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THIRSTY LONDON.
The Quantity of Water Required ts
 Supply the Big City.

h 1894 the astounding total of 192, 100000 gallons day was reached by the combined water companies of Lon- don. This was supplied to the 5.500.- GOO inhabitants at the rate of. say, thIrty-two gallons a head for all pur- poses. These figures represent an enormous volume of water, though small when compared with the mighty river that flowed into old Rome. We can only deal with the figures roughly; the supply fiuetuated to a considerable degree at different times in the year; 1t is therefore not possible to be math- ematieally accurate. Allowing for slight increase since the last return, and taking in other sources, to which l shall refer a little later, we may pretty safely put the present London water supply at about 209.000.o 600 gall Ions a day. Let us try for a moment to realize what these figures mean. With 206 000. GOO gallons of water we could fill a lake a mile long. a quarter of mile wide and five feet deep. The water in 1t would weigh nearly a mil lion tons. This lake would stretch from the Bank of Church, yet 1t would be emptied in single da1 to assuage the thirst of London. Or suppose we could freeze all this water. we could build up a great block of ice a thou sand feet long. thousand feet wide and thirty-tWo feet high. If we allow for the expansion of freezing the block would of course be still bigger. Sixty five of the largest ironclads in the British navy could float in the water Ne use every day in London. When #e come to compare our supply with the mighty torrent of Niagara we be- little it. The water goes laundering oyer the falls at the rate of 2,000 900 tons a minute, or 42000o, 600 gallons. Our whole daily supply would be whirled over long before the second hand of watch would have travelled once around the dial And could we divert the magnificent torrent for only three hours we could supply London with water for whole year at the present rate. Niagara is a big thing Good Words.
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A Costly Drought.

The drought Of the last few years 4as cost New South Wales an enorm- o9s sum of money The focks Of the colony have sarunk from 66.00o,oeo to i6.oo0 900, repFesenting loss of 20.- 9ee,e00 sheep. If to this is added the loss Of the natural increase, the shrink age amounts to 50.0o0,0oO sheep; enough, that is, to equip a consider able-sized colony. in addition there has been loss of nearly 300,000 horses and 10000 cattle. That the colony has been able to survive these terrific losses is a striking proof O. energy and resonrce. Translated into money the colony has suffered a loss due to mad. eauate rainfall of fl om 60.000 GOO to s100,0o0, 900.
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A Novel Use of the Bicycle.

There was novel use of the bicycle at the recent show of the Royal Ag- rieulturaI society Ia Sydney. The com pany which has acquired the patent rights in the strengthening machine invented by the late MT. Fred Yorke WoIseley. the Australian brother of the connander-in-e chief, showed number of these machines worked by motive power supplied by a cyelist. The driv- ing wheel of the bicycle was connect cd with a small rubber wheel fixed on q
 spindle. to which were attached the flexible shaft and shear of the Wolse- ley machine. Each sheep was relieved ot its wool coat in four or five minutes.
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 Ax ~Ms NAM ING
A Ceremony Arranged by Chance En.
 tirely in Persia and Japan.

4 Ceremony Arranged by Chance En.
 tirely in Persia and Japan.
 The naming of the child in Persia is made an event Of great rejoicing and a tine for the gathering of relatives When the guests are assembled sweet meats are eaten and then the infant in its sWaddling clothes is brought iR and laid on the carpet in the center ot the room by one of the priests. Five names are written on as many slips of paper and placed between the leaves of the Koran; chapter is read from this book and then one of the slips is drawn at random. The name on the slip is the one the child has to bear through life, and the priest takes up the slip, pronounces the name in the chfld's ear and places the piece of pa- per in it's clothes. Gifts and eongratu- latiens follow. The custom in Japan Is for the parents on the thirteenth day after it's birth to take the child to the temple they attend and the father gives three names to the priest, who wrlLes each on piece Of paper. These are then shuf1ed about with certain incantations and thrown up in the air. The first that falls is the one chosen. This is then written by the priest on a eonseerated piece of paper and given to the child's parents to preserve. The child then receives certain gifts, two of which are important. If boy, two fans are presented; and if a girl, pot of pomade, and in each case packet of flax thread is added, which signi- 1es good wishes and long life.
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Lonx ssrees Uar rxloe.

New York Journal: Just 271, ,560 miles travelled in one street of St. Louis is the record of the street car driver Of the United States who has had the longest unbroken service. For thirty-one years this man has pursued his monotonous career on the front platform, and during the whole Of this period he has been absent only sixty days from Illness, and one day because he was laid of. having been caught smoking a cigar while on duty. Mike Dooley, the driver in question, has worked 365 days a year. ayerag- ing 24 miles a day, or S,760 miles 3 year, his hours being sometimes by day and sometimes by night, and he has received s2 a day for his labor, so that he has earned s22,609 from his employers, and has travelled far enough 10 have gone eleven and one- half times around the circumference of the earth.
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Had Many ,... 4eatn.

General Sir Arthur Cotton, whose death at the age Of g was recently an nouneed, was so HI in Persia sixty-four years ago that his grave was dug in readiness for his death. At the age oi IS he went through the Burmese var, caught the jungle fever many times, and was. as the old man him. self expressed it obliged to quit India three times under sentence of deathn ny the doctors. Twice he had sunstroke and once the skin of half his body was torn off by a boiler explosion. After torty=fxe years of battling with sav- ages and microbes the old man gave in and returned to England to die-ac- eordihg 70 the doctors. It was the aged generals firm conviction that by ab- stlnenee from drink and tobacco he had plaeed his lifelong enemy, death, un- der q tremendous disadvantage
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What a False Report Did.

J. M. Sinclair, high sheriff of Done gal, Ireland. committed suicide by shooting himself Aug. 28, on receipt of the announcement that his daughter, IS years old, had been drowned in another part of the county. The lat ter story now turns out to be false, and has caused an immense sensation in the county, where the family is most prominent. The author of the false hood. which caused the father to com init suicide. is unknown
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Six-YEAR-OLD.
Girl swims Mile in Remarkably Fast


 Time.
 Chicago Chronicle: Little six-year- old May Huhn proved herself one Of the greatest juvenile swimmers in the world at the north side natatorium. She swam mile in 1:07:17 3-5. The girl made worlds record. for no child has ever accomplished the feat before n such a short time. The child is not large for her age. nor does she seem to have muscles developed to a much greater extent than other girls as young as she, but it is the opinion of all that if she keeps at the game she will in time be one of the greatest fe- male swimmers in the world. George Gaidzik lowered another worlds mark for boys under 16 years old when he swam two miles in 1:12:15. The record was formerly held by Ralph Uhlend9rf, who made the same dis tance in 1:14:29 3-5 Other good per- formances by juveniles were as follows: Walter Horn, 12 years old, two miles in1:25:54; Lottie Mayer, 12 years old. two miles in 1:4o; Charles Arens, Il years old, one and a half miles in 1:13:54; Arthur Gaidzik, 12 years old, one and half mics in 1:15, and Rob- ert Arens. g years old, one and a half miles in 1855
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ESTIMATE SIZE OF THE SUN.
Comparisons show It to Be a Very
 Large Affair.

The earth on which we stand is, no doubt mighty globe, measuring as it does 8iG00 miles in diameter, yet what are it's dimensions in comparison with those Of the sun? If the earth be rep resented by a grain of mustard seed then on the same scale the sun should be represented by a cocoanut. Per- haps. however, more impressive con- ceptien of the dimensions of the great orb of day may be obtained in this way: Think of the moon, the queen of the night, which circles monthly around our heavens, pursuing as she does majestic track at a distance Of 240000 miles from the earth. Yet the sun is 50 vast that if it were a hollow ball the moon could revoIve in the or bit which it now follows and still be entirely inclesed within the suns in terior. For every acre on the surface Of our globe there are more than 10. .000 acres on the surface of the great lum- mary. Every portion Of this illinit- able desert Of flame is pouring forth torrents of heat. It has, indeed, been estimated that if the heat which is in cessantly flowing through any single square foot of the suns exterior could be collected and applied beneath the boilers Of an Atlantic liner. it would suffice to produce steam aenough to sus- tain in continuous movement those en- zines Of 30,000-horse power which en- able a superb ship to break the record between Ireland and America.-Pear~ sons Weekly.
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- Relied on-His Wits.

Tn a recent address on Brown-Se- 1uard. the French chemist Berthelos explained why that eminent physiolo- sist, in spite of his brilliant mind. was looked on with suspicion by scientific workers. He was careless in his ex- periments and relied too much on his wits. Whenever an idea came into his head, he wrote 1t on piece of paper, which he threw into box, and gen. erally left 1t there, making 10 further use of 1t.
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FOR RENT--A house No. 40. 4th qren and Walnut street. between the nj roads Call on P. A, BRIDGES. BIS WalsI street.
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All for His Family.

A dangerous criminal was about to be executed in California. While his last toilet was going forward an Eng Iishman who had just landed begged five minutes conversation with him, which was granted All that was heard of the interview was the final remark of the criminal. He called after his vfsitor: "A thousand pounds to my heirs? You undeFstand?" When the hangman had prepared for his sad duty, the eulprit claimed the right to say farewell word. Lifting up his voice, he roared aloud to the assem- bled rnultftude: All you who listen hear my dying statement. The best coffee is the coffee of Messrs. Chieory. Chewem & Checker, Of Calcutta and Londonf'-The Argonaut.
 Sage Advice.
 It is not often that a lawyer gives better advice, and asks no fee for t. than was once given by certain Irish judge, who must have had both d sense of justice and a sense of humor. 4 turbulent peasant was q witness in trial before Chief Baron O'Gradg. The counsel. after pesteFIng him for some time, put a qxsstion to him which re- heeted on ths<wituessi character. If ye ax me that again, I'll give ye kiek!" was the answer. The counsel appealed to the court, stating that an answer was necessary to his clients case, and ending up with the query: What would your Iordship advise me to do?a If you are resolved to repeat the question" replied the court. "Td advise you to move q little from the witness
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TOR sALE-My residence on West F# 1 avenue, 5. |. T. KNuXs
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TeleDhone for the Deaf,

A miniature telephone to take the place of the ear trumpet for deaf peo- pie has just made it's appearance @A tiny receiver is placed i'll the passage of the ear and connected by fine wires with a transmitter worn on the breast and battef7 carried in the pocket or other convenient part of the dress.
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r1cn in Ancient Roman Relics.

At Dorchester. Dorset, England, which has proved so rich in ancient Roman relics, another interesting dis covery has just been made. During some excavations on q building estate on the confines Of the borough. and only few hundred yards from the an- cient Roman amphitheater. a splendid specimen of villa pavement has been disclosed. Several similar discoveries have been made of late years. but noth- Ing so fine or well preserved has yet been recorded The pavement is about two feet below the surface, and the de- sign is unusually elaborate, while the eoloring Of the tesserae remains al- most as fresh as when laid down. The discovery is regarded as of great i'm portance. The find will probably be secured for the British museum.
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Arkansas Midland RaIIroad Lauds

5o,ooo acres of good timber lands for sale. 2,ooo acres of cleared lands for sale, along the line of the Arkansas Midland Railroad. Free sites for factories and mills.
 For farms or timber lands, ad- dress,
 G. T. UPDEGRAFF,
 General Freight Agent,
 Helena, Arkansss
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09
CURRENT VERSE.
Aftcr the Stormy wenther.

It's after the stormy weather-camp's still and
the fighting done;
And we're eloscr-thank God!-.ogether. in the
Joy O. the battles won
Under the tag united-iriendy as friends may
The man who marched with Sherman and the
man who followed Lee.
It's after the stormy weather. See now where
the skies bend blue
And light the stars of the flag that waves splen-
didly over you'll
The battle thunders have died away-the folds OF
the flag float free
And fainter now are the echoes Of the guns from
over sea-
After the stormy weather. Peace on the plains
and hills;
No crimson drops on the daisies, no red on the
Tippled rills.
Only one thought for the country: Waves the
flag from shore to shore;
Wrongs righted. and, love-united, we are brothers
foreveTmore!"
One thought Let the sea-winds wing it over
the echcing deep,
One thought Let the rivers sing Il where the
dreaming valleys Slept
Thrilled TO the stars il music; after the rough
ways trod,
We are all at home in the country under the
smile Of God.
Frank L. Stanton. in the Saturday Evening
Post.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09
MIR. Josh simpkins' Opinion.

I've studied up on etiquette,
Read every book that | could get,
And yet
There isn't one in all the lot
That tells 4 Teller it is not
De rigger 10 eat pie
For breakfast, hence why shouldn't /?
And, furthermore. I cannot find
In all the books | call to mind
single line
That gives reason worth q whoop
Against 4 second plate OF soup
When fellcrs dine.
And as for eating mlrrowfats
Without a spoon, / think that that's
foolish
Sort OF rule
When eat pease
I'll do as 1 darn please!
And what is more, till I'm a snob,
III eat my corn straight eff the cob;
And sparrcrgrass I'll eat as
Have always done in days gone by
A sort of dangling from the sky;
A sort Of gift from heaven come,
Held 'twixt my finger and my thumb.
And rs for those peculiar things
Called fnger-bowls, / vow, by jings!
will not use them as they say
The bon tons uses EN- today.
II nv hards amt both good and clean
The prmp is where its always been;
And isr a. ever could see,
It's plenty good enough for me,
d0u'. stand much On etiquette.
But vet
Tn too polite TO wash my paws
At table spite Of social laws.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09

Wrap US round, o mother Autumn, with
dreaming all unbroken,
With the royal purple senDisnce Of passion all
unspoken,
While the bird of life wings backward, in the
reddening waning day,
To the thrill Of long-lost laughter, to the love
that could not stayi
Now the savage child withi= Us breaks tn.
thicket, flying faster.
Barefoot through the yoicele,s forest, threading
leaf and fern and aSter,
Leaping brook and laughing upw?rd shere the
broken blue beguiles.
Speeding ono heart fly taste l-,dc l. the light
of memory's sslesi
Now the scent of grape and hollow stirs the pulse
and fans the ember,
And wind above the waiting sheaves is whisper
ing, Remember
o now, the heart of memory's rose burns red
dest 'gainst the grey
While the bird Of life wings backward to the love
that could not stay
Virginia Woodward Cloud, in the Atlantic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09
Weltschnerz.

The child-eyed wonder with which life began,
The prattling voice Of Joy. the heart OF glee,
Have followed not the footsteps OF the man;
A world more sorrowfu il is that he
Must battle with. and fearlessly explore:
Far fades the CLEAN OF LIES once PURIFIED SCI
When Youth was oUrs-the Youth that comes NJ
more.
Those happy shores retreat which once we knew
The weIl-loved voices huShed and still are they
Lost halcyon years, with skies Of deepest blue
Dear hearts that vanished some sad yesterday
Leave our life's journey dark. Alas. how true
This deep World-Serrow shadows all our way
Yet somewhere 10 some unknown. far-of strand
Whose silver coast beyond the horizons rim
Cleans with sweet promise, they percEancC
have passed.
Where all is plain which now seems dark and
dim;
And when we reach it we shall understand
The mystery-the puzzle read at last
And find beyond these shadows and shed tears
The perfect Joy Of heavens untarnished years.
Joel Benton, in Harper's Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09
The Overture.

Old memories and the whispering ghosts
OF dear, dead days when Love young
And then the lisping of an April rain,
That steal across the meadows aud the song
OF one glad robin in the evening light,
Singing as though his heart must break for joy
And after these a merrier strain
Light laughter. borne across the years,
OF children that ] knew, at play
Within garden long ago.
But more than all, and far above and through Il
all,
I heard the voice OF one l love,
Faint falling down to earth and me
Through some far, golden rift in paradise
Charles E. Thomas, in the Cosmopolitan
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09

Ef you strike a thorn or rose,
Keep a-goiu'!
Fl il halls. or ef il SHOWS,
Keep a-goin'!
'Taiut no use to sit an whine.
When the fish amt on yer line;
Bait yer hook an keep a-tryin'-
Keep a-goin'!
When the weathe- kills yer crop,
Keep a-goin'!
When you tumble from the top,
Keep a-goin'
S'posc you're out o every dime?
Bein' so amt any crime;
Tell tie world you're feelin' prime
Keep a-goin'!
When It looks like all is UP,
Keep a-goin'.
Drain the sweetness from the cup,
Keep a-goin'!
See the wild birds on the wing,
Hear the bells that sweetly ring,
When you feel like sighin' sing
Keep a-goiu'.
Frank l.. Stanton
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09
The Return.

God made little child: so fair he was,
The angels might have learnt Of him a grace;
Nor gall nor guile were IN him; heart and
face
One image bore Of innocence Alasi
That e'er to evil aught pure should pass.
Long years rolled by, ard OF the child no trace
Was left save in Loves memory; in his place
man self-doomed, viewing he'll as through a
glass
Ashes for beauty, for the light of day
Dark dreams. strange wanderiugs into regions
sad.
Then God took pity on his work defled,
And, seeing that in himself no power he had
OF resurrection from the miro and clay,
God changed him back into little child.
Pauline W. Roose.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09
4 Day.

T,,, ,..,tr. d,v. ike some sweet shepherdess,
la -,or.balcd all her horde Of little hours
Upon the grassy slopes Of idleness
And turne; them out to riot with the flowers
And now, across slender bridge OF hght,
Uomewarrt she gently guides her weary sheep,
And cradles them within the fold of night
And sets crescent moon to watch their sleep
-Thsodosia Garrison
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09
Aspiration.

/ envy not the sun
His. lavish light;
But o TO be the one
Pale orb Of night,
In silence and alone
Communing with mine ownl
] envy not the rain
That freshens all
The parching bill and plain;
But o the small
Night-dewdrop now to be.
Ny MONDAY flower, for thee,
John b. Tabb.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09
The London Academy" is responsible
for this:

BY way OF practical joke a typewriter copy
OF SCOTS "Ivanhoe" was recently sent around
to the publishers under the title ''When John
Was England's King" It was returned in every
case, among the letters of rejection being the fol
''Messrs Macmillan & Co regret to have to re-
turn when John Was Englands King but
they fear that interest in historical fiction is di
rninishiuG. Their readers report Of the story is
in the main favorable, hut he points out that the
charge Of initiating The Forest Lovers one of
Messrs. Macmilan's recent publications, might
perhaps be difficult to rebut. In his opinion the
author OF when John Was Engl1nd's King"
would perhaps have made hotter and more read
able book had he studied Mr.. Hewlett more care
fully"
''Messrs. Holder K storghton must decline
when John Was Englards King in its present
form. but il a few notifications were made they
feel that the story might BE- very popular and
profitable. The author. they would suggest.
might advan:agcously substitute a Christian girl
for the Jeyess Rebeccl Nessrs Holder x slough
ton having noticed. in their long experience, that
there is more money IN Christianity than in He
brai-in at any rate in books They would also
recommend an infusion of Sco.ch dialect, and a
nathetic scene between Ivanhoe and his mother
IL il could be arrangcd-would. they feel conylnc-
cd add 10 the st0ry's vogue.
..Nessrs Warde Locke * Co. would willingly
publish when John was Englnd's King If the
author would make O few alterations They beg
10 bring to his notice the accompanying works
BY Mr. Guy Boothhy, an acceptable writer in
their employ and TO suggest that lie should adapt
the story to the minds OF Mr. BoI,hby's numerous
readers By giving lvanhof more dash and ad-
dress by modcrnizjrc and acceer@tag the style,
and removing much Of the antiquarian padding,
this effect would they feel sure be attained
.NIr John Murray bcgs to return the Ms. OF
when John Was England's King and to quote
n massage from his resder's report thereon: 4
do not recommend this novel, although it Is
painstaliug and thorough. The author would,
think. have been wi..r had he chosen another
name for his hero. Ivanhoe has already been used
bv Sir Walter Scott"
..Messrs. smith. Elder & Co. thank the author q
When John Was England's King for the offer
of his story as a serial for the 'Cornhill Maya
zine but are obliged reluctantly to return II,
having made arrangements for a number OF serials
by Mr.. s. r. Crockett.
course, absolutely fictitious.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09

BiddIe University. Charlotte, N. c., and
Clahin University. orangeburg, S. C.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09
NOTES AND QUERIES.

In what year did Congress declare Labor p.,
a legal holidAy7 L. r.
In 1894. on June %.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09

What Is the swimming record for one miller
who made it and whenG EIGHTEEN.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-09

twenty-five minutes, 10 2-5 seconds. BY
]. a. Jarvis, in Abbey River, LEICESTER,
England, August s, 1893.