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'Hoonid ¢ Fibber te mrt are. 'order to assure pe ly, but the innér skin coated on both sides. In Gernian balloons the inner can- vas is cut straight and the outer canvas ds cut bisa. In his for of des DIL ad V9T% |Sbruction'. gores with "angles of 45 judgment upon Jerusalem, | degrees ate used and the seams are ven and earth shall pass' covered, which causes a slight in- i a cosmological - ex- 'eréue' ii" weight. French balloon ssion. signifying the whole of the makers, prefer to cut both canvases reated universe. . In verse 99, 49 |straight. Experiments show that sich "these words seem "to refer | the tensile strength of the enve- b a disintegration of sun, mooa, lopes 'thus .made is approximately etars is: predicted. i [equal "in" aL Siractions. . i ] ay+ | Each method of construction as i ye nl hal) Bot Das aw = its advantages and its defects. As : thing 'of Jesus' which is found India rubber, even when vuleaniz: philosophers, How | od, is altered by exposure to light, much, for example; of the Serm none n the Mount has been superseded! What he has to say 'concerning to arrest the violet and ultra-vio- Jeb rays, 'which are the Mus active. I aa the pigment used in France is Riftuee, theralose; mush bo. J "4 | eliromate of lead, which unfortu- 56. Tho doy--"The: day of judg: nately must be applied to the can- it. The:fact that the exact ti vas before it is coated with rubber, ne : un which. consequently prevents of: this Temenos van Ties, = | the vulcanization of the rubber, be- 3d an the cause the chromate of lead is blick. heavenly Father should make peo- ened by heat. Picric acid is free from this objection, but its em. le cautious about dogma ng James version omits ployment is too dangerous.--Scien- Sific American. : i the ke Sou, asin thes pazgin, alist Corteta ps : the words, we they occur dn A a , and if Matthew really inf pri TEACH CHINESE AT OXFORD: omit them, it would be simply at Britain had begin to rea: se of his well-known unwil:| lize the possibilitis of trade with 5 China, and the desirability of the ness or ignorance fo. stand rapid' increase of relations bo. inst his Master. We Need nob tyeon the west and the people of tink from admitting this confes-|the Celestial Empire has been sin. 8 Watch therefore : for yo know of the Chinese language €6 the cus: yatch sh) ometh regu of King's College. "* 'goodness sake, John, how d 3 ; + 9 # ' TR in But to allow a confession of | gularly emphasized by thé addition g'did you boil = these eggs?" "Just aw long. as you told me to, my 'dear."" Impossible! ey' re 'hard as bricks." "I hoiled them ust twelve minutes." "Twelve? inf Why, 1 told you.that three minutes long 'enough 'for an' egg!" 'Yes; dear~-hut I boiled four of them," DEPTHS OF THE ATLANTIC) The variations of the 'depths of the eas are remarkable. From ro- cent soundings we learn from a Mere! Paris contemporary that in certain in parts on the Pacific ocean he depth ® "al h 2 fie, paratively A i ah In sug is shin- work ne the canvas is colored yellow in order i achool, to. the affirma- next asked if , and being tly as- sured that they could, e to Tesite a passage which 'they had knew hy learned 'at school and heart. * SMARTER THAN HIS OWN. His Majesty highly comm snded the boys on their accomplishments, remarking that he doubted if his own boys could have given as good a rendition at their age. The "King then 'asked the Lous The they had to be at school in the | morning, and received the rop'y a "Nine o'clock, sir." 'When do_you get home?" in. quired his' Majesty, 'We're gaun hame th' noo!" re- plied one of the boys with amaze. ment, The King patted both lads on the head and departed smiling. he other story is told by Ma- {dame Waddington. widow 6f Mon- | sienr Guillaume Waddington, Whe was ambassador . from' France' to England in the early days of the present French republic. King Jd: | wand" VII. went to breakfast at her house in Paris on his way to Biarritz. ; go "We were a small party of i friends, and my. two little grand- ous, aged five and three and a i ball, were, of course, much excit- led by 'the prospéct of seeing a King, : "The 'oldest one 'is called Wil liam,' after his grandfather. | ALWAYS NOTICED CHILDREN, 'They. were dressed in their white sailor suits and were standing on the wood box in the anteroom, when the King came in. He noticed them at once, asked Willie what his name was, and said it was a very hon- orable' name to bear, and shook hands with them both. . 'The baby was a little shy 'and did not speak, but Willie remarked casually. "I take a cold bath now every morning.' 'Quite right, my boy,' said the King, "You could not do a better thing,' I said, 'We have a very good English nurse, sir, who brings them ua very. hard- y and doesn't let them cry when or are hurt.' "He turned at once 'to Nanna, who was standing behind her boys, and shook hands with her, saying, {You are quite right, nurse; that is way to make men of them.' It was one. of these spontaneous, kindly things lie did that madé peo- ple love him.' 5 A RUSSIAN: MONASTERY: The, Establishment of Monks of Wa- lame on Island uf Lake Ladoga. The monks of Walamo Jive a iin 'monastery on a small is Ladoga. It would ap- some measure the mon- y "is regarded, like the well Rugwy monastery of Mars Saba in slestine; as a penal monastery The elablisint consists of irty priests, who are not monks; fiftee ons, wh play an jm ant part) in the 'services of the Greek Church; and 250 monks. These with the novices and laymen, make thirteen hundred. a total of from twelve to At the present dime none of the monks live alone, but formerly soli- tary life w= hy 3 +