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HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS.
De Interested In Them, but Never
Show Curiosity.

Be Interested In Them, but Never
Show Curiosity.
II You would have friends, be inter
ested in them.
There is a difference between inter
est and curiosity, Never be curious,
Interest asks nothing, but is glad
OF others joys and sorry for others
misforlunes, Curiosity seeks Ia find
more than is written upon the surface.
seeks Il for the purpose or distrlbu'
ton, for innocent SANDER
Ones friends like one TO be inter
ested, They detest one WHO is curl
Gus,
To be interested in those one meets
needs but TO wish them well.
To see the best OF those about us
will cause us to wish them well.
To our wcll.wishers we pour out our
Joys and sorrows. They are interest
cd. They understand,
The interested friend always under
stands. The curious acquaintance
never secs through motives. The curl
Gus one IL blinded by his own inter
probation of causes and his prejudiced
view of results,
Don't. therefore. seek to know what
Is hidden. If your friends conccals
something from you he has n reason
for doing II. Prove your interest and
your lack of vulgar curiosity by trust
: ing him in spite of the concealment.
Those who are truly interested
and never curious are surrounded by
| friends.-Detroit Tribune.
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"LARnlN' or LESSER VALUE.
Irlshman's story Showed u 10 the
Brains that Count


"When | was in Cork last" said
Chauncey Olcott, Il got acquainted
with one of those really good story
tcllcrs who have helped make Ireland
famous. Some incident came up In
the local courts which brought out
'lhe following:
"'Ah, il isn't always the larnin' that
counts in man. II the brains are In
MIN they'll work without trainin,
though maybe a little touchin' up
doesn't hurt.
Now. there was me ould frind
Tom sullivan, who med piles ~ money
ON horse dealin' In Cork's own town
an was Magistrate a all, though he
couldn't tell his own name II he saw
II in writin. Well. | mind the day
Scrgt Darcy brought Pete Garvcy mp
before Tom for bein' drunk and dis
orderly in the public streets"-as they
saw. Now Darcy was n bit Of bog
Latin scholar, and, thinkin' to fus-
irate Tom. he put the case this way:
Pete Garvey in hoe signum stagger'
I'm your Worshippum.'
tom looked bothered for n mint
and scratched his poll. Then, with
one of thin sudden jerks of his, he
rointed to Garvey and Numbered out:
"'"In hoe fnum bobissimum peelor
nm" and declare he had to explain
20 thin reporter fellows who write
hooks every day that Garvey was fined
{. bob, or shillin' If ye like, for bein
drunk and disorderly. Oh, it's the
brains. not the larnin', that counts
New York Times.
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Rctween the Horns of a Dilemma.

He was walking to and fro on the
station platform, and his anxiety
was so marked that friend inquired;
whats the matter, Tibbs? You
look as if you had something serious
on your mind"
81 have" he replied. "1'm worried
badly worried. I've just found dol
lar in my trousers pocket"
You're the first man ever saw
that worried over finding money he
didn't know he had"
But you don't understand. ! cant
make up my mind whether | forgot
the dollar or whether my wife slipped
it in my pocket to try me. You see
she has been accusing me of keeping
things from her. Now, if were &c
blow this bill in without saying any
thing TO her about it, and it should
turn out that she had played a trlci
on me my finish would be worth writ
/ ing up. On the other hand, IL &c
10 her and confess that | found II
she'll simply take the dollar l maven
been SO worried in a month.
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When His Head SWelled.

AS illustrative of the eXhilarating Ell
fects of liquor, Alderman Hammond
C,dell tells the story of switchman
who took a drink and felt that he
ought to be section boss. He took an
ether and said, Il. ought to be divi-
sion superintendent" He took two or
three more and felt that he ought to
he general manager of the railroad.
Then he took two or three more ana
thought he should be president Of the
road.
In q few minutes the fast express
woe onp"oaching. The switchman
raised aloft his red lamp and brought
the train came to a standstill.
'What is the trouble?" inquired the
conductor.
The switchman slowly pulled out his
watch and said, "You are two minutes
late. Don't let this happen again"
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convicts Who Play Ball.

At this season OF the year every
body thinks of baseball. Even the
prisoners in the Massachusetts state
prison at CharlestoWn, Mass, have
arranged championship contest
which is now being played out be-
tween eighteen teams drawn from the
various departments of the prison.
Games will be played regularly by the
convicts until the contest ends IN
October.
The "lifers" have a team OF their
own. and so have the choir and band
The colored prisoners boast OF what
they call an "all-star aggregation.
Tailors, carpenters, shoemakerS
cooks. weavers. harness makers and
other workers in the several delGrt
merts of the prison have each then
own special team.
There are several men In the prison
who we're well-known baseball players
before they went behind the bars
hey coach the others with the re
suit that the convicts play bail game
much above the average.
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CHAMPION TELLS TWO YARNS.
And as Fish Stories They Are Mighty
Hard TO Beat.

After supper | joined the caucus
out on the gallery Of the hotel ana
there, friends. citizens, and fellow
countrymon, | met up with the great
granddaddy, the genuine, original oi
all the fish yarners in the world, He
was small old man with a white
beard and a serious dcmennor, ana
he spoke in a low, even, fute'toned
voice that never quavered, | cannot
give all the tales he told ont there
but I can give a couple OF samples
Said he:
Cup at my place short spell ago
the boys and me cut down n big tree
After 1t fell we set down mite to
rest on the trunk, and | hear some
thing making a noise inside.
Boys seq !. amt this tree hol'
ler?'
"No,' sez they, it's sound and
solid
Then I hear the fuss inside again
grabbed an AK, and, SEE |, as | went
to chopin:
"'There's something inside this
here, and I'm a.goin' to know what
Il is
by Ned! There was holler
place inside, and in there was nine
pound catfish what I'd been hearin'
nGppin'!" m
How'd that fish get in there|
asked listener
Haven't got any idea how he did
les n the tree growed around him.
which | reckon it had, some time or
other"
For a second sample the old man
furnished the following:
"There was a terrible big fish" said
he, what used to come up the Usage
before the war, and we got to hearln
so much about it that passed. OF us
fellers set in to catch him. We got
; 200 feet of inch and half rope, mao
: the blacksmith weld us a big hook
and we put on whole dog for pant
We set our line, and soon, sure
enough, the fish swallered the dog
hook and ALL and the hook hung we
couldn't nigh pull him out, Though
there was ten of us, so we hltched OF
two yoke of oxen, and after a hare
struggle we managed to drag tina
fish out on the bank. He was nin'
foot between the eyes, and his eye
sot closer together than they ought u
set in a fish of that size. '-hansa
e City Star.
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Mrs. Tom thumb Still Alive.

Mrs. Tom Thumb, made famous by
Garpum, is still alive at the age oil
o.. She had a regular turn in MID
get theatcr at Coney Island ana is
driven home each evening In the
identical coach presented TO Tom
Thumb in 1854 by King Edward, then
Prince Of Wales. She Is very religion
and member of the Actors Church
alliance and Of the Woman's Aid s"cl
etv. She Is also a Daughter Of INC
/ American Revolution. The iam"u'
wedding 81 Tom Thumb was cel'
Ifrafcd in Grace church. New York. %
I1sgA and The photograph Of h'
Fairy Wedding Group Is donbiles.
/ still cherished ia hundreds Of plusi
albums or parllr center tables.
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-, pirates Il work.

Officers IN Miuuo=afa and Wisconsin
ar, trying TO capture gang 81 Jog
,bflrr- who are very successfully op-
Eating On the upper Mississippi TAX
f-g tla very best ir-- from RATS. 90 .l
,.sar grar.rd by electric Fearchizl..
al armed men. a gang Ua- detected
..,.r..a r.ga from a valuable raft tied
80 ..,.-,a. abe river from ia tr15-e
-.-.-+ arc tIs thieves ra' Ties
-r-rrrlzI OBJ eating god s'i.i= q
rr- Tra Gang taz L.. .ai-'-
----r -ffrf -rr .H-s s-. 'a' HH l
-r--. little I.sr H- dag. 1aa Gang n'a
r.-.- near "a rr .7 rr '1F
-sl crowds re- l-- I
r.s-.. ----r-=r--- rl~-a-r- --. -7
.--f frr -rz-----li-sr--- h-5r-n
eel
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SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Memphls Won Both.

Memphis, Sept, lS,-By winning TO-
days double,header Mcmpais shows
within one point of New Orleans for
the Southern League pcnnant The
locals won both games by good work
win the stick, The second game Was
called at the end OF the eighth inning
ON account of darkness, Attendance
1000, Scores
First game
Montgomery, o. 90 900 o.
batteries Stockdalc aud llurlburl
Hale and Manners, Time 100
Second game;
MImphis..... OlO2 IS -
Montgomery. q 3 % % | ID II I
liuttcrics-M Mcintyre and Hurlburl
Gardner ana Clark.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago 2, Cincinnati 1-17 Inning

Chicago 2, Cincinnati III Innings
Chicago, Sept lS.-ln one OF the
E,cutcsl games OF the season. ChlcaSo
defeated Cincinnati in seventeen lH'
n,ngs. After one out in the seven
tccnth. Briggs hit safely, S!agle SIN
glcd. Casey was hit by pitched ball
aad Mccarthy lined out his third hlt'
Score:
Chicago
Cincinnati
600 OOl 100000 600 00-l 10 4
Observation-Disclosures and King; Walk
or and STREET.
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Parsley ca.

Many Of the old herb "tcaa" that
our grandmothcrs used to make are
uscful. being soothing to the digestive
organs. 4 cup of one. Of these teas,
taken before retiring. viii often pro.
mote sound slumbcr. Among The
most ropular are those made from
sweet marjOram. catnip, camomIle,
sage. naxsccd and parsley. Parsley
tea is said to be particularly beneficial
to the kidneys. The parsley shOllo
he srewcd a little, 50 as to bring out
the essence. Thy it.
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HE'D LuLL THEM TO SLEEP.
Visionary Had Great sehsme for Use
on Pullman Cars.

One of the oldest ideas developed
recently was discovered by a man
who had advertised for opportunities
for investment one OF the answers
merely asked for an interview stat
ing that the idea was too valuable 10
be communicated by mail, II was a
straightforward business communica'
tlon and an appointment was made
which was kept by n man who might
have been n lawyer or a broker, SO
far rs outward appearances were con
cerned. Only when he began To talk
did II become apparent that he be-
longed to the army of Missionaries.
lie found, he explained, that only n
small percentage of those who tray
eled in sleeping cars were able TO
obtain rest, owing to the roar and rat
tie of the train. His invention was
designed to overcome this difficulty.
II was his plan to have small tubes
installed along the sides Of the cars
below and above the windows. y
slight opening at each end OF the
berths would enable one to plrg in an
earplece similar to those uscI n Pho
nographs. and thus exchange for the
rattle of the trucks soft music to lul
them to sleep. One photograph, hi
explained, would supply the entire
car and a slight extra charge might
he made for the use of the tubes
For the cost OF tho patent he was
willing to let anyone come in Tor
half interest, and he was much sur
prised when this generous offer wa
| declined.
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Prultuey Birr.Y~ has Just been ap
-.,frtaE lrrfarlr a. Boston uniFers.'3
la. -rta,T iu ffe department n Tor.
r.en relations AID c..,l-al admin
.-sff8r. De- HIU deliver h,s trz' le'
.fr-s rrr- r1r.rr Mr. Bi-elnE Dr. nov
I'D -r.- ,-a Hr starting 81 -or- CRUISE
.-r ED. -..-t -ia east and Hr.' f-a'i
-- srr,a end a.-0 fLr aat r1e.' OF
=...-. su.r-rr He y-ur,r- -g -afh.'
material f- r-ter riar'ars En D..
l..r. rr rHr
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Germany great dramaiisL sn2'r.
mann. comes from Fru=-iau Poland
hf. birthplace triug Ha'z-cA r'a' 'hl
Sf.m.u. ISIS family. originally Da'fi
arabartisi=. settled there more tlat
-. sears ago. forming Ui'h .'.'r or
-.rr.frrfa-= a small colony. one d
.r..n froF a leading I.ace in il[.r l.i
81. church aa the author 81 hymn
. H#.H
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1 o,usst Of the Quadrupeds.

Australia produces also those low
cri os the quadrupeds the Guck-hiilod
wafer mole and the Cchidna, or Aus
traliar porcupine ant-catoS. They,
aIong with the kangaroos. may be de-
ecribrd as the groundlings of the
mammalian family. for in respect Of
their structure they are Of much
lower grade than. say. a dog or a cat.
This inforiority is seen not only 10
rnc brain. ruf in many ether details
OF 5hoir bodily anatomy.
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Al hrnrerrlste Ilne.

"wc will sins Awake. Ne .'ainis'
immediately before the sermon 70
morrow" auuorrced the minister al
,f,i- uractic. ou SarUr-a- afternoon.
.D,rr you think inquired TIE %.
servant tenor. that b. wonll be NOT
.,,grut.riat. 20 sing it imIaoaiaie!F ali-
- 40 ze-ugue"-NeE ORLEANS flca
ruuc
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Enereon's Srue Advice.

Finish every day and be done with
Il. You have done what you could
some blunders and absurdities no
doubt creep in; forget them as soon
rs YOU can. Tomorrow is a new day;
Won shall begin it well and serenelI
and with too high a spirit to be cum
bored with your old Observation-Disclosures
CON
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s-ln Ire Vine.

The natives ri Cclan MAKE = kiia
,f vine Hy tapping palm trees aL
..u4- are -ta cap t8 frrneHi ln F'-
s.,srrsT Or rtr trees a Specie
----= f~a-ri= iHficusI has di-r'F
80 -rz- this sap tastes en1-- an /.
-..---z are frequently found dr1ns
80 sH.r r-l.H
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a Birdless World.

A naturalist says that if the woriu
were to become birdlcss, man could
not inhabit it after nine years time
In spite of all the sprays and poisons
that could be manufactured Tor the
destruction of insects, such pests
would simply eat up orchards and
crops.-EXchange.
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The Germ Scare In France.

# has been recommended by the
French health authorities OF fari'
that laundry articles be conveyed IN
closed bags, and that al! clothes De
first disinfected before they are
washed. The washerwomen are 10 use
ruhber gloves for their own protec'
lion.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicano 1. Detroit q.

Chicago, Sept 1S.-A base on u"..''
q sacrifice, a single and Loves error
scored Green in the first inning. After
that both Patterson and KHAN were
given perfect support. Score:
Chicago. -. q D VI
Detroit ..... . 0 0 . u l
Batteries-Patterson and Sullivan;
Killian and Drill.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Milwaukee ,, St. Paul 0; Milwaukee,
o, 81 Paul 0.
Columbus ,, Louisville ).
= Kansas City 6. Minneapolis l6; Kan
sas City >. Minneapolis ?.
Toledo 4, indianapolis 3; TOLEDO l
InhianapOliS 8.
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IT, area ,f 1sTau &C. about
800. - -ra- rt GRE ca--er or
80. -r-- Hrrfa-t RI -tr irtz'
81. Ia ---r- = from
-.----. q -ti-- -+f-7 ere
- ~. men -ta-s ere o-g
--r-
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Tfr r.E farrr-H --lel -tr -.-'. fa
-t r-r- r-H r-ar lr Ear. -r-rf
---tf- a-1 De- ffH ur=- r ftF
--.Ha 60 four tl-- Dr. 5 valued a.
-..H.H
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1lndertaLer,a Thank Offering.

The bishop Of London has received
= subscription of $25 from an under
talor VINO described the gift as Il
thank offering because trade mas
been SO brisk of late"
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rricMclist of EinhtY-TWo.

DR.. Harris, who is 50 years old, has
undertaken to ride tricycle. from
London to Edinburgh ana back, re
framing from meat, tobacco and spiE
ityous liquors during the journey.
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ships Have Lightning Conductors.
Shins of war are usually fitted with
lightning conductors. This precautlon
is rendered necessary by the eXpioS'
ives stored away in their magazines.
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The Chinese name for Port Art''Cr
was Lushunkow; the town had, TWEEN
ty years ago, only lew tho"sahD M
hobitants, and was used as place r3F
tho deportation of criminals.
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Rain at ST. Louis.

81 Louis, Sept. 1S.-St. Louis-Pitts-
burg game postponed on account oil
rain
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Ma,v Alcoholic Beverages.

Powerful alcoholic beverages can BE-
,,stiIIed from bananas, the milk o!
cocoanut. rice and peas.
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Rain at st. Louis.

st. Louis. Sept. 1S.-Tne st. Louis
Cleveland game was postponed on &c
count of rain.
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iyinu Cheap in Japan

Living Cheap in Japan
For $500 a year man can, IN IA
nan. nay for a house, food and two
servants.
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,.,,,,. Population Increases.

The population Of Japan increase2
,ron % no 1893 in 1872 to 4G,304,9 in
1893 and is increasing rapidly.
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pirann,s Iona Eliaht.

One Of a number of homing pigeons
conf nm from Nantes, France, boarded
a ship / GOO miles at sea.
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Rich Find on English Coast.

Spocimens of pure topaz have been
found in Cornwall among the rocks
on the scashore.
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e,,ieh the superior LANGUAGE.

There are four times as many words
in the English language as there arc
In the FfenCh.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-07-30

than Ia possible when the oil itself II
burned under boilers or gasoline can
be used. In an ordinary 3,20O-horse
power torpedo boat f0rty-three tons Of
coal would be used In ten hours. With
gasoline the radius of activity Of the
same torpedo boat can be more than
quadrupled. for $500 horse power can
lie produced from $500 gallons Of fuel.
Briefly, $4,000 pounds Of gasoline will
do the work of $4,000 pounds Of coal.
The cost Of the fuel Is higher. but
with II gasoline plant In torpedo boar
only two men are required In the en-.
CINE room and none ut all In the fire.
room. The dangers Of steam Mt high
pressure are avoided and the complex.
ity Of steam machinery done away
with.
Owing to the certain saving to be
secured In coal consumption and to
the simplicity and reliability of the
gas engine plant. we shall witness II
gradual forcing out OF the steam plants
In future power plants for lighting,
pumping or factory use, and 1t will BIZ
question of but q short time before
many Of the existing steam plants will
be replaced.-Lewis Nixon. in Worlds
Work.
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oIspLAcINo STEAM POWER.
Oil and Gas Engines supersediug Them
on Land and Hes.

! have been led lately to think the
whole development OF the steam en-
cine. 10 the exclusion Of the gas en-.
gIne. has been mistake ana that
We are now ut the beginning Of a new
era In the use Of power. Engineers
could to-day gain better and more eco
nomical results by abandoning steam
and using internal combustion engines,
even In large establishments. The
gain In economy In fuel will advance
with the size OF the establishment.
With the internal combustion engine
4 brake horse power can he produced
on q pound Of coal. This could not he
done with steam under any ,condi.
tons.
SO great revolution has come about
In methods Of producing power that
lO.OO0ton cruiser OF twenty'One
knots an hour could to-day proceed
around the world at fourteen knots
without taking on fuel and without
sacrificing any Of her war efficiency.
OIL engines, using crude petroleum.
will bs developed 30 soon a. the de-.
mand 10 felt for them. but even here
the fuel can b. made into gas and
burned thus With faF sreater 0eaemy
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Vertical Grain FLOORING.

Vertical grain yellow pine flooring
read the sign on the fence of the lum.
Der yard; and vertical grain floor
ingf' said man In the Office, "why,
that's nothing new.
but you never heard of It before ?
Well, vertical grain flooring Is sawed
froE. logs that have first been quar-
tered; as quartered oak Ia sawed.
Flooring sawed In the ordinary way.
with its grain lying fiat. Is more or
less liable to splinter; vertical grain
flooring, sawed from quartered tim.
Der, has its grain on edge. the rings
that mark the timber's growth show.
ing In parallel lines, for which reason
vertical grain flooring has sometimes
been called comb grain 6ooripS. #N4
vertical grain flooring does not
splinter, but viii wear smooth down
y the beams on which II 10 laid; and Il
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.. a.. 1W.A
! kRER6 M:flE RE| q -! y

found there. so that It Il by phenomenon
but In the twentieth century with the development
island empire In the East the old fear of the yellow
again took possession Of the Europeans Yet 1t hstor
cay true that the Mongos marched against China Japan
and India Expeditions against japan several times
repealed; the last In 1881. immense SCALE with
huge discontinue. China often attacked by these
raers And appears from historical study that these
barbarans have been holding their stronghold in Russia
for the last hundreds Of The real Of the yellow
peril does not lie with japan China but with the gigantic
neighbor of the north.
1t Is said by that Japan heather nation; she
not to he relied upon Nothing could be mistaken
than this notion. The old characteristic civilization Of
Japan has assImated Christianity. giving birth to
thing better Japans for the last thirty does
not necessarily depend Christianity. but upon the
peculiar attractivencss Of the japanese character.
While Japan practically a sealed country for over
two thousand Ave hundred years the world outside
making rapid progress England. France and America
dcrwcn respective reformaOns With the arrival Of Com.
moore Perry Japan awoke from her long sumber did
everything she could to introduce Western civilization
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The Big Bell Of Burma,

One OF the sights Of the Shwe Da-
gone pagoda In Burma Ia q gigantic
bell Of bronze, weighing 4?A tons and
said to be the third largest bell In the
world, the largest being In Moscow
and the next largeA In Mingin. also
In Burma. After conquering Burma
tho British undertook to carry the
great Rangun bell to Calcutta as n
trophy, but dropped 1t overheard in
the Rangun River, where II deied all
the efforts of the engineers to raise n
Some years later the Burmese, who
had not ceased to mourn its loss. beg.
ged to be allowed to recover II. Their
petition was granted, and by attaching
to 1t an Incredible number of bamboo
floats the unwieldly mass of metal was
finally lifted from its muddy bed ana
trlumphantly restored to its place.