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TOMATO SOUTHâ€"T8116 three pints of toma- toes, stewed, strained. and slightly sweet- ened,and strain with them one onion cooked perfectly tender. with the water in which it has boiled. Add all to two quarts of beef stock. with sufficlent salt and pepper; boil togetherfor a few minutes. Strain and serve hot. This soup can be varied by beating up one egg to half a pint of cream or rich milk, and stirring to the soup a few minutes before serving. POUILLON SOI‘P.â€"T8ka one pound and a half of fresh beef, one pound of beef bone, or shank well broken, and put into two and a half quarts of cold water. When it has heated gradually and just reached the boil- ing-paint. add one ounce of salt, two car- rots out fine, two or three cloves, three leeks, half a head of celery, one turnip, quarter of a. parsnips, all out fine, Boil till the veget- {liblfs are very tender, then strain and serve c ear. VEGETABLE SOVEâ€"Peel and out up fire, equal quantities of carrots and turnips, and the same quantity of green peas, in their season, or of canned peas. Boil the peas separately. When all are done, put into the tureen, and pour over sufficient boilinghot bouillon, to make the quantity of soup need- ed. Serve hot, For a. variety the whole can be rubbed through a slave before the bouillon is added. and slices of nicely toast- ed bread put to the soup, just as It is ready to serve. VIENNA BREAD.â€" Sift two pounds flonr of best quality. Bank it up round the sides of the pan and pour into the centre half a pint of milk and half apint of water, Mix in the middle of the pen a thin better with the milk and water, then quickly add another half pint of sweet milk, into which has been put one half ounce of salt, and! nearly an ounce of the best compressed yeast. Leave the remainder of the flour banked up against the sides of the pan. Cover the pen closely and keep free from the air for forty- five minutes. Then mix in all the flour, and work or knead until the dough cleans from the sides and bottom of the pan. Then, again. cover closely from the air, and let it stand in a warm place two hours and shelf. Then divide into one-pound pieces and subdivide each of these into twelve pieces. Fold the corner of each piece to the centre, and turn over to rise for half an hour. Then place in a hot oven and bake twenty minutes. A half tearponnful of soda. in half a cup of water will relieve sick headache caused by indigesth n. " Ironing my husband’s shirt." said she, With a motion of easy grave. AH "var the linen the metal new. While the iove~light swe,t her nee. Little she thought how ihnse simple words Stirred within me the lava of old. How the pain shot through me to think of them So long in their graves so cold. That bonom so white. that earnest one, That never a crease or seam Shnuld mcr the linen to her so fair. Was to me like an old-time dream. Consumptive night sweats may be arrested by aponging the body at night in salt and water. A fever patient is cooled rfl‘and made com- fortable by frequent aponging with warm soda water. N avigation. The season of navigaticn just closing has been very unsatisfactory to ship owners gen- erally. 011 the low” lakes especially the trade has been exceptionaliy dull, both pas- senger and freight traffic having been much below the average. The Montreal Witness remarks upon the singularity of the fact that while traflic upon the other great lakes is de- creasing rather than increasing, and the competition of the through railways is so great that vessels can hard'y make ends meet on their attenuated freights, the traf- fic on Lake Superior is increasing and is as- suming gigantic proportions. During last month there passed through the new look at Sault Ste. Marie, one of the most magni- ficent pieces of masonry in the world, no less than five hundred and seventy-four steam vessels. three hundred and nine sail- ing vessels and twenty-nine rafts and unreg- istered barges, having in all a total tonnage of five hundred and thirty-one thousand six hundred and eighty-nine registered tons. This is rather greater than the usual month- ly tonnage passing through the Suez Canal. Ina few years Lake Sunerior will be encomâ€" passed by railways, and their competition will prolmhlv check the growth of the lake traflic, but there must always be a large trade. The fir est vessnls hy far passing through the Sault are Canadian. Warm mustard water should be glvvn to one who has accidentaly swallowed poison ; this will cause vomiting ; after that give a cup of strong cofi‘ee ; that will counteract the remaining effects. The juice of red onion is a. perfect antidote for the sting of bees, wasps» hornets. etc. The sting of the honey-bee. which is always left in the wound, should first be removed. When gning from a. warm room out into the cold air close your mou’h and breathe through your nose to prevent taking cold; A hard cold is ofttimea cured by a cup of hot lemonade taken at bedtime, as it pro- duces perspiration. For croup or pneumonia bruise raw onions, lay on f: cloth With powdered. gum camphor sprinkled over it, and apply to chest and lungs, and cover with hot flannel. This is a. sure cure if taken in time. For nervous headache, when the pain is over the eyes and the temples are throbbing, apply cloths wet with cold water to the head, and hot baths to the feet. Teething children may be reHeved of con- vulsions by being immersed in a warm bath, and cold water applisd to ’the head. All I many’s the time In days gone by, As with weary hands I strove. I wished there were not so many to call For a wile’s or mother's love. And often I said, as the sun sank low, ” Oh, I'm glad my work is done ; So many. so many I” Alas, poor hands, They have not now even one. Ah. wives be patient, and mothers be strong, For the toil that comes tfi-day ; Tia easier for for the heart to bear Than 00 have them far away I Lead pencils are made of plumbago or graphite, a carbonate of iron, but originally lead was used, and hence the name. Things Worth Knowing. HOUSEHOLD Useful Receipts. RONING SHIRTS. The first thing which strikes the eye of the fortunate person who is invited to see the bridal gifts is the predominance of sil- ver-ware. \Ve have now passed the age of bronze and brass, and silver hold: the £1 at place of importance, Not only the coffrr and tea sets, but the dinner sets and the whole furniture of the writing-table, and even brooms and brushes, we made with re pousse silver handlesâ€"these, of course, for the toilette. as for dusting velvet, feathers, bonpets, etc. The oxidized, ugly, discolored silver has all gone out, and the beautiful, bright highr ly polish‘ (1 silver, w th its own natural and unmatchable color, has come in. The salvers afford a splendid surface for a monogram, which is nf‘w copied from the old Dutch sil- ver, and bears many a true lovers’ knot, and every sort and kind of orzamentation ; sometimes even a. little verse, or posy, as it was called in olden time. One tea-caddy at a. recent wedding lore the following almost obsolete rhyme, which Corydc-n might have sent to Phyllis in pastoral times Another unique present was a. gold tea- scoop of ancient pattern, probably once a. baby’s pap spoon, There were also apostle- spoons, and little silver canoes and other de- vices to hold Cigarettes and ashes ; little mysterious boxes for the toilette, to hold the tongs for curling hair, and hair-pins; mir- ror frames, and even the chair backs and tablesâ€"all of silver. It ahould be added that the silver tea-cad- dy was in the shape of a. heart, and that it hada key. Very drar to the beast ufa housewife is the tea~caddy wh‘ch can be looked. Friends conspire to make their offerings together, so that there may be no duplicates and no pieces in the sllver service which do not match. This is a. very excellent plan. Itis no longer the fashion to display the presents at the wedding. They are arranged in an upper room: and shown to a few friends of the bride the day before the ceremony. Nor is it the fashion for the bride to wear any jewels. These are reserved for her first appearance as a married woman. IThe bride now prefers simplicity in her dressâ€"splendid and costly simplicity. An elegant white satin and a tulle veil, the lat- ter very full, the former extremely long and with a sweeping train, high corsage, and long sleeves, long white gloves and perhaps a flower in the heir- such is the latestfashion for an autumn bride. The young ladies say they prefer that their magnificence should wait for the days after marrisge, whcn their jewels can be worn. There is great sense in this, for a. bride is interesting enough when she is simply attired. The fashion of bridesmaids has gone out' temporarily, and one person, generally a sister, alone accompanies the bride to the altar as her female aid. The bride, attended by her father or near friend, comes in last, afterthe ushers. After her mother, sister, and family have preceded her, these near relatives group themselves about the altar steps. Her sister, or one bridemaid, stands nearfiher atthe altar rail, and kneels with! her and the bridegroom. as does the best‘ man. The groom takes his bride from the hand of her father or nearest friend, who then retires and stands a little behind the bridal pair. He must be near enough to rrspnnd quicklv when he hears the words, “Who giveth 1h‘s womanito bemarriedto this man '2” The bride and groom walk out to- gether after the ceremcny, followed by the nearest relatives, and nroeeed to the home where the wedding breakfast is served. Here the bridal pair stand under an arch of autumn leaves. golden-rod, asters, and other seasonable flowers, and receive their friends, who are presentedby the ushers. If the marriage takes place at home. the bride and groom enter together, and take their place before the clergyman, who has already entered ; then come the father and mother and other friends. A pair of hassocka should be arranged for the bridal pair to kneel upon, and the father should be near to allow the clergyman to see him when he asks for his authority. For autumn weddings nothing is so pret- ty for the travelling dress as a tailor-made costume of very light cloth, with sacque to match for a colrl day. No travelling dress should of itself be too heavy, as our rail- wav carriages are kep_t so very hgt. We have been asked to define the meaning of the word “honey-moon.” It comes from the Germans, who drank mead, or metheg- linâ€"a- beverage made of honeyâ€"for thirty days after the wedding. The father and mother do not take any stated position on this occasion, but mingle with the guests, and form a. part of the company. In an opulent country house. if the day is fine. little tables are set out on the lawn, thelsdies seat themselves around and the gentlemen carry the refreshments to them ; or the piazzas are heautifullv decor- ated with autumn boughs and ferns, flowers, evergreens, and the refreshments are served there. If it is a had dsy, of course the usual arrangements of a crowded buffet are in order : there is no longer a. “sit down” breakfast ; it does not suit our Canadian ideas. as recent experiments have proved. We have many letters asking if the gentle- men of the bride's family should wear gloves. They should, and, as we have indi- cated. they should be of pearl-colored kid, embroidered in the seams with black. The rocks which for many centuries have frequented the spires of the ancient cathedral of Rat‘sbon, have suddenly disappeared, and not a bird is now to be seen in the vicinity. This circumstance has excited the utmost consternation in South Germany, as the last time that the rocks took flight from Ratibon Cathedral their departure heralded a severe outbreak of cholera. Extreme cold converts tin into a. semi-owe mfline muss containing large cavities. The pipes of a church organ have been so altered by cold as to be no longer sonorous. Few people who have never seen the Ex- position Buildings at New Orleans have any idea of their magnitude. The main build- ing is the largest of the kind in the world, being 1,378 ‘e5t low: and 905 feet Wide, with an extension 3‘20 feet long and 125 feet wide. The State Exhibit Building is mxt in importance. being 885 feet long and 565 feet wide. The Horticultural Hall is one of the largest conservatories in the world, and one of the handeomeat structures of the kind ever erected. i l " "My heart to you is given; 0. do give yours to me: We'll look them up together. And throw away the key." The Bird of Evil amen. Autumn Weddings. i 3A3 A Region Where “an Die of Thirst Though Water be W ilhiu Roach. The name is fearfully sogng ive, and yet few plsces in the world deserve their appel- lations so well as does the Death Velley of California. A region where a man can die of thirst While he has water within his reach, more than he can drink, may well bear the most terrible title that can be given it ; and this nameâ€"Death Valley-given from the first known event in its historv, thirty-five years ago, will doubtless cling to the spot to the end of time It is in the southeastern part of Inyo county, California, and the point at which the meridian of 116 degrees 45 minutes west, crosses 36 degrees 10 minutes north is as nearly as possible in its centre of horrors. Probably only one other spot of which we have any knowledge, the Guevo Upas, or Vale of Poison, in J ava, exceeds the fatality of Death Valley. The valley itself is forty miles by eight, running nearly north and south, and every portion of this is desert and barren in the extreme, as is in fact the entire surrounding country ; but a. narrow central space along the eastern side, about fifteen miles in length, embodies the typical features of their highest intensity. Into this very few persons have ever gone, that is, who re- turned to tell the tale, and what is here re- lated pertains to the higher and compare- tively moderate parts toward the borders of the valley. The dangers are the result of atmospheric cogditions solely. Lack of water may be a fatal evil, but this can be avoided ; supplies of water may be carried, or better still, it is now tolerabe wpllascertained, that water is available by sinking even shallow wells in much the greatér extent of the upper por- tions of the valley. But the water fails to afiord its usual life-giving value from two causes. The first of these is the heat. Of course this is moderated during two or three (f the Winter months, and for that space of time a residence on the borders of Death Valley is possible without any exceeding great risk. But this soon passes away, and the furnace is in blast. By about April the average (of day and night) is from 90 to 95 degrees ; by May it is 95 to 100 degrees, and a little later it averages over 100 degrees, reaching often 120 to 125 degrees in the coolest place that can be found. If this was with a. damp atmosphere it would stifle any human life with greatrapidity. but a certain amount of dryness enables it to be borne with more safety. Here, however, comes in the second of the two evils which have been indicated, the in- tense dryness of the atmosphere. This is so excessive as to be in many instances fatal, in spite of every precaution. The writer has never tested the full severity of this feature in Death Valley itself, but his experience along its immediate border renders him ready to give full credence to the statement that many cases of death have occurred “when water was plenty, but could not be drunk fast enough to supply the drain caused by the desiccative power of the dry, hot air." In fact, in one instance he himself nearly reached that condition, and a few hours longer of the heat and dryness would have placed his own name among those of its vic- tims. i In 1585 the potato was first brought into Germany. The first seed potatoes in Sex- (ny Were a present in 1591 from the Land- ! grave of Hesse to the Elector of Saxony. In E 1947 they were grown as exotics in gardens ' at Leipzig. Swedish soldiers bought them ' into western Germany about the conclusion of the Thirty Years’ War. In 1717 they l were reintroduced into Saxony from Bra.- hant, and Within twenty-five years they be- gan to be regularly cultivated, their use be- ing much developed in the famine period of 177071. In the year 1882 over nine mil- lion acres were given up to the cultivation I or potateos in Germany, the produce amount- ing to twenty-three million tone. I It has been said that hirds drop dead in attempting to cross the valley. Mr. Hawk ins, who visited it in 1882, says that he “ picked up, at different times, two little birds, 8. mile or E0 from water, whose bodies were still warm, having evidently but just dropped dead.” The bodies of men and their horses are liable to be encountered at any time ; and in one vase with watrr still in there canteens, and a supply of food as well, showing that the climate was the cause of death. With these facts in view, it is not 1m- reasonable to say that the name Death Val- ley is well bestowed. And if this is the state of things on the elevated borders, rangâ€" ing from 1,200 to 2,000 feet and more above the see, what must be the heat and dryness in the very focus? For one of the addition- al wonders of Death Valley is that its cen- tral region lies away below the level of the sea. There is perhaps no other spot on the globe which at so great a distance from the ocean reaches such a dcpreseionâ€"le feet. The Dead Sea, with the gorges of the Jordan and the Arabah, of course greatly (XCk eds this, but it is not widely separated from the eastern parallel border ofthe M (ditermn 02m. There are in England 4,712 pawnbrokers, each paying 337‘ 50 for his license. Some one has overhauled last year’s novels and found that of the heroines 372 were blondes and only 100 brunettes. The North London Nursing Association provides trained nurses for the sick poor at their homes. They made 26,380 visits last year. v The Mam-is of New Zealand, who number- ed 100,000 in Capt. Cook’s day, are said to be decreasing in numbers at a rate that will leave the race extinct at the beginning of the next century. The Laplandera, too, a disappearing race, are said to number now not over 30,000. Shrimps and oysters are being cultivated in the Gulf of Mexico, and it is thought that they will soon drive out Chesapeake oystere from the Southern market. Already can- ning establishments between Pensacola and New Orleans put up 5,000 cans a day. The Journal Ofi'iciel, publishing the sta- tistics with regard to the population of France in 1884, gives the excess of births over desths as heing 78 974, as against 96. 843 in 1883, 97,028 in 1882, 108,229 in 1881, and 6 l ‘940 in 1880. Altogether there were 937,758 births and 858,784 deaths. In thirty nine departments the deaths exceeded the births, the excess being greatest in the district where the cholera prevailed, though there was also a slight excess in some parts of Normandy. DEATH VALLEY. STATISTICS. It is a curious feature of the warfare of some African tribes that during hostilities their women freely visit each other’s mar- kets to exchange their various produce. and then return in safety to their own districts. They do not permit a little blood spilling to interfere with the interests of commerce On a. much larger scale, the civilized world is exchanging many thousands of dollars’ worth of property with certain great tribes that are fanaticclenemies of the Caucasian race, ani among them only a. half dozen white men have ever dared to risk their lives. Sumo of the finest ostrich feathers in the civilized markets come from the upper Niger region, and are taken to Timbuctoo to be packed for shipment across the Sahara des- ert. Several other large towns on the south- em edge of the Sahara. compete with Tim- buctoo in this business, but the feathers from Timbuctoo are considered the finest. It takes about two years to bring these hand- some plumes with in reach of the ladies whom they adorn, and in their zigzag travels from the starting point to the Meditermn eau they piss through very little country where ""4 a White man 'v'vould'be safe even for a minute‘ A while ago the French tailed of building a. railroad across the Sahara. to Timbuctoo. Dry Lenz, the German geologist, who, in the guise ofa Mohammedan, was the fifth and last White visitor to this celebrated place, believes the scheme to be impracticable. It would be violently opposed by the native tribes, who, with the aid of 4000-3 camels, now monopolize the extensive trade between Morocco and the upper Niger. These ani- mals bear slowly across the Sahara the few there, ivory, rM161 other products that pass by barter from one trader to another until they fall at last into European hands. v, "u. ..- -7 If we should mark elf on the map of the northern part of our own country a. tract corresponding in size with the Sahara, then our great lakes would, roughly speaking, represeut’the pure sand wasth of the Afri- can desert, and the other and larger port of North America would stand for the vast regions where wells and oasis abound, and where caravans can find at nearly everv camp a little herbage for their camels. Caravans could not safely cross the great sand lakes, but by shaping their routes around them, or crossing the narrow straits of sand that join them, they pick their way over the desert. Often our ostrich feathers are bought, not with the products of Europe or Morocco. but with salt. Caravans start UK UL‘IIUUUUg uuu “Inn flux-n em ty-handed from this Mediterranean, and 103 in the Sahara. with salt, which has a ready sale in many an oasis and in all the lands on the Louthern edge of the dessert. The travels of many of the fine feathers in shop windows wou‘d make a story well worth hearing. Kept for months in the grass huts of savage hunters, bought by the dusky Niger River merchants with strings of cowry shells, stored in the low mud-wall- ed warehouses of Tlmbucton, packed away in bales upon the backs of camels, traversing routes that are marked by the bones of cam- els and a line of more or less widely separat ed Wells, sometimes stolen by the Saharan robber bands that lie in wait for these tra-- Velling merchants, they pass through many strange vicissitudes before they reach the fair women to whose decoration all these remote and savage agencies have labored to contribute. They nearly reach the sea. be- fore a white man can become their owner. Evenln Fez, the commercial metropolis of Morocco, the presence of the white infidels of the north inspires only feelings of bitter hatred, and the Government of Morocco re- fuses to let white travellers go s ‘uth of the Atlas Mountains, on the ground that it can- not protect th6m from the violence of the wild tribes within its own territories. These wares, brOtht in Such a. remark- able mannar from the brord Scudan, strik- ingly illustrate the fact that no walls of re- ligious hate on race prtjudice can effectively bar the way to any region of the world which the commerr‘e of Christian nations chooses to enter. A cuvious experiment is about to be made in England. Lady Granville Gordon and a distinguished graduate of Girton College are to open stores for dressmaking and millin- ery, their main purpose being, not to make money, but to encourage national taste in dress and to found. if possible, a distinctly English school. The results of the enter- prise will be awaited with a good deal of in- terest, though the probabilities are not strongly in favor of its success. The pre- sumption is that Fashion, in decreeing that Paris should be the dictator in matters of dress, had no regard to patriotic sentiment. It can hardly be maintained that French taste was given the palm because of its su- periority, seeing that the principal designer of costumes in Paris is an Englishman Pos- sibly Lady Gordon’s social position and rank may give her store a certain vogue. Possibly also she and the Girdon graduate may suc- ceed by sheer force of genius But it is ex- tremely doubtful whether Englishwomen can be taught to buv English designs solely because they are English, or even because they are picturesque. Women will usually accept really ugly costumes or garments if only they are sunposed to be “ stylish,” and reason and judgment have so li’tle to do with matters of this kind that it is imnossible to say how such an experiment will be receiv- ed. Should it succeed it will certainlyshow that the “ suppressed sex” is advancing in civilization in Great Britain. The war against the Chinese still ‘goes on in the United States. Many American news papers are giving. gratis. advice to us as to how to treat the French Canadians, whom, these journals say, are being shamefully per- secuted. But the disgraceful treatment by Americans of the Chinese is Without a par? allel in any country claiming to 1):: Christian. The latest manifrsto against the persecu‘cd race is issued in Washington Territory by an organization of workir g men, their own class for that matter. The r=solutions which these people promulgated take the form of a, threat, and allow a certain number of davs to clear the country. They took occasion also to con- trovert a statement recently put forth by the Congregational Assoc’atlon in that Territory respecting the Chinese, population and im- pugned it as not correctly representing the sentiment of the Territory. Choosing be- tween the Christian people who are laboring to benefit the Chinese and the (mostly) un- ehristian bulldozers who are endeavoring by every sort of influence to drive them from the land, we prefer to accept the statements of the former for veracity’s sake. The Chi- nese may be forced to leave the Territory but The Romance of The War Against the Chinese. A Curious Experiment. Commerce. the Congrega‘ionalists and o'her missionary laborers will still find (nough to occupy their f the Warfare 0f haudnand their heart), unlew the persecutâ€" i“ring hostilities ors also lake le ave. Deer are more plentiful in Maine than for years past, the result of well-enforced game laws. Every manager who has run the new Grand Opera House at Paris has thereby Incurred fi-xancial failure, despite the G10?- ernment allowance. . Canon Farrar asserts that ritualism is more popular now in England than ever it was, and that its leanings toward the Church of Rome are especia‘ly marked. Old Temple Bar, London, la to be re-erec- ted in Battersea Park by the Albert Palace Company. The Albert Palace is a new place of amusement. contiguous to the park. A humane burial society is to be organiz- ed in Bripgeport, Conn, the o‘ jest; being to take charge of the bodies of these whose death may admit of doubt, and thus prevent any one from bcing buried alive. The new marriage 1m in Pennsylvania imposes so many pcumtics upon the officiat- ing clergyman who violates any regulation than a special handb: ok or guide has been issuefi, with which the wary minister goes around on all occasions. It is now said definitely that Mr. Wilson Barrett the most popular En gliah actor after Mr. Henry Irving, will visit New York next autumn, and will bring a. new play with him. Mr Barrett had almost mxde up his mind to visit us this year, In a recent paper, Sir John Lubbock says that ants of the same nest, however large it may be, have a means of recognizing each other not easily explained. The recognition is immediate and complete, even after an absence of ayear from the nest. Concerning the longevity of ants, he said he had kept two queen ants for twelve years. The expression of the eyes of persons killed by violence is considered an important matter in criminal jurisprudence, but its value has been greatly leaeened by reason of its evanescent nature. A French scien- tist has found a meens of restoring the liie- like expression It consistsln applying a few drops of glycerine and water to the cornea. Madame J udic has corquered her place in the community as one of the most subtle, fascinating, and accomplished women on the stage today. Her artâ€"and that fine word is not misused in its application to herâ€"ap- peals, without doubt, to an excessively re» fined and intelligent audience, and therefore not to the average audience at theatres. It is unfortunate that Madame J udic: expend: the grace and charm of her personality upon French vaudevilles. The people buying country seats in Eng» land tcâ€"day are precisely of the class who for some three centuries have formed the bulk of purchasersâ€"successful traders. Sir Beaumont; Dixie, for example, is descended from a Lord May or who over three centur~ ies ago bought Boaworth Park from an Earl of Huntingdon, and his descendant now sells it to a Mr. Scott, whose grandfather kept a shop in Dumfries, and whose father made money as a manufacturer. Mr. Scott was at one time abroker’s clerk in New Yorklul A good joke is going the rounds with re spect to a Scotchman who has has been re- cently knighted. Sir Richard Cross, who had “thebmwny leddie" in tow, carefully enjoined that he was to take the Queen’s hand and raise it reverentYy to his lips. All this he promised to do, but at the crit- ical moment he forgot his lesson, and, seiz- ing the Queen’s hand, gave it a fervid shake exclaiming: “Many thanks, your Majesty ; many thanks.” Sir Richard nearly fainted with horror, but the Queen laughed good» naturedly, and thanked him for his heart-y gratitude. Cocoanut cellulose is a new substance, and if it possesses the quality claimed for it, England may go back to her wooden walls with safety and beat up her self-destructive rams tor old-iron. The patentees claim that a ship cannot be sunk by shot or shell if only she has taken the precaution of coming into the fight with this peculiar tissue as a great coat. When a shot, no matter what its dimensions, strikes the side of a frigate the carpenter and his mates need not jump to cram in the old-time plugs, for the cellulose immediately closes, and a. drop of water will not enter. The last formulated idea in crazes is an international cooking match. This is to take place in the Aquarium in Westminster in December next. It means the produc- tion of the favorite dishes of each nation. The Briton will present his plum pudding sndroast beef, the Spaniard olla podrida, the Italian his macaroni a la garlic, the German his bratwurst and sauerkraut, the Russian his kapoosta soup, the Frenchman his fricas- see. and the Norwegian will teach how to cook eggs in that variety of ways which as- tonishes the traveller in his clime. Carlyle’s house in Cheynes walk is still to let. It has been untenanted ever since he left it for the last time. The building oflers a rather curious example of the uncer- tain influence of a famous personality. As the philosopher had lived there the rent of the successor was fixed at a rate double that of the neighboring dwellings, and the selling price announced at $25 000. A great many people admire Thomas Carlyle ; he has even still a school and a system; but somehow the enthuiasm of his disciples and followers seems to express itself inadmiration of his style or in laudation of his genius. The vo- tary is still wanted who wishes to pay double rent for the privilege of living under the roof which sheltered him for life. Hans Canon, who died recently in Vienna was aremarkabie artist. He was held in almost as much esteem by the Viennese peo- ple as Hans Makart. He was born in Vien- na, about fiftyâ€"six years ago, of Slay parents. His name, Canon, was chosen voluntarily, and chiefly because his real name was unpro- nounveable. Canon won his fame in the late years of his life. Then he became earnest und ambit‘ous. After travelling over Europe, he settled in Vienna twenty years ago, and won some notoriety there as a caricaturist. Afterward he studied art and life profoundly‘, and exhibited some wonderfully brilliant paintings. His “Round of Life” is the larg est canvas in the world. Hans Makart, it may be remembered, was at work, when death overtook him, on paintings designed for the Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna. Oddly enough, Canon was at the same work when he died. HERE AND THERE.