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NEW TREATMENT FOR ECZEMA. The Times and Register draws attention to a new treatment for eczema, brought forward by a French physician, which combines the merit of being easily applied with that of hav- ing already produced improvement in a whole series of cases. The process consists of wash- ing with soap and water the parts affected with the disease, étnd after having carefully dried them, to expose them to a bright fire- The patient must stand the severe itching' that is brought on without scratching himself, and must be content with passing his hand quietly over the spot and then exposing it again to the heat. The itching appears again immedia ely, and then stops, either by having been brought nearer to the fire or by being touched again with the band. After live or six attacks of this itching the seance should be ended by exposing the spot two or three times to the fire at. a nearer distance. This produces a disagreeable burning sensa- tion, Int it is not painful. This treatment gives good results, especially when the ulcera- tive period iJa3 not yet come on, and, besides this, it procures to those patients who are more or less deprived of sleep, and who spend the greater part of the night in a half- conscious, half-unoonacious scratching, the rest of which they 6tand so much in need, MUSCULAR RHEUMATISM. Muscular rheumatism has its seat in the fibro muscular structure where muscle changes into tendon, [t attacks all ages and both sexes, its subjeots having a constitu- tional tendency to it—a so-called rheumatic diathesis, Its chief characteristic is pain and stiffness of the muscles. Attacks are induced by exposure to draughts, or by strains. They generally pass off in a few days or weeks, though sometimes they become chronic, and recur for years, especially in wet weather. There are several varieties of muscular rheu- matism. One is popularly known as "stiff neck." It occurs mostly in children, and ia liable to recur. Persons thus affected should avoid draughts in cold, damp weather, especially draughts upon the neck and upper art of the chest. Another variety attacks aMne muscle in the wall of the chest, usually on one side. Every breath causes pain, and Nljs is sometimes excruciating and spasmodic. A plaster or a bandage over the part will generally afford relief, by restraining the respiratory movement. A third variety affeobst the scalp, causing a dull, aching pain in the front or the back of the head. A fourth variety affeots the upper part of the back and shoulders, and occurs chiefly in persons much exposed. In a fifth variety of the disease the walls of the abdomen are affected. A sixth variety is known by the name of lumbago. Its seat is in the muscles of the loins—the small of the back. It may be on both sides, or only on one. As these muscles connect with the bodily movements generally, almost every movement causes pain, and the patient finds relief only by remaining at absolute rest in bed. If he is able to keep about, it is with pain and in a stooping posture. The treat- ment of muscular rheumatism requires in the first place absolute rest of the part affected; and if relief does not come from that, the advioe of a physician should be sought. BRONCHITIS. The first thing to which to direct attention in bronchi lis is the kind of air which is in- haled by the patient. Confinement to one room should be strictly enforced, and tho air of that room should be maintained, as far as possible, at a uniform temperature of 65degs. Fahr. This necessitates, of course, either the careful management of the fire. or, what is far better, the employment of some form of slow-combustion stove. Ventilation must be so regulated as to ensure a constant renewal of air without draughts; aud, besides this, the atmosphere should be rendered sufficiently moist by the diffusion of steam throughout the room from a bronchitis kettle. Expect- orant remedies, such as ipecacuanha and squilla, are generally found useful, combined with either benzoin, tolu,senega, and a stimulant like the carbonate of ammonia, or some sedative, according to the condition of the patient. Counter-irritation is often employed, and medicated inhalations frequently prove of service. Constipation is" usually present, and a purge is generally beneficial at the onset of the disease. In severe attacks alcohol is invaluable, and so is opium, but the latter particularly requires to be administered with much care, and should on no acconnt be given save under the doctor's directions. Cbronio bronchitis is a disease in whioh much can be done if the patient's temperament and circumstances permit it. In oases where a winter cough has become a matter of course, it should be made an invariable rule to keep inside the house during the cold season of the year. This, or residence during the winter in some warmer climate than that of England, is a sine qud non in the treatment of chronic bronchitis. If a stop-at-home policy is adopted, everything depends upon the patient's self- control; the temptation to venture out in the evening, just for once, if yielded to, oi'ten undoes all the benefit derived from the self- denial of months. Throughout the winter the bedroom temperature should be carefully regulated, and care taken that sufficiently warm clothing is worn at all times. The carrying out of rules of this kind will do moreinchroniobronchitis than can be effected by all the specifics. Tonic remedies have, however, their place in .the treatment of the disease, and iron, quinine, or cod-liver oil, are capable of producing much benefit in appropriate cases. 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THE LADIES. 4p "I resolve to have something which may b, of enter- tainment to the fair sex."—Sir Richard Steel*. A JUSTIFIABLE QUERY. Oh, woman, weirdly wondrous witch, Pr iy, why are you so ghoulish, To make a foolish man so wis-, A wise man make so foolish ? COMPLEXION AND DIET. A good complexion never goes with a bad diet. Strong coffee, hot bread and butter, heated grease, highly-spiced soups, meat, or game, hot drinks, alcoholic liquors, fat meats, are all damaging to its beauty. Strong tea used daily will, after a time, give the skin the colour and appearance of leather. Coffee affects the skin less, but the nerves more, and a healthy nervous system is necessary to beauty. CODDLING CHILDREN Is a great mistake, and one that is bound to result in much delicacy and general discom- fort. Boys are often made delicate by over- oareful mothers. Girls are still more fre- quently protected from every blast that blows, as though it would kill them, instead of help- ing to make them strong and hearty. To mothers of young children I would say, Bend your children out in all weathers but heavy rain, unless they are weak in the chest, then remember that an east wind will do your child no good. A great evil in girls' training is that they are not taught to use their muscles. They should do bo in moderation, and there will be little fear of strained backs or any other mischief. "LIFT UP YOUR CHEST." I should like to make a can that would reaoh every woman in the countl'Y," writes Mrs. Henrietta Russell. Lift up your chest Lift the chest, keeping the shoulders down until it is on a line with the toes, and thus throw the tension on the centre of the body, where it should be, leavlTlg the heart and lungs to have free play. Close the lips, draw the air in through the nostrils until the pressure against the ribs is intolerable. Hold the ten- sion firmly, steadily, as long as you can, then gradually let the breath out through the lips. Try this breathing, inspiration, retention, and expiration at night when the body is free, in the morning when you dress. This lesson in correct breathing, when thoroughly learned, is a certain cure for nervousness and shyness, and gives command, freedom of motion, and sense of power to the most self-conscious and hesitant natures." LOUD-TALKING WOMEN. Persons desirous to be thought ladies some- times converse screamingly in public vehicles, apparently for the purpose of attracting atten- tion. They succeed, but the attention they elicit is not of a complimentary nature. Their gentler sisters are sorry and ashamed for them, and men are disgusted at such conduct. There is a magnetism in melodious* sounds which is almost irresistible, and when they issue from fair lips they are apt to take the sternest of us captive. On the other hand, harsh, discordant tones, though they should come from the loveliest mouth in Christen- dom, play the mischief with sentiment and put tenderness to flight. It would be an advantage to every lady if she remembered this, aud so modulated her tones that- Her voice was ever soft, Gentle aud low, an excellent tiling in woman." BALDNESS IN WOMEN. It has been frequently asserted that a pro- lific cause of baldness among men is their habit of wearing hats in their offices and other places of business. Lately someone has added to this indictment their other habit of constant and close-cutting of -the hair. It is with the first of these charged evils that women have to do. Hair- dressers are beginning to attribute the thinness and falling out of women's hair, which is, according to them (the hair- dressers), on the increase, to the fashion 'of continuous hat-wearing. Many women, club women, fashionable women, charitable women, wear their bonnets hours at a time, and for days together. Shopping women are bonneted often from nine to six indeed, in these days of inexorable distances there is hardly any class of the sisterhood which does not pass much time with covered beads. HER TALENT. She does not prate of Browning Whose works I have not rend, There is no laurel crowning Her shapely little head. She is not versed in Schiller, And Goethe, and the rest; She has no store of "siller," As some, perchance, have guefssd. She knows no word of Dante And his Italian crew She plays not" penny iiiite As vapid maidens do. No more she knows of Spencer Than of La Rochefoucauld; On Darwin she is denser Than any girl I know. With Kant and Schopenhauer Hi T speech she will not load. But. fortune other power Upon her has bestowed. Though Mill and Huxley tire her, As she will frankly state, Yiit still I must admire her- Her apple pies are great. EFFECTS OF TIGHT-LACING. There is (says a writer in Lippincott's Magazine) the young woman who pulls in her belt until her face is purple, and(then goes to the doctor for physic or a slan lotion. You mildly su(ygest I ltoin- I Ob,' she simpers, it never hurts me: lean breathe.' To appeal to a woman about her health has long ago proved useless in these matters, but every woman is jealous of her beauty. A tightly. laced girl may be lovely at eighteen; she will be hideous at 30. Why will not the physicians touch and awaken the chord of vanity. But the doctors are dull or careless. They give a pill where they should loosen a string. A physician was once heard to admit he could not discover the com- plaint of a blooming flower of fashion who was yet constantly in his hands. I could have told him, for I had seen her getting into her gown that morning. And how ungrace- ful, how lacking in all voluptuous abandon and forceful elegance, the movements of these strapped automatons, not to mention the red nose, the roughened complexion, and the startled, pained eyeball." MAIDENS AND MATRIMONY. There was a time (says a writer in Hearth and Home) and not so very long ago either, when one profession was open to women, a pro- fession which not all could enter into though all might desire to do so—a profession for which mothers were the coaches, and for which the competitive examination was a battle in which the most radiant charms usually ob- tained the greatest number of marks—the profession of matrimony. No doubt this fact was always, to a certain extent, glossed over. it was a fact seldom or never put into plain words. It was dressed up in euphemisms, picked out in delicate phrase?, wrapped about with mean- ingless and unnecessary lies but a fact it was, and there was no getting over it. In their youth maidens were put to school, and their lesson was how to capture a husband. When they "came out" it WIIS their business to show their teachers that they had got the lesson off by heait, ai d then, once th clwrch bell cliinicd, once the organ pealed tile wedding march, and the air was dim with rice and alive with the lucky slippers of white satin, the lesson books might at last be thrown aside, and the emancipated pupil rush forth from the schoolroom to play-at being a mother. Matters are rather different now. Gi! Is, whi'e feeling, as all true women must surely feel, that wifehood and motherhood are bright jewels in the feminine orown of happiness, have learned to take a more rational view of existence, and to see that matrimony, desirable as it is when hearts are bound in one with golden ease," as well as, lives, is not the only flower that blooms by the wayside of the human pilgrimage. Intellect is cultivated now for its own- sake, and not only because certain men are clever and desire cleverness in their helpmates, Since all cannot marry, it is well that all should not set their entire hopes upon that sometimes doubtful blessing —a husband. Dr. Arabella Kenealy contributes to one of the monthly magazines a very interesting article on the surplus of women, endeavouring to demonstrate the result it is having both on the male and female sexes. Some of her re- marks are wise and true, but to others it is probable that many will take exception. The writer says, for instance, that with all human things we must judge by results we may not look into their minutse. Put in plain English, this is the venerable doctrine that it is allow- able to do evil that.good may oome, and Dr. Kenealy offers it as a sort of excuse for THE STRIVING OF WOMEN TO GET MARRIED. She says, in effect, that the rivalry of women endeavouring to gain husbands, having in- duced them to sedulously cultivate their charms and foster and develop their talents, has been for incalculable benefit to them. This sounds plausible enough, but we doubt if the truest and best of women will fail to see through it. No doubt many girls, by nature somewhat ill-humoured, if not aotually bad- tempered, have carefully concealed the fact from self-interested motives, have smoothed the natural frown and assumed the unnatural smile, have laughed without the sweet spirit of mirth prompting them, in order to gain certain matrimonial ends. The question is, Have they really benefitted themselves by striving in such a spirit ? Dr. Kenealy ap- parently thinks so. Many will doubt it. Marriage Manoeuvres," she says, create an ignoble atmosphere, yet the industry, enterprise, and skill with with which they are accomplished have brought out and developed feminine resources, physical and mental, which, without this stimulus, would have been dormant and inert." Very likely, but the ignoble atmosphere surely.vitiates and neutralises all the advantage accruing from the industry, enterprise, and skill. Besides, the object of such efforts attained, what becomes of the weapons used in this struggle for the matrimonial orown? Are they not swiftly laid aside and allowed to rust in the armoury, to the great astonishment and dis- gust of the husband ? The simulated good temper soon vanishes. The accomplishments are swiftly dropped. The music which charmed the male heart, as the singing of the sirens charmed the passing mariner, is given up. The painting is put aside. And then, naturally, the husband feels dissatisfied, and feels that he has been won by false pre- tences. And such a feeling, once it has taken root, is fatal to wedded bliss. All r women may desire to be wives and mothers, and think no shame of doing so but virtues and talents should surely be cultivated for their own sakes, not merely for matrimonial reasons. The modesty that is put on to charm a man who seeks simplicity is worthless; the sweetness that fades away in solitude and blossoms in society, or when a male footsteps are heard upon the stairs, is a worthless shadow. One very true remark Dr. Kenealy makes which is well worth being taken to heart. in alluding to the faot that so many marriages are unhappy, she declares that the reason of this is that quantities of girls aocept their first offer simply from the fear that it may be their last, and that they may never have another chance. Do they think, then, that happiness is to be found with any mate- even an uncongenial one? It seems so. This is a cardinal mistake, and one which cannot be too much insisted on, obvious though it seems. Nuggets. It's the willing woman, not the beautiful one, who gets a husband first. Because a woman figures in society' is no that she knows arithmetic." Men are most likely to rave about a woman's hair when it is found in the butter. Men disunite and differ as a plan. But women arc f< r union—with a man. A strange world this. In France, when a girl is pleasing, they say she is chic. Over here, when she doesn't please you, she's an old hen." A contemporary wants to Imow in what age women have been held in the highest esteem. Well, anywhere from the age of seventeen to forty-five. It depends a 11 good deal on the woman, though. There have been very estimable and attractive women at sixty. Women We Road About. OUIDA." u Ouida" has more fads and fancies than any other living lady novelist. The soent she uses is made specially for her by a celebrated Veuetian perfumer, and costs LS an ounce. She cannot bear starched muslin. The touoh of velvet makes her feel creepy, and she faints at the smell of honey. She lives in a very pretty villa near Florence, and is, as those who have read hor books can see for themselves, an enthusiastic lover of dogs. Ouida" always dresses in white, summer and winter, and has a splendid collection of mediaeval curiosities. ANOTHER CELEBRATED NOVELIST. Miss Amelia B. Edwards divides with the Princess Dora d'lstra, of Italy, the honour of being the most learned woman in the world. Her literary career began at four, with a short but picturesque little story, and at seven she was in print with a poem entitled "The Knights of Old," which her proud mother had sent to a local journal. At twelve she con- tributed a long historical novel of the time of i'dward 1L1. to the London Pioneer, a penny publication which did not long survive the contribution. Next she sent cari- catures to Cruikshank, who wanted to train her for illustrated work, but another mental tangent took her to music, thence again to fiction, and finally as traveller she passed the masculine historical scholars, and as a pedestrian threatened the reputation of the Wandering Jew. At the age of 21 Miss Edwards definitely adopted a literary life. Her best books are those of travel. An enthu- siastic Egyptologist, she is to-day, perhaps, the best informed of scholars as to the far- away history of this mysterious land. She is a member of most of the learned societies, with honours innumerable. Mias Edwards is a Londoner by birth, and on the authority of tho falluly Bible is 60 years of age. Her favourite recreation is walking.

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THE STERNER SEX. Are ye good men and true ? —bhaksptari! Home Truths The fat man's laugh takes the longest way around. Do not pray for something and then go and buy it on oredit. The man who loves his neighbour as him- el self never keeps a bulldog. There isn't gold enough in the world to make a discontented man rich, If any man thinks it is a small matter to bridle his tongue he is much mistaken. A good many self-made men evidently got tired before the job was finished. Man in his infancy of knowledge thinks that all oreation was formed for him.-Bul- wer Lytton. It is not the good we intend to do to- morrow, but that we are doing to-day, that the devil is afraid of. Since you cannot tell to whom it will fall the task of writing your obituary, make it a rule to offend no man. One of the objections to the self-made man is that he has often failed to put himself together so as to work noiselessly. The man who finds fault with his wife's cooking when it doesn't suit him is not the one who praises it when it is excellent. There is business in this world for all the men who choose to create it. There is no need for petty jealousies with any class of people. SILENCE IS GOLDEN, The wisest of all mortals is The man who, dull and slow, Doth silent keep the tongue that's his On what he doesn't know. ABOVE ALL THINGS ATTEND TO YOUR HEALTH. In the midst of his work the student should be careful of health. The best work is done when in the best health, and this depends on a suitable balance bet-veen mental and physioal exertion, with plenty of fresh air and regu- larity with regard to food and rest. It is far better, when necessary, to take a brief holiday to avoid being ill, than to endure a longer ab- sence from work enforced by illness. CHANGE IN MEN'S EVENING DRESS SUITS. The ohanges in evening dress suits are so few and slight from year to year, that most men know little about them. This is the style for this season :-UoHar moderately high; straight cut or the "white wings" type. Shirt of plain white linen, with three very small white enamelled studs. Tie of plain white lawn, tied by the wearer. Square- cornered, linked cuffs, with buttons of white enamel, although gold buttons are not in bad taste. Pearl-coloured gloves. Handkerchief of plain white linen or. siik. Shoes of patent leather, with silk tops. Two MEN. Two men toiled side by side from sun to sun, And both were poor Both sat with children, when the day VIM done, About their door. One saw the beautiful in crimson cloud And shining moon Tho other, with his head in sadness bowed, Made night of nooo. One loved each tree nnd flower anJ singing bird On mount or p'aiii No music in the soul of one was stirred By leaf or raiu. One saw the good in every fellow man, and hoped the best; The other marvelled at his Maker's plan, And doubt confe-eed. Ooe. having Heaven above and heaven below, Was satisfied; The other, discontented, lived in woo, And hopeless died. WHY MEN SMOKE. No doubt there are men who smoke merely because they like it; but the mass of smokers regard smoking from the higher standpoint of duty. It is quite a common thing for a man to take to smoking deliberately because it adds to his working power. In this way tobacco is a marvel, for if the temperament be naturally sluggish it warms it into activity, and if in its normal state the temperament be irritable or over-active, the one thing to soothe it is a pipe. Some men, of course, feel the beneficial effect of smoking more than others, and hence the difference in the consumption of tobacco. It is not an unusual thing for a man of an abnormally sluggish or an abnormally active temperament to smoke a pipe or even a cigar before beginning his day's work. A number of literary men smoke simply to make an income. They have learned that with a pipe in their mouths thoughts not only come more readily, but in better order, and that while it is often difficult to get the proper word if they are not smoking, it runs to the point of the pen the moment they "light up." Psychologically, this is most interesting, and the reason womankind cannot grasp it probably is that psychology is not, unfortunately, taught in ladies' seminaries. It may be objected that all these reasons for smoking are applicable in the case of women, and it would, therefore, be an advan- tage for women to smoke. But, for the last three huudred years, the good taste of women has been against their smoking, and they are not likely to change their minds on the sub- ject. LEGS AND THOUGHT. Men generally cross their legs when there is the least pressure on their minds. You will never find a man actually engaged in business with his legs crossed. The limbs at those times are straighter than at any other, because the mind and body work together. A man engaged in auditing accounts will never cross his legs, neither will a man who is writing an article, or who is employed in any manner where his brain is actively engaged. When at work in a sitting posture, the limbs naturally extend to the floor in a perfectly straight line. A man may cross his legs if he is sitting in an office chair discussing some business pro- position with another man, but the instant he becomes really in earnest and perceives some- thing to be gained, his limbs uncross quick as a flash, he bends forward towards his neigh- bour, and begins to use his hantls. Men often cross their legs at public meet- ings, because they go there to listen or to be entertained; they are not the factors in the performance, and they naturally place them- selves in the most comfortable position known to them, namely, leaning well back in their chairs and crossing their legs. A man always crosses his legs when he reads a newspaper, but he is more apt to lie down when he reads a book. He reads the paper, of course, to inform himself, but at the same time the perusal of its contents is recreation for him, and his body again seeks its position of relaxation. BEAUTIFUL MEERSCHAUMS. Few men out of a large number that possess them know how to handle a meer- schaum during the very tender process of oolouring, and after that beautiful sherry or mahogany shade appears to reward them for their trouble," says an expert on pipes. Of the great number of pipes that are spoiled a majority are ruined through gross carelenness. A man will sit back in his chair and smoke until the bowl of his pip< grows hot, and then lay it down on an un- covered table, a marble mantel-piece, or ot some object that is near, never thinking whether its resting-place is oool or damp, Woe be unto the pipe if it is. Meerschaum is one of the most sensitive of the articlei produced by Mother Earth. It is equally sensitive to beat as cold, and a sudden changa from one to the other is sure to affect it im. measurably. Never, in handling your pipe, do anything to chip or crack the wax. Also avoid smoking your pipe near the open window if the weather is very danip, and, above all things, have patience! Using an upper story, or, as they are known to the trade, a mansard roof, is a great assistant and an almost indispensable one. The way to use them is to fill the bowl of your pipe with tobacco, and then attach the roof and smoke only the tobacco in the latter. fl Also when you handle it be careful to grasp it by the amber stem, as the rough- ness of your hands will be very apt to scratch the bowl. After your trouble, and when your pipe is coloured to perfection, you are always afraid of hurting it, and about its only use is as an ornament or an object to be shown to your friends." "As DEVOID OF TASTE AS GUINEA. PIGS ARE OF TAILS." This sweeping condemnation has been made by a lady critio on the subject of men's dress in a recent issue of Woman. Why (she asks) will young men who are fair insist upon wearing the lightest-coloured tweeds and the most superlatively salmon-coloured ties ? And why, oh why, will dark men olothe them- selves in slate greys and muddy browns? Sisters and wives should really bestir them- selves upon these vital points, and bring home to their men-folk the necessity of appropriate shades. Men seem as devoid of taste as guinea-pigs are of tails, and, therefore, we have to put up as best we may with hideous ties, more hideous suits, and most hideous talJ hats. The lords of creation may have been born with an inherent right to legislate; but women have got them upon the question of good taste, and it is to be hoped they will not take a little advice from us amiss. We only ask men that we should have some voice in the colour and shades they wear. We will leave the rest in confidence to the tailor^provided, of course, he has a reputation of some sort to lose. As for those abandoned men-milliners who dabble in perfumes and wear stays, they are best left to their own reflections and discom- forts. We will have none of them. And while we are about it, it is as well to men- tion that we decline acquaintance with men who wear more than one ring without some very valid reason and under no considera- tion can we endure unbrushed suits, however new, or collars and cuffs which bear any sllspioion of needing the laundress's soapy services. It is always a thriying experience to see ourselves as others sy'us; so. perhaps, when men realise that women do not in- variably admit the omniscience of tailors and the taste of their customers, they will, af least, attempt to mitigate the situation." MEN WE READ ABOUT. fi THE WIZARD." Mr. Edison, of electricity fame, is his own doctor. When the liver gets torpid and the stomach out of sorts he esohews flesh foodi and puts himself on vegetarian diet. This change, he argues, destroys the harmful bao- teria. If they are carnivorous, then farina- ceous meals make them quit their quarters, He wears no overcoat even in the coldest weather, but has three suits of nether gar- ments, which he puts off and on acoording to circumstances. His contention is that the underwear hugs the body tightly and does not allow any heat to escape, and does not weigh as much as an overcoat. A ROYAL ROMANCE. The following anecdote is said to have been related by the Czar himself to intimate friends. His elder brother, who died at Nice, was, as is generally known, first betrothed to Princess Dagmar of Denmark. On his death-bed he left his brother, the present Czar, a letter, in which he begged him to take his place in the heart of the Princess. The Grand Duke Alexander, however, was a very bashful lover, and had not the courage to carry out his dying brother's wish, till one day the Grand Duke Valdimir said to him, "If you will not fulfil the wish of our dead Nicholas, I shall propose for the hand of the Princess myself." A short time after the Grand Duke Alexander set off to Copenhagen, and one day, being alone with the Princess Dagmar, he handed her tremblingly the letter of bis brother. When the Princess bad read it, she blushed and said, I also received a letter from Nicholas, in which be begged me to become your wife." Alexander asked to be allowed to read the letter. The Princess fetched it, and together they read it. The sequel was a marriage.

SHALL WE HAVE XI NOTES? I-By W EiSTMINSTER."l Mr. Gosohen's proposed change in the currency system of this country cannot be said to have been received in the City with either much favour or much disfavour. It has, in faot, made no great impression, partly, per. haps, because its scope is not yet clearlj understood. The first part of the Chanoelloi of the Exchequer's scheme, relating to the introduction of £ 1 notes, has received thi most attention, because it is easily intelli- gible. I confess 1 do not myself see what advantage is to be gained by it. Have there been any complaints that the existing ourrency of 2.5 notes, sovereigns, and silver money is insufficient for the wants of the country? If not, why meddle with it? Besides, what possible relief would be given by taking £ 20,000,000 in gold out of the pookets of the people in order to lock it up in the Bank of England, and issuing £25,000,000 in P.1 notes? The extra £5,000,000 added to the circulation would be of very little consequence, and it would seem to be undesirable for so small a matter to run the risk, admitted by Mr. Goschen himself to be considerable, of offending popular pre- judice in England by substituting one- pound notea for sovereigns. This prejudice, I suppose, dates from the old days when cask payments were suspended during the great war with France, and when employers tooh advantage of their workpeople by paying wages in one-pound notes instead of guineas, a practice oommemorated in the jingling verses- A guinea it will sink, and a note it wi!! float, But I'd rather have a guinea than a one-pound note. Of course, now that the sovereign has superseded the guinea, the one-pound note would be as good as the gold coin, but some time would elapse before it became generally acceptable, as English people travelling in Scotland hate the dirty paper money which passes current in that country, and are always glad when the time comes for exchanging it into honest gold.

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