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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

AT the recent conferences or the
Jewish ministers in New York City, it
was reported that the Jewish syna
gogues are increasing every year.
Rhode Island occupies only one
thousand square miles of territory, but
it has about nine hundred schools. with
about eighty per cent. of the children Of
school age in them.
--Fifty-six new Baptist Sunday.
schools were organized in North Caro-
lima during the year 1884, many of them
in communities where no other relig' Gus
services whatsoever are held.-N \.
Examiner. s,essses r=-e.-,-ssss.-s
"A clergyman ia Boston--a man
well versed in the Bible, devout, earnest,
q good worker and fair preachers
a settled pastor over a church which
pays him only Sl2 week. and that is
his whole salary. Boston Traveller. ~
Mortimer F. Reynolds, of Roches
ter, N. Y, has given $25, 900 to the Uni
versity of Rochester for chemical lab.
oratory, as a memorial of his brother,
William A. Reynolds. who was mem
Der of the Board of Trustees. sa,.i
The University OF Virginia recently
dedicated an observatory and telescope
presented by Leander j. Mccormick, Of
Chicago. at a cost of $4,000 The OBJ
seryatory has an endowment of $780,.
900, one-half of which was given by w.
II. Vanderbilt. Chicago Times.
"A few weeks ago Solemn High
Mass was celebrated in Copenhagen for
the first time since the Reformation.
The occasion was the twenty-fifth ami
versary of the priesthood of Rev. John
Euch, Apostolic Project in Copenhagen.
Complete religious federation now exists
in Denmark. m n.
DIR. Moorehouse, Bishop of Mel
bourne. has refuses to order prayers for
rain in his diocese. His lordship gives
as his reason that. before complaining,
people should do something themselves
towards storing up the superfuity in the
wet season against the drouth.
The Japanese Commissioner at the
Worlds Exposition in New Orleans re-
ports that there are now in his country
seventy-eight normal schools, 20, 254
grammar, intermediate and high schools
with an attendance of 3,O17, 0SS pupils.
Chinese, Japanese and English are
taught. In order to increase the digni.
ty of teachers in the eyes of the peaple,
the Government has conferred upon
them titles and official positions.
There is religious life in most
English families. 1t is a matter taken
for granted. Family worship is OBJ
served in the vast majority of the fami.
lies. Among the upper classes domes-
tic religious observance is looked upon
as part Of the well ordering of the
household. 1t is not subject of which
children fight shy in any way. The
children are asked to say grace at the
table-bOys and girls alke-except when
guests are present. Children are taken
to church at very early age, and grow
up accustomed to church attendance.
The institutions and ordinances of re-
legion are held in profound respect.
The clergy are honored and hold a dis
tinct place in the regard and even af-
fections of the family. Robert Laird
Collier.
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Ancient Trees.

Trees have been found in Africa which
were computed to be $3.50 years old,
and cypress in Mexico is said to have
reached still greater age. The oldest
individual specimen of any species-in
fact the oldest living thing upon the
gIobe-is probably the cypress Of Santa
Maria del Tule. in the Mexican State of
Oaxaca. If estimates of tree ages are
to be relied upon. the life of this yener-
able forest monarch, may have SPAWNED
the whole period of written history. At
last accounts it was still growing, and
in 1851. when Humboldt saw it. it
measured forty-two feet in diameter, Las
in circumference, and 382 feet between
the extremities oftwo opposite branches.
-F~Ghapoe.
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the sound of voices within had strug-
glef ITO gel away from him. and at
length withA loud cry Of 'Mamma-
mammal" was toddling towards the
door. Cousin Annie sprang from her
seat, and in a moment the poor little
storm-waif was in her arms.
"Is he yours?" cried Rob and Jack.
sAnd you didn't know hfmP' said.
Cousin Annie, laughing and crying all
at once. ''Of course you didn' the IS
so changed since last summer"
The two went home with the boys,
the next day to stay until some kind OF
a house could be got ready for them.
As they passed the broken bridge Jack
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Cousin Annie, if that bridge hadn't
been gone we shouldn't have gone
round where we found Archie, and he
might have been there yet"
And Cousin Annie, hugging the dar-,
ling close, thought she had plenty to be
thankful for, although all they had had
been swept away by the angry wind.
Sidney Dayre, in s. s. Gem.
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The 10000 landlords in Great Brit
ain. without toll, receive from the soil
more than twice rs much rs the total
wages paid to $50. 900 laborers for work
ing twelve hours through the seven days
In every week.
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Her shopping Expedition to the City, and
How She Was Lost.

Never plant willows at all near un,
derdraIns as the roofs of these tire. will
surely enter the drains and block them.
IN e. Farmer
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IOT tueir luncn. ana then he sank con-
tentedly to sleep on Jacks arm, while
Rob tried his best to get free of the OBJ
structioDs which surrounded him; and
ct last. as twilight was falling, made
his way to what was left of the pretty
village he had visited the previous sum-
mer.
What a sad scene of devastation Il
was! Very few houses were left stand
ing, and few of the people were
wandering aimlessly about
I'VE must find Cousin Annie said
Rob. s'She can take care of this poor
little chap till we find his mother y
She's over there said man,
pointing to q house, in answer to their
inquiries, ''but she's in dreadful
trouble"
mo wonder" said Jack, "when her
pretty house is all blown away
Eyes, but she's lost her baby, too
Dear me. Poor little Archie deadr'
Bob felt quite overcome with the sor-
row all around him as he went over to
find his cousin. Hold the boy, Jack.
while ] 60 and speak to her."
: She was seated in q shaded room.
Rob went and spoke gently to her.
''Oh, my dear boy! The hand of the
Lord is heavy upon u.s." She began
telling him how her husband was out
with Others, searching Tor some Who
had been lost.
Meantime Jack had come, near the
window OF the room, rather tired of
holding the restless little boy, who at
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action. Although the symptoms of
opium-poison greatly vary, vet they are
mostly ushered in by giddiness. listless-
ness and drowsiness, followed by stupor,
lapsing slowly into complete insensibili-
ty. Opium-poisoning is unfortunately
often occasioned by the indiscriminate
use OF sleeping draughts' and quack
nostrums. In cases Of opium-poison-
ing. the immediate use of an emetic "a
tablespoonful of mustard mixed with
tepid water) has been advocated.
The head and face should be dashed
with cold water until the stupor is par
tally removed. The patient should not
be permitted to sleep, but should be
kept in continual motion. A cup of
strong hot coffee ought to be given to
him on his recovery.
Our space will not permit of A more
minute inquiry into other varieties of
neurotic poisons; suffice it to- saw that
in most instances arising from the adj
of any preparation of
Opium, the antidotes above mentioned
are considered the most serviceable.
We must not omit to notice poisoning
by copper, which ct times has arisen bT
the employment of copper vessels for
cooking purposes. which never should
be employed in any household. The
first indications of copper-poisoning are
sudden attacks of gripping pains. aggra-
vated by pressure, often accompanied
BY sickness and a peculiar sallow aspect
u countenance. According to Ryan,
he white OF egg is the best antidoie for
poisonous preparations OF copper. Lead
poisoning is usually owing either to |
thinking water which has remained for
'ome time in leaden pipes. or by certain
vacations In which some preparation
II lead is used. Goulard water taken
u mistake causes lead-poisoning. Lead
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FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
IN|THE STORM.

Destroyed by q CycIone-What Annie Had
Left to BE Thankful for.
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Grants Love for Horses.

Grants love for horses Is q matter of his
tory. lie was q fine horseback rider as a boy
at his little country home In Georgetown,
Ohio, through which he loved to ride stand
Ing in his bare feet on a sheepskin tied to the
back of his horse. The only thing he really
axcelled in at West Point was his riding. He
was the most daring rider of the school, and
in jumping the bar the officers who were ao-
customed to hold the bar over which the
horses were to go as low as their waists for
the others, put IL up even with and above
their heads when it was Grants turn to
jump. He saved his life in Mexico by his
riding abilities by throwing himself at the
side instead of staying on the back of his
horse, and when he was in the White House
his horses were the wonder of washington.
Grants Arabian horses, are, j think, on
Gen. Beale's farm, near Washington. They
were given him by the Sultan while he was
in Turkey in 1873. The Sultan had taken him
over his palaces and grounds, and finished
up with his stables. He had his attendants
sh ow ohhis finest horses, and asked Grant to
pick out the finest for himself, telling him he
would make him present of 1t. Grant ut
hrst was reluctant TO accept so valuable a
gift, but one of the Sultan's officers inter-
posed, telling him he would offend his Maj
esty by refusal. He then selected dapple
gray Arabian steed, and the Sultan formally
presented II to him. Tho Sultan afterward
sent IL to him Mt New York, adding 10 his
present another Arabian as black as jet and
as magnificent In form as the one Grant had
chosen. The two horses arrived in New
York In the latter part of the following year,
and sporting men admired them greatly.
They were taken to a blacksmith to be shod,
| and many persons came TO see them, trying
to buy their old shoes or even the nails M
mementos. When the horses were taken
| from the boat to the stables, one of them
| kicked a spoke from a carriage which they
| passed, and IL cost Grant S12 TO pay the dam
| ages.-Cdrp, IN Cleveland Herald.
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Granf,s arnatnesa-

Grants greatness eliminated when, with
the simplicity and sincerity of a heart that
never took pleasure in harming OF conquer
ing any human being, he made Lees surren-
der the most affecting episode in the history
of wars, and gave an impulse OF good-feeling
between the late deadly foes that has been
healing the wounds of war and touching the
tenderest chords OF our common American
citizenship, and doing more than all the elo-
quent speeches that have been delivered since
then TO recement the now indestructible and
indissoluble Union. He showed no pride of
victory In that hour, because he felt none.
He made that surrender the dawn of new
hopes for weary and beaten fighters. What
was battlefield he turned into q sacred
arena of brotherly feeling and manly
reconciliation. Ho had no thought Of "glory"
his heart went out for the necessities of
his late foes, and they were astonished and
conquered by the simple magnanimity and
good sense of his provisions for their well
fare. Nor was this single outburst of mag
nanimity. When headstrong, arbitrary and
violent President Johnson proposed measures
I'm violation of Grants generous terms to
Lees army, he met from Grant n refusal TO
abet such bad faith and a threat TO resign
sooner than be implicated In n transaction
so abhorent to his whole nature, and the
greater character and steadier will con
querod. Can the widest imagination con-
ceive of Napoleon rising without an effort,
and because he could not help 10, TO this
height Of moral greatness2-Col John n.
Bund1k
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and he called me to his desk. thought
he looked more cheerful than usual,
and 1 asked after his health. AS he
whitfield pen, he smilingly chatted
with me, and stated that he had come
to the Senate to hear pleasant news.
He had scarcely made the remark, when
Senator Boutwell,, his colleague,
sent up to the clerks desk to be read a
resolution OF the Massachusetts, Logis-
lature. AS the clerk proceeded, all eyes
turned rpon Senator Sumner, who was
eagerly listening. 1t was a resolution
resembling the vote of censurel With
in q few moments after the reading the
Senator left the chamber, and, as l
parted from him at the door, he shook
hands kindly, and said "Good-bye!"
Those were his last words to me.
The next day he was dead !-Edmuld
Alton, IN 81 Nicholas
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Fortune and the Beggar.

The following fable is by Krilof, the
RUSSIAN Hsop. 1t is interesting from
the iact that it is illustrated in bass
relief on the / rilof monument: A
wretched beggar carrying ragged old
wallet was creeping along from house
to house, and, as he grumbled at his
lot, he kept wondering that folks who
live in rich apartments, and were up to
their throats in money and in the
sweets of indul gence, should go so far
as often to lose all they have, while un-
reasonably craving for and laying their
hands on new riches.
"Here, for instance" he says, "the
former master of this house succeeded
in trading prosperously and made him
self enormously rich by commerce.
But then, instead of stopping and hand
ing over his business to another and
spending the rest of his years in peace,
he took to equpping ships for the sea
in the spring. He expected to get
mountains of gold, but the ships were
smashed and his treasures were swal-
lowed up by the waves. Now they all
lie at the bottom of the sea, and he has
found his riches melt away like those
in dreams. Another man became one
of the farmers of the spirit tax, and so
gained million. That was o trihe,
and he wanted to double it. So he
plunged up to his ears in speculations,
and was utterly ruined. In short, in
stances OF this are countless. And
quite right, too-a man should use dis
erection"
At this moment fortune suddenly APP
peared TO the beggar and said "Listen
/ have long wished to help you. Here
is lot of ducats l have found. Hold
out your wallet and / will fill it with
them, but only on this condition. All
shall be gold that falls into the wallet,
but il any of it falls out of the wallet to
the ground it shall all become dust.
Consider this we'll. ! have warned you
beforehand. l shall keep strictly TO my
compact. Your wallet is old; don't
overload it beyond its powers"
Our beggar is almost too overioyed
to breathe. He scarcely feels the
ground beneath his feet. He opens his
wallet and with generous hand a golden
stream of ducats is poured into it. The
wallet soon becomes rather heavy.
"Is that enough?"
mot yet"
"Isn't it cracking?"
"Never fear"
Consider, you're quite Cresus."
"Just little more; just add hand
full ?"
"There, it's full. Take care-the
wallet is going to burst"
"Just little bit more"
But at that moment the wallet split;
the treasure fell through and turned to
dust, and fortune disappeared. The
beggar had nothing but his empty wal
let and remained as poor as before.
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His Drive with Gov. Jewell.

One of Gen. Grants visits to Connecticut
as the guest of Marshall Jewell, no took
unusual pains TO entertain him, serves as a
text for a timely jotting. Gov. Jewell was
determined to make the visit of Gen. Grant
TO Hartford memorable. He ratified the dry
bones of Connecticuts capital city. When
the excitement had gradually simmered
down he was driven 10 the last resort of a
Sunday afternoon drive. With his fastest
bit of horseflesh, his visitor and himself flew
along the streets In the early evening hour.
Grimly in his seat sat the General, his black
felt hat Tapping up and down In the current
produced by the mares rapid gait. On the
outskirts of the town tho General, who had
been leisurely looking about him, all at once
broke out:
''See herel what's that ahead Of us?"
"Oh, that's driving park-a pet project OF
ours"
"Can you get us through that gateway
there?"
''Oh, yes" quoth MIR. Jewell, ready to show
the fine park 70 the observant warrior.
"All right" remarked the General; 'now
you just sit quiet for a bit, and I'll show you
what driving is" Aud he did show him.
Before the Hartford ex-tanner recovered
from his ama5ement, Gen. Grant had taken
the reins into his own hands, and in a second
the light vehicle wis whirling round and
round the well-kept track. The hostlers came
out TO the rails, and watched and grinned as
the little marc went speeding about the circle
with dripping TANKS. Gov. JEWELS excite
ment was aggravated by the loss of his high
silk hat, which long ago had been swept from
his head. Still the pace was kept up, and
never slackened until, in genuine alarm, the
Postmaster General shrieked out, as he joted
up and down on the cushion, "In the name
of heaven, General, how long do you intend
TO keep this thing upl" AS they slowly jour
neyed homeward a half hour later, the Presi-
dent giving up the reins, remarked, "It's a
good thing, Marshall, TO go to church on
Sunday, a very good thing. We've done that.
But do tell you there's nothing that starts
up a supper appetite like a whirl along q
Playground track behind horse that's not
afraid to use his legs" This was the last
time the Hartford man ever trusted himself
in a buggy with U. s. Grant for driver
Mem York Times
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who have Remained steadfast TO the last, hat
l have consented TO this result from no dis.
trust OF them; nut, holding that valOr and
devotion could accomplish nothing thai
could compensate for tho loss that would ut.
tend tho continuation of the contest, | have
determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of
those whose past vigor has endeared them
to Their countrymCn.
by the terms OF agreement, officers and
men can return TO their homes and remain
there until exchanged. You will take with
you the satisfaction that proceeds from the
consciousness of duty fa thfully performed,
and l earnestly pray that merciiul God
will extend His blessing and protection.
with an increasing admiration Of your con-
stnncy and devotion To your country, aud n
grateful remembrance of your kind and
generous consideration of myself, ! bid you
an aifectionate farewell
ar. Il. LEE, General"
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Precious Metals.

Following are the names of those
metals valued at over 81 900 an avoir-
dupois pound, the figures given repre-
senting the value per pound.
Vanadium-A white metal, discov-
cred in 1880, $4,000.
Rubidium-An alkaline metal, so
called for exhibiting dark red lines in
the spectrum analysis, 5000.
Zirconium-A metal obtained from
the minerals zircon and hyacinch. in
the form of a black powder, $1,000.
Lithium--An alkaline metal, the
lightest metal known, $1,000
Glucinum metal in the form OF
grayish black powder, $1,000.
Calcium-The metal base of lime,
$1,000.
Strontium-A malleable metal of O
yellowish color, 81 200.
Northumberland from the mineral
gadolinite, found in Sweden, $4.0S0.
Yttrium in 1928, is of
greyish black color, and its lustre is
perfectly metallic, S4,0S0,
Ebium- Tho metal found associated
with yttrium, $1,000.
Cerium-A metal of high specific
gravity, grayish white color, with
lamellas texture, $1,000.
Didymium-A metal found associated
with cerium, $4,000.
Ruthenium--Of gray color, very
hard and brittle, extracted from the
ores of platinum, $1,000.
Rhodium-Of white color and mo-
tallic lustre, and extremely hard and
brittle. 1t requires the strongest heat
that can be produced by wind furnace
for its fusion, 81, 800.
Nioblum-Previously named cilumbi-
mum, first discovered in an ore found
at New London, Connecticut, $4,000.
Barium-The metallic base of baryta,
$500.
Palladium-A metal discovered in
1902, and found in very small grains,
steel gray color, and furious structure,
1920.
Osnium "A brittle, grey-colored
metal, found with platinum, 81 400.
Iridium-Found native as an alloy
with osnium in lead grey scales, and is
the heaviest of known substances,
1000.
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"HEADoUARTERs ARMY NORTHERN |
u


Lieut.. Gen. u. s. Grant. commanding United
States Armies:
"GENERAL: l have received your let
ter of this date containing tho terms
OF surrender OF the Army of Northern Vir
ginla a. proposed by you. AS they are sub
stantally the same as those expressed In
your letter of the sth inst, they are accepted
will proceed TO designate the proper officers
TO carry the stipulations into effect Very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
s.R. r. LEE, General"
The terms of capitulation were signed nj
$3.50 o'clock D. m, and on the next day Gen
Lee issued the following farewell address to
his army:
"HEADoUARTERs ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA, !
April 10. 1904 4
"After four years of arduous service
marked by unsurpassed courage and forth
tude, the Army of Northern Virginia has
been compelled TO yield TO Overwhelming
numbers and resources. ! need not tell the
survivors Of 50 many hard'fought battles
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His Kindness to Reporters.
New York Times.l

Gen. Grant has always been hero among
newspaper men. Ever courteous and kind
/ have known him to spend valuable time
and expend much labor to help out some
poor exporter who CHANGED 10 intrude upon
him. He was chary of talk about himself;
he could seldom be tempted into severe crit
icisms of anybody else, but have known
him TO go far out of HIS way TO say good
word for brother of1oer, the more partiou-
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The giraffe has perhaps the most as
tonishing mimicry Of any animal It's
great size, which enables it to live on
lofty tree-boughs in its native African
forests, makes it also most conspicu-
GUS object 10 its enemies, OF
which the most dreaded are the lion
and man. SIch is its mimicry,
how ever, that the most prac-
ticed eye has failed to distinguish the
giraffe from one of the dead and
blasted trees which abound in the
haunts of this animal Reliable evil
dence assures us that lions have been
know to gazo long and earnestly at
motionless giraffe, and. being unable to
decide that II was not o tree. TO turn
and skulk away.