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American Pedestrians i'm England.

The walking-match of six days for
FL 900 a side, ut Agricultural Hall, Lon
don, between the two American walkers,
OLeary, of Chicago, and Weston, of
New York, was completed just before
midnight of the 7th of April, and re-
suited in the success of OLeary, he
walking $40 miles to Weston's so miles,
OLeary having succeeded in walking
500 miles up to 80 p. M, at which time
he led Weston twenty-five miles, after
which he took some rest, during which
Weston did some very good walking.
In the evening O'Leary resumed his
walk with an enormous crowd present,
and, as the men added mile upon mile to
their score the excitement grew intense,
and it was with difficulty the crowd could
be kept off the track. Both men began
walking at II. 05 a. m. on the morning of
the I'd of April, O'Leary sporting as
colors combination of the red, white
and blue of the United States with the
green of Ireland, Weston sporting tin
canary and green of Sir John Ashley
who furnished nearly all, if not all, OF
the 81, 900 for which he was backed.
The race from start to finish was ter
rife one, especially during the first three
days, when OLeary got lead of twenty.
three miles, which Weston was unable
to overcome. AS may be expected, botll
men were badly used up, although not
nearly SO bad as was generally expected
Both, however, have the consolation that
they beat all previous performances, and
are respectively first and second cham
pions at long-distance walking.
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France and Germany.

The comparative strength of the
French and German armies upon a peace
footing is as follows for the current year:
The effective force of the German army is
fixed at 431 900 men, exclusive of the one
year volunteers. These forces comprise
eighteen army corps, two of which are
furnished by Bavaria, one by Saxony,
one by Wurtemburg, and the other four
teen by Prussia and the states which are
placed beneath her direct administration.
The territory is divided into eighteen
military districts. The force of the
French army is 467, 1886 men, divided
into nineteen army corps, one OF which
is in Algeria. The territory is divided
into eighteen regions, but only for the
reserve of the active army and for the
territorial army. The 467, 1886 men
composing the French army are far from
being the equivalent of 431, 900 men OF
the German army, and this for two rea-
sons In the first place, the corps OF
gendarmes, the Republican Guard, the
firemen, and the native troops OF AL
geria are included in the French total ;
and, in addition, the disbandment OF the
class which has completed its service al
ways precedes by considerable period
the arrival of the class which succeeds
it. The German army comprises 800
general officers of all grades, while the
French army possesses 80 general Off
GERS on active service, and 261 upon the
reserved list.
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Arnless Men.

The British House of Commons has a
very remarkable member in the person
of Mr.. Kavanagh, country gentlemen,
of ancient family and great estate in Ire
land. Although born without legs or
arms, he rides, drives, and does all, and
indeed more than all, that most men do,
and his dexterity is such as to lead to
the conclusion that nature must have
given him at the shoulder joint some
thing which answers the purpose of a
hand. In 1765 there was living in Som
ersetshire, England, farmer scarcely
less remarkable. He was born without
arms or shoulders, but endowed with
such extraordinary strength and dex-
terity that he could, by some contrivance,
do almost the same as other men. His
teeth were so amazingly strong that he
could lift ten pecks of beans with them,
and with his feet could throw sledge-
hammer farther than other men could
with their arms. He married, as has
also Mr. Kavanagh.
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PerilOuS Adventure.

Capt. b. F. Kimberly, of Denver,
Col, is the hero of a strange adventure
He was galloping $500 horse over the
plains. when, the animal shying to one
side, he was pitched out of the saddle,
his right foot being caught and held in
one of the stirrups. In his perilous po-
sition his head was dragged over the
rough ground and dry cactus plants for
100 yards or more. In the meantime
the Captain, who is a man of great
nerve and powerful build, had taken a
large knife from his pocket, and, stretch
ing his arm to it's full length, plunged
the huge blade into the bowels of the
beast. Not only once, but several times
the knife was buried to the hilt. The
brute finally came to dead stand-still,
then gave sudden lunge, and dropped
dead, falling, of course, upon the Cap
tain, crushing one of his legs and infict-
ing other serious injuries. Capt Kim
berly extricated himself from the stirrup
and the carcass and crawled mile and
a quarter to the nearest house. His in
iuries are very severe, if not dangerous.
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Jimmy.

After school there was to be picnic,
and Jimmy's mamma had allowed him to
put on new pair of trousers which were
so smooth and nice every way that it
seemed as if they must have been made
just for Sunday, and nothing else. But
Jimmy had begged so hard, that finally,
as say, his mamma decided to let him
wear them at the picnic.
You know what naughty things get
into our heads when we don't keep busy
with what we are told to do, and so it
was with Jimmy, for what with the pic
mic. and the trousers, he couldn't keep
his mind or his eyes upon his book. So
the teacher told him he must stay in ut
recess time for punishment: but, as
three or four Of the boys said they would
stay with him, he didn't feel bad about
it at all. When recess came, the teacher
rest. Now, the chair behind the
teachers desk had no cush-
ions but was comfortably followed
out. When Jimmy went to get drink
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Boston generosity.

A Boston newspaper tells a story of
car conductor of that city who found
among the straw on the floor of his car
pocket-book. Examination showed that
it contained $50, some papers of value,
and a card with the name and address of
the owner-a lady living in fashionable
quarter of the city. The conductor went
to the lady's residence. On representing
his business to be important, she con-
sented to see him, when he said !:
Madam, 1 found something of value
this morning in horse-car on which L
am conductor. "Ah," she replied, Ian
guidly, "you are the person who found
my port-monnaie ?" eyes" he replied,
handing the missing property to her
Il think it belongs to you" Receiving
it without thanking him, she said,
suppose you were obliged to ride over
here there are 10 cents take six out for
your fare, and return me A cents" The
conductor thanked her, but refused the
reward.-Harper's Weekly.
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BOnner's Horses.

Robert Bonner has prepared a full
catalogue of the blooded stock Mt his
farm and city stables. There are 100
entries; five stations, one 3-year-old
colt, six 2-year-old colts, five yearling
colts, eleven geldings, four 5-year-old
geldings, four 4-year-old geldings, four
3-year-old geldings, twenty-three brood
mares, fourteen mares in training, six D.
year-old mares, and seventeen FLIES.
The list includes Dexter, with a record
of 2:17l over "long mile" at Buffalo,
and 2:21a to road wagon +; Grafton and
Joe Elliott, each with record of 2:15i !;
Startle, who has trotted ut Fleetwood
Park in 2:19; Pocahontas, who has trot-
ted in 2:17a on Mr.. Bonner's private
track; Wellesley Boy, Peerless, Molsey,
Music, John Taylor and Walton, whose
records range between 2:27l and 2:20s !;
Eric and Lady Stout, who have come
within 2:29, and eight trotters who have
trotted in 2:30 or better. Mr. Bonner
may congratulate himself upon owning
the largest and fastest stable of trotters
in the world. He began to buy horses
twenty years ago. His physician had
driving, and he soon
found that his pleasure depended very
much upon the rate of speed of the
horses he sat behind. He says: "In
those days Col. John Harper, Commo-
dore Vanderbilt and many other we'll
known gentlemen were almost daily fire.
quenters of the road. Il determined if /
could get them, to have horses that no
others could pass. At that time Mayor
Rice, of Boston NOW Governor of Massa-
chusetts), happened to be in my Office
one day and told me of the swiftest pair
of horses in New England, owned
by Capt. Robbins. They had just taken
the first premium at the New England
Fair. / authorized Mr. Rice on his re-
turn to buy this pair for me. Ultimate
ly, of course, shall be obliged to re-
duce the numbers in my stables by sales.
But l first began the acquisition of fine
horses in the manner / have spoken of,
and have pursued it from my love for
the horse" Mr.. Bonner does not tell
how much his stable has cost.-Ne,O
York Tribune.
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A Device That Didn't Work.

In France so great is the dread OF
military service that conscripts employ
various devices to escape it. A story is
told of conscript who recently feigned
paralysis of the right arm. After many
attempts to expose the fraud had failed,
it was proposed to amputate the arm, in
the expectation that the man would con-
fess that he was shamming, rather than
lose it. All arrangements were made,
and the knife was in the hand of the
surgeon, but the conscript did not finch,
and some excuse was invented for not
proceeding with the amputation. He
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

LIE WITH YOUR HEAD To THE NORTH.
A German Psychologist states that the
heating of the earth by the sun causes
magnetic currents from the equator to
each pole. Such being the case, per-
sons who suffer from sleeplessness
should pay attention to their positions
at night, and lie in the direction of
these currents. Restlessness and want
of sleep result from lying across them.
The head to the north is the best posi-
tion-to the west the worst. Physicians
in charge of hospitals attend to the di-
rections in which the beds are placed
and with the best results.
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THE SPREAD OF EPIDEMICs.

According to the most recent re-
searches, certain microscopic organized
or living bodies constitute in all probable
ity the specific poison or contagion which
causese the spreading of epidemics.
When ever there is fresh outbreak OF
an epidemic in locality, the first case is
sure to be in connection with like case
in some other locality. This fact, the
result of extensive experience, goes far
to demonstrate that contagion can only be
produced by STANDARDIZATION and not
by any chance of coincidence.
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American Cotton Goods for Export.

There has been a disposition to pooh
pooh the idea that our American manu-
facturers can manufacture cotton fabrics
at a cost which will enable them to COM
pete with English producers. The sta
tistics, however, tell very different
story. They show that the quantity ex-
ported is not only large, but that it is
increasing at very rapid rate. The Of
fetal statement of American exports for
the first seven months of the fiscal year
1867 show that the number of yards of
colored cotton goods exported in that
period was II, 225, SOP, and of uncolored
cottons Az, 731 ,233 yards total, So, $685.
735 yards. For the corresponding period
of the fiscal year 1856 the number of
yards OF colored cotton goods exported
was 4, 515, 716, and of uncolored 81, 652,-
COG yards total, 30, 16S, 800, showing an
increase of 23,9SS, Alb yards during the
last seven months, compared with the
corresponding period of the year before.
This, says the Boston Journal, shows
that whether or not New England manu-
facturers are able to compete with the
old England manufacturers, they are
doing so, and moreover the increase in
dicates that the cotton fabrics of Amer
lea are finding favor in the markets
where they go. 1t may further be pre-
sumed that the manufacturers of New
England find this trade remunerative,
else they would not have increased it
nearly Is per cent in the period above
stated. The difference in wages between
this country and England is not so great
ly to our disadvantage as it was five
years ago but our better machinery,
cheap power and greater varieties OF
colored cotton goods put American man
ufacturers on an equality with the En-
glish manufacturer.
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Ghr Grus ylortherner-
PAW AW, MICHIGAN.
THE LITTLE FOLKS.

Why the Dogs Nose Is Always Co
"whG makes the dogs nose always cold? 2"
I'll try TO tell you, curls of gold,
II you will good and quiet be,
And come and stand by mamma's knee:
Well, years. and years, and years ago
How many don't really know
There came rain on sea and shore;
Its like was never seen before
Or since. II fell unceasing down,
Till all the world began to drown.
But Just before il gan to pour,
An old. old man-his name was NOAH
Built him an ark, that he might save
His family from watery grave;
And in il also he designed
To shelter two of every kind
OF beast. Weh, dear, when it was done,
And heavy clouds obscured the sun,
The Noah folks 10 il quickly ran,
And then the animals began
To gravely march along in pairs;
The lcopards, tigers, wolves, and bears,
The deer, the appropriateness,
The rabbits, squirrels, elks, walruses,
The camels, goats, cats and donkeys,
The tall giraffes, the beavers, monkeys,
The rats, the big rhinoceroses.
The dromedaries and the horses,
The sheep and mice, the kangaroos,
Hyenas, elephants, koodoos,
And hundreds more-'twould take all day,
My dear, so many names to say
And at the very, very end
OF the procession, by his friend
And master, faithful dog was seen.
The liveloug time he'd helping been
To drive the crowd of creatures in;
And now, with loud, eXultant bark,
He galy sprang aboard the ark.
Alas so crowded was the space,
He could not in il find place;
So, patiently he turned about
stood halfway in and halfway out.
And those extremely heavy showers
Descended through nine hundred hours
And more; and, darling. at their close,
Half frozen was his honest nose;
And never could il lose again
The dampness of that dreadful ram
And that is what, my curls of gold,
Makes all the doggies' noses cold
NadGe ElliOt, IN Bdldoin'S Monthly.
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Naughty.

MARY, you are very naughty this
morning." said kind old lady to IA little
girl whom she had taken under her care,
"but you must learn your lesson. l will
leave you for short time, and when |
come back hope to find you good
girl" Mary was left in tears and in a
very ill-humor, but on the old lady's re.
turn the tears had given place to smiles,
and Mary, running up to her aunt, ex-
claimed, in great glee, "Dear aunt, kiss
me for Mary will never be naughty
again Mary has burned that nasty book
which made her so naughty this morn
inc
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CAN BIRDS COUNT =?

Nature prints, under the heading
given above, the following letter, dated
Magdalen College, Oxford, which tends
to increase our estimate of the mental
capacity of the feathered tribes Il
have often" says the writer, "noticed
that crows crowded on Sundays to a GER
tain place, where, on the seventh day, a
friend of mine was in the habit of
amusing himself by placing quantity
of broken biscuit on his window-sill. He
had time for this only on the Sunday
morning, and during the week no food
was so presented. We noticed that on
the Sundays crowd of birds came about
the window, whereas on other days no
special sign of excitement was visible
among them"
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AN INCH OF RAIN.

The following answers the question,
What is an inch of rain? An English
acre consists of 6,272, $40 square inches
and an inch deep of rain on an acre
yields 6,272, $40 cubic inches of water,
which, at 2772 cubic inches to the gal
lon, makes %, 622.5 gallons; and, as a
gallon of distilled water weighs ten
pounds, the rainfall on an acre is 226, 225
pounds avoirdupois as 2,240 pounds are
ton, an inch deep of rain weighs 100. 1913
tons, or nearly 101 tons per acre.
For every Tooth of an inch, ton of wa
ter falls per acre.
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was ordered TO the hospital, TO reach
which river must be crossed. 1t was
planned that the conscript should be
suddenly tossed into the water. When
the unfortunate man found himself COM
PEELED to sink or swim, he kept himself
afoat some time with the left arm but
finally, to save his life, struck out man.
fully with his right arm.
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ORGANIC INDIVIDUALITY.

DIR. j. G.. Bucknill, an eminent Lon
don physician, who has made the study
of the brain a speciality, remarks that
No one brain is like any other brain
Either through the force of inheritance
from the parent organism, or through
the influence of education or other modi-
flying circumstances, every mind possess
es such peculiarly of the individuality
in the relative susceptibility and strength
of its organs that the same disturbing
influence never produces III two brains
exactly the same pathological effects"
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seen them, the white men heard of their
success, and then the rush began. One
mine after another, all in the same neigh
borhood, was found, and round each
mine city has sprung up The last,
and that which is the center of the dia-
mond trade, is Kimberley. This city
has 10000 population, five churches,
two theaters, banks, hotels, and other
buildings.
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COMETS.

All the planets movein what are called
ellipses or ovals, differing not greatly
from circle. Comets of short known
periods and those of long coniectural
periods move in very elongated ovals,
whose longer diameter is many times as
great as their shorter Those which
have been known not to reappear move
either in parabola, which is ellipse or
oval infinitely elongated, or in an hyper
bola, curve something resembling i'll
form an area of a circle whose center is
infinitely distant. In the former case
they may really move in ellipses of enor-
nous elongation, and may, therefore, de-
scribe regular orbit round the sun in
hundreds Of centuries.
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In 1913 the Globe Theater, where
Shakespeare first entered the theatrical
profession, was burned. 1t was crowded
with people, but no lives were lost, and
only one man was injured. The report
saws that bottle of ale was used to ex-
tinguish the burning of the clothing of
one man. The fire was caused by the
wadding of cannos fred on the stage.
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of water he noticed this, and what DO
YOU think he did ? He went and filled
the dipper nearly full, and then poured
the water carefully into the chair With
so many other little boys in the room, he
thought the teacherwould never find out
who did it.
The bell rang aud in tramped all the
boys, but the teacher didn't sit down.
When everything was quiet he said,
Jimmy, come here"
So Jimmy went up with his new trous-
ers shaking with fear.
Jimmy" said the teacher, GIVE
been looking in at the window, and, see
ing what good little boy you We been.
I'm going to let you keep school this
afternoon" Then he led him to the
chair and told him to sit down.
Jimmy begged and cried, and explained
all about the picnic and the new trous-
ers, but it didn't make any difference,
for he had to sit down and soak up all
the water in those beautiful pantaloons,
and when he went home his father didn't
stop to take them off, but got pretty
much all the water out with little stick.
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Precious Playthings.

A South-African traveller named
O'Reilly stopped one night at Doors
house. He found the children playing
with pebble that looked like diamond.
He bought it for n trihe, the Boor saying
it was diamond, they could get plenty
more, and took it away. He sold it at
the Cape for $4,000 Hebought another
from negro, which he sold for $50, O0O
and then the natives began to search for
these stones where they had previously
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0Grandfather."

Grandfather is the name OF an old
parrot. owned by Mr.. w. H. Seward,
Jr.. of New York. This parrot has been
a great traveller III his day, but now lives
quietly at his home on the Hudson river.
His master is very fond of him, and SO
are all the family; and he is the pet OF
al the visitors who go to the house.
Several years ago, when there was a
dreadful war in our beloved country, Mr..
Seward lived in Washington, where his
father, great statesman and patriot,
then held the office of Secretary of State.
AT that time the well-known John
Brown song" was all the rage. The
very boys in the street would sing, as
they went along:
John Browns body lies mold'ring in the grave
and several other lines. ending with the
chorus,
Glory halleujah,
Grandfather would listen, and try
to sing it but all he could learn of it
was the "Glory hallelujah," which
amused the family very much. After a
while he seemed to forget even this
for he dropped it altogether, although
he learned many new things.
Many years passed and Mr.. Seward
had gone to his own home on the Hud-
son river. The war was over, and the
old campaign song of "John Brown y
had passed out of peoples minds.
The aunt of Mr. Seward, who had
lived with him in Washington, and had
not seen the parrot since, came to make
the family visit and, in asking after
the health of all of them, said, Don't
tell Grandfather I've come want to
see if he will remember me-"
I1Then she went into the room where
the parrots age hung, and, going up to
it, said
"Good morning. Grandfather. How
do You 10? Do you know me 2"
"Glory hallelujah y said the old fel-
low. Nursery.
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BUTTERINE.

The chemical properties of butterine,
properly prepared from ox-suet, are al
most identical with those of ordinary
butter, the only difference being few
per cent. of volatile fatty acids forming
butyrine in the true butter. Fully 80
per cent. of both butter and butterine
consists of the more liquid fats common
to both. The butter, in fact, is prac-
tically the animal fat passed by the COW
through the udder in the milk from
which it was manufactured while but
terine is made from the finer part of the
fat which the OK stored up in its suet.
Both fats are equally clearly and whole
some.
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IT is said of certain lady that her
temper is such tha. abe would fight n
circular saw-and that in motion.
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SPRING HAS COME.

SPRING HAS COME.
BY the bursting of the leaves,
BY the frightening of the eyes
Spring has come.
Nv the flowers that scent the air.
BY the skies more blue aud fair,
BY the singing eyerywhere-
Spring has come.
All the woods and fields rejoice
Spring has come.
Only here and there a voice
Here of buds the worm has worn,
Here of birds whose nest is torn
There of those whose life is spent
Far from pleasant sight and scent
Walls az If their life's distress
Won a new, wild bitterness -
Spring has come.