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PI!J- TtlE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THE WORLD OVER. Intccstingt Itcnu About Onr OwB Coaatry, Oreat Briuin, the United SUtea, aiHl All Parts o( tb« Qlobc, Coadcaacd and Aaaortad l«r Buy ReaaiiiK. CANADA. Sir WiUiam Van Uurne baa learned to rrde the bicycle. Dt. AtLniague speaks in very high terms of tbe prospects of the Uothweil oil fields. Bt. t^atri'-k'a Boy.s' School at Halifax! yran aeriuiuily damaged by fire. Cattle BjiirBieau. trum Manitoba ta th« litTLttsh ffliwkeu have commenced. Mvatx«al reta.l grocers have organ- ized a boycott on the departmental fitorea. An. attempt to Uirti the steamer Gar- den City at Fort Do^hoiLsie wa.s frusJ taraved by a coupSe of fishermen near by. Manitoba's total contributions to the Dom.nion India famine fund amount The Massachusetts Institute ol Tech- BiCL-lc^y suinmex school of architecture Will Le htU at Quebec City this sum- mer. It ia iTunoured at WLonipeg that the «*J«<».<« the vTBit of Sir b'rank Smith M»a other otf.oers of the Dominion Bank B to start a branch there and at Van- »UTer. ^J^ if »^Pe<^e<i that the lawKt floors of tbe Weaterti Dfeiartment Uiiidings in Ottawa, â- wtich wei« Injured by fire, wai be ready for occupation by the IkrBt ol May. Mr. J. B. Biley, United States Omsul. Sivee the exports from the consular mtnot of Ottawa to the United States Si^«V^ quarter ended March 31, aa •560.909. at wUch $467,161 waa lum- An intimation has been received from Austinuia to th« effect that se^feral of the tremi ITS are ccuL-iidering the ad- raabiMty of travelling to Lcmdon bji th« way of ftmnda to participata in the oiainoad jubilee. Ch. ef Justice, Sir Francis McLeati tel- egraphH trom CalouUa to the Govtr- nur-tiejieral thanking all who have con- tmbweil to the India famine fund aad reporting the progreas of the work of rel.ef. The authorities of McGiU University Mbntreal, have received trom hie High- ness the Maharajah of Jeypore, India, a jvumbex ol works on India architec- ture, tnown as the Jeypijr* portfolice o€ ajvh.tectural details. Hie r«tt)rt of tihe p«nirtenti&ry inv«»- tugati*itf '-Drnminaion has beeta tVansmit- t«il to ibiB, Itnjite.r of Justice. It is »'a.'e'i that onei tttaiCt of the iiavesti- gat.uto wlU be a til»onou«'b shaking up of Ibk staff. It. IB prbbable tibat the Dominion GoveTkibiefit wi-;<i shbrtly give iniitrup. tiooH to iis D««aits in Kngiand to at* thru tlhe >hill'ki.> Bent out to thiscoun- ttry are nut tfie drtijti erf the crikaitaal ouuwets or oiU»rwiae vtides^abte. Mr. liiHnlt, M. .P.. has reoeiv^l a let- ter frbm Bir Oliivex Mwwtut aUatiaig th»t bid applicatioo Xor the supprettsiun ol the litxtu* 0* the Saiiaiachupetta Benefit In-suri^noe AsBociation canuot Ue era|it«J Udder .llbe <Iaiwi as it exists. Admiral Mairkham. rear-admiral of the MediteiMum^iin fleet, bos declined the Ettniuion Government's offer to take couimaiul of (ht> expedition tti test the navigaoiixy of the H'.idsun Bay •tTaits. on thd grounds that a seal- ing vessel, wi.h engines of only seventy ha.^epower, is niJl a cirafl Aiiuited for the pbrpcBe. ^ llie prut)at:liil to oittiuaize i« special re<pui«(i( u» COO luau to represent liJiiada at tliJB ju'bilee celyWation will ptrfabubly lal'l tbnuuii^'h, aa Uhe Guv- eUiur-GejienU has r«c«nved a' caU.lo lDe>BugB i'lom Mir. Ctuuut)«rlwu e^i- p^IaUiiug ttiut t,be Iiii4>«ini;4 au'buritittj CaiiiDj: accoUxiuoilatiB uiure tJvin ^ ln.<u}» from CVuuula. • The Red River is stLl rising at E^mer- â- on. Many have b&il to' jeave their h«uee. and great destruction of pro- perty is t>eii]g caused. Sotne buildings •re subuaerged â- to the second Luor There is over three feet of water in the stores on Main street, and a,.! comr nmnica.tioo from the country is cut off. It ia Btatbd that thie Giuve>nuneDt iXUi dei^ided to griUot the C. H. R. a buintit« ol f'lO.OOU jer miiLe for (hie con^ KtiviL'tioQ of thte Crow's Nest Ptiss R&il- ^uy, in rfcLuXa <'or lUe txuiijititay 's sur- retitlex ul" the monjoi'o.y i\laui«ee of iia â- giet^tuent, a rei Ultion lit freight lu.eii, and rtukuiini; tiuwet-s fair other (nulwayB ovor the ceiw line. Mr. W. C. McDonald, the Montreal tobacco manufacturer, waa condemned by Juxige I'ugiiUAo to pay fUe parents of the iate Alphonsijie Ihiliaudeau $1,999. ttie atoouiil of their action for cvui^eusa4 iuu for thv dieath of tbeic da<L:ghier, ybu was working in th» Mo- iDoua'.Al tolbacco factory when Ihs fire of Aprif, 18a5, occurred and died from wjuriea received by jvuijiing from a window of th«> fovuth storey. GRRAT BRITAIN. Harry de Wiaidt, who recently at- tetupted. to trawl by land from New York lo Paris is i'.l in Loudon. Diivau Korbea, of CVllixlen, the de- KViidant of I're-'iideut Forl)es, of t>cotrb hifcorio fame, died at ItiUloden bouse, three mi!e« from lavemess, on Satur- day. The Hi-iti.'4h shiptluildiog engineers awl iht^ir enipioyers have a dispute which is lgix)w UXK vea-y gi-ave, and a great strike i«i imniineut in ail the yards. Diplomaii :• aoles are passing lielween l.oiwiou and VVa.shiiigton with n feience to ih:^ Behriug 8«-;v li:>htiies. anil a ilif- ni':i,liy is thiealening us serious as tlvt» Venezuii'lan affaii. A dp8pa.ti.-h from the Americ:vu Sec- reiary of Stale, "co'ichcd in decided terms," has been served cjitbe Itritish Government, urging tluit the indis- criminate .slaughter of .Mais inhering Seii. l>t> stopped. ^, Referring to the trouble in friwaii' regarding rhe landing erf Jaiiancfc im- migrants, th^^^.(>lldc'It i>t.' Jauios' Ga- xeitto »iy.s that. fCfli rtif\tuv« take-s plme between J:V|«in ahd'the t'nitcci StS|t#|8 tib-"- latter amy find the Japanese na'vy a hard rVi«toine<r to tackle. IMt. B. W. Hanhuxy. replying to a question in tiie iitritiati House ot Cojn- muDS. annooDoed that the Board of 'trade wo'uid aak the Govcrmnent ot the Donuuiod uf C^ruula to fuirnish a leiKH-t on the result of ihei law prohib- iting gujnljling in future. 'Iratn says:â€" "It is doubtful if L<ord Sa.isbuxy's health will pt^Luut him to retain the posts of Preiaiier and Sec- retary ol State for Foreign Affaus. Un- der these caciLmutaaces many Uuion- isls are suggesting Ubrd Rose berry as Secretary ot auite for Foreign Affaixa." Tiie Sons of Eng.and are making ar- raagem';ncs for lue hiOuliiDg of a dia- moa,i jujOu.ee service on auuday. tne 2Uih ot June, that wJU circle the globe at tee hour of four o'lixKsk io the aft- ernoon, bverywinere uhe Nationa.! An- them will be sun,;, and. prayers offered fur her Majesty. Mr. John Hays Hanunond, the Ameri/- caa eugjieer aa>l toiriuer member of the Ji^Daane:!t>crg itefvrm t_oaun-ttee, arriv- ed in Lioodou on i-nday trorm SouiQ Af- rica. He says affairs ui toe iransvoa, are very uji8ett.ed, but he does not think on outbreak of war with Great Bri.iaui is (.iKely m thw immediate fut- ure. . UNITED STATES. It la reported at Washiogton that Spain is withdrawing her truups from Cuua, clauuiog that the nebelliaa is praoiicaliy suppressed. The Carnegie Company, of Pittsburg, has L^rn invited by tlie Russian Oov- erniueut to bid on armour plate for two lirst-clatis battleships. A giuuier was killed and two otbeir m«a ts«;ruously injured by the pruniib- tui'e explosion ui a charge during tar- get pra«xioe on the United States cruis- er lanjiic. Col. John Hay, United States Ambas- sador to the Court of St. James, left New \urii on â- .* eilueouay lor t,oudon, lo a.sHiiinp the duties of his new post as soon as possibje. An Lnciuent of the floods in the Southern States is the drowoiiig of a cu.ured lauiUy of sefven persons through tbeir buU vi»-iring the siue out of toe boat in wtucb they were Lmi- graiing to higher and Special agents of tbe United States Suu-ireasury uepartiueot at New Y ork are reporteil lo nave unearthed a sys- tem ul smuggling of embroideries and other goods Lrum Uonureal. Several ar> rests liave beeia made. Mr. Wallace 1 hay ex, of Buffalo, bos consented to the extradition of Mrs. Steruaman, chargi'd with poisoning her husband, if her trial is net, down for the May Assizes. Mr. Cartwright Deputy Miujbter M Jubtice, so^'s tuat he wi.l endeavor to have the tria> taike place at toe next assizes; but he thinits that, fu.lowing the ruiaig of Judge l;erguson in the Uyaas case, a United Slates oouBtse. will not be allowed to appear in toe Cajtadiau oouxt. The weeily reports from the com- mercial ag»iiv'ies iu New York state that the condiUoos of business are practic- ally un>.han^ed. Tbe st<Kk markeC of New York has been more or less af- fected by rumoUTB frum Kurope of a warl.ke nature. BusLneee in tbe L'nited Slates iiai been senous-y interfered with by floods, and prospective labour truub.es are causing considerable mis- apprehensiuo. While the general c-on- ditioos of business ane perhaps nornial, the outlook is gvoei^vUy of a prtuni,aipu nature. GENERAL. I Prinoe BiAmorck is much improved in b«a:th. Teo pemos were killed by the ex- iCoriuciu of fire dkn^ ia the OberhaiMvn pit ntaiT Ensenrcuritiubir. Elight EiogiiKhtmn sjid 26 native mimr^ were kifle^l by an explosiu^n in a mine near Jobutinesburg on Tues- day, t Accurdiog to report^ from Bombay 2,859,(H)0 pfrsinas are em|xj»yed in the rWief wurlu in the faauuie> districts in India. Special's frxjm Havana say that high- ly r«^Hpectable w>.injeii are being arrest- ed Oiid inipriruned on the suspicion of aiding the inisurgents. Tbe Mexican Senate is debating tbe treaty fixing tbe boumlary of tbe country witti the British oolong of Belize. There Is now a feeling in fa- vour of ratifying the treaty. Five Americoa fi<<hjiig vessels are lying off Sound Island in Placentiia bay. NewfcmnKlland, una.l: to procure Init owiiK; to the rigid enforcement &L the Anti-Bait tiaw.s. A despatch frcm Cape Ttrwn says the Het Dagbtad. the Dutch niew>();aper, de- clares that leailiug uf fillers in the Trans- vaal speak opejily of war with England being inevitable. The FedenU ccinvekntiou in Adelaide by a vote of twtinty-three to tweiive has rejected ugi utiuendment to alluw wcliK'ia to vote for uiembers of the South AustnUion House of Represejj/- tative^ A despatch (rx.in Japan says that the recent convention LtMween Russivt and Japan in r»gard to Corea have seriou^.ly iiujured tbe standing of the Ja|:Bnese MiniHtry, which is not likely to last much Irtiger. Thi" Turkish Go^-ernment has form- ally informed the Greek Government that any further raids of irregulars into Turkish territory will be regard- e<l by Turkey as a deolaration of war uiion the pert of Gireece. It is sotnl-officially stated that all cwrcio.n of Greece upon the part of the p«»wers will cease ao soon as war Is declared, liecause obherwise itwwuld bear the character of pro-'Curkish in- terveafion. The choice of the movement to begiin war with 'l\irkey does nut reet with King George or tbe Greek Gofveriv- ment, but with the tithniike HeUairia, a s«'<'ret organization, which directed the crossing «t the frontier by Greek ixr\'gul(irs. TIk' Britiwih cruiser Racc<x>n. which left tV^H? Town tjv Kebruar)'! \i, under sealed ordeou, arrived at Durban, Na- tal, ujipxpectedly during Thursday night with six other British warsh,ii>»„ and twx) ruor«> wB"rthiv>s wvre' expe<.'ted. Th>' object of the luivai dvkupDstrutiou is not ktioMii at Uurhan. The Prince of Mi.niux> expresses his wiiliapne»« to vttcr a reward for the detectiotn of the steaiuor which passed one of the boats of the foundered slo.iiner Ht. Nnziiij^ wil'luvut (tiviiig the sunerers in the bot. t any a»sLstiiu«;e. The action of tbfc stea.tet i« strotlfety coodeinjned by aill neafaring men. WHAT WOULB IT'BE LII&? THE UNFOUGHT BATTLE BETWEEN MOOE&N SHIPS OF WAB. Naval .iath«rtllcs Ike Warid aver Are Aas- UoM to Kaaw Wkat tke raaderaas VeiMcU C'oalil Dj If Aetoally Flchlios •â- Â« ABAlher. One can conjecture only as to the rise and progress of a contest between two modern battle ships. A scientist has fi<;ured on the result on the crew of one of these ships were it lo fire aU its guns continuously. He says that in five minutes the auricular apparatus of all hands would be permanently af- fected and in twenty minutes every nan would be in a state of unconscioua- oess. HowevetT, it would be out of the question to have all the guns going simultaneously, and it would be a rare event indeed when a ship could be so sniTDuaded by erepiieB as to require such fire ; yet with such firing as might be expected in an ordinary engagement the concussion would )>e a severe trial to the crew. Evep with the old style 32s and 64s between decks ot a live- oak ship was pot a pleasant place for one's ears when target or salute fir- lag was in progress, and ordinarily one raised < ne's self gently on the baU of the feet as the gtinner puUed the lan- yard. The concussion is tfelt much more acutely on the water than on the land. The interesting problem that a war in the Mediterranean would solve is w^etber the modern ships are bat- tle worthy. They do not seem to be weather worthy, and. taking the INSTANCES ON RECORD. thie proof so far is against their bat- tle capacity. They cocnot stand ram- ming for one thing. RecsiU tbe Camper- down and Victoria instance at Algiers, in 1893 : alsuk the English Channel in- cident, about the same time, of two German battle slu{i« steaming four knots, when one porte<1 helm a little when starboard shoufd have been the move, and bumping lubberly into its oooBort. down went said consort to the bottom of tbe sea. Now, a general en- gagement tietween the big fleets of Europe would tell whether the natives aie to be k^ecooittructed â€" and if ar- rangements were made by which one side should bring in midway the com- bat a dusible-turretcd luoa.tor great would be the additional knowledge gained. Jack Tar has always hod a decided adva>niage over his brother warrior of the land foirces La the iinportani mat- ter of bioility for making reputations fur courage, and doublleas to this ad- vantage is largely due the fact that wars have usually given the sailor the high- «tr niche iu the temple of fame. One lieldoai reads of a man-of-war's crew, howevej* badly defeated in an engage- ment, having fought other than hero- ically. A mun^of-wax may have avoid- ed an issue with a Mtilably superior (uroe. but oince compelled to engage the f.ght is fought as desperately as though the odds were even ; nor in such emer- gency does this persisietwe in combat lessen because an enemy is on the flank as well as io front. A man-of-war hav- ing! cleaivd fur action and begun firing cuonut in the nature of the surround- ings retreat other than as a whole. If there be two or more ships opposed, tbe weakei' force must slami up to the wurk as oue Jack Tar, or at worst maintain a running fight as one. and finally succumb or escdm>e as one. 'I'here is Qu Kuch episode as a ciry of part of the cxew, " We are flanked." followed by spread or demoralization and panic, throughout the ^hip and riush to the rear of every man .for himself and the devil take the hindermoet. There is no nnon for such demoralization, '^h«^u men know they are confined to the cir- cums<Tibed area w ithin tbe ship's lines u4kI have no " ivar," except tbe ship itself shrill l)e worked thereto by the usual methods known to navigators, which cannot be put into effect without the <^fioer of tbe deck giviing the ne- cessary orders to make toe manoeuvre. I'p until re<-ently warships were sail- ing Tefiewls. A frigate was A THRBE-MAl-sTER, with a round dozen square sails, span- ker, jil*. and the usual number of .stay- sails and studdiji,); sails, uf which there Alight be counted a dozen equaiv and lesser sails in use in the average sea fijjht. If the cavw became demoraliz- ed they would not be in condition to wurk these sails, not even were they to get orilers from the quarter-de<>k. They would likely, in ca<»e of panic.i-ease firing, but except the comiuaniling of- ficer sbi>uld so will it. there could be DO surrender, for his position on the quarter -ilei'k would prevent the baul- ijig dowu of tbe colors, and without this customary signal of surreu ler the en- emy wtvuUl iiour in hroailsides. This w;is tne olil-Dishiant'i.1 way when there -was rotuauoe on the Isea, and ycaugsters sought the navy filled with Alarxyat's aovnels an<l the more or less gloritie<l stories of not.able naval en- giigenients by historians erf tbe ivtw wliicb penults \>;vl rioi ic ardor fiUI swins t»ver the less iui4X>rtani. feature ot deference lo aoiual facts. The ene- my who had the l>e«t uf you Wits not ci>iisi<ter;ii<> enough to inquire why you stm^|)e<l firimr. On the contrar.v, he was usually iH natureil enough to regard such, ao iuilicaiion of weiijjening on your part, and would ch«>er lustily. regardless of your feelings, and redou- ble bis enoivy of broadside wholly withiHit a thought of the arms, eyesi. ami hands his rouaid shot, and graj)* uiipbt knock oft your crew nor the splinters from the live ixik their Ixwlies uiijirht reopive. That was tbe time oif rom.amV. tar and bilge water, the days when Pi'nni.snship was required in the hiindliiLj? i\f a iiiin-of-war ; aud this Lit- ter so greatly that a fine seaman in command iiieajvt a decided advantage â€"the sailioigr qualities and metal be- ing equal â€" i>ve.r tile ship which v/ia not si> well co^nmalm^ed. While ".<«ea leB»" ape- necessary to a sailor, luni the nien- of-wax'a meiD of tlM time referred to generally were well supplied as toauofa legs, yet these were pseless tui RETREAT PURPOSES, And likely enough, from aU accounts. Jack Tax sever thought of such s con- tingency fes running. He was not briyughi up that way ; he was brought up to figlic to the last gasp whei'e he stood, and win on the sput. surrender oo the spot, or go tu the bottom from the i^Kitâ€" the surrender alwayii depend- ing on whether the commander so de- CKled and indicated this decisi<^<n by the order, " (^ease firing, " and tumselt giv- ing the notification to the victor by huuhng down the ensign. Place these same gallant Jack Tars as a naval batialiom m a field figihc, and suppose uhem euijaged hotly in their front, when along cvines a tlank- img party and pours a volley into Hank an-1 rear â€" what do you fancy these Jack Tars would du 1 They would do precise- ly what a battalion of the army would doâ€" seeing plenty of space out of tl»e fight as compared with that in their immediate vicinity, they would howl with one voice, as it were. " We axe flanked," and indulge the pell-mell method of &iUing bade It. is so much easier to fighc to the last gasp when you have to tbaji when you don't have to, and this is the diffexence between fighting at sea and on land, and large- ly the whexefurv uf the naval reputa- tion roasting on a higher rung on the ladder of g(«7 glory Uian doets the land forces' reputatioo. A naval war in the Mediterranean would decide whether Jack Tax, after all these years of peace, maintained bis right, in the face of being brought up in a Harveyized steel float, to the name he won on live-oaJc sailing shifii, besides determining the other importamt points suggested in the foregoing â€" more eeqpecially whether the armured heavy weight of 1897 it not like the axmoreii tnigbt of the middle ages. !^o extreme as to steel clad nhat several squires ami a derriok were ne- oescsary to reseat him once he was un- hoiued. STRONGER THAN IT LOOKED Tkc roll af a Mustanl flakier la fiat la Ike Tki kitriM of IL 'Wilkins complained of not feeling vexy well. HliB landlady a^ed fcr the symptoDis. "Ub." she reULmed, "puit on a mus- tard piaster, and you'U be all right in the motmxcg.'* Ht» took ber advice. He weof into a oeaj>by drug store and asked for a mlua.anl pilaster. The clerk took ooe out and began to WTUpl It up. "Say, that's sandpaper: I want a musu'rd ptoiater t" t Tbe ulerk explaioed that it was a> nmiBtard pilaster ; that tbe old plaster of the miace-pte pattern bod gooe out of atyla "XhLs is juatl as goodf" queried the doubter ; "it's hot all right, 1 Mippusef" "Don't wuiry aboun that." auuled the olerk, meaningly. Wilkiiis was sleepy 'when he got home. He was sieepter than e\er whetn he had crawled into bed with Lbe camiuy placAer ou him and a big lowvJ iut-H I ng it up clutu: againc^i the oatiole. Hk* dozed purceptiuly us the pdaster warmed up. "I U go to sleep," he thought; "if it gets loo hut 1 U wakd up." "Yes, IU â€" waike upâ€" f geta loo hot ''* / Jkllr. ^Viikin6 was snoring, and a ulock afway down the bail was striking ten. 11, was t.30 o'ciocJi ia ibei uiofning when \^ ukius legjji lo feel the re- U.jU-'U uf COUx. iuUbUCSS. ix was ULiX't.d ami contused with a dream lu wniv.-u Ue bau seen a oiiuer suuKding o><i>r b.ni |>Mth a pick aua fesi ihai a gxvai hole was Iwiiig dug thro-gu his riua. «t i.Aiad Mtur>«d. iuxned over aud wruh<:d iwin.u a griuia<.e. Lhi.'a be p\i..U«i the clotUxs tai' fiuno. biiu. sai up and said; "Lgh." At / ociuck be was in tbe< drug »tore agaiu. ilvi was bejiding over to keep his uoih'Ug &\dn lu-cliiaig him. The oigUL. cieTik was siiii in charge, and he g,uiueU i.rouu.y. â-  'l.et iiM s<-e the p,.ue. ' he /:uggesied ! even befmre \Vi>ik.ns spoke. ! iheo'e \kas a i.i.tiaai parallekgiam, j fct-r by sc'veu inchv.*, just uudu tiie j third luilou of VVi'.kuis vei>i, aud as' tbe coul aix tcLiched it Wilkius winc- ed. "Ytull bav« to be verj' careful or yoa'll have a tad blister tbetre," said ihe clerk. "Blister 1 Say, lean ^taud it; tell me the irUlh â€" huiv deep let that hole t' "Noui.'Kn.se. Go lUi. aud get a ijig soft liucii handkeichit'f ami 1 II fix yua up." Wilkios paid So ctn:.s for the kand- kexchief aud ia cents i\>r a cooi, massy paste, which I be cie'ik siucared on ono side of it. "Sow. if yxjU \el yuur«tlaiiiuel next to that yoa luay (.uil the hide off with it, " wajuietl tbe clerk in paxtioig. And Wiikius w;Uks down ibvse uioru- iug.s lo keep the titims of slxeel car ^)a^.sL• ugers olit of his rils. "t'ecis a.s if 1 was all Ixjaided up oni ouv side." he confides to bis friends, lucidenily be ^i.vs that a uiitistardi p'i;isa>r iesn'l such a cheap retuedv after ail. TtWGUE TWISTERS. Six thick thistle sticks. Flesh of freshly fried flying (ish. Tbe sea ceaseth, but it sufticeth us. Give Grimes Jim's great gilt gig whip. Two toads, totally tired, tried to trot to Tedbury. Strict, strong, Stephetj Stringer, snar- ed six sickly silky snakes. She stood at the door of iMTs. Smith's fishsauce shop, welcoming him in. Swan swam over tbe sea ; swim, swan, swim; swan swam buck again; well swum swan. A haddock, a haddock, a black-.spot- ted haddock, a black spot on the black back of a blaok-spotted haddock. Susan sbineth shoes and socks; socks aiiul .shoes, shiufs Susan. She ceaseth "shininjf^Woes and socks, for shoes and gocks shock Susan. M YSTtRIES OF CHINESE COOKINa. What ikr t-klaamaa Bate CaBtparrd Wltk CBKlt>h SMti .imrrlras MMieo uf Livlag. It ia habitual with most Englishmen to denounce the Chinese as filihy feeders saya the PaH Mall Ga.zeti«. But if w« take a look at home and compare notea, we may find we have judged them by a wrung standard. Tbe Chinaman ia philosophical in every act. he has a reason for everything be does. He finds a far reaching connection between cookery aod civilization, and he mucb disapproves the Englishman's way ot feeding. He will tell you that anEnglisb- mon makes bis dinner-table a slaughter- house, and that in his country they sit down to table to eat. not to cat up carcasses. Uue does not see the un- pleasant suggestion of the live animal in the shape of legs, shoulders, loin^ beads, etc.. on a Chinese diimer table, as one certainly dues on an English dinner table. An Englisiiman's idea of " good, wholesome food." is a more or leas raw jointâ€" m many cases the gravy being somewhat too realistically redâ€" and a badly prepared vegetable. Wheth- er food so cooked is wholesome or not is a question we are not prepared to go into at the present lime ; but the fact remains undisputed that in no olIh er xiuntry in the world, not even ex- cepting America does the fiend dyspep- sia rule so supremely as in England. Tbe Chinaman looks upon tbe derid- ed chopsticks as a token of his civilia- ation. and on the knife and fork aa • remnant of barbarism. He can produce knives and forks if requested to do so, but never uses them himself; it is a question of the slaughter house again. In China the natives see and are taught English cookery in its worst pos- sible form. A dinner table in Hons KuDg or Shanghai in the summer time is an anj'tbing but pleasing spectacle. The animals to be eaten axe of neces- sity killed the same day. and the tie- sues are as lough as Ueath stiffened them. 'I'his. ot course, is the fault ot the climate, not uf the cook, you wiU say, tjut give a Frenciuuau nuch meat aiid see ine dilference. Ue uiii. at aU events, produce someihing ealaole. At toe same time, iliougli it cannot L« said that a Cfaiiiaiiian is a born cook, he ia remarkably apt at pn-kiiig up ideaa. Show John bow tu make an omelette or a salad; fur ever afterward iie will mix the Lugi'edieDts in exactly the same order and quantity, as he has seen you du^oay. be must have the same t>a8ijis and utensils, or he cannot be quite happy over Ois work, so imita> tive a creature is he. Among the laboring classes the sta- ple article of diet is rice, and this un- pretentious dish is both wholesome and nutritious when cooked as perfectly aa tbe Chinaznan alone kno^vs how to do it. The very lowest classes ot society, eat dogs and rats, but in all proba- bility this taste arises more trom ne- cessity I ban choice. To Cry and dis- cover bow dog broth is made would take a considerable amount of daring and curiosity, but the natives seem to eat it with relish. .\s a rule an Enip- l:sbmau is very chary about ventur- ing into a Chinese cool^sbop. I'here are stories of adventurous sailorsâ€" all be- fore the mast, of courseâ€" who bav« tried, but they are monotonous, because they all end with the tliner haviug wuuehow discovered tbe origin of tbe dish put before him. and having left percipitately. Forecastle yarns are in- terestuig. but oft-times iinreproducabie. Every street has its cumplvment ot cookshops. where wonderful prepara- tions in the way of soups, vegetables, and flesh can be procure*! at surpris- ingly low prices. Here great pots con- tain dumplings filled with miniv meat, which are not unpleasant to Ihe taste, provided one l>e sufficiently hungry. and sufficiently coniiding. to tackle them. After all, have we not our sausages at home I But the oil they fry with, and the smell thereof I Over th:s departnieut ot their cookery it is, perhaps, kinder to draw a veil: suffice it to say that tbe oil employed is popularly suppose<l to be of the Kenus castor, and a virulent kutd at t li it. At the siitue time tbe upper classes arc very particular over their food, and infinite paiiis is taken over the preptvr* ation of favorite ilishes. Here is tbe menu â€" a typical one â€" of a Ixiuquet giv- en this year iu Ningpo : Birds' nest soup. i»tewed sea slugs. Sturgeon skull cap. Stew ed shark f ijis aud pork. Crab soup. Ste>vcd plums aiul pre!»erved fruit. Duck's tongues. Deer's tendons. I'h'S is not quite so impossible as it reaiU; the sea-.«lugs are really a kind of limpets, ijnd tiiere is no reason why a Kuropean should not e it them ; and ^shlrk (itis are a dish much esteemed by oa lors on the eiu^t .\frican co.ist, and sail! to be very good. Moreover, a .stur- geevu is a royal dish, and only a. short time ago it figured on the menu of a swagger London restaurant. Really, looked at trom in ethnographical ^Hiint of view, there is no ivasoii for horror at a Chinese dinner. Indeed, it i.s not hiiU so disgusting as, say. an aucient Engl »h fuuoral feast, at which, for ox- ainpli". the cold meat, etc., was sup- p«iscd lo represent bits of the body ot the corjise â€" a rather curious and dis- tinct 1) primitive form of sacrament. The' truth of the matter is that Chin- ese cookery depends on the meat and the co<ik. They have literally ntr pe- '•uliat implouients and no cxIiMordjn- arj meth^Kis. Despite Charles E>uob, t hey do not burn down a hoiisp. to n>ast .a sucking pig. They li.ive. in fact, too little initiative; they love to imitate, .and the housewife who grumbles at her Chinese cook, generally has only her- self to bbuue. She has shown him ItK) much ; so much that he is firnilv coi»- vince<l that the example Is (o l>e copied on each and every occasion, and if a Chviuunan bas a fault it is that an idea once in bis head is never got out. The true plan is to show him ju.s' enoujrh for the particular omvision. and again ind again for each vari.-i.tion of food ; then he will he«\ine an idoil ccnk. onl.v 'n -su^-h oircuiiistances Ibe n^^\fin ar- ses, IS \t worth while w hi**' ii cook at all!