Christian herald and signs of our times . of his mail. To avoid sending lettersto the village, they are written in the eveningand a communicator is so arranged, that whenthe carrier drops the mail into the box the nextmorning, the electricity, in place of soundingthe chimes in the house, sounds one over hishead. Thus warned, he comes up to the houseto leave what he has brought and takeaway theletters for mailing. M. Houdin possesses a mare for which hehas a great affection. A former hostler hadcontracted the habit of changing the oats of hismaster into five-franc pieces. To prevent thispeculat
Christian herald and signs of our times . of his mail. To avoid sending lettersto the village, they are written in the eveningand a communicator is so arranged, that whenthe carrier drops the mail into the box the nextmorning, the electricity, in place of soundingthe chimes in the house, sounds one over hishead. Thus warned, he comes up to the houseto leave what he has brought and takeaway theletters for mailing. M. Houdin possesses a mare for which hehas a great affection. A former hostler hadcontracted the habit of changing the oats of hismaster into five-franc pieces. To prevent thispeculation, the house, distant from the stableseven or eight rods, is connected with it by-electricity, so that by means of a clock fixed !n * From The Age of Electricity, by Park Benjamin, Ph. D., abeautifully illustrated work, describing the history of electrical d s-covery from amber-soul to telephone; 381 pages ; price $2; pub-lished by Charles Scribners Sons, 745 Broadway, New York. 652 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. Oct. Philippopolis the Capital of Eastern Bridge over the Maritza. C. T. Studd, B. A., M. Beauchamp, B. A., S. P. Smith, B. A.,A. T. Polhill-Turner, B. A., D. E. Hoste, C. H. Polhill-Turner, W. W. Cassels, B. A. the study, the necessary quantity of food issupplied to the horse at a fixed hour threetimes a day. The distributing apparatus is verysimple, consisting of a square box, funnel shaped,which discharges the oats in the proportionpreviously regulated. Since the oats are allowedto fall only when the stable-door is locked, thehostler cannot remove them after they are sup-plied nor can he shut himself in the stable andthus get the oats, as the door locks only uponthe outside. Moreover, he cannot re-enter andabstract them, because an alarm is sounded infhe house, if the door be opened before the oatsare consumed. PHILIPPOPOLIS. Princf. Alexander of Bulgaria had no placein his dominions more loyal to him than thecity, a picture of whic
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