Sorposine the Shade of the most enlightened Optimist who died xbout the middle of the Inst century were pers mitted to visit again the sunshine of the Upper World, to see what was going on, to taken look round, a bundle of newspapers of the present time would be sufficient to take his re-acquired breath—or whatever it ie that Spirit havethoir being by—away, and probably to give him a bad opinion of the veracity of our age, Chat ie, supposing ho were not prepared before hand for the changes that had taken plice since he shuffled off this mortal coil. It is sourcely likely that he would return from the shades utterly ignorant of stenmbonts and railroads; he would more probably have heard that they had been invented and brought into use; but we may take it for granted that his knowledge of the wonders they had done and were doing would be extremely limited, perhaps' not greater than that of an enlightened in man or an average literate of the back provinces, Ae a matter of fact, there are millions of people on the earth, and even moving in ite best circles, who have very litle knowledge of the rapid manner in which stream is attempting to annihilate time and space, and, what is more, doing it to very largo extent, and in a way bringing together the uttermost corners of the earth, Take as an example the extent in which the products of the Austrulian clonics are being made available to the comforts and even to the luxuries of England. Not only are Australian beef and mutton cheap. ening the daily cost of living, and Australian sheep providing wool for the looms of Europe and America, Australian wines and' beer compet. ing with the favourite viutnges of France and Germany and the best brews of Burton, but grapes, apples, pears, melons and lemons from more than gue of the Australian Colonieg
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