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{zoimc FOLKS. ‘, The Land of Red. There'sk’a beautiful land that the children now, Where it's Summer the whole year round ; Where chocolate drops, and balls and tops, Lie thick on the grassy ground; Where the trees grow tarts and Banbury hearts, And bull's~eyes pop from the pod, And you never do wrong the whole day longâ€"- they call it the Land of Nod 1 When the clock strikes eight, and each curly ate LiesIfow on the pillow white ; When the small mouse squeaks and the wain soot creak s, And the shadows dance in the moonlight- streaks, And the star’lamps jewel the night; When the soft lids close on the ripe cheek’s rose, And the tiny feet that trod The nursery floor are heard no moreâ€" Hurreh for the Land of Nod 1 There they play in the puddles and steal from the stores, They juggle with matches and knives ; And they poke such jokes at the grown-up ‘olks, Who daren’t say “ Don't " for their lives i All the persons who teach are deprived of speech, And whipped wi.h a pickltd rod, And fed upon dates, through dark dungeon- grates, In the beautiful Land of Nod 1 When the clock strikes eight, and each curly ate Ideslfow in the darkened room ; When the small mouse squeaks and the wain- scot creeks, And the shadows dance in the moonlight- streaks, And the cricket chirps through the gloom; When the soft lids close on the ripe cheek's rose, And the tiny feet that trod The nursery floor are heard no moreâ€" Hurruh for the Land of Nod i All the dear old dollies are mended there That were broken in days that have flown ; All the kittens that died in their early pride To beautiful cats have grown ; All the pleasures upset by the wind and the wet Smile out in the sunshine broad ; And the meaning of “dose” not a youngster knows, In the wonderful Land of Nod l When the clock strikes eight, and each curly pate Lics low cn the dainty bed ; When the shadows dance in the moonlight- streaks, And the dull firo's core glows red ; When the soft lids close on the ripe cheek’s rose And the tiny fret that trod The nursery floor are heard no moreâ€"- Hurrah for the land of Nod 1 And it's Ohl for the dreams of thofold, old days That have fled for ever and aye i For I watch and weep, as the dull dawns creep Up the cold gray cliffs of the sky. Gould mine eyelids close on that blast repose, Would the hearts that lie under the sod Rise tobgreet the glad sound by my feet and eat an my heartâ€"in the Land of Nod? When the clock strikes eight, and eachjcurly pate Lieszlow in the curtain’s shade ; When the small mouses squeaks and the Wainscot creeks, And the shadows dance in the moonlight- streaks, And the hearth-sparks glimmer and fade : Whenlthe soft lids close on on_the;ripe cheek ’s ruse, And the tiny feet that trod like nursery floor are heard no moreâ€" Hurrah for the land of Nod? [Illustrated London News TOMMY’S ADVENTURE. BY BESSIE CLARK. Tommy was not always a had little boy, _ but sometimes a spirit of naughtinese would prevail, and he would be sure to get into trouble. Just now he was in disgrace, for he had a quarrel with his little sister and had trkou her prettiest doll and thrown it into the fire, and before it could be rescued it had burned to ashes. As soon as it was done the little boy was sorry, but it could not be helped nor wou‘d it reconcile Susie to the loss of her favorite doll. His mother had given him a severe talking to, and he had run out and thrown himself on the grass, wishing so much that ho was some place where little boys were not always being scolded. He looked up at the blue sky and watched the soft, white clouds floating lazily try, and was thinking how nice it would be if he might be a fairy- he was sure fairies had no troubles. Just then he heard a voice close by, and turning his head behold a little man about four inches high standing on a flat rock beside him. He was dressed in brown and green, and was altogether a comical- boklng little chap. ‘ “So,” said be “you think we fairies have an easy time of it, do you? Suppose you t come with m and see what we do ; then, maybe you w: 1 not be so anxious to exchange places." 'Ihmmy was startled at first, but by the time the little man had finished he had de- termined to see what he could of fairyland. The little man touched him and he found hhnseif wing smaller and smaller, until he was t e same size as his companion. Tnen the fairy said, "Come with me," opening a tiny door on the very rock he was standing on. Tommy followed, feeling very queer and saying to himseif. “ What if I never get out of here again." They went along a narrow path cut out of thesarth for quitea distance, and finally came to a large room, where he saw many little fairies who all seemed to be doing something which he could not make out. " This," said his companion, “ is one of on- work rooms. We have a great many of turn, and we make all the pretty toys you use in the stores." He took Tommy into many other rooms and showed him how they lived, at last bringing himto a room where dolls were made. " I don't mind telling you now that I am not a fairy, but a gnome. Fairies do have nice times, as you thought they had ; but gnomes don‘t, and you are a gnome now. my business is to punish little boys who spoil pretty toys, especially if they belong to other people." ” Now, you will have to Work on wax dolls for spoiling that beautiful one this morning. You will havetc stay here for- ever, may be ; for very few beCOm s so good that we allow them to go back.” gnome for a friend i y Someone rudely tap lying there. thing wrong. fully they did tneir work. carefully . “Here, what does this mean?" he asked, as he picked up the last face, holding it so that all might see. A loud laugh followed from every one the room, and no wonder. Tommy in his hurry had put in one dark brown eye and one blue eye. “What shall be done with him?" said the master. Many were the methsds of punishment proposed, but none seemed to be severe enough. “1 know," said one at the last; “make him swallow one of those wax dolls that spoiled in the making." the thing." “ Get the largest one you can find," said the overseer. Soon they brought itâ€"a doll twice as large as Tommy. In vain he protested against it, and said he would not do it. â€"Tommy in some unaccountable manner, he had started from. The first thing he did was to feel his throat. black cricket. gest doll that could be had for the money. lost it c might have another trip there. Beautiful Swiss Gusto :11. As soon as the sun has disappeared in'the valleys, and its lastfays are just glimmering on the snowy summits of the mountains, the herdsman who dwells on the loftiest peak takes his horn and trumpets forth, “Praise God, the Lord i” All the herdemen in the neighborhood take their horns and repeat the words. This often continues a quarter of an hour, while on, all sides the mountains echo the name of God. Solemn stillness follows; every shepherd on bended knees with uncovered head, offers his secret prayt r. By this time it is quite dark. “Good night 1" trumpets forth the herdsman on the loftiest summit. “G ood night i" is repeated on all the mountains from the horns of the herdsmen and the clefts of the rocks. A Woeful Building- Two gentlemen walking together came by a stately new building. “ What a magnificent structure 1" said one. “ Yes,” replied the other, “ but I cannot bear to look at it, often as I pass it.“ “ That is strange. Why not!" “Because it reminds me that the owner built it out of the blood, the aches and groans of his fellow-men, out of the grief of crying children, the woe of wailing women." “Gracious I What is the owner? A money-lender or a pawn broker, or some- thing of the kind 2” " Oh, no ; he is a dentist."â€" [Wasp. She Was Forgetful- “ Well, Mary," said the boarder to the faithful old chambermaid during a cold snap. “ somebody must have left the door of the North Pole open this morning." “ Well, maybe it was me, I'm so forget iul," replied Mary. Why Be Wanted Twins- A small 7-year-_cld was one day informed of the advent of a new brother, the seventh son. Much to his mother's dismay the next nivht a supplement to his evening prayer was, “ On, Lord, please send us twins next time. You know it takes nine to play base ball and we’ve only got seven." His Hatred of St- John- A Sunday school was opened just four years ago in a Western town where the boys knew rather more about politics than the Bible. It was after the presidential election of 1884. The Sunday-school teacher gave each of the boys a fewvenesfrom the Bible to learn by heart during the week. One Sunday she told one of the boys to take a certain chap~ tor of St. John. " I won't do it," said the youth. angrily. “ Why not 1“ asked the surprised teacher. “ That's the feller that beat Blaine. I won't have anything todo with him," no- torted the lad, who was a good Republican. Poor Tommy l what could he do? A stranger in a strange land, and not even a ped him on the shoul- do and said: “To work with you; we can have no laggards here." Then taking him by the arm, he put him in front of a table and told him he was to put eyes in the doll faces One little gnome, kinder than the rest, told him how tcdo it; and to have great care, as the master was coming on the marrow, and woe be to the one who had any- Tcmmy went to work and succeeded better than he expected to ; but a good deal of his time was spent in watching his strange com- panions, and seeing how neatly and taste- On the morrow Tommy worked hard to make up for the day before. About mid- day be master came to inspect each one's work. When he reached Tommy’s table he turned each face over and looked at it “ Yes, yes," said they all ; “ that is just They held him ; forced his mouth open, and found himself back on the grass right where to see if he had really swallowed the doll ; but concluded that he had not. Then he found he was his natural size. He got up and turned over the rock where he had seen the gnome, but unearthed nothing but a big By this time he was fairly awakeâ€"for he thought he must have been asleep, “ though it was a wonderfully vivid dream," as he told his mother afterWards. He went to the house, hoping all the morning’s work had been a dream. But he knew by Susie's looks that her lost doll had come to life, and being thoroughly sorry by this time, ran up stairs where he kept his pennies, took them out and went to a store and bought the big- Tommy was a changed boy after his visit to Gnomeland, and though it was only a dream, he was careful of Susie's playthings, CORPOBAL PUNISHMENT AT 3011001.. _ A Woman Editor Thinks that Bad Girls Should be Blrched. The question as t) the proper mode of in- fiicting corporal punishment is one that has been strongly debated. There is no doubt that it should never be placed in the power of pupils or assistant teachers; the head master or mistress should alone have the power to punish. The question that has been raised as to whether girls should be exempt from it is, to say the least, child- ish. Those who know anything of the work ing of ordinary schools are well acquainted with the fact that, when girls are prone to be troublesome, they are infinitely more difficult to manage than boys, and that there are always in every large school some few who are amenable to no other dicipline. They must either be dismissed, t) their in- evitable ruin, or they must be allowed to remain and practice their wilfulldisobedience to the destruction of the discipline of the school and the corruption of the other pupils. To say that such girls should not be sub jected to the only treatment that can avail for their reformation is simply part and parcel of the msudlin innano sympathy with the wrong-doer that is characteristic of a small section of people at the present time. Much outcry has been made against the As often inflicted, the outcry is not without causej; but that a boy or girl can be degrad- ed or injured by being caned across the shoulders is a fiction. All impulsive puni- tive acts should be interdicted. Boxing the cars is a most injurious mode of punishment ; it often causes severe and permanent inj er to the brain. Striking the hands with a cane, much more with a hard wooden poin~ ter, is objectionable, as being liable to injure severely the tendinous tissues and numerous joints of the wrist and hand, but birching across the shoulders where the broad, flat bones and ribs are good bulwarks protecricg the vital parts, is a power that should be in- trusted to every head teacher in every school, a power to be most rarely used, but always to be held as a Nemesis that is ready to overtake the evildoers. It may be said that such sentiments are unnatural and not in accord with the highest philosophy, but to take example from nature, pain is to be regarded as an institution ordered by a so tends to our preservation. There is no law, human or divine, that prevents our utilizing it for the benefit of our children.â€" [The London Queen. .â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€".â€"â€"-â€"â€"- Bounced. A friend of mine is the mother of two fine boys, aged respectively three and one- half and one and one-half years. The elder, a fair specimen of the enfant terrible type, had just been forcibly suppressed by his mother in the midst of a circus performance, and having been calmed down sufiiciently to assume the role of host, was reviewing his recent acquisitions for my entertain- ment. He was intently engaged in explain- ing some pictures in a new book of which he was very careful, when his baby brother toddled up and began patting his little fat hands over the age. Quick as thought Junie caught up t e intruder and with an inimitable little nod and " ’souse me a mo- ment, please,” tugged the unresisting offen- der off through an intervening room to his mother, who had been called out to superin- tend some household matter, and thrusting his burden (almost as big as himself) upon her, with “here, take the baby, mamma, please," rushed back so my entertainment with an inexpressible air of rolief.â€"[N. Y. World. Pansy Points the Way. Three-year-old Pansy asks her mother to read a story. Mother replies : “My eyes ache. I cannot read to-day." Pansy : “Don’t read wif your eyes ; read wif your mouf." Angelâ€"China. LittleDot-«"Mamma,wnat's this cake call- ed anuel cake for i” Mamma (moaningiy)â€"“Because little gir's who eat too much of it become angels." "Don’t angels get this kind of cake to eat ?" “No : angels never get anything to eat.” “Well, dess i don’t want to be an angel untiljl get old and lose my appetite." An Insane Corpse. Some years ago as Riot of fishermen on the New Jersey shore, just below Delanco, hauled in their gill not they were surprised to find it contain the body of a drowned mar. The coroner was notified and a jury em anelled who actually brought in the ver ict, “That the deceased came to his death by being drowned and when discover- ed was found insanc.” They meant to say the body was found in the seine. She Wasn't an Oyster. Mr. Gruanâ€"“ There is a dandy girl ’up at the church fair. She lets you kiss her for a quarter." Cymcal Friendâ€"“ I suppose she finds you a good customer 2” Mr. Gras allâ€"“ I don’t think so. I tried toget two 3 instead of one last night and [she tossed her pretty head and said: “ You would like to take my mouth home in a box for a quarter, wouldn’t you i” The Postage Stamps. Old Manâ€"“If that idiot in the parlor ain't got sense enough to make shorter calls, he might as well be of some use. Ask him if he can spare me a postage stamp." Daughter (after a trip to the parlor)â€"“Be says he's very sorry, but he called at the poetâ€"office today to renew his supply of postage stamps, but he hadn't anything smaller than a five hundred dollar bill in his vestpocket, and they couldn't change that. ' "Ehi ByJinkai Well you ninny, go back to the parlor. Don't you know better than to leave your company alone like tboti' â€"â€" Please Do It Again- A gentleman in jumping 06' a stroet~oar the other day fell and rolled into the gutter. While brushing the dirt from his clothes a little girl ran up to him and said: " M , please do it again. didn't see you that time i" Momma degrading effect of corporal punishment. _ higher than human intelligence that pre- vents us from injuring our own bodies and l winked. Jewelry as a Necessiti- At the first annual dinner of the Birmingv LATEST FROM EUROPE. _ ham J swelle- s' and Silversmith’s Association, The Cossack kpedition~The French Sit- held on the 28:11 ult., Mn. Chamberlain pro~ nationâ€" Priqu Budolph's Companions. 1m9d “1° '05“ 0‘ PI‘NPBNW ‘0 the 988001» - tion. In concluding his speech he said that It is not a little unfortunate for the French judging from the faces about him the manu- dreams of an alliance with Russia that Col. fwmrmens-sed in thou-“1° wowevldwtly . . . . . not diepirited. “I do not think you have Atcbmofi‘e Cossack expedition to Abyssinla my reason to be... he “id‘ u been“ “an. should at the outset run afoul of the French 511 the love of panama “ox-among 1. in. authorities and draw upon itself the fire of herent in human nature, and you will not the French Red Sea fleet. of course, tfiicial find “‘3' “Aldon: elm“ 1“ mOdun 0" m . . . . . . ancient times, or any tribe however say 9 Russia disclaims all responsibility for Arch- who con“ do without iz. Conuqmm y: incfl', and said so in response to French in, when paw“, tgk about jewellery being g. quiries before the bombardment, but the luxury they are talking of what they know bond between the two countries icons of “thing “flute”: 3M“ I” i‘ 9°" popular feeling rather than of Governmental £3332: “:3 “first? at (1:22: 31:2;2122g60‘tgréj13' sympathy, and an occurrence of this sortie u; that men and women, and especially likely to do a good deahto cool the ardor of W Jmfn. can do Within“ hens“. “1°? C“ the Pan Slavists for a French alliance. d9 w‘thl’mf‘md f" “ 1°38 "me' they m do . wrthout drink, and there are some of them, SING for the uncertainty of the French 1 km“ been told, .m“ can do wituouu situation the state of Europe continues to tobsccoâ€"(laughrer)â€"they can do without be Pmlwndly 13530037.!“ 0“ tn“ Surf-"38- UB clothes, but they cinnot do without orna- derneath there is still a strong undertcwof mam, Accordingly, you will find that reconciliation between Russia and Englngd. the most naked tribes of Central Africa, al- to the hegxnnlng‘pf which [called attention though they can do without everything that 138? 5'93? ; lift“ this Is purely (llploml‘l'lc. and we have come toregard as necessities of life, no incident In foreseen which can be counted cannot, do wizhouu either their nosed-iqu go to lay lure these subtle concealed El}le or their lip rings or their ear-rings or some mgs which are at work upon the foundatlona other articles or personal adornment which of the tripartite alliance. ministers '0 their self satisfaction, and which . The Chat 18 DGWIY reported to be engaged even causes envy and jealousy to - verybody in drafting schemes for internal reform, and 9139,, 1 say than than, undel- the circum. to have said recently this: the. Bulgfiflan stances, carrying on as you do a trade of this matter would not he ripe for interference description, you may be perfectly certain it: for along tune to OOlne- . cannot and will not permanently languish. From a private and. reliable source I learn Therefore, in drinking the toast I have been that the King of Belgium has returned quits baked to propose, I drink also with the bmken down and 1”» Witt} h“! blur 11111011 greatest hops and the most confident satis- whlter than when he left his palace to make faction to cm, continued and extended pros. the PM! low“?- As for as it is possiblq. the parity of the trade which your association re- subjsct of family trouble is never mentioned presents," (Loud cheers) in bi; presence in Vienna ; also every means as can taken to for at the star . Bratt- - fisch, the coachmun, hgas been seal:‘ to Russia About Wnnkles' tobuy horses, and the animals may roach Avery beautiful and youthful-appearing Austria, but their discoverer will tread his society woman of New York, the preserva- native heath no more. All the royal com- tion of whose skin is remarked upon by her pauions of Prince Rudolph have been given acquaintances, says that whenever she is foreign missions, and the Emperor never going on: in the evening she prepares her wishes to look upon their countenances toilet with the exception of herdress, wrings again. a wash cloth out of as hot water as she can Bad news comes, too, from King Otho. bear, smooths it out over her face so it will His hair has become entirely white during touch every part of it, and lies with it on» the past month. He is so weak that he can her face for half an hour. When she re- hardly drag out his daily forced walk. Two mow-s it every wrinkle and line has disap- valets have to prop him up, and sometimes poured. An English lady over 50 asserts fairly carry him. A near climax is expected. that her lack of wrinkles is due to the fact . of her having used very hp‘t water all her , , life, which tightens the s in and smooths BDIIHS FIRST BRRAND' out the lines. Another celebrated beauty __‘ , attributes her reservation to havin never BY ALICE MAY MOHOLS‘ used a wash oldfh or towel on her issue, but “I wonder where Walter is,’ said Mrs. h‘wi“3 91‘3"”? w"th it gently With her Dwra “It is Mme“ supperfime’ lmd I hand, npsrng It off thh a soft sponge, dry. want him to go to the dairy for some cream! rug rewrth a soft cloth, and then rubbing no mammg ‘ let, me go,» cried Eimh it briskly With a flesh brush. She used .. I am afraid you are mo mm“ to go alone castlla spsp and very _warm Water every and carry the pitcher,» Bald mamma’ Buck, pight, wrth cold Water in the morning, and mg the venow with if she were awake late at night she always “No mamma; I've been with \vauer lots slept as many hours In the day as she ex- of times, and I‘ll be ever so careful, and pecmd to be “W?!” M night" Ammu- not spin a drop-n student of tho tailet asserts that she pro. The dairy was only at the other and of vents and obliterates Wrinkles by rubbing the block‘ and it w” not yes six o’clock; the face toward the nose when bathing it, 30 mamma decided to let, her go. and Ram, and EllaIWheeler Wilcox asserts that she started 03 bravely, Wm, the money chimp can eradicate a permanent wrinkle bv the mg,“ the pitcher, While mumma 8,00,, on use of almond water and frictionâ€"[New the steps and watched the bright little head Y°rk Sun- until she saw it safely in at the dairy _ . door. Venous Uses for Glyoenue. W said the man. "Where’s your brother!" “He’s gone. Mamma wants a pint of cream, and I'm going to take it to be r. “Well, that's nice. Won’t you have a drink of milk before you start back?" “Oh, no i I can't. It’s almost supper- time, and I told maxnma I’d come right back.” American," “the importance. of the uses of be used and made available for purposes where no substitute is found that will take its place. As a dressing for ladies' shoes, and pliable without soiling the garments In The dairymnn came to tha (10°F, and Welt‘ contact. As a face lotion, oatmeal made in ed until she was down the steps and on the page, with glycerine two parts, water one pavement before he gave her the pitcher. It part, and applied to the face at night, with a was not heavy, but it was so large that the mask worn over, will give in a short time, if cream would not spill if it should splash a fitnhfully pursued, a youthful appearance to little. Edith carried it very c refullv With me l-kin. As a dressing in the bath, two both hands. and Walked BlOlev Mammfi , quarts of waterwith two ounces of glycerinc, looked a long way ofi‘standing on the steps. ‘ scanned with rose, which will impart a fine and she felt very serious as she made her Way freshness and delicacy to the, akin, In 59,. along ;but the other people must have known - vero paroxyems in coughing, either in coughs, what an important errand the was on, for colds, or consumption, one or two table- they took oare not to run against her. .pornfula of pure glycerine, in pure whiskey Slle W33 “moat homo. only four door“ or hot rich cream, will afford almost im- away. and was thinking that pBTthfimflmmfi mediate relief; and to the consumptive, a. would let her go every night if sue did not pmacea is found by daily use of glycerine spillauy, when something brushed against internally, with proportion of one part of her so suddenly and so hard that she almost powdered w illow charcoal and two parts of dropped the pitcher. pure glycorinn. For diseased and inflamed It was only a collie dog who wanted a gums, tvo puts of golden seal, one part of drink. He was too polite to push over a powdered burnt alum and two parts of little girl : so, When sho backed up ogninfit glycerine, made in a paste and rubbed on the lemppost, he sat down in front of her. the gums and around the tomb at night, wagging his tail with all its might, and look~ provided no tartar is present to cause the i032 straightinw be? £509..“ much 9-9 to any. disease, which must be removed first before "You know what I want. Paease hand it applying. over, and we won't have any trouble.” Now Edith was more afraid of adog than Woman Mme Inspector- anyming 813° ‘3 the worm' but “he w” mm Miss Cronwell, whose remarkable success going to lose the cream. She looked at the in the development of minhg in mum“ h°m° “mp”! b“ mam-n“ hl‘d been “‘le in parts of Australia. has won for her the sob-iqiet of the “Princess Midas," is now for a minute, and there was nobody passing in“ then‘ UGO. way”, she “m m the do“; in Q eens'and, making a tour of inspection of me mines. The lady was born in Eng- “Why, this is Dr. Dscre's little girl i" ‘ “Few people realize,” says the “Scientific 1 i l but he began such a big wag at the end of l his tail that it went all through him. and land bu, in her babth she w“ mm, b . g t 0”“ “it in “ Wh‘ne' And be 1"“7 h“ b“ “1 ovcr'to Australia. Five years ago she began down "id opened his mouth very .Wida' H3 to hire an active interest in mining matters. looked like the wolf in "de Riding Hood. She has ever linoe pcnonnuy impact“, “‘1 Maybe he would eat her up cream and all. - d d ,1. And she held the pitcher ha'rder than ever. gaggfedsgg?)willfcjggjijjzgutff‘ trifling: Jul than“ boy cm“ “long' and insight by listening to tl-e viewa of “ Don't be afraid!" he said. ” That's my meant, 31 men “(1 b - - , y ettrn ractxoal d°8v and he w°“ ‘ hurt y°“' Ha only mm" men to :cach hot. by golnggour still: mines. the milk. Trick youhad dog, come away 1" with he, “d mutndn h _ »_ . . g t e various ways Trick looked athls little master, than he of working the,“ beforg her. By putting together the theories of one set of teachers, and the theories of the others, l:hs formed. her 0WD judgments. She has, y vigilant would not let that go out of her hands. But 9 ‘ merv‘,ion.d"eloped mob . pm" of “new “be w“ glad to 11"" him w‘lk With her' sin the re rties of mines, that the so to and keep the dog on the other side of him, 3 “Gib” :0 he; ‘5 gm of “30nd “8h,” p p until, they came to huegdhouae. ’ “ And never a i a rep, mamma,‘ . . she said as she gavdJup the pitcher. hey were m the w”' "That's a nice little girl, Trick,” said the “ I don t think much of the scenery of boy, as he walked off. “ Dm’t you ever , this part of the country," said a Yankee frighten her again." And Trick looked at , on a Highland railway bound north. ‘ Give him very hard, and then he winked. Trick me prairie every time." “ What's the mat- knew that Edith was a girl who could be for with the scenery in this part of the oouu~ trusted. t“; 2" asked a fellow-passenger. “ Was], you can't see any. Tuem hills and mono- "I'll take you home," said the boy: and he offered to carry the cream, but Edith Mr. Haggart has not given us two cents ". rains are in the way 1‘ postage, but he has given us the privilege of mending a letter Weighing an ounce for three Mr. C. M. Birtlott, a Ubioatro engineer cents. This will has considerable saving to I and contractor, is trying to get the consent business men whose correspondence is large, ; of the New York Legislature to a scheme but to most people it will presentitseli more i for utilising the water power of the Falls of strcn ly as a convenience than as a saving. i Niagara. The water, conveyed through For e great bulk of private correspondence ' lrcn pipes, in to drive turbine wheels, and it will put an end to the necessity of weigh. these are to drive electric dynamco, which ing, as very few private letters weigh as are expected to transmit the power over a much as an ounce. radius of fifty :11in pure commercial glycoriue, and how it can' nothing equals it, making the leather soft I l, l