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A would-be musics! s " What is that air out of 2” out of his nose 3" Bumbleton gave forth his conundrum the He was at a concert, and took The usher came to him and gently led him to a bench Then he asked Jones. “\Vhy sin I like an old paid hill 2" and JoncsBrc- ut umblctou wanted to say something about other day. one of the best (vacant) seats. in the rear. lied, “Because you’re no account." being resented. Heard in a doctor's office : will it take on to cure me, docwr 2" “Well Mr. Blank, think you can our desk at the bank in about a month at you will have to remain under treatment you mistake; I am severulyears." “But not Mr. Blank, the bunker, but Mr. Blank the letter-carrier." case. There is nothing well in a week !” “Can you give me 10 cents, rir 3' im- raggcd chap, accosting a gentleman for "\tht do you mean by to ling plored s on the street; “I haven't ate anythin a week." y-wiadow in thekilnandadvsrtiseforsummer board- has four arms. I' it issinsle infant and lives to become in mm he'll be apt to take to slinging berr for a living. Either at that or hugging the , after listening to a solo on the comet by a celebrated per- former, turned to his neighbor and asked: “ Out of the bugle, of course. Do you think it coma “ How long get back to “Oh, that alters the the matter with you but a little biliousness. You willbe such a story as that?”asked the gentleman : “ I saw you at dinner in the eating house not an hour ago." “Ah, but you misun «lei-stood me," replied the tnttcrdemalion "when I said I hadn't ate anything fora Ilc got his 10 week I meant next week." cents. â€"â€"â€"â€"_‘esquo->».â€"â€"â€"._ PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. . i The wife of Mr. S. G. W. Benjamin, United States to Persia, will accompany him to the East. Mr. Howard, of the British lcgetion, is thought to look like the Marquis of Lorne, who is decidedly handsome. Rev. Phillipa llrooks says he sees no country which charms him so much as his own. He spent his Christmas in Bombay. James Russell Lowell’s Info lccturo iii London upon Don Quixote earned him there the title of “ a humorist of the first rank.” The “August Moon," which was painted near Tcnnyson's house in Surrey by Cecil Lawson, has been given to the English nation by the artist's widow. Father and son are sitting, for the firs tiinein the history of tthanadian Parliament, as members of the same House. They. are Sir Charles ’I‘ upper and Mr. Chanlcs H. Tapper. The site of the temple of Cybele at Surdis, . Asiultlinor. has hem purchased by Mr. Don- nis, the British antiquarian, and great ex- pectations aro entertained of discoveries among the ruins. Henry Villard began life as a reporter, Peter Cooper was a linttcr’s apprentice, lu- fus Ilatch's first dealings were in “garden sass,” Jay Gould was a cow boy, and James \Vatson \Vobb a country clerk, Liszt’s fingers are exceedingly long and ugly, with iron strength in thejoints;cllords which Von Bulow and Wagner and others wero obliged to run or help out with the other band but gives nith full and even precision. . At the recent sale of Edwin Forrest's the- atrical wardrobe in Philadelphia the bright green velvet robe of Othello, trimmed with gold bullion and lined with yellow satin, was bought for fourteen dollars by the agent of Mr. Thomas Keene. Tile Russian Empress has had a pink re- ception gown made by Worth, wlth three flouuccs of illusion embroidered in gold, with two garlands of red velvet roses across thujront, with'a train of illusion lined With ottoman silk and edged with feathers. The husband of hindjzskn, Cinnt Charles llozniitn (Yhhipuwski. was formerly ajournnl- ist in Poland. Ho wr uld like to settle in San Francisco. but feels it Isis duty to live in l‘olan l. He is, fsscvcr, an Americ'in citizen. He has a son at school in Paris. 0n the .'lrd of February the one-hundred and-second birthday of Charles l‘ootc, of Tonia, Michigan, was celebrated, when he, being able to go about the house, hold .a three hours‘ reception, insides writing his autograph repeatedly. He was born in Massachusetts. ' King Kalakaua's head has been so turned by his European tour that he snecrs at the frccgoverumcnt of the United States. and is loading his people with taxes to spend on gaudy tincry. As his people have no w ulth, it is an import on the American merchants in Honolulu. w._.-~.‘o__ fits Own Hair. A sin ulsr fact has lately some to light in connect on with the late Edwin Forrest, a u- -_-_..__. which a more than ordinary interest. l’endin the divorce proceedings between Mr. an Mrs. .‘orrcat. the great actor deed- ed all of his estate to his three sisters. givin each an cqusl share. Sabre neatly, one 0 them died without issue. on her share of the estate rcvrrtcd to the two sisters and Edwin. The second sister diol shortly afterward without issue, and her share of the estate, with what had been left her by the first sister deaf, reverted to Edwin and the remaining sister. Not lot: after this the third sister died, and, as 1-2: win was the only heir. he. by her death. again became P° [mused of the nr‘rl‘ ho had deeded ans '. This fart Sssfiliszovcred when the adm nistrutorssold the Broad snd‘hlastcr streets property. The urcbssers. in hunt. tug over the mounts in recorder's ofhec, discovered that Forrest had conic into posc senicu of his property the second time by inheritance. and through the auditor l's 06cc. at Harrisburg. learned that y dealt-lion, after .tbcélcgnqwq; lad beenplseed in on 1: ac to estate was [indebted to the stats about St Weoualersl inheritance tax, which was paidâ€"Palladth Press. . ,mt m Gus. Onset the most importantof Birmingham industrialsltnguu trsde. A very lugs number if shotguns” to America from e . Man fiasfouliug places rim .suuouriimous. are mph-sac attire Weill .istbc {drtbeeastsud'm elAfrica. Immune numbers.me have leldflu thsttbeaatlmeftbe Eateries «Matte “bemused difficulty“ 9 -__-_,___ - VOL. XI As I Glide. A; I glide, as I glide. 0n the ice field wasze and wide new smear; As my ee or Who dares ch my beauty’s pride As I glide. as I glide! Far the fee sea stretches wide. And I float with sylph like slide, All the Risk looks eyed, As I glide. as I glide. My up I cannot hide. As ace flushed and urgency , With neat boots. not unap ed I flash forth where never guide Could precede me, if he trud. My admirers side by side. And the one perhaps whom I'd Like to marry. open wide All their eyes. electrified. A51 glide, as I glide. As I glide. as I slide, . Now the galdy ranks divide. Now I wonder, if allied . Are true love and selfish pride. Can the p ide be set aside. _ Can true love‘s knot be untied. 'Tis a point I can't_dcc:de. As I glide, as I glide. ‘â€" '-«â€"â€"â€"~r~- A “VlSIT [if BEDLAM. in London’s Famous Asylum. What is that man doing, or of what can he be thinking? He was already Ileaning against that partition wall some time ago, when I first passed through the long cor- ridor. The twilight has descended, and I cannot see his facc so well. He stands as still as a tree in breezclcss weather. . He is very tall, mom than six feet. He is fair, he wearsabcard. His arms are folded. His fine blue eyes look somewhere, far. far away, with indescribable fixity. People constantly pass by him, some address him, noises are sundcnly made. He does not move. Should the old building forthwith sink down, except the narrow snot he stands upon, I believe that when the dust of the fallen ruins had vanished he would be found undisturbed, his eyes still intent on the same spot. No one shall (ver know the secrets of this impassihle man, for even .II he were to speak no one would care to lis- t'en. life are in No.1 ward of Bethlcm Hospital. He hpsnot been there long, a few months only. How often Will the doc- tor or the clergyman in his melancholy round find him in the same place? His casc seems to bemcnrablc. He is therefore in the asylum for life, and he looks young and strong. I wonder if, in twenty years, some. visitor like myself will marvel at the same tall man and at his long gnzo into space. \Vhat was his position in the world I do not know, but; he has the appearance of an educated inan. Strays from all classes strand on those hospitable shores. Inafew minutes I cl- boncd half a dozen clcrgymcn, an ofliccr, a detective, four students, a dozen clerks and shopmcn, some servants and mechanics, and three or four surgeons. The same vari- ety exists on tlicfemaln side. wirercfitrange to say, govcrncsscs seem to be in majority. The community is of course divided into two perfectly separated sides, and patients never meet except in the chapel on Sundriy, aud’on the theatrical and dancing evenings. Lately patients have been admittedâ€"but male patients onlyâ€"on a weekly payment of two guincas. The reason which has brought about this alteration of the funda- mental rule of the hospital is the hope of thus alleviating the charges of the asylum, coupled with the desire of extending the sphere of its usefulness. The resolution was justified by a great number of beds constantly unoccupied in the male wards. Bethlem keeps for ever the incurable lunatics, but only for a year those of whose recovery hopes may seriously be entertained, and who, on the expiration of that time, are either returned to their friends, if sufficient- ly well, or sent to the convalescent estab- lishment of \Vitloy or to some other asylum. It was in February, the day was except- ionally bright, the time was not 4 o'clock in the afternoon. yet the wards of the ground were dim, and A MEIANCHO L-‘i' ILHIKX ESS, broken at irregular intcrvals by the flicker- ing flames of the tire laces, was already in- vading the long and ow corridors. The Inn- atics'wcro di purst along them, some bask- ing by life fire, others walking automatical- ly, the inaj-uiity plunged in an idotic cc. Stacy, calling to iuiud the pensive and silent contemplation of cattlc. Herc, however, between two doors stands a middle-aged man, whose face is turned toward an cmp- t room which he addresses with passionate c oqucncc and fierce gcsticnlaticns. While lam trying to make on: his argument a young man spri igs up from a corner, rushes forward and sciz--s my hands. I don’t know whattodo. The person who is with me frowns. No doubt I myself look repellent. What a selfish brute I am ! The poor stranger sees it of]. “May I not say a word,” asks lic imploringiy and incoherent- ly of my companion, “ to that gentleman l" â€"meaningi:ie. And he turns to me and says, “\\ ill you not hear me 3" I reply, “ Yes, I will." Then he tells me. “If you are a commissioner or a physician, pray lis- ten to inc;I am not mad; they keep me hereâ€"I don't know why. Examine me if you are a doctor, and if youarc are one of the Commissioners, order the.“ to let me go, for there is nothing the matterwith me." ' Here my com union stopped the speaker, whose demand I promise to report. The officiil openol a door, and just as ho had locked it again on vs, a terrible cry rang out behind it. This, however, is certain, that the rules and medical arrangements of the Bethlcm Hospital are web as to preclude â€"as much as men can ~thc possibility of errors. Ile- sides, one ( i the features of the institution is a thetze desire to restore as quick'y as sllbl)‘ to society those who have been infiustcd to its care. In certain cases, moreovo'. the medical attuidant lots pa~ tieuts 'go out for the day, and even permits some of them to go in and out as they like. In the olden times convalescent {mticnts were also let out: but t‘cn they had (It:- grading badges allix d to their trim, and wrre simply turned out to beg in the streets for the hoepita‘. They were well known by the people of the town, who had christened t‘ cm " Bedlam Beggars." About 1N0 patients can be accumulath in the hospital. One half is the annual svrragc of the rcczvcries. Mr. Savage, the present physician, believes much in a good, substantial. and var able dict. Oucca week therein-a fish dinner : another day the fare is composed of a strong mat soup and plum ding;st ounces for males and live for craslesol rout or boiled inc-at. with vcge- ! tables and beer constitute the rincipal, meal for the rest of the week. In oor and outdoor sarcasm: all are well supplied. Muhabillsrd room, a bacatelle table, and lan~tcnnis courts. A ball and concert mic situatsdou the female side. l was! surprised at not being shun any work.‘ shop, and thoulht how much better it was; lobe oecupiodatsooe needlework. as the female patients gmcnlly were. than to be idle, like nearly all their male fe low sutIer~ Scenes FENELON Things do not always run smoothly in the asylum. Patients on sonnxvsv "01.251 and have to be put in the refractory These are variously sut of csinptulicon, against which I shou‘d not like. under any circumstance,to ram my head; some with matresses, and one. on the female side, with a mellow, inviting In in rubber. What a nice adjunct to a nursery would such a room be! They are not un- frcqucntly occupied, those rooms, either during the day or the nig t. Those are put gainst the officials or show T001118. there who rebel a. sign of an impending desire to kill them- selvra or somebody else, for the murderous mania is not always very particular. Prompt, at all events, must be the action - of the officials, because the deed is soon at- tempted or done. Not long ago a patient. a general paralytic, was so expeditiously and eflectively handled by another lunatic that he died in a few hours of general frac- ture of the ribs. Another day an excitable female patient, going to the chapel, sud- denly leaped over the stairs and just escaped \\-i h her life. although seriously injured. A quick and efficient restraint. is the most ne- cessary in cases of violence, at least with the male patients; there is al .v aye a well-found- ed apprchcusion lest they would be contagi- ous and load to riot. The female side of Bcthlem is brighter and better appointed thin the male wards. Things look more cheerful on that side, and patients lcas gloomy. With rare exceptions these were all employed a: something or other. Some \vcrcscwiug,some were cutting out materials, some wore writing letters or reading, others were engaged in conver- sation, giving to the rooms the comfortable appearance ofhome. Most of them were ladies. If the least skilled physio nomid‘. of men led blindfolded into the men s ward would at oncchavc recognizer] the sort of society 1 c had hecn.taken into, the kecncst observer, undcr the same conditions might have been considerably puzzled in the cmale quarters. Sad sight I two or tfirco very young and extremely pretty girls were there, but they looked unconcerned, and happier, no doubt, as what no called their misfortuneâ€" thcir loss of reasonâ€"was the more utter. One of them, however. as We pass ceases to read; she lifts up her eyes; she rouscs her- self; she looks wildly frightened at; some thing. Perhaps it is one of thosemomenls when her reason, not quite destroycd,wakcs up, and sets off her doom. Has any ono ever fathomcd the horrible distress of a. hu- man being humming suddenly aware of bcing shut up amid lunatics, and being thus con- fined by nightas well as by day. “ Do you lock them up at night in their rooms ‘2” 1 ask of one attendant. “Yes of course," he re. plies. "If we didn't do it they would be all over the shop by next morning.” There was to be a dance that cvcning in the ball man, and some little preparations were going on. These parties generally in- clude, beside the patients whose health is compatible with this amusement, the of’ ficials,perhaps a few friends of the inmates, and generally some old patients who, hw- ing been quite cured, are fond of revisit- ing the asylum, and of pairing again, in this pleasant manner, a few hours with their former companions and friends. Pa-' tients of the two scxcs mix and dance to- gethcr or with the guests. Convenation is in no manner duller or more insipid there than yonder a thousand yards off at some of the best London lionsrs, qud everything habitually passes off in a. fashion that makes the visitor entirely forget where he is. All possible psychical and physical causes of madness but one, joy, had their suffer- ers in the hospital at the time of my visit. But who will wonder that; joy in this country, as in others,makcs few victims. As to the medical method adopted in the hospital, it is of a very superior an-l on- llghtencd kind. The students of Guy’s and of St. Thomas, two of the greatest hoapitals of the metropolis, are instructed in their wards, which are constantly open to the medical and scientific world, in order to get light on lunatic treatment from a‘l channels. At the same time visitors, whose curiosity is the sole object,arc civilly dcclincd admission. The time is long gone by when the Bedlam patients, most of them chained in their cells, where exhibited to the public at so much per head. Today the asylum only opens its doors in thos: who come to learn or to teach how to alle- viate sorrow and palmâ€"New York Sun. ......_ Primeval Coltio Map-Stones. In many parts of Switzerland are ofleu fouudsmrotli, flat stones, evidently halid- polished. and covered with dots, lines, cir- clcs, and half-circles. The origin and use of these stories known among country people as schahnaainr, has long been .a moot point among the learned. Some have thought they were charms, others that they were meant to commemorate the (lead, or that the signs on them were undeciphcrable hiero- gly hics;butit has been rescrvcd for Herr Ito iger, of Bollacii, iii Solothuiu, to throw a new light on those mysterious relics of the past and suggest a theory concerning them which seems to meet all necessities of the case. The Schafenslcine, he says, are neither more or less than topographical charts, asa comparison of them with any modern map of the districts in which they are found will show. The engraved dots correspond with existing towns and villages, the lines with loads. Even the fords and mountain passes are indicated. Herr Rodigcr has examined many of these clones from various parts of the country, and he possesses a collection, picked up in Soluthnrn, which form together amap oftho entire canton. Another sig- nificant circumstance is that'the Scholar- ueine are mostly found at intervals of about two hours (say six miles) from each other, and at spots where scvcralroads meet. The former Herr Rodiger calls "headstones" (hliumfcinr), tho latt:r he deuominutcs ” by- stoncs" (ntbensler'iw). If he be right in his hypothesis, the places where these stones were met with ssed considerable popu- lation long before the dawn of history; oven the villa cs shown on the erhulriislcine must be farol er than the Christian era. Hcrr Rodincr considers the Swiss map-stones to be of the same origin as the similar stones whicham found in Germany. Scandinavia, India, and further Asia, and sees in them another proof of the high antiquity and common origin of the Indo- Germanic races, and the existence among the latter, in an in- de ‘tcly remote age, of civilized habits, argued trade. and more culture than is generally supposedn-Grsem Cor. Landon Tiara. ~â€"â€" ~â€"-. - w.._._.._._ DBWM Visitors mm Japan. His Excellency BI. Suzi, Envoy Extra- ordinary, appointed by the Emperor of Ja- pan to attend the coronation of King KI! lskaua of Hawaii, having performed that duty. reached New York recently by the steamshipleslsndis. lflis suite cousilszlpffll. lsbibnshi.‘ Secretary c Ugo. lion; ' inori S. Nagasaki, Secretary of his Imperial Ja- panese Majesty's household; Prof. K. Sugi, of the University of Tokio, and S. Kakiuchi, attache. After making a short tour of observation thro b cities of the en. Ofallthereocnt Methods of trestslntlautic sea-board y purpose ye. 5i! :7 twhlehbavehreutrirrhtbe most use tumiug‘ daemtohuvebeentbel’reach sys- metrical ofaprolougedbatbofssi‘ oonli'uuous- telligent set of use. most salable and dariageightor aiuebours for days to- eourteous,andall butane speak English toNes- York toanburk for-lupus by pril neat. They are a fine, in- fluently. padded. some with e. FALLS, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, , OUR GOLD , MINES. The Wealth or me Disputed Territoryâ€" Cunnda’s m Dorado. , What makes it of the utmost importance that rhc ownership of the disputed terri- tory should be finally and speedily settled is that under existing things the develop- ment of the resources of the district is in a measure crippled. An extensive mining belt has already been discovered, and operations have teen commenced by fifteen or twenty companies. They probably do not experience any greater difficulty in working their ciaims than th y would do if the dispute were settled, iuf’. even they would fctl more se- curity for knowing to whom they owcd di- rect alliegiarce and who was responsible for the preservation of th ' rights and the en- forcing of law and order. And this brings us to the value of the district. From time to time our icadors must have noticed reports upon the operations of the Keewatin and other mines in the Lake of the “'oods district. In those reports fre- r uent mention has been made of the richness f the era. It has been no fancv picturc that has been painted, no portrayal of some- thing like Hodgc’s razors, made to sell, but HONEST USEXAGGERATED DESCRI PTIOXS of the workings of the mines and the value of their yield. It is no land been that we are trying to foist upon the public. In proof of this it is only necesmry to infer to the reports of men like professors Chapman and Pike, and hfcssrs. \Vall and Hamilton, ex- perts whose reputations are too dear to be risked in giving false assays. They are also men who are known to us all, men whose scientific attainments are recognised not in Canada alone, but in all America and in England. If then, the question may be ask- cd, these mines are so rich, why are they put upon the market? They are not put on the market. All that is put upon the market isa certain number of shares wherein to raise capital to buyinacliincry and to pay for labor. Thcrc might be layers upon layers of pure gold buried beneath virgin soil, but, like the produce of the coal mine, it would require labor to put it upon the market, and labor 'is costly. If the com- panies who have gained the right to work the mines wished to sell out; en bloc they could do so for HUNDREDS OF TIMES THE PURCHASE MONEY of the land, but they do not wish to do that. They know the bonanza they have struck and wish to profit by it. At present the mines are in their infancy, but even now the output of the Keewatin is ten tons per day at $108 per ten, or $1030 a day. When, however, all the machinery is in, there will be an output; of at; least fifty tons per diem. There need be no fear that for a long time to come the mines will be worked out, as not only is the vein of quartz well defined to a. great (1 pth, but it increases in richness and thickness as it goes down. This is the evidence of an impartial witness as regards the chwatin mine, and he says what is true of that mine is also true of others, In fact, he states, the ramifications of the gold bearing veins appear to extend throughout “he country, cropping up here and there and oftimes where feast expected. It only remains with Canadians themselves to say whether the huge gains from this El- dorado of the Dominion shall be reaped by them or fore‘gn capitalists. At little risk comparatively they can at; once become' en- riclicd and help in the patriotic work of developing their country. Forty years ago things were at so low an ebb in Australia that the British government had serious thoughts of abandoning the colony. But in 1845, the Burn, the richest copper mine in the world, was discovered, and six years later a California digger struck a gold field. What followed all the world knows. Aus- tralia at once became ' ONE OF THE RICIIEST POSSESSIOXS OF THE BRITISH CROW’N. There was no more thought of abandoning the country. And yet in Australia trouble was at first experienced in raising capital to work the mines. \Ve are told that with great difficulty the colonists raised twenty thousand pounds in five pound shares to purchase the land under which the mine was supposed to lie. The results were enormous. As soon as workcommeneed in earnest the five pound shares became worth onoliundrcd and twenty pounds. And then came the rush of English capital and English immi- gration. 'As it was with the Antipodes forty years ago, colt will be, we are con- vinced with this territory, as soon as the news of itsimmense wealth becomes bruited abroad and its truth recognized. â€"â€"â€"â€"-sn<-ow«sâ€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€" Education and Health. Education is too often secured at the ex- pense of health. When it; is attained at such a sacrifice, it is purchased at too dear apricc. It were better to remain unedu- cated, possessing health, than to become circatcd at the expense of health, Edu- c ion is a desirable attainment, and almost indispensable requisite in the present stage ofthe \v'orld’sbiviliintion, yet it will be of litllc advantage to him who has ruined his booth in obtaining it. A less degree of edi cation with a sound physical system to ens do the pusscssor to make use of tho kn: wlcdgo possessed, is far preferable to a high degree of education with cnfccbled owcrs of body and mind to make use of it. ntcllcct rules the world, is honored and respected. No longer is the man possessed of great strength the one honored and rispccted above others. Such a person may excite, for a few days. accrtain degree of admiration, but is soon passed by and forgotten. Even success in war is not won by physical strength, but by intellect, strategy and skill. Wealth is won by knowledge, foresight. and good judgment more than by hard work. In short, all that seems more desirable in life comes through the intellect, hence the universal desire to develop the intellect in order that the good things of life may be but in larger measure. Parents feels pride in the heats! ability and attainments of their children, and on- conragc them to renter cfl‘urta. And is not this right. and is it not a highly desirable state of chain it may be asked. Certainly education is desirable, and it is highly desirable that every one should be educated, but it is not desirable that the education should be obtained at the expense of the fhealth. ll'ct it is arfeadct thbaf'is large part 0 our peep c are inju in ca th dur- ing the progress of their education. The health of some is ruined,while that of many is more or less impaired. Why is it that education so generally ini- pirs the health! Are we so constituted that the development of the intellectual faculties must ri’eocsearily be obtained at the expense, or y the impairment of the physical powers! Certainly not; properly the development of the intellect v is favorable to the healthful dc t of the physical era. But cut of the o cdacats'onisthecameofthe ill effects upon the health. Too much is attemptedtoo early in life, and oftentimes later in life the pi) rial well-beingis utter- ly disregarded. e brain must grow bo- forc continuous hard work is required of it, just-s the muscles must have time to de- velop before continuous manual lsborcan be performed. The ill cfi‘eets of putting young r 1883 children to hard work during the period of ( crowtb are well known in all manufacturing towns. Boys and girls, of the age of seven or eight years and upward, are often kept in mills to labor ten or eleven hours per day. Their stunted and partly developed bodies and limbs show too lame 1: e bad effects of overwork in yout . The bad ell'ccts of overwork of the brain of children are none the less conspicuous to those who have eyes to see such things. If any persons doubt that the children in our schools : re almost universally overworked, let them try to learn the lessons required of boys and girls of the age of twelve years and upward, and .see it their mature bruins will not; have all the work that they feel able to perform. If this is true, then is it not overwork for the brains of children to accomplish such tasks ! \Vliat must be the effect upon their immature and undeveloped brain tis- sues? If such tasks are to be per- formed thcy must be accomplished at the expense of the growth or development of the brain. The energies which were de- signed to be used for the full development (it a large, healthy brain are used up in the learning of lessons, and the nutrition of the brain is iutcrfeied with. _ Thcill effects of excessive brainavork in children has often been pointed out by the best medical authorities. Dr. B. “7. Richardson, the well-known English writer, says: “I have known a regular imposition of work per day, equal to the full comple- ment. of natural work for many a man and womaii. There are schools in which child- ren of eight, nine, and ten years of ageâ€" nud it may be youngcr children stillâ€"are made to study from nine o'clock until noon, and again, alter a hasty meal and un_liour for play, from two to five in the afternoon, and later on, are oblige-J to go to lessons once more preparatory for the following day. The bad fact is, that the work is actually done; and as the brain is very ac- tive because it- is divcrud from its natural course, the childif: belongs to may be rcn- dered so unusually precocious, that it may beiomo aventable wondcr. \Vorso than all’ this precocity and wonderful clcvcnicss too often encourages both parents and teachers to press the little abi.ity to some further stretch of ability, so that the small \vondcr becomes an actual exhibition. a receptacle of knowledge that can turn up a date like the chronological table of the ‘Encyclopedia Britannica,’ give the whole history of Cleopatra, to say nothing of the Needle, carry you through a Greek verb withouta stop, and probably recite a dozen selections from the hardest poets. This is the outside of the marvellous picture. Let us look at the inside of it, as a. skilled eye - can easily look and read too. These pre- cocious coached-up children are never well. Their mental excitement keeps up a flush which, like the excitement caused by strong drink in older children, seems like health, but has no relation to it. . . . . If you watch the face for long, you note that the frequent flush gives way to an unearthly palcucss. If you watch the eyes, you ob- serve that they gleam with light one time, and are dull, depressed, undead at; another, while they are never laughing- eyes. Thcir brightness is the brightness of thought on tho strainâ€"an evanescent and dangerous phenomenon. If yell feel the muscles, they are thin and flabby, though in some instances, they may fairly be covered with fat. Dr. Andrew Combo in his work entitled “Principles of Physiology," says: “At any time of lite, excessive and continued mental exertion is hurtful; but in infancy and early youth, when the structure of the brain is still immature and delicate, permanent mischief is more easily inflicted by inju- dicious treatment than at any subsequent period.” Notwithstanding these and other warnings from time to time uttered by inedi- cal men, the evil of excessive brain activity in children goes on, and seems likely to con- tinue until parents themselves comprehend the danger and shield their children from it. .*._ Cold Parlors. Progress protester against cold parlors where guests are obliged to sit; freezing while the heat from the furnace is turned upstairs. There are few furnaces which will heat a houso thoroughly all over at the same time, and this is particularly the care where they are “regulated,” aterm that generally means not kept with the full (raughs on, while if this latter is done, there is equal danger that the fire will burn out, and the whole house get cold. Of course furnaces would perform properly if they were regularly attended to, but how many servants are there who are constant in season to go down to the cellar and look after the heating arrangements? Indeed, in mid-wintertime are the most trouble- some part of housekeeping. When one considers the ashes to be taken out and the coal to be put in, it is enough to make the heart of the supervisor of fires grow faint; but, on the other hand, a cold room is, be 'ond comparison, cliccrlcss. Ilut bad as it is with anthracite coal, it is far worse with bituminous or wood. If you leave these for an hour. they are dead ashes when you return. True, it does not take long to rekindle them, but a fire must be rctty well grown before it gives out a di usive warmth. To make ananthracite fire is quite an art, and the reason so many people fail is because they don'tstart with enough of kindling wood. The Growth of Children. Growth different Some increase in stature so rapididly that rhildrcn. j their clothes are outgrown long before they ‘ varies in are worn threadbare, whileothers grew very slowly. A table prepared by a French travail! gives the followmg data: During the first year after birth the growth in stature is about seven and one-half inches; from two to three it is four or five inches; from three to four, an inch and a~half; from four to six, about two and a quarter inches annually; from seven to eight, two and a-half inches; from eigh to twelve, two inches annually; from twelve to thirteen, one and eight- tcnthl; from thirteen to fourteen, two and a quarter inches; from fifteen to sixteen, two inches; from sixteen to seventeen, nearly two inches; and after this, though growth continues until' Meaty-one and sometimes for can after, its rate rapidly diminishes. f mothers would measure their children regularly on their birthdays, and preserve the record, they would thus accumulate valuable data for statisticians. Pro ressive uncrease of stature in a sign of i good health, as increase in stride: snows imperfect. weakness cf constitution or health. â€"_...â€"â€" .â€"-â€"â€" The nihilism promise the Can a big blow- , out when he is crowned. ‘ The most recent example of the working of a high license system for barrooms is in g Bloomington. Ill. There ire thirty-two, saloons in the place, and a population if; nearly 20,000. The fee is 850 a month, my $600 a year, and this brings into the city‘s 819,200 a year, or nearly one-third the whole revenue. The saloons are mid to be onlcrly, and generally in the hands of 000. substantial men, who own the buildin in which they are kept, and who er d stubbornly resist a return to law license. The present arrangement has prevailed nearly twenty years. and is, therefore, no lougeraucxpenmen' t. , tcr. ‘ n i morn-s. , .â€" f 5 The Great London Board ornircctors. ' O o learns with osmprisc which‘is fol- lowed by regret, that the Lloyd's Asst» ciation of underwriters, which for nearly two centuncs has been, as hlr. l’odsnup in Our Mutual Friend explainel to th , French visitor, “ an institootiung do Angle- terre,” will probably cease to exist, and this on account of “ the competition of the out- sido marine insurance companies and more modern practices," as a contemporary says. It will be interesting to learn how the association under this name, whose fame is worldwide, came into existence, and of what it cansists. Perhaps no phrase ex- pressive of soundness and confidence is more current in commercial circles than ‘A lat Lloyd’s.’ But there are many who apply it to firms or companies who are unaware of its derivation or atleast unfamiliar with what Lloyd’s is. Mr. Lloyd was. a coffee- house keeper near London Bridge, some- thing like two hundred years ago. It has thus a convenient place for sea-faring men, with whom as well as with shippers and iii- surers, it became a common rendezvous. Lloyd and his coffee house passed away, but his name is known to the ends of the earth, and is even yet used by distant cor- respondents who write to “sin. LLovn, wxnox," as if the man were still alive. And more, nsifto perpetuate his occupation, in the handsome saloon where now-n-dnys insur- ance of ship ing is carried on, the seats are arranged co or: house fashion. with nmhog~ any screens between them. “'hat is now known or “Lloyds” consists of an asso- ciation of individual underwriters, whose rooms are on the eastern end of the Royal Exchange in London, mid whose place of resort takes its name from the coll‘ce-housc in Abclinrcli Lane, Lombard street, where they used to meet. There are two classes of subscribers to Lloyds: members who do an insurance business, and subscribers who merely have the right to visit the rooms in search of information. There are about 600 members who have to pay an entrance fee of £l00 stg., and twelve guinea annual dues. There are 550 subscribers, who pay £25 on entrance and five guiucas annually; these are allowed proxies, who pay no entrance fee, but; five guineas yearly. Insurance companies are also members, seine of them payas much as £100 annnaldnes. Further- more, asum of £5000 is deposited in the hands of the Lloyd’s committee by each member on entrance, as, sccurdiy for all con- tracts he makes. TIIE PLAN OF DOING BUSIX [SSS is somewhat as follows: An owner havin a ship to insure goes to his broker with whom he arranges the reasonable rate of premium. Particulars of the risk, suchus name, tonnage and class of the vessel. what port she will sail from, how long hot voy- age Will take, what port she is destined for, are drawn up on a slip of paper, 1:. gather with the sum to Le assured and the prc~ mium offered. Arificd with this slip of pa- per, the broker goes to the saloon and submits if; to 011-: after another of the underwriters scatcd at the tables. Olic will perhaps put; down his name on the slip for £100; another for £l50; a third for £500 and so on. The broker or his clerk‘ goes about from table to table until helins so- curcd acceptances to the amount lic requires. After this upolicy of insurance is drawn up and presented for final signature to each of the capitalists whose names have been ob- tained. Sometimes, it is true, cargocsand hulls amounting in value to £50,000 up to £200,000, have been guaranteed by a single signature, but this is rare. Men of great wealth and great nerve have been known to carry the insurances of several vessels on their unaided shoulders at one time ; but the usual practice is to distribute the risks in the way first; described. TIDINGS FROM THEBEA. At one end of tho gorgeously decorated saloon stands a huge volume, in which are posted tliccasualtics at sea. One mayiniagino with what interest its ages are scanned by those who have “all t icir ventures in one bottom trusted," like Antonio. Less cugcl', if not less nervous, are tlic glances into the corresponding volume at the other cud of the room, where safe arrivals are recorded. The entries in botll these books are publish- cdcvcry day in a little about known as Lloyds‘ List. The information here given is pro- cured from Lloyd's agents, over a thousand in number, in all the principal iiiai'itimc cities of the world, whose dcspatchcs an- nounce arrivals, departures and wrecks. Adjoining thesaloon is a reading room,wliicli also serves as an auction mart, and a resort for transacting business between ship-owners and carriers, or between merchants and cap- talus. WHAT AI MEANS. f l 'Quito apart from the establishment thus sketched, is that organization properly known as “Lloyd’s Register of Shipping.” This dates only from 1834, and was origin- ated “ for the purpose of obtaining a faith- fulandaccuratcclassificationofthomci'cantilc shipping of the United Kingdom, and of the foreign vessels trading thereto.” It is from this source, whose head-quarters are in White Lion Court, Cornlufl, ‘that a ship receives the character which is designated by tho cabalistio letters and numbers that have become so familiar. To say that a ship is A1 at Lloyd’s means that she has been inspected by a surveyor of this Asso- ciation and has been accorded by the sub- committee the highest class of their regis- Thc ‘ A’signifies' that the ship her- self ie-thoroughly sound and sea-worthy. and the figure '1’ denotes that she is first- ratc in all her equipmentsâ€"her anchors; boats, rigging, pumps, in short her out-fit. After a few yoars,moro or less according to her build andmatcrials, she-is removed from the Al list and classed as 'A rcd' ill-about half the period she stood in the top rank. Thence she goes into ‘xl‘l,’ next into ‘l‘l.’ finally into ‘Clau l,‘ after which Lloyd's Register knows her no more. She is hence« forth an unclasscd ship, and must make her way as best she can without a character or submit to be broken up.â€".llonrlary ’l'i'mrs. The Ix-Khedlvo‘s New Palace. It is reported that Cacn Wood Town-n, Highgatc, in England has been urchascd in behalf of Ismail Pasha, the ex- 'licdivc of Egypt, for £90,000. Caen Wood Towers is a modern house of Elizabethan design, and is surrounded by about twelve norm of ad- mirably laid-out grounds. Mr. I: lsard lBrooke, the former proprietor, expended large sums upon the embellishment of the house, and sli' its appointments are on a scale of magnificence. The staircase win- dows are painted with scenes from Tenny- son ; some of the rooms are hung with sta‘npezl Cordovan leather from the Nether» lands, and some of the doors are of ebony, g inlaid with ivory. In the grounds there an: a miniature fsrmand a dairy. ltis said that the gentleman who ne,otiated the salt- in the first instance purchased at £40,000, and "sold the property on the following day to the agent of Ismail Pasha for £00,- - Mr. Maurice Ono's French Opera Coin- ique company, with Mme. Theo and .31. Ca.- poulss its principal attractwus' . has been singin with great success in Havana and tar cities of Mexico. l neuron man. i The newest and nicest underelothfng is gal-nuns "QW- msde by measurement, so that they fit f of spun silk. The only to the figure. New veiling: conic in lovely shades of .cnc rm and white, with dots, wheels, stars. 'feathers, flowers, and loaVra in small do~ tslched silk breaded figures. I The latest importation: of brocadod silks 'show Ottoman mania with satin and plain silk dell us, flowers, leaves, audoon- ventionsl, an medisvaf, and Oriental figures. Braid-work on panniers, tablicr, plas~ itrons, and panels is a tn‘mini soon upon 'imporled dresses Lf cashmere. ioa‘ cloth. jvigugne, and flannel. Oiublmd red. recalled from the dark red seen in Chinese porcelains, is used in cash- mere this season in combination French gray for children's dresses. “ Cream-colored face powder is new pic- ferrcd by ladies." This dictum comes from excellent authority. This is where the fashionable “creamy pallor” described in socicl y novels comes from. Corsage flowers for the street,'cithor real or artificial, are but little seen, being re- placed by knots of handsome ribbon. ciiher cf Ottoman silk, plush, ribbed velvet, or plaided enroll, in brilliant hues contrasting with that of the dress. Turkey rcd satiuo dresses for children will be even more popular this season than last, and are ino~t effective when trimmed with tucked rufllcsand frills of corn cui- broidery, and worn with wide puritan col- lars and corn embroidery. Sheer India lawns promise to be the fa~ vorite material for children’s and ladies' white dresses. They will be made for both old and young with an abundance of tuck- cdruflles and rich, open embroidery. tho sleevesand yoke bciur often composed of solid needle work. In some of the newest models for house jackets of cashmere or vigogno, the edges are cut into squares and a dainty bit of cm- broidcry is worked in each block. In bind- ing or lining tlirsc squares a little space is niudc between each, which is filled in with a fan planting of white lace. For dressy walking costumes, Frenchdc- signs-rs are sending to America tllu very in- shionable terra-cotta copper shades. The French terra cotta is a very delicate color, making exactly the veritable huo of terra- cotta ware, and is quite unlike the deep strawberry-rod shade so long in vogue. l’iue-grccn and doc~colorcd plaids and checks in line woolcu fabrics are among sprmg novelties. Except for children, these plaids will form the skirt and tonic alone, the jacket being of dark green velvet, with no trimmings cxccpt medium-sized buttons of green. enamel, and gold. Cl‘t‘fllll-OOIOI‘ and garnet are another popular combination in shepherd and other plaids. New spring bonnet: for evening wear arc in the Valois style, with soft crowns and shirrcd brims. Many of thoin are made of dclicatclytiufcd velvcts, like pnlo link or mauve, with torsades and bows of ttoman silk, rnu thronin the jewel licadcd pins. Others are made of cream-lined satin, \vrcallicd with peach blossoms,urbutus buds and leaves, or spring violets mingled with cream lace, tint. (f in the coutvo of each scal- lop with a. delicate hue matching the flowers I; of tho wreath. Ribbed plush in two or more shades is being much used in the composition of visit- ing and reception toilets. Tho plush is used for tho skirt, and tho upper dress is of brocadcll Ottoman silk velvet r r moire. For walking costumes tho iibbcd plush skirt; has the ovcrdrcss of cashmere, ladics’ cloth, or vigognc. Brown 0nd old-gold plush, with rcdingote or tunic and jacket ofplain brown cloth, peacock blue with ribs of electric blue and ovordrcss of plain peacock-blue cache- mirc trimmed with the plush, are among the stylish spring dresses of this description already rlisplaycd. Old-fashioned mask veils of black English thread face are revived. They are small in size and figured with tiny dots or rings, rounded in shape and finished by a narrow border of saw-tooth scallops. There is a strong effort to revive old Chantilly lace and it led question if fashionable customers, after rcvclling in ii. profusion of cllcap lnce, will be satisfied with the comparatively small amount of rcallaco which the same money will buy. (iuipuro laco proved a failure and ended in the use of Spanish gui- pure, an imitation of the real article. and it is not unlikely that the present attempt to revive Chantilly may end in the popular uzc of-iulitatioiiflrcnch thread. _â€"â€".oâ€"â€"“.>â€"~c A HEARTREN DIN G RECITAL. The Focal amour: or a Manltoba Winter. Latelast full Mr. John “’oods and his family loft London for Manitoba, in order ' to better his fortune. It has just boon learned that, Mr. \Voods was well-known in the community, having kept for many ycars the hotel Which bore his name on the Hamilton road. Formerly ho kcpta hotel at the corner of Dundns and Clarence streets. Mr. Woods unfortunately arriving late in the season, failed to la in a suppy of fire- wood for the small more house be occupied ncm- Winnipeg. And as he was about to set forth for a fresh supply, A TEIlltl l’lC liLIZZAIlI) set in, which forbade his attempting to leave the house. 50 soon as the storm somewhat abated Mr. Woods set out with a vicw of obtaining a supply of fuel. During his absence the thermometer full to“ be- low zero, and on his return the day after, a sight met his eyes which could not fail to make the i-toutcst heart weep. Cuddlcd together in the ch lay his wife and three children. The two older children, fine lit. tic girls. aged about six and eight respect- ively, where found frozen f-J'll'l" IN Tlfli AI'JII OF DEATH. The babe, a little over eight year old, was, on account of being pressed to the mother's breast, alive, but scvcrely frostobittcn. The poor woman herself was discovered with both legs frescn stiff, half way up to the know, so much so that the doctors subso- qucntly amputated both legs below the knec. .ilr. Woods himself was badly frozen. but it is thought he will not lose any ofhis limbs. The friends of Mr. Woods are anxioust waiting the detail of that night of horrors. .0, ,. . ..‘s-~«>._..__-.._..~_- Ho Forgot Himself. A young gentleman of Bcnuington step- ped into a store in that village and asked the proprietor if he might use his telephone. Conant being given, he called for the cen- tral oiliv: to put him in connection with {ill (NB home, at tho (III-’3)!" epd of the vil- agc. ' 1e conversation I the man man saying : “Momma, lwn't {vent :0 all there to night: I'd rather not, wont it do some other night 2” The mother seemed to insist upon his making the call. whereupon the young man became quite excited. sod, pushing hack the skirt of his coat with one hand, shouted with entire sincerity: “Why, alumna. I can't go. Just look st my trm ers." ~7‘rcy Times. _._‘ fin." Society Woman's Blunder. In connection with the beetle of choose, Swedes, Germans, French and ' b have a natural incapacity, while an Americantakes to it as aduck does to water. Not aulyiaft apparently impossible for the mlysan-ived foreign help to makes fire, but after it is made, she will manage, in some remarkable fashion, to put it out. When a Colorado man emerges from the cellar where he poles is leannt quarter of an hour hiding from a b ' d, he finds his house upside dorm across the way. and is sure to exclaim -. " I do pity the eastern folks, who never eoj fresh sir unless th come to Colorado." 0, q "n1 .wr . r user‘s:ch A «can: