: WARD M'ALLISTER'S PICNIC.
A tall, thin man, with a rd nose,
grey side whiskers and a melancholy
expression, drifted into the olliee of a
eliante family newspaper last week and
asked in a subdued voice if there was
a member of the staff at liberty just
then.
"Because," said the stranger, "a very
peculiar thing happened up our way
I live out hy Shantytown this morn
ing that I think you might work up iuto
a slashing good article, somehow."
"What sort of thing?" said the man
aging editor, winking at the fighting
reporter to get his club ready in case
the sad man pulled out a poem or oth
er dangerous contrivance.
"Well, in the first place." said the
itranger, abstractedly, "do you happen
to know the effect of beeron animals?"
"Can't say I do."
"It's exactly the reverse of what it is
on men. Instead of soothing 'em, it
excites their nervous organization to
the highest pitch, actually makes 'era
insane." 1
"Does, ehP"
"Yes, sir; and this morning, as it
was rather sultry, I'sent my youngest
boy for a gallon of beer, lie stopped
on the w:iv hack and nut the can down
to wlav marbles. MuUinty's old black
hilly goat came along and drauk up
the beer every drop or it."
"Great Catsarl" exclaimed the boss
artist, reirrctfullv. -
"Ho drank every drop, and nearly
choked to death trying to swallow tno
can. He sorter staggered round for a
little while; then lio started for a
streetcar with all sails set, and hit the
horse square amidships."
"It was foundered,, of course P" said
the pun editor.
"I'recisuly. The coat then glanced
off. broke the driver's leg and tele
scoped the car. I was sitting at my
window about this time, and my at
tention was attracted by Ward McAl
lister prancing down the street, hades
bent for election."
"Ward McAllister?" gasped the so
ciety editor, turning pule.
"That's tlio goat's name. You see
MeOinty'g goat is the biggest of the
four hundred and odd out our way, so
thev call him after McAllister.
"Is this coat story in one act?" asked
the lighting edtor, blowing into his der-
nnirer.
"In one sceno and four tableaux,"
said the stranger, solemnly. "On
the next block Wardie we call him
Wardio, for short came across a
l)utch picnic headed by a brass band.
The Teutons were toot in' 'Listen to the
Mocking Bird,' lust beautifully, and
pretty soon the band changed to
Come Whore My Love Lies Ureanv
ing.'"
"Did the coat ronieP"
"You bet he did. Ho didn't fancy
the new tune, somehow, and the lirst
thing tin; drum major knew Ward took
him square in the stomach most broke
him clean in two; then went tliruugn
the rest of the band with the brass
drum round his neck, and so on clear
down to the end of thu picnic, which
Was four squares long. I think there
were twenty-one killed and ninety-six
wounded. I'letly good for McAllister
when you consider the entire driving
power was only one gallon 01 otieap
beer. Wow, it occurred
"Hold on!" said the editor, signal
ing for the stall to roll up their sleeves
"allow mo to explain what occurred to
you. You concluded to catch the goat
when he got sobered up and bring linn
down here for our benelit. You have
him now tied to a lire plug around the
corner, and if we will only chip in AO
cents for beer you will gel the animal
started up mid we can wiileli the fun,
lir"
"Precisely!" said the stranger, warm
ly; "exactly, i will now take up a
col
That afternoon delinquent subseril)-
ers, us they toiled up inlo the business
office of the Truntler, wondered at the
number of fresh blood-stains on the
stairs, brake' $ Mmjn zim:
Telephone Mar.
You have a telephone ear. Yon may
not know It, lint you have all the saint
It Is the left ear, for it Is on record
that only a very small percentage of
men or women use the right ear at the
telephone. As a matter of fact, the
telephone has suddenly come into
prominence as a medical proposition,
and unless the scientists uro mistaken
thu bulk of men and women w ho use
the telephone within a few years may
expect to limi themselves rather hard
of hearing in the left ear. This is be
cause when using the telephone every
muscle and nerve of the cur Is strained
to catch the faintest sound from the
person speaking at the oilier end. lh
Oliver W . Moore, the eminent eye and
ear specialist, was asked the oilier day
if he hail heard of any of thu cases of
deafness from the telephone.
"It is rather difficult to statu exact
lv." he replied. "1 have seen where
the repealed sound of an Instrument or
the repel ion of any sound has cause.
deafness. Telegraph operators are in
danger of limning their sense of hear
Ing. ltoiler-iuakers often suffer from
deafness. In the construction of hoil
ers it is necessary for out; man to bo
inside the boiler ami the other outside,
and the incessant noise caused by the
riveting of the boiler always causes
either deafness or an affection of the
ear. As lo thu telephone, it no doubt
lias the same effect. It is natural and
reasonable to suppose that it person
listening for a sound, and not knowing
the moment when it will come, may
injure the membrane of the ear. mid in
time this might affect the hearing
powor.
A lll Fossil.
While thu proprietor of flour-mill at
8t. James, Neb., was digging to iiiaku
repairs to his dam last week he tut
earthed thu remains of a monster that
probably roamed the prairies soma
thousands of years ago. A Unit thirty
tix fuel of the spinal column and ribs.
with one shoulder-blade and part of the
forelegs, have thus far Is'cn brought
lo light. Sections of the backbone
measured six inches across. Some are
in a fair statu of preservation, while
others crumble when exMsed to the
air. it is estimated that thu mouslur
luiut have stood liflueu feet high.
OUR W 0)1 EN IN FICTION
NAMES THAT ARE FAMILIAR IN EVERY
HOUSEHOLD IN AMERICA
The Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Heads
the List, or Coarse Mrs. Whitney, Who
Wrote "We GlrU" anil Others.
few years aeo a wo
man novdist WM re
garded as something
of a curiosity, not to
say a monstrosity.
Hut the fact is now
proved, and easily,
that a woman can
cam her living with
her pun and still pre
serve her womanli
ness. Ho says a wri
ter in Venwreiil' i.
Mrs. Hlowe wns
Mils. RTOWR. bnrn at Litchfield,
Conn., June 14, 1812, and is, therefore.
now in her 7HIU year, blio came or me
best and most vigorous I'urituii ances
try, her father beinif the fumoud divine,
Dr. Lvmiui Needier, who was the father
ulso of Henry Ward Needier. 8he
taught school in Hartford for several
vears, and at the ago of 20 married l'rof.
Calvin K. Btowe. then of Cincinnati.
Uur first literary venture which was
not successfulwas "The Mayflower."
Two years after sho began "Undo
Tom's Cabin." She has since publish
ed a good many novels and sketches,
among the most famous of which aro
Oldlown Folks ' and "Mam wiwson s
Fireside Stories." Hhe Is now much en
feebled bv nire and infirmities, and is
calmly awaiting the end of a long and
useful life at her charming homo m
Hartford, Conn. The picture accom
panying this article represents Mis.
Blowo as she appeared at the lime "Un
cle Turn's Cabin" was written.
Amelia our older slory-wnlers is Mrs.
A. D. T. Whitney, author of "Faith
Oarlney's Girlhood." "We Oirls," anil
"Tho Oilier Chris so dear to thousands
of young American women. Adeline
D. Train whs tho
daughter of Enoch
Train, an old and
well-known s h I p-
owner of Boston in
the days when sliip-
nhiK interests were
a profitable source of
Income. Hlio was
oil , In till, lu.uf
Boston schools and v-y '' rlfM'
society, and is a
highly ciilli vnt'Hl as
well as an earnest
and beneficent wo
man. She married mis. A, n. T. whit
Mr. Beth 1). Whit- nky.
noy of Milton, Mass., and has lived in
that nleasant old town (ten miles from
Boston) most or tho lime biiico nor mar
riage. iter writings are iniuKuu ny
rare spiritual element mid purity of pur
pose, and It Is Impossible tor a young
girl lo read her stories of other natural
and womanly girls without iniimnng
therewith new and elevating Impulses,
or to close her charming books without
hlifh minded resolves to lead butter and
worthier lives.
Augusta C. Evans, the author of
Beulah" and other works, innde a fino
reputation and quite a fortune from
them. Near the outbreak of tho war
she published Maca
ria," a novel of ex
cellent literary mer
its, but too Blronirly
imbued with South
ern principles and
sympathies lo become
st all popular in the
Northern Slates. Sec
lional feelimr, how
ever, has died away
l,t n irrpflt IIIIUIMtirr
lntiil when she nub
J lished a new novel
AiiousTA kvanb about a year sl'o, the
wii.son. old friends and ad
mlrcrs of Miss Evans welcomed il with
cordial inmroval. All of us who read
Hen ah ' and ot. Mino accoru ineir
author her full need of appreciation
both on account of her literary style
and skill and her thorough scholarship
anil culture.
Mrs. Evans Wilson has lived for many
vuars In Mobile. Ala. Shu was lorn
near Columlius, mi., in !". jmring
her childhood her parents moved to
Texas, and from there removed to Mo
bile. She married L. M. Wilson In lHtiS.
Mrs. Saran Oriuo Jewett, more than
most authors, knows how to deal with
tho common place and prosaic In such
why as to teach us their underlying in
teroBl and charms.aiul
the truth and sinceri
ty of the simple couu
try hearts.
Alms Jewett was
born st South Ber
wick, Mo., Sept. 8,
18411, and still lives at
the old homestead
during the summer
months of every year.
Her winters are pass
ed in Huston wiiu
MISS JKWKTT.
Mrs. James T. Fields, the widow of the
famous Boston publisher.
Miss Jewutt't grandfather was an old
sea cantain who afterwards liecame
shipowner at Birwick, and It is easy to
see where she ot "material" for her in
imitable sketches of thu older seafaring
men. Her father was a physician, and
so was her mother's father. Her best
known novels are "A Marsh Island,"
"A Country Doctor" and "Doephaven."
I'roliably not since Ueorge Elliot's
time has Ihero been so much feminine
ability hidden behiud a masculine noin
du pi il mo ss has been revealed In tho
writing ui vnnries
Egbert Craddock.
When her strong,
characteristic
sketches of Tennes
see mountain life
began to appear In
the Atlantic Month
ly, about ton years
ago, there was not
a doubt In tho pub
lic mlud of the
writer's being a
man, ami one of a
individuality. Even
MISS Ml IIKIIKK.
strong iiinsciilino
bar handwrltlug carried out the decep
tion, and the editor of the Atlantic neiat
mistrusted that his new contributor was
a woman. Finally one pleasant winter
morning a card was brought Inlo his ed
itorial sanctum with "Charles Hubert
Craddock'' inscribed thereon. When
the new author was uaurrcd Into bit
presence be was so taken aback that (or
a moment be could not speak, lie. re-
(0n
t0m
venged himself, however, schoolboy
fushion, by "playing a trick on some
other fellow,' and invited three proml
nont Boston literary men to meet
Charles Egbert CriuMock" that even
ing at a dinner, and by seeing all three
struck speechless with sur; rise, One of
them actually could not for a moment
acknowledge the introduction.
All the world now knows, however,
that the real name of the writer is Mary
Noailles Murfree, and that sho is a de
scendant of the old and well known
Murfree family of North Carolina and
Tennessee. Her birthplace was the bat
tlefield of Murfreesboro. Uur home Is
In St. Louis.
A literary critic wrote a few years
ago; "Weuavea UiDoriau (we were
almost tempted to say a greater
Gauoriau) in our own tongue."
was Just alter the
appearance of "The
Leavenworth Case";
and public opinion,
agreeing with the
critics for once, still
estimates at that
standard the powers
or Anna Katharine
Green. "The Leav
enworth Case" is
universally consider
ered to be one of the
best detective stories
ANNA KATHARINE
CIIKKN.
ever written. The technical knowledn
of law and Its intricacies displayed
therein is pronounced by our best law
yers something wonderful; and the most
remarkable fact of all is that the book
was written by a woman, unassisted by
any man.
Among the many previous Jives sacri
ficed in the War of the Rebellion was
one which at a time darkened the whole
future and nearly ended the lifo of
j-.iiZHueth tttuart
l'helps. But by the
strength of her own
nature she was com
pelled to rise from
her seeming defeat,
and, taking up her
pcu again, wrote
her conceptions of
tho world whose
gates had been left
j;ir for her, and her
idea of her lover's
possible condition.
Her hook lay two
KMZAiiktii stuakt years in tho pub
l'UKl.i's. Usher's bauds, but
was finally brought out in 1808. It was
pronounced morbid, unhealthy, unor
thodox, and even ''healhenish," by
carping critics. But, nevertheless, it
has reached a sale of over luu.uou copies,
and been translated into German, French,
Dutch and Italian; and it has brought
comfort to many a lonely, bereaved
heart, to whom the old crude and mea
ger idea of Heaven seemed unsatisfying.
There is no doubt that it touched tho
sympathies of humanity at large, and is
one of the books which will live for
many decades lo come. Afterward Miss
l'helps wrote "Beyond the Gates" and
"The Gates Helween, holh ot which
were well received and ran through
numerous editons. Her other best works
are "Men, Women, and Ghosts," "The
Story of Avis," "Hedged In," "The Old
Maid s raradise, and lliirglars in I ar-
ndiso. Her first story was written when
oho was Id years old. "Gates Ajar
is what brought her first to notice. She
wns horn in Massachusetts in 1841.
Wiiat young girl has not rend and de
lighted in "Nelly Kinnurd's Kingdom,'
"Seven Daughters,"
"Sydnic Adrianco,"
"Stephen Dine," and
"Hope Mills" The
author of these pure
and helpful books is
Miss Amanda M.
Douglas, of Newark,
N. J. Miss Douglas
was born in New Yuikj?yj,
(hlv. anil. Willi Ihe Ou'i
exception of n few
years passed on a farm
a few miles aliovu
Newark, she spent her UHH imiuui.a
childhood and school days In New York.
Hue came of the best old Scotch and
French Huguenot blood,
One ot the oldest and certainly the
most voluminous of woman writers is
Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Soiiihworih. Prob
ably no one else now
engaged in Ihe pursuit
of literature has writ
ten so many novels.
She bus published for
ly-fotir in book form
v lllltl IWl'lliyilllVU 1111,
asset-nils, linking six
'tv. . .VJiy-Reven in all.
t-
Mrs. South worth do-
rives a loindsomu in
MHS. SOUTH-
come from the products
WOllTlt.
of her pen. the sum being estimated ai
high as $10,000 nor annum. "Islnuael
is her own favorite among her books,
although there is no
doubt lhat "Tho
Hidden Hand" had
the greatest "inn"
during its publica
tion. The latter has
recently been pub
lished in hook
form V. ' ,
will, W f H
and Is meeting
a good sale.
til Miss It ves
hi-.. ,i I..-, .,. .
mm
need be little sal
now. tshe Is a re
cent light In the lit- amki.ia uivks.
erary sky. and has been recently dia
cussed anil reached shout.
Hoist ly His Own lYIurtl.
"Will you kindly allow me to stand?
asked a gentleman as he got into
railway carriage, which carriage nl
ready contained the speeilied number,
"Certainly not, sir," exclaimed
passenger occupying it corner seat near
the door. "Thu way thesu trains are
overeroweded is shameful."
"As you appear to he I ho only per
son who objects to mv presence," re
plied the gentleman, "1 shall remain
where I am."
"Then I shall call tho guard and
have von rcmoxed. sir."
Suiting tho action to the word tin
aggrieved passenger rose and, putting
his head out of thu window, vociferous
ly suinmoiH'd the guard. Thu new
coiner saw his opportunity and quietly
supped into tno corner seat.
"Wh t's up?" inquired the guard as
no nH'ueu inu carriage door.
"One over thu iiniiil er," replied the
new-eoincr, coolly.
"You must come out. sir; the train'i
going on, and without w aiting for
luriner explanation the guard pulled
out thu aggrieved passenger, who was
left wildly gesticulating on tho idat-
forut.-
thnu
This
'WOT
in
EXTREMESjN TEMPERATURE.
From l.'lO Above In Sun Krnnclsoo to 90
Degrees Itelow In Kussift.
Capt. R. K, Kerkain, signal officer at
this station is something of an en
thusiast in his profession, and from the
voluminous data in his office is aide to
answer almost any sort of a conundrum
a visitor may care to propound, so long
as it relates to meteorological records,
sins the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
"You have heard no doubt," said
Capt. Kerkntn thcolherdaytooneof his
visit" "that Hie climate of Louisiana
is one oi its weak points. Now, if you
look up tho records you will see that the
ange or temperature neru is one ui me
arrowest to be found anywhere on this
continent. Here aro the extremes that
have been recorded here, and though
the range between them is not wide, it
is wider than may be recorded again
for thirty years. On Jan. U, 1880, the
mercury fell to IS degrees abovo zero,
mid on June '22, 1881, it rose as high as
1)7 degrees, giving a range between ex
tremes of M degrees, but, as every
Louisianian knows, the former figure is
one to which tins mercury is not likely
to fall once in thirty years.
Now, if you compare this range z
degrees with those in other portions
of the United Stales you will not find
any less, except it might be at some of
the suit-coast stations in middle and
southern latitudes on the 1'acilic.
"But w hen you come to look for wide
ranges hclwccn mo minimum ami
maximum temperatures go into north
ern Dakota and Molilalia. What do
you think of lfi'J degrees?
"1 was in tnai country ironi irwo to
1881. and on Dec. W, 1880, saw the
temporal uro VJ degrees below zero
and in July of 1881 saw it at 110 de
grees. These temperatures are from
standard instruments used hy thu sig
nal service, and to prove that the
record is correct tho stat ions at Fort
Kenton, Mont., and l'cmhina, Dak.,
recorded tho same minimum tempera
ture on tho same day, making it ap
pear as thoiiirh there were a belt of
country about GOO miles long and about
ISO miles wide along the forty-ninth
parallel that has a teinpelaliire lower
than that recorded elsewhere in tho ex
treme northwest.
In conversation with any southerner
regarding low temperature Bismarck,
Dak., appears to be the zero of his cal
culations. If Bismarck has a tempera
ture below zero, be it 10, 15 or 'JO de
grees below, tlio cry is 'look out for n
cold wave' Now, in that stretch of
country north ami northwest of Bis
marck, w here the niinimums occur, the
temperature is invariably 10 to 45 de
grees lower man ui me latter piaeo.
"The summer temperature also ap
pears to be somewhat higher along the
forty-ninth parallel. At the time the
mir.'imiiin was 110 degrees where I was
located in July, 1881. Bismarck had
but 102 degrees as a maximum for the
same date.
These are tho extreme- occurrences
of heat and cold in thu northwest, but
the average range is probably fully lot)
degrees, and an additional range of 111
degrees would not make much differ
ence.
'The Pacific coast Is not usually
hot place, but exceedingly high tem
peratures have oecured in California on
several occasions. On Juno 17, 18y!),
the temperature at San Francisco
registered IXi degrees, rising suddenly
from 77 degrees: a burning northwest
desert wind prevailed for several hours,
ami at 7 p. m. of the same date, the
temperature had again fallen to 77 d
grees. At nautii itaronra, on the same
afternoon, a strong burning desert
wind blew for a few hours, destroying
all fruit, and animal lile exposed to the
hot wind died from the effect. The
temperature at Santa Barbara is ulso
said to have registered I'M degrees. On
the same day the temperature was III:
degrees at San Diego and 117 degrees
at Fort Yuma, Cal.
"In June, 1887, from tho 8lh to the
121 li, excessively high tem'ratiires oe
cured in California, ranging from
degrees at Sail Diego to 111 degrees at
Yuma ami 1'.'-' degrees at Spring
Valley. It is nn interesting fact that
ice formed within 600 miles of this
temiiernturo. at Cheyenne. Wyo., on
the same dates. During this heated
spell the daily maximum temperature
at Fort Yuma did not fall below 108 de
grees ami the mean for the month was
110 degrees, tho highest day tempera
tures ranging from 103 degrees to 118
degrees, with miiiimums ut night never
below 77 degrees.
"On July 17, 1879, In Onargia, 'Al
goria, the thermometer registered 127.4
Jegrecs. At Werchojausk, Siberia,
Jan. 1.5, 188,5, the minimum tempera
ture wasi)0.4 degrees below zero."
An Idral Homo.
Mv men of trood lioiisi'kiM-imie is
wliirro ii woiiKtn ki'i-ps liur liiniiu swert
unil oi'tli-rlv; lirovidi-s sinil, well
iMiokcil fond: iintki's licr I101111! so rest.
fill mill I'litTi'fnl tliitt nil wliovoiiiH into
ilslmlll! bi'tti'i' for lnv:illiiii the nt
inosplicru of kindness ami I'lii'iTfiilnuss
that rvail(ts tho ltliicu; ami where the
household machinery 11 1 ways runs
smoothly beeanso of tlio constant
llioiiirhtfiilness of tho mistress of the
house. A idaeu like this is t nil v
home, mid thu woman who makes sueh
a home deserves the respect mid ad
miration of everybody. 1 have seen
sneh homes amon; the rich and unmnr
the poor, for neither wealth nor pover
ty prevents the riL'ht person from till
inj; with the atmosphere of comfort
and happiness the house of which she
IS llle lllisiress. uixx jit'H.fCAtr'iMt,
Cured tiy the
Flout!.
JoluiHtown
At lea.-t one j;ood effect of the Johns
town Hood has hecn noted. It caused
hair to imiw for a man w ho has been
hald for many years. His name
Marhui!. and he battled w ith the rush
ini: waters for seven hours Is'fore be-
ins; reseucd. Two ilavs afterwards he
noticed a dow ny MihMaiice all over his
head. As time passed the down be
came hair, w hich grew rapidly, and
now u inch hmir.
SmokcleM Powder.
In consequence of the success of the
mokeless powder, the Italian jjovcrn-
nieut ha-s suspended the manufacture
of all kinds of gunpowder.
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Pi rALeMA INOIlBATon Oo.
l'KTALl MA, CAL.
IN NtW HAVEN.
Bhe Lost Her lMt Hold and Suffered an
Awful Reduction.
He turned sternly from the slight
quivering figure, convulsed with sobs,
and, leaning his elbows on tho mantel
piece, gazed darkly into the euipt)'
crate.
"Then it is truer ' ne saiu as ino
frown deepened on his brow.
'honrive mo!" she sobbed, rocking
to and fro in her grief and abasement.
"But you tout me you nan never
loved before that no man had ever
stirred vour heart."
"JNot as 1 have loved you!' snc cricu,
wildly.
"And yet you admit that ynn were
engaged to Ferguson of tlio class of
'7 r
"Yes," she murmured.
"And that before that you had an
understanding with Williamson of '86 P"
"Yes."
"And with Graham of '85P"
"No, no." she cried, "not with him
with both his. brothers in the Shef
field scientific but not with him."
"But you were engaged toSandiman
of '85P" he went on, referring to a let
ter in his hand.
"Can you not forgive nicP" she
pleaded.
"I could, Ulara, lie said alter ft
pause "I believe I could bring myself
to it if that were ail. Hut you were
also engaged to MelialTv of '81 ?"
"Ah!" she cried, feebly, "do not
spurn me from you!"
"What have you to say for your
self ?" he demanded, hoarsely. "Speak,
woman!"
She rose to her full height and look
ed at him with a pathetic dignity in
her glance.
"Ah, George, ' she said, "you little
know the exigencies of u young girl's
life in a college town."
For an instant he hesitated, as if his
better nature moved liim, and then he
turned toward the door.
"Farwell!" he said, and walked rap
idly away. In another second tho
street door clashed behind him.
With one heart-breaking cry the girl
flung herself on her knees ami buried
her face in the cushions of the parlor
sofa.
"All is over!" she cried, brokenly,
"lie was my last hold. Henceforth I
ni reduced to freshmen!" fuck.
The Silk worm's Job (ione.
If Monssa F.ffendi Kliouri is right,
the value of silkworms will soon be very
much depreciated. This gentleman is
a Svriau and a native of lieyrout. For
years he hius been trying to niuniifae
tore silk without the aid of silkworms,
and now he claims that lie has succeed'
cd. lie has patented his invention in
the east and 111 all the countries of Kn
rope. In this country he hits also tiled
an application lor a patent.
After studying for a long time the
manner in which silkworms do their
work Moussa Kffcudi Khouri came to
the conclusion that quite as tine a silk
could le made out of the twigs and
bark of the mulberry tree as is made
at present from the leaves. He there
fore exiH-rimeuted with the bark and
twigs, discarding the services of the
worms altogether, and after years of
lalair he succeeded in producing
silk which has been pronounced by
Kurox'an experts lo be no whit infer
lor to tho article manufactured by silk'
worms.
In appreciation of Moussa Effendi
Khouii's devotion to science the Turk'
ish government has granted him eer
tain rights over all the mullierrv trees
in the Sultan's dominions. "So long
as I have enough mulberry trees," says
Khouri, "I can produce silk at less
than half what It costs when produced
by the silkworms. Mw lark lleraid.
The Loat Kucllds Found Again.
An interesting discovery is sid to
have been made in India. This is
nothing less than the lost hooks of
Luclid, of which a Sanskrit translation
u said to have been fouud at JevKoro.
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