, 1873-04-06

upper limbs than most 1alies indulge in. I aln
not making out case, am speaking welt
known facts and, madame, il your hand should
little increase in size, as IN the course OF years
It no doubt would, yet II you ask artists and
men OF genius in general what they have to say
about the hand, you will find that tho change
is nothing to regret while il it wero you would
have much to set off against it,-a tirla-ncshed
well-rounded shoulder, and well-opeued bust.
AAcMsLLANs.
In AacAinan's the slave trade in the Fijis is
tho subject Of the article,
Z" soU1H-sEA SLAVERY; KIDNAPPING AND MUIR
DER:n
As tar back as 1868 the deportation Of the
South Sea Islanders had challenged the attention
OF the British Government. It vas known that
one OF our Australian colonies, Queensland, was
Tor plantation work; and though there
were few instances-we believo only
ono well authenticated these natives being
treated with neglect on Queensland station, it
YVES notorious that they were not all there Yolun.
tarily, butthat many Of them had been o1ticed
On board tho vessels and forcibly deported. In
fact, SO far as the actual procuring OF labor, the
trade was kidnapping. The Queensland
Legislature, to their credit, stepped
in and passed an =, act tt to reg regulate e. toly.
carried on as free from abuses as may BE-. We
use the qualification advisedIy for though We
rise from perusa1 of the voluninous blue-books
on the subject with conviction that Queensland
has purged herself from the odium OF slave State,
we maintain that no regulations can control the
curing OF coolie labor. No one who considers
the hundreds Of islands scattered about the Pa
cifc, the various dialects and languages, the
powers Of the chiefs over the tribes End the
possibilities Of agents treating with the chiefs,
will imagine thatthe Kanaka always comes on
board ssia spoute, OF understands the nature Of
the agreement he signs.
If England would boldly assume the aorer-
eighty of the Fijis, We should very shortly wit
cessation Of the native feuds, the civilization
and settlement OF the islands, the spread Of the
Christian religion, and the protection and vel
fare Of the British subject. Had she accepted
the offer made her in 1869, the South Sens
9es and nays sssa sP'1sa sas h?t
British man atcalers, The bulk Of the
white population would now gladly soc
her assume the sovereignty. Mother Cacoban
his natives can feel very strongly about their
Pacific Islanders would find established in THAR
midst power which would protect right by
might
N "REcEST WORE At uHAUcEH,~
F. J. Furnivel gives, amid mass Of encyclopedia
antiquarian facts about Chaucor and the dates Of
his various writings, some information about
the condition Of the Chaucer Society:
The Chaucar Society has, out Of tho millions
OF Great Britain, found just eixty men IL Eng
Ireland, to,support it; and, but for the help Of
Professor Child and his friends in tho United
States, could never have crept into being. Still,
it is something to- have a Chaucer Society
alive; and # is more to have grounds
(due to pure ignorance) shown BY the classically-
trained men Of the present generation to Tue
second great English poet-wmch Chaucor in
contestably iB-will not be- shared by their sue
eesso1s the youths ana boy7 now training :,' IT.
and use Of the excellent clarendon
Press editions Of Chaucer Selections,
Early English Specimens, Piers plowman's
Vision, etc, by DR.. Richard Morris and Alr.
the next generation We shall not have one Of the
ablest Professors Of History in England asking
".What ia Layamon7f' evidently uncertain
whether that most spiritual old English chroni-
bird, = fossil, or new candle ike the 0zokerit.
Thomas Hughes, NJ. P. E: Tom Brown") fur
nishes al abridgement Of 3 lecture delivered by
him to the Philosophical Institution OF Edin-
oU6os VI ~ - ++.-. I-''SF'
THE PROBLEMS OF CIVILIZATION.
He considers the effecta which civilization has
!. wrought upon England. Most Of his remarks,
particularly his e1hoTtations to the young b1ooda
Of England to, turn their energies from
their designations to works Of reforms and
his appeals to the a1naasers OF mighty fortunes
to give up their silly passion for founding
esta:es, and found instead Cooper Institutes
and Cornell Universities, like their A merican
fellows, ARE of no special interest to u.s. But
We find in luis paper ZONE very suggestive facts
with regard to the progress OF British wealth,
and the: actual state OF British industry aud 30
cicty: -" :.
; The "leaps and bounds" Of our material prog
ress, to which Mr.. Gladstone refers, are well L.
lustrated by the reports OF the Board Of Trade
for:1872. The people Of these islands, accord
ing te Chichester Fortescue and hia :" Regis
General and other returning officers, imported
for their consumption between the 1st OF Janu-
a5y and the 31st OF December, 1872, G353, ,975 TAO
worth Of foreign and colonial merchandise, being
an advance Ct nearly 92s 600. 900 On the previous
year( $3.50 ISL $780, and Of more than EGO 000, 600
on the year. 1910. During the same twelve
months our exports OF British and Irish produce
amounted to s255, ,961 600, showing an increase Of
s32ooo, 900 over those Of 1871 and Of E55 100000
ono item, though the largest, in tie
powers powers Of The Country. So far fro@5
these being likely to decrease, it would Seem to
be much more probable that the rate will in
crease at least as rapidly AZ heretofore, in spite
Of the labor war which is raging so bitterly
amongst us. In the past year, by the adoption
of one invention in our iron-working districts,
hand>puddling is likely to be superseded,
md the producing -powor Of the country
more than doubled, while thousands Of
workmen will be loft FREQ for other oc~
cupatlons. What Dan1s' pudding furnace is
doing for the iron-mnster, ,other inventors arc
doing for other industries. If the past twenty
years havo been equal to the previous fifty, and
tho two together {as Mr.. Gladstone caloulates)
equal to the 1900 years since Julius Cesar, 1t Is
almost certain that the no1t ten years will in
their turn equal the past twenty. -
But this enormous prosperity has not brought
happiuess:
Take the drst test, the relations between en-
ployers and employed Has the in1nensely-iu- |
creased production the result of. their joint |
work, improved these2 The industrial war |
which has broken out afre6l, and with increased !
bitterness, in England, is the answer. Thirty !
years ago the old ema1l-master system vas still !
strong in many trades, there was not q single |
ama1semated trades society in existence; |
the employer often worked with his men
generally had some personal knowledge Of them. |
Now, in almost every trade the large shops have +
swallowed the small: the big manufacturers |
hare shouldered the small men out Of the mar
kets. The Workmen are organized in great in |
dust7ial armies. while tho individual ecArceiv