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ANTHRICITE COLI.

There are but four anthracite coeI-
fields in Pennsylvania, and their agGrc-
gate area is but 483 square miles. .:c-
liable engineers estimate that 5,o
amount of coal the four fields viii y.cll
if the present wasteful method cf min
ing be continued, cannot be more E;:3
5000, 100000 tons. But the supply
will be exhausted in a century, if not
sooner. Beside Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island and Virginia are the only States
which produce anthracite coal, and
their supply is insignificant. The SER
vice performed by anthracite coal in
the development of the resources OF the
United States has been so great that
the prospect of the exhaustion of the
supply, even a century hence, must be
regarded with much concern The de-
claration that long before the century
ends anthracite coal will be luxury
which only the rich can enjoy will
cause popular demand that the waste
full method of mining known as the
"pillar and breast" be abandoned, and
that the more economical method en-
ployed in English mines be substituted
for it,
It is true that the supply of bitumin-
Gus coal seems inexhaustible, although
the annual product of our bituminous
mines does not much exceed 40, 600, 600
tons, which is about one-fourth of the
coal product In England. Ohio, which
ranks below Pennsylvania and Illinois
in the production of bituminous coal,
can produce more than England, whose
capacity is already severely taxed. But
the iron and steel industries of the
United States could never have reached
their present proportions but for the
anthracite coal, and the exhaustion of
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L4PP ENC4lTPNENT

Paul Du Chaillu wildly describes n
night spent in a Lapp cTcampment.
The silence is broken occasionally Iy
the booming sound of the cracking OF
the ice on the streams. Several tines
he was awakened by the dogs irving to
get under his covering. The reiD;:,. !,
with the persons Watching them tor f,;.,.
of the wolves, were at a distance
When we awoke, the narrative co.-
tinues, my Thermometer marked t'!;;,,.:-, :,
seven degrees below zero; ncvaI55ae les.
[ had rested very comfortably. 81,
the morning meal cverv man AMI Nh.
an, except the host and Lo,5zse, ~.
their snow-shoes. The the7 ata.. !
into the forest to look after tie ..,.-.-
deer and relieve the night-w-cssttc!.. OR
friends were much afraid OF the - g.
and were constantly on the VA, Il,
night over their deer. In some y-,..,.-
the Wild beasts are exceedingly li!l?n :
Gus. Reindeer bulls often defend .,,:t,-
selves with success against such enc;n. ,s: :
but when pack of wolves rusbas nc
the midst of herd the latter are sr:.,-
tered in all directions, and then t.a
owners have to go long distance Il
bring the herd together again, of5,1
losing great numbers. The wolf a;.d
the iarf (glutton) are the grea,e>tt
enemies of the reindeer, and tha I.as'-
landers have to be constantly Oh .,.e
hunt for these wary foes. Wher -
SHOW is on the ground, and espec.,.; i,
when soft and newly fallen, they p3:i..3-s
the wolves on snow-shoes, easily c,.,.--
take and spear them, or kill them ", /,
clubs; the wolves cannot escape when
the snow is deep.
The life of a Lapp is one Of constant
vigilance. The best feeling is sad %
prevail between the Lapps and Firms.
All over Swedish and Norwegian lap
land churches are scattered, so that The
Laplander may easily attend chnrca,
enjoy the privileges of religion, and par
take of the Lords Supper; and, when
his days are ended, his body is car.
thence to the graveyard. Near ,he
church are schools where the childv,sa
are taught, and the clergyman imparts
the DreceDtS of RELIGION.
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EDUCATIONAL QUERIES.

Does the committing to memory Of
sentences and definitions in many cases
really convey any idea to the child's
mind of the subject matter attempted to
be taught?
Is it not suggestive that a story full
of historical OF geographical facts told q
group of children, by one who likes to
tell them such stories, will hold its
place In their memories without any
repetition, while the same children may
drone whole day over half a dozen
answers to be memorized without know
ing in the least what they mean or i'm
ply?
Is the mind reservoir to be crammed
with facts or opinions which may or
may not be facts?
Or is it rather q mirror which the
more it is polished the better therein
are seen the numberless facts all about
us?
Is there nothing suggestive in the
fact that well-educated men, who can
tell almost everything which has been
printed in books, are working for far
less than the wages of good cook in
writing what they know, and a great
deal they don't, for booksellers?
Is there anything suggestive in the
fact that, if boy is turned loose, he
will learn the geography and topogra-
ply Of whole country in months
time, when he will sweat over his writ
ten geography for whole year, and,
when asked, will declare lake to be a
body of water surrounded by-water !?
And why is it that the boy learns to
load gun, build rabbit trap, or drive
a horse, ten times quicker than he does
his geography lesson?
And if mechanical teachers, who
work chiefly for the money, "hear"
words and sentences mechanically COM
mitted to memory by the dear children
out of school-books, mechanically writ
ten for money, Will it not all result in a
mechanical, parroty sort of education ?
What did Garfield mean when he
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MEERSGH-ITN.

The place most productive of this
mineral is known to be near the town Of
Eski-scheir, in Antolla, Asia Minor 4
recent account by Herr Adler state
that the preparation of 100 boxes CT
meerschaum there takes twelve to fif-
teen persons two months, and costs
about e120. In Eski-scheir the aver
age price of the box of mercantile ware
has varied since 1873 between about e6
to 910 Qast year it was about the
formerl. Refuse ware can be had at
about an eighth of the price. There
are ten qualities, and each is to be had
IN four sizes, there being twenty-five to
forty pieces of the first size per box,
and 450 to l, 800 pieces of the fourth
(the box is thirty inches long, eight
inches broad and fifteen and one-half
inches deep. In the last two decades
the export of meerschaum has consid-
erably increased from 5000 boxes in
1855, it has risen to II, 100 in 1881. In
Constantinople the trade is managed by
about fifteen frms-Austrian, Bulga-
rian, Greek, Armenian and Turkish
who bring their wares into the Vienna
market. The large importation into
Vienna may be said to date from be-
tween 1850 and 1860, when the produc-
ton of pipe-bowls and cigar-tips was
greatly increased for export to En-
gland. France and North America. In
1860 considerable export of pipes to
San Francisco was first developed,
while large quantities of cigar-tips were
sent to America and Australia via Ham
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AGES OF YOUNG SENAToRs.

John J. Crittenden, born Sept. 10,
1767, was elected to the Senate in 1917.
Clay was elected to the Senate and
filled term of few weeks in 1867.
having been born April II, 1777. But
Clay is not the youngest Senator on
record. Armistead Thomson Mason,
of Virginia, was elected to the Senate
in 1915, at the age of %, and
resigned in 1917 to undertake that
memorable contest in the Loudon dis
trict with the Federal champion,
Charles Fenton Mercer, which led to
several duels. The most memorable of
these duels was the encounter in which
Mason was slain by his near kinsman,
John Mason McCarty. McCarty had
proposed that they join hands and leap
off the roof of the State House in Rich
mond. They finally fought with mus
kets, and Mason received fatal ball in
the breast at the first fire of their meet
ing near Washington, in 1819.-Ne,C
York World.
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SWISS GIRLS HAIR.

Thousands of girls in Switzerland,
Germany and Norway devote themselves
to the cultivation of their hair as reso-
lutely as farmer does his crops. Once
year the merchant, very often an old
woman, arrives in the village, and a
brisk trade is carried on. The Swiss
girls make the most, as nature has be-
slowed on them an abundant crop of the
blonde color, which is hardest of all to
obtain, and the climate is evidently pro-
pitious to its growth. The price OBJ
tanned depends on the length of the re-
dundant tresses hair eight inches long
is worth 25 cents an ounce, while that
thirty-six inches in length will bring the
fortunate possessor $8 an ounce, and in
cases Of exceptional beauty and thick
ness even $35 an ounce may be realized.
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4 PORTABLE GARDEN.

Here is some advice from the Scholar s
Companion about cultivating the kind
of garden that young reople and ole
carry around with the11:
Every one has q garden called Con
versation. II the unpleasant words
which blossom into thoughts are kept
out, the garden becomes beautiful and
interesting. There are few kinds OF
weeds which unconsciously creep into
this garden; and, unless they are pu:
down, or, better, pulled out, they injure
and spoil the good flowers.
1. Untruth. is dark-leaved and
so small at first that it is scarcely no
ticed. In>its early stages it is called
exaggeration. You are not sure whether
you saw three or four things, and you
say four. The next time the number
becomes larger, and so the weed grows
until it is strong and hardy. Be sure
and pull it up.
2. Slang. This spoils many garden
of choice flowers. It is sometimes over
looked among boys, but is not consid-
cred to have any beauty.
3. Bad Grammar. This is a com.
mon weed, found in gardens of unedu-
Gated and careless persons. 1t grows
slowly, but steadily, and frds a place
beside the nicestlooking flowers. There
are number of varieties, and among
them are 81 seen" which chokes up ssI
saw" or SCI have SEEM" "it's her'n, -
which grows out sit is hers" and "it
is me, which grows close to the little
plant cit is l."
4. Gossip.-Eyery one knows this
ugly weed, which works mischief wher-
ever it appears. It is one of the worst
varieties, and has been known to COM
pletely overrun and spoil the gardens
in which it was allowed to grow.
These are the principal weeds which
find their way into the garden of Con-
versation. Examine the one belonging
to you and see what weeds are gaining
headway.
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CONCERNING THE BRAIN.

The dogs brain is no larger than that
of sheep. and is smaller than the ox's.
In the elephant we find that organ
weighing three times as much as in man.
The whale and other cetece, have brains
superior to that of man. When the
weight of the encephalon is compared
with that of the body, we find that in
man it is relatively smaller than in sew
eral species of monkey, (the ousistiti
for example), the sparrow, the tom-tit
and the canary. The dog has also rela-
lively less than the bat, the horse than
the rabbit. If the circumvolutions or
varied and irregular folds noticed on the
brain of certain animals are, as some
authors consider them, evidences of su-
periority, it will be found that the ass
has fully as many, and the elephant more
than man. 1t is generally admitted that
man whose brain weighs less than !, 900
grams is necessarily deprived of inteEi-
gence. Psychologists are not, as yet,
agreed on the question as to the age
when the brain attains it maximum
weight, and as to whether there exists
such period as that when that organ
decreases or atrophies. According to
Mr.. Gratiolet, "the brain grows con-
stantly, at least among the Caucasian
races, from early childhood to decriped
old age" It is said that Cromweus
brain weighed 2,238 grams that CT
Lord Byron, 2,228; that of Cuyier,
1929 but these figures, which are not
incontestible, prove nothing. Raphael,
Descartes, Yoltaire, Napoleon, Schiller,
and many other illustrious men had small
heads, and their brains could hardly
have greatly exceeded the average
weight, which varies from 1923 to
1 ,424 grams.
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LONGEVITY IN EUROPE.

NJ. De Solaville analyzes in the Revue
Scient!fQue the results of recent Euro
pean censuses by ages. and the register
of deaths also by ages. If we strike
mean Of the census from 1869 to 1872 We
find that Europe exclusive of Russia,
Turkey and some small southern states)
possessed in 1870 a mean population Of
242, 940,376, classed as follows from the
point of view of advanced age 17.313,-
7l5 of more than 60 years, 1859 OF
more than 80, and los Of more than
100 years.. e., inhabitant in u Of
more than 60, 1 in 1868 of more than
80, and in 60, ,503 OF more than LOO.
Women, NJ. Solaville finds, are more
numerous in extreme old age than men
and the difference increases with the age.
Thus at 60 years the advantage is with
the women in the proportion of per
cent, at 80 and above it rises to 45, and
with centenarians to 60 per 100. It is in
France that we find the greatest relative
number of inhabitants at the age Of 60
and upward but it is not so for CEN
tenarians, of which France has less than
all the other states of Europe except
Belgium, Denmark and Switzerland.
From calculation of deaths by ages
the result is reached that, to the total
deaths, those at the age OF so and up
ward bore the following proportions to
the countries named, and arranged ac-
cording to the decreasing order of i'm
portance Great Britain, 9.73; Swe-
den, 7.39; France, 658; Belgium, 6.07;
Switzerland, 600; Holland, 447; Italy,
3.76; Bavaria, g. 42; Prussia, 8. 06; Aus
tria, 2.61. The result is in accordance
with what we know Of the mean age of
the deceased in the same countries.
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Stained GLASS.

In 1870 there was celebrated at
Tegernsee, Bavaria, the 9OOth anniver-
sary of the stained-glass factory there.
For period, dark age in art, the
method of staining was lost, and its
revival is thus explained. An English
man, bargaining at Nurembrrg early in
this century for some fragments of cid
stained glass, remarked before one Sieg-
mund Frank, a cabinet varnisher, that
there was fortune for any one who
could revive the lost art. Frank took
the hint, and got the sympathy of the
Government. In 1916 an establishment
was opened at Munich, under Mr..
Ainmuller, who had been associated
with Frank, which has become world
famous. Within recent years England
has rivaled Munich in this art industry.
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Assessment for Construction Of Western
Avenue System Of Sewers.

CITY OF ST. PAUL, MINI, July 6, 1888
The Board of PublicWorks, in and for the cor
poration of the city of St Paul, Minnesota, will
meet at their Office in said city at 2:30 D. m,
on the 18th day of July, A. D. 1883, to make
an assessment of benefits, costs and expenses,
arising from the construction of sewers on Coed
rich avenue from Fort street to Western avenue,
Western avenue from Goodrich avenue to Selby
avenue, Harrington avenue from Selby avenue to
Summit avenue, Virginia avenue from Nelson
avenue to Summit avenue, Selby avenue from
Harrington avenue to Virginia avenue, Laurel
avenue from point half way between Macku-
bin and Arundel streets to Western avenue, and
from Virginia avenue to Harrington avenue: ASH
land avenue from Mackubin street to Western
avenue; Holly avenue from Mackubiu
street to Western avenue; Port
land avenue from Mackubin street
to Western avenue; Summit avenue from Mac
kubin streetto Harrington avenue in said city,
together with the necessary catch basins and
manhOles--on the property or the lire of said
sewers and benefited thereby amounting in the
aggregate to $40, ,555. .65.
All persons interested are hereby notified to
be present at said time and place of making said
assessment and will be heard.
j. C. TERRY, President pro tenn.
Official: R. L. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works. 1889
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4 LETTER OF RECo1rmENDArroN.

Under the old system, which divides
Offices as spoils captured in battle, in
fuential gentlemen are often asked for
letters of recommendation Sometimes
those asking are of such doubtful rep
utation, though useful as party hacks,
that the letters are written in ambigu-
GUS phrases which really mean nothing,
though they seem to mean much.
Not thus wrote Judge Underwood, of
Georgia. He was once asked by his
son for letter recommending him to
Gov. Crawford, and gave it. John
posted to the Governor, but, knowing
his father, thought he would open the
letter before presenting it. Judge of
his surprise when he read the following ::
MY DEAR FRIEND-This will be handed you
by my son John. He has the greatest thirst
for an Office, with the least capacity to fill
one of any boyI ever saw. Yours truly,
W. H UNDERWOOD.
It was of this John, who was noted for
his facility in changing his politics, that
his father, on being asked, What are
Johns politics?" said, Really, can't
tell. I've not seen the boy since break
fast
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UNGALLANT GERMANS.

AS a rule Germans have little gallant
~ for woman; seldom giving way to
them on the sidewalks. The sidewalks
in the majority of streets are exceeding
ly narrow, with only room for one to
walk on Once in Dusseldorf the wife
and were walking along, the wife in
front; a German meeting us crowded her
off the sidewalk into the gutter, and on
the impulse of the moment I pitched
him off into the street with more vigor
than was necessary. 1t took no end of
explanation to soothe his wounded Dig
nifty, nor could the officials had to go
before the Mayor-at all understand
why it was that man should ever give
place to a lady on the sidewalk.-Er-
hG7lge
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CASTING LINES IN UNPLEASANT
PLACES.


Mr. Fields, the Boston publisher, had
awonderful memory. and his knowledge
of English literature was so great that,
when friend wished to know where a
particular passage was to be found in an
English author, he would go direct to
the famous bibliopole. A wouId-be wit,
thinking to quiz him before a company
at dinner, informed his friends, previous
to Mr.. Fields arrival, that he had Just
written some lines, which he intended
to submit to him as Southey's, and to
inquire IN which of his works they oc-
CURED. After the guests were seated,
he began: "Friend Fields, have been
good deal troubled of late in searching
ont in Southey's poems his well-known
lines running thus" "-repeating the lines
he had composed. Scan you tell me
when he wrote them and where they are
to be found" 81 do not remember to
have met with them before, replied the
publisher; "and there were only two
periods in Southey's life when such
lines could possibly have been written
by him." "When were those?" ''Some-
where" said Mr.. Fields, "about that
early period of his existence when he
was having the measles or cutting his
first teeth, Or near the close of his life,
when his brain had softened. The versi-
fication belongs to the measles period,
but the ideas betray the idiotic one. -
The company roared.
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STEALING Il sERMOy.

The celebrated William Jav, author
of the well-known Morning and Even
ing Exercises" was an extraordina,,
preacher, even at the age of Is. While
he was student at Marlborough, En-
gland, @ chapel which had recently
been built was to be dedicated, and BIr.
Jay, the student, and one of the profess
ors in the seminary were chosen for that
service
On arrival at the town in which TIE
chapel had been built the professor, on
the afternoon of Saturday, called upon
Mr.. Jay. He informed him that the
arrangement was for the professor to
preach in the morning and Mr.. Jay in
the afternoon.
"And now," said the professor what
text have you chosen?"
The young man gave the text.
"And your divisions, what are they?"
The student named the heads of his
discourse.
+Capital!" said the professor, "and
your illustrations
These were given, and they pleased
the professor exceedingly.
Now said he, "Mr Jay, if yo9lr ap-
plication is as good as all the rest, youG
sermon will be brilliant success.
The improvement" Of the sermon
was giyc., and the professor expressed
himself delighted with the whole treat
ment of the subject. The next morn
ing, arriving at the chapel, Mr.. Jay saw
his friend, the professor, ascending the
pulpit stairs in quite pleasant frame
of mind. But it SO happened that the
professor was a man of corpulent figure
and the pulpit, shaped like barrel,
with a section of the circle for the door.
proved to be too small for the preach
er's admission Try as he might, face
foremost and sidewise, it was impossi-
bic for the fat professor to get through
the door. An obliging deacon, seeing
the difficulty, obtainad small STEP
ladder, placed it on the landing, and hy
this means the professor scaled the wall
of the pulpit and got inside; but the
congregation could hardly be said to DE
in q devotional mood during the opera
tion.
The professor, however, began the
service and, to the great astonishment
Of Mr.. Jay, not only read the text he
had selected and expounded to the pro
fessor the day before, but delivered with
wonderful accuracy Mr.. jays sermon
divisions, illustrations, applications
and all. At the close of the service,
the friendly deacon assisted the fat
professor to get out of the pulpit in the
same way he had helped him into it.
In the afternoon, Mr.. Jay rose to an
nounce his text, the professor being
now in the pew, while the young preach
er occupied the pulpit. With that
peculiar emphasis which no man could
initiate, Mr. Jay read aloud the words of
John 10: l: "He that entereth not by
the door into the sheepfold, but climb
eth up some other way, the same is a
thief and robber."
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sad that it was a wonder that so many
American children survived the hor-
rors of a public-school education?"
Why not have few grown men and
women try the experiment of going to
school five hours per day for eight
months, and studying from dozen
books, more or less, in order at the end
of that time they may look into their
minds and see how much they have re-
ally learned d?-The Graphic.
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HEALTHIS WEALTH

DR.. E. c. Vests nerve and brain treatment,
specific for hysteria, dizziness, convulsions,
nervous headache, mental depression, loes Of
memory, premature old age, caused by over
exertion or over-indulgence, which leads to mis-
cry, decay and death. One box will cure recent
cases, Each box contains months treat
ment. One dollar box six boxes for fv
dollars, sent by mail prepaid On receipt of priee
We guarantee six boxes to cure any case. Wia
each order received by us for six boxes, accom-
panied with five dollars, we will 81 ID the pur-
chaser our written guarantee 10 returg: the money
if the treatment does not effect cure. Guar.
antees issued only by Lambie Co., corner
Third and Wabashaw streets, st. Paul, MINI.
Or<la-a bv mail promptly attended, to.
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DETECTED IN THE ACT.

At a recent church festival a man
found lonely oyster in his soup, and
ostentatiously held it upon his spoon,
thereby inducing others to invest in the
deceptive fluid. It was afterward dis
covered that the man was what sinful
and worldly people call a "capper, and
was employed by the church people to
pretend to discover oysters and thus
intrap the unwary. The oyster is sup
posed to have been borrowed for the
occasion. Ogdeaesb1trg Journal.
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HOPE.

Little word so full of meaning,
How you brighten many way;
Help the toiler in his cleaning,
Making sad hearts often gay.
Mistakes of life which bring us sorrow
Are made lighter far to bear,
With a hope of brighter morrow,
When the skies shall be all fair.
WhenCough trials crowd life's pathway,
And our days are dark and drear,
Then this one word casts its bright ray,
And to sad heart brings comfort dear.
Hope shines forth to guide us onward;
Makes us battle hard with fate;
Gives US courage to push forward;
Makes US strong to watch and wait.
The blackest clouds but hide the sunshine;
Look beyond and see theHght.
There's future pleasures in the Glad Sometim
Live on, and hope for days more bright.