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CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 
conservatoire professor, are Lulli’s 
“Marche de Turenne, ” Rameau’s 
“Tambourin,” and an old French 
ballad. These are heard at eleven every 
morning, and in afternoons at four 
o’clock. The carillon consists of thirty- 
eight bells with fifty-two hammers and 
comprising three octaves. The tunes 
are evolved by a clock-work mechanism, 
and the old wooden cylinder has been re¬ 
placed by one of brass. Arrangements 
have likewise been made for special holi¬ 
day airs, such as the “Marseillaise” on 
July 14, and Christmas chimes on De¬ 
cember 25.— Boston Transcript. 
WHY SOME STATUES ARE ERECTED 
lyr JULES CLARETIE, in the 
• Paris Temps tells an amusing 
tale illustrative of the way in which 
decorations are sometimes obtained 
in Erance. M. Pegomas, or some 
other local busybody, yearning for 
a cross, a riband, or even the aca¬ 
demic palms, calls on a rising sculptor 
and asks, “Could you do us a statue of 
Michelet for T300 The sculptor re¬ 
plies, “ If it is for a public square I think 
I could manage it for T250.” M. 
Pegomas then posts off to the Ministry 
of Eine-Arts and relates how his fellow- 
citizens are anxious to adorn their town 
with the effigy of an illustrious man at a 
cost of T500 if the Government will only 
pay for the marble. I'he minister 
promises £2^0, and the trick is done. 
Should any subscriptions come in they 
go in advertisements, expenses, refresh¬ 
ments, and gratuities. When the statue 
is ready a member of the Cabinet, desir¬ 
ous of letting off a speech, comes down 
to unveil it, bringing, of course, a decora¬ 
tion for M. Pegomas. The sculptor is 
generally out of pocket, but he gets a 
good advertisement.-— London Chronicle. 
THE TALLEST TREE IN THE WORLD 
'' I 'HE tallest tree in the world, so far 
as has been ascertained, is an Aus¬ 
tralian gum tree of the species Eu¬ 
calyptus regnans, which stands in the 
Cape Otway range. It is no less than 
415 feet high. Gum trees grow very 
fast. There is one in E'lorida which shot 
up 40 feet in four years, and another in 
Guatemala which grew 120 feet in twelve 
years. This corresponds to a rise of 
ten feet in a year, or nearly one foot per 
month.— Exchange. 
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