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General louard on III. Mun-Iv. «From the London Advertiser.) In the matter of Col. Campbell. of the 97th Battalion. and the tteatnueut received by him at. the hands of Major-General Luau] on we day 0! brigade iua tiou. the ofliceru and men of the bum ion, as well as the Colonel himself, felt the mullet keenl . No better-hearted. better prin- ciple . truer or honeutor gentleman exists in the camp, and an for soldier-like qualities it in the universal opinion that he would stand to be out to pieces rather than flinch lrom his duty. Last Thursday. when Major-General Luard arrived, he found the Colonel at the head of his regic ment with his horse facing his men. “ That's no position 101‘ a. Colonel to be in. Face around. air l " said the Major- Generalinnvery rem tory tene. “That's not your place. ome Bore, air ; turn your heel} tohyour regiment...” A - __ .1 N-.‘l.lu nhnunl‘ .05 W yuun lualluvu'o The Colonel promptly and meekly obeyed the order. The Major-General then made inquiries as to the absence of water bottles and haveneoke, which he noticed in many cases in the battalion. He was informed the officers had applied for such several times, bub‘hadflfailed‘in‘ getting 9. gupply. . 0L“ umuu, Uuu uuu nun”.- u. 0----..“ fi 7,1 The Major-General then turned oh 'the Colonel agam, and asked in a. very harsh “311118! : M ‘r__-_._u. nn‘ “ How is it you oflicers haven't get‘ scarlet tunics; don’t you know it Is not regulations for them to wear blue ?" The Colonel replied that each officer had nright to choose his own uniform, that some were made in one city, some in another. and that they were obliged to pro- cure all their own clothes at their own expense, and some of the officers found it very expensive to supply suitable clothing. The Major-General said : “ That's non- sense, sir. How is it that there are not two officers in your battalion with swords alike? And just look at some of their uniforms i" . - .r I I,, Ale- mun-‘1‘“ w-IIAVL nun n The Colonel felt very keenly the manner m which his oflicers and men were spoken of. and was about replying to the Major. General when he turned on him, and in a loud and insulting tone of voice, right in the presence of the officers and men of the battalion. said: “ Look at. your own dress, air. 18 that any uniform for a Colonel to appear in ? Look at your saddle-clothâ€" the like of which I never saw !" L _l__- AAM "MU lluv v- n u-v_ .â€" __ Col. Campbell, a. short time before com- ing to London, had a. piece of scarlet let in under the numeral of his cup. and the Major-General pointed at the figures and said, in u sneering manner : ‘ “That‘s a. nice thing for a. colonel of a. battalion to wear on his head.” It Major-General Luard had taken the Colonel to one side and reprimanded him as he should have done, in a quiet and gentle- mnnly manner, the old veteran would have taken it all in good part, but to be bullied and insulted right in front of his men was certainly, to say the least, 9. very injudici- one course of action adopted by the Major- ' A- - . . ‘. - " _ J r_._L A- uuu uUuan u; uvuvu ..._V .--.. _ General. The Colonel‘felt in'diguant {ind highly incensed at the unwarranted insult, and said : _ " ‘I â€" _‘-_- L...- ““ Owl“ “ I havla served my Queen and country all my lifetime and I never was insulted in such a manner before, and that, too, at my time of life." The Maior-Genera1â€"“ Order your bat- my v-â€" The Major-Generalâ€"“ Order your bat- talion. sir, to deploy the left.” The Colonel obeyed and gave the order “ Deploy "â€"â€"but before he could utter another word the Major-General turned on him in a ferocious manner. and said : “ What are you doing now. sir ?" The blood in the Colonel‘s veins now fairly boiled over. and he said: “ I can stand this no longer. If you want the bat.- talion take charge of it. yourself." and sprang out of the saddle as nimble as a young man of 21 could do it, exelaiming : “ Major-General Luard, I cannot stand to be insulted in this manner right before my ‘ own men." Major-General Luerdâ€"“ Do I understand you, sir, you want to give up your hat- talion ‘2" “ I do not want to give up my battalion, but I will not stand to have my officers and men insulted in this manner.” The Major-General now, in rather a mamm- fnnn of voice. said: " Come here, The Major-General now, in rather a. milder tone of voice, said: “ Come here, Colonel. we will have a. talk.” The Colonel led the horse off by the bridle. and after some talk the Major-General and stuff rode ofi‘ to some other part of the field. - .vr'vm When "the bneen visits Edinburgh in August. it is fully updated that the stay at Holyroqd will_be of longer duration than , __A_-.._.. m‘an nvnnf. PI‘OPOICd 8colch Tour at “VIJLVV‘. - -- -v v- on most previous occasions. The exact length of the Royal residence has not yet been definitely settled, but the information the authorities have justify the expecta- tion stated. Apart from the Volunteer review. there wall be a. good many cells on Her Mejestyls time while the Court remeins ,.2__._ __- -4. n..- LLV. meVVâ€" _ ...i7 - at Holyrood. and negotations are at pre. sent in contemplation in the hope of secur- ingfihe presence of phe Queen in connection ,,“L-_L 1---] Annn‘n lug Uuu rlvuvuv- v- -._- with two or three important local events. Then. it is fully expected the Queen will visit the Buccleuch estate, Dalmeny, and Barn. : bougle Castle, which has recently been : restored. and Hopetoun. When in Edin- - burgh several years ago the Queen had arranged to visit Broomhall. the residence . of the E] in family, and Dunfermlme. where, in t e old abbey. is the burial place of Scottish kings, elegant monuments mark the graves of Lady Stanley, for whom Her Majesty entertained the warmest friend- ship, and other members of the Elgin family who were personally known at Court and who served their Queen and country with untiring devotion. Circum- stances arose which made the visit to Fife at that time impossible; but there is a probability that the Queen may be in a position this autumn to drive to and make a short stay at a flue old town interesting to all students of history, but having a culiar and special interest for memberso theRoyalFamily. Should the Queen be in a poaition to visit File in the autumn, the expectation is that a day will be selected subsequent to the military dis- play in Queen’s Park. For the Volunteer review the arrangements are progressing satisfactorily and indications are abundant that there will not only be a large muster of citizen soldiers, but that Edinburgh will also be invaded with strangers from all parts of the Kingdom. A proposal has been mooted that while the Queen is at Holyrood, and the city is filled with Scotch people from all Quarters of the Queen’s northern domimons, a great national gathering. somethin after the style of the raemar fete. shoul be held. llcr Mnjeluc PLAYING A Baby’s 'l‘rrrlble Muller-lug and Death Through an Brother's eardrum-u. A despatch from New York of yesterday's date an s: “ The Eighth precinct police reporte to Superintendent Walling tc-day the particulars of a peculiar and fatal acci- dent that occurred at No. 46 Thompson street. in the burning of an 8 months-old child, Caroline Motz by name. The father of the child is a German wood turner. and lives on the top floor of the tall tenement. He was at work on Monday afternoon and his wife had gone to do some wash- ing. leaving the baby in the cradle in the front room with its two brothers. one yet 1 too young to talk. and the other less than . 6 years old. The older sister, who usually minds the children, was at school. At 2 o’clock in the afternoon, a German by the name of Ernst Dorr. who lives on the floor below. came home and heard the Motz children crying. He ran up with his wife to see what was the matter and found the room on fire. The cradle was ablaze with the baby’s clothes. The two frightened boys were huddling in a corner crying. Mr. - Dorr snatched the burning child and dashed the cradle out of the window. The flames were soon put out. but the baby was so badly burned that it died this morning. The explanation of the oldest of the two boys was that he had been playing with matches. Crawling under the cradle from which‘ l mosquito’netting hung down to the floor,1 5 he struck ofi one with a childish curiosity 1 to see if the netting would burn. It did burn, and in an instant the cradle was in flames. The stcr was circulated that the child had purpose y set fire to the child, but this the boy's tender years proved to beimpossible. Areporter who called at the house found the infant’s body packed on ice in a wash-tub and the family in tears o_v_er it. _The boy who was the cause , ,,2,A _-_ a... n‘nnnf I’ gA_â€"HAL"~AEG RH: fitme- vow-n v Vv- _-v of it all was plaiirng ih the street. convxuwu uunu .u In “M.-." .., , Creator of all things endowed the animals. that enabled them to free themselves from their prison. As the LL. D. question has been under discussion in Ottawaâ€"the insinuation being made that they were cheap honors, too frequently bestowedâ€"the Citizen has pointed out that since its incorporation by royal charter in the year 1841, the Uni. versity of Queen's College, Kingston, has not been very lavish in the distribution of the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. The list comprises fifteen names, as follows: The Marquis of Lorne; Hon. Oliver Mowat, Toronto; Rev. George Bell, Walkerton; Edward J. Chagoman, Toronto; Rev. John Cook, Morin llege, Quebec, the First Chancellor of the University; Lewis Freohette.‘ Quebec; Rev. Alexander F. Kemp. Presi- dentfiot Ottawa Ladies’ College, Ottawa; Peter McLaren (deceased); Rev. George Romanes (deceased ; Wm. Tassie, late Prinoi al of the Col egiate Institute, Galt; John horburn. Ottawa; Alpheus Todd, Ottawarfihiiohael Willis (deceased); Sir - - 1,,_a!-- -l ‘1'“..- William Scotia. Linen Captures In Owl. Frank Davis has, in a. cage at his drug store in the village of South Butler. 5 fine specimen of the large cat-owl. which was captured in this way: At the barnyard of the Douglass farm, half a mile south of the village, a. hen and chiekenawere housed, with One edge qt the 0003 prepped up with a. mi. -.. .â€" nun len Vuu Uubv v- -â€"- -v-‘ ‘ ,. com-cob standing under it. They were discovered by the owl in its nocturnal pursuit of asu per. Of course he entered the coop, wit the view of taking one of the young birds. and of course found him- self immediately in conflict with the old hen, and in the melee the chickens all escaped, and she then made her exit, taking ayay the cob that propped up the :n nn‘l}"‘l nnn. MIMI]; awn-J vuv vvâ€"v 000p, and leaving Mr. 6“ in Sélitari con- finementâ€"Rochester Democrat. The only hope of bald heedeâ€"Carboline a deodorized extract of petroleum. Every objection removed by recent improvement. It is now faultless. The only cure for boldness and the most delicate hair dress- ing known. n-- 4- ‘OAA‘_ g_ (idâ€"1:600:89 Stephen. of the Syndicate. is about to erect a mansion upon Dmmmond angst, Montreal, of out atoneJn the Italian étyle. Conlctrlnz of 998”“. mlvu wv- - --_ ._ Young, late 'Chief J‘tiéiiée of 'Nova wn‘il MATCHES. Donald Dinnie and George Davidson. the champion Scotch athletes. have forwarded a. challenge to Richard K. Fox,ot the Police Gazette. in which they announce their‘ readiness to compete against E. W. John- son. Duncan 0. Ross, or any athletes in America. in all the round series of Cale- donisn games for 81.000 to 82,500 a side. Dinnie and Davidson agree to allow ten points in one hundred, or will make a match that the will beat the best record ever made at t rowing the sixteen-pound hammer (twenty feet) and in putting the shot (five feet) ; also open to contest against any man at wrestling, each man to wrestle his own way. Both Will visit America. in July or August it‘their challenge is accepted. _ __ _- , _:......_ -4 n... Aim unvl‘fi duty or nuguuu u nu... â€".....--__ _ L. E. Meyers. the winner of the 440 yards . race in England on Saturday, is, as most Torontonians know, a prominent. member of the Manhattan Athletic Club, of New York. and the champion amateur runner in America. He is a native of Virginia. Meyers has made the best time on record in this country or Europe in races of 100, 220. 440 and 880 yards, and also holds the best record for a one-mile run, having covered that distance in the remarkable 1 time of 4.29. His time in the 440 yards‘ race on Saturday is greater by three-fifths of a second than his best record, which is 0.49 L5, made in this country. Eugene M. Merrill, who defeated the Englishman in the two-mile walk, is a Wealthy jeweller of Boston, and an active member of the Bee- ton Athletic Club. He stands on the records as the champion one-mile walker in the world,having made that distance in 6.89. swmnmo. On Saturday, June the 11th, a sixteen- mile swimming race for 31,500 a side took place at the Royal Aquarium, London, between the famous Capt. Webb and Wm. Beckwith. The race was one of speed against endurance, Beokwith, the iastest swimmer in England, giving Capt. Webb two miles start. The course was forty-i four laps or rounds to the mile, the aquarium being rather small. This of course told heavily against the fast swim- mer, BeckWith, and although he started off gamely and swam at first at the rate of eight laps to Webb's seven, he was unable to keep it up, and Webb eventually won by about three-quarters of a mile. Webb made his fourteen miles in 9 hours 23 mins. 4 secs. Beckwith gave up early in the 16th mile. seeing _th_at he could not com- LI_ L:..~.‘ .â€" vw.â€"r wwww-e .Luuu LLIIIUQ uvv-ub -__“ plate the distance in Ins apponent's time. A correspondent of the London Times, in giving an account: of the better way for one to sustain himself in the water, says : “ When I first went t9 {swam the age of 12} , ,1“: ..... " 'quu A- usuv I'vâ€"v -- n-“ years, I fell overboard in the Bay of Biscay when the ship was going ten knots with studding sails set. A heavy sea was run- ning. and the captain wrote that he ‘had never known any one saved under such circumstances.’ I had been taught to swim at Eton, where I had gained some profi- ciency in diving for chalk eggs. This ‘practice gives a boy the two qualifi- cations to which, under Providence. I owe my lifeâ€"first, that of not being afraid when under waterâ€"being in the habit of swimming about under water looking for the eggs which had been scattered; and, secondly, that of treading water, for we used to come up with eight or ten eggs, two or three being stowed under one’s arm-pits, and we had to retain them all and put them into a punt or they did not count. My first sensation on feeling myself in and under the water was to force myself in the customary way to the surface, and tMn, seeing the ship ‘ sailing away. and the hie-boat apparently close to, to try the ‘good straightforward breast-stroke ’ recommended by the honor- able secretary of the Swimming Associa- tion. Less than a minute convinced me of my error. My cloth uniform was very heavy, as it was midwinter; I was losing all my strength. and filling my nose and mouth with ' spoon drift.’ I at once gave it up. turned round, and trod the water as long as I could, and when I could no longer do that turned on my back and floated, in which position I was picked up by one of two cutters sent to search for me, and they had lost sight of me from the ship. I will not take up your a aceby praising the smartness of the s ips or speaking of the officer. still living. or the crew who manned that boat. My only object in writing is to add my testi- mony to that in your issue of to-day that the ‘ art of sinking.’ added to that of quietly waitingâ€"treading water and float- ingâ€"wtill assistance can reach you. will be found far more efficacious than wasting H‘sauâ€"er figsâ€"{Bi swimming.” AT 1! LETICBâ€" SCOTTISH CHAN 1‘ Dr. Pun-hon and- Men-adieu Foreign Mission. It is well known that the late Rev. Dr. Morley Punshon. the distinguished Wesleyan preacher and lecturer, desired sometime before his death to make an effort to associate the young men of Wesleyan Methodism more full with foreign mission work, and had it not en for the inau ra- tion of the thanksgiving fund would ave carried his purpose into effect. Since his death many suggestions have been made aeto the best memorial which could be adopted. 7 _ Recently a proposal was â€"-__.-.1 SPORT] 1"“ NOTES. ado ted. Recently a proposal was m e, which is now being carried into effect, to secure annual sub- scriptions of half a guinea and upwards the proceeds to he a plied to the removal of the existing debt 0 £80,000 on the Wes- leyan Missionary Society, and the further increase of the general work in such a manner as will prevent the accumulation of debt in the future. An influential com- mittee, consisting of the sons of the leading Wesleyan laymen. has heen formed, and an ,, A ,9-‘ _...-.-I_, IV Unlu’wu lu any... n... w--- ___,, J . appeal has been rinted for special circula- tion throughout ritieh Methodiem. Local committees are to be formed for the pro- motion of the fund, and the carrying out of the movement is to be undertaken by the E‘ounger laymen of Wesleyan Methcdiem. he scheme has the warm approval of the President of the Wesleyan Conference. The fund is to remain open until the end of March, 1882. The following too brief notice indicates the first beginning of a perish school in Dundonald, Scotland : 1605. June 9.- “ %ilk day we ye Seeeioun ordained the in tor publietlie to warm for ye Qupeit all sin as wald hail yeir baimie teiclnt. to convein on tyiedey next ten hora to edvyrn yrvpoun.‘ 0011’! Brown. NONE. l'rol‘. David Swing 'I‘uku an optimistic Vic-w ol'llu-r Modern Ilouu-holol. (From the Chicago Alliance.) Thanks to the ticklenesa of fashion, a time has come when beauty may be inex. pensive. it has been known for many generations that fashion was liable to changes, that it was the modern Proteus, the sea-god of infinite shapes, but no modern imagination could have conjectured that the time would ever come when a pine bookcase could be elegant and yet cost only 85. or that a wall could be made hig ly attractive with a twonty-live-cent paper. But into such a millennium has the world come. and at last a cottage can be as truly attractive as a palace. Indeed. many housekeepers have reversed the style of conversation. and instead of letting it be known that such an article cost a large sum, the tendency is to pomt to some table or chair. or book-rack. and remark with delight that it cost only 88. The age is rich and much money is lavished in all directions. but what is pecu- liar is that cheap things are also beautiful and fashionable. ‘ ‘ , ,1“ LA...‘ nuu Luau. vvvvvvv The Japanese fans and parasols have made furniture and tapestry come down to modest prices. for when a bureau is to be surrounded with paper concerns that cost only a few dimes a dozen it is not desirable that the bureau should be very elaborate. The eternal fitness of things has brought all the details of the bed-chamber down to the J a anese standard. We must thank the Orientalist for thus enabling the young housekeepers to dispense with lace curtains and heavy tapestries and be neat and fashionable by means of all sorts of paper work having upon it all sorts of figures and emblems. - .. no,,-s__ _\.:-\. ULLIULCan. The customs of the warm climates which ' invite all housekeepersto remove even from the sight woollen things and dusty things have been seen by the traveller and have also been heard of in letters,- and the bare floor of all sunny lands has come northward, and, as a result, if a couple of human beings wish to set up housekeeping and have no big pile of money they need not carpet a ‘floor, for all will be admired and be stylish if the bride and groom shall paint the pine floor, and then throw down a small rug in the middle of the whole affair. Indeed, it is just the thing for the lady to paint her own floor, for woman’s hand in decoration is now about as nice as her hand in mar- riage. In these days almost all the young‘ men in marrying a girl marry an artist. The modern bride is a fresco-artist and a paper-hanger and a painter and gilder and perhaps a carver. In one evening of the honeymoon she can out out a pattern of a Greek or Eastlake border and can paint a margin on a parlor floor by the time the other party can hang a picture or tack up a Chinese parasol with propriety. 1 __ Ll-A-<n“ Lanna- will? MILL-m ifiifi’xx‘ no U IUUBU you 0' ......... t For a few years it looked as though house- keeping would have to be left to the Vanderbilts and the Bennetts and the Rothschilds and to railroad mortals, and that all the remainder of the human race would need to take cheap lodgings. but with a single movement of her little finger fashion has ushered in an area in which a cottage is as fashionable as a palace. A ‘ few hundred dollarsâ€"about six hundredâ€" will equip two souls for keeping house, 1 because the modern bride is an artist and can make 810 go a long way toward decorat- ing the home ; and the styles given to the cabinet-maker are amazing for simplicity. with the reduction of cost in furniture, and with the young wife as a good decorator, keeping house at once becomes possible, and “ love in a cottage” is suddenly the height of fashion. Nor is this a fashion that will suddenly change. Beauty and simplicity have been many centuries in finding each other, but they have met not to part. Common sense has issued a decree to the effect that a small house is as honorable as a large one, and that pine is as noble as black walnut, and that aneat wooden floor is just as awfully sweet as ever was an Axminster. The same taste and common sense mingled have turned gold and silver table ware into glass, and ‘ all the poor young folks smile with delight at the reform. The common money purse can hope for glass or colored china. For a few dollars a table can be made an object of perfect beauty. Even the caster has disapg eared. Should any one present a bride with a silver-plated revolver for hold- ing pepper and mustard she would laugh him to scorn, for she_ well_knows that that 5,1, -3 a- mn‘rn mm W uwxu, nu. nuv "w- .._._ .._ , old centre-piece has been banished to make room for a. bunch of flowers or a. basket of fruit. Glass, with plenty of linen to shine up the tumblers and the bottles, is now the way of the world in the dining-room. The age is an extravagant one, but it is An finnnnnninnl. Ttn nlnn of the present is "W - a , The age is an extravagant one, but it is also economical. Its plan of the present is so elastic that it permits all ople of good taste to belong to the high or or of society. The age about “feeling" and “ culture" has not been wholly absurd I It has brought to pass that an humble. cheap home, pervaded all through by the good taste of husband and wife, is now a art of ireflned society. There is no one Is t any ‘ more to snub the little frame house. A few vines and flowers, a few bits of stained glass. a few rugs, not any great quantity of carpet. some artistic wall pa or, will com- bine and make up a resi enoe toward which a King or a President in passing looks with envy. What better times can the youth of the world be awaiting ? Find her, if she exists; ask her. if any courage remains in the world; if her answer is * - -" ' Lu_:_.. mm. remains In uuu nun-u, -- ._-_ satisfactor begin this housekeeping. This paradise 0 an afiair need not cost more than 81.000. The same figure applied annually will keep 11 this sentimental institution for an inde nite period. " In these days of general retrenchment I wonder,” says Edmund Yates in the London World," hat no one in England has thought of reviving the fashion of decorative wedding rin s. The simple hoop of gold was universa 1y adopted in the last century in order that some check might be put upon the lure of these si us of sweet bondage. But an Italian la y, the other day. showed me her wedding ring. which consisted of a row of fine cats’- eyes and diamondsâ€"a very refined combi- nationâ€"and I began to wonder at the moderation of all the heautiinl matrcns who have been too lon content to put up with this one. this ast simplicity. It should not be. That the {ewelled badge will not be quite so distingu shing is true ; but I am told that the gnmanjed must not «unis a}. In" but. 1 amw Wlu uunu uu v u...â€" w- w wear rings on the wedding finger at. all. Any ythlng. glued there means marriage or betrothu In a lecture on “ Unappreoiatcd insects," delivered before the Chester Society of National Science. the liev. J. 6. Wood said that with regard to the title oi " Unappm. ciated lnrects." it was a very wide one, because he did not believe any insect was really appreciated. Appreciation depended almost entirely upon knowledge. Take, for example, the case of the silkworm. A savage who wears no clothes does not ‘appreciate the silkworm at all. but looks upon it rather as a noxious insect. because it destroys the mulberry-tree. the fruit 9! which he wants for himself. Insects were put into this world clearly for the purpose of preserving it and making it tit {or creatures higher than themselves: and this they did by eating. It was clearly not likely that clothes moths were created for the purpose of destroying young ladies’ jackets. What was it, then, they were created for ? It must be remembered that the clothes-moth existed in countries where the ladies did not wear any clothes at all, and existed on the earth long before there were any young ladies at all. It must be created for something. and keeping in view the object of insect life. he found a clue to one reason for the existence of the clothes- moth. The caterpillar of the clothes-moth fed on wool, which is hair; and hair. by the ordinary agencies of nature, is impel: ishable. In the Egyptian room of the British Museum might be seen a wig-â€" a lady's wigâ€"which is as brilliant and as fresh as when it came from the hands of its maker 3,000 years ago. Wool is hair, and hair is wool. The clothes-moth never touches cloth garments while they are in use, and never while the wool was on the back of the sheep that furnished the cloth. Every sheep sheds its wool once a year. scratching it against trees. It the wool were not removed from the trees it Would kill the trees, for they would not be able to breathe. The clothes-moth and its insect allies set to work when the wool was done with, and enabled the trees to shoot and grow. It was a curious but a positive fact that if it were not for the clothes-moth and its allies there would not be a tree on the earth. and no human creature could exist on it. So the insect was intended to render the world better for beings higher 9. than itself. thin aâ€"uvv- v. v _ radius-25.2 5'3 0'5 6 In a book with the above title an English author has undertaken to depict the con- dition of things on earth in the year 2180. He describes the rise of socialism and pre- dicts that the Land League agitation will involve Great Britain in a civil war. which will destroy her commerce and pave the way for her downfall. Upon the ruins of crumbling empireswill he founded a world- wide republic. A Yankee Will invent an annihilating machine which will make wars impossible. The disappearance of. armies and forts will make the universal republic stronger. The new force is dis- covered. By means of this, man walks on the floor of the ocean and forces his way through the bowels of the earth. Great caverns are discovered at enormous depths, and as the surface of the earth becomes crowded, colonies are planted in these, and mighty domes, shaped like diving bells, built upon the bed of the ocean, and running up above the level of the water,afiord temporary and perma~ nent abodes to thousands. They culti- vate seaweeds and vegetables and fibrous submarine plants for textile fabrics and dyes. Later the internal fires of the globe are made available for heating pur- poses. With their aid the frozen regions around the poles are rendered of tropical warmth. The vine and banana flourish there and the Arctic night is made brilliant with electric lights. In time the population of the globe becomes so dense that the ecumenical council, the head-centre of government for the state of humanity, decides that the four or five millions of acres covered by the habitations of men must be brought under cultivation. The population of the globe betakes itself to cities built upon piles in the seas, houses are demolished and every inch of the earth's surface is culti- vated for food. The capitol wherein laws are made for the world is located at Terra- polis, a city of 10,000.000 inhabitants, built in the South Pacific Sea. It is ornamented with a few of the most remarkable build- ings of the ancient world, including the Cathedral of Cologne, the Tower of London, the Vatican and the great pyramid. The pension system has very little to commend it in any department of the pub- lic service. The men who rely upon it are seldom provident in their habits. They live up to the last dollar of their salary-â€" too often mortgaging the future. If death comes unexpectedly. their families are left destitute; i they live to retire upon a pen- sion, they must learn in old age to cultivate the art of parsimony. We would pay pub- lic servants decent salaries. and put an end to the pension system altogether.â€"â€"Tor‘ onto World. A writer. presumably youthful. in a Lon- don paper says: “Gummed envelopes are comparatively modern inventions. Ches- terfield. on receiving a letter enclosed in one of these practical contrivances, could not contain his indignation. He flung the gummed envelope with its contents across it?! room, and exclaimed, “ What! does the is low send me his spittle ‘2" Unfortunately for thh story hesive envelopes only came into existen some 70 years after Lord Chesterfield’s death, assuming the Lord Chesterfield to he meant. They came into . general use about 1847-8. A Usr. son was Saunaâ€"The skunk has hitherto been regarded as the most objec. tionable of animalsâ€"a mere oirculatcr of unpleasant aromas in fact. But a legisla‘ tor from the interior of New York has resolved to befriend the much-despised animal. He demands that he be protected in his right to life. liberty and the pur- suit of happiness. the reason being that ho destroys grubs that otherwise would destroy hop vines. FM Genoa there has just died a dog which uring the Crimean war was present at one , n.-__:-.. nn'. ow- wnwwrâ€"pâ€"__. Three llnndred Your: Hence. Newa comes from Chili that the pea; are fleeing from Arequipa, Peru, on I approach 9! the Chiliana. , ‘9‘. _ L1... Lann- lllluwvu v- vvvvvvvvvvvv Bcarlet fever in deoimating the horses in ‘ l‘ *5 ,....'.