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While Russia took the lead In 189S In eellln* train to Germany.,tho German Imporutlonr from the United State# In 1899 weeded those ol Rua-^

sla by 19,860.000 bushels.

Speaklna of Irrigation, -there are ditches at Las Crtices. N. M_ that have been In contlnnuous service for three centuries, with the result that famine has never been In evidence in that section, and yet there are people, otherwise sensible, who ques-

tion the efficiency of Irrigation.

The price of *60.000 for one horse seemr very large. But the value of his yield will. It -Is claimed. In a year or two exceed the amount paid -for him. Rich men spend money freely, but they are apt to spend It wisely, that la In the way to make more money with It. What seems to be extravagance

often proves Investment.,

The huge meteorite that fell not long ago In Porte Allegre, Brazil, could not be got Into any ordinary museum room, hut would require a museum built around It. It Is os big os a church, being SS feet long by 86 wide, thus being by far the largest known. It Is .a .matter for mathematicians to calculate how much its bombardment bos affected the length of the earth’s day

s the Nile.

The wonderful dam

yhlch has been building for some years. Is practically completed, and in a short time Egypt will, by ibe storage for water thus provided, be relieved ^from the difficulties resulting freon,the rise and fall of the river. This will bring about the development of twothirds of the-country, which have hitherto been waste land. A great Increase, in the production of Egyptian cotton’

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GOOD INFLUENCES. Or. Talaue Talks About the Mission ol the “Writer's Inkbora." Hew It Makes For be World’* BeUtratnt -The lakstand el the World’s EvaaftlUalloo.

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WasnuroToir, D. C.-In a new wey and worn a peculiar text Dr. Talma** diacourse* of good influence# broueht to bear for the world’* improvement. The text u „,uit.«u*. ia epic, lyric, dramatic, weird and overcss., z vine dream* aa Ezekiel. In a vuion thia prophet had *een wrathful snj#U, dertroymg angel*, each with-a eword, but tn my text he *ee* a mcrc.ful angel with an ink.born. The receptacle for the ink in olden ttime waa made ont of the horn of a cow OV a ram or a roebuck, a* now it ie made it of metal or glam, an d therrfore wai u™, «• — wealth, of . of office, of the power of eacial influence, but today I apeak ol the power for good or evil in the ink*land. It ia upon your table*, holding a black or blue or red liquid. It ia a fortresa, an armory, a gateway, a ranzon or a demoliUon. “You mistake,'’ aay. eome one. “It ia the pen that ha* the power." No. my fnend. What U the influence of a dry pen? Pas* it up and down a sheet of paper, and it leave* no mark. It exprewet no opinion. It givea no warning. It apread* no intelligence. Tt is the liquid which the pen dip* out of the ink*land that doe* the work. Here and there a celebrated pen, with which'e Declaration of Independence or a Magna Charts or a treaty waa tigned has been kept in literary museum or national archive*, but for the meet part the pens, whether, aa of old, made out ql reed or later of wing of bird or atill later of metallic substance, have disappeared, while the liquid which the pens took from the inkstand remains in acrolb which, if put together, would be large enough to en.w j —-ia —-••cal, for

moral, lot religion*, for eternal I ££eak"Of the minion ol ’’thi **• 'l ” •’ ■ ’ "

"the writer’s

sages are all too maby.

tber »ue* it; the

it It telle the 1 newt; it announces the marriage, the birth,-the departure, the accident, the last sickness, the death. That home inkstand what a minion it has already executed, and what other minions will it yet fulfill! May it stand off from all insincerity and all querultrasnesa. Let it tell only that which it would be well to read after the hand that wrote it and the hand that received it can wnte no more. Dip out of that inkstand only that which is paternal, maternal, filial, sisterly, brotherly. Sacred let it be, not to what are •bmetimes called the ’’household god*," but to the one and the only GchI who "eetteth the solitary in familie*.” Dip out of it aolace for parent* on the descending grade of year* and encouragement for those who are climhing

the eteepe.

The carvers and glass blower* are ever busy making more ornate and skillful bowl* for the Ink. but not one of them will be eo sacred aa the old fashioned inkstand ont of which Was dipped the liquid fca- the making of the family record on the blank leaves in the Bible between the Old and the New Testament*, not ao many leaves now blank aa before recent years made birthday or mortuary inaertioas. From that, home inkstand the chUd dip* put material for those large and awkward letters that on# always makes when learning to write, and from it are taken the trembling letter* that show the wrinkled hand is gradually forgetting its cunning. Oh, ye who hay* with recent year* *et home* of your own. out of the new home inkstand wnte often to the old folks, if they be still living. A letter mean* more to them than to ns, who are amid the aeand to whom postal coroemore than we can manage. await the coming of the letter. Un-

t thing m life *

are than 29 year*, for the writ- | ’cadence they may be incompetent to give iuertn * o' 2SKLrss , b r-Sr5SS

It will do them good; it will make their last day* exhilarant. Make that home inkstand a source of rejuvenescence to thope who are near the terminn* of the earthly journey. Domestic correspondence it not attended to at once. The newspaper, joining srith the telegraph, bear* the tidings of all the neighborhood, but swiftest -revolving wheel of modern printing prea* and quickest flaan along the electric wires can never do the sympathetic work of the

A letter which was addressed to a lady at Hungerford. England, and posted at Swindon In. 1871., became lodged In some woodwork and escaped notice for 29 years. The other day |

it was 'posted. Life’s belated mes- ! ependence is i

u rrL

after more than 29 yean, for the writ- ' —J •«-* »-

ing or ut

apology, counsel, sympathy or simple friendship which If they only reached it would put a new song of hope Into Its life, reflects the New York Observ-

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As reported to the adjutant-general at Washington, the total available strength, of organized militia In the United Sutes foots up 113,967 officers and tncD.^ about 85 percent being in*, fantry. 'How slight a proportion of the fighting strength of the Republic Is denoted In this service Is apparent freon the returns to the adjutant general's office of the unorganized available force—10.432,043 men. It is apparent that In a season of grave emergency the government would be enabled to set from 3,000.000 to 4.000,000 soldiers in the field without seriously embarrassing the commercial and Industrial demands of national existence. No nstion on earth can boast such _ enormSSs reserved • military strength.

The Increase in the debts of American cities and towns In the last few years has amounted to a general movement A study of the subject shows that there la hardly-a growing place In’ the country that Is not going more and more heavily Into debt to

uc bandings, street

New York City leads off with a debt of 8390.000.000. or more than one-third the whole national debt; Boston-owe* 856.000.000; Philadelphia. 843.000.000; Baltimore. 831.600.000; Chicago, 836.000,000; Buffalo. 814.000.000; CleveUafi, 89.200.000: Columbus. O.. 86.000.000; Detroit. 84 600.000; Kansas City. *4.COO.OOO sad the heavy Indebtedness"; say shown by these random instances la j

journey. Domestic c

the sympathetic work of the home inkstand. As the merciful angel of rny/tm appeared before the brasen altar with the inkhorn at his side ia Ezekiel’s virion, so let the angel of filial kindness appear at the altars of the old homestead. Furtbennorettb* inkstand of the bueiness man baa Be mission. Between now and the hour of‘your demise, O commercial man, O professional man, there will not be a day when you cannot dip from the inkhorn a message that will influence temporal and eternal destiny. There is a rash young man running into wild speculation, and with as much ink at you can put on the pen at one time you may eavs him from the Niagara rapids of a ruined ■■ o.u-«,«»,&w jr!3

trodage or mistake in purchase of or want of adaptation i* on the of collapse. On* line of ink from your pen will save him from being tn underling all hi* life and start him on a career that will win him a fortune which will enable him to become an endower of libraries, an opener of art gallmee^and The dost largely successful and useful men of our time wore an old coat because they could not afford a new one. and get wages Use than-that which they par their cook or butler. It sril) be a mighty thing if out of roar inkstand you can dip a man's earthly and everlasting lv 1 of that inkstand not one

tenment. People hare zsxftz.xs

r* an adroit, moral, religious suggsethat win keep the receiver thinking ba has left th* counting room for hi*

tion after ba has left t home and far on

of prayer. A letter in Mr. Lincoln* osrn

£n£ SJofeSSi tailed by‘s

Methodist conference, saying: "In response to your address allow ms to attest the accuracy of its historical statement*, indorse the sentiments it expresses and thank you in the nation’, name for th* churthes, I would Jitter nothing which might in the least appear invidious against any. Yet without thia it may fairly be said that the Methodist Epmcopal Church, not lest devoted, than th* best, ia by its great numbers the mo*t im----it of all. It is no Dull in other*

that the Methoimt^churel

soldii

hoegtttl

than any. God church, bless all I

fault in

eh sendi _

to the

- heaven Methodist

courcn, o,vm mu'the churches, and blessed be God, who in thi*. our great trial, giv * t \Vhat t ^* grtatithing it snu that the Christian books which Mr. Lincoln read obliterated !rom hi* mind the infidel literature! William Carey became a missionsrv by reading "The Vor»« of Captain Cook.” John Wesley * life was shaped by reading Jeremy Taylol's "Holy Living and Dying." There are K.iM’SlSSa'S.lSSSJ’S your child that will decide for two world*, this and the next, the character of Ha

fluid facturer of is made of tannin

* tip of hi* pen. The menuist uik*kould tell you that it __ _imin and salt of iron and nut ralla and green vifriol. but many an author has dipped from hi* inkstand hypei' criticism and malevolence anld slander and salaciousness, as from a fountain of death. Among the most important are the editorial and reportonal inkstands. . The thick ink on the printer’s roller is different from the ink into which the writer dip# his pen and ia compounded of linseed oil and lampblack and made thick by boiling or burning. But the editorial and reportorial pens are responsible for that which the printer’* ink roller impresses upon the firing sheet*. Where one man read* a book, 6000 men read a newspaper. What change of opinion in regard to the printing press since the day when the beat Addison wrote-eoneeroing it. "One cannot but be sorry that such a pernicious machine is erected among them." and when, under the reign of Charlee II.. only one newspaper, the London Gazette, waa allowed to bSvprinted, and that only on

of the modern newspaper.

Thomas Gothrie dipped into it and brought up "The Goapelln Ezekiel." John Gumming dipped into it and brought up "The Apocalypee." Ob. the opulence ol Christian literature! Oh, the mighty streams of evangelistic power that have poo red from the writer’s inkhorn that ap-

peared in Ezekiel’s virion!

While you recognize the distinguished ones who have dipped into the inkstand of the world's evangelization do not forget that there ace hundred* of thousands of unknown men and women who are engaged in inconspicuous ways doing' the same thing. How many anxious mothers writing to the boys in town! How many sisters writing encouragement to brothers far away! uow many invalids bolstered up in bed, the inkhorn on the stand at their side, writing letters of condolence

Call the evangelistic inkhorn into service in the early morning, when you feel well, and you are grateful for the protection during your sleeping hours, and write before you retire at close of day to those who all night long win be saying, "Would to Ged it were morning!” How many bruised and disappointed and wronged aoul* of earth would be glad to get a letter from you! Stir up that consolatory

inkhot-n.

All Christendom has been waiting for great revival* of religion, to atart from the pulpist and prayer meetings. I now suggest that the greatest revival of all concerted MM —

time may start from a e ganized movement through the inkhorn* of all Christendom, each writer J- — 1 — from the inkhorn nearest him a ‘

riavitati "

pel warn-

ic impli

Why

to dip it oti process have

God before next could make the inritat

not through such of souls brought to

itiou. than by word of mouth. The invitation from your lips may be argued -back, may evoke querulous reply, may be answered by a joke, but a good, warm, go«pel letter, written m prayer, and started with prsyer, and followed by prayer, wiU be read over and over again and cannot be answered in

a frivolous way.

Within arm’s reach of where you ait there may be a fluid that you may put on The other angels spoken of in my text were destroying angels, and each had what the Bible calls a "slaughter weapon" in his hand. It was a lance or a battleax or a sword. God hasten the time when the last lanes shall be shivered, and the last battle*! dulled, and the last

THE SABBATH SCHOOL

International Lean

Marc^U

Subject: Jests Crsclflcd sad Bsried, Lsk* xxliL. 35-53-QoMen Text, L Car. xv H J~ Memory Verses, M-fl-Cosnsealary

as the Day’s Lessoo.

35. "Derided Him." The crowd mocked Him from 9 till 15 o'clock. But there were also friendly watcher* at the croas (John 19: 25-27). Jc*u* wa* not wholly deserted in thi* sad hour. The women were last at the cross and first a* the grave The three Marys were there: Mary, the mother of Je*u»; Man', the wife of Oeopa*. and Mary Magdalene, with •ever*! other friend* (v. 49). "Rave Himself." They thought that if Jedu* were the Messiah, surely He could deliver

Himself from the Roman ero**.

SoT*’Vinegar." It wa* abbot the time of the mid-day meal, of the soldier*, and they in mockery offered Him their sour wine to drink with them. The soldiers

• * -- •—. Jt«a* u a king, to whom

is presented. The first

pretend to treat’j* the festive cup drink of viotgai but thia, unmixed

in jest; «Je*o* ia in fact a "King with

’"*■ Him." The two thieve*

the band with Barabbas; they evidently 1 , hing about the Christ. One

mocked.-the other prayed.

"Doot thou not Ir-

38. "A superscription.’’ The white tablet nailed upon the croas, above the head of the victim, to declare the crime for which He waa crucified. It waa s common custom to affix a label to the croai giving a statement of the crime for which the person suffered. “Wa* written.” Pilate wrote thi* superscription evidently in derision. "King of the Jews." The words are somewhat different in the different gospel*, probably because oome of the writers copied from one language and some from another. The truth wa* proclaimed

ia iest; - -

many en . _

39. "Railed on H

J with Him may have belonged to id with Barabt " 1

knew something about

... -,i—.— Tru

fear God? _— 'd may do, thou art have no effect upon

41. ”We—justly.” He ia a true penitent, confessing hi* sin*. "Nothing «mi«*.’’ He m»y have heard and seen much of Jrsu* at the trial. It ia more th»o likely that at various lime* he may k£rt~ joined the crowd where Jesus -was speaking, and bare known of His miracle*. 42. "Lord.” The very use of the word implies faith- "Tby kingdom." He thus recognized Christ aa a real King. His prayer shows that he believed that Jeau* was the Son ol God; that He had power to ■avr, and that they would continue to ex-

ist in a future state.

43. ’To-day." Thia wa* the setond taying of Christ on the eroa*. Thi* verse u a strong proof of the immortality of the soul. "Paradise.” Thi* is a word of Persian origin, denoting a beautiful park, garden or orchard. It designate* the abode of the righteous in the unseen world, the home of repose and joy beyond

the grave. 44. "The third

befprt "Woman, behold thy Ron.” "Behold Thy mother." John 19 : 26, 27. Jesus in the "tering^—- *

e sixth hour”—Xoo

Noon, Christ’s

other*.

virion m darkness

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darkness continued three hour*, from noon till 3 o'clock. “Ora the whole land" (R- V.) Of Palestine. Thi* darkness wa* tjrpiori^ of the moral blackness that filled

Christ's fourth utterance on the cross: "My God, Mr God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?’’ Matt. 27: 46. The fifth say-

ing waa: "I thirst."

45. "The veil—was rent.” The great veil of the temple that hung between th* Holy Place and the Holy of Holies, forty cubit* (sixty feet) long, and twenty (thirty feet) wide, of the .thickness of the palm of the hand, and wrought in seventy-two squares, which were joined together. 46. "With a loud voice." A* it were the triumphant note of * conqueror. What Hr said first at thi* time is recorded in John 19: 30, ana was Hi* sixth saying on the ere**: Tt ia finished." •’Father" etc. Thi* was Hit seventh saying. "The word ‘Father’ show* that Hi* soul has recovered full serenity." Not long before this when struggling in the daiines* He called to His ”God;’’ now the darkness it cone and He tees Hi* Father’s ftee. T commend My spirit.” I deposit My soul in Thy hands. Here is another proof of the immortality of the aoul, and of its separate existence after death. “Gave up the ghost." He diamitsed the.spirit. He Himself willingly gave up that life which it was impoMible for man to take away; He thus became, not a forced sacrifice, but a free-wili offer-

ithed, and the angel of the text,

tion* That day may be fir off, but it is

helpfnl'to thmk of its coming.

As Dr. Raleigh declared that when thirty rix mile* at sea off th* coast of New England the cattle on board the ship as

universal peace. »

H our Bible is true—and no other book

47. • "The centurion.” The Roman officer who had charge of the crucifixion. "Glorified God.” When he taw "what was done” be acknowledged that God Himself waa showing His approval of Jesua. "A righteous man." An innocent man. According to Matthew be confessed

Jesus to be the Son of God.

48. "Smote their breasta.” In token, of alarm and penitence. They were to some extent penitent for their action*. Awe and consternation seized upon the Jew*. 49. "All his acquaintance." They bs-

— All Ms i

held him with tl_ , . . _ their irrevocable loss, which was n softened by the joyful hope of the

also a rich man.

51. "Had not consented.” He had either voted against their , action in the ii&raras-" ;i 5-s-' e °“

Rama in Ephraim,

Ephraim, the birthplace of S«mi form of the name ia more like

—- ——"Himself waited.” He was a secret dmeipl* (John 19:36), and "waited for the manifestation of the Messiah* '"fif^TVent to Pilate." He went in boldly. It took groat courage to do this. He had been a secret disople _and *fr*>d of public •eutimeut, but he is fesrlew nqw. I regard Joseph as an* of the noblest characters, referred to in the New Testament; he befriendad Christ iu this hour of awful darkness when even th* disciples

forsook Him and fled.

53. "He took it down." Joseph was asristad by Nieodemus (John »T JB-LH: th fT body in linen with !?**• • •"» «P-lehr». In a garden near by Calvary. It*. 53: 8.

And aa they went forth to do their Master's work, counting themselves now no ipogvr thoir own. but ilio-how the nemmaUty of each stands out. strong ■Sid distinct’ There tt no poosltdllty of MiMaktaf IVter tot John, or John tor Pgul. ^tV Master * word in spukeo by

ON A JAPANESE RAILROAD. Much Katina and Kraohlng Onrlng lbs Journey* of the Xalivs*. The second and third class railroad carriage# give the foreigner an op portublty to study the life of the Japanese people. On entering the Aral thing ono notices ia that white lines arc- drawn across the glass windows and upon Inquiry the Information Is elicited that some of the people who travel in the cars are unused to glass, which perhaps they have never seen before, and that they arc apt to put their beads through If there Is nothing to Indicate" that u substance bare the

way.

In cold weather all Japanese travelers carry ruga, for the cars are heated merely by long steel cylinders filled with hot water and laid on the floor. Since the passenger* are always pulling open the windows Japanese ear* in midwinter arc a menace to the health of every individual who hoe become used to an even temperature within doors. The smallest Incident of travel Is enough to break the Ice. and If a person has a wrong ticket or ha* lost anything it Is n matter of Interest and •ollcitude for everybody else. Many of the passengers are apt to behave with the same unrestrained freedom' as In their own homes. If they ore •tortlng on a long journey they at once proceed to make them selves as comfortable as possible. A rug Is spread out on the seat, for they are very particular never to sit on anything that Is not perfectly clean. Then they shake off their geta. or wooden dogs, and curl thSc feet up underneath. The next thing is a smoke. In which both men and women Indulge, sometimes lighting cigarette after cigarette, but more often they use the tiny pipe, which oarer contains more tobacco than a wisp the size of a pea. and affords one. sometimes, two puffs to the smoker. The ash Is then knocked out on the floor, and another wisp stuffed in and lighted from the smoldering ash which has just been thrown sway. This is kept up. off and on.- for hours. - When not smoking, eating Is going on. At every station there are venders of the little mandarin oranges. Every passenger buys a dozen or more, and eats them In s short time, throwing the skins about the floor. Boys pass by with tea In tiny earthen ,potr. a cup placed over the top and thi* may "be purchased for three sen (a cent and a half.) and tfie teapot Is left In the car. Beside^ leaning out of the car windows. to buy these the passengers have little wooden boxee filled with lunch. In the upper part Is closely packed rice. In the lower are all sorts of little pickles, and bits of cake. Attached are two wooden chopsticks. The Japanese throw all sorts of refuse about, and from the appearance of a car after the passengers have been In It a little while, one would Imagine that the people are very untidy In their way of living. Portets enter at some of the stations, and brush up whole pans full of refuse, and on some lines of the rood, a small boy in a spruce uniform comes to the car door at each stop, with * clothes brush in his hand, makes s deep bow to the occupants, and Inquires If there is anything that they want!—New York Bun. '' VUlIslBC ma Ancestor. A self-made man with a' taste for art. thinking he would like to have about his house some marble presentments of his ancestors, ordered Of a fifth-rate sculptor a bust of his •randfather. In due time it was sent home, and after a few days, bis admiration being exhausted, the wealthy man sent for his plumber. "I don’t mind confessing to you.” sold the former, 'that I don’t appreciate the fine arts unless they are turned to some useful purpose. Now. I have something to suggest to you.” And he proceeded to give some Instructions to the tradesman. A week later, on the anniversary of his birthday, the millionaire pointed out with pride to his guests. !n the middle of his conservatory, the bust of his grandfather, from the top of whose head rose gracefully a jet of limpid water, falling Into a marble basin.-in which some fine gold and sliver fish disported themselves.— Christian Endeavor World.

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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY 1 . The Sweetwater dam. said to be the finest example of masonry In California. as well us the largest dam on the Pacific slope, has been dry for more than three yean,, until t|u recent heavy rains. It Is now overflowing. Sweetwater dam Is one of the sights visited annually by thousands of tourDu. It supplies water to Notional

City.

Paris has been suffering for mouths from a great-plague of files and other insects. NaiuralMs trace this to the wholesale slaughter of birds for women’s hats, and the ministry of agriculture has Issued u circular ordering a stricter observance of the laws enacted for the protection of birds. Caterpillars occasionally crawl from their biding places on warm days In winter. The most common of these le a thlclt furred worm with a red coat banded with block, which bos the appearance of chenille. Of tbe caterpillars that live through the winter a large number belong to species that |Uire more than one season to develibe egg to the perfect Insect.

oft fro

focturlng firm In the canton of Aagau decided to erect a plant 'for utilizing the apple crop. Machinery was put in for peeling, coring and slicing apple*. The baking was accomplished by plac-

plgced over another in the ovens. An electric motor was used to warm the air. for the baking. I argedeposltaof magnesite have been found in southern India, andlbe officers of a Portland cement works at Madras have succeeded in producing a white cement plaster which has magnesium for is basis. This cement can be used for plastering walls, and dries so speedily that rooms are ready for occupancy within 46 hours. It can be pointed or else colored by mixing coloring matters’, and it is extremely valuable from a sanitary standpoint, as It can fie washed down. The cement la as hard as Poland cement, while at _the same time. It can Ik* moulded like ■plaster of purls. It is thought that the material, which can be'-uaed-ejther Indoors or outside, will play an Important port in house bullying In Indio. In the Heroshof dye and soda factory near Mannheim. Ger.. a workman named Montag has Invented a substitute for cool, which costs about 25 cents per 220 pounds to manufacture. Peat .Is tbe basis, with the addition of certain secret chemicals pressed into bricks. The product gives a great heat, burns with a bright flame, leaves no slag on l only a small quantity of white, ash. Certain Mannheim capitalists have tried to obtain the secret from the Inventor by offering him a position as director In a company to be established, giving h:m a salary of 34000 and 2 percent of the net profits, but he has refused this offer because he wants to control the sale of the Invention himself. Mr. Gehrig, the secretary of the Mannheim chamber of commerce, has undertaken to procure the means to manufacture the article in partnership with the inventor. They i have bought peat land, and will erect tbe building* large enough to. keep severe! hundred men at work, with a daily output of 60 tons.

Previous to the 19th centdry beta' bad been considered.a form of matter. It was then found to be a mode of motion of the molecules of which alj bodies are composed. This discovery led to that of the law of the conservation of energy, which makes it-plain that In a given body or group of bodle# no change can take place tn the total amount of energy contained unless fresh energy be lost by transmission to other bodies or come from without. Motion is In this way converted into heat, heat Into light, and so on. Force, therefore, cannot have orlgnated on this or any other planet, but originated In the sun. There follow# from this the Interdependence of all forces of na-

tnre.—New York World.

. A school teacher In the north of Kngland. Laving Instructed s pupil to buy a grammar, the next day received a note, thus worded, from the rhUd's mother: "1 do not daslre far Lulu shall togas* In Grammar, as i prefer h#r,,lkg*ge la yuoeful studleu. and eaa Mara ter how to spoke ead write properly myself. 1 have weav Ihtough two atammars ead can’t say aa they dM me lie good. 1 prefer her taga«e la German sad drewlag and vetal mu- * «• tha gtaM.-

rrselou* Stones Co Cp. The tendency of prices of precloua clones has been upward for more than three*years, and It is to be assumed sa certain that they will be maintained all along the line. Pearls are very high in price. The patience of the Chinese and East Indians who send pcsrls to Europe for sale Is proverbial. They do not part with them until they are paid their own prices. This also explains why pearls have within the last 100 years only risen, but never fallen, is price. Large rubles are very rare today, and are bought at almost fabulous

prices.

Emeralds are seen In plenty in Inferior qualities, but the medium and fine grades, especially in current sixes, are rare and bring high prices. The high and rising price of diamonds Is now universally known. Rince diamonds are required as long as jewelry is used—for they are not subject to fashion like-other rtones—

, no amount of obstinacy on the part

of the dealers or jewelers would be able to break the power of the monopoly. To this must bq added the by no means unimportant factor that the a ages paid for cutting have of late •rim raised 10 percent.—Jewelers*

Circular.

Mas.Dm of r«w. London possesses many fine museums which no "country cousin" who values his opjWunlties would miss seeing. There Is one. however, which , is not in the guide books and has no Visitors, because scarcely any one knows of is existence. It belongs to the coahtv council, and I* a museum of pawn tickets. Tfley were acquired by tbe-counrll In tbe course of an Inquiry. eome considerable time ago. into the question of establishing mnniclpal pawnshops. . Some of the documents are meanlocking thing*: others *o magnificent that pawning one* watch muat be almost a pleasure. Such t* the ticket tn use at Naples-ample tn *lse. slab, orate In design and gorgeons In color. j An Impecunious Dick Swire Her re- < riving each n docviaent In exchoa«o . j tor bis Sunday rtutbss ran acarcsty feel that b.- ba* done anything mean, tost rather that be has received a band.