Clara Ellis
(Aged 14 years).


Many wish to be like Christ in bliss who seek not to be like Him by grace.


Interesting Items.

Dairying by a Duchess.—The Duchess of Hamilton has opened a shop in Ipswich for the sale of butter, and is crowded with orders, at 1s. 7d. per pound.

Telegraphing from a moving train has now become a practical success in America, and the messages have been successfully transmitted by induction through twenty feet of air.

A Powerful Pneumatic Gun.—A pneumatic gun, which is to throw a shell containing six hundred pounds of dynamite four miles, is being constructed for Italy in Philadelphia.

The Queen has presented to St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, a very handsome silver gilt altar cross, in commemoration of her Jubilee. The royal gift, which has, it is said, cost about £300, was displayed upon the table next the reredos for the first time on April 1st.