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In the Adetio region there are seven hun- dred and sixty-two kinds of flowers; fifty of these are confined exclusively to the Arctic region. They are really polar flow- en. The color of these polar flowers are not as bright or varied as our own, most of them being white or yellow, as if borrowing these hardy hues from their snowy bergs and golden stars. Perhaps the most beautiful of all our everlastings that longest defy the au‘lumn frosts and most brighten our winter bouquets are the white and yellow varieties. The rose of Florida, the most beautiful of flowers. hasno perfume. The cypress of Greece, the finest of trees. bears no fruit. The bird of paradise, the most beautiful of birds. gives no song; and some of the love- lieet of human forms have the least soul. The dorosidm family of .flowers, Ruskin tells us, including the five great orders. lilies. asphodels, amarylids, irids and rushes, have more varied and healthful an influence on man than any other tribe of flowers. Nature seems to have made flowers as types of char- acter and emblems of women. 80 we name our children after them and almost intuitively compare a lovely, beau- tiful child to a flower; we say the timid Inowdrop, the modest violet, the languid primrose, the coy lily, the flaunting mari- old, the lowly, blushing daisy, the proud oxglove, the deadly nightshade, the sleepy poppy, and the__sweet, solitary eglantineâ€" Withifi the Antarctic circle flu'e has 1103te p 119 aging p_laut_boeu found. these are all types. Flowers have their historical associations and in- dividuality. The verbeua, our great fa- vorite. twenty-three centuries ago covered the sltara of the gods. Virgil tells us the she herds used it with {rankincenso in a. gee l_<_les§gned_to win the love of Daphne. The Turks cultivate whole fields of roses, from which they make the famous otter-of- roses, so fragrant that anything touched with a drop of it seems never to lose its smell. In some plants the flowers sleop during the night and the leaves during the day. Leaves will always face the sky and the earth ; flowers will affect all kinds of 'tions. Some plants have very great ting power. A gentleman tells us, who Owned a cask of sweet wine. “ that he placed it in an empty cellar. in order to allow it to mature, and when he went for it years after, it had risen from the floor of the cellar to the ceilling. having been borne upward, as it were. on shoulders of the fungi, with which plants the apartment is now filled.” Mushrooms have been known to raise a paving stone weighing eight pounds. A growing pump- kin. in the course of its development, sometimes lilte two and ahalf tons. Plants like the Calla, natives of warm climates. should be watered with warm water. They will thrive better and bloom more and longer.-Floral Cabinet. ‘ Everybody is going back to dancing- sohool, says a. Boston letter. Everybody has to if he or she has the leastlden. of ever dancing any more anywhere. A most ex~ traordinary change has taken place in this " social art,” as the professors of terpeichore call it, within the past few months. A couple of years ago dancing was decidedly out of fashion. Nothing but the waltz was doneed, or had been for half 9. dozen years, and everybody knew that and could dance it more or less to perfection, and was tired of it. " It’s the same old thing ; nobody goes now I" were the lust opinions that I had heard on the dancing subject until this fall, when a. chance meeting with any “ society friend " has brought an avalanche of qnostions: ".Are you going to So-und-So's parties this season? \Vhat. doyou think of the rucket? Can you get the ‘ heel-and-too lka. ?' Have you seen the ' singing qua.- rille '1’ And isn't the new schottiacho prgtty ?"_ ‘ For a twelvemonth the waxed floor had been a stranger to my feet. but the curiosity and the generally very natural dislike to being“ behind the times" took me toavery familiar little private dancing school the other evening. and there. to my surprise. I found many old acquaintances. who, like myself, found it necessary to go back to rudimentary mstructiou. Thedancingmas. ters and amateurs of the art who do end on it to bolster up a very uusubstantia sort of “ society," have indeed made a ten-strike by inventing something novelâ€"introducing a new sensation. The waltz itself is by no means what it was two or three years ago ; the graceful “ glide " is ages out of date and the present waltz is a funny little] igglc of a movement. The figures in the old qua- drillesâ€"even the “Lancers"â€"are changed. The racket, or “ raquet," gallo is " all the go " in more senses than one. The new polka is the most- eomplicated round dance I ever saw and the schottische nearly as bad. But they must be learned it one is to be anything, you know. and before the even- ing was overâ€"during which came the novel experience of sitting still because we didn’t know how to danceâ€"we had joined the class. and invited half adozen friends home to practice the new steps. Two evenings a week to be devoted to learning to dance! Was there ever anything so ridiculous? But whether they own it or not, the same if true of most people nowadays. The Orlgln ol Women. It has been universally received as an in- disputable fact that man is of Divine origin, but the divinity of woman has been denied. Now this is strange. if true. But let us turn to mythology for a little more light. Greek myt iology expressly declares woman was created by the gods for man's mister. tune. Other ancient writers aflirm she was an essence or ether. Now we think these ancient authorities were not so far wrong in calling her an essence. because essence is the most delicate and refined portion of the spirit. and contains the rarest and most subtle elements. as all acquainted with chemistry and electricity will readily admit. Essences or ethers are more tent than the less refined art of the istilled spirit. Our Bible te ls us the first woman was formed from one of Adam‘s ribs, and an old Egyptian novel informed the contem. porar reading public that she was found in a litt e pot on the shores of the Nile. Other irreverent and utilitarian rabbins, evidently belonging to the pro-Darwinian school. say that in remote prehistoric es man wore a long tail. and the gods oft a period curtailed its faiLfroportions to form woman! Another tr ition is that the m Pact. Abe-u Flowers. New Dances. souls of bad men are. other death. punished by becoming the souls of women. To get tlie “ bobs” in order for coasting pulties.‘ To give your kitchen garden a top {all dressingz To look at a partridge over the rib of a. goodg un. To gpick out and hang up your Christ- mus turkey. ' To think of those hyacinth bulbs, for wigter bloqming. To ward you'r cook not to get. too much saga in the_ atufiing. To see that you}; potatoes are well mound- ed _in phe back yard: ‘ To have youi' spike-tail coat put in order foLtheAsocigty campaign: To stop the twitter of a. fall woodcook before his tribe has entirely migrated. To devise some means of stopping the :3pr o_ny of the nocturnal canine. To pla'nt a. Pilogyne suavis, if you wish a. beautiful trailing vine for the house In winter. Verdict in the Coal]!!! Disaster. NEW Gusoow, N. 8., Nov. 25.â€"â€"At 1.30 o’clock today the jury assembled in the court house to agree upon a verdict in the case of the death of Angus McGillivray. After a long consultation the jury decided upon the following verdict : That the said Angus McGillivray on the morning of Fri- day. the 12th instant, came to his death in the Foord pit coal mine of the Halifax Com- pany (limlted).at Stellarton, in the county aforesaid. by inhaling choke damp, caused by a firezdamp explosion that had taken place an instant previously in the said pit in some unknown part of it, and by some unknown agency; and so the jurors afore- said, upon their oath aforesaid, do say that the said Angus McGillivray. in manner and by the means aforesaid. accidentally. casu- ally and by misfortune came to his death. and not otherwise A Perilous Journey. Jules Verne once wrote an interesting story of the adventures of three imaginary Englishmen in crossing Africa from east to west in a balloon. The difficulties of such a journey, the writer thought, could only be overcome by voyaging through the air. But Dr. Emil Holub, an Austrian, pro. poses, in sober earnest. to undertake a much greater African journey. and that, too, without calling in the aid of a balloon. Dr. Holub intends to start at the Cape of Good Hope and penetrate northward through the interior of the continent until he comes out in Egypt. He estimates that he can accomplish the feat in three years, and that it will cost him 50.000 florins to do it. As he has only 5.000 florins, the Vienna Geographical Society has undertaken to raise by subscription the remaining 45,000 florius. If Dr. Holub succeeds in his undertaking he will have a better story to tell the world than any that the French scientific romancer over in- vented. These are the English Queen’s directions for crocheting a Tam O’Shanter bonnet: Two skeins of four thread fleecy wool; bone hook No. 10. Make three chain and unite. Work in rounds of treble crochet, increasing by working two stitches in one wherever necessary. so as to keep the work flat until your round piece measures eleven inches. New begins the under part. Mark the last stitch oi the last circle by a bit of white thread. First and second rounds, plain treble crochet; third round. three treble (decrease, which means miss one); fourth round five treble (decrease); fifth round, nine treble (decrease) ; sixth round six treble; decrease seventh; decrease every twentieth stitch and then do three rounds plain. Finish with a round of one double crochet and two single, just to steady the edge. Loxnos, Nov. 6.â€"~To the Editor London Spectator: 8m,â€"Every one must agree in the remarks on this subject in your last number. Some persons certainly do ac- complish four. and some even five, meals in the day, and those fairly substantial onesâ€"breakfast at 9, dinner at 1, tea (with some eating) at 6. and supper at 9. And they seem tobe healthy therewith. But no one can doubt that the eflects will be found some day, though the cause may not be suspected. As, however, my experience does not quite bear out the views you ex- press as to the effects of a sub stantial~ luncheon. I beg to give it to you, in the belief that many who may read it may be induced to try the same ex rimentas myself, and may be equally nefitted. It is now fifteen years since I simply reversed my breakfast and luncheon. as regards quantity eaten. My doi sowaa a mere accident. As a boy. an even as a young man, I was a wonderful breakfast eater. Later on in life mattga changed, though from habit I still ate fairly, at breakfast. One day I happened to learn from two friends. both exceptionally hale and hearty men, and good performers with the knife and fork towards 7 or 8 p.m., that they neither of them took breakfastbe end a cup of tea and a morsel of bread, ut, of course, that noon found them doing ample justice to asound and substantial meal, with this collateral advantage, that at most city restaurants the joints, etc.. are read and fresh at 12 and there is no crush of d ners. I tried the plan, as a mere experiment, not because I was in ill-health. But the result was so good that I have continued it ever since. I immediately lost a all ht tinge of rheumatism in my arm and elt To go a sniping. To start card parties. To put down your sauerkraut. To tack on your weather strips. To dofi your winter underwear. To call in light colored neokties. To count in the buckwheat cake. To plant holiday advertisements. To get your apples into the cellar. To lay out a course of winter reading. To begin thinking up Christmas gifts. To test the virtues of the hot sausage. To eat a finely blanched Endive salad. To repair leaky roofs before snow lies. To pin the autumn leaf upon the wall. To admire the ladies' new Winter bonnets. To shove off your tailor's bill till January. To catch a black bass before he gets frozen now to Make a Tam O'Shnnler. Evil of Overt-Ming. Now is the Time my general health and digestion improved. I did not at 7 p. m. {my dinner hour) feel actually hungry. but both ate and digested better. I have never felt sleepy after lun- cheon. At birth. and as a child. I was a “ weakling;" I grew rapidly. and consump~ tion was predicted for me. 1 am now a healthy men. of close on 49 years. My letter is too long for me to venture to indi. cate what I believe to be the hysiological reasons of the advantage of t is mode of diet for persons over 40 and undergoing the conditions of London life. But I tirmly believe that thousands would be benefltted by so simple a change. and in the hope th you may therefore think my letter wortnt of insertion I subscribe mvself. E. P. hv Cheap and Interior blindness-«flow The! are Mixed with Butter. Butler. Lat-ll, lite" and Sold lol- the Genuine Article. ' Nearly every article of food that is sold can safely be said to be more or less adul- terated. Not that the pure article cannot be bought or that all dealers are dishonest, but that the purchaser must know what he is about or he will in many instances be given adulterated substances. Indeed, in some cases. it may be said that the cus- tomer prefers the adulterated to the pure article, so depraved has his taste become by the long continued use of the former. Instances are many where people have be- come so accustomed to drink coffee mixed with chicory. pease and the like that they will send back to the store as inferior in taste the very best Java. This, however, is no excuse for deceit. Adulteration has now become a fine art, and in those articles on which there is but a small margin of profit when sold legiti- mately, it is carried on with skill worthy of a better cause. For instance, a firm, whose manufactory is in South Brooklyn, is making and selling as butter a substance which has not even the merit of oleomar- gariue to recommend it. Oleaine Sthe oil of fat), lard and good butter are me ted in atank and thoroughly mixed, when it is put into new Welsh tubs and sold to ship- pers as butter. Such little butter as 13 used in this process is really of a fine grade, but it is only used to give color and flavor to the substance. Of course, much money is ‘made by this deCeptiou. Sugar, however. is more largely adulter- ated than any other article, as is well known. Oftentimes the legitimate profit on this article is very small, and then the disre utable dealers resort to “ways that are ark" to increase their returns. For instance, grape sugar (made, together with glucose, from corn; is used as an adulteraut. It is ground very no and then mixed with refined sugar. The manufacturers of this substance do not refine their own sugar, but purchase it from the large refiners. The atter latterly refused to sell to these dealers because the sale of the adulterated article interfered with their own business. The mixture costs about three and a quarter cents a pound, while the cheapest sugar cannot be purchased for less than seven cents, and there is consequently a large profit. It is understood. however, that the manufacturers of this mixture have now no difficulty in purchasing refined sugar, and are prosecuting their business with success. It is difiicult to detect the adulteration, but grape sugar has no grain and will leave a sediment in the cup. New Orleans molasses is also imitated by mixing glucose, worth about forty-two cents a gallon. and “ black strap,” at twenty cents a gallon, and other substances, creat- ing a syrup of a rich amber color, which is much sought after by many buyers, who imagine they are purchasing the best. Those who wish the real genuine syrup should buy that having a very dark color. The adulteration is put up in second-hand New Orleans molasses hogsheads, the dealers paying thirty-five cents apiece more for these than for new barrels of adifl'ercnt make. Again. there is whatis known as a Scotch process of adulterating sugar. Many er- sons are complaining nowadays that t ey can no longer sweeten their coffee or tea. Where they formerly put in only one tea- spoonfnl they are obliged now to increase the uantity threefold. The reason can soon explained. The makers take good imported sugar, boil and reboil it. The syrup thus made they mix with yellow sugar, making the brown. damp, soggy sugar so largely sold at the corner groceries. The difference in price between it and the best white sugar is only about two cents a pound, but the latter contains 100 per cent. more sweetness; so that the latter is really the cheaper article. In making 1,600 bar- rels of this sugar, '. ‘iout fifty barrels of syrup are used. _ ' .‘ Lard is also adultei‘ted, especially so, it is said. for the Cuban market. The stuff sent there is said to be made up of lard, tallow, and what is known as "cut lard.” besides other things, which need not be mentioned. Why this stuff should be so largely exported to Cuba. while only the very best refined lard is sent to South America, isamystery, but it is so. The continent of Europe also imports a fair quality of lard. Our home consumption consists mainly of the natural lard, unre- fined. The excitement in the New York grain market was checked yesterday in 001150 quence of the arrival by rail of a quantity of cereals that had been detained on frozen cane a. And so through a long list of articles do adulterations extend. That the Chinese color tea for the American market; though they do not drink it themeelvee,is well known. The holds of coffee vessels are swept and the leavinga are preserved, cleaned slightly, and then sold as a sort of combination cofl‘ee; but any one knowing of what the combination sometimes con- sists would be slow in purchasing any more. eNevy York Commercial Bulletin. Wan Moses Ones Busâ€"Mr. Moses Oates, the weather prophet, thinks that the present cold weather will continue to the end of the month. Notwithstanding this. however.he considers it extremely probable that December will be at least as temperate, and probabl evcn warmer than usual. January. alt ough to be colder than last winter, will be several degrees above the average. February will be the cold mouth of the winter. This will a ply particularly to central and southern Mllchigan, western Ontario and western New York. Sleighing throughout the winter will be much as usual. ABULTEBATION. Lennon, Nov. 26.â€"â€"Sev‘ere gales prevail ;otT the W’Bst coast of Ireland and through- .nt various parts of Scotland. Last night and this mornin several casualties were reported._ A [is ing trawler ofi Gmenoolg DREADFIJI. 8T0!!! IN BRITAIN. Great Loss of Life.and Pro- party. CABUALTIES ON LAND AND BEA. was caught in the storm ; she capsized and sank with her crew of four men. all of whom were drowned. Later in the day, oi! the same place, the schooner Florence Nightingale. outwardbound, laden with pig- iron, collided with a barque and sank, the crew. however. escaping on board the barque. Two vessels, the Forgarhalt and Labrador, both dragged their anchors and collided, the latter vessel sufiering con- siderable damage. The fleet of coasting vessels lying in Glasgow harbor preferred to remain in their mooring for another day. The Clyde, Tay, and Tweed were in flood, and every- thing betcken a continuance of the storm. The gale was almost equal to that which prevailed on the night of the Tay bridge dis- aster. It raged at Dundee. and additional moorings had to be laced on the vessels in the harbor. The ay was in a tempes tuous state. necessitating the sus nsion of the work of testing the old foun ations of the fallen bridge. At Kirkealdy. a French steamer, name unknown, was wrecked. At other places injury was sustained b sevâ€" ral persons. Property was especial y de- str ed in Glasgow, where the gals raged wit terrific force. A lady and a boy were severely hurt, and a horse and cart were blown over the Inchinnan bridge at Dumber- ton. The force of the storm drove the barque Van Buck, of Yarmouth, on the rocks at Roseneath. From Ireland re rts of damage _to property are also to ha . At Loqgforti the :full'_forée 9f_ the storm was ex- perienced, and telegraphic communication or a time was interrupted. A great deal of household property was damaged. At Portadown an extraordinary incident took place. Four men were engaged in work- ing upon a zinc roof when it was lifted by the wind into the air and thrown with the men to the ground. All were injured, and one is not expected to recover. A terrible gale. which at times approached a hurri- cane in fury, was ex named at Dunferm. line and the neighbor cod today. It broke out about 9 o’clock in the morning. and lasted till 6 o’clock in the evening. causing much damage to property. In \Voodland street a chimney stack was blown down and crashed through the roof of an adjoining house, which was almost totally wrecked, the occu- pants narrowly escaping. In Crumb- ling lVall street another stack fell, and did considerable havoc to‘ the house with ; which it was connected. In numerous in- stances dwelling houses were stripped of roofs. while chimney pots and slates were. carried down everywhere, strewing the street and greatly endangering the public. Among those injured by this means was a lad who sustained a fracture of the skull. In the surrounding country many trees‘ were uprooted, and wheat and hay ricks were blown away. A severe gale from the southwest is being experienced in the east of Scotland today. At Musselburgh a large chimney was blown down. nearly cutting a block of buildings in two, and in Edinburgh an elderly gentleman was knocked down in Princess street by the force of the gals and rendered insensiblo. The wind, which comes in fitful gusts. has frequently the force of a hurricane. A heavy gale from the south and west raged with great force over West Cornwall this evening. The Scilly mail steamer. which should have left Penzance on Wednesday for Scilly, had been unable to leave owing to the severity of the weather. A terrific gale from the southwest raged at Inverar all day,completely stopping trafllo on Lee Fyne, and delaying for a whole day the mails to and from the south via Greenook. A steam yacht belonging to Mr. McGregor broke from its moorings, and after drifting for several miles went ashore near Dunc derane Castle. Several trees were uprooted. At the sale of farm stock at F. Kennedy’s. west of Talbotville, twenty steers sold at an average of $36.50 each. At Fingal on Wednesday last forty-four stock steers brought 834:50 each. . La Canada. has come across a. book on- titled “ ANew Method of Learning Eng] 11.” This is how it gives the student a. that gh knowledge of English pronunciation : " Dir sour, ai clml hav zi oneur 0v koling eupon ion ton unit or £011 moro iv'nin’g. Biliv me iourz." The weather along the St. Lawrence was much milder yesterday. 11de there are ho a that the 125 blockaded vessels willbe ab 9 to work through. The Ottawa is leak- ing badly, and the greater art of the cargo has been thrown overboar . The Peruvian is still in the ice, but i_s_in no danger. The submarine cable connecting the Island of Anticosti with the Gulf ports. which was laid some weeks ago, has stood the test of one of the severest storms in the history of that desolate island. This is good news for the shipping interests. and will rejoice the heart of Captain Fortin. who has devoted a lifetime to the improve- ment of Gulf navigation. London Truth tells this veracious tale of a man who undertook to select a servant for a friend: “ ‘ Is it understood,’ said one, ‘ thatI take my meals in the houseâ€" keeper’ s- room ?' I replied hat my friend usually oceup ied the hou keeper' a room. but that he gave up both the drawing- room and dining- room to his cook. ‘ I resume.’ said another ‘ that I shall not called upon to boil the ye stables ?’ :1 answered that my friend’s wi e made it a point to do this herself. ' I do not obj eot to the gountry.’ said a third! provided that the family comes regular to town.’ I felt that this waaa concession. and I assured the invaluable lady that my friend invariably consulted the cook respecting his move- ments, and returned to town when she no qugated _hi_m to do so._" ' ‘ The deity in getting the Czer‘e yacht Livedie into order after her recent rou gh riencee in the Bey of Bimy has get A mirel Pope if, it in said. into hot water. inn? has lust received an angry note from his rie mentor demanding to know what is t e mutter and edviein him to get the vessel in floating trim wit tout deiey. Latest Canadian Notes buy 0! heart these many yum? [any poem t9_ (all: I; hope dopujum “onetime. Machine. ngqqu-gqu yet? the payer your lip. hub sii‘n'oifiiié mm mm; 'iio'fhoud' ' 'jbfi iiidier; You Emu have your desire. someumo. loin.- ' W 6!“. It seemed you could u_ot waii the time 9! sauna, 7 ’80 urgou't’w’aiyour’héart to make it known. " Tuo' years have passed since then. do not (length. The Lord will answer you, sometime. somew on. Uunuswerod yet? my. do not my uumutod. Path». )8 your put a not yet wholly done. The wor began when first you: prayer woe u.- tered, And God will finish what He has I) u. I! you will kee the lncenao burning are His glory you a all see. sometime, somewhere. “WWW! W? with mam! be vmwerod. Umswmd M? th9'..“'hau: V Her'fee't wérorflrmrlrjip’lifiiéd 51â€") £35 31â€"66;:â€" _' Algld thoxlk‘tggt stoxmq ahg Iggds updngntqd. "'fibi- qu'uns bérbié’tliéiéiiciéii {finâ€"(131336}? She knows Omnipoteuco has heard he: prayer. And (firms,I “ It shall be done," sometime. some- w ere A nicely dug grave on his premises WI. a hint. given to Mr. Lambert, of Galway.by his tenants. The Duke of Portland is so pleased with Lord Buto’s beaver colonies that he is going to establish several on his estates. Real estate is active and in advancing rapidly in New York city. A prominen operator said the other day that it wan 40 per cent. higher than in, 1872, but this Is believed to be an over-estimate. Dr. J. C. Thompson first saw Miss Collet when she acted as a bridesmaid at his wel- ding. at Sedaha, Mo. He could not fail to note that she was far prettier than the bride, and within a short time he informed her that he regretted she was not his wife. She suggested that the mistake might be rectified by elopement,and they disappeared together Many years ago when it was the fashion in England for ladies to wear enormou- In one week lately several cargoes of her- rings, numbering about 6,000 barrels. were dispatched from Fraserbnrgh to Stettin and Konigsberg. The total exports for the set son now numbers about 237.000 barrels. against a total of 110,000 barrels at the corresponding date last year. Many years ago when it was the fashion in England for ladies to wear enormoul Leghorn straw hate. on which there was u very heavy duty. a. cunning importer hired a. number of poor women to cross with him frequently from Dover to Calais. who used to return with splendid hate on, while their own old hoods were tucked away in their pockets. There was no duty on articles actually being worn. Lieut. Schwatka, the Arctic explorer. speaking of the eccentricitiee of ioebergl, recently said: As about eeven-eighthe o! the berg are under water the curious spee- tacle is witnessed of these great masses ploughing their way against a ra id cur- rent loaded with heavy pack ice, an in the very teeth of a strong gale. The reason 0! thie peculiar eight in that the deep current. which directs the drift of the iceberg. is far more powerful than the shallow surface one which is visible. The last English mails announce the death of Lord Ormidale. judge of the Court of Session, Scotland, at the age of 79 ; 0! Lord Wenlock; of Mr. Frederick Baynel MoCalmont, a promising young lawyer and compiler of the excellent “ Parliamentary poll-book.” who died of an overdose of chloral, and of Miss Mary Addjlgton. aged 91. niece of the well-meaning statesman who became speaker and prime miniater.and a granddau hter of Dr. Anthony Adding- ton. medica attendant ol the great Earl 01 Chatham. George Bates, a St. Louis colored man, gave his bride a gold watch as a weddi present. He had stolen it, and. when was found on her, she was arrested. She would not betray her husband, and conse- uently went to risen for two years as the t ief. Bates dig nothing to help her. and his neglect turned her love to hatred. She spent her odd moments in sharpening a file, and when she was discharged it was a. keen as a razor. She returned to her 3:: haunts. waited until herhneband presen himself and stabbed him to death. Medicine was opened the other day with an address by Dr. Schulz, lecturer on German. Professor Blackie, in moving a vote of thanks to Dr. Schulz, said that if any one imagined he could get on in the intellectual world without a knowledge of German. ho was either a transcendent God-inspired genius or an incalculably great fool. It won only the greatest amount of originalityâ€" equal to that of Shakspearoâ€"that would enable a man to gain a position at the pro sent day without the aid of German. The winter session of the German classes in connection with the Edinburgh School of Mr. Howard Carroll gives another phase of Southern life in a letter to a New York paper. It is the penitentisries of Missil- sippi. in which males and females am manacled together and live in disgusti immorality; the prisoners are Aired o and worked in an unmerciful way; an beaten and bruised. and if they try to e!- cape are hunted with bloodhounds in the good old fashion. But these are negroeo whose condition is worse than slavery. White persons may return to their fami- lies on the ayment of a certain sum or by giving a nd and serve out their terms in luxury. ' nauswered yet? tho' when on first pro This only petition)!“ tpo F3 A‘er'g’tpgqqo Macedonia is said to be in a terrible con- dition. Bands of brigands, strong in nun bers and well armed, are infecting almond all parts of the country ,taking advantage of the weakness of the authorities, and enrich- ing themselves by the indiscriminate plun- der'oi the inhabitants without distinction of race or creed. Boys and other high dig- nitaries are being seized, and there are even cases in which all the members 0! Provincial Councils have been carried off in a body and sent into the mountains. One of the bands demands the sum of £5,000 sterling as ransom for the liberation of two Turkish dignitaries and three Christians who hold the rank of councillors. Com. munication is everywhere interrupted. In Epirus incredible atrocities are reported to have been per trated. In one case two women are sai to have been thrust alive into an oven. The inhabitants are power- less to defend themselves, and are looking for pity and protection from the west. con “mi begin to full: I: hope depuuu And ghgpk xog‘oll Qn xain £3193} taming , , A The weather in Bright and mild in British Columbia. Roses and raspberries as growing in the open tit. British and Foreign.