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THE FARM. Oar IittituU Int. nelfbbor. I've been to the Ins'tate, lorn there for two whole days. An' I tell yoa. I'm mightily pleaded, ulr. With eoine of their new fanicled ways. n>-tn iyekeni are rather peart feller*. They know exnct where ti hit ; An they I'rikr right oat from the shoulder An don't aiiivce matter* a bit. rhejr told UK all about butter From the time it come* out of the land ; linw to fecii *a to churn, an' to handle. Till >ou got the cash In your hand. An' how to food pin at a profit, Wai tnkl ia much ' r neat war : The pig's a m buie for conuinln' The aurplu*, an raakia' It p*y. The (beep wlih Us wool n it* mutton. Hiu a duty to do a V to pajr, rwerd* kcrpia the f inn on' the farmer, Wnato'or politician* may tajr. Kven the hen. that pc-ky old critter, Tfenl ncrau-hes creation all o'er Vitfht be macln to pa> for her kcepln An' perhaps H loetle bit more. The farm a machine for pro.lucla' Tho products that all of m e.ii : An' tln> f U-IIMT that don't feed hm farm, lir. Will Hod In the end that he's boat. To be nun). I have made >oine money Out of my old farm. thM'nco. IlultUniK Nature trivr* r uher irudfln'. A n dollar* piled up nngkty MOW. Uul thene feller*' ways lire more winnin' ; TTwr Aatinr the ol<1 clnmc. sime way. An' she yield" up her treasure* more hand- **nui. An that' i what make* fannin' pay. Yen. there re dnwb'ck- In farrain', An <iinix IhincH that don't M*m ujiite fair; li it th- n wi< haT froodom and ttuntfuine. An' ucotuu o( pure fresh air. All tndc* an' profeslonii have drawbacks, very bnidnew taken walchiu' iui' car* ; An' It Ubor. pnuli n endiiranr* That ist to tin' front everywhere Th* Hties re to.'min' with lab'rer* Wboare Ixjcuio' fur work In th* atieet. While the farntrr li.w work In abundance. With a home :uT p'entjr to cat. Of cnur-e onr towns an' our rltie* Are , nln-- of wmith an' of trad*. tint It - on the farm after all. lr. That the wuaUh of ibe nation li> mid*. Than the ningln' wan fine, now I tell ye, It ju.t rizmsout nf my neat : An then there wanairi that (poke pieces In a way that was bard fur to beat. Ye--. miln-,1' I think that the Ins'tut* Wa* worth mnrli more than It cost: lini of iMiinr. If u man ba.ii'l been there. Hi- dua'l kuow ju.l wbai ho b lu-t. (Ohio Farmer. WarmiB? aa-1 VpntihUin*;. To warm a poultry-home doe* not require a (lore. Th* lion** need only be kept at a temperature of 4O degree*, to a* to avoid freezing. The illustration shows a lamp inclosed in a box, or placed en a swinging belt. Above the lamp a piece of pip* Dot over four inches in diameter, rather 13. Became if farmers are better educated the unreasonable prejudice which sometime* .exists against them will be allayed. 14. And becanse fanner* need leaden in thought an I action frm their own ranks Here a (treat field of nsef alness opens. Mannr* for fotatos- How n.nr h m *n n re may farmer*' profitably use on their potato crop? The answer lo thi* question must depend more than i* often supposed on wlieu the manure i* got on the land, and th* degree ef its availabili- ty to promote early, vigorous growth. Some farmers who got the manure on their potato lend late last spring, just before plowing, now deo'ar* that th* manure hurt tlie crop more than it helped it. The manure wa* course when plowed under. It remained dry, a* it r '. become, under the furrow un- til mills immer. When it finally began to ferment it bred the tangos which made the rot in t * tubers. Had it been rotte I in the fall, so a* tub* at once soluble, and then pr*adon tha land in winter, the fertility would be incorporated with the toil. An early, vigorous growth would be the remit, mi there would have been no exceeeive listing of the soil jiut at the tim the tuber were forming. The Potato EoetU- Since the potato beetle began hi* work the number of mined hills among potatoes las greatly increased. U hat is as bad a* a missed hill i* one that ha* a weak, spin- Hum growth and n*it to that the enormous umber of stalks which comes from plant- ing whole small potato**, freely set with yes. All the euooess which can be gotten 'run potatoes depend more on the early tn i procured, and this necenarilr d*- [Knds on the seed. It is not easy to (elect .he belt ***d from a bin or pit. Thoee hieti have vigorous eye*, but net too far advanced, are to be preferred. OUTABIO !. JUNE* Be**rkakle BeveUpateal Baring Ike Last Tear. HI it bin th* last year remarkable develop- ments have been made in some of tha gold- bearing ores of Ontario. Th* Ophir mine*, situated about sixteen miles north of Bruos Mia**, in the district of Algoiha, is being worked by The Ophir' Mining Company of Chicago, with an au- thorized capital of three million dollars. The quartz vein is from thirty to forty- six feet wide, showing free gold and a small prcoentace of sulphurets, copper, iron and galena. It i* for the most part free OF THE SEA. Great Britain Asked to Share Her Great ness With the United States- BrllNIi iBf I o Wi.rl.l OMecr'S !! for W. Infill.. venal Feaee Thre*mhesU the A New York despatch *ays : Sir. George Clarke, K.C. M.(i., a distinguished officer of the English army, now located in Malta in the course of an article in the March, number of the " North American milhng, and can be mined and milled for Review," reply ing to Mr. AndrewCarnegie'* > .,SO per ton. suggestion of a union between (ireat liritain The vein outcrop* for a length of four | ao d th* United States, says : The impor- hundred and fifty feet, and baa been de- tance of the United States a* a market for voloped by several cuts showing a quarry of the products of British industry ha* been gold-bearing quartz. An incline (haft, well pointed out by Mr. Carnegie but the eighty feet deep, sunk on the vein, shows involved complexity of business relations, extremely rich quartz all the way down, brought about by the free transference of The amount of quartz in light i* estimated ' capital from one country to the other, at two hundred thousand ton*. Mill test* ' defies all estimate. Only disaster t* either, made by the Honghtnn School of Mines, ' Michigan, produced over |60 per ton, and samples fiom different part* of th* vein have assayed from $">7 np to $t>9'J gold per ton. A 20-stamp mill is now at work on the property, with a capacity of crushing from forty to fifty tons per day, and the proceeds of this should pay a handsome dividend on the full capital of the company. UELMUNT MtSfi. But rich gold veins have recently been which must never come, would reveal the fall extent of our mutual independence. Considering the enormousness of the com- merce be'.ween the two nation*, Sir George Clarke sug;e*U that it is Frnit and Qard en Notei- The cherry, after being fairly nu-ul ia growth, rarely need* any pruning. Pruning as a principle in itself, tending to impair rather than increase vitality, ap plies more strongly to young, vigorous tress L|IMI t* bearing one*. i 'n small place* in many cas*s where nothing elw can be grown to good advan- tage, guod grape* can. Kven one or two vine*) will furnish considerable fruit A good wash for cherry trees is a pail of conwion vrbit*w**h, one pint nf soft soap, with one pound of sulphur, all mixed up together aad applied with a brush. If limb* get broken oft" by Wigh wind* and OrSCPBEVB IMPORTANCE. to both that the ocean route* of the werid hould be inviolate and inviolable, and here, ho thinks, i* a basis for union which will endure. Did th* two countries form a naval league, combining their various fleets . ... into one vast aggregation of sea power, found much nearer the front ; in th* town- I they coul i dictate at will peace throughout hip of Belmont, about one hundred mile* ! the sea highway* of th* world. No two east of Toronto, several important discov- 'nations have ever yet been fully organised erie* of gold-bearing qiartz have been j in peace with a view to joint action. Their *" ' combinstions have been fortuitous and un- The Crawford mine, in which A. W. ' prepared, their operation* enfeebled by Car*call*n. M. P., U interested, has been 'jealousy and di*tru*t. The Angle- Ameri- worked for om* months, yielding $10 per can league would exclude any such source ton by the Crawford mill process. A shaft ' O f weakness. Scattered all over the world has been sunk to th* depth of one hundred and twenty feet on what is known as the main vein, running east and west. Pro- fessor Chapman, of the School of Science and University College, Toronto, pronoun- ce* this, a* well a* two other veics, to b* ar* British harbors ready to become resting, coaling and refitting station* for United State* ships. The navy department and the admiral! ty would be brought into close communication; th* two intelligence de- . partment* c >uld exchange information. true fissure veins continuous across the T* distribution of ships in given uontin- property. These veins consist of a gang* ' g*ncws would bj tb* subject of joint con- of white quartz carrying a considerable mderation. A free interchange ef idea* a* amount of iron pyritis, some parti being to the construction and armament would much decomposed. These decomposed iul- prevail Finally, the btis of the league pKurets are rich in gold, an assay by Pro. woali be essentially democratic ; tinea th* fessor Chapman showing $94 gold per ton. , welfare of tb* manes i* intimately b iun.l A lame deposit of magnetic iron, known up with th* Mcurity of s -a borne trade, a* th* Bilmout iron mine, occur* to the- even though neither democracy has ye* onto of th* Crawford property, on Lot 19 fully ernsped th* fact. Thus tiie advantage _ m _______ , in tn lit aonoeesion at Belmont. Th* ore weald bo mutual, indeed, would be mcreaav 4e*ve a jagged surface, they should be j kere is of first class iiessemer quality, suited ing to the American people, line* it has mootbed over with a sharp knife and tke I < make the finest steel, being rich in iron become impauibl* for them to abttain from wouad e*v*red with grafting was. . ! and very free from impurities. The Bel- the responsibility of a great nation. Such Th* Siberian and transcendent crabs are mon* Bessemer Or* Company of N*w York ' abstention is ^compatible with the affe> abont the nicest of the various kinds of ' ?*" e ** ed . t 'l u """ ou royalty from T.D. tive maintenance of the Monroe doctrine- fruit trees to plant on the lawn. Thsy ' J ed J*> ' Ton*. to, and have built a rail- Samoa mu*t have taught it* lesson. If are ornamental in flower*, th* appearance ' W V to c l ><" "'> the Central Ontario altra-oontinental possonion* have so far been eschewed, the time of their necessity LAMP FOR Pot- trnr-not-si flat, which may be made for the purpoe*. The tamp heat* the under *id* of th* pipe, thus creating a current of air, the warm air rising ami the cold air coining in from Ihr ouUide, thus giving ventilation a* well a* warming th* air. The object should be not to have the air come in too rapidly, hence a damper should be arranged. It u better to hav* a pipe Hire* mohei wide and one inch deep, making it flat, so as to beat the air more easily. Our object 1* aot * mm h to ibew tli* arrangement of pip* and lamp (a imsll oil stove U better) a* to give the Mif < m i in. By ttiis plan yon make th* house dry, ventilate at the same time, aad keep th* temperature above the freezing point. Keaaou for Educating Farmer Boys. 1. Becaue* from the farm i* recruited much of the stuff for great men. 2. Because in after years he will never regret having a good education. 3. Because educated farmer*, It a role, Uak* our best citizen*. 4. Because It broaden* him intellect- ually, and enables him to think better. n. Becaoae rrUl* of agricultural litera- ture i* readily undrstood by those defic- ient in their education. is Becance if h* ha* afrricoltoral Us tea it will make bin. a happier farmer ; if others, It will Help him into Ib* right of th* fruit and the shape of th* tr*e. ..I! .f w^n the buying <A mar* land ia the taking care of what i* already unused. If tree* ar* received when the ground i* net ia a good condition for planting, tha better plan is to heel ia, taking oare to keep each variety separate. It is often the case that raspberries a*nd up more cane* than the DSsts cm well sup- port. A good rale is to remove all hi ex- ce*s of four or five to each bill. One advantage witb lew, branching truit tree* is that th* frait hangs .so near the ground that it will reevhr* less injury if it all*. In traniplaaliag, pruning is niKMsary to restore the balance eater the iiartial las* of roots ia taking np. Uanerally the bet- ter plan I* to do thi* in tb* spring. One disadvantage with grass in the orchard i* thai it makes too great a de- maad on ih* moisture as>d forms a sward that injurious to the treen, while clover will not grew rank under the trees and doe* not injure them. Nature's plan i* to btiiM up th* tr* and get it well eatabiMwsd before she sets to rorK to secir* It* reproduction by s e.l. It a positive detriment to allow a tree to war fruit t jo youug. One advantage with small trees for trans- >lntmg ii that a larger proportion of the nuts can be preserved when digging up, while in addition, if they are to go any * the i n nsportation charges will >e much lees. While the plai ter can only know ap- iroxtoately what varietie* will suit in his ocality Ixat, at the *ama time there are a nusaber of standard varieties that atsm adapted to a wide difference in both soil and climate. rUilway.ten miles distant. *** " d * W " lhw Lot 19 mutt loon *"' WhaUver may be ths temporary setU.m.nt of Hawaii, ,. aeatise *' college day* always afford memoriee upon which a person d*Asvht> to dwell and th* tics of association tatarting. 8. Brcauae the farmer ha* more or I lauiatxin and tne time spsnt at a distant iia of learning aflerdu an axoaUent to gel an insight into other thought*. lie will ebsrrve betrr aad wtirhi sMoiawrtatidsM and evpnieno* to l-*CHr *rtsftfe for bemg edaoatosl. IU LMSIIS* al the ouUet he-afjaald U WlNr e^rppcd fr Ue work of life tfc oHtuaY <*y Isborer 11, HeosusM there is a cryiag tar dmaae*) farmers, especially for the nrpes* ef breaking np the ruU whita pre- (aUinaearly every agricul'ural roi/i IE unity 18. Dfocuii* tbr.r* is monetary value in stiMslien. r>-al estate oaoOTtaexLi a beUer Co* in a oo.j'niii,:ty wViere paeai* ar* li("nt and educated lUau whero lli*y at* *;uor4i,f. irnvvnn r.ot.i- MINK. AH IIIPI t \ I in II Tke ErUaait Huron KaUraad Bald I* Kav* **> I'sirrna^e i i>, A*B*rle*B ravllal- Isis. A Cleveland ipecial say* : A railroad deal nf vast importance to shipping interest* has been esaea*nmted. It M the purchase of the Eli* and'Huren rarlway by a lymli- cat* of Mow Yerk aad Otevelaudrapitalwia. The railway is in the province of Ontario, 'anaite. It is HO mile* long and run* from rlmntetii harbor, lake Krie, direoUy opposite Cleveland, to Sarnia, oapoiite to Pert Huron on the St. Clan river. The road it crossed by all the trunk lines of Canada. It was roper ted to-day that th* company had succeeded in floating bonds in the London market and a revolution may be seen withia the next year in th* shipment* of lumber and i'eal. Th* company is figuring with the Cleveland 1 Ship Budding Company fer tha building of a steel transfer boat capable of oarryhtK '-'I loaded oar* and 6UO passen- ger*. THW il is proposed to operate between Uundaau harbor and the port of Cleveland. The distance is 65 mile*. This will make a trui- Irue (or lumbar frnm upper Michigan U> Cleveland via Port Huron and Rondeau. The Krie ami Huron railway will be oper- ated in ooonreUsta with the transfer boat*, so tna.loal, merchandise! and other freight CAB be-.transfezsEd in the oars in balk with- out tang* . t*> lb*).pr*Tino* of Ontario, Michigan a<d-fh* North-west. ed, and are being developed under the name of the Ledyard gold mines. A shaft ha* been sunk to the depth of forty live feat on an east and west vein, which i* from four to six feet wide and very clearly defined between walls of talcoce schist. The vein is found outcropping in several placet, and has been traced for six hundred feet west of the shaft. A good deal of honeycomb quartz occur* here, carrying free gold and iron pyrites. These sulphursts are very rich, having assayed at different depths |I17, *IO:i, $19;., flOft, 9318, * l-'ts and $922 in gold to the ton. About two hundred yard* west of the shaft I* a knoll intersected with quartz veins, aUo containing visible pold and rich sulphnrets, sample* of which hav* assayed $210 gold per ton. Beside* these are several other cold- bearing vein* which have as yet been only slightly developed. These mine* are wall situated and easily aocemibl*, being within ten miles both of the Canadian Pacific Railway and tho Cen- tral Ontario Railway, and are situated in well-settled country where labor and supplies are cheap and where even low grade ore* would pay handsomely. N. V - Once a Week. trick (Uatk Van Pelt- A it mi i A N*w Hrrnrll. lor a Beard BUI Whl<ih IS ill. iK-rt 10 B* mill I iiirlllnl. A Toronto despatch lay* : A couple of day* ago Mrs. Harvey, who, until racently, boarded with Mrs. John K. Stewart. King street west, reported to the police that Mrs. Stewart wai holding her 3-year- old child a* iccurity for board. Mis. Harvey's story was to the effect that her husband had gone away to look for work, and she. went to hoard at Mrs. Stewart'*. Mr. llarvay failed to send her any money, and she was unable to pay her board. Mr*. Harvey's mother thsn offered to take her to live with hor, and she got ready to go but Mrs. Stewart refused to let her take either her clothe* or her child away from Wool "That wsa a mean lul's rival played ;n him. " ' \Vfta? " Wa*l " II* <srote ; ' maid oj ! ths hon*. Alamo, ere we. part, 'etc., ia the girl'f Afterwards, through the intervention ol aiamin, aersl tke rival changed the '(>' to friends Mrs. Harvey got her baby, withou' UU."' , Mtti'Bf, THAT IMPORTANT OFTPOiT on the North Pacific must become American soil, an 1 Captain Malmn has clearly indicat ed another part of the world where annex- ation will soon be needed. The Nicaragua canal, which American enterprise ill oer tamly complete, mut opan a new era of i . ponsibility, as President Cleveland evi.l ently reeognut-i, while South America tsveals a vista too extensive to portray. If, herefure, the assumption by th* Unite. 1 States of its rightful position among the nations i* inevitable, no first step could bt 10 wise, so safe, or *o natural as a nava eagu* of armed neutrality with (ireat Bri tain. No other guarantee of peace on tin wa could be comparable for eitoclivenes*. So other policy could open out to th American navy such a noble prospect o world wide beneficence. As to the settl.- meat of questions arising between the tw i countries, Sir Ueorg* Clarke cuggests tin an Anflo- American council could elTecliv y deal witb mint of them. Asa last r lort arbitration would still ba available. The substitution of personal conference for mart despatch writing would mark an er.i m the relai.ion* of the two nations. What shall w*-jume her ?"!*aid M- Darley, as she gazed fondly at her first born We'll name her Yoriok, " replied MI Oarley. "Yoriok?" echoed his wift Why, that'* a boy'* name. " " Indee.l it i* not. Didn't Shakspeare say, ' A las* poor Yorick ? ' " "How is Skimmins getting along in h profession ? " said one Hamilton man to ai. other. "Quite creditably. 1 understand. " Rut he told me yesterday th.it he ow< Mveral theuianda of dollar*. " ' That shows how well he must have eataV lished hi* tredit. " Miss Parvenu* " I'm going now, ma mint. " Mr*. Parvenue(tnrniag from Lor> Sausous) " Now above all Harrietta d"n forget to Had out how Mrs. Topnotch makr her faux pas. I heard she niado cm Ust wsak, and we'll make tome too, n matter how much it costs. " Warranted to wash t Chinaman. A tumbler full of whiskey A dranke gymnast. THE EARTH Will SHAKE. An Event Which An Austrian Professor Predict*. % The record* indicate that people have >een looking for the end of the world at nterval* ever since the world began, and prediction* of this character generally re- seive very limited credence, but when a cientific man of th* (tanding of Prof. Ludolph Falb, of Vienna, makes a prophecy f this sort it is at least worth thinking bout. Prof. Falb ha* a reputation all over Europe for meteorological knowledge and rticularly for hi* extraordinary familiar- ty with the habiu and customs of earth- uake*. Hi* prediction* of these seismic disturb- nces have been remarkably fulfilled. Hi* rediction of the great earthquake atZant* ast year wa* published in the prens dis- latche* all over the country the day be- ore THE BAKTIlvDAKB OCCURRED. .nother example of hi* accurate foreknowt edge on hi* subject is shown in the face nat on March 31, 1893, he wrote to th ourist Club of Vienna, accepting an invi, tation to lecture about earthquake*, but- adding that he would like to defer it until fter April 13, as an earthquake would >ccur by that time that would aid him in iving them enlightenment. As a matter of fact, an earthquake oo* urred on April 8, and was felt all ovtc outhern Hungary. Prof. Falb'* propheuiM back over a number of years, have usual- been road* from nine to twenty month* n advance, and have in almost every in- tance been correct. Now, howiwer, the professor's prophetic ye has shot aero** a space of five yean, nd he say* that on November 13, 1899, th* rratic wanderer known to astronomer* as 'ie comet of ISliri, will reappear and collide with our globe ; then " the fireworks'* and darkness By way of preliminary to th* main event, oaever, it may be mentioned that accird- ng to the programme, the Atlantic cities n tkis continent are to disappear under a idal wave next July or August, while 'lorida and California will probably become slands as the result of a submarine earth- uake. The most unpleasant feature about these roph*ciea is, a* already intimated, the act that they are not prophecia* at all, trictiy (peaking, but scientific predictions A(i-d upon scientific investigation* into mundane anatomy. To put hi* theories in as simple a fashion a* possible, it may b* said that Prof. Falb believes, first of all, hat the deep-down interior of the earth is lied with a molten mass, which i* sub- ect to ebb and How, juit like the water* f the ocean. Between the earth and this molten sheol, which i* ilowly cooling, ther* u only a hell of an average of eighteen mile* in hickne** upon which we mortals liv* and ove and die. In some places th* earth's rust is thicker than in others. Where it 1 thinnest the confined, VKH1B1.E roWKS or TUB fNUBK WOKI.K, hiefly in the form of gas, seek constantly o escape, and when the pressure of the mosphere around the earth is loweat the ;as find* an outlet, usually in well-defined list riots, generally through the volcanic rent hole*. liu t beyond the constant pre**ure of gas 'rof. Fan> has the theory that '.h* heolio lolten man beneath us is subject to the i.fluence of the moon, which produces raves, and occasionally great tidal waves, which sweep around the inner cruat of the world with terrific force, shaking the earth n it* passage. Prof. Falb publishes every e*r a li*t of th* day* on which he expect* inrnic convulsions. These he cell* "criti- cal days" and these day* are those when he moon approaches close to tha earth. Che critical days given by Prof. Falb for 894 are stated in the order of maximum Imtur'mnce a* follows: August 30, Septem- ber 29, February 'JO, March 31, August 1, \pril 6, January '.'I, May ."i, and October ->. Thus the moat serious disturbance may looked for on August 30 and the slightest n I'ctober 2s. In connection with the great soieo tittc con- fst between mother earth and the comet, vliich, lo use a pharse current in scientific ircles, is to be "pulled o.V' in ISW, is to M> recalled that on January 14, 810, 10 >eople were killed in China by the fall of a neteor. In the year Hl>3, 35 village* in \cjny were destroyed by the fall of a neteor and many men and animals were nilled. On September 4, ijll, one man ml four animals were des'r >yd by falling neteor* n*ai Crema. On November 4, 1749, . meteor (truck th* ma< t of a ship that was rossiug th* Atlantic, killing five aeamvn. 0ch of these case* can b* regarded at the ill of a (mail comet upon onr world. It in comfortable to know that som* leiuia scientist* believe the oom*t U going o get th* worst of it aud poiut to the fact hat the comet Leiell, when it went too *r to Jupiter, wa* thrown off it* ooun* nd lent flying out o' our planetary syt- .om. I .-I ! Alaskan wil.li. Death from ai ther starvation ar exposure in the luting winter weather of southeaster* Alaska, or perhaps suicide as th* only ui'ans of avoiding th* horrible fate in store r himself : such il the fats of M. dross, a I'anadian surveyor, say* tb* Seattle I'rest Mines. liiou, with four companions, left Fort A'tangel on the '-^th of last month, the iirty intending to hunt, fish, and perhaps o some prospecting. When they got to t'ortage Day ;hy made permanent camp. :tw*s early morning and dross told his >mpanious that he intended to drive a little uto the interior aud would be back befor* light. He was cautioned against going out .luno, as it was known that be was not iiiuhar with the surrouading country, and t was feared that h* might get lost in th* roods. He disregarded the advice of hi* :n pan ions, however, and at o'clock the imc evening the other member* of th* ,>*rty heard a shot in the brush some few nilea distant. They hailed, and by other "ign* tiled to guide Gross back to camp, but were not successful. The whole of the ii xt, day was xpent in the saarch, which 'ml to be finally givin up. (iruss i* said to have been from Victoria. He was last year a memb. r of he Canadian suivey party sent up {9 Vlaska to officially determine UM Territory'* boundary line.