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1, I .1 1 'Wr- ' WW)M0M8 0FLeCTRICITY. If OmnaMt 0a4 Telearrapfca fcart Letters Cnald be Pent Cheaply. la electricity there U nothing mors toteresticg ttao Its ippllcatlon to Km 111 railways. Engineers of high UodlDg believe that the day it near M band whtn moot of the larger rail rays will dispense with steam locoino ttve and employ electrical motive power, either by motor fed from third alia or overhead conductors, or by electric locomotives. However this lay be, electricity It already coining Into ue on ateum railways. The New Tork Central la standing forty million tollura for electrlCcatlon of Its metro politan terminal, partly for the pur as of dispensing with smoke and Soul gas lu the tunnels, and partly to attain timber speed of trains. It la easy even for a layman to on Icratand the superiority of electricity s a motive power In urban and sub urban transportation. With a locomo tive, traction la secured froan the weight of the driving wheels. With the multiple-unit syslern the weight of very car in the train may, if desired, be put upon the drivers. In service with frequent stops, speed la secured, by a high rate of acceleration, and a rapid acceleration requires power and Weight In New York's new subway train of eight cars will carry motor wblcb may. at any desired moment, exert a tractive force equal to that of half dozen large steam locomotive. Of great promise Is the motor which ones an alternating current without anilnrUtioii transformers. If It proves entirely successful. It will Introduce a . large economy lu all electrical railway operation. The application of electri cal railway devices to all sorts of In dustrialism affords material for a book II by Itself, ranging, us It does, from the grent electrical locomotive and the huge overhead crane to the broiling of beefsteak or curling of my lady's fcalr by moan of the nuiglc current. In almost every workshop electrical tools may be found. In these, and la eomprcwwed-alr appliances, may be found tiie greatest advance In shop mechanics (luring the decade. There Is a new automatic or mechanical tele graph sender, truurniuing messages forty time as fast an ti human opera tor. In fact. It Is well known that science and Invention have, during the last ten yeiirs. made telegraphy 10 iiy and cheap Unit, If ne had in this country a government or postal tele- , graph Instead of scuil-public compa nies, short letters could be sent by Wire almost as cheaply us by post, Unless 1 read incorrectly the signs of the times, postal telegraphy Is Imml Deirt; in America; it Is demanded by progress.' a nd progress cannot be de Bled. The automatic telephone Is com ing rapidly Into use, and promises to rarry the convenience of telephonic communication to hundreds of thou sands who cannot now afford It The , rural telephone Is growing at an amaz ing rate, too, and nlready scores of thousands of American farmers have the 'phone In their bouse. Walter Wellman, In Success. CONVIMENT KITCHEN CABINET. Bo many household articles have to be kept In the kitchen that It Is often problem, where to put them where they will be out of sight but at I be same time In handy reach when want ed. A cupboard, though It may have many shelves, is seldom sulllcieiit for the. purpose for which It Is Intended, s there lire Innumerable small arti cles of fond, .each of which has to be kept lu Its ortgliwl package, that must be put on the lower shelves, so that they can be bad with the least amount of trouble. A very useful and con venient cabinet to be placed In the Fi -i- ji 1 4. a CCMi'AltTUKMS FOR I.VKUVTIIINO. kitchen, the Invention of a Missouri Biun. is shown in the lUuslrutlon. It Is made In to sections, the upper see t'ou being divided Into four principal Compartineiits by means of three verti cal partition. (Hie of these compart- 'Biei.ts Is spiln divided In a series of ubcoinparlinciiU by horizontal partly tlons. while the two center sections are formed Into very small drawers for ' Storing spices, salt or cereals, etc. The lower section of I he cabinet Is also divided Into drawers and compart Swiits of any su. table slr.eirid. for any fUiloe that limy be deal red; Ily an lotieuious device of the Inventor he drawers for the storage of cereal are Atted with an attachment Mr puujipK iit the quantity required, K sliilahle table Is also tilled betiv-en thei oim. it Is obvious that this cabinet jroiild lie of grent lieuelit t jhe Innise jrlfe. as it would not lM liji yerjr. iuch space, while everything neeued Would be together. Another advant age woiiid be Ihe lu posslbility of bugs f any kind getting Into, Ihe ftssL " v Ivell T. llien.ler, of Kausaa City, iio.. la the putentee. Aftr M OndarUiKrr geU throuBh uk man Hieie ! never uny Ukeli- f rri f aiai moUic 10 life avala. 1 MMIMM OLD FAVORITES rttnMTca on ths Hhlae. A soldier of the Lgiua Uy dying In Al geria; There lark of woman's mining, there ws dearth of wouuta' tears; Bat a comrade stood beside him, while bis bfe-blood eblied away. And be ut with pitviug glance to bear what he might as;. The dying snhiier faltered as he took that Cuuiradea baud. And he said: "I never more shall see nay own, my native land. Tike a message and a t keo to eomi dis tant friends of mine; For I was born at Bingeu at Cingen on the Uulue! "Ten my brothers and companions when they meet and crowd around To bear my mournful story, In the pleas snt vineyard ground. That we fo'iclit the battle bravely; and - when 'the day was done Full many a corpse lay ghastly psle be- , j oeaih the setting sun. And 'midst the desd and dying were some .grown, old In war, The deatu-wouuds on their gallant ' breasts the last of many scars; But some were jmung, aud suddenly be . held life's mnru decline; And one hod com" from Iliugen fair ' Biugeo on the Ithine! 7 "Tell my mother that ber other sons shall comfort ber old age, For I was still a truant bird U.ai thought his borne a cage; . For my father was a soldier, and even as , a child My heart leuped forth to hear him tell of strugeles fierce and wild; And when be died, and left us to divide his scanty heard. I let them take whnte'er they would but kept my father's sword; And with Impish love I hung it where the bright light used to shine On the cottage wall at Iliugen culm lilngvu on the Ithine! "Tell my siter not to weep for me, and seb with drooping head, When the troops nunc marching home SKuin wilh K'ad and gali'int tread. But to look upon them proudly, with a calm and steadfast eye. For her brother was a soldier, too, and not afraid to die; lAnd if s comrade seek her love, I ask ' her In my name To listen to him frankly, without regret or shame, And to hang the old sword In Its place. 1 my father's sword and mine. For the honor of nl I Ilingen dear Uiu gcu on the Rhine! There's another, not a sister; In the happy days gone by Tou'd have known her by the merriment thst sparkled in her eye; Too Innocent for coquetry, too fond for Idle scorning; O friend, I fear the lightest heart makes sometimes heaviest morning. Tell her the last night of my life (for ere this moon be risen My bnd will be out of pain, my soul be out 01 prison). I dreamed I stood with her, and saw the yellow sunlight shine On the vine-clad hills of Bingeo fair liingeu on the Ithine! T saw the blue Ithine. sweep along; heard, or seemed to hear, The German snugs we lined to sing. In chorus sweet and clear; And down the pleasant river, and up the planting hill. The echoing chorus sounded through the evening calm and still; And her glad blue even were on me as we passed, with friendly talk, Down many tt path beloved of yore, and wcll-reitiembercd nlk, And her little, hand lay lightly, confid ingly In mine; But we'll UKH-t no more nt IJingeu loved Iiingen on the Ithine!" Ilia voice grew faint an I honi-sa his grap was childih weak: His eyes put 011 a dying look he sighed, aud censed to speak; Ilis comrade bent to lift him; but the spark of life had fled; The soldier of the l egion in a foreign land was dead! And t'ie soft, moon roe up slowly, and calmly she looked down On the red s;iiid of. the battlefield, with bloody corpxes strewn. Yes, calmly. 011 that di'eailful scene ber pale lit'lit seemed to shine, As it shone on distant Hiugea fair Iiin- ireii on the Ithine! Caroline K. Norton, DIGS CYCLONE CiLLAH. IHITereuce lletwecu the Habits of a II. 1 re un.t a K.iliUit. The xill'H'ieitce between a hare and u rabbit Is, the former lives on tiie sur face, of the ground, while the latter digs H cyclone cellar and iihcs it us a reception room, writes'. Thomas A. lleiiidoii in the Washington i'o4. Tin-re are alwut 30 species of rab bits and hares lu the world, and all countries except Australia originally possessed some specimens, but even Australia, cannot now complain that she is without representatives of a spe cies that make themselves a power lu tbt earth. ' The polar bare, .'the Eskimo' of Its 'species, dwells amid the snow and Ice of luil desolate region, still nature lias o arranged that the color of his clothes luifuioiily.es jvltb hi surroundings .South America is poorest In having but ' Olie species. ". ' ' , ' J.epus eallotls Is the name which sci ence Hives, to f species of this wonder 'til silims l.'Mliiit'Whfii danger1 threatens knows so well what to do with. Its feet, but in eoiiiiilon vernacular, mid for )tlslneN pinHises, lie Is known lis the Jackass rabbit, or Jack rabbit. He de rives bis euphonious name from our treat American mocking bird, the Jack Iks. from the sUppusjtHl reseuiblaiice of tbeir Isuf ears, aud Um Jack rabbit as Car excels aM of bis specie ta speed as bis namesake does In strenuom socg. Jack rabbits are tbe largest of aP the hares, being 25 Inches la length while tbe ordinary rat bit, or cotton tall. Is 17 Inches. The hind legs id ears are long, color above yellowish gray, sides sod back of neck lighter below white, tall sometimes black, but la tbe north entirely white. Like tl bares, they do not burrow, but build a uest on the top of the ground. In northern climates the rabbit turoi pure white In winter, while fartbei south tbe change la partial, or does not occur at all. Their borne Is in the boundless west, from Texas to Min nesota aud westward to California The two big front teeth of the uppei Jaw are the sign of the rodent, but behind these are two little teeth, which do not reach far enough down to aid In the gnawing, and scientists have agreed that these little teeth are tc tbe rabbit what tbe appendix Is to a man a perfectly useless piece of fur niture, a grandfather's clock, so tc F.peflt, once useful to bis ancestors, bul now outlawed by more recent discov eries sud inventions. But these little teeth prove that tbe rabblt'a ancestor had four Instead of two large teeth, as at present. Ou account of the peculiar anatomi cal structure and arrangement of tue bones of tbe forelegs, a rabbit cannot turn them Inwardly aud use them aa hands, as can tbe squirrel aud other rodents wbeu feeding; but the forelegi seem designed to be used in running or the curious stamping la which rab bits Indulge when angry or eicited. Jack rabbits are not believers In or ex ponents of race suicide, and at the close of each season tbey can point wlib pride to tbe Increase In tbe cum ber of their family. Unlike kittens, thu young rabbits come Into this sinful world with their eyes wide open, and when a week old they are active and well able to take care of themselves and look after their own safdy. At the end of a month or two they are weaned and are soon ready to set up housekeeping for themselves. In a natural state their Increase la held In check by the scarcity of food, but when the farmer produces enough food suited to their taste they feel it Is their moral duly to produce enough young rabbits to eat It. The eagle and hawk frequently kill Jack rabbits, es pecially the young, but their most de structive foes, next to the great ussass ln, man, are the wolves and foxes. Tbe coyote Is said to be nn expert on tue sub ect of rabbit hunting, and be considers It an unlucky day when he docs not carry In his Inside pocket the left hind foot of a rabbit. During the autumn and winter jack rabbits are bunted and killed In great riumhera. The most popular method Is shooting them from wagons or buckboards, with the assistance of dogs, who start the Jacks from their cover. One man will sometimes kill dozens of the rabbits in a day. Hut the great est number, however, are killed In drives. An area of several miles lu extent Is beaten over by men on horse back and on foot, who close In as they advance, driving the game before them Into some kind of an lnclosure or cor ral, from which there U no escape. The number of rabbits taken In, this manlier runs from a few hundred to several thousand. The most sportsmanlike way of hunt ing the Jack rabbit Is by coursing with greyhounds, after the iiitinncr In an dent hunts In Europe, and the speed of the rabbit does not allow any loaf ing on the part of the greyhound, and if the rabbit Is not off bis training he will give the greyhound his money's worth In the preliminary upln. If the Jack rabbit has a fair start In the race he can outdistance the grey hound ai d does not turn or double un less closely pressed, but then he take advantage of every trick or turn which he bus learned In the school of experi ence, and t tie greyhound '-ts him fairly must not be a "tenderfoot," but to the uianncMiorn. A Solemn Thuuglil. It Is a solemn thought, Most solemn, of a verity. With prrgtiniit liiertiiiiig fraught, That we were once posterity; 1 The people we've forjot. Even the very pink o' them, Wi re once unduly hot , To know what we would think 0' them. I'roni this a lesson good We le:iru about futurity; Cease vniu solicitude And rest in full security. New Orleans Times-Democrat. Common l-'oi 111 of H ilur iliindness. The most common form of rol.r blindness Is an inability to dlsllnguisli red. Last year thlrty-i'our oiiccrs mi) l would-be ollicers of tbe British mer cniilile marine service failed on their color tests, twenty-threi? I e iig red blind 11 nd Ihe remainder unable to d s titigulsh green. Tbe 4,lH) candidates for certificates were also submitted to the form vision tests find twenty-two of them fulled to distinguish Ihe form of the object submitted. Mit-le an loip mmi First Bes I don't believe that small boy will bother us any more. Second lice Do you think be under stand Uiat his presence Is uot wa ill edT Klist Bee Well, I gave him a strong pointer to that effi ct Detroit Free Press. . ', It doesn't make much Unicrence If the yoiiiig'lniiM Is eligible or not; Moth er smiles patiently when tbe daugh ters claim to hiiu thut they made the bread. i . Old age esn dye Us whiskers, but old age can't took yvuug. OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS TRE RIMA FACTOR. IT Is a ery good sign that the railroad offlcers and man agers themselves are much exercised over the Interstate Commerce Commission' appalling showing of railroad accidents for the past fiscal year. It Is a still further good sign that. In discussing the matter, the railroad meu are very generally admitting that the fault Is the railroads', and not that of the public Itself, or of Divine Providence, or the Infernal powers. Lucius Tuttle, president of the Boston and Maine Itail road, makes the mileage system, which puts undue pressure Upon the men, primarily responsible. And in an interview with an Evening Mail reporter W. C Brown, third vice president of the New York Central, said yesterday that In almost every case Included In the report of the Interstate Commission tbe accident was the result of carelessness or forgetfulness on the part of one or more employes. Mr. Hrown apparently thinks that mechanical safety ap pliances have gone almost as far as. they ran go. Elec trically locked switches may render the operation of fast passenger trains safer; but the rest depends on the em ployes. He wants tbe extremest care exercised to get "only men of natural Intelligence and fairly educated" for this responsible and most exacting service. Hallroad men should certainly be Intelligent and fairly educated. But the most Intelligent man cannot be alto gether depended on If he understands that speed Is tbe first requirement and safety only a secondary one, or If his faculties are so strained by long hours or by Intense pressure that bis Impressions become confused and his per ceptions dulled. Kails sometimes spread and wreck trains under an un nsuul strain. Tbe human brain Is liable to a similar col lapse under similar conditions. It Is to be noted that, ac cording to tbe Interstate Commission's accident bulletin, the gravest disasters reported In the Inst year were the results of blunders of "experienced meu." New York Mall. Peary's Latest Plan. COMMODORE I'KARY, in bis speech at New York, before the International Geographical Congress, out lined the one most rational attack upon the pole yet proposed. Now that the narrow circle still sealed about tbe North I'ole has been approached from all quarters It bus grown r!ear that tbe final achievement of reaching the North I'ole will turn upon one of three methods; a vessel strong enough to stand drift, a vessel powerful enough to breast the lee, and a dash with sledges across the pack. Commodore Peary proposes to unite all three. Ills new vessel, about the size df the English Antarctic Discovery, will be built upon the lines ami have nil the strength of Nansen's craft, which sur Vived the long pressure of moving ice through tbe Arctic night. instead of being, like that vessel, the mere sport of the elements, it will be strong enough to push Its way through moving Ico. Tor this purpose It will be provided with the heaviest engines which have ever been sent north of the Arctic circle. Its screw will be calculated for pressure rather than for speed, its structure wiii be made, uot for tnere ramming, but for that steady, continuous pushing, which, applied to the largest Ice floe weighing millions of tons, will gradually move It, as the experience of whalers In warping during the Melville pack demonstrated years ago. The fashion In which one of these vessels, by the steady pressure of windlass, would gradually thread Its way through an Ice floe square miles In extent, which gradually yielded to steady, continuous pressure applied along Its lends, ciin scarcely be believed. Lastly, having these two requisites of a vessel both strong and powerful. Commodore Peary proposes nt the last stage of his campaign to use tbe Ice sledge and a dm-h across the pack from a base as far north ns can be secured. A northern base, Eskimo' helpers and a mingling of all Ihe various tools which other explorers have employed are three factors by which Coninmiore Peary proposes 'to re lolve that geographical surd, the North I'ole. The open floor toward the greatest northing for bis base Is Smith A CRE BEAU HUNT, The Wood frees of the Far Nor. I) have a great le pect for their "ilttl." brother," makvvii, the bear, mid the braves array tin 111s hi s for a be-' hunt in their finest dress i f ceremony. In "The Silent limes" S eAart Ed ward White d scribes an attaik on a tear by u party'of Indians, as wit nessed by two woo ls lien. Dick mid Sam pereiivi d a sudd mi excitement in the l ml ng canoes ir.-iulu'iiinh stopped, then cautiously l aii.el uiiiil vvll behind the si.recu oj the point. "It's n bear," said .Sam, quietly. "They've gone to get their war paint on." In a short time 1h" Iml'nn canoes re nppea ed. 'Ihe Ind 11:1s bud in.cr cpt el their wo. nen, unpacked their lia:; pige, anil anvyel thcniMives In buck skin, el::bnr.;t ly eiubio.d red wit 1 lends mid silks lu the tloivg- ntteni Ornuireiits of brass ami lie. saqre I skins of the heir. cr, broid dashes" 'of ocher and veruiill ui 011 the naked skin. twisted str ame.s of color if w 01 ab lidded to the barbaric gorgenu in ss liiantoin-like, without apparently the slightest directing 11101,011, tin bows of the canoes swung like win I vanes to point toward r little heap of drift logs under the shadow of an elder bush. The bear was wallowing lu the cool wet sand. Now old Hiu keniah rose to his height In the bow of his canoe,, sn began to speak rapidly In a low voice I In the soft Cie tongue. I "0 mukwa. our I i t tie brother," he said, "we come to you not In linger. ; I'or In disrespect. We come to do y m a kindness. Here are hunger and col I pud enemies. In the Afti'iiaud ia oil v happiness. So If we shoot you, O n.akvvn, our little brother, be not an gry with us." I With the shock of a dozen little bul lets the bear we it down, but was Im mediately afoot nf-ain. He was badly wounded and thoroughly p'iri;:ed. H foie the astonished India: s could ba .. water, he bad (lushed into the shal lows and plan ed It's paws on til bow of (dd llnnktlii: It's (! ivie. i Uuukuuittli stood valluutlj Xu the its Sound and the waterway which runs west of Ureenlaad The winter through, and much more In summer, this cbss nel Is full of moving Ice, through which S Teasel tucb Commodore Peary now proposes can be forced to s pots north of Greenland, probably a very considerable distant), if the season chances to be open over the water whlot separates the most northern part of Greenland front tk poia. i'uiumcipbla Preiis. lenso, but was proa:p:Iy upset and pounced upon by the enraged animal Dick llino i to e suddenly to bis foot and shot. The bear colla'p-ted Into the muddied water. Haukcmiih and his steersman rose dripping. The Indians gathered to ex amine In re-peetful ndmlratlin. Dick's bullet bud passed from ear to ear. CARAVAN ROAO 5,000 YEA8. Fcenca Atona; ;tie of the Most Ancient HiKhwayt in the World, The load from Hums to llama runs almost duo north, a straight white line cutting across the green fields. t is one of the oldest routes in tbi; world. Curiiv 111s have been passing along it for at least five thousand years. Just as we saw them Ion;; stunts of tdovv-niovins cornels, wilh their bright-color d I u's of wheat. fine could . almost imagine that Pharaoh was again calling down the corn of Ilauuitli to fill his garments against, the seven years of famine. Hut even In re the old thl: gfi lire pass itig. Just beyond the long line of iiiinels was a longer lino of fellah women, their cT.ty blue robes kilted above their knees, carrying upon heir shoulders baskets of earth and stone mi' the roadbed of the new iTeie-b railway. The carriage road Is French, too; and a very good loud Is It. Some men were repairing it with a most in genious roller. It was n treat roun 1. stone, drawn by two oxen, and having its axle prolonged by n twenty-foot ty)e, nt the Cinl of which a bare legged Arab was fnsteliid to'bnlau-e the whole aflalr. If the stone had top pled over tbe picture of tbe Arab dangling at the top of tbe slender lliig staff would have been worth watch ing. All along the ride we were reminded of the past. It is a fertile soil, but the very wheat fields lire dilierent from curs. Only a few yards In width, they are often nf tremeiidors length. ! hesitate to commit myself to figures; but It Is certain that the thin, green fields would stretch nwny In the .11-fnii'-e until lost over vo'ne.lltfle vtorsj flon. At one phve'tlie road was cut ,ln out-b n bill honeycombed with rock tombs whb h the liaj siihl were Jew ish. Kvery now ami then we passed it tell, or great hemispherical moliiid. built up of the rubUoU of a down Eoormous Loss by fire EVERY now and then writers on economic subject direct attention to the terrible losses caused bj 0n One of the most vigorous summaries of this vas modern waste is offered by the Wisconsin Stats Is. surauce Department, which remarks that the waste bi fire In the United States during the tweuty-flve years ends) Dec. 31 last has averaged $130,000,000 s year. If cones tions remain normal during tbe fraction of 1904 yet rs malning that is to say, if 110 other serious conflagradss) occurs the fire bill for this year cannot be less than $300 000,000, s tax rate equal to 3 100 of the national wealth When It is remembered that this Immense sum is absolute ly wiped out of existence, eternally removed from tbe ns of mankind, the seriousness of the problem which cost f routs ns may be appreciated." Insurance Engineering has been considering the Sana) subject, and It attributes the waste largely to the oves prevalence of wooden buildings. It is said that In Cbicasi more than half of the buildings are of frame construction In Newark, a town with a population of a quarter of t million, two-thirds of the buildings are frame. Even kf Boston the frame buildings are more than two-thirds s the whole. In Sao Francisco more than nine-tenths ss frame. Insurance Engineering gives a list of about se enty towns In which frame construction predominates S greatly that, to use Its words, they have a "kindling wool outlook." Tbe same remark the New York Sun tblnat might be made of about all the 438 towns enumerated K tbe census bureau's computation of the urban populatlos The next era in our material progress should be know) ns the fire-proof age. Pittsburg Press. The Cost of War. RUSSIA, as well as Japan, is beginning to count tfcs cost of a long war. Count Okuma, as we have sees reckons Japan's military expenses at half a blllioi dollars a year. The financial agent attached to tb ilussiaii embassy at Washington estimates tbe war expend! :ure of Upssin up to the end of the year at nearly tbe saim) sum (;5).(HK),000 rubles being equivalent to a little ovei $"00,000,000. It Is uot likely that either estimate is toi high. Think what a billion dollars might have done for tbi peaceful development of Manchuria. And these figures da not include tbe loss to the country that la fought over. Russia, of course, has vastly greater resources thai Japan. While the remoteness of the war Is a military dis advantage, it leaves the country Itself practically undls turbed, and the drafts for military service make little in !resloii upon the enormous population of the empire. Japan, on the contrary, must be sending an appreciable pro portion of ber productive hands Into the war,- and the bun den of their support falls on a relatively limited territory, Russia bus a particular advantage at this time also is the great horde of gold that has been accumulated in tin ouutry as the basis of an excellent currency system, wbicl has thus far suffered no disturbance. Japan has likewist managed her currency Issues successfully as yet, but thej are on a small scale, and when tbe public outlay rises it the hundreds of millions It Is questionable if the system ia adequate to stand the strain, la the shock of battle, victory la likely to rest with the strongest battalions. In tbe wear and tear of a long wan the advantage Is with the largest exchequer. Japan's best hope Is In an early and decisive success. Russia's reliance is still In her unlimited powers of endurance. But tb wanton waste of a billion dollars a year Is the least part ot the awful cost of war. Philadelphia Ledger. ruined towns; for even ns late si Itomnn times this was a well cult vated and populous country. There k now no lumber available for building purposes, and In a number of village! the houses are all built with conical roofs of stone. Where the rock bap pens to be of n reddish tinge tb houses remind one of nothing so mud as a collection of Indian wigwams) where the stone Is white, as at TeT el-lllseh, it glitters and sparkles Ilk a fairy city cut out of loaf sugar. Scribner's Magazine. Kcliuions In In II I. Some Interesting knowledge coav curning religions In India Is presented by the census. The number of Bral manic Hindoos lu 1001 was 207.05CV "i'u, or seven in ten of the? population This great sect, broadly speaking, hat declined nineteen lu 1,000 since 1801, but chiefly because of famine and mur riagc customs. The Mohammedans, is the same period, managed to incrcast TO per cent, their total number now Do ing (,ir;s,0T7. Assertions often made that Moham medanism is gaining ground In India) thus appears to be well founded, and it Is evident that at the present rate ot Increase that religion may some Oroi dominate Oie country. While BuddV hlsm Increased 3 per cent, It Is coo lined almost exclusively to Burma, and there most of the 0,000,000 nominal ad heron ts of the itnddlilstlc cult are res ly, bound to an analenttoemon worship, for Christianity, ln4pdla, the ces sus'of 00 V ' retunn's 2,fJi2h,24 1 professor of thi?, Christian 'faltoV'sn increase ot HI per centj slnce 1IJ91. This growth seems decidedly encow nging, but It must be Wild that, accord big to the official view, the returns of Christians were swelled by the Inclu sion of tbe famine waifs, who wen cast upon Christian charity In largs numbers by the terrible famines of tat past decade.' It m also stated that to Madras and Bengal tbe more degrade! -lasses tend to become converts to 'hrlsUaiilry for social reasons -I Vii-i iLI ' 1 ' , .. lostnooissc "There's no use trying to do good things In this world. Tbey aren't f predated." "How do yoo kaowraiwlM i'lslB Doolsr. ,J, i t L i .V" f'v.'tr 5V .Mi' 1 4.