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to continue their studies under the supervision of the able instructors at St. Helen's Hall.

"Have you read Mr. Carnegie's answer to Mr. Frick's complaint?" asked the observant boarder.

"No, I haven't," replied the indolent boarder, "I shall wait till it appears in book form, in an edition de luxe, and then I will draw it from the Carnegie library."

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In 1871, the first section of the elevated system was constructed, but put in operation in the following year. In that year the number of passengers carried on all the surface and elevated railroads was 138,867,000. In 1882, the total had risen to 252,800,000; in 1892, to 453,200,000; while in 1899 it was still further increased to 528,228,437, and rapidly growing. These figures are for the old city of New York, now known as the Boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx, and are for paying passengers only. In 1899 there were transferred passengers amounting to 159,560,822, not included in the above. It is interesting to not in comparison at for 1898 the United States Interstate Commerce Commission reports that there were carried steam railways in the United States, from on all the the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the St. Lawrence to the Rio Grande, passengers to the number of 501,066,681, or five per cent. less than the number carried by the New York City surface and elevated railways alone.-From "Rapid Transit in New York," by Wm. Barclay Parsons, in the May Scrib

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Nikola Tesla tells this litle story in Life. It was on the occasion of one of the yearly visits of inspection by the high dignitaries of the Greek church to the school in the Balkan district. A bishop, after a very satisfactory examination of the boys in a certain school, began an impressive and kindly address on the subject of religion, in which he made the statement that God was everywhere.

"God is everywhere, my dear children," he repeated, "and you must always remember that He sees you-"

Suddenly a boy interrupted the aged prelate. "Is God in our cellar?" he asked.

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The remark created consternation. other boys were abashed at the temerity of their comrade, while the teacher looked all sorts of things at the youthful offender.

But the bishop, good-hearted man, drew the boy away from his companions and patted him on the head.

"Yes, my dear child," he said, "God is in your cellar, and-"

"You lie!" shouted the boy triumphantly. "We haven't any cellar."

A Scotchman was advised to take a shower met by the bath and subsequently was

friend who had given him the advice. "How did you enjoy the bath?"

"Mon," said the Scotchman, "it was fine! I liked it rale weel, and I kept myself quite dry, too."

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The vainties of life I now decry,
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It is the best of advice which Charles M. Skinner gives to the world of men in his new It is reprinted book "Flowers in the Pare." here for those who may be inclined to take a pessimistic view of life:

"Do away with occasion for gloom. It is well with the rest of the world, so, why not with us? Let's be glad we were born, inThe stead of sorry that other folks were. hospitable state of mind is best, because it is most like nature."

Dr. Ohage's experiment in "Municipal Socialism" is attracting attention. Through his efforts an island park, with public baths in the Mississippi River, opposite the most populous part of the city of St. Paul, has been opened and presented to the commonwealth.

A record to be proud of is that of Amelia E. Barr, who has been the mother of fourteen children, has written thirty-two books, prepared a professor for Princeton College, and at three score years of age is a superb sweet of picture of vitality-as fresh and heart as a young girl.

Oklahama and Indian Territory have Federation of Woman's Clubs that is in no wise behind the times. At the annual meeting of the federation, held recently, Mrs. Ham, a wealthy and finely educated Indian woman, read a paper on "Town and Village Improvement," which is considered worthy of favorable comment in the current number of the "Club Woman."

When it comes to a question of religion or ethics, it is not unusual to hear grown up people argue very much as the youngster in the following story:

"Which is farther away," asked a teacher, "England or the moon?"

"England," the children answered quickly. "England?" she questioned. "What makes you think that?"

"Cause we can see the moon, and we can't see England," answered one of the brightest of the class.

Queen Victoria has thirty-seven greatgrand-children, the youngest of whom is a prince of the Battenburg family, the fourth child of the young Princess Louise.

The last official report gives in round numbers 126.000 Indians wearing citizen's dress out of 267,905 wards of the government; 42,000, or nearly one-fourth of the entire number, who can read; 53,000, or over one-fourth, who speak ordinary English, and 31,000 adult church members, (only partially reported.)

Queen Christina of Spain, though entitled to $200,000 a year from the Spanish treasury, has, it is said, never taken anything from it, in consideration of Spain's straitened monetary condition.