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4 Telephone Newspaper.

One q Edward Bellamy's boldest
conceptions vas his idea of speak
ing, singing. lccturing and concert
giving newspaper" He dreamt Of
the time when people would no longer
go to the printed newspapers for their
days news, but to the telephone re-
ceivers. 1t will come as surprise to
most to learn that this fancy has been
actually realized in Budapest, Hun
gary, where q telephone daily has
been in active operation for some
time.
Every day, from eight In the morn
ing to eleven at night, the "Telefon.
Hirmondo" Is busy sending the news
OF the world, hot from the wires. into
it's subscribers homes. In the edi-
torial rooms six "stentors" or speak
ers, with strong, clear voices, speak
the copy" into the transmitters.
At definite hours, concerts, or the
performances of the Royal Opera or
of the Municipal Operetta Theater,
are to be heard through the ear-tubes.
Eminent preachers. speakers, or
actors tell their stories to enormous
audiences scattered over the city. A
list of strangers arrivals, the cor
rect astronomical time, and list OF
amusements, are amorg the many
features of this marvellous institution
The exact time for each of the
news items is strictly regulated, and
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An Unweicome Kiss.

There could scarcely be found a
more demonstrative expression OF
gratitude on the part Of the freed
southern slaves for the service rer-
tered them by the Federal soldiers
than that related with mixed feelings
Of sadness and amusement by vet
eran attending the encampment. It
occurred at Norfolk. Va. soon after
the close of hostilities. The volunteer,
then young man. was strolling
through the streets when his uniform
caught the eye of "black NANNY"
She uttered cry Of delight and over
taking the soldier asked excitedly,
For de Lord. Massa. is you one of
.iem men what done sot us free?" The
soldier admitted that he was. when
without further ado the enthusiastic
nanny threw her fat arms about him
and pressed her black lips against his
bronze cheek in one resounding smack.
At first the military man was SO taken
back that he hardly knew what to do.
but it is sad to relate that the course
which he finally followed was not a
fitting return for the affection which
had been lavished upon him.
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Military SURGEONS.

The Spanish war has brought In its
train vast number of momentous
problems for solution by tie military
surgeons Of the United States. Co
operation is essential to the accom-.
rlishment of the task. Deployed all
along the advancing line Of civiliza-
ton, the medical officers of the Goth
century are less than ever In touch
with one another, and less than ever
accessible to the inspiration Of one
another's progress. The difficult but
Indispensable work Of combining CO.
operation with this unavoidable isola-
ton is one of the functions of the
Association of Military Surgeons OF
the United States. which. by its pub
l:cations, will afford to its members
the most recent information upon the
work done. not only by it's national
services in foreign stations, but upon
the auxiliary work Of the state forces
and the national bodies at home.
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Tn. Battle Of the Crater.

Capt. McCarty, late OF the Thir.
teenth Ohio cavalry, has very valu-
able book, in which is vivid descrip.
ton of the fight at the crater in front
of Petersburg, in which his regiment
took part and which lost heavily. The
regiment participated in great many
of the battles In which the Eastern
army was factor. but none was more
bloody or more fruitless in results
than the battle Of the crater.
1t followed Immediately upon the ex.
plosion of a mine by the Union forces,
but when the troops charged into the
breach it was found that the Confed-
crates had known Of the diggings of
the mine and just where it was 10.
Gated, had formidable works just to
the rear of it. and met our charging
troops with concentrated fire which
no body ofmen could stand before and
live. The description is written By
Howard Ashton of GAINESVILLE.
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Can Spiders Fly?

It is a common notion that spiders
can fly, and many people will aver
that they have seen them fly over
piece of water from flower in the
center What happens is really this:
Suppose a spider to have been blown
by a gust of wind to plant growing
in the middle of brook; there it is
prisoner, and. like all prisoners, anX-
ious to escape. How Is it to get across
the surrounding water In order to
reach dry land? It sets to work to
construct balloon; this will not be
of the orthodox shape. but it will be
an aerial vehicle that will take the
insect to land. The spider spins sew
eral threads and connects them, all
the while taking care to keep this web
attached to the plant. SO that it shall
not float away. The insect labors till
it thinks the balloon strong enough
to bear the weight. then tries it. II
not strong enough, the work Of con
struction is continued. When the
balloon Is completed the spider places
itself firmly on or in it. breaks the
rope" that has held the flying ma
chine captive all the time, and IL
| waited away to land. When the dis
| tance is short the spider makes line
| composed of few threads, and waits
till strong puff Of wind blows 1t out
straight. Then the insect trips along
| it and tumbles On land.
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The oey Thas Ye0 Used 20 ee.
Would you know him again to-day.
II nc somehow should come to you.
II. laA halted you on the way.
Would your memory serve you tfueE
With. the air Of the old boy-days.
with he smile that was glad ana
free.
would you know. II he: met your case,
J-st the boy that you used to be!
Ho! The boy th~t you used to Be.
Ere you wrinxled with care ana fret!
What wonder II you could see
Tat boy! Isn't he living yet!
Does he never come back in dreams.
Made Of memorys witchery!
Straight and fair in its rosy, gleams-
Just the boy that you used to be!
Do you never hold speech with him
In that past with it, afterglow?
See his figure. though blurred md dim?
Ask him why did he ever go?
Do you never go hand-in-hand-
Wander back. till again you see
All the cha m Of the old boy-land
With the boy that you used to be!
| Does ne i,now you. when oft he comes
| Where you're dreaming your dreams
| alone:
| Il the melody that he huns
| But the one that to song has grown:
| Hoaest-h ,arted. and white Of soul
| Do you know such one as he!
| Then you're reaching the greatest goal
Just the boy you used to be!
w. d. Nesoit in Baltimore American.
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Ancient State PaIettes.

Wonderfully carved slate palettes
have just been found by Prof. Petrie
al Hierakonopolis. They were EN-
ployed by the queens and princesses
Of the first rulers of Egypt as recep'
tacles for holding the paint used IN
the preparation OF their elaborate
toilets. The hollow r!nged space In
the center was utilized for holding the
paint.
They were found in the great tombs
of the predynastic kings who reigned
S 900 to 5000 years before Christ. The
palettes are considered to be the most
important early monuments SO far re-
covered, and are of especial interest
zoologically. as showing several ami
mails now extinct in Egypt.
The sculptures on the states arc
supposed to commemorate battles and
victories about the time Of kint
Menes, the first ruler Of united Egypt
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A Miraculous Appie.

You can divide an apple into sew
eral parts without cutting the rine
Pass a needle and thread under the
rind of the apple, which is easily done
by putting the needle in again each
time at the same hole it came out OF
and 80 passing on until you have gone
around the apple. Then take both ends
of the thread in your hands and pull;
by this means the apple will be d.
vided into two parts. In the same way
you can divide 1t into as many parts
as you please, the rind remaining en-
tire.
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AZ Verona.
A voice in the scented night.
A step where the rose trees Olo"
o Love. and o Loves delight!
Cold star at the blue vaults height
What is 1t that shakes you so7
A voice In the scented night
She comes in her beauty bright.
She comes in her young loves gov"
o Love. and o Loves delight!
She bends from her easement white,
And she hears 1t hushed ana low.
A voice in the scented night.
And he climbs by that stairway slight.
Her passionate Romeo
O Love. and O Loves delight!
And 1t stirs US still. in spite
or its 'ever so long ago."
That voice In the scented night,
O Love, and 0 Loves delight!
Austin Dobson in Century.
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The Moose.

The moose or elk Is the largest
member Of the deer family; it lives iE
Northern Europe and America. 1t Ia
good runner when the ground Is
solid and leads the hunter a long
chase, but when the snow Is deep 1t Is
easily secured because of Its awkward
gait when running. 1t is hunted on
snow shoes in winter, and it feeds on
the twigs of trees. The skin makes
very good leather, 1t Is soft and thick.
The moose can be trained to draw
sledges and become a beast of burden.
and is q good swimmer. The antlers
of the moose are very heavy, but they
serve as kind of wings and help
them along.
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have, and that is the apple tree anG
the little old cannon In the grass with
the birds nest Just inside its mouth.
l often &;nk how surprised the can
non must be every summer to have
a bird fly out Of it instead Of a can
non ball. The cannon Is 200 years old
We arc quite sure Of this because a
date was put ON it when 1t was made,
but we know nothing about the first
hundred years of its life, and we do
not believe even the bird does which
has built it's nest within 1t, although
we think the robin that sings in the
arple tree may know a great deal
nore about the apple trees story than
We do.
We. for instance, only know 1t as
far back as the year when the boys
went blueberrying in the sheep pas
ture. That was in 1856. Possibly
some great-great-grandmo robin
may have sung about the years before
to the little baby robins, and they,
when they grew up, to the other little
baby robins. until in this way the
story has come down to the robins
which sing to US n0w.-St. Nicholas.
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At Gettysburg.

'The bent line was kept ny oAoSe
the straight line by Doubleday, HOW
ard. Cibbon, Sickles. Sykes. sedgwlcK
was in reserve. The federals had tne
short line. About o'clock THURSDAY
the sesond days battle commenced
with an attack on Sickles, Afterwards
ON Birrey.
1.-The troops on the Salient were
driven away. but others seized the
Round Tops. which Lee wanted. Ine
battle was resumed At the left on the
Cemetery. and the confederates rear
fu,lv slaughtered. At night they at
tackled the refused line on the TocAs
and timbered left rear, and were
beaten everywhere except at one un'
closed point. Pickett did not get up
till that night. The next morning 'ne
confederates were driven out OF tneir
,odement in Volts hill. and the union
army With closed lines, awaited the
assault upon the Cemetery HILL no"
the center and bastion .,
"From / to 3 O'Clock the full artli-
ery on both sides cannonadeu. put tne
union position had been tortlhea anu
when Pickett's and Pettigrews in1aht-
~ stormed they were disslpated,
while an attempt to flank the ltouno
Tons and seize the trains was put 10
confusion by Kilpatrick's cavalry.
The confederates had lost 6,Soo "'ll'
ed. &c, 900 wounded and 1900 prison
ers and deserters. The federals los!
4,s34 killed. nearly $4,000 woundea
and 900 prisoners, and had eighteen
;,nportart generals killed or wound
ad the invaders a dozen. The feder
ais had the fewer troops and tne
FEWER engaged.
saturday the dead were buried anc
the invading army withdrew over tnt
South mountain to HaserstoWn
which they reached Monday. July IA
Lee rccrossed the Potomac at WI
Transport, Md. Twenty-Five days mac
been the limit of any part OF tina
army occupying the country north
the Potomac, from van coming in t.
rear going out
Upon the union side the only con
troversy has been whether meade puf
sued promptly. The opportunity t.
take the confederate army was aE
parently as good after Five Forks.
The confederate authorities hav
differed as to whether Lee shoui'
have attacked or flanked, whethe
Stuart ruined him or he lost his ST
perb equipoise. But there were n
more invssions Of the free states. Th
war fell back to Winchester, where
began, ard thence to Petersburg. e,
posing Richmond 1t retired fror
Vicks burg to Chattanooga at the sam
time"
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Woman Made Good Soldier.

Perhaps in all the tales Of the war
there could not be found a more de.
voted incident than that of the enlist
ment of Mary Owens Of Danville, Pa.
This woman wanted to accompany her
husband to the war and share its
hardships ard its victories with him.
When she had fully made up her mind
she went to the enlisting officer and
passed the examination, giving the
name of John Evans. Side by side
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cork, and then put long chicken or
other feathers in the other end. -
shown In the picture. When the dart
Is thrown it will 60 straight. with the
pointed nail first, and stick In IN apple
or 4 piece, Of wood or anything like
that which Il hits. Another way to
use 1t 10 to tie 4 string around the CEN
ter Of the cork and swing the dart
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Paint Palette 1000 Years Old.

One of the most noteworthy OF
these palettes shows race OF beard
ed warriors, evidently engaged IN
hunting. Tae majority are armed
with bows and arrows, having Hint
heads and feathered on both sides OF
the shaft. Two had lassOes..
A peculiar feature observed on the
the original was that the eyes OF all
the animals had been bored out. evil
dently VITA drill, and inlaid with
some substance like glass. That the
race which made these had high artis-
tic taste is shown by the objects
themselves, which are far superior IN
execution to any later Egyptian woTk.
Baltimore American.
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rb,a arand Amy, !

Tire Grand Army.
Never "A army like that ne'er sucn
men ~ they.
\ Ne.er . title 70 grand. OF cause 70
Ana never : victor 20 ennob'ed the
wen ifand ne'er their mate. and biess'd .
be their fate!
FOr the grandcst Of all We can Ooase =.
,s-s~-- to-day
Are the Ynatchless men Of the @. A. T..
AZ they march meath the nags tn~s
they brought from the fray;
Their story Il written In ev'ry star!
Through many q battle they've carried
But one by one they are falling away:
StIll proudly they carry their ne"o'
white and hoary-
Number their ranks on Memorial uAS.l
Let III treasure them dearer, anu 'o''o'
them more.
For they made possible all VIC pos
The Republic will know no soca "e'oes
e'er more. >.
Rrayely their country to hold anu y
bless!
:, Wen have patriots and. heroes t''' '"'
end OF Time. J., o.
And many triumph TO te" ."
union; ,
but none will outlive US IN stoFs sNo
lime. -. g,
Like tho brave men who fought 10
the Union! .,,,,r
Long may they live and ever III se0AI
ture and song
Their names be told. as their neeos
renOwn'd- 49, .
trhcse Incompatible Ve1 rams
us bclongl.
And all al last In Heaven be crowned
Jennie Porter Pardec.
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lndiscrjm!nate Giving.

At not very rare intervals some per-
son will write to the posts OF the
Grand Army, soliciting aid In some
way, and the sympathy. which the old
soldiers have for each other, often
prompts them to assist. This is frown-
ed upon by the department, and Com
mander Weber Of an Ohio post. has
the following to say in recent order:
There is growing tendency both
in and out of the order to solicit aid
from the posts of the Grand Army
and therefore great care should be
exercised to the end that they may
not contribute to unworthy causes. II
IL best rot to contribute at all unless
the solicitations are approved by the
department commander.
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A Queer Carrot.

The accompanying drawing repre-
sents very singularly formed carrot
dug up the other day in London sub
urban back garden at Nunhead. The
malformed rootlets have sort of fan
tastic resemblance to a miniature hu-
man trunk, grotesquely armed and
legged. The carrot measured across
at the widest part two inches and a
i, -lf. and its length Exclusive of tbs
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THE Appie Tree's Story.

The Apple Trees Story.
see on peoples tables a great
many books with pictures In them
about old gardens. Aunt Elinor's gar
den looks like the most beautiful one
described in the books, but 1t has
what none Of the written-about ones
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Generally when women are careless
about the way their legs can be seen
there is good reason for it.
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Bird Battles.


An unwritten law Of birddom seems
to be that It is never worth while to
resist an opponent who seems to Ps
in deadly earnest. unless you havo
reason to be in deadly earnest yoRr'
self. One result of this Is that you
often see large birds hying" In appar
ent terror before angry small ones.
Within few minutes the other moEn-'
ing (writes E. X. r. in Country Life).
saw separate missel thrushes hotly
pursued by chafanch, yellow-hammer,
and sparrow respectively. and rook
pursued with equal vigor by . missel
thrush; while a few weeks before q
tiny willow wren used to chase the
sparrows and chaffinches which chase
the missel thrush that chases the rook.
More than this, the rook will gayly
hunt the sparrow hawk, which would,
eat the willow wren at mouthfuf
almost. So that we have = circle,
which could be indefinitely expanded
with intermediate gradanons. showing
how little logic there is in the warfare
of wild birds.
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Electric Shock Restores Hearing.

Electric Shock He0tore8 6eattn9.
Almost totally deaf for seven years.
and after large expenditure with fruit
less results upon the part of his par
ents, Charles Mccormick, aged eleven
years, suddenly regained his hearing
in Pittsburg in peculiar manner.
While at play he stepped on fallen
telephone wire. He was thrown vio-
lently to the ground and badly shock
ed. When taken home by his compan-
ions his parents were amazed to find
that the boy had completely regained
his hearing.-Philadelp Public
Ledger.
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In the social swim life preservers
are not SO important as reputation
preservers.
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liz announced to the subscsfbefs ovegy;
morning. Thus. each subscrlbsr nee4s
only listen to the news that partieot
larly interests him, and can always -
sure of hearing 1t at the prodlcte9s
minute. In case. however. Of DeSS
ticularly important news coming ~
hand, It II Immediately announced,
and special alarm signals are rlang.
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Can't &c Too Many Flags.

The suggestion made by Mr.. Can
non in speech on the Appropriations
bill in the house last spring that
some day we will never be out OF
sight of Old Glory" is being serious
~ discussed. 1t is altogether probable
that some movement Will be made to
accomplish this very desirable ad-
vance in patriotic teaching during the
next session of congress. This Will
certainly happen il the people push!
the idea. Uncle Sans property and
the place where his business is trans
acted ought to bear his sign manual.
There can never be too many flags
flying
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Ae Get the Oysters.

Ne Get the Oysters.
This good story is told on certain
captain of the old Fourteenth Massa-
!; cnusetts when they were stationed
here In Washington.
The aforesaid captain was somewhat
| noted for his love for good things
gastronomic, and one day dispatched
| cne of his live Yankees" OF to Alex
| andria to get some fresh oysters. CIV
ing him instructions not to return
without the bivalves. The man went
| off and no more was seen OF him lot
several days. The indignant and dis
| appointed captain reported him as
deserter and gave him up as lost
child" But after lapse Of nine days.
Bailey, for that was his name, came
into camp, leading 8 train OF four
horse wagons loaded with oysters. Ap'
preaching and respectfully saluting
the amazed and speechless captain,
Bailey said:
Here are your oysters, captain
Couldn't find any in Alexandria, so
chartered a schooner and made voy
. age to Fortress Monroe and Norfolf
. for them. There's about 200 bushels
, where do you want 'em?"
, Bailey did really make the trip
: Hired his men. sold oysters enough II
Georgetown before reporting" to pa!
: all expenses and leave him a profit
e about 800. The 200 bushels were dl
i. vided among the regiment. and Bale
D returned to his duty.
e Soldiers and citizens In Washingto
r made good money in those days trae
a ing in oysters and everything to ca
e and Bailey was not the only soldie
" who made such expeditions down tn
river.
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lines, is red.
The flag below the Stars and Stripes
is one of those carried at Bunker Hill.
Before our flag was designed the diff
ferent colonies used different flags,
several Of them showing the pine tree.
This flag, like the flag Of ITS. shows
a strong likeness to the English flag.
The ground is blue. the field in the
corner white with red cross. and a
green pine tree.
The last banner Is the one known as
the STARS and Bars" the flag OF the
Southern Confederacy. This flag was
suficiently like the flag Of the union
to cause confusion at times OF bat
tle so it was changed for the South
ern Cross. which is the flag that We
commonly see. The one before you
was, however. the real flag Of the
South. The stripes are red and white,
the white one being in the middle.
The star are white on blue ground.
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A Good Dart.

To make the dart, stick a sharp
horseshoe nail through good-sized
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4 Prehistoric Sun Picture.
In the district of Chacula. in 0uAte
smala, was recently found asfmn0. 1aS

stone, on which was carved picture
of the sun, and ~ near 1t arc ruins
Of an ancient temple antiquarians are
of the opinion that it 10 . relic Of an
cient sun worship. In addition to
this curious stone other evidences OF
a very ancient worship were found.
and all bore testimony to the fact that
when this old temple flourished the
sun was adored as god. The picture
on the stone. though somewhat crude.
nevertheless shows careful workman
ship, and the relic Is certainly OF ex.
ceptional interest both from . re.
ligious and from an artistic point OF
view.
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The flags pictured above are all
American.
The first, which we know well, is
the flag of our country to-day. 1t was
designed under the direction OF Gen.
Washington. and was made by Mrs.
Betsy Ross. The thirteen stripes rep
resent the thirteen original states, the
stars represent the number of states
now in the union. 1t is impossible,
in SO small a drawing, to put in the
full number of stars.
How many should there be?
Paint the stripes alternately red and
white, putting red oEe at the top.
The stars, as you all Know, are white
on blue ground.
The next flag is one that was used
in 1775, before the final break with
England. The body CT the nag is red.
the field in the corner blue, with the
double cross white. The single cross.
the part which is shown by the oblique
Stitch a rev of beading (about an
inch and a half from edge) on one side
Of each handkerchief.
Baste the handkerchiefs together so
as to form a bag. Run baby ribbon
through beading, and draw the top
together. keeping the bag style.
Make bows or rosettes Of ribbon and
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around your hand. Be careful not to
hit anybody with 1t, for 1t may hurt
them very badly.
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A Gigantic Tree.

a Gigantic Tree.
John Muir, famous natur9
explorer of the Pacific slope
covered q tree in the Genert
National Park, California,
passes in measurements q
gigantic rivals of the SeQut
1t is 1O9 feet In circumferen
a finer specimen in ever-
great trees which ha:
Oft the honors Of hu