The Poor In Italy

As f'or uicat, the Italian laborcr and workman have ceased to dream of' even tasting it again, excepting on very rare festivals. It s ono of the sores of modern Italy that moat has becoiuc, througU its dearness, the exclusive food of the rich. And yet the pellagra, or Indian corn discase, would disappear ifmeat were in the rcach of tho laboring classes. The hospitals would then not be so full, and there would bc more hands to work and loss miacry everywhere, and the nation itself would benefit by the hualth of its workers. If rabbits could only live thcro the poor might be ablo to vary thcir food, but uot even that can be had. ADd in England, the poor are in sonio places, paid to kill the rabbits which are mito a plague n their way there, whilst lierc they would be welcouie strangers ! In any case the poor of Italy are the poorost poor that we can well imagino, and they are also the most patiënt and uncomplaining poor. Ifthey could have but bread every day they would think tbeinselves ncli.-