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«n is %b‘vl'.er and the Judge applied to for date of hearing, Witnesses are summoned in the usuj way and the parents have the right to attend and give rebuttal evidence, If the Judge decides to give the parent another chance the Society is instructed to exercise supervision and see that the home is improvetf, that the child attends school daily and is properly treated. If, however, it is considered in the best interests of the child as a freeâ€"born citizen and a future voter, that the Society should be appointed its guardians, the J udge makes out an order of delivery to the Society, appointing that body the legal girardian until the ioy or girl is 18 years of age. Its U rURE HoyE, N Having received charge of the child, the mext duty of the Society is to provide it with a home. An important point in the law is that these children are not to be put inâ€" to institutions to be artificially reared, but must be provided with foster homesâ€"that in,plnco«f under the care of kindâ€"hearted Obristian people who will strive. to train them as good citizons under the influence Of ‘love and sympathy. This system, in addition to being g; far the simplest and happiest solution of the problem, is also vnrtgy more econc mical than the orphanage 6r industrial school plan. "ras ~are four or and then you have a human | country. woul â€"thas »yon can »train, a little heart | the sea /a you can teach to: love. you and.callissaid tha you ~by ~the. sweetest ~of all~ names= | sccusional It is proposed to have in each city and town of Ontario an incorporated Children‘s Aid Society, and that organization will be given by the Government authority to ref ceive the guardianship of all deserted, orâ€" phaned or noglected children. The Soâ€" ciety‘s offiter will ‘have power to. bring before the Courts any chilcrounder fourteen found begging or thieving, who is without Frupor guardianship, who is found associatâ€" ng or dwelling with a thief, drunkard or vagrant, or who by reason of the negiect or drunkenness or other vices of the parents is snffered to be growing up without salutary parental control or education, or in circumâ€" stances exposing such child to an idle or dissolute life. y Every citizen who knows a child to be illâ€"treated or to be living with immoral people is expected to notify the Society at once. ‘The agent or: secretary will then issue a warning notice to the offender, setâ€" ting forth that unless there is immediate imâ€" provement the child will be taken away. Should this latter course prove necessary the little one is removed to the Children‘s po YOU WANT A omttp® All the Children‘s Aid‘Societies will work in unison and will assist each other in proâ€" viding homes for their proteges. For inâ€" stance, if the Hamilton Societies should have a child they wished to place some distance off they wouldâ€"~&&1l in the assisâ€" tance of the Brantford, London or Paris Societies and vice . versa, each . Soâ€" clety é¥changing information and aidâ€" h’» each. other in a hundred ways, If any reader has a childless home and longs to hear the patter of the little feet andâ€"to feel the caress of chubby, grateful «rms they should send their names to the Children‘s Ald Society. . Just address your ot the Children‘s RiH Stomi® st qs Thanas" Fosoy o. to tawa, Hamiton, Barric, Peterborough or any other large centre and it will reach the right parties. â€"Only be sure and don‘t make this mistake : â€"Don‘t #say you want to adopt a 12 for they are the fact that they are not responsible for the evils they endure , all.plead loudly in their. behalf.". is believed that many good homes and mearts throughout Ontario will be opaned to receive and bless these unfortunate little omes, and to aid the Society in finding such the law provides for committees of men and women in all the electoral distriots, _ These committiees will also be the local guardians of the Society‘s wards when ph‘cefi "out, | and will be a valuable aid to Supt. Kelso in maintaining & state protectorate over the children. It has proved emitently sucsessiul in SootJand, K{ugnli. and other countries. It TOPROTECTCHILOREN rovi-'u. It means that hereafter the state in addition to providing costly prisons for the detention of criminals, wil{ also seek to stay the stream of crime by giving timely aid and rmqfi:.li.on vo chfld-uvi” work. Nursed in bot! d vice and denied reasonâ€" able ofpohnfldel of ncquirinf either moral or intellectual training it is little wonder that many children have grown up to be thieves and vagrants of the community, and a conâ€" stant source of tiprest and insecurity. Horeâ€" after it is proposed to encourage, on the part ot th> phmhmpio ublic, more atâ€" tention to the claims of :Eo children. . As the Hon. Joseph Chamberlain said recently, ia a speech endorsing the work of the Engâ€" lish Society, **The belplessness of these little ones, their dependence upon others, ‘The Good Work of the Children‘s +3 Aid Societies. _ Or the Lawâ€" WIll be Fut in Operation. Foster Womes Instead of Institutions tor Momeless Whildrén.â€"â€"A Botter as Well as a Cheaper 8ystem, ‘The first report of the superintendent of neglected or .l’:,..an chlfii.n- of Ontario marks a new and mostimportant efa in the history of the philanthropic ‘vork;ol the PARENTS MUST DO THEIR DUTY, THE SYSTEN To BE PURSUED PP L fay q-fi'g scarce and very valuâ€" Lnomo mi!, 595 ;arnm of trees o, many GIRL WHES RESCURD BOY AWAITING TRIAL very scarce and ie# will work | in 1 ther in proâ€" | Ind es. . Fot in | unt ties . should | frow place sotme | are 1 the A#si#â€" | Gox on or | Pati® | lon, each _ Soâ€" | ann The society girl is popularly supposed to béloug to the butterfly order of women. Her sisters, less fortunate than she, who have to toil and spin, fancy her a radiant being with heaps of beautiful cléthes to wear, unlimited money to spend, luxurious food to eat, and passing her life in a whirl of delightful engagements. Sometimes they speak of her in a cynical manner,imagining that in her life of pleasure she is idle and selfish, absorbed in that which can give her gratification and minister to her vanity. _ The young woman plodding along patientâ€" ly day by day through rain and sleet to her place behind the counter thinks of the soâ€" ciety Tirl at theâ€"same hour making her leisurely toilet, aad if the former be weak and silly, she ‘ a slight pang of envy as the contrast in their lives presents itselt to her mind. . She girds at the idleness of this other girl, for whom everything is done,and who may buy what she chooses. country. They errend from the level o the sea /ar op into the mountain sides. . It is said that miles of these apple forests can otcustonaily be seen. In point of fact, thereâ€"areâ€"few people busier than the society girl. In the first place, it is no light task to keep up a wardâ€" robe such as one needs who is perpetually going to luncheons, dinners and receptions. (One or two gowns in a season are not enough ; there must be bewitching changes for numerous occasions. Every costume must have its dainty accessorieeâ€"gloves, fans, slippers, ribbons, laces, flowers, and what not. . The slightest carelessness in the details of a beautiful costume may ruin its effectiveness. All fathers are not equally lavish, and all society girls do not possess an income commensurate with their wants. Some of them have to skimp and plan in a way that is very trying. Possibly the other girl, whoever she is, would not wish to change places if she were behind the scene. especiaily noticeable at present ; but no one in Maine has got excited over the matter. Indeed, yery few knew anything about it until informed by a despatch, Saturday, from St. John. These movements, it is smid, are in the line of experiments, '.fie British Governtfrent deviring to find out just how long it would take to get its men and supplies mcross the continemt in event of trouble with Russia. A few weeksago aspec ial train cartying armament and supp ics was despatched from Halifax to Eequimalt, B.C., with instructions to stop for finthing but water and to change engines. . There were nine loaded cars on the train, and the trip was made, according to the report by the Canadian Pacific officiais. in legs, than The society girl‘s life, even if she be the airiest=of~ butterflies, impliés a certain amount of . ‘devotion to classes of various sorts, which are fashionable if they are nothing else, and they treagre&t deal else. Browning, Shakespeare, an Tennyson the girl mugt have at her fingers‘ ends. She must be clever at repartee. â€" She must have on hand plenty of the small change of conâ€" versation, must understand | glassical alluâ€" sions, and must be whle to hold her own in the battledoor and ‘shuttlecock of gay talk which goes on among clever people. All this makes study and application essential to some extent. * ihidhie soen British troops, says the Lewiston Evening Journal, have been rushing through Maine for several months, the activity being especially noticeable at present ; but no one in Maine has got excited over the matter. Indeed, yery few knew anything about it five This work is one of the most important to whe community that could possibly be taken up, and every citizen should do. his best tc advance it, It will in time make institutions for children unnecessary, and it â€"will provide justice and f"d home surâ€" roundings for the unfortthate little ons now treated so shamefully by indiSerent and unworthy, parents. Xir. J. J. Kelso, the State Stperintendent, should be generâ€" ously supported by the philanthropists of the province so that justice may be secured for tge neglected ‘or morally abandoned children of the province. As there are but twentyâ€"four hours in the day, one must be alert in order to keep up with everything which the social life of a city presents, and the society girl has alâ€" "fiyl her favorite philnnthro]pies. If a series of‘tableaux is given id aid of an orpban asylum or a fresh air fund, she ‘must beri her part. She is not withoat interest na fairs and festivals, and often as manager of an institution or member of a benevolent association she is pledged to raise a liberai amount of funds necessary to carry these on. To do this require® an immense amount of ingenuity, exertion and personal magnetâ€" ism. In her club or clubs she prepares and reads papers, twkew‘@" hand in discussions, is responsible for a share in whatever the club has on hand. 1t must be aoknowledged that the society girl sets a good example in one regard. She is almost always a specimen of high health and of beauty. Her regular bathing, her outdoor exercise, her horsebackâ€"riding and tennisâ€"playing, and the long walks she takes, gives her firm muscles, bright color, and a general air of vigor.â€"[Harper‘a Whatever fad be uppermost, the girl must have her white hand in it. Whether or not she likes cards, she must at least have a bowing acquaintance with the scientific game of whist,â€"though she will._be wise to abstain from that intellectual amusement unless she can hold her own to the satisâ€" fwotion of her partners. A stupid whistâ€" player in society is a decided bore, not acâ€" cepted serenely by any means. It goes without saying that the society irl keeps up her music. If she does not g,enelf play, she at least understands what is good music, and hears the best singers and players, and has her enthusiasms, for which she is ready to do battle valiantly. British Troops in the United St ates ‘*mother." . ‘where is no better service anyoue can render to church or state than the training of & child for good citizenship. It is a noble tack and worthy of even some trials and disappointments. NCMEROUS TOUCHING STORLES are told of the gratitude of these boys and girls to faithful foster parents after they have grown up and gone out to make their way in the world. They come back for holidays to the old place where they spent their early years and leave and send many tokens of their attachment to those who had befriended them. ountries SHE LOQKED A PTERW ARDS ation Army has inva ded thirty The Society Girl. GRIEVOUS â€" HARDSHIPS was having to eat oysters to keep from starving. . A hundred years latfir began the oyster war that has raged up t6 this time between Maryland and Virginia, and it is probable that the outbrealc of hosvilities marks the beginning of the importance of the oyster industry in the United States. The Marylanders and the Virginians disâ€" covered then that a good oyster was worth fighting for. | It is imgnsaible to speak otf the present aspect of the contest, for, like the revolutions in Centrak America, it is kaleidoscopic. Nothing but the latest teleâ€" grams from the troubled waters can aftord a view of the situation up to date. ‘Meanâ€" while, despite the war, the deyelopment of the industry went on until, through the magnitude chiefly of the operations in Maryland, the oyster business took first rank among the fishery industries of the United States. True to his purpose of treating the oyster from a purely industrial point o% view, the author of the treatise in tuestion has not turned aside to give even casual attention to the fascinating question as to the identity of the first man that swallowed an oyster ; but he sets forth facts which suggest the enquiry whether at least two investigators, ‘ working iddependently in the field of gasâ€" tronomy, did not arrive at demonstrations of the edibleness of this mollusk of forbidâ€" ding aspect, Pliny mentions an Italian oysterman of the name of Sergius Orata who cultivated beds in L&eJucrmul about 1,900 years ago, and says much as to say that the Lucrinuses were theSaddle Rocks of that day. The prehistoric shell mounds of this country show that the Indians were large consumers of oysters before any white man came. Thus we find that the noble Ainerican and the noble Roman wereeating oysters, perhaps simultaneously,at a period anteriorto any known association of the white and the red races. That the carly white comers did not bring with them the art of eating oysters an were slow to learn it from the Indjans seems evidentâ€"from a writings of John Smnl%, published in 1631, in which he says substantially that the coloâ€" nists got nothing in the way of food from: the waters of the Chesapeake. Hulf a century later it was written of the Kent Islanders that one of their In later years the utilizing of the shells has been an important part of the oyster businese. Nobody has yet answered the question that the fool propounded .to King Learâ€"how the oyster makes its shellâ€" though it is known that the shell is threeâ€" fourths carbonate of lime, and carbonate of lime is valuable. . Because of this substance the shells are used in the manufacture of certain grades of iron, for chicken food {to be converted from oyster shells into egg shells), and for making lime to be used in producin% coal gas and in other indusâ€" tries. Besides these uses oyster shells are utilized in restocking oyster beds, making country roads, and ballasting railroads. Instances of the latter use may %)e seen on three or four railrogds in« Maryland and on the Southern Pacific, near Morgan City, The 11\& has a tongne almost eightcen {nches When one sees‘ an oysterman lifting his long tongs out of the water he sometimes wonders if there is any limit to the length of the poles the man can handle in lifiin small boat. ‘There is ; it is about twentyâ€" eight feet. â€" Longer tongs are used on larger vessels, but they are worked by halyards fixed to the rigging. In deep water the dredge is used. It is a heavy iron rake, and is drawn up hy means of a windlass on board. There are so many laws governing the use of tongs and dredges that the Maryâ€" land oysterman must be a lawyer as well as a sailor and a fighter. Berlin and Waterloo Greatly Worked Up and Dogs Being Destroyed. A Berlin special says :â€"This town and neighborhood areat present in the experience of a mad dog scare, which commenced last Saturday by the appearance of a rabid dog in Waterloo, and which, after doing conâ€" siderable mischiefin the way of biting other dogs and scaringeverybody genetrally, was finally shot. The bitterm dogs were miso shot, and the mayors of both Berlin and Waterloo issned proclamations comâ€" manding that all dogs be either tred up or muzzled. Since then a number of dogs have been found at large in the two towns and The o large .x work . i houses. of Holland yield about 70,000 bushels a yeee, and they are valued in this computaâ€" tion at $440,000, or more than $6 a bushel. Maryland cysters are: put down at a shade over 50 cents a bushel ; but there can be no comparison between the succulent morsel of Maryland and the rugged old mollusk ot Holland. The latter, ‘as eaten in Europe, looks and tastes somewhat like an anteâ€" belium copper cent spattered with acid and -grinkled with pepper ; and when the taker tackles this soâ€"called delicacy from rl.t:llund it seems to him that the chief difâ€" ference between the oyster and the seasonâ€" ed cent would be that the gent might kill him and the oyster might not. asked if he will have the 'l;e;t,-nnd when he says that he will he gets a sample of Holâ€" land‘s product. $ * A Big Business That ts Bigger in Mary» land Than Auy whore Else. .. The hero who was the first nmm low an oyster would be ‘astound could u..i" part of a recent bulletin of the United States Fish Commission and kee what an importaot industry he started all by himaelf. This bulletin tells about the oyster business in Maryland; but, as Maryâ€" land produces oneâ€"third of the world‘s oysâ€" ter product, the story of the industry in that State contains about all that is neces sary to an understanding of the importauce of the oyster of comnterce. Of the 35,000,000 bushels of oysters &rxo’- duced in the world each year nearly 80,000, 000 bushels are natives of the United States, and more than 11,000,000 bushels come from Maryland waters. The value of Mary: land‘s annual product is nearly $6,000,000, that of the United States about $16,600,000, and that of the rest of the world‘s a little more than/ $12,500,000. It will be noted that a higher valuation per bushel is put upon foreign than upon t'enitad States oysâ€" tors, When a lover of this delicacy calls for oysters in a London eating house he is **Ohâ€"yeaâ€"|cam: Plâ€"have it m06â€"toâ€"muey and make a popular song of it I am sorry to te THE OYSTER OF COMMERCE oyster trade gives employment to a number of girls and. women, who in the ‘"shucking" and: canning ANOTHER MAD DOG A Musical Gem THE OYSTER BEDS attyrtirimg =ZAmong those who have the care of enâ€" ginés, or other machinery, it is considered a breach of duty to permit the accumulation of the most minute particles of rust or dirt of any sort. . On the contrary, the greatest pride is taken in the shining appearance of the bearings and all the diiferent exposed surfaces ot the machine. â€" How much more, then, oughtwe to be constantly solicitous that the human organism shall not be hindered by the accumulation ot useless debris ! It is possible to do this safeiy and surely b{ attending day by day to the secretions of the body. The waste matter of the body, as we all know, is got rid of by four great chaune‘sâ€"theâ€"lungs, the ~intestines, the kidleys, and the skin. . By carefully wacching the work of this branch of the human mecharisth, Insisting that each part shall faithfully perform its own peculiar work, we shall insure better results from the general system, besides lessening to a marked degree the necessity for any periodical or spasmodic attempts at purifying the blood. Eocu ‘ It is to be expected, in other words, that the human system, like every intricats piece of mechanism, will in time become clogged with the results and accumulations of its own work. The friction of its several parts, and the wear and tear of constant usage, are productive of debris of vatious sorts, just as is the case with machjnery of any Kiad, and men are excusable for beâ€" lieving thatat least once a year they may with propriety seek to eliminate the refuse matter which has accumulaed, And so the sarsapariilas of various makes, especially where they are prescribed by che family pBysician, may be said to be worthy of their popularity and the considence which is reposed in them. _ It is doubtful, however, if the necessity for the uso of "‘spring medicines" is especiâ€" ally urgent with those who have continually, throughout the year, maintained a proper regard for therequirements of the body. Points 0f Diference Between English and ....Amerfcan Systems, The American railways differ from those of England in three essential particulare, and those differences areso fundamental that English railroad managers and engiâ€" neers have always contended that the methods and arrangements peculiar to the United States cannot be applied to the genâ€" erally greatly different circumstances of a country like England, The most radical difference is that which occurs in the average Tefigth of jhaulâ€"a difference which is a function of the geographical conditions of the two countries. The custom, which is so prevalent at this time of the year, of adiministering to one‘s self remedTeÂ¥ which are particularly directâ€" ed toward purifying the blood, has, besiges itsâ€"popularity, an excuse in rational hyâ€" giene. > e 20. Leading a life of unfeeling,stupid laziness, and keeping the mind in an unnatural state of excitément by reading trashy novels, Going to theaters, Partics, and ba{ll, in all sorts of weather, in thin dresses ; dancing until in a complete perspiration, and going home _ without . sufficient overgarments through the cool, damp night air, â€"In consequence of theâ€"averageâ€"lengthâ€"of. haul in the United States being about 110 miles, and that in the United Kingdom being only about thirtyâ€"five miles, the coat of handling the traflic relatively to the average receipts per ton handled is much greater in our own country. So great is this difference that some notable railway authorities have argued that the cost of transport is not only not a function of the distance,but that distance has very little to do with it; and to somesuch explanation it is due that the average freight charge on American railway lines is less than oneâ€"half the average on English railways. Another fundamental difference between the two systems, which is also largely a function of the greater length of the averâ€" age haul in the United States, is the greater capacity of the wagons adopted for Amerâ€" ican traffic, and the congequwent saving of dead weight; until 1876 the standard capâ€" acity of the average American goods wagon was about nine gross tons. . Since then the size has been increased step by step, until now the leading railwaya mainly make use of wagons with a capacity of twenty to thirty tons. Nome feeble and halfâ€"hearted attampts have been made to introduce the American type of wazon in Great Britainâ€"notably on the Furness Railway ; but the general verilict of the railway managers is that the character of the Engiish railway traffic and the prevalent avstem of short hanls, renders g itregular in all Labity: of sleeping, llz‘:an too much, | too :ul kinds of food, and that which is too highly seasonâ€" Beginning in childhood on strong tea and coflee, and going from one step to anâ€" other, through chewing and smoking toâ€" bgeco, and drinking intoxicatifig liquors ; :lilddmcnul and physical excess of other nds. â€" Wearing thin shoes and stockings on dtll% ni:#u and in cold, rainy weather ; wear lf insufficent clothing, especially up: on the limbs and extremities. . Sleeping on featherâ€"beds in sevenâ€"by~ nine bed ithout ventilation at the top of the wi ; and especially with two or more pe Bn the same small bedâ€" room. o Marrying in haste and getting an unconâ€" genial comp&union, and living the remainder of life in mental dissatisfaction ; cultivating {,:QIOulie- and domestic broils, and always ing in a mental ferment, Neglecting to take proper eare of our« selves, andnot applying early for medical tdlvioe when disease first appcars ; by . takâ€" ing quack gredicines to a degree $ making a drugâ€"shop of the body. Allowing the power of gain to absorb our minds, so as to E)uv. no, time to attend to our health ; following an unhealthy occu: pation because money can be made by it. Tempting the appetite with bitters and niceties when the stomach says no, and by foreing food into it when nature does not demand, and even rejects it ; gormandizing between meals. When hi# servant went back to the viuls, he found his master ssphyriated. _ M. Semama had always dulnr.: in inténtion to dre there; de seisiogff o 2. Ways of Injuring the Health. RAILWAY TRAFFIC Spring Medicines HBALTH Emt But soor the big boat was clear of the pier and in midstream ; there she stood for a few moments, swinging her nose slowly around till it pointed oceanward, and then, with her captain and pilot on the bridge, an officer‘ up in the mast in his lookout perch, flags flying from every mast, she sailed finely away, a beautiful und interest® ing. sight. * â€" with You Till We Meet Again." Her voice was sweet and full 8f feeling, as the voices of this race often are, and as she sang the others joined her till there arose a fine chorus on the air. . The man emiled at first, but as he listened his smile faded and he dropped his head. Other passengers crowd ed to the side, and many hats were litted, mmany eyes wetand tearful while the melody rang out, s There Was a Period When he Knew Nothâ€" ing of Fire. 1f the eating of flesh food be instanced as m distinction that separates man from anâ€" thropoids, it can be urged on the other side that the latter feed on insects, and when in captivity by po means despise flesh food. The first man, too, was probably a *‘ vegeâ€" tarian," but necessity and the absence of sufficient vegetable tcod for his augmenting species may have driven him to a flesh diet. 4. ceR ntaiahbeiindetal thilnband The big horses had scarcely halted when the pier and deck hands, in their blue {’umper-. swarmed all over the wagon, like almer Cox‘s Brownies. ; Every man seized a sack or two, and the Frournion to the ship was quickly moving. n two minutes those hundreds of sacks and parcels were stowed aboard, and in another half minute the gangbridge was dropped from the deck to the pier, there was & hoarse ery from the stcerage passengers gathered aft, which was answered by a similar ope from their friends, who were grouped opposite them on the plet, and then silently, and as easily as a cYuld slips from his mether‘s knee, the huge black hulk began to move. â€" ThÂ¥n something happened that doés not always happen. . There was &weolored man going off on the ship, and a number ot his friends, men andwomen, had come down to say goodâ€"bye. They had been laughing and joking in great spirits for ‘the baif hour before, but now, as the vessel started to move away, one,of the women began to sing that pathetic parting hyain, **Godâ€"Bo The cooking or roasting ® meat must be regarded as an nequisition of a later epoch, because, in the earliest stages of man‘s deâ€" velopment, there was undoubtedly a very long fireless period, and because there are said to be fireless peoples even in the presâ€" ent day, such W!E(a Dokos, in Abyssinia. The Australians, too, knew nothing of boiling and roasting food until the advent oi Europeans, _ For thg‘rest, all savages know how to kindle firgby the wellâ€"known method of tttre=fff@Â¥fon*of two sticks, or, what is still simpler, they take a torch along with them on their wanderings that never goes out, â€" The Andamanites preserve their fire by consuming the interiors of hollow trees. law Since the Andamanites have come im contact with Europeans they nave supersedâ€" ed this method of preserving fire by the use of matches, which are very favorité objects with them.â€"They â€"eat. their food . either raw or roasted, less frequently boiled, as they have no cooking utensils. . Moreover, aceording to the latest accounts from Otto Luders of these savages, great mortality prevails among them, and they withdraw themselves into the woods fhore and more at the approach of the European. They go wither completely or almost compietely naked, live in holes in the earth of under overhanging rocks, or build themselves a sort of rough hut with branches and leaves. An Incident Connected With the Sailing of the Germanic. Although the swift ocean racers make a trip aoross the Atlantic ouly a matter of about six days, and their great size and strength add so much to the comfort and safety of the voyage that nowadays it is considered an easy bit olmvcllng, still the ferry is a long one even yet, and there is enough danger and uncertainty left to make the sailing of every vessel an imporâ€" tant event. The other day the big oscan liner Gerâ€" manic of the White Star Line lay at her pier in New York harbor, just‘ before 11 o‘clock, waiting for the signal to start. There was the usual orovs of oncoming passengers, porters burrying with trunks and parcels, tearful friends ugng goodâ€" bye, officers ollllniorden, and above every other noise, the booming from the steam pipes, making the air throb, and & constant reminder that the massive machinery was ull ready to begin its work. . Everything was shining and clean, the sailors and stewards were in their liveries, the officers in uniform, and, with gloves on and coats buttoned tight, looked as soldierâ€" ly as colonels. It was 10:50, the gong had sounded all ashore,. the man on the dock who had been selling the day‘s plFerl up to the last moment folded up his table, the men and ‘women who had been writing letâ€" ters and dispatches rushed out with them to the mgssenger boys who were waiting on the dor;r, nng everything and everybody were full of rush nnX hurry. â€" . Suddenly, down the pier galloped two splendid iron grey horses, drawing a big truck, piled high with sacks of mail matâ€" ter. The Germanic is a mail steamer, and she waited for her precious freight of letâ€" ters. Their weapons are spears, bows and arâ€" rows tipped with iron, which they seize as booty from the wrecks of stranded ships. Their hatchets and axes, formerly made of stone, are now made of iron, and are bormd to the handle with thongs. They only count up to three, and have no conception of God and immortality; they believe in a good‘and bad spirit only, hide their dead in the ground or throw them into the sem or lay them on wooden scaffoids, dance to the tune of a sounding board,have a very keen sense of visionâ€"with their arrows they shoot fish that nd European can seeâ€"are of a fierce, susâ€" picious disposition, and, according to Lud+ ers, they probably constitute the transition of primitive nations of Indians to Austraâ€" lians, a remnant of an extinct people. They are of nearest kin to the Negritos of the Phillipines, . Their bodily height is 56 to 59 mcheu.~rThe Fortnightly Review. > . left England, recently, for Mozambigne ulinr of the Commons when the machinery an advance party of settlers, who are to| was in motion, and that more than once he coloniza «ome ‘T‘(‘ yhare mites oT territory | sat in the pné ic gallary disguised as a between Zambesi and Sabi. llnhnnt from Hull. MAN IN THEEARLIER AGES. " TILL WE MEET AGAIN." ute the transition dians to Austraâ€" nct people. They Negrito® of the ; height is 56 to iled at first, | eyen ded and he | evide igers crowd > | atme were listed, ' wear : the melody / and ; ] destr clear of the | the f he stood for , the . nose slowly . wool 4, and then, | to e the bridge, | woul his Iookout | Lord Roberts, in arecent lecture at New; castle, gave a graphic descrintion of Delhi, and of its great siege in 1857, and paid an eloquent tribute to the gailantry of our troops. . He said that our troops were sucâ€" ‘ccasful in thirty different combats, always J against long odds, often opposed to an ‘enemy ten times their numbers, and who bad all the advantages â€" of ground and superior artillery. At last, when it became evident that our numbers were daily deâ€" Tcreusing, that no hopeâ€"of further reinforeeâ€" ! ments could be entertained, and that if Delhi were to be taken at all it must be taken at.once, batteries were thrown up in open ground, within grape range of the waills. â€" The establishment of Major Scott‘s battery within 180â€" yards of the walls, to arm which heavy gun#‘ had to be brought from the rear under a constant fire of musâ€" ketry, was characterized by the lecturer as | an operation that Kaq mreé been equalled in wat. Finally, these warriors, worn out with disease, incessént work,and exposure, and greavly reduced in numbers,stormed in the face of day a strong fortress Gefended by 30,000 desperate men, e providâ€" |ed with everything nocessar§ to defy [ assault. Our effective force at Delhi, as Lord Roberts reminded his audience, never amounted to 10,000 men, of whom 992 were killed and 2845 wounded, while hundreds idied from disease and exposure. Mow the Deadly PBrug Is Producedâ€"A Mealtby Oceupation, . Many tw of interest are t out in & Mtp?p‘:in in a lfluhdu{}l.’:d of the way in which arsenic is obtained from one of the most famous mifles in England, the Devon Great Cousols, The mine was orl‘inull{ worked : for alone, and would hive been uhndm-bnt for the discovery that the waste thrown ‘out as worthless when copper was sought !):ovod rich in arsenic. A“hough oorpnr still raised it is in small quantities, and the mine has been usolwa into ap arsenic works, The arsenical pyrites consists of 25 to 30 per cent. of iron, 124 to 14 per cent. of arsenic and the rest of mt':i matter. . After being crushed, this is sor by girls of from 13 to 16 years of :x. It is then washed and "jiafod " or sifted, and E““d on to the first calciner, where it is urnt with lowâ€"class coal, and produces ‘‘arsenic soot"â€"that is, arsenic so mixed with smoke soot from the coal as to be a gray color, The arsenic and soot, depositâ€" ed in combination in the chimney or con: denser, are scraped out and taken to the second calciner for purification. These calciners consists of revolving iron drums, through which a fire of anthracite coal is carried on rotating iron furnaces kept red hot. As the arsenical soot is subjected to the influence of this heut the arsenic is sublimed and condersed. This operation has to be carefully watched, nns’il the workmen burn the arsenic badly they bave to pay for it. Three men in four weeks wilrmuke 100 toms of arsenig. The chimâ€" ney in which the arsenic is condensed is a mile long. It is carried to an incline up a hill, wicÂ¥| iron doors in the side. Ar the hot blast passes upwards it deporits a crust of arsenic crystalsion the brickwork all around to a depth of from two to three inches, and a minute dust of ‘orystals falls to the floor. . The smoke has then to pass into an upright chimney, 125 feet high, but just before doing so it has to traverse a shower of water, which catches what remains of the arsenic, pothing but sulphurous acid being elowed to escape. . ‘The arsenic is liable to produca sores if permitted to lodge in wrinkles and folds of the flesh, or about the moutlt . and noabr‘:, A a rule, however, this only happens when there is carelessness as to »personal cleanfiness, and the arsenic workers simply have t wash themselves thoroughly every day on returning from work. Otherwise the work is ‘considered healthy. It prevents all eczema, and the fumes of sulphuric acid,as well as the arseniâ€" eal dust, are fatal to germs of the discase. Most workmen remain at the works for m number of years without suffering, but occasionally the symptoms of arsenical poisoning, loss of appetite, nausea, frontal headache and anaeimia deciare themaselves. When this takes place the work has to be given up entirely. ‘The greatest danger to which the workmen are exposed is met when it is necessary for amy purpose to enter the upright shaft. _ The effect on the eyes is most painful, and & further curicus evidence of the virulence of the pervading atmosphere becomes manifest, The men wear linen garments, lined with flaynel, and the sulphuric acid fures completely dex-:tv:oyal\r the flannel the sha‘t would ensue What is E%,ypt‘! Is it a great farm? an unrivaled archaeological museum? a delightâ€" ful health resort T a valu@bleâ€"mavat strong: hold and place of arms? ah important cenâ€" tre of Mediterrannean trade? In truth, it is each of these things and all together,even to the most casual and cursory glance of the most irresponsible and indolent‘ holiday maker. But what it is not to bimâ€"and herein he takes courage from the thought that neither is it to t%n!e ninetyâ€"nine out of every bundred Europeans who have lengâ€" est and most carefully studied it, Mr. Wilâ€" fred Blunt being the hundrethâ€"the home of a nation, â€" If there is one fact which seems to stare him out of countenance whichever way he turnsâ€"one fact with which the presentâ€"and the past alike confromt him ; which meets him in the tomb and the temple,in the river meadow and bazaar; which looks‘at him out of the eyes of pictured Pharaoks, and of almost as mute and, monumental fellahâ€" een ; which takes voice and motion in the many colored, chattering crowd of Cairo, and which is altost audible in the very silencé of the desert itselfâ€"it is that Egypt is a land without a people. It has an aboriginal race of cultivators as much a part of the soil as its paim trees; it has an infinitely mixed community of spttlers,the deposit of successive conquests, permanent in the sense in which the desert sands are permanent, but no more to be built upon thanâ€"they. From time immemoâ€" rial, the beautiful country ‘has been the spoil of every ravisher who was strong enough to seize and hold herâ€"Ethiopian, Assyrian, Persian, Macedonian, Roman, Arab. Every rising or risen power upon her borders, European, African, or Asiatic, has in turn po sessed her, and, as its strength declined, has in turn been forced, to yield her up to a stronger hand. To the chief States of the world she has been Reminiscences of Delhi IN AN ARSENIC MINE, in{act, & in linen tunately e shaft, Ip What is Egypt ? ecomes manifest, The men arments, lined with fla; nel, huric acid fumes completely en in a few moments, léaving met, so that the men go into linen and come out clad in ately, it is seldom necessary shaft, or great loss of s ght pictured Pharaots, and and, monumental fellahâ€" voice and motion in the ittering crowd of Cairo, veen was to successive ts for the mastery of the Commons As a rule one can raise 500 smails to a square meter of earth, One person can oat ily raise 20,000 to 25,000 on fifty equare meters. . The a(nco, however, must not b¢ too crancd. Vhen the sun shines tod hotly snails like to conceal themselves. . I{ | is therefore necessary to grovide hiding places, so to speak. K{on along the fence Inboum the snail park and low sheds made by ‘gltcing boards over the framework are to be recommended for this purpose, | The besv food for snails is salad, cabbage, l kitchen waste, nettles and dandelions. . In | Ary weather they eat nothing, but as scon How lhey are Cultivated by the People of Switzerland. In the Canton of Zuriob, Switzerland, a number of peasants have established large snail farms from which they derive handâ€" some incomes. â€" Soft land, covered not too (thickly with trees, is the favorite breeding place for these little horned animals. The trees and shade must not be too thick, beâ€" cause the uncovered spails will then die in great quantities in the Autumn and early, Winter. â€" In the sun they uscally get large | handsome, whiteâ€"shelled houses, and the snails with such coverings are always the best. â€" The earth should contain a geod perâ€" centage of lime or chalk, so that the snails can easily get material for their houses. Neither should the earth be what we call There has been a great decline in the shipbuilding ildl;llly in Norway :“thl past three years, from an e steam ud!fll. oL.‘ll.l”:‘{-"l“!’;‘l b]fi.:‘l} tons last year, â€"‘The total \ojunns ol " saile ing lhipl‘llut in 1891 amour to 14,2¢1 tous ; last year it was but 3,789 tons. A congress of Hygiene and D-no‘r;&hy is to be held at Bucr.put early next Sep: tember. Itis to be opened by the eldest brother of the Emperor of Austris, and gromim to he an lm%orunz affair, Some ve hundred puru y foreign delegetes are already scheduled for presentation, Most of these are on bygienic topics. A present of a hundred repeating rifles aind eight thousand cartridges has just been made gy the Austrain Miniséry of War to the Freeland Assocation, which has started a Socialist colony in Africa to preach and practise the brotherhood of man, _ ,_ An international exhibition of book snd gufer industriea isâ€"to be opened in Paris in July aext, ‘It will comprise the various banches of the manufacture ofâ€"books and paper,as well as the machinery, imp‘ements, and material used in printing and illustrat« ing books. Now 8 in crfl.q a world‘s fair which, us:- the title of the Madrid Uniâ€" versal Exhibition, is to be opened in the capital at the end of May, The Austrian army, at the close of 1892, consisted of 1,044,000 privates. and 26,000 officers of all ranks ; the navy of 659 officers and 21,000 seamen. . There were nearly 500 cases of suicide and attempted suicide in the army and navy during the year. A remarkable success of a new submarine boat build for the Italian Government is alleged in reports from Spezia. At the official trial there several weeks ago two Viceâ€"Admirals and several other officers embarked on the boat and were shut in. * The boat immediately disappeared under the water, and thuy traversed the entire length of the gulf, returning. to«the surface in close preximity to the training ship Maria Adelaie, acainst which it feigned to discharge a torpedo." The Paris Lyons Railway Company has followed the recent lead of the Parisâ€"Havre company and imitiated the ‘use of electric locomotives for running its trains. The former company has decided to abandon enâ€" tirely steam as a motive power. The exâ€" press Arains of the Lyons company to Nice are now run by electric engines. One novel feature of theengines is that the entire fore part is wedgeâ€"shaped. It is a matter ot singular interest < that Japan‘ is now manufacturing medern | war material for the use of western nations: Nix guns manufactured at the Japanese Government arsenal at Osaka have just been supplied to the Portuguese Governâ€" ment. _A month or so since a British firm took the first steps in the establiskment of @ watchmaking concern in Jwpan for the manufacture by Jxpanese . workmen of watches for western _ markets. > LATE FOREIGN NEWS Reauty competitions have lost their charm in Europe, and a variation of the idea is under way in Belgium, where an ugly man‘s exhibition, to fia held in Brusâ€" sels shortly, i‘ being worked up. A subâ€" stantial prize"uwaits the competitor who vanquishes all comers by the hideousness of his countenance. Nearly 3§,000 tons of tobacco are annualâ€" ly consumed in France, according to recent statistics. Of this some 29,000 tons are used for smoking, 1,250 for chewing, and the remainder for snuff. â€" This is an increase of 7,000 tons ~over the consumption of twenty years ago, but therâ€"â€"has been little change in the last ten years, except .that the quantity of souff used is gradually diminrsbing, _ Nearly a ninth of the tobacce is consumed in Paris and its suburbs. A prize of $5,000 is offered by Court Orloff Davidoff for the discovery of a remedy *‘ perfectly certain to cure or to protect horned beasts against cattle plague." The award of the priz» is in the hands of the Curatar of the Imperial Institute of Experiâ€" mental Medicine of St. Petersburg, and the competition is open to the whole world. ‘‘fat," â€" lf the earth does not contain suffiâ€" cient lime, the farmers should sprinkle it with burned chatkcor wand.â€"â€"The snailsâ€"lny their eggs in May. To keeg them * run« ning" away from the farm there should be a wooden fence about two feet high built about it. On the fence iron vitriol or some bad smelling oil should be sprinkled. _ It it not r bad idgen, either, to surmount tht fence with nails placed closely together, ms this will prevent the spails from crawl: ing over. Een en it EP as it rains they seem to become hungry and seek food. If the food is not at h-nfi when they want it they will try in every way to ucnss from their bounds. Whiteâ€"leaved weeds seem to satisfy them also. H the fatmers wish to make them very fat they -Erinkh some kind of meal on the leaves they eat . ey eat. 0_ Mn en it 1n the beginning of Autumnâ€"about the end of August or the lst of Septemberâ€" the farmer strewa the entire snail rrk with moss. It must not be too thick, or th( snails will smother. They craw! under the mose at this time tf the year, and remair there until they are wanted. When t.he! are covered with their shells they are sorte out, according to size and quality. . If they have finely rounded or vaulted houses, which shine in the sunlight, then they are nice and fat, and the purchaser can tell that he has good ware. They are packed in boxes containing from 1000 to 5000 for shipment. Hay, or some other soft, loose material, is used to keep them apart, They can stand cold better than heat. If it becomes too warm for them they will open their shells and buist the value of old English mansions. _ Orkley Hail, in Essex, a fine property of six hunâ€" dred acres, vained forty years ago at £28. T. was recently fla’ at auction for £3,000. * RAISING SNAILS. Jn 28