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IB \t lui. r H. Ob, to go bsok to tb* days of ivoe. Just to be young and alive again Barken again tu the mail, sweet tuue Mini* were singing with mlgut au.l main South they flew at ttm sumuier's wane, LeavlBK tbsir nseu fur storms to harry, Blue* time was oouiiuu lor wind aod rain U udsr tbe wintry skies to marry. Wearily wander by dale and dune Fooutupi fettered with clanking chain ; Free they were lu tb irays ol June, Free tbey never can be s*[aiu ; Fetters at age and loiters uf pain, Joys that fly and iiorruwa that tarry Youth is over, and hope were vain Under the wintry skit! to marry. Now we cbant but a desolate rune " Oh, to be young aod alive again I" bat never December turns to June, And length uf liviug u leugtnuf pain Winda in tbe nestled! trees coiuplaiu, bnows uf winter sbouc us tarry, Ind never the birds oouie back again Under tbs wintry skin tu marry KNVOI. Youths and maidens, blithesome and vain, Time makes thrusts that yuu cuuuot parry, Itato in aeaaun, lor wbo Is fain Under the wintry skiea to marry ? A Mod. rn 'li.tlrlg.il Ci in.- for the bud* are burst ID the warren, And the lamb'! first bleat is heard iu the uiead Con.. , be Pnyllii and I'll be Coryn. Though flocks we have none to fold or feed. Come for a ramble down the dingle. For sunug baa takeu tbe eartb tu bride ; Leave the cricket to chirp by the Ingle, And forth with me to the rivulet Ue. Iiol bow the land has put from off her Her virgin raiment of winter white And laughs in tbe eves of tbe spring, ber lover, And nrngs ber a garland uf nowers and light. Hark how tbe lark in bii tint aseetisloo Fills heaven with loveaouge, hovering on Ugh TruKt to us for the spring's intention, Trust lu ths morn for a itcrmlees nky. 1 know tbe meadow for daffadowndillies. And tbe haunt uf the crocus purple sod gold ; I'll bo Curyu aoU you II be Phyllis, Bprtug* to-day are a> twuel aa ol old. UUOWN t'F I.AMi. Goo.1 morrow, fair maid, with Uuhes brown, Can you tell me tun way to Womanhood Town :' Ob, tb i* way and that way never stt p, Tu picking up btitches Rraadiua will drop, Ti! kiHuing the baby'n trouble* away, Tie Ie*ruiui> that cross word* never will pay, ,Ti! helping mother, 'tut Hewing up rent*, Ti! reading ami playing, ti aaviug tbe cents, TU loving and htuilins, forgetting to frown, O, that i! the way to Womanhood Town. Juxt wait, mv brave lad one moment I pray, Manhood Town lien where can you tell me the way? O, by tolling and trying we i t>arb that land A bit with tee bead, a bit wi tu tbe band Tu by climbing up the iteep hill Work, 'Tin by kri'i'iuK "lit of the wide itreel fib irk. Tu by alwsyi taking the weak one'n part, TU by giviuii mother a bappy heart, Til by keeping bad thoughts and actions down, O, that U tbe way to Mauhowl Town. And the lad and th maid ran band In hand To Uletr fair eatatee in the Grown-up Laud e> u.um II. .U -I. luoi .. Our readers have, doubtless, beard of memouioM, tue came given k> any system of rules intended to ai.Hi.-t the memory. Tbe practical working of such a system M hindered by the fact laal II ri qairew ai(ood memory to remember it precepts, wheo the occasion OJiues 1 1 ue ihrm. But a writer in tbe " 8-. Nicholas" gives two ample rule* tor toe improvement of tbe memory, wbiuh oan be e->ily recalled aud readily put m preotiov : .4 Y" ur memory ii bad, perbapi, bat I oau tell you two Morele thai w/ill cure ibe wont memory. One to read a subject when strongly interested. The other is not to read, but think. Wbeo you reed a paragraph or a page, top, oloBB tbe book, aud try to remember the ideas on tbat pan*, aud not only recall them vaguely in your mind, bat pat them ID word* ai d speak them cat. Faithfully follow these two rales aod yon have ibe golden key o( knowledge. Hi-hide inattentive reading, there are other tbiogi injurious to memory. On* in tbe habit of ikimmiog over newspapers, all in a oonfued jutnblo, never to be thought of ait tin, tbua diligently cultivating a habit of careless reading hard to break. Another u the reading of trashy novels. Nothing is so fatal to reading with profit an the habit of running through story after story, and forgetting them a* soon as read. I know a gray-haired woman, a life-long lover of books, who sadly deolarea that her mind has been ruined by such reading. I 001. Kill. LOUIH Kiel is DOW about 40 years old, of medium height, stoat and dark oooj- plexioned, with dark brown hair and mous- tache, lie has a well-shaped and some- what massive forehead, a Roman nose. His eyes art dark, bright aod restless. Be speak* very rapidly, and much after the manner of French Canadians, a superabundance of gesture being a noticeable feature both in bii conversa- tion and " oratory." LI* Was born lu tbe Red River Settlement, bat when a mere boy be was neu, under tbe patronage of Bishop Taohe, to one of tbe GsthoUe Col- leges in Montreal, where he completed bis education. It is said that at one time be intended otudying for the priesthood, bat afterward changed bis nurd. His powsrs M a public speaker were noted said favor- ably commented on while be was at college. He ie a French-Canadian of Scandinavian descent. The name, he says, WM origi- nally Itislscn. His an orators lived in Lim- erick county, Ireland, for a long time. They oami to Canada 200 years ago, and lived in Quebec. His grandfather wss In the Hudson Bay service. e> The Jerscv * fc. >- Brother Bingerly'e Holsteio cow 1s not suob a peerless marvel after all. Tbe story- is that she gave TI pound* of milk one Saturday, and that was pretty fair for a single day. But Mrs. Shoemaker, of Balti- more, own* a Jersey cow named Princess Second that gave in one week 2<J9J pound* of milk, yielding 46 pound* 12J ounce* of batter a wondrous record indeed. In companion, Brother Hiogerly's Holiteiu cow seem* to be nowhere. It ie not *ur- prising that he did not think beet to publish she amount of butter hi* cow could produce in seven days. Any way, the Holstein* are not equal to tbe Jerseys, except for bdef. N. V. Sun. A Bloomington (III.) youth of 16, after a oonrie of yellow-beck literature, wrote to a merchant that unless be immediately received 1100 he would born down the msr- jshant'M store. He confessed afterward tbat * e adopted tbe scheme from a novel. FAK1VI AND GARDEN. < uhit m ton i Barter. In tbe eprmg wheat growing Motions there u little or nothing to be gained by sowing batley instead of wbe*>l, uuless tbe barley i* of tie highest quality aud com- mands a ni,n prior. In tue winter wheat sections barley in more exteumvely grown aa a crop to precede wheat. Tbe crop U harvested in ample time to admit of the laud being got into good condition for wheat. A poor orop of barley is a nuisance. Half tbe crop is sometimes left on tbe ground among tbe clods, owing to the difficulty of cutting aud raking it, and tbe farmer feels dis- couraged aod is apt to relax bis tfforte when prompt m. M and energy are so much needed in preparing the laud for wheat. Barley needs the beui of laid aud the beet uf tiltb. It i* no use sowing it on wet land, or laud that IB foul or cloddy. Early sowing in essential, and for IbU reason, many of our best farmers plough tbe land io tbe autumn, and merely barrow or cul- tivate, or at most lightly gang-plow in tbe spring. It is also quite common to drill in two hundred pounds of superphosphate per acre with the seed. Two bushel* of aeed per acre is tbe quantity usually sown. Borne of our beet Jejuners drill in only one aud ball DUBbel twite aore. A. i. oo.i i iei*) a* HUD in u. bi. We will uot ISM ibe responsioility of adviniog ycu to ravin debt. It may be all right and wise to do so, aod it may not , one tbiug i* certain, it is a good time to make needed improvements) on the farm and elsewhere. Pluck is better than capi- tal. l>> not *ay tbat we are raising too muob of everything now, and that it i* a good time to stop. It will be a great mis- take. If }on are going to farm at all, farm well. Raise good crops, keep good hones, OOWH, sheep, bogs aud poultry. Cultivate the la .d toorougbly, drain it where needed, leed stock liberally and make good manure, aud apply It to the beet paying crop*. Have faith in tbe future. In England it is considered safe for a farmer to run in debt, iu order to drain hi* land, and there are c r | orations ready to loan bim money for this purpose. Yon may feel confident that tbe product* of man's brain*, aud labor, aud skill, will alway* be needed. Mske up your mind to do a certain work in tbe spring and gel ready for it tbi* winter. Early . .ibi. . It i* DOW time to prepare tbe hot-bed aud sow tbe eeeds therein tor early vegetabler. A hot-bed may be viry eaaily made, and will be found a valuable adjunct to a gar- den. It should face ibe south, and may be of auy length or width desired. The lop should slant enough to allow the rain to flow off aud alao to admit tbe euulight. It should be one fool deep io front aud from eigbteen inches and upward at the rear according to tbe width. Ibe object of a hot led is to generate and retain suffi- cient beat to allow the germination of the seed* aud growth of tbe plants. Tbe manure used, therefore, sbonld be unfer- meuted, iu order tbat beat may be se- cured Take fresh horse manure, and pack it firmly in bottom of the hot-bed, lulling, if preferred, wel leaves with tbe manure. After filling in the manure to tbe Ji |i.u of four or five inobee, oovsr it with an n.cii of fine diit and wood muld, bat be careful to have- tbe covering free from lump*, (tone* or stick*. The aeed may be aowu broadcast or ID rows, accjrding to preference. Bnould the manure be slow in Dealing, pour a little warm lime water over it, first removing the dirt on the top for tbat purpose, tbe lime water to be prepared frtm freeb unslaked lime. Should U be too hot, r prin kie well with oold water. Tbe seed should not be sown, howevtr, on til tbe best has beeu brought under control, o.i warm day* the glass saeb, which should oovsr the top, may be slightly raised fur ventilatieu, and the plant! shouU be accustomed as muob as possible to tbe influence of tbe external atmosphere. It is not well to have tbe plants coo thick in tbe hot bed. Ibose removed may be trans- planted in flower [oie, egg belli), old fruit can* or small boxes, aud if well oared for they will grow fast and be of fair siss when tbe lime arrive* for planting them in tbe garden. Tomatoes and early oabbage may be sowu in hot-bed DOW, and iweet pota- toes may be planted in a special hot- bed any time after this month. Beside* the matter of preparing the hot- bed, there are some garden crops tbat may go in very early, such M onion*, pea* and early rtaloes. which are not killed by a slight iroet. The ground for onions should be very rich. The best manure for an onion bed i* tbal which is well rotted and il should be floe, so as to be completely mingled with tbe soil. Tbe bed for an onion orop cannot be too thoroughly prepared, and should be entirely free from lump* or olods. Tbe spade ebould be need, if Ibe location selected is in the garden, and the earth well raked over several times. The rows should be about fifteen inches apart, or wide enough to admit of working with tbe hoe. If the orop i* to be grown from seed it iboold not be sown too tbiokly, unleee tbe pleats are to be thinned oat afterward. If eown for tbe purpose of scouring set* tbe thicker tbe *eed ie sown tbe better. For a garden, however, tbe better plan is to pro- cure sets, instead of using seed. Tbe eels may be placed four inobee) apart in tbe rows by simply sticking them in tbe ground, and they must be carefully watched aod kept clean from grass and weeds. Peas may be sown as soon as tb* frost leaves. The dwarf kinds are tbe earliest, the Ameri- can wonder being an excellent variety. As dwarf varieties seldom give more than one picking they should be sown in succession every week. Tbe beet flavored pea Is the Champion of England, but it doee best when supported with strings or ticks, and answers well at an inter- mediate variety. Peas may be had throughout tbe entire sbasou if sown at regular intervals, and they should find a place in every garden. Tbe garden herbs should not be overlooked, while beeti, oar- rotf, parsnip*, kale and radish should go in sarly. Always use plenty of seed, and do Dot trail to thai which i* home grown, as the seedemen have greater facilities of supplying better steed than the majority of gardener* can grow for themselves. " He wbo bae pi* bae friends," says a Uossian proverb, wbiob, beiog freely trans- lated, dignities thai the doctor aod tbe undertaker stand in with tbe pieman every time. Biimarek'i birthday present* will foot up 1176,000 in intrinsic value. I illtl- I li.l.t HM-OK I - A I-HII....I.I. .,1 < h.plr. ... .lor la Ike ' 01 I..B<I.U. Returns of thievery do not often appear among trade reports, nays liTaditrett t, ytt it is a well-organistd business. Of course, there in much petty, retail pocket picking, corner filching, etc., which is never brought to tbe notice of the police, and ou.e- quently makes no part of tbe tffioial it pur u. but what is tabulated is duoiasdly ret rtaen tali ve. One would think tbat stealing is so periloue a risk that u ouuld hardly thrive, and that its parsuit must iinjly au irreamtible predatory iiistiuot, impelling men to tbal oonrse in spite of rvcry hazud. But the London police returns disclose a fairly proxperous busi ueas, aud on the doctrine of averages com- paratively safe. In 1880 every two hun- dredth person in Ibe district covered by the operations of tbe metro- politan police reported himself a violim ol thievery in borne form. There were io the same territory 1,383 known thieves, although tbe actual num- ber mnet be much greater than are known at Scotland Yard. Tbe lusnes registered by the police amounted to nearly 9650,000. Of this 1190.000. or a little more than 29 per cent., were recovered, leaving tbe hand- some amount cf 1 460,000 to be divided among tbe dtpredaiore. How many good dollare were aeut after tbe bad ones tbe returcH furnish uo definite mean* of deter- mining, and one i* at liberty to conjecture the purposes for wbieh the 1195,0(10 re- ceived for special kervioee octside the tsx rates wert spent. Probably no small part wa* paid for detective duty to obtain eume return of tbe goods matched away by dex- terous fingen. Notwithstanding all ex- penditures on police, the game of tbi* fro fesniou allowed to eacb known thief in the district was 1332 13, or considerably more thau an unskilled laboring man could earn iu London. There are tl actuations iu Ihie line of industry, for in 1878 it was espe- cially profitable, aod there were (496 of nnreoovered *iil to each profeaeional ou tb Scotland Yard books. But tbis state- ment makes oo allowance for those of Ibe corps who were apprt bended, who bad to dis- gorge and afterward enjoyed tbe hospitality of the State. It would not be muob amiss to estimate tbat tbe losses in London by lealing average $400 a year for each habi- tual thief, au income enjoyed practically without molestation, aud sufficient to recruit the professional ranks while wage* are a* low as they are. The number of laroeuiee and burglaries largely exoeeds that of the thieves, but obviously saon operator must commit several crimes in order to resjizs bi* full income. But the inefficiency of police protection io London is exhibited iu the statement tbal for tbe decade from 1870 to 1880 the losses by the spoliation of tbe predatory class in excess of recoveries wa* 94,166,000. tb* recoveries being a little more than a fifth of tbe losses. Nearly half of tbe felonies coming under tbe cognizance of police pass without any arrest. But tbe crime of London I* less burdensome than it* pauperism. Il is sstimated tbat tbe endowed onarities of the metropolis produce an annual i-joome of 4,000,000, of which three-fourths are expenjleol in Lon- don. Add to the 1,187 427 fkrisiog from tbe poor rate, exclusive of tbi police aud administrative moisliee tberesl, and divide il by the H8.000 out and io|oor paupers and an income of 1245 per bead is obtained. Here no aoouuul is mads of tbe private benevolence of London, whieb, since ibe day of Denisoo, has been estimated at 110.000 000 annually. If this is taken into consideration it is doubtful wbiob is more profitable, begging or stealing. fir. i i.i ts> ih. l*jar*l. Feminine Boston is attending tbis winter "emergency lectures." These are, oo doubt, of value. If a girl slip down and sprain bsr ankle, instead of being obliged to wait till some man ( icks her up and sends her be rue in a eab, she quietly takes off her shoe and slocking, tuoks ber ikirta to one side, and perform the aeoeetary surgical operation oo tbe spot. If she feels faint at a ball, instead of looking around for a man to whom she has been intro- duced, and into whose arini ib* oan with out immodesty fall, she quietly aits down on the nearest chair, sends her eeoorl for a few simple remedies, aud applies them her- **U. Suppose daring these beautiful snowy day* she U run away with ran away with by a bone, I mean. While tbe horse is tearing along looking for a convenient Isiup post to use in breaking tbe sleigh, tbe Boston girl, with tbe coolness of Oalsn aod Ibe quiet dignity of Hippocrates, select* from ber bag some liniment, one or lac splints and a number of strips of linen, and wbsn at last tbe is thrown across) tbe horse's back against tbe sids of a house, instead of screaming or fainting, she applies tb* liniment ready Io ber baud, bandages up tb* fractures, and walk* quietly home to send on* uf tbe grooms for bsr horse. I believe later in the season some of tbe lectures are to be purely practical, and we shall be told how to smile upon a mot quite so that bs will refuse to molest ut, or sow to frown upon a wasp so tbat the wasp will drop dsad with fright, or bow to convince one's self at a moment's notice that a mouse is more timid than a ISO-pound girl, and quite unable to scale a dress, either OD tbe inside or out, uuless helped by a ladder. You see there is no nousense about these lectures ; tbe girl* are honestly benefited by them, and they are becoming mor* and more popular. Cornier /ovmsW. Northwest tini. . pri-. Gentleman (Irinb), comfortably settled, would correspond with lady not disliking colonial life, with view to matrimony : mousy oo object. E. A. Cooper, (jn'Appelle, N.W.T., Canada.- /ri>. Lady Ermyntrnde Kusiel has 100 pairs of shoes in ber wedding outfit. An editor declares that the difference between wit and humor, and again between talent aod genius, is only tbe difference between tbe raspberry aud the strawberry. Doubtless God might have made a better berry than tbe strawberry, and doubtless Ood might have given man a belter gift than honor, bat He never did. Woman ban not tbe full gift ; she ha* wit and tome humor, it i* true, bat ah* has only a slighter sense of humor, whence comes much marital nubapp-neas. As George Eliot tells as, "A difference of taste in jests m a (real strain of tbe affections." THK vVAKsaiamsk I rd l>r.b. . K.|>lt lu Ik. Oil, . ol I >o r . S>7 !) <->.T.I ,,, i., ... , ,,i Tb* following is tbe Karl of Derby - reply to tb* Ita/quu of L.uao*i e' (Her of a Canadian contingent for service in tb* Soudan : Downing slr*l, February 24ib, 1885. " Mr LOIUI, On the 1'J.b met 1 briefly &ckuuwleaged by telegraph tue offers made by Canadian officer*, with the saLotiou of the Dominion GuvurnmeLt, to supply troop* for military service lu Kg) pi, and I Uave now great pleasure iu assuiiuy you tbat the Queen was much t ratified by these loyal proposals, aud ha* ouemiauded me to express Her Majesty's bigo appre- ciation of tbe patriotic npirit by which Ihey were prompted. Utr &lajiy's Gov- ernment are well aware that a contingent specially enrolled from tbe various looal battailous of the Dominion, aud com- manded by euch officers a* Major-Qeueral Laurie aud Colonel William*, will, should oiroutustanoee admil of its employ- ment in tbe preeeul operations, form a very valuable addition to the force* under Lord Wolseley'e command ; and Although they are not in a position to give directions lor its immeaiau et.rolmul, tbey will inform yon aa soon as possible whether it will be in their power to avail tneiuw-U. of a Canadian brigade at a later peiiod ol ibe year. I am well aware tbat although Canada has fortunately had no (.coat-ion, and Is not liktly to have oooa- HIOO, owing to the friendly feelings of its great neighbor aud its distance from the complication* of the old world, to use its military resources, a powerful force could rapidly bo rained lu tbe various Provinces of ths Dommiou, and would be cheerfully placed at tbe dipcsal of tbe l^ueen for ser- vice beyond tbe eta in auy exigency. Many thousands of these meu have beeu well drilled, and excellent proviaiou baa been made for the education of tbeir iffioers, and Her Majesty's Government are sensible tbal the spirited offers which have caused so much pleasure to Ibis country represent but a small fraction of the assistance which would be readily tendered by the people of Canada if tbe necessity for it should arise. I have, etc , (Signed) HKKI , . Tbe Marquess of LautJowue." II. HI I II t > A 1.1(1 t -I Tar r. ...,.., -i .,., (,.,. i ,!,, ., n. , lr*s i i,. i.i, M . iKJison in a heeeut Lecture . Tbs dream of oertaiu French and Ger- man scientists tbal it may be transformed directly from tbe solar nuergy is a wild chimera, or at least it I* remote aud nn trustworthy ; but thai II will be derived in some simple aud inexpensive way directly from coal, which is solar beat aud light stored up by nature, tbs writer believes to be a certain fact, the preeeul methods of producing electricity are, at their beet, very cumbersome and expensive. Expansive boiler*, engines aud dynamo machines are the media through vtbicb tue carbon of tbe coal is transmitted into electricity, aod with enormous waste at that. A large amount of expensive labor, too, ie needed, so tbat with ths cost of the plant said tbe labor to operate it, tbe ultimate pro- duct is vsry costly. Ouoe, however, the secret of the direct production of tbe elec- trical energy from coal is discovered, marvellous revolution will take place. Tb* cost to the consumer will be very small. From one great central station in a city electricity will be famished to give light, heat and power to booses, stores, public buildings, factories aod workshops, aod at *o reduced a cost as to materially lest tb* expenses of life aud work. This is some- thing more than a dream. Il Is a future fact which many now living will probably see realized. Suob a direct transformation of coal into electricity would atllise 80 per cent. ; now by the process of laming tbs energy of carbon into heal, beat into energy of motion, and tbis into electrical energy, al least 'JO per cent, is lost. f graphlBs] ls>c KSMSBV. A very interesting oauoou-uemeraappara tus was included in tbs impfibmfnta of tbe Bpeeial detach men I cf military n rouauts wbo 1st! for the Soudan a week or two sine*. The use of this ingenious contrivance will possibly be tested ere long. Briefly stated, tbe mode of procedure is to send op a captive balloon with a camera attached, duly set and foousaed for taking negatives from a certain height. Tbe operator has full control over both camera and balloon, ajd by means of electric wires oan regulate Ibe exposure of tbe plate, etc. Tbe balloon is al length hauled down, and if successful in his work the camera will contain a plate which on development will give a view ol tbe enemy's camp or fortifl cations, or whatever tbe object may be over which it hovered. Tbe operation will be, of course, a difficult one to successfully carry out ; but experiments have been conducted with inch success tbat tbe officer in charge, who ha* bad considerable practice with the apparatus al Woolwich and Chatham, is sanguine as to bis ability of proving its practical use in war time. London ' I imi NM Ie K" ' ' 1 am tired of life," said a young fellow " I have met with nothing but continued disappointments, and I oan see oo use in prolonged existence." " I don't see why yon should live," re joined an acquaintance. " I don't know tbal yon have ever done any good in the world, and can't see why you want to live." " What I" exclaimed the disheartened man, wbo had expected sympathy ; " doa'l see why I nhould live ? Confound your ugly picture, I've got. an much right to (live a* yon have." There are time* when it will not do to agree with a friend. Arkaniate Traveltr. fine feelings without vigor of reason, are in the situation of tbe extreme feather* of a peacook's tail dragging in the mud. The emigration statistics of Ireland for 1884 show that the emigrants wbo left Irish ports last year were 76,043, a de- crease of 40,873 M compared with 1883 ; tbe number of males being 38,177, or 17,216 leas than in tbe previous year, and of female* 37.806, a decrease of 15,657. Of tbe 76,043 emigrants in 1884, 76,868 were Datives of Ireland, and 180 were persons belonging to other countries. Jay Cooke consumes two sticks of mint candy every morning. in i CAfMJsYM*. I k. 1 Arc f.ouo. . < In. urubK .. t)v milu I .ni flaaare, iKr M.nln ud IS> T|:i a s]aui I ii< r 4 .11., flbr.. i.n.1 I- I- 1<- 1.1 < - i. ..!.. lu. III.. .. II. ,..Hi.. (Indiaoiapolii Journal Interview i " Is oaooer of the tongue very fatal T " cquired the reporter of a medical friend Yes. Bines seeing tbe article on Gso. Jrant's sad condition iu Sunday '* paper, I looked up the itauiUM in tb* new edition of Agnew's Surgery.' Uf seventy-two M of cancer of tut) tongue anal)xed oy Dr. Agnsw, forty were males aud tnirty- iwo females. Most of ths eases occur Between 40 and 60, and most die within a year." Do many eases of cancer recover ? " That depends ou the kind of cancer, its degree cf malignity, and the time of operation, if removal be resorted to. Most tongue oanoeis are of the epithelial form, and generally are primary. There is no agreement iu the olaasinoatiou of cancers. All tumors and morbid or abnormal growths are best regarded as forms of structural degeneration, or vitiated nutri- tion. All suob growths are referred to one or tbe other of tbe two great classes. There are the bsLign, or harmless, aud tbe malignant. Fatty , fibrous aud bony tumor* are examples of tbe benign tumors. By malignant tumor* we mean each as are prone to unlimited growth in siss. They are disastrous io effect .. I6.i>lt, and difficult or impossible to arrest or cure. Pathologically, all miliguanl growths an essentially cancerous their subdivision* are merely clinical or *urgical. CsLoer is an Anglo-Saxon word which means to eat ay or ooriude, canker aud chancre are other forms of u. benign tumor* attach themselves to one kind if tissue they are simple accumulations of boii*, fat or mus- cle, aod do not include the adjacent tis- sues, nervee aud blood veaeeU. Uacoeroo* growth are always rich in connective I ni-ue fibres and enormous productions ol cells, variously shaped, but of tbe epithelial type. Tbey involve and destroy all tbs) tissues in the way of ibeir growth . they rapidly tend to molecular death, often becoming bloody, giogreuoos and putrid ; tbey are more likely than not to return after removal. I suppose from what bae beeu written about Gen. Grant'* ease it comes under Waldeyer'i terse definition of a cancer an atypical epithelial neoplasm.' If they have a good deal of bard fibrous tissue m them, little of tbs so-called cancer juice,' and but few cells, they art called 'bobirrbus,' or bard cancers, if orange or jelly-like, 'oolloid ; ' if of a net- work of fibres, and with a great variety cf cell forms, tbey are called brain- like can. cere, ' eneepahloid,' or 'medolary.' " May a cancer be known by its micro- scopic appearance ? ' "Yes and no. Tbe microscope con* firms rather than determine* tbe aiagoutis. 1'athologiats and miorolcgists no longer believe in a distinctive eaticer cell. The cells, fibres aud fluid* of cancer* are various aud abnormal. Tb* Mils are of various aud SU9C, averaging the 1,000th of an inch in diameter. The cell, are like Ib* 0*11* of glandular structures generally, but they are longer . tbey ars lawless in their growth, and do nut normally belong to the part wbsre tbey gcow. They are uot foreign implantations, but rather distortions of tbe natural element* of toe body." What make* them so painful T" " They are not always so , the physician sometimes) recognise* uterine or other oaueer before tbe patient is aware of its by pain or discomfort. The) 'baa the cancer mends to a well endowed with nerves. Tbey bleed, or not, according as they havs or have not included vascular part*." ' What oaa*** Ibem ? Arc they conta- gious or hereditary ?" They ars not contagious ; they an often hereditary. There exists in families a ' es deoey, but it Csaoers follow after injuries, as of the hip or knes, from falling ; from pressure, a* tobacco }; i pe oaiiocr ' of tbs Up, aod often in the uterus at tbe Changs of Uf*, at injury. No part of the body is exempt. There is no oar* sxespt removal ; all treatment is pallialivs only, and all so- called ' cancer doctors ' are, without excep- tion, quacks and impostors. Bat the legend, ' Cancer cored without tbe use of tbe knife,' altraeU many. Tbs charlatans sometimes remove benign growths and] swear tbey are oanoeroui ; they also cure ' canoe rt which do not exist. Dr. HI is*. of Washington, 1). C., brought forth ' ooodurango ' as a con- stitutional remedy and core, and muob to bis own cbagriu, we may bone, and certainly to tb* mortification oi those of the profession wbo tried it. Oar ooimal at Peroambuoo has sent samples of a tew Brazilian plant, ' alvelos,' to the medical department at Wathicgtoo for trial, tat it ill go tbe way of Hues' oondurai.. ,' very probably. Cancers oauetd 200 deal is last year io India reported as suob la ue health board statistics - probably ma..y mor*. Tbey oause over 1 percent, of ibe total mortality. Forty five were reported cancer of Ib* stomach, twelve of tbe liver, and one of tbe tongue Huoh statistics amount to bat little wuliou: the evidence of ptt mortem ixamiuatu 'i. however. ' " How long do patients survive after re- moval of tbs oanosroui tongue T" "Dr. Clarks is quou.d by Agnew a* to thirty-nine cases, of which tbs average duration of life was eighty six weeks ; twenty-five were operated ou and life was prolonged on an average of fort) five weeks mors enough to juntify the o[ ora- tion.' Tbe mother of a family consisting of two grown-up daughters, living in Uofls- town, N. 11., recently died, and whsu the undertaker came to perform bis duties tbe father was asked tbe name of bis wife, ilie reply was, " Mother." No other name could be remember, and the daughters were equally ignorant, having never known their parent by any other name than Mother." Josh Billingi bas attained tbe ripe age of 67 years, which conclusive) v shows that bad spelling baa no worse effect upon a man than whiskey and tobacco. Brad trimmed dresses are in demand for spring soilings, tbe wide military braid being a favorite. Il is used op and down tbe skirt in plain row* between plait* or ran around above the flounce at tb* foot.