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I< V r J 1 If \ ^ I f I) t The Toung BarrUter. Aa aoon u I pat my shiLgls oat I waited (or many a nay To try aiul rope some client in wbo'd ask my advico and pav ; But the few who came were ever the same, for with maJice and evil intent Tbey wuuid ta> e the advice and prononnce it wise, but never would pay a cent. At length I bad an " accident" case. An hamble client came. Supporting iiiui^e^f with the aid of a crutch; be was bet- dy and flaunt and lame ; Be said the machiijery in a mill had broken his ribs and leg. And now he wa« forced to give up work, and waa even compelled to beg. 1 sued the corporation, and the jury were solid for me; 1 recovertd a handsome verdict, tooâ€" just about pai'i tn\ fee ; So, in deaJing with corporations, if yoo havo a chance to sue 'ni. B« sure utid ai'ply uuciparingly the maximâ€" " 80C ot tueui '. ' Latest 6<'ottish News. Mr. Samson Fox, C. E., founder o( the Leeds For^e Company in England, has given a donation of i.'30,000 to the Royal College of Music. A marriage haH been arranged between » daughter of Mr. Duncan Usrroch, of Torridcn ,aud the Hon. Gilbert Coleridge, Toangest sou of Lord Coleridge. It is anuo'inced that Sir George Bal- foar, M. P. fcr Kimaniinesbire, will retire at next election, but for the present no other candidate has been chosen in his place. The late Mr. Uerdman, R. S. A., who was in his 6'Jih year, is survived by a widow and four sons. One of his sons, DuddingHton. his recently taken a good position as an artist. Towards the i'ij 000 needed for the con- templated resturatioii of Dunblane Cathe- dral £13,500 lias already been guaranteed, of which amount one anoiiyniuus member of the coiigie(^ation has promised i'10,000. The workiiiguien's memorial to the late Mr. Mackouocliie, of London, is to be erected on the spot in Argyllshire where he died, will be a cairn of stones, having a dat stone in front with a cross aod au inscrip- tion. Kev. A. Cumiuing, of Forfar, believes that Sabbath desecration and fcolball matches have coiiieihiug to do with the decrease of the Sustentai ion Fund. Foot- ball as now practiced is, in his opinion, " a murderous and dt moralising game." Mr. John Uankme, advocate, was on the 23rd ul'. elected by the curators of Edin- burgh 1'iiivert.ity to the Chair of Scots Ijaw, vacated by the resignation of I'rufes- â- or Macpbersoii. Mr. Hankine is a native of Ayrshire, biintJ the son of the late Kev. I>r. kankine, of Som, who was Moderator of the General AhSeiiibly for 1SS3. It having been (winted out to the Town Council of Eiiiiibiirgh that many of the historic iiioiiiiiiu-tits and tombstones in Oreyfriars' fhurclijard had been allowed to fall iiiio a scnte ui decay, the Council on Monday visited the churchyard to ascertain their exact coiidiii'in. As a result of their examination they decided that unless some step is taken tu pi< serve them the lettering will in a few years become illegible, and their sculptured benuiies will be destroyed. Accordingly, it »»» resolved, in the tirst place, to a.lvertise lor persons interested in the monuiiieiitb; and if there is no response, it is uiider»too<l tliAt the Council aself will take the matter in band. It is also sug- gested that a tiibitt should be erected to mark the gruvcs of the father and sister of Sir Walter Scoti. »» Wxy l» Meiitl Itrokvu Uibn. A young woiiiiti physician who practices in EngU'woo.1 tclUol a queer case in sur- gery wIikU bin heard ot a few weeks ago, or rather a case >>f iiicst unusual surgical treatment for ii CMnimou injury. A young mau had auHereil a (all from the cars, and on exaiMUialiiiii it wus found that two of his ribs had been brolven. The doctor who was called to the Lase -a mi-.n doctor, by the way- told il»- piflient's mothertomake a big buwl of iiiusii and milk, and to coax the wouiideil man lo eat as much of it as he ooald (losHibly hold. This was done, and then the iloclor told the wondering mother to bring hiui one of her old corsets, the largest one she had. The good woman blushingly ob<.'\td, niul stood by with bulg- inf{ eyes and wauheil the iloctor put the corset on his pal u ill and draw the strings comfortably iisbt. " Keep the boy tilled with mush and milk all night, if ^lOSHible," was the doctor's injunction, as he packed up his traps to go n^ay, " and be sure that the corset strings don't get any looser than they are now. I'll come again in the morning " The ne.\t day the ingenious medical mau declared that the broken ribs would soon be kniited well together again, and that they wiie growing as nice and Straight as you please "The mush and milk on the iiiHUle and the corset on the outside is what did the business," he said â€" Chicoijo llernUi. The Hleu.'^artf of luttt^liiatlun. Hard coal is worth §40 a ton in Los Angeles, Cal., and if it were not for the warm and glowing iiiin(.iiiaiioii of the men who are laying oti suhiirbau lots on the out skirts of the city aiul supplying the East with facts periaiiiiiig to the climatu of Southern California many a poor family in tiiat place would sutfer from ;!old. â€" Chicaijo Tribune. A case of transfusion is reported from the ueighborhood of Alresford, Uampshire Knglaiid. The wife of a laborer had for a considerable time past been suffering from a disease which h^tii reduced her almost to a skeleton, itit dioine being of uo avail. Uer medical attendant, Mr. Marcus Eustace, on being suuimoned one midnight, found her in a sinking state. As a last resource ho extracted four ounces of blood from his own body and injecied it into that ot his patient. The op ration was succcsafvl and the woiiiaii is now in a fair way of recovery. It is not generally known that the reason hair curls when wound on a hot iron is that the uioistnie ou the side ne.\t the iron being evapoiated by the heat, the cells in that part approach each other more closely, and this shrinking of one aide causes the bend or curve. Congressman Nelson Dingley, of Maiue, has been telling iho Woshingtou Y.M.C.A. " how we get up a newspaper." liut it will striku some yoimgeditorsthat a lecture on the art of kieping a newspaper from •* goiufi up " would do more good. BBIDGLNG THK CHANNKL. A Plan to Connect Ki gland and Kntnce by a Great Iron Pathway. As a proof of the interest which French- men take in the success of the channel tun- nel scheme, every fresh rebuff which it en- counters is the signal (or the renewal of a cborns of groans and vituperation on this side of the water. The tunnel project, bow- ever, is doomed, and, meanwhile, another plan for the comfort of the traveller and the development of tra.'^.e between the two countries ia being studied. It is the reverse side of the medal. If trains are not to speed between England and France via the bowels of the earth, why should they not steam along in mid -air, independent of wind and wave ? I need not remind you that this is scarcely a model idea, but it is returning to the front and a company is to try to carry it through if the (ales be pro- pitious. The budge ia intended to start from Ambleteuse, on the French coast, running almost due north to Folkestone, a distance of about twenty-two miles. Rising about thirty 'five feet irom the sea level, and supported on piers each (i(ty-tive yards by thirty yards lu breadth, planted at intervals of tiUO yards (rem each other, it would be constructed of solid iron, would be thirty. five yards in width, and would have four railway lints, with paths for vehicles and pedtstriana. Ships provided with the highest masts would be able to sail with ease under the bridge, and the risk of vessels coming into collision with the piers would be averted by electric lights, fog-hcrns, bells, and a host of other apparatus. Admiral Cloue, formerly Min- ister of Marine, is enthusiabtic over the idea, and in a conversation which he has just bad with a representative of a Parisian contemporary he has expressed the opinion that the scheme is thoroughly practicable. Ue meets the objeciion from the military point of view the bridge might be a source of peril to England by proposing that at each end of the gigantic viaduct a swivel bridge should be provided, which on the tirst symptom of alarm could be swung open on either side, thus immediately patting a atop to all commuuiuatiou. When all the panic was over the swivel bridge could be swung back into its old position in a trice.â€" LoHilc/re TaUyraph. Uuw It Uttp|>«ned. A teacher who had just been given a primary school was su seriously annoyed by the numerous accidents arising from the presence in the pupils' desks ot buttles of clear water and bottles of soapy water, as well as indescribable sponges and rags of all degrees of humidity and unpleasantness, and the confusion and uoise attendant upou the frsijueut washings of forty slates dur- ing school hours, that she felt herself obliged to forbid in most positive terms the washing of any slate by any scholar except at recess time. Uappeuiug to glance down the middle aisle the following morning, she spied a child evidently washing her slate quietly but most thoroughly. Quick as a dash the teacher was at her side, and, hold, ing up the slate to the view of the school, said: " Annie, did I not forbid you all to wash ycur slates in school hours'/" " Yes, ma'am ; but I did not wash my slate. My 8i<ongo is tu my desk." " Not wash your slate, Annie .' Why, it is dripping wet. Did any one else washit'.'" " No, ma'am ; 1 didn't either." " If you did not wash it, Annie, what did you do with it ',' " " I only rubbed it o£f with my dry rag." " Ilow comes it to be so wet, then, if you only rubbed it off with your dry rag '!" " My dry rui) was wet, " was the uaivu re- ply. â€" Uarpi-r't Ua:ar. SelllDK a Uusbaud. An extraordinary case of bargaining be- tween two women, by which one reliii- iiuishcd III favor cf the other, upon a monetary consideration, all claim upon her lawful husband, has taken place at Sht tlield. The husband in question, being out of work, a few months ago went out to Australia, and ou his way out made the aojuaintance of a young woman, who appeared to have formed a strong attachment for him. Finding that he was already in the bonds of matrimony, she suggested, it is said, that possibly the " wife left at home would sell him to her," and he, jokingly, advised her to '• write and ask." However, she did write, and the wife, possibly thinking that the value of a husband 10,000 miles away was not incalculable, and being of a frugal mind, not only wrote that she was willing to sell, but named her price, t'lOO. This tigure was too high (or the fair colonist- for her purse at least, if not for her affections, and she replied by a bid of £20, which was at length accepted. The money was sent, and with it a document drawn up in legal form, setting forth that for the sum named the wife reliiit|uished all future claim to her husband. This was signed by the wife and sent back to Australia. The latest report is that *.he man and the woman have since been married.â€" /.ircrpooi i'ont. THE ONLY FKJIALE UAVOK. How She Was Elected and Why Sha Fall i* flease boiue JPeople. " Female mayors are no good,'' said the ex-City Marshal of Argonia, Kan. " Why, Mrs. Salter has just killed Argonia. I used to have a hotel there and was the City Marshal, but I couldn't stand it, su I just scooted, and I expect I'm to blame for her election, too. " You know she wasn't nominated in any of the conventions. About 'J o'clock oa 'lection day all us boys were feeling gay and agreed to meet at a hall and nominate a candidate to knock out Wilson. Jack Ducker â€" he is the toughest man in the place and the undertaker â€" got up in the meetin' and nominated Mrs. Susanna Medora Salter for Mayor, and the nomina- tion was made unanimous. We rushed iiito the streets and commenced to work for our canaidate. At noon her husband came to us and begged us to quit the racket, sayin' it was an insult to his wife. We wouldn't do it, and the voters commenced to come our way in clusters. We got full of whiskey and enthusiasm, and at 1 o'clock every one was votiu' for our candidate. Well, you know as how she was elected. We had a joliitication, and when she took her seat like a mau all our fun was busted. " I sent up to Kansas City for some crab apple cider just to please the boys. She heard of it and asked me to stop it. You can't tight a woman and she the Mayor. Then I started a little poker room, more for sociability than anything else. Chips were only ten cents. She heard of it and came to me and I had to stop. Then the druggist, before she was elected, used to keep blue grass bitters, lemon rye and ex- tract of malt, and a few other tbiniiB like that. Ue don't do it now. The Mayor heard of it. Then the two billiard rooms were running. They're closed up now. The Mayor don't think it is fashionable to push the ivories. That's the way it is with everything. 1 just couldn't stand the town and so I came up here." " She's the only woman Mayor on earth, is she not? " That's just what she is. Youuaght to see the letters she gets, foreign letters and the like, askin' for her autograph, and askin' her if it is true that she is the Mayor, and all questions like that. Wht.n I was marshal I used to act under her, and many's the letter she has shown me from abroad." â€"indiaruipo/is Journal. L<iitilkK Ctinfldvuce. Wife (to husband who had heard a ser- mon) â€" "Well, dear, what was the text ? " Uusband â€" '" The Word is the truth,' or something like that." Wife â€" " Was it a good sermon ? " Husband--" The tirst half hour was good enough, but clear through the latter half be kept saying: 'One word more, 'another word,' 'one word in conclusion.' • only a word more,' and BOone, until I didn't know which word was the truth, and got so mi.xed up that 1 lost contideiice in the whole business." â€" Washiiiytun I D. O Criti:. More Fa<.-t« and Figures. Political Economist -What's that you remarked about your father .' Ordinary Citi/-en â€" I was saying that my father used to saw wood for 50 cents a day. Mighty hard woik for very small pay. " Yes." " And now I have nothing to do but sujH'r. intend a steam- machine for cutting up kindlings and I am paid K'iO a week (or it." " I see, I see. It's woudtrful what a change the tariff on lumber has made." â€" OvKihu World. OLD M.VN C.tJIPBEl-L. The Father-lu-Luw that " Baby Bunting" Narrowly Kitcapeil. Many a good story ia told of John Camp- bell, the pioneer iron manufacturer of the Hanging Rock iron region, of Ohio, whose daughter. Miss Clara, sued Charles Arbuckle for breach of promise. The old gentleman is a plain man, who does not understand the ways of society, and perfers ordinary jeans trousers to the finest broadcloth. When his daughter, Mrs. William Means, was married, the wedding was a social event of great moment in southern Ohio. It was a fashionable affair, and 'J o'clock in the evening was the time set for the cere- mony. The head of the bouse watched the preparations with misgivings, and was told for some sufficient reason that his daughter was to be married earlier in the day. Accordingly, he was all ready for the event by 2 o'clock, and waited impatiently for the wedding party to appear. When 8 o'clock, which was his usual bedtime, arrived, his patience was exhausted, and be decided to retire, notwithstanding the fact that his house was full of gutsts. Going to his apaitment, which bad been given up to the ladies for a toilet room, he pushed aside bonnets, hats, and wraps, and crawled iuts bea, and was soon sound asleep, re- gardless of what was going on down stairs. When the time came t<i give away the bride, her father couldn't be fotmd. and that part of the ceremony was necessarily omitted. It was not until the guests were departing that he was discovered lying amid the bonnets and wraps, many of which he had ruined. I'urewarded Genius. " Papa," said the little boy, " how long did it take you to write this book ?" " Nearly a year, my boy." " Did you work very hard at it ,'" " Every page has my heart's blood in it." " Ain't that queer '.' I don't s^o any." " No, you don't see it. Nobody else seemed to, either. ' " Did you make any money out of it, papa ?" " Oh, yes (drearily). I made J'ioO." '• Is that all '.' Why the paper says that John L. Sullivan made ten times that much in one night by knocking another man down a few times. Why didn't you learn to be a tighter '.' Or why didn't you keep a saloon ? The saloon-keeper's boy dresses better'n I do." The learned author of the work, " The World's Onward March, as Proved by Ketrospectivo lilauces and Assured by Infallible Signs," made no reply. Ho merely emptied another oo*t scuttle fall of the precious volumes into the stove for fuel, went out into the raging storm and walked up and down the lonely streets for an hour, talking earnestly and volubly to himself in Sanskrit. â€"C'/ii<.'ai/o Tnbuite. Tht>iiirt>* A* Iterket'fi ^kutl. In Canterbury Cathedral 710 years ago Thomas .V liecket was assassinated. Ue, like Wolsev and others in later days, had e.\perienced the tickleiiess of princes' favors. Uh was a wonderfully gifted man. and there IS no more interesting chapter of English history than thatwhich describes his life to triumph and defeat, of victory and death. Ue was canortzed as St. fhomasof Canter bury, and his shrine was a famous resort before Chaucer described it in " Canter- bury Tales." It has been said that his remains and shrine were burned by Uenry VIII., but recent reports are as follows : " Thomas .\' Deckel's bones have at last been found in a rough hewn stone coffin under Canterbury Cathedral, where hereto- fore their existence was only legendary. The skull is well perserved, and is said to be uiagnilicent in si/.e and pro[>ortions ; in fact, one o( the finest ever seen. Its crown bears unmistakable marks of a sword cut, which the chroniclers relate took off the top of his scalp." Don't AU Auawor at Once I If a train has to travel 1,000 miles and runs the tirst day 500 miles, the second day 250 miles, the third day l'2">, and so on, doing each Bubse(iuciit day half the number of miles it ran the previous, how long will it take to reach the end of its jetirney, viz., 1,000 miles. Ue CuuUlu't I'ndenttaud Wumeu. There was a little incident on a cablo- line car yesterday niorning that made all on board laugh. There was such a touch of humor in it and so much of human nature that the mirth was as free and spontaneous as the rippling murmur of a brook. The car had just stopped at the Priests of Pallas Hall and a large, genial faced jovial kind of a man assisted a lady to alight. As the car started agaie he rather earnestly remarked : " Now, there goes my wife to hear Sam Jones tell her of her faults." Then, after an impressive pause : " Y'et when 1 try to tell her of them at home there is a terrible racket. 1 can't understand women." â€" Kan sai City TiiiuH. Fun of Other Laud*. Things one would rather havo left unsaid.â€"" Oh, 1 am so pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr. McGrunip I I have heard o( you and your works for ever so long â€" the last ten or fifteen years, I am sure !" " You might have heard of me and my works for the last fifty years, madam !" â€" I'utich. On their honeymoon trip. â€" Young Wife (looking over the bill of fare)- John, what's I'litty de I'oi iirufs > Young llusbaiidâ€" Sh I don't talk so loud, or people will think we are ignorant. U must be French for caulitloiver.â€" .-Idt'/didif I.unfcrfi. Tentative. Artful Jimmy (conscious of unprepared lessons, and desirous of staying from school) â€" Maniniiv, dear, what sort of illness is there youdon't have to take medi- cine for 7 â€" Fun. OrieiB of Leap Year. A correspondent writing to the New York World of the custom observed every fourth year of permitting the fairer sex to assume the rights and prerogatives ap^wrtainiug to their brothers during the remaining three, says " that a law enacted by the Parlia- ment of Scotland in 1"J88 is doubtless the first statutory recognition of its existence.' The law is thus quoted : •• It is statut and ordaint that during the reine of Her Maist Biessit Magestie, ilk fourth year, known as leap year, ilk maiden ladye of baith high and low estait shall hae liberty to bespeak ye mau she likes ; albeit, gif he refuses to tak hir to be his wyfe, he shall be mulcted in ye summe of ane dundis or less, and his estait moit be, except and awisgif he can mak it appear that he is betrothit to ane ithcr woman, that he then shall be free. ' A L,jlbor CumiuisHioiier Uuhheil. Mr John Armstrong, a member of the Labor Commission, got up in Montreal yes- terday a poorer man by S-100 than when he went to bed at his hotel Wednesday evening. Although he does not say much about bis loss, it is learned that the unfortunate com- missioner supposed he had boiled bis door on retiring, but his pocketbook had left during the night. The police are on the track of the robber. A Natural Qiientiou. It was between the acts, ami he had just come in from the outside. "I've been out to get some fresh sir," he said. " Indeed." she queried, " why didn't you bring some in to use for breath '.' " He sat down crushed and chewed his cloves in stern silence. CA.NON UL'HOt'U.N SUUl'KEI). Torooto'H ImmoralUy autl Crime bf^tag , J)«nuuDC«U. In big sermon in St. James Cathedra Toronto, yesterday morning Canon Uomoa lia, speaking of the approach of Lent amf the lime for repentance, said in etfeot: Head the records in the daily papers â€" how tbey startle one, even in our own fair citju The court hsta contains every species oil crime, even the most degraded â€" crimes that brought their curse on Sodom an4 Gomorrah â€" and yet our city is far-fame«i for Its purity. By the Labor Commission now in session in a neighboring city, facts were revealed that sboiUd shame the par- petratcrs into oblivion, and the law abooUJ pronounce no mild penalty. Ibis state <m thiD<.'B. and in a Christian progressiBf country, would degrade a heathen civiliza- tion • BreaiiliiK the NewM. They are telling a story on a weil Enow* and now wealthy Irishman of this citji which, It is said, happened before be was either so wealthy or so well known, says the Kansas City Tiints. Judge McCarty, sO the story goes, had been killed by an aeoA- dent, and the problem was how to break thS news to his wife. The Irishman in qneak tion volunteered to break the news sogentlw that It would not jar ou the most nensiti^ feelings. Putting the body in a waggon, ha started for Mrs. McCarty s residence. : " Does the Widow McCarty live here V he asked siguiticautly. " She does not, " said Mrs. McCarty. " lint indade she does. I'he Widow Itfb- Carty does livj here ' he insisted witb more significance and greater emphasis OBS the " widow.' " But she does not. replied Mr^. Mc- Carty. * Disgusted at her lack of perspicuity, the beart-!- of the bad news asked in despair ; t 'â-  An' faith, does Judge M'Cftrty li\0 here '.'' ' " Uo does." ' Well, I'll bet yes tin dollars h- does not." â- ' But he does," insisted Mrs. Mc'.arty- " But he does not,' insisted Pat â-  lU bet yes tin dollars he does not.' ami thea in utter despair he added, " for I've got hie corpse in me wagin, an a foine' wooa was nivir seen at a wake. A Kandoui Shot. Magistrateâ€"" If I discbarge yon this time, I'nclo Rastus, what will yoB do?" I'ncle Kastusâ€" " Well, yo' Ilonah, ef y«' discha'ges me, I speot I'M go off." A Or«ikt Luxury. Strawberries are ill per quart in New York city. This, in conjunotioii with the hi>;h price of fuel used in baking, makes strawberry shortcake a luxury that only the great society actresses can afford to enjoy. ^ Fntnltllu'* Ptillui>upli>. The sound of your hammer at •"â-  in the morning or at '.' at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer, but if he sees you at a tjilliard table or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his bill the next day. â€" Franhlin. Th« Kurupeiiii Milt Teiupurarily Off. Bismarck, as referee(toaudience) Sorry to disappoint you, gentlemen, but the tight is otT, and all bets are drawn. The belt will remain (or the present in the hands of my friend here, Mr. Von Moltke. -Chcoi/o I'ubutii'. lletweell the KlMHef4. Miss McCusker (of Cincinnati) " I'm so t lad to see you, dear ; and just in time for the party, toe." Miss Uinckley (of New York) " I'm afraid I'm too tired to dissi- pate much. " " This isn't dissipation, chere aniie; papa's invited several people you'll like to Ko over to the factory and sec them pack pork to- morrow. " â€" TidlliU. lu C'it-eiilatloll '. It was BO cold down in Main last week that spruce gum froze on the trees. We feared at tirst that it had (rozeH in the mouths of the boarding school girls, but hspnily that danger was never at hand for the reason that the girls kept the gum in circulation all the time. .\ Fearful Threat. Wife â€" " Now this is the third time I've caught you iu the kitchen talkiug to the cook." Husbandâ€"" Yes, I â€" I believe it is.' Wife â€" " Well, the very next time 1 catch you talking to the cook I'll discharge her and â€" do the cooking myself I" That cured him. A (;reat l>lfrer«-Dee. Mrs. Cassidy â€" " Why don't you come down and see me, Mrs. Mctiinuis ?" Mrs. McGiuuiB â€" " .\ud it's you that's talkiu', Mrs. Cassidy ; and not a sight did I see of ye since last aisther ! Sure, if I lived as near to you as you do to me I'd bo droppiu' iu every week !" â€" I'uck. The Globe (.\ri/x3na) Silver Ilfll says : " Industrious squaws are still packing hay on their backs to Globe and thereby turn- ing an honest penny. A buck with two wives is comfortably provided ; one with more ia regarded as a capitalist and if he so electa can devote his entire time to gambling. If bejbets his clothes â€" not an uncommon thing â€" and loeeBthemhia wives replace them by the purchase of others, thus changing him from his pristine loveli- ness to a man of fashion in whom their affections centre and of whom they are jQstly proud. ' The " LangiiuKe uC .Mu-i* .' The idea of any universal laiigua).:i. is a fantastic freak that could only find iod». ment •..". the braiu of a ciank.â€" '/ <.in'..(. .75- it;rtisii . Nonsense! What ia written musn bat • universal language .'â€"the language of thq emotions, but siill a language. .' ,-. .,'f«« Sptctatur. All right in a -«nse, but let us have ateek of It. Take a full orchestra and have it play the overture to the â-  Klying Patch, mau' before the Abkound of Swat, and lot him renly by a gang of semi naked natives beating on gongs, and let us kr.ow how far you mutually tmderstaud each 'the; â€"Lmt- doti .IdTcrti.'er. Tu-l>a>'< Churcli NV«««. Dr. Pattou, who has just been ele.ie.l to succeed Dr. McCosh as President of I'rinc*- ton, was boru in Bermuda iu IM.) and tooh a classical course in the I'liversity ol Toronto and a theological course at ilu(U^ College. Hev. Dr. Kyckman has been iiivived b> the quarterly board of Welliiii'ton Street Methodist Church, London, to remain aa pastor (or another jear. A PracueiouH Vlti*. Bertha ^who has come in too late !• ; the anecdote) â€" What are yju laughing at maiiima ' Tell me what Mrs. I'rivolesaid, please 'â-  Mrs. Brown Stone -Impossihit my child. It was not a story tor children ol your age. Berthaâ€" Ob. do tell me. mamma ' 1 promise 1 won't understand a word What is an Aiiiu-* lii^i One of our esteemed contemporanee con- fesses to some difficulty in descri'fcing aik anarchist â€" thus betraying a lack of iutel&. gence which is really deplorable. .-Vu anar- chist is a person who thinks it is folly for a man to work or wash, andwhe proves his faith by hise.xample. â€" rhiladelpkiu Pr-fs. Work and Wagen, An nnskillcil Japanese (arm baud, ac- cording to a correspondent who writes from Iliogo, receives only from ,'c. to lOc. a day for his labor, and out of this small sum he is ex^H-'Cted to board himself. Skilled farm labor commands from lOc. t<' l.".o. â-  day. I'ep not, pop uot, \e haplens huup uf cla\ liirls uayest wreathes are mado ol biro priced tlowers Tilings that are niailu to fade and fall aw.,v. Krc they have hloBsoiircd lor a fe-v' •â- no«t hours. f Top not, pop not : The Kirl vou pop w ill we.J, Ihe rosy lip will |{la<lly sinilo ou yon ; Tile softly iiieltiln; eye ktow vtraUKuly red-- Heware, young mau, wliate\er elee yon <!•; I I'op not, pop not ' Oh. waruhiK, vainlv Muid III leap year hoiiri a.s in the years i; uio by ; t'ash tllnj^R a halo round tiie dear one s tteiul, .\nd " j,'it thar ' is the mnverbal cry. - IV'n^luU'jtun (/^,tit;. At the annual meeting of the British Chamber of Shipping on Saturday soma interesting statistics were given by Uio Pre- sident ill his address. The statistics vf last vear for the United Kingdom showed that ;io iron steamers were built or in process ol construction against 57 iu 18W1, and 25li of steel against 137 ; as to sailing vessels there were I'Z of iron against it'.l and I.'* of steel against U. From these tiguroB ho concluded that steel as a niai«ria) in the construction of vessels was rapidly {Superseding iron ; that sailing vessels, even ot the larger type, were found unable to compete with the newest type ot steamers, and that composite and wooden sailing vessels for mercantile purposes bad ceased to be built. Those resuUe have- been brought about within the last few years, and were evidence of the earaestnesn of the British shipowner, over ready to avail hiniself of the most approved modes of construction, oven although ho thereby depreciated his existing property ; for it was true of shipping as of other industries, that to stand still wag to go bock.