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Another of the laborers and sufferers for Italian indc cndonce and unity, Giov- anni Buttista ara, died at Rume the other day at the age of sixty-seven. H 6 once filled the office Of Vice-President of a Re uhlicau Assembly, and had to fly from my country. Thirty years later he was a Cabinet Minister of a punstitutiouul monarch, and in him King Humbert 18. menu the loss of En loyal subject. and a fsithful and trusted servant. A man in‘ this city claims to have a wife so hnt~tempcrcd thin when she is angry he can light his cigar from the fire that flashes from her eyes. i‘ ‘ , pa the ship were Chin . res-elves one ole largeliuel more (Glen trading to China, end leaned that 79! one at the butt to Chinese fire men. the chic! engineer iag unwilling to employ Asiatics while there were Eng- duhnen wanting bread. He found, how» ever, that he could not help himself. English firemenâ€"British fire-en rather- were so troublesome and so given to been drunk when they ot a chance, that with all his preference orhis own countrymen, the “chief” was obliged to give in at int and take Chinsme . Before iving in. I think that on one occasion he to have the ship anchored till the firemen got‘ so- ber, and on another occasion to go down the channel with the engineers acting as stoke'rs. Then, muchagsins’t'his will, he had to take the. objectionable Chinauien. On asking how the Chinese did, I firmsi ' told they did first-class, gave no trouble. ‘ were always there when wanted. werei steady and sober, and in every way coin- \ potent. It did not appear that very much was saved in wages by emplo ing Chins- men, but tl gain was in t e absolute regularity w which they performed 219k work. It is in this wa the Chinese ‘re going to conquer~by so rmodding induhtry. There will be no armed par- ade, .no- great milita movements, no charitin of warriors. 'th garmeuhxolled in blo ; but where labor is wanted they Will supply it, and be steady at their Work. ls‘oiuo time ago there was a talk of a company importing some thousands of Chinese to London. They will come without a company and without ostenta- tion, they mil come only where and when 6W1. wanted; but the alarming con- sl in the Contest of iycos is that thav an Willi"? thgpunlwna mâ€"»I§s.t.|. a--.. vv AUIll‘l‘U.°' and even necessary. to those who are re- luctant to use them. if Britain can be made sober she‘muy hold her own, for the Chinaman labors under many disad- vantages; but if the steady, quiet, law- abiding Chinainnn has as his competitor a man liable at any time to be off Work for a day or tWo through drink it is not dili- cult to son who will win. Against indu54 trious perseverance no protective laws cIn save a country whose working popu- lation is given to the interruptions of drinking null “sprees.” At present Brit- ain has got the start, and for years. per- haps decades, China may be unable to cope with us in manufactures, but no ‘ length of start can keep us permanently aheadof unwearying perseverance. Chino. is learning, slowly, it is true, but still learning Western arts, and when once she has learned tlmroughly her lesson, hor industrious, sober population, if prohibit- ed from Working in Britain nndthe Colon- ies, will produce in her possessions, inau- ufacturcs which ml]. be lovver in price than ours. For some time our mune and prestige will save us1 but this cnimot inst for ever, and I am deeply conscious that in the long run no nation which cripples its emerging and wnsros its“. incmne on drink. as Britain n-u; (1100's,; .Will iJ) able to compete successfully with China. \A\ _._..~. n--.__ _. m CHEAP “Ion. [(225 Hargrievc Rd.. Unit 3. London. Ontario N6E IP7 INTECH (1984) aSsdciates THIS ORIGINAL DOCUMENT IS .IN VERY POOR CONDITION ‘At, a magic-lantern oxhibitiun in a. country town the other day, the 1mm who was handling the instrument throw uhdur the title of “Snlisude” a picture of an aged fcmaie nu the screen. Immediate! ' the dozen old maids in the audiuuce moi it; as an arsenal insult, and arose and left the The Pall AIull (Matte says tint a girl named Alice Akermau', aged 14,, the daughter of a laborer, has just completed her education at Lzmgley schual, Bucks, She has never missed being present since the scheul was uperned, since Oct. 4. 1875, and in completing her 3.451 attendance is said to have walked 6,000 miles. She has passed every standard successfully, and in the three subjects in firstgrmle drawing obtained “Excellent” prizes in free-hand and‘i l, as also in the three stages of the spec 0 subjects, literature, 11011185th eeunumy, and animal physiology, and in one stage in pliyeicnl geugmphy. She has also obtained twentymix other prizes for guod attendance, mulling sewing, knitting. etc. eaéh aficceeaivé flugh ; if counfinévarbout the same number, it is going by. Under- standing this will help quiet nervous peo- ple. tunce. If (fuming towards you, the thun- der will more quickly fulluw the lightning if going from you you will Count more of each succeaaige flush ; if counting‘abrout " ' “"J from a. distant int, yvhile sound takes nearly five uecon a tocome a. mile thruugh the air. If we see the flash of a. cannon and begin counting one, two, three, only as fusing a three-foot pendulum ticks, abafit the time we count live the sound of the cannon will arrive. After a. sharp flush of lightning count as above, and the real lightning cloud is as many fifths of a mile away as you count seconds. If you count fmir or more. ynu may know that that lightning cloud is at a safe dis- ’htninguuagiouu ' Mpmduood by "in MM cl by tho tho-it from cloud to cloud. or from o cloudl' to the oath. or the h to the clouds, or both. It. vdocity nlmoot intnoolvublo, all to going leven times It nd the worltll betwecn two 'tich of a three-foot clock pendulum ; or. say shout five hundred time- futor than a ball flies u it leave. I hawâ€"loaded rifle.-â€"The nix nos o’mduct electricny t_hrough 1p, iuhf A Mndel Scholar. Innuanunnsvmu laments. aid-ii us“ mm] 'I“Wfifig“¥ : an the clergyman was very badly ofl‘. An- other patrun,lwaring ofâ€"what hqhad dune, appointed him to u. benefice as a testimony of his admiration. We may canclude with yt awry of a man who was quddonly made rich because of his rent stupidity. He as the only (Jul? man in a bright- itted family, and going to dine with a uulthy rel iva who hada. horror of fools, maul many silly remarks that the 0]. tan cried in exasperation . “I must (in aumuthing for you, ~fur you’ll never do anything for yourself. If 1 don’t make a rich man of yuu, you'll become a. laughing stock to the Varld and a disgrace to your family.”â€"~Ohambers’ J ou-mcd . We have heard of a. man who hed £2,- 000 a. year left him because he wu civil to an infirm old lady in church, finding the hymns for her, setting her husock, etc. He did not know her nsme, but she took care to ascertain his, end when she died he found that she had bequeathed him the bulk of her property “as I re~ ward for his patient kindness." A clergy‘ man of our acquaintance obtained 3 livin of good value from a Baronet in Nerfe for no other reason than that he wu the only curate within ten miles around who had not applied for it when it fell vecsnt. And another clergyman whom We know got. a still better living for having refused preferment oti'ered to him under circum- stances derogatory to his dignity. He was a. fair singer ; and a vulgar politocrat who had immd him to dinner, promised to give him a living if he would ‘ “ha 1 comic song at dessert. The quiet rebuke which the young clergyman administered made the plntocrat ashamed of himself, so that the next day he proffered the living with a letter of apology; but the living was refused, the clergyman ,stating that it‘ Would be impossible for 111m to forget the ‘ circumstances under which it was first tendered. This was themore‘fionmeble, I can see nothing, without. the Spirit'- eyea, but a: it were ima mist. I am fully persuaded of the truth of Scripture, and what it tells me of nin, myself, God, Christ and eternity ; but with link more cfl‘oct and true feeling than what I know illlll.haliflvn nf wqu roman: rum-hm fin which I have no manner of concern Al, in the sun’s eclipse we can behold the great stare shining in the heavens. so, in this life-eclipse have these men beheld the lights of the great eternity, burning solemnly and fore vet. A sanctified soul is "offered up to God in the flames of love. upon Christ, the altar. Paul gathered in some by his Branching, not to keep them to himself, m, to utfer them up to God. Man's works, even in the most perfect form, always have more or less of excita- meut in Lhem. God’s work: are calm and peaceful, both in nature and in His work. Chri-tianity, which is Always true to the heart, knuws no abstract vu't-uel, but virtuel resulting from our wants, and use- ful to all. Eat-1165mm: in the path to immortality, thoughtlenueu the path to death. Those who are in earnest do not. die ; tho-e who are thoughtleu are an if dead already. There cannot be named a pursuit or; enterprise of human beings. in which there in lo little pouibility of tenure, Ill praying for sanctifieation. In the grout unjority of thinga, hsbit in I gronwr- phguo than ever inflated Egypt; in religion. char-our, it is I “Fwd felicicy- “Do you {90] tlut you love Christ 3" was uked of m and dying Christian. “Better Hun t ,” was the reply, “CM-t love- me.” Troublo in the wgino In God's hands to lift us up toJunvgn. = ' We must love the Lord, i! we would 159"; to nerve Him tad win other: to m um 01“ T80 T11. Streaks of Luck . The very presence of Chnst in the con- scious experience of Kevery togenm Ioul. . “A dowmeaster; why, I woulx No you to be Irish." ~ “,So I am, mn’am. I came from tho County Down and that‘s out of horn, I long way east, so, av courae, that mks. me a down-ouster.” “Where do you come from 2" Inked tho y, addreuin§ the girl at the intelli- nce officer w 10 was a candidate {or u gook’a situation. “Sure, an’ I’m a down onto: m’un," rogalied the girl in a. decided bro 9: ‘A AnnMAA-Ln-. -L... ‘I’ ____,I Too Many Dogs Spoil the Out. The instinct of Newfoundland dog! to wave a drowning person ha been mt‘ what pninfully tested by on unlucky Frenchman. He was walking in tho country with a friend who u magnificent Newfoundland, and hm- tioualy queationed the truth of tho mi- inal's mgncity. The dog'e mater, waxed at the ll out upon his favorite, 3.70 hi! friend h and lmocked him into o shallow n ‘ * Turk immediotel Ipnng in, and. seizing one of the toil: o the im- meraed mun'n coat, commenced to I'll: for land. Unfortunately, mother Now- foundland trotting along on the other side of the river saw the Adair, M1130 came to the rescue. Dog number two seized the other tail of the coat 3nd Willi-o ed to swim back to his master. “It held fast, and struggled for hi5 aide, III the owner of the coat cried in vain to help. At last the coat gave away, I4 each dog swam proudly home with piece of cloth in his mouth, so that Turk’l master was obliged to plunge in himself and save his friend. a“ m b m is hen sstn st an apron out. Louise 0. Randi!“ cl be h widow o: Thoma l. ht- Newburyport. petitioned! Ill pending the settlement of it wu granted by the probete no use acme to the su rem. court 0 tion of the heirs, w oclnimod. to the ":23; cf the hmiudiq. in 6231;}. hendletts hnd nlwsys stood very thet the petitioner was not e .widew was merely s polygemous wife. Gel. Butler sppeered for the lupposed In. . Reudlett, and sble counsellors were lo- I teli‘ned b? thistlgfir side. The 0! ' h w 0 per orrn e mnrringe tee ‘ the’ceremony, but it was shown tint“ the time the petitioner untried Hr. Rind- lett, in 1880, she had been thirteen {all yours fig 85 ell? I'Averyslnculu will“ the legal wife of Ira Aleunder. 'ender, who is 5 Vermont farmer. 70 old, was produced. He testified thnt NI marriage tool: plnce in 1867 Ind thstth lived together until 1868, when Ill. trouble with him and “used him who arrested two or three times. He 10“ her in 1868 and had never lived with her since, but there was no divorce obtained and he was legally her husband in men when she imposed on this wealthy 0 men and married him, and, by pro ' of hands me presents, endesvored toshnt the mouth: of all who knew her team. ‘ The counsel informed the court tint. ‘ Alexander was unwilling to testiK‘in the ease unless he was and t I cite 'ood looking: “Box-ding to ho: bzsgimong. she is 49. Among other thing it. was shown that Alex-ado:- had, in up“. of his lack of among] chums, 3M the afl‘ecfihn‘ a? numerous women the one in' this one, sad that ho I bngamu‘ at: the prelent time. The dodllon of the uuprome court overrule: that; of “I. lower court. had paid him 31.200 ind When tho conic udjourood Gen. Butler ukod N’ S Alexander's, are» on“ chug. o! H ‘ jug. The woman in the one in nther pro- )ossegaing. n_m_i when young '99 evidqnto Phone: (519) 686-1970 After Hours: 657.0390 She. Was a Down-Easter. A Solution! Will 0&- D004-” woulJ Mo you