Our poorer classes are too much like John Bunyan's man with the "muck rake," who "could look no way but downwards," and, when offered something better, "did neither look nor regard;" the taste for the "muck-rake " is deep-seated. The most disheartening feature in this question of Poverty " is the dull, callous, indifference to misery of those on whose behalf so much effort is being made. Any man who could inspire the lower class with a distaste for squalor in the hearts of that large number who now prefer dirt to cleanliness, would be the greatest benefactor of his race; the homes of the poor would mend themselves without any aid from without. The task will be difficult; the disease will not be overcome easily; but it may safely be predicted that the remedy, when found, will be moral rather than legal. Things are improving, and although the natural development may be slow, it cannot be accelerated by the coercion of law. We want the poor better housed. The houses they inhabit should be clean and habitable. We want the poor to be willing to inhabit a purer atmosphere-from their self-respect to reject the herding together any longer like a lot of pigs. This must come from the man himself-he must qualify himself for the necessary wage to obtain the better house; lie must be more thrifty, and take a pleasure in his home. An Act of Parliament can no more secure for the poor man a comfortable home than it can give him 30s. instead of 20s. a week wages; keep him sober, or mate him with one who will be what a poor man's wife should be-a cheerful, willing helpmate-a thoughtful, thrifty housewife, tempting the man