. Review of reviews and world's work. n agents and clerks,— allotments represent an area of 450 Orleans Railway has set apart plots for6,000 of its employees. An earnest effort isbeing made by Mr. Powell to have the planadopted by the railroads of this country. Hehas just succeeded in having it introduced on acomparatively large scale by the PennsylvaniaRailroad, and he is sure that the idea will and interesting are the stories told byMr. Powell of the results which have alreadyfollowed the work,—of health restored, of inde-pendence gained, of heroic struggles
. Review of reviews and world's work. n agents and clerks,— allotments represent an area of 450 Orleans Railway has set apart plots for6,000 of its employees. An earnest effort isbeing made by Mr. Powell to have the planadopted by the railroads of this country. Hehas just succeeded in having it introduced on acomparatively large scale by the PennsylvaniaRailroad, and he is sure that the idea will and interesting are the stories told byMr. Powell of the results which have alreadyfollowed the work,—of health restored, of inde-pendence gained, of heroic struggles to helpothers, of drunkards redeemed, of a slow butsteady movement to enjoy the larger freedom ofthe country, of a growing discontent with pres-ent surroundings, and of a wise impulse to fol-low that which is truest and best in life. TheVacant Lots Cultivation Association of Phila-delphia is entering upon the present season hope-fully, and with the consciousness that it has afar-reaching and ever-widening mission of THE SUPERINTENDENT SHOWTNO HOW TO FLOWER SEEDS. (One of the first school gardens In Philadelphia, at the Church Home for Children.) f ■ Switzerland IlALV ■1 6560 ft. Passivakl Frontier T 1 • ^ Volal-ande de V Lac UaVf-ro ^ _ 3280 fc. 5ecVor,oi--j/MPLON ^-^ Bhicu!L- Tun-el Z3,z ahoye sea Jeyef j-^^^^^j fSELbA bove 3eQ /eye/^ 2250 ft 6radiantsin/oo Gradiant / in loo A SECTIONAL, VIEW OF THE REGION, SHOWING WHERE THE SIMPLON TUNNEL PIERCES THE RANGE OF MOUNTAINS BETWEEN ITALY AND SWITZERLAND. UNDER THE ALPS FOR TWELVE MILES. WITH the explosion of a small dynamitecartridge, on tlie morning of Feb];uary24, seven thousand feet below the summit ofMonte Leone, one of the peaks of the Alps,many thousands of gallons of water from a liotspring in Switzerland flowed into Italy, and thefamous Simplon tunnel had been completed. This longest railway tunnel in the world wasbegun in the summer uf Its importance
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