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The Story of the 0111 Mills in the Del-went. One of the most interesting relics in this interesting old city has disappeared forever. It was a blg buildmg, or cluster of buildings, on an island in the Derwent River. b‘or man y generations it was a. landmark of the place, rum a. cherished landmark, since it represenzed one of the chief sources of the industrial greatness of Derby. But in the course of more than a, century and {L hull time wrought sud havoc on the edifice. A few weexs ago a considerable portion of it fell into ruin, and the wall top- pled over into the Derwent. it was then seen to be necessary to pull down the remain- ing portions. There will soon, therefore, be nothing left of it, and its site will in time be_occupied by some new structure. -u :n The old buiilding was the first silk-mill ever built in England. There were a. few workers of hand-rooms at SpiLalsfield, where the industry dated back to Lhe Frotictorutr These were mostly French ProLesmnt re- fugees, who had fled to England xor safety from persecution. They brought; over with them their old hand-looms, and first practis- ed silk-weaving on English soil. Amer the Edict of Nantes was revoked, many more refugees came over and joined the dpiblus- field colony, so that, before this Derby mill was built there were thousands of silk-looms at work. These were all hand-looms, how- ever, each worked by its owner in his own cottage, and they produced only a. few VARII‘ITIES ()F SILK CLOTH, and not nearly enough to supply the de- mands of the English markeu. I‘he trade was very profitable, and many great fun-tunes had their origin among the handâ€"looms of Spitalsfield. Yet. England had still Lo look ELIJl‘OiMl, chiefly to Italy, for her chief sup- plies of silk. u lt‘arl y in the eighteenth century, however, a young man named John Lombe conceived the idea of building a mill where looms might be run by water-power, and Where there might be made successful competition with the iamous silk factories of Italy. It was not an easy thing to do. For, to begin with, he must go to ltaly to learn how to I equip and operate the mill. And the Italian factories were secret institutions, from which l sight-seers and all visitors were rigidly ex- cmded. Lombe went to Italy, however, ‘ and, disguised as a laborer, secured employ ment in a silk mill. Even then he could not gain the information he wanted, as some important parts of the establishment were kept under lock and key, only the actual operators of the machines being admitted. he accordingly had recourse to bribery. Two of the foremen of the mill were induced in this way to give him secret access to all parts of the building, at times when the ma. chinery was not in motion. He was thus enabled to study it carefully and make draw- ings of all essential parts. But about the time when he had learned it all, he and his accomplices were detected by the proprietors of the mill in the act of making drawings of some of the machinery. Had they been arrested they could hou' thing occurred. The women both fell vio- lently in love. The daughter of the Ital- ian mill-owner set her affections upon Lomhe himself, and her friend became en-l amored of one of Lombe’s Italian accom . plices. In the former case the love was all‘ on one side. Indeed, the girl never let Lombe know of her affection for him. But she worshipped him at a. distance and in silence. She of course abandoned her scheme of vengeance and determined to live in Derby all the rest of her life, so as to be near Lombe. Her companion, however, persisted in her design of murder, although she was compelled to pretend to the other girl that she had given it up. She took her lover into her confidence, and by her per- suasions got him to turn against Lombe and aid her in killing him. Indeed, it was the runaway Italian foreman himself who put the poison in Lombe’s food. When this was done Lombe fell ill at once. The doctors could do nothing for him, being ignorant of the nature of the poison. It was, however, a slow poison, and he did not die for a year. He pluckily took advantage of that time to impart to others all the knowledge of silk weaving that he had gained in Italy, so that they COJld carry on the workafter his death. Then he died, at the age of twenty-nine, and all Derby mourned the loss. His murderer escaped to Italy and was never punished, but both the women remained in England. Lombe’s brother Thomas then carried on the enterpriae. It was to him, indeed, that the King granted letters patent for the silk- weaving machinery which John Lombe had made from his Italian plans. The patent is A ROMANCE 0F SILK. CURIOUS AND ROMANTIC ' IMPRISONED, dated September 9, 1718, and it sets forth that “ Thomas Lombe, of Our City of Lon- don, merchant, bath by his petition humbly presented unto us, shown and set forth that he has by long studies, paines and travels and at great expense found out and brought to perfection three sortes of engines never before made or used within this our King- dom of Great Britain, one to wind the FINEST llA\V SILK, another to spin, and the other to twist the finest Italian raw silk into organzie in great perfection which was never bofm'e done in this our Kindgom, by which means many thousand familes of our sub-jects may be constantly employed in Great Britain, be furnlshed with sillzs of all sorts of the manufacture of our subjects, and great quan- tities exported into foreign parts by being made as good and cheap as any foreign silk can be.” Therefore His Majesty grant-- ed to Thomas Lombe, for the space of four- teen years. the exclusive right to operate such machinery and to manufacture silkenâ€" fabric by means thereof. 1 «u m1 Theoiiiginalfuctory was enlarged by Thom- as LoniLe until it was really a very consider- able affair. Says a writer of those times who visited it: “One hand \Villtwist as much silk as before could be done by fifty, and that in a truerand beLtermanner. This engine contains 26,586 wheels and 97,746 movements, which work 73,7'26 yards of silk thread every time the waterâ€"wheel goes round, which is three times in one minute, and 318,504- 960 yards in one day and night. One water- wheel gives motion to all the rest, of the wheels and movements, of which any one may be stopped separately, One fire. engine likewise conveys warm air to every individual part of the machine, and the Whole work is governed by one regulator. The house which contains this engine is of vast bulk, and five or six stories high.” But despite his patent, Lombe did not prosper. The building was costly, and the outlay so exhausted his means that he actually had to appeal to the country for support. The end of the matter}was}that Parliament purchased from him for 75.000 the right to copy his machines, and soon thereafter many other silk mills were opened in various parts of England. But with these new means the original Derby mill was now operated suc» cessfully, and for many years was the most important establishment of. the kind in Eng- land. There is now some talk of erecting a monument to the Lombe brothers on the site of the mill, but the project has yet taken no practical form. It would, however, he only a fitting tribute to one of the great bene- factors not only of Derby itself but of all England. The judgment pronounced by the arch- bishop of Canterbury upon Dr. King, the bishop of Lincoln, who was under condem- nation for ritualistic practices not allowed by the Church of England, is virtuallya triumph for the ritualists. Out of nine in- dictments, one is dismissed as irrelevant and four are settled in favor of the ritualis- tic party so that the result is, on the whole, a High Church victory. This judgment 1s a compromise, so far as the two parties are concerned, but it- is an immense gain that the archbishop of Canterbury, and not a lay court, pronounces the decision. The con» test all along for several years has been that the privy council had no right to adjudicate upon questions of an ecclesiastical or spiritâ€" ual nature, and to have reached the point where the arehbishoppronouces judgment as to what the law of worship in the church really is an immense gain in favor of the ,spiritual independence of the Church of England. The fact also that each party pays its own costs is a new phase in a prosecu- tion of this kind. As to the actual defini- tions of ritual law, the points at issue are seemingly trivial, but when they are understood, asChurchmen understand them. they have great significance. The mixed chalice will be allowed hereafter, but the cup must be mixed beforehand. The cere- mony of ablution after the holy vessels have been used is pronounced innocent, but on another point the decision will be greatly regretted. It is ordered that s9anding in front of the altar during the consecration of the sacred elements is illegal, and that one must stand at the end of the altar and make the consecration beforethepeople. Lighted candles are to be allow-5d on the altar. Absolution is not to be made by the use of the sign of the cross while pronouncing the words. These points have a ritualmeaning, : and they do not mean to the outside public what they mean to those who practise them. Speaking generally, the judgment is a com- promise. It makes the point that the strict Roman ritual is not to be allowed in the Church of England. The effect of this decision is that the bishop of Lin- coln is not condemned, and that the lay people who undertook to unfrock him have been defeated. The still fur- ther meaning of it is that Archbishop Benson has asserted his right to be, the spiritual head of the English church, and that no single party in it will hereafter reâ€" ceive his exclusive patronage. “He was generous to a. fault” when the fault was 1115 own. cold, dear?” Show“ I 1;!) be the frieze on the wall.” An incident which may lead to unpleasant complications is said to have recently occur- red on the Upper Congo river in Africa. Dispatches from these regions state that the officers of the Congo State have confiscated the Baptist missions steam-boat Peace, giv- ing as their only reason that it was required for State purposes. They are also reported to have hauled down the British flag and hoisted the flag of the Congo State in its stead. If the facts have been correctly re- ported, no doubt England will have some- thing to say about the matter. Such high« handed proceedings will not be allowed to go unrebuked. Emperor \Villiam spake with much wis- dom the other day when in addressing the recruits who had just been sworn in as mem- bers of the Berlin guards he said, that al- though peace reignedwithin the empire,there existed within the country an enemy that could only be overcome by the principles of Christianity. No one could be a. good soldier who was not a good Christian. Those who took the oath of allegiance to him as their earthly master ought, before all things, to remain faithful to their heavenly Lord and Saviour. When all men follow the advice given to these German soldiers, and folâ€" loW it in very truth, the Work of the social reformer will be at an end. A Triumph for the Rllnalists. What makes the dining room so r?” Show“ Irtlrxink, love, if must Extracts From :1 Lecture by Henry M. Stanlev. On rising before a New York audience on Tuesday night, Henry M. Stanley said: “Our journey measured over 6,000 miles. The time occupied was 987 days. The first section of about 1,000 miles was along an unknown country by steamer up the Aru- wi mi river, to aplace called Yambuya. The navigation was interrupted by rapids. 0n foot next for 160 days we went through one unbroken forest. Ah ‘. the American forest furnishes no such picturesque sights or plea.- sant glades. Language is too poor to desâ€" cribe it. First, think of the tropics and a climate of humidity and the heat of perpet- ual summer. You feel as you enter into this unknown region the robustness of vege- tation. There is a still, warm vapor in suf- focating volumes. First you dispense with your upper garments, and then you want to get rid of the rest. “ The gloom is so great you can only com- pare it to the twilight of evening. You see the leafage rising up black and green,impeue- treble clumps of trees, some of them rising to the height of two hundred and fifty feet. There is no symmetry, grace or softness, but all is wild, uncouth and awful. At every step you see masses of bewildering undexu growths, awonderful variety of plants. There 1s the absence of any sense of decay, but rather the sense of the general healthfulness of the plants, an enduring youth, exhaustless wonders. “ As we march silently, slowly and pain- fully on the forest changes its aspect, and we note the labors of forgotten tribes and come to swampy grounds. One day our march is" very slow through masses of forest wild- ness. 0n the next day we go through a more open section; on the following day through frowning depths and over ground strewn with dead leaves, worm eaten trunks or dried branches. But always and above all tower the primeval woods, the deep shadows unbroken save by the flashes of lightning. . . a“ “Aftgr the guards .V ere set around the camp we felt safe from the surprises of the cannibals and those who Wished were free to wzmdor away. At such a time I have been sensible of the utter poverty of words to describe my surroundings. It was not a time for poetic brooding, but one after an- other the senses yielded to the charm of se- clusion. Then I beheld a magnificent forest in listening attitude, 3 great gloom, trees eloquent of antiquity and of venerable broâ€" therhood. “ The forest represents human life in pan- tomimeâ€"the struggle for place, the indiffer- ence to the interests of others may be found there. \Vhen one tree is struck by light- ning its former neighbors extend their branches over the space it once occupied and others spring up to usurp its place. Then countless parasites wind thenselves around the stem, eat into their bowels and make excrescences. The elephants rub their prurient hides against them and unsettle their uprightness. Then you see others falling into decay with age. Around us is a group with their (lead leaves. Seareely an hour passes but a. tree falls in our neighbors hood. There is a. crash, a. startling shock and logs come tumbling down. But with their death is life, and as often its one wither- and dies another has spread and sprung into life. ' “ During one year We noted 569 hours of rain, equalling one hour of rain for every fif« teen of dry weather. It seems to us to he only one hour of sunny brightness to one of rain and gloom. We could observe in the forest that the sun was out only by its effect. In the forks of the trees are conservatories of lichens and other plants. The stems are wound around with parasites, twisting about like immense anacondas. Then there are inyriads of living parasites. There is not a. sapling or a. tree from the infant of one year to the hoary patriarch of 100 years but is infested with innumerable parasites. There are thousands of threadlike filaments around them. “ But when the Storm King rises overhead and the blast howls through their tops every tree seems to start into a. mood of Wailingr and groaning as if it were some lost soul. Dur- ing the hours of daylight even then these sounds are awful ; but heard at night they are inexpressiblv terrible. At times the whole camp is ablaze, but it is far more com- fortable than when the rain pours over the desolate scene in drowning showers. “You can understand now What was in the minds of our people, who knew not where those endless marchings were leading them, and no soul could enlighten them as to the future. Add to this sickness and de- pression, as they tossed their dead compan- ions into the dark river. Their feet were scarred as they marched along, ulcers ap- peared and bad water inflamed their bowels and their blood became corrupted. Then the savages set on those who feebly crept after the caravan. Or the savages lay in wait and shot their barbed arrows into the weary. In numberless ways they cut off our people, with lingering torture or sudden as the lightning strikes. inn! , ~.. “Finallyfaftcr 160 days of marching we emerged from the forest. Then our eyes danced with rapture, for we beheld fresh young grass spreading out into flowery fields and pasture, and then beyond round and picturesquely moulded hills. Such a sight we hailed with shouts of praise and loud thanksgiviugs and murmurs of worship ac- cording to our respective faiths. The de- licious grass, the warbling of birds, this summer loveliness of the land and the warm life and beauteous earth reposing in peace caused us to be lost in rapture. Our men had dreams of joy and they called it heaven. Its length was 620 English miles from north to south, and from west to east 520 miles. It comprised 320,000 square miles, the whole equal to 400,000 square miles. “ In the beginning of 1886 the Arab slave trade was there. In 1870 short excur- sions were made into thisregion, and in 1880 two Arab expeditions set out from the Con- go on the northeastern track. By 1887 they had gained a footing and they built two sta- tions, each one hundred miles apart, forming the apex of a triangle. They began to hunt systematically for slaves. For twenty miles around they looted and burned villages. Be- fore five months had passed there was a. line of complete devastation 257 miles long. Not one village had been left standing. “There would be general hilarity if I were to attempt to enumerate the names of the various tribes through Whose lands we passed. It would be far more convenient to say that the inhabitants of the forest are di- vided into big people and little people, tall people and pigmies. The pigmies are the restless little nomads who wander around in THROUGH THE SUNLESS FOREST. the woods,seldom tarrying in one place long. The bigger people are much like other Afri- cans, but not so dark in complexion as the dwellers on the plains. Each tribe has its distinctive marks. Some shave their heads, some wear their hair long or in ringlets. There ornaments consist of crocodile, nion« key or human teeth, strung together and were as necklaces or bracelets, and collars of shining iron. Their clothing consists of a breach clout. There weapons are spears, bows and arrows, broad knives and some- times battle axes or swords. These latter are used to make clearings in the woods. They are addicted to cannibalism, but it must not be s'upposed that they feed on their own relatives or tribe. Nor must it be supposed that they make raids for the purpose of obtaining these In x- uries. Neigher is a victim easy to secure. Tribes are too far apart to render it easy of amoniplishment, but if a neighboring community, ten or twelve miles OH, should advance against the Village there might possibly be an ‘accident’ and thus a body may be secured for a social feast. “During the many months of our marching in the forest, we must have captured several hundred of the small and large natives. They were very useful in giving us informa- tion concerning the country round about, but when “'0 once got beyond their territory they were of 110 e Lrthly use, and were therefore permitted to return to their homes, although in many instances they did not want to be released. Through observations of these captives we obtained a fair idea of their condition, and my conclusion is that the forest races are morally the lowest of the human race. ' ‘hey have no idea of God. They are without tenderness or pity, and theirgmtitnde is so short-lived that it may be compared to the spirit. shown by a fierce bulldog, who is restrained from throttling you by a pressing engagement to dispose of a. morsel of beef which has been thrown to him. But though they showed themselves debased they must not be regarded as utterly incorrigible. Several youthful pig nies, wlun taken out of the woods, where all their habits had been acquired, exhibited the at- tachment and servility of spanieis to those who had them in charge. “ What a. number ofvghastly death scenes I could describe due to the cruel persistency and devilish malice on the part of these sav- ages. At the same time many of our men in the presence of such dangers exhibit great carelessness. \Vhite men displayed more caution, but it was almost impossible to get the rest of the men to exercise their faculties of sight, hearing and judgment. Had the savages generally been as artful as the pig- mies we should all have been lost. But, fortunately, they were thoughtless them- selves, although cruel enough to work any mischief upon us. 1 “ Our scouts frequently came across newly formed pigmy camps, and after a while they learned the art of stalking the vicious lit- tle creatures. The first one we thus got hold of was a. plump little queen of a. pigmy tribe. Around her neck were several polished iron collars with long projecting horns at the end and down her breast hung curiously made native chains. Around her arms were several rings and her ankles were protected by several scores of rings, so close together that they resembled a compact band. Around her waist was a breech cloth. She must have been about eighteen years old, but she'was as well developed as a white woman of twenty-five or twenty-six. Her feet were beautifully formed, the instep arched, the hands small, the fingers slender and the nails filbert shaped. The face was broad and round, the lips full and the large, black limpid eyes were like those of a young gaâ€" zelle. The face was singularly impressive, but the eyes were expressive and seemed to say :â€"â€"“I am much too pretty to be hurt and I very well know What I am Worth.” ‘ The tender treatment t t she received reâ€" assured her. She was u timately consigned to the care of the surgeon, whose gentle manner won her from all thoughts of flight. After a while she became an intelligent cook and a trustworthy servant, and she always bore herself most modestly. “In October, 1888, the scouts suddenly pounced upon a colony of dwarfs and suc- ceeded in capturing a full grown adult and his wife or sister. Before the pair could re- cover their faculties they were brought to the centre of our camp, where there were hundreds of great, burly men, among them several tall Soudanese ranging from six feet' to six feet four. I observed that the top of the pigmy man reached to about the waist of these big fellows. The man and woman were considerably agitated, as well they might be, and wondered what might be their fate.” Mr. Stanley described in humorous language how the pigmy repaid the kindâ€" ness of his captors by assuring them by means of the sign language that there was an abundance of food two days off ; that the river they were in search of was only four days off ; that he knew where bananas were as big as logs, compared to which the banan- as he had been eating when captured were simply contemptibly small. Mr. Stanley was of the opinion that this particular pigmy would have made a very good actor, and that in the art of lying it would be dlfiicult to give him points. A few days after this capture another group of pigmies was secured. Among them was a shrewish old woman and a lad so shy that he could not be made to speak. But the old woman talked enough for a whole tribe and kept up an incessantscolding from morning to night, and exhibited a. consum~ mate mastery of pigmy cuss words. Despite her age she was remarkably strong and nim- ble, and always carried on her back a. ham- per, into which her captor would stow away his pots and kettles and other equipments until the old woman became a veritable cam- el of the forest. When Mr. Stanley came to her relief and threw out the contents of her hamper he reâ€" ceived for his pains an expression of grat- ituée which sounded very much like “ swear words.” The shy boy got over his shyness and became a. pet of the officer who had surprised him, his intelligence and industry making him almost 1nvaluable and far su- perior to the average of white servants. They came in time to regard the pigmies as indispensable, and some of them would cer- tainly have been taken to Europe , but after they got out of the forests the changed con- ditions and the differences in climate proved too much for them. Their little legs could not stand the long marches, and one after another they “ collapsed.” Mr. Stanley gave an interesting descrip- tion of his discovery of the famous Moun- tains of the Moon, which had long been re- garded as mythical. He saw them several times, but owing to the cloudy condition of the atmosphere they would sometimes re- main invisible for weeks, then when the mists rolled away the snow capped peak would appear clear and distinct, with all the surrounding spurs and abntments, to vanish again when the atmospheric condi- tions changed. . . ~1 .‘. 1. “ Day after day as we marched, ” continued Mr. Stanley, “we marked the features of this splendid primeval world, revealed for the first time. Now and then we caught glimp- ses of amultitude of precipitous cliffs, which towered some 15,000 feet above. As we approached the Albert Edward we emerged from the forest, and a, vast plain stretch- ed before us, covered by immense fields of corn and sugar cane. The natives of the land, black but amiable, collected about us and sought our protection from inclusive tribes. They volunteered to be our guides and led us up a vast grassy promontory, where for a. day we revelled in pure, cold air, and the next day they took us down to the lake, where we tasted the tropics once more.” Mr. Stmfiey also described his discoveries concerning the estuaries to the Albert Ed- wartl Nyapza. _ 1n .- 1 ” From the eastern shores of Albert lake,” he went, on, “ two days’ climbing brought us to a. beautiful region. The people were dividedinto two tribes, butthey were derived apparently from a common origin. They were a fine-featured race, and the men grew very tall. They lived mainly upon milk and sugar- cane, and, unfortunately for their future civilization, they are massed into nationsthat are ruled by despotic kings. “ F1 om this country we struck the eastern end of Victoria. Nyanza, and by travelling along the shore we discovered a new addition to that lake of 26,900 square miles. We struck the region during its dry season. The grass was sere ; chilly winds blcw over the uplands ; a cold mist irequontly obscured the faee of the country, and a heavy leaden sky seemed to bear down upon us in searching cold. Our half-naked people shivered, and one day five fell dead in theirtracks as though they were shot. They would all have perish- ed had not the ofiicer commanding the rear guard bolted and made great bonfires.” 1 l-,,1 o" ~~ ,, 0 Mr. Stanley alluded to the intense political rivalry between the representatives of the French and English and German nations that they discovered as they approached the sea- shore, “ but as our expedition was solely for the relief of Emin,” he added, “ we had rea- son to flatter ourselves that we had no con- cern with these political animosities.” The Banl'ers’ xlfonthly, a. United States publication, gives seine figures that Cana- dian farmers might well ponder over. It is certain that the facilities £01 borrowing in Canada are greater than the absolute neces- sities of our people require, but it is some- thing to be thankful for that to (late the farming community of this country have a trifle more conservative in availing them- selves of these facilities than their brethern across the border. To what extent the United States farmer has plunged himseif into the financial abyss the following figures taken from the publication referred to all too plainly indicate : The mortgage indeht- edness of Kansas is $235,000,000, with an interest debt of $14, 100,000 ; Indiana $645,- 000,000, interest $38,700,000 ; Iowa $567,000- 000, interest $34, 020,000 ; Wisconsin $500,- 000,000, interest $30,000,000 ; Illinois 8367,- 000,000, interest, $22,020,000: Ohio, $1,127, 000,000intereSU, $07,620,000. Summing it all shows us that the farms of these states alone are mortgaged to the tune of $3,441,000,- 000, and of which the interest alone, com- puted a 6 per cent., would amount to $200- 406,000 per annum‘and yet the farmers of these states have enjoy ed all the advantages of the 60,000,000 market at their very doors. 0n the other hand, let us turn to some statistics furnished by by Archibald Blue, Secretary of the Ontario Bureau of Industries and what do we find 2 Why that the value of farm property in the province is placed at $981,366,091. In 1882 farm lands were valued at $632,342, 500, and in 1888 at $641,481,801. In 1882 farm build ings were valued at $188,293,226, and 1m» plements at $37,029,815; in 1888at$19,754,- 832. Live stock at $80,540,720, and in 1888 at $102,839,835 or in all the values were in 1882, $882,624,614,and in 1888 $081,368,094, show- ing a total increase in the value aggregating the large sum of $98,700,0000r more,in seven years. The latter figures are not so large as those given previously but it must be allowed that they are infinitely more' encouraging. We should have liked to have given a state- ment of the mortgages on Ontario farms but the returns do not happen to be available but we know from personal knowledge that they are nothin nearly in comparison so heavy as those 0 the States given. The tied of timeâ€"an octogenarian wedâ€" ding, Disquieting rum'iurs concerning an up rising of Indians come from 1he vicinity of the Sioux reservation in North Dakota» It is reported that the Indians having secured Gen. Custer’s rifles which the United States army never found ,have provided themselves witha large quantityof ammunition, and that every Indian in the reservation will shnrtly 0 on the warpath. Citizens and settlers in that part of the State believe that the au- thorities do not appreciate the gravity of the situation :and that too late they will learn to what an extent the disafl’ection has grown. Many settlers are said to be aban- doning their farms and ranches because of the lack of protection afforded by the Gov- ernment. This news is not cheering, certainâ€" ly. In View of this another Indian tro ble one is led to conclude that either these American red men are exceedingly difficult to satisfy, or the policy pursued by the United States towards these sons of the forest is not marked by the utmost fairnesa and wisdom. Telephone connection is to be established between London and Paris by a. line that, judging by theory, should give better re- sults than are usually obtained over much shorter overhead wires. New overland lines of four copper wires are being built from London and Paris to the coast by the Eng- lish and French Governments, and they will unite in laying a. cable to connect the land lines. The result will be two (omplete metallic circuits between_ the two capitals. A similar line between Buenos Ayres and Montevideo, 180 miles, is now in successful operation. The lines are in cables under water for a distance of 28 miles. The ada {,- ation of the telephone to long distance ta k- ing is really limited by the cost of the line with respect to the business to be done over it. The cost, of the line itself is very heavy, Whergfia; metallic circuit has to be liiid wifli copper wire, but it, insures clear sounds at; distances of hundreds of miles. audition of the American Farmer.