harper's Weekly, enlogizing James M. Bailey, of Dan- writer in bury, Mass., tells us that the Danbury News man would never allow arti cle reflecting upon the private lif any individual or likely to wound any person's sensibilities, to b He preferred that his jo publishe irnal chronicle the good deeds of his towns- people, rather than record their weak- nesses and failures, Canada promises treasures to futur f corctinent. The Archives Departm at Ottawa new presents for reference 1200 volumes of original correspon- dence, and many hundreds of copies of documents bearing upon the history of the New England colonies, Acadia, French Canada and the more western regions. The British War Office hand- ed over to the Department some time ago eight tons of valuable historical material, comprising 400,000 official documents, All Europe seems to the New York Times to have the exhibition and some sort of world’s fair is to be fever, held in every European capital daring this year. And the epidemic ing farther afield. Alexandria is p paring a national exhibition of an and modern Egypt, to be city during the istobea modern artistic also o and wondrous past. Chemistry substitutes for the ex now made New York Sun. that the exn banana is produced There that even when some known Seens a pos cease to be cultivated many may become surgery. It has been discovered that some such plants are free from the at- tacks of insects and from fungu growths, and this may be due fact that their essential oils have septic qualities. The enc an antiseptic, and so do « plants. Says the New York Observer: We do not know how many hundred thon- sand times the old adage that ‘A little knowledge is a dangerous thing," has been repeated, but we think it ie about time that some one should give us as condensed a suggestion of the possible evil effects of great knowledge. It is that the wonderful knowledge schieved in the seientiflo world, men to make such deadly munitions of war as are not at all certain which enables now produced, is a blessing to man- kind. The London Spectator calls at- tention to the fact that the plosive of anarchism could not have been created without the diffasion of chemical knowledge. new ox- A burglar can use chloroform in his nefarions pur- suit quite as successfully as a surgeon ean relieve pain with it, Much of the sons of education, whose resources in that respect aid them in their opera tions, in the matter is, that knowledge, like all other good thing, needs to be sanctified, in order to be put to the highest use for the blessing of man- kind and to prevent its perversion. Knowledge is power for good or evil, if good then only because of the existence of something better that holds it by the reins w | Germany... .... : | Austria erime of the day is committed by per- | The conclusion to bo reached | Spain * Belglam, ,..o0.. One student ont of every sixteen in America is studying for the ministry, An insarance company in Phila. | delphia declines to insure the lives of football players. The Rome papers comment favors | ably upon the United States Govern- | ment's proposal to establish emigra- tion agents in Italian ports. In spite of the fact that New York's requirements for a medieal license are the highest in the Union, it is the boast of the Mail and Express that the | Empire State heads the list of doctors with 11,171 licensed practitioners, The President makes his appointments at large to the not unfrequently military and naval academies from iz the of Much as the officers of the two sons army and navy officers. services grumble at grievance real and imaginary it commonly happens, notes the Detroit Free Press, that th are glad to see theis the sons appointed acaden 1108. The Superintendent of the Philadel- phia Mint has informed the Nations l or Bank of Savannah that a disfigure mutilated silver dollar is worth its weight as bullion—forty-thro This New Orleans Picayune to rem “it does not take to knock fifty hit y . nf nothing more, wach « -HOVEen cents dollar of our dad Li Bg, AD 1 wo nang corres The opened a large new wi Pennsylvania Railroad has sey City, and is prepared to give ex- ceptionable facilities and quick trans- portation to Southern garden truck sold in New York. The New York In- | dependant is of the opinion that *‘in | the present condition of agrienltural | depressfon everywhere the action of | the Pennsylvania Railroad, in facili- | tating the handling of garden truck | 3 for city consumption, might be f lowed with advantage in of the United States.” Now that larger to tion hereafter it will be much farmers are by means of improved machinery and in far expenses by ine A writer on the publie debts o tions presents an interesting hie ficures of 1865 with comparing of 1890, those During that quarter of a century the grand tota I'he only deere ase wi enormously, ing any States, The in Gireat Britain latter had a debt 1865, and $33,004,722 of in showing for a country so limited in resources and population. Great Britain had a debt of 83,848 46,000 at the earlier of these ‘ates, and £3.350,719,563 at the latter. But the United States was the only country f oi which made any very great reduction, namely, from §2,7560,431,571 to §915,. 062,112, just about two-thirds, Turn. | ing now to the continent of Europe, including Russia and Tarkey, which are partly in Asia, we find the debt increasing figures as follows : Nation, 1H, 81,95.217,017 1s £610,470,000 « Hun- vo 1,475,220,000 2.048, 5060,000 040 0490.0 71,030,000 000 000, 000 414,120,000 110,000,900 21,420,000 9,044,000 190, 400,000 34,510,000 229,432,000 714,000 2.%5,339.530 $.4046.703,308 3.401.018.0074 2,824,826 924 1,951,453, 006 430,580,933 39,504,009 64,220 807 13,973,762 400,403,500 107,308, 51% #21,000,000 10,012,925 Franes.......:. Russia, .......e aly. ..oviii me Netherlands, ,.. Sweden ........ Norway. ....... Portugal, ...... Bwitzeriand, . . . Totaley, ...98,000,050,000 $18,665,649,611 | ring the THE NEW DAWN, An honr ago wo sald good-by, My dream and 1: The golden voice that promised me Love, light, fruition, ecstasy, 1s silenced quite, And it 1s night, Right, while the rent clouds fret the moon, And waters croon Beneath the fateful, running breeze That wakes a message in the trees ; “Patience—and pray-— Till comes the day.” The day 18 hore, the azure day, A day in May! How can I grieve while Nature sings? The robins' all prophetic rings The one refrain, “You'll dream again !” Kate Jordan, in Lippine TIE OLD STONE BELFRY. nt, WILLIAMS, OME he re, talph,’ Mr, Kline i wearily dropped the yo U1 thi I Ii out. i nto a chalr in got; play i \ " wenmatism a sturdy voy of fifteen. to do will be to turn uy bell twice, I Mr. Kline beer bell ringer of the Arrived big key fror open body large, was which RBalph that the 1 glow of light. vestry, and, | one side, glanced which was suspend “Five minutes claimed to himse ringing!" The bell rung twice, with a period between of ten minutes. Most of the congregs- tion lived at a distance—from a qua: ter of a mile to a Or more away, So a “warning bell,” as it was called was rung at five minutes of the half past seven, ten f one wi chur if they wishod ¢ Ralph clos nt * 3 | 8: . at the charg seven, in evening, when servicd began at bell at minutes alte ': v in A Cra ile, and the up into the bell ETOOve tarned by a pull en of n large WAS very of vigor Kline him- y bring ous pulls, eves self had hold of sound forth Twice Ralph pal y the ope before th radle began to move perceptibly. Even then the bell did not ring, and the boy threw all his strength and weight into a third effort As he did so, it seemed to him that the rope came toward him much more quickly than it should, and then, be fore he could let go, 1t suddenly loosened up above and fell in great spirals to the floor, Fortunately none of the heavy coils struck him; but it gave him a big start, notwithstanding, MAY T 01 | and he jumped quickly to one side. This is certainly a highly creditable | © wp.. fui) A ’ There he stood staring up into the darkness, and wondering what could have happened. Then, realizing that the only way to learn was to go up in- to the belfry and investigate, he picked up a lantern which stocd in a corner, | and, lighting it at the lamp, started up the ladder which led to the tower above, It was » long ladder acd elimbing it was no easy task. The lantern, as it hung from his arm, banged against him and cast shifting and uncertain lights, covered with a thick coating of dust. Yet he toiled slowly on. It seemed ns if the ladder never would end, It grew cold, too, for it was freezing outside, and a keen wind blew through the openings in the belfry above. Presently, however, Ralph struck : his head against something, and he know he had reached the end of his journey. Holding on with one hand, with the other he unfastenod the hook whiocl held down the trap door, Push- ing this back he drew himself np through the opening, aud was in the belfry. For an instant he rested, Then, shivering as = cold blast of wind swept down upon him, he rose to his foot and took up the lantern, Immediately before him was the wope, danglivg from the bell eradle The rungs of the ladder were | above. Apparently, it wns all right. It seemed to ran properly enough through the hole in the floor- ing on which he stood. He was about to go down the ladder again to dis cover where tho break bad oecurred when a draft of air stirred the rope, and, ag it moved, he saw that it did not go through the hole nt all. It came floor. Ralph placed the lantern beside him and bent down to examine the rope. It seemed to have been severed by some jagged edge, for it was torn and frayed, aud bits of hemp strowe d the floor near He concluded that it must have been worn through by rub bing against the sides of the hole through which it had originally passed, While he was looking at it he was vy. | startled by a sharp squeak st his very | elbow. He glanced quickly about, | and a bright spark in a dark corner ol the be ry caught his eye. Hq picked up the lantern and swung it in fro: of | mall him, and a 8 v | darted under a beam All at once, Ralph the old Lelfry was sald with these snimals, ¢ self, he turned to go. his foot struck the board an { he fe 1, and instantly extingn OKLA tern over the light, lost its wher | lark. 3 Those iz { un at once retreated, as he could tell by the disappearance of their | eyes. But as he moved several jumped at him from behind, aad one fastened its teetn in his leg. He kicked wildly at this, and the rat was thrown to one side. Another instantly sprang i then a half-dozen at once the little anis thes, 1 fron f hire at vidi reached ids and grasped the pulied himself fron y floo with one {remen off the him, sand, hand « lous kick, rats which clus ver hand, raise lozen feet Inst of the self a hall into the ar. 1 with his res a solitary, The rope sl ywly lescende weight as the wheell slowly ved. The bell struc muffied note as the tong at last 1e fell against its edge. Then it was sil ing tilted in the air, and, rested. But the strain on his arn warned him that he could stay in his present position, even with his feet twisted about the rope as they were. Togo down he did not dare. To go up was the alternative; so slowly he pulled himself higher until his head struck something hard. He quickly put up a hand and felt for the obstacle. A short examination told him that it was a beam. Then he re- membered that a couple of stout tim- bers ran across the belfry and gave | support to the frame in which hung | the bell. | Ralph twisted himself about and | tried to foros himself between the two beams. Bat the intervening space would only admit his head and shoul- ders, and, having worked himself that far npward, he found his logs were so | confined that he could scarcely move them. He then clutched %he rope | with oge hand, and the most conven- | jent beam with the ctler, and, for a { full minante, remained motionless, resting. Below him he could hear the rats squaking, snd occasionally be felt | the rope shake as some particularly | notive animal sprang at it. The movement of the rope suggested n plan to him which promised tempo- | rary rest to his arms, and he at once | put it into execution. First he low- ered himself so that his head was clear | of the beams. Then, while he clung ast with one hand, he raised the slack rope below and twisted it about the | part from which he hung, so that a oop was made, into which he quick] thrust one leg. It was very diffioult nt ont, re and Ralph main- 1% goon not long to an end just where it reached the | work, for the rope was thick and heavy, but when it was done, and he | held the rope so that it could not slip, | he found he had a fairly comfortable | peat, He now hung some three feet below | the cross beams, and, thought the ropo rose and fell gently for a few minutes, | as the cradle sbove slightly rocked with his motions, no sound came from the bell, There were no sudden pulls | on the rope, and consequently the tongue of the bell remained motionless againgt the bell's edge. Ralph was content to rest in this way for several minutes. Then of iey wind sweeping down upon his shoulders warned him that he conld not remain long where he was, in midair, without a coat, he shortly frecze! But wonld any help come? a blast It seemed unlikely, since hie church, n strange couple of ! Neithe would thin) lalph recognized the men as ne igh- bors, and soon descended stiff and cold { from his awkward perch. | v » 2 { No rats were to be seen. Frightened by the light and the of so many persons, the vicious little beasts Presence had retreated lid not wail ) vestigate a lve} Mapa of Making a School Globe, ie misphe res Ar hat we get a pasteboard sphere, Two wires projecting from the two ends of the wooden rod penetrate the paste- form the p board is then coated w over with whiting, board, vies of the globe. SIX OF In rlue and oil, until a considerable sabe has been being dried bef lied. At this stage the manufac y any irregularity on the surface of the globe by working a metal semi-circle round and round the | sphere till the surface is made quite smooth. The surface is then marked by means of a beam compass, with lines to represent the circles of lati- tude and longitude. —Goldthwaite's Geographical Magazine, stance laid on, each layer the of next is ap- is remedied { I —— | Affection lor a Dog. | ‘One often hears,” says Ernest P. | Peient, of Rochester, | one of the arrivals at the Lindell last | night, “of the affection of dogs toward their owners. There is a case in our | town of a man who shows an equally { remarkable affection for his dog. When the dog's mistress died and bousekeeping was broken up the troubles of the man began. He in- sisted on having his dog with him, {and there was scarcely a boarding house in town that would receive him, When he finally got located, the dog was #0 tiresome that he was asked to get out, and finally he took two cheer loss rooms, where he lived and slept, getting his meals where he could, He soomed indifferent as to the accommo dations to be obtained for himself, the most difficult thing being to secure a place where his dog could sit by his gide and share his food. Ho found such a place at last, and now oan be soon y, eating beefsteak and divid- ing rations most eq with his canine corapanion. St. Louis Globe- Democrat, | graph. | say." | hadn't friends enough that do that ri ht alon Hie N. Y., who was | 8 8 THE FLIGHT OF TIME, Heo had talked on every subject and The girl was dreadful tired He'd talked and talked and talked until She wished to see him fired, And when he had got back again To wenther, she was mad Enough you bet to call down-stalrs Her fierce and warlike dad, “It's boen a lovely day,” he sald ¢ “1 wonder if "twill be Like this tom Those row, for 1 love ——— HUMOR OF THE DAY. baggy pantaloons New York Herald, Musical composers should have no trouble about proposing their sweethearts; they are used to making overtures, —- Philadelphia Record. to “You vachtsman, breeze before i bent watcl Ti pie YATE 4 breath,” Tribune we Logical : Effie “Mummy, do they hunt lion an’ tigers?” Mamma-- “Because they kill the poor little sheep, Effie.” Efi “Then don't why way butchers, mummy ?” Young Fogy the other room “Dad, let's go inte and the phono It repeats every word yon Old Fogy ~*Just ae though 1 "OC Boston Transcript. Mrs. Nextdoor <**I have found out one thing about that Mrs. Newoome, Whoever she ie she has never moved in good society.” Mr. Nextdoor-- | “How do you know that?’ Mrs, Next. loor--*‘8he shakes hands as if she meant it.”--Tit Bits. Museum Manager ‘I've got too many of you freaks. I'll have to dis sharge one of youn." India-Rubber Man--*“Let it be the Haman Sala- mander; he's used to the fire.” Man. er—'‘No! I think I'll bounce you.” Philadelphia Record. Heloise (eight years old)--**“What doex transatlantic mean, mother?" Mother-- “Ob, across the Atlantie, of pourse. But yon mustn't bother me,” Heloise "Does trans, then, always mean across?” Mother--*‘I suppose it does. Now, if you don't stop bothe sring me with your questions I shall sond you right to bed.” Heloise is silent a few moments, Heloise-- “Then does tran nt OAL & Cross pareat?’--Brooklyn Life,
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