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Egyptian Arithmetic Finds.

A book was unearthed in Egypt re-
Gently which shows that the Egyp-
tians understood arithmetic over 5000
years ago. 1t is volume evidently
intended for the teaching Of pupils at
home. The leaves are papyrus, and are
in an excellent state Of preservation.
Explorers estimate that the book was
made about the year 100 B. c., or
before the time Moses led the children
Of Israel out of the house Of bondage.
In the elementary principles Of arith-
metic the system disclosed IS not un-
like that Of to-day. Examples show
that the main operations Of the Egyp-
tians with entire units and fractions
were made by means of addition and
multiplication. Subtraction and divis-
ion were not known in their present
form, but correct results were OBJ
tanned. Examples in quotations were
also found in the book.
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strictions places them beyond the pale
AMERICA

strictions places them beyond the pale
Of our work. Omitting the English
schools, any one Of the others has
q distinct advantage over our schools
from the fact that reading and spell
Ing are mastered in three years, be-
cause words are spelled as spoken.
Many Of our pupils are unable to read
English after ten years steady appli-
cation. Arithmetic Is much easier
abroad, because the tables are founded
On the decimal system, like our money.
md require very little memorizing.
1t is conceded that a boy coming out
IF the preparatory school on the Con-
tinent is about two years ahead Of
our boy Of the same age who is gradu-
ating from our high school. While this
Is true, our boy has done at least
three years more work in mastering
the reading, spelling and grammar Of
our difficult language with it's barbar-
Gus spelling and numerous i1regulari-
ties Of grammar.
The openness of mind so noticeable in
the American youth is totally lacking
In the foreign student, and he is held
to the facts in his books until he has
no breadth Of range. He spends much
less time in the open air and takes less
exhilarating exercise than our boys.
Add to this the scientific ventilation
of our school rooms. the dash of our
methods, lack Of desire to cram book
knowledge, shorter hours of instruc-
ton, more cheerful methods, periods Of
relaxation more frequent, and it is
no wonder our boys grow two inches
taller than the foreign boys when
taken age for age.
We aim as nearly as possible to de-
velop the mental and physical natures
of the student at the same time. The
success of this plan, think. is evident
from the number of young men at the
head of the many large industrial es-
tablishments in America successfully
competing with the product Of the
world in every line.-W. E Watt, in
the Chicago Record-Herald.
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ing the several thousand medals to be
given to the meritorious and the val
orous Of our navy during the campaign
in the West Indies in 1893. TIL Sc
medals are to commemorate participa-
ton in certain naval engagements,
principally on the coast Of Cuba, and
to distinguish those officers and men
whose specially meritorious service
other than the battle is particularly
deserving Of recognition. From the
man behind the gun to the man be-
fore the blazing furnace in the fire.
room, every one on ship in battle will
receive battle medal. and, if in more
than one engagement, an added bar, in
stead of another medal, for each addi-
tional action - the bar to bear the
name and date Of the subsequent fight.
The diverse Of the battle medal will
bear the head of the commander-in-
chief Of the whole campaign, encircled
by the inscription, ~. S. Naval Cam
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! WHERE AMERICAN
! SCHOOLS EXCEL.
= HE American schoolboy is two
inches taller than the aver
Particulars in Which European
Schools Are Deficient.
Coco OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

~ HE American schoolboy is two
inches taller than the aver
age European schoolboy Of
like age. I am positive in this
declaration after a tour Of inspection
! Of the various schools Of Europe, and
| I place the usefulness Of the instruc-
tion impaired, from an educational
and hygienic point Of view, as fol-
lows: First, the United States; second,
England; third, Germany, closely fol-
lowed by France and Russia.
There is q great difference in the
school systems, but in two ways is
this more noticeable, viz, inspection
of school work and its results. The
system of inspection abroad has been
developed to such an extent that it is
more of a science than an ordinary
routine, as in this country. The in
spector spends at least day a month
In each room, making copious notes Of
both teachers and pupils work, criti-
cising in open class the deficient stud
les and commencing those that are
satisfactory.
One report that saw in Kenmare,
and prepared by the regular govern
ment officer, had the results carefully
tabulated. One copy was handed the
teacher, another was sent to the Board
If Education, and another was retained
by the inspector to aid him in his fu-
ture visits, thus leaving something tan
gible for the teacher and pupils to
work on. The report set forth that
the department of the pupils was prop
erly maintained, but that the reading
Of the class was away below par;
mathematics was fair, spelling excel
lent, penmanship could be improved
on, history was excellent, but geogra-
ply Of the Western Hemisphere was
very poor, and grammar was all that
could be expected. With such report
the teacher had some tangible basis
to work on before the next appearance
Of the inspector, before which time it
was expected the deficiency in studies
would be made up.
The inspection Of class work in our
Chicago schools forms quite con-
trast with this. Here the assistant
superintendent rarely spends over a
half hour, and no report is made to the
teacher that would aid in remedying
defects, but she is left in ignorance of
how her work compares with other
teachers efforts.
At the same time I am willing to
concede that it is possible to be more
definite abroad than at home, owing
to more specific aims in the minds of
both the educators and textbook writ
ers. Textbooks are rarely changed
abroad, and a student Is taught rather
to grasp and retain detailed inforIna-
lion than look for it himself. Binders,
as 1t were, are placed on his eyes, so
that he is unable to look sidewise.
Certainly these schools are more ad-
vanced in theory than ours, but we
surely excel them from practical
side.
Any one Of the foreign schools is
better equipped, more expensive to
maintain and better fitted to exert
an influence in the student body than
purs, but the medieval practice Of re-
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CHAPTER XIII.

1t was the police sergeant who had
taken Nell Claris to Sir Neville Bax
who had brought to Shingle End the
warrant for Miss Bostars arrest. This
warrant he had not, so far, had an op-
portunity of showing to the Colonel.
Now, however, that the lady had dis
appeared, and it had become necessary
to search the place, and more thor
oughly, the sergeant respectfully
turned to the old gentleman to inform
the latter Of the authority by which he
acted.
Colonel Bostal, divining the mans
intention, made a gesture of horror,
and without staying either to hear the
mans explanation or to look at the
warrant, retreated hastily into the
house.
Clifford, however, caught sight Of the
paper in the officers hands, and some
thing Of the truth was suddenly re-
vealed to him. 1t flashed upon him so
abruptly, this knowledge, that the
shock turned him sick and giddy. 1t
in a hoarse and tremulous voice:
rs that warrant?"
"Yes, sir"
"For whom?"
Miss Bostal."
And the policeman continued his
search about the garden and the house
for the lady who had so mysteriously
disappeared.
'Then it is Miss Bosta, - whom
George Claris wants to see?"
The innkeeper, who had now sub
sided into a stolid silence and tran.
guilty, was watching the front door
of the house. 1t was Hemming VINO
answered.:
Eyes, sir. He's not quite himself
yet, but he's not too far off it to have
been of use to us. We've had him un
der our eye these last few days, and
whenever he gets the chance he makes
straight for this house. and clamors tc
see the woman VINO robbed him. Sc
we brought him with us tonight tc
confront her. She wouldn't give us
the chance till we got the warrant
"She doesn't seem to mean to give
you chance now," observed Clifford.
Hemming affected to think that hel
capture was only matter of minutes
as he kept to his post, watching the
front Of the house, while the othel
men searched the premises at the back
But he hardly looked SO confident a:
might have been expected from hi'
words.
Indeed, he had cause for uneasiness
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Native Homo OF Cholera.

The marshy ground Of the Ganges
delta, with it's vast masses Of vege-
tation, decaying under tropical sun,
is the native home Of the cholera. In
that pestilential region the cholera and
plague are found every year and all
the year round. Every cholera cpl
demic which has desolated Europe,
every visitation of the plague, is be-
lieyed to have started from the mouth
Of the Ganges.
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eastern coast of the island, the capital,
instead Of Antananariwo the present
capital Of Madagascar. The reason for
this transformation is said to lie in
tie fact that the country around An
tananariwo is not fit for any agricul-
tural purposes, while the coast dis.
tricts are reported to be fertile and
rich in mineral deposits, two facts
which will no doubt induce immigrants
to settle down there.
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points. The design has been made pur.
posely simple.
German Trade Secrets.

The Germans are very jealous IN
guarding their trade secrets. and I
find it difficult to obtain information
concerning new inventions and pro.
cesses of public interest, which is al.
ways freely communicated In the
United States. The patent laws over
here are even more protective in the
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Molasses an Animal Food.

Many agriculturists in Europe have
long been convinced that molasses Is
an admirable food for horses and cat
tie. and their conviction is now
stronger than ever owing to certain
experiments which have recently been
tried, and which have proved eminently
successful.
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door to raise the can to the surface. If
several cans are provided the ashes
may easily be stored in the basement
until the ashman comes to collect, and
as the cans are emptied directly into
the wagon there is no occasion for the
use Of a shovel or raising dust in the
house.
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interest of patentees, but there seems
to be an apprehension lest information
obtained for American newspapers
may in some way be utilized by
Yankee ingenuity to the disadvantage
Of Germany.-Berlin Letter, in Chicago
Record-Herald.
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The Great Staple.

Rice forms a larger part Of human
food than the product Of any other
one plant, being the diet Of India,
China and the Malayan Islands, and
occupying place on the tables of nine
ty per cent. Of the ir"abitants Of the
civilized world. One ,ay safely ven
ture the assertion thai 800, 600, 600 peo-
pie eat rice every day in the year.
New York Press.
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Castles on tho Rhine River

A German authority states that
from the mouth to the source Of the
Rhine, 725 castles, formerly the homes
of warlike chiefs, are to be found over
looking its waters.
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W<StStSst< II ~ sss 'N Ts< ~ "fsN NVHWs
SPANISH WAR MEDALS
FOR The NAVY.

TN expectation of a ceremonial pre-
sentation Of a part Of the medals
won in the late war with Spain, the
= Philadelphia mint is now going
light ahead with the work Of fashion
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,AuTnor Of 4" The House on lhs Har5h." erc.l
lCopyright, 1896, by Robert Bonner's Sons. :.
CHAPTER XXI.


CHAPTER XXI.
Continued.
'I thought it was Miss Theodore
She was always running in and out O.
the garden, feeding the chickens o.
looking for eggs or fetching wood froH
the stack at the side of the house o.
water from the we'll"
$50 that you just thought it was she
and then troubled yourself no more
about itw
"Yes."
Ibid you hear, or think you heard
her come in again?"
There was pause. Then Nell whis
pered:
"Yes."
"When was it?'
"It was-a long while after, just be-
fore I took the tea into the dining
room"
Sir Neville laid down the pen which
he had been holding, clasped his hands
and looked over his writing-table al
her with an air Of evaporation.
'Now, my dear girl, why on eartf
didn't you tell the coroner that?"
II couldn't have told them that in
my answers to their questions" replied
Nell, earnestly. Don't you remember
that all they asked me was whether
had been outside the house, not wheth
er I had heard anybody else go in OF
out?"
Sir Neville did remember. He asked
one more question.
II have heard report that canvas
bag containing the money collected
for the shipwrecked sailors on the
night before your uncle went out Of
his mind was found in your room. Is
that true"
"No, sir. Meg, my uncle's servant
and found it on the mat at the foot
of the stairs. And that is really all
have to tell you, sir" said Nell. with
an air of relief at having finished the
odious recital.
well, that is enough for our pur'
pose, fortunately" said Sir Neville, as
he rose to ring the bell. "And now
you must come into the drawing-room
and let Lady Neville give you glass
of wine. You are little bit Of her
oine, although you have certainly
not done much to facilitate the course
of justice" he wound up, with dig,
nified shake Of the head.
But Nell refused to go to be shown
off 1.-The drawing-room, refused even
to have a glass Of wine or cup Of tea
brought to her in the study before she
went. She was white, trembling, mis-
cradle. But she felt that she wanced
to be alone, to cry her eyes out at the
terrible fact that she had been forced
at last to assist the justice which she
would have diverted from the Grim
inal if she could. One question, how.
ever, she had to put in her turn before
she left the presence Of the magistrate
"They will bring it in that she was
mad, of course, will they not?' she
asked, anxiously, but with an attempt
to appear quite sure of his answer.
Sir Neville's answer was not reas-
suring, and the look which accompa-
MED it was still less so.
"That is matter for after considera-
tion."
Nell walked to the door with stag
gering feet. Miss Theodore murder.
ess! In danger Of penal servitude. if
not Of hanging! The thought was too
overwhelmingly horrible!
Nell tottered to the cab and was
driven back to her lodging at Court
stairs in an almost fainting condition
a few minutes before the police ser
geant who had been her escort to Sir
Neville's started for Shingle End with
a warrant for Miss Bostal's apprehen-
sion,
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FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
A French priest named Julien and
two Chinese converts were murdered
in Kwangsi Province, China. Chinese,
officials said the murderers were rob-
bers.
A wall Of the Smithfeld fax mills,i
Belfast, Ireland, collapsed, burying the
operatives, whoincluded many women
The proposal submitted by the Swe-
dish Foreign Minister to the Norwe-,
gian Minister Of State for the appointi
ment of q committee from Sweden and
Norway to consider the abolition Of
the present joint consular system. was
adopted and the committee was ap-
pointed.
Lord Cranborne, Under Secretary fer
Foreign Affairs, said in the British
House Of Commons that Great Britain
though she agreed before the Spanish
war to 4 joint note urging further ne
gotiations, declined later proposals i'm
plying pressure on the United States.
Transvaal war affairs were consid-
cred in both the British and French
Parliaments, Mr.. Chamberlain deelar-
ing in the former that determination Of
the Eoers was not England's policy.
The Prince Of Wales will represent
King Edward at the coronation Of
King Alfonso Of Spain next May.
Herr Won Benningsen, Landrath OF
Hanover, Germany, who fought duel
with Herr Falkenhagen, died ss a re-
suit of his wounds.
Ill feeling between Albert Graves
and George Gillon at Alberton, P. E.
l., caused the fatal shooting Of Graves
by Gillon.
1t is said Emperor William may visit
America later: meanwhile preparations
are being made on both sides Of the
ocean for Prince Henry's tour.
The duelling controversy in Germany
was renewed by the Won Benningsen-
Falkenhagen affair. :.
Property owners at st. Croix, D. W.
L., objected to the sale of the island
to the United States.
Arthur Balfour, First Lord of the
Treasury and Government leader in the
House of Commons, announced In the
House that if Colonel Arthur Lynch,
Member-elect from Galway, landed in
England he would be arrested immedi.
ately. rsM
Lieutenant.General Sir Henry LIE
Quay Geary was appointed Governor
of the Bermudas.
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Very Good, Indeed.
Fishing With Saws and Axes.

FIBnlnR WICu oHWB Huu zh1cos
At the St. Mary's reservoir the re.
cent cold snap has made the ice about
nine inches thick and on account of the
low water thousands of nice black bass
have been frozen in the ice. People
come in large numbers and saw or
chop out small blocks Of ice containing
the fish and take them home.-Colum'
bus (Ohio) Dispatch.
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Automatic Kettle Lid.

Among the kitchen novelties just
placed on the market is a tea kettle Of
aluminium, provided with a very at.
tractive feature in q method Of raising
the lid for filling the kettle, without
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the necessity Of touching 1t. On one
side Of the lid is a projecting arm. so
that a downward pressure Of the
handle raises the lid. When the handle
Is raised the lid falls back Of its own
weight.
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The End Of q Capital. -.

a report from Paris Is to the effect
that General Gallieni the Governor
General of Madagascar, is about to
make the port of Tamatave, on the
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The First Daily Paper

Germany holds the record for the
first daily paper. 1t was printed in
1924.
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Sillicus-"Some men are born gen
tlemen." Miss Pcrt-"And some girlD
have gentlemen thrust upon them."
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OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

Governor General Wood Appropriated
$4,000 for the construction Of a pier
and freight house at Matanzas, Cuba. |
At Manila breakdowns Of Govern.
ment employees from oYerwork will
probably result in a Saturday half
holiday being granted.
Senior Gomez, President Of the town
of Pasig, Province Of Manila, was ar
rested on the charge Of appropriating
municipal taxes to his personal use. !.
The Hong Kong junta gave the In,
surgent chief Lukban, in Samar, per-
mission to surrender.
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Literary Traveller Ito depressed-look.
ing resident outside country church
yard)-"Interesting old place this. sir.
ANY folklore or fairy tales connected
with it?"
Grumpy Resident (who has evidently
been left out of a wilD-"There isn't
any folklore in this neighborhood, and
the only fairy tales you'll find are in
the churchyard-on the tombstones."
-Moonshine.
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DOMESTIC.

.l.
The transport Grant, with Governor
Taft. of the Philippines. on board, ar.
rived at San Francisco, Cal.
R. Mellis, a chemist In the National
Tube Works. from Boston, and Miss
Nellie Coursin. daughter Of former
Mayor B. B. Coursin. were drowned
in the river at McKeesport, Penn,
while skating. 1.
Burglars entered the residence OF
James McCune at Columbus, Ohio, and
robbed a safe of $4,000 worth Of
registered United States bonds.
John Garwood was shot and instant
ly killed by John Bauman, a farmer,
at Van Vert, Ohio. to whose fifteen.
year-old daughter Garwood had been
paying attention. Bauman gave hfm.
self up. /
Professor W. G. Crossman and his
ffteen-year-old son were caught on al
trestle near Brennan, Tex, and rum
down by passenger train. Both were
instantly killed. !
The German Consul at Chicago called;
upon Mayor Harrison to require guar
antees Of protection from Anarchists
in the event Of Prince Henry's visit
ing that city. /
. The King Of Korea's second son, ai
student in this country, was sued for
an alleged promissory note Of $50, 600. I
The Globe yarn mills, in Fall River.|
Mass, were damaged about $200,000
by fire. 3;
Suffocated by gas, George F. Smith,
father Of the Iowa Congressman OF
that name, was found dead in Council
Bluffs, Iowa.
A cave-in at the new Stock Exchangei
building in New York City killed two
men.
George F. Stone, brother Of, Miss
Helen Stone, who is held captive i'm
Bulgaria, died at the Massachusetts,
General Hospital in Boston, aged six
ty-three years.
John Howard Bryant, the only reI
naming brother Of the poet, William
Cullen Bryant, and himself poet, poll
itician and business man, died at his
home in Princeton, Ill, aged ninety.
four years.
General William J. Palmer 1onated
$4,000 cash and 100 acres to 70 md 81
S250,000 sanitarium at Colorado
Springs, Col, for consumptives. A
stock company>i is forming.
William Marshall Scribner, widely
known, as the author Of penmanshipE
copybooks, died at Chicago. His name
as author, 1t is said, has appeared on
100000 copybooks.
President Roosevelt made arrange
ments to visit the Charleston Exposi5
ton on February -.
Directors Of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition voted against postponingl
the opening Of the st. Louis Worlds
Fair until 1904.
Sheriff Frank Smith and his deputy,
George Beck, were killed by highway
men in the vicinity Of Anadarke, i
Oklahoma Territory.