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‘30 other can“. trade .3) 1833 Fez-ease wi ‘s. 9, yeonsisted ppm- lsural prod acas. Pie total value p United States ‘htormafiun II. the put; tenet! from upped at. L ENS. me L'ammion, £38,611. The sci: last yea:- oi Canadian, re isa growing action of larger of vessels ar- Cauadzan ports to 7,930,933, 35,634, 8.0 in- 57 vessels en- N'ion ports, as PL 3-)] In 1891 I Was but shg‘m. fv"10h_ was the of Canada last, of 24,579.1'33. rio is credited , largest in her . Scotia, half a. pectively being, Few Brunswick Solnmbia 3,630, {e of sea-going at. the principal L3 follows ; [Earthquakes hrgngne Arrives II with Ice. :3 :â€"The steam- ed to-day from lf the voyage was M the effect was steamed up the Red exactly an ip. The purse:- whlch struck the , and came near first officer, M. :1 Norman: “ It time. . Modemte r to Friday last, from the north- ‘- ;Ihe remaxn- Luted States 0; a instrument. to paging, carrying games the port I The seaman was and sent crashing he picked pp un- Ldly bruised, but tule lands in the riid hogs, as fero. life as the boar y be encounter'd es a spice of dan- x cf these beasts, worn the tip of the Lil more than six lrteen inches in tough it had no pounds. The skin : inches thick and was reported tnat Id in the marshes they were savage 1 sport than some 1 supposed to be formed to kill 3 been roaming the rs, in spite of the 1 bring him to bay y. rere found and he idense reed grass. in from din‘erent in snddeniy came companions heard 3 the next instant town into the air is rescue a. second e boar. One shot a, but even then s assailmt agsfl the brain and be in whom thrown busly injured. but Laid him up for a. {3. The average irom S: 7 per ton m ton in 1893. e13 built, in Can- ian vessels sold, n he: starboard se vessel’s rail. It a man-of-war’a we: the forward men had not suf- r. and the officer e telegraph indi- rater rushed over that. it. broke the Had In the 1‘qu 'ornia. ugAtlantic Ocean, ’the twenty-fifth mes the equator, Bath the waves; ally agitated b3 :ocks. These an 35 in she num. r, but. a decrease :o hurl great. c03- or to make waves :e tc vanela corn- n violence after ans soon rmsed, 1y. About a. half first, officer was i the seams!) was :nly a huge wave * BN TY. Tom. .1. 3"“. ‘59 . L33“. '; 82: I 02' ‘ 3 TI? 37,10! 11‘! 384 $3.5 3 hat. at.- mouth of the harbor, I had no means of determining. My lee-way, which I had not, thought to take account of, must; have been considerable; so that, instead of being opposite Pictou, I had very probably allowed myself to be carried several points south. I congratulated myself on having discovered my error so soon. It was not. too late to rec uifv my course so as to avoid the danger, and I had no doubt I could do that. Bufl‘e ed by storm and shore, and pretty tired, I was still not discouraged. The Idea. of turning back never entereda my thoughts. 1 should soon be outside the river banks, which I could tell were a ready diverging. It se' med long, however, before I got Swell away from them. Exentu ally, neverthe- less, I appeared to have succeeded, and pulling myself together, I made a. bee- line for Picsou. Quite a depth of snow covered the me by this time. But I thought. my task was as good as done, now thatD nothing remamed but; to cross the harbor. The room was very warm, and in the small hours I went out into the hall. There the cool air refreshed me considerably, and the br‘ght idea. occurred to me that I might as well skate back to chtou that night. My Wacch would be over at three o’clock, whenvI should be relieved by Bob’s reg up! nurse. In half an hour she came, and then I fully decided to go. So I started before she had tir me to wheeze out half the list of dangers t which, she assured me, I was exposing .yself. Outside a fine snow was falling, and the wind was northwest I was on the ice and away in almost no time, It seemed. The cold night; air was most exhilarating, and the very strong coffee I had last taken stim- ulated me. I seemed intoxicated with strength, and longed for more resistance than wind and ice would offer. A straight course for home took me right in the teeth of the wind and blinding snow. It was impossible to keep that darection for any considerable time ; for the wind was stronger here than in the river, and colder as well. To get. along easier, I resorted to an ce- casional “ tack.” This was a. risky device ; but. 1 had repeaflfi. it a good many times before it occurred to me that through bhls repeated altering of my course I must soon lose my bearings. In fict, I hali lost. them already. How near I might b_e to the _open water at the However, by frequent sips of strong cotfee. I managed to keep my eyes open for several hours and do my duty, but gradual- ly I felt myself growing nervous. I tried to read, but couldn’t, and to keep myself gnder control I was obliged to pace the floor. Strange to say, it did not. But my pro- gress was fast becoming unsatisfactory. The course of the river has many sharp turns, hard to follow. I often dashed up against one of the steep banks, and if it: had not been for getting direction from the wind, I should have been completely be- W‘ldered. Digging my 32; ates into the ice I dashed along against the orisk nor’Wester with the spec-i of a race-horse. The distance to Pictou was not more than nine miles; but the storm and the increasing snow under- foot would lengthen the trip considerably. If I had paused to consider this, I shoulyd at least have reserVed my strength, instead of hurrying on at the pace I was going. There was no real danger, I thought, but I made far too little of the risks of skating in such darkness. The river channel often remains open in places, even during the coldest weather. When I found myself frequently running ashore after passing the first bend, the thought of this danger should have occurred to me. There was, 1.11011 '11, one other ground for apprehension. Up the harbor for some distance a. passage had been opened by the About eleven o’clock my real task began, when the people of the house had gone to bed, and 1mm left to myself in the sick- room. I was somewhat tired after the day’s exertion, the Wind had made my eye- lids heavy, and I soon caught myself nod- It. took me about an hour to skate from Pictou to New Glasgow. I got there a. ‘jule after nightfall, and found Bob so very 11 that I decided to stay all night and 121;) nurse him. The doctor came in soon, and gave me instructions for my night’s watch. One afternoon in January I skated up to New Glasgow to visit my sick friend, Bob Goodyear. He had been taken down with fever, and was dangerously ill. Bob was man boarding in New Glasgow, Where he had few friends. nowvwe felt. After school We ’d skate till late at nights, illuminating the harbor with bOnfires ani torches. In the winter ‘of 1885 I was going to school at Pictou Academy, and a cold winter it was. The harbor froze so early that several barques were shut in. Tne ice held, and before long it was so thick that the island steamer had to cut her way up to the wharf. Splendid skating and clear, steady weather we boys had, I tell you. Going to school was a hard trial these days. With eyes on our books, we thought of nothing but skating. \Vhy should dull learning enchain boys who Wished to send {own the harbor to East River, and whiz .long its orooked course? But you all know “Tell us 9.11 about it. Come, out with the story,” and an the word story there was a. general shifting of chairs to face the doc. tor. “ W ell, all right. It will help to pass the time,” said he, “so here it is.” “ Had to once.” The doctor’s expression betokened recollection of a. woful experi~ ence. : “ You wouldn’t find winter swimming pleas-ant.” said a. young doctor. “ Have you ever tried it ‘2” asked the fat man. “It’s too bad to be stopped here. We might almost swim ashore,” said a. fat little man. A Skater’s running Experience in North- umber-land Straits. I had been spending the Christmas holi- days with friedds in Prince Edward Island, and Was crossing to the mainland on my Way 130 Ottawa. when our stout. steel steam- er ran into a pack of ice just outside Pictou harbor, and seemed likely to be delayed there for hours. There was nothing to do b“ make the beat of circumstances, so the PaSSengers, all men, retired to the smoking room for warmth and talk. ON A QUEER 03m. Suddenly it occurred to me that if I were near the entrance of the harbor the gleam of the lighthouse should be visible. I could not be sure, however, that the light was kept burning in wmter, as there seemed no need of it. I might, therefore, be near it now, without being aware of it. A cry of distress might be heard. Feebly I cajled, “ Help! Help !" Then regaining my voice I shouted out into the stggm my cry for_ass_is_tanqe. 1.1 430 answer. I might have passed the light, already. No hope remained. A great weakness was coming over me, and I must soon Wholly gi_\'e up to it. up 1.1 All at one: I was aroused from lethargy by a. slight concussion. Startled, but still drowsy, I could not. immediately account for in. Then it, dawned upon me that my ice-block had come into collision with some other floating fragment. .V' There wascreally nothing in this to in- apire me with hope ; yet, etrangeiy, at that instant hope did dart through me. I was ready to clutch desperately at anything. The shock, at all eVen‘ts, was beneficial, in thatitpartlyrestored me to mysenses. An- other effort, and I was fully awake. There was some ground for hope, too. I must have come into contact with some large mass of ice ; for I felt that my little float was no longer being borne along by the current. My mind was soon made up to cross to this new ice. If, as I hoped, its surface should prove large enough to admit of my moving about, there was a. chance to escape from immeiiate death, for such must be my fate it I remained in my present: restricted position. There was not the same danger of b>ing carried out to sea. on the larger mass, either. There was no longer any doubt in my mind as t) where I was. I had allowed myself to be carried out of my way into the open sea. near the mouth of the harbor ! My situation was horrible to think of. The fragment of ice upon which I found temporary safety was being carried away from the main body ; and I was mov- ing out. with the tide into Northumberland Straitâ€"so I sugpoeed. Gradually I recovered the partial use of my legs, and I felt safe to stand erect on the floating ice. My skates, which were of no further use, I tore from my feet and carelessly allowed to tumble into the water. My situation was utterly desperate. I was so paralyzed With cold that 1 could hardly move a. muscle. My legs were numb, and the upper part of my body chilled to that degree thatI fancied myself burning hot. My senses, instead of being quicken- ed to action, were overpowered. Still,I was conscious that I ought to move my limbs ; and by a great effort I raised my. self on my knees and began slapping my body and limbs, in order to excite some circulation. How far I had floated I could not tell. The tide was flowmg out rapidly, and no doubt I should soon be outside the harbor. Horrible fate that threatened ! Even though I should not be carried to sea, I must soon succumb to cold and exhaustion. Already the power of my will was strained to _keep hold on consciousness. ‘ .u-r How longa time had elapsed sipce my plunge into the harbor, I had no correct idea. Possibly not more than a few min- utes ; though it then seemed to be much longer. ‘ When the sudden jar had roused me from_ that drowsiness that Would soon have been fatal. I had ceased to move and was sitting on the ice ! To shout loudlS' for help I could not, be- numbed as I was with cold. It. would be useless, anyway, for there was no possible chance of my being heard. u . 1! Fortunately the block of ice to which I clung was pretty firm. To raise myself upon it was my immediate thought. My skates impeded me. 'lhose were moments of anguish ; but after a. terrible struggle I succeeded in dragging myself out 01 the water uyou the slab of ice. Terror seized me. I knew that much swxmming in that freezing water was un- possible. Besides, where should I swim to? I could not tell how far I had gone on in this condition, when suddenly I felt a. sen- sation as of the ice giving way under .my feet. It was not imagination, but reality. In the same instant I was struggling m the cold water of the harbor, clutching with my mittened hands a. piece of floating Ice which seemed to have been broken away at the moment. when I went: down. Tired out from the exertion of the after- noon, and st-ill more by that of the last hour and a half, I felt a. great wearinesa stealing over me; and now and then I would stumble in the snow, which had firifted in heaps over the crevices of the lee. I soon realized that a. good hour’s work Was cut out for me. The snow wag so de< p as to make progress a. matter of dxfhculby, while the wind came in gusts that took my breath. There was nothing else to do, though, but to set. my teeth and struggle on. I had been careful to note its directlon before setting out, I started 03‘ qnce more, and took a course a couple of pomts north of the wind. .13 was apparent, therefore, that I must Sh!“ my course farther north. The wind gurded me in this. Pleased to think that This, however, I judged to be on the oppo- site side of the harbor trom where I then W38. and might, be avoided by keeping well to the north. winter boat from-Prince Edward Island. Feeling 'my way cauitoust t9 the edge of A CHANCE OF E SCAPE. -‘ SDFUCK me tnat 1 “11.130 [)8 again on SOHO. ICC. I There could be no doubt of it. This ie mystery of my posmon was clear at once. .Schooi maps of the era immediately pre- 1 had broken through the ice, not near the lceding Dr. Livingstone’s expedition did not deal with the interior of Africa with anything like the fullness that distinguishes ;tliis old Dutch map. Africa was then jendeared to boys and girls by the fact that (itsinterior was largely made up of blank fspaces, presenting nothing to be committed lto memory. The lot of the schoolboy of lto-day is in this respect much harder. lAfric-a has been surveyed from north to isouth, from east to west, and hides no :mysteries from the map-maker. Worse {stilL it isa congerie of nationalities, the gland being divided among Great Britain, jGermany, France, Portugal, Turkey, Italy :and Spain, With here and there a purely lAfricau state, a miserable slice left to the ancient possessors of the land. Mr. Cecil Rhodes has been busy of late. PAINTING THE MAP RED “ HERE IS GOLD.” Poring over-it today, he looks longingly at some stretches of country covered with a tint which mapvmakers have agreed to ass1gn to other nationalities. Only a year ago there was but a slip of South Africa south of the Orange river painted red, in- ‘dicating the limits of Cape Colony. It is ‘E OF E SCAPE. true that since 1885 Bechuanaland has be nunder British rotection a. ortion of g mouth of the harbor, but at the edge of the it: Crown colony.p But Englanpd’s chief ,- narrow channel cut by the steamer, Wthh Q interest in that district has been an annual "0 ran mm a gash fight “P the frozen harbor I expenditure of a hundred thousand a year. 'e to Pictou WWD- I had floated down the 5for which there is absolutely no return. 3° passage for some little distance, and across ' Since the Chartered Company came into 2 it, till my course was stopped bY_ 8‘ cake 0f ' existence 5. huge patch of Central South ' ice prOJe'cting from.the {lift-0‘1 5‘1ng lAfrica has been painted red. To-day ,. l Ail “113 appeared ”‘5 PAH“ “5 daylight 150 :it is all red from Capeiown up to Lake “1 my brain, “0W quickened W action by the , Nvassa and Lake Tancanyika. The red assurance of deliverance. But how was it ‘ boldly pushes its way 11; taking the pick e- possible for me, who knew the way 30 W911» :0f the land, pushing aside the green of i: :0 “I‘llsca'lflfl?m 9° §t§anhgeéy mg Laue course 5 Germany and‘the blue of Portugal. North or ome. certain Y a. ma. e ue allow- ;of berman hast Africa the red shows I aucti‘ehfor lthe chaifinil: bl 3 again over the liberal space of British Blast ld v 1 35° 31;“? ‘3 t} 1: {nod ems”? mat re- [Africa “Studymg‘the latest map ofAfrica, b 8:39 untlh ”Basile- 3,111 ,ball O‘mh myl I the candidBriton is driven to the conclu- ’ . more an 9‘ 3' m1 5 e 0‘” w ere Ision that there is nothing more towering :0 I glad expected to be. Then 3;“ 1W“ perfectly than the rapacity with which England 09:, meg-:1 {nice my :31“th ouudt ‘9 Wind had ' grabs land in foreign parts, unless it be the I E0111: u r013 'nort west t9 llednofl‘thia}5l~ iindignatiou With which she regards an ”‘1 en 3 my tourse, "13‘8“ 0 ta mg gattempt, however modest, made by other I)’ we where I had wished, carried me far down ; nations to extend their boundaries. “ I couldn 5 count much on my keeping company with you down there,” he dry: y remarked to the fat. man. “ It looks as cold as ever.”-â€"[David Soloan in Youths’ Companion. very sunny disposition. She is always smiling.” Husbandâ€"“ It. isn’t that; it’s good teeth.” Mr. C. C. Cleveland, M. P. for Rich- mond and Wolfe, has had the misfortune to lose two children. a son and a. daughter. Scarlet. lever, which is very prevalent in the east, carried the children off. Senator Botsford of New Brunswxck, the oldest man in the Upper House, is ill, and is not expected to live. Mr. Botsford was born in ISO-1», and is therefore ninety years of age. He entered politics in 1838, and has thus had fifty-six years of public life. In his advanced age he is almost forgotten, but he has occupied important positions, and has done some good things. When Lord Durham thought of Confederation he sent all the way to New Brunswick for Mr. Bots- ford, and that gentleman made awinter journey to Quebec to discuss the matter. When he arrived Lord Durham received him well,but told him he had been recalled. Mr. Botsford fought for the opening of the sessions of the New Brunswick Legislative Council to the public, and succeeded in abolishing the system of secrecy that had hitherto been‘ observed. Soon we were tearing through ice 8. foot thick in Pictou harbor, at the rate of eight knots an hour, and the doctor shivered as he glanced over the stern into the seething water. Before the young doctor had concluded his story our boat had freed herseif from the jam, and was making her way through open water up the Narrows. All this apvpeai-ed as plain as daylight to my brain, now quickened to action by the assurance of deliverance. But how was it possible for me, who knew the way so well, to miscalculate so strangely my true course for home? I certainly had made due allow- ance for the channel. All peril of water was now pass. It; only remained to drag myself home. I crawled painfully up the6 bank, and by a final etlort reached my lodgings, completely prostrated. My hair did â€"not, as you may see, turn white; but my ears and face were of that complexion for a. while ; for face, hands and feet were badly frost bitten. As I was young and vigorous the shock to my nerves from fright, cold and exhaustion lasted but a. few days. But I didn’t skate any more that winter. Ilmve not, by any means, lost my fondness for the amusement. I have persuaded myself that I can get enough of it during the daytime; and I prefer making long journeys by rail or steamer, even at the risk of having to pic- nic a. day or two in Gulf ice. The solution of this problem was not re- vealed until I reached land, and found my- self more than halfa. mile below where I had expected to be. Then all was perfectly clear. Since my setting out the wind had shifted from northwest to due northeast. Consequently my course, instead of taking me where I had wished, carried me far down the harbor. It was indeed fortunate that I had not found myself at the harbor’s mouth, far below town. I tried in move, ’ bit it was with pain. My knees sank under me. Hardly realizing what: I did, I groped and stumbled forward for perhaps fifty yards. Then suddenly it struck me that} I’musbbq again on solidice. Vitality gradually came back, and with ita. despairing anxiety to know where I was. The stability of the ice under my tread assured me of temporary security, and I longed for daylight. Consciouqu I endeavored to shake off my stupor. Violently beating my limbs and body, I succeeded in partially restoring cir- culationâ€"a. natural and easy thing to do, one would think; but I remember the effort of those moments as the most painful of my life. - More dead than alive I lay, for a. mo ment helpless. I could feel, nevertheless, that the ice on which I rested was more stable than that which I had left. W'ith great effort I gained my feet. The muscles of my body had begun to contract, and the blood seemed frozen in my veins. My little block would not allow of my leaping from it. I could not have done so, anyway, for I was too weak even to rise to- my feet. I rather sprawled across to the point I sought; and then not without dip- ping my l_ega_once more in t_he water. In almost any circumstances a. man dies hard, but; when cold and exhaustion, like an anmsthenic, have deadened his senses and energies, the struggle for hfe becames very feeble, my insecure raft, I sought its point of contact with the new ice. My hands were so thoroughly benumbed that I could do no more than guess the relative position of the two blocks. Satisfied, however, that I had rea‘: l y met a. larger and therefore safer mass, 1 mustered my energies, and resolved to cross the chasm. Malletâ€"J‘ Your wife seems to be of a. A LITTLE REGULAR AND ORDERLY EXTENSION a member of the Opposiaion criticize, as in duty bound, some portion of the Premier’s domestic policy, Winding up with the em- phatic statement; that. he is entirely With him in his Imperial policy. .m. w It Was durifig the éovefnorship of Sir Her- cules Robinson that Mr. Rhodes began his work. Sir Hercules was not averse Lo of our empirerin South Africa, but the magnitude of Mr. Rhodes’ ideas was up; to scat-Lie him. “ Where will you stop 2” Sir Hercules asked him during one of Lhe conV'ezsations that, followed on the acquisx.lon of Bechu- anaiand. That was ten years ago, and to-dz y the map is painted red up to the southern bor- ders of Lake Tanganyika, with the Zam- besi river far in the rear. Talking on this subject, Mr. {bodes recalls the time, 200 years distant, when the Dutch settlers at the Cape built a block house on Table moun- tain, and regarded it as the limit of their geographical ideas. The blOck house still stands, but Cape Colony has spread lusty limbs in all directions, and there are some of its’lls who look forward to the day when the colony shall be the centre of a great united South African state. BETWEEN CAPETOWN AND CAIRO. That is a. big order ; but he is the Kind of man who is apt to realize his dreams, how- ever extravagant they may appear to the prosaic mind. He has marched far since he set. his steps in the direction of carrying the British flag northward. Twelve years ago, when Mr. Rhodes, returned to the Representative Chamber, first promulgated the idea. of obtaining the unknown interior of Africa as a reversion to the Cape Colony, he stood alone in his crusade. To-day he has not only the Legislative Assembly but the country entirely and enthusiastically at his back. Nothing is more common in the general elections still going on than to hear “1 will stop only where the country has been claimed,” said. Mr. Rhodes. Sir hercules, taking up the mapfound that this would take the British territory up to the southern border of Lake Tangan- ylka. He was, as Mr. Rhodes says, in telling the story, "a. little upset 1” ..u “1 think,” hé femarked, ‘Tyou should be satisfied with the Zambesl as a. boundary.” Mr. Rhodes dreams of a da; when there shall be direct; telegraph and railway comâ€" munication In that direction, as a. glance at the map will show, the way is now pretty weli clear- ed. The proposed stat-e could never run east and west, from coast to coast, since on the west: Germany has Damaraland, and on [low " The Meteor Flag of England ” Has Been Carried Nortliwnrd by the Cape Colonistsâ€"All In TWelve Yearsâ€"Cecil Rhodes, Premier of Cape Colony. is Looking Forward to a Great United British South African St: te. An amiable Dutch lady, who lives in Capetown in the house her family have un- interruptedly occupied for more than 100 years, has among her household treasures an atlas containing maps of various countries as they appeared to observant Dutchmen 15‘) years ago. It is curious to note how, in a map of the Western Hemisphere,South America is dealt with in considerable detail. So is the eastern coast of North America. But when the draughtsmen approaches the western ceast,he does not get much further north than San Francisco. Here the penis uplifted, and the rest is left to imagination. Naturally Africa,a country which at the time the atlas was published had been 100 years partly occupied by the Dutch,receives spec- ial attention. The interior is marked out with great minuteness,though it is true that in noting the location of particular tribes, the honest mapmaker admits that he is guided by what he has heard said. Amongst other things,the map proves that the know- ledge of the existence of gold in South Africa is not a modern possession. In var- ious districts, notably in Mashonaland. a. patch of yellow colors the map, and under- neath is written the magic words BRITAIN RULES IN AFRICA. From Lake Tanganyika South- ward. THE W'AY IS CLEARED. In the meantime they are making the most of their Opportunity, manipulating matters so that the burden of taxation shall fall upon the English settlers,who are practically prohibited from taking any part in the government of the country. Mr. Rhodes looks with apprehension on this state of things, believing that it inevitably tends towards the establishment in the Transvaal of an English republic as independent of Downing street or Westminster as of the Orange Free State. The only other alter- natives are the return of the Transvaal to its former allegiance to the Queen, a course which has no advocates, whether among the Boers or the English ; or its incorporation with Cape Colony, which for various reas- ons is impracticable. The prospect of having as neighbor an independent Eng- lish republic does not suit Mr. Rbodes’ scheme of aunited South Africa loyal to the British crown. The Cape Colonyâ€" that is to say Mr. Rhorlesâ€" is now prepar- ed to take over Bechuanaland, an event which was very nearly accomplished during the ex1stcnce of the late GOVernment. Sir Hercules Robinson was then governor and had, with the approval of the Colonial Olfice, carried negotiation on the subject Within measurable distance of conclusmn, when an agitation was got up at home be- fore which the governivient retreated, and Mr. W. H. Smith, with that air of surpris- ed innocence that used to charm the House of Commons, protested that there was absolutely nothing in the reports current, of inten ed action. So Bechuanaland re- mains with us to this day, and the British taxpayer has the pleasure of paying tor the profitless possession his hundred thousand a. year. â€"[ H. \V. L. , in the London Dail’ News. Capexs originally grew wild in Greece and Northern Africa. Garlic came from Sicil, audfl’fie shores of the Mediterranean. The onion was almost an obja; t of wor- ship with the E- ypbizms‘. 7,000 years before the Christian era. In first came from In- The cucumber was originally a tropical vegetable. Asparagus was originally a. Wild seacoast plant; of Great. Britain. The clove is a native of the Malacca Islands, as also is nutmeg. Cherries were known in Asia. as far back as the seventeenth century The tomato is a. native of South America, and takes . its name from a Portuguese word. Parsley is said to have come from Egypt, and mythology tells us it was used L9 adorn the head of hercules. Apples were originally brought from the East, by the Romans. lhe crab apple is indigenous to Great Britain. Cloves come to us from the Indies, and take their name from the Latin ciavus, meaning a nail, to which they have re- semblancek The pen, is a. native of Lhe south of Eu- rope. Ginger is a. native of the East and Wesb Indies. A Chinese Railway. China has at last one complete railway. It is the short line connecting Tien-Ls n with Shtin-hai-kwan, a. town in the eastern part of the great Chinese wall, where the latter runs down to the Gulf of Liau-tung, There is acertain anachronism in the as- sociation of the “iron horse,” so emble- matic of our modern celerity of communi- cation, with the Chinese wall, which stands as the personification of obstruction to free intercourse. However, this new Chinese railroad is itself an anomaly ; it is not in- tended for traffic. It will carry neither merchandise nor passenger. Having been built simply for strategic purposes, it will be strictly confined to military uses. The sedan chair will continue to be the vehicle for overland journeys in China, and freight will etill be carried slung to poles borne on the shouldms of muscular Chinese porters. The gooseberry is indigenous to Great. Britain. C 118. De Trapâ€"“Isn’t it raLher_ late for you to go home alone?” Totmeâ€"“ you bet. ! Mamma would never forgive me if I came home alone.” Apricots are indigenous to the plains of Armenia. Coriander seed came originally trn: Lne East. “ My friend,” said the solemn man, “ have you ever done aught to make the community in which you live the better for your living in it ‘2” "‘I have done much, sir,” replied the other humbly, “ to purify the homes of my fellow beings.” Ah,” continued the solemn man with a. pleased air, “ you distribute tracts ?” '5 No, I clean carpets.” The future of the Transvaal is one of the most. interesting problems in the politics of South Africa. Every month sees the dis- proportion between the governing class and the governed widened. In process of time, according to the cerrent rate or progression, the Boers must be The walnut; is a. native of Persia,Caucasus and China. Phe east there is a. Tong strip of blue show- !Dg Portuguese territory. But Damaraiand ‘3 scarcely worth the trouble of holding- the more so as its only decent port, Walfish Bay, already belongs to the English. It would be nicely symmetrical to have Portu- gal’s portion thrown in, but that is imposs- ible, and can be dispensed with. The real difficulty in the way is the existence of the 'l‘ransvaal and the Orange Free State, wedged in as they are in the centre of the British territory. Where Pruit Plants Come From. Spinach is a. Persian plant. Filberts came from Greece. Quinces came from Corinth. The turnip came from Rome. The peach came from Persia. The nasnurtium came from Peru. Horseradish is a native of England. Melons were found originally in Asia. Sage is a. native of the south of Europe. Sweet marjoram is a native of Portugal. The bean is said to be a. native of Egypt. Damsons originally came from Damas- SHOULDERED OUT BY THE BRITISH.