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After the way I bring ye up, too, ye spalpeen I Now mind," address- ing his baok very solemnly. "You mustn't propose more than twice in the week, for I won't spend all my valu- able time mending your pants, just be- cause you want to go down on your knees to a girl every night or so t" and she skipped aver onto the big black hair - cloth sofa, and went off into fits of laughter. John was accustomed to his sister's high spirits and was not surprised. He faced round with his hands in his pockets, looking very sheepish. "Oh, shut up, Lib," he said appealing- ly, trying to force a laugh. "I tell you We no joke." Libbie sat up suddenly, looking very serious. Something made her get up and go to him. "Why she'll have you, Jackie. "of course she will. How could she help it?" "I don't believe she will, Lib," said her brother, submitting meekly to her affectionate rumpling of his curly !' tIIE EXETER TIMES Is published every Thursday morning at Times Steam Printing House Main street, nearly opposite Fitton's jewelry store, Exeter, Ont., by JOHN WRITE & SONS, Proprietors. RATES OF ADVERTISXNl: i first insertion, per line 10 cents. Each subsequent insertion, per line3 cents, To insure insertion, advertisements should he sent in not later than Wednesday morning. Our JOB PRINTING DEPARTMENTis one el the largest and best equipped in the County of 1luroa. All work entrusted to as will re- ceive our prompt attention. Decfsiofs Itegareing Newspapers. 1-Anyperson who takes a vizier regularly from the post office, whether directed in his name' or another's, or whether he hat sub - seethed or not, is responsible for payment. 2—If a person orders his paper discontinued all arrears or the publisher may must pay P d ' until thepayment is made soatinue to eon it u and then pollee the whole amount, whether the paper is taken from the office, or not. 11—In snits for subscriptions, tk.e suit may be realest ed in the place. eller° the paper 'ispub. 11ed. although the subscriber may reside erode of miles away. la uTbe•courte'have 'deci di that refusing to newspapers,or the post ols P perio3 fromt em.uncalle orrremayiug ttindleaning . h cl oriel*, facie evade ce. of intentional . M hair, Are you going to ask her ?" in a whisper. is can't, Lib." "Can't! Why?" "Well, I'll just tell you, Lib," And John rase and walked nervously up and down the sitting room. 'You see it's this way. John and me made a bar- gain more than a month ago that we wouldn't neither of us ask Nellie un- til she'd showed some preference, you know, till she'd sort of shoved one off, the way you do, you know. And who- ever got the cold. shoulder was to drop out and give th.e other fellow a free chance. But she just goes on the same week after week; she don't give one a quarter of an inch more than the other, and, what's more, she won't either, I know, Mrs. Burton and Polly and all the rest of them clattering women have filled her head with all sort of yarns I ' Cin withgirls. is Elly about g new guess we deserve it, too, by ginger 1 they've talked her up until she's seared that we don't mean anything, so she won't let us see she cares a speck. So you see how it is, Lib. I just can't do anything. I wish to goodness some- thing 'd turn up. . I've thought and thought all night what to do many a time; but it ain't any use. She might- n't take me anyway She's far too good for me. And J pian hangs on like a bull -dog, and he will, too, just as long as 1 do. And he don't care one speck about her in that way. I know that for a fact." Libbie sat in solemn, sympathetic silence for some time. "Why don't you tell John," she sug- gested at last. "He'd give you a chance. John's an awfully good—" "Tell him 1 Likely. Look as if I was afraid of him, and had to coax him off. No, its just got to go on and end the best way it can. Well, I must be off." Libbie followed her brother to the kitchen with a slow step, and thought- ful air. Her bright curly head was full of plans to help this adored brother. "Now, mind, don't you peep one word of this to John's mother, or a living soul, Lib," he warned her as she help- ed him on with his coat. "Of course not, you silly. I won't mention it. But you go. along Jackie. It'll come out all right, I'm sure." She stood for a moment on. the ver- anda till John's buggie rattled down the lane and through the gate and then she flew to the kitchen and tookldown a heavy shawl from a peg. hy " she called to the elderly woman, who was her help in household duties. "Man- dy, I'm going to take ajar of that be gone long. And Mandy," she added, new jellae to Mrs. Robinson I won't stopping with the door half open, "If anyone comes, you know, don't you tell them where I am for the world." . The old woman nodded knowingly. She was well accustomed to these warn- ings. She turned again to her perusal' of the newspaper. When Libbie had the jar of jellie and her inevitablecrochetingtucked ander her arm, she suddenly paused and ran into the sitting room. Here she pro- cured a white fleecy shawl from a closet, which she exchanged for the heavy one, carefully arranging it aver her curls and noting the effect in the little mirror above the what -not. She flew across the yard, scrambled over the fence and was soon speeding across the hard, stubby field which lay between the two houses. "It's most likely he'll be home," she soliloquised. "My, I hope he is. If I can only: get him to go with me for a little while, till John gets it all set- tled, I'll be satisfied, and it's a pretty queer thing if I can't." Then a little flush came over her face under the shadow of the white shawl. It's an awful thing to run after a fellow! But he'll never know, and it's for John's sake anyway. Well, who- ever would think I'd. ever have to do this!" She was quite amused at this new role and laughed softly to her- self as she ran up the steps and -into the house. Libbie never knocked' at Robinson's door. Lars. Robinson was as a moth- er to the girl. She had always taken the oversight of Libbie's work, and credited herself with the feet that Lib- bie Campbell was one of the best house- keepers for miles round. She even yet kept a slight supervision over the affairs of the "other house; always go- ing up for a daly at house-cleaning time, or -threshing; and gave Libbie an occasional scolding for her extrava- gance, such as burning a lanain the sitting -room every evening, using a. wringer," etc., etc. But Libbie took it all very ;good-naturedly end still pre- served the even tenor of her ways. Mrs Robinson was veryfond of the. girt and never failed to theow out very broad hints 'to both her and her Son house- keeper that ' the bee d be Zibbiie would keg r for her successor: So it was a source of great- happiness to the old hn lady, when, afier.:l,ibbie',s visit, J set off up the hill, with her. Y2 . ..hat's just right,"she ;said to; her - f f' a ire �+k the , 1P a • h `+ went bac to Qe ssewe r. . THE EXETER TIMES cr "It'll come to something yet, I'Il be "bound.'" Libbiefelt that her cause was pro• greasing,, as she 'and John strolled home in the moonlight. "Goin' to the tea -meeting to -morrow?" asked John, who was sauntering along with his hands ie. his pockets. This was exactly the opening Libbie desired. No I 'aint," she pouted. "I haven't got anyone to take me!" "You haven't!" laughed her oottnpan- ion. "well, that's a joke!" "I don't think it's a bit of a joke, indeed, I want to go awful bad, but John won't take me, of course. Heys going to take the Palmer girl, I guess, unless you are?" "No, its his turn," he replied in a very matter-of-faot tone. "Well, you are apair of silliest" laughed Libbie with her usual free- dom. For all the world like two hens squabbling aver a crust, I won- der what '11 happen to you two. You ought to wait till Lettie Johnston's twins grow up. What are you go- ing to do about it anyhow?? I don't know what your John's go- ing to do, but I'll hang on as long as he does." "That's just what he said you'd dot" exclaimed the girl, and then she could have bitten bey tongue off for her in- discretion; she had said the very thing John had warned her not to say. "01 he's been tellin' you about it eh?" "No, he hasn't!" snapped Libbie. But John laughed easily. He knew Libbie almost better than her own brother did.. I say, Libbie, I do believe he's dead struck!' he said, solemnly. "Well, so are you." "No I'm not, you know that well enough." l\ ell, if you don't care, and you think John does, why in the name of fortune don't you drop out and give him a chance?" "Yes, and leave the whole country- side to say he run me off. I guess not!" They had came to the gate by this time and Libbie paused. It was her brother's only chance. She must do something., "You—you could go with some other girl and they'd think you didn't care." John shook his head grimly. "There's only one girl on earth I'd want to go with, and she don't give an oat -straw for me," he replied, settling his long body disconsolately against the gate- post. For the first time in her life Libbie could think of nothing to say. She stood quite silent, nervously finger- inthe corner of her white shawl. "If you'd only give a. fellow a chance, I'd drop out and give John a fair field," said John, cunningly. Libbie had hoped for advances on John's part, but this was more than she had expected. She felt like run- ning away. " i—I don't know—" she faltered. John braced himself, drew his tall figure up to his full height, dug his hands deeper into his pockets, and de- livered himself. "See here, Lib, you know right well that you're the only girl in the world I'd look at, if you'd only give me a chi n .. t,e But you knowto that I o ain't the kind to trot round after you and get shoved off whenever you feel inclined, like some of the other fellows. You did that with me once and it's the Last time. But I tell you this, Lib- bie Campbell, I love you now; that's all about it. And John's in love with Nellie Palmer, and if you'll have me I'll leave John alone, but if you won't I'll just go on salve as ever. And you know 1 'atnt the kind to stop when I've started anything!" John had always been called the "hull -dog" at school. He never gave up what he once started to do; and though Libbie knew this, the develop ment of this trait of character as shown in his love -making, quite took her breath away. Humility of the lowest order had always been the role of her suitors heretofore. She felt herself mastered, and, like all wilful women, she liked it. "Wolf, Libbie?" John said at length. His tone of dogged command, was not unmixed witinthe lover's anxiety. Lib- bie heard it, and revived instantly. "Well—"she hesitated. "You come over and in about a -week I'll—" "No!" interrupted John firmly. "It's got to be now or never! You'd likely end with flirting me round like all the others. Will you marry me, Lib?" But what'll people say?" "I don't give a hang what they say!" "Would you promise not to tell a soul for a month?" "Yes." "Well I--',' "Well, what?" "Are you sure you want me, John?" "Oh, darned sure!" "Do you—like—me John?" in a faint whisper. Like you!" shouted John, coming to the other slide of the gate. "Come here till I tell you whether I do or not!" It was well for the lovers that the ground was hard as iron and that John Campbell's buggie rattled loudly over it as he came up the road. As it was Libbie had to scurry up the lane un- der the shade of the bare apple tree branches, and John had barely time to drop his long body over the fence and crawl down the side of the field by the raspberry bushes. But John Camp- bell's mind was !fixed in melancholy thought upon the girl at Burton's, and his hopeless suit, so lee failed to seethe fugitives, We all received quite a shock the next night at the tea -meeting when Nellie and Libbie appeared, with the two Johns. Mrs. Fraser was sure it was a put up job on the part of John Campbell to get rid of his rival, others expressed various opinions between the speeches, and exchanges .af conversa- tion lozenges. But in a month it was all settled to the satisfaction of every- one, except a few luckless swains such as Bob Burton, Jinx Blair and others, So by next spring Mss. Robinson had happily given place to Kra. Campbell, and gone down to the `other house" to superintend affairs there. Though she still saucily informs her husband it was "all for John'ssake," and he meekly" asks "which John?" Aftered-, all the exCit e t of the w h n era clings had subsided we settled for some time in the ill-founded security that he rivalry of the two Johns wa.s a thing of the. past. Bat, alas! It was not more than a couple of years, when it cropped out again in a still livelier form., It was, as usual, Mrs. Fraser who gave us' the first word of it, at Mrs. Hard ' s rag-bee:i „ y I just happened to say to Libbie; When I was there, that John ' Camino bell had 011 the prettiest Little blue cloak I'd ever seem and if Grand -ma Robinsonahs 3ilasom didn't pipe in an'�y 'Indeed, Mrs. Fraser, John's going to town 'tp-morrow an' he'i goin, to buy John Robinson a real white .silk ones, now." ' And Libbie just laughed an' said—" done yet Mrs. Fraser, you're not .th the races of the two tha Graham. The End.. NONKEY STORIES, Always a Motive Behind What is Called Mischief. Sir Gore Ousley, diplomatist and trav- eler, gave a remarkable instance of the "exquisite sensibility" of the monkey. On board the man-of-war which took him out as Embassador to Persia,tbere was a pet monkey of the captain's a peculiarly, affectionate, gentle, amiable creature which was a favorite with the whole ship's company., . But it was not without the mischievous propensities of its kind. There was a. milk goat kept on board, especially for the Embass'a dor's use. One morning the monkey Lashed the goat to the tackle of a guin and milked into a marine's hat—the headgear of the marines at that time was a stiff glazed hat. Caught red- handed, the monkey was brought before the captain, who sentenced him to be sent to Coventry for a. week, any one taking the slightest notice of the culprit during that period to forfeit his grog. The monkey went .ibout wistfully seek- ing the attentions to which he had been accustomed, but none of his friends had a kind look or word for him, In vain he put on his most coaxing and engag- ing airs; they were wasted. For two days he bore his punishment, but on the morning of the third, finding him- self still in disgrace, his sensitive heart brake under the stra.in of misery, He sprang on the bulwarks, and placing both hands over his head, gave ONE PITIl' UL CRY, then leaped into the sea ants was seen no more. As a rule, so far as our experience goes, the mischievousness of monkeys is not purely wanton, but is prompted by a. motive. Sometimes the motive is re- Veege, as in the following case. A re- tired Colones at Bath had a pet mon- key. His next-door neighbor was a widow lady with three mischievous and troublesome boys, who when they were home for the holidays, made that un- happy monkey's life a burden to him by throwing lighted squibs and crack- ers at him, and giving him nuts filled. with pepper or mustard. When his tormentors went back to school, the monkey, from a a'espeetful distance watched them depart, then came down, crept cautiously along the balcony to the widow's drawing room winilow,and, seeing that there was no one about, en- tered, got hold of a bottle of ink, and liberally sprinkled its contents over the carpet and furniture. Ile was caught, p • to his m flagrante delicto, handed over master, anti soundly whipped—but he had !tad h!s revenge. In another curious case jealousy of a quite human type prompted revenge. A nobleman, well known as a. prominent member of the Royal Yacht Club, had a pet monkey which. used to accompany him on his yachting cruises, and was accustomed to receive a great deal of attention from every one on board. Among the guests on the yacht on one occasion was a beautiful girl who at- tracted general admiration, but as she professed a dislike for monkeys, Mast- er Pug's presence was not encouraged. The monkey felt himself aggrieved and neglected. But when the party .landed to inspect some caves, he contrived. to slip into the boat unobserved and ac- company them. • !Watching his oppor- tunity he seized a ' large crab and plac- ed it against the heel of the young lady, w,hicit gripped with its huge claw so fiercely that srhe SCRE9.MED WITH PAIN. Utnfortunately for the monkey he had been detected in the act, and suffered for it. One 'of, the drollest instances of the monkey's keenness of observation and power of mimicry that we have met with is the following: A retired Admir- al and his wife Living at Cheltenham% had a favorite monkey. One day the lady, hearing a strange noise in the dining roam, looked in to see what it was. The sight which met her eyes was a ludicrous ane. Seated in the a.rm chair, with the Admiral's smoking cap on his head, and the Admiral's spec- tacles an his nose, was the monkey; and in his hand was the open newspaper which he shook and patted,.whi.le jhe jabbered and jeeticulated with (great emphasis at the cat, which lay blinking on the hearthrug. It was a clever and carefully.studied imitation of the testy old Admiral's tone and manner when reading to his wife some passage from the newspaper which excited his wrath or indignation. • It is strange that so little attempts is made to utilize this strong imitae tive faculhyein monkeys. They might eas- ily be trained to perform, as athletes and. acrobats. Some fifty years ago an Italian Count who had a villa on the shores of Lake Albano kept a monkey which he had taught both to row and sail a small skiff. rhe monkey used to navigate this tiny craft with great skill; but, unfortunately, one day, when climbing the mast, ha capsized the boat and was drowned. As jockeys, monk- eys, might sureiy be made useful, and would fulfil every purpose for which the manikins who xide on race horses are artificially stunted and sweated, A LABORED EXPLANATION. Two young husbands were comparing notes on infantile woes. , That kid of mime, said one, never seems to holler except when I'm at home. Then, said the other, I suppose he doesn't commence until the early morn- ing hours. Now our baby ye'.ilts at any end all times. 1' wish to thunder there was some way of stoppiingfl him. Then the thirdoutnr husband chip- ped im the best he could.. He stuttered. A -a -at our ho -house, he laborious- ly remarked, we behave just gug-gug- got a f -fresh p-pair-o— What 1 Twins? yelled both the other young husbands. N -n no, not t-t-twins—'gorio ! paragoric. P -puts the Ibub-bub-baby right to sl -sleep,' Gig -gig -get some and tut -tut -try it. P BETWEEN TWO EVILS. o dirt tramp) TO FORCE THE STRAITS, A DESCRIPTION OF THE DARDAN- ELLES' DEFENCES. Formidable Array or Forts That Would Annihilate any Fleet Found In Their Ali4st—lite Fleet Which Tries to Beach Constantinople Will Know They 'I hrre Been in a Battle, The London Daily Graphic has this to say about fortg the Dardanelles: —At the preeemt moment a great and immediate interest attaches to the de- fences of 'the Dardanelles, and to the questions of the probability that the straits could be forced, or that the forcing of them would imply an effec- tive occupation of the Sea of Marmora beyond. A statement from Mr. T. G. Bowness, M -P., is not without interest:—"As- Burning," he says, "that the British fleet force, the Dardanelles, now heavily arm- ed—this it could certainly do, though it might lose an ironclad or two in the operation—the fleet would then be in the Sea of Marmora and in a trap. In a month; it would have no coal left; in two months (if engaged in active oper- ations), no ammunition; in three months no food, and in four months not a clean bottom in the fleet. With the Darda- nelles between it and its supplies, none could reach, it, for colliers and trans- ports could nertainly not force the straits .No sane admiral in short, would venture into the. Sea of Marmora un- less he could either count upon the friendship of Turkey or ellse could keep command of the Dardanelles." Bat that means a land force. DEFENDED BY. NATURE. .Few places, indeed lend themselves so readily to the purposes of defence as the narrow straits that separate the Sea of Marmora from the Aegean. On either side of the narrow waterway nature seems to have conspired to render dif- ficult the passage of the invader. Nor has man been backward in assisting her designs. By the erection of works of defence along both shores he has en- deavored to improve by art the natural capabilities of the place. If in old times the passage of the Dardanelles, that outwork of Constantinople, was hazard- ous, how much more so has it now be- come when modern. guns and modern forts, to make no mention of such in- ventions as torpedoes and submarine mines, can render the picturesque and winding channel as dangerous and de- fensible a piece of water as any in the world! As we pass into the eb,annel the first signs of fortifications that meet our eyes are the twin forts of Sedd-ul-Bahr and Kum Kaleh, on the European and Asian coasts respectively, guarding the entrance of the passage, which is some five miles broad. The old forts at these points are stone buildings, very much out of date now, and containing some ten or twelve Paianhun guns. New batteries have been erected near the old ones and mount ten Krupp guns on the Asian and four Krupps of twenty-eight centimetres on the European shore. GOING UP THE CHANNEL. As we continue our way the channel widens considerably before narrowing to its least width: opposite the town of Chanak Kalessi, otherwise known as Dardanelles, from which the strait takes its name. Here Lie the chief works of defences on either coast, which, by their mutual defence, if properly manned, will rend- er a successful passage almost impos- sible. On the right, or Asian side, rise the works ; of Chanak Kalessi, consist- ing of a main redan, mounting at least one Krupp gun of thirty-five centi- metres, and an earthwork, also armed with Krupps. Close to these modern works is an old stone castle, possessing nine bronze guns, which, with their stone shot, are more curious than ef- fective„ In the town, itself,/which is built on a flat point, and en�j//ayes a con- siderable trade in wine and pottery, are some large military magazines and a military 'hospital. fi THE OLD AND NEW FORTS. On the opposite coast is the old fort of Killid Bahr, at the foot of a steep hill, its towers overlooked by .the new fort built on higher ground, and known by the name of I\Tamazleh, 'a recent work, and one of the greatest import- ance, bath from its position and its arm- ament, which consists of twenty-four Krupp games of various calibres, the whole work being supported by three batteries, each mounting four guns. It i s difficult to ima,pene any place more admirably suited foe1'ence than is this excnarrow nrow part of the channel, commanded as it is by works armed with: modern weapons, and to which an additional advantage is given by a turn in the channel which obliges advancing vessels to somewhat slacken speed when just opposite the forts. And once beyond this dangerous spot, suc- cess does not necessarily await the in- comiing eihip, which still finds many forts, old and new, ready to open fire on it from either shore. On the European side are the forts of 'Dermaburnu and Cham, the former new, the latter old, but with a newly erected earthwork in its vicinity; while further on lie Forts Maitos and Bakhali and a battery of Melia Tepe, all mod- ern or modernized, and mounting mod- ern guns. On ,the Asian shore, be- yond Fort Chanak, we have'Medjidieh Fort, with six£eeia Krupp guns, and this is succeeded by Feet Keoseh, an ol,d. stone work, and then by the 'Na- gara group, consisting of an old fort with thirty-seven guns, a new earth- work with eleven Krupps, and two new tabliilied en the peninsula. it would be an easy task to seize the earthworks On the European shore of the Dardan- elles, the gorges of which are, as it rule, open and offer little resistance to attack from the rear. With - these coinmand- ing forts in his hands, en enemy could subdue those an the opposite coast suf- ficiently to cover the passage of his fleet. Such, then, is a brief description of the defences of the Dardanelles, corny prising some forts whose strength has quite passed away, and others, placed generally on higher and more com- manding ground, whose - powers of re- sistance to en enemy's Fleet advancing up ,the Dardanelles can„perhaps soarce- Ly be over-estimated. ITEMS OF INTEREST. A Few Paragraphs 'Which May be Found Very Readable. During 1895 there were 1,561, post - offices burglarized in the United States, Several prudent young ladies in At- chison, Kansas, have formed a society and each has solemnly pledged herself not to marry a man whose salary is less than her own. The only cheap thing in Liberia is a low 'grade of whisky, which sells for eight cents a. pint. Half a pint of it will convert a peacable olergyman into abullying pugilist. Some tramps entered at a house at Hicksville, Ohio, where a wedding was in progress, terrified the guest.!, lock- ed the groom in a smoke -house, and deliberately ate the wedding supper. A ” cold foot club" bas been organ- ized by some young women in Muncie, Ind, They sit around an open fire with their feet elevated an hassocks, and enjoy what they pall a "corn roast." Incessant hiccoughs caused a patient to be brought into a hospital in Lyons, France. He 'was cured by inducing him to thrust his tongue far out of his mouth, and thus hold it for a few min- utes. A female reformer in Anderson, Ind.. hypnotizes sinners, and throws them into trances which sometimes last a week, She is quite effective with top- ers who really desire to abstain from stimulants. Dr. Charles King visited a physician in Waterbury, Conn., and convinced hint that two hearts beat beneath his vest, one on each side. At will, Dr. King can make his two hearts beat simul- taneously or alternately. When a Philadelphia magistrate per- forms a marriage ceremony, he must give $5 to the city, When the fee he receives is more than this sum, he keeps all over $5; when it is less, he must make up the deficit. A tree uprooted by a storm in Ham- ilton, Ala., revealed the skeleton of a man. Bullet -holes in the decayed shirt indicated a murder, and it is supposed that tite nnan was a revenue officer,. and the victim of moonshiners. Arthur amilto a wealthy�u - A H n I g lish'man who recent! died it Vienna bad a fad for collecting uniform but- tons, the teeth of wild beasts, and the fans of beautiful women. His collee- tion comprised 352 fans, 20,000 buttons, and about two bushels of animals' teeth. Li -Hung -Chang has been made Min- ister of Foreign Affairs, and simultane- ously with his appointment an Imper- ial edict orders him to be punished for presuming to enter the precincts of the ruined Summer palace while visiting the Dowager Empress. GOATS MUST GO. The City Fathers of St. John's Deport Thew to the Wilderness. From St. John's, N. F. comesa Kvail because of a decision which is robbing the city streets of a picturesque nuis- ance, and the lower class of a vale -- able aid to their means of subsistence. All who have visited the capital of New- found:land have seen the goats that seemed to hold undisputed possession of the streets. Lately, like all spoiled favorites, they have abused their privi- leges. Ash heaps, thbs, etc., left out of doors at night for the scavengers have been overturned, and their contents scattered far and wide by these nocturn- al prowlers. Scientific men and the newspapers deoltaxed that the goats car- ried about the genes of diphtheria and spread infectious diseases, The City Council recently decreed that every goat found in the streets was to be lassoed, impounded, and deported by railway far into the interior, there to be turned loose like the scapegoat of the old dispensation.. - The work began and was vigorously followed up by lively street arabs, who got a reward for each goat captured. A rebellion began among the owners, and numerous old ladies defended for a time their nannies, plying the broom handle vigorously. All in vain. Batch after batch was dispatched to the wild- erness by rail. They are a hardy race, and Neill probably adapt themselves to their new environment:. SUN DIALS IN GREAT B1tITA1N. A -sun dial made fax London would be useless for either Paris or Edinburgh. The altitude of the pole star varies with the latitude, and hence is greater at Edinburgh and less at Paris than at. London ; and : as the stylus must al- ways point to the polar star, the angle it makes with the dial -plate must vary with the latitude. — -- SPEED OF ELECTRICITY. Electricity can travel faster than 200.- 000 00; 000• miles in a second, or, in other words, instead of requiring'. twenty minutes to. go around the world like messages're- centiy dispatched from an American exposition, it can make the journey. eight times in one second. This would be at the rate of about 500 time in one minute or 10,000 times in twenty minutes, redoubts commandtnrg the whole, and each mounting, eight guns. COULD THEY BE PASSED ? This exhausts the list of, batteries, and it mutt: be confessed that the ar- ray of works is a formidable one, and the muzzlss of no fewer than sixty- seven Krupp: guns an one side and forty-eight _on the other, alt bearing on: the channel, render its successful pass- age enormoudlry diffieu'llt. Na cripe take Hood's Pills. 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