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YOUNG FOLKS. Truly Polite. ml ants encaos ascslmp. "Nan h l: " said J shnny's mother, "oft lg ideog‘one another, but I hope that you'll rum-moor careless manners are not right ; And, wherever and whatever your surround- ings, will endeavor to be scrupulously, cheerfully and ceaseleuly polite." " That I will," said J shnny sweetly, and he kept his word completely, and said “ Please," and “ beg your pardon ," in a way that’s seldom heard, And “ Allow me " and “ Excuse me"â€"oh, it really would confuse me to enumerate his phrases as they constantly occurred. As a youth and as a man he still adhered unto the plan he had so earnesz adopt- ed as his gentle rule of life, And was often deferential when it wasn’t quite essential, as for instance to his servants and his children and his wife. When his business up and bursted, and his creditors were wanted, with civility he told them he regretted such an end; And at his wife’s demising, with a courtesy surprising he responded, “Dead, I thank you 1" to the question of a friend. What I write is but a sample of the daily bright example which he set to show how life by proper manners may be eased. \‘l'oudthat we might see another one so mindful of his brother: but, alas! he isn't born, and John, alack l is long de- ceased. ' “ROUGH JAUK'S LITTLE LAD." â€"â€" A Story otthe English Colllevlcs. __ BY DAVID KER. "Rough" enough he looked, indeed, the great black-boarded, grimy fellow, with his ass cap pulled down over his hard, surly, 5:111 og face. And he was rough by nature as well as by name. Those huge bony hands of his, which could swing the heaviest ick- ax for hours without tiring, and coul toss about eat lumps of coal which other men could rdly lift, were always ready to knock any one who displeased him ; and many a sturdy fellow in the Blackpool Col- lieries wore scars and_bruises enough to make him sorry for having ever tried his strength against the terrible Jack. , ' But there was one person to whom even Rough Jack never said a harsh word; and that was his little Jim, the only child he had. Jim’s mother had died soon after he was born, and his aunt, who kept house for Jack, was a big, bony, sullen faced wo- man, almost asuntldy and coarse-looking as the rough collier himself. But no mother could have been more tenderly careful of the little fellow than they were. However dirty and untidy they might be themselves, they did their best to keep J im’s face clean and his clothes in order ; and cross grained Aunt Susan, who was always grumbling at having “ sitch a power 0’ work to do,” eat up at night several times, after her day's work was over to knit a little pair of socks as a birthday present for him. ’ Jim had been the pet of the whole neigh- borhood ever since he could remember ; and these savage, wild-looking men, so fierce and surly with every one else, alwa s had a kind word for “ Rough Jack s little lad,” as they called him. Ev- ery day he used tocarry his father's din- ner to the works in a little basket, going fearlessly among the collisrs’ savage bull- dogs, which seemed to know him quite as well as their masters, and would wag their stumpy tails and put up their flat-nosed heads to be patted whenever he went by. Indeed, the “ little lad" seemed to have such perfect trust in ever one, and to be so sure that nobody woul hurt or vex him, that it was not easy for anyone even to think ofdcing so. The rough collier lads, whose great sport was to pelt each other with heavy lumps of coal which made a bruise wherever they hit, shouted to one another to stop the moment they saw the little fair haired head in the distance, and once, when Rough Jack and his mateâ€"who had been great friends hithertoâ€"quarreled about something, and were going to fight, little Jim stepped in between them and, taking hold of his father's jacket, looked up at them both with an air of such piteous astonishment, that the two fierce men, after eyeing him blankly for a moment, turned their backs and slouched oil' in a shame-faced kind of way; and the next morning they were as good friends as ever. But after a while troubles began to come upon Blackpool Colliery. Business grew slack, and wages had to be reduced, which here very hard upon these reckless fellows, who spent their money as fast as they got it, never thinking of laying anything by. There was plenty of grumbling and growl- ing against young Harry Forrester, the great man of the district, whom his father’s death about ayear before had left sole owner of the colliery ; and the quiet people of the no! bborhood began to rear a riot, and to talk of sending for soldiers from the nearest large town. But amid all their troubles the rough men were still as loyal as ever to their "little lad." Many a grumbler went without his dinner to buy something good for Jim ; Rough Jack, as he danced t e little fellow on his broad shoulder, wore something as nearly approaching to a smile as his iron face could assume, At last it be an to be whispered one day among the cell are that a number of them were to be discharged. No one knew how the report had arisen, or even whether it was true or not ; but the more thought of it was quite enough for these wild fellows, ripe as they already were for mischief. “We mun [must] strike," muttered a big, sullen-looking pitman. “Av, we mun strikeâ€"but not as thou mean’st." growled Rough J sck, clinching his sledge-hammer fist with terrible em phssls. “I'se not let my little lad starve for a' the‘ gentlefolks .En land. We mun strike Forrester's yed [hes ] so as he'll feel. Who'll join, lads!" “I will." “And I." "And I." “and so'll I." In fact every man there was as eager as Jack himself: and it was soon agreed that they should watch for a chance of attack- ing cung Forrester, and then beat him with an inch of his lifeâ€"“and mayhap a Wfl his further," as the burly pi ‘ muttered. 2311} AND LlTI'Ilfl SHIPS ON WHEELS The Canadian North-West. with a cruel gleam in his eyes. Twp lhu’P Until within a v few myth. meg : “if V..." n on“ at“? to bwh “,3: The Chis-ecu lathe runway is Rival ed opinion, as to mazyeharazter of the Culir 531:): dovyvfinfgfimslgoundon smiley: :efore - cu,“ Eu"! P “1"” di‘n'Nflthmlh W“ mt: KNEW“ 9‘ hnnl' and. on the third morning, one of the scouts, Across the narrow neck of land ccnnect~ figlmug‘f" ‘91:" “111131;; ll? I"; came running in to report that Harry had lull $110 Milan! Provinces of New Bruns- , ,1 “°- "an"; l" £61130 gone to see a friend a few miles from the wick Ind Nonficot'la a work is now being WE: "‘0 ‘5‘ firm “1 0" mo“ lnldo Colliery and had sent the groom home with Oohllfl’ucted Whmh. if I- Iuccess, will cause qua; 5 mafia :3 ° u mum“ Md lm' hir horse. saying that he would walk back Eifi'el to look to. his lunch if he expects to "11,; ‘3 Edi VS? Bah a I in the evening, the road b=ing eoo rough to establish the clam he has made for his tower , m; "n t“ “:3, f“ I?” Y °° ' risk a good horse on after dark. as being the eighth wonder of the world. goth. ‘mgrei‘bo mm (a “In” °ln 1: "83111 The looks exchanged by the colliers at this This marvel of modern engineering is the a l; tor; ‘7’ 1:“ m“ “L ’9‘“ ll “6 1'0. news said more than any words could do, Chiguecto and Marineor Ship Railway, a "5 ie t ° "173‘ hi 1:1}“0900 0l 3 V3“ work which in prospectus has been before "3 °ntp°“"‘ 8 a 8 y "we 50“ “d h All was soon settled. Midway along the . l I, W . l a d in d h' h F t u t tak la a atcb of the people of this countr for the last fifteen gem. "unmet c m‘ . m a ‘ m 5 uni“ ' "m w w am: or m l e y p or twenty years. Grit dud Tory have alike ingly “e” the Pol" “role” hare, lonely moorland, well known to Rough J ack as his little boy‘s favorite playground. Booted “d “WW-lied “16 scheme, 38 they happened to be in or out of power. No- Here they would hide in a deep hollow over- _ grown with bushes. “d pounce upon their body believed that the idea would ever be successfully carried out, but all section were victim as be . Night drew on. One by one (for they silenced by the arrival at Amherst in Sep tember last of the con tractors, Messrs. Daw. knew that it would not do for many of them to be seen together), Jack and his gang came non. Symmes and Usher. These gentlemen at once began to push the work in a busi- srealing up to the fatal spot, and, crouching _ ‘ down amid the bushes, waited for their prey. nus-like manner. and WIIl this summer find employment for about five thoust men. But as time went on, and it grew darker and Dlwson & Co. are well and favorably known darker, and still there was no sign of him, . . they began to get uneasy. Could he have In Cam-da- and the United States as wealthy and successful contractors, one of their last changed his mind and stayed all night? or . . ' could their plot have been discovered? Noâ€" Operatlons being the construction of the Poughkeepsle Bridge. th re at last was a firm ste a roachin e p pp 3' The promoter of the scheme is H. G. C. and the rising moon showed them the tall, ' active figure and handsome face which they hathflm. Who” Pllmlt has all last brought its own reward. Mr. Ketchum will very all knew and hated. . . . The savage men clutched their heavy probably be knighted if his railway proves & Buccelse cudgels, and drew themselves together like . . The little isthmus across which the line is tigers crouching for a spring. But just then ' there was a rattle of wheels and hoofs in the hemg constructed from the Bay Of Fundy to Northumberland Straits, a distance of opposite direction, and a light doguart came . _ . rushing along the highway like a whirlwind, Seventeen “‘1 Ohfi'hhlf 1111195: "3 hlBtOX‘lc evidently driven by some wild young fellow, ground. Here, With“! 3 BEODB 3 throw. “8 who thought it fine fun to risk breaking his the Old for“ Of 38311891131" (DOW Fort Cumberland) and Fort Lawrence. Here, in neck. At the same moment there appeared . _ slowly crossing the road, right in the path days gone _by, Vergaur, With his regulars and Acadlans, his habitaus and Indians, of the maddened beast and the reckless dri- . . ver. the figure of Rough J ack’s little lad l struggled for colonial supremacy wrth Mono- ton and his brave New Englanders, wjth With a cry that made the air ring, the . . . colliers burst from their hiding place, forget. Lawrence and his British troops. Here the loyal New England States generously ting everything but the peril of their pet. . . As they ran they saw the child stumble and poured out their blood and gold}? an effort fall, trying to escape, and Harry spring for- to add one more jewel to the British Crowu. ward to catch him up ;but than home and The contractors are under agreement to dog-cart came dashing down upon them both, complete the work in two years from Sept- and everything vanished in a whirl of dust. ember 1888, and also to operate_ it for one But as the dust cleared away, Harry For- your after its completion. It Will be built roster was seen rising slowly to his feet. In the strongest possible mmner. enabling it to carry the largest vessel or steamer, There was a thin streak of blood stealing I ' _ down his smooth| white forehead, and his Willi) cargo. The car or ship cradle Will .run left bani was sorely bruised and out; but; on four lines of steel rails, each rail weigh- ing about 0'16 hundred and ten pounds. No his right arm was still firmly around the . . child, who was looking up in his face with wood Will be used; all bridges and culverts are to be built of bewn stone. At either round, wondering blue eyes, as if hardly terminus there will be two large docks, an knowing whether to be frightened or not. _ J aok sprang to his child like a tiger whose outer one, 500 feet long by 300 feet wrde, forming a receiving basin, and an inner cub has been wounded, and, finding him . quite unhurt, took the tiny face between his dock, 250 feet long by .300 feet wrde. These huge, black hands and kissed it passionately docks Will be faced wrth hewn stone and have a water depth of sixty feet. The again and again. ' O . I " God bless thee, my little lad,” said he, inner basln Will be filled wrth an adjustable platform, operated by by draulic in a broken voice ; “ God bless thee l" _ . . Then his mood seemed to change, and pressure, for the purpose of ralslng and lowering vessels in transit. flinging his cap on the ground at Forrester‘s . _ feet, be folded his arms on his brawny chest ~ Ashlp or steamer making the overlapd and locked the young man full in the face. passage is first floated into the inner basin, “Look so here, Master.” said be firmly and the platform supportlpg the car or ship "we coom out this neet [night] to beat and cradle sunk to the required depth. The hammer theeâ€"mayhap to kill thee out. ship is then floated until-she rests securely right; and thcu‘st nigh killed thysel’ to 0n_ the cradle. Hydraulic pressure ls ap- save you little lad, as I’d gi’ my heart’s blood plied and the platform raised until the rails for onuy day. Now, here I stand ; knock on which the cradle rests are on a plane me down if thou wilt, or gi’ me over to the With those of the main line, when a power- police, or what ya loike. 1’s ne'er lift hand ful engine is coupled on and away “sails” to stop thee, for I ha‘ done a craddently the ship past Beausejaur and Cumberland, [cowardly] thing.” over swamps, and boos, through forests of “And so say we a’, ivory men of us,” cried spruce and pine until, after sailing over some the older men, gathering round their leader. seventeen miles of dry land she is launched It was a strange scene upon which the full Into the waters of the Bay of Fundy or the moon fell in all its brightness: the wild Gulf of St. Lawrence, as the case may be. waste of dark moorland in the back ground; Vessels taking advantage cf this short out the slender, handsome, gayly dressed young will save some hundreds of miles of danger- man, with little Jim's tiny flce nestling ous passage around the _rock-'oollnd coast against his shoulder ; the sooty skins and of Nova Scotla. Especially Will it be a savage faces of the grim giants around him, boon to the Gloucester fishermen bound to lull in front the mighty figure of Rough the Labrador coast, the day Chaleur or J suit, silently awaiting his sentence. other Unints north and east. . But the sentence came in a form which Mr. listchum has some millions of E lg- Jn. k little lxpected. With one hand For. lisk capital at his back, and the line will rea'er put the little boy into his father's certainly be built and operatedâ€"always arms. while with the other he gave the 001- provided Mr. Frve and Mr. Butterworth lier a great black hand a cordial grasp. don’t scoop the wuole business. Canada is r If youvve been Wrong, my man, I dare young, but she is coming, and she Will have say l've been wrong, too," said he heartily; the fitst practical marine railway in the “but, luckily, it's not too late yet to eat world. things straight. We must just try and understand each other a little better after this ; and, please G.d, We'll do it, with the help of this little peacemaker here." He spoke truly, for from that day there were not three better friends in all England than Harry Forrester, “Rough Jack,” and ‘ Rlugh Jack’s little lad." cessfully grown at Fort Simpson, on the Mackex z‘e River, in latitude 61 °5l‘, or eight hundred and sixty-two miles north of the northern boundary of the United States; that barley is a safe crop at Fort Norman, potatoes can be grown with fair success within the Artie zone. It is a revolution to be informed that the Peace River country, which lies between 56 ° and 59 ° north lati- tude, is “almost semi torrid; region of the cactus.” he Peace River is a feeder to the rest river and lake system, of which the Ideo- kenzie is the outlet. The Mackenzie has its source in the Great Slave Lake, a vast inland sea, rivalling Superior in magnitude, and empties into the Arctic Ocean, after a course cf one thousand one hundred miles. With the great lakes which it drains, and the tributary rivers received by them in turn, it forms one of the most extensive waterways in the world. From the source of the Peace River in the mountains of British Columbia to the ocean the distance is upwards of two thousand five hundred miles, and for the greater part of the way the navigation is excellent, in some places for the lar est steamers. The Athabasca is another river of this system. It is a thousand miles long, and empties its waters into the lake of the same name, which, in its turn, finds an outlet to Great Slave Lake by means of the Slave River. The rivers named flow for nearl two thousamd miles through a region highly a iapted to agriculture. The Canadian Sen- ate Committee reports that they, with the Saskatchewan River, drain an area of eight hundred ‘and sixty thousand square miles, of “ which there is a possible 'area of three hundred and sixteen thousand square milesâ€"over two hundred million acresâ€" suitable for wheat." If this is even approximately correct, its bearing upon the food supply of the hundreds of millions of people who will inhabit North America within half a century, at present rates of increase, can hardly be over-esti~ mated. The whole area sown to wheat in the United States in 1888 was, according to the reports of the Department of Agricul- ture, thirty-six million acres. On first considerations it will seem in- credible that conditions favorable to agricul turn can exist at such high latitudes, but when the explanation has been given, the case appears plain enough. As is well known, elevation above the sea level has a potent effect in determining tem- perature. The Canadian Northwest is much lower than the Western States. For a dis- tance of fifty miles east of the Rocky Moun- tains, the average elevation above the sea level of the Union Pacific Railway is five thousand feet. As we go northward there is a gradual descent, until when the Mackenzie River Valley is reached, the altitude is only three hundred feet. It is asserted that this dif- ference of altitude is equal to thirteen de- grees of latitude. If a close examination of any good map of America is made, it will be seen that no great river enters the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Cllifornia and Oregon, and, as most people know, the mountains form a lofty barrier to the warm winds. which sweep eastward over the Pacific. But just at the northern boundary of Oregon, the Columbia River debauche, and still further north, a short distance above the interna- tional boundary, the Fraser River empties its floods into Q seen Charlotte Sound. The numerous tributaries of these great rivers penetrate far into the mountains, so far, indeed, that they interlock with the upper branches of the Safikatchewan, which flows into Lake Winnipeg, and of the Aft'aabasca and Peace Rivers, already spoken o . Through the passes thus formed, the Paci- fic winds, the Cninooks, as they are called, find. their way out on the Canadian plains, and carry a genial summer climate far be- yond ‘he Arctic circle. In addition to the Pacific winds, there is a constant current of air, warmed on the plains west of the Mississippi, flowing northward. Canada has all the disadvantage resulting from the :o; L :ulrsnt from the Polar region, as g-assn: down over I abradcr it drives the isothermal lines .sr below the latitude they occupy in Euro t. It is only a just compensation, tnerefore, that the warm currents. which ascend to supply the vacancy at the North, should render the climate of the Canadian Northwest, for a large part of the year, very delightful. An important influence in determining the agricultural capability of this north land is the length of the summer days. In the centre 0 ' the Peace River country, the long- est summer day i! seventeen hours twenty- eight minutes long, that is from sunrise to sunset. The prolonged sunlight promotes rapid and vigorous growth. it is a recognizad fact that all plants are produced in their greatest perfection at the northern limit of the zone which they char- acteriza. Wheat. oats and barley are es- sentially the products of the north temper- ate 2 me. Hence we would expect to find them in their greatest perfection in high latitudes where the conditions necessary for their growth can be found. It is therefore not a matter of surprise that the best wheat shown at the Centennial Exhibition in Phila- delphia was grown in the Peace River valley.â€"[Chas. H. Lugrin, in "Youth’s Companion.” â€"_â€"â€"‘â€"-â€"-â€"â€"â€"- â€".â€".â€"â€"..â€"-â€"â€"â€"- Pacific Gables. If 'a million dollars have really been pledged in San Francisco for laying an ocean telegraph to Honolulu, it is a good start. Perhaps its first diet will be to stir up Bri tish Columbia, Australia, and New Z aaland to push ahead their own larger project of the same kind. Their cable is to go from Vancouver to the S indwich Islands, thence to Fanning Island, thence to Samoa, thence to the F-jis, thence to New Z raland, which is already connected by wire with Australia. This is not the shortest route from the Do minion, but it is about the most advantage- ous. It lands in two neutral groups, the Hawaiian and the Samoan, although its other intermediate stations and the terminal points are British. But will two telegraphs to the Slnd wich Islands pay 2 Will even one 2 There wasa measure in the Flftieth Congress subsid‘zlng the American scheme on the ground of its strategic advantages : but there is no likelihood of its being suc- cessful. The present activity in the project is probably due'to the hope of anticipating the intercolozial plan, and absorbing the business by being first on the ground. Sharp Teeth. Yankees are ingenious, but they have not yet discovered everything. Mr. Eden des- cribes an amusing trick of the Chinese fisher- men in Australian waters, which it is doubt- ful whether any Cape Cod skipper would ever have thought of trying. B :fore the not was dragged up I had notic ed several curious black switches appearing above the surface. They puzzled me not a lit- tle until I discovered that they were the tails of “stingsrees.” Tuese are large, flit fishes like the skate,with a prodigioust long tail armed near the base with three long, serrated spikes which they can raise or de- press at pleasure. The stingarees are very troublesome in a net, for if you haul slowly enough to give them time they fasten upon the bottom by suction. and it takes a cart- horse to pull them off. The Chinese managed them very cleverly at such times, however, getting hold of the end of the tail and biting it severely. The pain, I suppose, caused the fish to relax its holi, when a sudden jsrk broke the spell. ___.__~â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€" Good for Evil. Cato said that wise men have more to learn of fools than fools of wise men. Probably he mean: that, being wise, they would learn more. Eve where the wise man is the apt learner ; an the lesson of avoidance is one which wisdom will ever glean from the exhibition of folly. While the examples of good and great men are powerful in winning us t) love andth imitate their excelleucies, those of an opposite description may exer- cise a warning and restraining effect. The cruelty which excites horror audiudignation may lead us to cultivate kindness and com- passion. The selfiahness which appears in such repellent features may cause us to dread and shun it. The fretful and peevish temper, so disagreeable to witness, may stimulate us to be cheerful and patient. The sight of dishonesty, with its lamentable results, may be the turning~point in the career of one just beginning to swerve from strict rectitude. Certain it is that we may, if we will. in some of these ways, reap har- vests of good from the evil that is all around us. Proc'aiming ills Disgrace. The Siamese have a curious method of punishing their police-constables w can found guilty of an cfi'snse. Not very long ago one of these guardians of the peace Was seen standing near the deer of the police station with his hands tied b ebind his back, and Wearing on his breast a board with the fol- and I lowing notice : "My name is Cuddy, have been placed here by the order of Cor~ poral Sin. Last night I stole a sword be- longing tc His Majesty, the Kin , and was taken in the act by a guard at e moment when I was carrying off the article under my arm. Today I repent that base action. Tue inspector is very angry with me, and says I deserve a punishment, my offense being a serious one, as I belong to the police. I entreat the passers by to look me in the face, and tell me sincerely if I ought to be whipped. In my opinion my crime is not a very serious one, because everybody here does the same." Some time a o a Detroit girl was shot and nearly killed y her lover because, having discovered that he was already married, she refused to have anything more to do with him. Last Week the villain was acquitted by a jury of twelve of his fellow-oltiz-ns on the ground of emotional insanity, the twelve holding that he was insane at the moment of committing the act. The incident leads the Detroit " Tribune ” to remark that such an “outrageous and idiotic verdict on the art; of twelve priz: j sckasses " gives popu- ar faith in the boasted jury system of the United States a tremendous wrench. .â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"*â€"â€"â€"â€"- Ribbon four inches wide is set in the side seams of bodices, and drawn forward to .a knot at the waist line. It has been shown that wheat ciu be such on the same river, in latitude 65 ° ; and that it is the room. so was listless DEBT. The her-nus Cast r ind Army Traveling , . “The mone used inn. year to foot the salary an expense bill fithe travelin salesman of the United States would pay 0 the entire national debt and leave a few dol- lars over." . This rather startling statement was made bya junior member if one the large dry. goods houses of this city, says the Philadel- phia "Record," who has a force of about fifty travelers under his immediate charge. As proof of his assertion he presented these particulars: "There is hardly a wholesale, j lbbing, or commission house in any line of business in the United States that does not have at least asingle traveling ropreeenta~ tive, and from one lone man the traveling force ranges up as high as 125 or 150 men, and there may be one or two houses with even more. The ave e of the most reliable estimates places the total number of com- merclal tourists in this country at 250,000, and, mind you, this does not mean peddlers, but only those who sell goods at wholesale. " The railroad fares, charges for carrying sample bags by freight or express, hotel bills, and numerous incidental traveling ex- penses of these men will range between $4 and $12 per day, but some men will spend 325 in a single day for those purposes with- out resorting to any extravagance. Take, for instance, some of the carpet. clothing, or fancy-goods men who carry ten to fifteen trunks full of samples. take a packer with them, and hire a hotel parlor to display their goods whenever they open their trunks. But the number of these men is comparativ- ely small and $6 a day will fairly represent the average expenses of 250,000 men. There you have $1,500,000 or day for expenses alone. Multiply this by 365 and you have $547 500,000 as the amount expended in one year. " The item of salaries is nearly as large. Few men are paid less than $900 a year. The largest number receive between $1,500 and $2,500, either in salaries or commis- sions. A lesser number are paid from $3,- 000 to $5000â€"those receiving the latter amount being comparatively few. But there are travelling salesmen who are always in demand at $10,000 to $15,000 a year; but they are few and far between. The lower salaried men predominate, as might be supposed, and an average of $1 800 per year is not far out of the way. Figuring 230,000 men at an average salary of $1,800 per year givesa total of $450,600,000, ac- cording to my arithmetic. To this add $557 500,000 for expenses and you have $997,500, for these two items. _____+â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" STATISTICS. The National Society of Church of Eng- land schools last year numbered 11,890, with total registered number of scholars 2162441, and an average attendance of 1,669,222; Wesleyan, 555 schools, 174 336, registered scholars, 131,069 average ; Roman Catholic, 917 schools, 249,125 registered scholars, 188 592, average; British, un- denominational, and others. 1376 schools. 331,438 registered scholars, 255 023 average; Board schools. 4590 in number, average attendance 1 389 208 out of a total register of 1.796 686 scholars. From the following particulars of the quantity of wine made in the different coun. tries of Europe, it will be seen that France, which some years ago produced more wine than all the rest of Europe, is now very little in advance of Italy and Spain. Aver- age production from .1880 to 1888 â€"France, 671,000 000 gallons; Italy. 605,000,000; Spain. 630,000,600; AustroAHungary, 225,- 000 000 ; Portugal, 125 000 000 ; Russia, 75,430,000; Germany, 75 000,000; Turkey (in Europe) and Cyprus. 58 500.000; Servia, 45,000 (’00: Greece, 32 000,000; Switzer- land, 24,750,000: and Roumauia, 15,750,000. The four countries which have no vineyards are England, Belgium, Holland and Den- mark. During the last 21 years 4 500,030 per- sons have emigrated from the British Isles, of which 2 750000 were English, 500,000 Scotch, and 1,250,000 lrish; but, if we add those who went by German, French, or Belgian ships, there were over 5,000..00. The emigrants consisted of nearly 509,000 going to Canada, 670,000 to Australia and New Zealand, while 240,000 wont to the Cape and elsewhere, and the very large number of 3,000 000 to the United States. We have no accurate means of obtaining the destinations of the other 500 000 who went by foreign steamships. About £21,000000 sterling was sent back by settlers from Canada and the United States, and £1,250,- 000 sterling from Australia, during the past 21 years. The approximate return of trav- ellers, emigrants, 8:2,, to England shows about 1 700,000 ; and during the same time, oyer and above deaths, emigration, &c., lGreat Britain added 8,500,000 to her popu- ation. â€"-â€"â€"â€"+â€"-â€"â€"- The Shah in London- The second visit of the Shah of Persia to England will scarcely exits the curiosity of the first, but it will be viewed with con- siderable more of apprehension and alarm. Red Cloud or Spotted Tail cou‘d not con- vcrt a Washington hotel into a scene of more painful disorder than the Persian monarch left behind him in the palaces which he in- habited. Along with those unfragrant memories of his earlier visit, and the ex- tremely unfavourable impression it made of Oriental civilization, are some reminiscences of Oriental wisdom, such as the Shah's re- fusal to witness the Derby, upon the ground that it was already known to him that one horse ran faster than another. London society, however, is about as sorely in need of anmement as any body of (qual numbers in the world. and quite as unscrupulous in the means of supplying this need. If the Shah succeeds in amusing L‘mdonfor a ween, he will, for the purposes of London, have fulfilled his mission.â€"â€"[N. l . Times. The crazy for carrying a revolver rules the population of our Pacific province. The Nanalmo "Courier" says : "Over a large sec- tion to the Pacific coast it is not necessary to ask a manâ€"nor very often a womanâ€" whether he carries or possesses a revolver, but what particular type of this weapon hep. pens to be his private fancy." There is a call for some regulation of this occasionally dangerous pastime. just as the sale of poison is controlled by law. As longs: such acol- donts occur in Ontario as were recently re- corded through the free use of the pistol in the hands of youngsters who ought to have been in the nursery, we unset give any ad» vice to our western brethrenâ€"[Toronto Empire.