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"savers. -/ \Mwm WANNA/ m ' ..,,.,. 1" M HOUSEHOLD. Gradeâ€"Song p whither away is the isle of dreams, I‘he Silent isle of dreams? It’s ovcr the ocean of starlit skies, Away in the west, where daylight dies ; blumgcr, sweetheart, and your wonderng yes Shall awake int he isle of dreams! 0. who is there dwells in the isle of dreams, The distant isle of dreams ? ' There's Little Boy Blue, will) his silent horn. And the dcai‘oltlllanic whose skirts were shorn; And you. sweetheart, shall await the dawn In the distant isle of dreams! v 0, what will you do in the isle of dreams, The golden isle of dreams? \Vhatevcr you’ve hoped for, the long day through, In the isle of dreams will all come true! Listen, sweetheart. they are calling to you From the golden isle of dreams ! Q. how do you get to the isle of dreams l ’lhc drowsy is'e of dreams? Ah. that is something we do not. know, For you shut your eyes before you go! But see sweetheart, you are sleeping-so '1 on have found the isle of dreams! An Ideal Picture. .' The hugband and wife were first attract- ed to each other by that “strong, forceful elements of soul power ”â€"sympathy. Each had passed through peculiar trials, which brought an appreciation and desire for that sympathy which each so freely offered. During the years of suffering, flickering hope had been kept bright by looking on an ideal picture, and each has found the real. The silken cord uniting sympathy and love is soon unraveled, and by God- given intuition comes the knowledge that they are one. Their home is a temple dedi- cated to Him who is the author of their joys, made brighter by contrast with the past. Love to God rules o’er all, in that home of ideals, but the great human love eXisting is not dimmed. At- the family altar liberal drafts are male daily upon the great fountain of purity and holiness. Un- der all circumstances do the husband and wife exhibit toward each other that magic sympathy which has ripened into love. They are congenial because they love; their tastes, naturally dissimilar in some particulars, blend and harmonize like the colors under-the hand of a skilled painter, and love wields the brush. The glamour of charity ever continues to hide the faults and imperfections of each. Given this foundation, may not an ideal home exist The husband, kind, sympathethic, affec tionate, taking a vital interest in his com- panion’s plans, hopes and aspirations. He is an inspiration to her poetic soul, and her genius has full sway, winning the ecomiums of the world. He is made happier daily by the realization that he. is helpful to her. His life is an .exalted one because he is keeping her company. They are truly one. She presides over her household with queenly grace. The house is not preten- tious, but modest luxuries abound and the evidences of an exquisite taste are numer- ous. The husband has a large place in her heart. She plans to make home still more truly home to him, and she is equally inter- ested in all of his successes and failures. He cannot be despondent when with her, and care and worry are transformed. into serenity and peace beneath her finger touch. Life to them means something. It is now more than promise, sweeter than hope, richer than earth’s treasures, brighter than the stars. This is lifeâ€"God given and Hea- ven inspired life. The Art of Saying No- I was sitting with a friend once, says a mother who writes in the Christian at l'Vork, when her t-ivelveyear-old boy- sprang into the room, eager and impetuous. “Mother,” he shouted, “ can I go out swimming this afternoon ? All the fellows are going. ” The mother quietly shook her head ” I’m sorry,’ said she, “ but you cannot H o. The boy did not see me in his absorption, and he straightened himself defiantly. “ I will go.” said he. Instantly a look of reproof and command came into the mother’s face and she silently looked her boy in the eyes. He softened at once. awfully,” said he. “ I know it,”she answered gently, “ but your father has decided that you are not. a good enough swimmer to go into the water without him, and'he cannot go with you this afternoon. Here is Miss 3.,” his mother added ; “ cannot you go and speak to her ‘3" He gathered himself together and came and shook hands with me politely, but all his bright eager looks had vanished. He was plainly bitterly disappointed, He went and sat down on the piazza. for some time in silence. Finally he came in again. “ Mother,” said he. “ I don’t believe Harry Herc-likiss can go swimming either. If I can get him, may we go over to Pelham Woods together ‘2” “ 0 yes,” answered his mother cordially ; “and there are fresh cookies in the cookie- jar. You may take some for both of you.” Tom’s face grew brighter ; he made a plunge for his mother and gave her a. hug which tousledher hair and crushed her neck ruffle entirely. “Mother,” said he, “ I just love you.” “ So do I you, Tom,” she answered quick- ly. And then Master Tom dashed out of the room. I have since watched other mothers to see “ I want to go ’ . j‘vvhat their methods of refusal were. ” No ; you cannot.” “ No ; and don’t you ask me again.” “ No {and stop teasing.” ' “ No ; and do go away somewhere." “ No ; and when I say no, I mean no.” These forms of refusal were common in a number of families. I heard them repeat. edly, always spoken in an irritated tone ; and I heard one mother say, “ No ; and if you ask me again I’ll whip you.” How could I show that mother that she was mistaken? I am‘ sure that children can be taught that it is just as necessary to obey a pleas- ant “ No” as a cross one, and it is so much easier for them when they are refused kind- ly. The spirit of combativeness is not aroused, and all they have to do is to bear the disappointment whatever it may be, which alone is hard enough for their eager little hearts to endure. But if they love you and trust you, and you give them as much sympathy over their trouble as you would for u. out finger, for instance, you will be surprised at the brave way in which they will resign a forbidden pleasure, “ It is easy to mind Aunt Margaret,” I hearda litbie girl of twelve my not long ago ~‘ She says ‘ No’ just as pleasantly as she 51:93 ‘Yes.“' Isitnot worth while for busy, preoccupied l burning and a saucer or plate which keeps mothers to thus make it “easy to mind” them, as far as possible ? ' The Hammock as a. Crib. I wonder, says a writer in the Nursery Guide, how many ofiny sister mothers have discovered what an advantage it is to pos- sess a hammock. To anyone who is obliged to economize space it may be made into a ing the day you can use it yourself to rest in while Baby is out, or fold it up and put at away. In order that Baby may not fall out, take a long tape or ribbon and tie it across twice or thrice, loosely, and the child is secured. I have used one for eight in onths,and have found it very satisfactory dispensing with a bed or crib, which would leave very little play space for the baby. I do not rock my little girl to sleep, but just lay her down, and she is quite contened Mothers who have accustomed their chil- I dren to being rocked to sleep will find Baby willing to submit to being rocked in the hammock, thus giving rest to already too . tired arms. One mother to whom I sug- gested it, said to me, “ I just sit down in my chair new, tie a ribbon to the side of the hammock, and pull it, rocking Edwin to sleep far more comfortably and coolly than ' in my arms. He likes it very much." At‘ least, it is worth a trial; hammocks are: vcryinexpensive. For A J ourney- l In your traveling bag are not only the little things that you will need on your journey, but a sufficient number of your belongings for use, in case your baggage should not arrive in time,says the Latlies‘ Home Journal. There is your brush and! comb, of course, a little lump for curlingI your barg, your curling-tongs and 2. small I bottle of alcohol. Then you may have two towels, your own soap in its box and your sponge in its rubber bag. Your toothbrush is carefully wrapped up, and if you wear buttoned shoes your buttouer is in, but ifl you wear laced ones you have an extra pair of laces in case something should happen to those with which you start out. l If you are delicate and in the habit of taking any medicine you will have your medicine bottle with its glass fitted over paper tight over the cork ; then there will be your hand-glass, which, to save space and to keep from breaking, may be wrap- ped in one of your towels, and there will also be whatever jewelry you may possess up ; however, if it is very valuable you had better have a Chatelaine bag and carry it about your person. And then you have the slippers, either knitted or very soft kid. ones, which you will require for night wear. . The wise girl knows that nothing is quite so desirable for wear in the sleeping-car as . a. wrapper of dark-colored flannel. It- may be stated as a positive fact that women who try to make themselves look coquettish in a sleeping-car and wear elaborate negligcs or lace-trimmed wrapper, show extremely bad taste. that a. wrapper of soft afiunel in stripes of black and blue, made in the simplest. fashion is most useful. \Vhen she is ready to go to bed, and the porter arranges her berth for her she goes to the toilet-room, taking with her her shawl-stripped package. She re- moves her shoes and stockings puts on the knitted slippers that she has taken out of her bag, removes any garments which she pleases, and assuming her wrapper, which I has been folded in her shawl-strap, repairs to her berth. After fastening the buttons of the curtains, she disposes of her clothing as best she can, folding each article smooth- ly and carefully, and placing her money, watch and tickets in her wrapper pocket. And then she should try to restâ€"the porter will call her ia good season and her ticket will not be asked for during the night. In her shawl-strap, which shows as its outer wrapping a shawl or traveling rug. she may have her own pillow if she desires it. But this is not a necessity, as the cars are supplied with linen that is usually fresh and clean. In the morning the wise girl will put on her stockings and slices in bed, leaving the lacing or buttoning of them until later. Then she will assume her other garments and repair to the toilet-room, where she should as expeditiously as possible ' make herself neat, trim and fresh, that her friends who are to meet her may not find her dusty nor travel-stained. should do quickly, that she may not be classed among the women who are the dread of all considerate women on parlor-carsâ€"the women who take and hold possession of the toilet-room as if it were a fort. Strawberry Preserve. by many preferred to all other confections spouts pure cold water, the other warm of this fruit. It is unquestionably the eas- iest to make, and there is no difficulty in keeping it, provided it is properly packed. The very best way is to put it, while hot, into ordinary fruit jars, in the same way as canned fruits are put up. Let the cans, covers and rubbers be very hot, put the fruit in while bubbling, and screw the tops down. Keep in a cool, dark place, it will remain for use as good as when prepared. Expos- ure to the light may cause it to candy. Inst why this takes place is a disputed question with many persons. By some it is claimed that it is caused by light ; others by some warmth or peculiarity of the season, and others again insist that as the year rolls round there is something in the season which causes fermentation. Be this as it may, there are instances in which fruit has been kept for use as good as when first pre- served. ' The ordinary process of canning straw- berries is open to the objection that the fruit loses its form and color. Berries dronped boiling point until the fruit is cooked through, may be put into cans filled up with a sufficient amount of syrup to cover them and closed instantly. way they keep very well, but cannot always be depended upen. If one chooses to put up berries for the flavor rather than the looks, the regular processes of canning work very well. The fruit should be thoroughly cooked. There is no rule other than the taste. The fruit should seem to be doneâ€"should taste done â€"â€"before putting into the cans. connected with the process must ‘be kept very hot. kettle of scalding water which stands con- veniently by on the stove. From this they are lifted, one by one, as required. into a pan, in which is a little water to prevent nice, soft and cool bed at pight, while dur- i put in a case and very carefully Wrapped ; | Experience has taught my girl i This she I If prepared in this, the can from direct contact with the heat of the stove, which would strike through the pan and crack the glass. The covers must be in asmaller dish, filled also with hot water. A fork or small ladle is necessary with which to lift them when required. Thus equipped the operator is ready for work. The utmost dexterity in handling and an absolute disregard for scolded fingers are among the necessary require- ments. As soon as the cans are filled and closed they should be wiped off with a cloth rung out of hot water and placed on a. table in the kitchen to cool. It is not well to remove them to a very cold place until the temperature of the fruit is somewhat lcwared, for the sudden change might crack the jars. A good deal has been said of late about preserving fruit in the sun. The process isa slow one, and while it is sometimes successful, the weather must be very bright and sunny or the fruit is likely to sour be- fore it is finished. There are objections to this way of putu ting up berries", among the foremost of which is the possibility of dust or small insects getting into the fruit. It is diffi- cult, if not impossible to cover them so securely that they are safe from this danger. Sometimes strawberries are dried in sugar, but this is almost equivalent to a preserve, and they must of necessity be very rich. Strawberries are candied and I made into jam or are allowed to drain after cooking, leaving a clear and delicious s3 rup, which is much liked for drinks or for flavoring creams and custards. MW ” rItirs 1N FEW WORDS. There is a general idea that the United States president’s salary of $50,000 a year is all that he receives. This is a mistake. In addition to his salary, the president re- ceives $36,064 to pay the salaries of his clerks and subordinates. His private sec- retary has $3,250, his assistant secretary $2,250, the stenographer gets $1,800, each of five messengers $1,200, the steward $1,- 800, each of the two doorkeepers $1,200, while other employee are paid in proportion down to the man who takes care of the fireswho receives $804. In addition $8,000 is allowed for incidentals such as stationery and carpets, $12,500 for repairs and refur- nishing,$2,500 for fuel, $4,000 for the green- house, and $15,000 for the stable, gas and other incidentals. In all the president and his house cost the country over $125,000. Signing with the cross was first practiced by Christians to distinguish themselves from the pagans. In ancient times kings and nobles used the sign of the cross, whether they could write or not, as a sym< bol that the person making it pledged him- self, by his Christian faith, to the truth of the matter to which he affixed it. The royal crown of Roumania is made of bronze, the metal having once done service in the shape of cannon. Samples from sixtytwo war-tested guns, each of which was captured from some enemy, are includ- ed in the make up of this royal insignia. The Census Bureau has issued a bulletin whi h shows that there are forty-seven Chinese temples in the United States, val- ued at $62,000, claiming 100,000 worshipers Forty of these temples are in California, four in New York, two in Idaho and one in Oregon. Prof. Bernard’s recent photograph of the i Milky \Vay shows the existence of 500,000,- :000 suns, each supposed to be the centre of a system of planets, Where hitherto it was A I. RISON HORROR I > re." Eleven Hen Shot Dead. "-=“"‘ From the Siam Free Press we learn that a. most serious and determined effort was made recently by a number of the most desperate of the prisoners located in the new jail to get free. In the large enclosure facing the Khoug, and behind the main buildings, are four workshops devoted to sawmill work, basket and chair making and- a prison wash house. As the enclosure and worshops are commanded by two turrets ' or watch towers some 200 yards apart, in which a military guard does duty, the only vulnerable point of attack for intending mutinecrs appeared to be a. small gate en- trance in an angle of the enclosure. The gate in question was plated with metal and padlocked, and was further secured by an iron bar running into a. wooden fastening, which barricaded it from the outside. 'With such difficulties before them and with the rifles of the guards menacing them, the des- perate character of tlic inutineers may ' readily be guessed. The men had evidently l arranged their plan of action well before- hand. The signal for the rising was the seizure of a native warder by one of the ‘ most powerful of the gang and the setting I fire to the workshop 4; This was done, 'and with the arms of the warder pinion- ed tightly behind his back, the des- perate band advanced, pushing on be- l fore them the unfortunate warder as a. l shield between them and the fire of the guard on the nearest turret, only a score or so of paces away. The soldier, however, fired at the warder’s captor, and the bullet, after passing the official’s shoulder, entered the face of his assailant, killing him on the spot. A rush was now made to the small door directly under the turret, and from which the guard was unable to fire upon the mutineers. Plying their axes, knives, and sticks, secured from the workshops, with desperate energy the padlock was broken from the door, the fastening of the iron bar torn out, and a rush was made for liberty. In the meantime the alarm was given, and the guard, turning out, opened fire on the band. In the; fusillade which was now poured in 11 prisoners were shot dead and six wounded seriously. Twenty- five in all contrived to get outside the prison ' walls,and 24 of these have been recaptured. One is still at liberty. In the meantime the firing and flames had caused a stampede, or a rush to escapeâ€"which is not exactly knownâ€"among the prisoners in the portion devoted to odd work,and also among the pris- onersin thequadrangle used by the workers in iron,wood and jewelry. A rush was made for this last portion from all sides, and the heavy gate having been beaten in,mutineers and others were safe from the bullets of the soldiers. Intelligence of the rising having spread, Prince Ong Noi, armed with sword and carbine, Prince Nara, Prince Naret, Chow Phya Bhaskarawongse, Phya Montri, I 820., were soon on the spot, and superintend- ‘ ed the capture of the prisoners and the ex- tinguishingofthe flames. Among theoflicials of the jail only two were wounded-a war- der shot through the upper right arm by accident, and another badly hurt by blows from bamboo sticks. There were in all working in the portion of the building where the emeute took place 350 men, many of them being Chinamen engaged in the prison wash-house. It is strange only one Chinaman as far as is known took part in the rising. This is the fourth disturbance in the new jail, which has proved a. source of trouble and danger to the authorities since its erection and opening in 1893. In I connection with this affair it' is mentioned that a'daring escape occurred two months . l thought to 9011534“ only Shout 20,0000“) ago, and which was not publicly recorded at I such suns. the time. Two of the prisoners contrived to Texas is large enough to give all the secrete two stout bamboos of about 10 population in the world btanding room, and , feet it is said that if all the people of the United l stout eoil room and a They next con- in length in their of rope. States were crowded into Kansas, California trived to enlarge the small ventilator on and Nebraska, those. states would not be * a level with the floor in the top more thickly settled than England is now. 1 storey of i the building. Squeezing theirbodies through Some one of a curiously mathematical i this: and by no means 0f bumboos and r0léles turn has calculated that a pound of spider’s webbing unwound would be long enough to reach round the world, with enough left over to reach from New York to San Fran- Last year 2,750 persons sent in claims for the maple sugar bounty offered by the U.S. This year 3,950 p § cisco. government. in the aggregate about $70,000. l that Paradise can be inherited only by per- ; sons of perfect physical forms. I 1 submit to amputation. entitled to bounties, and they will ieceive 3 the WWW? Many of the South Sea Islanders believe Where this 3 belief prevails a man will die rather thani ! and the friendly assistance ofa newly erect- ! ed shed, the prisoners scaled the walls and l have not been heard of. To Detect Adulterated Milk- The milkman who waters'liis goods gen- ersons are i orally does so under the impression that poured incorporates itself |with the milk, and cannot be de- ltected except upon chemical analysis. ‘ This shows gross ignorance. The milk will lhold only its own fluid; all foreign fluid will be precipitated if the mixture is I allowed to stand for a couple of days. You i may detect a dishonest milkman with very The common guat'has 150 times as much i little trouble. Take a long, Slender Bottle, Wing surface Pol‘ .uml" 0t: We‘ght as the {3‘13" l cleanse it thoroughly, and let it dry out. If tralian crane, which weighs 3,000,000 times ' then it is filled with milk, and allowed to more than the gnat does. stand in a coolâ€"not coldâ€"place for forty- At Selma, Ala., there is an artesian well i eight hours, all the foreign fluid will be The old-fashioned strawberry preserve is gprovidcd with two tubes, one of which iprecipitated ; that is, it will settle to the water strongly impregnated with iron. The .‘panish language has a word of nine letters, which spelled backward or forward suffers no alteration in its orthography. It lie the verb “ reconoccr.” Fourteen logs, each sixteen feet long, were cut from a single sugar pine in at. Sierra Nevada logging district last winter. i bottom of the botsle. The sour milk will i then fill the middle of the bottle, and i the fatty substance will be floating on top. 1 Sometimes the top will be a layer of cream, then will come a layer of albumen, another artificial device to make the milk look rich; I then will come the soured milk, and at the 'l bottom will be the foreign water. The ' whole scheme of deception can be read by a glance at the bottle, after one has had a The French Order Of the chlon Of Honor I single lesson in the rudiments of milk in- has 45,000 members, only twenty of whom, i specgiom or one in every 2,250, are women. W The Rainfall in Queensland. It is highly probable that the rainfall Mr. Clement . l Wrugge does actually break the record. A irainfall of 77 inches in four days is some- reported from Queensland by thing to impress the imagination. It is more by 10 inches or thereby than the aver- This sort of wo'rk is not scieno tifically satisfactory, but it will always develop fundamental factâ€"whether or not the milk is normal. Endurance of Bank It does not seem to have been noted than ,bark resists the destructive power of the l elements to a. much greater degree than tht [woody substance. An interesting illustra- age rainfallatGreenock for a whole year,and I Lion of this came before the writer recently. I the average rainfall at Greenock forayear is A large block of greenhouses was erected :not a thing to be lightly spoken of. It is about in a syrup of granulated sugar, kept at the : equal to the rain which falls“ in four years I m Siorkshire, the least quantities of osage orange plants, the roots ' at Spurn Head, 1 ) :record for any twenty-four hours. rainy place within the British Islands. The f rainfall of 35 inches in one of the four days I at Queensland probably also breaks the , ly, these old roots of the osage orange were Still E found to be still in existence so far as the I some twenty-five years ago, and on a piece of ground _on which had been grown large 5 of which penetrated deeply into the ground. On the removal of these greenhouses recent- - - | u there are some well-authen ticatcd instances . bark which enclosed them was concernedâ€" :of not far from 35 inches of rain falling fone day. in but the wood which the bark enclosed had At Gibraltar, on October 26, ! decayed entirely away, leaving huge lengths ' 1836, 30.11 inches of rain were measured 3 of bark-like hollow pipes pushing through :in twenty-four hours. inllcl‘l burst over the rock did that. But a watchPOLItl the clay. Atl the manner in which water is conveyed It furnished a new thought as to FJoyeusse, in France, on October 9, 1827, through the soilâ€"hollow roots, or rather Everything f 20,0 inches were measured in thntyofour ; roots represented by the bark, furnishing ‘ hours; and once or twice at the top of Ben : excellent conduits by which water can easily lbeen measured in a day. percedtibly fuller in consequence. s The cans should be put into a. Nevis in winter gales over ten inches have ‘ pass to great depths in the ground. Al. Glasgow one 1 inch of rain in a day would be remembered as a very wet day, and the Clyde would be ; A Pottetown, Pa, farmer keeps a hug l pose of killing rats. ll SIAM. . ITEMS OF INTEREST. ‘ :~. Gunpowder was discovered from the fall- - ing of a up irk on some materials mixed in a mortar. “Chump” is not a new word, as Sir Philip Sidney used “ chuinpish” in the sense of “ sullen ” over 300 years ago. N apolcou prohibited the use of the mus- tache to all the infantry in his army, except the g1 enadicrs of the old guard. A toad is no fender of dirt than any. one else, and before he sucks an angleworm down his throat scrapes the dirt off with his paws. It is estimated that 119,000,000"‘copper pennies hava been lost to circulation in the century since the United States began to coin money. ~ The title of nabob belongs to the admin- istrators under the Mogul empire of the separate provinces into which the district of a subahdar was divided. All the Chinamen in the United States came from one of the eighteen provinces of the celestial empireâ€"most of them from one corner of that province. Vulcan, the British ironclad, is provided with a rudder weighing twenty-two tons, or something like six. tons heavier than the‘ rudder used on the Great Eastern. The Prussian army contains, but one of- ficer raised from the ranksâ€"Colonel Lade- inann, who was promoted for acts of bravery in the Schleswig-Iâ€"Iolstcin campaign in 1864. The Chinese use a. mixture of honey and flour to cleanse their long, coarse hair; the Italians use a wash made of thistle roots : - in Cuba. rosemary leaves are steeped to make a shampoo. The shadow cast by any color does not show that color but its complementary color, thus a red object shows a faint tinge of green in its shadow, red and green being complementary colors. Many deep-sea fishes are covered with phosphorescent spots, which act as portable lamps. These fish live at a depth of two to five miles. Their soft bodies‘are made firm by the tremendous pressure of the surround- ing water. The city of Baku, on the western coast of the Caspian sea, is called by the natives the “town of fire.” It is the greatest petroleum center in the world. The site upon which it is builtâ€"as, indeed, the Whole Caspian seaâ€"rests upon naphtha. A million dollars in gold coin will weigh 3,685.8 pounds, and $1,000,000 in silver coin will weigh 58,929.!) pounds. A ten of pure gold is worth $602,799.21, and a. ton of pure silver is worth $37,760.84. Chips from a gallows upon which sev- eral persons had been hanged was one of the items included in medircval materiel medica. Mrs. Mattie Wooten, of Viola, Tenn., has a? quilt which is made up of 3162 pieces, no two of which are alike. ‘ Three miles per hour is about the aver- age speed of the Gulf Stream : at certain places, however, this speed is increased to- fifty-four miles an hour. After many years of indecision the hydrog' rapliers have arrived at the conclusion that the hottest region on the earth’s surface is in the immediatevicinity of the Dead Sea. In 1858 a Milanese student is said to have discovered a chemical process of petrifying human flesh. He was lost in a shipwreck a {cw years later and his secret perished with nm. The dock at Cardiff is said to be the largest in the world. It is 600 feet long and eighty feet wide and has thirty-six feet of water lying immediately in front. The oldest and heaviest triplets in the world are or were the Ewing brothers, of Lawrenceville, Ind. ; 54 years old, - weight respectively 225, 243 and 248 pounds. The smallest Roman coin was the town- cius, worth not quite two-fifths of a cent. The sestertium, which is the coin most often mentioned, was a. little less than4 cents; a denarius was 15!,- cents. The aurora borcal'is was believed by the old Scandinavians to be the light shed from the valkyrics, the war maidens whom the God Odin sent forth to every battlefield to choose those who were to be slain. In the printed newspapers of the world fifty-nine languages are now represented. A single magazine, the Acta. Comparationis . Literarum Universarum, has contributions in many tongues in every issue, sometimes as many as thirty. It is printed in Austria. The Japanese and Chinese languages are entirely different, yet so many Chinese words are used in Japan that scarcelya line in a Japanese newspaper is without at least one Chinese word. in Japanese novels the Japanese equivalent for the many Chin- ese words is always given. If the toad does not carry a. jewel in his head he is quite as valuable as if he did, for he does a work no gardener can do in clear- ing n. garden of its insect pests. Many a gur- dener builds this littlcignome smalldwell- ings of bits of stone in the nooks ofhis flower beds, and cherishes him as a valuable assis- tant, destroying larvae, worms and files as he does with neatness and dispatch. Many country people in Italy foretell the Weather by means of a leech in an open- mouthed bottle partly filled with water. The water must be changed once a week, and a. spoonful of blood poured in it about as often. When the weather is good the leech will remain coiled up at the bottom of the bottle; whenever rain is near at hand it will creep up to the top and stav there until the weather is settled again. If Wind is imminent it will be very restless and daft about in the water as though in pain, while before a. thunderstorm it will appear to be in convulsions. It is so gener- ally trusted that at haying time and other seasons when fine weather is important the leech is one of the most useful in l) f the household. em em 0 Forty-two foreign nations are now repre- sented at the world’s fair by 327 represent- atives. These men are from all parts of the world and the several nations and states with their representatives are as follows : Argentine Republic, 5; Austria, 9; Bel- gium, 10 ; Bravil, 21 ; British -Guiana, l ; Bulgaria, 1 a; Canada, 24 ; Cape Colony, 4 ; Ceylon, 2 ; Colombia, 1 ; Costa Rica, 7 ; Cuiacoa, l ; Denmark, 10; Ecuador, 5; France, 25; Germany, 44.- ; Great Britain, . 11 ; Greece, 2 ; Hayti, 4 ; Italy, 11 ; Jam- aica, 3; Japan, 9; Johore, 2 ; Liberia, 3 : Mexico, 22 ; Netherlands, 2 ; New South Wales, 10 ; Nicaragua, 1 ; Norway, 8 ; Orange Free State, 1 : Paraguay, 5 ; Persia, 2; Portugal, 2; Russia, 12; Siam, 3 ; Spain, number of snakes on his place for the pure 13 ; Sweden, 8 ; Switzerland, 2 ; Trinidad, 1 ; Turkey, 5 ; Uruguay, 5; Venezuela, 10.