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NOTHING NEW, UNDER THE
SUN.
The discoveries of America have
been as manifold as the farewells of
Goldwin Smith from political be•
devilment. The dedication of the
Columbian Exposition buildings in
Chicago , last week, on the 400
hundredth anniversary of the allog•
ed discovery of America, was a very
imposing affair. But it is a mistake
to suppose that Columbus discover-
ed America in 1492. He merely
discovered the West India Islands
in that year. John Cabot I
Englishman, found the continent in
1497, before Columbus had ever
touched it. But neither of these were
the first Europeans to discover
America. The Norwegians dis-
covered America 200 years befog e
Columbus did. Lief Erickson
then formed a settlement on the
shores of Massachusetts which he
called Vineland on account of the
wild grapes he found growing there.
Prof Hosford has erected a monu-
ment in Boston to Erickson's
memory. Then the Bleb antedet
ed the Norwegians in the hnowledgo
that there was a continent which we
now call America. And the
Phoenicans antedated them all as
is proven by the romaine of -,the
pottery ani. other articles of Orien-
tal design and make found in Cen-
tral America and Mexieo. And it
is a question whether the Jewe in
the time of King .S •lornon did not
trade with Central Americo as the
land of Opllir. However this m,y
be Irish and Norweigan charts are
preserved which show that these
people knew of the existence of
America two or three hundred years
before Columbus did. And
Columbus utilized the knowledge of
these prior discoveries. His own
illustration of how easy it is to do
an almost impossible thing, after the
first successful experiment, ie ap•
plicable to himself. He confound-
ed his belittlers by asking them to
make an egg stand upon its end.
When they failed he struck the
table with one end of the egg
flattening it so that it remained
erect. Just 80 with with Colum-
bus, the discovery of America by
him was comparatively easy when
be had the charts and maps of those
who ;had prediecoverod it to guide
him.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Irish "political" prisoners when
there are none. There may be
reasons for liberating Irish prieon,•
era confined for criminal au.d felon
ioue offences—men who were the -
dupes of designing villains who
were cunning enough to keep their
own heads out of the noose
and who are now at largo. If those
duped prisoners could be released
and their instigators, aiders and
abettors put in their places this
would be au aot of justice. 5Iany
of the real criminals reside in the
United Stator, however, and it
would be difficult, if not imposs-
ible, to get the Amerioan authori•
ties to carry out the provisions of
the extradition treaty.
Harpers' Weekly, an eminently
reliable authority, in writing of the
redoubtable E. ` A. •Macdonald's
visit to Boston to arouse an annexe
tion feeling there, says : "This
gentleman will discover that there
does not exist what seem.' to exist
on the other side of the border.
In the Dominion there is an an
nexation party. In the United
States there is hardly any one who
regards the question as of euf icient
importance to be counted among the
subjects of contemporaneous in-.
soya .utero 'la no right tratiagroosed,.
aniloonaolcontirnotbing to relnady,.
My td+ea is tbia, bowovet` : It; tba
minority in Manitoba fool that they
have a grlavanae, as they o donu
t
do, lot thein do as the nlinor1ty 'til
New i3runswio1c d}d, appeal to the
Majority, and they will undoubtedly
find that majority ready to, do them
ample justice, This is the only way
they can find redress, for the ,
majority will not Mand it to be con•
cussed or eoeroed from the outside."
A CANADIAN IN ENGI,AND.
The President of the ShetMeld
Chamber of Commerce in thanking
Mr. McNeil. M P. for North Bruce,
said that a more "eloquent, inetruo
tive or better ,address" had never
• been delivered in Sheffield, while Sir
William Leng, a prominent Shef-
field politician, became so deeply
excited over tllo unfairness of
American action 'towards England
and the terrible possibilities which
would follow any .separation of
Canada from the Empire, that he
remarked, in the course of his
speech of thanks : "To any English
man who has any pride in his
country, and who has the pluck of
a mollusc or the mettle of a mouse,
or the soul of a shrimp, this state of
things' to me seems insupportable.
(Hear, hear.) Are you prepared
that this 'country should lose its
possessions one by one? '(Cries of
'No, no.') . I would, in
these days of cheap dynamite,
rather than r•ee England perish of
slow and miserable decay, dedicate
these islands to the infernal gods
and blow them out of the water.
(Laughter and cheers.)"
DOESN'T BELIEVE IT.
terest." The Weekly then goes on
to say that the people of the
Province of Quebec believe. they
"would have more autonomy if they,
could become a state of the Union ;.
•and migh- have whet . religion,
language, customs they might pre-
fer without fear of inteiforeueo."
If the people of the Provina.e of
Quebec believe this, which we do
not think they do, they would be
mightily mistaken. They do pos
sees all this now without fear of in-
terference, It is questionable
whether their possession of them is
far their benefit. Quebec now
possesses a state church, a condi-
tion
ondition positively forbidden by the
constitution of the United tates ;
the French language is a official
cue in both Provincial and ederal
platters, a condition of thi gs im
possible under $the constitution of
the United Status; 'and they have
many laws and customs which
would not be tolerated as a State of
the Union.
A Canadian doctor named Neill
or Cream has been zoutenced to
death in England for poisioning fem-
ales. A few years ago a Mrs. May•
brick, an American woman, was
sentenced toideath in England for
poisoning her husband. In . each
case the accused had a fair and im
partial trial. But a class of Ameri-
can mawkish sentimentalists want
a full pardon for Mrs. Maybrick,
though her sentence was committ-
ed to imprisonment for life. Some
of them contending that a refusal
of their request should call for a
protest from the American Govern-
ment. It would be no more silly
for the Canadian Government
to demand the reprieve of Dr.
Neill -Cream than for the U. S. to
demand the reprieve of poisoner
Mrs. Maybrick.
The are a great many references
in the papers to the possible release
of Irish political prisoners. 'his is
an impossibility. There are no
Irish or any other "political" pris-
oners in the United Kingdom.
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CURRENT TOPICS
ERRATIC TItUTH A PROTECTIONIST.
In the columns of London, Eng,,
Truth Mr. Labounhere expresses
himself al!) thinking that it is doubt
ful whether many Europeans will
visit the Chicago fair, and that
wealthy people of the leisure class
will prefer to visit the country
when no fair is being held, He
says : "It is certain, however, that
at the present moment America is
the most prosperous country in the
world, despite our assertions that
protection is ruinous. If I bed been
an American myself, I should have
advocated protection. 'The proof
of the pudding is in the eating.'
Protection pudding has provided a
more plentiful meal for the Ameris
cans than free trade provides for
ft
us."
bIAJOn GENERAL HERBET DOSSEN'T
THINK THE TROOPS WILL BE
WITHDRAWN.
Vgli I $pl3 T4 Tjlll 0414,011$
'Stiatrro of our OOP. GOP
3rothelra, n►a.lf wQ part at fast
snail We Viet Rthroggtl Reed and ill,
at .
t,7loavo to •nae a, lather .ill R
Brttiaq'g an raid voices pelt,
S pax be w,oIded each end all
Into' one hermenfeu. whelen
040 with Rriteln, heart end .out--
One life, one tier, eat, fleet, one throne;
Griteae held your own,
Aud liod guard all,
Major General Herbert hardly
believed the rumour t.lhat there is a
probability that the British troops
will be withdrawn from Canada:-
In
anadarIn an interview ho started that he
hardly thought that a Ministry
which had been in power such a
short tame as bad the Gladstone
Government could have already
fully diecussed in all its bearings
and decided so momentous a ques–
tion as this. In addition, he doubt -
"ed, whether decision to withdraw
the troops would be reached. The
Imperial authorities were favorably
impressed with the strategic import
ante of the C. P. R, as a trans -con•
tinontal highway for carrying
troops, and therefore it was assert
tial in his judgment that the Im-
perial authorities should retain
stations at Halifax and Esauimalt.
NIISSPENT LIVES.
According to, the report of a
medical missionary in Morocco, the
lives of Moorish worsen are sad and
hopeless in the extreme: Dressed
in their brilliant Eastern costume of
silk or .satin, with ..full Turkish
drawers, waistcoat embroidered in
gold and silver, and tunic of lace,
with bright headdresses, and won-
derful jewels, these women are
pitiful objects to those who know
what goes on behind the closed doors
of the windowless houses. Each
man may marry four wives, and
divorce thew for most trifling causes.
The woman that has no sons is
usually divorced; the woman that has
no children all is sure to he. Beat–
ings are frequent and merciless, and
under the silken dress, with its
jewels and gold traceries, the back
and arms aro often bruised and
bleeding from severe whipping.
Even among the richer women,
whose husbauds are kinder than
men of lower estate, there is •much
sarrow. They are never allowed to
go out, and they aro entirely unedu-
crated and without occupation save
gossipping, quarrelling, and tea
drinking. "What do you do all
day ?" asked the missionary of one
them. "We sit here," she answered
sadly, and the story was told.
BANK BILLS NOT CURRENT MONEY.
The Chief Justice of Manitoba
delivered judgment on the prelitin•
ary objections argued before him
against the petition presented to un•
seat Mr. Prendergast. His Lord.
ship allowed the objections, and
dismissed the petition with costs.
One of the principal objections
taken was that no security had been
given in accordance with the statute,
and that $760 current money of
Canada had not been deposited
with the prothonotary, as required
by ;he Act, which says that, "The
security shall be given by a deposit
with the prothonotary for a sum of
$750 current money of Canada."
His Lordship gave an extensive
judgment on this point, holding
that current money means coin or -
Dominion Bank notes. All other
notes were only promises to pay.
PRINCIPAL GRANT ON THE MANITOBA
SCHOOLS.
The Rev. Principal Grant was
interviewed yesterday by a Free
Press reporter on the Manitoba
school question. He said : "I look
upon the question as definitely settled.
Each province has supreme power
within the limits of its jurisdiction
as defined by the British North
America Act, and the Dominion
Government has no right to inter-
fere no long as the powers granted
by this Act are not overstepped, and
the Privy Council has decided that
the Manitoba Government has
acted within the limits of the con-
stitution." "What about remedial
legislation ?" "The Privy Council
NEWS NOTES.
—tt1r, Gladetoue claims direot
descent from Henry III., of Eng-
land, and from Robert Bruoe„King
of Scotland. Among his ancestors,
too, is Lady Jane Beaufort, ,vho
married 1(in2 James I. of Sootland.
—Mrs. Peter Minch, a. comely
German woman/ of Michigan, re-
cently born her eeveuteenth child.
She has had but one husband, is
only 38 years old and bee been
married only eighteen years. Of
her offspring, ton are now living.
Among those she has borne were
two pair of twine and one set of
triplets.
--The Vancouver (B. C.) Tele,
grana of the 26th Outuber says:—
Albert Brown. a typhoid fever
at the City Hospital, died yesterday
morning. He was first taken with
the disease at Kamloops. Deceased
was a native of Owen Sound, Ont,,
and was13 3 years of age, and unmar-
ried. His personal belongings
amounted to about $25.”
—The pope is preparing an
allocution to protest against
the recent erection of a mouu•'
went to Paolo Serpi,. the re-
bellious priest, which was recently
erected in Venice by a society of,
Freemasons. The allocution will be
pronounced at the Consistory, to he
hell in December. It is added that
His Holiness will del,butice Fra..
masonry in general.
SOME RECIPES.
Corn Bread.—One-half potato
boiled, mashed and mixed with one
teaspoonful of sugar and two eggs.
Add.one pint of corn meal and one
pint of warm water • line -half cup
of white flour; tw
baking powder; o))
hotlard. 'Thr Gi
teak oonfuls of
tease oonful of
r be should quite
titin; add; more water if necessary.
Pour in a deep baking pan; spread
hot lard over the top, and bake in a
good oven one-half hour.
Soft Molasses Cake --Two cups
of butter; two cups of molasses; one
cup of milk; two eggs; teaspoonful
of soda; and flour to make a soft
batter. Boil the soda in the milk,
stir into the molasses, then add the
butter and lastly the eggs, which
may he omitted if you choose. Do
not bake it too fast, but slowly. If
baked in square loaf, it should bake
nearly an hour.
Ginger Cookies.—One cup of
molasses; one-balf cup of butter; one
cup of brown sugar; one cup of
water in which dissolve one tea-
spoonful of soda; two teaspoonfuls
of cinnamon, three of ginger; mix
as soft as can be rolled and bake in
a quick oven, watching with care
that they do not burn. In making
molasses cookies, it is best to warm
the butter and use warm water.
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Wrong, Recently' Appel tied Ptrefes.ar..
.has
Prof. Mayor, of Glasgow, been op,
lloiated by the S overoment to the chair of
political science fn rho Univeralty of T'oron,
to, rendered vacant by the resignation of
Prof, Ashley. Prof. Ashley, all will admit,
filled the position admirably, inspiring, as
he did, hie . class with enthusiasm, and at-
tracting to thestudy of a very important
.abject many of our most diligent students.
If proof were wanting that Prof. Ashley
met while here with great succees, the fact
alone that he has been appointed to a simi-
tar chair in Harvard supplies it. Prof.
Mayor has held the position ofrofessor of
political economy a9cl statistics in St. Mungo's
College in Glasgow for years, as well as the
lectureship in the same subject in the Glas-
gow Atheneum. He has aleo given lectures
at the university of Glasgow to Prgj.
Caird's class in political economy. He has
had very large experience in university ex-
tension work, and in this way has done
much to popularize the study of political
economy in Scotland. His practical' investi-
gations In eoonomio history and in the vari-
ous phases of industrial life, for which the
large City of Glasgow offers special facilities,
will assist him greatly in the attempts to
present his subject in the most interesting
and useful way possible. It will be found
that he is a man of affairs, and that he will
be able to render important service in bring-
ing about better relations between employer
and'employed, and in furthering industrial
development generally. He brings with
him very strong recommendations. Prof.
Ashley speaks of him in the highest terms,
and promises for him a bright future. Prof.
Mayor enjoys an enviable reputation as an
able writer on economic subjects, and has.
demonstrated his ability to present (TOP
ing views with the strictesimpartiality.
He comes strongly recommended by emin-
ent scholars, such as Prof. Haddon of the
Royal College of Science, Dublin ; Prof.
Foxwell, who ocupies the chair of oliti al
economy at University College, Log on,
and is a fellow of St. John's College, ern"
bridge ; Prof. Nichol of the University
of Glasgow end others, as well as by emin-
ent men in public life in England.
Mr. Wrong, B.A. (Termite University),
a graduate of the class of 1$82, has been
appointed lecturer in history. For the jpdst'
seven years he has been professor of history'
in Wycliffe College, were his lectures were
highly appreciated. He has further quali-
fied himself for the important position to
which he has been appointed by devoting
his long vacations for some years to original
research and investigation in Oxford Uni-
versity, England.—Globe.
Rev. Plink Plunk on Chance.
Hell is full ob mea, deah breddorn, who
would be in hebben if it hadu't been for de
fack dat dey "struck luck" in de shape ob
a prize in de lottery or a legacy from a rich
relashun.
—John Milton Kingsley, of Lost
Creek, Ky., is 72 years of age.
Just one year ago ire was married to
Mrs. Wiunie Boltz as his sixth
wife. His first marriage took place
in Bath County fifty years ago.
Five of his wives lie buried in dif-
ferent parts of the State. He is the
father of sixty one children, all
alive except ton. His last wife's
child is a healthy babe of three
Weeks.
—The slaughter of the 1,200 bead
of Canadian cattle landed by the
steamers Huroua and Monkseaton
at Dundee began last Friday by
the order of the Board of Agricul-
ture. Scotch veterinary surgeons
declare that the disease is not.
Fleuro-pneumonia, but a non -costa
gious affection, the symptoms of
which are similar, and condemn the
Governinent as acting hastily.•"' The
Government hue issued orders that
incoming. Canadian cattle be subject-
ed to the sharpest scrutiny.
—A sensation was caused at the
convention of Catholic societies at
the Catholic institute in Newark, N,
J., when the question of the carry
ing of flags in the Columbne cele-
bration came up. A motion had
been trade to allow certain societies
to carry any national flag they dee
sired if they preceded it by an
American flag. Ex•Ald. John
Brudder arose to his feet and said
impressively: Wes shall have the
papal flag first. We are Catholics
first and Americans afterwards."
An impressive silence followed.
—Numerous incendiary fires oc-
curred within the past year at Lis-
towel. Suspicion rested on one A.
McKenzie, and on the advice of
several parties Constable Woods
placed him under arrest, but short-
ly afterwards was given his liberty,
having preeented satisfactory evid-
ence se Ito
• his whereabouts at the
messgars
round and sued Woods for $1,000
damages for false arrest. The case
was heard at the Assize Court in
Stratford, with a verdict of $25
damages, with costs.
A day or so ago Mr. J. Cleg-
bor'n, the fruit merchant, of Toron-
to, was fiuod $10 for exposing quaii
for sale. The game laws of Ont-
ario prohibit the Bele of quail or
partridge for the next three years.
Either bird may be shot, the law's
aim being to prevent quail shooting
being made a business. The birds
exposed were imported from Chi•
'bago, and they were unaware that
tee law was intended to prohtbit
the sale of American birds. How-
ever, the Police Magistrate chose to
follow the reading of the Act,
which •stated that no birds should
be exposed, and made no provision
for their importation. The decis-
ion has been appealed.
--Stewart Francis, a well-known
resident of- Brockville and quite a
horse fancier, died very suddenly
to -day. He got up early in the
morning in his usual good health
and went to his stable to attend to
his horses.' About 8.30 he return•
ed to his house. He remarked to
his wife that he did not feel very
well, complaining of a pain in his
side and said he would go upstairs
and lie down for a little while.
His wife went upstairs about 20
minutes afterwards and found him
lying upon the bed dead. Deceas-
ed was born in Merrlekville 47
years ago. He engaged in farming
and mercantile buninces, amassing
a handsome fortune. He leaves a
a widow, but np children.
The Sort of Oratory.
Lucie—Ned made a ringing speech last
night, mommer. Mommer—Um— —um ?
Lucio—Yes. He asked me to be his wife,--
Jewellere' Circular.
Filial Affection,
Georgians has a sore throat and the
family doctor prescribes ipecacuanha.
"Oh,,dear, what a horrible dose !" says
the child, pushing away the glass of medi-
cine.. •
"Nonsense," says her father, "just watch
me going to taste it."
"Oh, don't taste it, papa," is her reply,
"Do drink the whole of it."
' Rev. Plink Plunk on Sin.
"De wages ob sin is death," deah bred -
darn, but de employes ob de debble nebber
kick, no matter how long pay day is in
comin' 'round.
Rev. Plink Plunk on Wants.
"Man wants but a little here below,"
deah breddern, but sonic men's idea ob
what a "little" is would make the biggest
hog in the world blush at his own abstem-
iousness.
A Fatal Silence.
"How did you like the parrot I sent
you?"
"Rather tough!"
"You don't mean to say that you have
eaten it ? What a pity ! The poor creature
was such a good talker."
"Why didn't it say so?"—E1 Noticiero.
A Difference In Town.
He -1 don't see as much of you in town
as I did at the seashore.
She (blushing)—Well, 1 should hope not.
A New PunchYor Conductors.
A conductor on a street railway in ono of
our cities where the bell punch is still in
vogue punched the passenger's ticket
leisurely and walked back to the platform.
The other passenger was roosting there on
the rail. To him the conductor Ipake :
"Pleasant day ?" he said.
"Yes," said the passenger, who was an
acquaintance of the conductor.
"Not much car travel on pleasant days,"
continued the conductor. "People rather
walk. Don't make any difference to tae,
though. I get only so much, many or
few,"
"It isn't very remunerative to you, is
it ?!queried the passenger.
"Nope," said the conductor sadly, "not
with these punches. What we need in our
business is the Corbett punch."
The passenger looked his questio
"Know what that is?" asked he;con-
ductor. c
The passenger his head.
"It's the kind of a punch-•Co+:ett used
in New Orleans. ti Cleaned up $i¢b l0 with
it in about two hours and had to
knock down on one passenger," and the
conductor sighed as he rang the bell to let
the inside passenger get off.
Method In It, '....,.e -
Totling—Wagner had a special purpose
in making his operas so loud.
Dimling—What was it ?
Totling—He was determined that they
should be heard above the talking in the
boxes.—Harper's Bazar,
The Commercial View,
"1 don't believe in long engagements,"
said young pian to a stranger with whom
he had struck up an acquaintance on the
train. "Well, I do. The longer the better
for me." "flow do they affect you?" "I'm
a confectioner."
•
The Kings,
A man said unto his angel:
"My spirits are fallen through,
And I cannot carry this battle ;
0 brother, what shall I do?
"The terrible Kings are on ins
With spears that are deadly bright
Against ane so from the cradle
Do fate and my father's fight ?"
Then said to the man his angel :
"Thou wavering, foolish soul,
Back to the ranks! What matter
To win or to lose the whole.
"Adjudged by the little judges '
Who hearken not well, nor see;
Not thus, but the outer issue,
The Wise shall interpret thee.
"Thy will is the very, the only,
The solemn event of things ;
The weakness of hearts defying,
Is stronger than all these Kings.
"Tho' out of the past they gather,
Mind's Doubt and Bodily Pain,
The pallid Thirst of the Spirit
That is kin to the other twain.
"And Grief, in a cloud of banners,
And ringletted Vain Desires,
And Vice, with the spoils upon him
01 thee and thy beaten sires.
"What hands soever have armed them
Toward victory still to ride,
A meaning left to the rebel,
A use to the regicide.
"So bitter and large a meaning,
A vehement use so true,
One steady intent to scorn therm
Doth scorn them and slay them too
"While Kings of eternal evil
Yet darken the hills about,
Thy part is with broken saber
To rise on the last redoubt—
"To fear not sensible failure,
Nor covet the game at all,
But fighting, fighting, fighting,
Die, driven against the wall!"
—Louise Imogen Guiney.
The Most Important Fact About Cholera.
The moat important fact abo'1tt cholera, a
fact to bear in mind and' to emphasize, is
that it is a disease which is never generated
on this continent and can come here only by
importation. It has 'never travelled faster
than it could be conveyed by sea or by land,
and it has always followed the track of
human migrations or of commerce. After
every visitation in America or in Europe, it
has been completely stamped out in both
these continents. When it has come again
it has always been brought from its home
and breeding-place—Asia.
If quarantine is a successful method of
prevention by communities and by conti-
nents, as it has been proved to be over and
over again, the same method is applicable
(to a great degree) to personal prevention of
the disease when it has invaded a commu-
nity. Cholera is not communicated directly
from one person to another, even under cir-
cumstances of the greatest intimacy ; yet it
is spread only by patients afflicted with the
disease. By means of one infected person
in whom the disease has manifested itself
by only an apparently insignificant
diarrhoa, cholera can be conveyed to a
whole locality. This person may
travel without further development of
the disorder, but lie may leave behind hien
matter which may rise to the most deadly
epidemic. It is thus no longer inexplicable
how the cholera in its wanderings takes no
defined course, but spreads indifferently,
now from west to east, now from east to
west; now with the wind and now against
it; in cold weather as in warm weather;
how it always follows the routes of travel:
how it does not go from place to place in a
shorter time than is required for inen to
travel the same distance, and how, since
the building of railways, it has been able to
spread more quickly than before. Some-
times it has made great leaps. In the local-
ities visited by the disease, the houses and
streets in which those infected reside are of
course the places of the greatest danger. It
has happened that a single house or street
has for a long time been the only infected
locality. But while those buildings or
neighborhoods first visited by the cholera
are being depopulated, the infection
sooner or later is easily communicated to
other houses and streets, partly by means
of common privies and partly by other
ways, surely by water if by any means the
water supply has been affected.—October
Forma.
A Frank Child. r
Little Kate, on being introduced to an
elderly maiden aunt, whom she had never
seen before, innocently exclaims : "Oh,
auntie, how very ugly you are !"
Being reprimanded by her mother, who
bids her apologize and say that she is sorry,
the child turns to her aunt and says earn-
estly : "Oh, auntie, I beg your pardon
and indeed I'm sorry that you aro awfully
ugly."
A Light Meal.
Weary Raggles—Did yer git anythin' ter
eat ? Tatterdon Tot•ne—Yes ; and it was
the lightest meal I ever struck. Yer see,
I tackled the old woman for a feed. She
said she didn't have notin' fer me, and I
wuz givin' her a piece of me mind, when the
old man come out and made ine eat me
words.
How It Struck Him,
"What ails you ?" asked Mr. Caswell of
Algernon Fitzperey.
I called on Miss Dukane lawst evening,
doneherknow."
"Well?"
"Well, would you believe me, the faih
eweature's bwute of a father kicked me
down the front steps."
"Indeed !"
"Yes, sir ! Actually kicked me twice—
first with his aright foot and then with his
left. What do you think of that ?"
"Well, it looks very much like two soles
with but a single thought."
Collection of. Wild Flowers,
At a recent floral festival of the Linnwan
society of Jamaica, Long Island, one table
contained seventy•flve difrerent varieties of
wild plants in flower, which were collected
in the immediate vicinity, most of them
rooted in pots. It was observed that this
collection was the most attractive one in
the exhibition, although the display of cul-
tivated flowers was very showy.
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