our industries. And it will be a sad pity if they do not discover their error before it is too late. They have an example for their guidance: "The Union of the Engineers of Scotland resolved that overtime rates must be paid for all hours worked after fifty-one hours per week; but finding, after a year or two, that trade was going elsewhere, it decided that the engineers should return to the former rule and work fifty-four hours before demanding overtime. With our Acts of Parliament, however, there is no such elasticity; in good times or bad times, textile manufacturers and operatives are tied down"
(ARCHIBALD W. FINLAYSON).

"Life is combat, life is striving, -
Such our destiny below;
Like a scythed chariot driving Through an onward pressing foe."
SPERANZA (Lady Wilde).

It is imperative that we recognize, as a fact, that "Life is a continuous combat," and that as the intellect becomes more universally developed, the struggle will be keener, we must "progress," or others will beat us in the race. Science is fast penetrating into all our manufactures and occupations, and "those who are unscientific will have much less employment, and will be left behind in the race of life." Science tends to abbreviate mental and bodily labour. The use of our reason and senses also saves us using our hands. There is not a man in this kingdom who has not derived some advantage, in one way or another, from scientific research. "No man has more occasion to bless the introduction of the steam