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0n emer ing from the water the men'who had crouet took the coiled rope which he had carried with him, and, tying it to the rope which had been fastened about his waist then tied both securely to the bundle of gourdn. When this was done he made :1 signal to those on the op oaite shore to all on the rope which they ed retained. in voice could not be hen rd because of the roar of the water, but the village men understood the eignel and commenced to drew the When I saw the exceedingly dangerous character of tin! first crossing and the means that were taken to avoid rocks I naturally wondered how the{ were avoided in the night, when smugg ing operations were car- ried on. Inquiry on this point brought out this information: that on these occasions the swimmer took but two gourds oi small size as liiepressrvers, and depended on his skill in swimming to make the passage across. However, it happen: d at times that men were drowned in this work. But those on the shore had been through the same experience many times before, end knew just what to do and when to do it to avoid the danger. At the very moment when some interference was needed they ceased a ing out rope, and, bracing them selves, ed firmly to it. The rope grew tent at once, and the swimmer was thereby made to swing round the arc of a circle, which changed his course sufficiently to carry him below the rock in ssfet . The rope was then loosened and allowe to run out, while the men renewed his efforts to make a passage across the stream, and after several such experiences he was safely lsnded on the opposite shore, though at a considerable distance down the stream. Those on shore carefully watched him as be rushed along on the current and paid out rope so long as they saw that the swimmer was out of the way of any rocks. It was not long before they perceived, however, that he Would certar. l y strike a large rock near the center of the stream if allowed to go on as he was then going. This was a critical moment, for if the man had struck the rock it would have ended beyond a doubt in the gourds being broken and his life endangered, owing to the great force of the current. He was rapidly approaching it, and I held my breath, thinking they had miscalculated and he must he dashed on the rookin one moment more. One of the men from the village at once prepared to croas the river by stripping him- self of all superfluous clothing, as he would do for nbath ; and, the gourda having been brou ht to the water and launched, he took ‘his 13 ace in the pug, fagtening so no pieces of bamboo in its sidesso that theywoultl remain open. Then he fastened a light but ex- tremely strong rope about his waist, giving the other end into the hands of those on shore. A second rope of the same sort, that he had fastened about his waist, was care- fully coiled to carry along with him. These simple arrangements being completed, he was pushed from the bank by those on the shore. The current atoncn seized him, he was mnveyed rapidly down and somewhat across the stream, aiding his course across me_a_nwhile by his own efforts. When the gourds had been collected on the bank of the river, a. loose bag of strong cloth was fastened firmly to the necks of the gourds in such a manner that, when in the water, the weight of a man would drag the necks down and enable him to stand erect in the bag, while the bodies of the gourds floated on the surface of the water above him. The adjustment of the gourds to the weight was so arranged, by adding or diminishing the number of gourds, that the passenger would sink to the armpits in the water. This effectually prevented all chance of a sudden somersault into the river and made the whole arrangement quite steady. Reachin the shore I found that several men had a ready come from the village, in response to the signal, and had brought with them a large number of gourds, tied together in bundles of considerable size. These gourds were of a peculiar shape and enormous size, having long curved necks and rounded bodies. They had been dried with great care, so that the shells would not crack, and were now fastened together by their necks in such a manner that they could not be broken by coming into contact with each other. a dense jungle; had it flashed upon my mind that this was one of the ferries used by the people in crossing the river, and that a rare opportunity was presented to see the manner in which it was conducted. Smug- gling was carried on only at night, with great secrecy ; but as there was no restric- tion upon the carriage of passengers conceal- ment was unnecessary at this time. I. therefore, at once descended from the bluff on which the tent had been pitched, to the bank of the river. If one should find himself on the banks of s swiftlyliowing Himalayan river. too deep to be iorued, too full of rocks to be crossed by a best, the current too strong for any swimmer to breast uneikd, too wide for a temporary bridge, a A yet men, women, and children, as well as goods, to be carried over, he would unturnlly stand nonplused as lto how it could be done. '1 his very problem, however. confronts the villagers who live on the borders of these rivers, and their ingen- niutiy hes contrived a ferry, ufe. sure, and q to rapid in its operation; and since in- genuity is at a premium everywhere a short account of this ferry will not be out of place in this land of bridges over thewuter, ferries on the water, and tunnels under the water. As I sat in front of my tent on this May morning I was surprised to see a man appear on a large rock almost immediately opposite and wave a flag. That it was a well-known signal I had evidence at once in the sudden activity in the village, which was but a few hundred yards distant from my tent. The country on the opposite side of the river was a long journey “was necessary to reach it. Apparently the people ware helpless, fur the Kali was just such a stream as has already been described, but they had found a short cut and at the same time made smuggling Many miles to the south of my position wane fine iron suspension bridge, whinh had been built by the twu gOVernmeute, and with this exception no other had been al- lowed, so that the collection of custom duties might be the more easily made. But in addition to the aversion inherent in eVery men to custom duties there was also this difiimlty in using this solitary bridge, that During my travels in the interior of the Himalayas 1 found myself, one day in May. on the banks of the large river Kali, which is the boundary between English territory end the native State at Nepuul. ' A STRANGE PERRY. [W a an", I. D. William Horne, V. 8., in Country Gentle- man :â€"“’e are getting the fruits I said would surely come. One stockmsn had 60 cows dishorned, endin seven weeks the mllk fell from thirteen to nine pounds, and he says that many of them are ruined altogeth- er. 1 know of quite a number of animals whose heads are nearly rotted oil". Five absolutely breathe through the enlarged apertures whence the horns came off. I know of 27 animals which were dishorned ; five of them came near dying, two did die, and all the rest degenerated. There is no doubt of the prepoteut powers of both cows and bulls being injuriously aflected by dis- horning. I challenge any educated veterin~ arisn in the country as to whether or not the vital forces are destroyed to a great extent. The whole animal economy suffers by the cruel practice. One of the men on the opposite side fol- lowed me, and then the remaining one was ulled over in the same fashion that had een need in getting him over in the first lace. It was an experience never to be orgotten, and many times since my mind has gone back to that Himalayan ferry, and the verdict has always been that. for novelty in has never, probably, been equaled. The men pulled vigorously, the stream dashed up into my face, the roar of the water was almost deafening, I was growing colder and colder every moment, and the trip, which was made in a short time, seemed to occupy an hour. At last I landed; the fire was blazing up, and it was not long be. fore my circulation was restored and the warm glow that succeeds a cold bath fol- lowed. In a ahorn time I was ready to try the return journey, which was made safely. There was, however, another and more trying reason for my loss of breath. I had not supposed that the water would be very cold at that season ; but this was a snow stream, and the water just at that time was for the most part melted ice and snow, so that, coming as it had but a comparatively short distance. it was almost as cold as ice- water and into this I had plunged. What wonder was it that I had nearly lost my breath and shrieked with the sudden plunge? I had wondered why the men on the opposite shore had kindled a fire soon after they had landed, but a few moments’ experience in this ice hath made me long for a share of the warmth of the fire. Stowing myself in the bag I raised my hand as a signal to the two men on the opposite side to pull on their rope. They did so very vigorously, and the result was that I took a sudden plunge which nearly deprived me of my breath. Then I realized for the first time the peculiar feeling of help- lessness one has in the grip of a powerful current ; it seemed as though great power- ful hands had seized me and were trying to pull me down, down, into the depths of the water. - Un'ier ordinary circumstances the man who had crossed from the village would now return. but my own curiosity roasrdiug this novel ferry had risen to such a height that nothing short of an actual trial of it would satisfy its demands. I therefore asked if there were auv objections to my making a trip across, and being assured that it would give them great pleasure to ferry me over and back I at once made my preparations for; the ottempt. _ The ferry wee now iii full working order and the pueeugere made their preparation to cross. There were two women and three men in their party, and the women were sent over first. Their few goods were made up into small bundle: which they placed upon ther heads. This they could easily do. for they were not required to make any ef- fort themee‘vee in crossing. and they were soon pulled over. The gourds were then returned, and one by one the men were eate- ly brought over. It was decided to send seross another man to aid the one already over, and this individual started us the other had done, and was immediately hurried down the stream by the current. But us he started on his rapid course down those on the side he hsd just left kept the rope in their hands fairly tent, allowing it to run out slowly, while the man on the opposite side pulled away menfully at his. The result was that in a very short time he was pulled across, and that with very little loss in descending the stream. There were now two men on the opgosile side to pull, and the added strengt would enable the pastime to be msde much more rapidly._ __ nrdu luck «mm the river, the man who fill alrnd around menutimo paying out his rope. hen the gourd. had been safely returned the mun on the oproalte side In Mic his way upto apoint near y oppootte the lug-ting plm._ _ A There's a time 0! HM at rventlde. When our llle Is all 0! yore, When thc nun looks back on a day thu is past And ntumeth never mom Life. I? I‘ll lClllLLIRG, Mill) '6. There's a time in life at the rising run. When our lilo Is all before; When In rays look out on the world to be Know naught of the world 0! yore. There’s I time 0! life when the sun ls high. For our present joys and cures. When Its my: look down on the world 39 it Is. And It! present sorrow hears There's a tlme at life, It and, glad tlme. When we've done with the cares um have vexed, When our sun hm not on the world that In past. To me “min In the no“. There glowoth the golden sunset, , Love's endless. downy mt, When bliss claps the soul and 101d. It. Clan to the Suloul‘a bloat Oh. it wo would but learn to lmow How nwm and tune our words can go. How would we weiuh with utmost cave finch thought. below it sought. the wt, And onlv speak the wotda that move Like white-winged measemzem 0! love I But yet the harsh word let: a trace The kind word could not quite efl'dce ; And though the heart Its love regain. It bore a scar that low: remained ; Friends could lorgive but mt target, 0r loco the tense o! keen regret. A kind word foll'wr-d it one day, Flew awiltly on its blessed way ; h. healrd the wound, n soothed the pain, And Mend. of old were friends again; It. made the hate and anger cease And everywhere brought joy and penca. One day a hnr-h word, mshly said, Upon an e. il journey sped, And like :1 sharp and cnwl dart, It pierced a tom! and lm ing huut; It turned a Iriend into .1 foe And men where brought pain and woe, Dishorned Cattle. The Two Words- Spring bulbs are among the earliest to flower, and generally go by the name of Dutch bulbs. The Snowdrop is first to open 3 then comes the Crocus. Narcissus, and end- ing with the late Tulip. The Crown Imper- ias are also quite early in flowering and have a stron , quick growth, almost efore frost is out o the ground. All of this class of plants are better planted in the Fall, their growth being so early in the Spring. that to transplant them breaks the young tender roots, and checks \he flowering. They commence to grow early, have finished Dipping the roots of plants in clear water is just as efl'vctivo as the often recommend- ed method called “ puddling ;" also general- ly less inconvenient. and in most cases pre- ferablv. This applies with equal force to 'vegumhle and to small fruit plants. Most persons dislike to handle paddled plants. The culture of flowers is not, strictly speaking, a part of domestic economy. The writer has cared for flowers a considerable part of her time for me past 15 years, and there is no other occupation that has given her more downright pleasure. Our home without flowers would scarcely seem like home. We fancy that the children would be less contented, and that summer would be deprived of an essential charm. The culture of flowers may not be a part of domestic economy in a technical sense. but it promotes do nestic joy and contentmentâ€" and is not this economy 1' Several of our native Lilies make capital border plants, easy to grow and conspicuous when in flower. Those curious in the Lin family have an immense variety to choose from, including several grand California spe~ cies. The old longifolium, such a favorite with florieti for cut flowers. is one oi them. The common Lily and the longifolium can he obtained almost for a song, from the florists, after they have flowered them. TREATMENT FOR Po'r FLOWERS. Take a clean pot and make very rich soil with a little silver sand, or drifteand found after a heavy shower. Then take bone or some red brick and fill the battom of the pen. Lay some burnt bone beaten line over this. Fill the pot with soil and make firm. Plant the bulb so that the top of it will be one inch below the surface. Stand the pot in a pan of water; wash the pan often ;and be sure to use soft water or water that has been boiled. Occasionally use a little wash- ing soda and a little cold tea ; keep the pan full of water. Never water on top of the pot, and every year your plant will improve. Those not having the time or inclination to fuss with a class of plants that will not take care of themselws, can select such as will stand out of doors all winter. These, with a sprinkiing of the common annuals, if properly selected, will furnish flowers con- tinuously from the first Spring day umil frosts in the Fall. Com‘mencing in the Spring, all that perennials usually require is a cleaning up or old decayed fohnae and a spading and raking of the ground around them. Such plants are benefitted by a divi- sion of the roots every three years or so, and this is the general method of propagation; although first to obtain them, most can be raised irom seed. lf sown at the close of Summer, any of them will flower the next; while with rare exceptions, and among those called biennials, a few will flower the first year, planted early enough in the Spring. The work in perfume manufactoriea is largely done by women, who earn from ten- pence to n shilling for a day's labor of ten hours, and who make half as much more during the busy season of omnge flowers and roses, by working until midnight, or even later. Essences and distilletions are produced by boiling the flowers in water, and the vapor which csrries away the perfume is condensed in copper tanks. Some of the retorts used for this purpose are of sufficient size to receive, at one time, a half-ton of fresh flowers, with the amount of water necessary for their distillation. The process of preparing perfumed oils is somewhat similar, except that superfine olive oil is used, instead of grease. Pieces of coarse cotton fabric are saturated with oil, and stretched upon wire netting hell in wooden frames. The supply of (1 )wer petals is daily renew- ed, and the process goes on for four or five months, at the end of which time the pomsde is removed from the glass, with wide, thin spatulss, and packed in cans for transerts- tion. ‘The perfumed grease is treated with alcohol, thh extracts its sweetness, and forms the floral waters and extracts of corn merce. Thus prepared. the frames are pil=d up to await the season of each spears! flower. When the blossoms arrive, their petals are stripped from the stems, and laid upon the grease of the frames, and thus, as the frames are again packed together, supported upon their wooden edges, a series of close cham- bers is formed within which the grease is constantly sbsorhing the perfume.__ The makirg of perfumes includes also the processes of manufacturing poma'lee and essences. Pomade is used as a vehicle f H absorbing enl transporting to a distance [lie perfumte 01 certain flowers. A square frame of wood is can with a pane of strong plate glass. and on each side of this is spread a thin layer of grease, which has previously been refined and purified by boiling. I“! . crisp. The Journal of the Society of Arts, {com which these facts are taken, also describes the method of harvesting blossoms. Dur- ing the busy season, traders go about from farm to farm, collecting flowers, which are then hurried to the nearest manufacturer, and delivered while they are still fresh and Thyme, rosemary and lavender are grown chiefly by small farmers of the grape and olive, who nmuufwture from them an in- ferior aoru of oil, used 00 dilute and adulter- ate the superior essences nude by large ea- ublishmonta. __.--_ v .1â€" v... v. .--v u o u ‘- year, but the season of greatest activity comes in May and J une, when the roses and orange blossom are gathered. The vulez, jonquil and mignonecte appear in Februuy, March and April, although in mild, (moist winters, the violet comes as early as l):- uember; jasmine and cuberoees belong -0 July and August; lavender and epikenard to September. and the acacia to October and November. Fwwnu CULTURE. One of the largest industries of Southern France in that ol the cultivation of flowers for the manufacture of perfumes. Tue flower have“ covers three-fourths of_tho HARDY BORDER PLANTS FLORICULTURAL N 0733. such Tn receipt of a saiary musing from 825- 000 to $50,000, and together raw $9l0,000 a your from the treamry. The eighty judges in the courts of the United State: are paid from $3,500 to 810,500 A year, an aggregate of $318,000. From time to time the yess of the United States unite in lamenting that crime is on the increase in the large cities of the Union. The reason should not be difficult to find ; if the following case is a sample of the justice of the courts. Before Justice Height, of Buf- falo, the Everesta. father and son, were in- dicted for conspiring to commit an act in- jurious to trade and commerce. The precise offence, committed in 1881, for it has taken seven years to bring these wealthy men to justice. was enticing a workman away from the Buffalo Lubricating Oil Company and attempting to blow up the machinery of this important rival of the network of Standard works. The trial was long. and the Everests were able to use all the legnl defence wealth could procure. The evideuce was over- whelming and the verdict a righteous finding if there ever was one. The penalty fixed by law is a light one at best, $250 fine or im- prisonment for a year, or both. The judge fixed the lightest sentence he could, $250 fine, which for a wealthy man was nothing. i The insurer which will occur at first sight to most persons is that the man has not gone round the monkey since he has been behind in. The correct answer, however, as decid- ed by Knowledge, in the pages of which this momentous question has been argued, is that the man has gone round the monkey in going round the pole. A man walks round a pole, on the top of which in a. monkey. As the man moves the monkey turns on the top of the pole so as still to keep face to face with the man. Query : When the man has gone round the pole. has he, or has he not, gone reund the monkey 2 As to the two former, perhaps it is scarce- ly necessary seriously to point out that the answer to t! 6 first is not fifty days, but forty-nine ; and to the second, not twenty days. but sixteenâ€" since the snail who gains one foot each day for fifteen days, climbs on the sixteenth day to the top of the pole, and there remai na. This is a catch question in geometry, as the preceding Were catch questions in arithmetic. The window was diamond- shaped at first, and was afterward made sqqare. Awise man having a window one yard high and one yard wide, and requiring more light, enlarged his winduw to twice its former 3%; yet the window was still only one yard high and one yard wide. How was this done? A snail climbing up a post. twenty feet high. asc ~nda five feet every day, and slips down four feet every night. How long will the snail take to reach the top of the post? How many days would it take to cut up a peioe of cloth fifty yards long, one yard beipg cu}; of}: eygry day ? If a goose weighs ten pounds and lmlf its own weight, what is the weight of the goose? Who has not been tempted to reply on the instmt, fifteen pounds?~â€"the correct answer being of course, twenty pounds. Indeed, it is astonishing wheta. very simple q-xery will sometimes catch a wise man napping ; even the following have been known to succeed : It is always a delight to a school-boy to propound to his teacher “ catch questions " in mathematics that the teacher cannot an- swer. Usually these catch questions or pro- positions are of little importance, and the object of them is simply to elicit absurd re~ plies from those to whom they are put. Temple Bar gives several such questions, a few of which are new and the others as " old as the hills,” but new, probably, to some school-boys and girls. of the great lakes l‘e may have missed E=nin l‘isha, who was going to meet him along the eastern shore; but the Paris Temps suggests that it would hardly be possible for an expedition of the siza of btanley’s to be on one side of the lakes without news of its getting across to the other. Nor is i: likely that Stanley has fallen into an ambuscsde and been massacred. He has 484 men. what with carriers and soldiers, who are well armed, and he is him- self in this sort of warfare an experienced commander. Still another hypothesis has been propounded, namely. that having fully satisfied himself of Brain Pasha’s safety and unwillingness to be “ rescued,” he has turn- ed sonthward to do some more exploring on his own account, and will come out in the direction of Zanzibar. Everythinv that is said about him .is thus far mere guess- work. The precise whereabouts of Stanley, the explorer. is now a subject of anxious discusv siun among Europe-an newspapers and geo- graphers. Ten months ago he left the last point from which news of him was received, that is. the camp of Yambunga. 0n the ltlzh ot August, 1887, he wrote to this post, ask- ing that fresh suppliua of provisions might be sent him. SinCu then nothing has been heard 0‘ him. Between this point and Wade- lai, the first station at which he would strike the territory of Eznin Pasha, he had about 600 milm to travel through a swampy, but not impassable country. In Stanley's last letter he fixed August l5 as the date at which he would get into the Luke Nyauza country, where Enin Pasha would have been sure to hear of him, but Emin Pasha wrote No- vember 2 that he had heard nothing of him. Su- b‘rancis \Vinmn, an ex Governor of the Congo Free S ate, suggests that he has met with obstacles on the road which may have comprllecl him to an a great way round. The London Globe says that in making his way northward on the West side Jnglnnd has thirty- four judges who are by July. the ioli e dried up end no more is seen 0! them til their time of growin the ensuing Spin . The Lily family. rov ded they are move early enough, may e trans lentmd in the Spring. The old white gar- en lily. L. (amlidum, ie a splendid hardy border plant. 'l‘hOL. auratum ie an im- mense flower and makes a grand show. The several kinds of luncifolium are charming plants. The old 'l‘urk’e cap, the tiger, and the tenniiolium, are well worth growing. Justice Triumphant. Salaries of Judges. “ here is Stanley ‘.’ Catch Questions. Another great cause of the poor stock raised in this country is the fact that many farmers pay no attention to the adaptabilit of the animais in crossing. Small-size , tine-boned females are put to heavy-boned, large-bodied Clydes and Shire horses with the idea that the production will be a model horse. There never was a greater mistake. There is too sudden a descent, too abrupt a change, and in seven cases out of ten such an amalgamationâ€"sun" mares, large horses â€"produces a lack of symmetry and frequent- ly malformation. Nature is uniform in her operations, and horses of about the same build and type should be mated together to produce good animals. Strong, bulky mares ‘ are required to create heavy, bony oif- spring. If the horse-market be studied at the present time, it will be noticed that horscileeh goes by the pound the same as beef; for horses are most in demand that will come up to a certain weight. It is well known that a draft coltâ€"Clyde or Shireâ€" from most of the imported horses now in Ontario can be raised to 1,500 lbs, or more, at 3 years old more cheaply than a three- year-old steer of the same weight, and will sell as readily for cash at three times the price. Then the last year‘s use of such on the farm will amply pay for any other difference. First-class carriage horses and saddle horses will pay equally as well as the 1: heavy classes ii bred for a purpose and (4, mated and bred to produce the desired "51H sults of coach and saddle horses. The pr' ‘ duction of good horses isa business in whi any farmer may engage in Ontario withAnmr; consciousness that he is doing a worl; an ex- will add to the wealth and eneral pg" on flu.- ity of the country, and pro ucin “cilia which requires no sharp pract cs ' into honest money, and one thmd a wzv nearer having a fixed value than‘, Beet-m. product upon the farm. 110 r se- Breeding. The stinting season for horses is now in full swing and our farmers need to pay the greatest attention to their breeding stock. The raising of first class horses is going to be the key note to successful farming in Ontario. Our good horses are eagerly sought after all over, and command the highest price. There is a steady market both in England and the United States for all the saleable horses we have; and it the horse production were ex~ panded 100 per cent. there is plenty of room for them in the world. But horse breeding here re quires to be more sys- tematic to produce the best results. There is altogether too much haphazard breeding, or breeding to no definite purpose. it is too often the case that cheap sires are used for the sake of saving a little, and the consequence is the productnou of an ink rior, nondescript horse, which finds no place in the market except as a “ plug." These cheap stallions have been the ruin of agood- ly number of our Canadian horses. Only to a limited extent are undersiz:d and pony horses required, and this for mere local pur- poses, such as running a grocery wagon or a light buggy around a city ; out for the ex- port trade they have no place at all. We have a number of first-class stallions in nearly every class, but this is not the only requisite to successful horse-breed- ing. There must be good mares and adapt- ability in crossing and breeding to a purpose. We may import all the best horses from England and France, but until proper mares are selected horse~raising can- not be a success. And it is too aell known that the greater part of the brood mares in this country are animals that are unfit for Work, old, blemished and just on their last legs. To produce the best results in horse raising the mares should be strong, vigor- ous, sound, and roomy. The abolition of slavery in Brazil will it seems be peacefully brought about much sooner than was expcc ted even by sanguine philanthropists. The Chamber of Deputies has passed a bill providing for the immediate emancipation of all persons held in slave , and the sanction of the Senate is the on y act required to knock oil. the shackles of a million of bondsmen. The Libel Law Amendment Bill having passed to its third reading in the Commons last night, we may take it as settled that hereafter journalists will not be dragged out of their own Province in order to be tried. The thanks of all journalists are due to Hon. Mr. Thompson for his attention to the sub ject, and journalists will owe it to them. selves to see that no mean advantage is taken of the amendment. The New York World staies that the Western Union Telegraph Company have an arrangement with Edison by which the company pay him a certain sum yearly for the right $0 suppress any of his inventions if the company chooses. It is said that un~ der this arrangement the company has al- ready suppressed two important Inventions which would have revolutionised snd inde- finitely cheapened telegraphy. Apparently there is nothing a monopoly will not do, from dynamiting a possible rival to obstruct- ing human prowess. About two years ago Patterson Bros. were given a heavy bonus to induce them to re- movu their agricultural works to the go- uhead town of Woodstodr. The bonus took the form of $35,000, free water and exemp- tion from taxes for a term of years. Now is is found the: the condensers of he firm’s engines use so much water than; the tire pressure Is reduced [0 a dangerously low point. The clay disputes the ri.lw of the firm to free water lur‘ condensing purposes, and u very pretty lawsuit is the result. The necessity for either high or low level railway eroeeiuve at the Eipleuede in Toron- to is made more apparent by whet hue hep- peued in Philadelphia. In ten years no few- er then three hundred and seventy-five per- son: were killed on the level railway eroee- inge within the limits of the city of Phile- delphie, and during the same time about the same number 0! persons were killed on the railway lines within the city. It is satisfactory to note that the species of gambling known as lotteries will in fut- ture be diacouragtd as much as possible in the Province of Quebec. Hon. Mr. Meroier, in a circular letter to the editors of the pro~ vincial journals, has intimated his intention of prosecuting, according to the statutes, any person who may hereafter advertise, print or publish notices of lotteries. No utisfsowry reason has so In been of. (ered to account for the te'nu'keble felling ofl'iu the attendance of church-goers in the State of Maine. It is stated thetouethh‘d of the churches in the State of Maine are closed on account of luck of support, and dust one-half the people are non-churoh-gm ers. Out of 1,362 churches in the State 417 are vacant. NOTES 0‘! CURRENT TOI’ICS.