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 lathe Uj«cted soeiQg â- Â«; but every »« the I» Pope dayg hnd, to lordered !?ry. or leap (astern is â- â€¢â- egorian I not in le after; [changed 1 late aa at that |n act of f red the pber Wag fnd, and low used fin. In ia the a com- uch as Os- |that the entirely parts of Int time. Knua, the ^o ia rep- lh looking supposed come, as le revised and the and »r* con- ire FAEM. Times of Milldng. Everjbody connected with a cow knows that the first-drawn milk has the smallest, and the last strippings of the udder the ereatest portion of crearii. But not every one knows the effect of doubling the usual number of times per day of milking a cow. \ot long ago we saw a statement that by milking cows half-way between the ordinary morning and evening meals the total yield was largely increased. Here is a report by W ilacro, of Barrow, Suffolk, taken from " Annals of Agriculture" for 1789 â€" May 2l8t, 1st meal. 2nd " 1789. Pints. .:.. 9i ....13 22i May 22nd. 1st meal 13 2nd " 8 .-ird " 5 May 1st meal. 2na " .Srd " 4th " 23rd. 2G .12 7 6 1 26 October 22nd, 1789. Pints. ist meal 11 2nd •' 6 17 October 23rd. IstmeaL 11 2nd " ........ 3 3rd «• ........ 3 17 October 24th. 1st meaL 10 from other causes brought the totU increase to 47.038. The decrease from deaths, dis- charges, desertions â€" 5,147 â€" drafts to Ansy Reserve and auxiliary forces, and other causes, numbered 35,117, making the net increase 11,921. The number of effectives on January 1st last was 192,920 2nd 3rd 4th • H 3 16 Of course these experiments settle nothing, for nothing is said of the constituents of the several meals of milk. It would have been interesting to know if the quality of the milk was affected by increased number of milkings. Lambs, foals, c. which suck often, thrive best. Preventing Hens Sitting. A correspondent in Gardening describes a very ingenious and effective method of pre- venting hens remaining broody. When they show a desire to sit, he says that for the last two years he 'has been very successful in preventing them from sitting. He has divided his run into two with wire netting, keeping half the fowls in one division, and halt in the other. As soon as a hen in one yard shows any signs of broodiness she is placed in the other, when she invariably spends the first three days in running back- wards and forwards, trying to get back tlirough the wire at the end of that time she has quite forgotten that she wants to sit, and can be returred, and will probably eoniTnence laying again in about three weeks. The plan is obviously far superior to that usually followed of cooping a hen when broody, as the incessant exercise must have a strong effect in removing the -tendency to sit. The new law t ixing oleomargarine is said to be steadily increasing the demand for that article in Pittsburg and Alleghany City. A member of a commission-house wliich handles an immense amount of butterine said: " Butterine has advanced two cents a pound, just tlie airiount of the tiix levied on it. This week we shall not be able to fill our orders." Low prices are, at present, the chief bane of the western farmers. Wheat at 70 cent's per bushel, and hogs at §3 per hundred- weight, will not pay debts nor make rich very fast. But there seems no immediate prospect of better prices. The coarfietition of the great North- West at^j^^Jsif far-off India will compel the cultivation of other products than wheat and pork._ Mean- time, it is a matter for gratification that there is a prospect of cheap food for the masses. â€" Rural Canadian. STATISTICS. There are now published in the United States 14,160 newspapers and periodicals of all classes. The net increase over last year has been 666. The daily newspapers num- ber 1,216, a gain of 33. The number of British-born persons who have emigrated to the Australasian Colon- ies since 1841 is approximately given as fol- lowsâ€"Victoria, 510,000 New Zealand, 223,- 000 New South Wales, 200,000 Queens- land, 164,000 South Australia, 135,000 Tasmania, 28,000 West Australia, 15,000. During 1884 the number of registerrd ves- sels in Ireland fishing for sale was 5,785, with crews consisting of 20,884 men and 941 boys. Of these 1,518 vessels, 6,014 men, and 407 boys were returned as exclu- sively fishing for sale and 4,197 vessels, 14,870 men, and 534 boys as partially so en- gaged. The figures show a decrease of 81 vessels and 108 men since 1883, while in the number of boys there is an increase of 59, making the actual decrease of the persons employed 49. The government clerks employed in the departments at Washington number 15,000; of these 4,000 are women. The latter come as a rule from good families. Many of them are widows of noted generals, the daughters of ex -governors and ex-Congress- men, and now and then we find the relative of a President or Cabinet Minister. Many of them have travelled widely, and the great majority are educated and refined ladies. They do all kinds of work, and re- receive salaries ranging from $725 to $2250 a year. The total population of the Fiji islands is only 128,000, of whom 111,000 are native Fijians and 3,570 Europeans. There are besides over 4,000 Indian coolies and 5,500 immigrant Polynesians. These it has been found necessary to import as labourers, for the Fijian himself does not take kindly to the work required by Europeans. In 1875 the revenue and expenditure were £16,433 and £41,522 respectively in 1884 they were £91,522 and £98,467 respectively. The total trade in 1880 amounted to £415,000, and in 1884 to £880,000, of which £345,344 stood for exports. The great bulk of the trade is with the Australian colonies, about £170,000 representing the value of the trade with England direct. The average strength ti the regular Brit- ish Army last year was 198,064 â€" viz.. Household Caval^, 1,377 CavsJry of the Lme, 16,503 Royal Horse Artillery, 4,205 Royal Artillery, 28,581 Royal Engineers, 6,013 Foot Guards, 6,340 Infantry of the Line, 126,663; Colonial Corps, 2,331 Com- missariat and Transport Corps, 2,810 Ord- "lance StoVe Corps, 650 Corps of Ord- Jiance Artificers, 41; Army Poet-Office Corps, 15 Medical Staff Corps, 2,470. The number of recruits who joined in 1885 for long service were 1,547, and for short eiec- !^e 38,424 while the number who joined from desertion, from the Army Reserve, and Advice to Loren. The young man, when he goes to call on his lady-love, puts on his best duds and makes his mother or sisters fly around and help him get himself up in the best form possible. He jaws them, gets mad, slams things around regardless of consequences, kicks the wall because his shoe pinches, and finally rushes out, looking as cross as a teased terrier. He forgoes a drink or a cigar for fear of their spoiling his breath, and loads his hand- kerchief with the perfume best calculated to disguise or smother the taint of cigarette smoke. The young lady is expecting him, of course has had ner hair up in papers all day the afternoon has been spent in get- ting ready to receive him, and when the parlor lights are burning she looks a very angeh Had he seen her in the morn- ing with a handkerchief tied around her head, heard her complaints of indigestion and nervous headaches, seen her slovenly morning wrappings, and caught a few of her tartly -expressed views on the conduct of her mother and the family in general, he would have been in a quandary as to which region the angel belonged. In the parlor all is smiles, tenderly-lisped phrases, melting glances, and protestations against all that is rude or disagreeable, and in favor of that which is gentle and long- suffering. They deceive themselves as well as each other. Probably they do nA mean it, but they do it. Of course, the ardent youth who reads this will say it is not for him. Those who have had their wings singed in the delusive blaze are the ones who will read it with deepest interest and ap- preciate it most. They can only sigh and wonder why someone did not say as much to them yet there is much satisfaction even in that sigh. If they are sufficiently phil- osophical to make the best of it, to keep the bright side out, and to persistently refuse to go behind the scenes, they may get along but if they give way to regrets, take to drink or finding fault with their mothers-in- law, their days of happiness are done. Persons of ardent dispositions, especially young persons, should be very careful not to allow themselves to be carried too fast or too far by what they consider true love. It may pan out nothing more enduring than infatu- ation. The sensations are so similar at first that an expert might be bothered for a while to determine which is which, but time will tell the tale. Love remains bright alike through sunshine and storm, and even time's corroding breath does not dim its lustre. On the other hand, infatuation flashes and burns with an intense, brilliant glare, dim- ming every other light, and paling the glories that have always been regarded as resplen- dent. As months pass, however, the glare becomes less and less intense, and finally the place where the fire was is marked only by smouldering embers or unhappy lives. There are times in the life of every young man when he thinks his whole happiness, usefulness, and existence itself depends on marrying a particular lady. He is in earnest about it, although he may be ashamed of himself a few years later. How fortunate if something happens to prevent his giving way to his matrimonial impulses, because he is just as sure to be ashamed of his silli- ness married as single. If you can induce married folks to tell you the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about their young days and their early love affairs, they will all, with rare exceptions, tell of sweet- hearts whom they regarded as heaven sent, and that no amount of reasoning would have convinced them that they could live without ' their constant company. First love is all right if the lovers are properly mated. The mere fondness for. each other and the love-sickness which is usually developed in such cases are not a sure sign of fitness for marriage. There are scores of bachelors and maids who are such from disappointment in their first love. It affected them so that they have been unable to banish that " fairest face and divinest form" from their hearts. There is always a vacant chair beside them and an invisible guest at their feasts. These are compara- tively rare instances, yet enough to make a respectable exception to the general rule. It is not best to make an engagement until both parties have arrived at an age when they are able to be trusted with the trans- action of business. They should have a clear apprehension of the responsibilities they are assuming, have a well-defined course mark- ed out through life, and a definite under- standing with each other as to how they are to live. By following such a course there is not much danger of making a mistake. Unexplored Oanada- liTo account of the unexplored regions of the world would be complete that left out a considerable part of our own country. Prof. George Low, of the Canadian Greological Survey, has made a trip from Winnipeg to Hudson's Bay, and says that the existing maps of that district are incorrect, being bas^ on descriptions given by Indians. A great part of the journey from Winnipeg was accomplished in birch canoes pad^ea by Indians. Until the height of Ituid was reached which divides the direct water-shed of Hudson's Bay from thatof Lake Winnipei;, the country was an immense traot of rocks, with scarcely any vegetation.- When the Hudson Bay slope was reached, the countey became much more fertile. The party, arriving at the source of Berens River, which flows westward into Lake Winnipeg, soon found the source of the Severn, which flows eastward into Hudson's Bay. The scenery here became beautiful. About one hundred miles down this river from its source Prof. Low's party discovered four cr five large lakes, about sixty miles in width. The land within a radius of eighty or one hundred miles of these lakes is fine farming-land, and it was foond that the frost would not prevent the raising of crops. The country from the mouth of uie Severn to the Berens River, and to Fort Trout on the Swan River, has never been explored. Prof. Low says that there is a tract eight hundred and thirty miles across from Luce Winnipeg to Hudson's Bay which no white man has ever traversed. In this region there are great numbers of deer and cariboo, but smaU game is very scarce. The party 'stayed at Fort Severn, on Hudson's Bay, a mad time, and then travel- led along the coast to Yak River, two hund- red mUes north, and thenoe returned to Wimiipeg. BUmSH COLiniBIA. ♦bstartei, waA Wmw Tkey aM â€" ABrsMtferd nna*s CmttrikattoBB to «ke WMk. The Waterons Gcmpany, of Brantford, have received e following interesting let^ ter â€" Ross Saw Mill, Dnggan's Siding, B. C. C. H. Waterous, Jr., WateronsEng. W. Co., Brantford. Dear Sir, â€" As I have no^r finished here cutting wi^ the mill, I thought tiiat you would be pleased to know how it worked and what amount this mill is able to cat when run with proper care. As it is the first of this particular s^le of mill, 25 H. P. portable, you have sent to the Rockies, and as I have kept an account of all expoises of running this mill and the amount it cut, I am able to give you a correct statement of what it cost.to handle lumber in this part. Any of your customers may rely upon the truth of my statements. As you are aware, I left Brantford on the 26thr May, the mill being shipped at the same time. I arrived at the Rockies on the 8th of June by way of theCanadian Pacific Railway. The mill ar- rivedonthe 12th and on the 21st we started to saw, and by the 8th of November we had cut 3,500,800 feet. The last month's cutting was the largest, amounting to 817,000 feet. These are the figures of the measurer em- ployed by the C. P. R., and are correct, making an average of 31,423 feet per day of not more than 13 running hours per day. This was all cut into inch boards and 3 and 4 incn planks, and all sized to 8, 10, 12, and 14 wide. All the cutting and edging had to be done with the large saw as we had no edger. The timber was spruce, pine, fir, cedar, and hemlock. I see in some of your circulars that you give the amount of what has been cut per hour and per day, but I thought it would be more satisfactory to you and t your customers to know what such a mill could do in the season, and you may rely upon this statement as being absolutely correct. During this time, the expenses for repairs only amount- ed to §1.50, viz., for one bolt in friction lever, 1 bolt in saw lever, and repairs on timber gauge. This mill was never stopped one working hour during the whole season. The new perl dogs are a complete success, they are quick and sure to hold every time. I am satisfied that there need be no trouble or delay in running these mills If they are properly looked after. There was no extra chance to make this mill run any better than any other. The men were all picked up as they came along. The only man that had any experience in a mill was the sawyer. I filed the saws myself and kept all other things right. It might be interesting for you to know how much timber it takes to build one of these snow-slide sheds per mile. It takes over 6,461,800 ft. of timber and 63k080 bolts 36 in. long, and 200,000 spikes 10 in. long. I do not refer above to the ordinary snow sheds such as used on the Intercolonial Railway, these are used he e also where snow is likely to drift in, but in speaking above I refer to what might more properly be called snow-slides. They are built at a point where snow-slides are apt to occur al- ways in the face of steep and high mountains. One side (the high side of the shed) is built up into the side of the mountain and has a slant over the track something like a shed roof. They are wonderfully strong and you may be sure none too much so as the accumulated snow of many years may start from the top of these lofty hills and come thundering down in masses £0 to 100 or 200 feet thick, with a force that nothing can resist unless it is the moimtain on the other side of the valley from which the slide takes place. The snow in passing down slides over the top of the snow slide and passes on down into the valley and on up, may be several hundred feet up, the side of the mountain opposite. One can imagine what would be the result of such a slide striking a passing train. Certainly nothing but pieces of the smashed up wreck, that would be unrecognizable, would ever be found. Near where I am one of these slides hap- pened. The snow came down the mountain in a body estimated to be 175 feet thick. It struck the track and carried it bodily down the mountain to the valley across the river that flowed through the valley, and up the opposite side to about the same height. It was there the railway track was found after the snow melted. Some cars were wreck- ed at the same time, and were never found, probably the remains were carried down by the melting snow to the Columbia River, and then out to the Pacific Ocean. The location here is a very beautiful one. A photographer who is out among the mountains taking views for the Canadian Pacific, came along one day and took a picture of the mill, and I send you one which will give you a ve^ fair idea of what the place looks like. The mountain that you see to the left is over 5,000 feet high from the railway track. The white spot between the higher and lower peak is snow, and lies in that hollow place all the year around, and that snow is supposed to be 250 feet deep, and is' a glacier, it is full of numerous cracks. The men have dropped lines down some of these cracks for over 100 feet without reaching the bottom. The sharp high peak seen on we picture is rough and rugged and difficult to climb. There was a rain cloud floated up against this peak once and burst, letting out a flood of water that brourht everything down the mountain with it. Enormous rocks and trees were apparently no obstruction whatever. The course of the water made a clear sweep, and its track is easily seen yet. As it came down the nx^ and trees that it bore up would sometimes lodge in narrow places on the sides of the mountain and be piled up 150 or 200 feet high, but the weight of water behind would soon be so great that the dam would give way, and down would come the water again, and rocks, trees, etc., and so kept on until it reached the river, which was raised by this flood until the water stood 20 feet over the track. This clond-bnrst did a great deal towards preparing the mill site. Level places large enough to build a null on are hard to get up here in the mountains. There are some very interesting things up here, and one neranotget very lonesome if he has any taste for cnrioua nature. A little way from the mill aro soda springs and hot springs, so you can have both, a plain soda and a hot bath, one.or both, as yon choose, and no thanks to anyone. Soda plain, however. No liquor is allowed up here, which is a good uiing, where so many and such differ- ent kinds of men are employed away from all law and order. I have heen op the Bonmamian, Bolgarian and Thwrinflpan moantains, but the monn- taiaa here, I^ink, are much grander. It is not poSrible to picture tiiem. However, as you have been on the Andes aiid Alps, yon can think back a few vears to nie tfane we wereinSsatiagb.CSiiH (I BOir sise hj the papers you are the Hon. Vice- (jonsul of that prqgressite repaUic), and used togetiier teke a wuk to the top of Santa Lada and look off to the snow-capped Andes, it willxive ^oa wfiidea of this place. Only t am nere m the very midst of them then we were at a distance. Should you or any of the Brantford people be taking a trip over the Canada Pacific to British Columbia they can remember when passing through these sheds that Brantford saw miuls with Brantford brains and muscle cut the six million or more feet of lumber that is required to build each milL For this is not the only one of your mills here there are a number of them, and I can tell yoi^ it does me good to know that no other mill, American or Canadian (and tiiera are a good many, especially of the former, scattered around the mountains) have done as much or as good work as our own mills. I natural- ly feel a pride in the old shop and what it does. I have been with you now some 30 years, and there are still at work men who commenced before I did, and I want you to let them know what this mill has done up here, for I know they will be ^ad to hear from it, and that their work is a success. As I am writing, my mind turns back to a time when we were having one of our annu- al shop picnics about the time the Canada Pacific was first being talked about. Mr. Robertson, of the Bank of British North America, was making a few remarks and spoke about the great railway, -and said it was sure to be built, and would carry from ocean to ocean the Brantford saw-mills. We have seen Ihat now all come to pass, and that his forecast of the future was correct. I have seen the Bratford saw-mills go ahead and cut the timber to build the railway bed, the station, and the fences, tmd now we have turned back and are cutting the timber and plank to cover the road where it is necessary to protect it from the snow. I have made this letter too long, but there is so much here to be seen and to write about that when you start to write you do not know when to stop. But I know you t :e an interest in such things as are to be m here. And I would say come along and see for yourself, and I am stire you wUl be well satisfied and paid for your trip. With no more at present, I am, your old fellow-traveller, John Lyle. Mr. Lyle enclosed to the company at the same' time the following letter from the pro- prietors of the mill, which speaks for itself NOVEHBBR lOth, 1S64. Waterous Enoke Works Co., Brantford, Ontario. Dear Sir^We got good satistaction from the little 25 Horse Power Saw Mill we got from you in the Sprin^r. She has cut 3,508,000 ft. in four months and fourteen days. We call this a little the best work we ever knew for the power. Yours truly, (Signed) McDKRMID ROSS. Ih« BUD in Kpglish-spiMikiiig ooiuitrifls wbo bsst dss^rvasjUM onb* of th» Childiw's fiiflod is, psar fa a p s apborinaBittlionlim, named Qaoig* Soiith. Ha was the hb of a bricklayer, and at Ghoosiiig afl Occupation. The choice of an occupation depends partly upon the individual preference and partly upon circumstances. It may be that you are debarred from entering upon that business for which you are best adapt- ed. In that case make the best choice in your power, apply yourself faithfully and earnestly to whatever you undertake, and you cannot well help achieving a success. Patient application sometimes'.leads to great results. No man should be discouraged be cause he does not get on rapidly in his call ing from the start. In the more intellect ual.professions especially, it should be re membered that a solid character is not the growth of a day, that the mental faculties are not matured except by long and labori- ous culture. Ever remember that it is not your trade or profession that makes you respectable. Manhood and profession, or handicraft, are entirely different things. An occupation is never an end of life. It is an instrument put into our hands by which to gain for the body the means of living until sickness or old age robs it of life, and we pass on to the world for which this is a preparation- The great purpose of living is twofold in char- acter. The one should never change from the time reason takes the helm. It is to live a life of manliness, of purity, and honor, â€" to live such a life, whether rich or poor, that your neighbors will honor and respect you as a man of sterling principles. The other is to have some business, in the due periormance of which you are to put forth all your exertion. It matters not so much what it is, as whether it be honorable and it may change to suit the varying change of circumstances. When these two objects â€" character and a high aim â€" are fairly before a youth, when then? â€" He must strive to attain those objects. He must work as well as dream, labor as well as pray. His hand must be as stout as his heart, his arm as strong as his head. Pur pose must be followed by action. Then is he living and acting worthily, as becomes a human being with grv'at destinies in store for him. ♦ â-  HOMELY HINTS. One pair of rubbers costs lest than three porous plasters and are a great deal more comfortable. In bundling up for a cold walk oonsnlt the thermometer, not the mirror. An un- becoming horse-blanket is better than a wooden overcoat. It is waste of thought to envy a richer neighbor. You cannot know her inner life, and her lot is not more enviable than yours nnless she is loved more. Don't be too sure that yon know more about the natural traits of your boys than their father does. He knows himself better than you doâ€" or ever wilL Never forget that you and your servant are made of the same clay, though yon may have been cast in different molds, loa have home, husband and children she nothing. Scan the clothing of persons sentto^ your house on errands, and wonder if yon could battle with the elements in their garb. It may call to mind a forgotten dark closet. We can not choose our neij^bors on this earth, but it is well to cultivate assimilation or at least forbearance. Perlups we will not be able to chooee our neignbors above the (arth either. Men are conunonplace enough, as a mle, and it does no good to meet them on their own leveL The old Adam or the orang outang, whichever it is, can be shamed ont, not driven out. It it comes to a question of a costume which will be " fit to be seen," or a grand New Year for the children, dmose the lat- ter. A hs,pp^ New Year has its througn a luetime, a oostome doesn't. four 7pniH| sfB mis S" to work in the yard. Wftb 4(^ MMss bi^^ jnpg^Ad for fourteen te«Nt#Hdag|i oariybtK ^^«at bmps of dav, which bent' his back and stunted fais groww. By woi^ins-late into the night, tiiey could earn an admtional ^cpenoe. These sizpenoas George spent for books, by means of which he gainedalittie service? able knowledge. As soon as ne arrived at manhood be set himself one purpose in life to beMer the CBoditioii of tM hordes of «verworkAd chil- dren in England. So earnest was his effort that, although he was penniless, friendless, and uneducated, he compelled all England to listen to his terrible story of opprosion and want, and by his own effort finally in- duced Parliament to pass an act by which thirty thousand little children were rescued from the labor whieh was maiming and kill- ing them, and were sent to schocS. He then set to work to help the children employed'on canal-boats, whose condition in England was little better than that of the former slaves in the rice-fields. He petition- ed Parliament until an act was passed by which sixty thousand children were given an education and time to recover life and health. This is a noble record. But the best point of George Smith's story is that he is now, a white-haired old man, miserably poor. His whole life and energy have been given to the one task he has had no time to make money, and although he has personally known and influenced almost every leading man in England, he has never asked a favor for himself or any selfish interest from one of them. There are so many histories of men who have achieved fame and fortune held up to Canadian boys for their imitation, that it is surely worth their while to read this record of a man poor and obscure, yet whose success was so noble. Verily, be and such as he shall have their reward in the larger life to which all unselfish service for God and human welfare tends, by divine and eternal laws. We must believe that in the larger and spiritual kingdom, it is he who denies him- self the most for others who will receive the most from God. " He that saveth his life shall lose it " is the law of this world, and " He that loseth his life shall keep it alive '" is the law of the larger life. â€" â€" '-^^- â€" Vititing the Sick. The first error is in regaid to quantity,, the second in regard to quality. We can- not, perhaps, visit the sick too much, if we have time for it; but we can easily visit them a great deal too much at any one time. Many a sick-room would be helped and glad- dened by a glimpse of a friendly face every few days for three minutes at a time. Bpt wait for a month, and consolidate these scattered minutes into three-quarters of an hour, and how different the result The new face soon becomes a burden, the new sensation an old one the news is told, the excitement is gone by. The patient's face, at first bright and eager, becomes tired and jaded and long and still the visitor sits. At last she tooâ€" in case it be a woman- notices the change in her friend's look, and she springs to her feet and says, with sin- cere but tardy contrition, " I am afraid I have tired you." "Oh, no," says the patient; "not at all." It is her last gasp for that morning she can scarcely niuster strength' to say it but let us be polite or die. Brevity is the soul of visiting, as of wit, and in both cases the soul is hard to grasp. But there is a difficulty of quality more serious than that of quantity. What is there in the outer woild om which it is the hard lot of invalids to be excluded? Sunshine, freah air, and the healthy life of mankind. Tnese, then, are what the 'isitor should bring, figuratively at least, into the sick room. In- stead of these, how many brin7 the very op- posite â€" clouds and shadows, and that which is unwholesome and imhealthy. They keep the invalid talking about the very thing she needs to forget â€" her own symptoms. They discuss the varieties of medicine as topers debate the merit of different wines and is dear Amelia quite sure that it would not be best to change her physician Worst of all, they tell the distresiting symptoms of others; the mournful cases, the bereavements, the approaching funenJs. Strange to say, pro- fessional nurses themselves are very much given to this sort of talk, and would be much more beneficial companions were they dumb. Perhaps the visitor chimes in, and joins with the nurse in a melancholy duet. It is, I take it, almost impossible for any one in health to appreciate the hold that these things take upon an invalid. The visitor goes away into the outer air and the very breeze soon carries away all memory of the untoward conversation but the invalid re- mains anchored tocme spot, and broods, and broods, and broods. She is fortunats ]i her sleep is not broken that night by the odious phantoms for which her dear friend has, with studious care, furnished the materials. Getting md of Fat. An eye-witness decribes an apparatus re- centiy constructed for the anti-fat cures of Professors Schweninger, Oertel and Ebstein in the following humorous way " Imagine to yonrself a gentleman of aldermanic ro- tundity, standmg in a sort of treadmill, and hard at work trying to mount an imaginary Btain»se without ever getting above the first step, inasmuch as the upperones vce constant- ly receding under his weight. This exercise may strei^hen his lungs and even make him lose a pound or two of adipose but the total effect would be but half accomplished, if the builder of tiiis gymnastic machine had not also, in addition to this simulated mount- ain ascension, taken care to provide for a corresponding change of air. The physical exertion of ascending the continuously de- scending st^is, ca n o e s the unhappy climber to set in moticm a sjrstem of beUows, which inhailtheonter air and blowit full inhis oe. Instead of the common street air, how|Bver, the victim can also be made to in- hale air impregnated with extract of pine and other forest trees, and oxygen, thereby proenrii^ him, witiiin tiie wdlls of thecity, the illasion of filling his lungs with the in- vuoratinsair of h^ mountains. Besides alTtiiis, the steps are so oonstrocted as to be placed nuwe perpendicolarly, if desired, in xmitatioaof a steqp mountain. Bonvoyagef" â-  11 there is anytfaing that makes a tnn long for sbUtndA it is to stand and talk to* maniHio is breathing the aroma ^several brands of po(» iHiisky into his face.