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rey y.? Ethel (drear zing at vacancy, Dolly." kc} '* Help! help!" cried the man who was | gene bed. '*Calm yourself," said the hb highwayman, "I don't need any as "ance, iz a: always very di eavalry to give such ve A British Columbia correspondent writes jas follows to the Times, London, England :-- 'The minds of all English mining men ap- pear to be so engrossed in South African} ventures at present that they will pay no| attention to anything else. Ono ot the} most deplorable results of this is that they | are all wing the first fruits of perhaps one |of the richest mining fields in the empire ustomer-- These trousers don't sit j ight about the hips." Tailor--" They're UW right--what youneed is something more n the pockets,' : Jungs healed, the ed and the physical and kill the germs 's asting can be arrested, th cured, bodily energies renew OTHERS, Bo Bateman's Drops, Godfr most remedies for childre ave 'question vell, Monsieur Do You Know that opium end to be reaped by aliens ; nay, they are Do You Know that in most cs allowing a province of C 5 became me Lwhen the burgundy is gone, As, for me romise you that the Tenth would have) had no room for him, and that we should have lost our best. swordsman if I had | one oF heard him give up the Emperor's secret."' a e dicerxbout ta apring, O& But the statesman became only the more | could move, I had jumped with d bitter when he saw that I had the support | jn fri of him. At the same inst of my Colonel smak an bounded past me, an a : 'de Lasalle," said |@ long@ niard in the Emperor's he pee har ty Cer dg eens: : ne y God ! the horror of that m ith an icy dignity, 'that your opinion i, . jarvel that I did not drop dead great weight upon the subject of | Asin a dream, I saw the grey co} Should I have occasion to } convulsively round, and caught @ in the moonlight of three inches 0: which jutted out from between 1) ders, Then down he fell with a de gasp upon the grass, and the aasassi: i his weapon buried in his vict | threw up both his hands and shrieked wit j But I--[ drove my sword through h hat. the 'without labeling them poisons ? Do You Know ihat you shot unless you or your physician know of. 'ering # saidy Uncle estow all aie bug ain't got) 'ain't got no lamp." very sorry, Karl, you don ew frock. Everybody says ning."'..'* Your friends, my dod compliments, I pay your bills," aor black tea, Miss ?" inquir | th nan in asort of medico bedi ;; manner, "I don't think it matters, the girl}"missus is color blind." ; "When I first took hold of this place," said thé new proprietor of the grocery store on the corner, 'tit was doing absolutely nothing, and now the business has doubled/ 1 lous Friend--"You'll never anything by trying to reach pole--Arctic Explorer--"Just wait ti you see me coming down the homestretch, Bingo--"I want to change the combina= tion of that house safe of mine," Safe Man 'That it has been in use for nearly thi of all other remedies for children co: 8 Pay ght cavalry. . information jes that branch of the " Castoria" and its formula, and Do You Know that ong of the because Castoria had been proven Do You Know that 35 eents, or one cent a dose ? Do You Know that when p y, 1 ehall ry happy to apply to . At present, Eowever, the matter , cerns diplomacy, and you will permit to fo own views upon As long as the welfare so aoe ae ast oe i vo my pare, 1, midriff with such frantic fore se every meansin my power to secure I mere blow of the hilt against | even if it should be against the breast-bonesent him six paces before or's own temporary wishes. I have nd left my reeking blade ready tor the Snour, Colonel de Lasalle, to wish you | other. Isprang round upon him with such pry good-day !" é a lust for blood upon meas [ had never felt, 'Well, these things are worth be 'The fac=simile He shot a most unamiable glance in my and never have felt, inall my days, AsI "Whats. tl 3 tonal see z : Sd flashed bef: -- at's the matter? Servants foun signature of direction, and, turning upon his heel, he Nod A ott inad on tt ee out the old number?" Bingo--"No. My wife has." "Tt was by bein' too tender-hearted that I got here," explained the gentleman be- hind the bars. "Stid of takin' all the feller had I left him enough to hire a lawyer and a jury on." Blabzer--"Out in the country, where you live, don't you find it aggravogipe having to.hurry to catch trains ?" -- Oh, no! It's hurrying to miss them find aggravating." Lea--"Oaddington's still sufferin; that toothache, though I advised take a drop of carbolic acid and kill the nerve." Perrins--"Didn't he do it?" Lea vi i z isel t poo che quick, noiseless steps ,the¢ ins wrist jar upon my shoulder. I I could see from Lasalle's face that he did shortéhed my sword, but he winced away not at all relish finding himse:f at enmity from ine, and an instant afterwards was in with the powerful Minister. He rapped full flight, bounding like a deer across the out an oathor two, and then, catching up glade in the moonlight. ; is sabre and hia cap, he clattered away| Buthe was not to escape me thus. I knew own the stairs, As. I looked out that the murderer's poniardyhad done its the window I saw the two of them,' work. Young as)Dwas, I had seen enough e big blue man and the little black | of war to knowa mortai blow. 1 paused ne, going up the street together, Talley- but for an instant to touch the cold hand. and was walking very rigidly, and Lasalle [ee Sire ! Sire'!'-I cried, in an agony; and }was waving his hands and talking, so I then asno sound came back and nothing [suppose that he was trying to make his moved, save an ever-widening dark circle peace. in the moonlight, I knew that all was The Emperor had told me not to think, |indeed over. I sprang madly to my feet, A GREAT DIPLOMAT. Sir Edward Malet Has Won Renown a Many Courts, Sir Xdward Malet's retirement from the diplomatic service will deprive the ¢oun- try, says the St. James' Budget, of oa re- Threatened With Par.lysis.--Waéak, Ema and I endeavored to obey him. I took up| threw off my great--coat, andran at the top| --'*No ; he didn't have the nerve." presentative who has done brillianbwork clated and Unable to Stand WBatisue-- |). cards from the table where Morat had | of my speed after the remaining assassin, ** Do you think," said Chappie, "that a in bammentite the feiecall Pte eaeL : rae left them, and I tried to work out afew] Ah, how I blessed the wisdom gentleman ought to speak to his barber g riendliness of the Anglo- combinations at ecarte. But I could not| which had caused me to come in; when he meets him on the street?" 'Cer- remember which were trumps, and I threw them under the table in despair. Then I drew my sabre and practised giving point until 1 was weary, but it was all of no use at all. My mind would work, in spite of myself. At ten o'clock I was to meet the Emperor in forest, Of all extraordinary combinations of events in the whole worid, surely this was the last which would have occurred to me when I rose from my couch that morning, But the responsibility--the dreadful responsibility ! 1t was all upon my shoulders, There was no ohe to halve it with me. It made me. cold all over. Often as I have faced death upon the battle- field, I have never known what real fear was until that moment. But then I con- sidered that after alll could do my best like a brave and honorable gentleman, and above all obey the orders which I had received, to the very letter. And, if al went wel, this would surely be the founda- tion of my fortunes. Thus, swaying between my fears and my hopes, 1 spent the long, long evening until it was time for me to keep my appointment. : Iput on my military overcoat, asI did not know how much of the nightI might have to spendin the woods, and 1 fastened German peoples. His career coyers the past thirty-five years ; but he isgstill only in the prime of life, though not, unfortuns | ately, of health, His first service was in the sixties as an attache in the Brazils ; from Rio he went to Lisbon, from Lisbon to Constantinople, and from the Turkish shoes and gaiters! And the happy thought which had thrown off my coat. he could not get rid of his mantle, this wretch or else he was too frightened to think of it, So it was that 1 gained upon him from the PRetoning. He must have been out of bis ts, for he never tried to bury himself in the darker parts of the woods, but he flew on from glade to glade, until he came to the heath-land which leads up to the great Fontainebleau.quarry. There I had him in full sight, and knew. that he could not escape me. He ran well, itis true--ran as a coward runs when his lif@is the stake. But Iran as Destiny runs when it gets behind a man's heels. Yard by yard 1 drew in upon him. He was rolling und stagger- ing. I could hear the rasping and crackling of his breath. The great gulf of the quarry suddenly yawned in front of his path, and glancing at me over his shoulder, he gave a shriek of despair. The next instant he had vanished from mg sight. Vanished utterly, you understaad. I rushed to the spot, and gazed down mto the black abyss. Had he hurled himself over? I had almost made up my mind that he had done so, when a gentle sound rising and faliing came out of the darkness beneath tainly," said Briggs. "It is about the only chance he has to get a word in," "You are working too hard," said a po- liceman to a man who was drilling a hole im », safe at 2 o'clock in the morning. 'What's that?" asked the bufglar, in a discontented tone. "I say "you need arrest." 3 '* Have your baggage checked ?" said the man with a handtul of brass disks. it's all the same to you," replied Famili man. "]'d prefer to have you put a check on the man who handles the baggage." "How did you feel on your 50th birth- day?" asked one of our bachelors of another who is beginning to' grow old, '"'Never happier or friskier in my life," said he, 'but I had a bad headache next morn- ing." A kind husband --"Wifey, dear, I have just bought you two bottles of extra old Barolo for your birthday." 'But you know very well I never drink wine," 'Well, then, I'll drink it myself to your good heaith !'" "'You are charged," said the rural jus- tice, "with stealing two gallons of whisky. Why did you do it?" 'Steal two gallons ?" onar6t the bi ! pif Quinte conference, of which body he is the President. During the two. years Mr. Stratton has teen stationed at Selby, both he and Mrs, Stratton have won hosts of J friends among all clase eir Nnassum- capital to Paris. It was here that his name Jing and sincere | Some time came to the front in the story of diplomacys# ago Mrs, Stratte with partial for in 1870 he was'sent through the lines" paralysis, and hi | having been with despatches for Prince Bismal ilhams' Pink returning under a flag of- truce. ! 1 the siege ot Paris he was with the Britis! embassy at Tours and Bordeaux. © Bor his services in this period he was giyen @& | B., and promoted to Peking, Dunit nexv ten years he moved from post to post, perfecting himself in knowledge aud dip- lomatic art in Rome, Constantinople, Brussels and in Egypt. For his services as agent and minister plenipotentiary in the latter country he was made a K.C.B., and received the medal and Khedive's star. le was accredited to Berlin in October, 1884, In succession to the late Lord Ampthill ; and for the past twelve years his hands have been fuil with difficuls and delicate questions. His personal. popularity in Berlin, and that of his wife, Lady Ermyn- oes 9 the reporter's aid that she had by Dr. Williams' erfectly willing to give similarly afflicted 8. Stratton said that he had been greatly is coming overhersides alysis) which, when she hough hundreds of needles ) esh, For over a : in this way, geil. She was becoming ted and easily fatigued and was unable to get sleep from this cause. The trouble seemed to be worse at night time. Mr, Stratton had become trude (a daughter of the ninth Duke of greatly alarmed at her bad state of health, | my sword outside it. I pulled off my hut rf ies LG ee Hie DECAL ; : ; < 2 t t bad i : aN 5 g once more, and | 9 (Qos? 't git with a ce is unsurpassed, if not unequalled, | and it was feared that complete paralysia boots also gaiters, that I might be lig it showed me where he must be. He was ere ee ibice 4 ae very i y that of any other ambassador. would ensue as Mrs. Stratton's mother, | upon my feet. ThenI stole out of ny hiding in the tool-house. geen : Se ee ~ Shipment of Eggs in Bulk. - An Exemplary Patient. --"This morning the doctor ordered me to drink warm water an hour before every meal ; and here I've the late Mrs, Wea quarters and made for the forest, ae bee: y.stric very much easier in my mind, for | ay 2 _| always-at : the time of hought he moment for} (TO BE CONTINUED.) + --------_--_eeoeo A report tells of large quantities - of 'Dr. action arved: é A NATIVE DANCE AT BULUWAYO. | beet drinking for the last forty minutes, shelled eggs being sent to England from ined to give | _ 1 passed tie barracks of the ehessirs s tie butyl be jiggered if I can swallow another Russia and Ital¥efor the use of pastry cooks . Stratton began | the Guards, and the line of cafes » &C | Description of Some African Terpsichor- B'S g : "ee bakers, hotels, sstatikenta, The eggs abe very thin = secs ee oeedeaid aeure 8 as ean Orgies. ? . Physician--" Great scott! » young are emptied from Mic shells into tin can run down, but after comrgdes,"amid the swarm-of deck infantry| A cagailigeddent in South' Africa weltes lady, you say you had eleven dishes of.ice he pi sfor a time, all symptoms of fais disappeared, and she found her and strength renewed and her creased. Mra. Stratton is about 'years of age, and a more healthy, obust, and younger looking lady is seldom en at that age. créam, four soda waters and a ham sand- wich. Can you wonder why you're:siek-?" The Young Lady (feebly)--" 1t must have been the ham sandwich, I suppese." ' How will you have your eggs cooked?" asked the waiter. " Make any difference holding 14000 or hermentitally ge: c into wood contents aré'd 'bei using them. Great care selecting eggs, as a Bi spoil the whole lot.. coats and the light green of the Guides. There they sat, sipping their wine and smoking their cigars, little dreaming what their comrade had on hand. One of them, the chief of my squadron, caught sight of me in the lamplight, and came shouting describing a visit he paid to Buluwayo. During his stay in that town the native commissioner, Mr, J. Colenbrander, sent an invitation to they "yious adjoining chiefs to bring in their tien and hold a big : ' 2 See i j in th t of em 2" i the cautious . ing of time, .and greater Be Sere the coporters inquiry an to. |e ee ote Ting ot to hast han, ug | dance in his compound, near thie town, creer vidi cate agais end faded expense and loss in handlin hat Pink Pills had done for his wife, Mr. oe ee am dastasea wots bate for the benefit of the ladies and othe r{ beard, " No." " Then cook them on the 7 i ae ' v nN 2. ies 3 3 fe = the advantages of tiisayatens a rc ee eee SE Bers at last to his wine bottle. : visitors, 8 top of a slice of ham," said the cas pass and the reporter the Russian product has bee: e truth of the state- : show ii greatly relieved. a SEVERE WINTER IN AUSTRALI A. It is not very hard to get into the forest at Fontainebleau. The scattered trees steal their way into the very streets, like the tirail'eurs in front cf a column. I turned into a path, which led to the edge of the woods, and then I | i f Owing to the shortness of the notice, ard the fact that smallpox was raging among many of the kraals, only atew came in; but enough were present, including women and girls--to give an idea of*what a native ositive cure for all Vitiated condition While We Swelter, the Antipodeans Are rs or Maving the Coldest Weather. by mail from the Dr. ; ledicine Company, Brockville, | forward towards the old fir =. _ It was a] dance was like. % : : ; die" cated: Wey. 26 80 ea plate which, as I have hinted, I had _my When all was ready first came 'two Mail advices from Australia say that * $2.50. There are num: | OW® reasons for knowing well, and I cop", splendidly made Matabele warriors, 6f| from all parts of Australia wordis received = p substitutes againss only thank the Fates that it was not Omé| pure blood, dressed up fully in war | of severe cold and terrible suffeting,, many When Baby was sick, we ga meds 4 * of the nights upon which Leonie would a | costume, with ostrich feather headdreases fiuinineeetcaad largo: fn When she was a Child, she c1 © waiting for me. The poor child would have} and shoulder capes, skin waist dee . fi . : 4 When shet outs cies oe of ane at the mips OF the [:mperor. armlets and leglets, shield, agsegais and | {022 over for the first time 30 and Spelling. emight have been too harsh with her-- | hattle-axe; who went through an imitéibion | years. > oa _ {aad worse still, he might have been too] pattie, accompanying their easily r Grtthe Fourth ofsia . tician has turned him- | kind. stood actions with war cries, sho ow Miialand There was a half moon shining, and as I came up to our trysting-place, I saw that I was not the first to arrive. The Emperor was pacing up and down, his hands behind upon his breast. He wore a g coat with a capote over his head. r ha seen him in such a dress in our winter cam- €{|paign in Poland, and it was said that he 'used it because the hood was such an exce| lent disguise, He was always fond whether in the ee in Paris, of walki | nightsis overhearin horrible noises, _ After this groups of natives; variety of native costume, with colored turbans and waist-belts }calico'orlimbo, as it~ iste mixing somewhat ificongru 'More purely native portions --started dancing in separate only sticks and knobkerries in hanting meanwhile very er plaintive song ' ect that they all wis ect: of wasted words rench and English lan- niany figures, ' se oh telegram tro of suffering among the mine' sent $1,000 for immi financial assistance many other mining dist: 5 | sam chvaes distress, a * : among the poor is worse than it ae hG the (roabtescine vimes of-last summer, the others, was |. A telegram from Berry, South Australia, 7 though to many | States that the weather.ia terribly cold,the onlookers there was something: gistering lower than it has thetic in the contrast between the ent position of the men then dancin them that day and what they were short months.ago. Be la River, For the first time in f the:city, hundreds of people on the river. Fuel is very He city arms are provid- large part of the io midvach, 3 N.S. W. ul ; | now proved t! "Tf 4 with silvéreven lower than ; But sinée last year a gold-bearing belt of opened up,#which, added to alg seems likely to 1 mbiaya prominent place ing 4 s of the HAVE AN F ing the past twelye. 3 silv. nes alone have shipped 24,500 tons <ehipment of 2/114 tons, sent | different. mines to the Oma nd Grant, elter, netted to the owners 7 per ton. Laat year a smelter, repres- "enti investment of $750,000, was opened Pilot Bay, close to Nelson, and not only is this to be enlarged, but within the lastefortnight representatives of four of the greatest American smelting compan- ies have been hovering about the district, their apparent aim being to make arrange- ments for the establishment of a great custom smelter at or near Nelson. We know now that from the Kettle river to the Salmon river (a tributary of the Pend d'Oreille), at least, there is a belt of pyrrhotite, with some chalcopyrite, carry- ing gold in very considerable quantities, me silver, with a percentage of copper. ALIVE WITH PROSPECTORS, Unless readers bear in mind the time in which these things have been done, the limited population we have to draw upon, andthe abnormal scaréity ot cash in this country, these developments may not seem great, and yet there must be some great' intrinsic value in our mineral belts. If it were not 80, our mountain would not be alive with prospectors from the Cocuer d Alene, our camps with middlemen repre- senting the greatest American mining capitalists and ore handlers, neither should we have in such a young country so many shipping mines. ; FACTS AND FIGURES. aRince 1859 British Columbia has contri- Bated $50,000,000 to the world's store of gold, of which by far the greater part came from Cariboo, . This total does not include gold taken out by Chinamen, of which it seems difficult, if not impossible, to obtain an accurate estimate. To-day machinery can be taken into the gravels of the Fraser, the Semilkameen, and the Tulameen, and over a million dollars has already 'been ex- pended in hydraulic works on these three rivers, whilst it seems likely that another field will be opened up this winter in China Creek in Vancouver Island. The two great mines so far are the (ari- boo and Horsefiy, Of these, the Cariboo has just cleaned up $14,000 after a run of 172 hours, and the result of the first clean up of the Horsefly is daily expected, while the Anglo-American, on the Semilkameen, should be heard from early next month, The clean up uf another small property on which $20,000 has been expended haa just come to hand, The Nelson Hydraulicing Company has cleaned up between $4,000 and $5,000 in 120 hours' run, WHO GETS THE FORTUNE. In considering the results, it is only fair to remember that none of the mines are yet in fair working order, or, at any rate, not in such a state as to make a thoroughly representative showing of what they can do when fully under way. Upon the Semilka- meen the results of panning in all sorts of places, likely and unlikely, from the river bed to the grass roots, and in shafts 60 feet deep, was an average of 27c. to the cubic yard. A large amount of platinum is also found in the gravels of the Semilkameen and Tulameen, which has been sold hitherto in the local stores at $4 an ounce, Is it not worth the while of some Eng- lish capitalist to send a party of reliable experts through British Columbia to ascer- tain whether what is good enough for alien investors is not good enough for some of those who talk so much about the necessity of uniting the different atoms of the Enghsh Empire ? At the present moment American capital is buying, American energy is conquering, and American people populating British Columbia, simply because she is utterly neglected by those of her own kin, and, as usual, the Americanis making a fortune out of the operation. Good for the Railways. crops of this continent, es- 2 Swill supply at imuiense, o. the railway, and through that prove the agency of much*business i ill give the Canadian t traffic in the history of our states, Kansas ; a "4 &| Texas, will,it is estiz n crop of 900,000,000 Bhe big grai bushels, com jth 503, 000,000 bushel in the year 18 eeveral times gPeater than that~ of either, last year or its predecessor, in-both of whiclisthe cro was almost a failure. Wheat,on the other han falls below the average, the total being estimated at 45,800,000, against 137,500,000 } in 1892. The cotton crop in Texas promises to be 50,900 bales larger than in 1892, al- though very much less than last years crop, the difference being put at 950,000 bales. A Hu-band's Bitter Cry, How strange! The more teeth my wife oses, the more snappish she grows ! Expeditiously and in a manner that patrons. The trade supplied Bannister and Ne on short TA We nfroduced the including the -- PROCESS for the manufacture of flour, is prepared to do GRISTING AND CHOPPING cannot fail to give satisfaction to my with Flour of the Finest Brands, The Planing Factory Is in full operation and can supply all kinds of Dressed Lumber, also Lumber Joist Scantling, Boards, Pickets, Posts, Shingles, Doors, Sash, Mouldings -- uel Posts, &c., &c, Bill Lumber a Speciality. All kinds of TURNING and Scroll Sawing done notice. Ss CARN BGI. DISEASE. Receipts for Good flome-Made Minera Would Be Healthy--It's a Good Bloo: Purifier and Bettec Than Medicine. but a machine to make pure water for hom consumption. and it runs iteelf. All you have to doi to clean it out once in a go ple of weeks. Just now epidemics* typhoid ar frightening people allover the coun Its sole cause is bad water. stomach into the blood, where they feed o the red corpuscles, these facts has brought a rapidly increasin demand for distilled water. The household still is Water passes into a reservoir, cannot rise above a certain limit, in which i Ther heat being furnished by a single gas-jet o' lamp, tic. The body of an average man cont@in water. He drinks every day thirty-seve: Of course, foods commonly hold A LARGE PERCENTAGE of water, lungs serious consideration. The risk poisoning from this substance is into the body conbined. It is notoriously a faet that has its own peculiar contamination, vicinity, arise from the use of impure water. . supported by bad water. The cons@ption of mineral waters i increasing at an astonishing rate. value. MINERAL WATERS people to drink more water, do not drink enough water. prepared in the laboratory. 'table ali@ithe salts of lime and magnesia, any of the mineral water. People very apt to find it disagreeably " flat' citric acid. This elervescen "Fhe modern ma: everywh Mineral waters may be manufactured easily at home. To make a certain 'kind, tak gallon o ae Soave cid. run of dis- TO MAKE PURE WATER, DiSTIL IT YOURSELF ANY PREVENT Water--Drink Plenty of Water if You Buy a private still ; not a whiskey still, This is the lateat fad. You can purchase such a still for a few do'lars, try Poliuted dri is likewise accountable for malaria, the germs of which find their way from the Public recognition of inexpensive, it is submitted to a process ot distillation that goes onall the time, the necessary The contrivarce is wholly automa- forty-six quarts, or ninetyssix pounds, of ounces and eats thirty-five ounces of water. The bones of this individual are nearly one-fourth water; his brain, muscles, d heart are three-fourths water, and h® blood is more than four-fifths water. Evidently water is of sufficient importance to the human system to be worthy of of germ- ater than the danger from allother things taken water A stranger, not feeling well, is informed that he 'thas not got used to" the local drink. If he does not die meanwhile his body may learn in time to withstand the attacks of the germs prevalent in that particular It 1s reckoned that two-thirds of the preventable disease of modern times Hos- pitals are maintained, cemeteries are laid out and beautified and undertakers are It may 'besnittef nearly all of them thatthewarious salts which they contain are pres2nt in such small quantities as to have no medicinal are useful chiefly because they induce Most persons Water is a powerfalsolvent of impurities, and itis more efficient in keeping the blood pure than all the blood-purifying medicines put together. Such salts as the mineral waters do/contain are common enough and easily They are common salt such as is used on the Ordinary distilled water charged with carbonic acid gas is quite as healthful as ee tasteless. This difficulty may be overcome by adding to each gallon of it ten grains of bicarbonate of soda and twenty grains of renders it slightly . charging it with a little vessels «also |. tf apparatus tor dd lithia lil BURDOCK BLOOD Dex Soe skeen PAN e BITTERS CURES DYSPEPSIA BAB BLOOD, CONSTIPATION, KIDNEY TROUBLES, HEADACHE, BILIOUSNESS. B.B.B. unlocks all the secretions and removes all impurities fromthe system from a common pimple to the worst Scrofulous sore, e€ 2 g) t e r BURDOCK PILLS act gently yet thoroughly*on the Stomach, Liver and Bowels, 8 D g continually agitated "sort of cradle so as to enable the wa' to take up as much of the gas ag possible. RUSSIA'S NEW PENAL CODE. About to Be Promulgated After Fourteen Years of Study by Experts. Russia is about to promulgate a reformed penal code upon which experts have been at work for the past fourteen years. Alexander II]. appointed in 1881 a Commis- sion to prepare the new code. A previous Commiasion had reported the need of an improved code after preparing the law of Feb. 27, 1879, upon the general adminis- tration of prisons. The Commiassicn, working through a committee of experts, collated all the penal laws of the empire, and those of the most enlightened countries, and studied them in the light of the most recent theories upon' the subject. The eode when finally promulgated will: replace the code ef capital and correctionalypunish- ment- bearing date.1845, but since much amended. It will also supersede the penal code of Justices of the Peace published in 1864, The Commission prepared a. gerieral outline of the scheme several years. ago, had it translated into many languages, and © sent it toexperts with requests forcriticism -- of the project of law, and the Commission has since issued thirteen volumes containing all that experts have said of its work. Meanwhile already the work of the Commission has been felt in the penal laws of the empire. It was upon the Commis- sion's recommendation that the laws of 1884-5 were put into operation for the suppression of workhouses and houses of reclusion, Corporal punishment in the prisons was abrogated at the suggestion of the Commission, _ Laws against usury and the fraudulent acts of public officials have also grown out ofthe work of the Com. mission, so that the final recommendations of that body are awaited with hope. Meanwhile part of the Russian press is ur, tha ; : a Paralytic at a Word Dector. F