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Elixirs of life are all well enough in their way, but there seem to be drawbacks con- nected with them which go a long way to- wards preventing their universal popularity. It Will be just as well at snyrate to “ hide a wee" until Brown Sequard. Hammond, and a few more of the scientific big wigs, have more definitely made up their minds on the subject. Don’t go making experiments on yourself, and don’t be easily persuaded by your doctor to let him try experiments on you. That sort cf thing has been tried with very undesirable results in more cases than one. Reports tell of frightful sufferings undergone by men who were bold enough to allow themselves to be experimented with in the name of science, and in other cases, biains, boils, and the other horrors of blood- poisoning have followed the use of the peril. ous stufl‘, instead of the limber joints, the lithe frame, the rounded cheeks and the flashing eye, which it was fondly hoped might possibly follow the administration of a. mysterious nostrum evolved from certain parts of a dead lamb. We are inclined to think that the Brown-Sequerd elixir has made more noise in the world at its incep- tion than it ever will again. The “'ell-Rnown llumorist Deals With Ills Own (lountrynen. M. Max 0361], after making much “ copy ” and plenteous lectures out of John Bull and Uncle Jonathan, has now turned his attention to his own cousin “ Jacques Bonhomme" by name. In a new book, pub- lished by Mr. Arrowsmith, M. 0 Ball tells some diverting anecdotes of his soldiering experiences in the French army. The offi :er who has risen from the ranks (he says) is very popular with the soldiers, whose wants he knows much better than do the young lieutenants fresh from the military school. He can speak very fair French, but prefers bad language. and can swear for a quarter of an hour without using the same oath twice. I remember, during the France Prussianwar, I happened to be quartered for a day in an aristocratic household in Lorraine with a lieutenant ui this type. Trembling at the thought of my worthy friend‘s unruly mem. her, I seated myself at our host's dinner table. All went well until the con- versation unluckily fell upon military marches, when the lady of the house wanted to know whether the feet did not sufi‘er very much with such a quantity of walking to do every day in the hot weather. “I'll tell you what, ma'am,” said he, “you must never wash the feet. I never do. Grease them well with tallow, and they’ll be all right." The French corporal, to be seen in all his glory, must be studied when he has a written report to make to the colonel. He is a good fellow, who rules four men and de- fies all rules of mammar. His spelling is phonetic ; yet he loves long Words, and his reports bristle with such words as neverthe- less, notwithstanding. He is regarded by hisi lur men as an authority on elegant diction. A private may be able to spell. but a corporal neverâ€"such is the deeprroot- ed belief of all French ofiicers. I was pre- sent one day when a corporal came to the doctor with one of his men who was unfit for the saddle. The doctor examin- ed him and found him suffering Irom rheumatism. The doctor proceeded to fill up the requisite form for the man’s admis- sion to the nearest military hospital. “Can you spell rheumatism, corporal 1’” said the doctor. " I think I can, doctor, thank you,” replied he, saluting. That corporal was Louis Ocetloyon, one of the leading journal- ists of Paris, who had volunteered soon after the outbreak of the war. We had a good laugh over the incident when I told the doc. tor of his blunder . " What business has he to be a corporal if he can spell ‘2" ex- claimed t‘ne surgeon, As soon as two young French people are in love they want to die, unless their par- ents immediately consent to their marriage, which is very seldom the case. Of course they never do die. They live all the while, and are almost inclined to think that, in love matters, plain sailing is not so sweet or so romantic as obstacles to overcome. What lovely letters crossed lave suggests to them! Letters invariably written at mid- nightâ€"French lovers never write by dayâ€" midnight, " when all is in repose around them.” Letters full of “ all is known, we are lost! What will become of us? Ah! forget me as soon as you can ; we shall never be each other's. As for me, I shall die of it I know I shall. Then you will marry another woman. I will pray in heaven for your happiness. Perhaps now and then you will come to the cemetery and lay a bunch of violets on my tomb. You know, beloved one, that violets are my favorite flowers. You. won't forget that, will you? Fare- well 1” When the Frenchman in love has an opportunity of making a viva voce de- claration to the mistress of his heart, he generally sets about in theatrical fashion. i3. n_ _ L-........‘..-.J- a The French are essentially a happy people. Their cheerfulness, which strikes the for- eigner the moment he sets foot on French soil, is due to sound stomach. Dyspepsia is not known in France. Light bread, gen- erous wine. dainty dishes productive at good humor, never bolted, alway eaten in cool apartments or in the open air, with leisure and jocnlarity, there lies the foundation of the Frenchman’s happiness. From the rich banker’s mansion in the Champs-Elysees to the simple mechanic‘s garret at Belleville, business cares are never allowed to interfere with the pleasures of the table. See the eyes sparkling with joy as the bottle fills the glasses, and the good-humoured rebuke of the hostwhen‘a ladyâ€"as mostFrenchladies willâ€"knocks the bottle in liftingher glass to prevent its being filled full. " Sapristin madame ; say that you won’t have any more, but, for goodness’ sake, don’t shake the bot- tle l” Or look how he frowns if he catches a guest in the act of adding water to his pet wine, “Mix this wine with water i My dear fellow, it’s a sacrilegel God will never for- give you i" There Is nothing irreverent in this exclamation. He is thoroughly convin- ced that good wine was given to man by God to rejoice his heart ; and to spoil it by add- ing water to it is in his eyes nothing short of a sin. A Frenchman is very poor indeed who has not in the corner of a cellar a few bottles that he has carefully tended for years, and that he brings upstairs to welcome an old friend at his table or cheer a poor neigh- bor on a sickbed. Every year the French “ bourgeois " promotes some hundred bottles of wine that has improved by keeping. You should see him as he gently opens the door of his cellar, and almost walks on tiptoe, for fear of shaking the ground. With very lit tle inducement he would take off his hat. The Elixir of Life. MAX 0’RELL. An electric railway has been devised by Mr. David G. Weems, of Baltimore, which, the inventor believes, will revolutionize the transportation of mail and express matter, and, perhaps, in time, of human beings also. A working model has been constructed on which a car, twenty feet long and two and a half feet wide, ironclad and pointed at the ends, has been made to run at the rate of two miles a minute. Mr. Weems proposes lib construct (if funds and right of way can be obtained) a double-track road from New York to Chicago, on which such cars shall run at the rate of two hundred miles an hour. The power would be furnished by nine electric generators about one hundred miles apart. The road would be inolcsed by wire lattice‘work or fences ; there would be no conductors or brakemen ; the speed, stopping, and starting would be controlled by a despatcher with an electric button under his finger. The movement of each train would be automatically and accurately registered on a chart in the power stations. The slightest accident to a train or the presence of an obstacle on the track would shut off the connection. The inven- tor predicts that efter his system had proved a success in carrying mail and treie‘ht, it could and would be applied to the passenger traffic, the only limit on the speed being the resisting powers of the train, while abso‘ lute safety would be secured by automatic appliances. If this prediction should ever come trueâ€"and, in view of what science and invention have done, it is impossible to declare what they may not doâ€"the traveler could leave Chicago early in the morning, lunch in New York, spend the afterno an on Broadway or in Wall Street, dine at Del- monico’s, and reach Chicago again in time t) retire at midnight.-â€" [The Christian Union. THE TORONTO COLLEGE or MUSIC-F. H. Torringten. Director, opens its second year on September 5:h next. Remark able and unequivocal success has attended its opera- tions thus far, and the basis of musical work adopted as the college course, provides for pupils decided superior advantages and is eminently practical. Thoroughly qualified teachers only are employed. At the college every opportunity is turned to advantage for the benefit of the pupils. The building contains what but few similar institutions in the world possess, a large and complete three manual pipe‘organ, which is used con- tinually each day for lessons and practice, while frequent recitals are given on it by students, professors, and prominent organ- ists, such as the great Frederick Archer, of Boston. Among the other advantages are free violin classes, weekly concerts by the pupils, frequent piano and vocal recitals and lectures on musical history, musicians, their works,accoustics and cognate subjects. Send for a prospectus to F. H. TORBINGTON, 12 8a 14 Pembroke St., Toronto. “The duty of the United Staten Govern- ment in the premises in cleer. It will insist on a. prompt apology for this gran insult to which our flag has been lubjeoted, and the schooner must return to Shim, whither she was ordered to proceed by the'oapbein oi the Rush. It makes no difference whether or not the British Government dare give her up. British Columbia. cannot remain a. part of the Dominion if American honor is the price of the contentment of the Province.” Electricity has not only invaded the churches by supplying them with light at: the evening services, but in is now being utilized for operating the organs. The old weary days of the boy and the bellows were succeeded by water power and gas engine, and now eight of the largest church organs in New York are pumped by electricity. It remains to be seen whether the preaching of the sermon will b: done by the mane great force. Sullivan has been sentenced to a year’s imprilonmenb. This will probably discour- age priz ) tighten from going South for their “ mills." The California law, however, appears to be lenient enough, the Io-called glove fig hta which take place at a club In San Francisco being aimp ly fig ht: thinly veiled. Pagiliam, like bull- baiting and cock fighting, has had its day, and its professors are now almost univerlally treated as the sheer blaokguardu that they are. The British Columbia fruit growers have just held a very successlul exhibition. Tue cultivation of fruit out: there has largely in- creased, and one of the papers ssys : "What four years ago was a. bowling wilderness, today blossoms as the rose. It was a genuine snprise to many unscqusinbed with the possibilities of the country to learn that: we had here such magnificent pesches, pears, apples, plums, prunes, cherries, and small fruit: generally, and such a wealth of rare flowers and tender bu is.” Some of the American journals have been talking prebty wildly shout: the Behring Sen business. But it: hes been left to The Min- neapolis Tribune to diloovor thnt when uhe Black Diamond steered his but to Victoria instead of to Sitka he offered I gross insult to “1‘? Arnericsp flsg i- > The Duke of Fife has done the right, pro- per and manly thing. He is master of his own house. The Princess Louise is now simply his wife, and as such Duchess of Fife. She has consequently to “ask her husband at home,” and he declines to allow her to take any part of the grant voted to her by Parliament. He feels that he has quibe enough wherewith to keep his wife in com- foru, and he will not allow any to have even the shadow of an, excuse for saying that she is a pauper or state dependent. This is the right: way to talk and act, and it: will make the young couple still more popular than ever. Louise will feel increasingly how much better it is to marry a Scotch Duke than a. German Princelet. Western Onba rio grain crops are reported to be rather below the average. But in the township of Hay one farmer thrashed 524 bushels of wheat; from twenty-two acres. This is at the rate of twenty-four bushels to the acre. I: would be difficult to improve upon vhis. A London special says Messrs, Balfour, Goschen and Chamberlain have put in legis- lative shape an Irish land scheme. It deals with Ireland as consisting of two parts. The poor Western District, covering an area of 700,000.000 acres and having a population of 1,300,000 is to be acquired by the State by compulsory measures. Land banks are to be established to help peasants buy hold- ings, the whole business being controlled by the Government. In the prosperous eastern districts, the area. of which is 13,000,000 acres and the population 3700.000, tenants will also be assisted in making purchases through land banks, but the sales will not be compulsory. According to the present plans of the Ministry, the whole of the next session is to he devoted to this measure. 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