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TRIBES OF THE IROQUOIS, occupied the lands surrounding the village. In one of their visits to Bufl'elo they made a raid upon Mr. Ransom’s house in his ab- sence and being denied liquor resolved to carry off the little girl Portia. It was with the greatest d:fliculty that the child was saved through the heroic conduct of Mrs. Ransom and her nei hbors. Not only was the child saved from the Indians but lived, prospered, and afterwards became Mrs. Christopher Harvey. uuv :- .va, v._v _____ J , In another respect 'BuffaJo far exceeds Toronto. No monument in Queen’s Park, lovely as Nature has made the surroundings, Buffalo is the larger (250,000), the weal- thier, the more democratic of the two ; To- ronto the more aristocratic, with its finer situation, fine harbor, better boulevarded but inferior paved and narrower streets, handsomer lawns, finer architecture, super- ior schools and colleges and University. Toronto, too, has the more romantic and healthier situation. In Toronto the Eng- lish, Scotch, and Irish elements of national- ity largely prevail, while Buffalo seems to have a large German element, which, per- haps, may be accounted for by the purchase of the Reservation lands of the Seneca In- dians by the Holland Company in an early period of the city’s history. In 1798 the New York Legislature authorized aliens to hold land by which law the Holland Com- pany were enabled to take possession of the lands they had purchased, and in the same year the name Buflalo was given to Erie. To Joseph Ellicott, more than to any other man in its early history, is said to be due the rapid progress of Buffalo, which soon rose from a hamlet to a city. He sur- veyed the land for a city in 1798 and opened up the first wagon-road in Erie County. The story of Portia Rinsom is one of the earliest tales told in Buffalo’s history. Asa Ransom, a silversmith, settled in Buffalo, in 1796 with his wife and infant daughter Portia. The Seneca Indians, one of the In walking upMain St, Buflalo, one might easily fancy himself on Yonge St., Toronto. There are similar Wholesale houses at the foot of the street near the canal, and similar displays of goods on either side of the street, with its rising slope till you reach the Gen~ esee House. north of which are many hand- some private residences and pulic institu- tions. Parallel with Main St., which runs north and south, are Pearl, \Vashington, Niagara and Delaware streets, the last being the finest in the city for its magnificent private residences, fine churches, ample boulevards and broad pavements overarched by lines of lofty trees. On this street stand three magnificent churches almost side by side. First, Calvary church,(l’resbyterian) a handsome and imposing edifice of white stone ; next, a Methodist Episcopal of ((1qu ‘and similar proportions but of red stone; then Trinity Church (l‘loglish) a massive building of red stone differing from the others in architecture, more ornamented with large circular Windows of stained glass fronting the street. Another handsome English church is that of St. John on S van St., built of white stone and resembling much the Presbyterian and Methodist, and whose Sunday School numbers 650 pupils. The writer witnessed the children's Easter floral service in this church. The altar, tablets, bishop’s chair, and reader’s desk were decorated with garlands of green. Above the altar was a blazing cross. From the bank of moss which filled the baptismal font sprang beautiful lilies. as the exterior, having double stairways and double encIOSed elevators leading from floor to floor. A tablet in the entrance hall shoWs the number and office of every room in the building. The Americans are a pract- ical people. The Court House was erected in 1875, and in that; same year they erected a. magnificent gaol of whine stone in the rear of the Court on the opposite side of the street. In Bufl‘alo, from Court to prison is buy a step! one may say. fi,m,l. tn- A_A-.UI- PURE AND LOVELV CALLAS arose from a vase at the corner of the chancel while the entire pulpit front was concealed by a. mass of white and delicately-tinted flowers intermingled with green vines all artistically arranged. Fully one fourth of the immense assemblage that filled the sanctuary were children An- other fine church is that of St. Mary (Catho- lic) on Broadway St. to which thronged thousands of worshippers early on Easter morn. St. Paul’s Cathedral is the most fash- ionable and aristocratic church in the city. Immense numbers throng there to hear the superb musical programme at Easter and to admire the lovely floral decorations of the church that day. However, no church in Buffalo has so tine a. situation and such chaste architecture as the Metropolitan of Toronto. 0n the other hand, few cities, perhaps, on the American continent, can boast so fine a Court House as Buffalo. Built of pure white stone, devoid of elaborate ornamenta- tion, like the chaste Greek columns of old, it rises in the purity and simplicity of its grandeur. It occupies an elevated space With main entrances from opposite sides. Its interior is as The city is said to haveâ€"obtained its name from Butfalo Creek. and‘the creek from an Indian of that 11: mo. Fort Erie was built in 1769, but Capt. Wm. Johnson, who mar- ried a. Seneca. “omuu was the first white set- tler at the mouth of Bufl'elo Creek in the year 1793. Buffalo and Toronto, therefore, date from the same year; each possessed a fort : Bufl‘eloâ€"Fort Erie; Torontoâ€"Fort Ronille. Each was founded on the shore of a. great inland lakeâ€"the one on the south- east shore of Lake Erieâ€"the other on the north-west shore of Lske Ontario ; the one beneath the Stars and Stripes, the other beneath the banner of Britannia, and each destined tn become a great city although both were burned to the ground in the wars of 1812-15 which devastated the boundary lines of the rival nations. COINCIDENT FOBTUNATE SITUATION of each, the character of its inhabitants, snlubrious climate, fertility of soil, links of connection with town and countryâ€"by steamboat, railway, telegraph and teleponu â€"hnve made and are still making each a. great and a prosperous city, with a. progres- sion rivalling the first cities on the Contir nent. Buffalo, like Toronto, is a great steam- ship and railway focus, each being the cen- tre of a great and rapidly increasing trade on the lakes and through a fertile country lying east and West. The peculiarly Somo Impressions From 3 Recent Vlslt. THE CITY OF BUFFALO. CKASTE AND MAGNIFICENT BY J. n. Poudfi‘k, B. A. ()ne :lay last summer I went into a law yer's office. I climbed up a flight of dusty stairs, turned to the right, walked down a. hot, dingy passageway until I came to a door, and knocked hard. There Was no re- sponse. Everything was too sleepy even to make an echo. So I said “ Come in ’ to myelf and walked in. It was very warm. The windows were open, and the hot air came quivering in from the blistering street, and went around the ofice in sluggish waves warping the big law books on the baize-cov- ered table. In the corners of the room the cobwebs hung dusty and motionless. A broom and a battered watering-pot stood behind the stove, which was red with rust and stood on three legs and a cobble-stone. weary with inaction. A solitary cuspidore, half filled with the sawdust of ages, slept be- hind the coal box, where nobody could get at it. The glass doors of the library hung ajer, and the bunch of keys, half caught, hung in a limp, dissipated way from the lock, as though they had tried to get in but fell asleep in the effort. The big flies buzzed lazily about in the air, as though they had about decided to make one more effort- to reach the ceiling, and if they missed it that time they would give it up and fall down on the floor. In a. very old-fashioned web in a Window corner, an old-fashioned spider, in a condition of pitiful destitution, sat by a rent in his den, trying to make up his mind to brace up and get at it and mend it. A, slim~waisted wasp crawled about over the old, time-eaten window frame, looking for raw material for her wood pulp mill. All the pens on the green table were corroded and split up the back. The ink in the big cut glass stand had dried up in a sun-baked, crackled mass. The lawyer lay back in his big leather chair. His feet were on the table. His head hung over the hack of the chair. His mouth was wide open; his eyes were tight shut. His hat had roll- ed under the table. A newspaper had fallen from his hand. He did not move |when I told him I had come to pay that bill. He snored, gently, regularly, but resolutely, like one to whom snoring and sleeping is not a duty, but a pleasure. Above the little iron safe and above the big green table hung two framed mottoes. Above the table it said, in severe letters of forbidding black :â€" “ This is my busy day." And over the little iron safe emphatic let- ters in chromatic print said :â€" “ Time is money.” . I hadn’t the heart to wake him. I sat down and gave him an hour of improving reflection, and credited myself with that amount on my bill.-â€" [Burdette. Artistic Curtain Stuffs. I know ot nothing in the matter of fur- nishing, that appeals so strongly to a. house- keeper's heart as beautiful stuffs for cur- tains and hangings. A visit to one of our large emporiume the other day gatisfied me that those of us who Cannot afford superb tapestries with French Renaissance pat» terns, or brocades of the time of Louis Quatorze, can still drape our doors and win- dows artistically. I was greatly surprised to find that one of the newest, as it is also perhaps one of the cheapest fabrics for heavy portieres, is simply the blue or brown denim used for working-men‘s overalls. As it is always darker on one side than the other, one of the easiest means of ornamentation is to cut a. pattern out of the cloth and ap- plique it on, wrong side out. Embroidery in outline stitch is also very eflective; the pattern should be flowing and arabesque- like, or one composed of trailing vines and flowei s. A flax thread is used which does not lose its lustre in the laundry. It makes very elegant table-covers ; being heavy it drapes well, and falls in rich folds. For Windows in summer, cheese cloth re- tains its popularity ; but where white is un- desirable, on account of dust, there is a kind of scrim painted in colors, 8. sort of cheap Madras cloth, at 10 and 122 cents a yard, which is very pretty and effective. It will wear, and look well for three or four seasons without washing, and is gauzv and airy, and not unlike China silk in design and gen- eral appearance. As it costs but 60 cents'a window. it can be replaced when you tire of it. Use great care in selecting the pat- tern, as some of them are very ugly. creamy ground with conventionalized fleur- de-lis sprinkled over, and a. soft grey ground with trailing vines in browns and reds, and bunches of scarlet berries, are among the prettiest I have seen. Not quite in the decorative line, but bordering on the useful, are the comfort- ables of colored cheese cloth. If the idea. is a. new one to the rural sisters, I am sure they will be pleased with it. It is cheaper than calico and much prettier. I‘he quilting is very quickly done ; one may make several in an afternoon at a. very small bee, and they are light and warm. Pale pink and blue combine nicely for opposite sides, as do dark red and pale blue. The U. S. senate committee on foreign affairs by a strict party vote has reported against the ratification of the fishery treaty. Although this is a. great and serious check to the agreement recently reached at \Vash- ington coming into effect, there is an apparently well-founded opinion at Ottawa that ultimately the Cleveland Cabinet will prove strong enough to have the conclusion arrived at by the recent commission adopt; ed. Just now it is thought that it will be unwise either for the President or Secretary of State Bayard to push for the treaty’s ratification, owing to the enmities‘that would certainly be aroused, but before a. year has rolled by it is believed that the opportunity will occur. Thus the treaty is not lost, but is in abeyauce. rises half so stately and grand as Bufl‘alo’s “ Monument of Liberty” in Union Square, It was erected in 1882. The base has the statue of a. soldier standing at each corner as if to guard from every point of the com- pass the maiden standing at the pinnacle of the monument and representing the liberty of the nation. The monument is of pure white stone, circular column and bearing carved inscriptions. It is called the " Soi- diers' Monument.” In another respect Buffalo surpasses Tc- ronto and this is a. national feature, I believe, of the American people. It is the courteous politeness of its people. If any doubt this statement let him visit Buffalo and ask ques- tions of information from police men, busi- ness men or those he meets upon the street. Strangers receive a kind welcome. One citizen is considered as good as another if his reputation be good. Wealth builds no social barriers. Equal rights and liberties to all. A common brotherhood and a. com- mon humanity. . The Handwriting on the Wall. 1n Temple Bar for April appears an ar- ticle on conversations with \Vellington. The materials have been collected from the commonplace books of the Rev. J. Mitford, of Beuhall, who probably heard most of them at Rogers’ table, where he was a. he quent guest. The Duke took kindly to Rogers, and consented to have his own words put on record. To many other inter- locutors he was anything but kind. Mr. Mitford gives one example. \Vhen the Duke was sitting to Phillips the latter asked him “Was not your Grace surprised at Waterloo?" “Never till now,“ was the reply. Artists more than once offended him in this way, and a minor collection of his sayings might be made out of snubs to that profession. He did not mind talking of himself when it could be done with good sense and discretion, and as an incident of his confidences on great events. He did not like to figure as the subject of his own story, that was all. “He is naturally of great gaiety of mind," says Mr. Mitford, “laughs loud and long, like the whooping of the whooping-cough repeated.” Wellington told Rogers that if “Bounaparte” had come to take the command in Spain he should have considered his name equal to an additional forty thousand men. Has it not been put at an even higher figure? He talked freely of \Vaterloo, but usually in a disinterested way, as though it was someâ€" body else's victory. “Bounaporte was as clevera man as ever was, but he wanted sense on many occasions. I think his best plan would have been to have waited for the allied armics to have attacked. Then, to have singled one out and defeated it.’ Germany’s Next Emperor. \Villiam is very deeply and thoroughly Prussian. He is a living, breathing embodi- ment of all the qualities and lack of quali- ties which, through precisely two centuries, have brought the little mark of Brandenburg up from a. puny fief, with a poor, scattered population of a million and a. half, to the state of a. great kingdom, ruling nearly fifty millions of people, and giving the law to all Europe. He is saturated with all the in- stincts and ideas which has raised this par- venu Prussia. to her present eminence, and his character is the crown and flower of these two centuries of might and ruthfulness and spoliation exalted into creed. 0n the other hand, his mother is the best royal product of a. totally and fundamentally different civilization. Victoria. Adelaide is unques- tionably the broadest, mostliberal, and most lovable of all the Guelphs who have been born since Elector George first landed in England. \Vhen I say that she is the only one of her family who at present spmpethizes Wholly with Mr. Gladstone, I have most simply and fully indicated her disposition and bent of mind. Obviously she can have but little in common with a son who would hangr Gladstone off-hand, and who avowedly hates England as the country whence has come all the constitutional nonsense which nowadays limits and hampers kingship. Inequality in the distribution of wealth seems to many to constitute the greatest of all social evils. But, great as may be the evils that are attendant on such a condition of things, the evils resulting from unequallty of wealth would undoubtedlybe much great- er. Dissatisfaction with one’s condition is the motive power of all human progress, and there is no such incentive for individual exertion as the apprehension of prospective want. “ If everybody was content with his situation, or if everybody believed that no improvement of his condition was pos- sible, the state of the world would be that of torpor,” or even worse, for society is so con- stituted that it can not for any length of time remain stationary, and, if it does not continually advance, it is sure to retro- grade. It is a matter of regret that those who de- claim most loudly against the inequalities in the distribution of wealth, and are ready with schemes for the more “ equal division of unequal earnings ” as remedies against suffering, are the ones who seem to have the least appreciation of the positive fact, that most of the suffering which the human race endures is the result of causes which are en- tirely within the province of individual human nature to prevent, and that, there- fore, reformation of the individual is some- thing more important than the reformation of society. “At \Vaterloo Bounaparte had the finest army he ever had in his life --full of enthu~ siasm. . . . Two such armies, so well trained, so well officered ! It was a battle of giants.” It was his nearest approach to heroics. To a. lady who asked him to tell her all about the battle of Waterloo, “ \Ve pummclled them,” he said, “ they pummel~ led us, and I suppose we pummelled the hardest, so we gained the day.” This is almost capped by Mitford’s account of his matter-ofâ€"fact way of receiving the con- gratulations of Creevy after the fight. He would not hear of congratulation :â€" “It was a dreadful business, thirty thou- sand men destroyed, and a dâ€"d near thing." “George the Fourth is no gentleman," he said, ” though an excellent actor of one for ten minutes. Like Mr. Macready, he can’t support it longer. His conversation with women most offensive. The King never sought good company ; the Queen did. His levees disgraceful ; all who sent their names were presented by the lord in-waiting, driven before him like cattle. He keeps people waiting. The luckiest man in the worldâ€"getting into scrapes by misconduct, and getting out by good luck.” W hen the duke dined with Louis XVIII.. he observed that all the members of the Royal family were waited on by gentlemen. “I, of course had a servant, and was the best wait- ed on at table.” \Vhen past 80, according to M1. Mitford, he did the following things none day. apparently without turninga. hair :â€"1. Went to morning prayer. 2. Gave away two brides. 3. Transacted Horse Guards’ business. 4. Took his usual rides. 5. Was present eta council and a drawing- room. 6. Locked in at two exhibitions. 7. Entertained 40 guests at dinner. 8. Gave 3. ball. 9. Escorted the last fair dancer to her carriage and saluted her at sunrise. Conversations With the Duke of Wellington. How to Annihilate Poverty Ah, no, I never work,” he said ; With pride he gazed aloft, Indeed, I always sleep in gloves, It keeps my hands so soft.” I see,” the cruel maid replied, How you accomplish-ad them; And, pretty sir, when sleeping, Do you also wear your hat ‘2” Mr. White :â€"“The remedies a-rezâ€"l. The restriction of foreign pauper emigration especially that of men over fifty years of age, unskilled in their trade, speaking no language but their own and bringing no money with them. 2. The extension of the Factory Act to adult males, with revistra» tion of all work-rooms, the certificate of registration to be affixed outside the house, and every room in the house to be accessible to the factory and ranitary inspectors. 3 The abolition of the conflicting, and separ- ate duties of sanitary and factory inspectors and largely to increase the number of the inspectors and to raise their qualifications.’ THE “swsnmo” SYSTEM. Mr. White went on to detail how, being interested in social questions, he had repeat- edly come in contact with the “sweating” system. Lord Rothschild asked :â€"“How would you describe ‘sweating’ '3” “ It is impossible to give a scientific defi- nition. It might be called a system oigrind- ing the poor." The word “sweater” used in the boot trade had the opposite meaning, to that in the tailors’ trade. In the boot trade a “sweater” was a. man who worked himself ; in the tailor’s trade one who caused others to sweat. A master, or kniier, in the London boot trade took a half share. He could prepare work for two, three or four finishers. Supposing the price paid by the manufacture was four shillingsa dozen, the master would take two shillings and divide the remainder among three works men. Thus it was evident that the master, or knifer, was anxious to increase the num- ber of “sweaters,” as he thus got an in- creased proportion of the money. The kniier provided his men with a cup of coffee in the morning and in the evening in order to prevent the workers from moving from their seats. He also provided them with tools, light and what was known as grind- ery. The Keri of Dunraven is not only desirous of rzforming the House of Lords but is earn- est in trying to better the condition of the poor slaves of what is called here, as in the United States, the “ sweating ” system. He is chairman of the committee of which Lords Derby and Rothschild are members. They met in the library of the House of Lords taking testimony. The view is thus stated in an answer to a. question which Lord Dun- raven put to a. witness, Arnold White, for- merly member of Parliament and co-laborer with ‘Vzlter Besant, George R. Sims and others in ferreting out abuses on the poor. The life of a. London sweater was hopeless and dreary, and it is not surprising that they showed inc‘inations to adopt revolutionary propaganda. A A‘sk‘Ed about the sweaters, Mr. White added that they were usually intelligent; and temperate, moss attached to their families, of Whom they caught glimpses, as It were. They never thought of amusement, and at forty years old a. sweater was aged and worn out. “ Admire.ny behaved as regards morality; abominany behaved as regards cleanliness.’ “ Is the condition of these men better or worse here than in their own country 3” “Many of the men who come here from abroad have been driven from their homes by political reasons. Their social life here is certainly not better than that which they left in their own country.” Lord Derby asked, “ But was this pieCe of bread tor the man’s dinner or breakfast. Mr. White ‘2" “ I took is myself," said Mr. White, “ as the remains of his dinner. He had cofiee with it, but no fish, nor meat, nor anything else. It is the ordinary food of the sweaters. By Working eighteen or nineteen hours a. day for some years the working sweater in the slop boot trade hopes to be a knifer himself. The colonial mars et is flooded with work of the most worthless description turned out by these sweatersâ€" boots with soles made largely of brown PEEL: “I have known one sweater who, when he went home at midnight, was so exhaust ed that it was his custom to sleep with his head on a table, being too tired to go to bed. Any attempt by the men to organize them- selves. to get shorter hours or to obtain bet- ter wages, is looked upon as insubordination and the masters will instantly dismiss them.” ‘ Several workmen witnesses who were ex- amined fully bore out the truth of Mr. White's investigation. One can stand as an instance of all. the slop boot trade had been brought about by two factors not in existence two generat- ions agoâ€"the practice of riveting and the unrestricted importation of green hands from Russia, Poland and Germany. They belong- ed to no union, and were willing to work for such remuneration as was given to In- dian coolies, who would receive four or five annas a day. The absence of apprenticeship was another cause. Formerly workmen had to undergo an apprenticeship in order to be skilful. A “ greener” who had not; arrived a. fortnight from abroad was now considered sufficiently competent; to take part in the work. “The rfianufacturers p331 fourpence a. pair for figighing, ‘or four shillipgg a'dczaeql” _ day “ Are they well behaved ‘2" asked Lord Derby: Samuel Wildman, whose appearance con tradicted his name, a boot finisher, said that he came from Hungary ten years ago, as he could not get a livmg mere. The two great causes of sweating were the improvements in machinery and the importation of foreigners. Where there was not the poor foreigner there was not the sweating. In angwer to Earl Derby, who inquired about the hours of labor of sweaters, Mr. White said they worked about eighteen hours a. day. He had seen men at Work from five o’clock a. m. until midnight They sat and worked at their seats and took their meals there. “Only yesterday,” he said, “ I saw one of these dinners. which consisted of a. piece of hard, pasty like bread.” A POOR DINNER. This piece of bread was produced and shown to the committee. “ What' were yoE engaged at there? ’ asked Lord Dunraven. “I was a teacher.” " Then what made you think you could do better here ‘2" ‘ The Earl of Dunraven askedzâ€"What is the p_l:ice paid for finishing t_hese boots?” _ “ What (Tb you say,” askEd Lord Derby, ‘7‘ abopt the men who work eighteen hours a. From what friends in Hungary told him he came to anland, went to the East End Life 01 the London Sweater. ?) A WORKMAN‘S TESTIMONY THIS SYSTEM OF WORKIN( He worked for the man for four weeks for nothing, beginning at five o'clock in the morning and leaving ofl” at midnight. He worked every day except; Saturday. For those four weeks he was not paid anything. He subsequently obtained employment in another workshop. the had labored for the past ten years at sweating work from six in the morning until midnight each day in the week but Saturday and now earned fifteen shillings weekly. He had a wife and six children, and paid four shillings a. week for rent. He was required to work so hard that he could not drink his coffee or tea until it was cool, as he could not spare the time to drink it warm. The workroom was about four and a half yards square and two or three yards high. It had two windows, two gas- lights and one heating light, and four work- men, besides the master, were employed in it. N o inspector had ever visited it. The witness spoke in broken English, but was at last questioned by Lord Rothschild in Ger- man, and in reply answered as above. What will become of the weaker as the struggle for existence becomes more severe ? is a questiom much discussed Just now in the papers and magazines. It cannot be said that very much light has yet been thrown upon the problem. The stern nat- ural law which unpitingly decrees that the unfittest must perish in order to make room for those better fitted is being year by year more successfully counteracted by the great moral law which in its lower applications enjoins the strong to respect the rights of the weak, and, in its higher, commands each to love his neighbor as himself. It is true that the operations of this moral law are not yet very marked, and, perhaps, are not likely soonto become so, in modifying the fierceness of the competition for places of employment and profit. Still the com- bined agencies of sanitary science and Chris- tian philanthropy are helping on the rapid increase of the race by the removal of the sources of disease, on the one hand, and the more merciful and skilful treatment of the diseased and helpless on the other. Wonderful as are the achievements of applied science and human inventiveness it is doubt- ful whether it can long be in the power of these or any other agencies to increase the means of subsistence in equal ratio with the multiplication of the race. If not, the world must be tending towards absolute overpopulation. In other words, a time must inevitably come when there will be large numbers for whom no profitable work can be found, and who will, thereiore, be foredoomed either to be supported by the labors of others or to starve. This, however, may be regarded as, for some time to come, a speculative rather than an actual danger, since the state of things described cannot exist, save in special. over-crowded com- munities, so long as there are in other parts of the world large and fertile areas un'occupi- ed. Thus the problem, for some generations to come, resolves itself into one of redistri- bution of populations by emigration from the congested to the sparsely settled locali- ties, as process which is being carried on on a constantly increasing scale from year to year. and was there told by a man that he could learn the boot finishing business in tour Weeks. â€" There is, however, one form of the diffi- culty which cannot be as easily met. Emi- gration is easy enough for unencumbered young men, or ex en, in most cases, for fam- ilies. But what about the multiplying thou- sands of single women who cannot go abroad alone to fight the battle on a foreign soil? Take the case of Great Britain, for instance. Statistics show that there are at the present time 800 000 more women than men in the United Kingdom. That means, of course, as the Spectator points out, that there are 800,000 girls who can never have husbands, unless polygamy is resorted to. \Vhat is to become of these? But a limited number of them, we may assume, have par- ents or friends in a position to provide per- manently for their support. Under the in- fluence of the better notions which modern opinion, or perhaps modern necessity, is causing to spread, large numbers of these women are becoming educated and fitted to support themselves. pro- vided suitable occupations can be found. But there’s the rub l flhe scape af wo- man‘s opportunities for self-support has also been enlarged of late years, until the pro- fessions and pursuits which remain exclu- sively male preserves are very few indeed. But the trouble is that’the number of work- ers increases more rapidly than the oppor- tunities for work. There are now, the Spectator tells us, three applicants for every situation where there was a little ago only one. and the great London shopkeepers could fill their establishments with the daughters of clergymen, country olicitors, doctors, and superior clerks, and then leave a kind of worldful begging for admittance outside. What is to become of the constantly increasing number of these young women, to whom self-support is a necessity, and who are able and willing to work, but for whom no suitable work is forthcoming? It would seem as if the revolution in regard to wo- man’s work and sphere were as yet only be- gun. Medical science is cruel to Emperor Frederick of Germany in prolonging his agonized physical existence ; yet ex- cept when in extreme distress, he un- doubtedly wishes to live to complete his long-cherished work of constitutional re- form. This endurance for his people’s sake of tortures, fierce and incessant, is one of those superb instances of courage which pass into history to adorn its pages forever. Mr. Bradlaugh put his foot into in badly when he charged that Lord Salisbury had given £25 to promote the meeting of work- ing men in Trafalgar Square that culminat- ed ina riot. Lord Salisbury proved con- clusively that the cheque for that amount was given to provide food for unemp10y- ed working men and was‘ used for that purpose, so that the contribution, instead of being to his discredit, was one for which he) should be honored. Mr. Bradlaugh was compelled to make an apology, but; even the: W111 not relieve him from paying $1500 for a libelous statement, made with a. reckless disregard of knowledge of what he was talking ubont. Landlndy (swell boarding house)â€"Ha.ve you any children, madam? Applicant (meek- ly)â€"0nly one, a. little boy, and he is very sickly. Landlady (dubiously)â€"I hardly know What to say, madam. Some of these sickly children often linger a. long time, you know, and I don’t like to take any chances. Overpopulation.