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that, as he spent part of Sunday in
preparing matter for Mondays paper,
he was Sabbath breaker. The Boston
Young Mems Christian Association dis.
cussed the case, and passed a resolution
praising the committee for its action.
The Superintendent of the Hart
ford Library Association Says that, as a
rule, boys and girls "read too much.
Our accounts show that one boy has ia
ken 102 story books in six months, and
one girl 112 novels in the same time.''
The books taken between Sept. 1 and
Nov. 80 show the average reading of
Young America. They were in the fol-
lowing proportion: Fiction, II per
cent; arts and sciences, Sd; biogra-
ply, s.; history, Al; travel, 4; poetry
and drama, 2; theology, l; miscellane-
Gus, Z.
Some Episcopalian who has been
shocked by the way in which the Prayer
Book service is mangled by bad readers,
has offered a prize of $500 to the theo-
logical student "who is adjudged the
most correct, intelligent, and impressive
reader of the Bible and Prayer-Book in
the service of the Church." Students
from all the theological seminaries of
the Episcopal Church are free to COM
pete. The c"nse is a good one, and
similar prizes should be onereu asssscnS Q
ali the denominations, especially for the
reading of hymns.
Haps and Nishaps.
AT Freeport, Pa, an old lady,
named Annira Rowley, was seized with
q fit, fell in a CRATE and was burned to
death.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, aged 20, of
Harrisburg, KY, was sitting with her
back to the fire, when her clothing be-
came ignited and she was fatally burn
ed.
Ralph Curt, living near Blooming
bury, o., accidentally shot himself with
a fowling-piece, load of small shot en-
tering his left breast and shoulder. His
injuries were considered fatal.
Albert Kight, aged %, of Robb
Township, Posey County, Ind, was
found dead by the roadside, having
been thrown from his horse against the
fence, killing him instantly, as is sup
posed.
AT Whitehall, Mich, Swede man,
ed S. Samlinson, while playing with a
jack-knife, trying to snap it open, let
the blade slip into his thigh, cutting an
artery. He bled to death in few min
utes.
AT Urbana, o., Mrs. Maggie Hag-
ley left her infant child on a bed in
charge of a 4-year-old girl, and went
out to call on neighbor. While she was
out the child cried, and the little girl in
attempting to take it from the bed drop
ped it on the floor, breaking its neck
and instantly killing it.
Foreign Notes.
Vera Sassoulitch, celebrated for
having shot the St. Petersburg Chief of
Police, is shortly to marry Russian po-
itical refugee in London.
-Frida Wagner, the new prima dom
ma, is from the teaching of Wartel, the
old master of Nilsson. She is a pale
beauty and only child.
Prince de Metternich, who has a
great taste for all the arts, as well as
literature, is amusing himself compos-
ing ballets, which are represented by
friends at his chateau in Bohemia.
1t is rumored in the London clubs
1ust9 Iic Duhc VI SOuuduSuI Will O6 dp-
pointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland as
soon after his marriage as an opportu-
nifty occurs to provide for the Duke of
Marlborough.
Queen Victoria, who is Lady of the
Manor of Esher, offered to give to that
pleasant village drinking fountain
which she thought would cost $500.
The Esherites refused to accept it un-
less it cost double that amount, as they
would haveto pay tax for water supply.
The Cardinals commissioned to ex-
anime whether the Pope's imprison-
ment should be maintained have re-
ported as follows: "Seeing that the
circumstances which led the late Pope
to the decision in question are not
changed, it is not expedient that the
Pontiff should leave the Vatican at
present. His seclusion there is neces-
sary for the maintenance of his sove-
reign rights"