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THE WEEK'S NEWS, CANADA. Fifteen thousai.il iminigiant* hare nettled n Manitoba this year. The population of Hamilton in 1864 wan ,000, in 1SO-J it was 46,7!H. The petition against the election of Hon. Mr. Foa,er wa dismissed on Tuesday. Police Officer Steadman of Moncton, N. B., wai shot dead while attempting to arrest i burglar the other night. Mrs. Mary Warren, of Hamilton, is 10H years of age, and is still in fairly good Health. The New York Central and Hudson Hirer railroad has completed arrangements for a direct line to Montreal Patrick Lyons, I'^O Pearl street, Toronto, died at the Cieneral hospital lost week from sunstroke. A (It .unl Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen will be inslilAtedat Win- nipeg on August '24th. The interments in the Toronto cemeteries daring July, l*!rj, were 90 lean than during the same month in 1891. Up to date the C. P. R. Company have sold $95'J,000 worlh of land in the Xoith west iiice January 1. Arnold Reid was struck by lightning and instantly killed while going from his barn to his house CD tbe 5th conceesiun of Dawn township. Mr. J. A. Mercier, a brother of the ex- Premier of (Quebec, has made an abandon- ment of his estate. The total liabilities amount to fJO.OGO, and there are no assets beyond the household goods. While riding on a separator at the Win- nipeg Industrial Fair on Saturday after- noon, a seven-year-old boy fell off and was crashed to death by the wheels, which pass- ed over him. While digging a trench in ths neighbour- hood of ths new electric light station at Kingston, on Satnrday, the labourers un- earthed a number of human buiies sjp4 a sword bearing the date 1040. A Port Huron despatch says Charles Norman, of Toronto, who pleaded (jiiil'y of 17 burglaries, was sentenced by Judge Vancu to seven years at Ionia. Charles Hotfman, another burglar, goes to the same place for thrte years. The shipments of gram from the port of Montreal up to ila'e this year are about double the quantity exported for the cor- responding )>eriod last year. A despatcn from Ottawa says the display of textile fabrics in the Canadian section of the World's Fair at Chicago will be the largest showing of Canadian cottons and woollens ever made. While playing on a crib at the river side at Severn Bridge. Ont., the four-year-old son of Mr. Win. Keainan fell intothe water. His sifter, 10 yean of age, jumped in to attempt a rescue, and both were drown- A Mr. Gerard Goyette, wife nd child, were poisoned on Tuesday night at Hamil- ton by artenic contained in a can of goitso- bcrries of which they partook at their sup- per. The doctor summoned relieved the sufferers with some difficulty. Mr. Chaplean, Minister of Customs, had an interview tbe other day with a number of .Montreal merchants in connection with Customs reforms. Mr. Chaplsau proposes eataljiishinga bnl of experts to decide questions ol valuations, classifications, etc. Rev. C. P. St.iry, St Johns, Newfound. land, is in Toronto collecting funds to restore the Methodist College recently destroyed by tiro in the former city ; and he states that the people of St. John, N. B. , are willing that he sball collect for his puri-ose the sum subscribed by Montreal for New Brunswick's capital after the tiro of 1X77, for it has not yet beea forwarded to them. CItFAT BKITAIX. The Duke of Manchester, best known as Viscount Mandeville, is reported to b dying. The Queen has knighted the Lord niiyor >f l,c mil m, conferring upon him the order >f St. Michael and Su lieorge. Merrall A Sons, worsted spinners, of Btngley, F.ng., have suspended. Liabilities, Portland, Oregon, had a 1230,000 fire on Tuesday. There was a killing frost in Montana on Wednesday night. Robbers nccnrrd 310,f>00 from tin- bank at Kl Krno, Oklahoma the other morning. One hundred and fifteen New York mes senger boys struck on Tuesday agaiual a proposed reduction of wages. Slatistij* show that about 1,'JOO miles of new railroad were Inult in the United Stales during the tirst six months of this year. A committee appointed liy tin- < 'ham her of Commerce of Grand Fork*, Dak., has issued a call for a conference to consider re- ciprocity with Canada. Operations have lieen suspended a; the C'hampion iron mine, near Mnrqurtte, Mich. , | and i he 600 employes have been discharged, i Inability to market the ore ia the cause. The '20 girls in the Central Telephone Ex- change at Indianapolis, have gone on strike, because of rule* which they sy they are expected to observe but cannot. Dr. Augustus Turner, of Boston, supreme president of the Kndownment Order of the Ked Cro*s, has been arrested charged with obtaining money under falne pretences. Charles Page, a Philadelphia banker, was shot and killed by a customer named Robert | Kennedy at his banking housa last week. ' Kennedy afterwards killed himself. In the United States Senate a resolution has been referred to tho Interstate Com- merce Committee to declare what legislation is requisite to protect the international and foreign commerce of the United .Slates against the Canadian Pacific railway and Canadian commercial aggression. Victoria, B.C., sealers are said to lie en- tering heartily into the plans of the George Thread well Company, the furriers' combine recently started at Albany, N. Y. , with the object of curing and dyeing the skins in America, thus taking from Londuu dyors j and finishers a trade which has been oxclu- ! lively theirs in the past. IN l.INEKAI- As an act of retaliation against the Me- Kiuley Act, the Government of Victoria has in. rrasrd the duty on Oregon pine and can- ned fruit. French Anarchists, convicted of stealing dynamite bombs which were used on May Day, have been sentenced to terms in gaol ranging from five to twenty years. The four conspirators who were nnpli^at- cd in .\ plot against the lives of Prince Fer- dinand of Bulgaria and M. Stambuloli, the Prime Minister, were executed in Sofia on July 30. A despatch from Fez says tbe attitude of the Sultan of Moroco towards the British mission continues defiant, but that great preparations are being nude for the recep- tion of the French Minister. Eminent German medical aiilhoritns, Prot. Koch, Dr. Virchow and Dr. Hirsrh, say that cholera will sooner or later attack all Kurope. They think Americas chief danger lies in the importation of rags, but believe this continent will escape if proper precautions are taken. Mr. Gladstone arrived in London on Monda/, and was given a very hearty ovation at Euston Square station. It is stated that the engagement of I'rince George to Princess May, daughter of ibe Duke of Teck, will soon be officially announced. Victor C. Cavendish, nephew of the Duke of Devonshire and heir to the duke dom, was married on Saturday to I.aily K.velyn Montruse, daughter of the Marquis f l.miadovt ne. Mr. Timothy Harrington, the prominent Parnellite and secretary of the Innh Na- tional League, has been married in Dublin to Mi-* O'Neill, daughter of Dr. O'Neill. The Irish- American Peace Commission has siecided to visit London and hold a confer tuce with both Irish parties on the opening of Parlinient, for the purpone of bringing about a reconciliation if powtiblc. In a speech delivered in Mallow on Sun. day Mr. \Villiam O'Brien said the Irish party had the best of all guarantees against, Liberal treachery. They could anil would torn L beral traitor* out of ofKce within 24 hours. The cattle market in England continue* depressed owing to warm weather. Home offerings are large, and prices generally low- er, Cheese prices are higher. Choice Cana- dian is quoted at 47 shillings. It is expected that Mr. Gladstone upon taking office wilt make several appointments which will cause a sensation. It is rumour- ed that he has decided to apportion i\ few olii'-e* among the Irish leaders, Mr. Sexton being spoken of as Irish Secretary ami Mr. Arthur O'Connor as a Civil Lord ol the Ad- miralty. The Althorp library, the property of I.' rl Spencer, the Finest private collection of books in the world, has been purchased by an English gentleman, who will plane the collection in a suitable building, to which the general public will be given frm access. vxrrto STATES. Over 20,000 men are now on strike in New York city. Great numbers of cattle are dying from Tufas fver in Oklahoma. ll,l ! .r III. l.il.i i l.,r Acadian Uccordcr. lla.if.i.x. N. 8. Prcf. \V. M. Reid, J. D. .Scomborger, Lyle Vincent and 'V. D. Vincent, amved by the Halifax last night. They are some of the party who go to Labrador in the schooner Evelina in the interests of the World's Fair to secure an Esquimaux vil- lage with some fifty inhabitants and all ap- purtenances thereto belonging Thesehoon- ' or left Cunningham ft Curren's wharf to- i day on her mission. A Keeor.lrr reporter was talking to-day 'toCapt. Win. McConuell. of Port Hilford Guysboro, who is in charge of the vessel. An interesting incident was mentioned (and although it sounds like a " puff" of a patent medicine it is worth noting.) "Do you see that man over there," said a friend, "that is Capl. McConnell, who is *,'""< after Esquimaux. I have known him for years, and he was that bad with asthma that he had sometimes to be held up on board hi* vessel. You see him" (he was piling wood in a cord measure to take on board) "he is a well man : and lie attn bates it to some of Dr. Williams' Pink I'ills that he took, two after each meal. ' Out of curiosity, the reporter secured an introduction to the Captain, and after somo talkslxiut tiif expedition, remarked: "Is that correct. Captain, aliout your recovery from asthma, and that you attribute it to these pills?" "Well, I don't know anything else. I ir.-mered after taking them." "And haven't been troubled since V "No. Of course we will see what this winter may bring forth : 1 haven't said any- thui); about it." "But last winter?" "I began taking them in December, and found the change nroiight about in my con- dition, which Dr. Parker, of Halifax, said | was about as had as it could !." It isn't often that a patent medicine gets such a big boom in the incidence of news- gathering, as is furnished in the above; but it is all set down just as it transpired, in- cidentally. The whole Labrador party consists of Messrs. Tabor and Vincent. Prof. Ueid, of Huvml College; Mr. Lylc Vincent. St. Louis; Dr. B.MT, Philadelphia, a distin- guished natunkli.it : Prof. Gillette, New Haven, Conn., and Hun. W. F. Kyder, (Quebec. They expect to return with about 50 Esquimaux, with dogs, komixtick. kay- acks, ami a general collection of curiosities from K-'|imnaux land. The schooner is a htiulsonic model, !(." tons, and is a fast sail er. J >hii Silver A Co. furnished the sup- plies. With tlioo to trudge up Totnnm Hill That -n minor mornsoeoolsBd still, When smiling on tho early day Around the peaceful hind^rum- lur, Tho hu MI Me rot in vulo w.thilrawn, Tin 1 n-iiile mansion on lU lawn. The village church who<u taper xpiro A- iintcx tliiKer pointed higher. The wiiiKtlinK plow-boy fiirntlolrt. And itimonl river* scarce rovuulud, 1 think :ui in thy book I read. I tv>iild ,'mve l-.keil it well indeed To IHU.-II to tliu linlne!)' talk Tluit -till lioxui d the tiresome w.Jk. I if M'.-ily wontlcn of the flood Krom Pliny ami Dn hartal i<ood, And 1<-M - with holy meaning fraught In plenty from the Si-r.pturo.s brought, Anil li'Kfliilx. too, of pioilM men Who loved to angle through tbe Klen. More ulcit-eil the speckled trout to hook Tli. m tioudero IT some aii'-icni t>ook. I'n harksm it* thou didst irhunroe Sir Hi-nry'* or *W''et Herbert * ver-* 1 . ! think tiHin 'hy book I re:i<l I xhuiilil have liked it well indeed ; l-'or mieh the lalk with which tho way Tlimi Midst Iw/uile thai summer day. U 'ill. ]>io;i>ed \'iit|.ur. led aionic Hy h.ily text and franr.nu sonic. Koricoi ihodtixtand nowhicheat As on he pressed with willing fei't, Till in mirpriseat length he seen The "Thiktelir HIHIHC" -himiiK t hrou^h the tree*, In swinging hoartl the si^n of re*.t And foinfort for the w-!c oine Kuest. Whure in ;i brimmiiiK etip of ale He rc;id the moral <if iho tale. T. J. I'n.ti-VAN. in Forest and Stream. <>! t a =ral Journey. It will doubtlesa be of in terest to give nonie particulars of tho cost of the Queen's holiday abroad. All the arrangements for the journey, the renting of tbe hotels, their disposition for the Queen's occupation and all other details are in the hands ot Mr. Dome, the Queen's courier. He is the suc- cessor to Kanne, and quite as able a man. The rent of the two hotels at ( 'ostebelle WAD fixed at HI.IXHI francs for four weeks, MB. ROWSE* AND TBK MttWEK. It Was an I'nlsirky Itiiy nhn it. ,,i k, ,1 IkeMarklnr * ilir i ., .. :i. " Did that lawn motver come up this afternoon ''" asked Mr. Itowser, as he came home un hour ahead of time the other even- inn. " Was that a lawn mower ''"queried Mrs. Bowser in reply. " What, on Mirth pos- seHBed you to buy such a lliiui; " " For two very good reasoim, Mrs. How ser. I propose to save about fifteen dollars on lawn mowing this summer, and I want the exercise. I -ould have not a health lift, but I thought I would combine business with pleasure. Always kill two birds with one stone when chance offers. " I'll work up a miiBcle in a eouple of weeks to astonish you. The doctor says it's exactly what I need." " lint I wish yon hadn't bought it." " That's you to a dot ! Always in oppo- sition to everything I do ! That's why we take m much comfort as a family ! Thi only thing you wouldn't oppose is my dying !" Mrs. Bowser had nothing more to say, and after dinner Mr. Bowser made ready for his exercise. He got into an old suit of clothes, dragged the lawn mower into the back yard and oiled it up, and ws present- ly ready to make a start. He looked up at > the back window, and seeing nothing of I the century. Un we however, anticipate KLIMTBH ITT. Will II Rrplarr .M. nod liem-rur for I i^!inii : I h. .i-- le Whirs) 1C May n. fin It is true that an a swift messenger, as a jonveyor of intelligence, uUvtricity has, in the teleuraph, beer. Umi liarly known for about half a cert.'iry. So far as appears from the present outlook fu- ture telegraphic progress promises no great revolution*. It may be remarked here, however, that electricians are not without some hope that signalling or telegraphing moderate distances, without wires, and even through dense fog, may be an <tccom- pliahed fact soon. Hail we the means of obtaining electric oscillations of several millions per second, or waves similar to light-waves, butof vastly lowerrate of vibra- tion, it might be possible by suitable reflec- tors to cause them to be carried, a mile or so through a fog, and to recognize their presence by instruments constructed for the purpose. Signalling without wires is no new proposal. The fact is, however, the essential means are not yet forthcoming. In telephonic transmission, the put few years have permitted us to witness extensions from communication over restricted areas and moderate distances to hundreds of miles between cities, an achievement which must count as one of the wondsrs of Mrs. said Bowser, he spat on his bands and ' Ha ! This is what'll give a man muscle. Only costs $0, and I'll get $100 benefit out of it. I suppose I might as well make a start." He mode one. He had gone about ten feet when tho machine stopped suddenly. So did Mr. Bowser. He slopped so sudden- ly that hu feet left the ground and the such an extension of the power of tbe tele- phone that wo shall sometime use an ocean cable for the conveyance of speech between distant countries? To answer this ques- tion in the negative w mid be to set limit* to the capacity of the human intellect; nevertheless, there are difficulties in sight which could hardly be met without the m- auil. if Her Majesty remained five weeks. I handle of the mower just missed his chin 60,000 francs was to 1* paid. If the Queen had only stopped four weeks M. Pcyron, the proprietor, would have been loser by his hnrgain. As it was, even, ho made no profit, be- cause t he Hotels Krmitage and Costcbellu are always full at this period of the season it is their harvest time, just when visitors are leaving the Ri v ier* resorts further east, as they stop at Hyeres and at i.'iwtebelle en route for Knyland a::d h had to spend a large some of money in laying out th grounds, repainting, and decora' ing, and uthc wise making the place to the Queen's liking. The Q icon's chief does his own buying, so that the hotel proprietor makes nothing out of the fool supplied, and alto- gether her Majesty can scarcely be culled a profitable client. That is for t'i timu being. As a reclaim, however, she is gold itself. The hotel at Urasss, for instance, in now crowded. Then, as to the cost of tho special trr.in. This is ia the hands of Mr. Douse also. -He has to arrange with tho different railway companies) as to the most suitable Union for the trains to pas* over tlnir systems, so that there shall bo a clear line." He pays some representative of each company, who waits upon him at i ne of the principal sta- tions en route, as her Majesty prefers to have no outstanding accounts. The cost of the special from Cherbourg to Hyeres was about 2,000 ; that from Hyeres to Darmstadt, 1,500, and from Darmstadt to Flushing, about 1,000 will be paid. solution o is not easy to foresee. The idea of utili/.mg the electric current, for lighting, long preceded the invention of the telephone, and many notable etforUi on the upper cut. " SiruTa post, eh '" he muttered, as he "> t**pnone, ami many nouuiie enorw investigated and found one rising about six ! , were lon f* . made '" tm) field of electric inches out of the earth. " That's all right, ''Bating ; but it was not until the birth of however. I d!dn't expect to mow down " telephone that electric lighting came into public favor. It only needed inventive genius, to adapt the information already ac- cumulated. Many difficult problems had to posU as well as gross. Seems as if my muscle was working up a little already." He dodged the post and headed for the back fence, and his contcnance had just be- gun to beam again when there was a great clattering and tbe machine slopped. " Oyster cans '." he growled, as he kick- ed two or three out of the grass. " Shu's the groundwork for the development of the art of lighting by the electric arc and by incandescence had been laid many years Iwfore practical application was giveu to it. i 1 *W V UI kill CU IIUU "1 blin Kl ABsl. i ^ lit) rt .... , . , " , probably watching me, and the's probably ! What shall we say of the future of an art tickled half to death, lint I'd mow yard if it was full of deadly torpedoes." He ranched the fence without further mishap, leaving a trail behind him as crook- id as a serpent s, but a', the tirst dash he made on his return journey something hap- pened afeain. The machine stopped with a bump, and Mr. Bowser pitched forward over the handle and brought up in a heap on the ground. " Now, I hope to never draw another breath if I don t slaughter somebody for ibis :" he yelled as soon as he could get his breath. He was going to jump up and kick some- ; this ! w ''ich in ihe pact ten years has no firmly rooted itself as a factor in our civilization ! e as gnii! o - ; body or something, .,,,t it Occurred to him P ower , from , '' ^ me that Mrs. Bowser iniKl.t be looking, and he P;1 * P' sat up and looked around and pretended -i^L = ( 'an we predict for it a proportional'.- ex- pansion in the future ? Will electric light, replace gas and kerosene oil for lighting purposes ''. These are questions which naturally suggest themselves, and which can be answered only in a general way. because the advent of some new discovery may change the whole face of matters. The cost of electricity for lighting depends on the cost of power, and considerable economy is to be looked for in the tranimission and conversion of natural forces like Niagara. In obtaining means of steam engines cent, is wasted in up and looked around and protended to rest. Nothing could be seen of Mrs. Bowser, U'lowever, and after a couple of minutes te got up and moistened his hands for a nu, <uuiiv >.,i'w . . im U'n ill' 'Hill iir'ion:iitm IIIB iittii'i* *>', .. . to this tho cost of living for the fresh start. Everything went as smooth as t .An * B ' *ir*.Mit it* re. on\i mid mute nt nearly 100 peisons, of gas, healing, and lighting, hire of carriages, the Queen's special laundry, conveyance of her horses, carriages, and stablemen, to and from Windsor, anil the total cost of tbe six weeks spent amounts to nearly 10,000. Hlchls or < hllilrrsi Mm. Kate Douglas has a telling article iu the August Scribner on the "Mights of I 'hiMren." Her remarks on the question of parental reao nisiliihty are specially point- ed, and should be thoughtfully nad by every parent. She says: "The parent whose sols grease for tht next twenty feet. Then the mower picked up a hundred feet of stove- ee hundred horse- power capacity can be made which will work up to 94 or '.>," per cent, efficiency. There will be a further loss in transmission say ten prr cent, for uui a similar loss will attend its reconversion into mechanical power, and even here we have about HO horse-power recovered for every hundred expended. If we could devise some means whispered Mr. Bowser, as ne saw what was "' n * '' T ith ec f n< "" y : %.**"* the ratter ; " hit I wouldn't giv. in now could be ,. Ue !" dowu .*" e . ven . 40 . or , o< ' "* r if I knew that death wasn't two rods oil :" ^ "{^^""^Vmost univtrial e'nt'in U ""When'th!. taT^tssUJtssW ^*^~ weTUTtCtraCr - Hum ol power. Kveti as it is, the success of ' electric railways, notably in Boston, renders pipe wire and waited for results. That woman's hand again '' hoarsely wire. he pulled off his coat and vest, glanced at all the buck windows, and there was a dangerous light in his eye as ho gripped the handle, drew a longhrealh, and went ahead. At the fifth step Mr. Bowser's right foot found a post hole, and followed it up until found a post hole, and followed it up until to criticism or reiiionstraiico ia, 'I I | le ( e n f ,. war ,l on hi* Ktomach and plough- have a right to do what I like with my own child!' is the only impossible parent. His moral integument is tun thick to he pierced with any shaft, however keen. To him we can only say, as Jacques did to Orlando, ( !o.l be with you; let's meet as little as wo can.' But most of us dare not take this ground. We may not philosophize or form- ulate, we may not live up to our theories, luii we feel in greater or less degree the res- ponsibility of calling a human l>cing hither, i and the necessity of guarding and guidii g, in one way or another, that which owes its being to ii*. Wo should all agree if put to the vole that a child has a riyht to be well ed along the grass. His first thought wa to get up and kick both line fences down and make a bonfire of the splinters, but as he slowly reached his feet i tatter idea oc- it by no means improbable that the steam locomotive will be replaced by the electric locomotive when tbe conditions are such OB to warrant it. Water powers may thus be rendered available for the operation of rail- roads, such as skirt along rivers havinp a sufficient fall. Among the comparatively recent appli- cations of electricity is that of electric eurrwl l him. He picked up the mower metel-working, including. he wel.iing. . hap- l,y the handle and raised it over hi. head j ^'^W^L^?!^ and pounded the earth with it until noth- ing but the handle was left. I'll gathered up wheels, cogs, ratchets, Hues. In Persia and other Mohammedan coun- tries in which the cholera has been preva- lent the worshippers of Allah, have striven to avert its ravages hy prayer, by holy ceremonies, and by impressive services in mosques. In Russia the authorities of the Greek Church are now trying to stop the progress of the cholera by religious proces- sions and by commanding the faithful to prostrate themselves many times daily be- fore the sacred images. Hussia, however, is in advance of Persia. Tho Human Gov- ernment, while encouraging the use of re- ligious preventalives, is at the same time encouraging the use of disinfectants. In this Dominion pious people pray for safety when threatened with danger, but our health authorities give their whole time tu the application of those sanitary laws which, under Heaven's blessing, are useful for the protection of the community. pulleys, cylinder heads, and low-water in di. atom, and tossed them over tho back fence and walked into the house. Mrs. Bowser sat reading, and looking very in- nocent and humble, but he was not to be Standing before her in his stern- deceived. born. That was a ticnchant spooch of I e , t altl , u j e he said : Henry Ward lleechernu the subjectof being .\| r ,. Bo W er, there is an easier way !" right born again ; that if he could be born the first lime he'd take hit chances on the second. 'Hereditary rank.' says Washing- ton Irving, 'may bo a si. are and a dolu*i li.it herc<litary vn lue is a patent of innate nol'ility which far outshines the blazonry of heraldry.' Ovt-r the unborn our power is almost that of Cod. and our respousibil ity, like His toward us: as we acquit, our- selves toward them, so let Him deal with us. Why should we be astonished at the warped, cold, unhappy, suspicious natures we see about us, when wo reflect upon the number of unwished for, un-wclcomed chil- dren in the world; children who at best were never love 1 u-itil they were seen and known, and olteii grudged I lieir being from the moment they began to be. I wonder if sometimes a starved, crippled, agom/.eil hiinnn body and soul does not cry out: 'Why, O man, woman, why. being what I am, have you suffered me to be!' " Why, what do you mean ?" " Kill me off ! If you are so bent and de- te-inined to get rid of me, why don't you poison my food or cut my throat when I'm asleep? No explanation, not u word ! I un- dorstan 1 the silualion perfectly, and noth- ing you can say will excuse your dastardly machinations." " Hni. didn't I say I was " Never ! Never said a word ! That will ' di>, Mrs. Bowser ! We will not discuss the I subject further. In the morning we will , seek an amicable adjustment of difficulties, i ami I will go with you to tho train. There are two trains a day by which you can reach your Montreal's contribution to the sufferers by the St. John's flre will form the cargo of the Alien line steamship Newfoundland. Hoods and provisions to the value of about $'25,000 have been despatched in this way, and they will prove very acceptable to the Hiitl'errrH. Tno shipment contains pork, flour, cheese, clothing, boots and shoos, fur- niture, and dry goods. These are no doubt very necessary, and will do much towards meeting immediate wants. There would be considerable difficulty, however, if every local relief committee determined to immed- iately disV-urso in this way the fund gener- ously placed at its disposal. The immedi- ate wants are not the only wants. It is months and years before the distress cmmed by such n calamity is removed. If everyone rout limited in kind most of the supplies would have to be stored away for long per- iods, and would deteriorate. In the mean- time the capital invested would remain idle and unproductive. This is not the wisest way to handle such a fund, and therefore it is well that Mont real's example has not been generally followed. plants are also in operation for refining metals on a large scale. This industry is akin to the older one of electro-depositing, or plating from Iwths, and involves the same principles. In the aluminium industry especially, electricity has been ued with very considerable economy ; and other little known metals, equally difficult of extrac- tion by chemical means, may yet submit to electrical treatment and prove of consider- able economic importance. Electric current is, so to speak, the most powerful chemical a^ent in existence : it is already employed in this direction, and is destined to be ap- plied on a larger and larger scale. Even in the process of tanning hides it is claim- ed that an electrical current passed through the vata hastens the process to a remarkable degree. Akin to the use of elect neity in furthering chemical opera- tion are the recently reported etperimenta on passing currents through the soil in winch plants were growing. The reported results are that plants so treated developed mam Any suggestion y be put in writing and submitted t'.ie first thing in i lie morning. ' M. Qt\i. Yankee Humor. A German one day expressed himself as being somewhat offended because an Amer- ican gentleman had asserted that his Teu- tonic countrymen could not, as a rule, ap- preciate American jokes. "Try von on me !" said he defiantly, and the American accordingly told him thestory of the tree "out West" which was so high that it took two men to see the top. One of them saw as far as he could, and then the second began to look at the spot where tho first stopped seeing. The recital did not raise the ghost of a smile on the (iernian s face, and him : "Well, you see the joke is lost on you. You can't appreciate American humor. ' "Oh, but," said tho German, "dat's not humor, dat's von lie." Ion ml useful in destroying msnct p-ts. It appears quite feasible to make a nutting with a warp of fine metal wire Mid a weft of silk threads so lhat it would electrocute a Hy or mosquito, or any insect alighting mi it., go further, it may even l>e possible no to apply electricity as to render it destruo tive of disease microbes. But it ia difficult to prophesy in a field in which develop- ments are so rapid. What is talked of to- day is accomplished to morrow. Knough has been seen of present progress to show that the industry found thereon is destined to become one of the most gigantic in tde world. Tho receipts of grain and flour at the port of Buffalo for July of this year are the largest in the history of the port for that month viE.,'^0,67G,96C bushels. Bow he Uednd. She Leap year is more than half gone. You know that is the time when tpportuni- the other said to j tics are embraced by the girls. He Yes, but my name is not Opportu- nity. Ho Fake Pride. " Ain't yon ashamed ter be seen in de Tabernacle in sich raggerdy pouts?" said Whangdoodle Baxter to Jim VVssratpr. "No, indeed, Parson, lat*'i nthamed. Dey don't belong ter me. Want's A got ter be 'shamed of ?"