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~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!l!!m11Blllll&lll!i£:«mfil!_~""rnrn~~~=iirm'~~~~1.l'i7 E~ 'l'.i~=~m~ ...,.......n:mlm.lm / What e1the~ v.ould have sa1 l I lo not know Perhaps noth ng rr ent so netl g l Pl ere i Two Girls L ok o ti t I reel B Jget See I 01 ed I;; I t a t t n e 'ame rr om nt llY \\ l l Lfo B ..!.LLE:-; ancl they bot! porn ed t tl:ie tt id story I W<Tml<>r if they are sod fl rent a high gramte b ock noro~s the stroe Oac E hth M.oreto11 ~ p t t y. y >u g forehead of tie wrn :lo11 s wag slightly 01:ien an l hai:l a puz led Jitt e wru k1e as ·he stopped through. this n I ;tow apace a de! Cl.te u~l of rowmg for a moment and leai ed foi wa d blue smoke fl0s.te l s f tly o it faughed with the oar b a.des npplmg through tho noiselessly to 1tsel and d1sa.ppearerl An ~ a+er aud the rr111sl n aleev"s falling back >ther puff of smoue aod uotl er then a from her brown wn8ts ~tcady stream gro ~ u g blacker a.nd larger Are they ao different Ooum1 John' every monent a natter of cou se Her compan10n gave an impat1eut Wl ch lt was m vam that the ma1 l urge l her to B idg t was promptly put to bed m ona to his straw hat \Yhy ot course They a e not like uome aloog El th only stood st1 , vi ng ot the ~ervant" r o ns and A 1 t Augusta s her hu.nds an l c ymg out \Vnat shall owln maid 1 1~talle 1 a" nurse Iu the cou se ) ou Edith 'I hey a E' 1gnorax t and poor mg we CIO' its all on fire and nobod) ki ows of a fe v laya the JUI01 toot wllS all r ht anc -and not clean you know Ibey were Iustmct1 ely sl e loo~ed at Bmlget for an au(l All t A gu 1 t ~ hR. l leained her w~ > e born to it aud they l ke it But it doesn t seem nght I heard a answer Somehow tl\e difference bet veen h ;tory She found out tl ;t Bridget had no lady on the pia2z1 this mr rnm11; ·ay some he self ancl tbe ragged little In·h girl did fathei or mo her b 1t l ved with Ln uncle seem ao great J llot then who took turns w th her brother ID the thrng about those creature~ m such a not The fire had broken o it near the plac" Orrnunal Court Ev<n B idget mwht have wa-y ti at I thong-ht she was speakmg of where the great fire of 1872 started Each taiten I e turn before tong 11 she had been 1 rats or snaKes lt turned out aha meant of the gula eould iemember d rmlv that left to herself Aunt A gusta h<tcl a g orl the convicts wl o attacked the r keepe1s at awful mght of red skies and g 1tter ng long talk , 1th B Iaet au l kno vrng cl a 1 the pnaon la.st July Eu 1th spoke wa1 n ly as she wa~ npt to do steep!eg ,. Thema·sivebloc!Bbal l>et'JQ. re pla~e m Nnw Harrpshre where the air is b It bu mess had 10lled through the ~tr ets s veo a c pure an I where the great h lls when she once took up a SUIJJect S e ' as once more property of value unt:>ld lay io la hct e village m the 1 e"1<::rhstm" arm· one <if those earn ea· .,1rls w1 th "horn yo ng piled away r those great \I arehousfs o she se it Br lget there to find a home" men at s m mor hotels are rather shy of en tivery s1 le and only these tv.o l 11der 1 te1mg mto co wersatwn ::3he wa.s only wide eye l g 1 18 ki eV1 of that ugly l)lack E lit! re ur 1cu to e 1 o e and wt\3 J o fifteen, and one by ono the tcrr10ly real S\flOke w th its gle:t 1 rng oong!les uf ft.ne noun cc/ n ore smgular thn.u e\ er t:>he p\'<)bltms of the Ja:y \I e1e marshall ng them .ghdrng <Jo\ ou over c:J mtt:r an 1 shelf found 11e11d8 enot gh that were rntereated selves before her She wo ld riot pass them s re ,1 e rr 1 ~t gtve the alar r 1 said n her a:l en t re tu er) few who c lre 1 by w th a gay laul(h aft<! ti p eva1hng Bidget rnrr e 1} gather Oil the fadt:d to I eat r c 1 about B 1dget or the part sue moae of her meriy comp ions 8he telt shawl about er nee "' too.. n t T- r dge· was not m~erest lg somenoVi tha.t it belonged tu he r to help the ~ut I don t kno<'> how Do you? it rcq ired l 1th w th her white a1e.1s wo1ld and make it better as ' di as to the Don t I? You J ·t come along wid me nnd sunny hair half hddeu hy tl1c long miss ona11es and other g l I eople upon - run now white eacher to figure as a hProrne whose shoalde s we so Vi Jmgly pack re rhey almost fl Aw down "le street da.mty But ne ther Edith nor Aunt Augusta fo1 E}:On·1biht1es shoeR and bare brown feet side by side got Bridget She writes to the.m frequent y le must be the way these people h~e Heres the box pant~d Bndget paus from her new ho':r,e and w)len Edith heats arid are broul!ht up that maked them so mg suddenly b 1 fore an iron i..ox atb.ched to people 1 ke Uousm John talk about the rough and bad len t there any way to a telegraph pole C:m yer read where it chfference betl'teen i(.bese people a.rd help them? says the key 18 , themselves she th 1'l s of, one ~i-l'"l~ose None th:i.t amounts to much B s des Edith real Key at I! axon 8 B Id ng rngge l shawl and t~e<l dress hid as that 1sn t our b 1srness There are rr en corner Bedford and Su nmQr ::streets true and noble and self sacnfic ng a heait enottg.b, v; ho do nothrng olse-are pad fo1 1t To re~ch the corner rouse the wat hman as ever beat beneath velvet and lace -m1ssffinar10s and ti e like A d you cant Sllatch the key Iron h ~leepy l an ls xu~h ....., - ,..._ _ _ __ n ake everybo ly nch you kuow Ihe back ngam an l w 16k open the iron b x The ll'Ialrled Flitt l31ble 1tsdf sa) s Ye ha,ve the poor always was tic work of two m nutes Per ect Now is the wmter of her discontent ma.ue With )Oll ·Ilonce everywhe1 e glor10 is s m mer to the married fl 1 t l:'erhaps that doton t meo,u that we Look fl! h re now mud Br lget breath ConJ igal J fHS rue forgotten mantal misery ought to lave them replied ;<;chth lo .vly !es ly shnd ng on t ptoc l ve seA n cm s banished ho isehold woes arn hushed In ·well. lihey re here and v.e may 11s well do it fact conn b1al cares generally are 1iut away make the \lest or 1t She pul ed tho l andle once twice Then m camphor ~o to. speak to lie resmrected Bllt w.hat is the bcs't' Thn.t s Just it they waited their l earts beatm,, fiucely unlortunatcly f esh as ever m the foll What m the t se of your tl uk ng al out fhey \I ere cff tne travelled WU) s anti 10 Though l ke death she has all seasons for it' You cant do anythmg and you don t oue passed by the1 All this time tht her own the married fl rt has seiz~d t pon even know the ~ md of p 0 ople we 1 e talkmg smoke was crnep ng up the stairways of the the heate l term as her esp c al s.nd peculmr of the North Enders for mstar co You lofty bu1 drng s.nd the red fire was q uetly cpi-oxt rn1 y A~ a i army of bs.nners sl e 1 ave never seen and touched lhcm and 1f rlevonnng yard aft i yarcl of v. oo 1 "'o k ves forth couq uermg and to conq ier 0 you sboulJ. meet thPm face to face I don t B idrYet rarned h()r han l to pill t e le er ~' h1le her rnd 11.. nalJ' laces and cool muol ns believe you would care for any further ac for tne third and last t me Atter tn s ti ere rr odestly n ite her fea he1s and furbelo" s q "'mtauce They re simply disgustwg was uoth ng mure to do but wa A 1~e wah a warmng and her ribbons 1ustle defi Edith said no mora on the su~ect and agam u1ge l Edith o come away bit only anoe She IS a coq iette armed cap a pie JUSt as the sun droppe l rnto t i o arms of the an l Bllt there are coquettes and ccq 1 ettes " a1+mq p nes on tb.e bill they reached the i 'ain She drew clo·er to Bridget 13 emc 1 and t} e man1ed fl rt JS udt to be n 1stak n little whairt on the n er bani n 001ed the grasp"d he1 l and E en Br lg t boat and V;alked up to the hotel where she d s i avcd at fl st hut qu ckly r co vermi:t f r the s1 gle ·pE>c men of tl e same species was spend ng the summer She vrnnt t arself she 1111f p I el t alf drew Edith up From the tops of hH a\J wrmally long gloves to the tips of h~r preternaturally short straight to her mothers room, and af er a fl1.,ht of h gh atone steps ne1r by '.I'. ei: ll l:(it )'ex dre,ss all luveied wid m 1 l slippers al e s sr 1 gener1s Even such ltght her fashion as straight to the po nt Mother I want to go into me cit~ r ght f yer don t ka.pe out o the strate sbe aid t!irngs as the heedless wave of a ha ld the as sbe turned al\"ay Im a gom ter stay frealnah fall of a fan show her for what she away.,__An~nd a day wivlt Aunt Augusta :.Jl.ut n y c i d, t 5 tea time alreJ.dy [own on tell em' here the fire s It Eays 18 Ihe tilldy 11;irl iecogmzes her wi th envy and angu1:;h the elderly dowager with dis· :i.nd there s a hop to u ght Besides you so on then httle cards But the crowd vi hen they come you cxeet letest..t10n Both mother and daughter can not go alone at. this ho r You had will get hurt knO\\ her and fear her She has marred better wait till mormng Hm I Im used to worse crowdg nor many a match destroyed many an airtle Mother, I so mnch want to go now "Very< u saw There I he..r em now I rume 1 many a season '.Ihe tra n leaves m fifteen mrnutes Al ce As Edith listened there rose a fa nt far off If genume cursrng not 1oud but deep can go with me I don t care for the hop anyway it s too warm to dance Please rattle of wheels upon the pavement, i ungled could kill she would have been dead l >ng w1 h a Janglmg sound of gongs and horns llgo But sl e is perennial She pervades mother? Its the mg ne cr1e 1 Bridget m all placP.s and ·po1ls all plans ~he gets a Of course enere:et1c little Ei1th had her Its comm new zQst from the d1sappomtment of others way, and with Alwe he,r mother a maid great excitement Bi other thmgs were commg too and hke the vampire feeus upon the heart se:tted b:y ner side wa 0 ·oon wh1rlmg along No summer rosort tow~rd the c1tv VI 1th a atroni.: reaolve m "tVi 1 get had taken her stan l d!rAct\y rn olood of yo mg lopes ron o the tlll n box ai1d a s tream of men 1s Viithout hei From the hotel of h gl er 1mn<l \l walk up t I ..imty s from the lepot and boy~ wl o pot red aiound the corner degree to tJ e meek nd lowly camp meetwg and f 1 morrow I II go down to N 01 th S reet ioatled her roughly ana pushed her to she s ommpiesent lhe trail of the sci pent a.nd fro lo over them all witl't\,Jous1n Will I 01 e -come qmvlt ca led E hhh J Ihe m·t e 1fl1 t rn not only nmlt1t1 J n The t :i.1n stopped at all ti e small sta J st ab!., to naire herself eard above thA ous lut r ltifanoua She is of all ages and t10ns and was delayed by vanons causes so that 1t wa~ quite dark w 1en she eta1 ted lOHe of !{he cto<A d Ila 1>1 dget Rhook her degreeo of all classeiil an l con i t10ns One se 01 st e 1s l<1ng1ml ana langu sl rng an on hor walk :She ~v as glad aft r all to h()ad a~ d pomted down tl o at1eet It was a ((rands gl t tie eng ne v.."1.th its ot>er she rn fa · and furious Now she is find the streets well llghted and filled w1th scarlet\\ heels and its po ailed stn !' send den u e and devo e aud agam she is fl ghty r spectal le lookmg people ng out a long tra l of bnlltan sparks 1 kc an 1 fuvolous You bke her 111 p and lyn ph V'i h1le Ed1th and her ~ttendan were shootn g stars the two powcrt ii blacir atw and a1e an p 1sed to like her better Oue day she 1s makrng their way along "\Vaal mgton Street horses teanng fl nousl_y ovet the pave b isk and aouh et B 1 1a ti,e dark another g r1 about thut~en ments, ) et subJect to the s 1ghtest word or shr nl mg and sk1ttwh tl c uexo she s who at b<:} md tl <>m auda-0 ou and imp dent She ta tes her cuo years of oge named Bridget Flanagan '\'las touch of the~r Jnv Age c:i.n uot VI 1ther ncr standmg on th<> tha l gallery of tl e Crystal fi nly braced af,a nst the !OIJt boa d the ft om Cleopatra Sl e s Pa.lace m the good city of Boston JooJuag rern~ ta it w; steel and the gong sound ng usto 1 stalti l er mfrn te \ anety also abs.ol ely apostolic, she 1a all tlungs to down mto Lihcoln Stieet B idgot Was a beneatl1 without p:i.us Get o t of tile 'llay here shoutod a all mon and a lthough the dani;:er signals delicate and s!Ckly ch ld her pa e cheeks and slender h nl · show1n15 an i tunat· ac bnsk firemen forcmg ms way through the are 11 w :J s au· she find a fool e ery time he takes the trouble to open he eyes quamtance with want and misery L ke crowd The men s1rged ba k ana nobodv noticed And tl en the whole thmg rn so eai!y it s :b:dith she was wondeung w.hethe1 any tlung could be de ne to aid t i e i1oor Not the little bar!footed fi,, re whe was l t rled a part of t he general su nmer schem£-no that anv such words pri sed through her vmlently agarnst the bmld g Ste uttered care no worry no fret.mg, but plenty of mmd Dear me no ' l doubt 1f she would a famt cry and. held up one toot a~ 1a lame folly It 1s no wonder the youug girl 1s d1star:c have even kno\\ n what aid mea it that spamel m ght do A young man w1 h deh lhcrn is no nsk no danger of f 1lhng V/Ord being m er mmd assocw,ted solely cat.a cloth,es and alight c11nc who l ai stoppe l ed with lemons of 1 sl 11 \re!led "nd speckled on l 1s Wll,y t1 the station to see t he tun had B each of pro:rnse s uts are as fore ,,,a to tl e character If she had spoken heI thoughts placed his heavy boot on the lttile shnnk roamed fl rt s thoughts as geua nesent ment wluch she sometimes had a queer '\ay of mg foot She might have got out of the She s fa c1natmg b t yo i can not call her dolllg she m1~ht ha' e said so 1 ethmg llke way more quick!~ b t she itust keep to the false She 1a evidently fitted to coniuga.te love mall its n oods sud tenses but the this "Dou t I wish I coald git out o th1" front to tell the fi emen The eng ne thundered up to the box: and sense of s fety makes her cruel an the uch fo ks w1d all th~ money they stopped h1ssmg and smok ng furiously Ty ng her bonnet under her ehm ws.nts an nothm to do but buy fans an use rne black hor,ses q uvcred and pa.wed the She t cs a young mans heart w1thm lem up My lam tit hot It \\as hot There wwi arr an playmg Ot\ pa' ement shakmg "lnte flecks of J Jam inst as remorselessly as though she meant to the1 sleek bod es marry h m a hand organ rn the street below and not o erWh·re a the fire 1 called the drtrnr Possibly however it is a waste of feel ng only had a crowd of clnldren and idlers s r sharply to thmk of the other aide Both parties rounded 1 mas h stood L forn " bnl a!ltly illest 1f ~ knowbe,,an 011e of the probably e JOY tl e little pretense of senti l!ghte~ l quor store but the long 1 ckety ment all the mor from the very imposs1b1l!ty gahenes wluch rnn m front of eac floor i 1 m n nddressed but he" a~ mterrupted t;u e its on S 1 r mer t:>treet ~ir nost o' its br ngmg them to the altar At all uhe Palace were tu l of ha.If dressed event the th mg IS likely to last A Vi Oman red faced women and ch1loreu vh.o leu,ne 1 up w vVashmgton on the other B de Ju was a aurpusioo:ly small shn l , mc at ould nP' er be too old to try to please and on ~ dirty ratlmg and 1 stened tu the mu·10, JUSt as the guests at the Pmca at for such an impoita.nt piece of mforma ion all women love to be loved It 1s more the sapie t me ' ere listeu[n g to the r or but it sounded rehalle The dnver knew thag, hkelv tnat the sole survivor Mac~u th~t every moment now mighh m au the lay a New Z alander on London bridge will chcstra of a dozen pieces loss of thousalds of oollars and givmg his not only be a female bit a married flirt In the gallery overhead Bndget hes.rd two women dancrng and ehoutmg no stly horses the rem was "'allopmg off up the Every Woma.u be1 Owll Dogmaker Some\\ he1 em the bmldrng a c tld was c1y street agarn almost before Budgets word" The .Ba.lt1more girls are au 1 idependent were out of ,her mouth A few moments mg loudly rn a d1ffere~t l ey from the hand species who will not submit to be :iampe1ed organ Bridget ll1dn t notice these thmgs after tl e pantmg engrne and the d stant even b;r fashion too much I they 1 nst sl outs of the firemen told of the work they particularly she was u!Oed to them Only wear a dog as they do a bouquet tl ey will there came over the yount lrn nan g rl heart woro domg not consent to allow D.tme l! ashion to d c Well the block was saved A few tho 1 winch was beating beneath the rags and m tate the shape o style of dog to be worn midst of this wretchedness a s ck longrng sand dolla.Is damage on goods fully msured Hence it ts s~d that a close obser er rn the was all Next mornmg the pa.per~ bemg for-what ? Bridget did not know Park on a fair afternoon w 11 see that every Its the hot weather it IS she said to somewhat hard pressed for news gave full lady who makes a pretence to style wears a part1cula1s of the fire Five mmutee )lerself its usn:1 me up entirely Ill later and the loss must have been meal cl1!ferent ma.ke of dog-a dog w i th some J!St go an have a bit av a walk fea1ure or charae enat1c d1ffo out from any culable Accordmgly she issued fotth and walked other canme on the dr ve T ins vauety 1s Full particulars 1 Perhaps not quite 5Jowly down Lincoln Street toward t he 1s easily sectred We are about tog ve a fdl No r13P9rter had heard of Bridget s Albany Stat10n The air was stifimg and local secret away because as purnaltsts it B prompt acti0n or seemed her name as Bridget reached the corner she Sa\\ the our l 1ty to tell the truth and to furmsl m Wlle~ th e engrne ratt1ed aws.y with the groups of belat d people h urymg out to forma.10n upon subj acts The secret ot this crowd after it, Edith had come timidly the Newtons and Wellesley where they Ahce had been borne admirs.ble variety is that every lady maKcs zmght cool themselves ID the pure air with down the steps her own dog Sne decides for herself the a~ 11.y by the crowd and was not to be found whateve1 meaos of comfort money could sty1e of dog she will affect She then b iys \Vbere are you' she called I do purchase the pl ush cloth satm !men 01 fur that J er She stopped mmble fingets can mampulate mto the shape Edith M;oreton and Bridget Flanagan both not know your name-oh h with a. pitiful little c y reflected upon this as they nnconsc1ously she wants and then she cuts out he1 canme drew neaier ancl nearer together Edith Bridget was crouched 1n a miserable heap pet, stuffd it with ra.w cotton sews on its was tired, and was begmnmg to look for JUSt around the corner She was stroklllg tail and ears fits a couple of glass marbles a horse car to ua.ke her tu her aunts house her brmsed foot with tremblmg hands and m for eyes and there she has a dog wl 1ch The little Insh girl had turned and left her ciymg softly to herself The pa.m wa.s so she can hold m the most gra.cefnl attitude Pa.lace until she was now uear the head ba,d and ner head felt so dizzy I suited precisely Ill s :n and shape to l er of Summer Streel Then she looked up an l saw the wlute favorite breed aud ID color harmomzmg Teu steps further and they met upon the shawl and the ostrich feather and Edith s heautiti>lly with her complexion and dress corner with the great g1ldei eagles wmp;s eyes And once more j:d1th forgot the S0me ultrli\ fashionable ladies have a number outstretched above their heads Both d1ffeience of these puddmg pug:s and poodles made up pati,s.M for a moment Edith was dressed A pohcernau foaud then there a fe v and constant! y on I and to ma o i the r as Shil° had been ID the boat-all lll White rm ites later EJ1th had h er arms arou cl vauous costumes - Bci timore Ncw8 w11(_h a pretty jfoffy ostrich feather cnrvmg the f~ded shawl and Bridget s- tously little around her broad straw hat aud a fleecy head was l} mg wearily agamst her shoulder The aqiount of Sher ff'a sales very or shawl thrown over her shoulders Bridget s The poor t .Lmp\ed foot was bound up 1n m dable If 1t teach people that nothmg shawl "as not fleecy and her are·s was not somebody s embroidered silk handkerch ef but persevermg mdustry and honest labour white No did 13he '\'leilr la.wn shoe~ Edith d d not give \he officer time to will eventually succeed 1t will be well OUR YOUNG FOLKS Webs ter u!llette s Apparatus to IncreMe THUlSln l t ed Sound I T y e icalyp u~ or blue gum treP. l!ro ~ so hGtt nal a.f eAt1 ylef nedm20 y ..is T 1s A OmetJ n s .,OJ te t h1gb and ha.s a, tr nk 100 eet ID (ltCuo: ference Tne English PJst Ofil e Si' Df>'S Bink "" con u es to re 11 most s ~cceasfu 1mst tu t10u !\. q\J.a ter of 11. n 11 on additional depos tors opened R c:mnt~ 11 the bank durrng the year T iSS? he total number of depo81tors at the end of the year vas thus nearly 3 000 000 the amount of theu denos1ts be n~ over £3!J 000 000-in mcreaae of nearly £3 000 000 durm~ the year the largs annnual ID crtia.se } et recorded 75 OOOL1V.Ei3-LOST, ! Volc;i. lie Eruptlnn m J<1.va. T!Ul M·181' I 'I 0 0 I I I I Th ore 1s an rnven or n the v1hage cf Flus\ I ,.. 1 T w t o bel eves he ta, a n appar ~t IS t at w l revol ion z the tel phono l usrness an<l m .,t6na!ly ncres se .he isefolue. o< the Atl·n t c cable H., ! as ooms in a h rg~ ooardrng house aoout a )lock f on tr e i ri. l oad station Her I e has pass" l tne lri.st four months nt v o k H s n'l.me is Webster 1pon his mveT'tlO G1ll~Lt· au I he is from M c gan A rn p rtcr four d I m ~ea ed 111 a little room rn whJCh were three ta.b es loaded with el~c tn cal apparatus au l a. netwo1 k of ' ires ·tre che 1 between tne w~lls Tl e m entor a.ppeare i to le fm ty year~ ol l He has In ely dark bl e eyes a I 1 h fo1 ahead that bulges rn the region o constr 1ct veness brown mo IBta~he and s de wn ske s and a ru ldy an l healtnfnl countern1nc On the largest tab e m the Nom stood. a ltsk about thirteen Inches rn u am ter Pro1ect1 lg f on the centre of one fat\" of the h k was a funnel shap I object RlD n nF t the table from the lower e l_,e of the d sk were a nu nbe1 of ., ire~ Ou the lab e a r.;,nged iu a \I a short hstance f om tne w res t ere t"n black C} l!odric:tl mduct on c u l"at 1s \~hat the reporter lO JC J 'I IS tl 111vent01 "'d Tl 1t funnel sh:l.pe l ob;e t ir the centl'e of th.e d1~i 1s the resonator \ ou see tha s i ot Ike I ~ sr fl.kn g ti( e (lf an ordmuy tde-phone The largex part of the funnel is held to the mouth The volume of the vv1ce ms cad of be ng conue1 trated m a small spitce as u otl e1 telephone~ is spread 1mcl <auses the v l ole meta.Ilic ch phi agm to v brate You w 11 not ce on the opposite side of the cnsk there are ten deviut ng po t: s wh ch are held m pos JD by ten 1 boe1 arr s that 1 av rem nd you some what o a cuttfe fhh v\ l en yon tal k through the speak.mg tube or resonator the met l l!c diaphragm 01 popularly speakm., the tm plate v biates 'Ihe v1brat oos are com numcated t.:i the tep dev1a. mg po nts or needles Ihe ne a es penet1 ate through n bber cush10ns Ill o small brass cylinders co1 ta !II g granulated carbon The oyhn ders ..re secured in the r p aces by ten brass arms ttachet1 to the rim of the d1~k that holds the metal 1c pla.te Ten wires run through toe arms fcrm the primaries of the mdupt o 1 cud· a id 1et irn to th 11 re·pec tive poles l lie ten secondar;> wires from the 1n luct10n c01ls are carried to a plug switch, ·o arrnuged as to place one 01 as many w1 es as mqy be de ired in oircmt The pO\\er of ten batteries ten nduct1on coils and a co1 e·pondmg Hu nber of de v1atmg po n ;a acted upon a1multaneously by a smgle v1orat10g tm plat.i m y th is be concentrated U[ on a w re Tnis 1s some thmg that has never been fone before I chum that con vernation may he catried ou over :i.1 or lmary telegraph wire with my telepl one between pomts 2 600 miles apart I welve words a mrnute 1~ considered a far rate of trans1mssion o~er the Atlantic cable By usrng this telef hone 120 wor ls am nute may be transmitted if it ·horthand writer I· employed as a receiver All the important feature· of my m'ent on a e neV\ By the use of the granulated carbon, and the rub ber cush10ns rnto which the needles pena trate I secure a steady umnterrupta.ble sound Mr Gtllette went mto an adiommg room where he had another telephone connectn:1g wit! the one on the table '!'he rece1vrng tubfl of the n°w apparatus was put 1n post t10n After a few 11 nutes it began to emit a sene· of hst net Hal oes 10 a bass voice A ter returnlllg to the roo Mr G1llelte said t hu.t ten batteries ten de\ at1ng po nts and ten 11d1 ctwn c01h have about six tnnes the power of one battery and a conespon l mg n rnber o the other I ecessary electr cal ag noes He thougu· th1t the tire '\las not "mote ~hen we con d not only speak au Olis tie ocean but al o see tho·e to wl:iom ~\e m ght be speakllg Ee sa.1d that an ex l en nei t with the new telcpl on e probably would le ma le rn ten da) a uet 'een places n Ma no and Massach t·ett~ uOO miles apart 0 0 I srurr.~D ms Cl.TA!iTllO!·UE <H' UODH N" Hill!E ~ Dt ti. VIA Aug 29 "rup 1011s in J a. ~ began o:i tt e [sl tud of luakota n tho S r.rn1ta o( ::suuda, 100 m le !iom the coast of Jn,\a, S;.tu clay 111,,f t By fSun-ln.y tie l st ul auce la l ox tended bo.ueith th., wa.ters of t h" str i, t c ms l mg great WJ.' es an a. nse of 90 d~g re s n the temp rat ire of the sea fn° ct1sturb at ce was felt 500 m !es away Bv noon Maha M ru the largest volcano 1U Java was m nolent en p or aud shortly the Gunung crater which 1s the larg st n the world and fiftec1 of he other hrty ti ve rat .,rs tn Java we1e either rn ac tive eruption o scnoasly th oitene 1 At l 1Sk Monot G uu og sent out s·reams of wh ta a~d s 1lph nus mud w th an explosion of cmders s.nd stones ¥l 1c'a earned V ca IC DEATH '.1,'0 !\l L AnOUT TlIE VAT LEY E ropean S wt st1c ans are gradually re lucmg the r oitm ates of the population of Chrna It used to be put at over 400 000 000 Il hm and Wagner reduce the r eati matA for China and Corea from 4"4 500 000 to 319 500 000 Peterson reduces hrn est1 ti nate by 75 000 000 mak 1 ~ the p1esent tota.l 3o0 000 000 D Happer m1ss10na~y IJel eves this cao safely Le reduced another "O 000 000 M r H pptsley act1pg com m ss oner of cus oms th nk 2u0 000 000 nore nearly correct than 3 6 000 000 The losses by the Taepmg and Monammedan rebel l ons and by the fomme and pestilencii wh ch s 'i'ept the provinces of Chi! Shan tung Sbans1 Snens1 and Houan are va.11 ouslj eat1m1tted at from 61 t~ 81 000 000 Newfo1l!nd1a.nd The clouds were charged w1 h electnc1ty, 11nd fifteen waterspouts WHe seen s1mnl taneously The 111ha.b1tants fl 1 terror ~t wk en Hund reds were buried under the houses or crushed by the ma.ss"s of rocks a ld mil Gunung lenger which ha~ not had an eruption srnce 1800 shot ou· greao red hot boulders which er ished tn ongh tl e hnts of the Oh n se fis 1e1men F ssures and yawnmg chasms appeared Fertile valleys covered with fiouri&h D{\ pls.ntat1ons were now but mud and ·t~ue add lava covered the fields wit'.! destruction There will pro b:i.bly not be a & ngle crop m Ja\a s:wed At the entrance to n~ta.v a was a large group of houses oc up ea by Cn namen This por t10n was eut rdy swept away Of 2o 000 Ob1nese about 5 000 were saved 01 3 500 Europeans 800 perished At AnJ e the European a1 I An er can qnarter was fI st O\ERW!lE MED BY ROOJS MIJD ANDIAVA, A Plea for the Sparrows 0 0 A contnbu·or to the Boston Jo 1 ial w11tes Many Canadian people t" o o~ three yea1s ago took fr ght at tl e sparrows aud much vrns wntte l for and aga u·t those 1 ttle birds The upshot was th t the Natural H1sto1y society of Tornnto had some spar rows killed and the contents of the r c1 ops ans.lyzed when 1t was fo11nd ths.t they de strayed more grubs than gram or frmt They are therefore no longer under a ban During the excitement 1 detcrmmed to te t the va1ne or otherwise of sparrow 1 had boxes made for them and so placed m my veranda that I (and my family) could wa.tcn their movements fro:n nornmg to mght I found that they conveyed to their young oues rnnnmerable wngglmg gr bs that they caught an< dismembered grass hopp 0 r~ that were too large for one morsel aad picked up broken gr.Jim faom the feed mg place cf my fowls The sparrows have neithe1 clrl\ en away nor disturbed the ~ong bird·, wluch they weie accused of domg uo1 han they robbed me of the frmt m my large 12arden, wh ch hao ne'er been m better con dit on O£ quantity than ttns year I fed and cared for them iu Eng and as I do here a id so far as I can see the r habits are unchang ed by climate Sparrows aie good friends to man if not al10wed to become too numero is In "\Voorl s :N"attral H atory of Birds Rou tledge & Co London 1SG2 at page 476 is the followmg I l every ca·c w~ere the sparrows have been ext rpated there hns been iJ, p opor t10nal decrease 10 the crops from the ravages of mscots At :M:alne, for example the total destruction of the spar row~ was orderecl by the government and the consequence was that in the succeedrng year even the green trees were killed by caterpillars and a s1m1lar occurrence took place near .Aux<>rre lry the experiment and 1t is safe to predict that Wash ngton and Boston will fare no better If those birds were as represented, would they not h:tve b en destroyed 1n Engfand long ago Farmers pay high rents yet the spatrows survive , th~y are to be seen everywhere Why they are called ' English sparrows I am at a loss to know seemg that they a.re to be found all over Europe and beyond it GEMS OF T!IOUGllT It seems s ngular thnit -so It ttle :.ttention 1s g en by the pre3s of Ca.ua la tot e sland of Newfoundland A large trade i 0 donq by :ll'l.ontreal Q 1elec Hah!ax and S John w1th the 1~l 1nd and a good deal of commer c al travel goes on betwee i It <ii d the eastern provrnces yet the average CJ.na l an seems to kno ~ 01 ca.re ve y little abot t thrn vast and mtereatrng land No spec al efforts have beeu ma.ie to rnduce Nevlfound laud to cm the con federation beyond a small amount of d1plomatl(l love makrng from Ottawa The s ibJect was ag tated there some yea13 ago but the people-who are a quiet home 1Jvm5 and not over edu caterl class-had a vague dread uf a loss of a tonomy and a very d1strnc and well defined dread of mcrea~ed taxation of wh ch they have l ttle aq yet: (the 0 ty of St Johns has nether nmnic1pll.I taxes nor a Mayor-blessed free lom ) ands> tho aclvo cates o confedcr tinn were defe:i,ted all through tl e island rrhe leader of the mo\ e mont l w self an able man lost l rn p nee m the Leg1slatl\ e Assembly an 1 has only re. cent!) regamed his sea.~ rn the co ..1 c ls of the colony It remams to be seen how ti e question m gl t be mei; II mooted now wS quite a chaoge has taken place for the better as rega.r els public opm1on Tne co rntl) is now less under the thumb of the !aw nabobs who ruled the island at the time referred to Then t1 e peool~ were taught to believe that t r e railroads were acu se and refused o have one built for a long tun° Now how eve1 a road ts m pro0 1 ss f1om ::st J c hu s to the sou oh western ext e n1ty of t 1El island and "hen fimol cd will opeu 1 p valuable copper an l 1ron mmes H is f etub bu 1 uy an American aynct1ca.te of H_.lt1more an:i an> her company f om the samll place are bu1ldrng a new dry aock at 1'> John s T t e fish harvests ha' e beeu good du ID!( the last two years and 111to0 e het the pio pects of N ew oun 1 nd are m ch b1 15 tei OnA h111dianc tu the mterna.l well bemg of the island are the cbsputes whwh ever and anon occur on the E rench Shore lhe F encl Sho e w a d stnct alone- tho ~veste n and northern ·hore upon wluch tl e British Government gave to the F ench by treatJ ce1tam fishrng rights The F cnch mhnb1t ants here claun these r ghts we1e give to them exclusively as Frenchmen w 1 le the N ewfoundl..uders clann that they were in elusive and 11ot meano no debar thA11 from fishrng puuleges It was a very foolish th ng m tl e But1sh Government to grant such a treaty-espemally when such a \ ag e mterpieta.t1ou could be made but havmg done so no tm e shot ld now be lost m ap p01ntrng a comrm s on to settt., matters and to keep order for tile future 0 then the wa.t~rs came up and swallowed the i urns leavmg no hw g and causmg a loss of 200 lives Bmta n onoe n. prosperous native c ty abandoned by Eu opeam many years Lgo was entirely C)vered with water and 1 200 to l oOO people dr wned 'Ihe !·land of Serang was co nplete y rn 111 lated and not a soul remams at Chnrobm where the loss of hfo a d prnperty is cuns1derable Bu tensorP, s1 ffered 'ery seriously as did Sam'l.rang J aoJ akert Sourake1t1 and Soutabaya. wl I e meagre report fr n i s less·r to vns m d1cate the 1 luss to l e as great 10 proportion Ihe latest. advwes arethat the e1 uptim s continue :Cho violence has a.bated somewhat b t it 1s feared the d saster wi l be the mos~ fr ghtful ever known mo\\ N'S EN !RELY DESTROYED The towns of AnJ 0 r J111ngtne ml Telo kabelong have b ee 1 dest1oyed by volca. uc eruption A.ll hgh.,houses m the st181ts have hsappe1red where the mo mtam of Kramata.n o 1 er y stood the sea l ow flows The a·p c ot Snnda straits has m 10h changed and nav gat1ou 1s danger ous THE DISTURBA!\C~ CEASED Snee noon yeste day e eiyth ug has been q iet The k) 1, clear and co 11municahon with Serang lS restored Tne temperatUTe foll 10 legree· on Monday b t is now 16.or m!Ll The town 1s coHred w1th a thm la:> H of ashes It was so hot when falling that it Rilled the birds A I OARI G C"LUJll :-1 OF SEA Telegraph l nemen eport that wh le re pamng the !me near Aoi~r early on .Monday theJ saw ~ l gh col 1m of sea apnroachmg with a roaring noise They fled w thout learnmg the fate of t e mhab1tants The quarne· at Merak have chsappeared and all nhe people of the place p en·hed The floatrng <lock at the island of Or ru t near J3g,tavi,., is ad1 tt and badly da 1 aged LmmoN August 3) Ll-ter nart cula1s of the vo crn c er ipt10n sl o v th:i.t 1t was e en more d1aast10us than 1t fi rst r p 1 e l On S11nd y at tto n the d s urlnuces were snppo·ed 1o b e at their t eight but litter m tl e clay the v10lence m crease l tl rea.teo1og <lest uct10n t~ thn whole 1s and At Im lm gnt s a lenly an ennrmous mmo s cl rl Jorine l over the Kandag Mot ntams sk tiog the B)Uth east coast g aduall v spre 1drn1' t 1L il 1t for ned a lurid rnd canopy Mean VI h le the eru ptlon m ceased S iea ns of lava pcured do\'ln mto the vallP.ys s weetnag a I before them In the mids~ of the molten sea. of lava was A BED OF SOLID ICE err i·ted from ore of the craters wh ch was c~rn·d along an l landed a.t the north east uornur of t he island sunounded by a thick cnv~ope of sand and so0r1re whJCh am ion con rntors ot heat l t JS s 1pposed the 1ce forn ed the cru t of some subterranean lake At wo o clock on Monday morn ng t he gl'>at clou<l suddenly b oke and vanished A~the same tm e fr1gl tful rumbln gs ~ere heard The col 1 us of fire ands nol o over the south east corner of the island cease l to l!llcend wl 1le the crate s rn other parts seem ed t<} open THEIR FIERY THROAT~ Seasonable Acivlce to Bathers The Royal Ht nane Society rn 11ls l ecen ti y JSsned report gi vea the followmg ad vrne to sw1 nmers aml bathers Avoid bathmg w1thm two hours after a meal A~ 01d bath mg when exhausted by fatigu e or from any other cause A void bathmg when tlie body is cool ng after perspiration A\ 01d bathrng altogether m .the open air 1£ after havmg been a short t me rn the water i. causes a sens of ch1lhness with numbnesA of the hands and feet Bathe when the body JI! warm provided no time is lost m gettmg mto the water A 01d chill ng the body by s1ttmg 01 standmg undressed on the banks o m boats after hav ug been n the water Avoid rema.1 ung too long m the water leave the water 1mmed1ately there 1s the shghtest feel ng of ch1lhness 0 :Plantation .wbn-0sophy A man ken hide de fack <lat he s smart but he kamt hide de fa.ck dat he is a fool Dar a suth n almoa sorrowful bout a ele man w1d black ha r Gray hai ts so na.chnl wid ole age dat de ole mau what 'amt get it seems ter hab been cheeted Ol ten bis plum a.ge De man what tried ter do too much fur you at de dmner table, is wus dan de man what doa.n do enough Let a pusson alone an he I! hep h1sse f but keep er ms1st n on him ter eat an arter a'l'I h1le he thrnks dat ef he <loan eat more den he wants yer tlunk: dat de cookm doan smt him De greateat ob all perhtenesa IS ter let a man ack nachul still w1de1 The t 1ssmg of the sea became deafenmg Waves rushed ip a.u unpreccdent eel heigh~ vVhen layl ght came an enormous tr.act of land had disappeared 50 miles sq 1are In thB wero the villages of Nee;e1y and Negery Baba\I ang Th,e natives scat tered sparsely thro 1gh the forests and on vhe plams escaped deatn The lo s of lifemust have aggregated 15 000 The entire Kandang rang1; of mountams extendmg 65 miles had gone o it of s ght The town of I-..anerang w~thm 25 miles of Batavia was swept away by the lava. stream and half the population of 1 800 penshed At Speely Wick J RED nor ROCKS set fire to the houses and swept away all tl e tluokly set lad port on of the town Ten bazaaui belongmg to Europeans were destroyed No 1 ves are known to be lost The R ver J acatare on which Batavia. 1s sit iated 'vas so damaged by lava and de brio that its co 1rse was changed F1gelim was almost totally destroyed ant laige num ber of lives lost The Island of Onus twenty five nnles eitst of Batavia VI as 1n undated and the floatrng dock des~royed Caatayeclaps and Tronmers Islands are out of sight Baby and Ohenba islands off the north coast lost the few houses and mhabt tant8 upon them IN Bi\TAVIA ___ no satisfaction for premeditated 1mpertmence forget forgive it but keep h1m 111exorably at a distance who offered it Men seldom, or rather never fo a length of time and dehberately rebe a.garnst anythmg that does not desene rebellmg aga net Know tins It is wh~n we ngntly meet that hardest h iman task to endure and to wait tl at Gou. wous us that wh ch Hci s sm e to put to use If you have a duty to do stand fa.at to it er push ahee.d ln it without fear or fi1nchrn1< Tl ere 1s no safer place m the world then at the post of duty Recei~e -Arkansa Trcivellm ~- ----.. Did not Allk .... ·----""- Baby is very exactmg at table Her mother has m eonsequence heen obliged to forbid her to ask for anyth nu The other day there was a dish of magmficent straw bernes upon the table Baby coveted them with longing eyes She threw a snpphcat mg glance at her mother and another at her father but this ch 1racten~tIC r rmcry was unsuccessf il Biby was disconsolate She utteted a deep sigh and leanmg over to her father a side ma way to be well heard, Do you wish that work should never weary she said Papa tell mamma that I ha\ e you? Thmk that ~au are givmg pleas\lre te> not asked for any strawberries another the loss has largely ncreased since ti e former reports Ihe roof uf the Governors house was crushed m by mud and three re tamers killed The town bridge was des troyed The Diamond and Pearl hastiom: were damaged, and the Burra.n redoub des troye:l In Cayamand1 Malabar and L10n streets the prrnc1parl avenues, the damage was very great Fort Aatyog was entirely destroyed The town ot Faggal was ae"ierely shaken and only a few bmldmgs are left The v10lent shock was lelt on the island of Sumatra Un Monday M1ddah island ten miles off the Japanese coast was almost wholly engulphed by the sea The small rnland of Smgkel d sappearecl It was un rnoab1te l The agg egate loss of life 1s fn! y o 000 - ~ ~ - - . . _ _ . . , . _ _ , ~ -