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! CANADIAN. The water in Kingston harbour is new lower than it has been for years. i The U. E. Loyalist Historical Society of the Bay of Quinte district has been organ- ized. Miss Maggie Hcgg, of McKillcp town- Bbip, was fatally injured by being thrown from her carriage. Light frost on Sunday night was report- ed from South Dakota, North-West Iowa, and Northern Nebraska. The establishment of the Empire tobacco factory, Montrealdiee been wholly destroy- ed by fire. The loss Was fully covered by insurance. Capt. Joseph Ash, an old pensioner at Sarnia, has been sent to gaol for attempting to commit suicide by cutting his throat With a jackknife. A despatch from Ottawa says that the rearrangement of the military staff by Major-General Herbert will result in a. saving of $10,000 a year. John Dunn, who was seriously injured in Hamilton on Monday last by the burst- ing of an emery Wheel died in the City hospital on Saturday morning. refuge on board a. cruiser. A despatch from Buenos Ayrcs states that the town of Corrientes has been cap- tured by the rebels, who have also defeated the forces under Col. Acuuas. The striking eab drivers of Naples and their friends have had several encounters with the military. On Friday over onc thousand persons Were arrested. The negotiations between M. de Villiers, the French special envoy at Bangkok, and the Siamese Government for the settlement of the Franco-Siamese dispute, are at a complete standstill. A cyclone passed over Eastern Silesia on Thursday last. One hundred houses at Neustadt, Kosel, and Oberulopau were unroofed. crops were destroyed, and several persons were killed. Twelve Anarchists were arrested in Rome on “'cdnasday night, and the French Em- bassy v'ia protected by a cordon of troops. These measures prevented the recurrence of any serious disturbance. Reports gain credence at Berlin that Prince Luitpold will resign the regency of Bavaria in favour of his son. Owing to the King affair, there is a. feeling th it .110 is losing control of the Government and is be- ing noodwinked. A special cable despatch from Rome says that after the conclusion of the manoeuvres A young man named Jas. Lyle was bath- ing at the Beach, opposite Hamilton, 0nt., Tuesday, when he went down before assistance could reaCh him, and was drown- ed. A Montreal man named Samuel Christie Carter has been arrested on the charge of havingcau‘sed thedeath of his lnotlier-in~law, Elizabeth Peacock, by throwing her violent- ly down on a bed while she was in a. state of intoxication, Quite a. sensation has been caused in Montreal by the announcement that Mr. L. J. Ainedie Papiueau, son of the famous orator and instigator of the rebellion of ’37, had publicly broken away from the Roman Catholic Church and was about embracing the Presbyterian creed. large number of representative farmers from England, Ireland, and Scotland re- sponded to the invitation of Sir Charles Tupper to visit the North-\Vest at the ex- pense of the Federal Government, with a view to reporting upon its desirability as a country for settlement. Fourteen Were selected, and some of these are now in this country. BRITISH. The Bank of England’s rate of dis count has been raised from four to five per cent. 'Lady Aberdeen’s little book entitled “ Through Canada with a Kodak ” is evok- ing much interest in London. She speaks very warmly of Canadian kindness and the ~ resources of the country. The death is announced at Southampton of Miss Mary Augusta Gordon, sister of the late General Gordon, who was well-known throughout Hampshire for her great benev- olence. The grave of Mrs. Siddons, the great English actress, in St. Mary’s burying- ground. St. Paucras, is to be taken in hand and thoroughly restored by the local au- thorities. A special cablegram says there is reason to hope for an amicable settlement of the troubles in the South Wales and Monmouth- shire coal-fields. Fifty thousand miners are expected to resume work to-day. Mr. Astor, the new landlord of Cliveden, has made himself very unpopular among the frequenters of the Thames by cutting off the privilege which the Duke of Westminster always allowed river excursiOnists of taking tea on the terrace opposite Cookham lock. The succession of the Duke of Edinburgh to the rulership of the Duchies of Saxo- Coburg and Goths dominates public inter- est in Germany, and widely divergent ru- mours in regard to the matter are every- where circulated. The succession of an English duke has surprised and dissatisfied the nation, though the fact is quietly ac- cepted by the Duchies concerned. The London Daily Chronicle, in referring to the refusal of the British Government to accept the Dominion Government’s invita- tion for two British experts to visit Canada to enquire into the alleged existence of pleura-pneumonia. among the cattle, says that if the Canadian veterinary experts fail- ed to discover a. single case of the disease, Great Britain ought to admit their live cattle again. UNITED STATES. The Canadian exhibitors in the live stock classes at the World’s Fair are proving very successful as prize winners. By the starting up the mills and furnaces in Pittsburg, Pa, nearly seven thousand men were put to work during the past week. Wages will be reduced on the Union Pacific railway to the extent of at least ten per cent. It is not thought that the men will strike. The Pittsfied express, an the Harlem road, ran into another train on Saturday near Dykman’s station. Five people were killed and several injured. Over forty persons are known to have lost their lives in the recent hurricane off the New York and New Jersey coasts. Fifty- eight persons are still missing. A fire in South Chicago the other day burned ‘250 houses, and did damage to the amount of $1,000,000. About seven thou- sand people have been rendered homeless. Two acres of buildings in the business centre of Delavan, \Vis., were destroyed, . rid of the royal visitor. of the Italian fleet on Wednesday, Prince Henry of Prussia. at a dinner given by King Humbert, referred to the war vessels of Italy as superb. The English yacht Insect, lying at liiel, has been seizczl by the German authorities. Her seizure is due to the fact that two Frenchmen, who were living on board, iii- curred suspicion by their actions, and were taken into custody as spies. Prince Duong Charo, of Cambodia, hav- ing refused the request of the French Gov- ernment to leave Paris, was arrested, cs- COrted to Marseilles, and deported to Al- giers. The reason has not been assigned for-the anxiety of the Government to get _____o.___._ Population of the Earth. The human family living on earth today consists of about 1,450,000,000 soulsâ€"not fewer,probably more. These are distributed literally all over the earth’s surface then: be- ing no considerable spot on the globe where man has not found a. foothold. In Asia, the socalled “ cradle of the human ilace," there are now about 800,000,000 people densely crowded, on an average of about 120 to every square mile. In Europe there are 320,000,000, averaging 100 to the square mile, not so crowded as Asia, but every where dense, and in many places overpopu- lated. In Africa there are approximately, 210,000,000, and in the Americasâ€"North, South and Centralâ€"110,000,000 these latter, of course, relatively thinly scattered over broad areas. On the islands, large and small, there are probably 10,000,000 more. The extremes of the blacks and the Whites are as five to three, the remaining 700,000,000 intermediate, brown, yellow, and tawny in color. Of the entire race 500,000,000 are well clothedâ€"that is they wear garments of some kind that will cover nakednessâ€"â€" 250,000,000 habitually go naked, and 700,- 000,000 only cover the middle part of the body ; 500,000,000 live in houses, 700,- 000,000 in huts and caves, the remaining ,250,000,000 virtually having no place to lay ' their heads. W Don't be Vulgar. Vulgar women like to attract attention ; they are loud in their dress and talk ; they can be seen‘and heard at a distance; they are numerous, generally annoying and often offensive. Vulgar women walk like grenadiers ; they come down on their heels with force enough to shake anything from an “L ” road. sta- tion to a summer hotal piazza. Vulgar women discuss private affairs in public ; their conversation is audible to passers-by; they invite the observation of strangers, and they are flattered by the familiar comments of fiunkies, flirts, fukirs and Broadway loafers. Vulgar women appear in public wearing brilliant colors, brilliant cheeks, audible perfumes, jewelry and sensational styles. Vulgar women may win admiration, but they never win respect ; before an individu- al is respected by others she must respect herself. Women who hear tales, who betray con- fidence and make mischief With their tongues are vulgarians of the most despic- able type. Vulgar women are dangerous; they not only corrupt good manners, but they are a bad example for the ignorant and innocent, and a disturbing element among refined peopleâ€"[New York World. awnâ€"*â€" Va! He onhe "rained Zriydcr ch, In the year lSSG a society was organized in Holland to make plans for the draining of the Zuyder Zce. It now officially reports that three-fourths of the soil covered by these 900,000 acres of water is as fertile as surrounding districts, and proposes a. jscheme of drainage which will leave 300,000 acres in the center as a lake, while the rest will be redeemed at a rate that will annually render from 12,000 to 15,000 acres habit- able. The cost of the entire work is estb mated at $70,000,000. The largest enter- prise of the same sort hitherto carried out has been the draining of the Haarlem Lake, which, after thirty-nine months of labor, added 46,000 acres to the solid soil of Hol- land. When the Zuyder Zee was formed by an inundation, in the thirteenth century, some 80,000 lives are believed to have been lost, and this fact gives an idea of the prof- it which will result from its redemption.â€" by fire on Monday night, and on Tuesday morning the town was without a hotel, a. livery stable, or a post'ofiice. The loss is estimated at forty thousand dollars, with insurance for half that amount. GENERAL. An epidemic of dysentery is raging in the southern provinces of Japan, A National Russian Exhibition will be held in Nijni Novgorod in 1896. France threatens to send back gun~boats to the Mcinam river, before Bangkok, if her new demands are not granted immediate- 1y. The census of foreigners resident in France shows that the total number is 1,130,211. The Belgians are most numer- one. It is rumoug'ed that in consequence of the riots at San l-‘nbastian, the infant King of Spain and the Quecn Regent have tiken‘ [Garden and Forest. More British farm delegates have arrived to spy out the land. They are en route direct to Manitoba, the North \Vest and British Columbia. These comprise the dis- tricts that most need settlers, but it strikes us that much good might rcsultfrom taking the delegates through Ontario and the older sections of the country. There is much land that remains to be opened up in what was formerly Upper Canada and in the Maritime provinces and much more that might be im- proved by the adoption of English methods and by a more patient system of husbandry than many of our own people are willing to follow. Probably the biggest King in the world, in point of size at any rate, is the Sovereign of Butaritari, who recently entered a protest against the British protectorate ever the Gilbert Isles. He \veighes 21st. 101b. A )5 157’s "OISEK KEEPING» BY KATE TI [(Jl’..\'. If ever a woman complains about the troubles and trials of housekeeping, her husband is always ready to say that house- keeping isjust fun, and be generally adds that he can do it as well as any woman who ever lived I And he believes it. sincere about it. umuses us. it is strange why he should believe it,and yet he does. He knows that in order to learn the carpenter’s trade a man must spend months with a master workman. He knows that no man can rim a steam engine until he has learned how. He would laugh at thc wom- an who asserted that she could navigate a vessel around Cape Horn without learning how. Yet he could keep a house the first time he tried. And We have seen him try. Lots of him, and lots of times. And we may add that we always enjoy seeing him. His Wife cooks up some “victuals,” and leaves him to go on a visit to Sister Hannah, or Aunt Mary. Our male housekeeper bristles with knowledge. “He is not going to be all the iorenoon putting things in order. \\'omcn are slower than death, as a rule! He’ll just fly around, and get the work done up and read that new book before dinner.” If it is warm weather, ho airs the house. Fresh air is conducive to health. He sets all the windows wide open, and the doors ditto, and never minds if the Screens are closed or not. lie wonders what makes so many flies and wasps, and tries to drive them out with a newspaper as he has seen his wife (10, but the flies know him, and are not afraid of him, he saysâ€"but he never once thinks that he hasn’t got the knack of driving them 1 Humphl as if a man could not drive flies as well as a woman ! The wind rushes through the house like a Western "blizzard," and blows down the papers and magazines, and whisks the dried grasses out of the vases, and upsets the bouquet holders, and scatters the sheet music allover the room, and he wonders, “What in thunder does make the wind blow so all at once ‘3" Then he begins to sweep. Did you ever see a man sweep! If so, you know how it is done. The motions are about half-way between sawing wood and pushing a. baby carriage, and if there is much dirt, then Heaven preserve the unlucky individual who happens to get to the leeward of the sweeper ! He leaves the broom on the doorstep, so as to have it handy in future, for a man housekeeper has a great idea of having things “handy,”and proceeds to wash the dishes. He wipes his hands on his pants by way of making himself tidy, tucks up his shirt-sleeves, puts on his wife’s apron wrong side out, pours some water into the first receptacle handy, and begins. How the soap-suds fly 1 and how the dishes rattle l Crack goes the handle of a. cup ; but he doesn’t mind that l Handles are a. nuisance on cups, any way I Knives, plates, tin dishes, and iron stew- pans, are all washed in promiscuous haste ; his motto is the miller’s, “ First come, first served.” As long as they are washed’, What mat- ters it whether the fryingspan or the china cream pitcher comes first ? Women like to fool away their time washing dishes, but he has something else to do ‘. He Spatters the wall paper, scalds his hand with the steam, breaks the tea~kettle cover, lets the water boil dry in the kettle, and does not know, to save his life, where that dreadful smell of melting solder comes from, till the whole thing is ruined! A woman always investigates all unusual smells ; but a man waits for the knowledge he seeks and expects it to come to him without seeking l He finishes at last, and leaves half the dishes in soak for next time; wipes his hands and makes the beds. Now, it is a fact Well known to science that no man can put the sheets on a bed right. They will either be wrong side up, or the part which ouuht to be at the foot will be at the head, or they will be put on crosswise of the bed, or the upper one will be used for the lower one. And just so with the quilts. And the bed will generally look like a two-humped camel. blanketed, by the time he is through with it. All the old boots and stockings he will pitch into the closet together, and his wife’s corset-s and skirts, which she did not wear away, will be piled on top, and his old pants and hat complete the pyramid. A man does not hang things up, as a. rule. He throws them down “ anywhere,” to have them handy. Then he “sees” about dinner. He puts the joints in the oven to roast, and puts the potatoes to boil at the same time. And he makes the coffee and puts it on the stove, and retires to the sitting-room lounge with that new book. No need of staying there broiling in the kitchen all the forenoon ‘. Things will cook just as well without any- body’s hanging right over tlicin ! So he leaves them to cook l His book is interesting, and he reads on, and at the end of a couple of hours, he con- cludes he will “ see” about dinner some. more. By that time there is little to see, beyond s'noke, and Cinders, and a “ busted potato kettle. That tuovdollu'r joint is charcoalâ€"very bad smelling, too; the potatoes are burnt fast to the remnants of the kettle, and the coffee and cooking stove have absorbed each other, andâ€"But we say no more. The wicked words which our man house- keeper gives vent to are sutlicient. But, strange to say, he is not convinced that his wife can keep house any betterâ€" lie is just as confident of his ability as ever. *9â€" A Lone‘ Kick- Two men engaged in peddling linen bought an old mule to air]. in carrying the burdens. One would ride awhile, then the other, carrying the bales of linen 0n the mule. One day the man who was on foot got close to his mule-ship, when he received a kick on one of his shins. To be revenged he hurled a stone at the mule, but by accident he struck his companion on the back of the head. Seeing what he had done, he stopped and began to groan and rub his shin. The one on the mule turned and asked what was the matter. “ The cratur’s kicked me,” was the re- ply- Hc is thoroughly And that is what always . the Government estimate of the crop WILL WWII-LIT ADVAqu IT? The Present Situation Received and the [future I'roxnostlculed. There is, probably, no time in the history of the gratin tra-le when people have been more tempted to invest in wheat, and have at the same time felt so little confidence in the investment as at the present moment. So manyfactors enter into the question to influence values thisyezir, that the study of the situation is more interesting. and commands more general attention than it has done for years past. Looking at the influences which have brought wheat to its present low level and kept it there for so many months, the first and most striking oneis the vast accumula- tion of stock in all quarters which dragged down wheat many points by sheer dead weight on the market. Chicago specula- tors made a. strenuous effort tosustain values and did for several months keep the price there above all the other markets, and al- most on a level with New York, with the result that wheat was attracted there in such quantities, by the premium paid forit, that the speculators were swamped. They had to‘let go, and prices went lower than they would probably have gone bad busi- ness been allowed to run in its legitimate channel. The inostreliable estimates make the aggregate stocks of wheat, and flour in Europe, afloat, and in America. on August 1, 178,000,000 bushels, against 122,968,000 bushels on August 1, 1802, or about 44 per cent. more than a year ago, and that at a time when the new crops are being harvested in all parts of Europe and America. With the large supplies to carry on this continent, the financial stringency has been a potent factor in holding prices down, making it extremely difficult to obtain loans and that only at high interest, as the spread of Sc between September and December 'de- liveries, or equal to 34 per cent. per annum for carrying charges, will testify. The state of the exchange market, also, has interfered greatly with free shipment from the \Vest. Not only is foreign exchange low and most difficult to realize on, but domestic ex- change, particularly on New York and Philadelphia, can only be sold at a ruinous discount of $10 to $17) per 31,003, thus add. ing to the cost of shipping nearly one cent per bushel. The receivers have also to face the serious problem of looking after and paying in the near future for at least half of the 380,000,001) bushels of the new crop, and the dearth of currency is such that a proposition has already been discussed sug- gesting that the banks in the West should create a local currency by issuing clearing house certificates in amounts ()f 5.3 $10 $20 and 5‘50, which could be used in payment for wheat to farmers and of freight to rail- ways, and thus bring the wheat to market, when the proceeds would be returned to the banks, thereby putting them in funds with which to redeem the temporary cer- tificates. The banks are favorable to the scheme, but it is questionable if the farmers and railways will agree to the prop- osition. As it is currency that the farmer wants and must have to pay his labor at harvest time, it is not easy to see how heis to be benefited by the scheme. In former was issued on the 10th of this month, would have been followed by an advance of So to 100 a bushel. The total crop in the United States is this year estimated at 383,000,000 bushels, against 513,000,000 last year, a. decrease of 133,000,000 bushels, and yet wheat is scarcely higher to-day than on the day the report was issued. This paper has pointed out before the general want of faith held in the Government crop report, and the apathy with which the estimate of such a large deficit was received bears out the statement. It is worthy of note that the state report of Michigan, issued on the same day, makes the crop of that State 4,000,000 bushels in excess of the report of the National Department. In spite of the adverse influences the course of wheat should be towards higher prices,tliough nomaterial advance may come for some months. Even should the Govern- ment have under-estimated the quantity, it is acknowledged on all sides that the yield will fall far short of last year. It is now generally conceded that the English crop will not exceed 56,000,000 bushels, and besides the serious deficit in the general yield, the quality is almost everywhere dis- appointing, a good portion of it being unfit for milling. Dcducting the stock left over from 1802, there must still be imported at least 152,000,000 bushels, a large propor- tion of which W111 be drawn from America, as notwithstanding that the prospects for the Russian crop are as brilliant as in 1887 and 1888, it would absorb all the surplus of Russia, India and South Eastern Europe to iill the British requirements. America will also get full advantage of the Russo-German tariff war, as thch is little doubt but that Germany will be a liberal’purchaser of brcadstud‘ from this side owing to the tariff complications with Russia. Taking to be correct, and the requirements of the United States for seed and consumption to be 365,- 000,000 bushels, leaves less (adding present surplusof 58,0(0,000) thau76,000,000bushels for export during the next twelve months, against 101,016,035 bushels exported during the year ending June 30th 1803, and 226,- 665,811 bushels for the corresponding time in 1801-92. The situation on this side has much improved during the past ten days. The grain trade is on a sourd basis, and were there any encouragement in the fi- nancial situation a. more active and healthy market would result. The demand for ex- port is good at present- low prices and stocks it not for the inability of the banks in the West to afford facilities to shippers, a. larger movement Would be noted there. Farmers’ deliveries of wheat on this crop have been exceedingly light, averaging scarcely one- third of the same time aycar ago. For third week in August receipts from interior points were 2,670,000 bushels against 7,542,00010r the corresponding time in 1802. Farmers who are not compelled to part with their wheat; to raise ready money will not sell at these prices. The visible supply last week decreased over 570,000 bushels as compared with an increase of 3,175,000 bushels last year, and should receipts continue as light as they have heretofore been with liberal exports, it will not take many weeks to bring stocks on this side of the Atlantic to a. more reasonable and less unwieldy com- pass. ._____o___.__ The pianoforte upon which Wagner re. ccived his earliest teaching in counterpoint and composition fro m Theodore \Veinlig, “ Be jabers,” said the other, “ he did of Leipzig, has been added to the objects in the same to me on the back of the head.” the Wagner Museum at Vienna. years a Government crop report such as . at Eastern points are moving out fast. \Vere- I 0m- Wcstern Sen-Gate. «ll The progress of work upon the fortifica- tions of Esquimalt, under the co-oper‘ition of the Imperial and Canadian Governments, ’ is a gratifying evidence of the successful ex- ertions of Sir Charles Tupper and General Herbert, and afresh indication of the rec- ognition now so generally accorded to the mutual interests of Canada and the Empire. ’~ Three officers and 72 men of the Marine Artil-t lery arrived from London to commerce active operations and it is understood that, follow- ing Australian and South African preced- ents, the two Governments share in the ex- penses ohfortification, While Canada bears the cost of the garrison and Great Britain the far greater expense of naval protection and the provision of a powerful fleet in North Pacific waters. It is not so very m‘iny years since the principal towns of Canada were garrisoned by Imperial troops, the guns of Quebec manned by English artillerymen, and the first Riel rebellion suppressed with the aid of British red coats. As many as 25,000 troops were in this way maintained in Bri- tish America at one time. Now, our citizen soldiery, under the command of an Imperial oliicer, are able to take care of local de~ fences, and by law constitute an Imperial force under the orders of the Queen’s com- mander-in-chief should danger of war necessitate mobilization. The only military station now manned by purely English troops is Halifax, With its garrison of 1,500 men. But various events have occurred to make fortifications at Esquimaltâ€"as the best (lefansive point on the coastâ€"necessary. So long as Vancouver and Victoria were small places, isolated from the rest of the Dominion, their defence against the Russian guns at not very distant Vladivostock could be left to the British fleet. Now, how ever, the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway has made these towns important commercial centres. Over the great rail- way rushes a rapidly growing commerce, while from the sea-gates of British Columbia. issue Canadian steamers to China, Japan, Australia and the eastern world. In the coal beds of Nanaiino lies the best material- upon the entire Pacific Coast for the fuel of British warships and Canadian steamers. The beautiful climate and growing colony of British Columbia is little more than two week’s journey from London, while the great fisheries of the coast demand protec- tion and the assurance of substantial aid when required. No better place for the fortifications could have been found than Esquimalt. The harbor is one of the most beautiful situa- tions upon a. lovely coast and holds in com- mand the south-western extremity of Van‘ couver Island, thus possessing the key to the magnificent harbor and inland sea. upon which the City of Vancouver is built. STREETS IN GREECE. But Few Women are Ever Seen There Under Any Circumstances. An Englishman visiting Greece for the first time is struck, sooner or later, by a certain dullness in the street life of its towns, which it may take him some little time to define and trace to its real cause. At length, and suddenly, the fact comes to him that there are few, if any, women vis- ible among the foot passengers.- No won- der, he reflects, that the streets should appear dull to him, shorn, as they are, of all the variety that woman‘s presence and dress ever lends to the thoroughfares of countries further west. In Greece it is only toward evening, and then for but a. brief period, that the fail: sex take an outing, unless the pressure of some urgent business should compel them to flit rapidly through the throng of men who at other times monopolize the streets. Nor will a foreigner meet with them serving in the shops, the restaurants, or the cafes ; they will still be conSpicuous by their absence. In fact, unless he Visits them in the privacy of their homes he will scarcely do more than catch an occasional glimpse of them at the upper windows of some private dwelling-house or shop, where, when the weather is seasonable, they will sit reading and sewing and crun- ing their necks out to watch the passer-by below. The effects of this sedentary life, so anta- gonistic to our English faith in open air and exercise, are very marked on the fair forms ,of the Grecian women. An embon- point, not to designate it by the more vulgar term of corpulence, is the most ap- parent result of this indoor existence, but this tendency to gross flesh is an attraction to the modern Greek, who, like the Turk, finds in superfluous fat an additional beauty. To every country its standard of female loveliness. For Greece the typical woman-may be rangiin sketched thus :-â€" She is short, broad and stout; of a pale, creamy complexion, with dark hair, beauti- ful eyes and features fairly regular, but not classical. The prevailing impression that she leaves upon Englishmen is that she has (whisper the words) a squat figure. But to quit the towns, where it will be seen that women play but a. small part in public life, and to turn to the rural districts of Greece. Here woman takes a more active part 111 every-day life. She it is who draws the water, brings in the wood that the men have felled in the forest, or who pluckily earns her wages as a day labourer in the maize or corn field. In the burning summer, in the icy winter, she is ever to the fore, working, working, with her veil hanging loosely over head, ready to be fold< ed across her mouth should a strange map approach. It isa. matter of thought her widespread even now among the country districts is the old custom of veiling the lower part of the face at the approach of an unknown member of the opposite sex. It is one sign among many that it is not so very long ago since the Turks were masters of this "purple land, where law secures not life.” “W Americans are said to have the poorest: teeth of any peoplcin the world. It is said the more brain-work a person has, the worse his teeth become. The same result is at- tained by lack of proper nourishment, and it is said by a. well-known dentist that 50 years hence. among the very poor classes, chryone will be toothless at the age of 20. The Maliarajah of Puttiala, who recently married an English wife, rules over the tenth largest. of the native States of India under English protection, his domiiiions ex- tending over 5,887 miles, with a. population of a. million and a half, and a revenue of a. little over half a millon sterling. It is the most important of the Sikh States, and is much better govarned than the majority of native States. l