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in Denmark was only recently organ
lied.
Newton, n. H., minister remarked,
on recent Sunday, that he would not
give "a cent a word for noisy revival
meetings.
The imperial opera management at
Vienna, in the hope of stopping jeal-
ousies among the stars, has just issued
new regulation, permitting no more
than three recalls after the close of
acts, except in the case of first nights
and special engagements of foreign ar
lists
The Lend-a-Hand Society of Boston
is preparing to celebrate the seventy
fifth anniversary of the birthday of
Rev. DIR. Edward Everett Hale, on
Saturday, April 8. by presenting TO
the Ten Times One Society the Hale
endowment fund of $25, 900. Both So
cieties originated with DIR. Hale
A number of papers of interest to
Methodism have been discovered in
two boxes at the Wesleyan conference
office in London. Among them are for
ty-four letters of John Wesley to his
brother Charles. and eighty by Selma.
countess of Huntingdon, the founder
or the sect known as the Countess of
Huntingdon's Connection, written to
Charles Wesley.
Near Phoenix, Ari.. James Boyce
found a steel lance point that appears
to date long way back. Some of the
local antiquarians refer it TO the march
of Coronado. A few inches of wood.
much decayed. remain attached to it.
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oak, which is not found nearer Phoenix
than in Mexico, but was plentiful in
Spain.
The present department store system
originated about forty years ago with
the great dry goods firm of Todd.
Burns K Co.. of Dublin. When A. L.
Stewart revisited ireland, about 1861,
he examined the innovation closely,
and began to introduce some of the
features in his New York store 1t was
John Wanamaker who first elaborated
them on an extensive scale
The curious way word is manufae-
tured is found in the history of the
word ''demicked." As a Yorkshireman
will say. Them taters is demicked.' y
He means the potatoes are suffering
from some disease of the plant. Dem
lex comes from epidemic. When the
first potato blight came, a half century
ago, the farmers heard it called an
epidemic" Thus new words are
coined.
Among the American manufactures
that are exported are barber chairs.
We send barber chairs to Mexico and
Central America, and American bar
Der chairs are sent also to the continent
of Europe and TO England Barber
chairs in limited numbers have been
sent TO Europe for consfdera BILE time,
but the demand for them from that
quarter is increasing
A break in six-inch water main in
Salt Lake City, Utah, was found on
digging up the pipe TO have been caused
by eleetrolysis, the iron in the main at
the break having been made so soft
by the action of the electric current
that it could be readily whitfield with a
knife. The condition of the 124 miles |
of piping in the city is about to be test
ed and report made by the city engi- |
neer. |
An old Russian lady. who was believ-
ed to have means, died year ago at 1
A Ajaccio. IN Corsica Nothing of value. |
luggage. neither money nor Jewels. and /
two days later she was accordingly /
buried like pauper at the public ex- /
Dense. The landlord subsequently, i
found behind the door of her room. in |
a small. dirty linen bag. 100000 /
francs tS200,G0o in notes and gold.
The Masonic grand lodge of Massa-
rhusetts has decided to rebuild its tenn
pie on the site it has occupied for thirty
years. at the corner of fremont and |
Boylston streets. Boston. The temple
was burned Sept. Z, 1895. and where to
rebuild has since been a perplexing
question. many Masons advising that
! less expensive site be chosen and the
Did site sold, expecting that it would
bring enough to erect new and COM
Portable building.
There is excitement among Virginia |
peanut dealers over the big jump in the
price of nuts. A 80 per cent. advance
IN account of the prospects for an un-
short crop has occurred within
he past days, and prices are still |
Using. This is the first rise in the mar
get since the dissolution of the big
rust six months ago. One-third of the
present crop is now cornered in this
way. and the larger dealers are active
V buying up all the stock they can Sc
.ure. 1t is thought the prices will al
most reach those of 1890. when the best
grades held at cents per pound. They
ire now pa cents.
There are rumors that the agents of
certain lottery company which was
lriven out of Louisiana some years ago
ire now in Nevada, canvassing the
sentiment of that commonwealth, with
he end in view of submitting the ques-
ion of establishing lottery there un-
Ter the auspices of the government to
he people at the next election. 1t is
urther alleged that these agents have
written to the lottery company, saying
hat there will be no difficulty in ac-
omplishing the desired purpose-that
S, constitutional provision permit
ing a lottery to have twenty-five
ears lease of life