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HI8 MANNER OF GAIT.
Btn'l Thoughts and Character Revealed
by Ilia Walk—Tlie Troubled.
'Would you read a man’s thoughts!
Observe his gait; study his walk. A
famous philosopher approached by a per-
Trom Top to notion.
A representative American thinker
nteiy said to me, that, contrasting the
iperation of Anglo-Saxon institutions in
England with those in America, the most
iiu|>ortant result, in bid opinion, with
which wo may credit ourselves on this
Son whom he had never met before, j continent is the facility of individual
Shouted out: “Speak, that I may seo I movement from the .bottom to the top of
you." It was through the voice only
that tho beauty of a person could bo seen
by him. If he had desired to form an
accurate estimate of the mind ho would
no doubt have cried: “Walk, that I may
judge of you.’’ A man may conceal his
truo character by his tongue—lie may bo
able to make it wag in a way which will
deceive, but his legs will betray him. A
thief can no more walk like an honest
man than a camel can go through the
eye of a needle; a melancholy
man cannot possibly put on tho
gait of tho soldier, and Caliban
never walked like Ariel. There is
flue walking which indicates self posses
sion; uprightness walks with easo and
freedom; tho student has the slow and
musing puce; the tradesman tho quick,
nervous movement, 'while tho laborer lias
the hard and heavy tread. A keen ob
server once remarked that duplicity al
ways skulks; so it does. In liko man
ner, the thief Invariably sneaks; slinmo
lias a sidelong carriage, but honesty puts
its feet into Excelsior’s boots and
marches to an “onward" measure.
You will have no difficulty in picking
out the student. Who has not, while
strolling in tho public garden or walking
along some of the few thoroughfares not
yet blocked by commerce, noticed tho
inan with arms behind and eyes fastened
fixedly before him, neither looking to tho
right nor to tho left, but with slow and
steady step passing silently onward? Per
haps you ask yourself, “What can that
man bo out for; ho neither sees nor bears
anything that is happening around him;
what good dots a walk do him ?"
Tho student’s air, his gait, his every
action will indicato that ho is thinking—
that there is something ho is endeavoring
to grasp; ho walks like a man seeking a
pearl which lie feels ho will certainly
sooner or later find. lie has a confident
gait. Noto the air of him who is troubled.
Restless nature—quick, nervous step: t.
attempting to seek anything; not striving
to noto tho beauties of the univers • of
-s_iGod, or tho handiwork of man. but on
the contrary endeavoring to shako oil
somo dreaded monster which appears to
follow him; a hidden [tower which seems
to speak to him ns to that other wanderer,
bidding him “move on," and he walks
hurriedly, seeing nothing, hearing
nothing. Ho is oppressed by a horrible
nightmare whoso name is sorrow. Sorrow
and stillness in such a case aro synon
ymous terms, nnd exercise is tho only
antidote. ,
It is tho easiest thing in tho world to
note that a man is in troublo by his gait;
indeed, ho betrays it to that extent that
dogs have b:en known to bark at such
persons, as if divining that they were,at
war with mankind. If a man is vexed
ho walks to got over his madness, and if
you observe him sharply you will notico
that, not having the object of his anger
_ to kick, ho viciously kicks up tho gravel
'Tir—tries—to -chip off pieces of tho pave
ment with his boots.
How can you telf a wicked man? Tho
wicked flee when no man pursueth. If
a man lias done anything for which his
conscience accuses him, his impulse is to
fly, to get away from tho sceno of his
crimo and to put spaco between himself
and that still, small voice. Ho will be
in a hurry, nnd thcro will bo neither po
etry nor iinrmonyin his step. After men
tho social scale. This is a broad, patent
fact, which underlies and largely causes
licit hopeful energy which permeates
even the lower strata of society in
America, and forms a striking contrast
to the social inertia and consequent men
tal inactivity of the lower classes of Eng
land.
I think, however, that wo aro bound
to qualify our satisfaction on this point
by the equally manifest fact that tho
facility of descent from tho top to the
bottom of tho same social scale is in
finitely greater in America than in Eng
land. Taking our society as a whole,
there is comparatively little conserva
tion of force nnd culture along family
lines. Tlie weakening influences of
wealth and high social position on tho
young have no adequate corrective. Tho
ruling names in the Bociety or politics of
ono generation seldom repeat themselves
in tho next. Each generation has to hew
its best class out of rough material taken
from beneath. Now, success in life
which fails to transmit as an inheritance
force or culture or superiority of somo
kind has failed in that point winch
makes success most of all desirable. So
ciety itself is an immense loser where
tho results of success end with tho indi
vidual. It is a national calamity when
tho grand advantages given by wealth
for attaining personal cxoellenco are
thrown away.—George R. Parkin in Tho
Century.
Tho Swell of Paris.
The swell in Paris docs not need a ti-
tlo, though his blood must not be too re
cently mixed up with trade. IIo must,
abovo all other things, possess an agreea-
| bio nnd taking manner, sharpened by
wit and cleverness. Tho French laugh
• t the solemnity nnd stupidity of Eng
lishmen of high social pretensions, and
.ail to understand how any man can suc-
ceei^in society or in club lifo whoso main
object seems to bo to render himself n3
disagreeable as possible to tho pcoplo
whom ho meets. Tho popularity of the
Parisian viver depends almost entirely
upon his jollity of manner and brilliancy
of talk. He invariably has somo pursuit.
Ho is a capital Bwordsman, rides skill
fully, writes or dabbles in somo of tho
arts—but whatever ho does is well done.
Ilis lifo is ono that would kill an
Anglo-Saxon. He breakfasts at 2 in tlie
afternoon, dines at 8 and sups at 2 in the
morning. Tho ono pursuit in life which
INSECT TORMENTS OF BRAZIL.
STANLEY’S HARDEST BATTLE.
engages all of his energies is the cliaso for
tho favor of tho woman who happens to
have Paris by tho cars for tho moment, ! from January to Juno, and they took up
deeping Pests Which Lodge Jwlcr tho
Skin and Must Do Cut Out.
Insects in all countries often possess an
extensive power of annoyanco greatly in
contrast with their diminutivo size. They
appear to combine tho maximum of
effect with tho minimum of effort in a
very scientific fashion. Brazil is specially
favored with [xirasitic torments, and
oven if those who aro to the manner
born become caso hardened, the traveler
from climes where insect life is leas of
fensive in its attacks can never be wholly
reconciled to his lot. Even tho most
generous of Christians harbors a revenge
ful spirit against his bloodthirsty but
minute assailants, which aro at onco
puny arid powerful.
Take tho bush tick, for example. Of
this diminutive monster there are three
species, of which tho largest is about
three-quarters of an inch in diameter.
Wo aro told that this insect was known
to tho ancients, but it is very unlikely
that they enjoyed its acquaintance.
There are threo varieties: Ixodes ricinus,
Ixodes plumbeus and Ixodes reticulatus.
Tho Latin name was derived from its
supposed resemblance to tho ripo bean of
the Palma Christi. Tho Brazilian name
is carrapato, and when examined under
a magnifying glass it is seen to bo fur
nished with a weapon of offenso in tho
form of a trident of teeth, which are
serrated inward. It ha3 also threo pairs
of legs, and each leg is provided with
strong hooked claws. Enormous quanti
ties of the eggs aro laid upon tho ground,
and the young ones as they creep out
climb up tho plants and catch at any
passing animal which brushes past, nnd
fatten on it.
When Hr. n. W. Bates was in tho
highlands of Brazil, ho had to dovoto an
hour at tho end of his daily rambles to
picking off tho carrapatos that clung to
him by their incisive fangs. Tho in
fliction is so dreadful thjt horses and
cattle sometimes die from tho exhaustion
caused by the bites of these creatures,
which sottlo in swarms. Tho traveler
soon lias tho appearance of a person suf
fering from shingles. Sometimes tho
attacks bring on ricinian fever, just as
in Russia people may suffer from pu-
licious fever. The rainy season kills
many of the carrapatos, nnd they also
fail a prev to tho birds; nnd the cirietna,
i:i particular, is never shot by tho na
tives, because they know tho valuo of its
services in thinning tho ranks of tho
multitudinous blo<xl sucking Ixodes.
Another insect torment of Brazil is the
jigger, or Pttlex irritans, Pulex subin-
trans, Pulex minimus, pulex Penetrans.
Those interesting creatures make their
home chiefly in the human foot, and
hence are known to the Brazilians as
bichos do [x> (foot beasts). Mr. II. C.
Dent had live of theso unwelcomo guests
.and he invariably runs several establish
ments, devoting a portion of his tinv
with punctilious politeness to his wife
and children. He plays beziquo and
baccarat with a nerve that would make
a Mississippi gambler blush, and looks
00 years old before Jio has passed his 85th
year.—Blakely Hall's Letter.
In u ntmmn Ilntr Market.
There is a human hair market at Mor-
lans, in tho department of the Lower | their lives from tho berno. Thegrubfadc-
tlieir abode in tho following localities:
The first on tho right big toe. second on
the right heel, third on tho left heel and
two under the sole of the left foot. Ho
had to cut them out.
Still worse aro tho vernc, which attack
indifferently cattlo and human beings.
With animals they appear to raiso a
large, hard lump, so that they probably
reside in tho skin, after tho fashion at
tho ox warble. *Sir Richard Burton eavs
that stories are current of negroes losin
Friday. ' Hundreds of trafficking hair
dressers throng to tho little place from
far and near to buy up tho lmir of the
. . . young peasant girls. The dealers wander
quit this earth they are sometimes forced. | up and down the long narrow street of
to walk, in order to expiate somo of their I tho town , oaC h with a huge pair of bright
offenses.—D. J. McGrath in Boston Globe, shears hanging from a black leather strap
i around his waist, while the young girls
Pyrenees. It is little known, except per- : p () ,jted in the nose nnd other parts of tho
imps m Paris, where it has a high repu- [ i Jc jv, and if squeezed to death instead
tat'on. The market is held every other j of 'extracted, it festers
nnd produces
serious consequences. Children three
mouths old may suffer from a visitation
if the berno. Somo of tho natives, in
lias Graphic Story a Notlvo Tolls of an
Attack on tho Explorer.
Tho bloodiest nnd most furious battle
Stanley bad with tho Congo natives dur
ing his first descent of that river was
with tho Ba-Ngala. Everybody has read
his graphic account of that combat, in
which sixty-four canoes loaded with tho
fiercest of Congo fighters were precipi
tated into tho little band of travelers, and
had not s[iears been pitted against fire
arms Stanley's party would never have
reached the sea. A while ago Muele, one
of the officers of the chief of tho Ba-
Ngala, gave to Cajit. Coquilhat tho na
tive version of that memorable day. The
white men on the Congo bring homo few
stori'‘s that surpass in interest tlioso tho
natives tell of the time when the un
known whites first camo among them,
am! of the commotion these strangers,
with their wonderful trado goods and
their still more astonishing weapons,
everywhere produced.
“We had never seen a white man,"
said Muelo, whoso tribe, thickly populat
ing the river bank for many miles, num
bers over 100,000 people. “Wo had not
the slightest idea that such beings ex
isted. One day, somo dozen moons ago
[it was on Feb. 14, 1877], at tho moment
when tlie sun stood right abovo our
heads, a flotilla of canoes of a form
we had never seen before, pre
ceded by a canoe of extraor
dinary size, suddenly camo into view.
In tho swiftest part of the current
thoy were quietly passing in front of our
villages. Wo were astonished to seo that
tho men, even to their heads, were cov
ered with white cloths, nnd wo thought
it very singular, for the richest cliicfs we
know wore only a little rag made of
banana fiber; and a fact that was abso
lutely now to us, and that upset nil our
notions of humanity, was tlie night of
two whito iieings, yes, as white as our
pottery cloy, who appeared to command
the expedition They seemed to luivo
about the same form as other men, but
their hair, their eyes and their color were
very strange to us.
“Wo asked ono another, Were not theso
men envoys from Ibanza, tho mysterious
spirit, and why did thoy so suddenly' ap
pear u[K)ii our river? Their purposo could
only be bad, for suddenly they landed on
an island opposite us, instead of comiDg
to our shore, as all pcoplo did whoso in
tentions were not hostile. At first, before
wo were able to seo them distinctly, wo
thought they were an expedition from
our enemies of Mobcka. Our alarm
drums sounded, and wo crowded to our
canoes, all ready for a fight. But tho
clothing of the warrors, tlie strange form
of their weapons, and tlie unheard of
aspect of tlio whito men soon undeceived
Still, we launched our canoes and
rapidly approached those of the unknown
stranger.:.
The older of tho two whito men had
straight gray hair, and his eyes were the
color of iho water. He stood upon his
canoe and held toward us a red cloth and
somo brass wire. Wo still approached
him, discussing excitedly tho meaning of
his straugo attitude. Tho other whito
luan [Frank Pocock, who was drowned a
HUNTING IN THE ALPS.
Tho Hangers of Chamois Stalking—Shoot
ing tho Auorhohn.
In reality Alpine sport is considerably
tamer than tho passing tourist usually
6U|i[*ost*s. Chamois siaiking, tiiough the
few who practice it declare it to bo tho
most exciting of ull pastimes, is fo- the
most pert, at least in Austria, left en
tirely to tlio pinchers. The physical ex-
erii i't i: requires, tho dangers it involves
and the* rarity, or rather the entire want
of, stanch and well trained hounds, ac
count f* r tlii-. BMh the chamois nnd
tlie no are driven, but in a way suited
to llie cbnrac t r .1 die country and ini-
pc.-.uble on a:> English estate.
Long before dawn the guests who are
invited to take part in a chamois hunt
assemble at an appointed place. Then
the stivp climb into tho valley which is
to be tlie sceno of operations begins.
When tlio proper iiositions are renclicd,
the head forester assigns to each of the
guests a place near ono of tho passes tlio
chamois arc likely to take. All theso
ambushes are hidden from tho heights
above by rocks or bushes, and they arc
always from threo to four hundred, usu
ally more than a thousand, feet apart.
When onco a sportsman lias been placed
he is expected to remain where ho is as
silently os ho can. Ho must not leave
his [lost on any nccount, as this might
not only disturb tho drive, but endanger
his own lifo. At about tho same time
as tlio hunting party ieavo their
rendezvous a party of drivers accom
panied by dogs start from tlio other side
of tho mountain range. Tho noiso thoy
make frightens tlio chamois over the
Crest nnd, if tlie parties have bean [ r 'pcrly
organized, into the valley, where a
warm wolcouio has !x*en prepared for
them. Except ill very rare cases, those
who are posted nbovq aro expected to let
tho herd pass before shooting, in order
not to spoil the sport of their friends
below. Tho huntsmen must, of course,
always bo placed so that tlio wind blows
toward nnd not from them. Hoo aro for
tho most part shot in a similar way,
though roo stalking i3 by no means un
usual.
Auerhnhn stalking is a far more excit
ing and peculiarly Alpine form of s[>ort.
and it is tlio favorite recreation of the
emperor of Austria. It b only in the
mating season, roughly speaking in April
and May, that it is permitted. Tito cock
is generally tlio most timid und cautious
of birds; but at this season ho becomes a
victim of passion, nnd loses his iicad—at
least at intervals. At dawn lie flies to a
spot which lin knows to bo frequented by
tho hens, p: rcbesupon an exposed Ixmgh,
so that all the charms of liis plumage
may bo seen, and begins his nuptial song.
It consists of three distinct parts, with a
short pauso between each; and. while
piping it, tho cock extends lib feathers
and beats upon tho hough with lib
wings. At such times ho seems utterly
unconscious of everything that goes
on around him. Thb is tho sportsman’s
opportunity; ho has taken hb placo be
fore dawn near a spot which ho knows to
bo frequented nnd concealed liimsclf in
tho best cover ho can find. As soon os
few weeks later in tlio cararacts of tho i tho bird begins its call, which is tcchni-
lower Congo] aimed hb weapon at us,
anil tho older man talked to him rapidly
in a language wo could not understand.
Thoso of our friends who were nearest
tho strangers thought tlie actions of tlio
white men boded us no good, and so they
judged it best at onco to attack these
mysterious whites, who had come from
no ono knew where.
Then the battle begun, and it was tlio
the case of adults, apply a burning stick | most terrible we over fought. Our spears
cally known as Us faalz, ho springs for
ward to somo nearer cover in which ho
can lio silently in wait during tho first
pause; whilo tlio second strain is in pro
gress lio must reach a |x>int near enough
to lako good aim. An Alpino sjortsman
would no more think of Bhooting an
Auerhnhn in any other way than an
English squire would think of shooting a
fox. In tlie greater part of tlio country
tlio liens tiro legally protected during the
to the wound in' order to destroy the fell fast among the enemy and wo killed* whole of the year: they have a peculiar
A List of Health Suggestions.
Tho hot pastry and iced drinks of this
country have much' to do with tlio thin
ness of its people.
Disordered digestion in adults is often
tho outcomo of being compelled or in
duced to eat ricli food in childhood.
Up to middle lifo most people are care
less regarding their physical condition,
hence persons who ought to live long
lives liavo their days curtailed. Tlio
timo to jiay strict attention to tlio bodily
health is during tho vigorous portion of
life.
It is quite a common practise to dose
infants with teas, oils and sweetened
waters when any real or imaginary ill is
upon them. In some cases it b necessary
to re-enforcc tho natural supply of nour
ishment, but where possible, nature's
fount Blionld bo relied on chiefly.
For thoso who hurry to nnd from their
meals soup b recommended as a prepara
tory agent for tho reception of solid food.
For a man to hurriedly rush to hb meab
who wisli to part witli their hair stand
alxmt in tlio doorways, usually in cou- 1
pies. !
The trnnsacii.m is carried on iu the !
best room of the house. The hair is let |
down, the trem**.* . embed out and the
dealer names the price. This varies from I
three to twenty francs. If a bargain is
struck the denier lays tlio money in the
open palm of the seller, applies his shears,
and in a minute the long tresses fall on
tho flixir. The purchaser rolls up the
tresses, places them in paper nnd thrusts
them into his [mckct. Of course a maiden
can rarely see her fallen tresses disappear
into tlio dealer's pocket without crying.
But she consoles herself with the thought
that it will glow again and by looking at
tlio money in her hand.—Emilo Nouveau
in Philadelphia Times.
j worm. Mercurial ointment is also Hseil.
| Mr. Dent's dog was one mass of sores
from tho bernos and bichos do pe, nnd it
was pitiable to see him, when running | ‘l er f»l P'
about, turn round almost every minute j heavy i ray metal we
and, with a pitiful whine, bite hb wounds before, reached us at en
until they were raw. ~ ‘ ' ‘
j somo of them, and their bodies lay half
over the sides of their canoes. But, oh,
what fetich gave their weapons such won-
Their bullets, made of a
had never seen
onnous distances.
)ld men who were following
cry, which some foresters successfully
imitate for tlio purpose of luring their
mates. - Saturday Review.
Such are somo of i Women am!
the pleasures of the insect world of Bra- I bio comhat from iho shore were hit. i he
zil.— New York Star.
Tho Tallies* Manx Cat.
Theso tailless cats, by tho way, inerP a
paragraph by themselves. Tlie Listener
is'not aware whether thoy raiso a special
and gulp down moat, vegetables and pie, -breed cf theso creatures in Vermont, but
without” n short pause of rest for tho would not bo surprised if they did. Vcr-
stomach, b nearly akin to suicide.
Toasting bread destroys tho yeast germs
and converts tho starch into a soluble
substance which b incapable of fermen
tation. Dry toast will not sour the
mont has a way of improving upon what
ever animals sho imports from abroad,
and getting up superior breeds of every
thing, from human (icings down through
Morgan horses, Hobtcin cattle, merino
stomach nor produce any discomfort, nnd sheep and shepherd dogs to (no doubt)
b, therefore, more agreeable to a weak tailless cats. Tho tailless cat is supposed
digestion than any other bread. to havo originated in tlio Isle of Man, hut
A stooping position, maintained for jf Tho Listener b not mbtaken,. he has
any length of time, tends more to under- also heard them called Combh cats. The
mino tlio health than b supposed. An two individuals just referred to are in
erect position should bo observed, whether color something lietwccn n tortoiso shell
sitting, standing or lying. To sit with and a maltose. Ono has a sort of nuii-
tho body leaning forward on tho stom
ach or ’ to ono side, with tho lieeb ele
vated on a level with tho liands, b not
only in bod taste, but exceedingly detri
mental to health; it crampa tho stomach,
presses tho viral organs, interrupts tho
free motion of thg chest and enfeebles
the functions of tlio abdominal and tho
racic organs, and. in fact, unbalances tho
whole muscular s. stem.—Household.
meutary stump tail, liko a rabbit’s, and
the* other lias not so much as tho vestige
of a tail. Both liavo a marked resem-
blanco in tlio hinder parts to tho rabbit,
and when they run it b with a series of
bounds liko a rabbit. Ono would en;
that tho Manx cat and tho rabbit were at
least distantly related. Thoy aro queer
birds, toko them altogether—Boston
Transcript “Listener.”
Destroyed by Had Hoys.
No one but a builder can realize what j
annoyance and loss lie is compelled to
endure from tlie depredations of mis
chievous boys. No sooner is the found
ation for a building laid than tho trouble
1 egins. When tlio workmen leave tin-
place then the boys t:iko[x>ssossion. They
begin by throwing stones, sticks and
everything they can get hold of into tlio
mortar boils, sometimes entirely ruining
tliam by shoveling in all tho surplus sand
and refuse that are left near tlio mortar
vat. They break and otherwise destroy
llie finely linbhod bricks that arc used in
tlie fronts of residences, break up slate,
carry away laths and do all sorts of dev
ilish things.
When the liouso is nearly completed it
is then the mischievous boy does his
worst nets of vandalbm. When tho
plastering is fresh on tlio walls it is his
delight to tako a stick and scratch anil
mar tho fresh plaster as much na possible.
Nothing pleases theso boys more than to
make rudo figures and scratch names
and initials i:i deep lines on tho smooth
3urface of the freshly plastered walls.
Tho lass to builders in St. Louis every
year by the depredations of young hood
lums b simply inestimable. It is almost
impossible to find out tho guilty parties,
and the builder has to bear liis losses and
annoyances with as good grace as pas
sible.—William C'oclirnn in Globe-Demo
crat .
Tho largest marble quarry in tho world
b that of tho Georgia Marble company
in Pickens county.
I Tlio wearing of gloves of a different
| color—the right hand different from the
left— U increasing ill Palis.
Marm of Jouma!
There are live Marys potent in New
York types: Miss Mary L. Booth, editor
of Harper's Bazar; Mary Mapes Dodge,
editor of St. Nicholas; Mary J. Lamb,
editor of The Hagazino of American His
tory; Mary Kyle Dallas, of Tlie New
; York Ledger, nr.d Jtnry E. Bryan, of
* George Monroe' bullion Bazar. — VU-
| limn II. Bad ni i.i Tlio Journalist.
walls of *mr huts were performed. S;
goats which were wandering far off in
tlio fields dropjicd dead of their wound.*;.
As for us win* were on the water, our
stout shields were pierced as though they
i had ben; bananas. Many of us were
i killed mid wounded and others were
! drowned, for tin* bullets knocked
i holes in somo of our wooden canoes,
* which idled and sank. Stiil wo kept
fighting desperately, nnd we followed the
whito beings some distance below our vil
lages. Their band finally escaped us and
raised loud cries of triumph as wo emjeil
tlio pursuit. Wo could not understand
vvliat thoy mid."
Muele added that Mata Buiko, the
chief of the Ba-Ngulr. exerted every
effort to dissuade lib :*.rilc*nt [iconic from
approaching tlie whites, who, he de
clared. could not lx) human lx*ings. It
was this : uno chief who, three years ngo
this month, wept as ho bade farewell to
Copt. Coquilhat, tho founder of tlie Ba-
Ngala station, who was about to go back
to Europe. "Iieturn soon," ho said, "for
I am old, and 1 wish to see you again
before Mi.*." A few days over a year
later Coquilhat was again among tlio Ba-
Ngala, who. with their powerful und
aged cl., f. are now among t..e most
faithful .! useful friends of lb*.* whites.
How I mg dix*s it take to use tlie morn
ing “tub?" .Mr. Chadwick says twenty
minutes, which is surely ail excessive es
timate. But for those who want to sau*
timo over t'r* operation, here b the late
hint of r i'.arv science: “A French
colonel a eertained that ho could wa ll
liis men w ith tepid water for a eentir.n ,
or one-filth of a penny per head, semi
included The man imdresses, ste[ s into
u tray of tepid water, soaps himself,
.when a jet from a two handed pun: *
plat s upon him tepid water, and lie dries
ami ,hoses himself in five minute. ,
against twenty minutes in the lath, and
with five gallons of water against Rf>ni»
seventy ia the usual bath.”—Pall M..d
Gazette.
Discipline of English Schools.
Ill any largo and highly organized com
munity there must always bo a consider
able number of jieople whose duties or
circumstance* are such ns to destroy the
character of homo as a suitable placo for
cUiK-atioixil training. In Great Britain,
for instance, military and naval officers,
with Indian, diplomatic nnd colonial
officials, e..mint look forward to having
their children educated under their own
eyes. Men ill [xfliticul life, distracted by
the excitements of their work, and usu
ally migrating from country to town with
liie legislative seasons, aro scarcely better
off. Tlio prcfcrcnco of tho landed pro
prietors of England for living on their
own estates involves educational isola
tion, and makes it necessary that boys
should lx) sent uway for training
Hero we have already a very large
bod of |x*oplo for wliom tho public
school, with its provbion for homo care,
ns well as menial training, b practically
a necessity. A larger question of ox-
prdier.cy still remains. Tho sons of tbo
wealthy very seldom get a fair chanco
for training in their own homos. Lux
ury. social distractions, tho excessive en-
vironment of dependents, all militate
against mental industry and moral tone.
1c b thb consideration which leads tbo
average Er.glbhman of wealth to send lib
1 ov away from homo to tho simpler lifo
anil steadier disciplino of tho public
school.—Georgo R. Parkin in 1710 Cen
tury.
Tlio riciixnro of tinting.
There i; i:n rational ground for the
common notion that t'i.* pleasure of eat-
i:*g depend i ir.-tinly u;x>:i what b eaten;
i. <’.*;■. uds upon the eater, the vigor of
■ d m end lIn* condition of tlie nerves.
I. : ". t’. s- : r>sound anti true, thopre-
i! ;• Linds cf food and drink are matters
. I i • r.,..w.;iie::e *. B :* — and this is
: v, ry. very large l.ut—it ; a will kee;'
them .sound and true they must r.ct fco
abused by overwork, < r by liavirg ' < "k
forced upm them for wld h tb . v re
never frit n*!** '.—"The SB.; .: e.'i -a”
inGcci i ! .* .fi ning.