The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Th’ folks wuz talkin‘ ev'rywhara 'Bout her puncin’ on each airs. ’Nd seemed to me like they wuz right More th' cows come home last night, But nowâ€"oh, my I -â€"Ma.ther Dean Kimball,9.lia.s James Whitcombe Riley, in the (Inntu'ry. For the few-and-fembotween, For theâ€"very-eeldom‘seen. For the un~catch-hold-uponab1e I sigh! The unclutchable I’d clutch. The untouchable I’d touch, For the ungrabbed and ungrabable I die! Oh, I burn and High and clasp For the just-beyondâ€"the-gmap, For the unâ€"overmkable I yearn; And the vulgar here-and-now I ignore and disavow, And the good-enough-for»others, how I Spurn! Oh, I moan and cry and screeoh For the just-beyondâ€"the-reach, The too-far-away-to-gmb I would ensnare; The ungaiuable I‘d gain, The unattainable attain, And chase the un-catch‘onto to his lair! â€"S. W. F008 in Yankee Blade. Indiana Science Too Much tor the Devas tatan Bacillus Crlnovorax Humanus. Baldvheaded men,who have had to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune in the shape of the gihes of those who sit behind them at the opera and catch the glory of the ballet reflected from their shining nobs, will be pleased to learn that an Indiana chemist has paved the way for their deliveranco, says the Indianapolis Journal. This is not an advertisement, and the individual who speaks of chestnuts or who mutters “ Rats " without further applying his ear to wisdom and his heart to understanding may have occasion to regret his hasty judgment. It seems some German scientist, finding his forehead reaching further back than was strictly demanded by the laws of beauty, began to investigate the subject closely, and found that the damage was caused by a microbe, which, for the sake of brevity and to dis- tinguish it from other parasites, he called the Bacillus Crinovorax Humanus. This microbe, we are told, is shaped like the point of a needle, and has a power of rotary motion like a steam drill, which it uses to here into the scalp of the victim, loosening the iastenings of his thatch, and finally unrooflng him as completely as the Kansas cyclone unroofs the humble habitation of the hardy settler. It might be supposed that with these powerful qualities of de- structiveness the B. O. H. could pursue its infamous career of desolation unobstructed, but the Indiana man has devised a prepa- ration which promptly reduces it to a condition of innocuous desuetude. The first dose causes it to abandon its nefarious occupation and remark on the rapidly growing unheathfulness of the neighbor- hood, and the next application causes it either to vacate the premises or give up a troublesome and misspent life. Not only does it rid the settlement of the unwelcome intruder, but it deters others of like ilk from coming in to take up the abandoned claim and the owner of the poll, who formerly went about with a cranium as bare as a billiard ball ,thereafter rejoices like Absalom in the beauty and luxuriance of his looks. Bux nowâ€"oh. my 1 She's dressed so fine. ’nd growed so tall, ‘Nd l’arnin’â€"â€"sbe 363 known it 9.1). 3119': eighteen now. busl'm so slow I’m what Iwas six years ago 1 Six years! Wan], waal I Don’t seem a. week Hence we rode Dolly to th' creek, ’Nd fetched th’ cattle home at night, Her hangin' yo my jagket Light ; The Duchess of Albany. who has been in Germany during the last three months, re- siding with her father, the Prince of Waldeok-Pyrmont, is desirous of contract- ing a second marriage with a member of a German Prinoely family, who is a distant relative of her own. It would be a suitable match in every way, but the Queen will probably oppoae it, although it is diflicult to understand why the Duchess of Albany, who is now only in her 29th year, and who was left a widow after less than two years of married life, should be expected to pass the remainder of her days alone at Clare- mont, where existence must be dull beyond all dullness, the only variety being an occasional visit to the Queen at Windsor or Osborne, and a yearly trip to Birkhall. which is rather more dreary than even Claremont.â€"-London Truth. " Do you know how to sharpen n carving- knite ? ” The question was asked by a big butcher in Fulton market. “Very few ple do," said he. " Thacarver ought to be held at an angle of 20 to 25 fiegmea on be field at an angle of 20 to 25 degrees on the steel. When the other side of the blade is turned you must be careful to preserve tho name angle. Then draw the steel from iheel to point against the edge, using only a slight pmaure.”â€"New York Hem”. It is said that Mark Tvnin'e wife hag written a. book, under a fictitious mane. Feel more ’an ever like a fool Bince Pickett‘s Nell camebnck from school. She onct wuz twelve ‘nd me eighteen ('Nd bang friends you uevgr seen); But nowâ€"4311,1113: 1 She rides in Pickett‘s new coopay Jea' like she’d b'en brung up that way. ’Nd Iookin‘ like a. reg'lnr queenâ€" Th’ mostest like I ever seen. ’ She ‘uster tease, 'nd tease. ’nd tease Me far to take her on my knees; Then tired me out ’ith Marge’y daw, ‘Nd laflinLten my thgoau wps raw, But newâ€"oh, my I . She sets up this wayâ€"kinder roud‘ ’Nd never nowaye laughs out 0116, You w‘u’dn't hardly think that she Hed ever see-sawed on my knee. But nowâ€"oh. my I Somebody said ('twuz yesterday); " Let‘s hev some fun while Ned’s away ; Let's tum hisjacket inside out I” But Nellâ€"sh'd just turn red 'nd pout. ’Nd oucet when I wuz dreamin’ like, A-throwin’ akems in th’ dyke, She put her arms clean round my head ’Nd whllpgrqd softly} " I 1_1ke you. Ned I" ’Nd sometimes, ef at noon I'd choose To find a. shady place ‘ud snooze, I'd wake with burdocka in my hair ’Nd eldergerries in my ear._ But nowâ€"oh. my 1 She courteseyed so anifi'nd grand 'Nd never (meet; held out her hand. 'Nd called me “ MisterEdward 1" Laws! That ain't my name and never wuz. ’Nd them '56 knowed ‘er years ago Jes laughed t! see to put on so ; Cuz it wuz often talked 'nd said: Nell Pickejt'g jes cut-out fqr Ned. But nowâ€" oh my! She bald her putty head so high ’Nd skuer saw me goin' byâ€" I w'u'd'n,t dash (More last night) A purposely came near her sights. Last 111 htâ€"ez I wuz startin‘ out To git t ’ cows I heard a shout. ’Nd, sure ez ghoateas, she wuz char, A Bittin’ 9g glil’lcketjz‘s mm." ; ’Nd thenâ€"oh, my 1 She said she‘d cried for all th' week To tak th’ 01’ ride to th' creek ; Then talked about 01' firms, and said ; Them days wuz happy, wa’n't they, Ned '2” The Song of the Can'tâ€"Get-‘l‘hem. HOPE FOB THE HAIRLESS. A Royal Widow Wants to Wed. The Art of Sharpening a Knlte. By those creases bleached to gold, And those bangs in tinfoil rolled; By your hiuhly frescoed cheek : By my dollars. six 3. week: You can say I told you 50â€"- 1’11 be even with him, though. Ma‘d of Oshkosh, em I go Tell me what I am to know! Does your father still declare I can never be his hair? Hear my vow before I get-â€" I'll be even with him yet. By the aid which he might lenfl, By his cash I‘d like to spend; By the joy which he could crowd Upon one who's poor but. proud; Tell him that I make my magsâ€"- I'll be even with his jugs. Msid of Oshkosh, I must flee, For smother waits for mo; I shall wod your rival, sweet, Who resides across the street. When her wealth secure I‘ve gotâ€" Then I'll show him what, is what. Z-Bmon parodied in Chicag}; Herald. 01’ Pickett’s Nell. Getting Square. “THE GOOD OLD DAYS.” The Condition of Labor in England 120 Years Ago. The Wages of Tradesmen and Laborers-â€" Princer Palaces~What Progress 7 “ The good old days ” is afavorite phrase with certain people when referring to the condition of things a century ago. How often we hear pessimistically inclined people lamenting the degeneracy cl! this latter age and sighing for the buried past. To grumble is more or less natural to all ; to some the privilege is a real luxury, and were they deprived of it they would be un- happy indeed. Happiness a relative term largely dependent upon contentment ; and some are so constituted that contentment is a condition of mind wellnigh unattain- able. Moreover, the younglive in prospect, and if they sigh for the " old days ” it is probably a longing born of the tales of the days of chivalry, or the outcropping oi the barbaric in the human organization. But the old incline to dwell with the past in which their activities were spent, and it is perhaps not to be wondered that, ‘their eyes once turned backward, they see beyond their own experiences, ‘and give to each circumstance and situa- ‘tion the coloring of their youthful remini- scences. We are very apt to fall into the habit of minimizing our advantages and ‘opportunities and viewing either the dis- ltent past or future through parti-colored {glasses I m! , I,,,i__ Man is a progressive animal. The horse of today has probably no greater ambi- tion and no more numerous wantsthan had those Pharaoh drove. The sheep of 50-day are probably much the same in that re- spect as those Abraham herded. Man, on the other hand, finds his ambitions and desires increased by their fulfilment. His evolution in this direction is in pro- portion to the improvement in his enviorn- ment. Perhaps it is the infinite within him struggling to rise. Whatever it is he is in this regard a unique animal. And it is only by the use of his capacity for noting facts and his reflective faculties that he is prevented ,from falling into the erroneous belief that we sometimes hear expounded by those who should know better, that this old world is a grand failure; that all man’s efforts are .for naught in improvement, and that man- kind is going to the dogs generally. Isn’t the idea rather a. reflection on the Creator of the world and His ability to make a success of His handiwork? It is quite common to hear, in these days of strikes and labor disagreements, that even in England, the Mother of. Progress, the lot of the laborer is growing harder of late years. Is that the fact? 01: ie it but the growth of the ambition of the masses fed by their attainment to an already greatly improved condition ‘2 Let me carry the render back just 120 years and glean some information as to the condition of the English workmen. The figures I give are from the pen of an enquiring farm specialist whose “Six Weeke‘Tonr” con- tains much information o)‘. the times in which he wrote. Hie report on the weaving industry at Whitney, where 500 weavers were at work, shows that the finest wool was worth 8d. to 10d. per 1b.,while coarse wool sold at 4%:1. Blankets, 10-4, sold at 245. to £3 per pair. Mutton cost 4:1. to 4§d., beef 5d., and bacon 8d. per lb. The wages were not so high as to make the tradesmen of today envious. The author says : “ Journeyman, in general, on an average, earn from 103. to 12s. a week, but they work from 4 to 8 [o’clock], and in winter by candle light. ld women of 60 and 70 earn 6'1. a day in picking and sorting the wool. A good stout woman can earn from 103. to la. a. day by spinning, and a girl of 14, four or five pence." It will be remembered, too, that in those days weavers were trades- men of some importance. At North Leach farm hands got 8d. to 10d. 8. day in winter and spring and 13. a day in sum- mer ; or for reaping barley and oats 6d. to 9.1., and wheat 43. to 55. an acre. The author adds : “ In winter and to hay time, Bil, 9d. and 10d, the etcuteet fellows often want work for 9d. and cannot readily get it. . .. v .u v 1 l,,,, At Salisbury, where the cloth industry flourished, and where provisions cost about as qouted. Journeyman earned “from 7s. to 93. a week the year round, and a girl of 16 to 18.a shilling a day by weaving, but in the neighboring village, by spinning, not half as much.” Not very enticing wages, surely. Taking twenty miles around Lon- don, the great size of which city he viewed as an evil, in that he contends it unduly increased the wages of laborers, the author finds the average wages 7s. 6d. per week. But as by far the larger proportion of the farm laborers were outside that circle, and as 49. 6d. was not an uncommon wage, the average is deceptive. The general average of tradesmen’s earnings was 83. 5d. per week. Against these low rates there had been a great outcry and several riots, but while the author thinks the laborers getting 4s. to 5s. a week had reason to complain he has 110 good Word {or the tradesmen luxu- riating on 83. 5. a week, working sixteen hours daily. and he says : “ The more such fellows earn,the more succeeding time and money they have for the ale house and disorderly meetings." This comment is still made when wages and hours of labor are discussed, but the theory it follows has been unhappy in its demonstrations in actual practice. Men im- prove with improved wages and leisure. As we improve our appetite for improvement grows ; we desire to do better and in con- templating that desired condition and remembering what we have enjoyed we for- get our present advantages. 1 01 SIXTEEN HOURS A DAY. poor be charitable. But it won’t go down. Justice, not Charity, is the demand ; Right, not Patronage, is the watohword. These movements accumulate power as they grow, and accelerate in speed as they approach their goal. Who knows how soon the efforts of the social reformers may be crowned with the greatest success of modern times? Ask nothing but justice; it is enough. Look back but to learn; the present and the future are for work. MASQUETTE. The following letter appeared in a recent issue of the Irish Times, of Dublig : _ Sm,â€"Born an Irishman and bred a Canadian, I trust you will afford me space in your widespread and influential journal to lay before the public a scheme alike beneficial to both countries. I allude to the shipping of the Canadian cattle as stores to the western ports of Ireland, instead of to Glasgow, as at present, thereby saving 500 miles of sea travel and the land travel from Glasgow to Aberdeen and retun, at least 600 miles, added to which pasturage in Ireland is both better and cheaper than in Scotland. One reason for shipping the cattle as stores instead of fat is the extra risk and extra bulk when fatted, as instance the shipment in June last by the Carthaginian, when 182 head of the fat cattle were lost by reason of the heat in the 165 miles of river between Montreal and Quebec, none of the store cattle suffering. Another reason in favor of shipping stores is that when the fat cattle arrive at their port of final destina- tion they are often so bruised as to cause great loss by deductions by the slaughter- ers, whereas, the stores, it injured. would in a few weeks on the grass, by the return of circulation to the injured parts, become in every way fitted for con- sumption. A recent visit to the town of Galway shows me that the port of that town can easily be made suitable. I can- not speak of the other western ports, as I have not yet visited them, though I purpose doing so before my return in September next. In the port of Galway I saw vessels unloading deals from New Brunswick that were sufficiently large to ship a large cargo of live cattle, and I was informed that the harbor at full tide could float any vesse required for the cattle trade, and that a meeting of the harbor commissionersl would take place on the following or nexn Tuesday before whom the secretary has promised to lay the scheme. The question next arises of return cargo and fuel. I suggested as a staple the marbles of Conne- mara might be relied on, to which may be added the most lovely granite, samples ct which were exhibited to me by Mr. Miller, at his marble factory, which is fitted with every requirement for a large trade and has the advantage of water power unlimited, and as there are now in Canada and the United States some 10,000,000 of Irishmen and their immediatedescendants, such a trade would meet with great favor on the western side of the Atlantic. Other articles are also available, such as the Carigeen or Irish moss there, worth less than a pound a ton. I saw a boatload of seven tons offered for £5. In Canada its value would be over tenfold. Many other commodities could, no doubt, be easily procured, such as fireolay from the upper Shannon. In fact, I find the county of Galway alone contains 1,569,505 statute acres, or 7.6 of the total of Ireland, and is as yet almost as unexplored as to its mineral wealth as the centre of Africa. As to the question of fuel for the return, it should be but a slight obstacle. The upper Shannon is said to abound in coal and iron of good quality, but undeveloped, added to which the compression of the turf by hydraulic pressure has been tried with marked suc- case both in Canada and other countries, and when so operated makes a strong and lasting heat for all purposes. I have gone through the country since my arrival in Cork in June last, and have been struck by the business apathy that seems everywhere to exist as compared with Canada. As an instance. since the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway we sell coal on the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean border to the United States, and in the centre,where I reside, purchase our coal from Pennsyl- vania. and our raw cotton from the South- ern States, manufacture the cotton into cloth, bags, etc.; ship our flour in our bags to John Chinamsn, and he first empties the flour, then slips the bag over his head for a shirt and psntuloons, and proceeds to business full fledged. Trusting you will excuse so long a letter, and hoping that the Rip Van Winkle sleep of lrelnnd may soon pass away.â€"Yours, etc, J. R. MARTIN, 8 Lsinster Road, Rathmines, Dublin. The First Guard Dragoon Regiment, of which Her Majesty has become chief, is not only one of the most distinguished cavalry regiments in the German army, but in military history it will live as one of the participators in those episodes which occurred at critical moments in the great battle of Vionville-Mars-la-Tour, August 16th, 1870, when there depended for the moment on a mere handful of horsemen the fate of some thousands of their comrades. Twice during that battle did the German cavalry, in order to avert the impending catastrophe, ride to certain destruction, and on one of these occasions it was the First Guard Dragoons that, single handed. first arrested the almost triumphs! onward march of the enemy, and thus helped to beat back the well-nigh overwhelming tide of advance. The formation of the regi- ment dates from Feb. 21st, 1815, on which date King William Frederick the Third issued an order to the following effect: "I have determined to raise three new guard cavalry regiments in place of exist- ing light cavalry regiment, and to form them from the three national cavalry regi- ments which have fought with the army during the war, in order not only to give the provinces to which these regiments belong, and to which they owe their origin, a fresh proof of my kindly feelings toward them, and which they deserve, but also to testify my satisfaction with the spirit shown by the light guard cavalry regiment during the war. The three regiments thus formed became the guard lancers, the guard dra- goons and the guard hussars. The dragoons were composed of the guard dra- goon squadron, two squadrons of the Pomeranian national cavalry regiment, and a squadron from the Queen's dragoon regi- ment. The men and horses from the national regiments were selected with special care. These men who had ob- tained during the war the decoration of the Iron Cross were first chosen, and then preference was given to any who had served during the wanâ€"Fortnightly Review. A Dagger Fun. A very smart fan of innocent-looking wee-colored eilk has a dagger, after the Chinese fashion, concealed in the handle ; it is nothing nnusel to see them With sword handles put into umbrella sticks; but the leeteet mode doesn't hide them, but insists that medemoiselle shell wear her weapons of defence struck bravely through her broad Empire belt. It becomes a question as to whether she Will need a permit to carry it, though certainly even the most stupid of policeman could not claim that her weapon was concealed. King James 1,, of England, issued his famous “Counter-blasts to Tobacco" in 1620, when he decided smoking “loathsome to the eye, hurtful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black sickening fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible scygiau smoke of the pit that is bottomless." What descripâ€" tion could more accurately picture this plague to-ilay. than that of the English rul’enâ€"‘Rev. Q. W. Scott, A. M. Queen Victoria’s German Dragoons. Canadian Cattle In Ixeland. How a Detroit Grain Firm Sln’gs‘ 1‘ Amer- ica"â€"â€"A Bad Outlook for Mrs. Messrs. Gillei & Hail, grain commission merchants at Detroit, issue a. monthly letter that must be looked for with interest by their customers and correspondents. lhat for Nov. In is a. breezy presentation of the business situation, as will be seen frog} the foilowing extracts: " BTufiEérEB-g" fiEieEfiéE‘fa' already nigh. admonishiug eastern shippers to expedlte thgir-lake cpl-goes. '1 . ,,,,As,._- Prices of lfarmers products continue falling with the autumn leaves. Note quotations : Wheat 79.), against $1.14 last year; corn 32c, against 450; oats 210" against 300; clover seed 353.50, against $5.50; pork 510, against 315; barley $1, against {$1.50, etc. Foreigners can scarcely oompiain of prices, but are slow buyers of wheat, figuring on getting our Pacific coast cropsâ€"lacking other outletâ€"at still turther reductions. Exports of course grains and meats are heavy. Receipts of northwestern spring wheat are large, indicating a good crop and inability of farmers to hold. Corn and oats hardly paying to move, are being stored at home, and will walk out on the hoof later on. Winter wheat is mostly of inferior quality. Choice samples are eagerly sought by millers or used to bring up lower grades. Stocks at grain centres are small. At Detroit, elevator owners gaze sorrowfully on empty bins. Wheat stocks only 300,- 000 bushels, against 1,300,000 bushels last year. ' Drought in the west and deluge in the east oppose each other with an energy rivaling the contest of the “wets” and “ drys” on the temperance question. The growing wheat plant, with little or no root, is ill prepared for winter’s vicissitudes. A crop some might be rather premature at present, but it is likely to develop into a celitainty next May. . _ For a weary month has Chicago, oblivi- ous of other issues, labored in the pangs of the Cronin jury. The case is Clan-naGael vs. Illinois. These malcontenta. badgered by Balfour and paralyzed by the Pope, show more vitality than a scotched snake. Should the myth of suffering Ireland con- tinue to be replacsd by the reality of suf- fering America, the old watchword, “ America. for Americans," will again be- come popular. Further west the granger legislator girds on his armor for a deadly fight against trusts and and railway syndicates. He fairly foams at rumors of bond purchases and a rise in watered railway stocks. Fossil statesmen can no longer gull him as to the benefits of indirect taxation. “ The law will not permit any one to kick you down stairs,” advises the attorney as he pockets his retainer. “ B1115 I have already been kicked down stairs," responds his aggrieved client. And so the farmers’ products having been kicked way down stairs, it is diflicult to convince him thnt a war tariff is even ” a blessing in disguise.” The financial outlook is full of interest. Wall street brokers are wildly scrambling for funds. The trusts are succumbing to deadly broadsides. Savings banks are shaking in their shoes. finding that western mortgages fail to satisfy Glamorous deposit- ors. Frantic efforts of railways to show increased earnings are resulting in acci- dents that will necessitate the old BXpG~ dient of chaining directors on the cow- camhers. Mercantile collections are slow, and farmers poor buyers. A few branches of trade show a spasmodic activity. Rack less investment of English capital in in- dustrial enterprises is likely to be short- lived. Conservative bankers and the Lon- don press already sound notes of warning. Capitalists chuckle over increased inter- est rates, and millionaires intrenched behind a hedge of high-priced bonds, rejoice that they are safe whatever hep- pens. When diecoureiug their Thanke- glvmg turkeys, how few of the plutooracy will give a thought to the hardy western pioneer on whose courage and sacrifices 130 many of their fortunes are founded l Chill winter approaches. The Nebraska. grunge): sits moodlly in the shaky cabin that lumber lords have left within his means. The native blizzard whistles through the cracks, threatening to blow in shreds from his back a shoddy suit the wool tariff confines him to. He toasts his feet over a fizzling fire of fifteen cent corn, and solaces his attenuated stomach with ten cent oatmeal gruel. He sighs as he sees his semi-annual interest soon coming due, realizing that his corn crop will hardly bring the cost of calming to market. Dole- fully he hums the hymn, “ I would not live slway, I ask not to say,” but is shocked to reflect that with an undertakers’ trust in the field he can scarcely afford to die. The beneficent statesman who represents his “ deestrict " advises him, as a remedy, to “ restrict production.” A happy thought strikes him. By offer- ingalibeml divvy to the agent of some "farmers' loan company,” he can re- mortgage the farm for twice its value, and betske himself to the fascinations of city life. Dumping his goods and chattels on the “prairie schooner" he hitches up his steers and points for some happier haven. Six months hence. about interest day, will be seen some female representative of the Silurian epoch from New England’s granite hills, seeking more accurate in. tormaticn as to the investment her Spinâ€" eter’s Savings Bank has recommended. An abandoned hut and farm, inetead of fertile fields, greets her astonished eyes, and in- veighing against the depravity of the human race, she flounoee homeward to “give that cashier a piece of her mind, so there." They say 1 am growing old, because my hair is silvered, and there are crowa‘ feet on my forehead, and my step is not BO firm and elastic as before. But they are mis- tsken, That is not me. The knees are weak, but the knees are not me. The brow is wrinkled, but the brow is not me. This is the house I live in. But I am youngâ€"younger than I ever was before.â€" Guthrie. Our granger friend will probably find him- self unudapted to city life. Every joy has its sorrow. His daughter Mary Ann, dea- piaing domestic service, will prefer the dubious surroundings of factory life. The flash novel from the public library will infect her with false ideas. A “ Bridget ” must be hired to ruin the family digestion and deplete the paternal pocket-book. Do 5ve pictufia a. szenb in some foreign land? No. “My country, ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing I ” The new census of India. gives the popu- lation in March, 1888, as 269,728,000, of which 60,684,378 belonged to the native states. Distributed according to religion, in round numbers, the Hindoo population, in millions, is about 190 ; the Mohnmme- dans, 81; “nboriginals,” 6%; Buddhists, 3% ; Christians, nearly 2 ; Sikhs, nearly 2 ; Jains, 1}, while Parsees, Jews and others, are comparatively very few. The Church of England has nearly 360,000 members; other Episcopalian Churches 20,000; the Church of Scotland, the some number; “ other Protestants," 158,000; Roman Catholic, nearly a million, and Syrians, Armenians and Greeks, over 300,000. About 106,000,000 males and 111,000,000 females are neither under instruction nor able to read or write. Details are given cf 109 different languages spoken. Hindustani comes first with over 82 millions; then Bengali, with nearly 40 ; Telugu. with 17 ; Msnrstti, also 17 ; Punjabi, 16 ; Tamil, 13. Guzrati, Caiurese, Oorlys, Mslsyslum. Sindi, Burmese, Hindi, Assamese, K0], Seuthslis and Gondi come next in order; Next to Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, Hyderabsd is the most populous city in India, Lucknow coming next. "MY COUNTRY, ’I‘IS 0F THEE." The Population of India. A Nice Little Story About How it Settled Seven Debts. How “ money makes the mere go ” was shown by an incident that occurred yester- day on a Chestnut street car, and exempli- fied the power contained in one little nickel says the Philadelphia Inquirer. A stout man handed a. dime to the conductor, who, before returning the change, collected a nickel from a. female passenger, evidently a. washerwoman, and handed the nickel to the stout man. Turning to epaesenger, a. friend evidently, end who had got on before the stout man, the latter handed him the nickel, remarking with a laugh at the same time : “ There. Bob, I owe you 5 cents, and that squares us.” “ Bob " took the coin with a. smile, and, leaning across the aisle, said to an acquain- tance with whom he had been talking, and who was accompanied by a. lady, evidently his wife : The acquaintance flipped the coin from his right to his left hand and handed it to his female companion with the re- mark: “ There’s that 5 cents I bet you on Buyer’s majority.” " There’s that five cents I borrowed for that qigar this morning? ‘ V Smiling sweetly thev lady accepted the coin, and, reaching over, dropped it into the wasbgrrwomsp’s [15nd, sayigg: ” There’s the five oénté Iuowe you, and thgt just gages us squgrpz” It was all done so quickly and in suoh an offhand way that it was not until the coin was in the hand of its first possessor that the passengers whose ownership it had psssed realized what a number ot debts the small piece had paid, passing in turn through the hands of the washerwomen. the conductor, the stout man, the stout men’s friend, the stout man’s frienfl’s ao- queintsnce, the stout man’s friend’s acquaintance’s wife, and the stout men's friend’s acquaintantanoe‘s wife’s washer- womun. in all paying seven debts, and coming back to the original possessor. It sent all hands into a brown study, and the story is true, too. One of the curiosities of life displayed along the water-front of this city is the way children are reared in absolute safety aboard canal boats. Any person who takes the trouble to visit Goenties slip or the neighboring docks where canal boats lay up can witness every day the common sight of a group of toddling children play- ing on the open decks of the low bulwarked boats, but he never hears of one falling overboard. On one canal boat, the Betsey Ann, of Whitehall, that lay in Coenties slip the other day, was noticed a novel arrangement for keeping the little ones within the bounds of safety. On the after deck a regular playground had been fenced off for the youngsters by build- ing a high picket fence over which they could not climb. Thishad a swinging gate secured by hasp,staple and padlock. Inside of this inclosure were four children who made the air ring with their shouts, telling of their nnalloyed happiness and contentâ€" ment with the arrangement. On another boat a little way distant in the same slip was another queer arrangement to keep the little tots from falling overboard. In the centre of the deck was fastened a stout ring bolt, to which were fastened three stout but small ropes. At the end of each rope was a stout leather belt buckled about the waist of a rugged, sunburnt youngster. The ropes were just long enough to prevent the child- ren reaching the edge of the deck. but were not too short to allow them ample room to play in. The children seemed happy, too, and were not disturbed a particle by their tether. ()n nearly all the boats the child ren are allowed to roam about the deck at will, both while coming down the river in tow and while tied up to the dock. Many of them are born aboard the boats. There they grow up and, in many cases, marry, selecting their mates from aboard other boats and immediately taking up the life followed by their parents. New York Times. An old story is being resurrected against a usually quiet, but somewhat excitable resident of the suburbs. It is alleged that the gentleman in question discovered that a fire had been started in the attic of his house through the heat of one of the chim- neys. With rare presence of mind he rushed downstairs and seizezl amilk pitcher from the kitchen table, rushed out to the cistern, threw the milk out of the pitcher, pumped some Water into it and rushed up- stairs, only to find that his Wife had seized a large pitcher 0! water from one of the bed-rooms in the upper story and extin- guished the incipient oonflsgration. As there were four large ewers of water in the upper stories the progress of mental rea- soning which had induced the excited resi- dent to make such a. furious onslaught on the milk pitcher would be extremely in- teresting to trace, if such a thing were pos. sible. He should have had the presence of mind possessed by another property owner, who discovered that a spark from a. neigh- boring oonfiagration had lighted upon the slightly slanting roof of his house, and had set fire to the shingles. All the buckets and tubs and pitchers had gone for use in the big fire, and there was no one to bring them back. But the owner of the house, even in that moment of peril, kept cool- headed. He rushed to the pond, which stood by the house, and delibeqtely sat down in the water. To race upstairs and out upon the roof was the work of a mo- ment, and then he “ sat on ” the fire in more senses than one. He saved the house. -Boston Advertiser. Two babies were shot by their father, Joseph Smith, a New York letter-carrier, yesterday. Elizabeth, aged 2 years. is dead with a bulletin her stomach and Mary, aged 11 months, is st Bellevue hospital with a bulletin her breast. The father who is 30 years of age, was arrested. 0n the lofty top of Pike’s Peak 8. monu- ment has been reared to the memory of Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes. It was begun by members of the W. C. T. U. who were travelling there, and a notice was erect-0d inviting all who wiehed to add a stone. In less than three months a. massive pile of stones was heaped up, and now the monu- ment is as noticeable as that of Helen Hunt, which friends reared near Colorado Springs. Nobody ever saw a Chinaman with muddy shoes, no matter what the weather, unless some hoodlums had pushed him into a puddle, says a Chinaman in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. We take care of our feet instinctively, and get into a habit of walking carefully. If you watch on a muddy crossing you will see one American after another pick his way over cautiously, and yet land on the other side with mud on his toes, while a Chinaman will walk along after them at his usual gait,and, seemingly, not noticing his feet, stepping on the other curb with not a particle of mud on the tops of his shoes. But when he crossed the street he did not walk as the Ameri- cans did. Had he done so, he would have been as muddy as they. They stepped along gingerly on their toes, or, at least, the front part of the foot. In this way they put all the weight of their body on the thinnest part of the shoes, from top to bottom, and when it flattened out with each step the mud touched the leather. The Chinaman walked over with the weight of his body on the heel and instep of the shoe and the toe barely grazing the ground. The foot of the shoe that felt his weight was firm and unyielding, and did not spread into the mud. Ingenious Modes {or Checking Fires. EXERCISING A NICKEL. No Muddy Feet on Chlnameu. A Monument to Mrs. Hayes. Chlldllfe on the Canal. Most Important Matter During the Winter Season. We have now come to the time of the year when we shall sit with our windows closed and our doors also. and shall conse- quently feel the loss of that pure air which we have hitherto admitted through open doors and windows, says a writer in the Ladiea' World. Not only shall we suffer this loss, but we shall have to endure the untold evils that accompany the warmth of stoves and furnaces. We can do much, however.tc mitigate these evils by judicious ventilation of our houses,but it will require some management and a little study to accomplish this. The simplest method of ventilating a room is by opening the win- dow from the top and putting it up from the bottom, allowing the foul warm air to escape and the pure air to enter. An open fireplace helps greatly to keep the air pure. It the bedroom windows are guarded by shades and blinds, one at least may remain open all night, provided it does not subject the sleeper to a drought, and the effect will be highly beneficial. This should most certainly be done in any apartment heated : byastove or furnace, ss earbonicoxide‘ escapes from either as ordinarily manu- factured. Air if sure to become unwhole- some whenever it stegnstes long, so the best thing one can do is to make it circu- late, or at least to set it in motion outward from the rooml and this can be done, as wehave said, by opening the window at top and bottom. It windows and doors are opposite each other, open both, if it is only for 60 seconds, and let a strong rush of cold air come in ; and this will drive the heatedfoul air out. On coming into the ro‘m alter this ventilation, no one with any sensibility can fail to discover the healthful difference between foulness and purity. This simple act of ventilation should be performed in every sleeping chamber where lamps have been lighted and people sitting before retiring. This thorough air cleansing will be needed in ad- dition to opening the sashes and leaving them thuswith blinds xlosed and shades drawn down. One more illustration of the stage of advancement which has been reached by the mechanical geniuses of Amasia I will borrow from a cutler’s shop. Remember that it is the best work of men who are in the full heat of the struggle for life that we are noting. These outlers have to compete in the streets of their city with the work of the men of Sheffield. And this is the de- vice that they have been able to originate as the climax of ingenious machinery for the sharpening of knives. They have a grindstone mounted on an axle fixed upon the platform of the litt'e stall where they do their work. A rope is passed three or four times around the axle of the grind. stone, and out in the middle of the narrow street, in front of tho cutler's shop, stands aman with one end of the rope in each hand, gravely pulling away. When he pulls the right hand the grindetone revolves to- ward him; when he pulls the left hand it revolves from him. By the grindtone squats the knife-grinder cross-legged, obliged to turn the knife over every mo- ment as the stone changes its course of revolution. There is something pathetic in the spectacle of these men who have wrestled with the problem of changing a reciprocating motion to a rotary one ; have wrestled doubtless as valiantly as Edison with his mighty problems of electrotdyna- mics, and then have given up the problem as insoluble, like the problem of the flying machine, and have settled down to such devices as the most favorable basis on which they can contest their market with the aggressive Europeansâ€"Asian Correspon- dence New York Tribune. The average number of teeth is thirty- two. Thirty years ago the British government armed the battle ship Duke ot Wellington with 131 guns at a total dost of 385.000. To-duy it costs that government $120,000 to put a single sixteen inch gun in 9. mm of war. The weight of the circulating b10351 is 28201111613. The average weight of an adult is 150 poggdgnngi Big ounces. A man breathes about 20 times a minute and 1,200 in an hour. ‘ The brain of a man exceeds that of any other animal. The average weight of the brain of a man is 3% pounds ; of a. woman two pounds and eleven ounces. Five hundred and forty pounds, or one hogshead and 1% pints of blood, pass through the heart in one hour. Miss Mary Randolph Harrison of Chi- nago, a niece of the President, ig to be married in the spring to a Minneapolis real estate dealer who save& her from drowning in Lake Minnetonka, last summer. A nian breathes about 18 pints of air in a. minute, or upward of seven hogehoada a day. Thé'average height of an Englishman is 5 feet 9 inches, of a Frenchman 5 feet 4 inc_h_es,_of aBelgign 5 fegt 6:} inches. The'heatt Beads nearly Iten pounds of blood through the veins and arteries each beat, and makes four beats while we breathe once. The average of the pulse in infancy is 120 per minute, in manhood 80, at 60 years (30. The pulse of females is more fre- quent than that of males.â€"~Boston Journal of Commerce. Kecksyâ€"Blim, what makes you whistle so much ? Blim (apologetically)â€"It’s a habit I’ve got_in§o, Kegkpy. I do it yvithpug _thin_kj_ng. One hundrefl nnd_seventy-flve million cells are in the lungs, which would cover a surface thirty times greater than the human body. Some black boys on the Congo are new learning the art of telegraphy. They live in the cataract region. A short telegraph line has been stretched over the hills and the boys are sending messages to one another. Their instructor is Mrs. Bentley, the wife of one of the best known African missionaries. The last time she was in Europe she learned telegraphy for the pur- pose of training native operators, and she hopes to have them all ready for service by the time 'the Congo railroad stretches a line along the river. When a French or German operator tries to send a message in English it is to be observed that he makes rather a bad job of it, particularly if the penmanship is a little blind. As these boys can read only in their native language it is possible that some of the French messages they will transcribe will have a little value as curiositiesâ€"New York Sun. A Scotch coroner was called upon recent- ly to hold an inquest in the case of a man who dropped suddenly dead of apoplexy while in the act of committing suicide with a fish knife. It wan a. curious case, for if the man had not fallen dead instantaneous- ly there must have been a large quantity of blood about. which there was not. The blood on the knife was only one spurt which had run down it. The coroner said it was an extraordinary case, and one that was seldom known. The jury returned a ver- dict in accordance with the medical teati- mony. Kecksyâ€"It's an annoying habit, Blim No man, Blim [lights a. cigarette], has right to form any habit [puff] that make him a [puff] confounded nuisance [puffy puff] to those about him. Teaching Telegraphy on the Congo. The Tools of Asiatic “’orkmcn. Information About “ Yourself.” Scotch Coronal-’5 Dilemma. VENTILATION. Precept vs. Practice. Engineering Science in the Celestial Empire. The Chinese suspension bridges, dating from the time of the Han dynasty (202 B. O. to 220 A. D.) furnish striking evidence of the early acquaintance of the Chinese with engineering science. According to the historical and geographical writers of Chins it was Shang Lieng, the commander of the army under Been Tsu, who undertook the construction of the roads in the Province of Shense. to the west of the capital. the high mountains and deep gorges of which made communication difficult, and which could he reached only by circuitous routes. At the head of an army of 10,000 workmen Shang Lieng out through mountains and filled up the valleys with the soil obtained from the excavations. Where, however, this was not sufficient to raise a road high . enough, he built bridges resting upon abut- l ments or projections. _ At other places, where the mountains were separatefl by deep gorges, he carried out a plan of throwing suspension bridges stretching from one slope to the other. These bridges, appropriately called by the Chinese writers “ flying " bridges, are sometimes so high as to inspire those who cross them wit-h fear. At the present dny there is still a. bridge in existence in ShensE400 feet long, which stretches across a r; gorge of imrnense depth. Most__of the bridges are only wide enough to allow of the passage of two mounted men. railings on both sides serving for the protection of travcliers. It is not improbable that the missionaries who first reported on Chinese bridges two centuries ago gave the initiative to the construction of suspension bridges in the Westâ€"Iron. Graduates of Alma Commercial College are now In lucrative positions in the leading aims of Canada. and the United States. Full com see in Book-keeping, Phonograpby. Penmanship. Type-writing. Certificates andfiiDiirplomag gppnted. “EJYuung ladies pursuing either of the above courses can also enter for Music, Fine Arts, or Elocution and enjoy all the advan- tages of reeiience. Rates low. 60 pp. Anr nouncement free. Address Principal Anstin,A.M. Prohibitionistâ€"Have you any doubts as toiBrothpr‘Bipg’g _loy_alty _t9 the mange ‘? ‘ Second Prohibitiofiistlâ€"None whatever; whj ?_ ._ 7 P'rohibitionistâ€"I hear it was whispered that he came over from France on La Champagne. ._._...___. “ Women! be fair, we must adore thee; Smile, and a. world is week before thee I" But how can a woman smile when she is suffering untold misery from complaints from which we men are exempt? The answer is easy. Dr. Pieroe’s Favorite Pres- cription is an infallible remedy in all cases of "female weakness,” morning sickness, disorders of the stomach, nervous prostra- tion, and similar maladies. As a. powerful invigorating tonic it imparts strength to the whole system, and to the womb and its appendages in particular. As a soothing and strengthening nervine it subdnes ner~ vons excitability, irritability, exhaustion, prostretioo, hysteria, spasms, and other distressing, nervous symptoms commonly attendant upon fonotiouel and organic disease of the womb. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and des- pondency. Sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee, from the manufacturers. to give satisfaction. ” Young man,” said an old gentleman to a. reporter,“do you expect to follow your presgqt v‘oqutiun in the next wgrld ? “ "1L ,, :l , .1 “Because if you do, you can writeup glowing account-s of things Without being far out of the way. £1 with us. Send 20c. for terms. Acoloxed rug pattern and 60 culorod designs. W. 62F BUSH, St. Thomas, Ont. L (T‘rlflhadrn’t thought of that sir. Why do youiuk? " They “Swore like our Army in Flanders,” may be said of many sufferers from bilious ness, headache, constipation, indigestion, and their resultant irritability, intellectual sluggiehnese, ennui, etc. The temptation to thus violate a. sacred commandment, however, is Speedilv and permanently re- moved by the use of Dr. Pierce'e Pleasant Pelletsâ€"tiny. little, sugar-coated anti- bilioue Grannlee ; nothing like them. One a dose. Druggiats, â€"” What a. fine thing old age is!” said M. Augier not long before his death. “ One is surrounded with care, attentlon and re- spect. But what a pity that it lasts so short a. time I" - t * " Mumm’a Extra. Dry," remarked a small boy whose mother was thirsty. ~ - ' -' Fond Mammaâ€"Emily, child, don't get ingg that cgwd, You‘ll_geb squeezed. I Emily-That's just like ion, mother. You never want to have me enjoy myself. Most Perfect Postal System. The Berlin postal service, long one of the best postal services in the world, has just been improved by a unique innova- tion. On November 1st ten large postal waggons, with sorting tables, stamping arrangements, and everything else used in preparing mail for transportation, were sent out from Berlin station 0 over ten routes to the city limits to collect the con- tents of the street mail boxes. The 0131- cisls who accompanied the weggons sorted, stamped and bunched the mail brought them from the boxes by a porter, while the waggons were being driven in from the outskirts of the city. In this way an hour, and often enough, two hours, was saved from the time before required for preparing mails for the trains. A lotto!“ box was attached to the side of each weggon. so that pedestrians in the street could throw in their letters whenever the waggon stopped. These posts] waggons have been a complete success thus far. and will be continued in use. Most of them cover their routes in just an hour. The Berlin post officials boast that they now have the quickest city mail service in the worldâ€"N220 York Sun. Where grace and beauty most abound. True happiness will on. be found. \Vhore ruby lips and glowing cheek The gift of rugged health beepeak, The artist, Nature's nobleman, lel risk the treasure of his art, Dcpioting, deftly as he can, The lines engraven On his heart. Fair maiden, may life‘s richestjoy Spread her bright mantle over thee; May years but gently with you toy, And pleasures sweet, without alloy, With fairest blessums cover thee; But should, perchance, thy beauty fade, Thy can at: call quickly to thy aid Our Golden Middle!“ Discovery. Remember that Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is a. sure cure for all skin erup- tions and diseases of the blood. THECEDK’S BEST FRIEM‘B OLD CHINESE BRIDGES. GENTS MAKE $100 A MONTH ALMA LADIES’ COLLEGE. Antlâ€"ProhAb steamer. St. Thomas. Ontario. At an“L" Station. DOEL4089' Why He Spoke. Beauty’s Dower.