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| all vital intérnational requirements, such as ease of learning, economy, sim- Plicity of construction, euphony, sympa: #hetic to the leading living languages, ele, Volapuk had its day, bul was sup- planted many years ago by Esperanto, The latter, not making headway enough, Dr. H. Molenaar of Munich, Germany, has just come to the front with a new international language that he appro- ately names "Universal," and which i calculated to supplant what he calls "arbifrary and unscientific" Esperanto, Dr, Molenaar started out with the idea {hal {i was not so much a question of "crealing" a "new" world language as it was to collect systematically and put fo- gether scientifically the most used inter national words as a base wpon which to build a successful world lamguage. In this way he has now succeeded in creat ing a composite international language {hat can be read and understood at firs "sight -by anyone. above the average in. telligence knowing a language that is grounded in the Latin, such as most modern languages are. It is a marvel of simplicity, and, there- fore, can be learned easier by far by eny ordinary person. Dr. Molenaar has just issued his new grammar and vocab- ulary in "Universal," and, for the ease ol international learners, in five modern languages, with prose and poetry, all in one booklet, It is a first-rate entertainer | age in leisure, and makes one passably ac- quainted with five different tongues. "Universal" is not less easily spoken than written, and is equally convenient for scientific, commercial or "literary pur- sons. All linguistic students will hail it with delight in preference to Esperanto. Or, possibly, as in stenography, we may have several systems for a while to com- pete with each other, the fittest "Uni- versal" surviving in the end. The latter Js replacing Esperanto already in Eur- ope, and will do so in America as soon as it is generally known, and though Esperanto has the advantage of years of undisturbed headway its present adher- ents will desert it for the simpler, easier and more scientific "Universal." eee Senn Several recent instances where chil- dren in public schools were saved through the efficiency of thé fire drill from possible panic because of the near- ness of a fire which threatened the school building, have served to call renewed attention to the value of this feature of school discipline, = It. cannot be loo strongly commended. ~The drill has a two-fold influence. It helps to give to the pupils that self-control which is one af the most important elements of any sort of training. It is a safeguard "against possible tragedies bringing sor- row to many homes, Children arg naturally excitable. They are not able to form the quick and cor- rect. judgments which' belong to more mature years, They are more dependent upon those who . are in charge of them than older people are. They look for diréotioni in times of difficulty and dan ger. This is particularly true fn the case. «of a \hreatening fire, where the tendency is. for people to lose their heads. -: The ability to calm fears, to form the lines, 'and to march the 'pupils from a place of danger is a praiseworthy quality in a teacher: That.so many of them are able do this reflects credit upon them and 'Melis of the stention given lo the fire Ban IC riad con eon] A frogs in upon the alter and the 'tay of the offer | ing: burnt (2 Chron. 80, 16; 35. 1 , of under, as camp. also Exod. 28. 18; Num. 9, 7}; {deh 88 Tories Deut, 16. 2), Wiio. EY Marga "For that he; ard passed. Houses--Fdmilies, : The le 'bowed the 'head and wor- réverentisl-a 7 ing-- ity poe and a willingness fo mi the ha | command of Jehovah given ' to through Moses. 28. So did they--Both the miracles per«: formed by Moses and, Aaron, and: the earnestness. of their exhortation had profoundly influenced the people, had just been told concerning Jehovah's "beneficent intentions to deliver them ward turning brims, a Iti 5 used .on grin shows * ling on on Joby il special reference to en oa set over fhe shoulder: he neck, like a Janice N fully 3a 11 convincing them of the truth of all that gr ll ther or not they could give jn irimming. Thé top of the & from 'the hands of: their oppressors; wherefore they were ready fo render inside of Wie brim. 816 ude implicit « obedience in all things com- raanded them, 20. At midnight--"About midnight will I va into the midst of Egypt' Wxod, From: the firstborn of Pharaoh <. Pe couple of inches, Two ro 8 cream straw form. the alle, the lower part, or side, 1 'crown; White curled ostrich tips. niin, up- ward and a bunch of pink the trimming. Xx unto the firstborn of the pois ve that was" T is § 'in the dungeon--"From the first born of paris ot 8 optodlal Jat oi ng worn Phat « +» unto the" firstborn of the es: Tasaatvent that Is' behind the TOI" chi (Exod. 11.5}, Both expressions ean the et, and lined with vg black or ecru frills. ~ A cluster' same thing, namely, it ihe fifa i at the back and ~ {of all persons, from { 1¢ Mowest 'in' rank, as" wel | born of 'cattle should be slain, he ity. degdidn "reality "there would : , many, families having no children, and ich, at the same time, nei(her h fo 'all of 'which cdses due allowance} 'must be nade FATE oF WRECKED SHIPS, Wooden Vessels Last Longer Than Those of Iron or Steel at Bottom of the Sea. A French periodical devoted to _mari- 8| time _ alfairs discusses the question of what becomes of wrecked ships, and arrives at the conclusion that the wooden . °| hulls: survive a great deal longer than those of iron or steel construction when 'n 'popular trim fo" ostrich plumage gréat a Tage a8 ¢ {ia 'criniolifte; 'fine straw fos Aho all black hat stillds ins § jand Pople class by band nor wife was a firstborn ohlid 5 : a ! bips, and even below, that wit ine wide flare at the boltom many late gowns are positively sinuous dn' ne feck. "Very sheer materials are. } ei ghied by a' heavy trimmi bottom, such as bands of 'ta or_heayy lace. 'Indeed; eve nient of flat {rimming s they become buried in beds of sand or th sink"to the Satiom of the ocean. present no means of de- hat |" There Is af he Lpmining. ren of time it takes for to disintegrate, completely, but. it known that wooden vesuels have been! y up after centuries not yet wholly} "The my. © evening gowns are Daly" just - the waist a front i 1y curve upward two or LIL is nol believed that iron or as To | \ 8. wooden vessel>sinks 'the rate of gress to. the bottom is very slow. ¥ is lieved to be faster tha 100; tes unless s line {he lining, of softs feta, faille or liberty: salin filled to' the. figure tthe outer skirt: ho! ile ot LS Jt ma