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MY FAIR YOUNG PATIENT. A Good Stcrv Told by a London Doctor I am a family doctor, with a suficicnt‘} arduous if not over-lucrative practice, chlefi, among the lower middle class whose home-r abound in a southeastern suburb of modern Babylon. Some years ago, when I was more of a struggler than I happily now am, I had by good fortune obtained a foothold as medi cal adviserln the household of a wealth} City stock broker, who dwelt in a spacious and luxuriant mansion some three miles far ther out on the Surrey hills than the then extreme limit of my r lar round of visits ; and the fees I receiv for occasional calls to Mount Aurec when Mr. Midas Contangn had a touch of his chronic tormentor the gout, or his somewhat sentimental spouse â€" quiteagrand dame, however, in her own esteemâ€"was suffering the penalties of rye tematio outrage on the digestive fit~up of her portly person, were so liberal in their €X‘£Df as to form in the aggregate no inocusidersble proportion of my modest income. After my connection at Mount Aureo had continued, to the seeming satisfaction of all concerned, for some two years, I began to receive more frequent summonses thither- ward. The onl daughter of the Contaugor, Miss Muriel, a e, tall, gracefully mouldec damsel of seventeen, who might have stood asa sculptor’s model, so perfect was her physique, had returned home for the Chns:~ mas vacation from her fashionable Brighton boarding school troubled with a slight cough. In all respects save this trifling laryngeal afl'ection, she enjoyed the excellent health of which both her parents had had possession in their earlier days, before the indulgences whichfollow in wealth’s wakehnd made them profitable acquaintances of my own. It was clear enough, too, to me that Miss Muriel Contango's throat trouble was purely local, nevertheless, it was causing serious alarmth the master and mistress of Mount Aureo who idolised their charming child. The dream of the Contangc existence was to mate Miss Muriel to some scion of the aristocracy, their reputation for riches having obtained them the entree to society to which by birth and breeding they were not entitled. Mr. and Mrs. Midas Contangc had both begun to dread that Miss Muriel’s indisposi- tiou would culminate in bronchitis or a decline. The slightest cough, the least rcnchus, raised the im and terrible spectre of phthlsls, and the beautiful young lady was held to be in imminent danger of an early grave. I had examined her chest with the most anxious and minute care, but could discover nothing to justify any fear or even doubt of the correctness of my diagnosis ; yet, despite balsamlcs and sedatives, ex pcsure, however little, in treacherous weather would cause hoarseness and a transitory cough. Indeed, these disagree able symptoms often manifested themselves without any op arent cause, except. as I judged, the inor inate precautions taken to avert them. The rooms at Mount Aureo were always too hot ; Miss Muriel was overclothed, could not stir out for a constitutional in the garden without a respirator, or take a drive unless hidden in an envelopment of costly furs. When I ventured to hint at this, the invariable reply of the Contangos was: "Ah! doctor, if we did not take this care of Muriel, how long would she be with us fâ€"the dear child is so delicate." And nothing I could say would alter their opinion. One day late in the April succeeding, when Miss Muriel had been coddled up at home for four months instead of peing sent back to Brighton to continue her studies, Mrs Cantangc was more than usually con- cerned about her daughter’s condition. The stockbroker and his good lady had overnight held an anxious discussion. I had made my now usual though quite unneccs sary daily visit to Mount Aureo, and Mrs Midas Contango was, in her patronising ani yet solicitous manner, bowing me out. 1 had almost reached the door, hat in hand, when Mrs Contango said with some if? .rt : “ Doctor, you know we have the utmost confidence in you; we carry out your in- structions to the letter ; but our dear child "â€" “ Yes madam ; only you will persist in treating her, if I may be pardoned the simile, too much after "the manner of a tropical orchid, instead of regarding her as a beautiful plant of English growth.” " Well, perhaps you may be right, doctor ; but we are so very anxious, Mr. Ccntego and myselfâ€"you see Muriel is our only child, our sole hope. Now would you mind our asking the opinion of a famous specialist as to the case i" “Nothin would be more proper. Pray. whom woul you like, and when may We arrange, contingent on his being able to come, to have him here ” Mrs Midas Contangc mentioned the name of a very fashionable and expensive London physician with a consultative practice con- fined almost entirely to the houses of those who had been resented at court. He was certainly not t e man I should have chosen, for the faculty rather smiled at his proten~ clone to pro-eminent skill ; and his reputa- tion was far more that of the drawing-room than professional. However, I, a humble if conscientious practitioner, could not afi'ord, had I so desire‘i, to decline to meet him; andIconaented to facilitate arange- ments for an interview at the great man's convenience. The fashionable physician drew up in his imposing equipage at the door of Mount Auroo half an hour behind time appointed was introduced to his patient, making the while .rofcse apologies for having been unavci bly detained by a critical caseâ€" that of the Duke of Deerwocdâ€"to whose house in Mayfair he had been summoned by the Duchess a request to ve his opinion as to the treatment adop by the attendant medical gentleman. “ What l' said the society exquisite, for such the celebrity certainly wasâ€""what l' exclaimed he in grandiloquent tones, strik- ing a theatrical attitude, " is it that fine you lady wears to consult about 3 That super girl, in such perfect condition 1 Come, confess, madam, that you are only making fun of us. “ Well," replied Mrs Contango, lm. reesed, as she was meant to be, by the mpcrtance of the pompous personage who was addressing her, “ I admit ap rfllwm ll my daughter's favour and hope that you may be able to assure us that her condition is not serious; but she is' always losing her voiceâ€"always cough~ lugâ€"and ifwe were not to takscaze"-â€"- A flood of tears drowned the rest of the sentence. "But," airily remarked the famous doctor, "my dear madam, why distress yourself! All may bede Let me hear, from this gendemamyour family attendant, tbssymp- toms as he has in reted them.” I vs the historyof the casein a few we s. " Well. well; there seems to be nothing serious; but we must examine the chest with the utmost exactness to decide that." "Pardon me," interrupts mamma, “but will you allow me to remain in the room!" “ Of course, madam." responded the favourite of fortune. “You have a sacred right to stop here. Pray. sit down. " And then he directed me to commence the ex amination. I percussed with minute care- fulness every part of the thorax. and, as before, could really find nothing abnormal. “ There ; you perceive that I nave tested with exactness, and the resonance is every- where perfeot." I made the remark as a mere matter of form, for I had not failed to note that the very superior West End practitioner had not condescended to pay the slightest attention to my proceedings, but was talking in low tones to Mrs Midas Contango all the time. “Ah, well, now it is my turn," said he, and with the most delicately impressive care, placed Miss Muriel again in position; not, as I had done. with the arms crossed on the chest, but stifily extended. In place of toll- ing her to count “ thirteen to sixteen," he gave her a book and directed her to read a drun lines, and then to sing the gamut, an octave and a half. The mother was watch- ing all this in admiration and devouring every ietail. “ Ah 1 humph i" said the oracle ; “ it seems there is somethingâ€"but extremely difficult to difi'erentiate.â€"Let us hear wnat percussion yields." And his style was truly enchanting. Every tap with his fingers was given with a flourish and a graceful sweep worthy of the most expert professor of sleighbof-hand that ever enter- tained a countess's guests. There was a covert smile, turning to me, he said : “ There it is. Listen, my dear young friend,"as he beathis digital drum, now on this side, then on that. “ Tick- tack, tick-tack.â€"â€"Hark l do you hear it 2 There is a very appreciable difference,” I do not say an enormous difi'ercnce-noâ€"but there it is l’ “ For my , own part, sir,’ I returned, “ I cannoc. with all deference, detect the slight- est difference." “ Oh i very likely ;but there, neverthe- less, it iaâ€"Now come, however ; thoughâ€" having ascertained the truth about the case â€"my time is short, let me convince you. I will turn my back to the patient, and you shall again parouss. 1 will tell which side you are tapping upon by the variation in the sound.” He turned round, and I percussed as equally as possible the two sides of the thorax. "‘ You are on the left side." He was quite right I In a moment, however, my surprise was changed to admira- non of the fashionable physician's smart audacity. His professionalâ€"nay, I yet hope I may more truthfully write it unprofession- alâ€"trlck was obvious enough, but performed with such perfect aplcmb that I was duped even whilst taking part in it. He had turn- ed his back to the patient, to Mrs. Midas Contango and myself, but he was looking into a large mirror above the console which faced him i What could I do? 1 was mute. The tables had indeed been so completely turned upon me that I had nothing to say. “ Madam, I must not alarm you," observ- ed the triumphant specialist to Mrs. Con- tango, who was in blissful ignorance of the deception ; “ these delicate gradations in tone can only be at once detected after im- mense practice, only by those who examine a stream of patients; but there is something on the left side of your daughter's chestâ€"no- thing seriousâ€"so little,indeod,that my young friend here has been unable to find it; but there it is.â€"And now, the examination being complete, permit us to consult as to the treat- ment, and then I must go, or I shall incur the displeasure of a noble but somewhat im patient patient of mine." When we were alone. I again expressed my incredulity, delicately hinting at my observa- tion of his ruse. "Tut, tut! my dear young friend," said he, testily, “you have not yet grasped the situation.â€"Now, here you have a girl who coughs and has been hoarse for a long time -then how the deuce can you get over the fact by telling the parents that there is no cause for it i Very likely there is nothing the matter with her ; but why does she cough 1" " That was exactly what her mother said to me.” “There you are; and mamma was quite right; there must be some cause for it. We may nctbe able tclay our finger upon it, for we must examine and understand our patients thoroughly very often before we can make out their ailments, and then one finds the mischief, because you see, we are ex- pected to discover it." "But suppose there really is nothing." “ Nonsense i There always is. But even if there were not, we are equally bound to find it ; for if you tell these anx one people, “ I can discover nothing wrong," they will naturally put it down to your ignorance, and send for somebody else who has know- ledge euough of human nature or sufiioient ‘ savoir falre' not to be embarrassed with so small a difficultyâ€"Now, do you see my meaning 2" ” Theoretically there is nothing, practi- cally there is." “ You may put it so, if so it please you. But I assured you that there isâ€"and there lsâ€"ycur vigilance and puuotilious exacti- tude notwithstanding, a little convonicnt difference in resonance. The mamma heard the remark, as I intended her to do ; she has not the remotes: idea what it meansâ€" why should she have 2â€"but she is perfectly happy now that the cause of her darling’s cough has been discovered, because she thinks, the cause being known, the cure will follow. The more unintelligible the explan- ation, the more convinced is she of its cor. rectness. One may remedy. you know, a difference in resonance; but how can you pretend to cure a person whom you per- sistently declare to have nothing the matter with her i" I began to understand. . "Now," continued this consummate reader of Society’s intelligence, "I admit this is not science"â€" “Nor what the schools and our academi- cal training teach us," hazirded I. "Q site so, my dear fellow ; but accept for once the tuition of a man who has not altc~ gether failed in his profession. \Yhst I have taken the trouble to demonstrate to you gratis is a good workiu ruleâ€"smelling a little, perhaps, so to spe , of the shop or of legal tapeâ€" at our patrons are satisfied, our patlcnus made happy, our reputations advanc- ed, can we wisely permit so trivial a matter as departure from slavish adherence to what is 'miscailed princ ie'to stand between us and success 2 ' “Well” admitted i,a little sadly, “perhaps you are right." “Of course, I am, my dear young friend. I am a cynic, but I succeed. I have been, for instance, beseeched to meet you here to- day.â€"And now for treatment." A little delicate counter-irritation was suggested and agreed on ; then the fash- ionable physician stepped into his elegant turn-out before the door of Mount Aureo, amid the profuse thanks of Mrs. Midas Con tango, a hundred guineas richer for his half-hour's visit. As he shook hands with me, on throwing himself back among the cushions of his brougham. the famous expert smilingly whispered : “You are too modest, my ingenuous young friend : you have al- ready the science of medicine at your finger- ends ; why not acquire the art also fâ€"- Adien 1" One rarely takes part in a consultation without learning somethin :but I never obtained such valuable practical knowledge from any meeting with abrother professional as I did in that inglorlous scene in the draw- ing-room of Mount Aureo, in which I was so sadly let dowu, for a time at least, in the estimation of Mrs. Midas and Miss Muriel Contango. Miss Muriel subsequently recovered her temporarily defective resonance suficiently to gladden the hearts of her parents by mak- ings marriageâ€"at their costâ€"into a noble house. I still have the pleasure of ranking her among my patients, but for no organic or other serious ailment ;and I have it on excellent authority that her husband, Vis- count Barrenlands, would beextremely glad at times, when he has been inordinately ex- travagant with his unearned increment, if Lady Muriel's vigour of voice and physique were both a little less robust. â€"___.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- U. S. Sunday Desecratiou. Bishop Littlejohn, of the diocese of Long Island, has written a powerful letter on the subject of Sunday desecration in the United States. In it he says : “ It is simply fright- ful to behold the rapid increase of almost every form of Sunday desecration. I may not here go into the causes .of this increase. They are well known to all who have their eyes and ears open, and if they are allowed to work on unchecked along the existing lines of lawless and unrestricted indulgence, the American Sunday, as bound up with the best traditions and customs of our social and religious life, will, in the next twenty years, practically cease to exist in our great cities and in their far-spreading suburbs. This consideration ought to be enough to arouse all Christian people of every name from their present apathy. But there is another fea- ture of the case which ought to tell with equal force upon all who value, as necessary to the peace and order and well being of the community, the proper enforcement of the law. Bad as are the violation and contempt not only of the religious sanctity of Sunday, but also of its domestic and social proper- ties, and of its labour exemptions for the masses, the open, habitual and wanton defiance of the laws enacted by the State for the protection of the day is only less fraught with disaster." Commenting upon the Bishop's letter the Brooklyn “ Times" says that “ there can be no doubt that the open breaking of the Sunday laws breeds con- tempt for all law. turns the suburbs into pandemonium and tends powerfully to destroy the character of Sunday as a day of rest.” A Radical Change Ploposed. The defenders of the Established Church in England have succeeded in inducing the Gov- ernment to introduce and support a measure which, if it becomes a law may, as its ultimate outcome, put in serious peril the continuance of that church as a state organization. At the present time the tithes by which the clergy are supported form a charge upon the land. Either the land owner or the tenant is compelled to pay so much towards the support of the Established Church. A failure to ay gives the clergyman thus deprived of is income the right, through his representatives, to take possession of the land and seize upon its undisposed-of products. This is not a satisfactory arrange- ment where resistance is made to payment of tithes, and just now in certain parts of England, and especially in Wales, the at- tempts to collect tithes have led to a resis- tance which has been almost carried to a riot. The proposed lav makes tithes a charge both upon personal property and land, and permits the clergyman to we and recover as in the case of any legal debt. Wh.le this may make the work of recovery easier, the proposed change in the law is such a radical one that the chances are it will increase to an immense extent the popular hostility to the Established Church. Thus, though the money, when it is neces~ sary to forcibly collect it, may come easier, it is not unlikely that in a short time more t will not come at all. Vacant Lands in the Eastern States. So great is the number of farms in the New England States left vacant by their former occupants having gone to the West or drifted to the cities that determined efforts are being made to repeople the depopulated areas. In Vermont the drain has been so heavy that it is estimated that 200,000 acres of vacant farming laud exists there. It is proposed to introuuce a Swedish colony of fifty families into the State. The Boston " Herald" says: “ From a somewhat care- ful study of the conditions on which farming is made successful in Northern New Hamp shire, it is believed that the present diffi- culty in farming with us is not so much in the soil as in the men who till it. The econ- omic changes account for a great deal of un- successful farming. In the choice of crops, in the expenditure of money for machinery, in the changed character of homo living, is to be found the explanation of the fact that a large number of the New England farmers are in debt." It is very instructive for the Canadian farmer to note these confessions of the unsatisfactory conditions of American farming. The United States journals do not blind their eyes to the facts, or talk glib- ly about a sixty million market. They leave that for the cabbagebeaded Comm :r- clia Unionistn.â€"[Ex. Herman Oelrichs, the rich New York club man and politician, astonished the peo- ple of Long Branch on a recent Sunday by swimming three miles out to sea and back. He had arranged a match with some New York professionals, who did not turn up in time, so Mr. Oslrichs swam cut alone to show what he could do if pro-led. . at work among FOB-BIG] NEWS The total receipt of the Eifi'sl Tower since the opening on the l5=h of May to the 30th of July amount to 2 421,739 francs. At Patti’s farewell in Buenos Ayres, in the “Barber,” she was called out thirty-two times, and the receipts were $23,000. Half of the proceeds from a two days' ex hibition of the Angelus, 2,000 francs, har- been sent to Mrs. Millet, just 200 francs more than Millet sold the picture for. The Congo district appears to be develop ing as a producer of tobacco. Brussels tobacconists say that its leaves are remark ably well adapted for cigars, being of ex- cedingly good fisvor and Very supple. The International Congress of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in Paris assembled, have passed resolutions con- demning blinkers and the long whips and the hits new in use. The tickets of admission to the Paris Exhibition used to July 31 number 10,022,- 000, as against 5,116 000 durin the corres- ponding period in 1878. The big est number of admissions in a day has been 298,000. One of the most rcmluent men on the French turf, Baron' irsch, was put up at the Paris Jockey Club the other day, but, though his proposer and ssocnder were popular men, e was heavily blackballod. Abouta dozen persons are now constantly the once hidden archives of the Vatican, employed by the German, Austrian, French, and English Governments in studying the histories of their respective countries. The Sultan of Turkey wishes to reduce his weight. Prof. Sohweninger of Berlin, who cured Prince Bismarck of his too pronounced tendency to stoutness, will, at the request of the Sultan,instruct two Turkish physicians in his special method of treatment. Preparations are already being made in several German university towns to cele- brate next year the three hundredth anni- versary of the invention of the microscope Zacharias J anssen of Middelburg put toge- ther the first microscope in 1590. The longest uninterrupted debate on re- cord was, ou Aug. 1 bought to a close by the New Zsalaud House of Representatives. It had caused a continuous sitting of seven- ty-six hours, entirely given up to the dis- cussion of a Representation bill. Yet the debate was not finished. The great bell of Hung~wu, which has long lain half buried in the ground has at length been lifted by foreign machinery and hung in apagoda built of iron by a foreign firm. According to prophecy, this bell was never to be lifted until China had entered upon a new career of prosperity. There is now in forbidden circulation on the Continent a book containing the letters of the Crown Prince Rudolph and Marie Vetsera, the cause and companion of his death. From these it is seen that Rudolph was so much in love with the girl that he offered to renounce all his titles and digni- ties for the sake of marrying her. Considerable friction has arisen at the Paris exhibition through the attempt of the jury which awards prizes to sit in judgment on the product of the factories at Sevres, Gcbelin, and Beauvais. They all refuse to be judged or examined or reported upon, and the contest between them and the jury has finally gone for settlement to Premier Tirard. The well-known detection of a crime, in “Diplomacy,” through the perfume of a woman’s glove was reproduced by a recent occurrence in Paris. A man who found his room robbed of all his jswlery perceived a peculiar perfume, and a few days later noticed it again when passing two Well- dressed women in the street. They were arrested and found to be the thieves. 'â€" Dr. Olivier of Havre, advises people to be careful in drinking cider, if they would avoid typhoid fever. French older is made, as a rule, with stagnant water, the microbes in which do not perish during the fermentation . The fever germs thrive upon the juice of the apple. In proof of this theory Dr. Llivier offers the fact that typhoid fever is more prevailent in Normandy, the great cider- making district, than in any other part of France. It is possible that the widowed Crowu Princess ofAustria may yet become Empress. The Archduke Francis. the heir presumptive to the throne, and the eldest son of the Emperor’s second brother, the Archduke Charles L auis, isdevoted to her and wants to marry her. A great obstacle to his wish, however, is the fact that he is an epileptic and extremely weak minded. The Arch- duke Charles Louis has formally renounced his rights, to the frantic rage of his third wife, who is twenty-two years his junior. A committee of "scientists and phil- osophers,” Italian and foreign, has met at Milan with the object of instituting a new “National Church.” Their first step has been to draw up a catechism, and to invite adherents through a manifesto addressed to parents, students, and public clii acre. The manifesto declares that its promulgators wish to found “a free church in a free State, unfettered by the ideas, prejudices, or dogmas of other croeds, and having for its sole guide the book of nature, with the ternal truths taught therein. The sentences imposed upon the miners who have been tried in Breslsu for serious breach of the peace during the recent strikes in Silesia were terribly heavy, though their offences had been unusually serious. The Court sentenced Heukol, the ringleader, to seven years' penal servitude, to be followed by seven years' deprivation of all rights. Sentences varying from eighteen months' hard labor to five years’ penal servitude were passed upon nine of the accused, while thirty- slx others were condemned to terms of im- risonment ranging from twelve months to our years. The prisoners are mostly youths of 16 to 2) years of ago, only twelve of them being above 21. Our esteemed contemporary, the Vienna “Gsmbrinus,” publishes a table of European breweries and their output for the year 1887. The whole numberof breweries in Europe was 50,831, and the production of beer and ale amounted to about 4,580,000,000 gallons. The taxes collected from this sea of beer amounted to about $30,000,000. The malt used weighed 740,000 tons, and the hops 110,000 tons. Germany alone contained ‘26, 143 breweries, producing 1,188,000,000 gal- lons, while Austrc-Hungary had only 1,979 brewaries, producing 354,000,000 aliens. The figures relatln to the produc on per capita show that e smallest quantity, one litre per head, the litre being a little more than a quart, is in Bosnia and chmania. Greeceshows 2g litres, Russia 43 5, France 31 ‘. Sci-salami {0. Denmark" I , German 73 Upper Austria 116, Lower Austri ay 19.1,,i Belgium 150, Wurtemburg 218, and the kin dam of Bavaria leads all competitors wi 248 litres. or nearly 65% gallons for every man, woman, and child in the county. TREASURE CHAMBERS OF INDIA. Vast flea-.ds of Money Hidden Away by Native Princes. In the courts of the native princes of India hoarding takes place on a vast scale, says “ Chambers's Journal." The maharsjsh of Burdwan died lately and left a large board. It proves that anterior to 1835 there was much hoardin when it is stated that the maharajah ha withdrawn from his store £230,000 of silver, which was in the form of Sikka rupees. none of which have been coin- ed since 1825. A letter was submitted to the royal commission on the subject of the maharaj ah's board, A description was giv- of the several treasure houses in the estate, their dimensions and their contents : " One large room, measuring about 48 feet in length, 14 feet 6 inches in breadth, and 13 feet 9 inches in height, where gold and silver ornaments and ornaments set with precious stones are kept. These articles are in almirahs and boxes of all descriptions, and also some gold plates and cups, thalees and katorahs, as well as wash- ing~bowls, jugs, etc. Two other rooms contain silver domestic utensils, forks, spoons, etc., and. strange to say, English dinner and breakfast sets, all of silver. Two of these rooms were unc‘ or look and the doors bricked up. There are four other rooms, one containing ornaments of gold, silver and pre- cious stones, gold ornaments and throne; two others containing the reserve treasury, which included the estate collections and government securities and debentures, while the other is thus described: “The fourth room measures about 2‘2 feet 6 inches in length, 15 feet in breadth, and 12 feet 3 inches in height, where there are two large-sized vaults prepared for boarding the current silver coin, and since the year 1267 B. 0. some money was from time to time putinand taken out by the Mabaraj ah Mah- tab Chund Bahadocr for the expenses of an emergent and extraordinary nature, such as the late Maharajah Aftab Chund Baha- door's marriage, Lalo. Bun Behari Kapur’s marriage, and buying landed proper ties. When he died one lac was left in one of the vaults.” In another department the ornaments belonging to different gods of the family were kept, and silver thalees, sap- alas, etc., for the religious pus sea, the room being looked and sealed. 0 was the custom of the of the Burdwan Raj family to confide the custody of thesevaluables to the maharanee for the time being, but the Vaults were never inspected saveinthe, presence of the maharajah. When sums were withdrawn only relations and trust- worthy servants were admitted into the room and vault. Treasures and dewans used to be present outside the room or apart- ment, where the sum drawn was sent out (female guards being placed in the passage) for the purpose of weighing, counting, and bagging it before it was sent to the mint. Other instances of hoarding were given by an officer of the Indian postofiice in 1886, who stated that a native prince was then hoarding gold at the rate of £40,000 to £50,- 000 a year, and on the death of two native princes recently it was believed that they had left £4,000,000 each. One of these princes took a loan of £300,000 from the government of India in 1887, when he must have been in possession of a large hoard himself; for it is a point of honor with a family not to break into a board, which is treated with the sacredness of a family pic- ture. When the prince in question had to make a payment to the government of India for apurpose in which he Was interested, and was asked when he could make the paymentâ€"a payment of £150,000â€"ho acid : "At any moment.” Boards are only drawn on in extreme cases, and it is such calamities as war or the great famine in Madras or Bombay that will bring them out. During these famines bullion or ornaments were taken out of the boards and sent to the Bombay mint, to England, or pledged with the native banker or money-lender. But, unless under special circumstances, the gold and sliver of which the boards are composed are drawn in without any intention of re- turning to circulation again. WIBBLBTS. ~â€" D~. Brodrur, the Montreal phys’cian, is experimenting with the Brown~S;quard elixir. It is understood that the Holy Olilce pro- poses making the regulations governing mixed marriages much stricter in ’anada. Mr. J. 0. Allison, who has been making a tour of the North-West Provinces, thinks that the total crop will be about nine million bushels. Lu Minerva denounces the Liberals of Manitoba for their proposed crusade against the Separate schools and dual language in Manitoba. An octagon cave has been discovered on the farm of Mr. Lssher, near Bath, Out, in which is a spring of mineral water said to be similar to the celebrated deep well at Oswegc. Eiward McLaughlin, against whom a ver- dict of manslaughter was returned for shoot- ing R. Ferguson at Madawaska, surrended himself, and is now in Pembroke goal. A writ has been issued against Mr. W. F. J 'hhoton, superintendent of the Massey Manufacturing Company, chargin him with the seduction of Miss Emma Taylor, of Toronto. Tue trial of Marshall C. Twitchell, the young man charged with burglariously eu- tering L’rr. Martin's house in Kirglton un- der peculiar circumstances, has been fixed for September 16. W He Had Been There. Young wife (to tramp at kitchen window) â€"“ Now, my poor man, here's anice, little turn-over for you which I’ve just taken out of the oven." Tramp (suspiciously) - - “ liln married long i" Y. W. (blushing)â€"-“ Two weeks, butâ€"" "Cookln' school, ain't it 2" he faltered, down at the gate. " Yes.” [Exit tramp down the road, whistling “The Girl I Left Behind Mo.”]â€"â€"[Detrolt Free Press. J... 2-3:..1... l' I ,2. v~ ~