Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-30

on dry soil, in the mountains and everywhere
 in the upper stories of house it is more sa-
 lubrious than day air. ssDraughts," he
 adds, "are not injurious unless we are in a
 glow. To healthy persons it cannot possibly
 do as much harm as the stagnant air in @ close
 room. The fear of draughts is quite ground
 less, though 1t affects most people in man
 ner which is simply ridiculous"
 MT. Hutchinson, the apiarist, writes to the
 Farmers Review that the raising of plants
 for honey alone is not profitable. If sweet
 clover or something of that kind can be made
 to occupy waste spots in place of the weeds
 usually found there, we'll and good; but good
 tillable land can be more proftably occupied.
 The best that can be done in the way of rais-
 ing honey plants is to raise some crop that is
 profitable aside from the honey it may pro-
 duce. The writer knows nothing that is bet
 ter adapted for this purpose than alsiko
 clover. He one season had three acres of this
 clover, and from it nine colonies of bees
 gathered 300 pounds of honey; or, to be
 more exact, they gathered enough honey
 from it to enable 300 pounds to be extracted
 The list of prizes which one may gain il
 the Antwerp exhibition lottery by riskine
 one franc is very attractive. The grand prize is parure of bIiliiants worth $20, COG and the two prizes of $5, 1000 each consist, tht one in similar delightful baubles, and the other in a big box full of lace handkerchiefs fans, curtains, and the like. If the winners of these lots prefer hard cash to white ele plants, they can take the value of thei1 prizes in bullion, with deduction of ten pc cent. for the accommodation. There are fv' prizes worth S2, 900 each, one of which con sists of the complete furnishings of an ele gant drawing room-an Erard piano, Gonthiere garniture de cheminee, a gildec ltstre in the style of Louis Quatorze, and fir' irons of the same fashion.
 The effect of the reduction of postage tt two cents is now showing itself in defci in the postal department, which will b. somewhat larger than expected. The law t. reduce the letter postage from three to tw' cents was enacted about two years ago. Fo the last three quarters of the first fiscal yea the effect upon the revenue was inconsidera ble This was attributed in large measur to the great increase in the number of tw' cent stamps that were used to inclose busi ness circulars. It has been expected that tn increase in the use of two cent stamps fo circulars and printed matter, which hitherto has been sent in open envelopes, under on cent stamps, would continue, so there woult not be @ large reduction in the postage reve nues, but this expectation has not been real ized.
 Russia is behind the best parts of tn world in some matters, but the education 0 women is in very forward state there. I is nearly nineteen years since Mime. Conradi clever, perseyering aud successful Russian woman, first agitated the subject of highe education for women in her native land, ant it is quite fifteen years that they have beel reciting in a temporary college bull ding That these women were ready and even cage for study was proven by the enthusiasm witl which they received Madame Conradi's pro ject of opening university courses to them Four hundred Russian women presented a re quest in writing to the professors of the uni versity inviting them to organize specis courses for them embracing the regular co | lege studies. The professors consented s I once, but the minister of public instruetio ! had to be consulted. He declared it impos sible to allow women to pursue colleg courses, but the matter was arranged by special law allowing the ambitious student 1 the privilege of hearing the professors in put l lie lectures to which they might be admitted | This was not bad beginning and the lee lures continued under this arrangement froI 1870 to 1875, when, thanks to the interest c a new minister of public instruction, the, l were changed to regularly organized courses They were called the ''Bestonjew courses, | iii honor of one of their organizers, Boston l jew, famous historian. During the las | seven years there have been twenty-five hun dred students in all, and of these four hur dred and eighty six have completed the un versity course.