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The Belfast Morning News, which hitherto supported Mr. Parnell, now clares that. public opinion is setting in Lord Tennyson appeals to the public not, to forget Gen. Gordon’s project for a boys’ home, and says that funds are urgently waded. It is stated Lord Salisbury has declined to grant the Porte’s request for the evacua- tion of Egypt, on the ground that it would be inopportune to do so at present. Extensive preparations are being made among the English Roman Catholics to visit the Holy Coat of Treves. The British steamer Wallarah, from Lon- don for Sydney, has been wrecked near Uape Town, and is a total loss. Lieut.-Col. Harwood, D. A. G., who for many years was a prominent figure in the social life of Montreal, died of dropsy the other day in Lhab city. Ascnsational law suit has been com- menced in England in connection with the estate of the late Henry Pope Morely, brother of Arnold Morely, the Liberal Whip. The Duke of Cleveland is reported to be dying. Imperial Parliament was prorogued last, week to October 24. Capt. Lawlor’a dory Sea Serpent has ar- rived in England. The St. Clair tunnel was inspected last week by Sir Henry Tyler, president of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, and the Work found to be in every way satisfactory. Regular traffic on the Parry Sound Col- onization railway from Scotia. to Fern Lake, Summit and other points to Sprucedale, has been authorized by‘the Government inspec- tor. The Londcn A’en's states that without the help of America’s wheat crop Europe would be on the verge of starvation before next harvest. The statement is made on good authority that, owing to the critical condition of af- fairs in the East, England will add ten/war- ships to her Mediterranean fleet. Rudyard Kipling will soon leave London for New Zealand for the benefit of his health. He will visit Robert Louis Steven- son at Samoa, en route. Mr. Dillion is to be formerly invested with the leadership of the Irish party when Parliament reassembles. Meanwhile Mr. McCarthy will be the nominal chief, though Mr. Dillon will be the virtual leader. It is said Lord Salisbury and his wife will visit Ulster before the dissolution of the British Parliament. Robert King, a Hamilton man whose cir- cumstances have not hitherto been opulent, has fallen heir to a. large fortune by the death of an aunt in England. Mr. H. S. Holt,rai1way contractor, now in Montreal, estimates that the surplus wheat. crop for sale in the North-west this year will, on a. basis of 75 cents per bushel, bring $15,000.000 into the country. A travelling correspondent says :â€"“ The spring crops from Hamilton to London look excellent. There is no exception in any variety. Root crops promise an abundant yield, and there is a large root crop put in. Farmers in the west say that the potato bug has been less troublesome than for many years.” A despatch from South Colchester states that bush fires are doing greac damage in the vicinipy. The crops, moreover, are suf. fering from want of rain. Hon. Charles \Vatters, judge of the Vice- Admiralty Uourt of New Brunswick, was found dead in his bedroom the other day. Heart disease. Charles Mathews, formerly of Barrie, was burned to death on the steamer Glendevon, which burned to the water’s edge on lake Winnipeg on Saturday last. LiBut. Governor Nelson of British Colum‘ biahas become a vice-president of the King ston Macdonald Memorial Committee. So far this season the Toronto Fresh Air Fund has given twenty free excursions, in which 4,500 children and mothers have r- ticipabed. A subscription to the Macdonald memorial fund of Kingston has been received from Canadians now residing in Florence, Italy. Lord Harrington is sufi'ering from a. vio- enb attack of neuralgia in the head. The body of a. man badly mangled. was ound on the Grand Trunk track near Mont- real yesterday morning. The corpse was taken to the city on the train from Toron- to. The body of Corporal Morphy,of Toronto, who was drowned last fall in Lake \Vinni- peg, has been found. Charles Lepage fell from the roof of the library of Parliament at Ottawa. and his He is dcspalred of. The M. C. R. station at Mchgor was broken into Friday night, tickets and money being carried off. G495 Brede, a Fort MacLeod teamster, was killed by lightnin while smuggling China- men over the bot er from Canada. Robert Macdonald, the Hamilton letter carrier, charged with assaulting two young girls, has been committed for trial. Re ‘nald Curran, son of Rev. Canon Cur- ran, > ugilton, has received a ood appoint- ment‘in the civil service of In ia. All the farm hands who wentfrom Ontario to_Ma.pitoba. have been engaged, and many more are wanted. The millmen s strike in New Brunswick is about ended, some of the mills having re- sumed operations. Ellis Ha'yden, aged eighteen, was drowned while bathing in the Thames at London. A despatch from Quebec city says the crop of hay in that district will be fully up to the average. James Manues, Hamilton’s oldest Orange- man, was found dead in bed the other day. Louis Renaud, a. prisoner in the Montreal gaol, co mitted suicide by hanging himself wiGh a. rap. CANADIAN. This season 255 binders have been sold at. Deloraine, Man. Mr. Michael Davitt is in Winnipeg, and will shortly come east. Dean Eliot of Bristol, Eng, is dead THE WEEK'S NEWS. GREAT BRITAIN. There is an unconfirmed rumour in Berlin that the Emperor has told United States Minister Phelps that he may visit the Chic- ago Exhibition. Telegrams from Sofia, the capital of Bul- garia, state that active preparations for war are being made by the mllitary authorities of that State. At, Davidstaat, on the Finland railway, on Saturday a. passenger train dashed into a military train. Two soldiers were killed and 48 persons wounded. Despatches from Crete represent the is- land as in a condition approaching anarchy. The Christians and Mohammedan factions are engaged in constant warfare, and are killing one another off at-a wholesale rate. The maltreatment of Jews in Russia. con- tinues. Bud member is spoiling the crops in many districts in Austria. and Hungary. Many people have died from starvation in India, and all hopes of averting a famine in Madras Presidency have been abandoned. Thos. T. Bocock, for fourteen years a. member of Congress from Virginia, and for four years Speaker of the Confederate Con- gress, is dead, aged 66. At Sedalia. Mo., Samuel J. \Villiams was bitten by a tarantula. which came out of a box of pears received from Southern Texas. No hope is entertained of saving the man’s life. A passenger and afreight train collided at Port Byron, on the West Shore road, last week. Thirteen persons are known to have lost their lives, and a number are injured. IN GENERAL. There is a yellow fever epidemic at Port. du Prince, Hayti. Influenza is again raging in Moscow- Thek: are about 5JO cases daily. Prince Bismarck says he considers the re- duction of the German corn dutya disaster for the country. It is stated that the Imperial Government is anxious tounite the West; Indies to Canada by closer trade relations. Monsieur Eiffel, designer of the Eiffel tower, is expectedin Montreal shortly. He will confer w1th Premier Mercier in regard to the proposed Quebec bridge. The failure of W. E. Schmetz, boot and shoe manufacturer, with the" confessed judgments amounting to $233,000, has created a sensation at, Pittsburg, Pa. A despatch from Blunt, South Dakota, in- timates that everything is as dry as tinder, and the people are in conunued suspense, fearing prairie fires. The recent flood in the Neisse district of Prussia caused damage estlmated at 4,000,- 000 marks. Cholera has appeared at Aleppo, Asia. Minor. The phylloxera has appeared in the cham- pagne district of France. The three baronesses Horvabh sisters have been dlowned while bathing in the river Nyarad at Madras. Abig strike is in progress at Topeka, Kas. , on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa. Fe Rail- way. The sloop Banwoodie, loaded with $120,000 Worth of railroad ties, was ca. sized and sunk while being towed up the I\orth river, New York, the other day. Near Vinita, Indian territory, on Satur- day lightning struck and demolishod asmall house belonging to Nat Skinner. Six men were in the house. Fox Bernard was killed and the other fine badly injured. The Crawford county,Pa..,Republican con- vention has declared for James G. Blaine as President. Seventeen convicts in the State Asylum for Insane criminals at Auburn, N. Y. escap- ed recently. Four were recaptured. Mrs. Lizzie F. Dodge, of Lynn.Mass., who considered herself insulted by Dr. Andrews, followed liim into sprinting office in the town and kicked him out of the establishment. The wheat crop of Kansas is said to have been cornered by the Farmers’ Alliance. The Cincinnati Ice Machine Company has sssigned. Liabilities, $320,000 ; assets, $600, 000. $60,000. Calvin Page arrived in Boston on Saturday from Dakota with his two daughters, having recovered them from the Chinte band of In- dians, who captured them twelve years ago. Extreme heatis reported in South Da. kota. Forest, fires of northern Batchellor’s 51 lot of lumber, May Crestor, a young lady of South Charleston, Ohio, is sneezing to death, and the local doctors are ba fl‘ied by the strange complaint. The extremely hot weather in the Dakotas is said to be causing great anxiety among farmers as to its effect on the wheat crop, which is in a. critical state. Crops, buildings and other property were greatly damaged by a. tornado in the neigh- borhood of Ottumwa, Iowa, on Sunday. The Masonic Savings Bank at Louisville, Ky., has assigned. Capital assets $225,000, and deposits over a. million. Saturday was the hottest day in Chicago this year. The thermometer registered 93 degrees at noon. A most, disastrous storm visited the neighâ€" borhood of Indianapolis Monday evening doing incalculable damage to crops and pro- perty generally. The yacht Nellie C., of Toledo, with four young men and six young women on boaxd, capsized at Toledo in a. squall the other day. Lena. Sandberg, Ellen Feeley and Clara Bourds were drowned. Excitement has been caused in the White- cbapel district of London by a report that “ Jack the Ripper” has reappeared and committed another butchery. UN ITE ') STATES. The wheat vieid of Minnesota this year is estimated at 60,000,000 bushels. The total quantity of wheat which Wis- consin will contribute this year, will not fall short of 10,000,000 bushels. A Chicago despatch states that the first, of the rain-producing experiments authorized by Con ress were made in Texas the other day an proved a. success. Grasshoppers are doing much damage in the districts of Findlay, Ohio. direction of the policy of Messrs. Dillon and O’Brien. are again devastating par ts Michigan. The sawmill at Lding was destroyed, with a. ‘causingaloss estimated at Another queer plantbelongsvto thepea fam- ily and is called the “moving plant,” on account of the manner in which its leaves pers the bark, which is composed of a great many layers not thicker than Writing pa- per. The snake tree of Guiana is so call- ed because the seed is twisted in a manner to resemble a coiled serpent. For this reason the Indians employ the nuts as an antidote for snake poison. An- other curiosity is the papyrus of Asia, which yielded the substance used as paper by the ancient Egyptians. For this purpose the wood of the reed stem was cutin thin slices, which were placed side by side, according to the size of the sheet required. After being whetted and beaten with a wooden instru- ment until smooth they were pressed and dried in the sun. A queer plant is a native of Madagascar. Formerly its seeds, which are very poisonous, were administered to persons accused of crime. If the individual was innocent the dose excited vomiting and his recovery was looked upon as a satisfac- tory vindication ; but, when retained in the stomach, it quickly proved fatal, and guilt was thus established. The vegetable ivory plant of South America is a. well-known commercial article. Its seeds at first contain a clear, insipid liquid, which changes by degrees until it becomes as hard as ivory, for which it is used as a substitute in many manufactures. From eastern Asia comes a. plant the flowers of Which contain a quantity of juice that rapidly turns black or deep purple. It is used by Chinese ladies for dyeing their hair and eyebrows, and in Java for blacking shoes. Decidedly remark able is the camphor tree, from which cam- plior is prepared by boiling the chopped branches in water. It is mainly produced in the Island of Formosa. Inasmuch as it grows well in the southern states there is reason to believe that the preparation of cam- phor will some day become a profitable- industry in this country. The aruotta plant has secds coated with a red, waxy pulp, which is dried and made into cakes. It is much employed by the South American Caribs for painting their bodies. paint being almost their only article of clothing. As a commercial article it is mainly utilized as a coloring for cheese, butter and inferior chocolates. From India comes the khus- khus grass, the fibrous roots of which yield a very peculiar and pleasing perfume. In India the leaves are manufactured into screens for doors and windows, which when wet diEuse a refreshing scent. turn around of their own accord or go by jerks, without being touched or in any way disturbed. Sometimes only one or two leaves on a plant will be affected ; at other times they will all perform jumps uand gyrations simultaneously. It is observed that the movements are most energetic when the theremometer rrarks about 80 degrees. The “ dumb cane ” is so called because its fleshy, cane-like stems render speechless any one who may happen to bite them. In the West Indies grows the silk cotton or God tree, the furit of which is a very beautiful silky fiber, highly elastic and used for stuf- fing cushions. An interesting specimen is the pippul tree of the Hindoos, which is held in such veneration that it is consider- ed a crime to cut off one of the branches. There is also a tooth brush tree from Jamai- ca. Tooth brushes are made from it by cut- ting pieces of the stem to convenient lengths and fraying out the ends. It also supplies conveniently enough, an excellent tooth- powder, which is prepared by pulverizing the dried stems. The powdered leaves of the wonder- ful henna plant are utilized as a cosmetic In Asia. and northern Africa. The practice has descended from very remote ages, as is proved by the Egyptian mummies, the parts dyed being usually the finger and toe nails, the tips of the fingers, the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. The reddish tint produced is considered highly ornamental by oriental belles. In Brazil there grows a. tree which has hard urn. shaped fruits, known as monkey cups. They contain edible nuts and the husks are very peculiar, being six inches in diameter and having regular lids which fit them closely and separate when the seeds are mature. Natives employ for cigar wrap- From Travantore come a quaint; plant called the ” cerberus,” which has a. milky, poisonous juice. The unripe fruit, is used by the natives to destroy dogs, as its action causes their teeth to loosen and fall out. The leaves of the so-called Ameri- can aloe are made into razor stra. s and are also employed for cleaning an scouring pewter. Quite a wonderful tree is the cala- hash of the West Indies, which bears enor- mous fruits that resemble pumpkins and row to be nearly two feet in diameter. ith the pulp removed they serve various domestic purposesâ€"for carrying water and even as kettles for cookingâ€"having thegreat advantages of strength and lightness. \Vhere They Come From and to What Ilse They an- Put. Among the most remarkable of the world’s useful plants is the lace-bark tree of Jamaica, the inner bark of which is composed 0‘ many layers of fibers that interlace in all direc- tions. Caps, ruffles, and even complete suits of lace are made from it. It bears washing with common soap, and when bleached in the sun acquires a degree of whiteness equal to the best artificial lace, with which this surprising natural product compares quite favorably as to beauty. Another curiosity is known in the tropics as the sand-bark tree and also as the monkey’s dinner bell. It has a round, hard-shelled fruit about the size of an orange, which, when ripe and dry, bursts open with a sharp noise like the re- port of a pistol. Its juice is poisonous. The South American trumpet tree might furnish a band with musical instruments, inasmuch asits hollow branches are utilized for horns and also for drums. At the Swiss celebration in Berne last Sunday an Englishman, who assumed in argument with a Swiss to ridicule the story of William Tell, was slapped in the face and hustled about until he consented to apolo- gize to the crowd and William Tell. The letter which Prince George of Greece has published regarding the attack upon the Czarewitch in Jagan, in which he attributes cowardice to the bzarewitch, has given great ofl'ence in St. Petersburg. The Italian Government has decided to dismiss 3,000 workmen from the Govern- ment dockyards this month. The decision has aroused widespread discontent, and the men to be thrown out are said to be ripe for mischief. The French Ambassador at St. Petersburg has handed to the Russian Foreign Minister two holy banners, which were captured by the French during the Crimean war. ITSEFIII. PIA, Among the most numerous of the visible occupants of the stagnant pool are the larvae of the May fly, which in seasons un- usually favorable to their production some- times visits towns in such numbers, being blown before the wind, as to litter the streets, many cart loads of them being on occasion swept up and carried to the dumps. Another remarkable insect found in the slimy water is called the “monoculus ” and is covered with a. delicate shell marked with so fine a. network as to prevent the appear- ance of mosaic. This valve is perfectly transparent, consisting of a. single piece without hinge or joint, but sufficiently elastic to permit the animal to open it at plea.- sure. It affords protection not only to its occupant but also to the young of the latter, which swim into it the shell opening for their reception and closing as soon as they have entered. Men- tion coould not, be neglected of many kings of water beetles which are very voracious, and are Mined with strong claws for grasping Lheir prey and tearing it to pieces. Ifafew are put in the same There are plenty of creatures in the stag- nant pool, however, which may be seen with- out the aid of a. microscope. For example, there are polyps, animals about a. quarter of an inch in length, which look like little tubes of jelly as thick as a. bristle, with thread-like arms for seizing their prey. They are incredibly fierce and naturalists believe that they possess the power to par- alyze their victims by electric shocks in the manner of the torpedo fish and the electric eel. In this way only can the fact be ex- plained that their slender tentacles are able to secure game comparatively so large and powerful. A specimen has been seen to grasp two large worms at the same time, and yet the latter, though STRUGGLI NG DESPERATELY for their lives, were unable to break away, and in a. moment lost all power of motion. Now and then a swelling appears on one part or another of the polyp’s body, and- from each such protuberance finally appears a. young polyp, which separates from its parents when it is sufficiently grown to take care of itself. If any portion of the animal is cut off it soon grows again. One that is chopped in two quickly becomes two perfect individuals. Furthermore, if turned inside out like a. glove it accommodates itself to the new arrangement, the original outer skin performing as a lining of the interior, the ofiice of digestion. Among the most curious of the pool’s inhabitants are the larvae of various insects. Most conspicuous of these is the mosquito in its aquatic stage, when it is fed upon voraciously by the larva. oi the dragon fly, or daming needle, as it is often called, which resembles a fierce-looking worm. It is well known that the dragon fly is an equally dangerous foe to the mosquito when both have acquired wings. To illustrate this the writer will venture to tell a true mosquito story. On Cape Cod there is a great fresh- water pond, formed originally by an advance of the ocean, which gave such alarm a few years ago that a dyke was constructed along the shore line to keep back the waves. In- side the dyke the water which had formed a sort of lake, gradually became fresh, coarse grass grew thickly in it, and it was trans- formed into an ideal breeding place for mosquitoes. As the latter rise in swarms from this morass, hover to leeward in wait to capture their favorite prey. So enormous are the numbers thus eaten that on a summer’s day in the wind ripples made in the sand one may easily sweep together within a few minutes more than a. bushel of dead mosquitoes, only the shells of the insect being left by the dragon flies after sucking out the juices. one kind is separated from another for purposes of study by pouring the water containing them from one beaker into another, then into still another, and so on, each time allowing a brief time for them to settle partly. Those which are heavier reach the bottom of the vessel before the lighter sorts, and thus the different species are separated by weight for mountingIfinally upon glass object slides. To obtain the clean shells they are boiled in nitric acid and treated With caustic potash. V More interesting even than these are the swarms of minute diatomsâ€"creatures of a. vegetable nature, which are chiefly remark- able for the elaborate beauty of their shells. The latter are bivalvular, like those of a mussel. Some are like little boxes exquis- itely made ; others resemble boats, hearts, dominoes, &c. There is one sort that has been called the “ Shield of Achilles,” because each half of its disk-shaped shell is cut in concentric circles, with a. complicated tracery of designs. In many varieties the valves seem ornamented With so fine a. lace work that to distinguish the patterns is considered the best possible test of the power of a. microscope. Inasmuch as the biggest ones can hardly be seen have eyes, muscular structure, and even nervous systems of their own, as it is be- lieved. They move swiftly in pursuit of prey by means of oars, and a few of them actually have claws with which to grasp. Some of them lay e gs, others bring forth their young alive, w ile others still are pro- pagated by division, each one separating into two. A few species are big enough to be seen with the naked eye, and one such, called the Stentor because of its trumpet shape, is particularly ferocious, devouring great. quantities of its smaller cousins. To begin dvith, the water teems with myriais of the very minute animals called infusoria, creatures of varied and curious shapes, some naked and others protected by Iimy shells. Of these there are hundreds of sorts, resembling, when seen under the mic- roscope, coins, boats, stars, trumpets, pitch- ers, and wheels. Many appear also in the forms of fruits, necklaces, flasks, funnels, fans, and so forth, ad infinitum. A very common one is called the “flower cup,” being in the likeness of a crystal vase containing what looks like the blossom of a. plant. So small is this specimen that 13,000,000 of them may be comprised Within a single drop of water. A World Filled Will: Countless Kinds of Beings. from lnl‘usoiln lo Frogs. To the naturalist a. slimy, stagnant pool in the woods, filled with nastiness and dis- gusting of smell, is a world replete With fascinating interest, the home of countless kinds of beings, strange and wonderful. LIFE IN A RTAGNANT POOL. \VHEN DANGER THREATENS MYRIADS 0F DRAGON FLIES \VITH THE UNAIDED EYE THESE LITTLE BEINGS The seeining lenth of a sermon is gener- ally proportioned to its need. It is expensn'c economy to make n part of the truth sufiice for the whole. A man cannot be truly eloquent if he knows not how to listen. Beware of the vicious man who proposes I to reform his life on the installment plan. A Whether Australasia will ever become a great wheatexporting country is doubtful. In New Zealand the soil is especially adapt- ed to the growth of cereals ; the average wheat product is over twenty‘fbur bushels to the acre. But in Australia proper it is less than eleven bushels. Victoria raises some fine wheat, but the average yield is only a trifle over ten bushels to the acre, and that of South Australia just 6.59 bushels. Queensland, whose surface is largely table- land, with a good depth of alluvium, does not show up much better. Of course, with a. larger population, Australasia would con- tribute more than her present proportion of of the world’s Wheat supply, which may be given as 2 per cent of the whole ; but the indications are that the tide of European migration to that part of the globe has ceas- ed to flow, for the present, and the Asiatic migration has been stopped by law. If we call thepresent population of the new confed- eration four millions, it may be many years before it contains as many souls as in four provinces of Canada. Men do not move to the Antipodes without very good reasons. Wheat is being bought in California for shipment to Australia. This has only hap- pened two or three times before in the past ten or fifteen years, and must be regarded as an accident. 0f the seven colonies con- stituting the Australian Confederation three â€"Victoria, South Australia and New Zea- landâ€"produce a surplus of wheat, while the other fourâ€"New South Wales, Queensland, West Australia and Tasmaniaâ€"consume more wheat than they produce, and are de- pendent upon the sister colonies and foreign nations for their supply. The total product of the seven colonies is estimated this year at 43,244,000 bushels, and the total con- sumption, including the requirement for seed, is about 31,000,000 bushels. But this is so unevenly divided, and the foreign de- mand for particular brands of New Zealand and Victoria wheat is so peremptory, that the confederation figures simultaneously as an exporter and importer of wheat. New South Wales, for instance, will require this year to import 4,000,000 bushels of wheat, while its nearest neighborâ€"Victoriaâ€"will have 7,800,000 bushels available for export. It would seem the most natural thing in the world that Victoria should supply her neighbor’s deficiency. She does so, in effect, to some extent ; but no small proportion of the wants of New South Wales is going to be supplied from New York, and a small proportion from San Francisco, while Mel- bourne is loading ships with wheat for Liverpool. New Zealand raises this year/ 7,656,000 bnshels and consumes 4,172,000 bushels, leaving 3,484,000 bushels available for export. But the bulk of the surplus, in- stead of being carried 2000 miles to Sydney, takes the long ocean trip to Cork or Liver- P001: Still, the Australians are a. thorough peo- ple. Whatever they undertake they do well. They have beaten the world in wool- growing ; there are no finer, cleaner, bright- er fleeces shown in Leicestershirc than in parts of Australia. They have reduced the business to an exact science. The flocks are raised, nursed, fed and shepherded for the sole purpose of producing a. fine grade of wool and they produce it. An Australian is amazed when he witnesses the lisp-hazard, happy-goâ€"lucky way in which our sheep are handled. The Australian irrigation systems are a. truimph of science,skill and experience. In Victoria. there is an agricultural depart- ment of the Colonial Government which does real work. In its last report it enumerates twenty-nine kinds of wheat seed which are known to have succeeded in that province, and twenty-six kinds of manure which have been employed with satisfactory results. In New Zealand the product of frozen mutton is reaching prodigious figures and realizing handsome profits. Last year over 1,500,000 frozen carcasses were shipped from the two islands and reached England in perfect con- dition. This was accomplished in the face of scientific predictions that the frozen meat trade could not succeed, as the flavour of the meat would be destroyed by the proceSS of freezing. Don‘t worry your brain about the man in the moon, but study the man in your own overcoat. The true prince will find it easier to dis- guise himself than the world would have him believe. The dog that bays the moon is wiser than the one that bays a. bigger dog that is vic- iously inclined. Bot-h courage and fear owe much to the armed neutrality of prudent: >. \Vhen impudeuce dons the mask of re- parbee, it is time for the company to disperse for the night. Bread cast upon the water purely as a business speculation is liable to sink before reaching port. There are plenty ofgood fish always in the sea, but thousands of worthy inland people can never get to the seashore. Not least important, in point of numbers or otherwise, of the organisms inhabiting the slimy, stagnant pool are bacteria of end- less varieties. Most of them are harmless, hit some are the germs of frightful diseases. To prove it, let any one try to drink the water, in which lurk malaria, typhoid fever, bowel disorders, and other horrors besides. Ever so many kinds of aquatic worms find their home in the pool, being often so num- erous in the shallows as to color the mud red. Leeches are plentiful in such places, as every boy knows. There are several species of crustaceans, most conspicuous among them being the “ Cyclops,” so called because it has but one eye, of a. crimson hue, with two pairs of horns on each side of it. The body of this " water flea,” as it is some- times designated, is covered With plates of armor, the shell-like material being usually transparent, like crystal, though sometimes adorned with beautiful tints. Turtles, also, there are of severalIvarieties ; likewise newts, polliwogs, frogs, snakes of‘more or less aquatic habits, and plenty of other animals too well known to speak of here. 4 vessel together, they will fight with the utmost ferocity. At the bottom, among the weeds and leaves, are found certain ter- pillat-like animals, which are nea fins- parent, This species is called the " area,” or “ glutton,” its entire body being occupied by a series of stomachs. Wheat for Australia. Reflections.