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 ,PSU£L' '^r. ^r.-. â- ^â- . ":.%'.-_' i^.Wi.=t. •-i-Heru- HEALTH. The Eyes. :hoseyea person alls seven times enth round tk ' seven .lays anc •veil bullocks as ;al references to given did space Mghter at your ' resemble your b â€" "Yes, I sup- i now. " and uncertain, ense is constant ser to build tv a u fuel. â€" [Frank- s Sontbem Red vere fit of cough- onsumptive has ahuible prepara- OXYUENIZED I) LIVER OIL. ilst tbe ofiice of Intario, can bear iiiig (lumandfor sweet that we r them to mem- the refractive one who A change is occurring m „edia of all eyes so that every rttains to a ripe old age will, at some time during his or her existence, be a fit subject for the oculist â€" or, in other words, will need to wear, glasses. In young people, â- his change is usually gradual and uuper- ceived, but from middle life onward ts effects are plainly apparent. Those ,ho have normal vision while young, will require glasses for reading when they have ji^ed beyond the age of forty, and thos6 Irho are near-sighted, will need glasses in early life, if tbe degree of nearsightedness imyopia) be considerable, and yet they may lie able to read perfectly well without glasses at fiftv, or even sixty years of age. Persons who are included in this category are apt to consider themselves as lucky exceptions to reneral laws, and are usually verj' proud of their sharp sight. But not only does -the eye undergo certain normal changes as age advances, but it may li abnormally formed; hence, optical de- fects are quite common in infants. The eye is a camera, and, while it may be perfectly iound, the vision may be bad because the n;vs of li" ht are not focused upon the reti- 5i. Hence comes the necessity for wearing /lasses, for, by placing suitable lenses before t^liese eyes, normal, distinct vision may, Tvithin certain limitS; be obtained. It is â- /: freiierally known that it is the excep- tion, "aid not the rule, to find ej es that are jisrfect ill shape, or, technically speaking, •hat iire '•emmetropic." Still it does not ;,.llo\v that all eyes that are not perfect in !iapc should have glasses fitted to them, for ifine errors of refraction do not interfere teiiotisly with vision, and never give rise to .iiscase or decided discomfort to the patient l,iit, as a rule, persons whose eyes are â- â- weak," or who suffer from complaints similar to those which we shall soon consid- tr. should present themselves to some eom- •â- eteiit oculist for the detection and subse- uueiit correction.of any existing errors of re- irnction. There still exists quite a prejudice in the iiiiiids of many against the use of glasses, imt why such prejudice should exist is very littifiilt of explanation on any other grounds tiian willfulness and ignorance. All ophthal- .â- iLoldgists tench tbe great necessity of cor- i-jctiiiy errors of refraction by wearing pro- fjtr glasses, and •\ye shall herein endeavor to siKiv/ some of the undesirable, and even portentous results of permitting optical de- fects to go uncorrected. As a rule, glasses add nothing to the appearance of the wearer, and they are often a source of inconvenience, and, unless there is a definite object to be attained by their use, one is better without them but where they are indicated and advised by one competent to deiide, neither vanity or prejudice should prevent their being employed. In general, it may be said that all errors of refraction which reduce the patient's vision to any extent below the normal, or which produce any marked change in either the near or tbe far points, require correction liy the use of suitable glasses. The effort of accommodation is a muscular exertion, and hence a tax upon the nervous system, and, if long continued, results in iiiore or less exhaustion. When far-sighted eyes are used for reading or near work, for any considerable period of time, a larger flow of blood is sent to the eyes, hence, there is an increased secretion of mucus, or "water- ing of the eyes;" and, if the work is still continued, dizziness, headache, a feeling of sickness, or even actual vomiting, may be induced. As excessive effort of accommoda- tion is always associated with increased con- vergence, and, as a far-sighted eye must al- ways increase its accommodation in order to gain clear vision, it naturally squints inward, and nervous twitchings of the eyelids and other portions of the face are sometimes occasioned by it. Short sight is often hereditary or congeni- tal, but may be acquired from prolonged straining of the eye. This condition is not infrequently the precursor of serious, and sometimes irremediable impairmentof vision, and hence skilled advice and proper glasses, are of highest importance to the patient in preventing the accidents to which every myopic eye is liable. There is an excessive demand made upon the muscles that con- verge the eyes, in the efforts made to keep them both fixed upon small objects held vlose to the face, and sometimes, being un- able to withstand this strain, they give out, and one eye is then turned outward by the "Pposing muscle, forming a divergent squinc. The vision should be rendered normal â€" ex- i^^ept in very high degreesâ€" by the use of concave spherical gbisses, and every thing wliich tends to congest the eyes-^sueh as reading or writing in the recumbent or stoop- ing posture, or by faulty light â€" is to be most t-aiefully avoided. The far-sight of old age, is caused by a 'ack of power of accommodation, and,although distant vision remains unimpaired, there is a constaiit recession of the near jwint. This is tirst noticed when one finds that he is obliged to hold his paper farther away from his eyes than before, and that the print is not so clear as formerly. This is easily cor- rected by convex glasses for reading, and they should be employed as soon as the af- fection becomes manifest. It does not usual- ly cause inconvenience until after the age of torty. In astigmatism, or irregular sight, the re- fraction differs in portions, or meridians, of tlie eye, and the retinal image is thus con- fused. This condition is usuaUy congenital, and may be hereditary; it is, however, some- times acquired, often occurring after inflam- mations of the cornea, and may even be occasioned by the use of improper glasses. It is a very conmiOn optical detect, and is corrected either by cylindrical lenses, or by combining cylindrical with either spherical or cylindrical lenses. A different refractive condition in the two 6ves of the same person is quite common. ^ne eye may be correct, and the other long- ghted or short-sighted or one eye may be ^ng-sighted and the other short-sighted. o"th eyes must be tested separately, and fitted accordingly. Weakness of some one or more of the ^ular muscles, is very often a complicaticm "f some error of refraction. In thM condi- tion there is a oontinoal Btnun upon l^e '^eaker ninsele in order to do its firork, and this alone wiU cxaae very many headaches, neuralgias, and general nervous syiaptous Ve have AlreacEy bonMdered this subject, in Any defect or impairment of vision, other than the farsightedness consequent upon advancing years, as soon as discovered, should be submitted to the examination and treatment of a competent oculist. Neglect in this regard is likely to work serious in- jury upon the afflicted. Children should early be taught the neces- sity of certain simple rules touching the use of their eyes, and parents should carefnlly note that their requirements are heeded. It is better to have no artificial light in sleep- ing rooms but as such light is often a necessity, it should be so shielded as not to fall directly upon the eyes of the sleeper. Neither should sunlight be allowed to shine through a window upon the bed, either di- rectly or by reflection. Where it is neces- sary to sleep during the daylight hours as isso often the case in the multifold diversities of labor in a city, the room should not be made dark. Closing the shutters and draw- ing the shades so as to shut out direct light will usually be sufficient, and on waking, the change to the strong midday light will be less trying to the eyes. In a general way, it may be said, that what- ever pains the healthful eye should be avoid- ed. This includes the reading of very fine or poor print especially when the attempt is made on a railroad train or other convey- anccj where the vibration of the vehicle con- stantly changes the focus, and makes it difficult to follow the lines, as well as read- ing at twilight, or by any other imperfect illumination. In reading or writing, the light should come obliquely from the side, and fall upon the surface of the paper so as to fully illu- mine it, with the reflection passing away at an angle without striking the reader in the face The reflection from white paper is in- jurious. The sight should never be taxed during general weakness, or in convales- cence, as the nerves and muscles share the general debility, and are easily overtaxed, nor is it advisable to read while lying down, or in a stooping posture. One of the ad- vantages of the type-writer is, that it allows an erect position. Many e5'es are seriously strained and in- jured by deferring the use of glasses after the focus has changes by purely natural causes. This is hurtful, as their function is to assist and save the eyes. If properly treated these organs will remain eflScient till life's close. The period when spectacles become a necessity varies much, but with normal and well matched eyes, it may be ex- pected about the age of "forty-five. Some- times it will come later or even sooner. The selection of proper lenses at this time is not a difficult matter. Those of low power should be used at first, since the purpose is not to magnify objects, but to render them clear and distinct. See that the print you read is clear, and test the glasses by wearing them for at least half an hour, and under variety of conditions. If they bring a sense of relief to the eye while reading, and can then be laid aside without derangement of vision, they are right. HEWS FQIC HALIFAX. Evil Effects of Catarrh. It has been the rule to consider nasal cat- arrh almost entirely a. local disease, and one which has very little effect upon the general system. All this is being rapidly disproved, and it is being shown that if the nose is in an unhealthy state there is quite a long list of affections which may be induced in conse- quence. Hay fever has often been cared by applications to certain points in the nasal passages. Asthma also, has yielded to the same treatment. It is a well known fact that when the victim of catarrh suffers from dys- pepsia, scarcely any improvement in the latter can be made, no matter what is done for it, until the former is on the gain. Evi- dence is not wanting to show that severe func- tional disturbances of the lungs, and even of the heart, are sometimes induced by nas- al trouble. Recently, there was reported the case of a woman who had epilepsy for sever- al years, and although she had patiently sought relief, no improvement took place un- til applications were made to her nose and its condition improved. Under that line of i treatment, entire recovery occurred. Very • many other cases are on record which show that the relation between the nose and other parts of the system is very intimate, the connection being, of course, through the nerve system. Dcatli'ef Horn. Ifeoiuas ColBaâ€" Coventor Daly 8worm 1aâ€" Other Notes. Hat.tfax, July 17. â€" Hon. Thomas Coffin, who was Receiver-General in the Mackenzie Administration, died at Barrington Satur- day night, aged 77 years. He represented Shelbume in the Provincial Legislature at Halifax or in the Dominion Parliament al- most continuously from 1861 to 1878. At the general election of 1878 he was bitterly opposed in his own party, and in a three- cornered contest -was defeated by Thomas Robertson. Mr. CpflSn has supported the Liberal-Conservative jwirty. Governor Daly was sworn into office the other morning by Chief Justice Macdonald in the presence of a large number of citizens. The flagship Bellerophon, accompanied by other vessels of the fleet, have left for New- foundland. The funeral of Peter Boyle, one of the victims of the Dartmouth disaster, took place to-day. The Royal British Veteran Society and a large concourse of citizens walked in the procession. It is announced here that the Alpine club of French journalists are coming to Canada this year on their annual excursion. JENinELnm'sSAviB. A CTuming FisL He who goes a-fishing in our quiet inland waters soon becomes familiar with the pret- ty golden and ruddy sun-fish' but no angler simply as such, ever saw this lively creature at its best. It is one thing to catch them, which is too easily done to consider the matter sport, and another and far nobler thing to watch their winning ways when guarding their nests. He who does this â- will realize what a fish really is, for to credit these animals, as a class, â- with a modicum of common sense, seldom, occurs to any one. But this much can be set down as incon- trovertible â€" a fish is no fool. Not long' since, as I was passing over a little bridge, I noticed a big mother sun- fish in a violent state of trepidation, and paused to determine what was the trouble. A single glance told me the whole story a host of little minnows were darting in at the eggs that covered a little space of tbe shallow nest, and the parent fish was de- fending them as best it might. The attack- ing minnows were in two bands, and as one of these was chased away, the other rushed into the little depression in the sand. But before they could seize the eggs, or so I thought, the sun-fish returned with a rush and scattered the intruders. So it kept up, and apparently would have never ended, had not a more formidable enemy of the sun-fish appeared upon the scene. This was a huge sucker, and en- tirely too powerful a foe to be met in single combat. The sun-fish recognized this at once, and hit upon a happy expedient, which succeeded admirably. Instead of vainly darting at the sucker, it sped round and round its nest with inconceivable velo- city, and so stirred up the water that the intruder was frightened or bewildered, and beat a hasty retreat. It was all a matter of a few minutes, but how much transpired The little minnows proved their cunning by their tactics but what a deal of quick wit centered in the brain of the sun-fish.â€" -[Dr. Charles C. Abbott in American Agriculturist. A Woman Killed by a Vampire. The wife of Senor Gonzales, a prominen- citizen of Monterey, Mexico, was found deaa in her bed the other morning, with a large bat of the vampire variety fastened in her hair. She had been sleeping by an opei window, and the creature had flown in an evidently kiUed her by sucking her blooa for two tmy wounds on her neck close to the jugular vein indicate the place it had punc- tured. Its escape had been prevented by the hair of its victim, which was very long and abundant, and had so entangled the vampire in its meshes as to hold it until it could be killed. The death of Senora Gon- zales is much regretted in the community, as she was a lady of amiable and -benevolent character, as well as noted for her beauty. The death inflicted by these bats is a very peaceful one, for while draining the blood they keep up a continuous gentle fanning of i their wings, which soothes and lulls the sleeper until his slumbers glide imperceptib- ly into eternal rest. Senor Grouzales, who was asleep by his â- wife's side, says he was first awakened by the bat's fi-antic endeavors to free itself from its net of hair, and that he killed the gorged and imprisoned creature without difficulty, and could scarcely believe tha^ his wife was dead, so placidly and naturally did seem to sleep. Tashkend to Havoa Fair. Preparations are already being niade for the great Central Asian Exhibition, which will oe opened at Taskend in August, in order to celebrate the conquest of Turkestan by the Russian troops. Tashkend was taken by assult on the 29th of June 1895, and- it was at first intended to open the exhibition i on that day this year, but this project was wisely abandoned, the temperature being usually too highin jtme and July. Many' travelers, we learn, are expected from Europe, espe^iaUy from Whgland. ' ♦ VLutd is tbe tnao That walketii not in tMieomual e^ titp^nA* godly, J a a i;i(.i3t IToiMHtandatltinliieTvagr^ wmMB/ Nor sitteth in the seat of the soonfuL; A Blighted Bomance. "Miss Clara," began the young man, "it becomes necessary for me to speak to you upon a subject which deeply concerns us both. I will first ask you to recall to mind the last evening I was here. We part- ed, if you will remember, upon the steps. As I proceeded slowly across the lawn the the full moon came from behind a cloud and enveloped me in a flood of mellow glory. Suddenly, Miss Clara, it seemed to me with- out a note of warning, I was over-whelm- ed-" "One moment, Mr. Smithers," interrupted the beautiful girl as she stuck in an extra hairpin and turned down the gas three- quarters of an inch. Then dra'wing her chair still closer, she indicated by a wave of the hand that he could proceed. "I Was about to observe, Miss Clara," continued the young man, "that I was over- whelmed by the onslaught of your father's dogiGrip, who ate up three weeks of my salary in half a minute, and unless your pa ai^tes up for that suit there is going to be war." '•Say no more, Mr. Smithers," replied the young lady, rising slowly and painfully from the Jenness-Miller position that she had assumed but a moment before and pointing to the door. "Go. I "will have pa send you a check for $9 by the first maiL' GoTirting in Fera. When a Peruvian lover desires to see his sweetheart, he calls upon her father and is at liberty to gaze at her during any brief moments in which he can divert his atten- tion from her-parents, who are entertaining him. If his loved one's residence has a window opening on the street, he may con- verse â- with her and other members of the family through the iron grating with which the lower windows of houses in Spanish countries are always surrounded to protect against robbers, lovers and the like. After he is accepted he is asked to dinner at 7, and as this meal lasts two hours and is followed by tea at 11 he can feast his eyes upon his charmer for five ccmsecutive blMS- f 111 hours and if there be a number of guests he may get a few minutes' talk with her in a comer. Here if a young lady is alone â- with a young man she is seriously com- promised. A moonlight buggy ride would be cause for a public scandal, the young lady being the only one to suffer n reputation. ' A pulsine glow obecores the blue profound. And trotae against Uie earth -with magic mighL The tervet hushes every creeping sound. And aU axonsiDg Impolse puts to flii^t No cheerful prospect meets the thirsty right. No view without the son^god's aagiy trace ' The very air isswa^ad Iqr anne fell sprigfat, v For Ven tike breeaesr aa thcK fsn mjr teocL K^ seorcbtns, sfalihliig neat In sweet r» " ' -»â-  ....its iJf'f '.r,. Tbe llowns. of centledewiBwidi^im^^ 'idti^ '^*«s where the irregolu' actim of tM^mos-j 'â-  'â- -9tiM «fw Mtieatoti oame cor namea, bat =1«8 of the eyeball is aofSciently mulud to =-* uâ€" â€" Pixiduce squut, but ofttimes thaw is merdy 'pn of fnnctim wfaidt can be dctamined **% by careful examintion. from onr virtues our honon. ^^M feeble tremble before oDiiuao, th*. fooliah defy it, the wiM jw^ it» and flMj â- kilfiil dizcet it. Bit ,-- ABdwithfiail Tit Mendlr shades, IrBi Bantaai CooreeU a False Bepntaad Talks of the Great SoMCstress. Phineas T. Bamum was asked the other day about the story written in England and reprinted in the New York papers to the ef- fect that Jennie land's grave is unmarked and neglected, that her last days were sha- dowed by the indifference of her husband, and that she died broken-hearted. "Not a word of truth in it. It's false. Contradict it at once. If you don't, I shall over my own name. It is unjust to the dead â€" it is not fair to the living. Bless my soul how do such things get into print?" The smile, so familiar to the world, van- ished from the great old showman's face as he spoke. "I was over in the old country recently, as you know," he continued, -with a quiver on his lips. "I went to Jennie Lind's home and saw and talked with her husband, Mr, Goldschmidt, and her daughter and her grauddauguter, and they with me. As for the grave of the dear dead woman, it is marked by a monument in the shape of a cross. It is touching in its simplicity. But it is like her in that respect. It is costly and unique. The grave is strewn with fresh flowers every day, and most of these are sent down by the Goldschmidt family. " There are a number of fine portraits of the nighljingale on the walls of Mr. Gold- schmidt's home, and several fine marble busts. Her memory is a perpetual theme in that house. Mr. (ioldschmidt is a thorough gentleman, and talked with me about his dead wife in the tenderest way. I am sure he was sincere. And her daughter's voice was full of feeling when she spoke pf "poor mamma." "How could any one say that Jenny, Lind's grave was neglected, and how could any one say that she died broken- hea. •ted? Her whole life was a song. Her last days were spent in singing for indigent clergy- men. She was the most eharitable woman that ever lived. I could make her cry in two minutes by telling her a story of poverty, and she always backed her tears â- with a purse full of money. It is a mistake to say the fame of Jenny Lind rests solely upon her ability to sing. She was a woman who would have been adored if she had had the voice of a crow. She was guileless, great' hearted, and her heart beat for the poor. She â- would have been known and loved if she had never sung a note. Of all the people with whom I have had relations as showman. I became most attached to her. It was in 1850 that she came to me. I had never seen her until I met her on the vessel that brou|;ht her over. Dear Jenny Lind's name will live forever, and that she was not loved to her last breath, and that her memory is not tenderly kept, and that. her grave is not covered daily with flowers is not true. Not true, sir. I hope the con- tradiction will be emphatic " The Suppression of Kabies. That rabies can be suppressed does not admit of a doUbt. Its existence depends solely upon its contagious principle, and it cannot arise spontaneously under any condi- tions, any more than dogs themselves can. Eighteen years ago, through being unable to trace the origin of a case of rabies :which occurred unde\;^ my personal observation at Rochester, Kent, I was of opinion that it might have a spontaneous origin, and this opinion, I may state, was held at that time by several of the leading veterinarians on the Continent, (Bouley in France and Roll in Austt'ia. But soon afterward, on a more sareful consideration of its geographical ex- tent, and the result of sanitary police measures in different countries, I arrived at the conclusion that its niaintenance was due to its contagium only, and that if this were destroyed there could be no more rabies or liydrophobia. This conclusion I have made known on every possible occasion. It may also be asserted that though miny kinds of creatures can become infected, and may infect each other, yet the dog is the original infector and the chief dissem- inator, the dissemination being affected by inoculation, in nearly all cases by means of a bite. After inoculation, if it is to be ef- fective, a variable period elapses before the signs of disease manifest themselves this is the period of latency or incubation, and it may extend from a few weeks to many months, but in the great majority of cases it does not go beyond six months, though there are some recorded in which it has been longer. Twelve months should cover all cases, and, therefore, if dogs could be prevented from biting for that period in this country, and no dogs were allowed to enter it from other infected countries, the contagion must perish for lack of renewal, and the scourge would be no more seen or felt. What a blessing to mankind, dogs, and other animals this would be Even the dog worshippers jnight contrive to un- derstand what a lienefit it would confer upon their idol if they would only consider the matter. There would then be no need for all those futile, because partial and tem- porary, measures which harass dog owners and cause discomfort to dogs, while they have to be repeated incessantly. Nor would man look 'with grave and deserved suspi- cion, even amounting to dread, upon a de- voted animal companion which he at pre- sent allows to be exposed to .the risks of infection that will perchance destory than both. Surely a few months of inconvenience are as nothing when compared â- with the advantages that would be obtained. Think of the children and adults who would be spared a torturing death in fnture years Consider the perpetual abolition of the diabolical muzzle, ye cynophilists, and know that in the days to come dogs might bite and tend to their heart's content with- out beii^ suspected or. accused of madness,' or any doubt be sntertained as to the in- nocusness of their saliva.^ â€" George Flmng in, the Nineteenth Century. â- II Without a revelation of what God is, no man can know rhat he; himself is. Some who pose a,s self-inade men relieve their .Creator ^f a gepak respmisibility. r She told hfmsl^M'be'his sister, 'tM^ tMt%^U^e^"«atdhe: "Bat thML, of conneivon.undeirtMpd UysisMShyi^iiw^ihe." Men ^diqretiieiiflo^'before they feel it; wenen laalyi ertafcii 4lMi#t«fter iMy lutve 'fprovedtt.-;^! ;.o i ,-i-ir.-^- â- ;.':. tAei^the â- liiiiftiM^ig^iyi'^Biaddwhi wi^lliiqaarUi* â- iililii il rigi â- iriiii, thwigh never ae maa bmoC an lattaBan, tiieaoat d^fulltSevhoeaDda iriwtyMian, with- out nqph^iqrtliii^wfckih MHPHa heia'dofcit BUSSIAir STUDHTTS DT FAEIS. Seme oftke PrlvattoBs t^'WklekThej are Sabjeeiâ€" •atMeal amd Ijurd a Flll- UgDIsh. The Paris papers are giving a minute de« scription of the Russian student's life in that city. The picture is rather gloomy, but the details are worked out well enough for a study. At the present time the Russian colony in Paris includes about one hundred and fifty students, male and female, and about thirty refugees. They live with the most rigid economy, for their resources are very limit- ed. Twelve to twenty dollars a month may be considered as the average of their income, out of which they have to pay for their terms and moreover there is an onerous discount on the paper money which they re- ceive from Russia. From this it is easy to see that they are obliged to endure consider- able privations, and consequently they are forced to make their headquarters in la Glaciere, Saint Victor, and Croulebarbe, where the facilities of cheap living are abundant. When a student or a refugee arrives he notifies his countrymen. There is a society among them to which the new comer applies. With its help he is enabled to find a lodging, which costs from $15 to $25 a year. He brings along with him his furniture, w^hich consists of skins and bed clothing. If he is rich, comparatively, he buys a trunk, some straw and a bed. If he has not sufficient means to procure these luxuries^ he does without them, and sleeps on the floor, like Mile. Ero|uine and many others, patiently waiting until he can save up, cent after cent, enough to buy a bed. If he is completely destitute he is placed with another comrade equally embarrassed, whose home and misery he shares. It is not a rare thing to find among them room-mateb, 'men or women, who pay from $8 to §10 a year for their apartments. In food the Russian stmient is also ex- tremely economical. He eats black bread and cabbage. Meat is a luxury which he enjoys only once a week. Tbe quality of his food troubles him little; quantity with him is the main object. Therefore he fills himself with cheap stale bread, inciuding the refuse crusts of the restaurants. When he is able to have a more substantial meal he goes to one of the Russian boarding houses, where he gets thenationaldishesataciieapenougb rate. The most important of these establishments is the Students' Restaurant kept by M. Koch in the Rue de la Glaciere. It is in the rear of the building, is clean and spacious, but there is, of .course, no evidence of luxury in it. The gardens of a religious community can be seen from it, and the sight refreshes the poor students, sometimes almost worn out by hard study in their garrets, with lit- tle light and less air. This restaurant has about eighty customers. There is only one meal a day, the dinner, which for some be- gins at noon and for others at 5 in the after- noon. The price of each dish never exceeds twenty centimes, and tlie. entire menu costs about fourteen cents. Those who come to- dine a la carte and have no cash v.-rite do'wn in a book the amount of their debts at the end of each meal, and pay when their money arrives. Another restaurant of this kind is in the Rue Flatters. In this, as in the other one, the dish which forms the main portion of the daily menu is kacha (oatmeal and lard). For a Parisian palace this seems rather tough but it is very filling stuff, and for four cents a student can have enough of it to last hmtn for twenty-four hours. When the Russian student finishes his course of studies and becomes a doctor, he will â-  go anywhere under the sun to teek his for- tune. Sheep Shearing in Anstralia, At shearing time, on large rims, all the shearers live and mess by themselves, being in the nature of contractors, while the other hands connected with the Vi^orking of the shed as yarders, pickets-up, wool-rollers, branders, c., are paid weekly wages, and the station owner finds them in cook and rations. They mess and sleep in huts apart from the shearers, and are termed "rouse- abouts." Tne "rousealout" cook has also the care of the woolshed overseer and his assistant on his hands, and as 6 o'clock draws near we see him approaching â- with a flagon, or "billy," as it is termed, of steam- ing hot coffee in his hand, and the usual slices ot"bro^wnie" or "cake." On these we gratefully break our fast, and the more- satisfactorily when we remember that all hands have like^wise been refreshed. As we walk across to the woolshed we notice streams of men issuing from shearers' and rouseabouts' huts and on entering the shed we find some of the shearers already at their respective places. These have been balloted for on the previous day, and no man is al- lowed to make any change â- without permis- sion of the shed manager. Each shearer has his own little doorway or opening, through which he passes his sheep when shorn into a long narrow pen outside, fenced off from his neighbors. Presently every shearer has arrived; the pickers-up, â- with so many shearers appor- tioned to each to attend upon the wool rollers ready at their tables, and all watch- ing eagerly the movements of the manager as he advances watch in hand to ring the bell. The bell rings the shearers dart into the respective sheep pens allotted to them, and bring out ike seemingly most-easily-to- be-shom sheep they can select in the hurry of the moment, place it on its rump, and shearing has fairly commenced. And what a busy scene it is and how strong the contrast presented between the desolateness and the silence of yesterd y msming and the liveliness and the acti^vity of to-day As a rule, the men take things easily at first, for the eager man is apt to "knock his hand up," and anyway rams are not to be hurried over. They are desirous, too, at least most of them, of doing fair work and of finding the "boss" measure, which they very soon do. From long experience I am of opinion that it is quite as often the fault of the shed manager, by his want of tact and. firmness, as the fault of the men that has produced nnpleasantness/luriag the shearii^ season. SCen are bat human »U the world over; andaatiie shearer is paid by the nomber of sheep he sheacs, time to him is mooc^ and be tries, natQn^y enough, to shew as miuiT sheen aa he possibly can, s» Vomg U 1^ vi^ 'teiAtm." X)n Uu other lia^ tbee|pdH(«ila^of tt*i naaumt, iy Iqr no inea iMMy i«BtTiaM»'«iia.'-4y-H i»;Wa ofeaefe to;' grt'^jA.tiwiBOQloir'-â€" inalv^ he baa to {deaiwlui Mf^toyw and to plaii 'ftai under hii ohaq^e •• vdL DoyoalcMnrwhatlKityitt It ii we esMt fram otiian. 1 M J i r 'J .; â- :^; ..,i^=i,isA^i^::.ii,^^...:i:.,:^ 1i..i^ iriiiiii