rested in flowers, and his address is 27 Pine Street, New York. He
asks how the United States ranks with foreign powers in point of
military strength. The German army, when on a peace footing, has 546,136
men in it; the French, 567,464; the Italian, 220,685; the Austrian,
334,400; the Russian, 1,112,684; the British, 138,410; and the United
States, 27,957. Great Britain has in its navy 6790 guns; France, 6554;
Germany, 1361; Italy, 1562; and Russia, 1643. The United States has
about the same number of guns as Germany, though it has no fewer than
sixty naval vessels, as tugs, school-ships, small steamers, condemned
boats, etc., out of commission and unfit for service in war.

Linnie Schloeman: Jane Porter was born in Durham, in 1776, and died in
Bristol, May 24, 1850. She was educated at Edinburgh, and afterward
removed to London with her mother and sister. Here she published
_Thaddeas of Warsaw_, which was translated into several languages. In
1809 she published _The Scottish Chiefs_, a story of the adventures of
Bruce and Wallace. Essex Hobarten asks how to make a simple dynamo. He
will find more detailed information than we can repeat here in the Young
People dated January 15, 1895. A copy may be had from the publishers.
The price is five cents. Any dealer can get it for you.

Two Knights say they collect birds' eggs. Better not, friends. The eggs
belong to the birds. We are aware that naturalists say it does no harm
to extract one egg from a nest. Perhaps not, when the purpose is clearly
for study. But the Table cannot do this thing as a pleasure--a mere
fancy for that sort of a collection. Please do not collect birds' eggs.
Chester Lewis, writing from Cincinnati, sends no street address. Suppose
he writes again. James F. Rodgers will find an account of the Johnson
Impeachment case in any history, Moore's _American Congress_, for
example. The Senate refused to sustain the impeachment, hence one might
say that it thought it unjustifiable. Stanislaus Bloch, 5 Krueza Street,
Warsaw, in Russian Poland, has Russian and Finland stamps to trade, and
says he will answer all letters. Carl Deal: The Order has no gold
badges, but it has been suggested that it provide such.

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