end.

In 1891 a party succeeded in reaching a height of 14,500 feet. Halting
on this spot to rest before they ventured farther, the weather changed,
clouds gathered over them, avalanches began to sweep down the
mountain-sides, and the adventurers had to hurry to the base of the
mountain.

Young Prince Luigi, who will make this present attempt, is most anxious
to reach the top of Mount St. Elias. He will have many hardships to
endure before he can hope to reach his goal. His party will have to
cross the glaciers and ice-clad mountains which lie in his path, and
will have to camp many days on the ice, a cold and comfortless
proceeding.

The Prince declares he has only come for the sport, but his trip may be
of great value to the world, for he has in his party a gentleman who is
famous for his wonderful mountain photographs.

Signor Sella, as he is called, is taking a complete photographic outfit
with him, and if the conditions are favorable, will bring us back some
mountain pictures that will add greatly to our knowledge of the
beautiful Mount St. Elias.

GENIE H. ROSENFELD.

INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.

DIAL CALENDAR.--This is a calendar which combines many good points. It
is not only a monthly calendar, but weekly and daily as well. By means
of two movable discs the calendar for the week appears in an opening cut
in the frame just above the monthly calendar, and lest even then a
person should be mystified about the date a broad black band can be
shifted daily to mark the actual day. The calendar would appear to be an
ideal one if only its owners remember to set it, but the trouble with
the shifting calendars is that so few people remember to adjust them.

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COMBINATION COT AND STEP-LADDER.--We have had lots of clever inventions
for saving room in small houses, but the most original is certainly this
combination of a bed and a step-ladder. It should prove a very useful
article where the occupant of the bed is a light sleeper and doesn't
mind having to get up when the step-ladder is needed. It might also be
useful in very large families where chairs were scarce. By day it could
be stood upright, and the children roosted on its various steps. By
night the little brood could come down from their perches, the steps be
laid lengthwise, and the family put to bed on the cot.

With the addition of a strong wire spring attached to an alarm clock, it
should a