Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-26

stralia have never yet together had more
 than 4, ,000, 900 bushels of wheat to export
 ia single year it is probable that this coun- B try can sell some wheat to England this year.
 A man who has not had good luck with { the women of Boston writes thus concerning { them to Boston newspaper: ''The Mexican women of the lowest strata of society sur pass in manners, grace, courtesy, etc, the most accomplished of what we call the highest classes here in Boston. I have seen more grace and beauty and more savoir among the ladies of the Rio Grande del Norte than have ever seen in Boston," The man who writes this does not dare to give his name.
 The partisans do not all live in this time Theodore Dwight of this city, in an oration delivered in 1901, said of Jeferson's election: We have now reached the consummation of Democratic blessedness. We have a country governed by blockheads and knaves. The ties of marriage with all it's felicities are sev- cred and destroyed. Our wives and our daughters are thrown into the stews Our children are cast into the world from the breast, forgotten. Fi1iaI piety is extin- guished, andsour sirnames, the only mark of distinction among families, are abolished Can the imagination paint anything more horrible this side of hell? Some parts of the subject are indeed fit only for horrid con temptation.
 An affecting case of attempted transfu- sion of blood has just occurred in Antwerp. A young woman of good constitution being accidentally attacked by internal hemor- rhage, became so reduced that, as last re- sort, the transfusion operation was adopted to save her life. It worked wonderfully, and in two hours the cure was thought to be assured. But second hemorrhage came on, and the physicians were eager to repeat the transfusion operation. They could only find, however, 8 young woman of weak con stitution to consent to give her blood to save the sufferer. During the interval between the operations as arranged, this young wo- man suddenly disappeared, and as none of tbe persons present could take her place, the patient died.
 When, two years ago, the compulsory edu- cational law was passed by the French legisla- ture, the clause inserted in the bill respect ing children who received elementary in- struction in their own homes raised good deal of protestation. In virtue of this clause parents whose children attended no school were to be examined annually, in order that it might be aseertained that they were not permitted to grow up without the instruction suitable to their years. Conservatives, and all who disapprove of the ''laicization" of schools, declared the measure adopted, which is applicable to all classes of society, to the rich parent as well as to the workingman, to families were invited to refuse to comply
 with the law For time, however, it was not enforced, but now a circular just
 issued by the Prefect of the Seine fixes the
 date of the examinations and the mode of procedure.
 The English are introducing admira- ble system of penny dinners for school chil- dren. There is special need in London for ! some such provision, for ten to twenty per | cent. of the Board school children do not get fed regularly. Payment is, on the whole, punctua1, and the scale on which the system l is worked allows of surplus sufficient tc pay for cooking expenses after the first out l lay on the purchase of apparatus, very mod ! crate sum, has been met. It is found thai 1 there need be no stint in order that every l child may enjoy dinner and have enough ' even the penny cannot as rule be paid, { l free meal is provided. Under the circum
 stances this appears but natural, seeing tha l education is compulsory, and that unless l food be sufficient it's benefits must often bt ! overbalanced by injury to health. Th' l dietary, SO far as it goes, leaves little to b' desired, price being considered. It is framed l in recognition of the value which fats ant amy1oids possess as foods, especially in child !