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The Ming Of Siam l. eager Ia connect his
capital with the Chinese frontier by rail.
and has promised to build road if the In
dian government will build the road through
Burmah fo meet the Siame>e system AT thr
frontier.
The Japanese are rapidly adopting West
-rn civilization. Miss Linda K Richards,
late superintendent of the training school
tur nurses al the Boston City Hospital. is
going t" Toxic for five wears {" establish
and conduct a similar institution there. Ii
will A partly under the government pat
Tonayr
Among the wonders of archaeological dis
,'nvery in homes ~ old Greece are the sep
araie apartments ot the men and the women.
each with its own open court and common
hall and lis own corridors; the bathroom,
paved with All immense single slab. the
water conduit, and cl>tsrn>; the royal bed
chamber. the offices and yuard-room>. and
the whole interior of the palace of great
cAirt ~ II WAS in pr.-Hmueric days.
Boston girl lh"a,ting!yl: Old, should
say -. Why, We can trace our ancestry
back 80 wears. 10 the time when a Coverly
was hanged for witchcraft.
Denver girl: Our family goes back
good many years. too. Ny great-gTand-
father was lynched for horse stealing 50
years ago. Isn't il terrible how they used
Ia per>.rute people in "lden times9-Tid
Bits
Pa" said little Eddie Mcdonald early
this morning the storm signal is up
Is it. nv Son?"
oh. YES Ma says she found a tooth
pick in the front door lock this morning and
Shn.4- s,t, n k.. hpr md IA.
says il i going Ia be a cold day"
Mr.. Mcdonald went down town without
waiting for breakfast. si.-Cleveland Herald.
There is An air "f decay about Pekin
which extends even 10 its temples. The
number of its population is not accurately
known but. according 10 a Chinese esti-
mate. which is probably in excess. il is l.
500. 900, of whom 300, 900 reside in the Tar
tar and 400. 900 In the Chinese city. There
is no direct foreign trade with Pekin, and
the small foreign population is made up
of the members of the various legations.
the maritime customers. the professors at
the college and the missionary body.
writer tells of a debilitated patient who
did not d" a. well on beef tea. but was cas-
lily restored Ia health on diet Of bean soup.
The only remarkable thing about this is
iIltl l1lt tsdlItIl ever tAIS1ltN Ia utElNt
strength and nourishment from beet tea
alone. Considering that We have upwards
of hundred Thousand doctors, and the
that very large proportion OF them are
fully agreed that beef tea is almost value
less. except a. Stimulant, il Is surprising
that people continue 10 look upon il a. a
fo,-
A London paper speaks Of an American
lady who is driving in a carriag- and six
horses through the provincial towns. at
tracting people by means Of her bras, band
Ia accept her advice aud medicine a> from
the world-renowu-d American lady doctor
The same paper tells of an English q,lack
now travelling i'll America with a very love
ly Young woman. whom he exhibits as a IT.
suit ot his medicine. which, he declares
causes the perfection OF her complexion
He sells a tonic. Ia which he attributes the
abundance Of her hair and drugs for the
incred~. nT reduction Of flesh 10 her stand
ard.
BY the completion last month of the rail-
road from Cape Town 10 the South African
diamond mines al Kimberly, steam cars
have supplanted the tiresome stages and the
great OK wagons of the Dutch and British
traders for about 700 miles along the direct
the locomotive into the very region where
Moffat and Livingstone lived among be-
nighted ~ayagee is not only an evidence OF
the substantial progress Of south Africa,
hur al>o illustrates the impulse that is now
moN ing civilized nations to penetrate new
fields Of commerce with railroads.
Artificial leather il. according Ia French
Invention recently invented. made by cot
..t., \. Il.
very lightly twisted. and the weft threads
Of which are finer than usual. The fabric
il Scrrated on both sides. and immersed in a
preparation consisting of decoction Of lin
seed. rabbitskin glue. linSeed oil and col
oring matter When the fabric is iInprrg-
mated with this preparation il is stretched
upon a polished zinc plate and laid upon q
St-am-heated hot plate. the driving being
continued until the aqueous portion is en-
tr-Iy evaporated. 1t i, claimed that this
artificial leather i an excellent imitation OF
the real thing.
Yes. Mr.. 'r""dman.' said the gTocer 4"
the minister. who had dropped in for a
little chat, IA you say, life is short, hut
eternity is hong. II behoove> us all to 81
shape our course in this world that We NAV
inherit the blessings OF the world 10 come
W ltH Ht >li' HtlestN III buNllitSS II Ibt n
policy: il j. something more than that.
something higher. something"
Please. mister" asked child with
shawl over her head. has Yer got any next
years maple sugar."
We'll. sissy" hesitated the grocer. with
rather dubious look in the direction of the
dominic, Its trife early in the season
vet, but may have little on hand How
,,,prh do Am, u-.pto- Noxr Nort- So,