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." New York Elevated Railroads. W. P. FULLER & CO'S. Rubber-Cement Floor Paint WEARS LIKE IRON DRIES HARD OVER NIGHT 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 on all the steam railways in the United States, from 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 Scribner's. The Dewdrop. A dewdrop lay in the cup of a flower, The flower was white with a golden crest; She smiled on the dewdrop as hour by hour It lay there helpless upon her breast. The morning is come, the sun will appear, The dewdrop goes with break of day. -Mary E. Miller. An A good (and true?) story is going the round which shows to what extent the violent ebullitions and caprices of the German Emperor are regarded in his own country. English gentleman, it appears, was walking with a friend in Unter den Linden, and in the course of a discussion on the Kaiser's conduct committed a grievous error of Lese Majestie Beleidigung. "The Emperor's a fool," he exclaimed, whereupon an English-speaking policeman tapped him on the shoulder and said, "You must come mit me to ze police station." "What for?" asked the Englishman. "Mein herr did call ze Kaiser a fool," replied the man. "No, no," urged the cute Briton, "it was the Russian Emperor I was talking about." "Dat vill not vash," went on the constable; "dere is no Emperor 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. The remark created consternation. The 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 bath and subsequently was met by the 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." "Why, how did you manage to take a shower bath and remain dry?" "Hoot, mon! Ye dinna surely think I was ⚫ sae daft as to stand ablow the water without an umbrella?"-The Red Man. The publishers of "Monsieur Beaucaire" announce another edition of the book, which will not be from the press for ten days, owing to the time required in color printing. Meantime, no copies are to be had and the demand is increasing. During the past ten days nearly two thousand copies have been sold-not a bad hot-weather record for a small volume. While the little book has been selling steadily, preparations for its presentation on the stage have been going on. The dramatization was done by Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, of Boston, and Richard Mansfield will present the play in New York next January. A number of changes were made in the story for the stage version, A Perfect Dinner Every care taken to please the most fas= tidious. Perfect Music The Famous Ladies Delightful Reasonable This combination is Alisky's Winter Garden Cor. 3rd. and Morrison Sts. The High-Class Cafe and Grill Room of the Northwest. DRIFT. 305 so that there might be a happy ending for the heroine as well as for the hero of the tale. Rescued. 'Tis dark; the murky fog hangs thick and low, The breakers roll, and jagged rocks project Transfixed, aghast, I sit but to reflect: Soon o'er my barque the turbid tide wil flow, And crush me down in grimy moss below- 'Tis dark; the wintry wind doth howl and rave; My path lies over hills and rugged rifts, Where rocks rise high and lies the snow in drifts Destruction's brink I've reached, no power can save, "All lost!" I cry, "behold the yawning grave!" When lo! a cloud is reft, and there, I vow, 'Tis dark; intimidating clouds o'er spread, A Cathedral of the Ages. My skiff is pillowed on a sunless sea, roar, And fevered hum of trade and industry; I feel my view of Time grow wondrous wide; I see the world of old, and overawed, I note the magic of the swelling tide, Instinct with pow'r transcending human laud The while wind-heralds thro' the forests ride, And fill the solitude with songs of God! -Frank Carleton Teck. A Query. Wonder who us two 'ud be Ef you wusn't you and I wusn't me? An' what 'ud all our folksus do Ef I wuzn't me an' you wuzn't you? It is the best of advice which Charles M. Skinner gives to the world of men in his new book "Flowers in the Pare." It is reprinted 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, instead of sorry that other folks were. The 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 picture of vitality-as fresh and sweet of 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.) 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