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I “R. HOUSEHOLD. Early Monthâ€"Development- Both common observation and the clos- est scientific study haye made it plain that youth is the period of sense ascendency. From this, most important conclusions fo - low, which we cannot- ignore without ay- inga heavy penalty. Attention has n called to the infant in order to show that, prior to all school education, nature as~ serts herself and points the way in which the human brain and mind develop. Any education that overlooks these facts is directly against. the organization we pos- sess, and must be more or less of a failure. . How far our methods have been and are in harmony with them I shall presently at- tempt to show. For the moment let me follow the child out of the stage of infancy into that of school age. The boy of five, let us sup- pose, is sent to school a perfect stranger to books and the usual educational equipment. Everything on the road to school attracts him to such an extent that likely enough he may arrive late. “'hen at school the teacher may find him so restless that the question of keepin him in order so that he shall not distur others is a matter of serious difficulty. So long as he can be kept in action things go well enough, but to keep this activity within bounds is the problem. Very often repressive measures that quite paralyze his nature are resorted to in order toads t his organism to the environment instea of the reverse being attempted, It is forgotten too often that if this young creature were not active, even restless, im- pulsive, inattentiveâ€"i. e., ever ready ‘to secure some new impressionâ€"he could not develop after Nature’s plan. P:1"“'-'iâ€"udâ€" Child- Ifa child imitates quickly and is very lively, it is most likely inclined to be pas- sionate. It is our duty in such a case to be gentle and rm, and when it is Violent to calm it by drawing its attention from the cause of excitement. Scolding, frowning, or strong opposition will only increase its . violence ; for it- will immediately imitate all these actions. Neither must you laugh or seem amused by its childish rage; but on the contrary, look gentle and sorrowful. If the child loves you (and it will love you if you have treated it rightly), the expression of your countenance will have a great effect upon it. The faults of passionate children are often confirmed and strengthened by the anger of their parents. I have heard it rec- ommended to allow a child to scream till it is tired, and that thus it will cure itself, but I am sure such a plan only confirms the evil. If, on the contrary, the character of a child is silent, and it is slow in noticing or imitating, it will very likely whine and fret. With such a disposition, keep it con- stautly in action by talking to it, playing with it, and directing its observation to the things about it, and after awhile, encourage it, by every means, to find amusement for itself. Such a disposition will require more activity on your part than the quick, lively child, but less watchfulness. It will require to be aroused to exert both its mind and body, while with the active child it will perhaps be necessary to find amusement that will keep it quiet. With all children, however, proper amusement must be found, or they will be either mischievous or stupid. Bright Tuesday vs. Blue Monday- The old song runs as follows : It's thump. thump. rub, rub, away; There's naiightot leasurc in the house upon the washing ny. This may have been true in olden times when the washing had to be done in the , roozn that was dining-room, kitchen and laundry, and where among manifold duties the housewife herself bent over a steaming waslitub. It is severe labor at the best, but in these days new inventions and coutrivances, tn- getlicr with the housewifc’s skill and brain work, have largely done away with its drudgery and discomfort. Occasionally we find women in the “old ruts” in this regard and if they thereby exhaust their strength they can only blame themselves for their suicidal course. By “old ruts” is meant the rubbing of clothes in two waters previous to ‘ boiling and rinsing in several waters tliere- - after. Many modern housescontsiualauudry, wherein thisunplcasaiit work with its steam can by kept from the living rooms. But nlas ! many a farmer‘s wife must needs wash where she lives. For there is no escape from the foul steam unless she is willing to l try the suggestion herein set forth. a Mllle oprraudi I have found equally good in suin- mcr as in winter : for by this plan uopcriuauent hot fire is necessary. Instead of “ blue Monday,” we'll call this “bright Tuesday,” since this is the better day. Mon- day evening after tea heat the boiler full of water. In it cut up all the small pieces of soap that have been accun‘uilated during the weekâ€"small pieces left from hand and dish-washing, etc. Place the most soilel‘ pieces in the bottom of the tub, and when filled taken tea-sup half full of gasolineâ€" scold, scold use more if much soiledâ€"pour lti over most sciled garments, their im-l mediately cover with the hot suds, 1n thel morning after breakfast again heat a boiler l of water: add sutliciout hot water to rub out the clothes, which place in another tub, covering with hot water. It this water any garment not yet clean can again be rubbed. Now rinse in a blue water, and the shining whiteness of the clothing on the line will surprise you. Any garment that ‘ou fear will fade will come out of this guso ine suds without losing a drop of color. 1 ed flan- ucls, which usually fade, will not leave a vestigc of tint in the water. Do not dare to put a drop of gasoline in the boiler on (In: slow, for it is a dangerous practice, and has resulted in death to careless or ignor~ ant people. As some may prefer kerosene, I will give an eas direction which has proved success- ful. have known fruit-stains that had been boiled in the fabric to entirely disap- r by its use. Table linen is remarkab y m from stains where kerosene is employed in washing. For tlu wubing of a family of six or oi t, shave in thin slices a bar of soap, add a ittlo soft water and boil till all dissolved : take from the fire and add four tablespoon. fuhi of kerosene, stirring till well mixed. Place over the fire a boiler two-thirds full of soft water and add half of soap-mixture; now at "late this cold suds the fines: clothes that are cooked over night, as in former direction, without. gasoline. When these have scolded about twenty minutes remove to sndsing water, add another piil of cold water and the rest of soap~mixture toboiler, placing therein the rest. of the clothes. When in sudsing tub the vimhboard can be used for the more soiled pieces, but sheets and pilIOvv-slips will be found sufficiently clean without rubbing, hence the cloth is saved, as well as one’s valuable stren gth. Since learning this I will not allow a dome:- tie to rub my garments to pieces, though she be unwilling to spare herself. In the Kitchen. Have a little hand colander to turn ino- lasses through as you use it. A few experi ments may convince you that it pays. Did you ever W181] to color frosting or cake a lovely pink and have nothing at hand with which to do it 2" Next time try beet. juices. Cut- a blood turnip beet in tliiu slices, boil in a very little water and use the liquid thus obtained. If you would like some always ready for use, take more beets and a little more water, but do not boil too long or the color will be ruined. To a cupful of the liquid add a. cupful of granulated sugar, boil twenty minutes and bottle, or you may add a. small quantity of gelatine and put in jelly tumblers. . The syrup is quite as convenient to use. If you have one of the new lemon squeez- ers, when making those pitchers of refresh- ing lemonade last summer, you probably took the lemons alter squeezing, split them open and dried them as quickly as possible, that is if you did not go further and “ candy ” then). Dried lemon peel should be kept in a glass jar, or, if grated ready for use, in a wide mouthed bottle tightly corked. For flavoring cakes, custards and the like it is preferable to most of the so-called lemon extracts. Buy at the drug store a few cents’ worth of citric acidâ€"which is obtained from the lemon and so need not be regarded with suspiciouwput in a wide-mouthed bottle, which you should label, and when you wish for a lemon pie, and have no lemons try these receipts. Hints for the Laundry- wssinxu FLUID. Two and a half pounds sal soda, half a. pound borux, a. quarter pound resin, two ounces salts tartar, one and a half ounce liquid ammonia. ' Dissolve soda, borax and resin in four gal- lons of water and boil ten minutes. \Vhen cold, add salts tartar, ammonia and four gallons of water. Keep well-corked. STARC ll. Dissolve in one and one-half pints cold water, one level teaspoonful powdered hor- ax, and two heaping teaspoonfuls starch. Dry clothes well without starching, wring through this solution, fold in a dry cloth for two hours, then rub with a. dry cloth and iron. Wash and rinse flannels in water of oven temperature, be it hot or cold. Iron stockings, underskirts, eta, wrong side out for convenience in mending. Fold clothes smoothly ; “A wrinkle in, has to be got out.” Rub irons on a piece of emery paper to make them smooth. Keep plenty of clean iron holders. To remove iron rust, apply lemon juice and salt. and expose clothes to the sun. To remove mildew, pin on leaves of the Jamestown (or Jimson) weed and boil. A little vinegar in the rinse water will prevent delicate colors frdm fading. _ Zephyr articles may be cleaned by rub- bing them in flour or magnesia. How to Use Almonds. ALMOND Ricaâ€"Blanch sweet almonds and pound them in a glass or marble mor- tar, mix a little but water with them, press them and pour the juice off them as long as there is milk in the almonds, adding fresh . water every time. To every quart of almond juice put one qmrter pound of rice, and two teaspoontuls orange’flower water ;mi.v them all together and let them simmerover a slow fire; when the‘rice is cooked sweeten it to taste, and sprinkle a. little cinnamon‘ over it before using. Amme CAKES.~â€"Whisk four eggs and four ounces of powdered white sugar for twenty minutes, or until like thick cream ; have ready two ounces sweet and three ounces bitter almonds, pounded and passed through a sieve, three ounces melted butter, and two ounces sifted flour ; mix all care- lully into the e gs and sugar, and bake on a deep baking 3 met in a quick oven. “’hen cold, out into any shapes desired. ALMOND SSOWCAKE.â€"~Beat half a pound} \‘eloped in smoke and Steam. and became of butter to a cream, stir in it gradually one pound of nri'owroot, and half a pound white sugar, beating the mixture thorough- 1y: whisk the whites of six eggs to a still froth, and add them to the other ingredi- cuts, beat them all well for twenty minutes put in almond flavoring to taste. Pour the cake into a buttered mould, and bake in a moderate oven from one hour to an hour and a half. Hail the quantity of everything will be sullicieut for a. small family. ALMOND Chi-Lin I’mâ€"Beat eight ounces white sugar, and eight ounces sifted flour into eight e rgs, add two glasses of milk, put all into a a slew-pan and stir over the fire until it boils, then add one quarter pound soft butter, and one quarter pound sweet almonds, blanched and chopped very fine; make three quarters pound of puff paste, roll it out half an inch thick, cut out a piece the size of a. template, put it on a (baking sheet, and spread out on it the cream, then lay strips of the paste across each way, and it plain broad piece all around the edge ; wash the top with a beaten egg and sugar, and bake in a quick oven. ' Ai..\io.\‘ns .\l.iCAiioos.<.â€"-Blaiicli four ounces sweet ulmondsand pound them with four teaspoonfuls of orange-flower water; whisk the whites of four eggs to a froth, then mix them and one pound sifted white sugar with the almonds to a paste; lay a sheet of wafer-paper on a tin, and put the mixture on in little pieces the shape of summons. ALMOND Cassiaâ€"Boil two dozen blanch- ed almonds and half a dozen bitter ones in a little milk; when done add the yolk s of five well-beaten eggs (let the almonds cool first), one wine glass of orange juim,ud sugarto taste, then one quart of thin cream. Stir it over the fire until it thickens but do not let. it boil, pour it into cups or jelly glasses, and serve cold. ALMOND lemon-Blanch one pound sweet almonds, and soak them in cold water for twolve hours then chop them very small, pour them in a mortar, ‘and mix them gradually w ith the white of an e , thcjuice of a lemon, and three pounds in ted white ,and a deluge of water, blocks of ice, mud I everything that lay in its course, and leav- i ten rock filled the crater up to nverflowin . {sugar ; spread this over the cake and let it stand three days to harden, then spread l over it a sugar icing made & follows : Work ( together with a wooden spoon the whites of I four eggs, the juice of two lemons, and three i pounds sifted sugar, spread it- over the'cake ; and let dry in a warm place, but. do not put l it in the oven. If not wanted for fruit cake ‘ use only the first icing. ALMOSD Pri‘iS.â€"-'1‘wo tablespoonfuls of ' flour, two ounces of butter, two ounces white sugar, two ounces SWeet almonds, four hitter almonds. Blanch and pound the al- monds in a mortar to a. smooth paste ; melt the butter, stir the flour smoothly in it, and add the sugar and pounded almonds. Beat the mixture well and pour it into small well- , buttered cups, bake in a moderate oven for , twenty minutes, or longer if the pulls are large. Turn then out on a dish with the ' bottom of the pod uppermost. ALMOND Msmxurssâ€"Whisk some whites of eggs to a stiff froth, mix with them, quickly and thoroughly, some fine white (sugar, allowing one tablespoouful for each white of egg. Then place a sheet of white paper on a meringue-board, and. with a tablespoon, lay out the mixture on it in little heaps the size of an egg, and about | two inches apart, keeping them all the same size and shape. Strew 0. little powdered sugar over them, and ot once place the board in a moderate oven. When the mer- ingues are of a straw color and seem hard ito touch, take them out, carefully detach them from the paper, scoop out the inside and replace them in the oven to dry out very slowly, having the oven very " slack ” and the oven door open. \Vhen they are dry and cool fill them with a small quan- tity of cream prepared after the recipe given in almond cream pie, and join them in paias by sticking together the underside of eac . ALMOND BISCUIT. â€"â€"-Mix well together one pound white sugar, half a pound sweet almonds auda few bitter ones, pounded fine, one quarter ound sifted flour, six eggs, the yolks and) whites beaten separate- ly, the grated rind of two lemons, and a little finely-sliced citron peel. Pour into small moulds and bake in a moderate oven. ALMOND CREAM CAKE.â€"-â€"Pound three ounces sweet almonds, one quarter pound butter, two ounces loaf sugar, and a. little rose water to athick aste. Spread it on a buttered tin and divi c it into eight cakes ; bake it in a slow ovon. \Vhen cold put a spoonful of preserve on each cake and cover with some almond cream prepared as for the pie. Catapaxi in Action- l\1r. Whymper, in his new book, “ Travels Among the Great Andes of the Equator,” speaks of Cotopaxi as “ an ideal volcano.” “ It is in a state of perpetual activity, and has been so ever since ithas had a. place in history.” Its activity is irregular, however. The last great eruption took place in 1877. Early in that year a. somewhat unusual dc- grce of activity was noticed, and columns of smokeâ€"composed of fine dust, or “ vol- canic asli”â€"were seen to rise a. thousand feet above the summit of the mountain. The people of the surrounding country seem not to have become alarmed until June 25th. Then shortly after midday, an immense black column about twice the height of the cone, or about eighteen thousand feet, was projected into the air, accompanied by tre- mendous subterranean bellowing. All night the summit glowed, but in the morning there was nothing unusual in its appearance till half-past six o’clock, when another enormous column rose from the crater. \Vithin an hour and a half it began to grow dark in Quito, and the darkness in- creased until at noon it was like midnight. One man told Mr. Whymper that he tried to go home, but could not see his own door when directly opposite to it. Another said that he could not see his hand when it was held close to his face. The wind had car- ried 'the column of dust in u. northerly direction, sliroudinu the city. The eruption was visible from points at the south. For some time no alarm was felt. The inhabitants are accustomed to see the mountain smoking and blowing off (steam, and even a column of ash several 'times higher than usual would not attract special attention. . At ten o’clock however, some residents of Mulalo were looking at the summit, and all at once saw molten lava pouring tlirou h the gaps and notches in the lip of the cra- ter, bubbling and smoking “ like the froth of a. pot that suddenly boils over,” In a few minutes the mountain was en- invisible : but out of the darkness a moon- ing sound arose, which grew into a roar, and rock rushed down, sweeping away ing a desert in its rear. For a part of its course it is estimated that it travelled at the rate of fifty miles an hour. The scene upon the cone itself must have surpassed anything ever seen by man, Mol- gits rise was sudden, and its fall, perhaps, equally abrupt. One may well pause to wonder at the power which could raise the quantity sufficient to fill this vast arena, nineteen thousand feet above thelevel of the sea, even for a moment. The Weight must be reckoned at; hundreds of millions of tons, its heat at thousands of degrees Fahrenheit _: and when it emerged through the depressions of the rimâ€"on all . sides at onceâ€"and fell in streams or cascades Iupon the surrounding slopes of snow, ice and glacier, much of it. must have been in- stantly blown into the air by the sudden evolution of steam, and falling again upon - the cone, must have bounded downward in furious leaps, plowing up the mountain like cannon-shot. I Portions of the glac1ers, uncemented from their attachments by the enormous augmen- tation of heat, slipped away bodily, and partly borne by the growing floods, arrived at the bottom a mass of shattered blocks. Blocks of ice were carried ei ht or ten leagues from the mountain, an some of them remained for months upon the plain, and when they melted, left behind them hillocks of rubbish three or four feet high and several yards in diameter. The flood swept away houses, farms, fsc' tories and bridges, and two years afterward Mr. Whymper found the country a wilder- - nose. I .â€"_.2â€"â€"â€"â€"+â€" he sultan has 300 wives, the King of Dahomey 250, the Shah of Persia 400, the King of Siam 600, the Kin of Ashantee 3,000, and the Emperor of orocoo about 6,000. I. l , ~- nL‘Jtu .-, mm. M . We.um~.n.s,3~,sm~~~w ~ CANADIAN BAILW AYS- The Wonderful Progress enhe Dominion in Railroad Construction. In no branch of development has Canada made greater strides than in that of railway creation and extension. Conservatives have special reason for sentiments of pride in this connection, and can fully realize to-day that when fighting in the past for iron roads between the provinces, and across the Dominion, they were battling for the best and highest interests of their country. Forty years ago there were but 17 miles in o oration. At Confederation there were 2,258, whilst today there are over 14,000. These figures meant much for Canada in the past, and will mean still more in the future. They represent a reasonable steady growth of prosperity, in spite of American fiscal hostility and the hard times which ended in 1868 ; ability to hold our own with the United States in the development of our resources and the opening up of our country ; a capacity to produce greater in. ternal trade and travel ; and the presenta- tion of facilities for the promotion of immi- ration and the extention of commerce through subsidiary steamship lines, which wouldotherwiso have been impossible. Since 1878, this progress has been especially re- markable as thefollowingfigures show: CANADIAN RAIIAVAYS. 1878 1891 Miles in operation ........ 0.143 14.900 Train Mileage ............ 19,659,447 43,399,178 No. of passengers ........ . 6.443.924 13,222,568 Tons of freight . . . . . . 7,883,472 21,753,021 Earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20 5.0.078 $18,19L099 \Vorking expenses . . . . . . . . $16,100,102 $31,930,119 The capital of our railways from all sources was $160,000,000 in 1868, and is now 8816, 000,000. Of this latter sum $145,000,000 is aid from the Dominion Government, $25, 000,000 from Provincial Governments and $13,000,000 from municipalities. It is gratifying to know in'this connection that t ie cost per mile of Canadian roads is $55,- 809, or only $1,500 more than the American cost, in spite of- the immeasurably greater difficulties we had to encounter, and far less than that- of the United Kingdom ($216,479 er mile,) Belgium, France, Germany, Rus- ‘sia. Austria, India, Victoria or New South \Vsles. It must be remembered, too, that. in Aus- tralasia and India the railways have been chiefly built by the Government with public money, but that in Canada the only roads thus built are the Intercolonial and the Prince Edward Island railways. The Do- minion has, however, been exceedingly liberal in subsidizing important or necessary roads, and the bread thus thrown upon the waters within a decade or so, is now coming back to us in the shape of a great and growing interprovincial trade, a. senti- ment of unity amongst the provinces, and the development of our resources through their being seen by the world at large, or by such portions of it at least as may travel on the North American continent. Compared with the railways of the United States in financial management or business progress, those of Canada are far superior. Canadian roads are solvent, and generilly prosperous, as the figures below will indicate: Railways, 1891. Earnings. Expenses. Canada Atlantic ....... $558,832 $337,751 Canada. Southern. ..... 4,408,904 3,161,345 Canada Pacific System 18.672.174 11,538,134 Grand Trunk. .... 17,423,860 12,621,478 Intercolonial... . . 2,977.395 3,662,312 Other lines... . 4,150,874 3,689,395 $43,192,099 #3436044 The bonded debt is in round numbers $266,000,000 or $53 per head of our popula- tion, while that of American railways (1889) is $4,828,000,0C0, or $80 per capita.. The interest paid out by the United States roads is $171,000,000, whilst their dividends only amount to $79,000,000. Writing in refer- ence to the disastrous condition of American railways, in The Forum, October, 1888, Mr. Adalbert Hamilton said : “Data are not accessible prior to 1876, but since then over 400 American companies operating more than 35,000 miles of railroad have been insolvent and the relations of two billions of capital stock and indebtedness have been readjusted under f orclosures.‘ * " So far from railway insolvency being matter of surprise,it does not. seem inaccurate to say, in view of our railway history, that the dominant. American railway policy is to cumulateindebtednessto the uttermostlimit, without setting bondsto borrowing, with- out providing means of payment and with the most complacent view of insolvency." But Canada has done even more than pro- vide herself, with a magnificent chain of railway communication,a great canal system, and splendid facilities for ocean travel. She has paved the way for snatching the supremacy of the continent in transporta- tion matters from the United States. The other day we drew'attention to what. were the present position and the future possibili- ties of our lake, river and canal system, and showed how it would inevitably draw traffic sooner or later in large volume from West- ern American railways. But more than that will Occur if we stand fast during the next few years. What says tho famous report of the United States Senate Committee (May 2, 1890) ? “ The political party so long in power in Canada have not attempted to disguise the fact that it was their deliberate purpose to secure a railroad across the continent of commandiuginfluencs, which in connection with the subsidized steamer lines, would be able to dominate the transcontinental commerce of the United States, and to de- flect from American vessels, American sca- ports and American railroads a large share of our own commerce with the countries of Asia and with Australia and New Zea- land. This has to a considerable extent, been done already and the work is still going on. ” Carryin out, as does this statement of fact, the fang past prophecy of Secretary Seward, that a Canadian continental rail- wa would command the trade of the East an the West ; we assert that the Canadian people have increasiu cause for congratula- tion upon the past on continued confidence in the future. The Empress of Austria is reputed to be the best royal housekeeper in Euro . Everything in the Austrian palace is on e her own personal care. She orders cooks, butlers, and laundry maids, and is constant- ly inventing something new in cookery. Lady Brooke’s latest fad is a Shakespear- ian garden, in which there is to be planted every flower and shrub named by the great dramatist in his works. The first specimen meet. out by the royal bands of the Prince of Wales. .. .,o. u. .. .r,:".i>--l MKS. DB LBSSBPS'S FAITH IN HER HUSBAND? PROBI‘I‘Y. Names stun Commute- Th-i Will Invest!- xale the Panama Canal Suntanâ€"le- forms That the Italian ministry wm Attempt to Carry outâ€"reruns Many manuscripts. A Paris dispatch says :--Mme. de Los- seps, wife of Count Ferdinand do Lssseps, is at the country house of the family at Chesuave. Mme. de Lease has been inter- viewed by a writer for the igaro. She said that she had no fear as to the result of the trial, which she now regarded as inevitable, and would simply prove who was actually answerable for any slle wron oing in connection with the Panama Oaua . Mme. de Lesseps said earnestly that she was con- fident of the inflexible and absolute probity of her husband and his sons. A representative of the Figaro also saw Count do Lesseps. The veteran seemed sadly enfcebled by age and illness, and seemed to be in entire ignorance of recou‘ events. His family make strenuous effort to keep him so. The criminal prosecution has given a blow to the effort to restore the Panama Canal srfizrprise. The scheme is regarded by financiers as miserably weak. It is pointed out that, even assumin that two~thircls ol the work could be finis ed for the amount now asked for, which isa very large as- sumption, the canal would not earn even its working expenses until the other third was finished. As for the securities to be taken over-by the new company when the coven- anted two-thirds are finished, there is no element of financial strength in that direc- tion. The lottery bonds and shares of the old company represent only its assets, and these precious securities can never have any marketable value until the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific mingle in the centre of the isthmus. Charges and countercharges continue to be cxchun ed in re and to the responsibili- ty for the allure of the canal scheme, and to fraudulent transactions in connection therewith. Noththstanding the excitement amon litical circles that the parliamentary inves- tigation will not seriously disturb the mass of corruption connecte‘dhwith the Panama ' undertaking, and that t ecriminal prosecu~ tion will prove a fiasco. That Handy Typewriter. “ Oh, yes, frequently,” said a young lady who has had considerable experience as a stenographer, in reply to the question as to whether her employer ever dictated family letters to her. . “Now, there is Mr. Jones,” continued the young typist. “ While his wife was away at. Hastings in July, he always dictat- ed the letters lie sent to her daily or else got me to write them. It came to be quite the usual occurrence for him to say after bush ' ness matters has been attended to : “ ‘ Well, I think, Miss Brown, you may write to my wife. You know about what to so .' “ o I would proceed and write a letter in his usual cordial tone,‘ telling her that the house was doing well, and the boys were getting along finely with Mary, the house servant. Sometimes, when I was feeling q..ite in the humour, I would send 011' long letters of several hundred words each. Mr. Jones would look over the page and jot down his name at the end. I would address the envelope on the machine, seal it. and. send the message on its way to the absent wife. “ But there came an endte all that. “ One day Mr. Jones not come down to the office, Isu posed he had been out toaball the night efore. In the afternoon his brother cam. over to my desk and said : ‘ Perhaps we had better get off a letter to Mrs. Jones, as otherwise she might think something had happened.’ “ So I wrote out a letter in the usual manner and signed it with the rubber fac- simile of Mr. Jones’ signature. “ The letter was posted, and I thought no more of it for several days. Mr. Jones did not come down to the office that day or the next, but on the third day there was an ex- plosion. It. seems that the reason he did not come down on the mornin that I wrote the letter was because his wi e came home the morning before, and he had not heard of it till he went home at night, she thinking she would surprise him. “ The next day and the next he stayed at home, and the third day the letter that I had written unbeknown to him was for- warded to her from Hastings, and you can imagine the breeze it created. I really be- lieve the woman couldn’t have been more angry if she liad‘capght me flirting with her husband instead of doing my best. to keep up pleasant relations between them. “ Yes. that is why I found another situa- tion. She put on such funny airs before me, and wouldn’t even speak to me when she came into the office, although she had always done so before that. “ 1 think Mr. Jones enjoyed it on the quiet ; but he was too honourable and too much of a gentleman to make sport of hit wife, even indirectly. __...-,.___... A Horrible Traffic- The Berlin Krcng Zeituny publishes full details of the trial at Lemberg of ‘26 Jews charged with exporting women to the cast for immoral purposes. The evidence makes it perfectly clear that as many as 60 girls have been forwarded in one gun to Constan- tinople, whence they were orwarded to various points in the East, including Port ‘ Said, while some were even sent to South America. The li'reng Zeilung alleges that British oflicials, while cognizant of the traf- fic, have taken no measure to have it sto - ped or exposed. The modus operandi is t is same in all cases. Replyin to advertise- ments for governesses, &0.,t e unfortunate girls are enticed into the Turkish territory. Once there they are treated as prisoners, and compelled to submit to the most brutal and ignominious treatment. To The Back Gate. A country parish minister, lately visiting Edinbur 'h, met in the street aservant girl who had eft his congregation togo tea situa. tion in the City. . “ Well, Maggie," said he kindly, “ how do you like your new situation '3" ” Fine, sir; but I'm gay lonely amongst sac inony strange folk." “1 was thinking so, Maggie. Well, I’ll call and see you before 1 leave town.” “ Na, sir,” very doltfully, " ye manna dae that, for cur mistress allows use followers ; but" (brightening up) “if geome toe the back gate when it’s dark, 1'“ try let ya in at the woody.” ~ a». I-ntnfl'arvlha-M’» “mafia”?! Mw‘qmm Jimmy“... the public and the scene in the g Cham er of Deputies, it is believed in po- ' ~..v.mq...a: .. . «.4... -...__.' a - x «an. 4 .- v~< . “4...... LMJJW - L‘s...- ..__a'....a.__-'..-_.I HM.J --... a. a“; “.. e., r