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Ay. Her Master Flowers. All hoi lovers viel in choosing Hoses, pa nsi's. iiiinoiict te, Lilies f;tir. with names confi-shis. Ja min-, orchitis -rarer yet. 1'loners fiat cost no cml f uioiioy. Well, wliy not? L?f' gave Its host; IN-aaty .vmtli. It was not funny I'iowcis sli.uilil follow with tin lost. C'o'il'l her swains h.iv- viewci! the bcquc-l t f their wild expenditure. Tltey wool. I surely swear its equal Never yet 'li.l men einlure. For. quite sc.irnin:; their ovation. She, wit!) si'liin l:-s forlorn. Mdiy kissed a crushed carnation Penniless yniin; Jack had worn! -M.nl-iiiie I.r:l4-s. Paster Hell. k !-li of K;ist-r mori.iii. What seeks your iuviveiily tone! 1 1-i -if ilioii f r m heaven's rejou-ui' ten si-iit ti tie" alone? Co soinul your news to d'!:i'! s Who joyous wi!l receive; ' har your mighty message, IJat. 1 will riot helieve. Vet yo'i reeall my 1 ovhooil The kiss of heavenly love "That I'iroii-li ihe Sabbath stithies IlriM.h.-ii 'rouiel me from aboe. That sons of consolation Hark, hear the auiln-:u ring; Aio'in ! the toniVs d ark midnight ( heir the- angels s.ing. JOntliraüins memory hoMs me With. a my heart engraved. Heaven's U-i's. ring forth your message! The tears spring- I am saved! (dothc's "Paust." I Iii.xt er Stilly. Avaken. sweet llowersl ITho snow in the valley lias melteil at last, A;i! the Icswl.itt silit of the year Is past; The lee Cuius ;:re broken, the robins arc .-.inging Awake to the all of the Master hells ringln! A "vaken, In-art! In ! on-! r;c of sin thou hast s!uni'eml so Ion-. .Artie in the heaiify ami rapture of smi;', Ar.f in the Thuine. tf nature's a-lemlng C-.'ie f vh in thy strength uu this xlu-l K.i-t'-r morning. I ) -:iiof.-t.'s. Paster Hope We -ii - eit.-r's minions liave witlnlrawn J ici" -p ial tents from hill ami plain. Aul l.iv:s. I'.v v.-nu il-mantle.l dawn i'iu'i -.ritii to claim her own ngaia. l"i win. I il-.v.-r in its sunless sleep Within ;' 5rison ch.i iiiImt ehi'l Fe Is .s : i I -:i through its le!n leap A vern.u ami eesiatie thrill. Jl.-ii 1'i U lli'-e 1 k. o. drooping heart, I yo;! 1 I'-.ith's dark environing. V; "ii. i:k the ll.i'.vrr, thou. t.h. shalt start, I' --i.'-.v.- l :.s wiih the touch of sprite-.. - i irpef's P.iz.ir. WHEN EASTEK CUM ES. A ST Kl l ('.mies on f March; if the . UvJfv fourteenth .la vi"ht'' ''V? VW ,,'! Suii'l; t V f-4.-iifei Pi Kaster day will 1 ) ' Lc::JlCV1K ' f 1... I.. . f..ll... be lay follow There is no trace of Kastor ns a Christian festival to be found in the it, Ne,v Testament nor in any of the writings .f tie apostolic fathers. Kaster !'.' rly is an adaptation of the Jewish J'; -sovr to the later needs of the Chris1m; church. It may still he news to some Ih for many years Kaster occurred at .j;tf -rent periods in different countries. It; ."1ST history tells us that the churches f J ml kept Kaster March 21: the Italian I- o;r. lies April IS; while in Ksypt that f e .v;ir if was a week later. April LT, i li.v repancy or irresularity despite; 'the fact sixty-tv years previous, i . :"J"i. t;i. Ni -ene Council had attempted I settle the matter once for all. and t h -ai -efor: h to have the whole cliurch. (, tili, south, east and west, celebrate y. ler on one and the same day, and that rd.i .. to ' Sunday. " it was more than three hundred v.-ns before the rhaiiSe became atiythins universal; then, iti WWI, th- whole f I i" W.-siern Iif.rches fell into line. Kns1 ; 1 be.lrs the last to ac.-ejt the rule. Titese ilifferei:. i-s of reckotiitis were not r- .n';!'! completely until lTöl: then X. ts , .,r N -.v Style, was adopted by the J '-.! '! Kic'dom i; place of . S.. or ( !d t' . 1", t:i l the Julian calendar, after its l'-rz srii'le asainst innovation, sueto: iicd to tin- Crc rian. ihe Kissia;., (J recht ii and Oriental i. tr. ii. -s. the so-eall.'d . "Mastern h ;: ic s." still . litis to Ihe Julian or "iüi- '. iiiie. calendar." s. that lin ir Master .. .-. not fall upi.n the same day as ours. ue .," tiie earliest traditions of Kastor . : l."cn expressed as follows: "K.er .ince that blessed nisilt, W i -n I at!: bowcil d.wn to the I.ird of I.isht. Th ess--- f that sweet bird chansod their hu-. A:- i burn with r'd. and S'dd. and blue, ?'.- Hin lins mankind in their simple way tb" iioly marvel of Kaster day." A Uosorically, red symbolizes the blood of ("hrist sh" to save sinners; blue is y; real of the promises he made that im--i 'i us with hope; sold, as a reminder of he treasures laid tip in heaven; white, lie purify of the cleansed soul. "That sweet bird" refers to the h-Send flu l when our Ird waa brousht to the :tpi:h hor and tenderly laid therein a bird bi'oodins in motherly fashion ov r Joe esss in a n- set hish in tin- branches f" . tree, w.'iii a iovinsly sliaded his last n lhly Ii .m . When this hitic-rlo niorr.v eusstr. roonins tender motherly hopes ;ci-.-r her o.ithati ic-d children, saw the cruriried Krd borne !y Joseph and laid in 4is rock-hewn radle, jn-r !:-appy notes .cli tnse.l t wails. 1 lirousu uul.ht and darkness she cense. not t siuir hopeless tin 4es; then thio'ish i he del s,. 1 ote ca:ne ihe iv.tite slimmer oi anscli rohes. jMuddcnlj a peace hat passed all underA' Hiding entered the breast of the 6irrow-

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1ns bird as she saw the an?p roll thp stone away from the mouth of the sepulehor. When this l.U-st hir.l saw the Christ, the victor over life and death, conic forth .she then witness! the lirst triad Master; her soii of woe was transformed into that f and the jubilant bird sons rose and fell on the resonant air: "He is risen! lie is risen! Kej .ire. all rejoice!" When the anirel heard this, and noted how it called j:ito its chorus the notes fr-un all bird life, and that all nature, the rocks, the leaves, the twiss and brandies of the shrubs and trees chimed in. he said: "Sweet bird, be forever blest ; thyself, thy esss. and thy inoss-covcrcd nest. As Kaster represents a new birth into the best life of all. it is easily seen how the pairan idea that the esu was the besiniiins of all kinds of life, should become purified in the minds of the Christians, and accepted as the typical offerins of s"d wishes and emblematic of pleasant hopes, between believers of tho Siad Kaster day. The ess in some form r other has been the uh'piestionetl type of the new life from the very dawn of the Christian era.

THE EASTER LILY. Ileantifnl Lci;inil of Jinlie.in Oriel" Concern in; lt. There is a beautiful lesend of .Tudaeai; orisin that after the Saviour rose from the touih. the places where lie trod were marked y white lilies, which sprain; tip a-el blossomed in his foots:eps; and this is why white lilies are used to symbolize the resurrection. What in our country is called "the Kastor lily" conies from IJermuda, says the Household. The "lily tields" are in l.loom there from February to May. What a dazzlins sisht must acres of pure white lilies li,., "ranks on ranks of stately lily stalks." Mi Min ins not only for beauty, but for use! From these fields we have our bulbs for the sreenhoiise or home. They accommodate themselves to varied conditions. If wanted at Christmas or Kaster time, the bulbs should be planted from the 1st of September ro the 1st of pecembcr. in live or six-inch pots. The soil should be three parts rotted sod and one-fourth well rotted stable manure. Fress the bulbs well down in the soil, coverins tin m halt" an inch. (.Jive a tiior otish waterins and place in a cold frame, under h-aves or hay four or live inches rv i-tAamcb-int ii m.-i-wrv i. 1 VfiivS25-- 7p U UlV tt Vv- A m n rvC . A W ' TO') Fa7H!!iJi - deep. Provide a sash, that the frame may ie covered during a ram. A f ter a month hriic' into the house. kee - i the temperature .o or i) desrees at nisht. and (iTi ir T." deirrees in tht davt!me. Taov can be forced faster by increasiiis the heat. In verv cold elimates the ti.itted bulbs can be placed in the cellar instead of the cold Ira me. Do not repot, but add 1 : i it'l manure if needed. Whu the hulhs " - - are d-uie llowerins lot them rest and ripen, by not watenns them, for about two months; they will then 'lower a second time. The outdoor cultivation is very easy. They will stand ar liortliern Uintcrs. with a deep cover of litter and leaves. and reward the small care they need with a crown of pun- white lilies lasting many days. KoMiriwcl ion. Trust elves sweet peace to every living t iiucr; The vacrins robin that in spuce has tlown l-'imls : !ie safe nisi; the serin of roses son n Waits. iire in darkness, for the touch of sprite:; The tendrils of the ivy blindly -z, St reli hinj: their drown line. els toward the wait n ;il. in. w ii. To tind a place secure, wiicre, siit the moan Of rushins winds, tln-y Inns till soft airs sins. We who l.ve life fear most tin mystic th-atli. Yet we in death the self same life shall live. This very life we know. lit slorltied: And the fair temple which now hnhls our hn-alh Shall simply take th" s'"ry seraphs slve. I'i'iii'w Its Joys, aod say, "1 have not diedl" Cent ury. I.et rt Iietl at (he IK-Ianfre. A pretty story is t old of Marsan t of Austria, who. in company with the Duke of Savoy, attended a rustic e-r.l.mce. where the VollllS people Were betrothed at Kastor after they lud daii'vd a 1 l!i n t r liim throiish a hundred -U'-'s scattered on tin srouml. If they dane-d the m.'.is. lire three times without breakins an ess. they wt-re considered betroihed. lief" anions the happy rustics, the lovely princess permitted her iiol.'Ie adorer to lead her three times throiish the ess-wallz. when she said, sweetly blushing, "Wt xvill adopt the custom of the country," and they wore forthwith ens-isH.

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i7 sfX Vi5 V EASTKIl is much older than Ciiristianity. Tiie very name by which Vi- know tin- day is identical with thai of the ancient Saxon S"ddoss of Sprins. Kaster or lvsire. The AnsloSaxon name for April is Master month. Tahitis advantage of the coincidence of the Christian fes; iv.il in point of time with that of r'ie yearly feast in honor f the S;!Xon S'ddess, the early missionaries irave a Christian meaning to the tdiservanoe of the day. but it itas ever retain il its ancient name. Kaster was one time ailed the Christian ptssover, because th" Jewish passovi-r o c its a! out the samt' iatc and early c.nerts from Judaism celebrated Kaster and the passover as one frsiival. "The primitive Christians." we are told, "when they nn-r on this day. saluted each other with the words 'Christ is arisen.' to which answer was made. 'Christ is arisen in. iced, and hath ajc ared unto Simon.' " Vx .S? 1 i . i Jv1p - eihi - This custom is s:i!! - -rved in the (irook Church. "Indeed." to );: a foreisn writer, "all I'i'e i i reiiioliies nt'cii lins the observance of Kaster were at. tirst exeeeilinslv sim ple; but in the early part of the fourth century a decided ch iase was brousht about. Cin-:ait::ie. naturally vain and fond of parade. is.?;ir.ed his l ive of display by cebdu-atins this festival with extraordinary pomp. Yisüs. or nisht watch. -s. wn-e instituted for Kastor Kvo, at whii ii the j, ,le remained in the hur. f s until nil-!ni!it. The tapers wiiicJi it w;ts ciisti.mai y to burn at this time did not sat sfv His Majesty, but huso pillars of wa ;. re used instead, and not .-lily in 'ho ciu-.r. lies, but all over liu city, wer.- they placed s. that their brilliancy at nisht should far exceed the hsht of d ly. ..t kio-elins in Token of humility, but staudins erect w itii arüis otitstfi tched and faces I ookins t Ica'-en. to express triumj.liant peace, th. rirly Christians prayed liurins the fifty li.iys "oeiwoen Kastor and Pentecost, and in souss h'.'.l thus. of joy and sfatitude ver hear I. Ih-tween Kastel and P;:te :o-t th" tian- was considered tin most .-lUs'th-iitus in the whole year for love-inakins and nvinvascs, and those two holy days u i ti liie best t.n which i bajtti.e ehildr.-n. ( f all the K.i -tor ustoni-, that )f oolorins and niakins presents of tsss sitmis the nly distinctive .,ne that has found a place in our time and country. On Ihe fust day of Kaster week in Palis, everybody pnsents every one eise with a little pro-sent emblematical of an rss. Which is kii vwn as a Pasth.-il ess o.afs des Pauuei. Anions 'a people so inseni.uis as the Parisians, an opportunity of this son is literally a "Cod--ei.il.' Kss -shaped artich s are to be had of all conceivable, and mm"' in.-n.ei a li!e. fotms and materials. One would think the .nee imperial cash- of Prance had summ- tied all tin birds of fin j air Jo come to Paris, build their nests in j idmp windows, and there deposit their I esss; for. s" Ali' te you wiil, you will see sss. from the size of a caraway tomtit. Mich as is found in the jn-sf of the hummiiiehird, to ;ie us l uve as a ImwI, or an I ostrich's or emu's ess. A lotie freak -a lui.kor in Wales spends much of his time and money if roller! inj doors tlirodsh whirh illustrious persons passed iu .some time ct another.

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f-lDT'CATIOXALCOLUMN

NOTES ABOUT SCHOOLS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT. Demand of To-tlay Is a Thorough llx cinion of All Matter that 1'rcvi.iils u Ihorotiuh Study of the Common liraiichtei Ad vie j to Teachers. Fewer ubjects. There is a reaction uf opinion in the minds uf tlioiishtfnl prisons t:i relation to the work that public stlnxds otisht to do. Ten years nso i!n common branches were so strously t'euoiinred by prominent edin-aloi s ih.t only persons of except ioi:al rou;.se dared advocate their thorotish study. To-day we are repent ins;. We see that the mob of subjects required in our curricula is all wrtui.s that simplification, eoiidctisati n and rohrentratiou are the watchwords the hour. Pwt is it net a l;!et that, while we are cryins out asainst this multitude of subjects, we still continue to teach themV How many of us have materially remodeled our prsrains and courses in eoiifonnily with the idea of tiniililication".' We are cryins "Wolf! wolf!" but we are doins; nothins to drive him away. We are excessively afraid of the adverse criticism of specialists, who all demand a leading place lor their respective subjects. We fear too much to elianse from the loaded course of our predecessors because, perchance, fcome one may accuse us rctrosi'ossion. Let us forever ostracize the idea that progression in education means a continual increase in the number of Studies. Progression in teachins means U rontinu il improvement in the adaptaion of the subjects ami methods to :be development of the whole movement. The nature of the mind, earrJully studied, will show tin harmful character of crowded schedules; yet we fear to unload because of the appearance of retroversion. The sooner we east out some of the studies now In our curricula, the better for our minds and manliness, and the better for the education of our pupils. Many teachers pay too little attention to read inj in the lusher grades. They claim that they have no time-that Natural History, Physics, and other Fubjects consume the minutes so rapidly that readin.s must be dropped. Why not allow rcadins to displace tin sciences in the seventh and ci.shth grades, and perhaps in the ninth? The ordinary lift It and sixth renders con tain p'in.s of literature that, if prop-r-ly tausht, will exercise more i nil lienor over the child's soul that all th, sciences combined. Hut these rcadins lessons must be thonuishly tausht. Two or three paragraphs are often more than enoush for a half hour's readius lesson in the fifth reader, lluskin sees a beautiful and sisnilicant idea in the expression "Man of letters." A literary man studies productions so closely that he may Ik said to scrutinize every letter, and is therefore called a man of letters instead of a man of words. So In our bisher read ins;. Close and thorotish study of a masterpiece, word by word and sentence by .sentence will bear rich fruition. What can we say of our spelling? Poos the eishth radi. pupil of to day spell as accurately as did the eighth grade pupil ten years ago? We fear not. Pronounce fifty words of every day use to our eighth grade pupil of today, and in most schools he will make n sad exhibition. "Throw away the Kpelling book!" said the reformers ten years ago; and in many schools spelling was expelled in disgrace. The results are woful. Throw away the spelling book if you will; but for pro priety's sake drill your pupils on the words of romiuon usage, that they may write a decent letter. The days of teaching children foreign words, or Knglish words that they may never use. are gone; but to-tlay let us resolve to make our children perfect in the spellins of everyday Knglish. What can we say oi our eighth or ninth or twelfth grade penmanship? Is it better than it was ten years agn? Do our pupils present neater work, on paper or on blackboard? In the majority of cases, we fear that the answer must Im in the negative. Is good penmanship desirable? Certainly. It is an instill to a man to write him a onemiuute letter in such illegible hamlwriling that it lakes ten minutes to ; decipher it. l!ow many druggists m ike j errors iu filling proscriptions because j the doctor writes his prescriptions In ! ii careless way? j If the importa nrc r good reading. good spelling, good writing, good language, and good arithmetic be acknowledge!, and if we feel that we are not treating those subjects as fully as we ought, we must change our schedules. We must lind time somewhere; and the only way to do this is to cast out some of our science work, some of our higher mathematics, and first of nil lay a linn foundation iu the common branches. Then our pupils will be ready for the more advanced work il they continue in school; and those who leave school will have a handwriting, an orthography, and an understanding of their reading that will commend itself to our business men, and may result in position ami fortune. Heading and arithmetic can arouse deep and ronsi-eutive thinking. Heading can call to its aid many of the natural sciences, and can train through them the senses; but reading must not be displaced by what should be its assistants. This article presents no churlish objections to science work In all grades. It only insists on thoroush work in the common branches in the eighth find ninth grades. If this can be done and some science taught iu addition, weli and pMid; but if there is not sulüoienf time for both the common branc!i?s and the sciences, the latter must be subordinated and curtailed. What soluco work there Is Iu these grades

should be hyp;ierde ana sanitary, n the common branches are displaced by the h'gher branches before the former are properly studied, it is very probable that they will never b? well studied in the rush and press of subsequent work. There is no time to return to them. A young man preparing for college was studying Virgil. Homer, and University Afsebra; and this same person at that time could not divide

a fraction by an integer, nor a decimal by an inte-,r, II; knew praetieallv nothins of the common lua.iohcs. He is now a college graduate; and it is to be feared that his future success will be jeopardized by the many weaknesses of his early education. The pupils of a certain county in this State, when between the ages of KJ and 17. I ass in nineteen studies in two years, and receive a county diploma. Yet when these same pupils come to take the teachers' examination for the lowest grade of certificate, nearly all of 1 1 ii i ii drop below "it per cent, in one or more of the common branches. Instead of passing nineteen studies and knowing nothing about tho most of them, would it not be mere reasonable to devote the time to half that number and know suniethins about them? There would be four liims tho mental development that the other case allows. The consciousness of power in a few subjects is an all-powerful excitant to thoroughness in later studies; while cramming in many subjects produces a nerv less, impotent, insipid overfullni'ss that crushes development. What our schools now imperatively demand is a fearless excision of all matter that prevents a thnroiigdi study of the common branches; and he who does it is an educational reformer. The Study of ( ru tu mar. In fact, grammar is the natural focus and center of all philological study, and it is easy to see that this must necessarily be so. Por as the spring of all language is predication, and as with the progre s of development tho act of predication becomes highly complex and elaborate, some habit of analysis is requisite if the mind is to keep pace with its own creations. Cram mar is the psychological analysis of predication. We are too prone to hold elementary grammar cheap, merely because it is elementary, and because it is supposed to be common knowledge; but it is in reality the lirst condition of our bringing a scientific mind to bear upon the phenomena of language. Whatever wo learn by comparative philology goes but to coi;siitute a periphery which revolves, or o'.ight to revolve, round this (ei'iral hub" of linguistic seit m e. When we have found out a new etymology, what is it but a new instance of the recovery of an old and forgotten predication? When, for example, we learn that "umpire" has dropped an initial n, and that the word represents non-par t "odd. single"!, we find liiat the fact of his standing between two discordant parlies as a single arbitrator was the predication of which this functionary was the subject. There is a notion abroad that philology is superior to grammar, that it is in a commanding position over grammar, and that it has a natural right to supervise the arrangements and terminology of grammar. The consequence Las been of late years almost every author who has come forward as a grammarian has lone so. vaore or less, in the guise of a philologist, as if this character invested him with higher authority, and gave him power to innovate upon the time honored institutes of grammar. Pv this avenue some confused and hybrid doctrines have found their way into current school books. Porum. Teach i n js C io-;ra pli In the study of some of the rivers, history will prove an important help. It is not enough t know where a river rises and that it Hows in a southerly and then southeasterly direction, continues in a southwesterly course, and so on, until it empties into such and sMch a body of water. In studying about the Mississippi river, for instance, much would be gained by the scholars learning of the fearful suffering caused by the river's overtlowing its banks. Kxplain the cause of the delta and the meaning of the word. I.et the class learn something of the battles that have taken place on or near tho banks of the river. If the important cities along the river have already been studied, review them and fix them in the pupil's mind in connection with the river. We have, in America, a great field for this work. Very many of our rivers have interesting fads connected with them, as the coming of the early settlors, or the founding of towns, or the battles fought in their vulnity. or other interesting historical facts. Wisconsin Journal of lhlucalion. t-"c!ioots in Mexico. The principle of public instruction, the necessary basis of all free, intelligent government, is appreciated, as there are at the present HU ."." teachers employed in the public government schools, at an annual cost of .s l.cr.'J.Ssr, aside from the large number of private ami sectarian schools and colleges. Compulsory education is enforced in the federal district ami most of t'.o States. !ood schoolhouses are supplied, as well as school-books. Particular attention is paid to the practical branches. The study of agriculture, engineering and mechanics is particularly encouraged. Ail vice to Tendier. Deserve the respect and conlidenco of your trustees. Cain the conlideix-e of tt people of your district. Cain the love and respect or your pupils by your example and precepts. Comply cheerfully with the request and wishes of your county superintendent. Strive to exert such an Iniluenee as will tend to make your pupils better men and better women. Make your srhool room attractive and pleasant. (Jive the room a home-like appearance as far as possible.

NEW SCHEME FOR V.I NN I Na ihrew.l Trick Plsiycl Slice esrsfull I'po'i a Louis vit'c M.ia. Sleight-of-hand performers have r soried to anotb.r scheme for making money besides appeal ins on the t t.ig i before ihe public, and the fact can b-j attested by a clerk in the firrnish'mg ge.nl establishment of C S. Itosonbers. Monday a mm entered tiu store and said he desired" to putvha..e a collar button. He was a young man with a splendid appearance and spak. Illicitly. The button was juiced at I'i cents, but the clerk said he hadn't lhj chanse for a Sl bill and the man left without the button. Last evening at a bor. 7 o'clock the same p rson called again and purehastd a necktie. lie was about to leave the store, ostensibly, when he suddenly turned and laughingly ask d the clerk if hj

! nought he was trying to "work" him the oilier .lay when he offered him the Sl" bill, and whether lie thought the bill was a counterfeit. The dork, remarked that li had no Mich idea. 1'hu man appeared satisfied at the answer. Incidentally be then sussested -that it would be well for all clerks to kuo.v a coiur elicit bill when they saw one, and loaning against the c unter with :. confidential and confuling air reiiiark -d that he would show him a way to dde.-t the "queer." The cleric said be would be deligh'ed with tie? information, and the man i.skod for a and a S.' bill. He then took a .Voent pieoe from his poek'. t and moistened both sides. The coin was. s the clerk thought, placed between the two bills and the wholo was wrapped in a piece of paper and lightly tied, llxplanations wen then in ord.-r. The key to the soluli m was. the stranger explained, that impressions of a nickel would appear on both bills. "On a counterfeit bill." he said, "tho impression will nt appear." The man said he world step across the way to get a drink and on his tot urn would open tin package. It would require that long for t he impression to be made. The clerk waited for about a half hour, hut seeing nothing more of the stranger 1 ; suspicions became aroused. He opened the package, and lo! th" niel;e'. w.s there, but the bills we;i gone. Th. stranger had slipped them up his sleeve and was away with the eT. The scheme is being worked systematically in the city, and two or three ! her pei sons have been made tho victims.- - Lo,. is vi He t .'ourier-.Iourual. Value of t.'j tunkst i- I rajruns. We waul to-day t d away with the results of conventional life; we want t do away with its limitations, which make us w.ak; we want to give our ohiVhvn strong bodies and in doing that we want to eive them .stronger minds and brains. Now. how can this b" accomplished"; Can it bo done by using each muscle individually by lilting dumb-bolls, or by such games as football, tennis, baseball, etc."; It is a question of activity; it is not a question of merely muscular strength. Adiviiy such as the Creeks had is the ideal activity. The forms they gave us iu marble are ideal forms, many of them, and those forms resulted from active, unrostraino.l life, from the absence of compressing and restricting clothing. Totlay we want that kind of activity, and it can be best gotten in games and sports, because there one gets the mental stimulus of the play, as well .it activity and brain development. The games and sports usually ensaged in by tin small boys' are those that demand activity, skill, a quick perception of condition and quick action upon that perception the doing something instantly, and doing it at the proper time. It is a question of brain development as wt 11 as of muscular activity. Sports and sanies give this all-round development bitter than any other form of systematic training. deo. W. Pritz, iu Herald of Health. Tins Is Diplom u y. Por grave speeches of importance delivered with weight Itismarck was. of course, most celebrated. When annoyed lw nearly always adopted a jesting lone, which must have sounded to bis frightened friends much as if the tiger in the menagerie had greeted them with a cordial handshake before devouring. "Do you mean to break the convention of CastienV" bluntly demanded the Austrian ambassador, Count Kurolyi. of the Prussian minister president. "No." replied the latter with gnat directness, "but oen if 1 !:. so do you think 1 should be .uc!i a fori as lo toil yen'.'" Telephone on NlrpbonnJ. Por the tirst time in the history of the world a telephone P.-js beea used lo establish communication between i stranded ship and the shore. A longdistance telephone was placed in the smoking-room of the St. Paul while shj lay in the sand off Long P.randi. tin wire making the shore connection being kept slack to allow for the rolling of 1 1n ship. The shore end was connected with the Long Pratich local system of the New Y;k ami New .lei soy Telegraph and Telephone Company, by which m. ans the ship's oiiicers wer. able to communicate with tite company's etlie. s in New York City. "Wofdiip Victoria . s a Divinity. There is a sect in Orissa. in tin Hongal Presidency, who worship her Majesty. O'.teen Victoria, as their chief divinity. Col. Craham discovered that her Majesty was also an object of worship in the tt -tuple, oi the Phodon.gLama, :vl Tumloong, hi Thibet. China's War lit I. China has a war go. I to whom tho Chinese have burned inoeiue from inie immemcrial, auel who has over .J.tNH) names. Platonic friendship la very beautiful !u theory, but is almost certain to bo I route PI ilonie in practice. ,

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